By: Maggie Betkowski ‘21 News Reporter Returning students know that every year the CommArts Springboard creates large murals in the middle of the quad as part of the collaborative Mural Battles project….
Author: Quinn Bumgardner
Why I’m staying on campus
By Alex Cho ‘23 News Reporter Students have constantly been told that they took a big risk by coming to Mercersburg for the Fall term. Now that this momentous yet repetitive term…
Glowed up
By Stanley Fang ‘21 News Reporter On the night of October 23, streaks of neon lights flashed across the dark horizon, illuminating the Mercersburg Academy campus. That night, the school’s Community Engagement…
PG culture
By: Isabella Van Ess ‘22 News Reporter Boarding schools are known for their postgraduate programs. Postgrads (or PGs) are students who decide to take an extra year of high school to improve…
Why I’m going virtual this winter
By: Melody Howe ‘22 News Reporter As a new eleventh grader at Mercersburg Academy, I made the unexpected decision this term not to return to campus for in-person learning this Winter. Although…
Mburgs political club
Alex Cho ‘23 News Reporter In a world characterized by an extremely divided political climate, students at Mercersburg can only look outward with apprehension and uneasiness. Never in our lives have we…
Maurer captured
By: Isabel Lewis ‘21 News Reporter On October 16, during the annual Capture the Faculty game, the notorious and never apprehended English teacher Matt Maurer was finally caught. Maurer has played the…
Fall Dance Concert
By: Mathew Tavarez ‘22 News Reporter COVID-19 has drastically changed daily lives at Mercersburg Academy and how students interact with one another. Most after-school activities look vastly different this year, and dance…
Art for all
Jake Ahlgren ‘21 News Reporter Humans have used almost every medium for artistic expression, the most popular forms being painting, drawing, sculpture, music, film, and much more. In most art, we think…
Affordable health care must be prioritized
Lois Hargrove ‘21 News Reporter With the 2020 presidential election a week away, the contest and its outcome have been on everyone’s minds. Personally, after watching the presidential and vice-presidential debates, I…