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GPS Seniors Inducted Into Cum Laude Thursday, May 6, 2021 As the GPS Class of 2021 completes its senior year, it first recognizes and installs its newest members into Cum Laude Society. Ten seniors join the company of their high-achieving sisters before them as their chosen faculty members pay tribute to their time at GPS. Graduating classmates and family members joined the inductees in the Frierson Theatre while underclassmen, teachers, and friends joined virtually via livestream. Englis...

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ESA Students Excited about Real-World Experience in Ms. Graychecks Class and last updated 2021-05-03 07:21:36-04 At the Episcopal School of Acadianas Upper School, Jennifer Graycheck is one of the Co-Chairs of the Visual Arts Department and a cross country coach. And whether they call her Ms. Graycheck or Coach Jen, every student we spoke with said she has been a standout part of their high school experience. "I think if you ask anyone on campus, she is like a ray of sunshine 100 percent of the...

Teen dies after jumping into lagoon at Saint Edwards School in Vero Beach April 30, 2021 at 9:15 PM EDT - Updated May 1 at 6:51 PM A Saint Edwards School student died Friday afternoon after jumping from the schools dock into the Indian River Lagoon, according to the Indian River County Sheriffs Office. The 18-year-old student has been identified as Bidensky Termidor. Lt. Patrick White said Termidor jumped into the water, about 10 feet deep, and was underwater for four to six minutes before ...

Local high schools from Menlo-Atherton to Los Altos offer pandemic-altered rites of passage for seniors Uploaded: Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 10:46 am Planning for modified proms, graduation parties and picnics is underway at some local high schools to ensure graduating seniors enjoy at least some of the usual rites of passage amid a pandemic thats stretched over a year. Seniors attending Menlo-Atherton High Schools "Enchanted Forest" prom will have to go without high heels, as the masked outdoor event ...

A junior at Episcopal Academy, Will Sargent is a talented artist who works in several mediums. He fabricates his own textiles and taught himself Armenian lace making, and recently won two Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for painting and mixed media. Sargent is a member of EA’s select singing group, the Vocal Ensemble, was selected for the ACDA Honors Choir and is the editor of The Epolitan, an annually published arts and music magazine. He won a French award his freshman year, and is a mem...

The Big Snitch Is Here—America Goes Stasi Commentary Many, particularly those on the right, worry the United States is turning into China, but we are a Western nation coming out of a (mostly) Western tradition. I believe we should be as much concerned, if not more, that we are beginning to resemble East Germany with their State Security Service (Staatssicherheitsdienst), better known as the Stasi. As Wikipedia reminds us: “One of the Stasi’s main tasks was spying on the population, primar...

Tattnall Square Academy hosts Spotlight on the Arts to show off students work Preschool through 12th grade fine arts students showed their talents at the Macon private schools annual art show. Author: Pepper Baker Updated: 7:41 AM EDT April 21, 2021 MACON, Ga. — The Tattnall Square Academy hallways are filled with students artwork for their annual Spotlight on the Arts Event. Senior Tyrone Person was happy to show off his skills as a first year art student. "I ...

This is not a rich person issue, this is not a NYC issue, this is an American issue: Parent and teacher who spoke out against woke antiracist doctrine in their expensive NY private schools warn it is infecting all US schools Bari Weiss held a Zoom discussion for her substack subscribers on Tuesday The journalist spoke to two people who this month criticized woke schools Andrew Gutmann, whose daughter is at Brearley School, wrote to other parents Paul Rossi, who taught at Grace Church School, co...