Arts and Tech – Page 8 – The Edition GA

12May

Roma Reddy ' 25No Comments

Honors Art and Photography Field Trip

Recently, the juniors and seniors of the Honors Art and Photography programs renewed the tradition of a field trip into Philadelphia. The 2D and 3D students were accompanied by Ms. Sara Krunpick-Ritz, Upper School Art Teacher and Head of Truesdell House, and Mr. David Love, Visual Arts Department. In addition, Mr. Nic Wynia, Upper School […]

The New Bionic Eye Seeks to Cure all Forms of Blindness

11Apr

Alaina Steck '22

Maria Petko '23138 Comments

The New Bionic Eye Seeks to Cure all Forms of Blindness

Until recently, professionals in the medical field have encountered extreme difficulty in curing visual blindness. However, a new innovation, the bionic eye, is being tested to solve this problem. A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales have embarked on a mission to develop a functional artificial […]

Germantown Academy’s Most Recent Belfry Production: Newsies

5Apr

Taryn DiFranco '25No Comments

Germantown Academy’s Most Recent Belfry Production: Newsies

Germantown Academy’s most recent Belfry production was the hit Disney musical, Newsies. This year, the cast consisted of both Upper and Middle School students, which nearly doubled the cast size. After two years of abnormal shows at GA, many were excited to be back on stage or experience their first time on stage in front […]

Artist of The Edition: Charlotte Harobin

26Feb

Alan Liu '24No Comments

Artist of The Edition: Charlotte Harobin

Charlotte Harobin ‘22 started sculpture during 3D Foundations in 9th grade, and continued taking sculpture classes for the remainder of her time at the Upper School, eventually making Honors Sculpture in junior year. Throughout elementary and middle school she also was in band, but had to decide when entering the Upper School whether to keep […]

23Feb

Taryn DiFranco '25No Comments

Upper School Kindness Rock Project

The Kindness Rock movement is spreading throughout the world in order to fulfill a specific mission: spreading kindness. GA recently brought this mission to campus by decorating hundreds of rocks with colors and inspirational messages. Afterwards, students placed them around campus, in spots ranging from the Upper School elevator to the Quad. The official Kindness […]

Advanced Acting and Musical Theater Performances

11Feb

Alan Liu '24No Comments

Advanced Acting and Musical Theater Performances

Performing Arts Classes Showcase Their Talent through Performance Recently, both the Advanced Acting and Musical Theater classes have put on performances for the GA community during two flex periods. The Advanced Acting class performed a scene from the award-winning play Proof by David Auburn, while the Musical Theater students each performed two pieces of their […]

8Feb

Carmela Jenckes '24No Comments

A Better Outlook in Space

On Dec. 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in order to analyze the Big Bang and black holes. The James Webb Space Telescope was launched from a spaceport near the Equator in Kourou, French Guiana. The stages of its deployment in space were documented from a camera on the rocket and aired […]

Amazon’s Alexa Reaches New Heights in NASA Artemis 1 Moon Mission

7Feb

Maria Petko '23

Angie Wang '24No Comments

Amazon’s Alexa Reaches New Heights in NASA Artemis 1 Moon Mission

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, taking off this March, will feature a virtual astronaut who will orbit the moon. This virtual astronaut will be Amazon’s very own Alexa. NASA’s new exploration spacecraft, known as Orion spacecraft, will be sent to orbit the moon as early as this March. Instead of having a human astronaut, an interactive […]

3Feb

Celina Bagchi '24No Comments

“Dawn FM” Album Review

Last May, after the smashing success of his brilliant album “After Hours” — containing the hit singles “Blinding Lights,” “Save Your Tears,” and “Heartless”–The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, told the crowd at the Billboard Music Awards that “the dawn [was] coming.” Now, almost a full year later, his fifth full-length studio album is here, […]

23Jan

Sydney Cameron '22No Comments

New student-made mural unveiled

A new mural representing the four modern languages taught at GA, created by senior Sofia Eichsteadt, is now on view outside the language classrooms on the third floor. Mr. Chubb has had the idea to display a Modern Language mural for a long time but never knew whom to ask until one day, while teaching […]