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Biden Administration’s Student Loan Debt Plan

1May

Roma Reddy ' 25No Comments

Biden Administration’s Student Loan Debt Plan

President Joe Biden has created a plan, currently under review by the Supreme Court, to address the student loan debt crisis. His plan involves relieving $20,000 in student loans for federal aid borrowers, which is expected to cost $400 billion. This crucial decision could impact millions of adults in the U.S. who still suffer under […]

New year, same issues: Lunar New Year shootings

16Apr

Utsav Mittal '25

Larry Zhan138 Comments

New year, same issues: Lunar New Year shootings

The Lunar New Year is a time to celebrate, renew, and welcome the new year for many families. However, tragedy struck amidst celebrations in the communities of Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay in California. On Jan. 22 inside a dance studio in Monterey Park, eleven people were shot and killed while celebrating the Lunar […]

23Feb

Saloni Bhatia '24No Comments

PA State Governor Transition

On January 3, Democrats and Republicans came together to select Representative Mark Rozzi as the new Pennsylvania State House speaker. There has recently been a fight for control in the Pennsylvania State House because both parties declared themselves as the majority. Democrats technically won more State House seats in Pennsylvania; unfortunately, one of the representatives […]

13Feb

Ishaan Paladugu '25

Roy Zhao '25No Comments

2022 Recap

Future historians will come to regard 2022 as a major turning point in world history, and the beginning of a new era. A war breaking out in Europe, major developments in women’s rights, and the the dawn of an environmental crisis are just some of the events that constitute this eventful year. Ukraine On Feb. […]

Belfry prepares for Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale

12Feb

Jessica Wang

Neha Jonnalagadda '25

Alan Liu '24No Comments

Belfry prepares for Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale

The Belfry team is working hard to prepare this year’s Shakespeare play, A Winter’s Tale After blowing the GA community away with their production of Urinetown in November of last year, the Belfry crew is kicking off the new year by working on Shakespeare’s intriguing play, A Winter’s Tale. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, […]

GA community closes first semester with annual Holiday Program

11Feb

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Katherine Song '25No Comments

GA community closes first semester with annual Holiday Program

On Dec. 19 2022, Germantown Academy hosted its annual, school-wide Holiday Program for the first time since 2019. GA’s CSO hosts a Holiday Program every year before winter break. Students and faculty donate gifts that benefit local charities for the holiday season. The Holiday Program is a special event because it’s one of the few […]

Meteorite Discovery Might Reveal the Origin of Earth’s Water

16Jan

Grace Taylor '24No Comments

Meteorite Discovery Might Reveal the Origin of Earth’s Water

With approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface covered by the essential molecule, many have wondered how water first arrived on the previously barren planet. However, the recent discovery of a peculiar meteorite may finally hold the answer to this age-old question. The 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite landed in front of a family home in the English […]

14Jan

Shae Sawyer- St. Clair '24No Comments

Trump Presidential Campaign + Facebook

On Tuesday, November 12, 2022, former President, Donald Trump, announced his campaign for president of the United States at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. He hopes for “America to make a comeback.” This announcement comes amid investigations surrounding the insurrection of January 6, 2021 and his handling of classified documents after his time […]

10Jan

Ishaan Paladugu '25

Roy Zhao '25No Comments

PA Midterm Election

Remember in the fall, when dramatic ads claimed that a candidate was “a snake-oil salesman” or the other was “a free-loading fraud”? These ads were the direct result of the PA Midterm elections where, in the fight for power in Pennsylvania, candidates launched “attack ads” to villainize each other. The US Midterm Elections are held […]

21Dec

Roy Zhao '25No Comments

2022-2023 Winter Forecast

The 2022-2023 winter is going to be heavily influenced by a persistent La Niña, which will bring warmer but more variable temperatures and below-average snowfall to Eastern Pennsylvania. With models predicting a winter dominated by a continued La Niña, warmer and drier conditions are expected for the South, the East Coast, and the Gulf Coast. […]