Ishaan Paladugu '25

On Monday, Aug. 28, barely one month ago, students, faculty, and staff at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill locked their doors and sheltered under their desks for three hours. Some jumped from the second-floor windows to escape.  Campus police released a warning of an active gunman at 1 p.m. Chinese immigrant and […]

The war in Ukraine has now been going on for a year, marking an important turning point in the continuing struggle between Ukraine and separatists with support from Russia. Despite efforts to end the dispute, which started in 2014, there hasn’t been much success in doing so. A ceasefire agreement was struck in July 2020 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Over the past month, Germantown Academy hosted three foreign exchange students from GA’s sister school in Spain. The three students—Paula Gomez-Luque, Paula Perez, and Marina Prats-Garrido—had the opportunity to experience different American traditions and activities.  About eight years ago, a former GA teacher connected with the Europa International School in Seville, Spain. At the time, […]