Saloni Bhatia '24

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, […]

Header: On May 11th, 2022 AASA designed a day for the Upper School to celebrate AAPI month by planning Asian- cultured related activities.  The month of May is Asian American Pacific Islander Month. This year, AASA came up with multiple activities to celebrate this occasion with the GA community. On May 11th, AASA began the […]

This year the Holiday Drive, one of GA’s fondest celebrations, took a different direction due to Covid-19 guidelines. The CSO Holiday Program is one of Germantown Academy’s most memorable traditions because of its outreach to various charities. All students and faculty of the GA community are encouraged to donate new and unwrapped gifts to their […]

A group of scientists have been working on reviving the extinct woolly mammoth in an attempt to revert some of the effects of climate change.  Due to the worsening climate crisis, scientists and technology companies are coming up with new ideas to keep it stable and even revert some of the effects. One solution is […]

The Delta variant, discovered last December in India, has resulted in a new spike of COVID-19 cases worldwide. According to the CDC, by the end of June 2021, the Delta variant had made up more than 20% of COVID cases in the United States. The variant has since spread to at least 98 countries and […]

Recently Germantown Academy made the decision for Upper School students to move to an all-in person schedule. Unlike other schools like Haverford and Wissahickon, which are continuing hybrid learning, GA is one of the few schools in Montgomery County that is beginning all in-person learning. However, to maintain this all in-person plan, faculty will continue […]

On January 6th, 2021, pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, sparking a wave of destruction and intense emotion across the nation. The Capitol was vandalized and damaged by the angry mob, while lawmakers had to be quickly rushed to safety.  The rioters terrorized the Capitol building, a monumental symbol of democracy, in an attempt to […]