Arts and Tech

24Feb Clara Shafer '26No Comments

2024 Oscar nominees and predictions

Barbie vs. Oppenheimer, Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse, Pixar’s Elemental and Leonardo Dicaprio against Barry Keoghan: the annual presentation of the Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars, again prompts themselves on Sunday, March 10.  Since 1929, the Oscars have praised the most beloved cinematic masterpieces of the year. From best picture and animated feature […]

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20Feb Hannah Greenfield '25No Comments

Belfry’s Spring Musical Ride The Cyclone

On March 8 and 9 in the Arts Center, Germantown Academy’s theater program, Belfry, will be performing “Ride the Cyclone”, a 2008 musical by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell.  “Ride the Cyclone” is about a high school choir of Uranium City, a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada where six members have perished on a roller […]

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18Feb Vincent Zhou '26 Jiaming Hu '26No Comments

Robotics team strives for excellence in 2023-2024 season

During the winter season at Germantown Academy, students gather after school each day to build robots in hopes of succeeding at the competitive stage. Every year, the leading organization, VEX Robotics, creates a game to test students’ abilities to adapt to new challenges through building and coding – this year’s challenge is called “Over Under.” […]

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15Feb Misimi Owolabi '25No Comments

Honors Art Show: Germantown Academy celebrates students’ works

From December 8, 2023, to February 5, 2024, Germantown Academy’s 2024 Honors Art Show took place in the Art Center, featuring works from students enrolled in 2D, 3D, sculpture, photography, and digital media courses. The show is an annual GA tradition where all honors visual art students can display their growth and creativity for the […]

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10Feb Benjamin Moorhouse '26No Comments

Apple’s newest watches get banned: A ticking predicament or timely resolve.

In October of 2023, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) ruled that Apple’s latest watches, the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2, would not be allowed to be imported into the US for copyright infringement. The heart rate monitor is the culprit for the ruling, as Masimo, a medical technology […]

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1Feb Aiden SwartzNo Comments

Project Green Light: Google’s Attempt at Reinventing Traffic

In recent AI developments spearheaded by Google, traffic light technology is rapidly advancing. Through their new “Project Green Light,” Google hopes to reduce carbon emissions caused by traffic light stoppages by 10%.  “AI capabilities can replicate dozens of analysts who normally would perform tasks like this and constantly make adjustments as needed,” Christopher Alexander, Chief […]

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29Jan Chloe Zhou Audrey Yu '26No Comments

GA Students Embark on Musical Excellence at PMEA

In December of 2023, several members of the GA Band and Orchestra successfully auditioned for PMEA Districts Band/Orchestra: Andrei Vava ‘24, Ethan Page ‘24, Dominic Perazza ‘25, Jianna Kim ‘25, Umang Mittal ‘25, Arthur Hu ‘26 and Rebecca Rong ‘26. PMEA, which stands for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, holds annual three-day festivals at the […]

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22Jan Saloni Bhatia '24No Comments

GA Crew Warriors Watch Boys in the Boat

On Jan. 7, the Germantown Academy girls rowing team went to watch George Clooney’s new movie, “The Boys in the Boat.” The movie reflected the team’s teamwork, as well as, demonstrated what being on a rowing team looks like.  “The Boys in the Boat” is a historical film that follows the University of Washington rowing […]

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18Dec Benjamin Moorhouse '26No Comments

Snow White: CGI Changing Hollywood

In Sept. 2022, at the Disney 23 Expo, a clip of the upcoming Snow White live-action remake was shown. Immediately following this showcase, pushback against the movie occurred. The seven dwarves are purely CGI, and the beloved Snow White is being played by Rachel Zegler, an actor of Latin descent.  More relevant to GA, are […]

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14Dec Audrey Yu '26 Rebecca Rong '26No Comments

Fall concert brings all musicians together on one stage

The Upper School had its Fall Concert on Nov. 30. Music directors and student musicians worked hard to put together a program leading up to the performance. This year’s concert, however, was particularly special.  For the first time since the fall of 2019, the families of the band, choir, and string orchestra musicians sat in […]

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