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Senior Captivates GA Community with Stellar Artistic Abilities

26May

Senior Captivates GA Community with Stellar Artistic Abilities

This spring marks the third annual Visual Arts Senior Student Choice Award, where one senior is recognized for their impressive work and artistic excellence with a $200 prize and a permanent spot in GA’s Portfolio of Artistic Excellence. This year’s winner is Charlotte Harobin ‘22 with her “Alice in Wonderland” inspired mushroom chess set. Harobin’s […]

13May

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A New Author in a New Time

On Thursday, April 7th, Germantown Academy hosted Ms. Anne Marie Cammarato, a playwright and director, whose works include Hazel, Bobby James, Milk Pie, A Scar, 10 Months, and The Big Room. On that day, students gathered during lunch and flex in the Roberts Family Library to watch an inspiring reading and performance of Hazel, put […]

13May

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Artist of the Edition: Alex Cai

Senior Alex Cai ’22 has been making art at Germantown Academy since Lower School. He has created many designs for GA such as the cover art for the Make-A-Wish basketball tournament, flyers for school events, the design for GA-PC Day shirts, and even his class stone all this year. Alex has certainly used his art […]

12May

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]