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New Year Brings Fresh Motivation, Energizes GA community
29Jan Vincent Zhou '26No Comments

New Year Brings Fresh Motivation, Energizes GA community

Each year, on Dec. 31, people from all over the world gather in celebration of another cycle around the sun. For many, it’s a time to look back and reflect on good memories, new experiences and lessons learned. For others, it’s time to set goals to improve themselves in the coming year.  I’ve picked out […]
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Germantown Academy Balances Joy, Education Through Snow Day Policy
17Dec Roy Zhao '25No Comments

Germantown Academy Balances Joy, Education Through Snow Day Policy

Germantown Academy recently unveiled its snow day policy for the winter of 2023-24, a plan that reflects GA’s emphasis on student happiness and safety while being prepared to maintain educational continuity during emergency situations. There is a unique sense of joy that unfolds when students wake to find school unexpectedly canceled due to a blanket […]
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GA’s Security Department provides safety, welcoming learning environment
17Dec Aidan Gor '25No Comments

GA’s Security Department provides safety, welcoming learning environment

The primary purpose of attending school is to become enlightened by educational knowledge in a safe learning environment. However, the presence of school shootings prevents many students from attaining this knowledge safely and effectively. According to CNN, school shootings have recently begun to exponentially increase, taking lives away from countless innocent children and faculty.  Besides […]
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New winter sports cut policy benefits teams, student clubs
16Dec Nick Lohin '27No Comments

New winter sports cut policy benefits teams, student clubs

This school year, the GA athletic team and administration have implemented a new cut policy. It started in the fall sports season with the golf, volleyball and girls’ tennis teams and will continue this winter season with boys’ basketball.  In the past, when there were no cuts for boys’ basketball, the programs became too big. […]
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Book banning threatens American Education System
15Dec Grace Taylor '24No Comments

Book banning threatens American Education System

Stories are essential. They have the power to create connection and emotional investment among readers, providing the empathy necessary to understand various cultures, identities and settings found within the text.  A particularly powerful story may even redefine the barriers constructed by society by removing uneducated prejudices. For this reason, the books that hold these stories […]
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GA/PC spirit week
12Dec Neha Jonnalagadda '25 Jessica WangNo Comments

GA/PC spirit week

Every year, the buzz around GA/PC Day transforms our school into a lively hub of creativity during Spirit Week.  Each day brings a different theme, turning the hallways into a parade of outfits that range from comfy pajamas to bold superhero ensembles.  This year’s lineup had its own flair, starting strong with the classic Pajama […]
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Health and Wellness Center Promotes School Unity
8Oct Saloni Bhatia '24No Comments

Health and Wellness Center Promotes School Unity

When I heard about the Health and Wellness Center project near the end of the 2022-2023 school year, I was very curious to see what it would become. I had not heard of something like this before and given the amount of planning and money that was behind this project, and like many students, I […]
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