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7Oct Ishaan Paladugu '25No Comments

Growing student body heralds bright future for GA

From 2014 to today, GA’s Upper School has grown from 509 to 574 students, making the 2023-2024 school year’s student body the biggest in GA’s 264-year history. Word of this “astonishing” fact has spread fast, causing many students to debate in support or against this seemingly noteworthy topic, but ultimately this trend has served to […]

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5Oct Jessica Wang Neha Jonnalagadda '25No Comments

Changes to GA’s Dress Code Evoke Mixed Feelings Among Students

In the past couple of years, teachers have been more lenient with the dress code due to the struggles caused by COVID-19, and they haven’t adjusted back to a stricter dress code until now.  GA’s updated guidelines are written in the Upper School Student Handbook. For all students, the type of pants allowed are dress […]

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26May Utsav Mittal '25 Larry ZhanNo Comments

Germantown Academy International Food Festival

Recently, GAIFF, hosted by a hard-working team of many GA students and faculty, brought back a pre-Covid opportunity to share the GA community culture through food. On April 24, 2023, the Upper School affinity groups, Feminist Forum (FemFo), and Students United in Multicultural Awareness (SUMA) club brought back the Germantown Academy International Food Festival, a […]

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20May Sanya Bandekar '2525 Comments

Attention on TikTok Data Privacy and Gun Violence Reaveal Congress’ Priorities

Two major events took place within these past few weeks gaining attention from Americans around the country. One of them, the congressional hearing with the current CEO of Tikok, took place on March 23, 2023, and just days later, the fatal Nashville school shooting occurred on March 27, 2023. While both events pushed lawmakers to […]

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14Apr Neha Jonnalagadda '25 Jessica WangNo Comments

GA Celebrates Lunar New Year!

AASA, GA’s Asian American club, arranged a Lunar New Year event during upper school’s community time on Monday, Jan. 23. On Sunday, Jan. 22, families all over the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, usually falling between late January and mid-February each year. Lunar New Year is a festival that celebrates the arrival of spring […]

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22Mar Luke Weidemoyer '23No Comments

The Criminalization of Disease: Causes and Necessary Structural Reforms

In his memoir In The Sanctuary of Outcasts, Neil White relates the story of his imprisonment in Carville, Louisiana, for check kiting. While the prison Neil is held in holds prisoners, it also is home to the National Leprosarium, where hundreds of those suffering from Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, were forcefully sent to […]

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2Mar Sanya Bandekar '25No Comments

American Girl Doll launches new representation with Kavi Sharma

On Dec. 29, American Girl Doll announced their newest Girl of the Year doll, set to launch in stores on January 1st, 2023. In a much-anticipated announcement, Kavi Sharma—the Indian-American, broadway loving doll from Metuchen, New Jersey—received praise from the American Girl audience, both young and old. She is the first South Asian girl of […]

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21Feb Charlotte Baughman '25No Comments

ChatGPT’s Dramatic Impact on Education

ChatGPT, among the newest AI technologies, could drastically change education at GA and beyond. The AI technology has the capability to write entire academic papers, and could potentially make it difficult for teachers to detect. However, the chatbot’s impact goes beyond education; it serves as a groundbreaking pathway to previously unimaginable innovations in the realm […]

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12Feb Sarah-Grace CorenNo Comments

The GA College Panel Brings Current Alumni Voices to Current Students

On January 5, 2023, the Germantown Academy College Counseling Team hosted a college panel, specifically for juniors and seniors, featuring alumni of multiple backgrounds from various colleges around the country. The panel gave students an opportunity to learn more about colleges from class size to locations to even different weather conditions at each individual school.  […]

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12Jan Ada LeedsNo Comments

Semi: Then vs Now

Semi is an event that many students in the Upper School look forward to every year. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, last year’s dance had to change from its usual model in many ways. Thankfully, this year’s Semi was back to normal.  The 2021-2022 school year’s Semi was a much different scene from this year’s. To […]

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