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Mr. Moll Manages Mushroom Business

Mr. Moll Manages Mushroom Business

Many people know Mr. Steve Moll as the Upper School Dean of Students. Others know him as a math teacher or a track coach. Apart from all of this, Mr. Moll has another passion: growing and selling his own mushrooms. In 2020, during COVID-19, Mr. Moll started growing mushrooms, thinking that it would be an […]

Mr. Freedland reflects on adventure racing career

Over his nearly 20-year-long adventure racing career, Mr. Freedland has participated in around 130 races in many places, ranging from rural Asia to the hot African desert to the Alaskan backcountry.  Adventure races are wilderness-based triathlons in which teams of competitors run, bike and paddle for hundreds of miles in the wilderness. The amount of […]
New Speech and Debate Leadership Sparks Promising Future

New Speech and Debate Leadership Sparks Promising Future

Germantown Academy Middle School Science Teacher and Technology Chair Mr. James DiFranco recently took over the GA Speech and Debate club. After some uncertain years, the club seems to be finally going to gain some much-needed stability.  “I’ve always in my career been in the Middle School,” Mr. Difranco said. “Taking this was a way […]
2024 Graduates Take Unique Paths

2024 Graduates Take Unique Paths

On the hot afternoon of June 14, after many speeches, songs, and walks, the members of the Class of 2024 will throw their graduation caps in the air as they have one of the last moments on GA campus to celebrate many years of hard work. These students will go off to college and pursue […]
Academy Scholar Program

Academy Scholar Program

The Academy Scholars Program is considered an opportunity for students with a passion for scholarship, creative writing, visual art, performing art, or research (in the sciences, social sciences, or humanities) to pursue that passion by means of developing and working on a significant, independent project.  For graduating ‘24 academy scholars, this program has become more […]