Features ∙ Page 2
The Knight Times ∙ August 2023
New Knight Orientation introduces EHS students explore sites and freshmen to school environment expand their cultural knowledge ANYA PANT Opinions Editor Every year before school starts, incoming freshmen are required to take a course called New Knight Orientation. This course was held August 14-15 and took the freshmen through all the various things they will need to learn before entering Episcopal High School. This two-day course was led by student leaders and advisory teachers, as well as sophomores and juniors who had applied to be FAM leaders the previous year. The days started with the freshmen going to their advisories and doing icebreakers to get to know their fellow advisees. Then
they went to various tech sessions that taught them how to use Canvas, their EHS email, and set up their laptops. After the tech session, the freshmen learned about the Honor and Disciple Councils and the policies at EHS. They did team building and inclusivity activities as well. This program is really helpful to the freshmen. During this time they get a taste of the school without the normal chaos of over 800 students and also get time to tour the school and find their classes before the start of the year. It is also very useful because it gave them a chance to ask their FAM advisors questions about school and how their experiences were during freshman year.
over summer trip across France
Trip planners Ms. Lauren Cunningham and Mrs. Kate Philbrick traveled with students town to town along the French coast. Photo by Mrs. Kate Philbrick. CAMPBELL RICHARSON Copy Editor
Reverend Art Callaham introduces new students to customs and traditions at Chapel as part of the school’s Religion Pillar. Photo by PhotoJ
EHS Onstage reenacts life of Edgar Allen Poe in first production of year ANYA PANT Opinions Editor With the 2023-2024 school year starting, EHS has already begun the various activities that go with the fall season. The fall season of school is packed with many different things such as fall sports, dance auditions, and many other events, one of which is the fall play. The production this year is Nevermore and has a cast of approximately 35 students. The play is directed by Dean of Arts Mr. Paul Revaz and Theater Director Mr. George Brock, with assistance from junior Mia Tribble. In addition, Nevermore is stage managed by junior Sophia Berumensophomores Myles Patterson and Chloe Plusquellec. Nevermore is a play about the
BELLA CHRAMOSTA Guest Writer
life and mysterious death of the poet Edgar Allen Poe, performed by sophomore Garrison Amendola. This play follows Edgar Allen Poe through his final days before his mysterious death. In September of 1847, Poe allegedly boarded a boat headed for Baltimore Harbor for an overnight trip to New York City but never made it there. Five days later, Poe was found deliriously wandering the streets of Baltimore, and he died soon after. Nobody knows for sure what happened to Poe during those five missing days, but the play tries to explain it using Poe’s stories and poems. The play will be showing on Friday and Saturday, September 22-23, at 7:00 p.m. The last show will be a matinee on the following Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
This summer a group of EHS students went on a nine-day trip to France. Led by Ms. Lauren Cunningham and Mrs. Kate Philbrick, they got the chance to see many of the nation’s beautiful and famous sites from June 5-14. Alongside the Episcopal students for much of the tour was a group of middle schoolers from Florida also enjoying traveling throughout France. As their tour’s title, Côté à Côté (French for Coast to Coast), suggests, they journeyed across France, from Normandy to the southern coast. First were three days spent in the city of Paris. During their time in the capital the group visited some of the city’s most renowned monuments, including the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Tuileries Gardens, Sacré-Cœur Basilica, and Notre Dame, as well as a sunset cruise trip down the Siene River on a to pass by Paris’ famous bridges. Next, they drove to Brittany to visit the famous D-Day beaches. While in the regon they also went to see the Normandy American Cemetery and watched a film at the Ar-
romanches 360-degrees theater. In the historic port of St. Malo, they spent one night before continuing on to Le Mont-SaintMichel, special for its preserved medieval architecture. Next was a night stay in Bois in the Loire Valley, followed by a train to Nice. In the Loire Valley they explored the Chateau de Chambord, a castle commissioned by King Francis the First and today is an architecural symbol of the sixteenth century French Renaissance. As they made their way along the southern coast, they briefly left France to visit the Prince’s Palace in Monaco along with the gardens before heading off to Villefranche-sur-Mer in time for a lunch on the Mediterranean Sea. On the morning of their last full day in the country they set off to Grasse Saint-Paul-de-Vence, one of the oldest medieval towns on the French Riviera, well known for its history of notable artist residents such as Pablo Picasso. Finally, they said their goodbyes to the Florida group and flew back to the US. According to Ms. Cunningham, “the trip was a great opportunity for students to learn more about French language, history, geography, culture, customs, and more.”
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Hey, y’all! I’m Bella Chramosta, and I’m looking forward to serving as your Math Club president this year. I hope everyone had an amazing summer and a strong start to the school year. The Math Club has so many fun activities planned for this year, including STEM-based school-wide events and lectures, and individual and team math competitions. We hope you join our math family and take advantage of the numerous opportunities. Any juniors and seniors interested in joining the National Math Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, be on the lookout for the application out soon. You can follow Math Club on both Instagram and Twitter under
the user @ehsmathclub for quality math memes, updates on meetings and events, and stimulating puzzles.
Along their exploration across France, students enjoyed many elements of French culture, cuisine included. Photo by Mrs. Kate Philbrick.