CAMPUS CURRENTS
The William A. Graham IV OPC '58 Athletics & Wellness Center is on schedule to open for the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year.
STUDENTS SHINE BEYOND THE RED DOORS Maggie Turner Maggie Turner earned four honorable
covers a historical topic, uses historical footage and employs the
mentions from the Scholastic Art & Writing
Ken Burns editing technique, as required by Noone’s assignment.
Awards for two mixed media works and
Hartman narrated his film with a script he researched and wrote
two paintings. A senior, Turner completed
himself.
these works in AP Studio. Turner’s painting Cathedral Basilica appears in the feature
Nicole Gilbert
about PC’s Virtual Art Show, beginning on page 10.
Nicole Gilbert, a sophomore, earned a Gold
Amani Rivers
for her original dramatic script and is a Amani Rivers, a junior, is a participant in the Acel Moore High School Journalism Workshop, a competitive program for students to hone their writing skills and dive into the world of
Key in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2021 National Silver Medalist. The work, Misconceptions, was selected based on its originality, technical skill and strength of voice. A competitive program, students’ entries undergo blind
journalism. Rivers’ blog post for Acel Moore,
reviews by national leaders in the visual and literary arts.
picked up by the Philadelphia Inquirer and run
Madison Brooks
as an opinion piece, was well received. Titled “Wake up. Eat. Zoom. Repeat: The Daily Struggle of Virtual High School,” the post details the difficulties of virtual learning, including the toll on students’ mental health.
Junior Madison Brooks was selected to be a member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 12 Band. Madison was selected to represent Penn
Michael Hartman Senior Michael Hartman’s documentary Potatoes, Famine & Irish Immigration was accepted into the Bridge Film Festival, a competition for high school students organized by Brooklyn Friends School. Created for his film class with Eva Kay Noone, Hartman’s film
Charter on the trumpet after extensive hours of practice and preparation followed by an online audition. Madison joins Nicholas Djerassi OPC ’19, Jonathan Lewis OPC ’17 and Olivia Brody-Bizar OPC ’17 as recent selections to this prestigious musical ensemble made up of students from public, private and parochial schools in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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