On September 28, 2018, Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher waited outside Senator Jeff Flake’s office to speak with him about his support Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Instead of engaging with the women Senator Flake rushed from his office to the elevator without stopping, so Archila blocked the elevator doors to confront...
The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) has been a national historic landmark since 1965, but in recent years, the institution has been making a concerted effort to include issues in contemporary prisons as a part of their tours and guided programming. Their updated mission reflects this, stating, “Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site interprets the legacy of...
The clock strikes ten. At the front of the room Biology teacher Gen Nelson is answering a question from the thermochemistry review packet. Behind her, students exchange furtive glances, waiting for someone to stand up, to leave class. Someone stands up and is quickly followed by a shuffling stream of students. It’s March 14, and...
Brenden Dahl (‘20) wrote a play, Imaginary, which won the 2017 Philadelphia Young Playwrights (PYP) Festival contest. Imaginary was produced as part of New Voices, a collaboration between PYP and Temple University. The play follows the troubles of Arthur, a man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Dahl is currently writing a play under commission for...
This November the Hargroves Center hosted the first Upper School Coffeehouse performance of 2016. Will McQuillan, ’19 sat down with student leader Evan Gorski, ’17 and Upper School Student Activity Director Andrew Lee to discuss the show in Earthquake’s first ever audio news story (listen below).
This year the Mexican exchange celebrates its 30th anniversary. Each January, six GFS students travel to Tlaxcala to live with host families and to attend La Escuela Secundaria Técnica Número 1 “Xicohtencatl Axayacatzin,” as a part of the thirty year Mexico Exchange. Here are some thoughts from this year’s visitors: Luis Angel Marin Coheto...
