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Breaking Barriers Writing Contest Winner

Breaking Barriers Writing Contest Winner

Quinn Caitlin and Sara Vélez Patiño April 15, 2025

Sponsored by Beyond the Bubble and the Grier Writing Center, the Breaking Barriers Writing Contest occurred at the end of March. The writing prompt asked students to tell about a woman of color who had...

Lizzie, Dr. Findley’s dog playing in the snow.

In Her Retirement: Elizabeth Bennet the Third

Sophia Richards-Cordell, Journalist April 15, 2025

Strutting around campus, Elizabeth Bennet the Third is a 13-year-old dog who has lived a fun and fulfilling life with the Doctors Findley. Elizabeth, or “Lizzie” for short, was adopted by the Drs....

Working Towards Women's Rights

Working Towards Women’s Rights

Irene Back, Journalist April 15, 2025

Every year, there comes a day in March when the fierce winds die down and the snow gradually melts away. This is not the only harbinger of spring, however. March is also a time for the Grier School to...

Junior Noa Stein, Rebecca Stein, and Stephanie Swallow, a dancer.

New Faces of an Ancient People

Quinn Caitlin, Co-Editor in Chief April 15, 2025

From March 28–30, Grier students volunteered at the 19th Annual Penn State Powwow, held at the C3 Sports Arena. The event provided a meaningful opportunity for students to participate in and contribute...

Gia, 11’ singing at Rockfest

Rockfest: A Major Success

Natalie Kelsey, Sports Editor April 15, 2025

The dancing of the lights across the stage, the tapping of the drums, the strumming of the guitar, and the sounds of vocalists can only mean one thing: Rockfest. This year’s concert brought students...

Receiving admissions decision by Stella Adler

Ivy Day: Joy or Dismay?

Natalie Kelsey, Sports Editor April 15, 2025

“Ivy Day” is a long-standing tradition dating back to 1874 where colleges, most notably the eight Ivy League schools, release regular decision admissions results to eagerly awaiting students. The results...

Engineering Club members demonstrating the power of STEM to third graders.

The Sweet Science of Inclusion

The Cricket Staff March 7, 2025

By its definition, ice cream is an emulsion; which, in chemistry, is two liquids that normally cannot be combined like oil and water. However, this chemistry phenomenon is possible, creating one of the...

Grier girls at the Motion Dance Competition

Dancing Through the Motions

Gia McIntyre and Cricket Staff February 28, 2025

As winter winds swirled across campus, the Grier Dance Company ignited the stage at the annual Motion Dance Competition on February 8th and 9th. They competed over the course of the weekend, wowing audiences...

Nurse Billie Jo’s Puppy

Grier Welcomes a New Fluffy Face to Campus

Sophia Richards-Cordell, Journalist February 28, 2025

A new, fluffy, four-legged member has been added to the Uron family’s home on campus. Nurse Billie Jo Uron welcomed her new dog “Boone” into the family a few weeks ago and plans for him to have a...

Grier Nurses

The Hectic and Fulfilling Life of a Grier School Nurse

Sophia Richards-Cordell, Journalist February 28, 2025

In the little cottage known as the Health Center, nurses are always ready to help any girls in need. Being a nurse at Grier requires a lot of passion. The nurses work hard every day, keeping the infirmary...

Meet the New Grier Horses

Meet the New Grier Horses

Sophia Richards-Cordell, Journalist February 28, 2025

Over winter break, four new horses arrived on campus to benefit the riding program with their advanced skills: Q, Miss, Crack, and Bear. Like our students, all of these horses come to Grier with their...

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 17: Charlayne Hunter-Gault onstage for Good Trouble Talk session during the 2022 John Lewis Foundation Inaugural Gala at The Schuyler at Hamilton Hotel on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images)

From the Margins to the Headlines

Quinn Caitlin, Editor-in-Chief February 28, 2025

According to a 2022 Pew Research survey, out of the roughly 85,000 journalists in America, only 6% are Black. Combine that with the long-standing gender divide in journalism, and African American women...

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