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Editor’s Letter

Editor’s Letter

Sara Vélez Patiño and Quinn Caitlin May 22, 2025

Dear Cricket Fanatics,  Welcome to the last edition of The Cricket for the 2024-2025 school year. As graduating seniors and the founders of The (digital) Cricket, we thought we would share some insight...

Congratulations Seniors on College Commitments

Congratulations Seniors on College Commitments

Juliet Harris, Journalist May 22, 2025

Over the past two years, our seniors have spent hours looking at schools, filling out applications, writing essays, and thinking about their futures as they went through the college application process....

Olivia Alicea gives her presentation for the Senior Symposium

Senior Symposium: Crafting Leaders of Tomorrow

Natalie Kelsey, Sports Editor April 28, 2025

The lights dim and the chatter fades away, as a spotlight shines on a table of seniors. One student is called upon to begin presenting and the room explodes in applause, marking the beginning of the inaugural...

Spirit Week Strikes Again

Spirit Week Strikes Again

Juliet Harris, Journalist April 25, 2025

It’s back and better than ever: Spirit Week! This Spirit Week offered not only opportunities for fun and silly outfits, but also raised awareness for military families and the environment. Monday...

Quiet Protest at The Day of Silence

Quiet Protest at The Day of Silence

Ariana A. Carrasco Zapana, Journalist April 25, 2025

Imagine going through a whole day without talking— no greetings, no small talk, not a single word. That’s what a handful of students did on April 11th as a way to honor all of the people who have been...

Students observing nature at Chincoteague.

Marine Biology Meets Adventure: Grier Girls Take on Chincoteague

Lucy Hanlon, Journalist April 25, 2025

From April 16-20, our Grier girls braved traveling a long and grueling four hours, almost 200 miles from the safety of Grier’s campus to Chincoteague Bay Field Station on the shores of Virginia. These...

Grier 7th and 8th grade girls on the Earth Day trip.

Let it Grow: An Earth Day Celebration

Elinor Elisa Caviedes Haig, Managing Editor April 25, 2025

On Friday, April 18th, Grier students traded in their pencils for shovels for the school-wide Earth Day celebration. Working at five locations across central Pennsylvania, students planted 470 trees and...

Grier students at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Pittsburgh All-School Trip

On Friday, April 4th, 2025, the Grier School departed on its annual all-school trip. Around 7:30 AM, students boarded buses heading to different destinations around Pittsburgh, PA. Throughout the day,...

Grier girls at the French Revolution MUN.

“Vive la France”- Grier Girls Take on the French Revolution

Juliet Harris, Journalist April 15, 2025

Bonjour! On Saturday, March 29th, the Grier Model UN team hosted a schoolwide conference centered around the French Revolution. In this crisis committee, delegates had to adapt as their characters would...

Junior Maryam Ali takes a self-portrait surrounded by snow.

A Seasonal Summary: Winter Edition

Maddie Starling, Journalist April 15, 2025

WEC Ocala   The winter season kicked off on a high for the riders with a show at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida. They attended the show during winter break and spent two weeks in the...

Sara Vélez Patiño '25 and Isabella Knoblock '26, read along to James Crew's "A Path To Kindness"

The Path to Kindness

The Cricket Staff March 7, 2025

As the snow melts and the sun shines, the last day of February brought the Grier community together to bond over the vulnerability of poetry and emotion. Through the lens of the all-school read, “The...

Group picture of designers, models, backstage managers, and advisor Ms. Piotti

Walking the (Grier) Runway

Quinn Caitlin, Co-Editor In Chief March 7, 2025

“Life is a party. Dress like it.” —Audrey Hepburn After months of meticulous planning, the Fashion Club debuted its first official fashion show on February 28th. Led by founders, Sara Vélez Patiño,‘25,...

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