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The Cricket: A Year in Review

Natalie Kelsey, Sports Editor May 22, 2025

There are no more weeks of school left, meaning that while the time winds down, students’ schedules are filling up. One of the items keeping students busy are clubs like our own: the school newspaper....

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...

Alese Rinker

From Saddles to Service: Alese Rinker’s Unique Double Life

Gia McIntyre, Layout Editor April 25, 2025

When Alese Rinker isn’t grooming horses or helping students strap on their ski boots, she operates a Paladin artillery cannon at drill weekends with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Yes, seriously.  “I’m...

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...

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...

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...

Grier students gathering for Green and Gold assembly.

A Very Spirited Spirit Week

Juliet Harris, Journalist March 7, 2025

If you see girls strolling across Grier’s campus in frivolous, eye-catching outfits resembling anything from frat boy attire to the vibrant colors of M&Ms—there’s no need to be concerned. It’s...

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