Germantown Avenue has fifteen vacant storefronts and they stick out like a sore thumb.  With help from the business district, however, the Avenue’s shops have displayed impressive resilience, even...

At SCH, students are given just under an hour for lunch, but that time’s value is far greater than a period for them to eat. The students use their time to participate in other activities outside of...

Within the past few years, several independent schools surrounding SCH, like the Haverford School, GFS, and Penn Charter, have done away with the College Board’s Advanced Placement classes, replacing...

On April 3rd, SCH juniors faced a challenge never before seen by high schoolers. Thrust into a reentry simulation, students were tasked with fending for themselves amongst their classmates; they had to...

As upper school students of SCH it is important to question the quality and cost of the food served in our cafeteria: Why are the prices what they are? Where does the food come from? How is the menu created? In...

The SCH Varsity baseball field is not just a normal baseball field in Chestnut Hill, but it holds so much history to the Chestnut Hill community. Over the years there has been some controversy about turfing...

I’ve always been a highly observant and empathetic person — I notice everything around me and immediately I start to make sense of it. Over the past four years I’ve learned a lot about people, friendships,...

Recently, playing the daily New York Times word games has been a major trend in the SCH upper school community. Wordle was initially an extremely popular game in 2022, but the game eventually died off...

Almost every high school student-athlete that wants to play their sport in college goes through some sort of recruiting process. Whether it’s for lacrosse, tennis, or baseball, it is always stressful. Senior...