The Student News Site of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

The Campus Lantern
2025 Broad Street Run: The Countdown to Race Day
2025 Broad Street Run: The Countdown to Race Day
April 19, 2025
Pie graph showing the popularity of each Senior Project category
Senior Projects: What Fields Will Students Intern In?
April 16, 2025
SCH Students Spark Change Through Service
SCH Students Spark Change Through Service
April 16, 2025
SCH Welcomes BioMedical Focus Track
SCH Welcomes BioMedical Focus Track
April 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
A Timeline on the Most Important Tariff Updates
April 14, 2025
Picture of Grayson Akatsuki Cloud Tattoo
Grayson Scott ’25 Journeys Through Anime to Self-Discovery
April 14, 2025
SCH gloves lined up pre-game.
It Takes Two: Devils Baseball Downs PC
April 19, 2025
SCH comes together before final game
SCH Boys Basketball Season Ends In Elite Eight
March 5, 2025
Madness Down Broad Street
Madness Down Broad Street
February 26, 2025
Keni Williams elevates for a tough layup.
SCH Flies Past Friends Central, Advances to Second Round.
February 25, 2025
AI generated image from Adobe Firefly Prompt:generate an image of an esports gaming team playing computer games wearing light blue and navy shirts with headphones on
Gaming as a Sports Credit?
February 19, 2025
Eagles set up a drive against the Chiefs.
Eagles Defense Dominates Chiefs, Claim Second Super Bowl
February 18, 2025
Music in the Parks; May 3rd, 2024, graduates of SCH 2024: Anabella Castellanos, Anya Rosenbloom, Ava Szalay, and Caitlin Keough '25, Sofia Lima '25, and Avy Drew '25 at Hershey Park on the bus to get there.
SCH Music Ensembles Make Harmonious Return to Hershey Park’s Music in the Parks Festival
April 15, 2025
MS Drama Wizard of Oz Production dress rehearsal.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the SCH Middle School Drama Production of Wizard of Oz
February 28, 2025
Max producing in his house
Max Tonkon Makes Beats
February 20, 2025
Early Rendering of the New Rec
Your Guide to the Renovation of the Rec
February 13, 2025
Players Move from Rec to MS Auditorium
December 9, 2024
The Players production team preps for the first day of Tech Week.
Meet the Directors
November 19, 2024
The Wissahickon
April 18, 2025
-Firefly AI Image to make a pencil drawing of an AI-depicted version of SCH senior Jenna Seidman’s pencil drawing of a student writing in class.
AI in School: A Double Standard for Teacher and Students?
April 3, 2025
Student working on AP exam
Cut or Keep: The State of AP Classes for Independent Schools Like SCH 
April 2, 2025
Uncovering the Truth: SCH Speaks Out Gambling Addiction 
Uncovering the Truth: SCH Speaks Out Gambling Addiction 
April 1, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Threaten Fashion Industry
Trump’s Tariffs Threaten Fashion Industry
March 31, 2025
Middle School MiSCHief: Blood on the Clocktower
Middle School MiSCHief: Blood on the Clocktower
February 13, 2025
April 18, 2025
April 14, 2025
Jillian Major '26
April 14, 2025
April 11, 2025
Manny Silva
Manny Silva
April 11, 2025
April 10, 2025
Jackson Erdos coaches his student Maddie Valentine at a regional championship.
Jackson Erdos ’25 Coaches Like a Champ
February 12, 2025
2LT Ford stands behind his Fire Support Team Vehicle (FISTV) in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The device on top of the vehicle is a laser guidance system.
Mr. Ford: Math Teacher and Purple Heart Veteran
February 12, 2025
Señora Vargas moves from Management to Maestra
Señora Vargas moves from Management to Maestra
January 27, 2025
Paige Ouano Murray; Part-time Artist, Full-time Student
Paige Ouano Murray; Part-time Artist, Full-time Student
January 21, 2025
Tony Hicks Profile
Tony Hicks Profile
January 17, 2025
A picture of Maxime Sinal
Cooking Up Connection: How Maxime Sinal Shares Love, Culture, and Joy Through Food
January 16, 2025
Americans on RedNote converse in Chinese.
Dear LiHua, #Tiktokrefugees Flock to RedNote
January 24, 2025
Diversity Dialogues: PWI Stories: The 'Look' of Success
Diversity Dialogues: PWI Stories: The ‘Look’ of Success
December 16, 2024
SCH student votes in the SCHelection.
Why Are We Surprised?
December 12, 2024
Isha Ahya '27 works on her latest basketball article
The Lantern Levels Up
December 6, 2024
AI Generated made with Google Gemini from the prompt: Make an image that correlates with the podcast name with headphones and sports in the background.
Playbook to Life
November 29, 2024
XC Girl's V Last Froyo Friday of the Season
Cross Country is an Underrated Sport
November 27, 2024
Illuminating the past: Debbie Ducar and Casey Ellis ‘59 reminisce about The Tatler
Illuminating the past: Debbie Ducar and Casey Ellis ‘59 reminisce about The Tatler
May 24, 2024
Charles B. "Chas" Landreth and Griffy Whitman '25 review the most recent print edition of The Lantern. Photo courtesy of Melissa Brown '87
Illuminating the Past: Landreth family leads a legacy of lantern carriers
March 18, 2024
The door to the rifle range off the courtyard.
Yes, we once had a riflery range; no we don’t have one anymore
March 18, 2024
An excerpt from Roger Hall's '82 senior speech in The Campus Lantern
Looking back at the first senior speech
December 12, 2023
Back to the future with computerized testing
Back to the future with computerized testing
October 26, 2023
Grinch Chilling in Secret Chemistry Bunker
Grinch Steals Every Periodic Table, Makes Friends
December 19, 2024
Penn Reubensaal '28 takes the DOL winning selfie
Penn Ruebensaal Ends Freshman DOL Drought
December 18, 2024
Anderson Swanger shows off crucial supplements for winter arc
Seed Oil Stock Plummets, Fear of Receipts Surges, Winter Arc Begins at SCH
December 13, 2024
Braydon Trunfio stands beside Norcini's water fountain
SCH Students Vote on Best Water Fountian, Discover They Were Wrong
December 12, 2024

The Campus Lantern
The Student News Site of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

The Campus Lantern
Kira Vakil '25

Kira Vakil ’25, Staff Writer

Kira is a senior at SCH who plays field hockey and loves to spend time with friends. If she’s not doing either activities you can probably find her napping after school or hanging out with her dogs. 

All content by Kira Vakil ’25
-Firefly AI Image to make a pencil drawing of an AI-depicted version of SCH senior Jenna Seidman’s pencil drawing of a student writing in class.

AI in School: A Double Standard for Teacher and Students?

Wyatt Peck ’25, Michael Mellor ’25, Jenna Seidman ’25, and Kira Vakil ’25
April 3, 2025
Read Story

Kira Vakil ’25, Staff Writer
February 18, 2025
Read Story

Kira Vakil ’25, Staff Writer
February 12, 2025
Read Story

Kira Vakil ’25, Staff Writer
February 6, 2025
Read Story
AI Generated made with Google Gemini from the prompt: Make an image that correlates with the podcast name with headphones and sports in the background.

Playbook to Life Part II

Kira Vakil ’25, Kameron Waters ’25, Grayson Scott ’25, and Keni WIlliams ’25
February 3, 2025
Read Story
AI generated image from Microsoft Designer. Prompt: the scene is a female speaker talking about consent for a diverse group of teens with simple thought bubbles of things to consent to, like alcohol, drugs, and sex with no words

[Photo] Upper School Students Participate in Healthy Relationship Workshops

Roman McNichols ’26, Staff Writer
January 17, 2025
Read Story
The Middle School boy choir sings during assembly.

SCH Holiday Traditions

Kira Vakil ’25 and Sam Tonkon ’25
December 20, 2024
Read Story
Ms. D and family at the AOH Division #39 Tacony in Philadelphia before the send off to Ireland.

Ms. D. Builds Peace and a Ship

Kira Vakil ’25, Staff Writer
December 16, 2024
Read Story
AI Generated made with Google Gemini from the prompt: Make an image that correlates with the podcast name with headphones and sports in the background.

Playbook to Life

Grayson Scott ’25, Kira Vakil ’25, Kam Waters ’25, and Keni Williams ’25
November 29, 2024
Read Story
Neeve Doherty watches the Zach Bryan concert at Lincoln Financial Field.

Country Fans Spend Their Summer at the Stadiums

Kira Vakil ’25, Staff Writer
October 22, 2024
Read Story
Load More Stories
Donate to The Campus Lantern