All tagged 2021/09
Sam Sidiqi writes about the joy of summiting Denali this summer, the highest mountain in North America at 20,310 feet. It has been an unlikely journey for a kid who was born in Afghanistan and grew up in Swarthmore. The climb taught him some good lessons and it helps support the development of the country where he was born.
Dr. Wagner Marseille is the newly appointed superintendent of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. He was interviewed by Strath Haven High School senior (and Swarthmorean summer intern), Morgan McErlean, on Wednesday, September 1. This week’s edition carries the second part of our interview with Dr. Marseille.
For Strath Haven and Garnet Valley, on paper it cannot get much closer. Both have identical 4-0 records. Both teams have a reputation for powerful running attacks that is extending into the 2021 season. High school football fans expect this matchup between two storied programs this Friday at George L. King field in Wallingford to be the Central League’s game of the year.
Strath Haven High School English teacher Kevin Haney recounts how the gamut of emotions over the course of a fateful week took him on a journey that was as long and arduous as the one taken by his friend...a journey that has changed him forever and rekindled his belief that there can always be goodness in a world that is sometimes cruel and evil.
A recap of the September 13 Wallingford-Swarthmore School District school board meeting. Dr. Denise Citarelli Jones, WSSD’s Director of Education, led a focused discussion recapping the September 2021 meeting of the Educational Affairs committee, which resulted in the recommendation for an equity audit slated for fall of 2021, and a curriculum audit planned for the spring of 2022. The board also voted unanimously to appoint Republican Amy Caruso on an interim basis to fill the seat vacated by Chapin Cimino in August, 2021.
A recap of this week’s Swarthmore Borough Council meeting, including a proposal that Thursday, October 28, be recognized as the “Hope for Hallie Teen Mental Health Awareness Day” in Swarthmore. The motion was unanimously approved by all borough council members.
September 2021 is fundamentally different from 2020 in another crucial metric: It now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. As a pediatrician working at the major children’s hospital in our area, I saw it during my week on service which ended just a few hours ago: The teenagers and young adults admitted with COVID—some intubated, some dying from the disease—come from all walks of life. Widely diverse and yet they all share one characteristic: They are unvaccinated.
This week, Andrew Bunting highlights one of the most effective approaches to create privacy: to use living plants as formal or informal hedges.
Former Swarthmorean Editor Chris Reynolds documents his travels this summer along U.S. Route 395 in California.
Three weeks down, and three wins in the books for the Strath Haven Panthers have many high school football fans taking notice of the silver and black. And with an impressive 49-35 road win over 6A Haverford High last Saturday, the Panthers are poised to move to 4-0 this week with a challenging Central League schedule looming.
The Rotary Club of Swarthmore invites the local community to a block party outside the SEPTA train station on Saturday, September 25, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Sirens blaring and all! Oh gosh, what should I do?!? If you find yourself in this situation, the first thing to do is to not panic.
Dr. Wagner Marseille is the newly appointed superintendent of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. He was interviewed by Strath Haven High School senior (and Swarthmorean summer intern), Morgan McErlean, on Wednesday, September 1. This week’s edition carries Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Marseille.
There is a new kind of small business worry in Swarthmore. It is one that I never thought I would fear—the loss of beloved businesses due to new development. I am sharing my story to keep all of our community informed on the latest from our business district.
This month, we’ll be unveiling our new e-edition of The Swarthmorean. It will completely replace our current website. At the core of the experience will be a robust digital replica of the paper (called “page view”) — an online experience that looks and feels exactly like the print paper. The new e-edition will offer some key enhancements that we think you’ll love.
Morgan McErlean, an intern at the Swarthmorean and a senior at Strath Haven High School contributed this essay regarding Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, and how the work shouldn’t be viewed as a feminist document but, instead, as a piece of prejudiced white feminist fiction.
You couldn’t have hoped for a better start to the season than what the Strath Haven Panthers have managed to accomplish in two games.
CASA Youth Advocates is looking for individuals who can commit to volunteering for 10 to 12 hours per month for at least one year, to be a champion for a child.
This year, 2021, marks the 10 year anniversary of the popular live music and art event series Friday Night Live at the Community Arts Center. The fall season kicks off with the first event on Friday, September 17, with Scotty P & The Love From Above.
Last Saturday, the Swarthmorean was contacted by former 2006 Strath Haven High School graduate, Wellington Kiiru, to let us know about SHHS English teacher and coach Kevin Haney’s heroic gesture in getting his friend, 2006 SHHS graduate Amir Sidiqi, out of Afghanistan. Wellington and Amir were both students of Mr. Haney. It also appears that another graduate of SHHS piloted the plane that brought Amir to the U.S.
