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The Jesuit tradition of beginning each academic year with the Mass of the Holy Spirit dates back to the 16th century. The Academy celebrated this Mass today at the site of our founding, Saint Ignatius Church led by our founding President Fr. Bill Watters, S.J. The first reading from Sirach was particularly appropriate:
If you wish, you can be taught;
if you apply yourself, you will be shrewd.
If you are willing to listen, you will learn;
if you give heed, you will be wise.
During the homily, Fr. Watters asked the students to share their reflections on the readings among themselves, and then invited them to share with the community, and ended by inviting students to join him in blessing the faculty. It was a particular joy to have music provided by alumnus Tariq al Sabir '07, a senior at the Peabody Conservatory.
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Rising 8th grade students Aaron, Kenneth, Khalil and Jerry loved their two weeks at i2 Camp at Bryn Mawr school where they engaged in fascinating STEM experiential learning projects like building a moon colony. designing model viruses, extracting DNA and engineering a popsicle stick chain reaction. Thanks to our friends at 
independent boarding school. Pujan and Belou both enrolled in the Problem Solving cluster of classes that included robotics, programming and mathematical modeling. Aside from their academic gains, both boys share that they gained confidence navigating the boarding school experience. Thank you 