Senior Sean Oates ref lects on his service trip to Peru, and on the value of the Christian Service program.
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Back to School 2017
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AND ANOTHER NEW SCHEDULE...
SERVICE EXPERIENCE
For the newspaper staff, changing the name of this publication from The Blackfriar Chronicle (back) to The Friar's Lantern has meaning and symbolism.
The fifth new schedule in five years for Malvern is about to launch, alongside changes to add/drop and dress code.
We profile eight new faculty and staff who started at Malvern this summer or fall. Get to know your new teachers.
PREVIEW DAYS + ATHLETIC SCHEDULES Quick reference to the 'Preview Days' schedules for the first week of school, and the September athletic schedule.
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Malvern Preparatory School • Malvern, Pa. • lantern.news
e conducted our third annual Freshman Survey during the book sale on August 23-24. Thanks to all the freshmen who took the time to complete the survey, and to the staff from the Counseling Department and the 9th Grade Academy Team who supported our efforts.
Each time we offer this survey, we hope to improve it with new questions and continual improvements to the sur vey design. This survey included new questions about how much time freshmen spend using social media and about the technology they plan to use at school. We also faced the survey stations away from the book sale area in order to give participants more privacy in answering the questions. We reached 60% of the freshman class—considerably lower than last year’s 83%. In 2016, there were orientation activities scheduled directly after the book sale, so it was more likely for the freshmen to show up during their scheduled book sale time. This year, orientation activities were scheduled for the full day prior to the start of school and the first day of classes. Although our evidence is only anecdotal, we believe that fewer freshmen attended the book
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sale during the scheduled times for freshmen, instead dropping in at times that were convenient around athletic practices and endof-summer plans. We know that we will need to consider alternate logistics for the survey if editors choose to continue collecting data next year. Please read all of our commentary and these survey results as “based on the surveyed freshmen.” Although we did not reach the whole class, we still felt that 60% represented a strong enough sampling to share these results with our readers. Three years of data makes us curious about the differences and developing trends. Although there is much more to this class than the answers to our survey, we hope that these graphs give a good snapshot of the Malvern Prep Class of 2020. Please visit our website at lantern.news to see more survey results. ◊
Please visit our website at lantern.news to see more results.
FRESHMAN SURVEY 2017
WHY THE NAME CHANGE?
Most freshmen (44%) stated that they chose to attend our school for the academics. Academics was the reason for 50% of the class in 2015, and 46% of the class in 2016. Brotherhood as a reason rose nine percentage points from last year. The Catholic education was only the reason for 4% of freshmen. Considering 70% of you would have gone to a nonCatholic school if you did not go to Malvern, that number makes sense. Whatever reason you chose for coming to Malvern, you’ll find that you come to appreciate all the school has to offer. Be sure to take advantage of your opportunities here.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST REASON YOU CHOSE TO ATTEND MALVERN PREP?
For back-to-back years, basketball is the sport that has the highest percentage of freshmen who intend to play. 45% of the class intends on playing basketball, 34% plan on playing baseball, and 29% plan on playing lacrosse. If you are a freshman hoping to be on either the sailing, indoor track, or olympic weightlifting teams, your spot on the team should be fairly safe. Signifacantly, no freshman marked 'none' as a response.
MORE SURVEY RESULTS PAGES 6-9
CHECK ANY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN WHICH YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE AT MALVERN.
SEASON OPENER: Under the leadership of Coach Gueriera, the coaching staff, and the senior captains, the Friars will be doing everything they can this season to go undefeated and win the Inter-Ac. Garrett Hallinan ’19 enjoyed every practice. SPORTS EDITOR “Everyone agrees that senior seasons go by so fast at Malvern,” fter just a week and a half of preseason, the players are McCahon said. “I want to enjoy it and have fun because I will already coming together nicely as a team. never play football again after this season.” McCahon commented on what the senior season is like. “Everyone has pushed their egos aside for the greater good of the team,” Head Coach Dave Gueriera said. “So far, we “As a senior, I am more responsible,” McCahon said. “It is our look good, and everyday we get better.” team. We determine how the season is going to be The team practices Monday through Friday, typ- "Everyone has and how we want it to be. I feel more responsibility, ically from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. However on Monday’s pushed their egos especially as a captain, to make sure everyone is doing aside for the good their job and everyone is focused during practice. I and Wednesday’s, the team practices twice. of the team." “This year’s schedule is a lot better than last have to make sure everyone is doing the right thing -Coach Gueriera year’s,” senior Quinn McCahon said. “Last year, outside of practice too.” we arrived on campus at eight in the morning and Although junior Sebastian Costantini still has two would not leave until eight at night.” more seasons ahead of him, he feels that his leadership role has grown. In addition to strength training and practicing, the team “This season has a whole new meaning,” Costantini said. watches film everyday. “We film every practice, with the inten- “Now, we will be leaders on the team and serve a bigger role.” Constantini holds great confidence in this team. tion of not making the same mistakes twice,” Gueriera said. “If a problem is not corrected on the field, then we correct it in the “I know everyone is going to give their best effort,” he said. meeting room.” “We will do whatever it takes to get better.” Because of the intense heat, Malvern practiced without shoulThe Friars’ game plan this season is to take one game at time. der pads. “These were rules from the PIAA. We just wore helmets “We are not talking about the Inter-Ac schedule or anything for our first two practices,” McCahon said. past St. Augustine Prep,” Gueriera said. “St. Augustine Prep is Although the weather has been quite hot, McCahon has where all of our focus is right now.” > PAGE 9
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GREAT CATCH • Junior Tygee Leach makes a catch over junior Billy Carlini
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Back to School 2017
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Our publication’s name change to The Friar’s Lantern reflects our goal, to serve you better.
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Editorial Board engaging with you, the student body. What’s the point of having ith a new school year comes new changes in our school a school newspaper if it isn’t generating much discussion among community. Father Reilly begins his term as Head of the Malvern community? School. The schedule has been changed yet again. And We want to meet students where they are. We want to become our staff decided it was time for a change as well. more of a cohesive and versatile news source. This publication, formerly known as The One way we have chosen to do this is by Blackfriar Chronicle, has changed its official adding Snapchat to our list of social media name back to The Friar’s Lantern. accounts. The word “lantern” The Friar’s Lantern was the original With Snapchat and our other social media signifies illuminating name of the publication when it first started accounts like Instagram, Facebook, and the truth. back in 1932 at Malvern. Over the years, the Twitter, we plan to include more instant news The word “friar” name changed to the Cynosure then to The of all the great things happening on campus symbolizes doing Blackfriar Chronicle in 1985. Later, in 2012, like sports games, pep rallies, and more. We this reporting from our website was created under the name The also plan to have more fun things on our social the student body’s Friar’s Lantern as a tribute to the old name. media, like Stewart Hall food reviews and stuperspective. The change makes our branding condent and athlete social media takeovers. We also plan to get more student voice in sistent across all platforms, including our website and social media accounts. But this the publication. We commit to get the majorwasn’t the only reason for the changes. ity of students in our publication, whether it be As discussed in our May 2016 editorial, the word “lantern” through sources in articles or in polls we’ll be doing throughout signifies illuminating the truth. For us, that means doing ethical the year. reporting on the subjects that truly matter. The word “friar” symOur staff recognizes the fact that our news is more integrated bolizes doing this reporting from the student body’s perspective: than ever between our online and print platforms, as all of our stostudents at an Augustinian, all-boys private school. ries in print go online. So, we made our name consistent to match. We have two goals as a staff as laid out in our mission state- We also want to be more integrated in the Malvern community, ment: to provide accurate and relevant information to the Malvern and engage with you to give you what you want and need to see. community and to offer a forum for intelligent dialogue on all Also, we always encourage you to give us ideas for stories. things Malvern. But have we been actually doing that? Email us at mpfriarslantern1@gmail.com if you want to see someWe feel, as a staff, that we have been achieving the first goal, thing covered in the Friar’s Lantern. Follow us lantern.news for but we need to work on the latter. The Friar’s Lantern is produc- our Snapchat and Instagram, @friarslantern1 for Twitter, and ing accurate and relevant news, but we need to do a better job of The Friar’s Lantern for Facebook. ◊
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Reflecting on service in Peru This fall I return to Malvern with new perspectives and relationships following my Christian Service trip. Sean Oates ’18 REPORTER his past summer, Malvern’s rising senior class found themselves all over the globe as they embarked on their Christian Service trips, along with Malvern faculty and alumni chaperones. The senior Christian Service trips are always advertised by alumni as one of their best memories from their time at Malvern, and personally I agree wholeheartedly. Beginning over spring break with a trip to Costa Rica, and finally ending with the August trip to Ireland, the Class of 2018 had the opportunity to experience worlds previously unknown to them throughout the summer. Groups of students traveled to Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Peru, New Orleans, South Africa, Fiji, and Ireland. I had the opportunity to travel to Peru with 14 of my peers, where we spent ten days in the small city of Chulucanas. Going into the trip our group was excited, but not sure exactly what to expect. None of us really knew too much about Peru or how we would be helping the people there. We also were unsure how the people of Peru would react to seeing our group in their community. We arrived in the city after a tough 20 hours of travel, but were immediately met with extreme kindness from the people of Chulucanas. Everywhere we went in town we were constantly being greeted in Spanish, the native language there. Our worries of how the Peruvians would respond to us quickly went away, and was replaced by a desire to build new relationships with them. “We all feel like celebrities here because the students love to take photos and selfies with us,” senior Phil Kramer posted in
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a blog post on the Peru trip Facebook page. A cha l lenging, yet rewarding aspect of the whole trip was having to carry dialogue in Spanish with the people there. Our entire group agreed that from the first day to the last, out Spanish skills increased tremendously. Some of our group members who had never even taken Spanish class were having conversations with the natives by the end of the trip. Something many juniors are interested in when signing up for their service trip location is whether the work will be social or manual. In Peru, we had an even balance of the two. We spent a lot of hours helping teach English classes for students of all ages. We would teach young children and teenagers at a school called Santisima Cruz as well as students older than ourselves at a local university. Other social work we participated in was spending time with the children of a local orphanage. We brought with us from the United States puzzles, coloring books, and played games like UNO and duck duck goose. It was amazing to spend time with these children and see how happy they could be playing with us, especially considering the poor conditions and
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poverty they were living in. As for the other half of the time we spent working, we were doing manual chores like scraping and sanding down damaged walls then repainting them. We did this at various locations, including a church, a schoolroom, and the same orphanage mentioned earlier. While we were happy to be working and helping the people of Chulucanas, we spent a lot of time experiencing the culture of the foreign land we were in. Peru, like most South American countries, is crazy about soccer, or “futbol.” > PAGE 10
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New handbook changes dress code, attendance policy Students and administrators expect some growing pains. Stowe Milhous ’19 CONTRIBUTOR evisions to the dress code and the student handbook for the upcoming school year were made by Malvern administrators in hope that the changes will help unify the Middle and Upper School. I n a n e m a i l s e nt o u t b y M a l v e r n Communications to parents on July 31, Assistant Head of School for Academics Patrick Sillup and Assistant Head of School for Student Leadership Ronald Algeo presented the changes, which include students being required to be in formal dress on the first day of each academic week throughout the year and also changes in the shoes policy. The email states that shoes should be professional looking and brown or black leather, either synthetic leather or canvas. Students are also not allowed to wear shoes with prominent logos, white soles, or athletic laces, like Vans and the Nike casual line. Students have shown mixed emotions to just these dress code changes. “The changes make sense in a way. To some, it may seem like a little too much. There is one thing to have a dress code, then there is another to be a stickler for it,” junior Ben Murphy said. “I do think some people will really struggle with it, just like every year. The formal dress I mind a little bit. It creates some responsibility to maintain it though, so I understand it.” Even though some students may share a negative view on the new revisions, some parents share the opposite view. “I am in favor of the new dress code,” Malvern parent Joanie Milhous said. “I think it gives a sense of pride in Malvern. It shows class and uniformity
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and is a reminder of the privilege it is to attend such a great school.” There are also changes to the handbook like revisions on the absence policy, how late a student can come into school and still take part in extracurricular activities and sports, and how late a student can come into school and not be marked absent. “When our schedule was 8 periods a day, being present on campus by the end of 2nd period (10:15) guaranteed the students would be here for 6 out of their 8 periods,” Algeo stated in an email. “With our current 5 period day and first period ending at 9:25, it made sense to have the students here by the end of first period which would guarantee that they would be present for 4 out of their 5 classes.” Administrators stand behind these revisions to the handbook and dress code, but know there will be some growing pains while getting accustomed to the revisions. “There’s probably a little confusion out there, too, because there are causal shoes, shoes with white soles,” Dean of Students Mr. Tim Dougherty said. “You know, it’s going to be a year until we figure things out,” he said later. With this being said, Dougherty has gotten emails from parents who are very confused about these revision. Nevertheless, he has also gotten emails from parents thanking the administrators for the new dress code revisions. Still, Dougherty expects the same problems with students not following the dress code as with every other year. “There will probably be resistance, there always is with the dress code to be honest,” Dougherty said. “Shirts are untucked on formal dress days. Sleeves are ripped off underneath sport jackets.” ◊
DRESS CODE CHANGES
Shoes and Socks: Shoes should be professional looking and brown or black leather, synthetic leather or canvas. All shoes must be tightly laced up and with pants extending completely down to cover the ankle. Sandals, sneakers,sneaker-like shoes (those with prominent visible logos, white soled, or with athletic laces, e.g. Vans, Nike casual line etc.) and clogs are not permitted. Socks must be worn at all times. Pants: A reminder that joggers, pants with gathered ankles, and those without belt loops are prohibited. Sweatshirts: Sweatshirts continue to be prohibited during the academic day unless it is a dress down day. ATTENDANCE POLICY CHANGES • Each absence after the student's 10th will require a doctor's note for admission to school. Failure to supply a doctor's note will mean the student will have an unexcused absence and its attendant penalties. Students will also be ineligible for sports or extracurricular activities that day. • Students arriving to school after 11:00 a.m. without a doctor's note will be marked absent for the school day. • Students arriving after 9:25 a.m. (the end of first period), without a doctor's note, will be ineligible for participation in extracurricular activities and sports that day. Source: July 31 Parent Communication
Schedule revisions affect Community Time, add/drop New schedule puts Community Time back to the morning, while add/drop period will last only three days for most students. Jack Guardiola ’20 COPY EDITOR hen families received the 201718 school calendar in the mail, some students noticed an important detail on the inside cover: the school day schedule has changed yet again. The most notable change is Community Time moving back to the morning. There were multiple factors that went into this decision, including moving lunch later in the day, chapel in the morning on Mondays, and more time for the students to meet with their teachers, according to Dean of Students Mr. Tim Dougherty. “There’s more time to see their teachers in the morning before they’ve seen them [in class],” Dougherty said. Assistant Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick Sillup confirmed that a “driving factor” for the change was that students needed to talk to teachers earlier in the day. “Having it in the afternoon was challenging because, [a student would say] ‘My day starts, and I really think I need to see a teacher for this upcoming assessment, exam, quiz, or paper but Community Time isn’t until the afternoon,’” Sillup said. A c om m it te e of te a c he r s a nd
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Special "Preview" Schedules for the first three days of the 2017-18 school year
UPPER SCHOOL REGULAR SCHEDULE
Notable changes: • Community Time lengthens from 30 (2016-17) to 35 minutes, moves to morning • Third period is no longer a true 'long block.' It lasts 65 minutes, only five minutes longer than the other periods. • Break moves to afternoon 8:15-8:25
Homeroom
8:25-9:25
1st Period
9:25-10:00
Community Time / Monday Chapel
10:00-11:00
2nd Period
11:00-12:40
3rd Period / Lunch 11:00-11:35
1st Lunch
12:05-12:40
3rd Lunch
12:40-1:40
4th Period
1:40-2:00
Break
2:00-3:00
5th Period
MIDDLE SCHOOL REGULAR SCHEDULE
Notable changes: • 'Experiential Block' (8:15-9:25 in 2016-17) eliminated, replaced with Morning Meeting • Break added after Morning Meeting • First period lengthened 5 minutes • Recess added • Community Time shortened from 45 (2016-17) to 35 minutes 8:15-8:45
Morning Meeting / Monday Chapel
8:45-9:00
Break
9:00-10:10
1st Period
10:10-11:20
2nd Period
11:20-11:35
Recess
11:35-12:05
Lunch
12:05-12:40
Community Time / EL / PE
12:40-1:50
3rd Period
1:50-3:00
4th Period
administrators including Assistant Head of School for Student Leadership Mr. Ron Algeo worked on the schedule change. The outgoing senior class was also consulted. “[We] did senior townhalls. We would go and meet with them during the second quarter and get feedback from them,” Dougherty said. During the first three days of school, there will be a special schedule due to a new add/drop policy. The classes will be at the same time for three days, so it is easier for students to figure out which classes to add and drop without getting left behind. “It was challenging because in an extended add/drop period [a teacher] could start teaching, start the course, and then a calendar week, week and a half, or two weeks later, here comes a new face,” Sillup said. Sophomore Jaden Vogelman had an experience with the add/drop period last year. “Last year I remember trying to drop a class but on the tenth day thinking about it [too much time had passed],” Vogelman said. Sillup knows that there will be times when a student misses the first three days of school, or the preview days. “There’s going to be situation, maybe [a student] was ill the first week of school. Am I going to tell that student that they can’t engage in the new add/drop? Absolutely not,” Sillup said. Although Sillup knows this new system won’t work for every student, he believes it will for most. “Do I think this is going to happen at 100 percent? No, but I think we can get pretty close.” ◊
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Daniel Malloy '18 Eric McLaughlin '18
Managing Editors Print: Ethan Rowley ’18 Online: Chase Bennett ’19
Business & PR Manager Jack Magargee '18
Copy Editor Jack Guardiola '20
Section Editors Friar Life Alex Haylock ’19 Michael Harrington '19
Sports
Garrett Hallinan ’19 Kyle Leonard '19
Media & Culture Luke McClatchy ’19
Social Media Editors Dan King ’19 Joe Lister '21
EDITORIAL BOARD All editors Member(s) of Class of ’21 -TBAMember(s) of Diversity Club -TBA-
ADVISER
Ms. Kate Plows
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NEW FACES
With the start of a new school year, there are new faculty and staff to welcome. Our reporters spent some time learning about eight new members of the Malvern community.
Mr. John Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Carly Lynch
New Middle School Math Teacher taught previously at Merion Mercy Academy.
Malvern’s new part-time school nurse is excited to begin her tenure and build on existing connections she has to Malvern.
Garrett Hallinan ’19 SPORTS EDITOR iddle School Math teacher Mr. John Fitzpatrick’s goal this year is to “build as many relationships with the boys as possible.” Although he is teaching in the Middle School, he hopes to keep a close tie with the Upper School too. Born and raised in Drexel Hill, Fitzpatrick is one of eleven children. He falls eighth in the family order. “Here is a fun fact: my oldest sister and MR. JOHN FITZPATRICK mom are closer in age than my oldest sister and youngest sister,” Fitzpatrick said. Fitzpatrick started working when he was 14. Now, his family is much smaller. He has a Since then, he has worked many jobs. wife and two kids. “I waited at the Quadrangle, which is a “We all enjoy baseball,” Fitzpatrick said. retirement home in Havertown,” Fitzpatrick said. “ Throughout high “We like to play outside a lot.” school, I worked at a CVS in When Fitzpatrick was a Springfield. After graduat“It seems that all the ing from the University of kid, he dreamed of becoming faculty loves teaching a professional baseball player. Scranton, I did statistics for a here. I am excited for “I played baseball growresearch company. They sent the students to come ing up,” Fitzpatrick said. “My us pet food, and we tested it back so we can get to favorite player was center with the animals.” learning." fielder, Lenny Dykstra. He Before Malvern, was on the ’93 Phillies, and Fitzpatrick taught at Merion I thought he was a great Mercy for four years. player.” “I loved it there,” Fitzpatrick said. “I was One of Fitzpatrick’s lifetime goals is to visit involved with the math activities, including all of the baseball stadiums in the country. Mathletes and Math Counts.” “I have been to 14, mainly on the northeast Fitzpatrick's wife also shares his passion for coast,” Fitzpatrick said. “I have also been to a math, as she is a math teacher too. couple in California because some of my siblings “We live in Willistown Township, right across the street from the Phelps School,” live out there.” After a few years, Fitzpatrick realized that Fitzpatrick said. “My wife teaches there.” playing professional baseball was not part of his Fitzpatrick cannot wait to dive into the future. By his freshman year, John knew what school year. “It seems that all the faculty loves teaching he wanted to do. “I had an awesome Algebra teacher at here,” Fitzpatrick said. “I am excited for the stuSt. Joseph’s Prep,” Fitzpatrick said. “After dents to come back so we can get to learning.” ◊ that class, I knew that I wanted to be a math teacher.”
Kyle Leonard ’19 SPORTS EDITOR rs. Carly Lynch, new part-time school nurse, grew up in Springfield with her family, which includes her older brother and a younger sister. Lynch is married to Malvern alumnus Michael Lynch, ’07. They now live in the Lancaster area and welcomed their first child, Daniel, to their family almost a year ago. Lynch went to Merion Mercy Academy for high school. She then earned her undergraduate college degree from the University of Delaware, where she majored in exercise science and finished in three years. “I loved it so much, so I went, went, went through all of the winters and summers and finished up in three years. Then I got married the year after I graduated,” Lynch said. Lynch then went back to school and received her post-graduate degree in nursing from Villanova University. Before this year, Lynch worked as a nurse at Lancaster General Hospital. “I worked on the cardiac floor there. This year is a bit of a change, but a welcome change,” Lynch said. Lynch knew that she wanted to end up in school nursing, so as she and her husband started looking for jobs. It was Michael, who is still “obsessed” with Malvern, who ended up coming across the job opening at Malvern. “We almost laughed at it at first, like ‘Oh, wouldn’t that be funny’ or ‘Wouldn’t that be great’,” Lynch said. “Then we actually drew up my application, because I felt like I’d kick myself if I didn’t. It’s still surreal that I’m actually here. It’s so cool.” Malvern was Lynch’s primary and favorite destination, and she was so happy to be able to secure the job so quickly. Since Lynch’s job is part-time, it is still a work in progress on the exact days and hours
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she will be working. “Mrs. [Catherine] McGettigan and I are still working through the schedule. I think that as of right now we’re just looking at the schedule for the next six or eight weeks and figure out what days work for us, but not necessarily Monday-Wednesday-Friday, or TuesdayThursday,” Lynch said. “All I know is that Mrs. McGettigan and I will be here in some capacity.” Not only does she want to be an active part in treating kids who come to the nurse’s office, but Lynch also wants to make a difference in the Malvern community. “I think I’m most excited dive headfirst into the community and really be a presence on campus; that’s kind of my mission,” Lynch said. “I want to be out there and spread my mission in health to the student body and the faculty.” Since Mrs. McGettigan has served as Malvern’s school nurse for over 20 years and has moved to the part-time role which Lynch is helping to fill, she has a lot of things to tell Lynch about the Malvern experience. “She warns me that it’s definitely a lot of work, but also how rewarding it is to get to know the students and be the person that represents nursing here on campus, which is kind of cool,” Lynch said. ◊
Ms. Lea Murtaugh New hire in admissions has experience in corporate role, college counseling. Dan Malloy ’18 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ew Assistant Director of Admissions Ms. Lea Murtaugh has found her niche in life. Growing up, Murtaugh went to Penncrest High School and graduated in 2003. From there however, she did not know where her life would take her. “I didn’t know where I was going to go or where I was going to apply, if I wanted to live away… So I talked with my mom about it and decided I would enroll in Delaware County [Community College],” Murtaugh said. Murtaugh was a first-generation college student in her family, so she was charting a new path. After DCCC, she transferred her Associate’s Degree to go to Penn State Brandywine, a satellite campus. “They took a lot of my credits from Delaware County, it was an equally easy commute, so that’s why I opted for that,” Murtaugh said. “I didn’t pick [Penn State Brandywine] for any passionate reason, but it worked out well.” Penn State Brandywine was a good commute for Murtaugh since she lived in her hometown of Media. She wanted to be involved on campus, but she was also working another job on the side. She graduated Penn State Brandywine in December of 2008, getting her Bachelor’s in Human Development and Family Studies. “After that, I was pretty lucky because I got a pretty
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competitive internship at SAP,” Murtaugh said. “It was almost a year and a half I was there as an intern.” Murtaugh learned a lot at SAP. She described SAP as a pretty “corporate” job, and she realized that she did not want to work in that type of role. “So, I left and enrolled in a graduate program at West Chester University in Counseling Psychology with hopes of getting into education in some type of counseling position,” Murtaugh said. She graduated West Chester in 2011. Next, she worked for a few other companies until she got a job as a Senior Admissions Counselor at Rosemont College in October 2014. Murtaugh worked primarily with first-generation students, which she could relate to since she was in their shoes before. “I really liked working with students who were coming in for the first time and aren’t as familiar with the college process, like the oldest student who has never been on a college visit, who has never met with an admissions counselor, and who is a novice to the college process,” Murtaugh said. She worked there for three full recruitment years until the job at Malvern opened up.
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“I don’t want to say [the application process] was easy, but it wasn’t too complicated,” she said. Her job involves working with prospective high school students on their application, giving tours, and representing Malvern at high school fairs. “I’ll be the liaison to the family that’s applying, representing Malvern and just being the point of contact for the family to complete the application,” Murtaugh said. Murtaugh plans to get involved in an extracurricular activity on campus once she gets comfortable in her new position. “I would love to get involved with overseeing a club or a sport down
the road,” she said. Murtaugh currently lives in Narberth with her boyfriend and her cat. She enjoys staying active as she runs 5k races and teaches Crossfit at Main Line Crossfit in Ardmore, PA. She is ready for all the students to come back to school and for the year to start. “I’m really excited to be here and happy for what the year holds,” Murtaugh said. ◊
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Ms. Suzanne Sweeney New English teacher Ms. Suzanne Sweeney will be teaching two freshman sections of academic and one of honors. Michael Harrington ’19 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR oving to a different state, starting a new job, and getting married are major life events that are part of this year for new Ninth grade English Teacher Ms. Suzanne Sweeney According to her, “a lot of good things are happening in like 30 days.” After spending f ive years teaching at Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, New Jersey teaching grades six, seven, eight, 11, and 12, Sweeney is excited to come to Malvern, where her fiancé attended, to continue her career in education. At her former school Sweeney taught a multitude of classes for her different grade levels. “Sixth to eighth grade was photography and Photoshop. Seventh and eighth grade was a writing course that they had to take that just strictly focused on different genres of writing,” she said. “And the junior and senior class was a marketing, advertising, and communications collective.” She hopes that she can use the skills she picked up and used to teach classes such as photography or photoshop and apply them to a variety of opportunities at Malvern. “I definitely hope to bring my photography and Photoshop skills and help out in any classes,” she said. “Marketing, advertising, and communications I think is huge because a lot of students are deciding to major in that subject.” As a teacher, Sweeney thinks that one of the most important things for her to do is constantly continue to learn and hopes that the Malvern community allows her to pursue this goal of hers. “I really just hope to meet as many different students as I can and obviously all the faculty and just learn from them, listen to them, see what styles of teaching they bring to their
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Mrs. Kelly Catania New Middle School Spanish teacher told of her eye-opening experience volunteering at an orphanage in Honduras. Eric McLaughlin ’18 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF lthough middle school Spanish teacher Mrs. Kelly Catania isn’t new to some of the Malvern community—she substituted for theology classes last year—she is new to a full-time teaching position at Malvern. Cata n ia is or ig ina l ly f rom t he Manhattan area and northern New Jersey, but has lived in West Chester for the past five years. “We moved from New York down here because my husband was relocated to MRS. KELLY CATANIA Wilmington, Delaware,” Catania said. She has four children, the oldest of with at first but each day it got easier. She which will be a freshman at Malvern this said it really made her count her blessings year. She also has two daughters and another and feel gratitude. boy, Juan Carlos, whom she adopted from an Catania said that the greatest gift she orphanage in Central America. received from her experience in Honduras After college, Catania knew that she was knowing in her heart that she wanted wanted to volunteer somewhere. to adopt a child from the orphanage, and “I knew that I wanted she did. to work with children After returning from “I can really sense the and I knew that I wanted Honduras, Catania purgreat community that to work in a third world sued her masters in is here. I love seeing country. I really wanted to education. how much you young experience what it is like “I started teaching in men want to give to to be truly poor,” she said. Spanish Harlem in New others, and I think that Through research, York City at PS128, a is so important." small public school in Catania found an opportunity to volunteer at an not a great area of New orphanage in Honduras. York City that consisted “There were 90 children in the orphanage of many Dominican students,” Catania said. and I lived with them for a couple of years,” In the past couple of years, Catania has she said. been working at the STEM Academy in She did not know any Spanish, but was Downingtown. She decided to apply for happy to be helping those in need. “I had the job at Malvern because it would be a taken Latin in high school so it was a big good opportunity for her family, especially step for me coming out of college, but a great her sons. step because it has opened so many doors for “We were looking at some high schools me,” she said. that maybe our boys would go to. Malvern She explained that it was difficult at seemed like a better fit for me as my children first, but she was able to learn from the chil- are getting older,” Catania said. Catania said that she is thrilled to start dren. “[The children] were the best teachers working full time at Malvern. because they helped me with my Spanish as much as I helped them in the long run of “I can really sense the great community life,” Catania said. “If I didn’t understand a that is here,” Catania said. “I love seeing word, they would kind of laugh at me and how much you young men want to give to then I would move on to the next child.” others, and I think that is so important.” ◊ Catania said that the differences between her life in Honduras and her life in the United States were difficult to cope
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classroom… It will hopefully help me develop my lesson plans,” Sweeney said. While the environment of an all-boys school may be unfamiliar due to MorristownBeard being co-educational, the experience excites her. She thinks that “a different type of learning has been going on in the classroom.” She hopes to get involved as much as possible particularly through the avenue of Malvern’s sports programs. “I would love to start coaching sports. My specialties are swimming and lacrosse. I was a division one lacrosse goalie… I'm coming off of coaching for a top New Jersey club program for the last eight years,” Sweeney said. Sweeney also coached two swimming teams, one for boys and the other for girls, at Morristown-Beard and wants to carry on coaching as part of Malvern’s swim team. “I'm really just looking to dive in,” she said. “I was really close with the students at my old school, so I'm really hoping that I make those relationships here.” ◊
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More new faces on page 10 Mrs. Linda Bogan
The new Assistant to the Director of Dining Services is already enjoying her time working at Malvern. Luke McClatchy ’19 MEDIA & CULTURE EDITOR ssistant to the Director of Dining Services Mrs. Linda Bogan began her job at Malvern this summer, but that doesn’t mean it’s her first rodeo. Bogan grew up locally in Havertown. She worked at her mother’s bar named Craig’s Tavern for 17 years. “I mostly dealt with the receipts and counting the money, the inventories and back room sales, and occasionally I was a bartender there and even worked in the kitchen for a small period. But it was great working for my mother,” Bogan said. She began working elsewhere after her mother sold Craig’s Tavern. “I was at T.E. Middle School previously
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working in their cafeteria for the past four years. It was great, but I left this past June to come and work at Malvern,” Bogan said. She says the people are her favorite part about working at Malvern. “I really enjoy working here at Malvern, all the people here are really nice and great to me,” Bogan said. “The kids are definitely my favorite part about working here, just being around them and interacting with them. I just enjoy it.” Her list of responsibilities as Assistant to the Director of Dining Services may change a bit depending on the day but stays rather consistent. “It’s really whatever Mr. Gray tells me to do I do truthfully, but really I’m the head cashier and I’m in charge of the end of day sales reports, and I help out with the stocking in the kitchen and inventory too,” Bogan said.
She says she is almost prepared for the hordes of Malvern kids buying lunch this school year since she experienced similar situations at T.E. Middle School. “There were about 1000 students there so I had some experience there,” Bogan said. “The real issue is getting used to the register, it hasn’t given me any problems yet but I haven’t served any patrons yet only really taken in money to start the school year.” Malvern students will be seeing a lot of Mrs. Bogan this year. “I’ll be out there five days a week, working the register during breaks and lunch,” Bogan said. “I think I’m getting there for preparing for the lines.” ◊
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FRESHMAN SURVEY 2017 CONTINUED We have more kids from Chester County this year and less from Delaware County than last year’s freshman class. (Chester County 51%, Delaware County 35% in 2016). However, there were similar numbers all around to last year. Montgomery came in at 14%, compared to 13% last year. One freshman comes from Lehigh County - mad respect there. That’s an epic commute.
Around 41% of the freshman class is returning Malvern Prep middle schoolers. This is down from 46% in 2015, and 44% in 2015. This does not mean the students who went to Malvern’s middle school have to only hang out with the other lifers, and the students who did not go to the middle school here have to hang out with those types of students. You will get the most out of your experience if you commit to trying to meet new people and expand your friend groups.
WHERE IS YOUR HOME LOCATED?
WHAT SCHOOL DID YOU ATTEND LAST YEAR?
According to the data, about 92% of freshmen were Catholic. That may have been different if we had gotten more of the freshmen class in the survey, but it’s a valid statistic nonetheless. Malvern Prep’s website reports that 85% of the school is Catholic, so the freshmen surveyed were actually above the average.
According to the students surveyed, 94% of the freshman class is caucasian. Last year, that percentage was 85%, with a higher percentage of Asian (7%) and Hispanic (2%) students. This does not seem to be on track for Malvern’s goal of 20% diversity by 2020, a plan approved by the Board of Trustees in fall 2013. But again, we were only able to survey 60% of the freshman class. Perhaps there is greater diversity in the entire class, or throughout other classes at the school. We will report on this subject later in this school year.
HOW WOULD YOU PRIMARILY IDENTIFY YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR RACE/ETHNICITY.
We were surprised to see that Bishop Shanahan had the highest percentage of students who identified the school in second place, rising from 5% in 2016 to 13% in 2017. St. Joseph’s Prep had a dropoff from last year’s 14%. For the students who said ‘Sacred Heart,’ congrats on getting in to Malvern—and for those of you who answered ‘Malvern Prep,’ we salute you.
We were not surprised to see that only 5% of the freshmen surveyed described themselves as liberal. 53% of freshmen described themselves as moderate, and the other 43% described themselves as either conservative or very conservative. The majority of Malvern parents are conservative, as 77% of Malvern parents surveyed in 2016 identified as such. We won’t assume that you just accept your parents’ views, but you should take some time to research and find what political stance you identify with if you haven’t already. Obviously you won’t be voting for a while, but it’s always good to stay politically active because one day you will be.
IF YOU WERE NOT ATTENDING MALVERN PREP, WHICH SCHOOL WOULD YOU BE ATTENDING FOR 9TH GRADE?
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR VIEWS ON MOST POLITICAL ISSUES?
60% of the class of 2021 said that they either somewhat approve or strongly approve of Donald Trump’s job in office so far. This is a 23% higher approval rating than Trump’s current actual approval rating, according to fivethirtyeight.com.
DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE WAY DONALD TRUMP IS HANDLING HIS JOB AS PRESIDENT?
76% of the freshmen are getting driven to school this year. It’s always nice to have someone kind enough to take you all the way to school and back. This is higher than in 2016 (58%), but lower than in 2015 (83%). 9% will be going the classic bus route— down significantly from 38% in 2016. 5% of freshmen will be taking the train to school.
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY WAY YOU WILL BE GETTING TO SCHOOL AT MALVERN?
FRESHMAN SURVEY 2017 CONTINUED A promising stat for the basketball team - the freshman class is taller this year according to our survey. The class of 2021 is officially average height, meeting the national average for 14-15 year old boys. The past two freshman classes, the Class of 2019 and 2020, came in shorter at a 5’7” and a 5’6” average respectively. The sophomores and juniors may not be able to push around the freshmen too much this year.
English is definitely not a favorite class among the freshmen. Only 5% of the class said that English was their favorite subject, while 26% of the class said it was their least favorite class. According to this year’s freshman class, Math > English. Math was voted as the favorite subject among freshman, earning 41% of the vote. The second favorite subject was Social Studies, followed by Phys. Ed. and Science. Have fun in your last year of gym class ever.
WHAT IS YOUR HEIGHT IN FEET AND INCHES?
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT? WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT?
20% of the freshmen said they’ve cheated on a test, and 38% have said they’ve cheated on a homework. This is down from 23% who said they cheated on tests and 45% on homework in 2016—but higher than 33% for tests and 10% for homework in 2015. Guys–it was an anonymous survey–no need to hide anything. If those numbers are true, you freshmen are angels. If you have cheated on an assignment, Dean of Students Mr. Tim Dougherty is tracking you down as we speak using DNA samples from the Chromebooks you took the survey from. Good luck, fellas.
Almost 84% of the class has never had an alcoholic beverage, up from 80% in 2016. That is a pretty impressive number. 16% of the class has alcohol at least once. It is important to know your limits and look out for your friends who may make a mistake by abusing alcohol. (Check out our editorial board from last May about how the brotherhood should come into effect at parties on lantern.news.)
HAVE YOU EVER CHEATED ON A TEST? HAVE YOU EVER CHEATED ON HOMEWORK?
HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE?
PCs took the cake in this one, as the device of choice (or parent purchase) for 44% of the freshman class this year. However, the shocking number is that 38% of the freshmen will be using Macs this year, considering they have an average price of $1,300. That number is much higher than most PCs. We are curious to see how this works out with Malvern’s typical approach to dropping backpacks wherever we want. How many emails will go out this year for lost or missing devices? Interestingly, 5% of freshmen said they are not bringing a device to school, despite the BYAD policy that was shared with incoming students.
Steve Jobs was a ridiculously smart man. 97% of the freshman class owns an iPhone. The average price of an iPhone in 2016 was $700. If everyone bought their phones at retail value, the freshman class would have spent over $90,000 on their phones.
MALVERN HAS ADOPTED A ‘BRING YOUR OWN APPROVED DEVICE’ (BYAD) POLICY THIS YEAR. WHAT SORT OF COMPUTER WILL YOU BE BRINGING TO SCHOOL?
WHAT TYPE OF CELL PHONE DO YOU USE?
A large majority of the freshman class prefer rap music over any other genre of music. 60% of the students said that hip hop/rap was their favorite genre of music. In comparison, the next favorite genre was pop music with only 13% of the vote and then classic rock with 10% of the vote. The freshman class was not a fan of country music, at all. Out of all of the students surveyed, not a single person said that country music was their favorite type of music. 3% of the freshmen even like jamming out to Bach and Beethoven in their spare time.
WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU PRIMARILY LISTEN TO?
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That is an amazing stat. About four out of five of you guys have taken trips outside of the country. Most of you guys must have taken exotic vacations to Europe or the Caribbean islands. Some Malvern middle school alumni have already been on service trips in 8th grade last year like students who went to Nicaragua for example. For those of you who haven’t been out of the country, you will get a chance to the summer before your senior year when you go on your international service trips.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN OUT OF THIS COUNTRY BEFORE?
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Freshmen: Have questions?
This year, a reassuring 96% of freshmen stated they have not smoked marijuana before. For the 4% who have, it’s not a good choice. I know it may seem like a cool thing to do to you now, and you’ll be offered it more and more as high school progresses. But honestly, if someone does offer it to you, they aren’t going to care if you decline. As much has been said about it, weed does change brain chemistry down the road. So if you do want to seek help about it, you can talk to our great counseling department about steps you can take. But most of you should be fine if your steer clear.
Here’s what you need to do to succeed in your first year of highschool. Jack Magargee ’18, Eric McLaughlin ’18 BUSINESS MANAGER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Most of what you do freshman year is out of your comfort zone. Pushing your boundat’s now the time of year when we move ries will ensure that you find something you from the general daze of summer into the enjoy. Join as many clubs as you can. Join them rush of the school year. For ¾ of the upper school, this is a familiar process, but for that even if you don’t think you’d like them. In new group of freshmen high order to find what you like, you have to try some things school can be intimidating. When it comes to It may seem scary but it you don’t like. This is how you success outside doesn’t have to be. We have find yourself as a person and the classroom, be some advice to make the develop your image as you go confident and know transition into Malvern’s through Malvern. yourself. upper school as easy as it can Socially, try to expand your friend groups as much be for those new members. It is important to realize that you come as possible. For the lifers and the people to school to learn and you have to keep your who already have a number of friends in the studies first. As cliche as that sounds, it is so freshman class, try meeting someone new. crucial to success in high school. You may meet someone who will be a lifelong Keeping good grades isn’t easy but there friend just by putting yourself out there. are some things you can do to try and make Be sure to go to the football and basit easier. ketball games, especially the ones that are Before you do anything, set a goal for going to have student sections. We both agree yourself. It can be something big like trythat being in the student sections are some ing to attain a certain GPA, or it can be a of the highlights of our Malvern careers. As little thing like studying a freshman, they are a great for 15 minutes every night. Most of what you way to meet more classmates It doesn’t matter how lofty do freshman year is and make more friends. your goals are, just keep out of your comfort The rules for the student them attainable and hold zone. Pushing your section are simple, but it is yourself accountable for boundaries will essential that they are folensure that you find lowed. First rule: say each achieving them. Staying organized is something you enjoy. chant three times. If you say a a major part of academic chant four times, walk off the success. It keeps you focused on your goals. bleachers, call your parents, and head home If you’re organized, everything else just for the night to reflect on your decisions and becomes so much easier. Everyone has their think about what you have done. The second own system and finding out what works for rule is the order of the section. Freshmen are you is a big part of finding your own academic in the back, juniors and sophomores in the routine. middle, and seniors in the front. Follow what When it comes to success outside the the seniors are doing and have a good time classroom, be confident and know yourself. repping Malvern. Be confident. Don’t be afraid to join that But you’ve heard this before. Everyone club none of your friends are in. Don’t be and their mother tells you to stay ahead in afraid to jump in a Malvern Theatre Society your studies and to get involved in clubs. show when you’ve never been on stage before. However, they can’t tell you how to have fun Don’t be afraid to join that team you know at basketball games and properly chant in the nothing about. student sections. ◊
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HAVE YOU EVER USED MARIJUANA?
Same as the question about marijuana, 96% of the freshman class has never used an illegal drug or a drug that was not prescribed to them. For the people who have used these types of drugs, be sure to stop as soon as possible. These can often lead to worse and worse drugs and are simply not worth it.
HAVE YOU EVER USED AN ILLEGAL DRUG, OR A PRESCRIPTION DRUG NOT PRESCRIBED TO YOU?
While 88% of the class say that they have never used any of these things, more people admitted to using them than any other type of drug. Even though some people do not think electronic cigarettes (vapes) are as bad for you as regular cigarettes, they can still have a damaging effect on you. Vapes are full of nicotine which cause people to become addicted. Avoid these things right away so that you do not get hooked in them.
HAVE YOU EVER USED A CIGARETTE, CIGAR, OR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE (VAPE)?
The entire city of Philadelphia seems to be on the Sixers wagon. With the up and coming young players, it is hard to not be a part of the Sam Hinkie fan club. The starting five of Embiid, Simmons, Fultz, Saric, and Redick are going to be dominant, and the freshman class agrees. 82% of the class #truststheprocess while 12% doesn’t know what that means.
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Twitter seems to be decreasing in use, at least among this freshman class. Only 35% of the freshmen surveyed have a Twitter account—down from 49% in 2015 and 51% in 2016. Mark Zuckerberg must be glad he bought Instagram, because Facebook is even more dead among the youth. Only 11% of the incoming freshmen have an account—this was 22% in 2015 and 23% in 2016. Instagram and Snapchat are up and coming, as 88% and 83% of freshmen respectively use those apps. Based on the numbers, it looks like Snapchat has the edge in total time wasted. We can all relate to the late night binges on Snapchat Discover, reading insightful Daily Mail articles.◊
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND DAILY ON SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM?
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Malvern’s new mascot will be attending this game and all of the home games. “I love the new mascot,” Gueriera said. “I think the design is great. It is more modern than the Friar before.” In addition to the new mascot, Friar football has new jerseys. “We have Under Armour tops and bottom this year,” Gueriera said. “Our colors are switching to more of a navy than the royal blue they had last year.” After suffering a season ending shoulder injury last year, senior O’Shaan Allison will be back in uniform this season. Gueriera said, “O’Shaan is a special kid with a special talent. He has great vision, strong burst, and a very high IQ.” With O’Shaan back in action, this will open up the wide receivers and give junior Drew Gunther the chance to throw the football. “Drew is our offensive leader,” Gueriera said. “His arm is strong and accurate, and he picked up the offense very quickly.” This year, Coach Gueriera and the senior captains thought up of a new motto, relentless. “Relentless means never ending, and unstoppable,” Coach said. “We will not be denied, and we are always going to look to succeed in any case of adversity that comes our way. This makes sense with our coaching staff as well. We will never be outworked.” Gueriera cares about how the team represents itself. “We are striving to represent Malvern with class and respect,” Gueriera said. “We want to be good examples on the football field, on the practice field, and in the classroom. We are working to earn respect and be the great examples of what Malvern is all about.” ◊
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Ms. MaryKate Fisher This new teacher explains how she got involved in science and her experience working at The Philadelphia Zoo. Chase Bennett ’19 MANAGING EDITOR - WEB s. MaryKate Fisher is soon to be Malvern Prep’s new science teacher but has a lot more up her sleeve than just science facts. Fisher will be teaching Physical and Chemical Systems to the 10th grade and also an AP Environmental Science class this fall. Fisher said she’s ready to explore the new classes here at Malvern and hopeful for what they will shape up to be. “Physical and Chemical Systems is a growing and developing class, which I love and is so cool because there is so much we can do with it,” Fisher said. Science may be Fisher’s favorite subject to teach but she has also been teaching math and other core subject classes for the past 15 years. “For the last nine years I was living in Delaware. I taught in Catholic school so I kind of just filled in where they needed me,” Fisher said. “I ended up teaching I think every subject they’ve had in the middle school. Even religion, like I’ve taught it all.” Fisher has also minored in the studies of Human Biology in college. Fisher has both interned at the Philadelphia Zoo and The Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Although Fisher never became a zoologist, she did think about working in the forensics field. Her job at the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology gave her a look into this career path. “I was brought in to catalog and photograph a collection of over 2,100 skulls,” Fisher said. “It was very interesting, and there are tons and tons
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Over the course of the trip, we played probably ten games of soccer against locals or ourselves. Every schoolyard, playground, or small town outside of the city we visited had a goal or goal posts set up, and we learned quickly that the people of Peru are very skilled—and very competitive. Other things we did when we weren’t working were taking tours of the city of Chulucanas and neighboring towns, experiencing things like the fast paced bustle of the town market (where we all bought soccer jerseys for hardly anything). We also hiked to the top of large hills and found amazing views of the city and agricultural land surrounding us, as well as spending a morning at a local river where we could swim and hang out. On top of all these great experiences we had scheduled for us, our group bonded just as much in our free time where we were staying and during the nightly reflections held as a group. Because of how much time we spent with each other and the fact that we didn’t have reception for our phones to distract us, we were able to really bond in a way I don’t think we would’ve had it not been for our service trip. I think I can speak for all of my brothers on the trip in saying that. “We created relationships with each other and the people here that we will remember forever. Everyone here accepted the call to service, and we all realized that service is not a one way street,” senior Stephen Salle wrote in a blog post. While this is only my personal ref lection on my trip to Peru, I have heard similar responses from seniors who went to different locations. While the work done at each location may have been different, each group of students has seemed to leave with a much closer relationship with each other, as well as a new perspective of the world and those who live in poverty. Looking back at what older students told me about how great an experience their service trips were, I can see now that they were not exaggerating. ◊
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"Physical and Chemical Systems is a growing and developing class, which I love and is so cool because there is so much we can do with it.”
of artifacts at the Penn museum, tons of Native American artifacts.” Her internship at The Philadelphia Zoo exposed her to another career path, but she decided that teaching would suit her better. “Did you ever have those people from the zoo come to your middle school with animals and talk about them and hold them?” Fisher said. “That was me except I was in a zoo and would do shows for people where I would talk about the porcupines of the nine foot Boa.” Fisher was particularly fond of her internship there because The Philadelphia Zoo is one of the only zoo’s that offered internships. Her job there also gave her opportunities to be on local and national television. “I would do lots of television interviews and a lot of local news programs, I also got to be on shows like Good Morning America,” Fisher said. “I talked about the bald eagle when it came off the endangered species list.” Fisher was grateful for all her previous jobs and not just because she got to meet a couple of overweight porcupines named Pins and Needles. She is ready to start the school year with the right foot forward as she will begin her Malvern job in our very own zoo, the bottom floor of Sullivan.“Actually I’ll be teaching downstairs in the zoo, the environmental science class is downstairs where all the animals,” Fisher said. “I’m so excited, it’s like I’m turning full circle here.”◊
Mrs. Allison Hall For new Director of Marketing and Communications, coming to Malvern is a sort of homecoming. Jack Magargee ’18 BUSINESS MANAGER irector of Marketing and Communications Mrs. Allison Hall began working at Malvern in July, and is using her background to aim for a unified marketing message for the school. Hall was a marketing major at Loyola University Maryland. In recent years she has worked for private marketing companies in Baltimore, New York, and Philadelphia. “I was at my last agency for five years doing corporate brand marketing and I just wanted a complete change of pace,” she said. The transition from a global marketing role to Malvern is fairly dramatic for Hall, but she said she is up for the challenge. “The audience is much different because this is a very niche market,” Hall said. “It’s the location itself. We’re focused on southeast Chester County, whereas before I was in a more global role… this is more specialized.” Hall acknowledges her new job is a change of pace, and is learning the goals of her position. “I think it’s getting to know the competition here for Malvern, trying to get kids in the door from an admissions perspective, and obviously raising money from a development perspective. It’s just different than my goals in the past,” Hall said.
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To Hall, unity is an important in a marketing strategy. “If they see one message from the football team, one message from academics, one message from rowing, they don’t truly get a sense of who Malvern is. That’s one of the things I was brought on to do, create one unifying message,” she said. As a student at Villa Maria Academy, Hall saw one version of Malvern. Now that she’s here, she is learning more about the school. “When I was at Villa, I would only come to Malvern for dances or to sell concessions at the plays. That was something I looked forward to, but I never got the sense of community that I now see on the inside,” MRS. ALLISON HALL she said. Beyond Austin Hall, Hall is a mother to two children, Olivia and Evan, who go to Sts. Peter and Paul in West Chester. Overall, Hall is thrilled to become a part of the Malvern community and to be closer to home. “It’s a place where the faculty and staff care not only about the students but about the families,” Hall said. “That’s part of what makes Malvern so unique from an environment and cultural perspective from any other place I’ve worked.” ◊
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How was your Mr. Kevin Moore Math Teacher “I love heading out to run in the morning. It's always warm as soon as you wake up and you have some good sights.”
Dr. James Fry Director of Student Life Science Teacher Dr. Fry visited Colorado. “I’ve never been there before. I was there for a conference, and I got to meet up with a friend of mine from high school, who I hadn’t seen in ten years.”
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uring our August work- Our editorial staff is grateful to The following reporters from the following faculty and staff for Malvern Prep and Villa Maria and staff shared their time to com- assisting: Academy contributed to this feature. plete interviews with our brand-new Mr. Ron Algeo A'sja Abron Aidan Gordinier reporters, in order to give them an Mr. Stephen Borish Alexa Fowler Pat Gray Caroline McDonald Henry Hague opportunity to practice interviewing Mr. Vic D'Ascenzo Alivia Orieto Steve Fratamico skills. They spoke about their sum- Dr. James Fry Hannah Rosenberger Jason Kennedy mer experiences and their plans for Mrs. Jess Kenworthey Katie Scaggs Tommy Ludin Christopher Ayres Tim McClatchy the upcoming school year. Although Mr. Larry Legner Rowan Johnny McGlinn not all stories were completed, the Mrs. Chrissy Leonard Cabahug-Almonte Ben Murphy staff appreciated the experience of Ms. Teresa Lohse Gavin Canzanese Stowe Millhous Jake Caulfield Ryan Mills Mr. Kevin Moore practicing interviews. Cole Cherian Frankie Napoli Mrs. Neha Morrison Jack Donohue Brian Szipszky We chose to publish a few highlights Ms. Lea Murtaugh Danny Faunce Alex Vu Aidan Gallary Aidan White of the summer stories that faculty Mr. Tom Pannulla and staff shared with us here. Please Ms. Shay Quigley look for extended profiles online at Fr. Don Reilly Mrs. Susan Sarafinas lantern.news.
Ms. Lea Murtaugh Assistant Director of Admissions “Completing the move and unloading all my boxes and settling in was a big relief. But then for me, it was kind of nice to just turn my brain off for a while and enjoy an easy read or relax at the beach. I also enjoy and coach CrossFit.”
Fr. Don Reilly, O.S.A. Head of School “What I did was set up breakfasts or lunches with members of the board. I want to sit down... with all 34 members. We have our first meeting September 13, so by the time I probably will have spent time with each board member individually.”
Mrs. Susan Sarafinas Administrative Assistant to Counseling “My vacation this year was awesome. It was 14 days in Ocean City, New Jersey with my mom, my husband when he could come down, because he works a lot and he was in and out, and my four kids. It was terrific.. We had sunny, beautiful weather, we had terrific ocean temperatures, and I ate too much food.”
Mrs. Neha Morrison Director of Human Resources “[We] went down to Colonial Williamsburg for about a week which was fun. We’ve never been there, so we got to see the historical area, and do some fun things like the Busch Gardens and the waterpark so that was kind of different for us. It was a nice getaway.”
Mr. Ron Algeo Assistant Head for Student Leadership On his new role: "As Head of the Upper School, I was looking at Academics and the activities, and the athletics, and the Dean of Students... but if you think about it, it got to be diluted. Now I have a more specific role, rather than being pulled in different directions."
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Ms. Shay Quigley Educational Technology Specialist “I run a lot, and one of my favorite types of running is trail running, so this is a great time of year for that.” ”
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Back-to-School Preview Schedules TUESDAY, AUGUST 29
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30
Opening Mass 30 Minute Classes All 8 Blocks
40 Minute Classes Community Time & Break All 8 Blocks
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 35 Minute Classes All 8 Blocks Early Dismissal
8:15-8:45
Homeroom
8:15-8:25
Homeroom
8:15-8:25
Homeroom
8:45-9:45
Mass
8:25-9:05
1st Block
8:25-9:00
1st Block
9:45-10:05
Break
9:05-9:30
Community Time
9:00-9:30
Community Time
10:05-10:35
1st Block
9:30-10:10
2nd Block
9:30-10:05
2nd Block
10:35-11:05
2nd Block
10:10-10:50
3rd Block
10:05-10:40
3rd Block
11:05-11:35
3rd Block / MS Lunch
10:50-11:30
4th Block
10:40-11:15
1st Lunch or 4th Block
11:35-12:10
1st Lunch or 4th Block
11:15-11:50
3rd Lunch or 4th Block
12:10-12:45
3rd Lunch or 4th Block
11:30-12:10
1st Lunch or 5th Block
12:45-1:15
5th Block
12:10-12:50
3rd Lunch or 5th Block
11:50-12:25
5th Block
1:15-1:45
6th Block
12:50-1:30
6th Block
12:25-1:00
6th Block
1:45-2:15
7th Block
1:30-2:10
7th Block
1:00-1:35
7th Block
2:15-2:45
8th Block
2:10-2:25
Break
1:35-2:10
8th Block
2:25-3:05
8th Block
(11:00-11:30) Middle School Lunch
(11:50-12:20) Middle School Lunch
SEPTEMBER ATHLETICS Football
9/1- vs. St. Augustine Prep @ Villanova- 7:00pm 9/9- at Lasalle College High School- 7:00 pm 9/16- at Pope John Paul XXIII (NJ)- 1:00 pm 9/22- vs. McDonogh School (MD)- 7:00 pm 9/29- at Peddie School (NJ)- 3:30 pm
Soccer
9/1- at West Chester Henderson- 5 pm 9/2- TBD at West Chester Henderson- TBD 9/5- at Friends’ Central - 4 pm 9/7- at Germantown Friends School - 4 pm 9/12- vs. Westtown- 4 pm 9/17- vs. Mercersburg Academy - 11:30 am 9/21- vs. Appoquinimink High School (DE)- 4 pm 9/23- vs. Arch. Carroll (Senior Recognition) 7 pm 9/26- vs. Charter School of Wilmington (DE)- 6 pm 9/30- at Kiski Prep- 1:00 pm
Water Polo
8/30- Blue and Grey Meet- 4:00 pm 9/1- vs. McDonough School- 5:00 pm 9/2- at Episcopal Academy vs. Loyola Blakefield- 9 am 9/2- at Episcopal Academy vs. Calvert Hall College High School- 1 pm 9/5- TBD - 4 pm 9/6- at Lawrenceville- 4 pm 9/13- vs. The Hill School- 4 pm 9/20- vs. St. Benedict’s Preparatory School- 5 pm 9/22, 9/23- Beast of the East Tournament- TBD 9/27- vs. The Hill School- 4 pm 9/29- vs. LaSalle College High School- 4 pm
Duffy Clock repairs coming If you’ve seen the clock on the Duffy Arts Center, you might be asking: “Why is it always 10:57?” Kyle Leonard SPORTS EDITOR he Duffy clock, the skyline of Malvern’s campus, has been broken since spring and is being fixed and upgraded. The exact timetable of it’s completion is unclear, but should come in the next few months. Maintenance staff member Mr. Mark McLaughlin explained that last spring, there was a power outage that “cooked” the motor that works the clock. This motor needs to be replaced. “We’re waiting for the part to come in, which should come in around 3 months,” McLaughlin said. The maintenance team is taking this opportunity to fix the lighting up by the clock. “We’re going with a new LED lighting fixture, so we have to change the fixtures for them,” McLaughlin said. “We’re just waiting for everything to come together.” With everything said and done, McLaughlin said that the clock should be back up and running no later than winter time. Until then, Friars, check your watches.◊
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Golf
8/30- TBD at Applebrook Country Club- 4 pm 9/5- vs. Monsignor Bonner at Bala Golf Club- 3:30 pm 9/6- vs. Holy Ghost Prep at Waynesborough Country Club- 4 pm 9/11- vs. Lasalle College High School at Applebrook Country Club- 3:45 pm 9/12- vs. William Penn Charter @ Huntington Valley Country Club- 4 pm 9/14- vs. St. Joseph’s Prep @ Philadelphia Country Club- 3:30 pm 9/18- vs. Springside Chestnut Hill @ Sunnybrook Golf Course- 3:30 pm 9/19- vs. The Hill School @ Waynesborough Country Club- 4 pm 9/20- vs. LaSalle College High School @ Whitemarsh Valley Country Club- 3:30 pm 9/25- vs. St. Joseph’s Prep @ Applebrook Country Club- 3:45 pm
9/26- MP Invitational @ Waynesborough Country Club- 4 pm 9/27- vs. Monsignor Bonner @ Waynesborough Country Club- 4:00 pm 9/28- @ The Hill School @ Brookside Country Club- 3:30 pm
Cross Country
9/12- vs. Springside Chestnut Hill- 4:00 pm 9/16- at The Briarwood Invitational @ Belmont Plateau- TBD 9/19- at Episcopal Academy- 3:45 pm 9/26- at Germantown Academy- 4:00 pm 9/29- Paul Short Invitational Run @ Lehigh University- TBD