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Volume 49, Issue 2

Editor: Lisa Tedrick Prejean

Contributors: David Bell P ’17, ’18, Debra Collins P ’14, Katie Himes ’23, Kaiya Hoffman ’25, Greta Lawler ’23, Megan Mallory, Tyler Miller, Cody Parks, Zally Price, Sean Qin ’25, Gabe Rogel, Zoe Shykind ’24, David Tyson P ’84, ’87, Jamie Vulakh ’24

Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications: Amy Marathe P ’26

Design: Mid-Atlantic Media

Cover Art: Lisa Catalone Castro

Head of School: Quentin McDowell P ’25, ’27 Mercersburg Academy magazine informs and connects our community, fosters belonging and pride, inspires engagement, and celebrates achievement. The magazine is published twice a year by the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications.

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Campus Master Plan

Earlier this year, Mercersburg’s Board of Regents approved a campus master plan to address four areas of need that will preserve the school’s history, ensure present-day educational success, and allow for future sustainability.

40 Dance Program

In the eyes of Kelsy Rupp, Mercersburg’s new director of dance, “everybody is a dancer.”