Campus News

Sophomore Daniel Torres and junior Madeleine Wren received the 2021 Pennsylvania High School Chinese Speech Award, and their teacher, Jing Zhou, received the Excellent Mentor Award. This event is organized by the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh and the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania.

Clearview Federal Credit Union has selected Senior Kipauno Washington as one of ten students in Southwestern Pennsylvania to receive a $1,500 scholarship for the 22nd Annual Ralph B. Canterbury Scholarship.

Freshman Claudia Kronk, owner of Desserts by Claudia, was featured on KDKA's Pittsburgh Today Live (PTL) Deal Days on Friday, April 16. 

Senior Jacquelyn (JJ) Jardini was one of 20 scholar-athletes who received a James Collins Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Award from the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL).

The Academy is very sad to share with you the news of Sira Metzinger’s passing. Sira served the school for a remarkable 41 years, teaching two generations of students French and Italian.

Middle School history teacher Kate Lukaszewicz was selected as one of the 10 winners of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s inaugural "American History in 100 Documents: An Innovative Curriculum Contest."

Freshman Abby Bojalad had her article, "Healthcare Disparities in Rural Regions of the United States," published in the Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review (PGHR).

In a letter shared with the community on Monday, April 5, Board Chair Kate (Poppenberg '82) Pigman and Head of School Kolia O'Connor wrote, "The plan represents just the latest step in the long journey on which Sewickley Academy has been embarked over the last three-plus decades to strengthen our school by strengthening our community. We know that relationships are at the heart of any outstanding education, and the community is best positioned to support the development of those relationships when it is diverse, equitable, inclusive, and socially just." 

Seven Senior School students received high honors in the 2021 Pittsburgh Regional Scholastic Writing competition, a program sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project.

On Saturday, February 27, 2021, the Sewickley Academy Science Bowl team participated in the Western Pennsylvania Science Bowl competition, which was completely virtual this year.

Seniors Aidan Ragoowansi, Navin Rana, and Aeyoung Song have been named finalists in the 2021 Competition for National Merit Scholarships.

It is with great sadness and a profound sense of loss that we share with the community that James E. Cavalier, our revered founding Head of Senior School, passed on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at age 93 due to complications from COVID-19.