Fostering Lifelong Learning - Episcopal Academy

Spirituality & Community Service
Students Present over
$14,000 to Dikembe Mutombo
Foundation
On December 10th, Episcopal Academy Middle
and Lower School students presented the Dikembe
Mutombo Foundation with a check for $14,252.16.
Spearheaded by sophomore Alex Nelson and his
seventh grade sister Meredith, the project heightened
students’ awareness of the plight of the residents of
the Congo. The monies raised will be used by the
Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to support the Biamba
Marie Mutombo Hospital in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo. From left are: Meredith Nelson ’14, mother
Gail Nelson, Rose Mutombo, Dikembe Mutombo, and
Alex Nelson ’10.
2007-2008
Crossbridge
Scholars
Announced
The Cross Bridge Scholars Program
is an academically rigorous
enrichment program committed
to building an extended community
in Philadelphia through a unique
collaborative program between the
Honickman Learning Center Comcast
Technology Labs and Episcopal.
Nine Episcopal students are involved
in the program this year. The participants
were nominated by the faculty and interviewed
by the program coordinator.
This year’s participants are: freshman
Laura Agosto, freshman Anoushka
Barpujari, sophomore Teighlor Bonner,
junior Brittani Goodwin, senior Ted
Hall, sophomore Sarah Mehalik, sophomore
Sydney McElwee, junior Bryant
Myers, and freshman Swanson Ninan.
Encouraging a cooperative learning
experience between students from both
institutions, the Cross Bridge Scholars design
multimedia projects and an online
magazine that combines the strengths
of the students and institutions. The
students will use their projects to promote
open discussions about these
difficult issues within their respective
communities.
Annual Can Drive Continues
Tradition of Giving
While Episcopal, Haverford and Agnes Irwin compete aggressively with
each other on the playing fields, the three schools have once again demonstrated
their ability to put rivalaries aside and work together.
This fall the three schools collected a combined total of more than
20,000 cans for the Pine Street Community Center (PSCC) which distributes the cans
to food banks throughout Philadelphia. Working from the Chapel at Episcopal, the
students filled 24 skids with cans, 13 of which came from Episcopal donations. In
addition to delivering the cans to PSCC, the students presented the Philadelphia Committee
to End Homelessness with a $6,800 check.
Students from Agnes Irwin, Haverford, and Episcopal collected over 24 skids of canned food that was donated
to local food shelters at Thanksgiving. Pictured with Richard Ostrander (center), head volunteer for the Pine
Street Community Center, are, from left to right, Agnes Irwin students: junior Sarah Sorenson, junior Maddie
Armstrong, senior Alyssa Wolfington, freshman Rachel Wahl, senior Kate Mezzanote (head of AIS Service
Board), and Episcopal students: junior Rich Rosati, senior Mia Kent, junior Tom Bergstrom, sophomore
Christie DiSilvestro, junior Bob Wassell, and senior Kevin DiSilvestro, head of the Episcopal Vestry.
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