March 25th, 2013
As reported by Jenice Armstrong in Philly News:
WE’VE ALL read depressing newspaper stories about underachieving local high school students. This, I’m happy to say, isn’t that kind of column.
No, I’ve set aside this space to give a well-deserved thumbs-up to Cameron Clarke, a senior at Germantown Academy who scored a perfect 2400 on the SAT.
That’s [...]
Donnie Smith, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Class of 2007
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Patricia Williams, Westtown School, Class of 1986
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Tony Ducret, Groton School, Class of 1996
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Stephen G. Hill, Groton School, Class of 1980
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Ntozake Shange – writer/creator “for colored girls…” 1975
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Click link below for an excerpt from this week’s issue (Nov 8, 2010) of The New Yorker magazine.
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Dr. Robin Wallace, Germantown Academy class of ‘89
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Kristin Haskins-Simms, Germantown Friends School class of ‘89
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