As members of the Severna Park community, we all know and love the B&A Trail. Allowing places to run for our sports team or an easy bike ride to school, but did you know the B&A Trail has an interesting past? Beginning its use in 1887 with its first passenger run, the B&A Railroad served…
According to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, by 2025, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are not going to achieve the pollution caps that the Environment Protection Agency has ordered. Though Maryland and Virginia are close to being on track, Pennsylvania is falling far behind. Maryland seems to face its most prominent issue, runoff, due to an increase…
On January 6th, Jimmy Carter, our 39th president, wrote a powerful opinion piece in the New York Times about the one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection. While his words about the state of our democracy were eye-opening, my mind wandered in a different direction: what do I really know about Jimmy Carter? The first thing…
By Alex Brenia, ’22 Recently, NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope, a satellite designed to detect infrared light from celestial bodies. The telescope is so precise that it can detect light that took over 13 billion years to reach Earth, but did you know that a former Severn student helped launch the James Webb’s…
By Anna Clark and Caroline Brenia, ‘25 The holiday season is upon us, which means delicious food, quality time with family and friends, and a break from school. But most importantly, holiday movies! We surveyed the Severn Upper School student body to determine the greatest holiday movie of all time, and the results are in.…
