After much consideration on how to resume school while keeping the community safe and healthy, Severn School decided in late August to operate under a hybrid model combining both online and in person classes. While it has been mostly successful, there have also been some bumps in the road pertaining to the schedule, workload, and…
The Severn Sailing Team will be hosting a Bring a Friend to Sailing Day during the week of 10/26. It will be held on Thursday or Friday at the normal practice time of 3-6 pm. Although each sailor is only allowed to bring one person, everyone is welcome from Severn students to faculty. There will…
Before I begin, I want to take a moment and pay tribute to the medical staff, essential workers, and countless other heroes who stand in the front line against coronavirus. They are ordinary people like us, but they risk their own lives to protect ours when facing such a pandemic. Seven months since the eruption…
An introduction from Dr. N: I grew up in Miami, FL, where I fell in love with history thanks to the stories my elderly next door neighbors would tell me about coming of age during World War II and the Cold War. After finishing high school, I attended undergrad at the University of Chicago. From…
This past week, Severn announced that they are making some big changes to the hybrid school day. As of Monday, October 5th, six-class days will be eliminated and the original schedule will return. Also, on Monday, November 2nd, students in school will be required to return to dress code with the exception of footwear. This…
At the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year, school administrations were forced to grapple with the difficult choice between online or in-person schooling. Both have their pros and cons, but which is the best option? Obviously, in-person schooling during a nationwide pandemic presents a huge risk. Placing a large amount of students and teachers in…
As the year 2020 comes to a close Maryland was hit hard by Covid-19 virus and was put into a stay at home order. As all of us sat inside our houses while essential workers like doctors and nurses and others risk their health to work and earn money the cases continually rose through out…
Welcome back… what a crazy year it has been.
The famous photo titled “Lunch Atop A Skyscraper” was taken in 1932, by Charles Ebbets. The men pictured are on lunch break, casually hanging 850 ft above the ground. The men were in the process of constructing the famous Rockefeller Center, which still stands proud in the middle of Manhattan, NY. So, naturally, our class…