The War in Ukraine started in the early hours of February 24th. We all saw shaky iPhone footage and livestreams of rockets and jets flying overhead and explosions in the distance. I thought Kiev would have Russian flags flying in it by the end of the week. But something unexpected happened. Ukraine stuck up for…
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Changes Have Been Made at Severn. But Do the Students Agree?
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…
Maryland life will never be the same
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…
36 years later: 3 Maryland men set free after being wrongfully jailed
36 years ago, three teenage boys were sentenced to life in jail after being accused of murdering had been sentenced to life in 1984 for killing a 14-year-old boy a year earlier. The now men, Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins, were freed on Monday, November 25th in Baltimore after a judge cleared their…
Op-Ed: No Turkey? A New Thanksgiving Tradition
Severna Park, MD – 25 NOV – Severn School By Severn Current Student Solana Page Each year, 46 million turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving. 99% of the turkeys are raised on factory farms and have their beaks and talons ripped out after hatching in an incubator. The turkeys don’t receive anesthetics and have to go…
The Severn Current is Born!
19 SEPT 2019, SEVERNA PARK, MD — Students of the upper school elective history course “The History of News,” after much thought and collaboration, have brought a new News Era to Severn School with the launching of “The Severn Current”, an online News source, designed to capture and showcase local and international news headline stories,…