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Shipley Boys' Soccer Team Wins FSL Championship
Shipley's Boys' Soccer Team, coached by Thom Schauerman, won the Friends Schools League Championship on Saturday, October 30 beating Westtown by a score of 4-1.
This marks the tenth FSL Championship since 2005 for the Gators, who are currently 15-2 this season and 9-1 in FSL play.
Coach Schauerman told Main Line Media News, “at the beginning of the season, we talked about how it is a journey together, and how we start the journey at the bottom of a mountain, climbing one step, one practice, one game at a time,” said Schauerman. “Regardless of a win, a loss, a setback, we can’t stop climbing. It’s the power of the team, how we lean on each other, that’s what will get us to the top.”
Read the full Main Line Media News article.
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This marks the tenth FSL Championship since 2005 for the Gators, who are currently 15-2 this season and 9-1 in FSL play.
Coach Schauerman told Main Line Media News, “at the beginning of the season, we talked about how it is a journey together, and how we start the journey at the bottom of a mountain, climbing one step, one practice, one game at a time,” said Schauerman. “Regardless of a win, a loss, a setback, we can’t stop climbing. It’s the power of the team, how we lean on each other, that’s what will get us to the top.”
Read the full Main Line Media News article.
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Eighth Graders Recognized at Annual Middle School Awards Ceremony
Shipley’s Middle School held its annual Awards Ceremony for eighth-grader students on Wednesday, May 18. View the list of awards and recipients.Read More -
Ronen Rabinowitz '23 named Main Line Student of the Week for May 8
Shipley junior Ronen Rabinowitz has been named Main Line Student of the Week for May 8.Read More -
Middle School Latin Scholars Earn Top Prizes for Excellence in Latin
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Shipley Announces New Director of Running
The Shipley School is proud to announce the appointment of Harry Green as the School’s new Director of Track and Field. This new position will oversee all running programs. Coach Green will be Head Coach of the Varsity Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams and the Cross Country team.Read More -
Coke vs. Pepsi: Statistic Students Design the Ultimate Taste Test
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Ace Schwarz Named National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar
Shipley Middle School science teacher Ace Schwarz has been selected to participate in its 2022 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Landmarks of American History Workshop, The Space Age on the Space Coast. "I am hoping to bring back what I learn so we can really develop the space exploration aspect of our curriculum," commented Mx. Schwarz.Read More -
Middle School Science Olympiad Team Medals at State Tournament
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Shipley Names New Head Varsity Girls' Lacrosse Coach
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Shipley Students Present Research in Collaboration with University of Pennsylvania
On April 24, 2022, three groups of Shipley’s Upper School students presented research at a roundtable presentation of the Student Participatory Action Research Collaboration (SPARC). “Our students were passionate, thorough, confident, and genuinely enthusiastic about their research topics,” said student advisor and Shipley’s Interim Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Sheri Rider Jobe.Read More -
Jordyn Colbert '28 Wins First Place in Local Poetry Contest
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Srijan Velamuri '23 Named Main Line Student of the Week
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Science Olympiad Teams Win at Regional Tournament
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An Update on Shipley’s Affinity Group Efforts
The Shipley School’s DEI Strategic Plan goal 3 is to ensure an equitable experience for all members of the community. One initiative of that goal is to create and support affinity spaces for students, colleagues, families, and alumni. Affinity spaces speak to the efforts of not just ensuring equitable experiences, but also creating experiences that foster belonging in our community. Learn more about our efforts to create these spaces.Read More -
Black Alumni Association Endowment Fund Halfway to Goal!
In 2021, the Shipley Black Alumni Association (BAA) set the goal of raising $100,000 to establish an endowed fund at Shipley to support experiences aimed at educating students about American history and culture through the lens of African-American contributions. By the end of Black History Month 2022, the results are impressive: $55,170 given by 116 donors.Read More -
Upper School Students Place at Model Congress and Model UN
Five Shipley Upper School students earned Honorable Mentions for their hard work at the Model UN event in Washington, DC and the Harvard Model Congress event in Boston, MA.Read More -
Diversify Your Bookshelf
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Diversity in the Sport of Rowing
Shipley's Director of Rowing, Scott Gavin-Wisniewski discusses the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the sport of rowing and how Shipley's Rowing Academy is working to counteract that. The program's strategic partnership with Philadelphia City Rowing (PCR) both informs how we advance DEI within Shipley's program, while also advancing equity in the broader Philadelphia community through our support of their efforts.Read More -
PUBLIC/PRIVATE: The Photography of Chris Peters
PUBLIC/PRIVATE: The Photography of Chris Peters is on display in Shipley's Speer Gallery from March 1 - April 12, 2022.Read More -
Building Community through Conservancy in Lower School Science
Read MoreShipley’s youngest students partner in sustainability through hands-on science lessons in the natural environment, including Shipley's decade-long partnership with the Lower Merion Conservancy, in which fifth grade students collect and analyze water samples of the local Mill Creek. Learn more about how learning comes to life in Lower School science. -
Connecting with French Language & Culture through Pen Pals
Building connections with French students not only helps Shipley's middle schoolers on their path to developing language fluency, but also fulfill's the School’s mission of preparing them to become responsible global citizens by expanding their curiosity about different cultures. Learn more about the Middle School French pen pal program.Read More
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The Shipley School is a private, coeducational day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students, located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world.
