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Club Leadership Training in Heely Room

          Director of Student Life Ian August held two mandatory club leadership training sessions in the Heely Room of Woods Memorial Hall last Friday, September 8....

Introducing the 2023-24 Penn Fellows

          This August, Lawrenceville welcomed four new Fellows from the University of Pennsylvania Independent School Teaching Residency Fellowship Program: History Department Fellow Ansley Keane, Science Department...

New Exhibition at the Hutchins Gallery by Artist ShinYoung An

          This past Thursday, September 14, the Hutchins Gallery hosted a reception for artist ShinYoung An, whose paintings have been showcased at the Hutchins Gallery since...

Taking a Peak into the Future of Campus Wellness

Dr. Rae Chresfield, the newly appointed Dean of Campus Wellbeing, was officially welcomed into the Lawrenceville community in July of this year. Chresfield will be working closely with Student Council...

And the Winner of the 2023 House Olympics is...

This Saturday, students from the Circle and Crescent gathered in the Bowl for the 20th annual House Olympics—an opportunity for Houses to compete for house points through various activities and...

Taking a Peak into the Future of Campus Wellness

Dr. Rae Chresfield, the newly appointed Dean of Campus Wellbeing, was officially welcomed into the Lawrenceville community in July of this year. Chresfield will be working closely with Student Council...

A Year in Review

As the school year comes to a close, we students tend to reflect on the experiences we’ve had both as individuals and as a community over the past nine months....

Announcing Our New Wellness Representative

This past week, Assistant Dean of Students Douglas Davis announced an upcoming addition to the Student Council (StuCo) for the 2023-24 school year: the Wellness Representative position. The primary purpose...

Satvik Dasariraju ’ 23 Delivers Valedictorian Address

It’s truly a great joy to be here together one more time. I want to start with gratitude. To teachers and coaches for encouraging us to be better than yesterday....

Go Big Green?

Each year, Lawrenceville emits a total of 7,600 metric tons of CO2, uses 11,882 MWh (Megawatt hours) of electricity, and demands 70,000 MMBtu (million British thermal units) of natural gas....

The Case For American Communism

It’s fair to say that communism is not popular in the United States. The official United States Communist Party has just 5000 members—a miniscule figure compared to the 80 million...

Celebrating AAPI Month With Cathy Hong

On Thursday, May 4, 2022, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Cathy Park Hong spoke at School Meeting, where she presented  her book Minor Feelings and her experience as an Asian-American author. Following...

Announcing the 2023-24 Student Council

After a thorough review of applications and a number of interviews conducted by president-elect Bryce Langdon ’24, Honor and Discipline Representative Daphne Volpp ’24, Academic Representative Conan Chen ’24, and...

Visiting Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil

On May 1 and 2, Lawrenceville hosted Aimee Nezhukumatathil, this year’s Thornton Wilder Visiting Writer, who presented to all IV Formers in the Edith Memorial Chapel. Nezhukumatathil has published four...

The 2023 Big Red Race

This past Saturday, on May 7, members of the Lawrenceville community gathered outside the Bowl for The Big Red Race. The race is an annual 5K held on campus to...

Kirby Music Festival

Last Saturday on May 6, the Kirby House hosted the Kirby Music Festival, an annual spring event, to celebrate talented musicians on campus. Members of the Lawrenceville community gathered around...

April Dance Series: Dancing the Night Away

The April Dance Series, which took place on April 26, featured performances from all of the dance groups on campus, including Suave, Tour De Force, the Lawrenceville Dance Team (LDT),...

Earth Month: April Showers and Earth Day Flowers!

April marks the beginning of Earth Month, a Sustainability Council initiative focused on encouraging students and faculty to lead more sustainable lifestyles. The program kicked off with the 2023 National...

Peyton Cosover: Lawrenceville's Football Captain

Earlier this year, Peyton Cosover ’23, quarterback for the Boys’ Varsity Football Team, won the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete-Leader Award. The award commends excellence in...

St. Baldrick's Day: Time for a New Haircut

This past Saturday, on April 29, Lawrenceville hosted its eighth annual St. Baldrick’s event in Dresdner Hall, where students signed up to have their heads shaved or hair cut in...

What's Trending?

It's finally time for blue skies and green grass here on campus! The beautiful trees and flowers blooming carry an array of colors, letting us know that spring has sprung....

Spring Choral Concert Featuring The Lawrentians and The Lawrenceville Singers

Last Friday, April 21, The Lawrentians and The Lawrenceville Singers performed in the Edith Memorial Chapel for the Spring Choral Concert. The performance included a variety of songs ranging from...

Lawrenceville Entrepreneur Workshop

On April 22, Constance Victory Small ’01 presented to Lawrenceville students on entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Her talk focused on the different components of a successful business plan and the...

Welcoming The Inaugural Wellness Day

On Wednesday, April 12, Lawrenceville hosted its first ever Wellness Day. Starting at 9:00 AM, keynote speakers from DBT of South Jersey—a community of therapists specializing in dialectical behavioral therapy—spoke...

Welcoming Our New VPs for 2023-2024

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 VP of Academics Conan Chen ’24, VP of Honor and Discipline Daphne Volpp ’24, and VP of Social Life Grace Chu ’24.   Chu was motivated to...

Flying Kites and Building Terrarium: Earth Day Fair

Lawrenceville’s annual Earth Day Fair was hosted on Saturday, April 22, inside the Bathhouse Cafe. The event, organized by the Sustainability Council, aimed to help Lawrenceville students and faculty explore...

Capstone Speaker: Elizabeth Bagley

This past Monday, Capstone speaker Dr. Elizabeth Bagley of Project Drawdown hosted a virtual webinar for Lawrenceville students and faculty. Project Drawdown is a global organization that aims to take...

Stuart Robertson: The Man, The Myth, and The Artist

Artist-in-Residence Stuart Robertson ’11 H ’18 graduated from Lawrenceville in 2011 and recently returned to the School as a visual arts teacher. Robertson had collaborated with the NBA G League...

Spring Orchestra Concert

This past Friday, the Lawrenceville Philharmonic and Collegium Orchestra performed the Spring Orchestra Concert in the Kirby Arts Center. The orchestra performed pieces from a variety of composers, including a...

V Form Pinning Ceremony

 As part of a new tradition, the Office of Alumni and Development is combining the Pinning Ceremony this year with the V Form dinner. The event will take place on...

Bryce Langdon: Leaving a Legacy Worth Remembering

Last Friday, April 7, the 6:00 PM L10 News premier announced the newly elected student body president: Bryce Langdon ’24. Langdon will succeed Andrew Boanoh ’23 as Student Council President...

Latinos Unidos Lunch Table

Every Friday at 12:15 PM, Lawrenceville’s Latinos Unidos affinity club hosts “Almuerzo en Español” in the Abbott Dining Room, where all students and faculty—regardless of their proficiency—can enjoy lunch while...

Alumni Panel #3

Last Friday, Lawrenceville held its third Alumni and Development Career Panel, a new event occurring once a term where alumni working in particular fields visit campus to give students guidance...

Oceans and Climate Change: Capstone Speaker Craig McLean

On Monday, April 3, Lawrenceville invited Craig McLean–the recently retired Director of Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—as the second Capstone speaker of this term. NOAA focuses...

Jack Patel ’23 & Jaelyn Bennett ’23 Named Aurelian Speakers

 Jack Patel ’23 and Jaelyn Bennett ’23 have been chosen as this year’s Aurelian Speakers by the V Form. The Aurelian Speaker is a class-voted student who best demonstrates sterling...

Sean Dory and His 60 Day Bike Adventure

On this past Thursday, March 30, the Religious Life Council (RLC) hosted science teacher Sean Dory’s “What Matters to Me and Why” in the Bunn Library. All students were welcome...

Dasariraju ’23 Named Valedictorian

Satvik Dasariraju ’23 has been selected as the Valedictorian of the Class of 2023. Each year, Heads and Assistant Heads of Houses choose the Valedictorian from a group of V...

Discovery Day: Say L-Yeah to Lville!

One early morning of March 29, members of the Lawrenceville community gathered in front of the Kirby Arts Center (KAC) to form the official Hype Squad, welcoming prospective new students...

Martin Named Faculty Speaker

English Teacher Nick Martin was chosen by the current V Form students to address the Class of 2023 on May 27 as this year’s honorary faculty speaker.   Martin first started...

Philadelphia Ballet and Big Red Dance: A New Partnership

On Thursday, April 27, the Philadelphia Ballet performed at the Kirby Arts Center (KAC) during School Meeting. Lyrical, Contemporary, and Jazz Dance Instructor Kristin Devine-Jones ’10 described the performance as...

Faculty Profile: Katherine O’Malley

20 years ago, Lawrenceville welcomed Katherine  O’Malley H’07 onto its campus, and she has made an impact on hundreds of students since. O’Malley teaches II Form English, multiple V Form...

A Reflection on Winter Gathering

Winter Gathering is the most awaited long weekend during the Winter Term and is when parents come to campus to meet their students’ advisors, as well as attend sessions hosted...

Eric LeGrand Speaks at Smeeting

Last Thursday, Lawrenceville hosted former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand, who is now an author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. Having become paralyzed while making a tackle in a 2010 college...

Farewell Irwin...We'll Miss You...

The Tsai Field House was officially opened to the Lawrenceville community on September 22, 2022. Incidentally, the date also marked the final day of operation for the Jane W. Irwin...

Faculty Profile: Rozek Takes the Stage

This year, Lawrenceville welcomed Stephen Rozek as its new Director of Instrumental Studies. Apart from working in the music department, Rozek also has also served on the duty team in...

Faculty Profile: Dr. Barnard

Scott Barnard has been teaching Latin at Lawrenceville since 2016. In addition to his role in the classroom, Barnard is also one of the Heads of Upper House and the...

The Hopes of Homecoming

This upcoming Saturday, November 5, members of the Lawrenceville community will attend the annual Homecoming Dance after a day of many different sports events against our rival institution, The Hill...

Friday Afternoon Big Red Farm Markets Return

Each Friday, the Big Red Farm organizes a farmer’s market in front of the Kirby Arts Center where they sell their goods and produce including hot sauce, fresh vegetables, and...

Lunch with Latinos Unidos

Lawrenceville’s Latinos Unidos club hosts weekly meetings to provide Latinx students, as well as those who take Spanish, an opportunity to practice their language and express their own culture. Co-Presidents...

1619 Matters Welcome Dr. Stacey Patton to Campus

On October 13, students in English Teacher Enithie Hunter’s V Form English class, 1619 Matters: Slavery and American literature, had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Stacy Patton ’96 during...

Lawrenceville Alumni Panel: Careers in STEM

Last Friday, Lawrenceville students participated in the first iteration of the Career Series, a once-a-term program dedicated to giving students a fuller exposure to different potential career fields. The theme...

Student Spotlight: Ely Hahami ’23 Published in Journal

Over the summer, Ely Hahami ’23 published an economics research paper in the International Journal of High School Research (IJHSR). Hahami shared that being recognized on the international stage was...

French Club Says "Bonjour" at Mealtime Tables

On September 27, the first French lunch table was held in the Hyatt Room of the Abbott Dining Room. Hosted by the French Club, the meeting was an hour-long lunch...

National Merit Scholar Semifinalists Honored

Congratulations to V Formers Ben Cavanagh, Praachi Chakraborty, Julia Chiang, Satvik Dasariraju, David Gao, Alistair Lam, Andrew Noviello, Grant Shueh, Tristan Wan, Ashley Wang, and Jeb Williams on becoming Semifinalists...

Slay Sarcoma Research Institute Hosts 5K Run

Founded by Ava Noorchashm ’23 and her family in 2012, the Slay Sarcoma Research Initiative is an organization that raises awareness and funds for research that can cure leiomyosarcoma. On...

Wildlife On Campus: Eyes of Wild Comes to Lawrenceville

On September 24, members of the Lawrenceville community gathered at the Eyes of the Wild event in the Gruss Center for Art and Design. The Sustainability Council invited Eyes of...

Battle of the DJs

On Saturday, September 24, Student Council Vice President of Social Life Akeil Smith ’23 hosted the “Battle of the DJs” competition. Usually accustomed to the dances hosted in the Kirby...

Lawrenceville Hosts First-ever Day Student Open House

On September 24, the Admissions Office hosted its first Day Student Open House. The event, consisting of both student-led tours and a student panel, offered potential students in the area...

Say Cheese: All School Photograph Moves to the Bowl

A picture is worth a thousand words. Photography documents the most cherished moments in a person’s life and can reproduce those moments vividly, as if entering a time machine at...

Freshmen Take on the Tsai Ice Rink!

This past Saturday, II Formers enjoyed an evening of skating at the Second Form Skate in the new Tsai Field House Rink. The brand new skating rink is wonderful, to...

Summer Belongs to Stevefest!

This past Saturday, the Stephens House hosted this year’s End of Summer Festival, led by House President Malia Zovich ’24 and Social Representative Grace Chu ’24. The festival consisted of...

A Thespian Check-in with the Periwig Club

The Periwig Club aims to encourage Lawrenceville students to participate in theatre and foster a passion for drama. The group is run by Co-Presidents Jack Chou ’23 and Stephanie Xu...

Tsai-Di Says Hi

Ever since the construction team arrived on the Lawrenceville campus back in Spring 2020, students and faculty alike have been anticipating the opening of the new Tsai Field House. With...

Head of School Bikes for Cancer Research

Over the summer, Head of School Stephen Murray H’54 ’55 ’65 ’16 P’16 ’21 participated in the Pan-Mass Challenge, one of the largest athletic fundraisers in the country, for the...

Introducing Lawrenceville's New Penn Teaching Fellows

This fall, along with three other students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Independent School Teaching Residency, Jason Leong joined the Lawrenceville community, serving as a History Teaching Fellow and crew...

2022 House Olympics: And the Winner is...

On September 4, Lawrentians participated in the 19th annual House Olympics. To gain points for their House, students competed in a variety of different events, ranging from the tricycle race...

Lawrenceville Brings LPAC Back to Campus

On August 8, a group of Lawrentians returned to campus as counselors for the Lawrenceville Performing Arts Camp (LPAC), following a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An effort...

Murray Delivers Speech "On Faith"

One gray morning on the outskirts of the town of Killarney, in County Kerry, Ireland, as I stood by the side of the road with my thumb out, the skies...

Clark Leads New DNA Research Extracurricular

As a co-curricular activity this Winter Term, Science Teacher John Clark P’20 ’22 led a research team made up of Lawrentians that examined the discovery of a variety of new...

Student Spotlight: Alistair Lam ’23

Alistair Lam ’23’s neuro cancer research poster was recently selected for display at the 18th Multidisciplinary Meeting for Nervous System Diseases, also known as the BRAIN 2022 Conference. Organized by...

StuCo Hosts Big Red Gala

On Saturday, March 26, the Student Council hosted its first Big Red Gala. The event, planned by Vice President of Social Life Delaney Musgrave ’22, Arts Representative Scarlett Tapiero ’22,...

Teacher Profile: Alexander Kocar

Lawrenceville welcomed Alexander Kocar this year as a new member of the history department. Kocar currently teaches Bioethics and Humanities - Cultural Studies, and he taught the elective Plato’s Republic...

Wonderful Wok: The Return of the Wok Bar

 For those who have somehow managed to miss it, the wok bar has returned to the dining halls. The wok bar is a station in the dining halls that allows...