Ash Wednesday
Emily B., Reporter
February 19, 2015
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
On Wednesday February 18, the Padua community celebrated Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, which lasts 40 days and the season ends on Holy Thursday. Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season are a time of fasting. For example, on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during lent Catholics...
Big Sister/Little Sister Service
Hannah Ward, Reporter
February 19, 2015
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
As every Padua student knows, service is an important part of life at Padua Academy. With the Big Sister/Little Sister service hours deadline approaching on February 26th, many girls are scrambling to find volunteer opportunities. Luckily, Padua offers many service connections through Urban Promise,...
Sophomore Retreat Discussions
Emily B., Reporter
February 19, 2015
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
Sophomore retreat is a time to reflect on friendships, interactions on social media, and the situations that teenagers are put in. Friendships have changed from grade school to high school. As freshmen, the class was thrown into a whole different world called high school. Friendships have changed because...
Is Yoga too Spiritual?
Angelina M., Editor
February 19, 2015
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
For the past 9 years in the populous city of Bristol in South West England, St. Michael and All Angels Church has been 39 year old Naomia Hayma’s home for teaching twice-weekly group yoga classes, one to one lessons, and yoga workshops. Recently though, she has been put in a pickle of not being welcome...
March For Life 2015
Abby S., Editor
February 6, 2015
Filed under Spirituality & Service
Every year on January 22, pro-life supporters gather at the Mall in Washington D.C. to attend the March for Life. Since 1974, the National Right to Life Committee has been behind the march, which was established to remind politicians and America that a right to life is important and the issue will never...
A Day of Reflection for Freshman
Bridget F.('18), Reporter
January 14, 2015
Filed under Spirituality & Service
On Friday, December 19, 2014, the Padua Academy Freshman class walked two blocks from Padua to the Westminster Presbyterian Church for their inaugural Padua retreat day. Junior leaders joined the students to help lead them throughout the very special day. Once everyone arrived at the church hall, directions...
St. Francis Hospital’s Annual Reindeer Ball
Julianna C., Reporter
January 5, 2015
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
On Sunday, December 14th, the employees of St. Francis Hospital and their families came together to celebrate the holiday season with their annual Reindeer Ball at DuPont Country Club. Seventeen Padua Academy students, including, Elizabeth Hennessy, Melissa Strab, Mackenzie Hill, Danielle Friedman, Alexandra...
How to Help the Community during the Holidays
Julianna C., Reporter
December 17, 2014
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
With the holidays finally here it is important to remember what they really are for: giving. Although we love receiving presents from our friends and families, that can often lead us to forget that there are many families out there who struggle during this, and every other, holiday season. There are...
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Hailea S., Reporter
September 9, 2014
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
All over the world people are pouring ice cold water over their heads for a very important cause, but some of those people don’t understand what they are dumping water over their heads for. However, this fad that has everyone talking has raised more than anyone could imagine. This summer phenomenon...
The Science Fair
Aoife M., Reporter
May 29, 2014
Filed under Spirituality & Service
On May 8th from 7:00-8:30 the Padua Academy hosted a science fair for grades 1-5 from Urban Promise. There were about 100 people attending the event. The most popular experiments made by the kids were water erosion, melting candy, volcano’s, lava lamps, and bouncing eggs. The kids were able to wi...
Partners in Science
May 19, 2014
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
From the week of March 24th until April 14th, Padua students of all ages signed up for a volunteer opportunity called Partners in Science. Run by Mrs. Alinda and Ms. Lammert, Padua girls meet after school and head over to UrbanPromise to work with elementary school students. A group of girls each...
Supporting the PQF
Madelyn J., Reporter
May 8, 2014
Filed under Spirituality & Service, Top Stories
On April 26, many Padua students supported the Pearce Quesenberry Foundation by walking the 4 Miles of Hope. This year marked the foundation’s sixth anniversary. The weather turned out beautifully and there was a great turnout of supporters, including students and teachers. It was Pearce’s first...
Maddy H. '21, Reporter
November 13, 2018
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a must-see movie best viewed in a theater with the music shaking your seat. The story focuses on Freddie Mercury and the struggles and successes...
Maddy H. '21, Reporter
November 18, 2018
Shannon McCormac, junior, is the goalie on the varsity field hockey team. McCormac and her team made history when they made the championship for the first time. On Nov. 16,...
Freshmen KILLING it on Varsity Volleyball
November 3, 2018