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The Episcopal campus turned out on Monday to welcome new and returning students, gather as a community, and launch the new year.

Head of School Charley Stillwell speaks about the new year as a journey that, much like travel, can lead to self-discovery and fulfillment. 

Episcopal students traveled to Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America during the summer on individual scholarships or study trips organized by the School.

The start of the school year will bring a record-breaking group of new students to Episcopal along with new faculty and a new slate of student leaders.

Distinguished young alumni Lauren Marshall '09 and Matt Hurley '08 returned to campus recently to speak to middle schoolers attending Episcopal Summer Institute's 21st Century Leaders Program.

The 123 members of the Class of 2019 are “on their way rejoicing” to 67 different colleges in 24 states, the United Kingdom, and China.

During a Commencement Weekend soaked in sunshine and pride, Episcopal High School celebrated the 123 members of the Class of 2019 and said a bittersweet farewell.

EHS seniors fanned out across Washington during May for professional experiences in which they got a taste of the working world and various careers.

When Esther Kim ’19 left her small, predominantly white town in western Tennessee to attend Episcopal, she says she had little sense of what diversity means, or of its importance. Yet four years later, her work to make diversity a focus at EHS has earned her a Certificate of Accomplishment from the prestigious Princeton Prize in Race Relations.

Leslie Steiner, mother of Tallie Steiner ’20 and author of the best-selling book “Crazy Love,” delivered an emotional talk to seniors last night about abuse she suffered in a decades-ago marriage.

Episcopal last night introduced a new award for outstanding achievement in economics, announcing Ben Korkowski ’19 of Leesburg, Va., as the first recipient.

EHS alumnus Cuthbert Buckle Class of 1910 was shot and killed at the 1916 Battle of Somme during World War I while leading a charge against a German line, the first of the School’s 22 fatalities in the conflict. Found in his belongings was a letter from then-Headmaster Archibald Hoxton, Sr.

Apart from Hoxton House, Episcopal’s front drive is the School’s most enduring landmark. For 180 years, the long, tree-lined approach to campus from Quaker Lane has stirred powerful emotions, no matter the generation of applicants, students, faculty, and alumni.

An expert on the challenges facing students transitioning from high school to college shared her research and experience with EHS this week.

Earlier this school year, Episcopal purchased two new Pocock 4+ (four rowers plus coxwain) shells for the crew teams, offering naming opportunities that resulted in two very different but equally powerful campus moments recognizing individuals who have left an indelible impact on the community.

The EHS spring play, “You Can’t Take It With You,” had a great run of weekend shows, playing to three sold-out houses in the Breeden Blackbox Theater in the Ainslie Arts Center.

Some 300 families and 75 grandparents came to The Holy Hill on April 12 and 13 for Spring Family Weekend’s full slate of activities and events.

To study at Episcopal, Gilbert Amason ’20 left his home in Birmingham, Ala., some 800 miles away. Now, he’s journeying another 4,000 miles to study Arabic.

Reading Naguib Mahfouz’s complex novel Midaq Alley can feel like driving the streets of an unfamiliar city. But Episcopal students analyzing the Egyptian writer’s book have the benefit of two guides, not one.

The EHS 24/7 Roll Call Challenge, Episcopal’s third giving-day campaign, netted a record 1,208 donors and nearly $405,000, shattering goals for the effort.

After two years of Latin classes at Episcopal, Isabelle Bechtel ’20 took up the challenge of learning Chinese, signing up for her first course last fall. The decision clearly paid off.

The winter athletic season at Episcopal was highlighted by a number of both team and individual records.

Award-winning author and clinical psychologist Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair spent two days on The Holy Hill following Spring Break, engaging in conversations with the faculty and student leaders about the effects of technology on young minds and on community before speaking to the entire School community on March 19.

Classes at an 18th-century school that’s among the best in Austria. A black-tie-and-gown ball at a former Hapsburg palace. Excursions to Vienna’s fabled city center.

The 2019 winter musical, “Big Fish,” opened on Thursday, February 21, in Pendleton Hall and ran through the weekend with nightly productions.

Thirteen student athletes from the Maroon Track & Field team qualified for the prestigious 85th running of the Eastern States Championships at the New Balance Track & Field Center, Armory Track in New York City. After a grueling State Championships on Saturday, those who qualified traveled to New York City to compete against some of the best competition on the East Coast.

Art Pod, a new student club, has unveiled “Superheroes in Our World,” its second digital collection of theme-based art. The series of sketches and illustrations depict ordinary people seeking justice or caring for others in a notable way.

Maroon wrestlers turned in their finest state-championship performance since 2015, placing ninth out of 29 teams at the VISAA tournament this weekend in Richmond. William Smith ’19 took first in the 195-pound class, claiming Episcopal’s first state championship since 2011.

Nine more members of the EHS Class of 2019 announced their intentions to continue their athletic careers in college, bringing the total for the year thus far to 17, with more expected later this spring.

“Love is the way. It’s not only the way, it’s the only way. There is no other way that will work for us all.” -- The Most Rev. Michael Curry

On Wednesday, January 16, former NBA star Chris Herren visited EHS for the second time in as many years to talk with students about addiction recovery as part of Episcopal’s healthy choices programming.

The Rev. Canon Broderick Greer spent a week at Episcopal as the 2019 Theologian-in-Residence.

“I can only talk about MLK’s message, I can only talk about diversity and inclusion, from my very specific point of view. I can’t be a catch-all for all of the beautiful messages that MLK had.”