'Tis the season at The Episcopal Academy!

Students in Lower, Middle, and Upper School shared their musical talents and spread the spirit of the holidays during their instrumental and choral Winter Concerts in December.

Listen in on the sounds of the holidays performed by EA's talented singers, orchestra and band students.

More than 100 colleges and universities have visited The Episcopal Academy over the last few months as EA's team of seven College Counselors have visited campuses around the world.

In our College Counseling "quick takes" EA Unlocked series, Head of School Chris Torino is behind the mic and talks with Executive Director of College Counseling Catalina Guzman and her team on the importance of strategic travel and relationship building.

1:50 Mary Maier/Sr. Associate Dir. of College Counseling (Univ. of Minnesota, Grinnell, Macalester, St. Olaf, Carleton College)

2:39 Lara Greico/Sr. Associate Dir. of College Counseling (LSU, Tulane, Loyola New Orleans, Dillard, Xavier, Northwestern, Loyola Chicago, Univ. of Chicago, USC)

4:19 Chrissy Cerenzia/Sr. Associate Dir. of College Counseling (Emory, Georgia Tech)

5:28 Julie Kerich/Sr. Associate Dir. of College Counseling (Study in Wales Tour)

Each year, The Episcopal Academy brings accomplished professionals to campus for the Walter W. Buckley, Jr. '55 American History Lecture Series.

In November, historian, author, and Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer spent the day speaking with students and faculty.

Mr. Zelizer is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton. His book Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 is a New York Times Best Seller.

Mr. Zelizer continued his conversation and political insights with EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke.

We have all been there, desperate to retrieve information during a conversation, for an assessment, or project.

During a recent professional development day, faculty and staff at The Episcopal Academy worked with cognitive scientist and Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music, Pooja Agarwal. She is the author of Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning.

Dr. Agarwal has researched how students learn for more than 20 years. Her specialty is retrieval practice and enduring learning.

Buckley Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Justin Cerenzia arranged the professional development day with Dr. Agarwal. He joins in on this fascinating conversation with EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke.

Over the last few years, there has been a lot of work underway at The Episcopal Academy surrounding College Counseling. The initiative is led by Assistant Head of School, Chris Torino.

Throughout Season 5, EA Unlocked host T.J. Locke is handing over the mic to Chris for some "quick takes" on the college counseling landscape.

This first "bonus" episode features Catalina Guzman who was welcomed to campus over the summer. She is the new Executive Director of the department. Catalina and her team recently attended the NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling) conference in Los Angeles and visited more than 15 California colleges and universities.

Learn more about Catalina's vast experience in College Counseling and the headlines out of the NACAC conference.

Be sure and follow @eacollegecounseling for the latest.

Senior Jack Gallagher spend three weeks in Namibia over the summer with the National Geographic Student Travel Program.

Armed with two cameras, multiple lenses, and plenty of water, Jack captured stunning photos of the landscape and wildlife that wander the arid region.

His work kicked off the 2024-25 season at The Episcopal Academy's Crawford Campus Center Art Gallery. The exhibit is titled Mbi ri nama (I'm doing alright).

Listen in as Jack shares his photographic adventure, including being eye to eye with a cheetah, with EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke.

Check out Jack's photos here.

This fall a new initiative is underway at EA, designed to help students, faculty, and staff learn more about productive civil dialogue.

The Episcopal Academy is fortunate to be a school that is grounded with strong values, moral character, respect, and civility through the Chapel program and the Stripes.

EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke talks with Middle School Head Laurie Piette about the rollout of MODEL the Stripes!

It was an especially exciting summer for four Episcopal Academy alumni as they competed in the Summer Olympics in Paris.

Rower Nick Mead '13 competed in the coxless men's four and won gold. It was the first gold medal for the men's four since 1960. Nick was also selected to carry the American flag in the Closing Ceremony alongside fellow medalist and swimmer Katie Ledecky.

Open water swimmer Ivan Puskovitch '19 braved the waters of the Seine in the men's 10K where he placed 19th overall.

Water polo player Jovana Sekulic '21 was all smiles as she made her Olympic debut with USA Women's Water Polo. The squad won four of their seven games and finished in 4th place.

Ashley Sessa '22 lived her Olympic dream as a member of Team USA Field Hockey. She opened the team's scoring with a goal in their first game against Argentina. They finished in 9th place overall.

EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke talks with these incredible athletes about their path to the Olympics, experiences at EA, and their favorite Olympic swag.

As the 2023-24 school year wraps up, EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke ventured down to the new Lower School playground.

Fourteen swings, two basket swings, zip lines, tube slides, and creative wooden dodecahedrons, (think 12-sided beehive) have all made for a lot of fun and adventure for playground visitors of all ages.

Listen in as EA's young students serve up sand pies and cookies made daily at the very popular water pump and sand play area.

Guests:

• Father Tim Gavin (1:19)
• Terry Malone/Head of Lower School (1:32)
• Lisa Herbster/Assistant Head of Lower School (1:53)
• Jen Fifer/Director of Institutional Advancement (2:17)
• Luke Wright '29 (4:18)

As work continues on health and wellness to support students at The Episcopal Academy, 6-12th grade students, and their teachers, took part in a relationship mapping exercise in the fall.

The goal is to ensure that every student has at least one trusted adult at EA that they can turn to any time they need support.

Upper School Mental Health Counselor Caroline Graham, Upper School Head Mike Letts, and Middle School Head Laurie Piette, join EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke to discuss the initiative and some of the findings.

Check out the EA Unlocked archive to listen to past episodes.