Tag: The Lawrenceville School
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MAPL Diving Championship: Oster secures girls championship, Lawver wins boys championship
When the Mid Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) Diving Championships returned in 2022, Lawrenceville School sophomore Dylan Oster and Hun School senior Rowland Lawver claimed the top spots for the girls and boys competitions. The divers each earned their first place medals in the championship dive meet that took place at The Hill School in Pottstown,…
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MCT Diving Championship: Lawver wins second boys diving championship; Williamson becomes new girls diving champion
Hun School senior Rowland Lawver repeated as boys diving champion and Notre Dame High School sophomore Violet Williamson became the newest girls diving champion when the Mercer County Tournament (MCT) returned for its 52nd year. In 2021, the County Dive Championship meet did not take place. The 2022 MCT Dive Championship, which occurred at The…
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Abbott Dining Hall honored with fifth design award
The Lawrenceville School’s Abbott Dining Hall, designed by the Philadelphia-based firm of Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP, has been honored with a fifth design award: the 2020 Institute of Classical Architecture and Art’s (ICAA) Stanford White Award in the category of Commercial, Civic and Institutional Architecture. “We are deeply honored, along with our partners…
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The Lawrenceville School donates to Lawrence Township Education Foundation
An expanded and renovated library at the Slackwood School. The purchase of 100 Chromebook laptop computers for the Lawrence Township Public Schools students. The creation of an outdoor chessboard so Eldridge Park School students can learn to play. Five iPads and cases to encourage Lawrence Intermediate School students to film, edit and produce short movies.…
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Lawrenceville Main Street Winter Arts Market will feature treasures made by Mercer County artists
Handmade table runners, jewelry and maps made from recycled license plates are among the treasures waiting to be discovered at the Lawrenceville Main Street Winter Arts Market. The annual event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 22, but not in its customary location in Weeden Park. Instead, it will be held…
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Lawrenceville School student studies mosquitoes this summer
Ryan Zhang, a student from The Lawrenceville School, has been selected for the prestigious Student Enhancement in Earth and Space Science (SEES) summer internship hosted by The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Space Research. This nationally competitive program sponsored by NASA’s Texas Space Grant Consortium selects students to conduct authentic research using NASA…
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Blum hopes to ‘open the door’ as new rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaim; graduate of Lawrenceville School originally wanted to be a physician
To say that the handwriting was on the wall for Adena Blum to become a rabbi instead of a physician would be an understatement. Blum, who took over the reins July 1 as the senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Chaim in the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor Township, had always enjoyed learning about Judaism.…
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Four students create means to a virtual graduation via Nexus platform
Areeq Hasan was looking forward to his graduation from The Lawrenceville School this month, with all of the ceremonies and celebrations that go along with it – until COVID-19 struck and wiped out all in-person plans for the Class of 2020. The seniors – or Fifth Form students, which is the term used by the…
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Sourland Mountain Spirits triples staff to increase production of hand sanitizer
Sourland Mountain Spirits (SMS) has increased production of hand sanitizer to provide more personal protection against COVID-19 as businesses throughout the state gradually reopen. In late March, SMS transformed its craft spirits distillery into a small hand sanitizer factory that allowed the staff to use its prime ingredient – alcohol – to help protect first…