Moravian Academy welcomed spring with bright green grass, a blooming magnolia tree on the center of campus, and a vibrant community with students and faculty spending time outdoors. Instead of a daily option of either attending school in-person or virtually, Moravian has transitioned to a weekly basis of in-person or remote learning in order to increase the number of individuals who are physically present in school.

The competitive sports spirit was loudly heard as both the girls and boys swim teams secured bronze medals at Districts, with individual swimmers and divers qualifying and placing at the PIAA State Championships. The varsity boys’ tennis and Moravian baseball teams are swinging into action, with boys’ tennis once again striving for a District title. Both the boys and girls varsity lacrosse teams have been experiencing close matches, and even though the boys team lost 4-3 to Freedom, the girls team beat Northampton in overtime.

Sweet musical sounds are displayed in Moravian Academy’s Theater Department, which plans to present a unique winter production. Through solo and small group musical numbers, the production will highlight a sketch of musical theater history from 1920 to 1999. Performers have been researching and collaborating with the directorial team to present a three-minute preamble to their musical offering and have been coached through the rehearsal process with a final goal of a filmed performance. Moravian Academy Performing Arts also plans to showcase the Red & Gold Dance Recital, where dancers of all styles will record performances of themselves to be streamed later in the spring.

In addition, students have been selected for the PMEA All-State Orchestra. Senior Krysta Nichols and sophomores Elena Capobianco and Yan Yu will virtually rehearse and perform with the orchestra on April 14 - 17.

“I am glad to be able to participate at State Orchestra this year even though it is virtual, and I would like to thank Ms. Morrison for her work with us,” said Krysta Nichols.

Activities and clubs are also full of cheer and excitement. Moravian’s Business Club, the Speech & Debate Team and the Quiz Bowl Team have been hard at work, as they all qualified for their respective national competitions. Moreover, students placed at the National History Day Contest.

Community service is a crucial element at Moravian as well, and the Moravian Academy Green Team has initiated a policy to make the upper school Merle-Smith Campus a single-use, plastic-bottle free zone.

In addition, Moravian Academy was extremely fortunate to have Jared Issacman virtually visit the school and present an assembly about Inspiration4, the first all-civilian space mission that he is leading. Issacman is the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a visionary philanthropist, a seasoned pilot, a soon-to-be space explorer, and also a dad to Moravian Academy students in the Lower School. In September 2021, Isaacman and the crew aboard the Dragon SpaceX rocket will embark on the adventure of a lifetime, filling the air with the sounds of the rocket launch that will pave the way for future civilian air travel.

When listening to Issacman in the assembly about his journey to outer space, Moravian Academy students were inspired to embody the values of curiosity and perseverance and are now ready to look up at the stars and embark on their own exciting adventures in the final stretch of the school year and beyond.