To round out National Poetry Month in April, poet and author Luther Kissam '18 visited Mercersburg to share his poems during a school meeting. Following the event, he sat down with Mel Cort '23 to discuss poetry, his inspirations, his time at Mercersburg, advice for young writers, and more. Learn more about Luther and his poetry: lutherkissamv.com

Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, gave the Ammerman Family Lecture at Mercersburg Academy on April 24. Read more: https://www.mercersburg.edu/news-article/~board/general-school-news/post/dacher-keltner-to-deliver-ammerman-family-lecture

G. Dean Patterson Jr. ’71, retired Case Western Reserve University administrator, delivered the Cum Laude Convocation address March 24, 2023, in the Irvine Memorial Chapel as Mercersburg inducted 25 members of the Class of 2023 into the school's chapter of the society.

Head of School Quentin McDowell P '25 delivers the opening of term talk in the Irvine Memorial Chapel to start the spring term.

Mercersburg's traditional Irving-Marshall Week is February 26-March 2, and to get the inside scoop on what to expect, join Declamation adviser Matt Maurer as he chats with the experts: Isabel Su '23 (Marshall president), Caroline Wilkinson '23 (Irving president), Amy Shaffer Post '02 (Irving adviser), and Bethany Galey '02 (Marshall adviser). Go Marshall! Go Irving!

Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), visited Mercersburg Academy on January 30 to deliver this year's Schaff Lecture on Ethics and Morals.

Senior Class President Minh Tran '23 addressed the entire school at a school meeting in January to talk about how his perception of graduation has changed, what it was like to travel home to Vietnam and learn virtually during the pandemic, and the memories he holds close to him.

Many of our seniors are now receiving decisions from the colleges where they applied. Jamie Vulakh '24, communications intern, sat down with Michael Conklin, director of college counseling, and Amy Shaffer Post '02, social emotional learning counselor, to talk about what this time of year can mean for both parents and students.

Head of School Quentin McDowell P '25 delivers the opening of term talk in the Burgin Center for the Arts' Simon Theatre to kick off the winter term.

Toward the end of the fall term, Coco Zhai '24 shared her Mercersburg story with the community during a school meeting. Zhai, of Beijing China, is a talented musician and performed her original song "Running in a Circle" at the end of the presentation. Bryan Morgan '07, director of music, introduces Coco at the beginning and accompanies her performance on the keyboard.