News Links Archive

SA congratulates upcoming senior Max Peluso for starring in the Pittsburgh CLO's "The Sound of Music" July 11 - 16, 2023, as Fredrick. Here he is (the tallest) with the rest of his Von Trapp siblings on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shared the story of how researcher Christine McGinn '12 got her start in a career in science. As it turns out, participating in the Science Olympiad during her days at Sewickley Academy made all the difference. [Read more]

Call them the Skillful Seven — the starting lineup this season for the Sewickley Academy boys tennis team. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy left little doubt as to why it was the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Class 2A boys tennis tournament....It was the 24th WPIAL boys tennis championship won by the Panthers and the first since 2018. [Read more]

Host Heather Abraham talks with Sewickley Academy student Anjali Shah, who organized the first ever TedxYouth Event in the school's history. [click here to watch]

A Sewickley student is organizing a "TED Talk"-style event to help friends recognize that there are multiple paths to success. [Click here to watch]

Few things can bring people together like pizza....Sewickley Academy kindergartners explored what makes a great pizza pie during the past few weeks and developed a production of “Pizza!: A Slice of History.” [Read more]

Sewickley Academy graduate Jason Li became the fourth player from the Pittsburgh area to qualify for the United States Golf Association Sectional qualifiers in late May and early June....[joining former SA teammate John F. Aber].   [Read more]

As typical for any local kindergarten class, the youngsters have taken over at Sewickley Academy and class discussions have quickly turned "cheesy." [Read more]

Libby Eannarino has made quite the impact in her first year at Sewickley Academy....“Sewickley Academy has allowed me to take more challenging courses, furthered my love for the arts and introduced me to a competitive athletic environment.” [Read more]

Recently a group of eleven students from Pittsburgh’s Sewickley Academy, along with two of their faculty, traveled to Puerto Rico on a service trip. [Read more]

SA sophomore Sebastian Tan was featured as a CommUNITY Champion on WTAE-TV. [Click to Watch or Read a Transcript]

In today’s episode of This Hits Different, Shelby Cassesse tells the story of Sewickley Academy’s Jayne Miner, a world traveler who is helping people with MS locally. [Click to Listen or Read a Transcript]

Ten area teens returned from Israel with a greater appreciation for family, food and democracy. [Read more]

Mark Shelley has been hired as Sewickley Academy’s new Head of Middle School, starting in July 2023. [Read more]

A budding WPIAL tennis rivalry took place April 12 at the Class 2A singles tournament held at Bethel Park. [Read more]

On "Pittsburgh Today Live," We're chatting with Mary Grace Gordon, a talented senior from Sewickley Academy, who makes her own sustainable fashion designs, including looks for prom! [Watch the segment]

Sewickley Academy’s baseball home opener could not have gone any smoother. [Read more]

Molly Kraybill, Lower School Art Teacher, had a wonderful article published in the April 2023 edition of "School Arts" Magazine (see p. 51).

In 2018, the Sewickley Academy boys tennis team was on top of the world....This year, however, Sewickley Academy is back in Class 2A and could be ready for another title. [Read more]

CEOWorld Magazine's independent research resulted in Sewickley Academy being ranked as one of their six best private elementary schools in the country. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy is making waves with its scientific achievements at the PA Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) regional competition. [subscribers to the Beaver County Times may read the article here] OR [a pdf of the article is available here]

A local high schooler is bringing sustainability to the world of fashion! [View KDKA-TV's Something Good]

In today’s episode of This Hits Different, Shelby Cassesse tells the story of Mary Grace Gordon of Sewickley Academy, who made the most out of an injury be discovering a love of fashion. [Click to Listen or Read a Transcript]

When Rachel Smith took over as Sewickley Academy’s theater director earlier this school year, she thought about ways to introduce herself to students and the community. [Read more]

After a forced hiatus due to covid, the students of Sewickley Academy’s Senior School were excited to return to the celebration of multicultural spirit called A Taste of SA. The event is designed to showcase, celebrate and educate about the many cultures and identities that comprise the academy’s student body. [Read more]

A Sewickley Academy junior hopes to help fight food insecurity in Sewickley and surrounding areas. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy officials spotlighted several renovated and redesigned spaces as part of an open house for alumni, parents and guests. [Read more]

Coding and robots are both natural tools for encouraging collaboration in the classroom. At Sewickley Academy, we have taken that collaboration to the next level... Read more

As Asian culture recognized the start of the Year of the Rabbit, students, faculty and staff at Sewickley Academy also celebrated Lunar New Year. [Read more]

Adin Zorn is not just an outstanding baseball player at Sewickley Academy. He is, simply put, a highly talented athlete. [Read more - second section]

When it pertains to school spirit, Sewickley Academy cheerleaders Nikki Golestan and Alex Cordle rise above the crowd. [Read more]

When given the opportunity to choose a service project, the thoughts of the third grade students of Sewickley Academy turned to their local first responders. Nicknaming themselves the Helpful Helpers, the children formulated plans to make cards and cookies for those in the community who keep us safe. [Read more]

In this episode of This Hits Different, Shelby Cassesse tells the story of Sewickley Academy senior Hudson Colletti, a standout soccer player who is also sharing his love for music through a unique initiative. [Click to Listen or Read a Transcript]

The Sewickley Academy community showcased their generosity once again with the annual “Spirit of Community” Thanksgiving Food Drive. On Nov. 16, students from the Lower, Middle and Senior schools delivered donated goods to the Good Samaritan Parish in Ambridge. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy tennis standout Ashley Close closed out her junior season Nov. 5 in Hershey as the PIAA Class 2A runner-up. [Read more]

A group of local students helped bring food to local families in need this Thanksgiving. Sewickley Academy students on Wednesday delivered supplies to the Good Samaritan Parish in Ambridge as part of the school's “Spirit of Community” Thanksgiving Food Drive, giving students a way to help local community members in need during the holiday season. [Read more]

Nataliya Di Domenico, a global studies teacher at Sewickley Academy, received the University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award in 2022. [Read more]

The Sewickley Academy Panthers looked right at home at Beaver Stadium on Tuesday night. The Panthers stifled a comeback and downed the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers, 4-2, to advance in the Class 1A WPIAL bracket. [Read more]

The Sewickley Academy boys soccer team finished in a tie with Eden Christian atop the Section 1-A standings this season. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy's boys golf team captured its 12th WPIAL title since 2006 in a thrilling sudden-death playoff with Belle Vernon. 
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On Oct. 7, three new members were inducted into Sewickley Academy’s Arts Hall of Fame, a ceremony that occurs every four years. The inductees are John T. Barr ’69 (photojournalist), Pam Gregg (theater) and Brian Hutchison ’89 (actor). [Read more]

Sewickley Academy coach Win Palmer knew it would take a miracle and then some for his Panthers to win the WPIAL Class 2A boys team golf title. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy coach Whitney Snyder has been through the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs enough to know what it means after the doubles tournament has concluded. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy’s Ashley Close took the first step toward what’s expected to be another compelling playoff run this season. [Read more]

Expect the dynasty to continue this season for the Sewickley Academy girls tennis program. [Read more]

Benjamin Spicer, a Senior School science and robotics teacher at Sewickley Academy, has been selected as a Local PhysTEC Teacher of the Year. During his 15 years at Sewickley Academy, Spicer has been a key contributor to the science and robotics programming. [Read more]

The Dale Giovengo coaching era begins this season in the Sewickley Academy girls soccer program. [Read more]

While he was growing up in Mali, West Africa, it was rare for Al Thiero to find a pair of basketball shoes that both fit the near 7-footer and were in good condition. Mr. Thiero often replaced the blown-out soles of his shoes with cardboard just to get through practices. [Read more]

Katherine Lukaszewicz, a Middle School teacher at Sewickley Academy, recently completed a workshop for educators sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. [Read more]

Adin Zorn’s baseball acumen runs the gamut, from A to Z. [Read more]

The 64 members of Sewickley Academy’s class of 2022 received their diplomas on June 9 at the school’s Events Center. Four graduates received special recognition for their achievements prior to the presentation of diplomas. [Read more]

Donato Fanelle’s goal as mental performance coach at Sewickley Academy essentially is to work himself out of a job. [Read more]

EDGEWORTH – A chance encounter for Sewickley Academy kindergartener Talon Ivy at a restaurant in Industry has led — in a roundabout way — to students from kindergarten to eighth grade within the school sending birthday cards to Tuskegee Airman Victor W. Butler, of Rhode Island, for his 100th birthday. [Read more]

Sewickley Academy Global Studies teacher Nataliya DiDomenico starts every morning with a phone call to family members nearly 4,900 miles away. [Read more]

The Sewickley Academy baseball team had a firm foundation to build upon this season. [Read more]

SEWICKLEY — At this point in the 2022 season in WPIAL baseball, it's very rare that a team has one player hitting over .600 at the plate, let alone two. Yet that's exactly what the red-hot Sewickley Academy Panthers' baseball team has at its disposal this spring with junior Adin Zorn and sophomore Jordan Smith. [Read more]

Students, faculty and staff of Sewickley Academy spent much of April 8 sharing their talents with others via more than 20 different service projects during the school’s annual Day of Service.

Gift will fund scholarships, STEM enhancements and facility upgrades.

Sewickley Academy is able to launch a new scholarship program funded in part through a generous gift from Academy parents and dedicated community members David and Dawn Jardini.

During the Western PA First Lego League Robotics Grand Championship held at Sewickley Academy on Dec. 11, 2021, Erin Whitaker, Middle School technology coordinator, was named 2021 Pennsylvania First Lego League Mentor of the Year.
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Sewickley Academy’s road gear is firmly in place. The SA boys basketball team is not slated to play its first home game until Jan. 7 in a section test with Springdale. It’s the exact opposite of last year when SA did not compete in an away game until mid-January.
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Though high school soccer teams are still competing for the ultimate prize of winning a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association championship, a look back on the season that was in the WPIAL across all classifications revealed just how talented the Beaver Valley was on the pitch.
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The Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association has rounded up its All-WPIAL lists for the season, just in time for the PIAA finals in Hershey.
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The Close sisters are not just close. The Sewickley Academy athletes are best of friends.
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From 2012 to 2016, Sewickley Academy’s boys soccer team set a PIAA record by making five consecutive appearances in the state finals. The Panthers won two PIAA titles and place second three times during this stretch.
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Early childhood students at Sewickley Academy recently had the opportunity to learn the basics of ceramics from David LaLomia in the ceramics studio this trimester.
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Ashley Close admitted that her nerves played a factor as she and her Sewickley Academy girls tennis teammates headed into Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 2A title match against Knoch High School. 

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Sewickley Academy kicked off Reunion Weekend on Oct. 8 with a Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The event took place in the EventsCenter and Means Alumni Gym, and was attended by students in grades four through 12, as well as faculty, staff, alumni, board members and other Hall of Fame members.
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Sewickley Academy is off to an exceptional new school year. Our students are thriving, our faculty’s creativity is in overdrive, and the positive energy on campus is remarkable.
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Sewickley Academy is always a team to watch in the tournament and sent its two doubles teams, Anjali Shah and Rayna Thakkar and Kirsten Close and Roshni Thakkar, to represent the Panthers.
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Welcome to the “Michael DiSantis Show,” which played to excellent reviews at Sewickley Academy early this season.
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Sewickley Academy experienced a productive season in boys soccer a year ago, advancing to the WPIAL semifinals and finishing 10-2-1 overall.
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In his 29th season at Sewickley Academy, Whitney Snyder went through one of the most challenging, bizarre years he’s experienced since establishing the Panthers’ girls tennis team as one of the premier programs in the district.
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Sewickley Academy was two points away from winning its fourth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A team tennis title before Knoch’s Brooke Bauer rallied for four points in a row in a third-set tiebreaker to give the Knights their first championship.
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It seemed like every sport went through some kind of major alteration in 2020 so that individuals and teams could compete in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A look at athletes and teams that brought home WPIAL or PIAA gold during the 2020-21 school year.
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Four Girl Scouts from Sewickley were among the 56 who earned their Gold Awards in the past year. The girls were recognized June 19 at the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry. The Gold Award is one of the highest achievements in Girl Scouting.
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Adin Zorn, Sewickley Academy, OF, Sophomore
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Sewickley Academy hosted a traditional, in-person commencement ceremony on June 10 in Means Alumni Gym in the Events Center.
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The Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team had its storybook-type season come to an end June 8 in the semifinals of the PIAA Class 3A tournament, but this year was nothing short of spectacular for the Panthers.
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MID-ATLANTIC: Emma DiSantis, Sewickley Academy (Pa.)
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The Cinderella run for the Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team came to an end on Tuesday as it fell to Manheim Township 18-8 in the semifinals of the PIAA 3A playoffs at Memorial Stadium. Sewickley became the first team in WPIAL history to reach the state semifinals as a third-place finisher. 
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Sewickley Academy led for only 4 seconds Saturday, but it was the last four.
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The Panthers upended Wilson, 19-17, Tuesday in a PIAA Class 3A girls lacrosse first round game at Cumberland Valley High School. It was the program’s first PIAA tournament win since 2011 and second in program history.
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Coming into this season, players on the Sewickley Academy baseball team wanted to change how they were perceived.
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The Sewickley Academy Senior School is prepared to bring audiences much-deserved laughs with the spring musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
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The Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team has put together a special season heading into the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs.
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Before the coronavirus pandemic canceled Sewickley Academy’s baseball season last year, Panthers coach Anthony Garofalo saw then-freshman Adin Zorn hitting in the cage and knew he would play a big part in the team’s future.
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After last season was taken away by the coronavirus pandemic, the Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse team is relishing the opportunity to get back on the field, and the Panthers are taking advantage of it.
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The fence at James E. Swartz Memorial Field in Freeport went up three days before St. Joseph and Sewickley Academy faced off April 13 in a Section 3-A matchup, and it didn’t take long for Panthers shortstop Adin Zorn to christen it.
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The Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team started the 2021 season with back-to-back wins over Peters Township and Shaler, and both wins came in different ways.
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Congratulations to Max, George, Hailey, Kamryn, Bre, and Coach Gaither for being named to the Roundball Classic roster!
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The Sewickley Academy softball team will look to build in 2021.
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