Read about The Garden Project and how you can help. "Sift" through the list of Pennsylvania showy flowers, plants and ferns.

Harrisburg Academy raised $2,800 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients program, AND, in an all-school assembly March 20, 11 girls of all ages and US Biology Teacher Mary Toth donated 10 inches of hair each to Locks of Love. Four boys, two teachers, and a parent had their heads shaved to show support. Check out the photos, and congratulations to all!

Senior Maike V . has won the national Scholastic Arts American Vision Award for our region. Her photo, "Glistening Gold," will be exhibited at the prestigious New York Arts Gallery in SOHO. In 2008, more than 100,000 artworks and manuscripts were reviewed by regional programs across the country. Only 10,000 were forwarded to the national judging. Each year, approximately 1,000 students win awards on the national level. Maike's work placed in the top 1 percent of all submissions in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition. View some of Maike's photos.

Senior  Allison Z.’s art work and poem, "Ginger Elixir," were selected by a panel for the inaugural edition of 24/7/365, the journal of Penn State University College of Medicine Department of Humanities (page 18).

Harrisburg Academy is more globally focused than ever. But don't just take our word for it. View this YouTube segment from WITF's "Our Town: East Pennsboro" for a student perspective.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! Bring in your box tops and earn cash for our school.

As her National Honor Society service project, Junior Ilsa S. is assembling school kits for children overseas whose lives have been disrupted by war. She needs the following NEW items:

  • Padded or spiral notebooks of ruled paper approximately 8" X 10-1/2" totaling 150-200 sheets (if using 70-count notebooks, please include three); do not include loose-leaf paper
  • One blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
  • One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
  • One pencil sharpener
  • Six new, unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band
  • One eraser approximately 2-1/2" long
  • 12 sheets of construction paper in assorted colors (if necessary, fold in half to fit into the school kit bag)
  • One box of 16 or 24 crayons
  • One sturdy cloth bag approximately 12" X 14" with cloth handles or drawstring closure (see below for downloadable patterns)

She also needs sturdy fabric – denim, corduroy, twill, upholstery, and drapery – to make cloth bags. Minimum size required is 13 by 33 inches; she can also accept bolts of fabric. Starting Tuesday, January 22, collection boxes will be located at the front entrances. For large donations, please contact Ilsa by leaving a message at the front desk. This is a non-denominational project administered Lutheran World Relief. Read more…

The Academy has updated its crisis communications plan for our school community.

A letter about MRSA from our school nurse. Further details and links available on the PA Association of Independent Schools site.

Go green! As part a service-learning project in Mary Toth’s environmental science class, the entire school community is being asked to step up its efforts to save the environment. We’re now recycling:

  • Aluminum cans – marked bins throughout the school
  • Glass and plastic bottles – blue bins throughout the school (remove lids first)
  • White paper – bins in classrooms
  • Glossy paper – bins at front entrances, box in mailroom
  • Electronics – bins at front entrances                 

Change a light and save energy.  Take the pledge at ENERGY STAR. Our goal is 100 pledges. Our school community already has pledged to save more than $4,400 in energy costs and 69,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions.