Harrisburg Academy students take time out to help community
Harrisburg Academy student Iqra Shaikh, 15, sorts clothing at YWCA of Greater Harrisburg during her school's annual community service day. Students and staff spent two hours donating their time to various community service projects on Friday.

Pennsylvania needs to legalize medical marijuana By Patriot-News Op-Ed
“Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.” --Judge Francis Young http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2009/10/pennsylvania_needs_to_legalize.html

Reasons to cheer: Harrisburg Academy celebrates 3 milestones
What do the years 1784, 1809 and 1959 have in common? Each marks a milestone in the illustrious history of Harrisburg Academy, which celebrates this threefold anniversary this year.

Predicitions are more than sci-fi, they teach
Back in the 1950s, scientists and sociologists predicted technological advances would make it easier for future generations of American women to keep their houses clean and shiny.  Included in the list of modern developments: plastic houses that homemakers could clean just by rinsing with a hose.  We're still waiting for that one.   Not all of the predictions made over the years have come true, but they're still interesting and important to examine, according to Amy Miller, a teacher at Harrisburg Academy.

Midstate students vie for scholarships
They will now continue in the competition for 8,200 National Merit Scholarships that will be awarded in the spring.

COACH OF THE WEEK: First-year coach at Academy brings wealth of experience
Marcie Boyer is deep into her first season as the field hockey coach at Harrisburg Academy. It might be just her first year of coaching at the high school level, but she brings a wealth of experience to the job.   After a successful playing career at Northern High School, she played at the University of New Hampshire, then starred for two years with the United States national U-23 team.

Harrisburg Academy continues magical ride
Fans lined the sidewalk as the Harrisburg Academy boys' tennis team pulled out from the school in a chartered bus for its trip to Williamsport's Memorial Park. The teachers cheered. The students waved. It was the perfect sendoff for a team that had achieved so much. Get ready for another celebration.

She’s No. 1: Carlisle woman voted top mom
Eight-year-old Hayden Q isn’t the only person who thinks he has a great mother. Hayden’s winning nomination in The Sentinel’s Mother’s Day Contest drew 223 votes.

Doug Caplan makes quick work of Mid-Penn Class AA competition
Moments after exiting the sun-soaked East Pennsboro High tennis courts, Harrisburg Academy standout Doug Caplan shed his school's tennis colors, revealing a grey Rafael Nadal T-shirt. In Nadal-like fashion, Caplan efficiently snagged a pair of gold medals Monday at the Mid-Penn Class AA Tennis Championships.

MARKING TIME // Academy celebrates 225th anniversary
Harrisburg Academy is now celebrating its 225th anniversary, making it one of the country's oldest private schools. A program honoring another milestone – the 200th anniversary of the school's charter – took place in the state Capitol Rotunda. "This is a school that's really focused on the whole child," said Jim Newman, who's been head of the school for six years. "Our staff is committed solely to the children's learning, the advancement of their learning, and their social and emotional development."

Coaches embrace sport's PIAA affiliation
So what's the reaction to lacrosse becoming a varsity sport this spring after being just a club sport for so long? Harrisburg Academy boys' coach David Heisey said he and other coaches from schools such as Halifax, Cumberland Valley, Hempfield, Hershey and Elizabethtown always would gather at Angelina's Restaurant & Sports Bar in Wormleysburg and, over a couple of pizzas and pitchers, talk about their dreams of this day coming.