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The Spring 2024 edition of St. Andrew’s magazine featured a cover story on the impact of the decision made more than 25 years ago to move the school’s athletics teams from the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference to the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAC) for boys sports and the Independent School League (ISL) for girls sports. Now, just a few months later, the Lions had one of their most successful fall seasons in school history.

The full diversity of the St. Andrew’s community was on display in Lions Court on Friday, November 15 as the school hosted the annual Family Heritage Festival. 

Few teachers in the history of St. Andrew’s can match the reach and impact of Kurt Sinclair. The legendary science teacher has inspired countless alumni through his patient and supportive approach to teaching physics. 

Alex Zurn '09 was named all-conference in four different sports during his St. Andrew's career. On October 19, he will be inducted into the St. Andrew's Athletics Hall of Fame.

During Homecoming and Reunion on October 19, Kendall White ’94 will be inducted into the St. Andrew’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Read more about Kendall’s Hall of Fame career.

Student-led clubs are an integral part of the St. Andrew’s Upper School experience and to start the school year, nearly 50 clubs were represented at the Upper School Club Fair on Wednesday, September 11. Students were able to hear about club offerings from club leaders and sign up for new clubs.

This summer, The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning (CTTL) held its seventh annual Science of Teaching & School Leadership Academy. Nearly 600 teachers and school leaders from around the world attended the four-day event from July 15-19 held on St. Andrew’s campus in Potomac and public and private school satellite sites in the United States and Mexico. 

St. Andrew’s held its annual Upper School awards assembly on Tuesday morning with special honors and recognitions given to the Class of 2024. Awards were handed out for excellence in academics, arts, athletics, leadership, and equity and belonging.

On April 26, nearly 90 students from eighth through twelfth grade enjoyed a guest lecture from climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann, who is fighting against disinformation and climate change.

On Saturday, April 20, St. Andrew’s held its first-ever Bradmoor Campus Reunion, inviting all students who attended St. Andrew’s prior to 1999 to visit their former, beloved campus. Joined by a score of former teachers and their families, more than 80 alumni attended the event.

On Wednesday morning on Lions Court, 10 twelfth-grade students and 10 eleventh-grade students were inducted into the St. Andrew’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society, which honors the school’s highest academic achievers. The ceremony was attended by eighth- through twelfth-grade students as well as members of the honorees’ families.

St. Andrew’s hosted the 27th Annual Oral History Night on March 12, a celebration of a year-long project by members of the junior class. 

The Great Works Project has every 10th-grade student select a piece of literature they believe to be a Great Work and advocate for why it should be taught in the third trimester of the 10th-grade year.

D!Lab Director Charles James announced the 2023 cohort of D!Lab Interns.

Tia Henteleff recently published her first book, “As We Begin: Dispositions of Mind, Learning, and the Brain in Early Childhood.”

Read more about how Joshua Cohen's love of music - and eventually playing and working on the organ - became a passion he hopes to continue next year at Harvard.