Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday.
Newsweek has ranked Lower Merion High School as the #321 high school in the country. Locally, Harriton High School was ranked #219 and Haverford came in at #742, while Strath Haven High School was put at #291, Radnor High School at #255, Springfield High School at #648, and Marple Newtown High School at #1096. In Pennsylvania, Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia received the highest ranking of #56. For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Springfield High School's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above. The survey scores …
Monday, May 6, 2013
The production company, co-founded by a Lower Merion graduate, documents wild parties and posts the video online.
"I'm Shmacked," an increasingly popular production company that specializes in video of teens and college students having wild parties, has been implicated in the near riot that led to a flipped car on Walnut Street in West Chester this weekend, Action News is reporting. According to Philly.com, "I'm Shmacked" was co-founded by 2011 Lower Merion High School graduate Jeffrie Ray. West Chester Police broke up a party on Saturday that was attended by as many as 500 people, West Chester Patch is reporting. Party-goers reportedly paid $15 each to get into the private house near West Chester University's campus. According to reports, the party spilled out into the 400 block of Walnut Street after police broke it up, at which point a group …
Friday, May 3, 2013
Pamela Bryant took a $450,000 advance to sell items her son left in her home years ago.
Kobe Bryant really wants mom to leave his stuff alone. ESPN.com is reporting that the NBA All-Star and Lower Merion grad has taken to the courts to stop mom Pamela Bryant from auctioning off a collection of items from his high school days and the early part of his pro career. Bryant had left the items in her home over five years ago. The property in question includes a game-worn jersey from Kobe's time as an Ace, signed balls, and his 1996 Pennsylvania state championship ring. According to IndyStar.com, the trouble began this week. After Goldin Auctions announced the auction (which is planned for June) on Tuesday, the All-Star's legal team sent the house a cease-and-desist letter. Two days later, Goldin filed a lawsuit in US District Court…
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Interested in a game-worn Kobe Bryant jersey from his time at Lower Merion? Pamela Bryant has you covered.
It's common for parents to clear their kids stuff out of the house after the nest has been emptied. Childhood bedrooms, become studies; game rooms become amateur art galleries. It's a little less common though when the kid in question is Kobe Bryant. According to NBCSports.com, Goldin Auctions, in partnership with Kobe's mom, Pamela Bryant, will be auctioning off a few choice pieces of Kobe memorabilia in June, several of which go back to his days at Lower Merion High School. The item expected to generate the most interest, according to Goldin's website, is a game-worn jersey from Bryant's Aces career. The centerpiece of the Kobe Bryant Collection: presented by Goldin Auctions is his road maroon Lower Merion High School (LMHS) basketball …
Monday, April 29, 2013
The curtain goes up this week for the Lower Merion High School student production.
The Lower Merion Players, the student-run drama guild of Lower Merion High School, are opening their new show this week. "Moon Over Buffalo," directed by John Clark, opens on Thursday night at 7 p.m., and has additional shows scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the same time. According to the LMP website, the show is a farcical take on a family of actors stationed in Upstate New York. This hilarious tale deals with a family of traveling actors, the Hays, whose daughter, Roz, runs away in pursuit of a “normal life.” Roz's return to introduce her new fiancee, Howard, incites chaotic adventures involving past-their-prime divas, former lovers, and deaf, blundering old ladies. The show promises hilarious action and entertainment for those over…
Jason Collins is the first active player in a major U.S. sport to announce he is gay.
Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran, sent shockwaves through the sports world on Monday morning when he announced that he was gay in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Collins, who is the first athlete in a major American sport to come out of the closet during his playing career, got an early supporter in NBA star, and Lower Merion High School grad, Kobe Bryant. At 11:01 a.m., little more than an hour after the revelation, Bryant tweeted this to his two-million plus followers: Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don't suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others #courage #support #mambaarmystandup #BYOU The message has since been retweeted more than 25,000 times. Bryant was fined two years ago for directing an anti-gay slur at an NBA …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Rebecca Arenson, of Merion Station, recently received the National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship.
A Lower Merion High School student recently received the prestigious National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship award. Rebecca Arenson, of Merion Station, was the recipient of the award. The Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation supports Merit Scholarship awards for children of Lockheed Martin employees located throughout the world, according to the National Merit Scholarship program. "These scholarships are part of the corporation's support to its employees, the community, and to education, reflecting its strong belief that higher education is essential to the nation's future," according to the program.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Lower Merion High School alumnus' work is on display in the Phillies' stadium, Lower Merion High School and other local spots.
Lower Merion High School alumnus Jonathan Mandell was a history major at Northwestern University, but it was his first fine arts class, in his last semester of college, that changed the course of his life and career. "It lit a spark," explained the Bala Cynwyd resident, now a full-time mosaic artist of more than 25 years. "… It was one of those things where it was very serendipitous and just fell together." If you've spent much time around Lower Merion, you've likely seen Mandell's art: the large mosaic in the Lower Merion High School lobby is his work, as is the Bryn Mawr Film Institute mosaic and the recently-installed piece at Bryn Mawr Hospital. If you're a baseball fan, you might have seen Mandell's art at Citizens Bank Park, home of …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Darryl Reynolds was a key player on Lower Merion High School's 2011-2012 state runner-up squad.
"Darryl Reynolds '12 will head down Lancaster Ave. to continue his athletic and academic career at Villanova University!!! ... Congratulations and best of luck to Darryl as he takes this exciting next step!!!" The news came Tuesday afternoon from Aces Basketball on Facebook and Twitter: Reynolds, a key member of Lower Merion High School's 2011-2012 state runner-up team, would be playing his college ball on the Main Line for the Villanova Wildcats. Before Reynolds made his announcement Tuesday at LMHS, the team site posted the following recap of his career: Reynolds, a 6'8 forward, helped lead the Aces to the 2012 state finals and an undefeated Central League campaign. A dominant presence in the paint, he averaged 11 points, 8.2 rebounds …
190 Pennsylvania schools made the U.S. News and World Report rankings.
Lower Merion High School ranked No. 17 and Harriton High School ranked No. 39 in a list of about 200 Pennsylvania High Schools by U.S. News and World Report. Lower Merion and Harriton high schools are the only two high schools in the Lower Merion School District. The publication describes Lower Merion students as the following: "The AP® participation rate at Lower Merion High School is 45 percent. The student body makeup is 53 percent male and 47 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 23 percent." For Harriton, U.S. News and World Report states: "The AP participation rate at Harriton Senior High School is 31 percent. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 19 …
Josh
10:21 am on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
I'll be daring. Hey all! Zonk. whiz. pass. zoom. Pong. Remember your party days? Guess what, The music never stopped. For all about to rip apart these 'hedonistic' activities, rip into an awful LM grad, please remember the only change from 'your good old' wilder days is modern social media. The promotion of such activities for the purpose of financial gain in newer formats of social media views… more ›