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The Wick

The Wick is Agnes Irwin’s monthly newspaper that is written, formatted, and edited by the students. The publication’s staff are able to experiment with a unique style of writing while exploring a wide range of issues, interests, and perspectives. The Wick features new topics each month including various opinions, political debates, discussion-prompting survey questions, and current event pieces. The publication prides itself in its ability to connect the Agnes Irwin Upper School; it enables students to freely explore and express their passions and encourage fellow peers to share their own opinions.

The Wick seeks to represent the voice of Agnes Irwin’s student body. If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please copy and paste this link into your browser and fill out this form: https://forms.gle/sHHWxxoB63SWmzWE8

Piano Lab

Piano Lab
Sophie St. Amand '24, Wick Writer December 5, 2021

Learning to play music stimulates the creative elements of the brain and develops memory, speech, and motor skills in students (learningpotential.gov.au). Mr. Savar, the lower school music director at...

Student of the Month: Lucy Shannon ’22

Student of the Month: Lucy Shannon '22
Loretta Bigelow ’22, Wick Writer December 3, 2021

Lucy Shannon ‘22 has been selected as The Wick’s November Student of the Month! With her influential role in the Upper School as President of ECO Board, she strives to educate the Upper School students...

A Genuine Soul Gone Too Soon

A Genuine Soul Gone Too Soon
Lilly Press '23, Wick Writer December 2, 2021

A tragic event has struck our Philadelphia community: the passing of a young man similar to the ages amongst most of us high schoolers at Agnes Irwin. Although most of us do not know him personally, it...

Sharon Rudnicki Writing Center

Phoebe Smith '23, Deputy Editor December 2, 2021

Initiated this year in memory of former English Department Chair Sharon Rudnicki, Agnes Irwin’s Writing Center is an on-campus space for literary exploration and collaboration. The Center enables students...

Wick QUOTM: What does Thanksgiving mean to you?

Wick QUOTM: What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
November 23, 2021

Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday because of its roots in colonialism. It plays an important part in telling the false history that most interactions between colonists and Native Americans were peaceful,...

The 60 Million Dollar Mistake

The 60 Million Dollar Mistake
Caroline Riley '23, Wick Sports Editor October 29, 2021

The Las Vegas Raiders: a name that still feels wrong for old-school football fans who are not used to the Raiders’ new home. The organization recently stepped away from Oakland and  moved a half mile...

The Conservatorship of Britney Spears

The Conservatorship of Britney Spears
Lilly Press '23, Wick Senior Writer October 29, 2021

The conservatorship of Britney Spears began in 2008 when Spears was 26 years old. A conservatorship is the appointment by a judge of a guardian to manage the finances of another person, who is unable to...

Hispanic Heritage Month

Leila Rodriguez '23, Head of Hispanic Student Alliance (HSA) October 28, 2021

Hispanic Heritage Month is a thirty-day-long celebration to honor the contributions of America’s Hispanic and Latin American communities that begins on September 15th.  The kickoff date is significant,...

Re-Evaluating Columbus Day

Re-Evaluating Columbus Day
Amarise Suber '23, Wick Writer October 28, 2021

Columbus Day is observed every year on the second Monday of October. It is a day to commemorate Christopher Columbus’s discovery—or more accurately put, his re-discovery—of the Americas. It is important...

Unfinished Murder Case: Gabby Petito

Unfinished Murder Case: Gabby Petito
Rachel Avery '25, Wick Writer October 26, 2021

In June 2021, a 22-year-old woman named Gabby Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, went on a cross-country trip in a white van, according to the North Port police chief, Todd Garrison. As CNN reports,...

The New Owl’s Nest

Ella Graupner '23, Wick Writer October 25, 2021

As I assume most readers know, Dr. G and his computer science class have put a tremendous amount of work into creating a new Owl’s Nest website for our school. This work shows in the website’s many...