Unitas Blog

For the past few years, Malvern Prep students and employees have made a commitment to give back to the local community through our 20 Can Challenge. Students, faculty, and staff are all challenged to each bring in 20 cans in support of our yearly food drive. Together, the community collected more than 8,000 cans to donate to St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Chester and the Chester County Food Bank in Exton.

Fall is not only a time for football, foliage, and pumpkin spice lattes - it’s also the peak season for high school admissions. If leaves aren’t covering yards yet, changes are lawn signs are - advertising Open Houses for many private and independent schools throughout the Philadelphia area.

As I reflect on the close of another academic year, I am vividly reminded of the old ABC: Wide World of Sports theme, "The thrill of the victory, and the agony of defeat." These iconic words preceded ABC's sports coverage each weekend and helped define those unavoidable feelings of competition at the highest levels. When I hear this quote, I reflect on the many wins and losses that shaped this year, and how critical both the highs and lows are for the learning process for each of our student-athletes.

Malvern alumnus Justin Halladay ’95 established a non-profit organization ten years ago called Project Béisbol. Based in US and Colombia, the mission of this organization is to provide baseball and softball equipment donations, high-quality instruction, and international education opportunities for boys and girls in vulnerable communities in Latin America. Malvern students were invited to participate in an exchange in Colombia through Project Béisbol in October 2018.

This week, we celebrated the life of Fr. Dave Duffy by participating in acts of kindness and making members of our community feel special.  Faculty member, Mr. John Ostick P’99’07’13 shares his fond memories of Fr. Duffy in the excerpt below.

Lea Murtaugh Ruggiero, Assistant Director of Admissions explains the importance of Shadow Days in the admissions experience.

Mr. Tom McGuire discusses the service trip to Rockport, TX over J-Term. The trip, led by Mr. Jeff Kinney, brought together students and faculty/staff to aid in the rebuilding of the area devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

J-Term at Malvern makes coming back after winter break exciting for the whole community. Learn what this year's J-Term was like as the community shares their experience.