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Cultivator students win National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award

The Cultivator May 13, 2025

On May 13, 2025, Fox 29 journalist Bruce Gordon presented The Cultivator with the Mid-Atlantic High School Student Production Award for their video "Mr. Schuler Feature." This award in the category...

PHOTOS & VIDEO: Country Fair Day 2025

W. B. Saul welcomed students, staff, alumni, families, and the wider community to their Roxborough campus on Saturday, May 10, 2025. The Country Fair Day included crafts, animals, food preparations, demonstrations,...

Student Explainer: Saul Budget

Student Explainer: Saul Budget

Alma Karhnak-Glasby, 10th Grade Animal science major May 6, 2025

  In the spring of the 2023-2024 school year, Saul's principal Samuel Howell and 9th-grade math teacher Heather Tanner visited George Washington Carver High School to observe students using VR goggles....

This photo, submitted by Lucia Raboteau to the Saul Spring Photo Contest, 2025, won the award for Best Nature photo.

Saul Spring Photo Contest winners announced

The Cultivator Staff April 24, 2025

We are so excited to announce the winners of our Spring photo contest! The winning photographers did what all great photographers do: they captured a moment that we can't forget. Best Nature photo: Lucia...

Saul Feature: Saul wins silver at Flower Show exhibit

Evan Zheng and Nicholas Kruck April 22, 2025

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Flower Show, passersby and students and staff who worked on the projects, opinion on W.B. Saul’s exhibit.

Front W.B. Saul's exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show, 2025.

W.B. Saul High School takes home silver at the PHS Flower Show

Nicholas Kruck, Contributing reporter March 25, 2025

Two weeks ago, Saul's horticultural majors toiled away in the Philadelphia Convention Center to create a silver award-winning display for the Philadelphia Flower Show. Every man, woman, and child who attended...

Picture of PGW and Fire Department outside of the Ag building.

Carbon monoxide in the Agricultural Building: Everybody evacuated

Nicholas Kruck, Contributing reporter March 25, 2025

At around 9:15 a.m. today, school administrators evacuated the Agricultural Building at W.B. Saul when a carbon monoxide alarm sounded in the building. The Ag is home to horticulture, animal science, food...

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Reviving a Legacy: The story of Our School Newspaper

Jilian Imszennik, Contributing Reporter March 20, 2025

On Tuesdays and Thursdays this year, a dedicated group of students have been meeting after school in 25A to revive a student newspaper that has been out of print for decades. Originally launched in...

5 free outdoor activities for your next SDP half day

5 free outdoor activities for your next SDP half day

Marlowe Whittenberg, Contributing Reporter March 20, 2025

Philadelphia has countless spots to pass the time, but every day it seems like choices for students after school are expensive,  indoors, or students aren't allowed in at all. This list has great alternatives...

Junior Spencer Hazelwood with his Excellent rating in Literary Magazine: Photography

Saul student wins “excellent” rating at national journalism conference

Cultivator Staff, Contributing writer March 20, 2025

Junior Spencer Hazelwood won the rating Excellent in Literary Magazine: Photography from the Journalism Education Association this November. The National Student Media Contest was held at the Marriott...

The field at Mort Brooks Memorial Farm at Awbury Arboretum in fall.

Local farms help educate the public, combat climate change and more

Lauren Tilghman, Contributing Reporter March 20, 2025

This story was co-published in the March edition of the Weaver's Way Shuttle. Local farms and farmer’s markets such as Saul High School’s farm in Roxborough have given a lot back to the communities...

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