The Purple Quill

Here's why graduation at the Pit should be here to stay

Why graduation at the Pit is great enough to stay

April 26, 2020

Obviously, this whole pandemic has taken its toll on everyone, the Elder community being no exception....

Elder History Class

April 23, 2020

Elder has been around for almost a century and is one of the oldest high schools in the Greater Cincinnati...

The noted and notorious nicknames of the class of 2020.

Senior class nicknames

April 14, 2020

Everyone at some point in their life has been given a nickname. In fact, the high school experience usually...

The LEGO Saturn V. Which is close to what Kyle's rocket ship looks like, as Kyle stated.

Life-Size Lego rocket ship set to go into space

April 1, 2020

As I’m sure most people have heard about the company Lego and most would say that they are fun. I just recently bought a small Lego set and built it with my girlfriend, and I forgot how much fun they were to build. But have you ever seen how “Master Lego builders” have built life-size planes and human figures? Well if so does it shock you to hear tha...

The Elder Library. A commonplace for students during study hall

The Study Hall Hall of Fame

March 18, 2020

One of the parts of the school day that a student looks forward to is study hall, if they have one. It...

The Invisible Man; What to know before you watch

March 9, 2020

The Invisible Man came out on February 28, 2020, and with a 9 million-dollar budget many viewers ha...

The wristbands bought and wore by the students who are participating by growing out their beards.

Klusman inspires no-shave March

March 6, 2020

March always has a special feel to it in the United States. Major League Baseball begins their season,...

Purple Quill Podcast: Lackluster Lunches and Tortuous TikTok

March 6, 2020

In recent times, many changes and improvements have been made around Elder, including its physical and...

Vince McMahon talking about the reboot and comeback of the XFL for 2020 season

The XFL is Back; But will it last this time?

March 5, 2020

Many people either know about the XFL or are just confused about what the XFL even is. The XFL is a professional...

The future of Elder Hockey

February 4, 2020

Elder's Hockey program is nearing its 20th season. Despite starting out as a club team in 2002 open to...

$Staff at Santa Anita covering Mongolian Groom after a serious fracture on his left hind leg$

Yet another horse put down at Santa Anita

November 8, 2019

Every year, over $100 billion is bet on horse racing. That means that the horses racing need to b...

Ethan Plagge and Joe Book of Elder's underrated Academic Team.

Underrated Elder: The Academic Team

November 8, 2019

There is a team at Elder that answers questions and gets gym credit for it. Of course, I am talking about Elder’s most underrated team: The Aca...