orchestra, woodworking, and yearbook. Service All George School students must complete a 65-hour community service project before graduating. Students work on projects and in programs that reflect Friends' practices. Projects must be grounded in one-on-one contact with communities and persons who are disempowered because of social, racial, economic, or health factors. These projects include intense, two-week experiences in school-sponsored, domestic or international work camps; once-a-week experiences that extend throughout the school year; and preapproved independent projects. Students may complete service projects during the school year or on vacation after their second year. Recent service trips include India; Nicaragua; Cuba; Costa Rica; Boston, Massachusetts; Coastal Mississippi; and The Palestinian territories; France; South Africa; Ghana; Arizona; New Orleans, Louisiana; Americus, Georgia; South Carolina; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; West Virginia; South Korea; Vietnam; and China. While more than half of the students at George School are on significant financial aid, proportionally few of those students can afford to go on international service trips as the maximum scholarship offered on most trips amounts to roughly half of the total costs, which range from $2000 to over $5000. Extracurricular activities Athletics Students are almost always required to play a competitive sport or participate in a physical education program. Since 1996, certain fully-scheduled students may take one trimester with no athletics. Still, first- and second-year students must play two interscholastic competitive sports, and juniors and seniors must play one: Fall: cross country, equestrian, field hockey, football, cheerleading, Association Football, volleyball, and tennis (girls) Winter: basketball, cheerleading (basketball), swimming, winter track, and wrestling Spring: baseball, softball, equestrian, golf, lacrosse, tennis (boys), and track and field George School competes in the Friends School League, but in certain sports, such as equestrian, football, and wrestling, this is not possible due to the small number of league members that also participate. There is an annual competition with Westtown which results in the awarding of the Patterson Cup, which most students and faculty refer to as "The Moose". The scores are based on the results of all varsity and junior varsity competitions between the two schools. The school once had a swimming competency requirement for graduation. Publications The Curious George is the school's student-produced newspaper on campus, formerly The George School News, "G Magazine," and "The Gazette." It returned to the name "Curious George" in 2016. The Georgian is the alumni newspaper circulated to alums, parents, and faculty. Argo is