By Jocelyn Tolpin’16 On January 7, 12 Middle School students competed in a consortium all about general knowledge. Last year the Newark Academy team got third place in a very close competition This year, the team was going for the gold. Before the competition, varsity team captain Alex Chang ’17 told me, “I think the…

By Sanya Bery ’17, Staff Writer As soon as the first bell rang, I raced out of 3rd period Science; my class and teacher close behind. Dumping my backpack on the Common Room shelf, I sprinted to the cafeteria. The clock was ticking… tick tock tick tock… there was no time to waste. If only…

By Siddarth Tumu ’18, Staff Writer If you ask a student at Newark Academy what’s different between NA and their old school, one of the things they’ll mention is the homework load. People have different views when it comes to homework at NA. Some think it’s too much and others think it’s not enough. An…

By Brahm Wieseneck’18 Middle School A Soccer won yet another championship after defeating Gil St. Bernard 4-1 in the finals of the Morris County Coaches Tournament.  With this victory, the team gained a fantastic regular season record of 9-2-1. Behind captains Rory Tell and Sam Goldenring, the team was unstoppable. When asked why the team…

By Jocelyn Tolpin’16 Two weeks. That’s all that’s left. Two weeks is nothing right? No sweat? Wrong. Incredibly wrong. For a student, especially a Newark Academy student, these last two weeks are awful. Every day, at least one big assessment takes place. For me, today I had a test and a lab due. Tomorrow I…

By Claudia Hyman’16, Staff Writer Spirit week is one of the most fun and exciting weeks of the year. The Middle School was excited for this year’s theme: Medieval Middle School, and was determined to succeed. This year, it was obvious that there was a great improvement in the Middle School’s participation in Spirit Week.…

By Charles Pan’18, Staff Writer The sixth grade school council election certainly drew a huge amount of attention this year. Sixteen students from the sixthgrade signed up to run. Ms. Sparacino, a Humanities teacher, says that she is surprised that the sixteen students who were running were interested in protecting and promoting the spirit of…

By Ankit Khosla ’16, Middle School Staff Writer There are many people in the Middle School trying to achieve a certain goal. Kids want to become dancers, basketball players, swimmers, or even actors, but nineteen students in the Middle School are following in the footsteps of tennis champion Roger Federer. The middle school tennis “B”…

By George Haglund ’16, Middle School Student In my 7th grade American Studies class, we were asked to come up with a topic that we cared about and could improve, and find some way to make change. My group, George Haglund, Olimpia Kane, Noah Peace, Noah Sellinger, Neora Shiffrin, Rory Tell, Rachel Wilf, chose to…

By Matthew Thekkethala’15, Staff Writer Over the course of one day, you nail your solo, helping the band earn a superior rating, then soar down Steel Force, the most popular ride at Dorney Park. The annual “Trills and Thrills Day” was on May 27 is looked forward to by the many middle school musicians and…