Author: ccooperman16
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Spencer’s Corner: All the Politics You Need
By Spencer Glassman ’19, Staff Writer Edition One: A “No Circle” Take on Jeff Bell On Monday, September 29, Jeff Bell, the Republican candidate for U.S Senate from New Jersey, arrived at Newark Academy. Bell has a long history in politics; he spent 30 years in Washington as an advisor to Ronald Reagan, and as…
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My Experience on the Middle School Cross-Country Team
By Roshan Idnani ‘21, Staff Writer When I joined Newark Academy, one of the things I was looking forward to was trying out different sports during the school year. I chose cross country as my fall sport. I remember the first day of the season. I was really excited to meet with other team members…
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Middle School Arts Calendar: Concerts, Recitals, and Showcases
By Annika Inampudi ‘21 and Elaine Choy ’21, Staff Writers As the rest of Newark Academy starts winding down for the holidays, the middle school performing arts students are hard at work practicing and preparing for the fall concert. On November 21st, the IB class, the after school dance class, the 6th, 7th, and 8th…
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Talent Scout NA Edition: Sammi Powell
By Jaida Jett ’20 and Suie Choi ’20, Staff Writers Sammi Powell is a current 8th grader at Newark Academy. Since 6th grade, she has shown her incredible singing skills to the whole school. Recently, she sang in the pep rally during Spirit Week, along with Claire Dempsey ‘18. She is also part of the…
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Preview to Jingle Ball 2014
By Giulia Socolof ’19, Staff Writer Jingle Ball is just a month away. For those of you that don’t know, Jingle Ball is hosted by the popular New York radio station, Z100, and features some of the most popular pop music artists, new and old. Here’s the scoop on all of the artists playing at…
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Tickle Me Pink Question Corner
By Kiara Quigley ‘21 and Anjali Rajkumar ‘21, Staff Writers A duck, a frog and a skunk wanted to go to the movies. The admission was one dollar. Which one of the three couldn’t afford to go? The skunk. Why? The duck had a bill, the frog had a greenback, but the skunk only had…
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Our History of Acceptance, Relatively Speaking
By Courtney Cooperman ’16, Feature Editor With additional reporting by staff writer Elizabeth Merrigan ’16 Earlier this fall, the IB/Advanced Acting Morning Meeting presentation parodied the homogeneity of Newark Academy before the mid-20th century. Qualified applicants that were non-white, non-Christian, or non-male were turned away in the skit, while a white male was accepted simply…
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New Chief Editors
By Drew Flanagan ‘19 and David You ‘19, Middle School Editors-in-Chief At the end of last school year, Drew Flanagan ‘19 and David You ’19 were elected as the Editors-in-Chief of the Middle School Newspaper. As the new editors, they will continue to improve the newspaper club. Passing the torch from Siddarth Tumu ’18 and…
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Pop Culture
By Giulia Socolof ‘19, Staff Writer Summer Movies 4. X-Men: Days of Future Past In the future, mutant-hunting robots called Sentinels target the X-Men. Wolverine must go back in time to stop the creation of these Sentinels, enlisting the help of young Magneto and Professor X. An excellent addition to the franchise, it’s a new…
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Field Trip Day
By David You ’19, Editor-in-Chief On September 19, 2014, a day that will probably be forgotten soon, each grade took a different field trip. However, the 8th grade had a special overnight trip that started the day before. After the trips, the students looked exhausted and were ready to go home, and many of the…