By Paige Cooper ’16, Staff Writer After students have acclimated to the arduous workload during the first few weeks of the fall semester at the Academy, they anxiously await the arrival of Spirit Week. There is nothing more exciting to Newark Academy students than the busy week of competitions between the different grade levels and…

 By Daniel Edman ’16, Staff Writer Two years ago, Newark Academy installed a security system that altered the atmosphere of the school environment. As a component of this new system, all doors to the school are now locked throughout the school day, and a faculty member must buzz in all non-faculty members. Although this new…

  By Perrin Clark ’15, Section Editor Aristotle once wrote, “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” In other words, attaining an education is difficult work, yet its returns are invaluable. Today, one feels as if one is stuck with the roots of education and devoid of the fruit. The roots have become…

By Elias Neibart ’16, Staff Writer Anyone who paid attention to the news this past summer would find it difficult to ignore the escalating conflict between the Jewish State of Israel and Hamas, a terrorist organization that operates out of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on Israel’s south-western border. Although this conflict reaches far…

 By Jacob Furst ’16, Section Editor At around midnight on August 23, the School Council was gathered in its fifth meeting of the day when a motion was brought forth.  The motion was quite simple: the council would discard one of two red and black themed days during Spirit Week to allow for a new…

By Perrin Clark, Section Editor Last year, to the day, I wrote an article about a similar topic. Chemical weapons were used in Syria. The international community was horrified. President Obama vowed to launch airstrikes against Syria, claiming Assad crossed a red line of sorts. No airstrikes happened, and the nation moved on to the…