Author: jwieseneck14
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A Night of Conquering the Cougars and the Dancefloor
By Danielle Sidi ’14 and Thomas Pan ’14, Staff Writers With an end score of 55-49, Newark Academy’s win over Montclair Kimberly Academy led to spirit on the dance floor. The night of February 24, 2012 began with three basketball games: the girls’ game against Kent Place, followed by the boys’ JV andvarsity games against…
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Unsure Expectations for the June Term
By Bill Ulrich ’14, Staff Writer After Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshman have completed their end of term assessments as well as AP/IB Exams, this spring, they will not immediately go on summer vacation; instead, students will spend another two weeks at school in a new term: the June Term. For these two weeks, students will…
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Open Department Meetings: A New Forum for the Student Opinion to be Heard
By Siddarth Kannan ’14 and Zach Epstein ’14, Staff Writers Current Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors may remember that in 2007, they were asked to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Academy by way of an online survey to begin the research for the Academy’s Campus Master Plan. Student voice proposals have been around as…
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Mock Trial’s Success Continues
By Sydney Mann ’14 and Sivi Satchithanandan ’15, Staff Writers “When our names were announced as country champions, we all erupted into a pure ecstasy and at that moment we knew we were the best,” notes Ethan Savel ’14 a witness for Newark Academy’s Mock Trial team, describing how the team won the Essex County Championship…
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Crisis in the Middle East: A Turkish Perspective
By Tyler Goff ’14 and Rebecca Gorelov ’14, Staff Writers The annual Feinberg Family Multi-Cultural Assembly on December 2nd, in association with the Global Speaker Series, presented Mustafa Akyol as this year’s speaker. Based in İstanbul, Turkey, Mustafa Akyol is a political commentator, journalist, and author. He is a constant commentator in the Turkish media…
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Technology: The Next Generation of Learning at NA
By Siddarth Kannan ’14 and Kevin Lin ’15, Staff Writers Newark Academy is quickly and quietly expanding its use of technology to enhance the learning experience, both in the library and in the classrooms. The Academy’s classrooms are already outfitted with smart boards and everyone checks out MacBooks in the library with frequency. Still, Newark…
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New Zealand: Through the Eyes of Keith Synder ’09
By Alexander Goff ’15, Staff Writer Keith Snyder is a 2009 Newark Academy graduate, who recently ventured to the far off continent of New Zealand. He now attends the University of Denver, and this year he spent a term hiking, exploring, and bungee jumping on the Southern Island of New Zealand. Keith recently came back to…
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Spain in the Era of Rajoy
By Zachary Gross ’14 and Bill Ulrich ’14, Staff Writers On November 21, 2011, Mariano Rajoy, the leader of the People’s Party, won the position of Prime Minister by an absolute majority in the Spanish Parliamentary Elections. This victory was a trend among other races for governmental posts, as the People’s Party won 189 seats…
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Immersion to a New Level: A Sitdown with María Fernanda Juarez
By Megha Poddar ’15 and Sara Widmann ’15, Staff Writers For the past two months, María Fernanda Juarez has been staying with the Schwarz-Jelin family. Sarah Jane Jelin, the mother of Willa ’15, signed up to host María during the summer. They were more than excited to have María living with them. The Schwarz’s hospitality…
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A Little Bit Dicey: An Inside Look into the Union Protest
By Jake Wieseneck ’14, News Editor Last month, Newark Academy faced its first major obstacle on the road to completing the Campus Master Plan: IronWorkers Local 11. The presence of large inflatable rats and protestors on campus during the morning rush of November 21, 2011, was only one part of the conflict that arose between…