Author: mpoddar15
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“I Now Pronounce you…?”
By Megha Poddar ’15, News Editor For the first time in the state’s history, on October 21st at 12:01am, same-sex couples throughout New Jersey eagerly exchanged vows, becoming officially married under the state constitution. New Jersey was the 14th state to allow queer marriage and the first to do so in the wake of…
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As Customs Continue, The Academy Welcomes New Traditions
By Anna Hope Emerson ’16, News Staff Writer Spirit Week and Homecoming Weekend have always held a special place in the culture of Newark Academy. Students of all grades anticipate the spirit-filled week, which culminates in the community cheering on sports teams, participating in fun events in the lower parking lot, and coming together for…
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Cutting Edge Discoveries in Genetics Amaze the Community
By Daniel Edman ’16, News Staff Writer On October 3, 2013 the Newark Academy Science Department hosted Dr. Sam Rhine and his Genetics Update Conference in the Kaltenbacher Hall. Kristie Petillo ’14, a student taking Biotechnology, called the presentation “an amazing learning opportunity and completely worth the year’s long wait.” Dr. Rhine is a professor…
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The U.S. and Iran: Has a New Era Begun?
By Megha Poddar ’15, News Editor On September 27th, President Barack Obama spoke with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran over the telephone, signaling the first direct conversation between the leaders of the alienated countries since the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979. For the past thirty years, the United States has imposed a wide range of…
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Voice Proposals Make a Difference: New Electives
By Sanya Bery ’17, News Staff Writer Whether the class is Holocaust Studies, where students dig into a deeper and greater understanding of the Nazi’s atrocious massacre of the Jewish people or Politics of Change, where Mrs. Schottland leads discussions about the world’s most serious conflicts, electives have always been popular among Newark Academy students…
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Crossing the 38th Parallel: Alum Matt Reichel’s Take on North Korea
By Megha Poddar, News Editor On September 24th, students and faculty alike welcomed Matthew Reichel, Class of 2005, as the Academy’s first global speaker for the year. Mr. Reichel has had the unique opportunity of working and living in North Korea for several years, as he co-founded the Pyongyang Project in 2009, a self-sustaining…
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Abraham Talks: An Interfaith Dialogue
By Anna Hope Emerson ’16, Staff Writer Just after the bell marking the end of second period rung on April 4th, the freshman class, their humanities teachers, and many other members of the Newark Academy community headed down to the Kaltenbacher Hall. The reason? The initial discussion of the Newark Academy Dialogues series: Abraham Talks.…
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The Academy Ranks 5th on the Washington Post: A Well-Deserved Reputation
By Danny Edman ’16, Staff Writer Jay Mathews’ list titled “America’s Most Challenging High Schools” was published in the Washington Post on April 12, 2013. On this list, Newark Academy ranked 5th nationally among other private schools and 1st in New Jersey among both public and private schools. Other private schools in the area on…
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June Term: A Time for Budding Interests
By Megha Poddar ’15, News Editor As the year winds down, the Newark Academy community anxiously awaits the final two weeks of school when the high school will be taking part in the second June term in the history of the Academy. Last year, Newark Academy test-ran the new mini term, where students were engaged…