Author: sbery17
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Resolution: Keep Class Sizes Small!
By Sanya Bery ’17, Feature Editor New Year’s Resolutions come in many shapes and sizes, some focusing on one individual’s life and another on a whole school. Regardless, by the time January comes around and we’re back in school, the first week is filled with student and faculty whispers about the change they’d like to see…
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The Faculty Social Scene
By Lydia Yeshitla ’17, Staff Writer I’d be lying to you if I said that friend groups among students don’t exist at Newark Academy. But have you ever considered the possibility of there being friend groups among your teachers? When you think of the term “cliques,” you probably envision the types that exist in a typical Mean Girls…
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MeaN(A) Girls
By Kyra Cooperman ’19, Staff Writer The image describes the high school cafeteria according to Mean Girls, the 2004 teen comedy that pervades pop culture. The limit to the differences between lunchtime at Newark Academy and North Shore does not exist. The first distinction is that North Shore has a cafeteria and we have a dining hall. Additionally, “losers”…
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Are Our Friendships Based on Address?
By Sanya Bery ’17, Feature Editor It is no secret that students at Newark Academy have a different experience than those who attend local public schools in various ways. However, one may argue that location is one of the largest differences. NA is filled with people from various zip codes, ranging from just around the block…
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Behind the Scenes: Spirit Week in Action
By Matteo Moretti ’17, Staff Writer It’s mid-October. Everyone has settled back into school life, and the routine of last school year and all the ones before is starting to reassert itself. Before we all put our heads down and work hard like NA students do, there is one event that everyone cannot wait for… SPIRIT…
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Behind the Scenes: The True Life of an NA Student
By Sanya Bery’17, Feature Editor Summer has come and gone, reduced to only distant memories buried deep in our brain beneath math formulas and chemical compound structures. After the first week or two of the fall semester, we begin to adjust to a six-day cycle and the patterns of school more generally. Students at NA are…
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Behind the Scenes: Putting Homecoming Together
By Victoria Li ’18, Staff Writer Homecoming Day is an event that caters to everyone’s interests. It’s filled with silly competitions, exciting sports events, and to top it all off, a semi-formal dance night. We all enjoy these wonderful festivities, but we never really stop to wonder: Who organizes all these amazing events? If you…
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Why Everyone is Falling for This Season
By Sanya Bery ’17, Feature Editor Summer is everyone’s favorite season because of the burning hot sun, the roaring waves and, obviously, the much-appreciated lack of school –and homework. Of course, sadly all good things must come to an end, and by the time September rolls around the tans have faded and the books are back,…