By Kaya Patel ‘22, Editor-in-Chief I remember my Accepted Students Night quite vividly. When Mr. Ashburn gathered all of the incoming 6th graders, he asked, “Who can tell me what year you’ll graduate from Newark Academy?” Many students quickly did the math in their heads and screamed “2022!” Mr. Ashburn continued, “That’s right. Welcome to…

By Emily Swope ‘22, Editor-in-Chief When I look back at my experience at NA, one of the moments I still distinctly remember is my first day of school. As I drove to school with my older brother on that early September morning, he asked me, “Are you nervous?” I was a new ninth grader, so…

By Kaya Patel, Editor-in-Chief ‘22 (March 2022) On April 9th, Newark Academy will be hosting its fourth annual Northern New Jersey Eco-Summit. Each year, the Eco-Summit explores a specific aspect of environmentalism and highlights solutions to environmental issues from a local to international scale. The theme of this year’s Eco-Summit is environmental health. The summit…

By Emily Swope ‘22, Editor-in-Chief (March 2022) On March 3, 4, and 5, the Newark Academy Arts Department presented Mamma Mia! in the newly-renovated Coraci Performance Hall. At each of the three performances, students, families, and faculty filled the auditorium, bringing energy that we’ve missed over the past two years. The show had an ensemble…

By Stephen Levitt ‘22, Editor-In-Chief (March 2022) Stuck in the boredom and misery that millions of teens across the world suffered from the abrupt severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senior Michael Pyo ‘22 found a unique way of coping with quarantine: Living Zine.  Drawing upon his previous experiences as an editor for Prisms, The Minuteman,…

By: Emily Swope ‘22, Editor-in-Chief When Mr. Austin sent an email in late November informing the NA community that Upper School Principal, Dr. Richard DiBianca (affectionately known as Dr. D), had decided to step down from his current role and return to the classroom, many community members responded with uncertainty. At Newark Academy, Dr. D…

By Kaya Patel ‘22, Editor-in-Chief  Before becoming a teacher, Dr. Hobson studied semiconductor physics and developed technology that has become the backbone of modern communication technology at Bell Laboratories. As an extremely accomplished researcher, Dr. Hobson’s experiences and advice have inspired the way I view STEM research and careers, and I wanted to share some…

By Kaya Patel ‘22, Editor-in-Chief Image Courtesy of Mr. Worrell On November 4th, The Curious Savage opened as the first indoor performance at NA in nearly two years and the first to be performed in the newly renovated Coraci Performance Hall. After a year of virtual rehearsals and streamed Youtube performances, both the actors and…

Kaya Patel ‘22, Editor-in-Chief Image Courtesy of the Philadelphia Magazine Despite how prepared and qualified women are, they underestimate their skills significantly more than men. From the fear of taking risks in class to nervousness surrounding requesting a pay raise, this confidence gap is embedded in everyday life. Yet, because it’s not a measurable gender…