Category: News
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The Fear Symptom of Ebola
By Rakhi Kundra’17, Staff Writer Over the last few months, more than 6,574 people have been infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Nigeria. The Ebola virus is one of the most infectious and deadly diseases in the world, and there is no known cure. It originated in 1976, during an outbreak in…
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Fear, Suffering, Stress, & Joy: Student Council Elections
By Aidan Fox ’16, News Editor The end of every year at the Academy marks a time of transition. April 10th marked the first day of this transition for Newark Academy’s student council, when five capable juniors vied for the position of student council president. After these juniors– Matt Thekkethala, Lila Rimalovksi, Nick Murray, Eric…
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Ad Lumen: A New Mindset
By Perrin Clark ’15, Editor As a high school student, it is difficult to know what to expect after college. However, all high school students will understand what lies ahead with better certainty if they have a thorough understanding of personal finance. Unfortunately, most students do not receive an adequate education on financial literacy; only…
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Matt Thekkethala Wins Student Council President
By Soven Bery ’15, Editor-In-Chief UPDATE 4/10/2014 at 7:24 PM Matt Thekkethala ’15 has defeated Lila Rimalovski, Nick Murray, Morgin Goldberg and Eric Liao to become the Upper School Student Council President. Thekkethala rallied the school around his slogan “Do the RIGHT thing, the WRONG way” and an enduringly hilarious story of a fly in his ear. The…
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The Testing Time of Year
By Megha Poddar ’15, News Editor As spring nears, a new buzz begins to fill the halls of the Academy—the testing buzz. Often, the final months of school are marked by high stress as students prepare methodically for standardized testing. In addition to AP and IB required tests for those students enrolled in the corresponding…
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A Closer Look Into This Year’s June Term
By Anna Hope Emerson ’16, Staff Writer While students from other schools spend the month of June cramming for exams, Newark Academy students participate in June Term, two-week courses of experiential learning. In the words of Anu Sharma ’15, one of three students on the June Term committee, “June Term gives students a chance to…
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Janet Yellen Takes the Reins of the Federal Reserve
By Zachary Gross ’14, News Editor On February 3, Janet Yellen assumed office as the 15th Chair of the Federal Reserve, becoming the first woman in the Fed’s 100-year history to do so. In order to comprehend the widespread implications of this event, it is critical to understand the Federal Reserve and what it means…
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STEMinar Shakes Up Newark Academy’s Science Side
By Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Staff Writer The most recent Curriculum Committee meeting was a busy one. There were five proposals on the floor: changes in title to the Holocaust Studies class and IB Physics HL, an Advanced Drawing class, a 1960s-themed senior English elective, and a “STEMinar.” The STEMinar course centers on activities coordinated…
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Mock Trial Litigates Its Way to Success
By Aidan Fox ’16, Staff Writer Mock Trial may be the only club that takes more time than any academic class. The members often have ten hours of formal practice a week, and that’s not including all the informal practice that is needed in order for members to perfect their statements. “It’s much more stressful…
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The Power of a Voice
By Sanya Bery ’17, News Staff Writer There are times at Newark Academy when it feels like one’s voice is sinking in a sea of six hundred other voices. However for thirty minutes every year, each voice has a chance to be heard during student voice proposals. It is during this time that students at…