By Claudia Hyman’16, Staff Writer Spirit week is one of the most fun and exciting weeks of the year. The Middle School was excited for this year’s theme: Medieval Middle School, and was determined to succeed. This year, it was obvious that there was a great improvement in the Middle School’s participation in Spirit Week.…

By Charles Pan’18, Staff Writer The sixth grade school council election certainly drew a huge amount of attention this year. Sixteen students from the sixthgrade signed up to run. Ms. Sparacino, a Humanities teacher, says that she is surprised that the sixteen students who were running were interested in protecting and promoting the spirit of…

By Shaan Pandiri ’17, Middle School Staff Writer The Middle School Cross Country team is having its most dominant season ever and is looking like one of the best teams in the state. The cross-country team has been very good in past years; winning 10 meets in three out of its last four seasons. Cross-country…

By Siddarth Tumu ’18, Staff Writer  The start of a new school year brings excitement to students. Hallways are filled with many enthusiastic returning students, catching up with their friends and getting settled into their new classes. In the midst of all this, there are some puzzled and timid faces. As you can guess, these…

By Ankit Khosla ’16, Middle School Staff Writer There are many people in the Middle School trying to achieve a certain goal. Kids want to become dancers, basketball players, swimmers, or even actors, but nineteen students in the Middle School are following in the footsteps of tennis champion Roger Federer. The middle school tennis “B”…

By George Haglund ’16, Middle School Student In my 7th grade American Studies class, we were asked to come up with a topic that we cared about and could improve, and find some way to make change. My group, George Haglund, Olimpia Kane, Noah Peace, Noah Sellinger, Neora Shiffrin, Rory Tell, Rachel Wilf, chose to…

By Matthew Thekkethala’15, Staff Writer Over the course of one day, you nail your solo, helping the band earn a superior rating, then soar down Steel Force, the most popular ride at Dorney Park. The annual “Trills and Thrills Day” was on May 27 is looked forward to by the many middle school musicians and…

By Kevin Mittal ’15, Middle School Editor As the year comes to a close, the middle school council for next year has come together, not with the 2010-2011 representatives of the school class, but the new council members. The new middle school president leads the middle school. The middle school president is invited to all…

By Lynna Huo ’15, Staff Writer It is the end of another long day of academic classes at Newark Academy, and students of all different grades beeline towards their lockers. Most middle school students then head for their afternoon sports. Most sports are ‘showy’ and easily recognizable for what they are- physically and mentally competitive.…

By Olimpia Kane ’16, Staff Writer In 1960, Chile experienced the largest earthquake in the last century, a 9.5 on the Richter scale. The effects were devastating at the time. Today in the 21st century, Japan seems to be treading water, instead of drowning in it. Why is that? In part, because the earthquake did…