Category: Social Justice
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COVID-19’s Effect on the Homeless Populations of America
By Nitya Gupta ‘23, Social Justice Writer Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home and lockdown orders have been issued across the country in order to maintain social distancing and help people avoid close contact with others. However, staying inside poses a considerable challenge for the large populations of homeless people living on the…
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty…But Not if There is Cash Bail
By Julia Schwed ‘21, Editor-in-Chief We all grow up learning that in the United States everyone is “innocent until proven guilty.” But what we are not taught is that every year hundreds of thousands of people are incarcerated before being convicted. Of the 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States at the start of…
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Police in BLM vs Capitol Riots: Their Action Is Not Unique
By Navyaa Jain ‘23, Social Justice Writer On January 6, 2021, the day set by the Constitution to certify the election results, America’s Capitol, the center of its democracy, was breached for the first time in 200 years. Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and incited chaos in the name of President Trump. The…
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COVID-19’s Effect on The US Prison Population
By Nitya Gupta ‘23, Social Justice Writer Since the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and distribution began in the United States, there has been an ongoing debate on who shall receive the vaccine first. However, it seems as if the American public and government officials have dismissed a large, yet forgotten, group of people that have been…
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Newark Academy Waves Goodbye to the Middle School Newspaper…For Now
By Gianna Porcek ‘20, Section Editor The Middle School Newspaper has officially come to an end, at least for the 2019-2020 school year. According to Dr. LaPadula, an eighth grade English teacher who has run the Middle School Paper for the past four years, “there just wasn’t interest from the students.” However, this lack of…
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Thoughts and Reflections on Capstone
By Joyce Wang ’20, Middle School Editor As the school year comes to an end, middle school embarks on three separate Capstone trips. Capstone has been a popular way for middle school students to end their year and I was curious to understand why that is. Having come to Newark Academy in the 9th grade,…
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Class Clown to the Next Level
By: Evan Breckman ‘25 Most teens tell jokes in class, but now they can tell jokes for a class! The Gotham Comedy Club in New York has a stand-up kids’ program called Kids ‘N Comedy. For children from the ages of 10 to 13, there is a class where you learn the basics of stand…
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Book Review: “The Selection”
By Ayanna Varma ‘24 “The Selection” by Kiera Cass is a dystopian novel filled with romance, action, and drama. In Illea, the area where America lives,there is a system of ranking from one through eight – one being the royal family, and eight being those who are extremely poor. America, a teenage girl, is a…
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Ben Glickman: Back to “Back to School”
By Suie Choi ’20, Middle School Editor A new school year is filled with changes — new teachers, classmates, and courses. While most upper school students dreaded the start of school as it marks the end of their relaxing and stress-free summer, the middle school halls buzzed with excitement during the first week of school.…
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Road Trip!: Getting Ready for Middle School Capstone
By Suie Choi ’20, Middle School Editor After a long, arduous school year for all, we have finally made it to the end. While the upper school has their June Term Courses after the academic school year, the middle school spends their beginning of June with Capstone. Whether it’s the 6th grade pond study and…