By Simon Gorbaty ’19, Staff Writer Looking back at 2014, it is important to reflect on major events that have occurred throughout the year. Many notable headlines of 2014 revolved around the radical Islamist organization known as ISIS. Although most people worldwide are aware of the threat of ISIS and its presence in the Middle…

By Sam Goidel ’21, Staff Writer Spirit Week is an annual tradition at Newark Academy; a  time when students and faculty show how much passion they have for our wonderful community. Spirit Week is also a time to embrace our roots and think about how lucky everyone is to be going to such an accepting,…

By Kaleb Youngren ‘21 and Kai Youngren ‘19, Staff Writers As the fall sports season begins to wrap up, we would like to give a couple shout-outs to the particularly outstanding Middle School teams this year.  The first shout-out goes to the Newark Academy Middle School football team of ’14, who went undefeated for the…

By Spencer Glassman ’19, Staff Writer Edition One: A “No Circle” Take on Jeff Bell On Monday, September 29, Jeff Bell, the Republican candidate for U.S Senate from New Jersey, arrived at Newark Academy. Bell  has a long history in politics; he spent 30 years in Washington as an advisor to Ronald Reagan, and as…

By Roshan Idnani ‘21, Staff Writer When I joined Newark Academy, one of the things I was looking forward to was trying out different sports during the school year. I chose cross country as my fall sport. I remember the first day of the season. I was really excited to meet with other team members…

By Annika Inampudi ‘21 and  Elaine Choy ’21, Staff Writers As the rest of Newark Academy starts winding down for the holidays, the middle school performing arts students are hard at work practicing and preparing for the fall concert.  On November 21st, the IB class, the after school dance class, the 6th, 7th, and 8th…

By Jaida Jett ’20 and Suie Choi ’20, Staff Writers Sammi Powell is a current 8th grader at Newark Academy. Since 6th grade, she has shown her incredible singing skills to the whole school. Recently, she sang in the pep rally during Spirit Week, along with Claire Dempsey ‘18. She is also part of the…

By Giulia Socolof ’19, Staff Writer Jingle Ball is just a month away. For those of you that don’t know, Jingle Ball is hosted by the popular New York radio station, Z100, and features some of the most popular pop music artists, new and old. Here’s the scoop on all of the artists playing at…

By Kiara Quigley ‘21 and Anjali Rajkumar ‘21, Staff Writers A duck, a frog and a skunk wanted to go to the movies. The admission was one dollar. Which one of the three couldn’t afford to go? The skunk. Why? The duck had a bill, the frog had a greenback, but the skunk only had…

By Drew Flanagan ‘19 and David You ‘19, Middle School Editors-in-Chief   At the end of last school year, Drew Flanagan ‘19 and David You ’19 were elected as the Editors-in-Chief of the Middle School Newspaper. As the new editors, they will continue to improve the newspaper club. Passing the torch from Siddarth Tumu ’18 and…