October 19, 2018
Karilyn Sheldon came to Concord Academy this year joining the Modern & Classical Languages department as a Latin teacher. Before coming to CA, she taught Latin and Greek to 7th-12th graders at Norfolk Academy, an independent school in the southeast of Virginia. Sheldon says that she “accidentally” became a teacher and explains, “I used to dream of being a writer and archaeologist, but when I was an undergraduate, my professor hired me to teach a course with him in Rome...
Abigail Herrmann and Hannah Fine ‘22
October 19, 2018
Barbara Bailey ’58 graduated Concord Academy in 1958 before taking a larger role in the CA community as a teacher. She entered CA as a freshman boarder from Chicago in 1954 and became a teacher 10 years later. While her experiences with CA chapels indefinitely vary from ours today, she did recount many interesting stories from her time here. Bailey mentioned that over the summer of 1956, then-Head of School Mrs. Elizabeth Hall discovered an unused chapel in New Hampshire that she immediately...
October 19, 2018
New Director of Student Life Alyse Ruiz was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Palm Bay, Florida until the end of eighth grade when she decided to come to Concord Academy. During her time at CA she enjoyed being a part of Alianza Latina, serving as Sophomore class president, and participating in the CA community. Ruiz also enjoyed taking an African American Literature class taught by Kirsten Hoyte. After she graduated from CA in 2005, Ruiz went to Brown University and majored in Urban...
October 11, 2018
Emma Storbeck is a new history teacher at Concord Academy whose focus is Latin America. She said she adored the school as soon as she interviewed. Not only did the teachers and students make her feel welcomed during her demo class, the community also seemed like a place where she could be herself and teach whatever she was passionate about. Storbeck went to Brown University as an undergraduate where she majored in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and got her masters in secondary education....
June 9, 2018
This year, Concord Academy is delighted to host Dame Vivian Hunt, DBE, ‘85, a leading businesswoman who has succeeded in diversifying her field, to speak at today’s commencement. Currently working as a lead management consultant at McKinsey & Company, Hunt went to Harvard college where she got her MBA from Harvard Business school. At McKinsey & Company, Hunt helps businesses, governments, organizations, and nonprofits make beneficial decisions in all areas to strengthen their practices....
June 9, 2018
On May 4th 2018, the whole school gathered in the chapel for an unordinary mid-morning meeting. After sitting for quite some time, Head of School Rick Hardy shared a tale about a school tradition that ended here at Concord Academy when the school became coed. It was called Red and Blue day or Field Day. The school would divide into two colors: red and blue where the two teams battled each other in a variety of fun and competitive activities. After Hardy’s speech, Student Head of School Kaity Goodwin...
December 12, 2017
Concord Academy prides itself on its diversity of backgrounds and perspectives. Our ability to engage diligently and passionately in conversations about social justice and politics defines the environment for activism at our school. There are two components that make these conversations successful: active participation and richness in perspectives. While the CA community willingly participates in conversations about social justice and politics, these often lack diverse political perspectives. Oftentimes,...
November 28, 2017
With ten years of experience in alumni fundraising under her belt, Emily Walberg arrived at CA this past summer as an alumnae/i engagement officer. Emily grew up in independent schools in Connecticut and her parents both work as independent school administrators. She said, “I knew I didn’t want to teach, but I knew I wanted to be a part of a school community. So [development] was a natural fit for me.” She earned her master’s degree in education from Elmira College in New York, where she...
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The Uyghurs in China: A review of their struggles throughout the history of PRC
October 19, 2018 • Comments closed
Racial Crisis in Xinjiang has no longer been an internal issue of People’s Republic of China, it is widely known nowadays internationally due to its close relationship to Uyghur nationalist movement and similarities to Tebet racial crisis in 1980s. However, different from all other racial conflicts that Chinese government has dealt with, Uyghur issue is the sole one now that has great relationship to cultural differences. While Han Chinese, the major ethnic group of China, and Chinese government...
Tyler Ory '21, Staff Writer & Website Editor
October 19, 2018 • Comments closed
Nike released a new ad campaign in early September centered around the National Football League (NFL) Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, his protests of police brutality, and his struggle to be employed in the NFL. Beginning in the 2016 season, Kaepernick kneeled on the field while the national anthem played to protest police brutality against people of color. Fellow teammate and former 49’ers safety, Eric Reid, soon joined Kaepernick in his protest. As the season continued, more...
October 19, 2018
This year, Concord Academy students came back from their summer break to new phone accessories in the classroom, raising lots of questions and some confusion. Labeled as “preschool” by students, small wooden cases and cell phone storage pockets have quickly filled every classroom, yet only a few CA teachers have asked their students to utilize them. So are these constraints really necessary? Or is technology having a harmful impact on young students? Student Head of School, Ananya Pani...
October 19, 2018
The Old South has been a Republican stronghold for the past twenty-five years, but two Democrats are threatening that security by running for statewide office. If Stacey Abrams and Beto O’Rourke, two huge underdogs, end up winning their respective races, it bodes well for the Democrats chances this coming election and for the future of their party. Stacey Abrams has already made history as the first black woman to win the nomination of a major political party in the U.S. If...
December 12, 2017
“Our Stories” is a new Community and Equity column in the Centipede. Monthly submissions are managed by Opinions Editor, Yoon Kim. Trayvon Martin first introduced me to social justice. In 2012, Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, because his appearance as a young black man with a hood made him “suspicious.” When I saw a picture of Martin, I could only think of how much he looked like my cousin. That thought stayed with me as I learned about...
December 12, 2017
It all started in Kem Morehead’s math class last fall when she showed the class a picture of a cute black dog named Calle. She had adopted Calle from Best Friends, an animal shelter in Kanab, Utah. She then told our class about potentially organizing a spring break service trip to Best Friends.The trip sounded exciting, so I signed up eagerly. Over March break 2017, I traveled to Utah with 15 other Concord Academy students. Best Friends Service Trip was the first spring break trip I participated...
October 19, 2018
On August 15th, 2018, the movie Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu, was released. This movie was the first major studio film in 25 years to have an all Asian cast telling an Asian-American story. The movie is told from the point of view of a woman named Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), an Asian American economics professor teaching at NYU with her dashing boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding)....
Review: Fall Musical Urinetown
December 12, 2017
On the weekend of November 17 and 18, the Concord Academy Performing Arts department staged performances of the Fall Mainstage, Urinetown. Urinetown, a 2001 tony-winning musical, centers around a town in which the right to use the bathroom has become regulated by seemingly corrupt capitalist tyrants. The result is a musical in which poor citizens rise up in revolt and plenty of drama ensues. With...
Max Koehler ’22 and Finn Boyle ’22
October 21, 2018
With the 2018/2019 NFL season starting, this is a summary of the NFL Week Five top 3 teams and defending super bowl champions based on their performance in the first...
An Introduction to CA’s Winter Sports Season
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