Features
Cooking through COVID: The Story of WECO Hospitality
WECO Hospitality is a new farm-to-kitchen table meal delivery service that founder and West Concord native Gavin Lambert feels is “bringing joy to people’s lives through food”. Like many others in the food industry, Lambert lost his job as a chef during the pandemic....
In-Person Learning in STAC 5
As the pandemic continues, restricted in-person learning at Concord Academy continues in STAC 5. Community members are now adjusted to this new way of living and are on the way to embrace the “new normal,” In this STAC, 336 CA students physically returned to campus...
2021 CAMUN Recap
Saturday, April 10th, marked Concord Academy’s 17th annual CA Model United Nations (CAMUN) conference, the second in a row hosted online. Committees (i.e., groups specialized to each issue) catering to a plethora of current, semi-fictional, and historical issues had...
Body Liberation Week
Each spring, Concord Academy’s Women of Color Alliance (WoCA) and Intersectional Feminist Orgaization (IFO) jointly host Body Liberation Week (BLW), a week of workshops and discussions about body positivity and self image. This year, BLW took place from April 5-9, and...
Mallika Chopra, Concord Academy’s 2021 Hall Fellow Speaker
Last Wednesday, the Concord Academy community welcomed Mallika Chopra to share her experience with meditation, intention and balance and the career she created for herself out of this passion. Chopra, a CA graduate of the Class of 1989 grew up in Lincoln,...
Umoja’s Interview on their Black History Month Newsletter
Below is an interview taken a few weeks ago with the co-heads of Umoja—Concord Academy’s affinity group for black-identifying and African-American-identifying students—who are heading the newsletter and the uninhibited discussion of Black History across the CA...
News
On-Campus Junior Leadership Retreat
While this year’s on-campus Junior Leadership Retreat (JLR) wasn’t much of a “retreat,” it was productive nonetheless. The JLR is an annual program that invites the current junior class to spend a night at Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charleston, Massachusetts....
Plan for the New School Year
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed Concord Academy’s 2020-2021 school year dramatically. With remote learning, hybrid systems, and the new STAC schedules, the CA community has confronted constant changes and challenges in the past year. Many students are hoping to...
The COVID-19 Vaccination Timeline
The first COVID-19 vaccine was authorized in December of 2020, but three months out, much of the general public is waiting to receive a shot. After enduring nearly a year of the coronavirus pandemic, many are holding out hope that herd immunity will allow life to...
Club Profile: PeCo
PeCo, the Concord Academy’s period coalition, was started by Kiran Bhat ‘22 and Lilia Kasdon ‘22 in the fall of 2019. Both coheads have previous experience working with various menstrual activism organizations such as Period, a nonprofit that fights against period...
New Clubs At CA
Since the beginning of the year, Concord Academy students have created many new clubs. One example is Star Wars Club, led by Conor Kennealy ’23, Isabella Selden ’23, and Will Gladstone ’23. Will describes the club as “a chill space to talk about Star Wars and connect...
Interview With Laura Twichell ’01
As Concord Academy moves into the final stretch of the school year – and hopefully, the final stages of the pandemic – people are more hopeful than ever about the possibility of a return to normalcy. I spoke to Laura Twichell ’01, CA’s Interim Dean of Faculty, to ask...
Opinions
The Benefits and Boundaries of Being a Virtual Student in an In-Person World
The in-person population at Concord Academy multiplied at the end of March break. A surge of students, statewide and nationwide, returned to campus for the first time in over a year. Currently, 336 students are attending classes four days a week. However, this...
Increase in Student Population on Campus
With vaccinations across the state ramping up and the possible end of COVID times on the horizon, Concord Academy, as well as many businesses and schools, see this time as an opportunity to re-open. Now offering four days a week of in-person classes and sports, the...
The Underclassmen’s Chapel Tent Experience
Prior to the pandemic, the chapel experience at Concord Academy was possibly one of the most important school traditions. Students would spend their entire CA careers looking forward to theirs and their friends, and would spend three days a week being inspired by the...
A Preview of Next Year’s Schedule
This past year, Concord Academy implemented a new schedule in order to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new schedule has allowed this academic year to function smoothly despite the state of the world. But, with vaccines becoming readily available, and the hope...
Biden’s Cabinet Confirmation
Prior to taking office on January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden identified twenty-three nominees for his Cabinet, a group of senior federal officials who advise the president on the issues and activities of their respective agencies. Biden’s Cabinet is mainly composed...
Non-Essential Travel & Spring Break
With spring break rapidly approaching and the threat of COVID-19 still looming over many people’s minds, it is crucial to take into consideration how this vacation will impact the Concord Academy population in addition to the state as a whole. As of February 20th,...
Arts
Virtual Spring Musical: Interview with Megan Schy-Gleeson
The unprecedented circumstances of the pandemic have taken a toll on the performing arts community. However, the CA community has been doing an excellent job of optimizing the situation. This spring, CA students and faculty members worked tirelessly to put together a...
Introduction to the Student Arts Council
The Student Arts Council is an official school council, with its members selected by the art department faculty from a pool of applicants. Different from the art club, which provides a space for artists to delve into various fields of visual arts, Student Arts Council...
Directors’ Workshop Presents Two Student-Led Productions: The Mad Ones and Proof
Emma Benardete ’21, the dramaturg for both shows in Concord Academy’s advanced elective Directors’ Workshop, is here to discuss the course and introduce The Mad Ones and Proof. Let’s look forward to these two amazing productions that will be performed in early May!...
CAFE: Evolution and New Initiatives
CAFE, Concord Academy Fashion Enthusiasts, is a club led by Carter Wood ’22 and Zoe Perlis ’22. This year, the club has produced an online magazine called Hue. The online magazine has one mini-holiday issue and two major magazine editorials, including the most recent...
Science and Tech
Self-Driving Cars
As the automotive industry enters a new decade full of rapid advancements, it is only a matter of time before self-driving vehicles fill public streets in the U.S., the town of Concord, and Concord Academy itself. Large companies are investing millions of dollars in...
COVID Vaccines: Everything You Need To Know
As Concord Academy continues to welcome back a majority of its students to fully in-person learning, more and more faculty, staff, and students are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. First released in the U.S. on December 15, 2020, over 170 million doses of...
Vaccinations and Testing Protocols at CA
How has COVID testing helped control the spread of the virus at Concord Academy? What is the protocol for positive and inconclusive tests? Do community members still need to be tested weekly if they have been vaccinated? Students, faculty and staff members, and...
Sports
Spring Sports Preview
On April 30th, Concord Academy kicked off its spring sports season. The athletics department is excited to announce that all sports teams will practice more frequently. Furthermore, the department is hopeful that all teams will be able to compete in interscholastic...
The 2021 CA Ski Season
The coronavirus pandemic has altered Concord Academy students’ lives in myriad ways. For many student-athletes, one of the most prominent changes has come from the absence of competitive sports. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, none of CA’s fall athletic teams were...
(More Than A) Double Fault: Controversies at This Year’s Australian Open
This weekend, Novak Djokovic victoriously raised the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup over his head for a record-breaking ninth time. Just a day before, promising champion Naomi Osaka added her fourth straight Grand Slam title to her growing list of...
Cat's Corner
Hey CA cat lovers! If you want to show off your quarantine kitty in the next issue of The Centipede, email me pictures of your cat! Cats of all shapes and sizes warmly accepted!
Email: callum.chertavia@concordacademy.org