Features
Farewell Maia, Cozette, and Our Senior Editors
The 59th Editorial Board of the Centipede included five senior editors and two senior writers. Maia Monahan ’23 and Cozette Wang ’23 were the Co-Editor-in-Chiefs. Margo Buchanan ’23 was the Opinions Editor, Isabella Ginsburg ’23 was the Sports Editor, and John Oh ’23...
Directors’ Workshop: Revizor directed by Mars Bitout
On April 28 and 29, 2023, Concord Academy staged two plays for Directors’ Workshop. This annual tradition is the most advanced performing arts course at CA and gives two dedicated seniors the opportunity to direct a play of their choosing. The student directors held...
Faculty Farewell: Annie Falk
As the school year draws to a close, one of the most disheartening things amidst finals and projects is to bid farewell to teachers or colleagues. Every teacher is an integral part of the Concord Academy community, and the departure of a teacher is often bittersweet....
Senior Project Spotlight: Maya Khalil ’23 Works With Land’s Sake Farm
This year, many senior students at Concord Academy are participating in senior projects. Senior projects are a second semester course of study that either contain an interdisciplinary or experimental aspect. The students design the project themselves and partner with...
Everything Brilliant about Every Brilliant Thing
As the school year wraps up, one of the final Performing Arts productions is Directors’ Workshop: an annual opportunity for two Concord Academy seniors to direct a play of their choice. This year, one of the directors was Liam O’Brien ’23. Liam opted to direct Every...
Faculty Farewell: Emma Storbeck
The end of the school year season: a time shaped by strenuous finals, the impending excitement of summer vacation, and sentimental farewells. Among those departing this year is beloved and admired history teacher Emma Storbeck. Storbeck has made herself a staple of...
News
All-School Formal 2022-2023
On May 6, 2023, Concord Academy hosted Formal, an annual, all-school tradition. The event was quite enjoyable, and gave students time to hangout with others outside the academic setting. The time, effort, and money poured into this event made it an extremely engaging...
CA Students Volunteer at Gaining Ground
On Saturday, April 29, seven Concord Academy students and two faculty chaperones volunteered at Gaining Ground, an organic, non-profit farm in Concord, Massachusetts dedicated to donating fresh produce to those in need. The farm focuses on sustainability by using...
The Unsung Heroes of Asian American Pacific Islander Month
During the height of the pandemic, the entirety of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community was confronted with the rise of extreme physical and verbal abuse. The increase of horrific acts of violence, discrimination, and bullying online, in the workplace,...
Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon Fired—Why?
April 24 marked a pivotal day for American journalism. That morning, Fox News announced that they had decided to part ways with prime time talk show host Tucker Carlson, a decision that struck many as sudden and somewhat unexpected. Most liberals argue that Carlson...
Larry Goldings Assembly
On Wednesday, April 5, the Concord Academy community had the opportunity to hear from Larry Goldings ’86. An accomplished pianist, composer, and performer who specializes in jazz and folk, Goldings has many impressive musical achievements, including two Grammy...
The Most MUNderful Time of the Year
April 8, 2023 marked Concord Academy’s 19th annual Model UN conference, CAMUN, which hosted over 200 delegates from around 20 schools across the New England region. Organized by Secretary-General Isabella-Marie Selden ’23 and the entire conference staff, CAMUN saw...
Opinions
Choosing Animals
In an era of Buzzfeed personality tests and "Would You Rather?" quizzes, it seems that everything we do or choose inevitably reveals an aspect of our personalities. Prefer fro-yo to ice cream? Then you must enjoy sulking in the shadows and avoiding social interaction...
Food Allergies: How They Handle Them at CA and in the World
For the majority of my life, I have lived with allergies to eggs and tree nuts. My allergies began when I was around three years old, after grabbing a handful of eggs and promptly breaking out in hives. Then at age five, I was eating pistachios with my father, just as...
Why Instagram Should Allow Users to Disable Reels
Amid a rise of national scrutiny of the addictive and harmful qualities of social media, Instagram reels deserves a go under the microscope. Reels consists of short videos designed to trap people in an endless scroll to an unreachable bottom. Part of what...
The Jet Lag Experience
Every year I lose perhaps one hundred hours of high-functioning time due to a certain mental phenomenon. For most it is a rare quirk of travel. But international students and frequent fliers know the feeling of jet lag all too well. It is the inexplicable sensation of...
Are Weekend Activities Too Close Together?
Concord Academy is a place that prides itself on its academically rigorous environment, and though this philosophy of hard work deeply permeates student life, time to celebrate is appreciated every once in a while. Like many other schools, extracurriculars and clubs...
Political Art and Modern Triteness
“The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.” –George Orwell, “Why I Write” Why do we sing when we are terrible at singing? Why do we hum when no one else is around to hear? Why do we stop to admire mountains and...
Editorials
Chapel Quotes
The following is a list of each senior’s favorite quote from their chapel, collected with an optional survey sent to the class of 2023 from the Centipede. “Because how could someone have made a mistake when they made me a whole bike?!” –Aisha Aina Tasso “An 18 year...
When the Freedom of Expression Breaks
In early April 2016, over 11 million documents were leaked from Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm. Known as the Panama Papers, these documents implicated some of the world's most powerful and influential figures—from sovereign leaders to FIFA executives to oil...
The Re-Invasion of Ukraine
On the afternoon of Friday, February 24, the Concord Academy community gathered in the Chapel for an assembly on the Re-Invasion of Ukraine, presented by Nathan Rothschild ’23 and Andrii Vedmid ’26. The two gave the history of Ukraine as an individual nation and...
The Stress Olympics
As a culture, we have come to believe that, as individuals, we do not hold any value within our society unless we are constantly contributing to its improvement. We idolize people who are always busy and ridicule those who take time off to care for themselves or...
Expanses of Existences: A Look Back on Where We Started
It is beautiful to be real. To feel the not-quite-crunch of burnt smores across the roof of your mouth. To blink open your eyes against a swarm of water droplets settling across the sides of a waterfall. To speak a single word and feel its vibrations tunnel across...
The PSAT: A Waste of Time and Free Money for College Board
Every year, Concord Academy 10th and 11th graders are required to take the PSAT. This time-consuming, expensive test seems like it conflicts with CA’s values, yet, as it does every fall, CA administered the PSAT on the morning of Saturday, October 15. Students...
Arts
Book Review: The Illuminae Files
The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff is a young adult science fiction novel that follows the main characters, Kady Grant and Ezra Mason. At the start of the story, the two are living on the planet Karenza which has been illegally colonized as part of a...
Arts Collaboration: Music, Film, and Dance
While many Concord Academy students are involved in the arts, it is rare for disparate art disciplines to collaborate on an interdisciplinary project. When the opportunity does arise, it is a great learning experience of which students are able to take advantage. On...
Introducing: The Centennial Arts Center
In recent weeks, construction has begun on Concord Academy’s ambitious West Campus project, which includes the addition of the new performing arts building dubbed the Centennial Arts Center, or CAC. The CAC and its construction process have become a matter of...
Movie Review: Whiplash
The 2014 movie, Whiplash, is a piece of cinema that almost everyone can agree is worth watching. It boasts a very talented cast: most notably, the main character, Miles Teller, as well as Andrew Neiman and J.K Simmons, the latter of whom plays Miles’s teacher,...
Science and Tech
Snapchat Introduces “My AI”
On April 19, 2023, users of the popular social media and messaging platform, Snapchat, opened the app to find a new friend on their Chat feed. Officially called “My AI,” Snapchat’s experimental feature allows users to message and send photos to an artificial...
The Invasion of The Spotted Lanternfly
As warmer weather approaches in the Northeast, so too does the return of the dreaded spotted lanternflies. The planthopper insects are an invasive species native to East Asia that pose a serious threat to the health of American ecosystems. Sporting impressive spotted...
CA Plans to Build Pollinator Garden
In the next two years, Concord Academy will carry out its vision for West Campus, constituting the most ambitious capital project ever pursued by the school. The plan mainly seeks to meet the needs of the performing arts curriculum by constructing a brand-new arts...
Sports
Bancroft Day
So far, Concord Academy has competed in the Chandler Bowl for fall sports and the Battle for winter sports, but what does CA have in store for spring sports? The answer is Bancroft Day, the competitive spring sports event that displays the skill and performance of...
Spring Sports Review
As of early May, the spring sports season at Concord Academy is well underway. Teams have had varying levels of success; the boys tennis team is 8-1 while the girls team is 8-0, and both are in position to finish at the top of the Eastern Independent League (EIL)....
Premier League Picks
Final League Table Arsenal Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Tottenham Hotspur Brighton and Hove Albion Liverpool Brentford Chelsea Fulham Aston Villa Crystal Palace Leeds United Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest Leicester West Ham United Everton...