Features
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...
The Stores Surrounding Concord: Haute Coffee
Students at Concord Academy have been granted the privilege of an extended campus, beyond the confines for a regular schoolyard. Concord center offers a variety of shops in which students can peruse antiques, shop for groceries, or grab a quick bite to eat when covid...
Online College Counseling for Juniors
As students who are going to apply to colleges and universities in their next school year, juniors at CA would usually be introduced to the college process toward the start of their second semester. Besides meeting their college counselors and having one-on-one talks...
Questions for Remote Borders Returning to Campus for STAC 5
Since the pilot in November and the beginning of STAC 4, a lot about the coronavirus pandemic has evolved, and so have the concerns of boarders and their family members about returning to campus. Towards the end of March break, many boarders will be returning to...
Spirit Week 2021
The Concord Academy community celebrated Spirit Week from February 15th to 19th 2021! Council presented themes for the week via all school FYI. Students were encouraged to participate, get in the spirit for the week, and be creative. Posters with chameleon drawings...
News
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...
Coronavirus Mutations
When the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) burst upon the world last winter, scientists were not anticipating the virus to mutate frequently. The new coronavirus is an RNA virus: a collection of genetic material packed inside a protein shell. Once an RNA virus comes...
Fast Food Strikes: Beginning the End of Starvation Wages
Fast-food workers nationwide went on strike on February 16th to demand a raise in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Thousands of employees from the country’s most popular franchises, such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Taco Bell, departed their...
Opinions
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,...
Trump’s Acquittal
On January 6th, 2021, a pack of domestic terrorists stormed the United States Capitol in an attempt to override the results of the 2020 Presidential Election which declared Joe Biden the successor to the incumbent, Donald Trump. On January 13th, Trump was impeached,...
Winter Weather Review
This winter, we have been treated to what seems to be an unusual amount of snow. In fact, it has snowed in Concord every week since January 21st. As a result of this, the snow has quickly accumulated to towering heights once shoveled. On average, we usually get...
Review of CA’s Weekend Events From a Freshman’s Perspective
This school year is unlike any other as many social opportunities have been diminished by the pandemic. Consequently, maintaining the close-knit community of Concord Academy has been a constant struggle. Fortunately, CA holds weekend events in order to ensure...
2021 AP Exams: How the Pandemic Has Changed the Tests
AP exams are typically administered once in May and are two to three hours long. Due to the pandemic, these tests looked very different last spring. The exams were given digitally and were forty-five minutes long. Students had access to their notes, and the questions...
Arts
CA Hosts the First-Ever 24 Hour Film Festival
Concord Academy has always been a school built on both academics and arts. However, during the pandemic, it has been difficult to express the creative side of CA. Through events such as the Fall Art Show, students were able to experience various art forms online. They...
Pretend It’s a City Review
“Do I look welcoming to you?” This is how Fran Lebowitz would respond to you if you are a tourist who’s standing on the street, holding a map, and asking her the directions to Times Square. The brilliant humorist is featured as the main subject in Pretend It’s a City,...
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream
You may have already heard the title Friday Night Lights before. After all, it is the title of both a movie and an NBC television series that ran from the mid to late 2000s. But both projects took their name from, and were inspired by, the book Friday Night Lights: A...
A Student Artist’s Perspective on CA Art Show: Interview with Roger Ge ’21
On Wednesday, February 10th, Concord Academy held the Fall Art Show, exhibiting students’ art pieces for their peers, teachers, and parents to see. What does this opportunity mean for student artists? Today, Roger Ge 21’, a senior student who has his works exhibited...
Science and Tech
Dr. Liesching’s COVID-19 Talk
During lunch on Friday, February 19th, Concord Academy’s Science Club and Medical Club invited Dr. Timothy Liesching to speak to the community about COVID-19 and its impact on the healthcare system. Dr. Timothy Liesching is the Chief Medical Officer at Lahey...
Pandemic Pollution
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have hoped that a silver lining of worldwide lockdowns will be a significant decrease in pollution. This has proved to be the case, as the Rhodium Group reported in early January this year that greenhouse gas emissions in the...
Mental Health During COVID at Concord Academy
The air is frigid; snow is caked onto the sidewalk; the sun still retreats below the horizon before 5:00 PM. Winter is in full swing, and, for many, this seasonal change brings about a significant decrease in mental wellbeing. Combined with the stress of the COVID-19...
Sports
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...
CA Gyms Back Open
At the beginning of STAC 4, the Concord Academy administration announced to the borders that on February 6th, the CA gym would be opening. At first glance, this may not seem like an impactful decision. However, interviews with three CA seniors show how important this...
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!
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