by Mandy Adams ’24 | Jun 9, 2021 | Frontpage, News
Formal 2021 was hosted May 1st on CA campus. Students arrived between 6:15 and 7:15 pm with friends and dates. There were many activities offered including photos, games, food, and dancing. Most wore dresses and suits and ties. Underclassmen and juniors wore cocktail...
by Audrey Zhang ’22 | Jun 9, 2021 | Science & Tech
Concord Academy’s Science Department has decided to shift their advanced science electives from year courses to semester ones. The department initiated this change with the hope to reflect the nature of CA’s program for upperclassmen overall, which is centered around...
by Will Simon ’24 | Jun 9, 2021 | Science & Tech
Throughout the pandemic, many have observed a significant reduction in the number of individuals traveling. Whether it be opting to drive instead of flying or choosing to eliminate travel from one’s annual routine, many community members have drastically shifted their...
by Shea Salcedo ’23 | Jun 9, 2021 | Science & Tech
On January 7, 2020, the first known case of COVID-19 in India appeared. Now, the country is home to over twenty-three million cases, second in the world to the United States, and the suffering is immense due to shortages of vaccines and oxygen. The first wave of...
by Shihab Moral ’22 | Jun 9, 2021 | Frontpage, Science & Tech
By the first week of June this year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will be close to reaching its vaccination goal of 4.1 million residents, and as all COVID-19 guidelines expire on May 29, Concord Academy is in a unique position as it transitions back into a sense...
by Maya Khalil ’23 | Jun 9, 2021 | Science & Tech
As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic improve in many places, the question of herd immunity has become relevant once again. Herd immunity is reached when a sufficiently large portion of a population is immune to a contagious disease that the disease cannot...
by Darley Boit ’21 | Jun 9, 2021 | Opinions
As a senior girl at Concord Academy, I have heard numerous friends’ stories of sexual harassment, groping, and unwanted physical contact, by peers both on and off of CA campus. At least every couple weeks, I hear different stories about someone, generally girls, being...
by Cozette Weng ’23 | Jun 9, 2021 | Opinions
The Western public largely accepts that writer’s block exists, that it exists for many people, and that it has existed and will continue existing for a very long time. Unfortunately, the reductive attitude Concord Academy holds toward writer’s block—fueled by mass...
by Maia Monahan ’23 | Jun 9, 2021 | Opinions
While COVID-19 arguably changed every single aspect of our lives, one of the biggest upheavals that we experienced was the shift to virtual learning. Over the last year, we have gone from a fully online format, where we only met once a week for each course, to a...
by Claire Carson ’23 | Jun 9, 2021 | Opinions
Since the removal of Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her spot as the number three House GOP representative, a much needed spotlight has been focused on the extreme radicalization of the GOP. For context, Cheney is a far right congresswoman from Wyoming who is pro-life,...
