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Recent News in the Concord Academy Community & BeyondConcord Academy’s Centennial Plan
The 2021-22 school year brings with it Concord Academy’s highly anticipated Centennial Year and Celebration. The school’s Centennial Planning and...
The New Weekly Schedule
Along with the many other changes occurring in the 2021-22 academic year, the new weekly schedule is one of the most significant. This new schedule...
Formal 2021
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...
All-School Council Elected
Over the last two weeks, Concord Academy has elected most of its all-school council members other than class presidents and representatives for the...
Looking at the Future: Authorization of COVID-19 Vaccine for Students 12 to 15
The recent authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12 to 15 has introduced opportunities for young teens to feel a sense of...
2021 Springfest Review
Due to the ongoing pandemic, Winterfest, the annual CA event, was canceled and reimagined in this year’s Springfest. On Saturday, May 8th, students...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Condensing President Biden’s Foreign Policy Speech: A Lesson in Summarizing
The news shared in President Biden’s first major foreign policy speech, delivered February 4th, spanned a register of pressing global issues. Its...
MLK Day 2021 Recap
In past years, Concord Academy has honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Day) with a day dedicated to student and faculty-led workshops, community...
President Biden’s Clean Energy Revolution
Across the U.S. and throughout the world, climate change poses one of the most imminently dire threats to all of mankind. To address this...
Digging Deep into Ancient Greek: A New Advanced Elective
Karilyn Sheldon joined Concord Academy’s Modern and Classical Languages Department as a Latin teacher in 2018. Now, she is offering a new advanced...