Opinions
Here writers can share their opinions on any local, CA community, or global eventsThe Struggle with Daylight Savings Ending
For the majority of students at Concord Academy, daylight savings means nothing more than dialing their clock one hour back or happily gaining an...
Rick Hardy Stepping Down
In the midst of simultaneous events—the COVID-19 pandemic, the college application process for seniors, and the U.S. presidential election—the Head...
CA Students’ COVID Thanksgiving Celebrations
With the holiday season just around the corner, families are looking for ways to celebrate during the pandemic. While it is clear that the holidays...
Pilot Boarding
During the beginning of STAC 2, Concord Academy welcomed the first group of boarding students back on campus since school became remote back in...
The Electoral College Must Go
On November 7th, 2020, Joe Biden was elected as the 46th President of the United States of America. Around the country, Americans held their breath...
Is Thanksgiving a Holiday We Should Still Celebrate?
Thanksgiving is often thought of as a joyous holiday in which families gather together to celebrate annually. It commemorates the feast in 1621 in...
International Take on the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
As of November 7th, Joe Biden has been projected by various major news outlets as the next President of the United States, which has been met with...
Hybrid Learning: A Source of Connection and Division
Since many Concord Academy students’ return to campus in late October, hallways, group chats, and Zoom town halls have been rife with debate about...
2020 Election
This year's election was like no other in history, taking place in unprecedented circumstances. While in the mists of a global pandemic, the United...
Reflection on Hyflex Learning
As STAC 2, the HyFlex learning “pilot” STAC, comes to a close, I interviewed two seniors, Sammy Albright '21 and Matty Shields '21, to gauge student...
Depoliticizing an Expanded Supreme Court
After the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, people all over the country are asking one simple question—what happens next?...
What Would a Right Leaning Supreme Court Mean?
As members of a democratic nation, one of our core values is diversity of opinions, which construct a successful representative government. Every...
An Intersectional Feminist’s Thoughts on Amy Coney Barrett
On September 26th, 2020, only eight days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Barrett...
Equity between Hybrid and Virtual Students
It is, without doubt, impossible to achieve perfect equity within distinct systems and individualized circumstances. As CA’s hybrid students...
Biases Against Foreign Names
Names are a very personal part of each of us, as it is the overarching symbol of who we are—the entity that is associated with the name itself....
The Culmination of American Individualism: A Pandemic
COVID-19 has affected all of our lives in one way or another. We have been taken out of school and stuck at home. Our home lives have changed; many...
Standardized Testing For College Applications
Standardized testing has become so integrated into school life that it is hard to imagine a world without it. Most students in the U.S. have taken...
Voting by Mail
This year has exhibited numerous firsts both worldwide and in the US, but as we began this new decade none of us could have ever expected what new...