As of August 3, the date of writing this article, it has been nearly 18 months since Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine...

At the start of this new school year, new students and faculty are welcomed to the Concord Academy community. This is always a busy time...

Extended campus, the district surrounding Concord Academy, is full of interesting places to visit and food to try. There are numerous coffee shops...

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 int...

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 f...

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 unex...

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, discriminat...

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 o...

On Wednesday, April 5, the Concord Academy community had the opportunity to hear from Larry Go...

April 8, 2023 marked Concord Academy’s 19th annual Model UN conference, CAMUN, which hosted ov...

For a couple of years now, the United States government has been taking steps to limit the use...

Mock Trial is a program created by the Massachusetts Bar Association, in which high school students participate in a courtroom simulation competition. There, they assume the roles of witnesses or lawyers to argue a case that ...

There is no denying that February is an odd little month. At just 28 days, it is by far the shortest out of the 12 months, and happens to be the one that adopts the leap day in order to keep our calendar in-time with the orbi...

On the evening of Friday, February 10, a novelty occurred at Concord Academy—or so it would have appeared to most current students. The return of CA’s winter International Potluck, complete with live DJ karaoke, drew hundreds...

On November 2, 2022, President Joe Biden's lawyers found a small number of classified documents in his office, in the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. They reported the discovery to the National Archives...

From Thursday, January 19 to Sunday, January 22, 12 Concord Academy students traveled to New Haven, Connecticut, for a weekend of debate, diplomacy, and simulated politics. They participated in the 49th Yale Model United Nati...

Concord Academy students returned on January 9, with boarders returning a day prior, from the winter break. The break this year was 23 days, and while this sounds like a luxury—especially to Concord Public School students, wh...

Around midday on January 13, Concord Academy students had the opportunity to attend the Fall Art Show. Work from all students enrolled in an art class in the fall semester plastered the walls of the Math and Arts Center (MAC)...

The 2023 U.S. House Speaker Vote began on January 3. It ended on January 7 after 15 rounds of roll call voting, a format where each member’s name is called and their nomination for the Speaker recorded. The recent vote for th...

For the past three years, China’s President, Xi Jinping, has staked his reputation on “zero COVID.” Early on, he declared a “people’s war” against COVID-19, using lockdowns and quarantines to eliminate infections entirely. Bu...

On November 8, the midterm elections took place. On the Massachusetts ballot there were four questions. The first and fourth, in particular, gained a lot of attention. Concord Academy students spend most of their time in this...

On Sunday, October 30, presidential election results came out in Brazil. In the country, voting is mandatory—having been the case since 1985, around the time the military dictatorship ended. The election was held on a Sunday,...

In this year’s session of the Supreme Court, two divisive cases addressing affirmative action will be decided. Although official rulings do not come out until the end of the Court’s session in June, rumors are already swirlin...

On Saturday, November 5, Concord Academy’s Intersectional Feminist Organization (IFO) hosted LUNAFEST. LUNAFEST is the first traveling film festival with all-women filmmakers, focused on “films by women about women.” This is ...

In many ways, Family Weekend this year was the same as last year. Just like last year, it fell on a Friday morning at that perfect time of fall in New England when the leaves have turned red, yellow, and orange. A similar her...

The history of the Chapel began in the 1700s, long before it found its home at Concord Academy. During the summer of 1956, the Chapel, previously known as First Freewill Baptist Church of Snakerty Brook, NH, was taken apart a...

On September 26, 2022, Nord Stream pipelines 1 and 2 began to leak within hours of each other. The European Union has deemed it sabotage, based on the low probability of both pipelines leaking within such a short time. Additi...

There is a lot to look forward to this coming month at Concord Academy, from sports events to performing arts projects, as well as several significant holidays. This November is fully packed with ways to get involved in the c...

On September 30, the Prison Justice Project (PJP) club hosted C...

In many ways, Family Weekend this year was the same as last year. Just like last year, it fell on a Friday morning at that perfect time of fall in New England when the leaves have turned red, yellow, and orange. A similar her...

A drastic turn of events in shaping America’s history, the Boston Tea party may have just paved the way for a drink to enter the spotlight—coffee. First introduced in the 15th century, coffee has accompanied society through u...

Massachusetts general elections are typically not particularly notable, since the state votes overwhelmingly for democrats in virtually every race, but often that opens the door for noteworthy primary races. Such has been the...

After a two-year hiatus, the Concord Academy Admissions Office is traveling to Asia to spread the image of CA and to build the school’s international reputation. From October 1 to the 18th, the office will visit five location...

The Concord Academy community - 402 students, in addition to faculty and staff - entered the Chapel on the morning of August 29th for Convocation. This event would bring CA into its second century, which will surely be differ...

One of the unique privileges of being a Concord Academy student is the opportunity to be fully immersed in the community of a quaint northeastern town. CA's connection with the town runs much deeper than its geographical loca...

Many day students at Concord Academy take the train at least one way to school every day. However, navigating the Commuter Rail can be challenging and confusing at first, especially for those not familiar with Boston public t...

As Sarah Yeh’s interim leadership of Concord Academy comes to an end, the focus of Concord Academy is shifting to welcoming our new Head of School, Henry Fairfax. While Fairfax’s new presence in the community is sure to creat...

Concord Academy Model United Nations (CAMUN) was hosted on campus on Saturday, April 2. The annual conference is known for its creative committees and professional atmosphere. This year, CA hosted 19 schools and over 200 dele...

With the Spring Equinox on March 20th, spring has officially sprung in Massachusetts! Signs of spring are everywhere; perhaps the most obvious are the flowers appearing from under leaf litter. The first flowers to pop up are ...

Semi-Formal 2022 was hosted on Saturday, April 2 at Concord Academy. The dance, hosted by the junior class, was highly anticipated, as it was originally planned to take place earlier in the year, but due to COVID-19, was push...

Walking down the hallway on the second floor of LABS, you may have stumbled across a brightly-colored project attached to the whiteboard. A series of maps is on display, each one covered in magnets with a prompt question writ...

On April 11, 2022, rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors of Concord Academy gathered in the Performing Arts Center for an assembly on course requests for the upcoming academic year. During this event, Will Tucker and Alyse ...

On March 16, UMOJA (Concord Academy’s Black Student Affinity Group) launched a two-part screening of Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), a 2021 documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultur...

On Wednesday, February 16, members of Concord Academy’s COVID-19 task force announced that CA would be moving masks optional starting the following day. This abrupt announcement left many unsure of how they would move forward...

As a Nor’easter geared up to hit the Northeast, people hunkered down due to the likelihood of significant snowfall. But, the storm was more severe than some expected. It was upgraded to a bomb cyclone (as defined by Merriam W...

During the assembly block on Wednesday, February 2, Ben Fleishman ’23 and president and CEO of New England Donor Services, Alex Glazier ’89 P’20 P’22, welcomed the school to a presentation on organ donation in the United Stat...

Each year, Concord Academy gathers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. King with a day of thoughtful engagement in social justice discussion, collective reflection, and the continuing striv...

As Ian Nepomniachtchi (“Nepo” for short) slid his pawn onto the g3 square, the chess world knew that Magnus Carlsen had all but clinched the 2021 World Chess Championship last December.

With the recent Omicron variant surging all across the United States, many schools had to implement new COVID safety protocols to help stop the spread. Concord Academy is no different. Even though it seemed at one point that ...

With Omicron cases reaching new highs, it comes as a surprise to many that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new isolation guidelines shortening the previous ten-day quarantine to five for...

Recently, Concord Academy’s Environmental Coheads announced the start of a schoolwide clothing swap. This is a sustainable and community-driven way to donate clothing and perhaps find some new clothing as well. The initiative...

The New England Aquarium is located on the Central Wharf in downtown Boston, right on the waterfront. With many different exhibits, this aquarium is one of the bigger tourist attractions in Boston. This popular attraction ser...

The political landscape at Concord Academy is currently dominated by the emergence of three Instagram accounts that have recently gained widespread popularity among the CA community. Outlining the democracy voiced by individu...

From short blocks to different start times, the 2021-22 academic year has seen various scheduling changes, including a modified schedule for final assessments of the fall semester. This arrangement, similar to the finals sche...

Lament not for the passing of Thanksgiving, for it is the season of winter! As students are preparing for the final push to their semester finals, Christmas closes in, and the town of Concord begins to see signs of snow. In t...

On the morning of Saturday, October 16, the PSAT was held in the Student Health and Athletic Center (SHAC). Over 200 sleepy sophomores and juniors made their way to the gym by 7:45 a.m. Though quiet at first, the drowsy atmos...

Recently, Concord Academy announced the decision to restart COVID-19 testing protocols on campus. This announcement came several weeks after the spread of common colds on campus. The administration wants to keep the community...

People like to think of Halloween as an occasion where you can be whoever you want to be. You can step into someone's shoes, put a fun twist on a classic character, or play as the cast of your favorite movie with your friends...

At 2:59 p.m. on October 27, Concord Academy announced its new Head of School, Henry Fairfax, to all community members through email, including students, faculty, parents, and alumni. The Head of School Search Committee held a...

On Friday, October 22, Audeep Cariens ’22 led an all-school assembly on systemic economic oppression of Black Americans, both inside and outside of Concord Academy. This presentation marks the beginning of a five-part series ...

 The Concord Museum opened a new exhibition, “Every Path Laid Open: Women of Concord & the Quest for Equality” this summer. The exhibition is a collection of rare artifacts, which tell the story of women in ...

Over the past month, Boarding Council (BC) hosted various activities for the boarding community to come together at Concord Academy; among those were the Donut-on-a-String eating competition, the summer and September birthday...

On October 1, Concord Academy’s Prison Justice Project club hosted the third annual Wrongful Conviction Day Assembly. Wrongful Conviction Day is a day dedicated to raising awareness of the causes and remedies of wrongful conv...

After a week of classes, students were able to unwind on the night of Friday, October 8,  with multiple food trucks. From the fresh scent of fried dough to the Vietnamese noodles and tacos, there was a wide variety of fo...

On Wednesday, September 22, students of the Class of 2022 briefly presented their senior projects and responded to questions from the Senior Project Committee during a Quick Pitch session. Those whose proposals were initially...

As Concord Academy starts off the school year with hopes of transitioning back to normality, many faculty members, including members of the Student Life Office, began to focus on creating more opportunities for students to ex...

Community and Equity lays the foundation for many core values at Concord Academy. Throughout the year, the C&E team plans on linking the stories of each individual as a whole within CA’s diverse community. With this year’...

Class Day was held on the first Friday of the 2021-22 academic year, September 3, at Concord Academy. Instead of attending school as usual, students had a modified schedule, with each class having specialized programming.&nbs...

The Head of School search committee announced the start of its task in January, 2021, following the stepping down of former Head of School Rick Hardy in early November the previous year. In the following months, the committee...

White Out 2021 was a blast to the past. Held on Friday, September 24, White Out was the first Concord Academy dance to resemble that of a pre-pandemic celebration. While Formal 2021 was a fun event, it was not the elaborate p...

The 2021-22 school year brings with it Concord Academy’s highly anticipated Centennial Year and Celebration. The school’s Centennial Planning and Advisory Team has been hard at work planning a suitable commemoration for this ...

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 comes after a year of the unpopular STAC model. 

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 normalcy in their lives again. Pfizer, the vaccine that is now available to those ...

Due to the ongoing pandemic, Winterfest, the annual CA event, was canceled and reimagined in this year’s Springfest. On Saturday, May 8th, students were invited to campus for music, games, Club Expo, treats, a raffle, and a C...

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 tie...

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 that invites the current junior class to spend a night at Prindle Pond Confer...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed Concord Academy’s 2020-2021 school year dramatically. With remote learning, hybrid systems, and the new STAC schedules, the CA community has confronted constant changes and challenges in the ...

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...

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 acti...

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...

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 Gladston...

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...

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, We...

The news shared in President Biden’s first major foreign policy speech, delivered February 4th, spanned a register of pressing global issues. Its content was generally unsurprising to experts across the political spectrum, th...

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 discussions, and all-school programming organized by the C&E Office. The...

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 pressing issue, President Joe Biden has started a clean energy r...

Karilyn Sheldon joined Concord Academy’s Modern and Classical Languages Department as a Latin teacher in 2018. Now, she is offering a new advanced elective, Ancient Greek, in STACs 5 and 6 this year. The class will give an in...

Amanda Gorman, the twenty-two year old National Youth Poet Laureate, gained national recognition for her impressive performance of an original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” during the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris....

With judicial nominees, a stimulus deal, infrastructure, health care measures, and tax policies all on the line, the Senate runoff elections in Georgia had an intensity that rivaled that of the presidential election. Early vo...

On December 21, the Gender Equity Task Force (GETF) gave a presentation detailing their recent progress and future plans. Formed roughly two and a half years ago, GETF’s mission, as stated in their presentation,  is “to ...

With the coronavirus pandemic still raging across the state of Massachusetts, many new students in our community have not yet had the opportunity to make the vital connections within the grade Concord Academy prides itself on...

This year is in no way a conventional year for U.S. politics. Although the election was held more than a month ago, it is still unclear whether the Republicans or the Democrats will control the US Senate due to the unpreceden...

Last August, when members of the Concord Academy administration announced that the school would adopt a STAC schedule for the upcoming year, they also mentioned that all STAC 3 classes would be conducted remotely. Although mu...

As Concord Academy will remain completely virtual until the January re-opening, the Student Life Office has been finding ways to bring the community together when we are all separated from one another. From virtual bingo to h...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the world look forward to the advent and distribution of vaccines. The vaccination effort for the coronavirus has become the biggest in history as well, and on Friday, Dece...

On Monday, November 2, Sarah Yeh was named Concord Academy’s Interim Head of School after Rick Hardy stepped down from the position, effective immediately, for personal reasons. Yeh has been a part of the CA community since 2...

To Concord Academy’s College Counseling Office (CCO), navigating an upended college admissions process is all in a decade’s work. Peter Jennings, Director of College Counseling at CA, drew parallels between the current colleg...

The Crucolo Cheese Parade is an annual event hosted by the Concord Cheese shop on the first Thursday of December. This parade would have been the 11th anniversary of this festival, but unfortunately, the festival is canceled ...

The conversation around climate change is one that has invoked interest in schools, social media, and day-to-day life internationally. Over the summer, amidst a global pandemic and economic crisis, a group of CA students part...

Now that in-person learning is available for STAC 2, boarding life at Concord Academy is returning. Boarding Life is an essential part of CA, as roughly 50% of students are boarders. However, like every other aspect of CA, bo...