There is nothing more frustrating for an athlete than injuries that force time off from the sport they love. A sports...

Whether it’s freshman year or senior year, the “first day of school” can be stressful: new classes, unfamiliar teachers, and different...

During finals week in spring, rather than taking a test or handing in a paper, students in Concord Academy’s ninth-grade biology...

Despite only taking up a small portion of a person’s lifetime, secondary education, especially high school, can have an outsized...

Procrastination is a common behavior that, according to a 2014 study, affects 20 to 25 percent of adults chronically.

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Whenever I try to make new friends and talk to people, I always end up stumbling over my words. Our conversations...

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If you're feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything our school has to offer, you're definitely not alone. With over 100 clubs and...

On July 27, 2025, President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed on a new trade deal concerning...

Returning Concord Academy students, while browsing through the 2025-26 academic year’s program catalog, may notice changes to the...

Many Concord Academy day students who live close to the Commuter Rail take the train to school. The Fitchburg Line, stretching...

The conclusion to the 2024-25 National Basketball Association (NBA) season left fans and players with an unsettling feeling. Three...

As Concord Academy starts off another exciting school year, along comes the fall sports season. CA offers four different fall athletic...

While diversity is a core value at Concord Academy, navigating identity and belonging can still be a challenging experience. Each...

This fall, Concord Academy welcomes new faculty member Max Bean, who will be joining the Math Department.

Since his...

This year, the History Department welcomes new faculty member Mitchell ‘Mitch’ Morris to Concord Academy. Before CA, Morris pursued...

This year, the History Department welcomes new faculty member Michael Bechtel to Concord Academy. Having worked as a history professor...

As the new academic year begins, boarding life at Concord Academy is already buzzing with energy. CA’s Boarding Council (BC) is...

Freshman fall at Concord Academy is all about new beginnings, whether you’re coming from across the world or right across...

Given Concord Academy’s academic rigor, as students, it is crucial to understand which kinds of study spaces best support our learning...

As the calendar is exhausted to its last leaf, and the clock ticks steadily closer to the next year, we ready ourselves for change...

In 2023, West Virginia University cut 28 majors, including art history, foreign languages, and performing arts. SUNY...

The game of Pachinko is a national obsession of Japan, a kind of vertical pinball game in which small steel balls drop randomly...

We live in a world obsessed with labels. We slap them on everything—products, ideas, even people. We do so neatly, quickly, and...

On July 11, 2025, Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber released his 7th studio album, SWAG, without warning, catching fans...

Clicking into Netflix the night of June 20th, 2025, the screen was filled with a bright blue background featuring three animated...

Have you always dreaded the arrival of the spring season, feared the budding of the flowers, waited in apprehension for the inevitable...

Virtual therapy, also known as teletherapy, is a mental health treatment provided remotely via digital platforms. The earliest...

Every one of the twenty-eight most populous cities in the US is sinking. Not only coastal cities, but inland ones as well. Researchers...

Concord Academy’s Student-Faculty Center has a new addition to its facilities: a hydroponic farm. This farm will grow food for...

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I am always miscalculating how warm it is out! Every time I think it’s hot enough for shorts...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was inaugurated as the new pope on May 8, 2025, expressing, “Peace be with you all!” (CNN, 2025). Prevost...

On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump declared that foreign trade and economic practices had created a national emergency. His...

The Centennial Arts Center (CAC) will be fully open next year. Its offerings include a flexible theater, a music recital hall,...

It’s simple: Economy affects birth rates, making the application process much more challenging when those babies grow up and apply...

Sports play a huge role in many students’ time at Concord Academy. From being a part of a team to improving on different athletic...

The Spring Cup is an annual event between Bancroft School and Concord Academy in which many of the spring sports teams compete...

On April 21, 2025, the 129th annual Boston Marathon took place, following its renowned course from Hopkinton to Boylston Street...

The end of the school year is a season marked by final exams, the promise of summer, and the inevitable goodbyes that come with...

“Sometimes students are so attached to the traditional, mainstream ‘core curriculum’—and advancing as far and as fast along this...

For decades, Leslie Taylor Davol ’87 and Sam Davol ’88 have lived out the values of service and community that Concord Academy...

When Julie Wadland joined Concord Academy in the summer of 2019, she was returning to the Boston area after spending six years...

Although she wrote in her seventh-grade time capsule that she wanted to become a social studies teacher, Sally Zimmerli tried to...

As Concord Academy approaches the end of the school year, the current Student Head of School (HoS), Malik Traore ’25, and Student...

Spring is a season of new beginnings, renewals, and the opening of doors into a more lively state of the world. Despite the fresher...

Facts Section by Lila Rhee ’26

Welcome to The Grape, the opinions sub-section of The Centipede. Originally published...

Three weeks before finals week, twelve hours of Advanced Placement (AP) testing barged into my life. I can not say...

On May 3, 2025, after spending a nice day outside—or, for some juniors like me, sitting through the SAT—students attended Concord...

—Calvin Johnson

“I challenge you all to take advantage of this opportunity, not only by utilizing the endless resources...

Abbie Deng: Dartmouth College ’29

Akira Trivisvavet: Duke University ’29

Annabel Cooley: Tufts University...

As the year winds to a close, we bid farewell to the senior editors of The Centipede’s 61st Editorial Board. The board was headed...

On Monday, May 5, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held their much-anticipated Met Gala. This year, the museum’s Costume Institute’s...

Daniel A. Olivas’s Chicano Frankenstein is a work of postmodern literature that blends science fiction, political satire, and existentialism.

Recently, headlines have been dominated by the alarming news that a massive asteroid has a high chance of striking the Earth in...

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In an unimaginable blunder that no one can quite explain, Concord Academy’s 26 million dollar Centennial Arts Center, still under...

The construction of the new Centennial Arts Center (CAC) at Concord Academy, which began in 2023, has been highly anticipated by...

On March 30, 2025, Concord Academy announced that all upperclassmen students will no longer be permitted to take upper-level elective...

Concord Academy is abuzz with frustration as the school announced tuition will be raised, again, by 5,000 dollars—this time to...

Almost every weekday morning for the past a hundred years, all Concord Academy students began their school day with a fifteen minute...

For almost a century, rumors have circulated around each worn-out wall, broken drawer, and leaking bathroom. They cry the same...

By Edie Menard ’26

Future changes are coming to Concord Academy’s athletic department with a rising number of students...

Earlier this March, heads of the Centipede announced that they would be bringing back the satirical April Fools Issue after a year-long...

NO!

When I first proposed the concept of this article, editor-in-chief Daniel Xu ’25 rebuked me defiantly. “It’s simply...

“I just shook his hand. I’m never washing my hands again!” a certain Concord Academy student said.

Rumor has it that...

Every morning, when I walk onto campus, West Campus glistens pristine under the morning sun. (If only I could see this glisten...

Eric Carle’s literary classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar tells the delightful story of a youthful insect striving to survive in...

Celebrating 10 years of the Tony Award-winning masterpiece—with the money raised from the $10 Chicago tickets—Concord Academy is...

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No matter how hard I try, I can’t lock in. I’ve told myself the same thing every semester—the academic comeback...

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has taken action to defund and shut down the United States Agency for International Development...

Under the threat of foreign drugs including deadly fentanyl, Trump issued orders to raise tariffs of the countries he deems as...

On February 12, 2025, Elon Musk’s Department of Government of Efficiency (DOGE) unveiled its new website. It was promptly hacked.

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance on February 9 was far more than a musical production––with each gesture and visual...

On February 12, 2025, Concord Academy Dean of Students Grant Hightower issued a school-wide suspension of raffles through CA’s...

On February 11, 2025, Worcester, Massachusetts declared itself a sanctuary city for transgender people. The resolution passed in...

Concord Academy is a very rigorous environment, and CA students often feel overwhelmed. Many students want to participate in sports...

As the previously uncontained Palisades and Eaton fires spread across the homes of thousands of Los Angeles residents, California...

The long-awaited Nezha 2, the sequel to the popular movie Nezha, premiered in the US on February 13, 2025. As of February 18, 2025...

The egg shortage is an ongoing food crisis ravaging America, leaving long-lasting scars on many facets of the country, including...

In recent years, the concept of gratitude has morphed into a buzzword in popular culture. From influencers displaying their gratitude...

Athletics play a part in the lives of almost every member of Concord Academy to different degrees, whether it’s coaching, playing...

With the fast approaching allure of spring comes the arrival of spring sports. At Concord Academy, there are a multitude of options...

Most people play sports for the camaraderie of a locker room, the excitement of witnessing a “buzzer-beating” shot, and the satisfaction...

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), teams can make trades for players until the trade deadline. This year, that day landed...

For the past thirteen years, Concord Academy’s beloved mathematics teacher, Cory Chapman, has taught multiple problem-solving courses...

For the past three years, Concord Academy has placed dead last in the Ethics Bowl—failing to win a single match.

This...

Concord Academy’s Mock Trial team recently celebrated their victory against Lexington High School and will now move on to regionals.

Jazz, liquor, and even more jazz were all brought to Concord Academy’s very own Performing Arts Center on the week of February...

In the majority of courses at Concord Academy, the pace is decided by the teacher. Every student will have roughly the same schedule:...

A tree, a bohemian stranger, and a rooster.

Daisy Li, current drawing teacher at Concord Academy, was...

The Grammys have just passed, and while the festival mainly celebrates the musicality of talented individuals, the fashion doesn’t...

The recent executive order eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in federal contracting and public sector...

Bread is essential. In Western restaurants, it is often the first thing served before a meal; in the Stu-Fac, it’s a reliable choice...

I knew I had made the right decision to go to the High Mountain Institute (HMI) the day I, alongside eight other high schoolers...

On February 17, 2017, 140 years after its founding, The Washington Post launched its first-ever slogan: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. The slogan, first...

For many people, zoos are places of wonder to admire exotic animals from around the world. However, at the heart of these institutions...

At the 59th annual Super Bowl, award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar took the stage to perform at the halftime show. The event featured...