Most of us have grown weary of hearing about all the negative effects of social media. Most of us know that social media feeds...

Since OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, rose to prominence in late 2022, AI has had a massive impact on society...

Since the onset of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, a rising number of researchers have been using this tool...

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‘Sup Larry,

I can’t keep up with all my classes! I just started at Concord Academy, and there’s already so much homework.

Navigating clubs at CA can be tough, especially with new clubs popping up every year. At Club Expo, there were a myriad of exciting...

Have you ever dipped a net into the ocean and pulled up a couple of tiny, wriggling fish? You feel them twist in your hands before...

Since 1937, the second Monday of October has been recognized as Columbus Day, a holiday meant to celebrate Italian heritage and...

The United States could endure a serious economic crisis within the next five years. At least, according to Ray Dalio. Dalio is...

Six months into President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, the impacts are being felt unevenly across the US economy. What began as...

Masked and armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents filed into an auto body shop in Montebello, a working-class suburb...

Over the last few years, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has cultivated a quickly growing fanbase, resulting...

Sports are supposed to be a place where people from around the world can unite under a common love. The epitome of this unity is...

This fall, fans all over the nation are gearing up for a highly competitive NBA season, starting on October 21, with predictions...

​The sound of volleyballs echoing through the gym and the cheers from the audience mark the start of another exciting season at...

Throughout his over 25-year-long career at Concord Academy, Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach Darren Emery has left a lasting legacy...

Over the past four years, Melissa Browne has become an integral part of the Concord Academy community. From playing a huge role...

Every day at meal time, we walk into the busy, bustling Student-Faculty Center filled with students craving a good meal after class...

There’s an exciting addition to the math course catalog this year — though officially called Vectors & Variables, the course is...

Money Peng ’26 is a humorous senior from Shenzhen, China. In the four years since he stepped onto the Concord Academy campus, he...

This year, the student-led Concord Academy Dance Club is under the dynamic leadership of Sophia Zhou ’26 and Foster Woodberry ’27.

On Friday, September 5, Concord Academy tenth and eleventh-grade students participated in a day of class bonding. The school partnered...

Livia Barrozo ’26 is a senior day student from Cambridge, MA. The moment she stepped onto Concord Academy’s campus as a freshman...

During the French trip last year that coincided with Ramadan, I learned that Bara Mbengue, my French teacher, was Muslim. Every...

Near the start of every school year, Concord Academy organizes Club Expo, an event allowing various clubs and organizations to...

The debut of the Centennial Arts Center this year reflects a renewed commitment to the arts. As stated on the Concord Academy website...

Kirk’s intentional cultivation of disagreements succeeded in fostering productive dialogue; in his life, he "practiced politics...

Nvidia is a United States (US) technology company that dominates hardware and software necessary for Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

During the first weekend of the school year, the Concord Academy junior class went to Cathleen Stone Island on the Boston Harbour...

What do Tom Cruise, Dwayne Johnson, and Tom Brady all have in common? They all played high school football. Since Concord Academy’s...

Two boys love one girl: the love triangle of the century, called The Summer I Turned Pretty.

If you have been around...

Class programming kicked off the 2025-2026 school year, bringing students together through team building and exciting challenges.

Early in August, while many of us were still savoring the last bits of summer, an email from Grant Hightower, the Assistant Head...

This past summer, my family and I travelled to Peru, exploring Lima, Cusco, and Arequipa over the course of two weeks. One of the...

As the leaves start to turn colors, it signifies the arrival of a much-awaited season: fall. Fall is the season of transition and...

As COVID swarmed the globe in the summer of 2020, an album transcended the cities, departed from the neon-styled synthesizers,...

The 2025 Video Music Awards (VMAs) made history, as APT., sung by Rosé and Bruno Mars, won Song of The Year. This makes Rosé the...

At just 15 years old, Owen Cooper has stepped onto one of the world’s biggest stages, the Emmys, and made television history in...

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a book that I have returned to many times. I first read it in 5th grade, later at the end of 7th...

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.

Hi Larry,

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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Hi Larry,

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...