As Newark Academy formulates its next strategic plan, the school continues to uphold the importance of education about sustainability within the student experience. Inspired by Newark Academy’s efforts to create a more ecological and economically vital society, the Martini Education and Opportunity Trust (MEOT), has graciously contributed a very generous grant to NA’s Faculty Innovation… Read more »
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Marjorie (Margie) Jameson’s ’77 Newark Academy memories are vivid and ever-present in her home. Margie has saved and curated momentos from her NA school days, including those from her mother’s volunteer leadership as a member of the 200th anniversary committee. When Margie’s mother, Sandra Selfridge Lopus Harvey, passed away in January 2022, Margie sought an… Read more »
Leveling the Playing Field
Even as a young student at Newark Academy, Dr. Lesly A. D’Ambola ’78 was interested in finding ways to reconnect the Academy with its origin city of Newark — also her hometown. In fact, she dedicated her senior project to that aim, which culminated in a slideshow of the city to her classmates. She was… Read more »
Pulitzer Prize Winner Salamishah Tillet Kicks Off NA’s 250th School Year
On Wednesday, September 7, Newark Academy kicked off its historic 250th school year with its traditional Convocation ceremony featuring a keynote address by Dr. Salamishah Tillet ’92, a Pulitzer Prize winner, scholar, writer and activist. During her keynote speech, Dr. Tillet encouraged Newark Academy students to embrace life’s messiness and to be excited about what… Read more »
Newark Academy Features “The Many Faces of Newark” Exhibit
Newark Academy is showing a body of work by Newark-based artist, Chrystofer Davis, at the David Teiger ’47 Gallery for Studio Arts at NA through November 17, 2023. In honor of Newark Academy’s 250th anniversary, the school chose to showcase Davis’s exhibit, “The Many Faces of Newark,” to pay homage to its origin city of… Read more »
Newark Academy Kicks Off its Historic 250th Anniversary Year at The Newark Museum of Art
Newark Academy kicked off its historic 250th anniversary year with a celebration at The Newark Museum of Art on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Livingston Township Councilman Edward Meinhardt and Jersey City Ward E Councilman James Solomon, an alum of NA’s Class of 2002, were in attendance to celebrate the historic milestone. Newark Academy returned to… Read more »
NA’s “250” formation featured on News 12!
On Thursday, October 5, over 800 Newark Academy students, faculty and staff joined together to form the number “250” in honor of the school’s historic anniversary. A time lapse video of the number formation was featured on News 12 New Jersey’s “Jersey Proud” segment here.
Newark Academy Concludes its 249th Year and Prepares For its Historic 250th with a Trip to Newark
In honor of its upcoming 250th anniversary year, the employees of Newark Academy joined together to visit and deepen the school’s connection with its origin city of Newark. On Tuesday, June 13, more than 130 Newark Academy faculty and staff embarked on a bus tour of the school’s four previous locations in the City of… Read more »