Author: Nora Bates-Zale

Sports Recap, Week of April 28

The JV Ultimate team lost to Four Rivers middle school team 15-3 on Tuesday. Patrick O scored twice and Will D scored once, while Will, Saraphina F, and Tucker B had assists. Overall, the team played well against a very challenging young team.   On Tuesday, the middle school Ultimate team lost to Bement 15-6. […]

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Classroom Close-Up

Mr. Miller’s 9th grade Biology class experimented with leaf discs in lab this week.These experiments were done to study photosynthesis rates under different conditions. Innovative use of cell phones was a feature!

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Sports Recap, Week of April 21

The Academy-Mohawk Girls’ Lacrosse team had their first win of the season on  Wednesday, 12-6 over Amherst Middle School. Sarah H had eight saves in goal and the team was lead offensively by her sister Lizzie who scored a career high seven goals! Riley H and Esme M-R each scored two goals, while Sunta C scored […]

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Classroom Close-Up

9th grade students embarked on a many month cross-curricular project in Humanities and Art, in which they studied Greek vases (in imagery and in person at the MFA in Boston), and then designed, built, decorated and glazed their own. Students took inspiration from the ancient Greeks not just in the forms of their pieces, but […]

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Classroom Close-Up

Spanish V students Henry W-W and Ben S-G try their hands at using “bolas,” a traditional weapon used by gauchos in Argentina.

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Sports recap, Week of April 10

he Varsity Ultimate team had a great week with three victories. On Monday, the team defeated Eagle Hill, 15-10 led by Sam Z-A’s five points and one assist. The well-balanced attack from the Aardvarks resulted in eleven different players scoring points or earning assists. Ben S-G and H W-W helped the team’s strong zone defensive […]

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Speech Matters: Marlboro College Students Visit The Academy

Meg Mott, Professor of Politics and President-Elect of the New England Political Science Association, along with students from the Speech Matters seminar at Marlboro College returned to campus on Monday, April 10 to share their current work on examining issues related to incarceration in the United States. The group has traveled to jails throughout the […]

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GSA-Gender & Sexuality Alliance Events

Day of Silence, April 21 A number of students have signed up to participate in the Day of Silence, which is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) annual day of action to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of LGBTQ+ students. Students take a vow of silence for the […]

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