In order to commemorate the completion of the short story collection begun last year, students of Spanish V read a poem by Bécquer describing the unification of disparate entities (symbolizing the works and the students) into a warm, single flame, then wrote personal memories of those stories. We then gathered at the circular benches, spoke […]

Read More »

Students in Environmental Science harvested carrots and turnips for use in the kitchen and raked and weeded some of the beds. It’s part of an ongoing effort to learn about sustainable agriculture and our school’s ecological footprint.

Read More »

The Social Justice Council held a postcard writing campaign at lunchtime today, to encourage FEMA to distribute aid more equitably to communities in Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria. 16

Read More »

In the 2nd Annual Cupcake Challenge, student teams were challenged to take a blank canvas (plain cupcakes) and create a masterpiece. Teams were given 6 plain cupcakes and a bag of identical mystery decorations. But wait, there was a twist…each team was also given a unique decoration (anything from band-aids to brussel sprouts) that was […]

Read More »

The Boys Varsity Soccer team lost 6-4 to Four Rivers in an RVAL semifinal game last Friday. Nat B-O scored twice and Hendrik P scored once. Winston P, Liam F, Ishan S, Tucker Z-A, and Kyle N all had strong performances in the team’s final game of the season. At the RVAL Cross-Country Championships on Wednesday at […]

Read More »

On Nov. 1, five students of Spanish (Ella D, Grayson R, Nellie B-O, Lila G, Chessie R-C)  and one of French (Amun P) joined Sra./Mme Valdez for a virtual foray to South America in a new Academy bus. The first stop was at the Ecuador Andino Store, a market with myriad products from Latin America, […]

Read More »

Refashioning Garments with Heather Micka-Smith  Students learn about creating clothing and accessories by refashioning old garments into new wearable goods. Students are examining ideas and trends related to sustainability in fashion design.

Read More »

On Monday, November 6, we will be celebrating the end of The Academy’s fall sports season. Feel free to join us from 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM in the Sumner Recital Hall. On Monday, the Boys JV soccer team ended their season with an impressive 4-3 win over Pine Cobble School. Raymond M had two unassisted first-half […]

Read More »

10th Chemistry students simulated finding the atomic mass of a new element -Candium- from three different ‘isotopes’ of Halloween candy.

Read More »

After a visit to the Shelburne Falls Wastewater Treatment plan two weeks ago, 7th graders tested their own water filtration systems in Climate Connections this week.

Read More »