Thanks to the efforts of our Social Justice Council with support from additional faculty members as well as Academy trustees, we will be hosting a conference encouraging awareness and action on the topic of racial justice. The conference, entitled “Walking the Talk for Racial Justice” aims to further educate area middle and high schoolers (and […]
Read More »Students in Mr. Miller’s Geometry class studied engineering geometry and used their findings to construct craft-stick bridges in small groups. They tested the bridges for strength, and wrote up reports of their findings. Maximum loads ranged from 18 to 46 lbs!
Read More »Liberation Library is a Chicago-based organization that distributes books to incarcerated youth. Through reading and relationships, the organization aims to “empower young people to change the criminal justice system.” Click here for their story. Incarcerated youth at four detention centers have requested a variety of books that both reflect their own experiences and offer glimpses […]
Read More »Students in Ms. Falco’s 7th grade Geography class studied four of the religions that originated in India – Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism – and created visual representations of a chosen aspect of a religion. Ruby C. finished off the presentations with a “festival” of sorts, modeled after the Sikh festival Holla Mohalla, complete with […]
Read More »Intro to French students have been exploring French Impressionism. In an interdisciplinary effort, each researched a French Impressionist artist of their choice and presented their findings to fellow students in French class. In art class, they chose one of their artist’s work and rendered it according to their own interpretation. The results are impressive! The […]
Read More »The Greenfield Recorder published its annual “Celebrating our Youth” supplement on March 2, with a cover feature on community service at The Academy. For those who didn’t see the paper, click here to read the article.
Read More »In the wake of the tornado that ravaged the Pumpkin Hollow section of Conway last Saturday evening, the Class of 2020 joined in the Franklin Land Trust’s clean-up effort in that area on Wednesday afternoon. The meadow, field and stream where we worked are on a soon-to-be protected parcel. The Recorder was on hand and […]
Read More »2/27. Reading about the Tuskegee Airmen. Click for full text. 2/28: Alice Walker’s “Flowers.” 3/1: Claudia Rankine’s “Some years there exists a wanting to escape…” from Citizen. See poem here. 3/3: bell hooks’s Feminism is for Everybody. Click for full text.
Read More »Academy students, faculty and staff enjoyed playing basketball (and a few other games!) together at the Cowell Gym February 23, as a wrap up to our winter season. Our ski racers, Kyle N and Reilly O, wrapped up their season with a giant slalom race on Wednesday at Eaglebrook. As a part of Thursday’s activities, basketball coach Synphany Bates Zale and ski […]
Read More »Daniel Gay (brother of Academic Dean Neale Gay), is an educator at the New Citizens Center in Worcester, MA. He spoke to Academy students on Tuesday, February 21. All of his students, ages 18-22, are either refugees or they came to the United States as undocumented minors. They are from four continents (Asia, South America, […]
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