Winter Fun at The Academy
Students cleared the snow, laced up their skates, and embraced the cold weather this week, making the most of the opportunity presented by a smooth frozen puddle on campus. Yet another example of the ingenuity, …
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Classroom Close Up: Introduction to Physical Sciences
Mr. Almeida’s 8th grade students demonstrate their understanding of motion by creating stop motion movies simulating a race between two objects, one at a constant velocity and the other accelerating, on a track.
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Studio Block Close Ups
Students learn the fundamentals of the potter’s wheel in Ceramics with Eric Smith. Students experiment with wet felting to create 3D forms in Sculptural Feltmaking with Fafnir Adamites. …
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Sports Recap, Week of January 28
Congratulations to Reilly O (Varsity Boys) and Sam B (JV Boys) who braved the cold temperatures this week to finish 33rd and 4th in their respective ski races.
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Student Artists Well Represented at ArtSpace’s 45th Annual Teen Show
The opening reception of the 45th Annual Teen Art Show at ArtSpace in Greenfield was well attended, and Academy student work was given prominence in terms of gallery space. Nick F, Tess M-R, Zoe P, Zeb F, Sophia C, Izzy B, and Ethan B all had works on …
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Studio Block Close Up: Ukrainian Pysanky
Ukrainian Pysanky are hand drawn creations on eggs using a wax resist method, similar to fabric batik. We’ll document the students’ progress with their projects going forward!
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Studio Block Close Up: Architectural Design
Architectural Design Studio students build a wood and plaster model of an iconic solar residence.
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Sports Recap, Week of January 21
The Academy ski team took to the slopes on Wednesday to enjoy all the new, fresh snow from last weekend. Reilly O (29th) and Aislyn J (22nd) had strong slalom races in their respective groupings on Wednesday, and Sam B (12th) had a great showing in the …
Read more »Classroom Close Up: Advanced Physics
Mr. Almeida’s Advanced Physics students engaged in a physics challenge towards the end of their study of rotational motion: Given a height from which to drop a roll of toilet paper (the top blue tape), determine from where to unfurl a second roll simul …
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Sports Recap, Week of January 14
Sports Recap, Week of January 14 The Middle School coed basketball team defeated Four Rivers’ Middle School team on Tuesday afternoon behind Charlie P, who led the team in rebounds, assists, and steals. Ruby C, Atticus R, Anders GB, Addie C, and Ruby R …
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