See what faculty are teaching and what projects Concord students are pursuing this spring

In this unprecedented time, although we are not currently on campus together, we are pleased to give you a glimpse into the vibrant academic community at Concord Academy.

To respect and protect the security of our online classrooms, we are not able to share links to our live learning environments, but we are excited to offer this variety of lenses into our academic program, in its typical operation as well as in our current distance learning format. Below you will find links to videos from faculty and information about our curriculum. You will have the opportunity to hear directly from faculty about the courses they teach, view parts of recorded classes, and see examples of assignments and syllabi.

For an overview of our distance learning plan for the spring of 2020, please read this PDF here, which outlines our current plan, including our goals, structure, and support mechanisms.

Faculty Recordings

See how Concord is adapting to this unprecedented time, and what faculty are teaching students this Spring.

Head of School Rick Hardy’s Spring Opening Chapel

First Community Meeting – Spring 2020

Community Meeting – National Poetry Month

Science Department Head Amy Kumpel’s Accelerated Physics course

Director of Studies and English Faculty Alyse Ruiz-Selsky’s Second Generation Stories course

Math Faculty George Larivee’s Geometry exercise

English Faculty Nancy Boutilier & Sabrina Sadique Discuss Sophomore English

History Faculty Ed Rafferty’s Early Modern China course

Modern and Classical Languages Faculty and Poet Laureate of Worcester Juan Matos original poetry reading

Science Department Head Amy Kumpel on Engineering at CA

Math Department Chair Mark Engerman on Choosing Math Courses at CA

History Faculty Stephanie Manzella on the 1619 Project Class

The Centipede with Lily Gray ’20 and Anna Sander ’20

Gender Through Black Mirrors with English Faculty Sabrina Sadique

Computer Science & Big Data with Haley Wixom ’20

English Department Head Ayres Stiles-Hall on 9th Grade English

English Faculty Laurence Vanleynseele on the Literature of Paris

English Faculty Nick Hiebert on Thoreau and the Literature of Concord

Sample Dance Class

English Department Head Ayres Stiles-Hall on the Progression of Skills

History Faculty Topi Dasgupta on the History of Migration

Course Assignments & Syllabus

Ever wonder what an assignment or syllabus might look like at CA? Wonder no more! Here are a few syllabi, assignments, and examples of student work for you to consider. You can also find our distance learning plan for the spring of 2020 here. If you have any questions about any of these classes, please let us know!

Syllabi

– U.S. History Syllabus: Immigration and Nativism

– U.S. History Syllabus: Protest Movements of the 1960s: Power to the People

– English Syllabus: Bible as Literature

– English Syllabus: Experience as Experiment

– Theater 2 Syllabus: Mask

– English at Concord Academy

– CA English Department: Skills Progression

– Theater 1: Improv Play

– Sculpture: Organic Form

Assignments

– P hysics: Car Crash Lab

– English Final Assignment: Formal Experimentation with the Self

– English: The Great Gatsby, Sophomore English

– Chemistry: Candle Lab

– Advanced Environmental Science: Human Ecology

– Advanced Environmental Science: Climate and Energy Final Project, Proposal for Alternative Energy at CA

– Color Photo: First Assignment

Student Work

– Engineering: Reorganizing the Senior Section

– Engineering: The Empath VR App: Finding Meaning and Connection in Our Differences

– Human Ecology: The Story of an iPhone

– Climate & Energy Final Project: Geothermal at CA

– Human Ecology: Story of Burt’s Bees

Senior Projects

Senior projects allow students to conclude their time at Concord Academy with self-designed, faculty-supported, individualized study and one-of-a-kind experiences. Here are some of the projects our students are pursuing this year.

Analyzing Albums and Creating a Music Blog	Analyzing Fermentation Processes Around the Globe	Animated Latin Textbook	Batik Dyeing and Cultural History
Cookbook Focused on Sustainability	Create Syllabus for an Advanced History Course about Gender, Race, and Medical Intervention	Creating an Aquaponics System	Data Education
Design & Construct a Minibike	EEE Virus & Climate Change	Examining & Reducing Food Waste at CA	Explore Understandings of Kindness & Empathy and Interviewing Senior Peers to Gather Insights
Focusing on a Chapter from Organic Chemistry and Developing Lesson Plans for How to Effectively Teach Concepts	Healthcare and Immigration from Latin America	Heroic Crown of Sonnets	Historical Screenplay About Isabella I of Castile
History of Telling Time and Constructing Different Timepieces	Interactive Digital Art Exhibit	International Pediatrics Project	Mapping Rise & Fall of Ethiopian Royal Family
Oral History on Cambodian Women	Reflecting on High School Experience Through Painting & Storytelling	Repairing Motors (Learn about Function and Operation)	Screenplay Adaptation
Screenwriting and Animation	Sexuality Education Curriculum	Sketchbook and Correlating Concept Album	Unheard Voices in China 1960-Present
Women’s Foundation of Boston Volunteer + Examining Function of the Carceral System in Massachusetts and How Fundraising and Non-profit Work Functions for Women

A Century in the Making

Feb 10, 2023

Concord Academy is preparing for the most ambitious capital project in its 100-year history: a chance to unify its program and campus to meet the needs of students today, with flexibility to adapt as 21st-century education evolves. Anchored by a new Centennial Arts Center, a reconfigured West Campus will be the capstone to a campus vision decades in development.

Aiming Higher

Feb 9, 2023

Concord Academy’s Gender Equity Task Force, led by Courtney Fields-Thomas, Alex Holmes, and Grant Hightower, has been modeling systemic change in supporting students of all genders. The school’s approach is grounded in the knowledge that this community has always been gender-diverse, whether it appeared so or not, and in its founding vision of advancing gender equity.

Stepping Through