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Learn more about the West Campus construction project including the planned Centennial Arts Center.
read moreFilmmaker André Robert Lee Will Speak at CA’s 2023 Commencement
Concord Academy will welcome André Robert Lee to speak at Commencement on May 26, 2023. A filmmaker, keynote speaker, consultant, writer, and educator, Lee has committed his career to “building an army of change agents.” He currently serves as the executive producer for the WNYC Live Radio show Notes from America with Kai Wright.
read moreConcord Academy Goes Behind the Scenes of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
During Spring Session, CA students got a unique glimpse of the inner workings of a world-class music organization by observing the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in rehearsal.
read moreCA Students Learn the Art of Looking at Harvard Art Museum
The Spring Session course Art: How to Look and What to See taught students how to analyze and understand creative works at the Harvard Art Museum.
read more2022-23 Winter Athletic Season Recap
CA winter teams enjoyed a successful season! The girls varsity Alpine ski team won a Central Massachusetts Ski League championship with senior Tory Adams ’23 securing league and New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) individual championships. Both the wrestling and squash programs represented CA well at the NEPSAC championship. Go Green!
read morePippin Makes Theater Magic on the Mainstage
The Concord Academy Performing Arts Department wowed audiences with whimsical performances of Pippin on February 24 and 25. Directed by theater teacher Megan Schy Gleeson, student artists used music, movement, and even magic to tell the story of a young prince searching for meaning in his life.
read moreCA Students Educate Community on a Year of War in Ukraine
On February 24, Concord Academy gathered to reflect on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. History teacher Ed Rafferty and students Nathan Rothschild ’23 and Andrii Vedmid ’26 presented about the roots of the ongoing war and how the CA community...
A Century in the Making
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.
read moreAiming Higher
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.
read moreStepping Through
During the pandemic, many people discovered their habitual ways of working weren’t adding up to a meaningful life. That came as no surprise to three CA alums who had already chosen less stressful, more intentional paths. Attorney Robert Elwood ’78, publisher Julianne Lee ’86, and architect Mette Aamodt ’92 share how they recrafted their careers with purpose.
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