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Using unconventional techniques, Macias collaborated with student musicians to evoke the heat and allure of the desert landscape, creating a transformative experience for the performers and audience alike.

For six decades, Concord Academy has honored distinguished individuals with the Hall Fellowship. Today, we welcomed accomplished actress and filmmaker Caitlin FitzGerald ’02, who shared insights from her entertainment career and reflected on her CA experience.

On April 1, The Concord Museum welcomed eager Concord Academy families to its newest special exhibition What Makes History? The exhibition explores local historical narratives and their connections to national and international history through the lenses of object collecting, preservation, and storytelling. Students in Kim Frederick’s Spring 2024 U.S.: Public History: Tour Guide course researched and wrote the labels that contextualized the artifacts and presented them from a new perspective.

On March 27, three poets with deep connections to Concord Academy returned to share their creative work. Former CA teacher Cammy Thomas P’08 and alums Soren Stockman ’07 and Chessy Normile ’09 read from their books of poems and provided insights into their writing processes.

Author Jennifer De Leon shared her journey as a writer and her passion for diverse narratives during a visit to the classes of CA English faculty members Alyse Ruiz-Selsky ’05 and Nick Hiebert on March 6. Students had been reading her book White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, and Writing and had the opportunity to engage in conversation about it. Reflecting on her experience writing it, De Leon said, “The ability to be vulnerable and brave takes time, but I realized the only way out is through.”