CA News

This spring, 32 Concord Academy 12th graders demonstrated their love of learning by completing senior projects. These self-designed, faculty-supported programs offered students one-of-a-kind educational experiences. This year’s presentations on May 14 in the Student Health and Athletic Center exemplified these seniors’ creativity, interdisciplinary thinking, and technical skills.

Xander Grossman ’26 is helping Concord Academy realize its mission of promoting a more just and sustainable future by adding smart outlets across the school’s campus. His idea resulted in a desire to conserve energy and was made possible by the Green Revolving Fund, which provides start-up investment in student-driven projects with meaningful impact.

On May 10, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Read ’75 accepted the Joan Shaw Herman Award for Distinguished Service at an all-school assembly. The Joan Shaw Herman Award—the only award CA gives—underscores CA’s mission of doing good work in service to others.

This summer, Taylor and Francis will release two open-access textbooks by Will Tucker, head of Concord Academy’s Science Department: one on general and one on organic chemistry. Jake Klineman ’25 lent a student perspective to editing the general chemistry book. Supported by the Concord Academy Class of 1972 Green Seed Fund and the Academic Office, these free digital textbooks promote green chemistry principles, emphasizing energy efficiency, renewable resources, and pollution prevention.

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.