Newark Academy

For other uses, see Newark Academy (disambiguation).
Newark Academy

Ad lumen
Toward Enlightenment
Address
91 South Orange Avenue
Livingston, NJ 07039
United States
Information
Type Independent Coeducational
Established 1774
Founder Alexander Macwhorter
Principal Tom Ashburn (Middle School)
Dr. Richard DiBianca (Upper School)
Head of school Donald Austin[1]
Faculty 67.8[2]
Grades 6–12
Enrollment 583 (as of 2013-14)[2]
Average class size 13[3]
Student to teacher ratio 8.6:1[2]
Campus 68 acres (280,000 m2)
Color(s)      Red and
     Black[4]
Athletics 23 sports[5]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference[4]
Team name Minuteman
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[6]
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools[7]
Average SAT scores 2016[8]
Average ACT scores 29.0[9]
Publication Prisms (literary magazine)
Newspaper The Minuteman[4]
Yearbook Polymnian
Website www.newarka.edu

Newark Academy is a coeducational private day school located in Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in sixth through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[6]

Newark Academy is one of several pre-Revolutionary War schools still operating in the United States and is considered the seventh-oldest private school in the country and the second-oldest day school in the state of New Jersey (behind Rutgers Preparatory School).[10] The Academy was founded in 1774 by Alexander MacWhorter, a leading cleric and advisor to George Washington, and was located on Market Street in Downtown Newark. Temporarily closed after being burned by the British during the Revolutionary War, the school reopened in new quarters in 1792. In 1802, the Academy opened a separate division for girls, but the innovative program was closed in 1859. After 1929, it moved to First Street in the Roseville section of Newark. Finally, in 1964, the Academy moved from Newark to its current location, a 68-acre (280,000 m2) campus in Livingston, and became fully co-educational in 1971.[10]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 583 students and 67.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.6:1.[2]

According to the 2012 High School Challenge in The Washington Post, Newark Academy ranked 6th nationwide, and 1st in New Jersey.[11]

Mission and motto

The school's mission statement is as follows:
Newark Academy will contribute to the world engaged individuals instilled with a passion for learning, a standard of excellence, and a generosity of spirit. The school's motto is Ad lumen ("toward the light").

Campus

Newark Academy is located on a 68-acre (280,000 m2) campus in northern New Jersey.

The Hawkes Memorial Library, opened in 1974, houses a 23,000-volume collection, as well as a vast periodical and microfilm collection.

The Elizabeth B. McGraw Arts Center, which opened in 1992, contains three studio art classrooms (ceramics, drawing, and painting), a darkroom, a band/orchestra room, choral room, dance studio, a "black box" theater and an art gallery.

The Morris Interactive Learning Center, opened in 1995, houses 18 iMac computers, a multimedia system (interactive whiteboard and projector, Blu-ray DVD system), and scanners and printers for student and faculty use.

The Geochron (Geochron Global Time Indicator), which was purchased in 2004, is located in the main entrance hall, and shows at any given moment where it is light and dark in the world.

The William E. and Carol G. Simon Family Field House, which opened in 2001. This 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m2) athletic center houses a gymnasium with three basketball courts, a six-lane pool with spectator area, a four-lane track and a state-of-the-art fitness center. Wrestling and fencing gyms are located in the main building.

The most recent addition to the campus is the Upper School Academic Center which encompasses 18,500-square feet of new construction and 2,500-square feet of renovated space and includes 13 classrooms, two science labs, a multi-purpose area, several small-group collaborative learning spaces and a commons area.

Newark Academy's outdoor facilities include courtyards with seating areas, two baseball diamonds, a softball field, an all-weather track, a field hockey area, two lacrosse and soccer fields, two football fields, one basketball half court, a cross country course and 10 tennis courts.

Newark Academy's campus is bordered by woods along the Passaic River. In September 2002, the school marked the opening of The Carol J. Heaney Nature Trail, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) system of hiking trails and outdoor classrooms.

The school has embarked on initiatives to minimizing its impact on the environment. Current initiatives include increased recycling efforts, the introduction of energy-efficient lighting, exploration of renewable energy options, Passaic River clean-up and maintenance of a campus vegetable garden.

Faculty and administration

Newark Academy's faculty has an average of 23 years teaching experience, and 80 percent of the 82 teachers and administrators have advanced degrees; five have earned doctorate degrees. All faculty members are experts in their fields. Teachers are available to meet regularly with their students, and the students thrive in this environment where collaboration is not only allowed for, but encouraged.

In 2007, Donald M. Austin was appointed as the 49th Head of School for Newark Academy. He previously served as resident director for School Year Abroad in Rennes, France. He earned an undergraduate degree in English and French from Georgetown University, and a master’s of philosophy in French studies from New York University.

Austin's team of administrators includes Richard DiBianca, Ph.D., upper school principal; Tom Ashburn, middle school principal; Pegeen Galvin, dean of students; and Frederick Von Rollenhagen, dean of faculty.

Most notable among the staff at Newark Academy is Blackwood Parlin. Mr. Parlin instructed at Newark Academy for over 50 years and currently serves as the school's archivist.

Student body

As of the 2015–16 school year, Newark Academy had students from 81 communities in grades 6–12. There were 417 students in the upper school and 176 students in middle school. Ethnic minority students comprise 45% of the student population. International students hail from India, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.[12]

Class of 2016

The 2016 graduating class included 101 students, including 32 National Merit Commended Scholars and 6 Semi-Finalists, 3 Hispanic Scholars and 39 graduates who earned IB Diplomas.[3]

Advanced curricula

Newark Academy is the only independent school in New Jersey that offers both the Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate Diploma (I.B.) programs.[13][14]

Advanced Placement

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program (AP) offers high school students the opportunity to do college-level work. Successful achievement on the culminating exams may result in credit or advanced placement upon matriculation to college.[15] Newark Academy offers coursework leading to 21 AP exams in all five academic disciplines.

International Baccalaureate

In 1991, Newark Academy became the first school in New Jersey to grant the International Baccalaureate diploma.[16] The I.B. diploma is awarded following successful completion of a rigorous two-year curriculum. There are 74 members of the Class of 2017 and Class of 2018 who were pursuing the full I.B. diploma, and approximately 95% of the Class of 2017 is enrolled in at least one I.B. course.

Athletics

The Newark Academy Minutemen[4] compete in the Super Essex Conference, which includes public and private high schools in Essex County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[17] Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had previously participated in the Colonial Hills Conference which included public and parochial high schools covering Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in west Central Jersey.[18]

Newark Academy offers a total of 23 sports programs over the course of the school year.

Middle School students are required to participate in at least one sport each season, although interscholastic competition is not compulsory. Newark Academy's Men's and Women's Tennis programs, coached by William "Arky" Crook, The Star-Ledger Coach of the Decade for the 1990s, have enjoyed success at the state level for years.

Students in the Upper School are not required to play a sport but approximately 86% choose to do so.

Publications

Currently, Newark Academy has four publications: the student newspaper, "The Minuteman" in publication since 1941; the newspaper's annual magazine "Minuteman Life"; the yearbook, "The Polymnian"; and the literary magazine, "Prisms". Newark Academy also publishes an alumni magazine, "Lumen", twice a year.

Notable alumni

Justin Gimelstob

References

  1. ↑ Welcome, Newark Academy. Accessed October 8, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Newark Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 7, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Quick Facts, Newark Academy. Accessed March 30, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Newark Academy, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ General Information, retrieved February 26, 2013
  6. 1 2 Newark Academy, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 30, 2012. Accessed May 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ School Search, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.
  8. ↑ America's Most Challenging High Schools: Newark Academy, The Washington Post. Accessed August 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ America's Most Challenging High Schools: Newark Academy, The Washington Post. Accessed October 8, 2016.
  10. 1 2 Warner, Ray. "Newark Academy: '29 vs. '73; Preparing for Princeton", The New York Times, November 25, 1973. Accessed September 12, 2012. "Academy officials say that the school is the seventh oldest independent secondary institution in the nation and the second oldest in New Jersey."
  11. ↑ Staff. "The High School Challenge". Accessed July 7, 2012.
  12. ↑ "School Portal". Newark Academy. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  13. ↑ "Adding the International Baccalaureate to the Mix". New Jersey School Boards Association. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  14. ↑ "List of Member Schools". New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  15. ↑ "About Advanced Placement Testing". Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  16. ↑ Newark Academy, International Baccalaureate. Accessed July 22, 2007.
  17. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  18. ↑ Home Page, Colonial Hills Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive, as of November 19, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Ryan Adeleye". Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
  20. ↑ 2015-2016 Homecoming & Reunion, Newark Academy. Accessed August 14, 2016. "Awards presentation and ceremony for 2012 alumni award winners. Join us as we honor Dr. Norm Schafler, Tommy Hennigan '77, Jennifer Choe Groves '87 and Joe Scarlett '62"
  21. ↑ Staff. "Newark Academy to Honor Dead", The New York Times, September 13, 1951. Accessed August 11, 2013.
  22. ↑ 2013 Commencement Speaker Announced, Newark Academy, April 5, 2013. Accessed August 11, 2013. "Newark Academy is pleased to announce the 2013 commencement speaker. This year, NA will welcome back lawyer, legal crisis manager, consultant, author, weekly political columnist, media commentator and alumnus Lanny J. Davis '63."
  23. ↑ Staff. "Leo M. Gordon", Official Congressional Directory, 2007–2008, p. 855, Government Printing Office, 2007. ISBN 9780160788796. Accessed August 11, 2013.
  24. ↑ Maynard-Parisi, Carolyn. " Maplewood Rolls Out Red Carpet for Local Movie Stars; Maplewood Theater hosts a premiere of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, featuring two hometown boys.", SouthOrangePatch, June 12, 2012. Accessed November 19, 2012. "South Orange teen Jared Gilman and Maplewood resident Wyatt Ralff, actors in the critically acclaimed Wes Anderson film Moonrise Kingdom, will be on hand for a special local premiere of the film on Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Maplewood Theater.... A 6th-grader at Newark Academy and a student of Acting with Emily on Baker Street, Gilman has been performing for years but this is his first movie role. Not too shabby, considering that his co-stars include the likes of Bill Murray, Bruce Willis and Frances McDormand."
  25. ↑ Seeges, Sandy. "Last Open for Gimelstob: New Vernon tennis player has tough match in Roddick", Daily Record (Morristown), August 28, 2007. Accessed September 3, 2007. "The 30-year-old Gimelstob, a graduate of Newark Academy, has known for a while that his career was coming to an end."
  26. ↑ "Matt Gutman". ABC News.
  27. ↑ "Justice Alan B. Handler To Retire From the Supreme Court", New Jersey Judiciary, June 4, 1999. Accessed April 27, 2008.
  28. ↑ Litsky, Frank. "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS; Swimmer Outraces His Past", The New York Times, September 18, 1988. Accessed April 11, 2008. "At the age of 12, Chris Jacobs of Livingston, N.J., tried cocaine for the first time.... When the lost child survived junior high school, his parents enrolled him at Newark Academy, a private day school."
  29. ↑ Colonel E. Lester Jones, NOAA. Accessed December 20, 2007. "He received his educational training at the High School in Orange, New Jersey and at Newark Academy."
  30. ↑ Kaiser, Robert G. "Stacey Kent: A Name, And a Voice, That Lingers", The Washington Post, April 18, 2004.
  31. ↑ Staff. "T. N. M'CARTER SR., FOUNDED UTILITY; Former President of Public Service in Jersey Dies – Lawyer, Ex-Legislator", The New York Times, October 24, 1955. Accessed July 23, 2011. "Mr. McCarter was born in Newark on Oct. 20, 1867. He received his early education at the Newark Academy and prepared for college at Dr. Pingry's School in Elizabeth."
  32. ↑ Parker, James. The Old Army: Memories 1872–1918", p. vii., Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8117-2897-8. Accessed July 21, 2011. "In 1864, James Parker began his schooling at Englewood Academy, Perth Amboy, New Jersey.... Parker, an intelligent individual, was well-educated, attending the Newark Academy; the well-regarded Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts; and the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York."
  33. ↑ Friedlander, Eric; and Grayson, Daniel. "Daniel Quillen", Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 59, Number 10. Accessed March 19, 2013. "His mother, in particular, was very ambitious for her sons and sought out scholarships for Dan which carried him first to Newark Academy, an excellent private secondary school, and then (a year before finishing high school) to Harvard, where after his undergraduate degree he became a graduate student working under Raoul Bott."
  34. ↑ History of the Treasury: William E. Simon, accessed November 29, 2006.
  35. ↑ GUS STAGER (USA), International Swimming Hall of Fame. Accessed February 19, 2008.
  36. ↑ "Richard Thaler '63 Gives Us A 'Nudge'", Newark Academy Outreach, Fall 2009, accessed August 28, 2012.
  37. ↑ Staff. "Newark Academy begins 215th year", Bernardsville News, September 8, 1988. Accessed March 30, 2016. "The speaker will be the Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen, a 1960 graduate of Newark Academy, who was recently appointed a U.S. District Judge by President Reagan."

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