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Newark Academy is a coeducational private day school located in Livingston, New Jersey (USA). With both lower and upper schools, this institution comprises grades six through twelve.
Newark Academy was founded in 1774. It was located on Market Street in Downtown Newark, then High Street, then, after 1929, Orange Avenue in the Roseville section. The school moved in 1964 to its current location, a 68 acre (275,000 m²) campus in Livingston.
There are many on-campus facilities. The Hawke Memorial Library, which houses a 23,000 volume collection, opened in 1974. The Elizabeth B. McGraw arts center, which contains contains three studio art classrooms (sculpture, drawing, and painting), a band room, choral room, dance studio, and a "black box" theater, opened in 1992. The most recent addition is the William E. and Carol G. Simon Family Field House, which opened in 2001. This new facility houses a gym with basketball courts and an indoor track, a pool with state-of-the-art timing equipment, and a comprehensive fitness center. In the spaces formerly occupied by the pool and basketball courts there are now wrestling and fencing gyms. Newark's other sports programs in the fall include men's and women's soccer, field hockey, women's tennis, football, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country. Winter sports include fencing, men's and women's swimming, wrestling, men's and women's basketball, and indoor track. Spring sports programs include men's tennis, baseball, softball, men's and women's lacrosse, and track. 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, and are considered the finest in the state.
Each year in the early fall, Newark has a week-long spirit competiton between the Middle School, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades. During this week, the students dress up and participate in several recreational activities. It serves to develop camaraderie among the grades and the new students.
Newark Academy stresses excellence in personal and academic achievement. Students can engage in numerous activities including the school publications, a plethora of clubs, and student council. The teachers have a trustworthy and open relationship with their students, so it is not unusual to see a student eating lunch with a teacher. Students are encouraged to be energetic and to demonstrate a love of learning for learning's sake. The community is diverse, and people express themselves through many media. Students are encouraged to pursue their talents and hobbies, so it is not unusual for a student to have band, drama, and football practice on the same day.
Newark Academy students congregate at 8:10 every morning in the auditorium for "Morning Meeting", which, depending on the day of the week, includes either the entire school, or is separated, with the Middle School meeting in the choral room. Upper School students are required to complete at least ten hours of community service each year, with recognition awarded to students who complete more than 75 hours of service. Every graduating senior must complete a "Senior Project", which is an 80-hour mini-internship that each student researches and designs.
Newark Academy offers two advanced curricula: Advanced Placement Program (AP) and International Baccalaureate Diploma. It is the only independent school in New Jersey that offers both programs. In addition, the average class size is 13. Faculty members have, on average, 22 years of teaching experience, and 90% of them hold advanced degrees.
Currently, the Head of School is Elizabeth Riegelman, better known as "Penney", who has been at the school since 1997. According to a January 4, 2006, Board of Trustees email, Riegelman will step down in June 2007. A search committee under the direction of Trustee Nancy Baird Harwood is currently looking for a replacement. The Upper School is headed by Dr. Richard DiBianca, who also coaches the Men's Junior Varsity Tennis Team. The Head of the Middle School is Tom Ashburn. The title of Dean of Students is held by Pegeen Galvin, who therefore is also responsible for the administration of discipline on the students. The Dean of Faculty is Frederick Von Rollenhagen. While holding no official title in this respect (he was once Dean of Faculty, however), the unofficial school historian is Blackwood Parlin. Parlin is currently a humanities teacher, and, having joined the school in 1959, is also the last faculty member from the Newark era.
Newark Academy launched a new website on August 22, 2006.
Newark Academy is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.
Noted students/alumni
- Justin Gimelstob - ATP professional tennis player.
- Robert MacTaggart - tennis team co-captain
- William E. Simon - 63rd Secretary of the Treasury under Richard Nixon.
- Richard Thaler - economist specializing in behavioral finance
- Christian Caminiti - all around genius