Corporations and Foundations

In place of the traditional end-of-the-year June Term, Newark Academy Upper School students in Grades 9 through 11 participated in Master Classes during the week of June 7, 2021. The Master Classes provided a week of experiential learning and engaging workshops for students to explore engaging topics through short, self-contained and activity-focused workshops that featured NA's "Six Cs" of skill development in action (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, character, cultural competency).

 

Through the generosity of NA donors, faculty were able to transform their outside passions into 40 unique and diverse Master Classes such as Game Theory; Forensics; Environmental Sculpture; Textile Upcycling; Absurdist Short Stories; Guitar 101 and Mindfulness, Yoga and Guided Imagery.

 

“The Engineering Epiphanies course, for example, challenged students to change the way they think about the technologies they use every day by reverse engineering common devices,” says Director of Studies Jeffrey Vinikoor. “In Mexican Muralism and Spanish Cubism, students learned about the historical events that shaped intellectual and artistic movements in Mexico and Spain and created their own works of art.”

 

Watch these videos to learn more about our Master Class experiences.