Stories that Impact Our Community
Yarmouth, Maine, July 20, 2021: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) Alumna Molly (Moss) Stokes ’05 steps up from her assistant role to head coach the girls varsity lacrosse program. The 2021 season was Stoke’s first as the NYA varsity assistant, but it was by no means her introduction into the coaching foray. In 2012, she assisted with NYA girls soccer, Cape … Learn more about this story
Yarmouth, Maine, June 21, 2021: This summer, North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) students are returning to the wilds of Glacier Bay, Alaska. As the culmination of the Literature of Glacier Bay course, members of the class venture into Glacier Bay National Park on sea kayaks to experience the vast wilderness they spent a semester reading about, studying, and preparing to visit. … Learn more about this story
Yarmouth, Maine, June 2, 2021: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is pleased to announce its 2021 commencement speaker is Meredith Segal, NYA Class of 2004. Segal has devoted her career to advancing opportunity for vulnerable individuals in the United States and around the globe. A zealous social entrepreneur, she offers meticulous operational leadership, creative strategic vision, and unflagging optimism that our … Learn more about this story
Yarmouth, Maine, May 22, 2021: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is pleased to announce the receipt of a $400,000 gift to create and support a Character and Service Champion faculty position. The anonymous gift comes just ahead of the June 4 NYA Soirée, a major fundraiser for the Academy. This year’s Soirée will honor the dedication and excellence of the NYA … Learn more about this story
Yarmouth, Maine, May 27, 2021: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is pleased to announce its certification as a United States Tennis Association (USTA) Net Generation School. Through a partnership with the USTA, which also included a grant to support the construction of the new Poulin Family Tennis Courts on campus, the Academy also received training programs, teaching and learning tools, right-sized … Learn more about this story
Yarmouth, Maine, May 18, 2021: After a great deal of diligent work by the North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) Kiva Club, the NYA Kiva Team has climbed into the top ten in total lending among school teams in the world! The NYA team has lent over $171,000 since the club’s inception in 2008 by NYA History Department Chair, Peter Sillin. The … Learn more about this story
Yarmouth, Maine, April 9, 2021: David Griswold ‘03 pledged to help the NYA Environmental Club complete their goal of converting the entire campus to LED lighting. Griswold is the author of the children’s book, “Fur & Feather Stand Together,” a story of a puffin and a polar bear who join forces with their community to save the ice that is melting around them. In … Learn more about this story
by Benjamin Jackson Head of School, North Yarmouth Academy Yarmouth, Maine, March 25, 2021: The US Department of Education, local education boards, along with the entire nation are embroiled in the debate on how to safely return our children to in-person learning. Since the pandemic hit last March, schools have utilized a variety of educational models including fully remote learning, … Learn more about this story
Yarmouth, Maine, February 4, 2021: Congratulations to all the North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) student artists and writers who received recognition in the 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Three members of the freshman class represented the Academy well on the writing side with two Gold Keys and one Silver Key. An outstanding achievement for students just entering the upper school … Learn more about this story
by Marissa Markonish, Head of NYA Lower & Middle School Yarmouth, Maine, February 3, 2021: When Middle School students at NYA receive their schedules each August, one period is left blank. With a schedule packed with English, math, science, social studies, modern and classical language, visual art, music, break, advisory, Friday Forum, lunch, and recess, that blank block on their … Learn more about this story
