Stories that Impact Our Community
Congratulations to North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) students honored in the 2019 Maine Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. 2019 North Yarmouth Academy Scholastic Northeast Writing Region-at-Large award recipients: Gold Key Anders Jonsson (Freeport), Poetry, “City Sleeps” Grade 10 Anders’ piece … Learn more about this story
North Yarmouth Academy Drama presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This show, written by Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice, is based on the Genesis story of “Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors.” The musical was written in 1968, staged in amateur theaters starting in 1970, first appeared on Broadway in 1982, and … Learn more about this story
North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) junior Te’Andre King surpassed the 1,000-career point mark on Friday, January 25, 2019 when the Panthers took on Old Orchard Beach at home. At tip-off, King was 14 points shy of quadruple digits. At 2.01 minutes into the third quarter, Te’Andre eclipsed 1,000 off a pass from Chris Hamblett. King joins six other Panthers in NYA’s … Learn more about this story
Congratualtions to all NYA students who made the Honor Roll for the first semester of the 2018-19 school year! Keep up the great work. Highest Honors Grade 5: Hugo Daniel, Mary Hackleman, Kennedy Haedrich, Josephine Rodgers, Hadley Smith, Nathanael Wayashe Grade 6: Viktoria Bigley, Eliza Bouman, Emma Craft, Natalia Hemphill, Ashton Jacobs, Chloe Kern, Tyler Lacombe, Leif MacCarthy, Rafael … Learn more about this story
North Yarmouth Academy’s (NYA) Key Club, along with Portland High School and Deering High School Key Clubs, organized a collaborative choral concert with singers from all three schools to benefit March of Dimes. The event will take place on Thursday, January 24, at the Deering High School Auditorium (370 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine) at 6:00 p.m. Various ensembles from NYA, Deering, … Learn more about this story
On Thursday, January 17, the NYA Studio Band will perform its 12th Annual Acoustic Show at 6:30 p.m. at One Longfellow Square (181 State Street) in downtown Portland. Admission is free (donations to help support Studio Band costs are gladly accepted), and the event is child-friendly, so all are encouraged to attend the show! This year’s Studio Band includes a … Learn more about this story
Since its inception ten years ago by NYA History Department Chair Peter Sillin, the NYA Kiva Club has loaned and re-loaned more than $115,000 to over sixty countries. The NYA Kiva Team ranks eleventh in the world in the Schools category on Kiva’s website with more than 5,000 loans totaling over $132,000. In 2008, Sillin read an article in The … Learn more about this story
This week, North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) received a gift of $100,000 from an anonymous donor to support need-based student financial aid. The gift will support both current-use financial aid ($25,000) and the North Yarmouth Academy Endowed Fund for Scholarship Assistance ($75,000), which provides need-based aid to deserving students. “This gift ensures that some of the most talented students, no matter … Learn more about this story
Former Bowdoin College Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach, Terry Meagher, has signed on to be an assistant coach with the North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) Boys Ice Hockey Team. Meagher stepped off the Bowdoin College Men’s Ice Hockey bench in 2016 after 33 years at the helm. He ranks sixth all-time in NCAA Division III total victories with a 529-245-54 (.671) … Learn more about this story
The North Yarmouth Academy Parents’ Association will host the Annual Holiday Craft Fair and Book Sale on Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in NYA’s gymnasium (154 Main Street) and Safford Center cafeteria (148 Main Street) in Yarmouth. This event is part of the town-wide holiday celebration, Yarmouth Hometown Holidays. Over 60 vendors from across the … Learn more about this story
