NYA Welcomes Bill Burke as 2023 Commencement Speaker

courtesy of Bill Burke Yarmouth, Maine, May 19, 2023: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is pleased to announce its 2023 commencement speaker is Bill Burke. Burke, who splits his time between New York City and Sebago Lake, founded The Optimism Institute  and Blue Sky podcast in 2022 after an extensive media and sports career as an executive, writer, and producer. NYA’s ...

NYA Welcomes Amy Walter as 2022 Commencement Speaker

Yarmouth, Maine, May 18, 2022: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is pleased to announce its 2022 commencement speaker is Amy Walter. Walter, a District of Columbia resident, has devoted her career to uncloaking the key political details and providing precise political forecasting for each election. A strong-willed journalist, she offers insights into the political arena while providing in-depth explanations to the current ...
NYA Commencement 2019 Feature

NYA Welcomes Meredith Segal ’04 as 2021 Commencement Speaker

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 …

Down East Best of Maine

NYA Named Best Private School-Secondary by Down East Readers

North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) was named Best Private School-Secondary in Down East magazine’s annual Best of Maine issue. From shopping to eating to playing outdoors, Down East readers and editors selected their statewide favorites this year and NYA made the list. Winners of the “Best of Maine” awards are selected for one of two categories: the Readers’ Choice or the …

Kelsy Ross NYA Athletic Director

NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY NAMES KELSY ROSS AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is excited to announce Kelsy Ross as the new Athletic Director. Ross holds a BA from Roanoke College where she was a member of the varsity soccer and varsity basketball programs. She will earn a MA in Physical Education, Athletic Administration, from Springfield College this summer. Ross was most recently the Bates College Head Women’s Soccer …

Producer and Educator Brett Pierce Named 2019 North Yarmouth Academy Commencement Speaker

North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is proud to announce Brett Pierce as the 2019 commencement speaker. Pierce is a program developer, producer, and educator who spent over 25 years working around the globe in media production that entertains around a defined curriculum. The NYA Commencement Ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. on the front lawn of …