NYA Now: The Creative Explorations of the NYA Upper School Art Studio is now on display at Clayton’s Café & Bakery (447 US-RT1, Yarmouth, Maine). This exhibit displays the wide range of disciplines and techniques explored in the NYA Upper School Art Studio. These disciplines include drawing, oil painting, screen printing, and independent study. Student experience ranges from beginning to …
Sam Manders Named NYA Boys Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach
February 27, 2019: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is happy to announce Sam Manders as head coach of the boys varsity lacrosse program. He is a member of the 207Lacrosse coaching staff where he is one of the most sought-after coaches in Southern Maine. He takes over the NYA program from Glenn Gorden. “Those who have worked directly with Coach Manders …
NYA Students Honored with Regional Arts & Writing Awards
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 …
NYA Drama Presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
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 …
NYA Basketball Player Reaches 1,000 Point Milestone as a Junior
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 …
NYA 2018 First Semester Honor Roll
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 …
NYA Key Club Organizes Choral Concert with Portland and Deering High Schools to Support March of Dimes
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, …
NYA Studio Band Twelfth Annual Acoustic Show
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 …