Caleb King ’24, National Geographic Contributor

Yarmouth, Maine, November 21, 2023: Amateur photographer and NYA senior, Caleb King can now call himself a National Geographic contributor. One of his photos is featured in the catalog for National Geographic student travel programs. “I took the photo this summer while in Yellowstone as a part of a National Geographic student travel program. The program brought a group of ...

Maddy Prokopius ’24 Class C Golf Champion

Yarmouth, Maine, October 16, 2023: Maddy Prokopius ’24 (Falmouth) won the Class C State Girls Golf Championship on Monday, October 9 at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro, Maine. She posted sixteen over-par on the Arrowhead Course, holding off two competitors to claim the championship by one stroke. Prokopius joins 2005 and 2007 girls champion Kate Merrill ’09 in NYA golf ...

Ben Stefanini NYA Fitness & Wellness Coach

Yarmouth, Maine, October 3, 2023: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is pleased to announce Benjamin Stefanini as the new Fitness & Wellness Coach. Stefanini will take up residence in the new Fitness & Wellness Center at NYA’s Travis Roy Arena. He is tasked with developing fitness programming for NYA’s Middle and Upper School students through their participation in afterschool activities. He ...

Coach Burningham to Lead NYA Boys Soccer

Yarmouth, Maine, August 2, 2023: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) and the defending Class D State Champion NYA Varsity Boys Soccer Team are happy to welcome new head coach Lawrence Burningham to the sideline. Coach Burningham comes to the Academy from the assistant coaching ranks at Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) Men’s Soccer program. He split that time heading the U19 ...

Environmental Club Receives Grant From ecomaine

Yarmouth, Maine, July 27, 2023: The North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) Environmental Club secured $2,275 from ecomaine’s Outreach & Recycling Committee through their School Waste Diversion Grant Program. The funds will be used to reinstate the on-campus composting program with Garbage-to-Garden. Students in the club authored and submitted the grant during spring semester, shortly after teaming with ecomaine on campus recycling ...
Sarah Moore '24 Track & Field

NYA’s Sarah Moore ’24 Jumps into Record Books

Yarmouth, Maine, June 16, 2023: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) rising senior Sarah Moore became NYA’s first, (and second) New England Champion when she placed first in Long Jump and Triple Jump, and second in High Jump at the New England Regional Track and Field Meet in Bangor on Saturday, June 10. Her first place finish in the Long Jump with ...

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 ...

Cancer Awareness Hockey Games

Yarmouth, Maine, December 28, 2022: The North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) Girls and Boys Ice Hockey Teams will host cancer awareness games this week at NYA’s Travis Roy Arena (495 US-1, Yarmouth). The boys play on Thursday, December 29, at 1:00 p.m. vs. Berwick Academy. Helen St. Hilaire, grandmother to players Cooper and Daxton and mother of coach Dennis St. Hilaire, will ...

Creative Writing Now Offered as NYA’s Seventh Diploma with Distinction

Yarmouth, Maine, December 21, 2022: North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) students with a passion for writing can now pursue a Diploma with Distinction in Creative Writing, the seventh distinction offered by the Academy. The new creative writing distinction is designed for students who demonstrate experience as creative writers (poetry and/or fiction). The program will allow them to pursue a course of ...