January 9 - Seniors' "This I Believe" speeches, 9:20 - 11:15 AM*
January 9 - Junior parents meeting with College Counselor Neale Gay, Common Room, 5:30 PM*
January 21 - 6th grade Information Session, 1 PM
January 30 - APC (Academy Parents Council) Meeting, 7 PM at the Northampton home of Jean Zimmer

* Rescheduled

Please review today's email from Dr. Bloomfield for changes to the mid year exam schedule next week.

Please help us spread the word about our upcoming event for families of prospective 6th grade students. Share our Facebook post, direct interested friends, family members, colleagues and neighbors to our website for more information and to pre-register, and/or suggest that they contact us directly to learn about this program.

Thanks for your help!

Alums and familiar faces joined The Academy's
2017 Polyglot Celebration

At Polyglot the French V class performed some absurd theater while Spanish V students gave an adapted rendition of The Wizard of Oz.

Thanks to the community's generosity, we were able to deliver over 50 pieces of warm outer clothing (coats, jackets and snowpants), and over 75 accessories (hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, and boots) to Enlace de Familias in Holyoke for distribution to people from Puerto Rico resettling into the community after Hurricane Maria - and just in time for this extreme cold weather. As well, we raised $110 for NuDay Syria through donations at the Winter Concert which will help purchase food for the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons within Syria. We are pleased to have connected with the Interfaith Council of Franklin County in this social justice effort.

Order your DVD or download of The Academy's 2017 Winter Concert!  Tom Adams of Reelife Productions has once again recorded our concert and created a professionally edited version as a keepsake for your family. 

To order DVD copies ($20 each, including shipping), click HERE. An online/downloadable version is available for $10 HERE.

Our Social Justice Council will be welcoming Smith College Professor Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D. for a presentation on the history of sexual harassment, as well as a reflection on what we're seeing in our contemporary society. Staff and students will be in attendance, and parents are welcome to join us as well. The Social Justice Council hopes that this presentation will provide valuable food for thought, and energize our community towards creating a larger scale learning opportunity for the greater public. A brief description of the program from Professor Baker appears below. Originally scheduled for today, the new date will be announced soon. Please contact Nora Bates Zale with any questions or concerns.

Members of Congress are resigning and media companies are firing top newscasters and writers for sexual harassment. Women are standing up and declaring “me too,” finding each other and speaking out. Author of The Women’s Movement Against Sexual Harassment and Smith College Professor Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D. will reflect on what’s happening today by looking back at the history of sexual harassment, women’s resistance, and legal change.

The Spanish IV and V classes participated in the Hispanic tradition of a "tamalada,"  when family and friends gather at holiday time to make tamales (beef and vegetarian). They also enjoyed tasting the products of their labor. [Photo by Solly C]