In the last few months, Anne-Elise Parker, Director of Personalized Learning, has been busy providing academic, social, and emotional support to students. 

On Thursday, November 1st, the Upper School Fall Athletic Awards Night was held in the Rider Center Fourth Floor Commons to honor over 80 student-athletes and celebrated Coaches Awards, Most Improved Players, Most Valuable Players, and Varsity Letters. Congratulations to all our athletes!

On Thursday, October 18th the Spizzwinks, a male a cappella group from Yale University, brought their unique blend of music and humor to Elgin Academy.  Their repertoire included an eclectic range of songs—everything from Ed Sheeran, to the Beatles to Bruno Mars. The a cappella concert also included a few Yale classics and a touch of tongue-in-cheek humor.

On Friday, November 2nd, close to 50 Middle School athletes and their families attended a special night in the Rider Room of Sears Hall to celebrate the fall athletic season.

What is courage?  Is it only defined by grand gestures like saving a person from a burning building? Or can acts of courage be found in the daily experiences in our classrooms or in our social and emotional interactions? 

middle school students are pondering questions about courage during the school's newly reconfigured advisory program. The advisory period has been moved from morning to later in the day and lengthened to 20 minutes for the purpose of enriching our middle school students' learning experiences. 

We salute the students from the Classes of 2018 and 2019 whose performance on last spring's AP exams earned them the designation of Advanced Placement Scholar. With the AP Scholar Awards, the AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on AP Exams.