NYA Planning Lower School
North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) plans to open a Lower School for grades Pre-K through fourth grade in the fall of 2013. NYA currently serves students in grades five through twelve and will be merging with Meadowbrook Montessori, located in Freeport.
NYA’s new Lower School will integrate Montessori methods through the second grade and progress to an approach in the third and fourth grades that continues to foster curiosity and motivation to learn while preparing for an easy transition to the Middle School.
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Wed May 08
NYA Students Semi-Finalists for “Letters About Literature” Program
Five North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) students were named semi-finalists in…
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Wed May 08
NYA Students Receive Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) student Morganne Elkins ’16 (Edgecomb) has…
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Thu Apr 25
NYA Hosting Imani Winds Workshop
Imani Winds, America’s premier wind quintet, will hold a workshop at North Yarmouth Academy (NYA). The workshop will take place on Wednesday, May 1, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at NYA’s Higgins Hall (168 Main Street). It is free and open to students from other schools.
“Imani Winds is generally viewed as the best wind quintet in America,” said Ian Ramsey, NYA’s Visual and Performing Arts Chair. “Their performance should be phenomenal,” he said. During the workshop, Imani Winds will give feedback to NYA’s Wind Ensemble performance, then discuss the influence of spirituals on American classical music. The quintet will also perform for the students.
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Thu Apr 18
North Yarmouth Academy to hold “NYA Soiree”
North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) is holding its 29th annual auction event, “NYA Soiree,” on Saturday, April 27 in the Priscilla Savage Middle School (172 Main Street) and NYA gymnasium (154 Main Street, Yarmouth), from 6-10pm.
Proceeds from this charity event support NYA’s visual and performing arts and financial aid programs. The Soiree includes an art sale and live auction with entertainment from student musicians and dancing to the local band North of Nashville. The auction committee, comprised of NYA parent volunteers, hopes to surpass $50,000 at this event. Members of the public are encouraged to attend.
