March 2015 - New Hope Academy

Ice Skating Trip – Flyer’s Skate Zone

Posted on March 31, 2015April 14, 2015 by Tim Simmons

Monday March 30th saw New Hope Academy students engage in a classic winter activity, ice-skating at the Flyers Skate Zone in Northeast Philadelphia. Warm enough out to enjoy the springtime temperatures, students returned to the cold conditions of winter by entering the rink. Students and staff donned either figure or hockey skates and had the opportunity to enjoy the entire rin...

Sound of Music – Field Trip

Posted on March 23, 2015April 20, 2015 by Tim Simmons

On Friday, March 20th, New Hope Academy Drama Club had plans for a field trip. It started as a beautiful spring day ... well, somewhat overcast, and the threat of snow was all over the media, but school was "on", so the trip was "on!" To celebrate our upcoming production of "The Sound of Music," the actors and producers headed off campus to the home of local Be...

NHA Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day – 2015

Posted on March 17, 2015April 20, 2015 by Tim Simmons

March 17, 2015 was a magical day as New Hope Academy celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at the Yardley campus. Festooned in green, surrounded by shamrocks, and Irish for at least 24 hours, students and staff members from both campuses were treated to the talents of a magician, an NHA-St. Patrick’s day tradition. This year, attendees were lucky enough to be entertained by the a...

PA’s Underground Railroad

Posted on March 16, 2015March 19, 2015 by Tim Simmons

On Monday, March 16, 2015, New Hope Academy in Yardley hosted the academic expertise of Doreen Stratton, a third generation Doylestown resident and granddaughter of a Civil War Veteran. Doreen is a published writer and presented to the Yardley campus on the subject of the Underground Railroad and its connection to the Pennsylvania area. It was with great passion and clarity tha...

Science Olympiad 2015

Posted on March 4, 2015March 19, 2015 by Tim Simmons

Starting last November (2014) ten students from New Hope Academy (Yardley Campus) had been preparing from the annual Science Olympiad held at Neumann University. Events at the competition ranged from fabrication of various instruments and structures, completed before the competition, that would perform a variety of tasks (i.e. bridge building, bungee drops, and air cannons) to ...