Author: Tim Simmons

NHA Health & Safety Plan

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Please see the PDF for NHA's Health & Safety Plan for the 2020/2021 school year. This PDF was also sent to our partnering districts and current NHA Parents. If you are one of those, and did not recieve an email with this PDF, please contact Tsimmons@newhopeacademy.net and he will rectify that. NHA Health & Safety Plan Thank you, and stay safe and healthy!
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New Hope Academy Celebrates 20 Years

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In 2020, New Hope Academy celebrates its 20th year of educating students. New Hope Academy was established to give each student the opportunity and capability for success. We meet students where they are and give them second, third and fourth chances to achieve their goals. Working together, we help each child to learn, grow and succeed.
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Senior Night 2020

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New Hope Academy held its annual Senior Season Kick-Off Ceremony on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Seniors, their parents/guardians, and many of NHA’s staff gathered together at the Yardley campus to celebrate this exciting time of year. Many important topics were discussed, such as class rings, senior pictures, and the big day itself – Graduation. Seniors were promised that...
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Valentine’s Day @ NHA

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Love was in the air on Valentine’s Day at New Hope Academy’s Yardley campus, where students and staff gathered to celebrate the special day. NHA Yardley director Dave Kennedy welcomed everyone in attendance and then handed it off to teachers Ebony Crosdale and Dawn Boger, who hosted a presentation in honor of Black History Month. The theme was the connection between diversi...
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2019 New York Trip

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New Hope Academy students and staff took a bite out of the Big Apple on Wednesday, December 11, for the annual field trip to New York City. After meeting at the Yardley campus at 8:00 am, everyone boarded two Starr buses and took to the open road. Our first stop upon our 10:00 arrival was a visit to the snow-scattered streets of Columbus Circle, located at Central Park. The...
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Winterfest 2019

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On Friday, December 6, the talented students of New Hope Academy participated in the school’s annual Winterfest at the Yardley Community Centre. Emceed by NHA Director Dave Kennedy, the acts highlighted the various talents and capabilities of students from both the Yardley and Doylestown campuses. The show opened with NHA’s small choir singing Ed Sheeran’s “I Don’t Care,” u...
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Thanksgiving 2019

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New Hope Academy’s students and staff from the Doylestown and Yardley campuses gathered together on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 for the annual Thanksgiving Day Feast, an event that serves as the unofficial kick-off to the upcoming holiday season. NHA Director Dave Kennedy welcomed everyone and began the luncheon by asking students and staff to share their Thanksgiving Day tr...
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Peter and the Starcatcher

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New Hope Academy proudly presented “Peter and the Starcatcher” on November 15 and 16, 2019, at the Yardley Community Centre. The talented cast and crew performed the play, which tells the backstory of Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and many other characters known from the classic story. Before he became Peter Pan, he was simply Boy, an orphan who ends up on the same ship as Molly...
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