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Princeton Day School Chess Tournament

Posted on October 21, 2015November 19, 2015 by Steve Gana

Congratulations to the New Hope Academy Chess team who competed this weekend at the Princeton Day School Chess Tournament. Evan Myers, a veteran of the NHA Chess team took first place, finishing undefeated with 2.5 points out of 3 in the Under 1400 section. Impressively it was the first Chess tournament for two new members of the NHA Chess team!We'll have a full writeup on the ...

Pawn Sacrifice- Chess Club Screening

Posted on October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 by Steve Gana

On Wednesday, October 30th, 2015, New Hope Academy’s Chess Club went to see the movie Pawn Sacrifice. Nine students went in total, along with Bela, the chess teacher; Dan, a graduate from New Hope Academy; and Kathy Rosso-Gana, the founder of the school. All the students met in Bela’s room at 11:15, where they went over a game by chess player Bobby Fischer. They then l...

NHA Visit to Pennsylvania 9/11 Memorial

Posted on September 11, 2015September 17, 2015 by Steve Gana

On Friday September 11th 2015, New Hope Academy Yardley English Teacher Caryn Search, took her Junior and Senior Honors English classes to the Garden of Reflection in Upper Makefield Pennsylvania, to view the 9/11 memorial for its fourteen-year anniversary. Many of us were too young to remember the historic event, but the memorial made a huge impact on what America is to us tod...

Trenton Thunder: Visit and Game

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Steve Gana

The recognition by the Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, was a part of the team’s annual HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere and Excel), which honors organizations who consistently help, motivate, and give back to their communities. On Wednesday, September 2, players and coaches from the baseball team stopped by the school’s Yardley campus to se...

NHA Students Grange Fair Art Exhibition

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Steve Gana

Students from New Hope Academy’s Extended School Year program participated in this year’s Middletown Grange Fair Art Exhibition. Both Digital Photos and unique Art pieces were entered, with a number of students bringing home ribbons awarded by the Grange Fair judges! During the last week of ESY, students from NHA’s Digital Photography class took a trip to the fair to see their ...

Six Flags Math and Physics Trip

Posted on April 24, 2015May 8, 2015 by Steve Gana

$Six Flags Math and Physics Trip$

On April 24th, NHA's Pre-Calculus, Calculus, and Physics students went to Six Flags Great Adventure to participate in its annual Math and Physics Day. Students started the day off by competing in the Egg Drop of Doom. In the weeks leading up to the trip, teams of students built containers to protect their eggs from a twenty-three story drop. NHA's six teams all had successful d...

Ice Skating Trip – Flyer’s Skate Zone

Posted on March 31, 2015April 14, 2015 by Steve Gana

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 Steve Gana

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...

Science Olympiad 2015

Posted on March 4, 2015March 19, 2015 by Steve Gana

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 ...

NHA Ski Trip – 2015

Posted on February 6, 2015March 6, 2015 by Steve Gana

On Friday, February 6, 2015, New Hope Academy braved the frigid temperatures and whipping winds and took to the slopes for its annual ski trip at Blue Mountain, located in Palmerton, PA. Students from the Yardley campus met at 7:30 to board the luxurious Starr bus, where they could rest and relax before a day of physical endurance. After driving to the Doylestown campus, where ...