TRIPS Archives - New Hope Academy

Gettysburg Trip 2021

Posted on October 26, 2021December 4, 2023 by Tim Simmons

On October 22nd, 2021, students from US History one and two traveled West to Gettysburg, PA to experience history in real time. They started the day in the town center at the Blue and Gray Bar and Grill for lunch before driving to Devil's Den. There the students studied war strategies like line formations and learned about the specific events and people that turned the tide...

Chicago Cast & Crew Trip

Posted on April 11, 2019April 15, 2019 by Tim Simmons

On Wednesday, March 27th the cast, pit, and crew of Chicago took a trip to Harlem, New York. The trip started with a presentation at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, where students learned about the Harlem Renaissance. They also learned how Jazz music, specifically music by black artists, in the 20's impacted our cultural society back then and today. Many students only knew ...

Shakespeare Trip

Posted on January 15, 2019March 4, 2019 by Tim Simmons

A group of Yardley and Doylestown students and teachers were treated to a special matinee performance of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” on Friday, January 11 at the Music Mountain Theatre in Lambertville, NJ. “The Complete Works” takes the audience through all 37 of Shakespeare's plays - the histories, the tragedies, and the comedies - in just 97 minut...

Rock Climbing Trip – 2017

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Tim Simmons

Eight students and two teachers from the Yardley campus of New Hope Academy visited the Doylestown Rock Gym in Doylestown, PA, on Wednesday, November 15. Upon arrival, the climbers were given harnesses to wear that attached to the ropes. After a brief intro and tutorial, the climbers were instructed to climb from side-to-side a 4-foot section of the wall that wrapped around hal...

Science Olympiad -2017

Posted on March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 by Tim Simmons

On March 1, 12 students from New Hope Academy participated in the Southeast PA Regional Science Olympiad competition at Neumann University. The Science Olympiad, an international nonprofit organization, features tournaments comprised of rigorous academic interscholastic competitions. The competitions consist of a series of individual and team events, which students prepare for ...

Buck County Community College Trip

Posted on May 5, 2016June 5, 2016 by Tim Simmons

On May 5th, some Yardley students got to tour Bucks County Community College in Newtown, PA. When we first arrived at the college, we all thought, “Wow this is a big college to be a community college!” As the tour of the campus started, we learned that the reason that it was so big was because it used to be a mansion. Then we talked about the ways in which we can learn and get ...

Rock Climbing Trip

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Tim Simmons

By: Chris Martin On December 3rd, 2015, 9 students from New Hope Academy’s Yardley campus attended the Fall 2015 Rock Climbing Trip with Mark Beuerle and Caryn Search for a day of fun climbing walls with rocks. The students who attended, Eric Branchek, Alex Goodkind, Evan Meyers, Austin Makatura, Chris Martin, Taylor Cseplo, Nathan Tatar, Lexi McGinty and Eddie Karklis, couldn'...

Pawn Sacrifice- Chess Club Screening

Posted on October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 by Tim Simmons

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 Tim Simmons

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 Tim Simmons

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...