Experiential Learning - Newark Academy

Experiential Learning - Newark Academy
Experiential Learning
Learning at Newark Academy transcends the traditional classroom. Our various experiential learning experiences allow students to embrace and develop a growth mindset while taking risks, questioning the status quo and exploring their passions.
In This Section
Immersion Experiences
Off-Campus Study
June Term and Capstone
Senior Projects
Service-Learning
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Immersion Experiences are a signature part of the Newark Academy educational experience.  All Upper School students must complete an Immersion experience during their time at Newark Academy, but many choose to go on multiple trips. During these language, service, and wilderness immersions, students lean into discomfort and learn to adapt to unfamiliar situations as they embark on trips that emphasize independent thinking, cultural understanding and global stewardship.
A trip with an immersive homestay experience for a majority of the experience.
A trip with a homestay experience and at least 60 hours of community service.
A trip spent exploring and camping in the great outdoors.
Ways to Meet the Immersion Requirement:
Join a group trip organized and led by members of the NA faculty
Embark on an approved trip offered by an outside organization
Propose a self-designed experience for approval
Newark Academy makes every effort to offer students and their families with affordable options for fulfilling the Immersion Experience requirement. Students receiving financial aid from Newark Academy will receive a level of aid in covering trip costs commensurate with the percentage of their overall annual award.
Maria Teresa McNeilly-Anta
For students who want to even further escape their comfort zones, Newark Academy partners with some of the world’s most highly respected semester-long travel and study programs.
This program emphasizes outdoor and wilderness education in the beautiful setting of Cascade, Idaho. It also includes a 5-week trip to Chile for immersive experiences in language and service.
Spend a term scuba diving, conducting aquaculture research, exploring Bahamian art and culture and investigating celestial navigation.
On the coast of Maine, you will help run a farm and learn about the beautiful and delicate balance of maritime life.
The School for Ethics and Global Leadership emphasizes ethical thinking skills, leadership development and international affairs in Washington, D.C., Johannesburg, South Africa or London, England.
Your home base: 10,000 feet above sea level in the Colorado Rockies. Travel on three major excursions throughout the West, making the outdoors your classroom.
Choose your destination for an incredible semester or full-year educational experience overseas in France, Spain or Italy.
Richard DiBianca
June Term & Capstone Experiences
At Newark Academy, the final two weeks of the school year are a time for immersive, hands-on discovery in both NA’s Upper and Middle School.
During the last month of school, Grade 12 students partake in Senior Projects — a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a passion they have always wanted to pursue, learn a new skill or gain real-world experience in a workplace, under the guidance of a mentor. Past Senior Projects have included learning how to fly fish, getting scuba diving certified, working as a mechanic’s apprentice, backpacking Yosemite’s North Rim, volunteering in a marine lab, working as a prep cook, interning in social media marketing and learning how to sew clothes. Upon conclusion, students will write a reflection and present about their experience to faculty members and peers.
Landon Allen
Service-learning, in which students combine service and community engagement with learning objectives, happens during various curricular courses at NA. Most notably, service-learning is the guiding principle of the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) Projects, as part of the International Baccalaureate Diploma. However, service-learning also takes place through various avenues outside of the classroom including during the planning and reflecting stages of community engagement events, through student-led club activities and in select June Term courses, Immersion Experiences and Off-Campus Study programs.
Sarah Fischer