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Academy Chronicle

The student news site of Bergen County Academies

Academy Chronicle

The student news site of Bergen County Academies

Academy Chronicle

BCA history teacher Mr. Lancaster traveling in Asia.
Mr. Lancaster goes to Vietnam
Amrita Kumar June 4, 2025

For most students in the U.S., the Vietnam War is a lesson in history class, often taught through the American perspective. But for BCA’s Mr. Lancaster, the war became more than a textbook chapter in...

Chocolate Competition 2025
Chocolate Competition 2025
Vatsal Upadhyay June 4, 2025

In a fun display of creativity and sugar, culinary (ACHA) students from Bergen County Academies (BCA) showed off their impressive cakes at this year’s Chocolate Competition. The event, held on Thursday,...

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Looking Back: BCA's Winter Pep Rally
Looking Back: BCA’s Winter Pep Rally
Chloe Chung, Contributor • February 26, 2024

  Amidst the chill of winter, BCA held its  Winter Pep Rally on Friday, February 9th. The Winter Pep Rally is organized by the BCA student council and aims...

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A man typing to ChatGPT on a laptop. (Matheus Bertelli, Pexels)
AI’s Growth is Accelerating. How Will Education Adapt?
Thomas Torossian March 12, 2025

The year 2024 saw unprecedented growth in artificial intelligence: new innovations included models that could generate breathtaking videos, and others that could reason with...

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Writing: the Joy, the Agony, and the Reality
Amalia Ponomarev March 12, 2025

Ernest Hemingway once said, "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." What Hemingway did not note was that, for the average person,...

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The text on the sign is, "Even the fascist junta will not remove us." This is a protest in Turkiye during the 1980s by socialists. There are military police on the right observing the protest.
Would You Fear? Turkiye 1980-1981
Ekin Bozer March 5, 2025

The year is 1980, tensions have built and now leftist, rightist, and Islamist parties are launching terror attacks on each other in Turkiye (Turkey). Then, on the 12th of...

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Junior Year And Driving
Junior Year And Driving
Martina Lipczyk June 4, 2025

Junior year is full of monumental and life-changing events and exams, from AP tests to SATs to J-Prom. One of the most unarguably important milestones, however, is the ability...

Different types of kimchi
How Do You Kimchi?
May 21, 2025
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What Are The Trendiest Shoes at BCA?
Saanvi Gaur June 4, 2025

     Shoes are a necessity as well as a huge part of fashion. When it comes to BCA, there’s many types of shoes, from comfy UGGs to fashionable sneakers. BCA students...

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Who Is Listening to Classical Music These Days?
Edward Lee May 17, 2024

Imagine an evening at a grand concert hall, where the quiet murmur of an audience fills the air. The musicians hold their instruments, waiting for the sign of the conductor....

One of the many booths in the lower cafeteria.
BCA’s Booth Culture
December 13, 2023
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