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Academy Chronicle

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Academy Chronicle

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Academy Chronicle

BCA Takes on DECA SCDC 2025: A Recap of the Conference
BCA Takes on DECA SCDC 2025: A Recap of the Conference
Ashna Patel March 12, 2025

From March 4th to March 6th, BCA students from the Academy of Business and Finance traveled to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to compete at the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) State Career Development...

Club Getaway: BCA's Annual Freshman Trip
Club Getaway: BCA’s Annual Freshman Trip
March 12, 2025

From September 4th to 6th, the class of 2028 freshmen at BCA traveled to the annual freshman overnight trip, Club Getaway, which kicked the school year off on the right foot. The trip was a great experience...

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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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Video Games vs. Board Games:
Video Games vs. Board Games:
Vatsal Upadhyay, Writer • March 12, 2025
After a launch of a survey the ultimate battle between Video Games vs. Board Games began at the Bergen County Academies!
BCA Bake Sales
March 27, 2024
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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2024: Iconic or Impetuous?
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2024: Iconic or Impetuous?
Ishika Ranka, Treasurer-Journalist • February 12, 2025
After a five-year break, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show came back in 2024 with big promises of being better and more inclusive. It brought back some famous faces, introduced new ones, and even tried to adjust to a society that’s now more focused on body positivity and diversity. But was it actually enough to win over the students at BCA and the younger generation in general? The reactions were definitely mixed.
A Likely Epidemic
A Likely Epidemic
December 4, 2024
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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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