Heritage Night!
Hannah Noh, School News Editor
May 23, 2018
The warm stage lights dim as the seated audience ― filled with familiar smiling faces of parents, relatives, and friends ― clap and cheer for the first act of the night to commence. This year on June 8, BCA’s first ever Heritage Night will take place in the THARTS facility, where students ...
Print Week at BCA
Elana Lane
May 11, 2018
Bergen County Academies students reflect on the annual Print Week celebration held at their school. Print Week at the Bergen County Academies is perhaps the most anticipated event of the year for students in the Academy for Visual Arts. Print Week serves as an event for Visual Arts students to come tog...
Safety and Security at BCA Takes the Forefront of Conversation after Parkland Shooting
Elana Lane, Writer
May 11, 2018
Education has been described as the “great equalizer” of American citizens countless times in history. Students across the country– and around the world, for that matter– receive schooling to prepare them for living in the adult world. One thing unique to schooling in recent years, though, is a m...
BCA’s Very Own Shakespeare in the Park!
Casey Beidel
May 10, 2018
This Friday, May 11th, BCA is bringing a classic Shakespeare play to you! At 7 PM, you can come support student-run theatre outside the checkerboard. Even though Shakespeare wrote one of his most renowned masterpieces, Twelfth Night, over four hundred years ago, it is still performed today, often with ...
BCA College Fair – Review
Anaiah Thomas, Writer
May 1, 2018
Masses of students gathered for the BCA College Expo on the afternoons of April 16th and 17th. The event was specifically targeted towards Academy sophomores and juniors, who need to make decisions about their college education in the next one to two years. The goal of the College Expo was to force ...
SUCCESS: The Hopeful Seven-Letter Word
Hannah Noh, School News Editor
April 18, 2018
What does the word "success" mean to students here at BCA?
Meet the Principal: Mr. Davis
Krishi Desai
April 11, 2018
Meet the Principal: Mr. Davis The Academy Chronicle recently sat down for an interview with Mr. Russell Davis, the principal of almost 10 years at Bergen County Academies. This interview allowed the Chronicle to learn more about Mr. Davis’ life experiences and his career as an ...
Meet the Makeup Artist: Ms. Kouefati
Rachel Hur, Business Manager
April 11, 2018
Ms. Kouefati is a freshman and sophomore English teacher who is known for her creative teaching techniques and laughter-filled classes; however, not only is she a talented teacher, but also a gifted makeup artist! The Academy Chronicle was lucky enough to sit down with Ms. Kouefati to discuss her exp...
Twenty Years of Chocolate
Anaiah Thomas, Writer
March 29, 2018
On March 26th, Bergen County Academies hosted its twentieth annual Chocolate Competition. BCA juniors and seniors in ACAHA had the opportunity to create a cake based on a theme they found inspirational. The one requirement is that chocolate is used as a core ingredient. This year nineteen teams of stu...
AMUN Conference: BCA edition
Katie Vandermel, Staff Writer
March 27, 2018
From February 1st to 2nd, over 500 students from a plethora of towns gathered in BCA’s auditorium for the opening ceremony of BCA’s 19th annual Academy Model United Nations conference. In anticipation of their first committee session, they shifted in their seats, cheering and applauding when prompted, b...
Our Very Own ISEF Feeder Fair: The BCA Research Exposition
Jamie Yun Lee and Elizabeth Lee
March 20, 2018
This year, the Society for Science and the Public approved the Bergen County Academies to run our own ISEF-affiliated fair: The BCA Research Exposition! On Sunday March 4th, 2018, over 200 BCA research students presented their research projects to judges. Two students from the BCA Research Expo go on t...
Meet the President and Vice President: Michael Murphy and Jessica Shi
Rachel Hur
March 20, 2018
On January 3, 2018, Michael Murphy (ABF 2019) and Jessica Shi (AMST 2019) were elected to lead BCA’s student body as the new StuCo President and Vice President. They have both been recognized for their charisma as well as their outstanding election campaigns which have won the hearts of the BCA stud...
