A couple months ago, Chamber Theatre Productions came to our school to perform in their last ever show. The 7th and 8th graders saw the first two performances, and the 5th and 6th graders saw the last couple during C period. Their first performance, ‘The Monkey’s Paw’, was a story about a monkey’s paw that […]
Our Book Arts Project
A well-respected North Carolina artist called Peg Gignoux (https://gignouxart.com/) came to DA to work with Language Arts teacher Julie Williams to help with our books. Related to our Perfect Planet project, we made a book that Peg Gignoux helped us with, and everybody’s turned out sublime. I took many photos of my book. Here are a few photos: Go […]
My School’s Stock Market Project
Quite recently, our school started our stocks project, a simulation, of course. In the stock market simulation, we were given fake $20,000 to invest in. With a maximum of 6 companies to invest in, we created and coded a spreadsheet, needless to say, with the help of our math teacher. My friend Emmanuel and I invested in […]
With AI looming, Musicians’ careers are in trouble
Apparently ChatGPT can generate a tab for a song. What does this mean for regular musicians? Images by WikiMedia Commons For years and years, the grind for musicians has been no joke. Music was one of the ways that even some people in the 30s and 40s could deal with discrimination. It’s been nothing more […]
Astronaut Colonel Virtzs’ visit to DA
Colonel Virts settling into DA’s atmosphere at Horton Hall. Images by DA’s local photographers. Teachers wanted a learning experience. So, they invited world-renowned astronaut Colonel Virts to Durham Academy’s middle school on April 19th, 2023. His visit was quite exhilarating, for both space and science fans, and for people who barely had any interest for […]
The Musical Brilliance of Eminem that Differentiates Him from Other Hip-Hop Artists
Image from WikiMedia Commons Music changes, a lot. Despite facing difficulties to be respected the same way as white people, in the 1950s, classic Roots of Rock artists like Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and more started to wow the world by coming together and creating their own music. And the black community loved it, […]
My Perfect Planet – School project
As part of our Language Arts curriculum, we embarked on a fascinating project called “Our Perfect Planet.” Our class had been engrossed in the book, “The Last Cuentista,” which happens to be a favorite of our LA teacher. The story follows Petra and her family as they journey to a new planet, named Sagan, after […]
My slideshow presentation in French class
Two weeks back, I had to do a slideshow presentation for French class. Our assignment was to pick someone to do a verbal presentation about. It could be a family member, or it could be a famous person/celebrity. Your slideshow had to have a maximum (yes, a maximum) of five words. Everything else had to […]
My School’s Field Trip
Image from WikiMedia Commons My school Durham Academy Middle School recently attended a fun-filled trip to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences on January 27th. Firstly, we were surprised after seeing that there was another school having a field trip there, and even though it was a Friday, we saw lots of other kids and adults, […]
Who is Stromae, the loved Belgian singer all over the world?
Image from WikiMedia Commons. Stromae, originally born in Brussels, Belgium, is arguably the most loved French singer right now. He has not only won the Victoires de la Musique (basically the French Grammys), but is such a respected musician in many, many francophone countries. Although many do love him, he did not release any song for around […]