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Newark Academy is an independent school located in Livingston, New Jersey (USA). With both lower and upper schools, this institution comprises grades six through twelve.
Newark Academy was founded in 1774. It was located on Market Street in Downtown Newark, then High Street, then, after 1929, Orange Avenue in the Roseville section. Following its student population, the school moved in 1964 to a 68 acre campus in Livingston.
On this large campus are many facilities designed to make the student experience more well rounded. There is the Hawke Memorial Library housing a 23,000 volume collection. There is also the Elizabeth B. McGraw arts center. This contains three studio art classrooms (sculpture, drawing, and painting), a band room, choral room, dance studio, and a "black box" theater. Finally, the most recent edition, is the William E. and Carol G. Simon Family Field House which opened in 2001. This new facility houses a gym with basketball courts and an indoor track, a pool with state-of-the-art timing equipment, and a comprehensive fitness center. In the spaces formerly occupied by the pool and basketball courts there are now wrestling and fencing rooms.
Newark Academy offers two advanced curricula: Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Diploma. In fact, it is the only independent school in New Jersey who offers this full program. Along with these programs, the average class size is 12. 96% of faculty hold advanced degrees and an average of 22 years teaching experience.
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