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    Leslie King
    Director of Marketing & Communications
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    Kate Auger
    Digital Content Specialist & Photographer

    Melody Guyton Butts
    Associate Director of Marketing & Communications

    Dylan Howlett
    Writer & Content Strategist

    Jesse Paddock
    Videographer

    Victoria Price
    Creative Services Manager

    Durham Academy’s magazine was first published in 1974. The annual publication features articles written by various members of the DA community, including faculty, staff, administrators, alumni and students.

    Embedded in the DNA of the Durham Academy community is a drive to make each day at least a little better than the day before. 

    Take Yash Mehta ’28, who invented an affordable braille-reading device for people with vision impairment. Or Distinguished Alumni Award winner Brooke Hartley Moy ’07, who is blazing a path as a woman in AI leadership — and Faculty and Staff Legacy Award honorees Steve and Teresa Engebretsen, who pursued a better tomorrow each day of their combined 88 years of service to DA. Or the DA parents and educators who are so thoughtfully considering the role that technology plays in the lives of young people.  

    Read about these and more strivers in the latest issue of Durham Academy Magazine.

    Cover of the summer 2025 issue of Durham Academy Magazine

    Mission-Driven

    Mission-Driven is Durham Academy’s blog about everyday examples of the moral, happy, productive lives of our students, faculty, staff, families and alumni. There’s something special about the DA experience, and we’ll share it with you here — defining who we are through our traditions, our hopes and our dreams for the future.

    Navigating Identity: A Journey of Empowerment and Advocacy
    Navigating Identity: A Journey of Empowerment and Advocacy

    Last week, a group of Durham Academy faculty, staff and students traveled to St. Louis to join other independent schools at two of this year’s NAIS Conferences: 13 faculty and staff participated in the People of Color Conference (PoCC), and six Upper School students attended the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC). For Bonnie Wang, attending the PoCC was a continuation of her unceasing work toward helping her students along their journey of self-realization.

    Read More about Navigating Identity: A Journey of Empowerment and Advocacy