Summer 2021
People
![The Greatest Graduation Ever]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1624550946/durham/crlkiql7e3y6y20l6nj2/052821DurhamAcademy_2025A.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1624550946/durham/crlkiql7e3y6y20l6nj2/052821DurhamAcademy_2025A.jpg","width":300}])
Our daughter graduated from Durham Academy last month, and it was not what we imagined it would be. It was terrible, beautiful, profound and unifying.
![Moral, Happy, Productive: Zoe Sinclair ’22]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1624548465/durham/jgijxmg1wt40ohmmqw2c/DA7_5869.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1624548465/durham/jgijxmg1wt40ohmmqw2c/DA7_5869.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1624548465/durham/jgijxmg1wt40ohmmqw2c/DA7_5869.jpg","width":600}])
Tackling racism — with its tentacles reaching into seemingly every facet of our society — can feel overwhelming. But, for anyone feeling that way, rising Durham Academy senior Zoe Sinclair wants you to know two things: that you can get started in this work with just a conversation.
![Faculty Spotlight: Upper School Math Teacher Ashu Saxena]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1624464266/durham/hkyp55eoswldkrtk7khw/IMG_2622.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1624464266/durham/hkyp55eoswldkrtk7khw/IMG_2622.jpg","width":500}])
Following his passions — among them, math, teaching and soccer — has led Saxena to success and fulfillment.
![With Demand at an All-Time High, Office of Information Technology Answers the Call]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1624376758/durham/p2yfcqwrdiardz14q0ol/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1624376758/durham/p2yfcqwrdiardz14q0ol/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1624376758/durham/p2yfcqwrdiardz14q0ol/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1624376758/durham/p2yfcqwrdiardz14q0ol/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg","width":1200}])
The OIT team went from working behind the scenes to being at the forefront of DA’s efforts to continue educating students amid a pandemic.
![Farewell to Departing Faculty and Staff]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1624376507/durham/gkanccerqjvp4kwopqp5/DA7_6230.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1624376507/durham/gkanccerqjvp4kwopqp5/DA7_6230.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1624376507/durham/gkanccerqjvp4kwopqp5/DA7_6230.jpg","width":800}])
Those saying goodbye have devoted a cumulative 312 years of service to DA.
![New School Year Will Bring New Faces to DA Faculty and Staff]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1625153382/durham/j2gbixwsmdri4zr7rnfr/_IMG_7147.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1625153382/durham/j2gbixwsmdri4zr7rnfr/_IMG_7147.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1625153382/durham/j2gbixwsmdri4zr7rnfr/_IMG_7147.jpg","width":600}])
In addition to the new faces that are to join the DA community this fall, several current faculty and staff members will take on new roles in the 2021–2022 school year.