Durham Academy Magazine

In the face of daunting challenges and dizzying change, some communities have the ability to not just survive, but thrive.

Five takeaways about how DA helps students navigate the college admissions process and find their college and career path — and equips them with long-lasting life skills.

Lori Reade: “We talk about being moral, happy and productive. Well, what leads to happiness? Hypothetically, we hope that you're doing something that you love.”

In the year since Durham Academy launched the IJF — an outgrowth of the Strategic Vision’s Goal 3, “Innovate more boldly” — 22 out-of-the-box proposals from faculty and staff have been approved to move from concept to concrete.

Advanced Placement courses will be fully sunset in 2024–2025. In their place will be DA's most advanced, rigorous, globally relevant courses that emphasize depth over breadth and that teach students to synthesize complex information and apply knowledge and skills to real life.

In 2022–2023, sustainability efforts gained official status through an Innovation Journey Fund grant. We established a Sustainability Leadership Team and contracted with the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education and GreenPlaces.

Elizabeth Wong '23 was among eight Upper Schoolers who explored interests at the first-ever TEDxDA event.

Since arriving at DA in 2015, the second-grade teacher has made her students more eager and able to learn.

It’s been a long time coming, but renovations to the Durham Academy Lower School playground are swinging into action.