Newark Academy - Campus

Campus

Newark Academy is located on a 68-acre (280,000 m2) campus in northern New Jersey. The main, red brick, colonial-style building is home to a 550-seat auditorium, five science laboratories, 40 classrooms, a language laboratory, a computer facility and a 350-seat dining room.

The Hawkes Memorial Library, opened in 1974, houses a 23,000-volume collection, as well as a vast periodical and microfilm collection.

The Elizabeth B. McGraw Arts Center, which opened in 1992, contains three studio art classrooms (ceramics, drawing, and painting), a darkroom, a band/orchestra room, choral room, dance studio, a "black box" theater and an art gallery.

The Morris Interactive Learning Center, opened in 1995, houses 18 iMac computers, a Smartboard and projector, as well as scanners and printers for student and faculty use.

The Geochron (Geochron Global Time Indicator), which was purchased in 2004, is located in the main entrance hall, and shows at any given moment where it is light and dark in the world.

The most recent addition is the William E. and Carol G. Simon Family Field House, which opened in 2001. This 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m2) athletic center houses a gymnasium with three basketball courts, a six-lane pool with spectator area, a four-lane track and a state-of-the-art fitness center. Wrestling and fencing gyms are located in the main building.

Newark Academy's outdoor facilities include courtyards with seating areas, two baseball diamonds, a softball field, an all-weather track, a field hockey area, two lacrosse and soccer fields, two football fields, one basketball half court, a cross country course and 10 tennis courts.

Newark Academy's campus is bordered by woods along the Passaic River. In September 2002, the school marked the opening of The Carol J. Heaney Nature Trail, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) system of hiking trails and outdoor classrooms.

Newark Academy embraces the opportunity to become a pioneer among educational institutions in minimizing its impact on the environment and in promoting efforts to restore the integrity of its surrounding ecological systems. The Academy’s current initiatives include increased recycling efforts, the introduction of energy efficient lighting, exploration of renewable energy options, Passaic River clean-up and maintenance of a campus vegetable garden.