Dear NYMA Parents, Guardians, Students, Staff, and Faculty, We are writing to provide you with an update about the Coronavirus Disease 2019, also known as COVID-19, and the Academy’s efforts to ensure the health and safety of students, staff, and community. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) is
If you could go back in time, what would you tell your fourteen-year old self? It is easy for me as a parent of teenagers to share wisdom stored from far more years of experience than my young son and daughter, hoping and praying, that the message sinks in. This Thursday I
In 1898, ten years into the New York Military Academy’s founding Burr “Gil” Griswold Wilson arrived at the Academy. He was from a famous rowing family and went to work on establishing a men’s rowing program at NYMA. He procured a rowing shell from the New York Athletic Club and
Teaching the American political system to our NYMA Cadets I am heart warmed by their curiosity and questions. As we have watched Iowa, New Hampshire, the Democratic Debate, and survey Nevada and South Carolina for next week with Super Tuesday looming in the wings, I hope their interest and education
This weekend I went at mass with my family. The gospel of the mass was from St. Matthew. “You are the salt of the earth,” he wrote. I had never thought much about salt. A common condiment found on every kitchen table. Father John, our parish priest, however, gave me an understanding of this famous
In the middle of the twentieth century the United States faced one of its greatest challenges. America twenty years earlier had thought it had made the “world safe for democracy” and had failed. In December of 1941 facing entry into World War sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers all were asked
Today with our political debates and the election season at our doorstep, I thought it important to reflect on our First Amendment right of speech. In 1919 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against Charles Schenck. Schenck had argued that his freedom of speech had been denied. He was, like many
Superintendent John Dolan Announces Retirement from the New York Military Academy. On December 31, 2019 Superintendent John Dolan officially retired from the New York Military Academy. Deeply respected, Mr. Dolan has served the Academy for over three years as the Director of Admissions and Superintendent, contributing greatly to the development
Beginning a new class this week on our government and elections I thought I might reflect on our Bill of Rights over the next few weeks and its meaning to us as world citizens and life-long students. Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence wrote that “all men have the right
This week marks the end of the term and as our Corps of Cadets venture home we are blessed with warm goodbyes, hugs, and wishes for safe travels. It is impossible not to be in awe of the change in our relationship since they first met me that early September
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