The great formative philosophers Aristotle, student of Plato (and, by extension, Socrates) in the West, and Mencius, disciple of Confucius in the East, were contemporaries. The Pax Romana and the golden age of the Han Dynasty ran parallel on different sides of the world. And now students of the 21st century immerse themselves in the best of the legacies of the East and West at Northern Academy of the Arts, a school founded by concerned professionals who wanted to see education return to something that would truly provide moral and academic excellence.
School closures due to the pandemic have caused parents and students across the country to reconsider the value of the school atmosphere and what it means to be a place of learning. For Northern Academy in Middletown, New York, this was the very issue that led to its founding.
