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The accolades keep pouring in for the Kimball Union Academy girls’ varsity basketball team. The New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Girls Basketball Coaches Association named head coach Angelica Pascual Class C Coach of the Year for the 2024-25 season.

The trophy cases in the newly renovated Whittemore Athletic Center are about to get some shiny new additions as the boys’ varsity hockey team capped off its 2024-2025 season with a trio of titles.  

The final week of the winter trimester can often be busy as students prepare for tournament games, theater productions, and upcoming vacations. With that in mind, Kimball Union Academy introduced Project Week, a summative learning experience designed to engage students in hands-on learning and focused reflection.

Kimball Union Academy announced admissions decisions March 10 to applicants seeking enrollment for the 2025-2026 academic year.

It was a big day on The Hilltop for KUA Athletics on Wednesday. Not only did the Wildcats host a trio of NEPSAC tournament games in boys’ varsity basketball, girls’ varsity basketball, and boys’ varsity hockey, but the home team came away victorious in all-three contests to extend their postseason runs.

On a chilly Saturday morning in February, KUA students said so long to their regular routine of morning classes in favor of the school’s biannual Grade Level Activity Day (GLAD). The event, which occurs on a single day during each of the Fall and Winter trimesters, is required of all students, with each class year taking part in its own unique activity designed to resonate with their standing on their KUA journey.

Growing up in San Jose, California, Ada ’25 was more likely to have school canceled due to smoke than to snow, as most students experience here in New Hampshire. It’s no surprise then, with a habit of routinely checking the air quality index before going outside, why Ada has grown passionate about sustainability and its role in combating issues like climate change.

There are certain aspects of healthcare that Isobel ’25 would prefer not to deal with. Most notably, those involving trauma. But there are other aspects, like the ability to help individuals live better, more fulfilling lives, that motivated the Lebanon, N.H. native to try and find the intersection between medicine and another one of her passions in computer science.

The Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire once again recognized Kimball Union Academy students for their creativity and artistic achievement.

More than 30 Kimball Union Academy student-athletes were afforded the opportunity to train alongside a two-time Olympian this week, and pick up a few tips on mental fortitude that are likely to prove useful far beyond the slopes.