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	3/15/2010 - One of the Senior Colloquium classes this year is service, and several Holderness students have been up at the Hunter School working with the students there for the past week. Today was "Holderness activity day," with our seniors rotating through classes, leading activities including Bingo, singing/dancing, introductory Spanish, basketball, and poetry. All were fin...   View
	3/15/2010 - Want to see a practical application for robotics? Call the bomb squad. That's what Reggie Pettitt did as part of his Robotics Senior Colloquium class today. Students from Mr. Pettitt's class got a first-hand demonstration of the technology utilized by these folks as they work to keep us safe. Many thanks to TFC Jeff Dade, who brought the full set-up for the kids, a...   View
	3/14/2010 - Another set of pictures arrived from Philadelphia from the Project Outreach group last night, courtesy of Ms. White. From Fairmount Park (Philadelphia's largest source of green goodness) to the St. Barnabas Mission's Butterfly Program (where students work with some great kids), they're having fun and learning a great deal about a place completely new to most of them. <...   View
	3/14/2010 - While the majority of our students are hard at work in Special Programs, some talented young skiers are equally busy representing Holderness at Sunday River at the J3 Junior Olympics. These two shots come from the medal ceremony. The description (from Ms. Macomber): "Elena Bird earned a 5th and Kelly Dinapoli a 7th in the GS at the J3 Junior Olympics at Sunday Rive...   View
	3/13/2010 - Friday evening, the Artward Bound groups came together for a performance involving everything from comedy improv to improvisational music, slideshows to slam poetry, movies to puppetry. In every act, students showed themselves as creative and collaborative artists, putting themselves out there in front of their peers, and using a variety of media to express their feelings ...   View
	3/12/2010 - And the Out Back groups are out on solo! This morning, all of the OB groups came into base camp to get their whistle, food, tarp, Wilson lid, pencil, paper, and instructions for the next several days. It was a time of anxiety, yes, but also a time of excitement, as the groups got ready to meet their next challenge. The weather looks fairly good for the weekend, and the fac...   View
	3/11/2010 - Evenings during Artward Bound, students, artists, and faculty are treated to a series of performances and activities designed to underscore the goals of the program. Last night, our own Mr. LaRocca - an accomplished musician himself - told stories in song based on a book of mugshots taken over the last 100 years. Above, he sings a song called "Fire and Brimstone," ...   View
	3/10/2010 - Last night, the Artward Bound group walked down to Plymouth State's Silver Center for a night of poetry, featuring our own Salamarie Frazier '12. It was the regional competition, and, although Sala did not "win the night," she won the respect and admiration of all who watched her. Pictured above is Sala with her family and Kahlil Almustafa (one of the AB visiting a...   View
	3/10/2010 - This write-up and picture from Martha Macomber. Go, Bulls! "Yesterday, members of the Holderness J2 National team concluded the eight-day event with the downhill. Emily Hayes medaled with a sixth and Lily Ford earned an impressive eighth.  The size of the contingent - six athletes - was one of the largest of any single program in the country sending skiers to this ...   View
	3/9/2010 - Sophomores gathered together this morning for their second day of Artward Bound workshops, which this year include: Painting (Marlene White), Glass Beading (Sarah Hipple), Handmade Books (Laura Gaffke), Puppetry (Beth Nixon), Blacksmithing (Garry Kalajian), Slam Poetry (Kahlil Alumustafa), Glass Slumping (Shandra McLane), and Improvisational Music (Matt LaRocca). Students ...   View