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	2/9/2010 - Early Mardi Gras! While Mardi Gras doesn't REALLY begin until next Tuesday, we're going to be away early next week on the extended weekend following Winter Parents' Weekend. As a result, the kitchen pulled out all the Mardi Gras stops, trying hard to fatten us up in preparation for Fat Tuesday. It was just another example of how our kitchen staff go the extr...   View
	2/7/2010 - Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The contest begins in individual classrooms, and goes from there to a school-wide competition before moving on to regional, state, and finally the nationals in Washington, DC. Having finished work at the classroom level, we were ready F...   View
	2/7/2010 - GLOW Dance! The Holderness School TODAY Group sponsored a Lakes Region "Glow Dance." The poster which went out to all the schools read: "This is going to be the hottest party of the New Year! We have the best DJ of 2010 playing everyone's favorite music! Reggae, Techno, Pop, Hip-Hop, Rap & More. It is not an event you will want to miss! Hope to see you there!" ...   View
	2/7/2010 - Happy Chinese New Year! Sunday night Mrs. Peck and I hosted 45 students, faculty, and family at our house for a Chinese New Year celebration. We were a week early because next Sunday (the real date) we will all be on the Parents' Weekend break. So tonight we enjoyed dumplings, pork fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, Chinese meat balls, and many more delicious Chine...   View
	2/6/2010 - Last night at family-style dinner, members of Ms. Lewis's History I class hosted an Italian Renaissance-style dinner in the dining hall. Students dressed up "in attire typical of the Renaissance" and acted as storytellers, dancers, musicians, and servants for the rest of the school. Seating was done by class, reflecting the rigid social system of the Italian Renaiss...   View
	2/5/2010 - Holderness believes in the need for continuous improvement in all we do - be it in the classroom, on the playing fields, in the dormitories, and in our kitchen. Yesterday morning and through lunch, Holderness was pleased to host two chefs - Joe Wong and Thomas Lau - from Performance Foodservice's Asian department. They were there to provide some guidance and instruc...   View
	2/4/2010 - Yesterday, thanks to the recent snow, the Holderness Nordic skiers hosted another Lakes Region race, with both the boys and girls teams turning in some great performances. Mr. van der Linde charted out the course, forcing all racers up a steep hill not long after the start. It made for a challenging opening to the race, but a great picture. Above, the boys hit that...   View
	2/3/2010 - This in from Mr. William Burke - former faculty member at Holderness, and current Headmaster at St. Sebastian's School - about Norm Walker, who spent some time yesterday teaching at St. Seb's. Norm Walker retired from teaching at Holderness in 2007, and we're happy to see him continuing to work his magic in the classroom: "Norm Walker, educator, poet, and football ...   View
	2/3/2010 - In late August, Ms. Sullivan and Mr. Peller are planning a trip to Thailand built around "adventure, service learning, and Buddhist awakening." The trip includes a tour of Bangkok, exploring the Ayutthaya ruins, hikes, an exploration of Doi Sutep temple, and farming and construction projects in support of a Karian hill tribe village. Mr. Peller has led nine similar trips i...   View
	2/2/2010 - Yesterday afternoon, students from Ms. Cirone's, Mr. Day's, and Ms. Sullivan's US History classes attended an interesting history conference and discussion about the "Wizard of Oz." Mr. Day, history department chair, wrote his master's thesis about the famous book and movie, describing how the story and characters were an allegory for the Populist Movement. Dorothy...   View