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	10/14/2009 - Early this afternoon - as the girls varsity field hockey team didn't have a game - it was time to engage in a different (though no less serious) form of competition: carving pumpkins. The girls split up into teams of three and carved their pumpkins for display in front of Schoolhouse. These works of art were in turn judged by Mr. Barnum, Ms. Christiansen, and Ms. Lewis. Th...   View
	10/13/2009 - Each year, Holderness School invites athletes from the surrounding community to our school to participate in some fun drills and work on some specific skills. We do this to reach out to the great community that we live in here in the Plymouth area. Within the last week, the varsity soccer and field hockey teams invited several dozen boys and girls from Plymouth and...   View
	10/12/2009 - Fall in the White Mountains! What a busy and beautiful weekend! With KUA Day on Friday (adjusted from Saturday so that all senior athletes could focus on athletics on Friday and the SATs on Saturday morning), followed by classes and the Sandwich Fair on Saturday, and the Open House, hikes, and Canadian Thanksgiving on Sunday, the Holderness campus was abuzz. View
	10/11/2009 - Sandwich Fair! After Brunch this Sunday we had several fall adventures: One group of students hiked a beautiful local mountain Welch and Dickey with Ms. Sullivan and Mr. Peller. Another group went with Mr. Flinders to get firewood for local families in need. There was also a trip with Ms. Glew to the Sandwich Fair, which is one of New Hampshire's finest tow...   View
	10/11/2009 - Happy Thanksgiving! This afternoon the Cirones hosted a Canadian Thanksgiving celebration. Mrs. Cirone wrote: "Probably the best Canadian Thanksgiving to date! Robert and Emily Caldwell brought two grilled turkeys. 15 pounds of potatoes, 3 pounds of green beans, 7 pies and some Canadian delicacies (Smarties, Coffee Crisps and ummm...ketchup flavored potato chips...   View
	10/10/2009 - Off to the Woods! The biology classes are now heading for the woods. Studies of forest ecology include investigation into the timing of foliage and leaf drop, using a Hubbard Brook protocol. Students are learning about the formation of our forest soils, the factors determining local diversity, the interactions which lead to forest succession, and the basics of tr...   View
	10/9/2009 - Norm Walker - a legendary teacher, coach, mentor, and friend who retired several years ago - was back on campus this morning to receive well-deserved praise for the second edition of his book, Teachers, and to teach in Ms. Brewer's and Mr. Durnan's AP Composition class. At assembly, Mr. Durnan read the poem "From a Teacher on Bearing Childmen" from Norm's bo...   View
	10/8/2009 - Lunch and a flu shot! Those students with parental permission queued up in the foyer of Weld to receive the standard annual flu shot from health center staff and several other health care professionals who came in to help. Holderness continues to keep a close eye on the health of its students, stressing common-sense measures like prevention (thorough hand-washing, ...   View
	10/8/2009 - Nepal Trek! Tonight at chapel Mr. van der Linde gave an inspiring talk about a six week research trek that he and Mrs. van der Linde did in Nepal five years ago to gather data for his Master's Thesis on Sherpa culture. He showed us almost fifty photos from their trip to Nepal. They spent time in Kathmandu, Khumbu, and the base camp area on Mt. Everest. Many ...   View
	10/7/2009 - Faculty meetings are not just about nuts and bolts and scheduling issues. They're also an opportunity to talk about teaching and learning, something often best done by sharing what's happening in our classrooms and why. We recently initiated a program in which departments take turns presenting at Faculty Meeting about how they teach or utilize a particular skill. L...   View