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	9/29/2009 - Improv Warm Up! Arts in the afternoon, or "varsity arts," is a way that Holderness supports students who are passionate about the arts and want to pursue interests beyond what is available in the formal course curriculum. Our gifted art faculty provide offerings in photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, music recording, improv, and theater. Thi...   View
	9/29/2009 - Rock Band! Tonight, after family-style dinner from 6:45-7:45, we enjoyed intervisitation in the boys' dorms. As I was walking by Webster, I looked in a corner room expecting to see girls visiting boys in Webster. Instead there were five students and Mr. Skelley playing Rock Band. Needless to say it was excellent entertainment for them and for all of us fortunate e...   View
	9/28/2009 - This morning, we transformed the Chapel into a classroom of sorts to talk about the mystery of the sacrament of the Eucharist. Mr. Barton, who teaches a world religion course called "Bible," began the service with a quick reflection about his class. "I begin each semester asking students to discuss in brief their background and experience with formal religion. It i...   View
	9/26/2009 - "Fireside Chats" This morning in the Weld Faculty Lounge, we hosted the first of several "Fireside Chats" with administrators at Holderness. Peter Durnan, our Dean of Academic Affairs, gave the nearly 20 parents in attendance an overview of and answered questions about our academic program. Mr. Durnan introduced parents to Western Civilization, our new cross-curricu...   View
	9/26/2009 - Scavenger Hunt Madness! Tonight at 8:00 approximately 70 students ran from Weld Hall at the start of the Scavenger Hunt. Teams of 5 had two hours to locate three pages of items, including: pizza boxes, blue paper clips, an email from a 2008 alum, signature from the head of school, an American flag, a fan, a plunger, a bed... Needless to say for two hours teammates...   View
	9/25/2009 - This morning at assembly, we stood up together and sang "Lean on Me," that great Bill Withers classic. The song is familiar to us here at Holderness, as it is often used as a prelude to Special Programs in March, and was played a few weeks ago at an impromptu birthday gathering at Mr. Ford's house. We were led by the "assembly house band" made up of Mr. LaRocca on ...   View
	9/25/2009 - Blue Man Group! This afternoon at 5:00 the girls' field hockey team played one of our most competitive Lakes Region rivals, the New Hampton School. It was an exciting match, which our ladies won 3 to 1. The event was timed so that we could get as many students as possible out to the game and build school spirit as we enthusiastically cheered on our field h...   View
	9/24/2009 - Fordamongus! A school-wide goal this year is to actively implement Wiki pages into the curriculum. Steve Solberg has been visiting classes to provide helpful hints and models. Earlier this week, Mr. Solberg visited the ninth grade Western Civilization class to help them create a Wiki page around a particular Roman or Greek god. Of course, being very creative...   View
	9/24/2009 - African Connections! Today we were fortunate to have two alums visit campus. Fiston Kahindo '03 was here on behalf of Lynn University in Florida to meet with seniors who might be interested in Lynn as well as to catch up with faculty friends. Also here was Justin Hall '05 who was here today to meet with me to talk about being a school head. Fiston is from Kenya an...   View
	9/23/2009 - The Welds on Campus Edric A. Weld, Jr. was on campus yesterday with his daughter Leisa, exploring and rediscovering the place where he grew up. His father, the Rev. Edric Weld, was the sixth Headmaster of Holderness, serving from 1931 - 1951. Mr. Weld spent the morning touring campus and telling wonderful stories of Holderness School in the thirties and forties, oft...   View