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	9/7/2009 - Welcome to Holderness School! Today we celebrated Labor Day at Holderness by welcoming our new International students. These students and some of their parents are here for a two day Orientation before heading out in the woods on the Orientation Hike. This year is especially exciting for Holderness because we have students attending for the first time ever fr...   View
	9/6/2009 - Preseason football began on Friday over at Gallop/Bartsch and coaches and athletes were on hand to enjoy the beautiful weather and one another as another season begins to take shape. Holderness plays in the Evergreen League, a group of similar schools that provide balanced competition every year. Many thanks to the coaches and players who put so much time and energy into b...   View
	9/3/2009 - Opening meetings give the faculty and administration an opportunity to finalize important details, share stories of personal growth, and make progress on long-term issues prior to the formal start of school. Yesterday's meeting included a presentation from Kathy and Rich Weymouth about their sabbatical year, an introduction to the Western Civilization course (requi...   View
	9/2/2009 - It appears that the tales of sky diving and triathlons posted earlier have inspired some competition. Here's Carson Houle '11 and his dad atop Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, last week. He had this to report: "Last week, my dad and I returned from Africa where we summitted Kilimanjaro (19,340'). During the seven day climb, we met great people and en...   View
	9/1/2009 - Welcome to Holderness! Today we officially welcome the new faculty to Holderness School. Our new colleagues (well, Francis Chapuredima arrived last spring) are going through a full day getting oriented. They will finish the day with a welcoming dinner at the Weymouth's summer cottage. To read about the newest members of the Holderness family please check out the f...   View
	8/31/2009 - For several years, Holderness School has been working to create an on-campus child care facility serving members of the faculty and staff, as well as those in the immediate Plymouth and Holderness area. Today, we were pleased to see the hard work and planning of many come to fruition, as the White Mountain Montessori School opened on Mount Prospect Street in a Holderness S...   View
	8/29/2009 - New Opportunities! I just received a wonderful photo from Lily Kendall '09 with Vicky and Chris Stigum, all three of whom are off on new adventures. Lily is starting college at the University of Montana in Missoula, and the Stigums are headed to Vancouver B.C. to start their "Chair Program" year. The Stigums will be living in Vancouver this year while Vicky is taki...   View
	8/25/2009 - Members of the boys varsity soccer team assembled this morning in front of Gallop/Bartsch before heading out for their preseason camp at Camp Cedar in Casco, ME. It's one of several camps this summer aimed at helping our teams and athletes prepare for the upcoming season and year. Good luck, and have fun!...   View
	8/24/2009 - MJ Germanos '10 was captured in this photo several thousand feet up in the air, enjoying her first tandem skydiving jump last week. This student leader and rising senior jumped from 11,000 feet, and (in the words of her parents) "to say the least... loved it." Her parents did go on to qualify the statement, however: "...unfortunately for her parents." We look forwar...   View
	8/20/2009 - Even in the middle of the summer, Holderness students are out and about, finding fun and friendship. The photo and following write-up comes to us from President Ashley Boulton '10, who (with a great team of Vice President Abby Alexander '10 and Weld Hall Supervisor Jack Hyslip '10) recently competed in the 2009 Granite Man Triathlon in Wolfeboro, NH. "The Triathlon...   View