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	4/19/2009 - Spring on the Quad A highlight of each spring is spending warm Sunday afternoons resting and recreating on the quad. Today was the first warm Sunday afternoon. Students were playing frisbee, throwing lacrosse balls, reading, doing SAT review sessions (really!), reading, and relaxing with friends all over the quad. Pictured here is the ice cream table, which...   View
	4/18/2009 - The cycling team was on the grass the other day, practicing arm-to-arm contact and bumping wheels in anticipation of some upcoming competitions. The Holderness Road Race is coming up next Wednesday, which runs from the Holderness campus to Waterville Valley, and we welcome everyone to come out and support the Bulls as they go head-to-head against some of the best competiti...   View
	4/16/2009 - Spring Quad Golfing As I was walking home from my office last night I ran into Jordan Cargill hitting a golf ball outside the Schoolhouse. Not only was Jordan golfing, he was being cheered on by six other enthusiastic spring evening golfers (I am not sure any are on the golf team). Next up to tee was Mardi Haskell. One of the treats in spring is that there i...   View
	4/16/2009 - Senior "Almost Alumni" Dinner Tonight, instead of chapel and Thursday night dinner, we surprised the senior class with a special dinner at the Common Man Inn. Buses and vans took the entire senior class to the Inn, where we enjoyed an excellent meal and some fun an thoughtful reflections from four alums. Chris Carney '75, President of the Alumni Association a...   View
	4/15/2009 - Catching up with Norm and Phyllis Yesterday, long-time teacher Jim Brewer, Publications Director Rick Carey, and I traveled to Rye to spend some time with Norm and Phyllis Walker. As many folks know, Norm is bravely battling cancer. We spent a couple hours with Norm. His courage, thoughtfulness, and ability to savor every moment is truly inspiring. Of course...   View
	4/15/2009 - As part of its mission to "instill in all the resolve to work for the betterment of humankind and God's creation," Holderness asks its students to participate actively in community service projects, both on and off campus. This year, Jeff Wasson '10 and Nik Garofalo '09 have voluntarily taken on the challenge of becoming Big Brothers to two boys at the Holderness Central S...   View
	4/15/2009 - The Holderness Bull helps out! If you've been reading the web site articles, you will have noticed that the paper mache bull in Gallop has been making his rounds the last couple nights. Believe it or not, this morning I witnessed how the same Bull helped a student get a date for the "prom." While I was taking a photo of the Bull holding the sign created by...   View
	4/13/2009 - Happy Easter Monday! This morning, the school community came together for our Easter service, overseen by Randy Dales - former faculty member, current trustee, and step-father to our math department chairperson Ryan Tyler. In addition to the regular Easter hymns and the Eucharist, Rev. Dales also delivered a sermon about belief, quoting a wide range of sources, from a Masa...   View
	4/13/2009 - Springing into Action! This spring has not been especially warm, but Monday afternoon the temperatures rose into the 50's and lots of students were out taking advantage of the warmer weather. Following lunch a small group of students were outside Rathbun enjoying the warmth and testing their skate boarding skills. Pictured here is Nick Goodrich holding...   View
	4/11/2009 - Easter Weekend This weekend over a hundred students stayed on campus. On Saturday afternoon we had a full schedule of home and away games, which lots of students, parents, and alums attended. On Saturday evening a van load of students went to a diversity dance in Boston; another van went to see movies up in Lincoln; and on campus we had our own Oscar night watching...   View