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	4/10/2009 - Peter Kessler Receives Distinguished Alumni Award Today we were fortunate to have Peter Kessler, class of 1982, visit campus. He spoke to the Modern Middle East History class, received a student tour, attended the Good Friday service, and presented in assembly. Peter shared about his work in the UN overseeing refugee camps in Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle ...   View
	4/10/2009 - Good Friday Service Friday we celebrated Good Friday immediately following lunch. The 30 minute service was a short but meaningful reflection on Christ's Passion. All the students and faculty entered the chapel in silence. Mr. Amerman introduced the day by sharing the meaning of Good Friday, and he said that Christianity is the only faith where God died for H...   View
	4/9/2009 - Spring has officially sprung, as School Resource Officer Mike Barney was busy at lunch yesterday registering students' bicycles and skateboards for the upcoming term. The necessary precaution helps keep track of student property, creating a record including student name, bike/board description, and a photograph. Bike/board registration is only one small part of Off...   View
	4/9/2009 - The Eastern Snowboarding team is out at Copper Mountain, CO competing in the USASA Nationals this week. "With the competition half over and some of the toughest competitions coming today and tomorrow, the level of competitor is on the rise and Holderness is standing out," said Alan Smarse, head coach. Some early results: Andrew Howe, Junior Men, 33rd in Pipe...   View
	4/9/2009 - Thursday night we celebrated our final opening of the academic year in the Edwards Art Gallery, as we hosted several familiar and talented faces: Emily Zabranksy (faculty member from 1988 to 2000) and alumni Jeff Mentuck '86 and Sophie Nicolay '00. It was great not only to see the stunning art on exhibit (glasswork from Jeff Mentuck; a set of mixed-media work from Sophie N...   View
	4/8/2009 - Last night after dinner, students and faculty members broke up into groups by last name, and sat down in classrooms to participate in an annual tradition: leadership voting. The script that the faculty follow has been in place for over a decade now, and the process itself dates back to the 1950s, when the Student Council adopted an innovative method for choosing student le...   View
	4/7/2009 - It's Holy Week at Holderness, and we were pleased to welcome Bishop Theuner to Chapel yesterday for a celebration of Palm Sunday... on Monday. Why Monday? Several years ago, Holderness chose to move our Chapel services to Monday morning and Thursday evening in order to accommodate the whole community - off-campus faculty, day students, and boarding students on weekends. Wh...   View
	4/7/2009 - Most of the Eastern Snowboarding team is out at Copper Mountain, CO this week for the USASA Nationals. The snowboarding team has had a tremendously successful season, sweeping every Lakes Region Alpine Series event, and sending Jamie Mills '09 to the Junior Worlds in Nagano, Japan. One proud mother noticed this picture on the View
	4/5/2009 - One of the weekend activities on Sunday was to go to Cambridge to watch Blair Weymouth '05 and UVA play Harvard. Along with half a dozen Holderness students and several faculty, there were many alumni, past faculty, and present parents. As the above photo attests, everyone enjoyed watching Blair score a couple goals in UVA's victory. Congratulations to Blai...   View
	4/4/2009 - Yesterday was the first day of Second Visits (also known as Revisit Days), which will continue this coming Monday and Tuesday. They're meant to give accepted students and their families an opportunity to take another look at Holderness before making their decision about where to attend school next year. It's a day of tours, panel discussions, presentations, and of course l...   View