1/25/2012
Singer-songwriter, Children’s Book Author Visit Fenn
While a singer-songwriter took Middle and Upper School boys through a 20th and 21st century history of protest songs, an author-illustrator explained to Lower School students just what goes into writing and illustrating a children’s book. Both events took place on January 25.

In the new Meeting and Performance Hall, Alastair Moock, with his guitar slung over his shoulder, traced the evolution of music through three major movements for social change: Labor Rights of the 1930’s and 40’s, Civil Rights of the 1950’s and 60’s, and the anti-war protests of the 1960’s and 70’s. He explained that many protest songs had their roots in church music and were “transformed from movement to movement.”
1/23/2012
Boys, Books Everywhere for “We Read”
At exactly 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18, nearly everyone on campus dropped what he or she was doing and, for a half hour or so, got lost in a book or an e-reader. Boys in all divisions were curled up in corners, seated at tables, or sprawled across carpets in classrooms, the new Music Room, the balcony of the Meeting and Performance Hall, the Connelly Dining Hall, the Old Band Room, and even the arts studios, among other venues.
1/19/2012
Sixth Grader Wins GeoBee
Name the thick layer of Earth’s interior that lies between the crust and the core. You have fifteen seconds to answer. Can’t do it?

Sixth grader Louis Gounden can, and the answer, "mantle," earned him a National Geographic Medal at this year’s GeoBee contest finals held on January 13. Ten finalists battled it out onstage before the school community, but the contest ended in a tie. Fifth grader Witt Cadwalader faced off against Louie, keeping the tie alive until the third question in the elimination round.