More than twenty-five boys and some of their parents recently helped the Student Diversity Committee hold a Sunday car wash that raised $1000 to benefit blind students in Ghana.

On a recent Tuesday, the Headmaster sat in his office sipping a Coke and practicing “the evil eye,” he said, so he could discipline recalcitrant students with untucked shirts and undone homework. At one point, he took a break to ride the “Gator” around the property with Director of Facilities Dave Dipersio, and at another, he greeted his dad, who had popped in to see if his son needed a hug.

Everyone loves to find out where he or she comes from, and in the seventh grade at Fenn, doing research on one’s family tree is an annual project. This year Henry Griffin explored the history of his great great grandfather, who fought in and survived eighteen Civil War battles, including Appomattox. His classmate Alec Reiss learned more about three great grandparents who were held prisoner during WWII and sent to concentration, labor, and POW camps, “simply because they were Polish,” he says.