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Founder\'s Day 2010
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Published: 4/15/2010
Treble Chorus Sings at Blazers
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Published: 4/12/2010
Teachers Return to Campus!
9/2/2010

As Summer Fenn completes another exciting camp season, we are excited to have faculty and students back on campus. We are especially excited to welcome new faculty and staff members Linda Twomey, Michelle Gagnon, Jane Stanhope, Anne Spitzer, Dan Mieszczanski, Sean Patch, and Kristin Pizzo.


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One Book One Community
7/6/2010
The Fenn School Community will read it's first One Book One Community book over the summer of 2010. Students, parents, faculty, and staff are all participating. For students this book will fulfill one of the five books which are required during the summer vacation.
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Commencement 2010
6/18/2010
“Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened,” School president Drew Coash, quoting Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, exhorted his classmates at the 81st commencement exercises held on June 11. Forty-nine eighth and ninth graders received diplomas, and prizes were awarded for excellence in character, service, academics, athletics, and citizenship. Additional awards and citations were presented at Prize Day on June 9.
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Gold Takes Field Day
6/9/2010
With a call of “Let the Games Begin,” an honor bestowed this year upon retiring history teacher Jim Carter, and a roar of approval from the student body, Field Day was held under sunny skies on Friday, June 4. Gold won the day, breaking a three-year Blue winning streak, after racing to victory in all of the relays. Blue proved victorious in every tug of war, including the alumni event, and 8th grader Will Royal was dubbed Fenn’s Fastest Man.
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Yearbook Dedication
6/3/2010
The 2010 Yearbook has been dedicated to three long-time science teachers: Derek Cribb, David Duane, and Joe Hindle. The dedication was announced by the 9th grade at All School Meeting on May 28, to enthusiastic applause.
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Music in the Parks Festival
5/20/2010
The Fenn Concert and Jazz Bands earned an “excellent” rating from the judges at the annual Music in the Parks Festival held at Holyoke High School on May 8, an event that drew bands from all over New England. The Fenn instrumentalists performed “Canticum,” “Korean Folk Rhapsody,” and “Viva la Vida.” 8th grader Peter Klinkmueller of Acton was named "outstanding soloist" for his trumpet solo, "It's Only a Paper Moon." The bands enjoyed an outing at Six Flags following the festival.
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Students Explore Their Pasts For Cultural Heritage Fair
5/17/2010

Dressed in his great grandfather’s denim coveralls with a “Blue Coal” patch over the breast pocket, 7th grader Parker Zimmerman of Carlisle proudly told the story of four generations of his family that had worked as coal miners in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.


“It was very dangerous,” Parker said, acknowledging comments made by visitors to his exhibit about the timeliness of his project. “There could be floods and cave-ins, and explosions from ignited gasses.”


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Election 2010
5/11/2010
With a pledge that “we can take next year to a new level of greatness,” 8th graders Will Royal and Jack Barron have been elected 2010-2011 president and vice president, respectively, of the school. Will and Jack, both from Concord, have attended Fenn since the 4th grade.
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Walk for Hunger
5/7/2010

More than two dozen Fenn boys participated in the 42nd annual Walk for Hunger on May 2 in Boston. They were accompanied by faculty members Ellen Campbell, Pauline MacLellan, and Luke Thompson. A number of Fenn parents and faculty family members were also among the 38,000 people who participated in the twenty-mile walk, which began and ended on Boston Common.


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Cultural Arts Festival
5/4/2010

This year’s Cultural Arts Festival was dedicated to the memory of Tyler Ryan, ’07, who passed away on April 28, a day before the festival. Tete Cobblah, Fenn’s director of diversity, asked students and faculty to spend the day remembering Tyler, who he said had strengthened the Fenn community as a leader, brother, friend, and empathetic student.


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Earth Month Contests and Eco-pledges
4/29/2010
Can you take shorter showers? Finish everything on your plate? Walk or ride a bike when weather allows it? Help clean up a stream? How about playing outside sometimes instead of inside in front of a video game? These are some of the questions that have been posed to Fenn School boys this month.
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Rube Goldberg Competition
4/26/2010

First you take a drill that turns a couple of gears, then you construct a giant mouse trap made of PVC pipe, and in between those two steps you attach such items as paper clips, toy cars, pencils, and a slinky. The result, you hope, is a machine that can staple three pieces of paper in at least 25 steps. A team led by science teacher Derek Cribb and intern Taylor Sahl earned fourth place in the annual Rube Goldberg competition held at Fay School on April 10.


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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
SPORTS CLOTHING SALE IN THE OLD GYM
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
ROSH HASHANAH BEGINS AT SUNSET
SPORTS CLOTHING SALE IN THE OLD GYM
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
NEW BOYS' ORIENTATION
3:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Thursday, September 09, 2010
ROSH HASHANAH - NO SCHOOL
Friday, September 10, 2010
SCHOOL OPENS - FULL DAY OF SCHOOL
8:20 AM
Saturday, September 11, 2010
CONCORD'S 375TH BIRTHDAY PARADE
Monday, September 13, 2010
EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE TRIPS DEPART
8:30 AM
GRADE PARENTS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS MEETING IN THE DINING HALL
8:30 AM