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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.