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Holton Wins WMPSSDL Championships for the Fourth Year in a Row
Congratulations to the varsity swimming & diving team for bringing home another WMPSSDL Championship! Over the weekend, the team participated in the Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swimming and...
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Head's Notes - Cultivating Civic Engagement
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court writes an annual Year-end Report on the Federal Judiciary. This year, the report attracted unusual attention because Roberts chose to focus on the importance of...
View Article24 US Students Win 31 Scholastic Art Awards
The 2020 Scholastic Art Awards recognized 24 Holton Upper School artists for their work in painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, and fashion design. These students earned a total of 31 awards,...
View ArticleUS Students Earn 20 Scholastic Writing Awards
Writopia Lab DC has announced the D.C.-area recipients of the 2020 Scholastic Writing Awards. A panel of professional novelists, editors, teachers, poets, librarians, journalists, and other literary...
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MS/US Choral Director Trevor Fanning Guest Conducts All Cape & Islands Honor...
In addition to his many roles at Holton, MS/US Choral Director and music teacher Trevor Fanning also enjoys sharing his passion for music with others off-campus. This includes serving as a clinician,...
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Four US Students Get Closer Look at Legislative Process, Testify at MD State...
Four Upper School students had a unique opportunity to flex their civic engagement muscles earlier this month. On Feb. 5, Mina '20, Roshini '20, Nikki '21, and Billi '23 traveled to the Maryland State...
View ArticleHead's Notes - From PEAK Learning to Deep Learning, Exploring Ideas About the...
While most education books focus on public schooling, I believe I should be aware of the broader thinking about education and, while Holton stands out as a very effective educational institution, we...
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5 US Students Named National Merit Finalists
Congratulations to the five Holton seniors recently named National Merit Finalists: Francesca Cetta, Alicia Colomer, Jenna Einhorn, Sydney Pham, and Emily Shapland. These students join a group of...
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US Newspaper Scribbler Debuts March Issue Online
For those looking for something to read over Spring Break/while practicing social distancing, Scribbler, the US newspaper, has published its fabulous latest issue online! Stories cover a broad range of...
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Head's Notes - Stay Safe and Sane
I’m trying to figure out how to start this column without sounding numbingly redundant. How many times have we heard that we are all stressed—anxious about the state of the world; worried about our own...
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Six More Panthers Take Their Talent to the NCAA
On Wednesday, April 15, we celebrated six Holton Panthers continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level next year. Five of these seniors are committing to play NCAA Division III...
View ArticleHead's Notes - How Coronavirus Can Lead to Positive Change
With the coronavirus still escalating and its economic impacts hitting hard, most of us are understandably focused on immediate issues. In no way do I want to minimize the multitude of challenges many...
View ArticleHead's Notes - In Praise of Teaching and Our Remarkable Teachers!
This is Teacher Appreciation Week, so it seems fitting to reflect on the art of teaching. I began my career in education the fall following my graduation from college. I majored in history and my first...
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Holton Athletics Celebrates a Historic Spring Season
This season will go down in history. Back on February 24, the first day of winter sports tryouts, no one would have guessed just how historic this spring would be. Not because of records set, team...
View ArticleHead's Notes - Uplifting Others, Uplifting Ourselves
Some of my favorite stories about the Holton community’s experience during the pandemic have been those featuring girls and families helping others during this difficult time: PUNCH organizing...
View ArticleHead's Notes - Rethinking, Reimagining Amid a Singular School Year
This school year promises to be truly unprecedented in every way. Running school with a modicum of safety in the context of a highly contagious virus involves an extraordinary level of complexity; we...
View ArticleHead's Notes - A Closer Look at the 19th Amendment and Its Complex History
Both my grandmothers were born in 1899, one in April and the other in December. The older of the two, whom I called Ahmie, turned 21 in 1920 well ahead of Election Day that November. At the time of her...
View ArticleHead's Notes - Gratitude in the Time of COVID-19
Thanksgiving prompts us to pause and consider all that we have to be grateful for. As many of you know, I try to practice gratitude throughout the year by keeping a gratitude journal. The pandemic has...
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