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The Saints Go Marching In…

St. Christopher’s Upper School students begin their day filing into the chapel to gather together as a community for prayer, song, announcements, and programs. Teachers and adminstrators fill in the spaces around the students to begin the day with inspirational words from chaplin, Melissa Hollerith.   Filing out again, students and teachers rush off to classes throughout [...]

Girls Going to School at St. Christopher’s

St. Christopher’s School is an all boys’ JK-12 school.  Our sister school, St. Catherine’s, is three blocks away.  Both schools have single-sex classes JK-8.  Grades 9-12 have a coordinate program and share classes.  Students in Grades JK-7 are together in the after-school program, Extended Day.  We interviewed students in the Upper School and in Extended [...]

Business as usual

It was a long walk from the conference room where I sit to the administrative offices. And by long, I don’t mean long in length. In fact, it’s more like a stone’s throw. But, I didn’t exactly come prepared — it’s pouring rain outside, possibly the biggest storm of the year — and I have [...]

In the rain, Windward is…

In the rain, Windward students swap flip flops for wellies and shades for umbrellas.  Students huddle together as they pass between classes dodging rain drops and seeking shelter in the art classroom and lower level of the science center.  The normally dry wash in the heart of the campus becomes a favorite spot for students [...]

The Secrets Get Darker… Bentley’s Adults Speak Out :)

Secrets abound at Bentley School, but not just among its students. As Babblechat discovered, adults on campus, whether they are parents or faculty, have much to share about things that AREN’T commonly shared about the land of the phoenix. One common thread to the secrets was community. Indeed, many adults, like English teacher and sophomore dean [...]

Jamming for the flashjam

Listen to Bentley students sight reading a new jazz piece. They might sound like it is raining cats and dogs!

FlashJam 2010: Video Interview

In Step with the Prep Continued…

“We don’t get babied like the freshmen and don’t have it as hard as the seniors,” says sophomore Tom, a second-year student at St. John’s Prep who lives in Topsfield. In that, Tom tells the story of his life and that of his fellow sophomores at this Danvers prep school for young men: being in one’s second-year isn’t a [...]

In Step With the Prep

Walk in Our Shoes Today we have a team of “researchers” on the ground on the campus of  St John’s Prep in Danvers, Mass. The fall on New England prep school campuses is a time of transitions.  As the leaves fall letting the hearty folk of New England know that soon they will be shoveling out from [...]

Providence Day School Staffers Work Through the Summer

While many members of the Providence Day School community are away from school for the summer, enjoying some well-earned vacation time, a core crew of staff members are taking care of business–keeping the PDS mission alive and well through the balmy summer months.  Early morning on campus is abuzz with the arrival of students for [...]