Jane's Pocket Change: Mulan, Harry Potter, The Three Pigs and The Little Mermaid
Our community is so many things. During the days that led up to this past weekend, students found themselves in many different settings – classes, advisory, community groups, full community, teams and newly emerging or re-connected friendship groups – each providing opportunities to engage, learn and forge relationships.
Our community is so many things. During the days that led up to this past weekend, students found themselves in many different settings – classes, advisory, community groups, full community, teams and newly emerging or re-connected friendship groups – each providing opportunities to engage, learn and forge relationships.
My thanks go to the dorm leaders, peer mentors and SDLC leaders for the work they did with their adult advisors to make the school ready for our 103 new students and build the foundation for a good start to the year.
My thanks go to the dorm leaders, peer mentors and SDLC leaders for the work they did with their adult advisors to make the school ready for our 103 new students and build the foundation for a good start to the year.
The opening day assembly at our new Health & Fitness Center (aka “The Fit”) placed our novice assembly coordinators center stage and they showed their worth right away, welcoming all our students back and hosting the introduction of all faculty and staff. Last Friday was a fun time down at the lower athletic fields with games, an inflatable obstacle course and a slip and slide.
But the biggest highlight of opening week for me, as it is most years, takes place the first weekend of school: “Fractured Fairy Tales.” After the first Sunday all-boarding dinner, “Fractured Fairy Tales” is a game where each of our four dorms incorporates a disparate set of requirements (a group song and dance, reference to “The Fit,” a dropped mic moment and a sock not used as a sock…) into a fairy or fantasy tale. I smiled and then began to laugh out loud for 90 minutes thanks to the rapping pigs, the romance of the mermaid, the fight of the young princess and the intrigue at Hogwarts. My gratitude goes out to of all of our boarders and our residential life team who created community before our eyes and clearly had fun doing it. (Oh, and Chris Whittaker (visual arts teacher and dorm parent) and I sincerely thank Oliver Parkhill Willett ‘17 and Satinder Parmar ‘17 for imitating us with panache!)
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Pocket Change is a web diary written by Jane Moulding, head of school.
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Pocket Change is a web diary written by Jane Moulding, head of school.
The Cambridge School of Weston is a progressive high school for day and boarding students in grades 9–12 and PG. CSW's mission is to provide a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning, meaningful relationships, and a dynamic program that inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to their school, their community and the world.