Current Head of Upper School Laura Ross will step in as Associate Head of School beginning in July of 2020, President Rick Commons announced in an email to students, parents and faculty July 8. Ross will replace Interim Associate Head Debbie Reed, who agreed to fill in the position after the passing of former Associate […]
As this year’s Valedictorian, Sarah Moon ’19 will speak at graduation, President Rick Commons announced at the annual Cum Laude Inductee Ceremony on May 20 in Rugby Theater. Moon was one of 59 seniors inducted into the National Cum Laude Society. The honored students have attained grade point averages in the top twenty percent of […]
After receiving a unanimous recommendation from the Faculty Academic Committee, the administration plans to implement a new schedule for the upper school campus beginning in the fall of 2020. The new, rotating block schedule consists of 75-minute classes, one 10 a.m. late-start day per cycle and, for the first time in the school’s history, a […]
Results from a survey examining student stress and sleep levels, parental expectations and cheating occurrences, taken by students of all grades last spring, showed a correlation between parent expectations and student stress, as well as an increase in the enjoyment of the overall experience of female students since 2013. The survey was administered by Challenge […]
Encouraging students to spread love and take action against hate, Head of Upper School Laura Ross addressed seniors in class meeting in response to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Kroger shooting, mail bombs and the burial of Matthew Shepard, a gay man who was beaten to death 20 years ago, Oct. 30. “I hope that all […]
In order to inform the Schedule Committee of their plans to restructure the daily schedule, the committee has launched a shadow program for faculty to spend the day with a variety of different students. The Schedule Committee will use their findings to help plan a series of changes that will go into effect during the […]
Seventy seniors received a GPA of 4.25 or above, the highest number of students to qualify for this grade bracket in the past decade. The number of students in this group of the graduating class of 2019 shows an upward trend: 50 seniors were acknowledged last year. This record can be attributed to a variety […]
The school administration identified the creator of the since-deleted Instagram account @hwmeme, which contained explicit racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-semitic references to specific members of the sophomore class, Upper School Dean of Students Jordan Church said. Students alerted Church of the account the day it was created, Sept. 26. Director of Communications Ari Engelberg was […]
The technology department introduced a new audio-visual projector system over the summer. Installed in every classroom and conference room, the projector systems will help to simplify the presentation of information, IT Director David Ruben said. “It’s mostly just an easier interface,” Ruben said. “I think that maybe teachers have given up on trying to project […]
The school plans to initiate two pairs of late-start block schedule days for the 2018-2019 school year, Head of Upper School Laura Ross said. Ross welcomed the idea after members of Prefect Council approached her with thoughts on how to adjust the current schedule to reduce student stress. The late-start days will come in pairs: […]