by Jaime Pollitte, Director of Wilderness Skills
The White Mountain School is running it’s first competitive climbing team this spring. We will try to compete in at least 5 of the regional Sport Climbing Series (SCS) events and are currently conducting practice outside of regular sports time in the evening. Read the rest of this entry »
Davi da Silva ‘09 has been selected as the the winner of the annual New Hampshire High School Students’ Prose Contest, sponsored by Southern New Hampshire University. His creative non-fiction essay, “Sick”, is published in the April 2008 Amoskeag: The Journal of SNHU, along with poetry and stories by writers from across the country and elsewhere. “The competition was considerable this year, so [Davi] should feel proud to be selected,” said Allison Cummings, editor of Amoskeag.
Amoskeag is a literary journal run by the faculty of Southern New Hampshire University. It is published every spring, and features fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, photos, and artwork.
Gear up junior climbers! Celebrating its seventh year, the White Mountain School in Bethlehem is hosting a USA Climbing SCS junior indoor climbing competition for ages up to 19 on Saturday, May 3rd in the school’s indoor climbing facility. Last year’s event drew over 90 junior climbers from all over New England for an energizing afternoon of indoor climbing. Read the rest of this entry »
Patti and Bruce Springsteen are absolute heroes for the music students at The White Mountain School.
Last Thanksgiving, White Mountain’s student body president Grace Ochieng ‘08 and her family had dinner with the Springsteens. A wonderful time had by all, and Patti and Bruce were very impressed with Grace, and her love for her school up in the mountains of New Hampshire.
The staff at White Mountain took that opportunity to share our Music Department
“wishlist” with Patti and Bruce. While on their current worldwide tour, the Springsteens reviewed our many needs, and decided they wanted to make a gift of music lessons for all the students of need at the school who wanted to take lessons. In one fell swoop, the Springsteens eliminated the lessons waiting list for an entire year at The White Mountain School. Read the rest of this entry »
by Nate Snow, Dean of Students & Athletic Director
As winter continued to hold on tight here in the North Country, 5 students and 3 faculty packed into a WMS bus over March Break with a trailer full of boats and headed south to North Carolina for a week of whitewater adventure. Nobody should ever have to spend that much time on a bus with teenagers, but, other than smelling Brent’s booties and dealing with a sleep-deprived Evan (DO NOT wake him up!), it wasn’t too bad. Highlights of the drive down included: lots of country music on the radio, sketchy truck stops, Brent’s mom’s stories, Josh Early winning a stuffed turtle on a video game and, of course, the entire beautiful state of Pennsylvania. After a full day and night of driving (and only minor bus issues) we arrived at the Nantahala Outdoor Center, just outside Bryson City, NC. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, it is that time of year again. The time when we look to longer days ahead of us as Daylight Savings time begins on Sunday. As the early spring sun warms our faces, we think of sitting on lush green grass of Hood’s Hill to do our homework and relax with friends.
This morning, at Morning Meeting, Larry Kaplan of the Mathematics department shed his ‘winter coat’ to enjoy the rites of spring. Read the rest of this entry »
by Tom Pace, French Teacher
I’ve set up le Blog des cours de français à The White Mountain School (a French class blog) to follow our adventures as the French students and I head to Nevers for the 2008 French Exchange trip.
This year 7 students will be traveling for a 9 day visit with Le Lycée Saint Cyr. Students will be hosted with local families and participate in a variety of activities including attendance of classes au lycée and visits to local vineyards, chateaux and museums. We will also be spending nearly four days exploring Paris and its’ wonderful sights, monuments and neighborhoods.
I’ll make every effort to continually update this page with photos, videos and stories from our visits.
Check back often, see what fun we’re having!
http://wmsfrench.blogspot.com/
The Adair Inn in Bethlehem now offers a standing 10% lodging discount for any/all guests affiliated with The White Mountain School (alumnae/i, parents, grandparents, past parents, volunteers, prospective families, friends, etc…)
Just mention “WMS” to either of the Innkeepers upon making a reservation. Thanks for spreading the word, and feel free to forward this email onto any other interested White Mountain School parties or visitors:
Website: http://www.adairinn.com
Telephone: 1-888-444-2600
The Innkeepers: Ilja & Brad Chapman
The White Mountain School’s Comparative Economic Development class, a course crosslisted with the Sustainability and History and Human Values departments, was assigned to write letters on the topics of foreign aid or international development to elective representatives and newspapers.
Mike Wessler’s ‘09 Letter to the Editor was recently published by the Caledonian Record covering his concerns regarding the trade embargo with Cuba.
Read Mike’s Letter to the Editor here >>
by Nate Snow, Dean of Students
The Snow Shelter OLE got underway under a gorgeous bluebird winter sky. Our 3.5 mile hike into Zeta Pass had us quickly warmed up and most people down to shirt sleeves soon after we set out. Upon our late afternoon arrival at our camping destination, the groups immediately set to digging out some spaces to sleep. In some areas, snow depths were 4-5 feet deep, making any off-trail excursions quite an adventure.
“Team Awesome” decided, against Kate Renner’s sage advice, to try and build a quinzhee. After two hours of moving snow and tunneling, the group was forced to retreat in the face of very sugary snow and Read the rest of this entry »
