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BULLETIN
September 9, 2016
Volume 36, #3

CALENDAR
REMINDERS & UPDATES

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

7 PM College Essay Writing Workshop at Smith College (see article for details)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

6:30 - 8 PM Parent Night - 7th and 8th Grade

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

7 - 10 PM New Faces Dance

SPORTS CALENDAR

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

4:30 PM JV Girls Soccer at PVCICS (Approx return to campus at 6:45 PM)

4:30 PM JV Boys Soccer at PVCICS (Approx return to campus at 6:45 PM)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

3:30 PM Cross Country at The Putney School (Approx return to campus at 5:45 PM)

3:45 PM Girls Varsity Soccer at Dublin (Approx return to campus at 6:45 PM)

3:45 PM Boys Varsity Soccer at Dublin (Approx return to campus at 6:45 PM)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

3:30 PM Boys JV Soccer at Pinecobble (Approx return to campus at 6:45 PM)

4:00 PM Boys Varsity Soccer at White Oak (Approx return to campus at 6:30 PM)

4:00 PM Girls Varsity Soccer at Four Rivers (Approx return to campus at 6 PM)

Save The Date for our 13th Annual Cornucopia Auction & Social!

The Academy Parents Council (APC)'s annual auction and social will take place at school on November 12, from 5 to 9 PM.

Join us for a wonderful evening, and support our school at the same time. Live music, delicious food and libation, and gorgeous and practical gifts for bidding make for a great event - you won't want to miss it! Watch for more news about ticket purchasing and child care, and click on the image below for more information.

A Matter of Safety: Student Drop Off

As a matter of safety and to reduce traffic near the entrance to Hobbs Hall, parents who drive their children to school are reminded to drop off and pick up in the designated area in front of Grinnell Hall, the easternmost building on campus.

Mark Your Calendars - NMH College Fair September 25

Interested juniors and seniors should join College Counselor Neale Gay at the 31st Annual Northfield Mount Hermon College Fair on Sunday, September 25, 3:30-5:00 PM. There will be over one hundred colleges represented at the Fair, which is to be held in the Forslund Gym. Please e-mail Mr. Gay with questions.

A TIME-HONORED AND TRADITIONAL FIRST FRIDAY

In a Town Hall meeting held last week on the first Friday of the school year, Academy students approved a motion to hold Mountain Day this year and in keeping with both tradition and Robert's Rules of Order, engaged in the democratic process of choosing team name categories, and then team names. Having accomplished their business, the meeting adjourned and teams worked together to name themselves. Students and faculty members then boarded buses to Zoar Outdoor for a day of rafting and picnicking (see article at right).

The themes chosen for team names this year (through a complex process of voting and elimination) are Apple ringtones, Yankee Candle scents, and classic novels renamed to evoke winter. For the 2016 - 2017 school year, the teams are:

Of Ice and Creepy Door Men

Sweaterhouse - 5

Slow-Rising Musky Kilimanjaro Stars

Cosmic Cherries on Snow Country for Old Men

To Chill and Mockingbrrrr: Detergent Duck's Quest for Marimba

Frankensnow's Cream-Colored Duck

The Night Owls of Shivering Heights

WORKS BY ACADEMY ART TEACHER

ANDRAE GREEN AT

STCC GALLERY;

OPENING RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 13

Andrae Green has an upcoming exhibition at Springfield Technical Community College where he will be showing an entirely new body of work. He is quite proud of this new direction and hopes to share it with our community. The opening reception will be on Tuesday, September 13, 5-7. From the gallery website, following is from the artist's statement:

This exhibition titled Through the Looking Glass borrows its name from the classic Lewis Caroll book. This body of work is a major departure from the subject matter I dealt with previously where I explored existential issues through the mechanics of looking and seeing. This current body of work differs in that I am now looking externally as opposed to internally. I’m now interested in the senses that are not quantifiable which we use to perceive the world: such as intuition, clairvoyance, and other feelings that lie outside of the physical realm. Fragility and impermanence are a constant in a three-dimensional reality, and these works show those very slippages that occur due to interruptions by the metaphysical world.

Through Lewis Carroll’s story of “Alice in Wonderland”, I found an imaginative playground where I could invent a fantasy world that serves as the backdrop of my paintings. While there may not be any recognizable characters from the story, the themes of rabbit holes, chasing time and quantum entanglement remain the same. The works are tableaus of my inner and outer worlds, and less about mere physical likeness. The world around me, with all of its spiritual and physical ideologies, becomes the “wonderland”, and I become “Alice”.

Rafting Day (and Hiking!)

As we held our all-school Rafting Day last Friday, some students and faculty members enjoyed a hike instead. It was a gorgeous day to get to know one another, celebrate the beauty of our rural setting and appreciate the outdoors.

COMMUNITY SUPPERS

Community Suppers take place at Trinity Church at 17 Severance Street in Shelburne Falls, are scheduled by team, and occur on many Fridays of the school year.

Team leaders will notify members early on during the weeks when their team will be participating - each team serves two community suppers per year. Students are asked to contribute salad fixings and homemade desserts.

Community Supper dates have been updated on our school calendar to include team assignments. More details about Community Suppers are on our website, including information about pick-up at Trinity Church.

College Visits (For Juniors and Seniors)

The college season is upon us, and The Academy will host representatives from many schools throughout the fall semester. All meetings will be held outside of Mr. Gay's office.

Students interested in meeting with college admissions representatives should e-mail Mr. Gay.

Following is a list of schools scheduled to be on campus in the coming weeks:

Monday, September 12, 8:30AM

Saint Anselm College

Tuesday, September 13, 9:00AM Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Wednesday, September 14, NOON Lasell College

Monday, September 26, 8:30AM Bennington College

Monday, September 26, 10:00AM Whitman College

Tuesday, September 27, 11:30AM Vassar College

Wednesday, September 28,1:30PM Brandeis University

Friday, September 30, 9:30AM Bard College

Monday, October 17, 8:30AM Hampshire College

Monday, October 17, 1:00PM Mount Holyoke College

Tuesday, November 1, 9:00AM University of Maine

Friday, November 4, 9:00AM

Mass College of Liberal Arts

REMINDER: COLLEGE APPLICATION

ESSAY WRITING WORKSHOP AT

SMITH COLLEGE

A college application essay-writing workshop for high school students, transfer students and potential Ada Comstock or Frances Perkins Scholars will be held on Monday, September 12 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM in the Carroll Room (Rm 208) of the Campus Center at Smith College in Northampton.

Debra Shaver, Director of Admission at Smith College, will conduct the workshop. The workshop is free, and registration is not required. For questions, contact Priscilla Touhey.

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