This is December, and the weather outside is frightful. Snow guns are dormant, and winter seems very distant. Let's not go outside....after this photo of Chris Hague's very best friends.

Now that that is accomplished, let's visit Lindsey Allenby's U.S. history class, which is huddling around Annie's and Emily's slideshow from their fall term at Proctor in Costa Rica. This photo is sponsored by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

Now, we move to Megan Hardie's ninth grade earth science class, which is brought to you by Pepsi-cola.

In Sarah Will's Themes in Literature class, Ransom is having no trouble staying alert. This is brought to you by Mountain Dew.

These young ladies are tracking the paths of baseballs in algebra.

Patrice Martin's ceramics students range from beginners to devotees who are truly proficient in this artform.

Eric Viandier, who can teach everything from language to bagpipes, (and who plays blues harp in the rock 'n roll band Door #5,) teaches meteorology.

In the 1940s, long before he became America's first astronaut in space, Alan Shepard built a boat at Proctor. Today, Daniel trims a hatch spacer for a sea kayak he is building in the Alan Shepard Boathouse.

If you haven't seen the Fall Family Weekend video, click on the blue "Video Library" link at top right, and select "Fun Family Weekend." Make sure you're set up at full volume.

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