In New Hampshire, the school year begins with the brilliance of autumn, endures the harshness of winter and--after a lot of mud--culminates with lilacs and forsythia. We're entering a New England fall.
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to become a contributing blogger to
edSocialmedia.com . I'm told I'm an expert, and that I have the longest running education blog in the world (by ed tech guru
Michael Stoner). All of this is ironic, because I am a writer with no aptitude for technology (other than as a user,) and I didn't know I was a blogger until Travis Warren '91 told me I was one, about eight years ago.
With lots of anxiety, (because Chuck's Corner is such an internally-targeted blog, while this would be read by all kinds of unknown techies, educators and blogmeisters,) I posted something about how images make blogging easy.
If it's true, I should take this opportunity to simply let the images lead the story, and not even try to introduce a clever, unifying theme!
The chorus rehearses.
Brewster Academy is, I think, a cool school that--along with
New Hampton School--has some common vision with Proctor's definition of education. Brewster is about our size but has no football team, which may account for its historically powerful soccer programs. This Wednesday, our boys' varsity soccer team defeated Brewster for the first time in a very long time, by the score of 2-1.
The bench (above) is celebrating John's goal; below, Connor and Tyler celebrate their combination. (Notice the ball in the back of the net.)
The boys who live in Peabody House--situated high above Farrell Field--are great fans of Varsity Girls' Soccer. They attend home games with a powerhouse air compressor hooked up to two truck horns which they blast whenever the girls score a goal, or the boys feel like jolting the neighborhood.
Back to letting images lead the story..... This is Ryan in woodshop.
Planing in woodshop.
After thirty years of teaching photography out of two converted storage closets in Shirley Hall, Patrice Martin's dream of a photo studio, with a spacious, state-of-the-art darkroom, classroom and support spaces has come true. The celebratory opening is Saturday morning at 9:45 at historic Slocumb Hall. Join us!
