Our school year is structured to provide frequent opportunities for student performance. Ten-week trimesters are complete academic units earning final grades and credits. They correspond to afternoon activities, so the metaphor between academic and athletic/artistic achievement is fairly obvious. We tackle final exams this week with the exhilarating emotion of recent triumphant extra-curricular performances. 

At Holderness Saturday, the traditional football classic began with an aerial attack by the Hornets.

 

But it was an explosive ground game that broke the game wide open in the first half.

 

Seniors De'Vaghn "Flash" Millington (241 yards, 2 TDs) and Fenny Wilkinson (163 yards, 5 TDs) broke free for several long touchdowns.

 

Yet, as heroic as their performances were, they were the product of coordinated teamwork, and ten weeks of dedicated preparation. The metaphor to academic achievement is obvious.

 




You don't see any defenders near E.J. (2 TDs) because there weren't any.....



A sophomore quarterback, Blake had some love for one of his biggest fans.

 

A few hours later, Proctor Dance took the stage in the Norris Family Theater and demonstrated the product of ten weeks of coordinated teamwork and dedication.

 








A breath-taking highlight was a ballet performance to five Hebrew songs sung by the sopranos and altos from Proctor Chorus.



Proctor Chorus performed to a packed chapel Sunday afternoon.

 

It was the culmination of ten weeks of teamwork, practice and hard work.