The nature of this school is one that goes beyond merely tolerating individual differences. With a basic "neat & clean" dress code and remarkably informal faculty/student relationships, Proctor seems to actively celebrate those who add quirky, odd personal qualities to the communal soup. Take, for example...oh, let's see...Brenda Godwin. Social Science and Technology teacher, yearbook editor, lawyer, loyal-yet-non-ideological Republican and professional sports nut, Brenda ran assembly Tuesday. Assembly is where we get to reveal our idiosyncratic tendencies. Oh...did I mention that Brenda has a fondness for big dogs? Here is her opening slide:

Her personal menagerie includes two golden retrievers, a Great (not just good) Pyrenees, a Spanish mastiff, four highland cattle, two cats and four Proctor students who board in her home. Here are Jake and Perry doing something quirky to a photo in the dark room:

The Duty Officer for the day gets to run assembly, or--in Brenda's words--"shove some culture down your throats," so she had us sit through a few recordings by the 1960s cult political satirist and Harvard math professor Tom Lehrer: "Goodbye Mom, I'm Off to Drop the Bomb," "Werner Von Braun," and "Poisoning Pidgeons In the Park." Here's Jeremy manuevering for a beverage at lunch:

It was never really explained why we watched the slideshow on mastiffs, but, hey, this is Proctor!