This autumn has been notable for delayed defoliation of campus oaks and maples. Causal factors are hard to isolate. Certainly, the decreasing photo period is not a variable. Frequent summer rains? The lack of a good northwesterly blow? Here's some local color; (pay no attention to Nigel: he's from Massachusetts.)

 
Also of note: many maples transitioned from yellow to brown without the usual crimson stage. Recent mild weather has made for glorious outdoor opportunities, including spontaneous al fresco study groups.

 
Still, most classes continue--as usual--indoors. Let's follow these folks into Shirley Hall:

 
In chemistry, Taylor is working to identify a substance based on its response to flame:

 

Just down the hall, Nick is experiencing "physics ecstasy" at the whiteboard, sharing his calculations for a fish dropped from the prodigious bill of a fast-flying pelican....




Speaking of fish, students in zoology are observing the sexual behavior of.... well.....jellyfish.

 
In the same course (on another day,) we're observing microscopic organisms consuming one another.

 


Over in Room 9 (I believe,) we're in Intro to Lit.

 
Over in wood shop, Zoli mans the jigsaw.

 
After assembly, we're back outdoors for a yearbook photo of school leaders. Here are a few:

 
So many students tried out for fall drama that Terry and Michael elected to produce two plays. On November 6 and 7, Jim Leonard's Anatomy of Gray plays under the direction of Michael Littman. Tonight and Saturday, a creative troupe presents Mary Zimmerman's magical Metamorphoses, under the direction of Terry Stoecker. Curtains rise (figuratively speaking) at 7:00 PM, and admission is free. Don't miss it!