May (2014)
5/16/2014
Invested
5/12/2014
What We Meant
April (2014)
4/26/2014
Family Affairs
4/22/2014
Earth In Mind
4/5/2014
Circles and Cycles
February (2014)
2/17/2014
Looking Ahead
2/5/2014
Subnivean Zones
January (2014)
1/26/2014
Across Disciplines
1/22/2014
Summer Service
November (2013)
11/20/2013
Entrepreneurial Spirit
October (2013)
10/21/2013
The Changing Role of Parents
September (2013)
9/29/2013
Tomorrow's School of Hope
9/18/2013
Twenty Years at Sea
9/13/2013
By the Numbers
May (2013)
5/27/2013
Steve's Corner: The End and The New Beginning
5/15/2013
Steve's Corner: To encourage biking, we lose the helmets
April (2013)
4/24/2013
Advancement!
March (2013)
3/27/2013
The Connected Economy
3/20/2013
Educational Experiments
February (2013)
2/21/2013
Retro on Mechanical Arts
June is bustin' out all over.
6/1/2001

This may be the most hectic and emotional day of the year. It starts off with the last final exams. Here's Honors Biology:

Below, Whitney and an unidentified classmate scratch heads over algebra:

Then, responding to vague threats, underclasspersons pack up, share heartfelt good-byes, and leave. Interesting: while marketing firms want big bucks to survey students' families on their satisfaction with prep schools, more than 95% of our underclassfolk are returning in September. (We don't have to pay for that info.)

Now it's time to fete the seniors. The Cage has been transformed into a profession-quality venue for tonight's Awards Dinner, and--possibly--the first in-door Commencement ceremony since 1983.
North Street was crawling with SUVs, pick-ups loaded with stuffed chairs and trunks, and the usual skateboarders.
Dave Shay completes his dorm sign-out form with skateboard underfoot.
The Cage is ready for 850 diners, with two rear-projection screens, banks of suspended lighting, and an immense sound system.
Seniors rehearsing Commencement processional this afternoon.