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Category Archives: The Field Community
Returning to Field
Field recently held its annual alumni-varsity basketball game here at Field, and had a great turnout of past and present students. The following blog post contains the reflections of two recent alums who came back to Field to see friends, … Continue reading
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Returning Home to Field
On Thursday evening, October 18, 2012, The Field School hosted the first of two “Elements of Education” forums as part of celebrating its 40th anniversary. This panel discussion focused on the ideas in the book The Element by Sir Ken … Continue reading
Bridget McKeogh on Field Athletics
For four years Bridget McKeogh worked as the assistant Athletic Director in Field’s Athletics Office. This year, Bridget made the transition to AD and is working with new assistant AD Erik Borresen. In addition to her athletic duties, Bridget teaches … Continue reading
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To the Class of 2012: Thoughts on What’s Next
To the Class of 2012: Soon, you will no longer be The Field School Senior Class. You will be part of the incoming freshman class at universities and colleges around the country. If you are anything like every graduating class … Continue reading
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Personal Reflections on Graduates Returning to Field
As we reported here earlier this month, we recently ran our traditional “Senior-Young Alumni Lunch,” during which Field graduates return to campus to share with our college-bound seniors the details of life at the next level: roommates, professors, dining hall … Continue reading
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Field’s 11th Grade “Transcendentalism Project”
Malikah Goss is Field’s Assistant College Counselor and has also been one of our 11th grade English teachers since 2008. She spends much of the second semester guiding her students through our Transcendentalism Project, a different way of encountering important … Continue reading
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Our Annual Senior/Young Alumni Lunch
Today in the Cafritz Living Room, Field’s recent past met with Field’s present in an annual tradition that grows richer each year. Today was the Senior/Young Alumni Lunch, at which recent graduates of Field return to school to talk to … Continue reading
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Music Assembly, November 2011
Field’s music program is active and fun, with kids playing instruments, singing, rapping, dancing—just about everything. This past Monday, with the Thanksgiving holiday ahead, our music classes took to the gym floor after lunch to play for the whole school. … Continue reading
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November Open Mic Night
A cherished Field School tradition of the last ten years has been our Writing Center-sponsored Open Mic Nights. These events showcase our school at its talented—and generous—best. Students from every grade gather in the Black Box Theater to share poetry, … Continue reading
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And So We Wrestle! And We Spike!
The Field School is not afraid to try something new—in the classroom or in the arts. But also in sports. And so this week we launched our first-ever wrestling team. Athletic Director Eric Coles and teacher, librarian and bon vivant … Continue reading
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