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College Application Deadline Updates for Seniors

From the Director of College Counseling:

Seniors and Senior Class Families:

The recent storm that left millions without power could not have come at a more challenging time, as so many seniors are applying to colleges with November 1 deadlines.

Please know that the College Office has been in contact with officials at The Common Application, New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC), and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), and each organization has urged its members (colleges and universities) to be flexible with any students who are applying under an admission plan with a November 1 deadline.

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Campus Suffers Power Outage: Information Update

October 28, 2011:

Due to yesterday’s storm, our campus is currently without power. Classes in both the Upper and Middle Schools are cancelled for tomorrow and employees are asked to stay home, unless they are Physical Plant, Dining Services, or Security personnel and are scheduled and able to work. Any parent of a boarding student who has not yet returned to campus is asked to please keep their child at home. Boarding parents who wish to come to campus to pick up their child may do so with dean’s permission, which can be obtained by calling 413-527-1523. Please monitor this website for further updates.

Poet Nikky Finney Visits Campus October 27

Nikky Finney at Williston

Poet Nikky Finney, recently nominated for a National Book Award, will be visiting the Williston Northampton School campus on Thursday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. as part of this year’s Writers’ Workshop. She is the author of four collections of poetry: On Wings Made of Gauze; Rice, recipient of a PEN America Open Book Award; The World Is Round, recipient of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award for Poetry; and Head Off & Split. A recipient of the Kentucky Foundation for Women Artists Fellowship Award and The Governor’s Award in the Arts, Finney has taught at Smith College and Berea College, and is a former faculty member at Cave Canem, a writing home for African American poets.

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Grubbs Gallery Exhibits Portraits and Figurative Sculptures by “Go Figure” Members

Evelyn I hear music by Viki Gable

Members of Go Figure Sculpture Studios in Holyoke, MA, will present a group show of portraits and figurative sculptures in clay and bronze at the Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center of The Williston Northampton School from November 3 through December 30, 2011.  An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, November 6, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Participating artists are:  Esthela Bergeron, Harriette Block, Elizabeth Caine, LeaAnn Cogswell, Cynthia Consentino, Viki Gable, Betty Gerich, Lee Hutt, Betsy Koscher, Christina Mastrangelo, and Lauren Mills.

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