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Morehouse’s Duane Jackson to Speak at MLK, Jr. Assembly

The Williston Northampton School is pleased to welcome this year’s guest speaker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Assembly, Duane Jackson, Ph.D.

Dr. Jackson is a professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the chair of the Psychology Department, a member of the Executive Board of Zoo Atlanta, Deacon of Ebenezer Baptist Church (frequently associated with Dr. King), has served in military intelligence, and is a passionate zoologist with a focus in entomology and ethology.

He has a deep connection with Dr. King, who was his mentor and family friend. Dr. Jackson is going to speak about what life was like as a teen during the Civil Rights movement and how Dr. King affected his life.

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New Dormitory Changes for 2012-13 Year Announced

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Next year there will be a new dormitory configuration on campus, the result of a number of years of discussion and a recommendation to Head of School Robert W. Hill III.

Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, boys will live in Ford, Hathaway, 194 Main, Conant, and Logan. Girls will live in Memorial East and West, John Wright, Clare, and French. This transition has been in the planning stages for the past few years. The change will make housing more equitable between the genders in terms of the number of singles and doubles and the quality of housing.

Students learned about the changes from their dorm heads in meetings shortly after the Winter Break. While the school recognizes this is a change, it is one that will bring new opportunities for students and dorm parents.

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Pink in the Rink to Benefit Breast Cancer Research

The Williston Northampton girls hockey team will be hosting Tabor Academy on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 4:45 p.m. for the Pink in the Rink event to support breast cancer research.

“Many ice hockey teams across the country have been honoring and supporting this cause, and we are so excited to be doing the same,” said head coach Christa Talbot ’98.

Students will be raising money through a bake sale and raffles at the event. Please join us to cheer on the Wildcats as they take on rival Tabor and make a difference to a great cause!

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Chad Adams ’12 Commits to College of St. Rose

describe the imageChad Adams ’12 (Ware, MA) signed a national letter of intent to play baseball at The College of St. Rose in the fall of 2012. Chad, an accomplished shortstop on The Williston Northampton School’s team, will be an asset to the college’s program.

Williston’s head baseball coach, Matthew Sawyer, said, “Chad is one of the best hitters I have coached, and I have no doubt he will be a feared hitter at the college level.  He had a hit in every game but one in his sophomore year at Williston, and the better the pitching he faces, the better he is as a hitter.  Chad is a line drive hitter with some power and he rarely strikes out.  What separates him, though, from his peers is how well he knows the game.”

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Acting Behind Masks—the Art of Italian Comedy

mask1smallMasks may be the symbolic representation of the dramatic arts, but sometimes they are also the tools of the trade.

Teacher Emily Ditkovski’s Intermediate Acting class recently finished a unit on the Italian Comedy (commedia dell’arte). This traditional theater form uses music and dance, and productions are well-known for their comedy, witty remarks, and physicality.

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