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Planning Ahead: Williston to Host Summer Opportunities Fair

The eighth annual Pioneer Valley Summer Opportunities Fair, an informational fair intended for families with children entering kindergarten through high school, will take place in the Reed Campus Center of The Williston Northampton School, 40 Park Street, Easthampton. The event will take place on Sunday, February 26 from noon until 3:00 p.m. Admission is free.

This exceptional fair showcases a wide range of programs focusing on academic enrichment, outdoor adventure, international home-stay, travel, internships, community service, camps, arts, sports and more for elementary, middle school and high school students. Representatives of local, national, and international summer programs will be available to talk with interested students and their families.

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Second Annual Spring Celebration Festival

Picture 7The Williston community is invited to celebrate the Year of the Dragon on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Williston Theatre. There will be traditional Chinese food from the Great Wall restaurant in Florence and desserts and drinks provided by Williston Dining Services.

Students are invited to show off their talents, including singing, dancing, playing instruments, performing short skits, sharing jokes, performing magic, doing yo-yo tricks, sharing Chinese historical commentary, and displaying a little Taichiquan (a form of Chinese martial arts).

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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.

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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