Afternoon Program Sites and Times – Tuesday
If you have a question about what activity you are doing or need to change your activity please see Mr. Grant in the training room at the Athletic Center.
Baseball – Meet on the basketball courts at 3:30
Softball – Meet in the basketball bleachers at 4:30
Boys Golf – All candidates meet in squash court #3 at 3:30
Girls Golf – All candidates meet at squash court #1 at 3:45
Girls Lacrosse – all levels meet at 3:45 on Sawyer Field.
She’s taught the oui’s and sí’s to countless students, lead trips to countries across the world, and has been a leader among French teachers. Now, after 32 years at Williston Northampton, Mme Claire Frierson is planning to retire—and the Language Department is creating a book of messages in thanks.
Whether you took one of her French and Spanish classes, or traveled with her to Canada, France, Honduras, Spain, Mexico, or the Dominican Republic, we know that Mme Frierson made an impression on your life. As a way to thank her for her long service—which has included chairing the Language Department, founding the school’s annual Quebec trip, advising the “As Schools Match Wits” team, and supervising the student newspaper, The Willistonian—the school is collecting messages of gratitude from former students and colleagues of Mme. Frierson.
As well as her work in the Language Department, those who know her may recall Mme Frierson making costumes for the Williston theater, presenting Diversity Conference workshops, and serving several terms on the Faculty Council. Her devotion to the French language went beyond the classroom—leading her to chair the American Association of the Teachers of French, and serve as Administrator for the National French Contest in Western Massachusetts. In 2005, Mme. Frierson received the Clapp Grant for independent study and French immersion in Morocco.
Please submit your messages of gratitude and memories to Language Department Head Nat Simpson at nsimpson@williston.com. The collected submissions will be presented to Mme. Frierson upon her retirement at the end of the academic year.
The hockey rink will be open for the Williston community on Sunday, March 2 at the following times.
12:45pm to 1:45pm Open skate NO sticks or pucks
1:50pm to 2:50pm – Open Skate with pucks and sticks. Helmets are mandatory.
Thanks and enjoy.
Dan Gould
Hockey Rink Supervisor
Before everybody scatters to the wind for Spring Break, I wanted to let you know that in early April we will be resuming our pick-up Ultimate games on Sawyer Field on Tuesdays at 6:15.
These will be informal games for players of all ability/experience levels—separate from those played by our new Ultimate team—open to anybody in the Williston community. If you’ve always wanted to play, but haven’t dared, this might be a good opportunity to “get your feet wet.”
Hope to see how out there some warm Spring evening…
Benjamin F. Thompson, LICSW, BCD
Director of Psychological Counseling Services
The 13th Annual Muji Tournament will be held today, February 28, at 3 p.m. in the Athletic Center. This three-on-three basketball tournament is a campus tradition. Teams, listed below, must be co-ed and have no more than one faculty or staff member. Best of luck to all the teams!
Muji 13 Teams
All meals Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday will be Chef’s Choice as we wind down to Spring Recess. Our last meal is dinner on Tuesday, March 4.
Oscar Awards
Vote for:
Best Movie (10 pts)
Best Actress (5 pts)
Best Actor (5 pts)
Ballots are now in the library and must be completed by 7 p.m. on Sunday.
The winner will receive a gift certificate for two at Cinemark.
Red Carpet Category
Vote for:
Best Dressed (5 pts)
Worst Dressed (5 pts)
Online ballot will be posted by email on Sunday must be completed by 10 p.m. Sunday. (ET posts choices after the show)
The winner will receive popcorn for 10 on the night of your choice!
As a reminder – here is the assessment schedule.
Hey Wildcats!
So you may notice in the next couple of days some large poster boards with different titles. These boards will be placed in different locations around campus. On these boards, we hope you will contribute a line or two of your OWN poetry that connects back to the board’s specific theme. Use your imagination and be creative! Once the boards are full, we’ll be sure to send another email with the completed poems that you guys have written!
Thank you so much for your cooperation. We hope everyone will have fun with this and keep it professional, as this is for our final assessment in Modern American Poetry!
Thanks again,
Hannah Gagnon, Paul Accorsi, Nell Heidinger
Hey guys,
As you may have noticed recently, the stairs in the schoolhouse have been sporting this poem:
Spring is coming
The bees are humming
Your package and allowance are forthcoming
With many poets
I bet you didn’t know it
You’ll be getting poems
About your favorite season
So that’s the reason
Go to the campus store
~The purpose of this is to direct you to the campus store!
There will be inspiring poems about spring and warm weather for all of you to pick up on the counter of the campus store when you are passing by.
We also have put poems on your packages!
So, make sure to take a poem and/or read the poem on your package because…
We will reward you with prizes!
Here are the criteria:
If the poem you pick up has the word…
“Spring”
“Flower”
“Rain”
or
“Birds”
Send either:
lboland@williston.com or sbelinskas@williston.com or ekimball@williston.com an email and you shall receive your prize!
This is for our senior poetry final project so please participate if you can and shoot lots of emails our way!
Sincerely,
Lucy Boland
Sydney Belinskas
Ethan Kimball
