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with Elise

Questions and Answers: Elise MacDonald

Music is everywhere at High Mowing. It wafts from the classrooms and booms from the Big Room on any given day. At the heart of our music program is Elise MacDonald. More Notes asked her a few questions to find out exactly how the program is orchestrated.

Q: What is your role at High Mowing?

A: I am High Mowing’s Director of Music. I teach two Jazz classes, work with students on their preparations for New Hampshire’s All-State and Jazz All-State Festival auditions, teach a block class on History Through Music, and oversee the department as a whole. I also work on additional projects (such as Nativity choral rehearsals).

And, I work with Mark Ferguson’s Sinfonietta to fill in the ensemble’s gaps in instrumentation and serve as a winds section leader.

Q: What makes you uniquely qualified?

A: As a musician, I’m very much a generalist. Most of my colleagues have more depth of experience in a given style, but I’ve done many different things that cover a wide range of musical genres. That breadth of experience allows me to advise and help students with a broad array of undertak-ings. My primary focus as a flutist is in the classical and

jazz worlds— performing in symphony orchestras, chamber groups, theatre orchestras and jazz combos. But, I was also

the bassist for a reggae/ska band, served as a “general utility player” at jam sessions, performed chamber music at wed-

dings and special events, directed flute choirs and middle school bands, worked as a professional transcriber, served as a flute adjudicator at Massachusetts’ All-State Festival auditions and founded a small community music school.

Also of note is the fact that I operate a performance venue in Nashua, Studio 99, which hosted several performances

by our students and alumni/ae. I hope that’s a trend which will continue in the future.

January 21, 2010Issue No. 7

Elise MacDonald

Director of Music

High Mowing School

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Q: What is your vision for the music program at High Mowing?

A: High Mowing’s faculty has always been responsive to individual student’s needs, giving them ample attention, time, and guidance in their class work and projects. The music department also excels in this smaller group work: Mark Ferguson’s chamber en-sembles, Marybeth Hallinan’s chorus, my jazz combos, Mark’s Sinfonietta (Italian for little symphony orchestra), etc. In fact, some of the pieces performed by our musicians are custom-arranged for their individual ensembles—perhaps most notably the Sinfo-nietta. This kind of detail and support isn’t always offered to students at larger schools.

The one notable thing that’s missing in High Mowing’s musical equation—simply by virtue of the school’s overall size—is the opportunity for students to perform in larger groups: full-size orchestras and concert bands of 100 or so, choruses with dozens upon dozens of students, traditional jazz big bands of 20-plus players, jazz choirs of 40-plus singers, etc. Large groups offer performers a completely different musical impact—as well as challenges and opportunities for growth. That’s where All-State and Jazz All-State Festivals come in. For our most engaged musicians, the Festivals provide an opportunity to work in larger ensembles alongside the very best high school music students in New Hampshire, under the direction of top-flight directors.

The David Anderson Music Fund gives many students the opportunity to have prepara-tory coaching for the Festival auditions, which are held in the fall; the opportunity for such one-on-one work with auditioning students is nearly unheard of at most schools. After a few intensive weeks of work on their prepared pieces, scales, etudes, and sight-reading skills, the students attend the auditions—the weekend-long Festivals are held in the late winter and spring. For more than a decade, High Mowing has sent students to these Festivals at one of the highest rates of any school in the state (when measured by percentage of the overall student body). Even for students who are not selected for the Festival, the process of preparation and auditioning is one that helps build their musi-cianship and poise. After all, Festival auditions aren’t so very different (in terms of the nervousness they produce and the need for grace under pressure) from college inter-views! My hope is that we will continue to do what we do so well — small ensemble work — while growing our participation in larger ensembles on a state-wide basis.

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Q: What is your favorite thing about teaching here?

A: The students are a constant source of inspiration, information about trends in con-temporary music and humor. I can’t think of a day when the students haven’t impressed me with their energy for working on their music, the range of their abilities and their friendly, open interactions. This inclusiveness is very important in many spheres, but perhaps more so in music. One might prepare a violin part for a symphonic piece, or an alto part for a choral piece to the point of technical perfection — but if a musician isn’t attuned to those around him or her, or to the cues being given from moment to moment by the ensemble’s director, the performance will be far from pleasing to the ear. High Mowing students are in tune — plain and simple! — Elise MacDonald

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ADMISSIONS APPLICATIONS

for 2010-2011 are due

on February 15, 2010

TUITION ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS

for 2010-2011 are due

on February 1, 2010

Parents and students are reminded that completed applications for fall, 2010, are

due on February 15, 2010. In order to be considered for admission and receive your

admissions decision on March 10, 2010 we require:

• Completed Student and Parent Questionnaires

• Transcripts for the past three years

• Math, English and Guidance references

You will also need to have completed your admissions interviews during an

on-campus visit, or by telephone, if travel is not feasible.

While we do accept qualified students throughout the year, as space exists in a class,

it is to your advantage to be considered for admission at this time.

For more information, please contact Pat Meissner, at admissions@highmowing.org.

OR CALL HER AT 603 654-2391 EXT 109

Remember to submit your application on or before the deadline if you wish to be

considered for tuition assistance for 2010-2011. We ask you to submit your Parents’

Financial Statement online: www.sss.nais.org. Please understand that we will not be

able to guarantee tuition assistance for 2010-2011, in any amount, even to a current family

that would qualify, if this deadline is not met. You’ll note that the application process has

changed since last year; you will be asked to submit tax documents for 2008 and 2009 directly

to the NAIS. We understand that not everyone can get their taxes done by February 1.

If that is the case for your family, submit your 2008 tax return and follow up with

your 2009 tax return when it is completed. Thank you!

QUESTION? CALL PAT MEISSNER AT 603 654-2391 EXT 109

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Enhanced Communications at High Mowing

You may remember that we’ve been working on a brand new High Mowing website. The new website will be much more interactive than the current one. It will provide information for prospective students and parents, update current students and parents on what’s happening, and keep alumni/ae in touch with the school. Look for our new website early in February, and watch it over the next few months as we roll out additional features.

The website will provide state-of-the-art functionality for interactive use by parents, students, and faculty. Users will be able to create individu-alized pages which collect in-formation that is useful for them: events, general announcements, class-related information, quick-notice alerts, calendars, etc. Parents will be able to access their pages to check on school calendar details, get an update on what their child’s class or sports team is planning and see recent news from High Mowing. Faculty will be able to login to update information about their classes, update athletic

game results and view department calendars.

Keeping strong relationships with alumni/ae is also an important goal. The new website will be alive and vibrant, offering fresh content which will help those removed from High Mowing to keep up with current events.

Prospective students and their parents are a major focus for the website. An internet search is often their first step in researching schools, and what they find can be a de-ciding factor on whether to learn more about the school. This is particularly important

for boarding students, who are conducting their initial research from a distance and have many options from which to choose. High school students are interested in hearing

about other teenagers’ perspectives, and we will tell High Mowing’s story through video, quotes and pictures. Families will be able to access information quickly and easily about the

substance of our program and download application instructions and materials.

—Doug Powers

from the Executive

Director

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We’re excited

about our new

website and

expect to “go live”

within a few weeks.

Please look for our

announcement,

check out the site

and send us your

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Attendance Policy at High Mowing

GENERAL PRINCIPLE: Due to the experiential nature of the work done in our classes, if a student misses a significant amount of class time we are not able to award class credit. In most cases, make-up work that students do on their own is not an adequate substitute for the actual presence in the group. The student is advised to keep track of all absences and be aware that there are consequences for missing classes.

EXCUSED ABSENCES:

School sponsored events—These include such events as school sports, field trips or plays. The student is not obliged to document this and the absences do not affect the attendance record in the class.

Individual excused absences—Although these absences are excused, they are still recorded as absences in the class. When a student is ill or there is a family emergency and the student cannot attend school, the parent is requested to inform the Front Of-fice by 8:00a.m. In the case of pre-planned absences, such as medical appointments that cannot be scheduled outside the school day, pre-approved college visits, or other special circumstances, a student may request permission to miss school. Students who know in advance that they will miss school should fill out an Excused Absence Form and have it signed by all teachers and coaches of classes and activities that will be missed. This form should be approved by the Academic Dean and turned into the Front Office prior to missing school. The school reserves the rights to accept or deny such requests. In the case of unforeseen circumstances where prior approval was not possible, parents are asked to inform the Academic Dean as soon as possible.

Consequences: A grade for the course will still be recorded on the transcript but no credit will be given to students who have the following number of absences:

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES (CUTS):

When an absence does not fall into either of the above categories it is considered a cut and is an unexcused absence.

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The Academic and Educational Support Committee would like to draw your attention to the school’s attendance policy. We have re-vised the wording as it appears in the handbook, in order to make our policy as clear as possible. We have also added a clause on unexcused tardiness.

Attendance has generally been very good throughout the first half of this school year. Thank you for your contin-ued support in this area. As always, your questions and com-ments are more than welcome.

Andrea Badger

Marguy Nelson

Robert Sim

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Consequences:

2 unexcused absences in a class per trimester — the student will be required to meet with the Academic Dean.

3 unexcused absences in a trimester – the student will lose credit for the class and appear before the Academic and Educational Support Committee. A grade for the class will still be given. Loss of credit for cuts cannot be appealed.

TARDINESS: It is important that students are on time for classes. Unexcused tardiness to class three times is equivalent to one unexcused absence. In the case of unexcused tardiness, if a student arrives more than 15 minutes late for a class it will be recorded as an absence.

APPEAL PROCESS: Students with extenuating circumstances for absences may appeal loss of credit to the Academic Dean. The student must complete a Credit Request Form (available in the Guidance Office). The appeal must be submitted within 30 days of the marking period for which the credit was lost. In the cases of illness, docu-mentation from a medical doctor may be required.

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rom 3:45 until 4:00p.m. the teachers enter the meeting room singly and in pairs, pour themselves a cup of coffee or cider, grab a cookie and find a place to sit and chat before the weekly faculty meeting begins. Then, one by one, they notice the stack of drawing paper and the jar of freshly sharpened pencils in front of Eunice’s place. Apprehension mounts. “Oh no...is she re-ally going to make us draw again?”

It’s role reversal time as the formerly confident High Mowing faculty members become nervous art students, practicing contour drawing one week and negative space studies the next. Why spend 30 min-utes of precious meeting time drawing our neighbors (or the contours of our hands) when we are always so pressed for time to discuss the business and pedagogical issues of the week?

We know that the best way to keep ourselves fresh, awake and enthusiastic is to continue practicing the arts ourselves. Art is an integral part of a Waldorf education because it works deeply upon the life of the feelings, strengthens etheric forces and joyfully connects people to their inner-most selves. At the same time, creating art together is a powerful bonding experience for a community.

Within 10 minutes, the jokes and chitchat have subsided and the teachers are drawing with calm concentration. Sharing a quiet space is another way to get to know and appreciate each other. With a little luck, the shift happens and the chattering “mon-key mind” quiets down and we become absorbed in the drawing.

Eunice walks around the room, making suggestions and giving encouragement. Her

warm, supportive approach has carried us beyond our doubts. Of course, when the 30 minutes have passed, the formerly-reluctant artists don’t want to stop and the faculty chairs have to beg them to put away their drawings and “get down to business.” And that’s part of the beauty of it. The busi-ness feels different, our conversations feel different, we are different when we work artistically together.

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Re-orientation

January 10 was our first day back after the long Christmas break. We marked the day with a “re-orientation” event, planned and run by the students in Peer Resource — the group that works to promote peer-spon-sored social health in the school. The morning began with sled-ding at Carnival Hill in Wilton and ended with “snow sculpture” creation back at the school. —Cary Hughes

Classroom Updates

Sophomores in the Greek Tragedy

Block will present scenes from two

parallel plays: The Oresteia by Aeschylus,

and Mourning Becomes Electra by

Eugene O’Neill. See the CALENDAR section

of More Notes for additional information.

“It is so much fun researching and debating serious issues with like-minded people.”

— Model UN Student

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Classroom Updates

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It is Model UN Season for High Mowing Students!

At the end of January, our Model United Nations team will attend the first of three conferences. Eighteen of our students will represent nine countries. They will meet with students from Alvirne High School in Hudson, NH, who will represent six addi-tional countries. High Mowing senior Georgia Doing will co-chair the special session of the Security Council. She will share that task with a senior from Alvirne.

The students are preparing to debate two topics: Combating Cyber-terrorism and The Depletion of the World’s Fisheries. At the conference on January 30, delegates will

vote to determine which topic they will discuss.

For many of our students, this is an extra-curricular activity — for which they must research the topics and write position papers stating the views

of the country they represent. After hours of debate and work on draft resolutions, the delegates write a resolution that the majority of countries support.

Following the conference at Alvrine High School, High Mowing will host its second annual Model United Nations Conference at our campus. At least two other schools will join us for a day-long event featuring Security Council and General Assembly sessions. As we

are expecting a larger number of participants than last year, we are planning a session of the Economic and Social Council as well.

Preparation for this conference began last fall, when preliminary invita-tions went out to schools. Since that time, sophomore Sam Daler has been researching topics as the primary activity of his Independent Studies Class on the United Nations. Sam has written eight background papers for top-ics under discussion at the UN—including Iran’s nuclear program, Haiti, Deforestation and Biodiversity, and trouble in Somalia. During the week of January 18, we will send full invitations to six schools to participate in our conference on March 30.

In late May, we will also attend a Model United Nations Conference at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. High Mowing has participated in this conference for twenty years and our students frequently gain recognition from the conference hosts for their preparedness and the quality of their participation. —Cary Hughes

For parents with students taking driver’s education with Scenic Driving School, please settle any financial obligations directly with Scenic Driving School or through the business office at High Mowing. Be sure to speak with Heinz about any arrangements.

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from the Guidance

Office

Financial Aid Deadlines are Approaching!

Seniors applying for financial aid should be aware of requirements and priority filing dates at the colleges to which they are applying. They vary from school to school. The FAFSA should be completed as soon as possible as all schools that award financial aid require this form to be filled out.

A personal identification number called a Federal Student Aid PIN can be used to electronically sign the FAFSA— decreasing the application’s processing time. To save time, students and parents should request a PIN before applying for aid. A Federal Student Aid PIN also may be used to sign other forms and to access student information. PINs must be requested online at http://www.pin.ed.gov/.

Students should visit http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ to complete the online FAFSA. A reminder that the site is not a “.com” site and if a web site requests credit card information or some other form of payment to complete the FAFSA, that site is not the official government web site —which is free. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

HIGH MOWING WELCOMES NEW STAFF MEMBER

Nadia Shahmehri has joined the High Mowing School community as the new admissions assistant. Nadia is from Milford, and has a young child in the Parent-Child group at Pine Hill Waldorf School. She is very enthusiastic about Waldorf education, and is experienced in administra-tive organization as well as computer programs and databases. Welcome Nadia!

WINTER WONDERLAND:We all know High Mowing is a special place. But, here’s the proof that Mother Nature thinks so, too.These icicles, on the roof of the walkway near the Main Building, seemed more like shark teeth than frozen water.

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Guidancecontinued

Junior College Workshop

Destination — Where Students Meet Their Future will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2:00 - 3:30p.m. Lisa Cole from the Center for College Planning will present the program to all juniors. This presentation en-courages 11th grade students to think about education beyond high school through three lenses: eligibility and affordability, environment and values, and programs and majors. As each aspect of the college process is explored, the students build a profile which will help them to develop a list of colleges personalized to their interests and goals.

College Acceptances for Seniors: Congratulations!Haley Clougherty University of New England (ME)

The Evergreen State College (WA)

Amanda Mullen Pratt Institute of Art (NY)

Rutgers/ State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick (NJ)

University of Vermont (VT)

Matthew McLean University of Rhode Island (RI)

Michelle Crocetti University of New Hampshire (NH)

Simmons College (MA)

Southern New Hampshire University (NH)

Dieter Ulken Purdue University (IN)

Abigail Yandell Lesley University (MA)

Franklin Pierce University (NH)

Jazmin Ment Lewis and Clark College (OR)

University of Redlands (CA)

Taggart Wass College of the Atlantic (ME)

Madeline Tucker University of Gloucester (England)

University Campus Suffolk (England)

Fana Takahashi Lesley University (MA)

Plymouth State University (NH)

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from the Athletic Director

Physical Education Activities

At the end of second week back from Holiday break, the 5th period Physical Educa-tion activities are locked into place — with attendance issues greatly improved. Offer-ings include Conditioning Room, Yoga, Folk Dancing, Downhill and Cross-Country skiing. We encourage each parent to maintain contact with the student’s faculty advisor to ensure that their son or daughter’s health activity requirement is being fulfilled, espe-cially during these long winter days when too much inactivity creates an imbalance!

Basketball Games

The boy’s and girl’s basketball teams have returned to the court with fine form and stunning results! Both teams continue their winning ways and a

palpable sense of pride and spirit grows.

January 13 — Girls The girls improved to 2 - 0 on the season, with a 32 - 12 win over Holderness. They had a balanced scoring attack led by Madeline Tucker ’10 with 10 points, followed by Zoë Falk ’10 with 7 points,

Jazmin Ment ’10 with 5, Mackenzie Renaud ’12 and Michelle Cro-cetti ’10 with 4 points each, and Do Young An ’11 with 2 points. The

girls struggled with their offense in the first half —shooting only 14% but leading at the half with a score of 8 - 2. The second half was a different

story as the girls shot 50% and outscored Holderness 24 - 10. Jazmin and Fana Takahashi ’10 had 3 assists each.

Defensively speaking, the team was outstanding, forcing many turnovers. Jazmin, Fana, Mackenzie and Do Young did a great job pressuring the ball and forcing Holderness into bad shots or turnovers. On the boards Zoë, Amanda Mullen ’10, Madeline, Michelle and Jess van Dam ’10 did a great job of rebounding. The rookies (Lil Susskind ’10, Jess, Ona Oliver ’13 and Stella Marcial ’13 ) got good minutes and also played well. — Coach Solito

January 13 — Boys

The High Mowing Boy’s basketball team played its first game since the Holiday break at old-rival Dublin’s gym last week and came away with a 59-38 victory. The team improved to a 2-1 record on the season, behind strong post play by Max Wilson ’11 who lead all scorers with 27 points. Dillon Badger ’10 and Brian Schmidt ’10 added 14 and 11 respectively and controlled the tempo as High Mowing never trailed in this one.

First time player Dan McGuire ’10 realized his season goal when he scored his first

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basket ever in a High Mowing uniform. McGuire added a strong presence in the post and will no doubt be a big contributor to this year’s team. —Coach Wilson

January 16 — Girls

The girl’s basketball team improved to 3 - 0 on the season with a hard fought 30- 9 win over Dublin. The girls once again played outstanding defense forcing countless turnovers and not allowing Dublin any easy shots. The starting five of Madeline, Zoë, Michelle, Jazmin and Fana did an outstanding job of forcing Dublin into many mistakes or bad shots. They set the defensive tone. Amanda, Mackenzie, Do Young, Jess, Lil and Stella also did a fine job defensively.

Offensively this was a tough game to play as there was a lot of body contact on the floor. To their credit, the team found a way to beat the physical play of Dublin and that was to take the ball to the hoop. Leading the way was Mackenzie with 12 points—a career high— Amanda and Jazmin with 4 points each, and two points each from Madeline, Fana, Zoë, Michelle and Do Young. —Coach Solito

January 16 — Boys

High Mowing played its fourth game and earned its third straight victory 49-36 over Tilton. Eleven different players saw action in the first half, as our boys jumped out to an early lead. However, Tilton came on strong in the second half with full court pres-sure and timely 3-point shooting, cutting into High Mowing’s lead. Steady play by captains Dillon, 16 points, and Brian, 14 points, kept the opposition in check down the stretch and High Mowing’s win was never in doubt. — Coach Wilson

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HIGH MOWING BASKETBALL GAMES UPCOMING IN 2010:

Girls Bus Boys Bus Wed 1/20 Nashua Christian @ NC 7:00p.m. 11:45

Fri 1/22 New Hampton @ NHS 1:30 11:45

Sat 1/23 Cardigan Mountain @2:30 11:30

Tues 1/26 Dublin Christian @ 5:00 3:30 Dublin Christian @ 6:30 5:00

Wed 1/27 Putney @ Putney 3:00p.m.

Sat 1/30 Dublin @ 2:30 Dublin @1:00 12:00

Wed 2/3 Kimball Union Academy @ KUA 2:30 12:00 Phillips Exeter @ PE 4:00 2:00

Fri 2/5 Proctor Academy @ Proctor 4:00 2:00 New Hampton @ NHS 5:30 3:30

Sat 2/6 Proctor Academy @ Proctor 4:00 2:00

Wed 2/10 Phillips Exeter @ PE 3:30 1:30 Vermont Academy @ VA 2:00 12:00

Kimberton Tournament in PA: Friday — Sunday, 2/12/10 —2/14/10

Wed 2/17 New Hampton @ NHS 2:30 12:30 Holderness @ Holderness 5:00 3:00

Fri 2/19 Cardigan Mountain @ CMS 5:00 2:30

Sat 2/20 Proctor Academy @ Proctor 3:00 1:00 Kimball Union Academy @ KUA 1:30 11:00

Wed 2/24 Holderness @ Holderness 2:00 12:00 Vermont Academy @ VA 4:00 2:00

Sat 2/27 Boys JV Tournament @ New Hampton

Kimberton Update

Our basketball teams will travel

to Kimberton, PA, to participate

in the annual Waldorf basketball

tournament. We will leave on the

morning of February 12,

and return late on February 14.

We’ll stay at the Hampton Inn

(requiring a charge-back fee)

and are hoping to travel there

via hired coach. Donations are

welcome and needed to offset

the cost of the bus. If anyone is

interested in contributing, please

contact Heather Cochrane at hcochrane@highmowing.org.

Further details in a future issue

of More Notes.

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Naturalist News

THE ANSWERS TO TRACKING MYSTERY #1:The center track belongs to “Badger,” the most elusive animal within the High Mowing woods. The small left side track and trail belongs to the tiny deer mouse and the track on the far right belongs to none other than Mr. Coyote.

Tracking Mystery #2

The start of the new year has been a blessing to all aspiring Naturalists due to the solid base covering of snow. This brings the woods alive, showing the tracks and trails of our animal neighbors, transcribed across the snow. From beginning level to advanced, all naturalist students have been out improving their abilities to solve tracking mysteries —such as the ones shown here. —Keith Badger

Tracking Mystery #2

These tracks and trail were found not far from High Mowing — near Pratt Pond — last winter. The natural-ist students discovered them and were amazed because they were the first of their kind discovered this close to school! The very same tracks have been spotted this year in the same location ... encouraging news from a wildlife perspective.

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Upcoming Events

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

for more calendar items:

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HIGH MOWING IS OPEN

Presidents’ Day

February 15, 2010

Memorial Day

May 31, 2010

Winterfest at High Mowing

F E B R U A R Y 5 — 7 , 2 0 1 0

FRIDAY

4:00p.m. Girl’s Basketball game at Proctor Academy

5:00p.m. Reception with faculty and staff, in the Alumni/ae House

5:30p.m. Boy’s Basketball game at New Hampton

6:00p.m. Dinner ($12.00).

7:30p.m. Sophomore Play, “The Oresteia” by Aeschylus, in the Big Room

9:00p.m. Bonfire with drumming. Bring your own drum or percussion instrument.

SATURDAY

9:00a.m. Coffee reception, in the Dining Room

9:00a.m. Parent Association Meeting for all Parents, in the Dining Room

10:00a.m.-12:00 Choice of workshops, choose up to 2. Email your workshop preference to parentsweekend@highmowing.org

10:00-10:45a.m.

1 Cedar Oliver will present the senior Optics block and lead a discussion with parents. Student work will be on display, in the Science lab.

or: 2 Rachael Johnson will describe the Studio Arts curriculum, in the Studio Arts room, basement of Boys Dorm.

11:00a.m.-12:00

1 Keith Badger and naturalist students will demonstrate fire-making, shelter building and tracking. Meet on the High Mowing oval.

or: 2 Cary Hughes and Model UN students will present a debate with student “ambassadors” presenting the views of different countries on the topic, “Combating Cyber Terrorism,” in the Science Building auditorium.

12:00p.m. Lunch ($12.00)

1:00p.m. Fireside chat with parents and faculty. Robert Sim will lead a discussion on “Sculpting Time”— the role of rhythm, sleep and media, in the Big Room.

2:00p.m. Dorm Meetings for Boarding Parents, in the Girls Dorm living room. 4:00p.m. Boy’s Basketball game at Proctor Academy

6:00p.m. Dinner ($12.00)

7:30p.m. DeCaf Coffee House, in the Big Room—parents encouraged to participate.

SUNDAY

11:00a.m. Brunch in the Dining Room ($12.00)

WINTERFEST NOTES:

Student attendance is

NOT MANDATORY at Winterfest unless requested.

DeCaf Coffee House

Winterfest Coffee House is one of the highlights of the year! Parents are encouraged to perform (solo or in groups) at the Coffee House on February 6, 7:30p.m., in the Big room. Sing, dance, play an instrument, tell a joke, read a poem, present a skit…

To reserve your spot on the program, please email a description of your act (limit 2 songs or about 5 total minutes) to the Coffee House Emcees in care of Brian Schmidt, daschmidty22@yahoo.com.

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Sophomore Block Play

The students in the Sophomore Greek Tragedy Block will present scenes from two parallel plays, directed by Dale Coye. The first play is from The

Oresteia by Aeschylus, and the second play is from Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill. Scenes from both plays will be presented on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7:30p.m. for parents and school community, and on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 1:00p.m. for students and the community. On Friday, Feb. 5 at 7:30p.m.—during Winterfest—only scenes from the play The Oresteia will be presented, due to conflicts with students par-ticipating in the All State Music competition in Concord, NH.

Classical Jam in concert at High Mowing — January 28 at 7:30p.m.

Classical Jam is a New York based ensemble of classically trained professional musi-cians. They present a varied and eclectic program that draws on contemporary Latin mu-sic, “street music” from the Renaissance, jazz, improvisation, and virtuoso percussion, as well as more “standard” classical fare. This high energy group (violin, viola, cello, flute, and percussion) combines an extraordinary level of musicianship with a commitment to making good music accessible to all. Find out more and sample their music at www.classicaljam.org. This concert is sponsored by the High Mowing School Music Fund. For more information, call the school at 603 654-2391 or Mike Anderson at 603 654-6639.

The musicians will conduct a workshop for High Mow-ing student musicians on Thursday afternoon, with the hope that some of the students will participate in an improvisational piece during the evening concert.

Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 for seniors and students, available at the door or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96229. Admission is free to HMS students!

Support our Music Programs

The High Mowing Friends of Music —for parents, alumni/ae, students and other members of the community—supports the music programs at High Mowing and develops additional programs on and off campus. We assist with publicity for con-certs, help the High Mowing Music Director, fundraise, support and promote musical events in the area. ALL community members, alumni/ae and parents are encouraged to join. Call Amy Conley at 603 249-9560 or email her at amy@amyconley.com if you would like to become a member. Any help is welcome: Join us!

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