It?s A Madhouse ? And I?d Have It No Other Way!
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | March 18, 2022
Spoiler Alert
There will be no spoilers in this column about the incredible performance of “It’s a Madhouse!”. You’re going to have to see it for yourself! A screening of a video of the play will be held in the Barn, tonight, Friday, March 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The video will also […]
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Making Use of These Past Two Years
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | March 11, 2022
On the second anniversary of closing school due to the news that the novel coronavirus had made its way to the Boston area. Two years ago, today, we closed school. We thought we would be doing so for two short weeks, that we would ride out the storm and be back in no time. Two […]
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The Dimmer Switch
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | February 18, 2022
The primary analogy we have been working with throughout the pandemic is the dimmer switch. From the earliest days of navigating the pandemic, we realized that approaching this community safety effort through the binary frame of absolute statements of ‘on’ or ‘off’ was not going to work. Be it in school or out. All programs […]
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John Williams and How Students Score From an Education in Music
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | February 11, 2022
“Music is there for everybody. It’s a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.” – John Williams If you don’t know who John Williams is, I am almost positive you know his music: the theme songs from Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and, […]
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The Importance of Athletics, Inside and Outside the Lines
By Brendan Largay,
Head of School | February 04, 2022
For nearly two decades, this has been the week when I became the most insufferable sports fan to those who don’t root for our local pro football team. Blame it on the success of the New England Patriots and their nine Super Bowl appearances over the past twenty years. As fortune would have it, these […]
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