The first day of school, involved waking up early, putting on my new school uniform and trying to get past the first day jitters. It felt as if summer had never even started! This school year, however, started off differently for me than past years. Shortly after arriving at school and becoming more familiar with the Middle School layout, the grade 7 students boarded one of several buses for our trip to Camp Nominingue (click here for photos).
We travelled by bus for about two hours, which gave us a chance to catch up with our friends, make new friends and to share fun stories from our summer adventures. Once we arrived at the camp, we were divided into groups and brought to our assigned tents. Afterwards, we headed off to our first activity. Over the course of our stay at Camp Nominingue, we participated in several different activities – archery, tennis, camp craft, nature walk and initiative tasks. We also built a raft as part of a House competition. Our evenings were just as enjoyable. We participated in challenges around the campfire and played games as a group.
Overall, it was a great opportunity for the grade 7 classes to get to know each other in a relaxed atmosphere and to learn more about each other and ourselves. We also had the opportunity to get to know our new teachers. The 2009-2010 school year, promises to be just as exciting. (More about Learning)
–David Rosenberg ’14
Back in June, Assistant Head of Finance and Administration Nicole Simard-Laurin and I attended the NAIS Conference on Sustainable Schools. It was an incredible experience to interact with excited and motivated individuals from dozens of schools from the US, Canada and Europe. In defiance of many of the attendees’ expectations, science teachers were not the only participants at this conference: there were school board members, several heads-of-school, finance directors, building managers, fundraising coordinators and, of course, many teachers.