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NEPSAC Prep School Basketball Tournament Winners
We’ll catching-up on some sports news that happened over spring break during a few posts this week. First, the ever-popular boys basketball tournaments.
Read MoreSending Your Freshman to College: Parenting Advice from Malcolm Gauld
Editor’s note: Reading excerpts from Malcolm Gauld’s (Hyde Schools, president) new book “COLLEGE SUCCESS GUARANTEED: Five Rules to Make it Happen,” we became curious about the book’s context and why it seems to make so much sense right now. We got in touch with Mr. Gauld and he was kind enough share this exchange with [...]
Read MoreA Day Unplugged: Could you do it?
As a September experiment, Hyde School-Woodstock has committed to setting aside cell phones, texting, email, and Internet each Tuesday in September. The moratorium comes about through community discussions about the effects of technology on individuals and the larger school community. “We’re talking about and tackling this as a community…It takes a high level of awareness [...]
Read MoreCheck-Out The Hyde School News Team’s First Episodes
Following our earlier post about their inception (Hyde (School) Broadcasting Communications: Must see TV!), the HBC News Team has produced their first two episodes- a bit of Hyde School (and other) news- mostly a spoof of the hyper-action, hyper-serious, production tone of local news programs with a dash of the old Saturday morning super hero [...]
Read MoreHyde (School) Broadcasting Communications: Must see TV!
Hyde School seniors Dexter Jenks, Robert Outerbridge, Cole Shapiro, and Matthew Seiple have assembled Hyde Broadcasting Communications (HBC). They’ve just released a trailer (above). If their trailer provides any insight into their news angles, I’d say – serious with a dash of Saturday Night Live. Watching the trailer, sparked visions of Will Ferrell in “Anchorman: [...]
Read MoreStudents Share their Perspectives on a Hyde School Education
Four Hyde School-Woodstock students share their perspectives and experiences about Hyde’s contributions to their personal and academic growth. Ranging from a new ninth grade student to seniors preparing college applications, the students share the ways their Hyde lessons affect their daily lives and decisions and how they will carry these lessons to college and beyond.
Read MoreHyde School Singer/Songwriter Program
I’m short on details but this just came across my desk and it sounds great. Hyde School offers a Singer/Songwriter Workshop “for Hyde students looking to perfect their musical craft. Whether it be writing, producing, or singing, students get hands-on training from industry experts.” Part of the program takes place in Nashville during which students [...]
Read MoreBath Shout: Student Produced Podcasts Capture Hyde School (Bath, ME) Campus Vibe
Nicolas Figueroa, a senior from Spain, hosts “Bath Shout,” periodic podcasts covering current happenings and life on Hyde School‘s Bath, ME campus. The tone and organization of “Bath Shout” nicely captures all of the different things happening simultaneously at Hyde. At school, things don’t happen one event at time. So many events overlap; kids and [...]
Read MoreHyde School: Occupying a Unique Place in the Boarding School World
Hyde School occupies a unique place in the boarding school world. The Hyde experience is about building and growing people. Working with a clear mission and focus, Hyde “works well with the off-track teenager, reacquainting them with what it takes to get back on track.” Using a setting dedicated to teaching and helping students become [...]
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