“It's important to understand that the traditional grading system that most schools, including HM, use today was invented over 100 years ago as a response to the needs of a very different world,” Middle...
Sixth and eighth graders attended presentations by the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) over the past few weeks. “The overall goal is that we are providing foundational...
Visual Arts Department Chair and Upper Division art history teacher Dr. Anna Hetherington lectured eighth-grade students about art history in Southern, South Eastern, and Eastern Asia on Wednesday, as...
Last week marked the first full week of rehearsal for the Middle Division (MD) musical, “Singin’ in the Rain.”
The audition process began on Monday September 20, a week before rehearsals. The...
“The first word that comes to mind is ‘gift.’ We were given a real gift to hear from George Takei,” Head of Middle Division (MD) Javaid Khan said about last week’s assembly. Last Thursday, Takei...
For the first time in 18 months, students visited the John Dorr Nature Laboratory (Dorr). Over the past few weeks, groups of seventh grade students traveled to the Connecticut campus to collect data on...
This school year, the Middle Division (MD) moved from a trimester system to a semester system. Though the MD has used the trimester system since the division’s implementation, the change will ultimately...
Dr. Bataller
When Spanish teacher Dr. Rebeca Bataller became a teaching assistant after college, she immediately fell in love with the profession. Bataller, who has been a teacher for more than...
This summer, all Middle Division (MD) students read American actor and activist George Takei’s memoir, “They Called Us Enemy”.
Takei, known for his role in the television show “Star Trek,”...
“The spirit and energy she poured into the mentor program changed everyone who was a part of it for the better,” former Middle Division Mentor (MDM) Beatrix Bondor ‘18 said. After 34 years of running...
When Gayle* (11), who is anonymous because she is not publicly out, was in middle school, the concept of queerness was foreign to her. “It never even entered into my brain that I could be queer,” she...
On Wednesday, the Middle Division (MD) celebrated its first Spirit Day, which brought the MD student body together to celebrate a year of physical activity, Director of Athletics, Health, and Physical...
