The Middle Division’s (MD) assembly programming is a testament to the power of assemblies, MD history teacher Emma McFarland said. “[The messages] can stick with you for years,” she said. “Lessons...
All seventh and eighth graders, as well as sixth graders who volunteered, took part in the American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC8) on Monday, January 24. This test challenges all of the math students, regardless...
New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) held the Middle Division’s (MD) first ever sexual abuse prevention training for teachers this Tuesday. The goal of the meeting was...
“We can’t expect it to be a substitute for the best experience. We just have to make it the best it can be, and that's what Dorr is all about,” Director of Dorr Nick DePreter said. Due to COVID restrictions,...
Ella Shaham, Contributing Writer
• January 15, 2022
Members of the Middle Division (MD) debate team participated in the virtual 2022 New York City Urban Debate League (NYCUDL) Middle School High School (MSHS) 4 tournament last Saturday about whether the...
Middle Division (MD) students cannot go to the basement of Tillinghast Hall and the vending machines are off limits, Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly wrote in an email to students on December 17, 2021. The...
As the first semester comes to a close, 8th graders enrolled in the school’s art program are replacing their electives with another of their choosing.
Students choose from a list of 18 arts electives,...
Clad in 1920’s style glitter and glam, students shimmied on stage in the Middle Division (MD) production of “Singin’ in the Rain” last Friday and Saturday.
Based on the 1952 movie musical, the...
“I realized how important nature is to our lives and how it can help us bond with each other,” William Pietrzak (6) said. “This trip made me much closer to all my advisory classmates.”
Pietrzak...
Head of Middle Division (MD) Javaid Khan pointed to the MD Service Learning Statement and said, “The MD Service-Learning program encourages students to see themselves as members of an interdependent...
“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...
