Winter Art Program Beauty

I was walking out of the office earlier this week and a couple of students came rushing in gushing "Mr. Kerney, you have to come see what we have done. Come right away." Now, at boarding school, such a beckoning could be a loaded pronouncement, possible trouble or even a prank. But coming from Ms. Draugsvold's artists and by the tone of excitement in the students' voices, I knew that whatever was in store would be special. I was not disappointed.

The image above is special because it is a collaborative effort by the whole group. This is a group with a wide array of experience and interests, but working together they have created beauty that will hopefully soon grace the dining room.

The pieces below are by individual artists.

Joanna Draugsvold provide all of the images. Thanks for sharing your passion with these students and helping them discover their expressive and creative voices.

Hockey and hoops fun for Haiti

Yesterday members of both the basketball and hockey teams continued with the fund raising efforts for Haiti. The hockey players organized a great 3 on 3 tournament and had a great time. The basketball team hosted a wonderful clinic for the kids in the youth programs.

From the looks of this hockey image, there was a lot of interesting technique demonstrated.

The hockey players will be sharing these moves in another clinic to be offered to the local youth programs later this week.

We continue to make good progress towards our goal of raising $10,000 to support relief efforts. One significant donation has already been made to the American Red Cross and another will be presented this morning to Forward in Health, a local group of doctors who have been working in Haiti for a long time and have operated clinics to help survivors of the earthquake over the last couple of months.

Congratulations to the students and faculty on their impressive efforts raising funds in creative ways.

Thanks to Elliot Harvey for these photographs.