Posted March 04, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
This week’s guest blogger is faculty member Laura Michaels. Graduating from Franklin & Marshall, Laura joined the Woodstock team two years ago as a Spanish teacher. She has since taken on numerous challenges including media liaison, Habitat for Humanity Spring Break coordinator, and wilderness guru. Laura took some time this busy week to take a [...]
read more »Posted March 01, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (2)
This past Saturday I was visited by Dave Sturniolo, an alumnus from the Class of 1998. Dave showed up on route from Boston to New York and decided to touch base and to reconnect. We spent a few hours talking about life at Hyde then and where we each were now. We laughed a lot [...]
read more »Posted February 21, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
Recently NBC covered the story of Olympian skater Apolo Ohno and his relationship to his father, Yuki. They highlighted the love and devotion that has compounded over the years, showing these two men as they stand today, dedicated and steadfast. They presented this by delving into the tumultuous years of Apolo’s youth and in particular, [...]
read more »Posted February 14, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
I love the Olympics. I always have. As a young kid I remember sitting around the TV with my entire family as we watched the fulfillment of dreams and agony of defeat. It was magical. It was or at least seemed to be pure for so many reasons. What struck me was that we were [...]
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Posted February 14, 2010 by Kirsten Rigney | Comments (2)
Hello. I am John’s wife. This Valentine’s Day I decided to secretly submit my own guest blog on John’s site. I decided to write this post because, well, I like to see John blush, but also because on Valentine’s Day I am reminded that John’s essence is Love.
John is not your typical guys’ guy. While [...]
Posted February 09, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
Guest Blogger Terry Walsh has worked at Hyde for twenty years having started on the Bath, ME campus. Terry is Director of Studies and teaches, coaches, and leads a Discovery Group. He shares his perspective and experience as a brother to a special needs brother and father of Liam, who is also special needs. Terry [...]
read more »Posted February 05, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
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Would you sign up? Seriously. Read it again. Over the years this advertisement has been (dubiously) linked to Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famed polar explorer who in 1914 sailed the [...]
Posted January 28, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
Diverted by today’s snow squall and unable to go to martial arts practice, Guest Blogger Colin Fredericks took some time to thoughtfully frame experiences of learning for himself and for us in his piece capturing “student ownership.”
When I was in high school I became a student of karate. It started as nothing more than [...]
Posted January 20, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
Yesterday I received a nice text from a member of the Class of 2009. Knowing I am a huge fan of Dr. Martin Luther King, this young man texted me, “Happy Martin Luther King Day -you taught me how important his words are.” For years I’ve used Dr. King’s writing as the foundation for my [...]
read more »Posted January 19, 2010 by John Rigney | Comments (0)
I’ve been too much in awe to write a blog about the disaster that has unfolded in Haiti. It is such an overwhelming and brutal tragedy. In my classes last week we took time to educate ourselves and make some decisions about how we might help. We’re fundraising through a variety of activities here on [...]
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