Video: Snowman-Building Competition

Posted December 11, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (0)

See the Great Snowman-Building Competition here! Thank you Mr. Rigney for the video! And the winner is…

Hyde-Woodstock Fall Sports Slideshow

Posted November 20, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (3)

Highlights from the Fall sports season on the Woodtock campus, to the sound of “Don’t Stop Believin’” sung by the cast of the FOX TV Series “Glee.”

Hyde-Woodstock Fall Sports 09 from Richard Curran on Vimeo.

Video: Leap of Faith, Ropes Course 11/7/09

Posted November 10, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (1)

In the spirit of getting out of yourself and taking risks, participants in last weekend’s Family Learning Center were challenged to take on a great trust and confidence builder and easily the scariest high element on the Hyde-Woodstock Ropes Course: the Pamper Plank or Leap of Faith (also affectionately known among students as the Ball [...]

Motown Hit Highlights Friday Meeting

Posted November 06, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (0)

Hyde Woodstock students and faculty brought Friday’s morning meeting to a close with a sweet rendition of Motown’s 1966 Holland-Dozier-Holland hit “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” by the Four Tops.

Haunted House a Howling Hit

Posted November 05, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (1)

Under the able direction of Assistant Dean of Students Wes Jenkins, faculty members Jill Forgue and Will Cutrer, and a more-than-willing troupe of ghoulish student volunteers, this Halloween saw the Hyde Cultural Center become the setting for the best haunted house in living (and dead) memory.

Images of Blue and Gold

Posted October 28, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (0)

I’m a visual person. In my world a great picture’s worth is way beyond a thousand words…it’s poetry, music, dance, all rolled up into a moment that was almost but not quite accidentally captured by a camera. In my Hyde years–one Hyde year equals 7 other-human-being years– I’ve had a wonderful opportunity to enjoy, collect, [...]

Hyde-Woodstock Fall Family Weekend 09

Posted October 19, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (0)

Highlights from an awesome Fall Family Weekend, to the sound of “Reinvent Yourself” by Hyde-Bath graduate Chris Chickering ’88.

School Meeting Highlights, Week of September 27

Posted October 08, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (0)

This year at Hyde-Woodtock, the teaching begins before classes even start! Students and faculty meet in the theater at 8 a.m. four times a week for early morning mind-body-and-soul exercise.  The basic weekly components include:

Monday: sports update, stars of the week, and monday morning muses (music, performance, and visual arts)
Tuesday: teaching moment, academic updates
Thursday: sports [...]

Video: Performing Arts Practice, September 30, 2009

Posted October 04, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (0)

To the sound of C +C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”

Woodstock Senior Shares Circus Thrills

Posted September 22, 2009 by Rich Curran | Comments (0)

At Hyde-Woodstock, every Tuesday’s morning school meeting features a Teaching Moment, and today Nora Curran ’10 (yes we are related) shared her passion for circus performance. She opened with video of her clown act at Circus Smirkus Summer Camp in Craftsbury Common, VT. Check it out!

Balancing a chair on her chin, Nora ended her presentation [...]