Miss Hall's School
Family Links - 2.13.2018
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Participants at the Central Massachusetts Regional Brain Bee at UMASS Medical School
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Happy Valentine’s Day. As you know, the weather has cancelled some activities and postponed others, but it has also allowed us to hit the re-set button as we start a new semester.
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Heather Eyong ’19
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Raven Matias ’19
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Ayla Wallace ’20
recently joined 1,700 students from around the country for a transformational learning experience at the 2017 Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC), where the three young activists found themselves immersed in a diversity of people and ideas.
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SPECIAL OFFER for Parents of Miss Hall's Students!
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For the 2018 Philanthropic Round Table, Miss Hall's partners with the National Coalition of Girls' Schools in New York City to present, "Engaging and Educating Girls and Women to be Strategic Philanthropists," on February 26, 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Parents of MHS students may reserve tickets at the DISCOUNTED ALUMNAE RATE OF $50.00. Please enter "MHS parent" when prompted to indicate class year. Questions? Contact Lynelle Weaver at
lweaver@misshalls.org. We hope you will join us!
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Congratulations to Hani Chung ’21 (second from left), who was named the Athletic Association’s Athlete of the Week after turning in the varsity alpine race team’s fastest time in its January 31 giant slalom race. After four Mount Institute Ski League races, Hani is tenth overall in the varsity standings.
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Berkshire Country Day School's Parents' Association invites you to join them for a presentation by Dr. Stephen Brand on the subject of "Raising Innovative Children." Find out more on the
BCD website.
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If you are in the Berkshires on Saturday, February 17, treat yourself to some frozen yogurt at Ayelada in Pittsfield! A portion of ALL sales during Ayelada's hours of 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. will be donated to the MHS Natural Disaster Relief Group. All money raised will help rebuild schools in need in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Dominica. The group has already raised more than $3,000 for this effort!
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Williams College will host Dr. Khyati Joshi for the topic "Finding Comfort in Uncomfortable Conversations," a talk for Berkshire educators, on the MHS campus. Dr. Joshi is a co-editor of "Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice." The event is open to all Berkshire educators. For more information, contact Paula at
pconsoli@williams.edu
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Coordinate Concert - Feb. 23
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The Music Department will host the annual Coordinate Concert on
Friday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m. in Centennial Hall. Grace Notes and Vocal Ensemble will be joined by vocal groups from Berkshire School and Darrow School. Join us for this fun - and free - evening of entertainment!
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Miss Hall's partners with the National Coalition of Girls' Schools in
New York City to present on the topic "Engaging and Educating Girls and Women to be Strategic Philanthropists" on February 26. Five panelists will take part in the discussion, including Director of Horizons Alison Basdekis and MHS alumna Vanessa Stair '06.
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The MHS Theater Ensemble will present
Cry-Baby, the Musical
March 2-4 in the Woods Theater.
Reserve tickets here.
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To assist families with advance planning, vacation and long weekend dates for next year are available here.
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During the last few years, the School has seen a significant increase in the number of items being stored by our students over the summer. Due to this increase, along with our growing enrollment, Miss Hall’s School will be partnering with
All Campus Storage (ACS)
to provide summer storage and shipping services to all interested students.
Read more...
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Reminder About Spring Break
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The dates for Spring Break are Friday, March 9, through Monday, March 26.
Students will not be excused prior to the end of the class day at 4:00 p.m. on March 9.
Boarding students must return to campus by 9:00 p.m. on March 26. Please note that the
dorms will not reopen until March 26
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In December, MHS introduced the Campus Utility Challenge. The goal is to encourage the entire MHS community to reduce their electrical usage. The tips will be shared here.
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PHOTO AND VIDEO GALLERIES
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Photos of campus events are posted in the
SmugMug photo site. With SmugMug, parents can download or purchase high-resolution images of campus events directly from the site. We hope this will make it easy for you to obtain the photos you want to track your daughter's time at Miss Hall's.
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