Lamplighter October 13, 2011
A Year Without Country Fair
Lamplighter
Meg Huckaby Country Fair, one of Derryfield‘s favorite community gatherings/ fundraisers/ festivals, was cancelled this year. After one postponement and a plethora of crossed fingers against an inclement Saturday, October 1st, the school had to abandon its plans for this year‘s event. Of course, not all plans have been forsaken. Some students are trying to rally their forces and bring the planned country fair booths indoors in the weeks to come. The senior class will carry through with Rent-A-
Senior, as will the juniors with their parking spot raffle, so look for these booths during lunch. Of course, the rain date introduced an unfortunate dynamic as the majority of the senior class had a conflict: the SAT‘s. Unfortunately, the national test date would have prevented the seniors from running their booths as planned. Senior Ryan Stevenson commented that he believed he was ―one of two seniors who could actually go to Country Fair.‖ Though Ryan was sad to
New School Policies
miss country fair, he did remark that he would appreciate the extra homework time.
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Arthur Krogman
For the foremost authority on the new rules, Lamplighter went to Mr. John Bouton, The Dean of Student Life. Mr. Bouton was as glowing as ever on a rainy Tuesday morning, striking the balance of boldness and fashion. Mr. Bouton offered his stance on the hours of operation for Derryfield, saying: ―Well in part, I think it‘s won-
derful to have a versatile community, but for example a few weeks ago we came in late from a golf match and - it was around 8:45- there were three guys just chilling,‖ Mr. Bouton says, gesturing toward the senior forum. ―We don‘t really have the necessary supervision, and to tell the truth, I‘ve only had one parent push for earlier
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