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Volume 10,Issue 10

3.6.2015 A PUBLICATION BY HOLDERNESS STUDENTS FOR THE HOLDERNESS COMMUNITY

The Holderness School website says that Special Programs is “by far the most exciting time to be a Holderness student.”

No doubt, but that doesn’t mean it always easy and fun. This edition of The Picador is dedicated to sharing the stories of last year’s participants in order to prepare you for what lies ahead. Will you like every minute of Special Programs?

Perhaps not. But will you be changed by your experiences? No doubt! Good luck, everyone!

The Project Outreach Report Project Outreach Faculty: Ms. Dopp Students: Risa Mosenthal, Elliott McGuire, Cat McLaughlin

Cat: When we had the PO talent show, one group performed their own version of Les Miserables, complete with solos by Tom Rooney, Chae Won Hahn, Ben Tessier, and more. We were all in tears laughing.

What was your favorite program during PO?

Elliott: Ms. Dopp nailing a boulder in Minibus #7.

Risa: Philabundance was definitely my favorite program.

Sorting food was surprisingly enjoyable.

Ms. Dopp: The funniest thing that happened was when a HUGE boulder rolled down a hill and hit the front wheel of the bus I was driving. It wasn’t funny at the time, but now it seems to be something that people laugh about all the time.

Some people even question my driving ability, assuming I should have somehow foreseen this moving object!!

Cat: I liked working at the St. Barnabas Shelter best because we got to meet and get to know the amazing people we were helping.

Elliott: Philabundance was a great experience. I met some cool people there. However, the introductory video got a little old after listening to it 25x.

Ms. Dopp: All of the sites we work have pros and cons to them. Last year we added a new food bank called SHARE. Unlike Philabundance’s food bank with its heated building, forklifts, and conveyor belts, the SHARE site was cold, dark, under-staffed and very much in need of our help. Philabundance is fun, but the volunteering we do there doesn’t really seem like work.

What was the coolest part about Philadelphia?

Risa: The coolest part was being able to spend time with kids in my grade, but also helping people at the same time.

I really got to know different classmates and interesting people from Philadelphia.

Cat: The coolest part about Philadelphia was how much closer we became as a class and all of the time we spent exploring town and going places together.

What was the funniest thing that happened?

Elliott: The Rocky steps. The view from the top was picturesque.

Risa: The funniest thing was the talent show. The Phillies had an amazing performance of Les Mis.

Ms. Dopp: The best part of Philadelphia has to be the steak and cheese subs!!

The Artward Bound Report Students: Henry Sheffield, Chris Sargent, Julia Thulander

ally fun and super talented.

What was your favorite performance?

Chris: Febo and Nick were like two peas in a pod. They were funny while running workshops and were enthusiastic about what they taught.

Henry: The band “People Like You” was definitely an interesting performance. As uncomfortable as I may have been, it was not something that I had seen before, and it was eye opening.

Chris: The dance performances were extremely funny!

People who I didn’t know had moves were moving! Henry Hall might have the best moves at the school.

Who was the most interesting artist?

Henry: Probably the improv guy, Nic. He was a really nice guy, and it turns out he writes musicals along with performing improv.

Febo

Julia: Ara the ceramics guy was re-

If you could do it again, which workshops would you do?

Henry: Improv and dance were definitely my favorite workshops. I had never tried either of them before, and they brought me out of my comfort zone, which turned out to actually be really fun. The artists for both of these workshops were also incredibly nice and made it really fun.

Julia: Easily improv and dance.

Chris: My favorite workshops were ceramics, dance, improve, and poetry. In ceramics you were free to do whatever you wanted and let your imagination run. In dance and improv, you could let your energy out and have fun with things you never thought you would do. And poetry was the most underrated workshop. You have freedom to express your emotions and have fun with Febo.

The Senior Thesis Report Students: Leah Curtis, Carson Holmes, Ben Luz What is your essential question?

Carson: How does eating healthy contribute to a healthy lifestyle and overall well being?

Ben: In what ways does a professional athlete who uses Neurotracker differentiate from one who does not use it?

(Neurotracker is a special computer software that is used for the development and improvement of cognitive performance in sports.)

Leah: How large an impact do working dogs have on people in need?

What are you doing for your March experience?

Carson: For my March experience I am traveling to Costa Rica with Emily Clifford. We will be taking yoga lessons with Rachel Brathen (Yoga Girl) and learning how to cook organic/vegan meals with a personal chef.

Ben: I am planning on going to a research center in Montreal, QC and working with a kinesiologist. During the second part of my March experience, I am going to shadow a trainer with whom I work during the summer and who first introduced me to Neurotracker.

Leah: For my March experience, I am going to be in Florida volunteering and working with dogs that are in the midst of being trained for service. Florida is a very popular place

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for service dogs because of the large elderly population, and because of the warm weather that allows dogs to be trained outside year round. For a couple days, I will be volunteering with a company that trains service dogs at Disney and Universal; it’s the best place to train because there are so many distractions—kids, food, and loud noises. It should be interesting since the dogs will have to go on most of the calmer rides, such as “It’s A Small World.” On the days I’m not doing that, I will be volunteering at a different service dog training center.

3. Whose presentation was your favorite last year?

Carson: My favorite presentation last year was Allie Renzi’s because I liked the way she presented everything, from constructing a yoga lesson to explaining how yoga is helpful in one’s life.

Ben: I really enjoyed Parker Weekes’s presentation last year about sports nutrition. It helped me understand what I should be consuming before and after an athletic performance. It was also interesting to see how professional athletes all have different superstitions about their nutrition.

Leah: My favorite presentation that I went to last year was Coco Clemens’s. Her topic was about being gluten-free and accessing gluten-free alternatives. Her presentation was interesting, and she had a whole bunch of taste-tests for people to blindly compare gluten-full products and glutenfree products.

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The Out Back Report Faculty: Mr. Laurence Students: Kyra Borsoi, Lilly Vittum, Emily Clifford, Cam Robertson What was your favorite OB snack/meal?

Cam: I put peanut butter between two banana chips and it was delicious. The peanut butter was pretty frozen...but still good.

Lilly: I hated all of the Out Back “snacks and meals,” especially the oatmeal.

Emily: My favorite snack was most definitely the lemon poppy seed bread given to us on Solo, and the numerous chocolate bars I hid in various pockets of my pack (they go really well with the peanut butter)!

Mr. Laurence: My favorite meal is not on most groups’ OB menu, but my group has it the morning Solo starts and the morning Solo ends. It is a secret recipe that Harbo taught me two years ago; I’m hoping to perfect it this year. As a side note, I was disappointed that I did not get moose meat as my solo meal two years ago; that would have been my answer if it had happened.

What did you do on Solo?

Cam: I collected a lot of firewood, sang songs, organized my food in alphabetical order, and cried. It was an emotional roller coaster for sure, but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Lilly: Cried.

Emily: Hmm...on Solo…well…I watched Larry Laurence cross-country ski and run by my site like 30 times a day (that’s an exaggeration; it was more like seven). Other than staking out and waiting for Larry’s frequent passes, I wrote a lot in my journal and sang to myself a lot (particularly when I got scared or lonely).

Mr. Laurence: I had a pretty nice routine which included small snacks between collecting firewood and sorting it by size. I had great weather, so I sat on a sunny log and wrote a lot. I carved sticks into little two-inch darts with feathered ends and played snow-lawn darts. I also did some things that you shouldn’t do like wander aimlessly, climb a tree, and fall out of said tree.

anything about Out Back it would be the state of mind all juniors are in right now—when you’re actually kind of excited and anxious to go out. That being said, good luck.

Emily: What do I miss...It’s pretty cheesy, but I miss the beauty of the woods and the untouched scenery. There is something pretty powerful about knowing that you are the first group of people to pass through a trail in months. I also miss the chats around the fires at night. On a different note, I also miss being able to constantly make fun of Mr. Laurence’s terrible jokes—although that happens pretty frequently outside of the woods also—and seeing everyone’s bed head in the morning; the boys in my group, Nick Conner and Harrison Alva, had a running contest trying to determine who had the greasiest head of hair.

Mr. Laurence: My first year I missed my tarp the most.

Harbo didn’t tell me that his teepee didn’t have a floor until we got out there, so I used two trash bags as my ground tarp for 11 days. And every year I have missed fruits and vegetables.

What are your hopes, thoughts, and expectations for OB? Kyra: Considering that my older brother had a tree fall on him, my expectation aren’t that high. I hope to keep the crying to a minimum. Other than that, I’m pretty excited.

What did you miss the most?

Cam: I missed listening to music the most. You don’t realize how many noises you occupy yourself with in a day until you’re in the middle of the woods with nothing to listen to but yourself. It’s a cool perspective, but a little scary.

Lilly: I hated every part of Out Back except for when I was able to come back to civilization. I guess if I were to miss

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SP Playlists

Compiled by Charlotte Freccia ‘15 PO • Streets of Philadelphia//Bruce Springsteen • Fix You//Coldplay • Help!//The Beatles • Awake My Soul//Mumford & Sons • Everybody’s Something//Chance the Rapper • Don’t Give Up//Washed Out • Home//Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes AB • Shut Up and Dance//Walk the Moon • Sweet Disposition//The Temper Trap • Dreams//Passion Pit • We’re Going to be Friends//The White Stripes • Campus//Vampire Weekend • Audience//Cold War Kids • And We Danced//Macklemore (feat. Ziggy Star dust)

In and out:

Compiled by Maggie Barton ‘16 and AJ Chabot ‘16 In: Special Programs

Out: School

In: Febo

Out: Emma Abrams

In: Outdoors

Out: Indoors

In: OB boots

Out: Bean boots

In: Not showering

Out: Deodorant

In: Sleeping bags

Out: Beds

In: Essential Questions Out: Textbook Answers

Shoutouts:

Compiled by Maggie Barton ‘16 and AJ Chabot ‘16 LH, JR, PD, LR: Brave enough to do it again.

PO: Shoutout to your AB dance performance.

You got the moves.

CD, CH: March experience or dream come true?

CH, EC: The real yoga girls.

GC: Hopefully Jesus will keep your OB group safe.

Ninth Graders: Take Me to Church!

OB

• House of Gold//twenty-one pilots • Homesick//Kings of Convenience • Into the Mystic//Van Morrison • Geronimo//Shepard • No Church In The Wild//Jay Z, Kanye West, and Frank Ocean • Coldest Winter//Kanye West • Out of the Woods//Taylor Swift

Overheards Compiled By Maggie Barton ‘16 and AJ Chabot ‘16 Apparently you have to write in blood in order to get your solo meal.

Last year one OB group stayed in a hotel for a week then rubbed dirt on themselves and came home.

On AB you have to paint yourself and do interpretive dance every morning if you want breakfast.

I can’t wait to sleep underneath God every night for a week. Maybe He will speak to me in my dreams.

I plan on being naked three out of 10 days on OB. Are you allowed to break Solo if you see Big Foot?

I feel like most seniors are either skiing, going somewhere warm, or playing video games for their theses…

Senior Editors Youngjae Cha Tommy Chau Parker Densmore Charlotte Freccia Charles Harker Jack Yanchitis Junior Editors Maggie Barton AJ Chabot Layout and Design Moti Jiang Keying Yang

Faculty Advisors Ms. Magnus Mr. Herring Contact Information Holderness School Chapel Lane P.O. Box 1879 Plymouth, NH 03245 Phone Number: 603.536.1257 Email: info@holderness.org