Student Life

At NMH, we take seriously our responsibility to help rear other people’s children to become responsible, healthy, thoughtful, and compassionate young people. We accomplish this in our academic classrooms, on the playing fields, in performing arts spaces, at workjob, and through our daily, informal connections with students in the dorms. But we also make time for what we call “Student Life Seminars” — conversations about the complexity of adolescence and life. We gather every other week in small, grade-level groups to talk about choices that affect students’ health and wellness, issues related to diversity and social justice in our communities, and the skills students are developing as they prepare for college and a career.

We do this through:

•Dorm and school meetings, which provide formal settings for discussions. • Biweekly meetings with faculty and professional staff to explore topics essential to students’ development. • Academic teaching that extends into the evening. • Day-to-day work with dorm staff and other faculty to emphasize personal support, leadership, community building, and spiritual development. In addition to on-campus activities, our students engage in fun and thought-provoking events off campus. Activities include: • Student Diversity Leadership Conference • Diversity summits with peer boarding schools • • Trips to Boston and New York City Trips to local fairs and arts festivals such as the Big E and the Franklin

County Fair • Dance performances and theatrical events held at Weston Theater,

University of Massachusetts at

Amherst, and Hartford Stage

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APPLE PIES

Made by NMH Dining Services, the pies are awarded at the annual Bemis-Forslund Pie Race, a 4.3-mile footrace through campus woods and fields.