Global Studies Classes Hear What it's Like to be Muslim in America
There are the frequent attacks for which ISIS is believed to be responsible and the harassment of Muslims and defacing of mosques that have followed. There is even a proposal that would ban all Muslims...
View ArticleCallan Fries: Valuing my Fenn Friends
What makes a good friend? Someone who “is there to help, likes what you like, and has your back,” says Callan Fries.Callan talked about friendship in his Senior Reflection, saying that he values how...
View ArticleWhat Good are Snow Days? Ask Sammy Agrawal, Winner of this Year's Extemp
Last year Sammy Agrawal told the story of the time he was called to school before dawn one morning by Jerry Ward, who asked the sixth grader to meet him in the Fenn parking lot for an important...
View ArticleStudent Art Exhibit Opens in Kane Gallery
The first Student Art Exhibition this year opened on December 14th and will run through the middle of February, 2016, in the Kane Gallery.
View ArticleFaculty Offer Workshop at People of Color Conference
Director of Diversity Tete Cobblah, Chair of the Social Studies department John Sharon, Headmaster Jerry Ward, and English and Social Studies teacher/Diversity Associate Kofi Obeng presented a workshop...
View ArticleFenn Sports Report for Jan. 8
The Fenn varsity basketball team tipped off the winter regular season schedule on Jan. 6 with a game at Middlesex School. Coach Peter Bradley's team jumped out to a 26-11 lead at the half and ran away...
View ArticleNinth Grader Speaks About Taking the Time To See What Isn't Visible in Others
Every so often a Senior Reflection will appear as a feature story on the website. Senior Reflections are personal stories that ninth graders share with the community during All School Meeting...
View ArticleTad Sheibe: "There's more to us than what others may see."
“Imagine you are me,” said Tad Scheibe as he began his Senior Reflection. “You are twenty feet up a tree, looking down through a tangle of branches, and below you is someone who wants what you have in...
View ArticleFenn Radio Show Celebrates Fifteenth Year
“You’re listening to WIQH 88.3 FM,” announced Sam Farley into a microphone. “I’d like to welcome our listeners to Fenn Radio,” continued the ninth grader, who was a co-host of this month’s Fenn Radio...
View ArticleSingers, Speakers Inspire Community at MLK Assembly
The 30th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Assembly was held on January 13, and this year it honored not only the Civil Right's leader's birthday, but also "the poets and writers who used the pen to...
View ArticleSnowboarding is his Passion: Patrick Lessard
Most boys are understandably nervous when faced with speaking in public, and any amount of encouragement helps. In the moments before Patrick Lessard presented his Senior Reflection, his classmates...
View ArticleSam Pring:
In Sam Pring’s household, there are implicit expectations: that children respect their elders and that they work hard to achieve the better life that their parents have made possible for them. Sam,...
View ArticleIt's El Salvador! Eighth Grader Breaks Tie, Wins Geo Bee
The contest is down to two finalists, you and a fellow seventh grader, and it is the tie-breaker round. You have fifteen seconds to answer this question: About 20 percent of the people in Central...
View ArticleFenn Musicians Tapped to Play at Junior District Festival
Three Fenn musicians were tapped for this year’s Junior District Festival to be held in early March at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. Ninth grader Peter Blau will be playing the trombone in the Jazz...
View ArticleSports Report for Feb. 12
VARSITY BASKETBALL Crown the champs! The 36th Fenn School Basketball Tournament was held on Feb.6, with the host team capturing the championship for the second straight year. Fenn tipped off against...
View ArticleLucas Lisman: Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
When Lucas Lisman was in the fourth grade, he had a baseball coach who “influenced me and helped me become who I am today,” he said in his Senior Reflection. The coach had a saying he would use to...
View Article"I'm a Good Person! Isn't that Enough?" is Keynote at Multicultural...
In a keynote address titled “I am a good person! Isn’t that enough?” racial justice educator and writer Debby Irving, pictured, spoke about how she went from “well-meaning to well-doing” at Fenn’s...
View Article"If Kids Ran For President"- 5th Grader Wins LS Extemp
If kids could run for president of the United States, Hershey’s and Skittles sales would skyrocket, fruit and vegetable farms would go out of business, and parents would be required to clean their...
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