Gold Team Victorious on 60th Annual Field Day
The Gold team prevailed on the 60th annual Fenn Field Day, tallying 574 points to Blue’s 517. A sunny day, despite a rainy forecast, set the scene for friendly competition that included tugs of war,...
View ArticleIBSC Award Winner
We wish to share the impressive news that, chosen from a competitive field of applicants, Michelle Heaton is the selected recipient of the inaugural International Boys Schools Coalition Research Award....
View Article87th Graduation Exercises Held on June 10
The 87th annual Fenn School graduation exercises on June 10 will be remembered in part for the exquisite weather that provided a backdrop of deep blue skies, frothy white clouds, and early fall-like...
View ArticleScience Teacher Michelle Heaton Honored for Action Research Project
Michelle Heaton, a science teacher and coordinator of the service learning program at Fenn, was awarded the inaugural International Boys' School Coalition (IBSC) Research Award in June for an IBSC...
View ArticleFour Fenn Alumni and their Robotics Team Compete at World Championships
Led by David Nguyen '15 as captain, and with members including his Fenn classmates Rob Brower and Mark Morton and Dan Broun '14, the Lexington-based robotics team called The Brainstormers was ranked #1...
View ArticleMeet Jeff LaPlante
Meet Jeff LaPlante, our director of technology, who also coaches hockey and baseball. He and Dolores have three Fenn boys: Garren ’14, Cole ‘15, and Ben, a seventh grader. Q: What drew you to Fenn...
View ArticleMeet Rob Morrison
Meet Rob Morrison, who teaches English, social studies, and drama, coordinates theatre tech, coaches soccer and tennis, and is an eighth grade advisor. He and Lisa have four children: Sarah (25),...
View ArticleGrease Car
During the 2013-14 school year, in the Headmaster’s garage, on alternate Tuesday afternoons after sports and on an occasional Saturday morning, a technological transformation began taking place. As...
View ArticleClass of 2016 Senior Project: Thoreau's Cabin
Ninth Graders Build Replica of Thoreau’s Cabin From a site on the hill above the soccer field came the sounds of hammering and sawing this spring. Rising from the ground was a small building that...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Liz Wei
Meet Liz Wei, who teaches English and Social Studies in the Lower School. She and Dave have two boys: Harrison, who is in the sixth grade at Fenn, and Alec, a soon to be new fourth grader at Fenn....
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Maeve Lien
Meet Maeve Lien, our Instrumental Music Director. Q: What drew you to Fenn thirteen years ago? A: I had three musical colleagues working here when I applied to teach band. They were Andrew Cook,...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Steve Farley
Meet Steve Farley, assistant headmaster for the academic program and ninth grade English teacher. Steve, his wife, Sarah, son Sam (Fenn ’16), and daughter Elise live on campus. Q: What drew you to...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Liz Cobblah
Meet Elizabeth Updike Cobblah, who teaches ceramics, art, painting, and sculpture, and who is active on the Diversity Committee. Q. What drew you to Fenn? A. I was drawn to Fenn by the caring community...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Rob Morrison
Meet Rob Morrison, who teaches English, social studies, and drama, coordinates theatre tech, coaches soccer and tennis, and is an eighth grade advisor. He and Lisa have four children: Sarah (25),...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Jen Waldeck
Meet Jen Waldeck, who teaches in the fifth grade Intensive Literacy Program (ILP). Jen and her husband Mark are the parents of Lyle and Kendall. Q: What drew you to Fenn fourteen years ago? A: I had...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Mim Van Orman
Meet Mim Van Orman, a learning specialist at Fenn for twenty-one years. Q: What do you enjoy most about working at Fenn? A: Watching boys gain confidence in language arts and, in turn, themselves....
View ArticleCome hear Michael Thompson 11/3
"How to Raise Responsible Children." Read more and register online.
View Article"Beyond the Next Turning of the Canyon Walls," by Fenn Community Artists,...
The Fenn School is pleased to present, “Beyond the Next Turning of the Canyon Walls” a collaborative exhibition of drawings, paintings, and photographs by Fenn alumnus West Howland ’02 and his mother,...
View ArticleRolling up their sleeves (and pants): Fourth Grade Students Explore Tide Pools
Fenn fourth graders and their teachers recently got their feet wet (quite literally) as intertidal explorers during their annual trip to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, N.H.
View ArticleFenn Fall Sports Update--October 7, 2016
VARSITY SOCCER Ninth graders Peter Nelson and Riley Gustafson have been airtight in goal for Fenn varsity soccer, leading the team to four straight shutouts in the first four games of the regular...
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