The boarding boys of Fessenden are experiencing a rare New England phenomenon; a Snow-less Winter! Typically the winter brings numerous ski trips, sledding opportunities, snow-fort building, and all the like. However, this winter, boys have been enjoying the chance to play outside when the opportunity presents itself. On the few occasions that the campus has been blanketed with snow the boys have made the most of it. We have had a few sledding trips and thanks to the snow making capabilities of many of the local mountains, ski trips have been continuous. At this rate, the pool might be open in March! As the winter drags on the boys find themselves competing in “dorm vs dorm” dodgeball tournament. Mr. Howe structures a dorm dodgeball league that competes twice a week for twelve weeks. Tuesday will feature the two ninth grade dorms, Hart House and Sanderson, pitted against one another for the school championship and dodgeball immortality.
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As the winter wears on, the boys at a Fessenden will continue to come up with creative and fun ways to stave off the cold weather blues. Speaking of dodgeball, this weekend will feature an epic dodgeball marathon of 25+ boys battling it out until they can no longer throw. As usual this time of year there will be ski trips to various mountains. With a forecast of snow for tomorrow, perhaps a sledding trip or two will happen this weekend.
better time trick ‘o treatin’ around campus. Over 40 faculty members opened their doors and handed out candy around campus. As this tradition went on, other unheralded traditions continued as well, like Mr. Howe’s handout of choice, Cup of Noodles. The boys went back to their dorms with plenty of candy and good stories to share, many of which now look at Fessenden in a different light, thanks to Mr. Lyons stories of the haunted bygone eras of the school. As old stories are told, new ones were emerging this week, and it looks like the unexplained remained that way, seen here in Mr. Murphy’s photo from the headmasters office. Who knows what happened, but let’s hope Mr. Stettler is ok.
There were pink gorillas, super heroes, goblins, ghouls, and all the like skulking around campus Monday night. The festivities were initiated at dinner on Monday night. There was a wonderful Halloween dinner laid out for all in attendance by our own friendly Fessenden food service staff. Everyone came to dining hall in costume and ready to trick o’ treat. The boys were not the only ones in costume, the faculty came out in everything from drag to star wars.
