Fay Magazine: Fall-Winter 2020

Head's Notebook: Jackie's Eyes

Next to my desk hangs a photograph of Jackie Robinson that was taken during his fourth season with the Brooklyn Dodgers. It’s a striking image. Robinson stands alone in front of the dugout, hands on his hips, chest out. He stares directly at the viewer, unsmiling.

Choosing the Right Path: Exploring Moral Courage

Students have been exploring this year’s schoolwide theme of moral courage through reflection, discussion, and reading.

Love Letters to New York: Sally King McBride ’00

Artist and illustrator Sally King McBride draws on her background in art history and experience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to create whimsical alphabets.

Feasting on the Road Less Traveled: Peter Richmond ’67

Writer Peter Richmond ’67 channels his passion for food and travel in a new and mouthwatering food blog.

Depicting the Bicultural Experience: Diego Gutiérrez ’90

Showrunner Diego Gutiérrez harnesses his passion for visual storytelling to highlight Latino culture.

Primary School Update: Cultural Curiosity

In Primary School, a new curriculum helps students be thoughtful, respectful, and curious as they explore racial and cultural differences.

Lower School Update: Free-Range Scientists

Lower School students engaged in an experiential science curriculum this fall that had them experimenting, building, and designing in the classroom, on the playing fields, and at home.

Upper School Update: Exploring the Stories of History

Upper School history students have been exploring storytelling—and how perspective impacts the stories that get told and those that do not.

Service Learning Update: Let Me Tell You a Story

When COVID-19 restrictions prevented Primary and Upper School students from meeting in person this fall, Fay helpers found a new way to connect with the community’s youngest students— through stories

Sports Spotlight: Choose Your Own Adventure

A different schedule, some beautiful fall weather, and Fay’s sprawling thirty-acre main campus with proximity to the reservoir and trails presented new and welcome opportunities for Fay athletes.

Creativity and Design Update: The Power of Ideas

Every great invention starts with an idea, and sometimes dozens of them! While the Innovation Lab’s impressive array of advanced design and fabrication technologies attracts a lot of attention, the real power of Fay’s Creativity and Design program comes from ideas.

Faculty Profile: Chris Kimball

Art Department Chair Chris Kimball has spent the last fourteen years teaching a variety of studio art classes and coaching football, basketball, and track and field.

Weaving Art and Technology: Sydney Mortara ’08

Textile artist Sydney Mortara balances her day job in IT with a focus on quilt making as a member of the artist community at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, MA.

Love Is in the Air: Kevan FitzGerald ’02 and Kim Shames ‘01

Twenty-three years after they first met at Fay, Kevan FitzGerald and Kim Shames are getting married. While their relationship may not be a classic tale of love at first sight, it’s definitely proof of the adage that true love is worth the wait.

Making History: David Edmonston ’57 And The Measles Vaccine

As news of COVID-19 vaccines dominates the headlines, we're reminded of how the science of immunology and vaccine development have transformed the modern world. What you probably don’t know is that the vaccine responsible for nearly eradicating measles from most developed countries can be traced back to Fay School, to one boy, and to one measles outbreak during the winter of 1953-54.