Fay Magazine: Fall-Winter 2021

List of 18 news stories.

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  Fighting for Independence

  In Modern World Cultures, eighth graders explore history from multiple perspectives as they consider how nations achieve independence.
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  Book Smart

  In Lower School, giving students ownership of their classroom library is one way to make sure that reading continues to be rewarding, engaging–and fun.
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  Head's Notebook: Keeping an Open Mind

  Head of School Rob Gustavson reflects on this year’s schoolwide theme, Keeping an Open Mind
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  Community, Tradition, Leadership: Morning Meetings at Fay

  Read about the essential role that Morning Meeting plays in the Fay School community.
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  Through the Lens: Randal Levenson ’59

  Artist and photographer Randal Levenson '59 has built a career in telling the stories of characters he has met during his adventures crisscrossing North America.
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  Global Perspectives: Edward Green ’59

  Edward Green’s background as an anthropologist has informed his work on AIDS prevention in Africa.
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  Finding the Value Within: Roger Daly ’59

  Roger Daly’s experience as a Freedom Rider during the Civil Rights Movement was a pivotal moment that helped him confirm his commitment to a life in the ministry.
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  Primary School Update: The Power of Play

  Don’t make the mistake of thinking that the games on the Primary play- ground or the block-building in the Kindergarten classroom are “just” play.
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  Lower School Update: Designing from the Ground Up

  Lower School launches a new Creativity and Design course: Principles of Design, or POD Class.
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  Upper School Update: Exploring the Harlem Renaissance

  A new ninth grade English unit focuses on honing the critical skills of inquiry, analysis, and expression.
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  New Year, New Curriculum: Fay Faculty Develop New Tools and Resources

  Fay faculty members who received Curriculum Innovation Grants last spring were hard at work over the summer developing coursework and texts to enrich the academic program.
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  Sports Spotlight

  Fay celebrates the return of interscholastic athletics for grades 5-9.
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  Creativity and Design: The Brand of Me

  Who am I as a designer? Ninth graders in the Advanced 3D Design elective took on this question in a fall project that challenged them to visually communicate an individual design identity and philosophy.
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  Dan Blanchard, Campus Archaeologist

  History and World Languages teacher Dan Blanchard sees history not just in the ancient lines of Polybius and Tacitus, but within and beneath Fay’s campus.
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  Welcome to the Club

  With 22 different clubs to choose from in the Upper School this fall, there was something to pique everyone’s interest.
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  Faculty Profile: Eric Lane

  Meet Upper School science teacher, coach, and dorm parent Eric Lane.
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  Don’t Fear the Reaper: Yuusuke Wada ’82

  Yuusuke Wada ’82 wasn’t planning to take over the family business in Japan, but as he explains in his recently published memoir, The Man Who’s Called the Reaper, his life has been full of unexpected twists and turns.
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  Leveling the Playing Field: India Shay ’15

  India Shay’s final field hockey season at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, included valuable lessons in advocacy as she and her teammates pressed for adequate facilities and a Title IX review.