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Christmas Concert Packs Out Schlesinger Hall
More than 800 parents, brothers, sisters and friends joined us at this year’s choral and band concerts at Schlesinger Hall in Alexandria, VA. Thankfully one of our fans managed to catch part of a wonderful performance of ”O Come O … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Arts, Lower School, Middle School, Music, Upper School
Tagged band, choral, Christmas, concert, Heights, Music, Potomac, Private, School
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A Toast to Manners, Dinner, Skits, and Our Lady!
Thanks to Middle School Head Andy Reed for this summary of our 6th and 7th grade Gentleman’s Christmas Dinners. Trust me, you wish you could have seen Mr. Radich’s life-changing break dancing skills! Every year there are two special dinners … Continue reading
Posted in Faculty, Middle School, Middle School Head, Students
Tagged Dinner, drama, Heights, Middle, Party, Potomac, School, Skit, Toast
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Them Bones
As of 11:30am today, our 7th graders are experts on bones and trauma surgery! Mr. Reed’s 7th grade human biology class spends an entire semester each year studying the human body. Today Col. Romney Andersen (Ryan ’15, Reagan ’17), … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Middle School, Students
Tagged bones, Curriculum, Heights, Middle, Private, School, science, surgery
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7th Grade Works the Core
How do you get 7th grade boys to read, write, speak, and listen well? Or listen at all!? It takes time. Along these lines, Teacher Mr. Cox had this to share about some exciting changes being introduced to the Middle … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Middle School, Students
Tagged 7th, Curriculum, Grade, Heights, Middle, Potomac, Private, School
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6 Points!!
Red Rose Wins Tower Cup In a stunning, come-from-behind, Homeric type victory, the Red Rose clan has won this year’s Tower Cup Competition by a margin of just 6 points (so close Red Cross…). Congratulations! Every year, the four clans … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Clans, Curriculum, Lower School, Middle School, Students, Upper School
Tagged Clan, Competition, Cup, Heights, MD, Potomac, Private, School, Tower
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Architecture: A Reflection of Mind and Culture
One of my jobs as a teacher is to help a fidgeting-mass-of-middle-school-energy sit still long enough to think and learn. This is particularly difficult when you ask a student to analyze something that he has only read about. I can … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Faith, Middle School, Students
Tagged Catholic, Curriculum, Heights, Maryland, Middle, Monaghan, Potomac, Private, School, Venn diagram
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Snow Wars
Mr. Samuel Vanderplas shares an epic tale from a normal, snowy day at The Heights. Twelve students were shuffling papers around their desks–a scribble here, a shuffle there, a glance into a book, a scratch of a dull pencil. A … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Curriculum, Faculty, Freedom, Middle School, Students
Tagged fun, Heights, Middle, Samuel Vanderplas, School, Snow, wars
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Frozen Fountain of Youth
Some great traditions happen once a year. Each year our beloved fishpond freezes during the Christmas break and there is an annual event upon our return: The crossing of the boys. Annually, it starts as a conversation and then becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Middle School, Middle School Head, Mission, Students
Tagged Andy Reed, Arts, Catholic, Freedom, Heights, Ice, Liberal, Middle School, Potomac, Private, School
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