Showcasing our Athletics Program |
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A MESSAGE FROM OUR COLLEGE COUNSELING OFFICE |
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| Chris Teare, Senior Associate Director of College Counseling, shares a wonderful story with an important message in his November blog post. Below is an excerpt:
In May of 1975, my father took me to visit colleges in New England. For some reason I can’t recall, I thought that’s where the best ones were. We started at Yale, where my father thought I could play college football. The Yale coach disagreed with my father’s assessment of my athletic talent, so we had to find other places that might want to give me a chance. We visited four smaller colleges: Amherst, Williams, Wesleyan, and Trinity. The Amherst football coach spent a lot of time with us, touring us all over the campus, showing us his favorite painting in the art museum and taking us into the recital hall to speak of the wonderful concerts he had heard there. I thought that any place where the football coach knew there was more to life than football had to be special, and I was hooked.
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Thursday-Friday, November 10-11 3:30 p.m. - Middle School STEM Workshop Thursday, November 10 7 p.m. - Parents' Association Meeting in Oakwood Room, followed by Q&A with Dr. Corinna Crafton, Acting Head of School JOIN MEETING VIA ZOOM Sunday, November 13 Middle School Musical Tech Week Begins Tuesday, November 15 Middle School Winter Sports Begin Thursday, November 17 8:30 a.m. - Lower School Coffee and Conversation in Oakwood Room 7 p.m. - Booster Club Meeting in Oakwood Room Friday, November 18
3:30 p.m. - Middle School Musical - Tuck Everlasting - in Berry Performing Arts Center Please note that this performance is for students only. Saturday, November 19
12 p.m. - Middle School Musical - Tuck Everlasting - in Berry Performing Arts Center 4 p.m. - Middle School Musical - Tuck Everlasting - in Berry Performing Arts Center
SCHOOL CALENDAR |
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| Clue on Stage keeps crowd guessing |
The cast and crew of Clue on Stage put on an entertaining fall play that kept the audience entertained and on the edge of their seats during a successful weekend run in the Berry Performing Arts Center on Nov. 4-5. Adapted from the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, Clue on Stage follows the antics of six mysterious guests who have been invited to an unusual dinner party on a dark and stormy night.
Jack Silver ’23, who earned a Best Actor nomination for his role in These Shining Lives last year, led a stellar ensemble of characters with another masterful performance as Wadsworth. Other leading players who shined in Clue on Stage included Naischa Puri ’23 as Miss Scarlett, Sasha Chernyak ’23 as Mrs. Peacock, Giselle Lee ’23 as Mrs. White, Ish Singh ’24 as Colonel Mustard, David Flatau-Jones ’23 as Professor Plum, and Charlie Silver ’24 as Mr. Green.
Photos by Stacey Rothrock Steinfeld and Rudy Brandl '83 CLUE ON STAGE PHOTO GALLERY |
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| Community supports annual Ram Run |
Last Friday’s fourth annual Ram Run included participation from students in all three divisions on a beautiful autumn afternoon. Parents joined their children in the Lower School runs, while students in grades 5-8 raced with their Middle School athletic teams and Upper School students ran on their own.
Participants received a Ram Run drawstring bag and foam frisbee from volunteers at the reception tent. Our thanks to parent volunteers Shakti Jha, Ashley Brazoban, Joe Penevolpe, Gloria Agudelo, Donna O'Connor, Sandy Cortese, Janelle Rodriguez and Greysi DeJesus, LA Alumni Association president Katie Vetland, and to Sage Dining Services for providing snacks and beverages for the runners.
Lead sponsors AE2 Learning and the Khanduja Family were joined by the following sponsors: the O’Neill family, Cheng family, Huang family, Williams family, Sarkar family, and the Desi Moms. RAM RUN PHOTO GALLERY |
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| Jim Howard named NJ Coach of the Year |
Jim Howard, the longest tenured golf coach in New Jersey, received the rare and special honor of being named NJ Coach of the Year after guiding the LA girls to their second consecutive perfect state championship season last spring. The news was announced as a surprise to the veteran coach at Monday’s Upper School division meeting. |
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| Middle School Musical set for Nov. 18-19 |
The WardlaLAartridge Performing Arts Department is proud to present this year’s Middle School musical – Tuck Everlasting – with performances set for November 18-19 in the Berry Performing Arts Center. Please note that the Friday performance is for students only. Saturday’s shows (12 p.m. and 4 p.m.) are open to the public.
Leading players include Emily O’Neill ’27 as Winnie Foster, Anousheh Nazir ’27 as Jesse Tuck, Rishi Nihalani ’29 as Miles Tuck, Saadia St. Victor ’27 as Mae Tuck, Devin Virdi ’27 as Angus Tuck, Deanna Nicholls ’27 as Mother, Sarah Kornfeld ’27 as Constable Joe, Shiloh Sharma ’28 as Hugo and Alyssa Ji ’27 as Man in Yellow Suit. ORDER TICKETS HERE |
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| Eighth grade parents visit Upper School |
Parents of current LA eighth graders received a glimpse of what’s ahead for their future Upper School students in a transition event – Experiencing Upper School at WardlaLAartridge – on November 4.
The morning consisted of a brief gathering and introduction in the Oakwood Room, hosted by Dr. Bob Bowman, Upper School Head. The program continued with student-led tours of the Upper School with several classroom visits, a Q&A session with an Upper School student panel, and conversations with Upper School teachers and guests. Parents visited classrooms covering all academic areas including the College Counseling Office. PARENT US VISIT PHOTO GALLERY |
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| Freshmen make impact on service trip |
The Class of 2026 embarked on its first Upper School service trip last week and made quite an impact.
Students, along with faculty chaperones Nicole Nolan, Jason Murphy, Maxime Sinal, Safia Haddam and Joe Konczynski, spent a few very productive hours in a Grow a Row trip to Riamede Farm in Chester. Students gleaned over 2,000 pounds of apples that otherwise would have gone to waste. That translates to 8,000 servings of apples which were distributed to our neighbors in need. Two crates of these apples were delivered directly to the Raritan Food Pantry for immediate distribution. Others will be delivered to local charities in need.
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| Seniors address themes in speeches |
Four seniors delivered their speeches and addressed themes within the past week in the Berry Performing Arts Center – Andrew Wolff ’23 (pictured), Nosagie Obadiaru ’23, Nandini Shah ’23 and Maiti O’Connor ’23. |
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| Middle School students celebrate books |
In honor of National Book Month, the Middle School held its annual Locker Book Wrap contest last week. Students designed and created a stylized book spine of their selected title to decorate the front of their lockers, Using colored paper, pencils, markers and their imaginations, students displayed a keen understanding of the themes, characters, symbols, and other key elements of the books. Their designs displayed the work’s title and author like a book spine, oriented to the vertical plane. Congratulations to this year’s winners: Lily Li ’27, Coco Lee ’27 and Angel Lu ’28.
MS LOCKER WRAP PHOTO GALLERY |
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| College reps visiting LA in person |
LA is pleased to welcome many of the finest colleges and universities back to our campus for in-person visits with our students this fall. More than 50 colleges and universities visited this fall, including two coming up on Nov. 15 - Ithaca College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |
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| Middle School Athletes of the Week |
Mike Romeo, Athletic Director, announced the final fall season Middle School Athletes of the Week at the division meeting on Wednesday. Congratulations to cross country runners Carly Jones ’27 and Rishi Nihalani ’29, and soccer players Andrew Andrews ’29 and Lexi Strauss '29. |
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FROM THE LA PARENTS' ASSOCIATION |
WHPA Winter Basket Raffle Set to Begin
It's time for our Virtual Winter Basket Raffle! Items will be collected from Nov. 14-22. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Giving Thanks for our LA Parent Donors
The Development Office would like to thank the LA community for supporting The WardlaLAartridge Fund. Click here to view a list of LA parents who have contributed to The 2022-2023 LA Fund between July 1, 2022 and November 7, 2022. Click here to make a gift to The WardlaLAartridge Fund! Join LA Subscribes to Fight Hunger
LA Subscribes to Fight Hunger is a student-led initiative to address food insecurity in the local community. Families who join are "subscribing" to deliver a bag of food to school one day a month. Food is then delivered to a local food pantry, mainly the Starfish Food Pantry in Plainfield.
For more information, contact Nicole Nolan, Director of Global Scholars and Community Outreach, at nnolan@WHschool.org
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