Seventy newly admitted students revisit Proctor today, and another thirty-something will join us Tuesday. Paired with guides, they will attend morning classes, assembly and a set of informative panel discussions before lunch and afternoon activites.
Perhaps they'll join these astronomy students, who are adjusting the sites on telescopes in preparation of some nighttime star and planet gazing.
They're supposedly training sites on the cell tower atop Ragged Mountain, but if Oliver is seeing anything, it's Landers's forehead.
Proctor is used to breaking new ground. We were the first prep school to offer structured tutorial support services, the first to blog, the first to feature Flickr and Twitter on the homepage, and now we are the first to
Live Stream today's assembly and panel discussions for the benefit of those who can not physically join us. Trip is fashioning a spring-loaded "center" on a lathe in metal shop:
A few feet away, Connor (whose brother is revisiting today) is making fine measurements at a drill.
Upstairs, Even is building a boat.
These revisit days are the product of much work and anticipation by the admission team, and--ultimately--every one of us is an active player in the process. Making Proctor, which is a highly complex school, known to a large diverse crowd may not be wholly possible. Here's William--a student leader announcing the restart of Focus, a student group that identifies and promotes healthy campus activities.
Over in the stone chapel, the chorus takes time to discuss whether a message received by Kristofer Johnson (regarding a friend's marriage) could be an April Fool's Day joke.
Perhaps what matters most on Revisit Days is not the absorption of information, but a sense of ethos and emotion.
