The Buzz

Each year approximately 20% of the Proctor Academy's graduating class goes on to compete in collegiate athletics or pursue an arts degree in college. The Class of 2023 is no exception.

To the Class of 2023, we hope that we have taught you to live a life worth living, a life where you surround yourself with others who will challenge you, support you, love you, and that you will do the same right back. 

This final week of the school year often feels like it is simultaneously in fast forward and slow motion. We are intently focused on that which is right before us, even though the vastness of summer awaits is at our fingertips.

As Proctor Academy’s Mountain Classroom program returns to New Hampshire after a cross country learning adventure, students reflect on their final student-run expedition of the term.

The spring athletic season always seems to pass in a blink of an eye. While the season starts with snow-covered fields and practice rotations through the field house, the final weeks are highlighted by blue skis, green grass, and, of course, pesky black flies.

Bea '24 and Lisle '24 share, through interviews with other group members, insider tips, favorite locations, hidden gems, and memorable activities from a term studying abroad in Segovia, Spain. Plus, don't miss their bonus reflection from Caroline S. '24 on attending an Atlético de Madrid La Liga soccer match.

For some members of our community, the work day starts long before sunrise. Making sure classrooms and buildings are ready for the day, members of the housekeeping team arrive on campus before 5:00 am and quietly make sure Proctor’s campus sparkles for all of us whose work days start a few hours later.

This is our mission as a school: to create opportunities for young people to discover and become themselves, to pursue accomplishment without focusing on achievement. Our job is to simply facilitate the process with a safe, supportive, and challenging community. 

Proctor's Mountain Classroom program enters its final week of its term off-campus and its final student-led expedition. This group has learned so much about themselves, a sense of place around the country, and the varying cultures in which they have immersed themselves.