The Buzz

On Proctor’s logo is an evergreen tree, outwardly representing Proctor’s deep commitment to the natural world and our belief that relationships, like the green branches that stand out during stick season, last through even the longest of winters. 

Proximate learning does not occur without risk, but it is in those moments when students are living their education alongside the issues they are studying that worldviews are transformed.

For 175 years, Proctor has helped educate the children of the Town and has served as the largest employer in town. In return, the Town of Andover has supported Proctor’s growth and evolution as a school

Our strength as a school is the physical embodiment of this story-building human-centric work that always asks the question: What might you become?

We view each sport, each course, each performance, each success, and each misstep as a piece of their journey of becoming.

We have a powerful opportunity this winter to redefine and reframe how we are perceived by others within our groups. It is a reminder that each trimester is a fresh start in a far more important way than a new grade book in our classes.

Liam '24, Sophie M. '25, and Stella '25 reflect on their experience as their final days in Segovia unfolded. Often, the small, undocumented moments and daily decisions, aggregated over a term of living and learning abroad, resonate most powerfully. 

Campus is quiet as students have dispersed for break, faculty are busily writing end of term comments and entering final grades, and support staff are catching up on projects around campus during this brief reprieve before the Winter Term begins.

After nine weeks of living, learning, and creating art together, this group has an inextricable bond that will carry them through the rest of their lives.