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Mountain Classroom students spent several days learning about Choctaw history, culture, and tribal governance in Oklahoma before making their way across Texas to Big Bend. Nina '27 shares reflections on place-based learning and the joy of life on the road.

Proctor's Eastern Alpine program is hitting its stride in 2025-26, with podium finishes across all levels, three athletes qualifying for the National Performance Series, and a team culture that balances elite competition with genuine community. Hear from student-athletes and read updates from our coaching staff!

Buz Morison's College-Level Neuroscience requires students to wrestle with complex questions as they explore how a living brain gives rise to a conscious mind, creating space for uncertainty, allowing them to develop confidence in their own thinking.

While I spent much of my childhood skiing with my family, it is a sport I have not made space for in more than twenty years. As I stepped into my new role at Proctor, I knew it was time to reintroduce something I once loved deeply back into my life.

For the last twenty-five years, Proctor has led the way in understanding how to teach health and well-being to its students. We enter an exciting new chapter of this work under the leadership of Dr. Nancy Turkington. 

As year-end reflections from 2025 start filling our social media feeds, we are reminded of just how much has transpired during the past 365 days.

Proctor’s financial model is complex. We are not just a school, but a not-for-profit business. We have thousands of constituents in our students, parents, alumni, and employees, with a $28,000,000 budget to balance each year.

During this liminal period between holidays and the year’s end, time seems to operate differently. What might we learn from it?

In the second student blog of the winter term, Cian '27 chronicles a three-day expedition in the Carter Notch area of New Hampshire, an attempted summit, and the group's first ice climbing experience.