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Hyde Weekly

This is an informal e-communication from Hyde-Bath and Hyde-Woodstock, intended to share highlights, signs of growth, issues that are being addressed and thoughts from the Heads of School. Its purpose is to bring the Hyde parents and the larger community into the school culture.

Hyde Weekly – 2/12 – 2/19

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Parent Academy This winter, several Hyde parents have joined the community as part of Parent Academy to present experiential workshops that share their careers, interests and life experiences.  These presentations energize our community and students gain valuable insights and knowledge to bring to their daily lives and goals for the future.  Debbie [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 1/8 – 1/14

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Snow Day As our students often lament, because we are a boarding school we don’t have snow days, but we got our fair share of snow on Wednesday.  About 14” fell on the campus which brought out the snowboards and sleds to be used at various sloped spots.  The storm did force [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 1/3 – 1/7

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Welcome Back Before jumping back into classes on Tuesday morning, Assistant Head of School, Rich Truluck, welcomed the students back with a community meeting.  A quick and informal poll of students and faculty showed that about a quarter of the school spent some time outside of the US and about a third [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 12/4 – 12/10

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Big Week in Basketball Hyde Women’s Basketball Champions of the First Annual Aleigh Mills Memorial Tournament The Hyde-Bath Varsity Women’s Basketball team opened their season with two victories over the weekend, winning against Hyde’s sister school from Woodstock and then bringing home the championship trophy from the Aleigh Mills Memorial Tournament held [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 11/29 – 12/3

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS November 2010 Honor Guard Announced The students who earned the prestige of being a part of Hyde-Bath’s Honor Guard were announced this week.  The following students were part of the 4+/1/0 Club meaning they have received four or more Honors, no more than one Transition and no Warnings (Honors/Transitions/Warnings): Aneth Batamuliza ’11 [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 11/6 – 11/12

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS “No Power” Monday After hearing of the benefits our sister campus experienced with their “No-Tech Tuesdays,” the Bath campus went one better and had a “No Power” Monday.  We were aided in our efforts by a wind storm that knocked out phone and internet service for the day, along with most of [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 10/30 – 11/5

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Honor Guard Announced The second honors/warnings designations were posted this week.  The following students made the Honor Guard (at least 4 honors and no warnings): Seniors – Nathaniel  Abernethy; Aneth Batamuliza; Theodore Cercos; Rachel de Molina; Emeline Ferguson; Paxton Hansard; Wonseo Huh; Jane Miller; Emily Rose; Brendan Trometer Juniors – James Allen; [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 10/23 – 10/29

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Class Meetings The Seniors and faculty spent some time on Monday doing evaluations, i.e., “What is going well for this student/teacher?” and “What are challenges or opportunities for this student/teacher?”  The seniors were very up front and honest with both their classmates and the teachers evaluated, and so more time was allotted [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 10/16 – 10/22

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS From the Frying Pan into the Fire Family Weekend proved to be a success on many fronts and so, on Monday, we enjoyed a Headmaster’s Holiday.  After a mid-morning brunch, students were able to enjoy the nice weather, catch up on some sleep or do a little homework.  As we swung back [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 10/9 – 10/15

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS College Essay Day While the sophomores and juniors took the PSAT on Wednesday morning, the seniors worked to refine their college application essays.  From Beverly Coleman, Head of College Placement: Working in small groups of peers and faculty, seniors had the opportunity to further revise the drafts they created in the first [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 10/2 – 10/8

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Honor Guard Every few weeks, students and teachers do an Honors and Warnings assessment for each student in each class.  “Honors and Warnings” is primarily a reflection of the student’s effort level (participation, preparedness, punctuality) and attitude (working with classmates, asking for help, offering help) in class as well as their academic [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 9/25 – 10/01

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Five Words and the EEMO Scale The school meeting this week centered around a self-assessment based on the 5 words (courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and concern).  Each student and teacher was asked to rate themselves using the EEMO scale (Excellence, Effort, Motions & Off Track) on each of the 5 words.  Afterwards, [...]

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Hyde Weekly – 9/17 – 9/24

BATH CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Alumni Weekend Friday evening marks the beginning of Alumni Weekend.  As a school, we spent time on Wednesday working on team cheers to build excitement for the weekend and to prepare for the bonfire pep rally scheduled for Friday night.  Highlights on Saturday will include: A community meeting during which alums share what [...]

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Hyde Weekly 5/15 – 5/21

This is an informal e-communication from Hyde-Bath and Hyde-Woodstock, intended to share highlights, signs of growth, issues that are being addressed and thoughts from the Heads of School. Its purpose is to bring the Hyde parents and the larger community into the school culture.

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Hyde Weekly 5/8 – 5/14

Bath Highlights: Season Championships- It is a busy time for our athletic teams as they all participate in end of the season championships. The men’s track team won the MAISAD championship last Tuesday. The team bested the second place finisher 140 to 127. The team was led by Chris Moulton ’12 (1st javelin), Justin Castor [...]

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