About NMH Today

NMH Points of Pride

Members of the class of 2007 earned acceptances at the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country, including every Ivy League institution. Early decision and early action notices are rolling in and members of the class of 2008 have received good news from institutions such as Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Other successes:

Artists Garner Awards
NMH artists participate annually in a juried visual art competition at the Artspace Gallery in Greenfield, MA. This year, four of the eight NMH submissions were awarded prizes. The award-winning artists are: Hanson Ching Ping Cheng ’11, first place in the ceramics category; Britt Lilienthal ’08, second in photography; Hallie Bean ’08, first in drawing; and Dan Lovett ’08, second place in the printmaking category.

Students Discover Asteroids
NMH students have discovered four large chunks of rock and ice moving through the Main Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The group of nine students in Hughes Pack’s astronomy class spotted the so-called Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) using images from a telescope in Illinois. The discovery has been catalogued in an NEO database used by NASA.

Student of Russian a Scholar Laureate
Franklin Redner ’09 has been named by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) an ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate for 2007.

NMH Senior Witnesses Darfur Devastation
Nicholas Anderson '08 spent one month in Sudan last summer as the youth ambassador for the relief organization Oxfam. His story is featured on Oxfam America’s website. Last year Nick and Ana Slavin ’08 successfully ran a high school fundraising challenge called Dollars for Darfur, which attracted media attention from around the country and the world.

Model UN Delegates Travel Abroad
Five NMH students and two faculty members attended a session of the Model United Nations in Genoa, Italy. The group of student delegates are: Evan Abrams ’08, Tom Fagan ’08, Andre Gobbo ’09, Annamae Manning ’08, and Johannes Wesselhoeft ’09.  Model UN students have traveled previously to St. Petersburg, Cairo, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Haarlem, and Lisbon, winning praise for their high levels of preparedness and performance at these events.

Talented Musicians

• NMH Singers and Select Women's Ensemble were invited to perform at the Association of Boarding Schools Conference in Boston.
• NMH musicians competed against hundreds of students from western Massachusetts at the Music Educators' Western District auditions at Westfield State College. The top students in each area were accepted to participate in the annual Western Massachusetts District Festival; 25 NMH students were accepted. The following students were invited to compete at the All-State level: Lysander Jaffe ’09, Spencer Hattendorf ’08, Dreamy Wang ’09, Emily Quinn-Bell ’09, Kavinee Hui ’08, Tad Bezerra ’08, David Hsia ’08, Jordan Kreyling ’11, Will Baker ’10, and Brady Ward ’10.

All-Star Athletes

• Joy-Marie Fernandes ’10 was singled out for her soccer skills in a round-up of NEPSAC All-Stars in The Boston Globe.
• In December wrestler Marty Tarantino ’08 recorded three wins to bring his career total to 102, thus becoming the sixth member of the NMH Wrestling Century Club.
• From among 50 volleyball all-stars, Erika Loomer ’08 earned one of 12 spots on the coveted All-League team of Boston Globe All-Stars. This is the second consecutive year Erika has been so honored.
• Colin Murphy ’09 and Kade Krichko ’08 played soccer in the WNEPSSA All-Star game at the Westminster School.
• Melanie Bete ’09 and Molly DeLallo ’09 played on the field hockey WNEPSFHA All-Star team.

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