Summer Updates to Campus Nearly Done
From roadways to the Rhodes Arts Center, NMH will have a new feel this fall.
Salvadoran Scholars
Upward Bound math teacher Victoria Cavanaugh creates educational opportunities for orphans in Central America.
Hot July, Cool Jazz
NMH's jazz and band leader Ron Smith and four NMH students studied with legends of the genre at UMass' Jazz in July camp.
Moonlighting
Pema Latshang '99 leads the English department in a public middle school in the South Bronx. She and her family also founded a school in Tibet that's expanding. Her belief in every human's right to education fuels both endeavors.
Oligopoly in Action
Finding a way to illustrate to teenagers in the summertime how oligopolies work may seem a daunting task. But James "Hutch" Hutchison is up to it. In economics, oligopoly is a type of market, such as the airplane industry, dominated by a few major competitors—in this case, Boeing and Airbus. Reminding students of Adam Smith's metaphor of the invisible hand (the theory that every one operates out of self-interest ... read more of this story
Down to the Sea
Every summer a schooner leaves Boston harbor and, fueled by heady coastal winds, sails for Martha's Vineyard. That image is poetry enough. But the sailors are not old salts; they are young writers. The tall ship Harvey Gamage's crew includes the 20 teens who take the class Down to the Sea with Paper and Pen. Students not only learn to sail a ship, but also attend daily writing workshops; get a chance to film, narrate, and edit a short video; and receive one-on-one mentoring time with R. Jim Stahl '73 read more of this story
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