Upper School (US) student Max Kerrigan ’25 finally flipped open the first page of “Half Broke Horses” by Jeannette Walls in mid- August. He wasn’t alone. Every year, more US students than would care to admit it cram their assigned English summer reading into the last fleeting moments of summer. Max believes the assigned summer reading rarely keeps students engaged over the break, he said. “I...

“Innovator” and “trailblazer” were two of the words the Barrows Family Master Teacher Chair citation used to describe its third honoree in its ten-year history, Upper School (US) English Teacher Alda Farlow. Indeed, for the past 17 years, Ms. Farlow has transformed the lives of the school’s students both in and out of the classroom through her many roles, including US English teacher, Bivouac...