August 12, 2024 We set out on a winding, thin path, thick with moss covered rocks gently protruding, creek beds off to the right, and hardwood trees of quite a
July 8, 2024 In 1876, American baseball players did not use gloves and the pitcher stood in a box 45 feet from the batter, not today’s 60 feet. Original basketball
June 10, 2024 Through those years of growing and defining The Grauer School, wherever I traveled, I looked for small schools, and I found many when I wasn’t looking, too.
May 13, 2024 1. The Summit of Mont Blanc In 1974, my first year as a full-time teacher, I won a football pool and, with the winnings, bought plane and
April 8, 2024 In the heart of Finland, amidst its lush forests and pristine lakes, stands—and tinkers—a figure emblematic of the Finnish spirit of education—Jukka O. Mattila. A physicist turned
March 13, 2023 Five years before I was born, a great war ended and we had entered into an age that I still think of as the Leave it to
Our environmental science teacher Nick Scacco takes the students for a walk around the edges of our school and the nearby nature preserves, but he does it differently than I