Last week, the Opinion Pages of the New York Times printed a compelling article about creativity and education. Yet again, a thinker (in this case writer and filmmaker Hanif Kureishi) has inadvertently argued for the efficacy of Fairhaven School! In an education world increasingly intent upon systematizing conformity (even by medicating young people), truly our…
Reprinted below is an article the Sudbury Valley School journal published last month. It captures so well the reality of growing up in the twenty-first century, we decided to post it here. Enjoy! “There’s More’n One Way to Skin a Cat”* by Mimsy Sadofsky We have a lot to muse about as we struggle to…
Last month, for the thirteenth year in a row, Fairhaven School’s Theatre Corporation staged a production. This year, they decided to host a dinner theater. Staff and students set up the room, and parents cooked the baked ziti and black beans. The mother of the murder “victim” baked bread from scratch! Our resident student pastry…
