Williston Northampton School Bulletin, Winter 2020

Worth Repeating

“When we’re outside we often compete with traffic from Park Street and fighter jets flying overhead. Who knew singing would be so adventurous?” —Colin Mann, director of choirs, describing choral practice this fall.

“I’m so thankful and honored to be living in the first dorm named after a woman! Our dorm is full of wonderful girls and I’m so happy to be here.” — Abby Vassallo ’22, a resident of Emily McFadon Vincent House, in a thank you card to Emily McFadon Vincent ’49

“At Harrow, if you were caught within a hundred miles of a girl, even if it was your sister in a coffee shop, you could be had up. Then I found myself at Williston kissing a girl in the bushes, and the master’s lights go on. And in the classroom the next day they think it’s the funniest thing that’s ever happened. So all of this structure and security of England was gone. I was free.” —Anthony Willoughby ’70, reflecting on his year abroad at Williston Academy, after his experience in British “public” schools. Read more about Willoughby’s many life adventures on page 44.

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“We decided to revise pieces of the show, because we wanted to modernize it. We wanted to bring it back here, into this century, and make it a little more timeless.” —Hannah Cannizzo ’21, a member of the acting company of Antigone, which was filmed and screened in December

“There is much for you to go do. There is a world out there that desperately needs people to contribute. The world is broken at the exact moment we are graduating another class of fixers. How convenient! I look forward to staying in touch and living in the world you and the class of 2020 make.” —Shaun Chapman ’98 in a note to a graduating senior last spring, as part of an alumni initiative to pair new and past graduates at this momentous time

“Physical pain and psychological pain register in the same areas of the brain, and to the same degree.” —Guest speaker Rosetta Lee on why we need to engage in courageous conversations to mitigate racial harm (see more on page 5)

“I’m wearing a clear mask because we realized that you need to see lips and the mouth when learning pronunciation.” —Language Department Chair and French teacher Adeleen Brown on adjusting to new classroom measures to fight coronavirus spread