A Letter from The Head of School

HEADLINES A Letter from The Head of School

This edition of PAGES captures the spirit of Far Hills; we are a school community that remains true to our values and mission while constantly evolving and changing to prepare our students “for success in the modern world.” In his interview with Linda Corcoran, our next Board Chair, Chris Merton ’82, who in different capacities has been a member of our school community for more than 35 years, talks about how when he was a student, Far Hills strengthened his character, by building enduring confidence and self-advocacy skills—hallmarks of a Far Hills education then and now.

Experiential learning is another such hallmark, and the Ropes Course—and fixture on our campus since the mid-1980’s and the feature of our Campus Spotlight—is one of those transformative places where students, by exercising Challenge by Choice, stretch to and beyond their comfort zone.

technologies. As Cathy Varga details, our students do not have to leave their classrooms and yet can be transported to a whole new place and time thanks to Google Expeditions Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality lessons. In these ways Far Hills is both the same as it ever was and new and different at the same time.

Far Hills would not be the school it is without its dedicated, professional faculty and staff. A generous and visionary philanthropist understands this and the importance of supporting them. This donor made a $1 million gift to strengthen our retirement plan and thereby help our faculty and staff save for retirement— an inspiration to us all.

As becomes clear in this issue of Pages, Far Hills remains a vibrant learning community, steeped in both tradition and innovation. Enjoy the magazine!

Expert teaching continues to define the Far Hills program as well, with our teachers incorporating the latest in Mind, Brain, and Education science into their classrooms, as Peter McBride and Ed Thompson detail in their article on this new initiative. Our students, too, are reaping the benefits of the latest research and

Tom Woelper, Head of School