56 NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON MUS 056 French Horn MUS 057 Guitar MUS 058 Jazz Piano MUS 059 Organ MUS 060 Piano MUS 061 Saxophone MUS 062 Trombone MUS 063 Trumpet MUS 064 Violin MUS 065 Voice MUS 066 Bassoon MUS 067 Oboe MUS 068 Viola STU 131 Hogappella
Hogappella is an all-male, student-led a cappella group that generally rehearses Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. The group performs for various occasions on and off campus. Auditions take place the second and third week of school and again in the winter. STU 602 The Nellies
The Nellies is an all-female, student-led a cappella group that generally rehearses Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. The group performs for various occasions on and off campus. Auditions take place the second and third week of school and again in the winter. STU 605 Northfield Mount Harmony
Northfield Mount Harmony is a coed, student-led a cappella group that generally rehearses Sunday evenings and during X block. The group performs for various occasions on and off campus. Auditions take place the second and third week of school and again in the winter.
NMH PUBLICATIONS MIS 133 The Bridge
News, editorial and opinion pieces, arts, features, and sports comprise the NMH school newspaper. Competent writers, photographers, and layout people needed. Skilled younger students, long-term commitment, and experience are highly valued. An interview is required. MIS 014 Gemini
Students in this cocurricular create the school yearbook. Students with skills in writing, photography, illustrating, editing, and production are needed. Students excited to learn these skills and with commitment to the project are welcome. MIS 005 Mandala
Students in this cocurricular produce Mandala, the school’s art and literary magazine. The editorial staff of Mandala solicits submissions and evaluates them for possible publication.
MIS 135 The Hermonite
The Hermonite is a newspaper run entirely by students, who manage everything from the creation of story lists to layout to printing and distribution. Issues of approximately 30 pages appear 12 times a year. Founded in 2010, and printed in a news magazine format, the paper welcomes any and all students to its ranks.
OTHER ACTIVITIES MAT 021 MATH COMPETITION PREP
The NMH math team is very active. We meet every week, and are open to every student with an interest, without regard to current mathematical skill. It is a group that loves to talk about and play with math, and competing in a variety of local and national math competitions is a natural outgrowth of that love. Some we compete in regularly include the New England Mathematics League, the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Invitational Math Meet, the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament, and the American Mathematics Competitions series of tests that lead to the Olympiad program. MIS 056 WNMH DJ
WNMH is NMH’s student-run radio station. Interested students are assigned a two-hour weekly program. Students can play music or host a talk show on a topic of interest to them or the community. WNMH has a show featuring solely jazz music, a show about NMH school history, and a weekly weather forecast and review. New ideas are continually put forth by excited DJs who would like to make their own shows. WNMH is run by a board of directors consisting of students and faculty advisors. WNMH can be accessed online from all over the world. MIS 092 The Debate Society
The NMH Debate Society trains debaters to participate in interscholastic debates at sister schools. Society members compete in Oregon, Lincoln-Douglas, and Parliamentarystyle debates against schools in the Debate Association of New England Independent Schools two or three times a term. They also enter the league’s public-speaking competitions. Debaters meet once a week, at a minimum, to practice and prepare for competition. They make occasional trips to observe debates at Pioneer Valley colleges (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith, for example). Debaters learn to research current events, to think on their feet, to argue logically, and to speak confidently and persuasively. Though the tournaments in DANEIS are vigorous affairs, they are also friendly, conducted as much to educate debaters and improve their skills as to provide them with competition. No debate or public-speaking experience necessary. Ninth graders and sophomores are particularly encouraged to apply.