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campus recap

Throughout the year, Rectory faculty host many events and students participate in a plethora of activities on and off campus. Although the 2019-2020 school year was cut short on campus due to the COVID pandemic, there was much to celebrate during the fall and winter terms. We invite you to visit our newly designed website in order to keep up with what is happening at Rectory: www.rectoryschool.org.

(ABOVE) On Monday, January 20, 2020, Rectory students visited dozens of locations throughout northeastern Connecticut for a school-wide community service day. Each year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Rectory makes a commitment to “a day on, not a day off.” (LEFT) The Kellogg Award, established in 1993 by Rectory alumnus Peter Kellogg ’57 in honor of his mother, Mrs. James Crane Kellogg III, recognizes Rectory employees for their dedication and commitment to the School. Each year, two or three employees are selected to be recipients of this award because of their many years of service and their special help to the school and students. To read about 2020’s recipients: Deanna Hart Rodman, Mark Herrick, and Erica Mann, go

to www.rectoryschool.org/facawards. (LEFT) It was a beautiful morning for Rectory’s Holiday Chapel service on December 18, 2019. Students and staff celebrated the season with songs and readings celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. The annual celebration of lessons and carols is a favorite in the community. (LEFT) Rectory’s dining hall was a sugary sweet wonderland the week of December 16, 2019 as our elementary school students, friends, and the adults who love them created dozens of gingerbread houses.

(LEFT) In February, our faculty took advantage of an opportunity to meet for lunch in the middle of the dining hall to share the wonderful instruction and learning going on in their classrooms and exchange ideas.

(RIGHT) Grade 9 students presented their Capstone Projects on Monday, February 24, 2019. Personal passions, purposeful creativity, and thoughtful research were evident in their overall

presentations. Learn more at www.rectoryschool.org/capstone