“I can’t imagine that the spirit of Dana will ever change,” says Ms. Wendy Secor, Director of Admissions at Dana Hall. Ms. Secor is leaving Dana Hall at the end of the 2016-17 school year so she can spend more time with her family; her mother has just moved to […]
A driving range, a putt, an iron, a swing. These used to be words thrown around by Dana Hall athletes, but golf is no longer offered at Dana Hall. The golf team had its last season in spring 2015, after losing their home course at the Brae Burn Country Club in Newton. […]
While 2016 may have ended weeks ago, climate change did not end with it. 2016 was the hottest year on record in New England, and based on the City of Boston’s Boston Climate Change Report, it looks as though the weather is not going to cool down for 2017. In […]
“Tiny houses” are all the rage. What is a tiny house, you ask? A typical tiny house is about 13.5 feet tall, 8.5 feet wide, and 40 feet long. While these dimensions are extremely small, amenities such as bathrooms (including showers and bathtubs), fully applianced kitchens, living spaces and at […]
Conflict between police and communities of color has been a subject of much attention lately. In response to those conflicts, the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Terrence M. Cunningham — who is also the chief of the Wellesley police department — recently publicly apologized on behalf […]
Everyone has their passions. For some it’s food; for others it might be animals. Margot Singer ’80, on the other hand, has a passion for metaphors. I was lucky enough to get to sit down and interview Ms. Singer, who came to Dana to give a Wannamaker lecture in March […]
Over Spring Break 2016, 32 new solar panels were installed on the southern side of the Shipley Center, thanks to previous Dana Hall students. In Dr. John Doll’s Current Topics in Life Science class in the 2013-14 school year, he asked students to do a year-long project studying how science […]
When a man suggests ideas for ways to prevent rape, I would usually want to listen to his ideas, because it shows that men care about the issue just as much as women. This is not always the case, however. Daryush Alizadeh, otherwise known as Roosh Valizadeh or Roosh V, […]
Dana Hall is adding a spinning room in the Shipley Center, according to John Suby, the Director of Athletics, who hopes that the new room will be built over Spring Break. Spinning, or indoor cycling, is a form of exercise which has recently become extremely popular. It involves a stationary bike and […]
For the first time in over 10 years, five planets are visible from Earth together at one time. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter can be seen in the early morning, about 45 minutes before the sun rises. These planets will be visible until February 20, but the best time to […]
Lost and Found: Dana Hall welcomes back the Amor Caritas statueNovember 27, 2023
Sophia Coppola’s “Priscilla” reveals the untold story of Elvis’s marriageNovember 17, 2023
Who was Noah Kahan before “Stick Season”? November 16, 2023
The Israel-Hamas war continues to impact the Harvard campusNovember 16, 2023
“Warm, inviting, wise”: Mickey Spaulding adds life to Student AffairsNovember 16, 2023