“Only at Thacher,” he said.

I recently went on a mountain bike trip with students, faculty, and friends of Thacher. The trip was wonderfully planned and executed by our Director of the Outdoor Program (and teacher) Brian Pidduck (please see Brian’s blog for pictures and a description of the trip). After riding up to the Ridge from Patton’s Cabin, we stopped […]

Three Gems of The Thacher School

There are so many great resources here at Thacher and I wanted to post three wonderful gems that came to me while running on the Morgan-Barnes trail today. Number one, in no relevant order, is the Thacher library. I was perusing in the “newly acquired materials” section of the library looking for reading material over […]

First Impressions

My family and I spend part of each summer at Camp Runoia in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. My wife, Lucia, and I are counselors at the camp where I teach sailing and she teaches yoga, basket weaving, swimming, and other activities.  Our nine-year-old daughters, Annika and Christina, are busy and happy campers there as well. Some […]