Focus on Humanities
The Humanities program at Olney blends the study of literature, history, and geography. Here, we pull out some feature stories. Enjoy!
In the Classroom: Spotlight on History
February 01, 2012 Dan Raffety is a historian through and through. He tends to take the long view. He majored in history as an undergraduate at Connecticut College. At Olney, he enjoys teaching history through the... (more)
A Poetry Reading – and a Poetry Slam – at Olney Friends School
April 11, 2011 In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, Olney Friends School will host poet Brad Liening for a reading of his work at 8:00 p.m., Friday, April 29, in the Collection Room of the Main... (more)
Begin with Ninth Graders, Add Humanities Curriculum - and a Few Goats?
September 29, 2010 I didn’t grow up on a farm. I didn’t grow up walking through the pristine woods I saw in the pictures of Rachel Carson’s The Sense of Wonder. I grew up in a trailer on U.S.... (more)
Poetry Performance: Profiles of Student Poets, and the Making of a Slam
May 01, 2010 Poems pasted on colorful sheets of construction paper tacked to the walls of the Main Building; poems read by students and faculty at morning Collection; poems strategically placed on lunch tables; a... (more)