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A transcript of the Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White’s invocation Pine Cobble School 75th Commencement Exercises June 15, 2012 I am deeply honored to be invited to give the invocation at the 2012 Pine Cobble School graduation. But I am mindful of a dilemma that confronts me in the very word “invocation.” I know this is a…

We were privileged to have Jane Swift as our graduation speaker this year. Swift is the CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages. She served as the 69th Lieutenant Governor from 1999 to 2003 and as Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2001 to 2003. She is also a Pine Cobble parent. Below is the…

What do you get when you cross an Eagle Scout, a dancer, a singer, and a voracious reader of dystopian novels (who is, nonetheless, surprisingly upbeat?). That may sound like the beginning of an offbeat joke, but it is in fact the question that I asked myself at the start of this school year. Slater, Emma, Anni,…

June 7, 2012. WILLIAMSTOWN. A team of Pine Cobble fourth and fifth grade students departed this morning for the international championships of the Future Problem Solvers’ Club, junior division. The championships are held in Bloomington, Indiana. Future Problem Solvers (FPS) challenges students to develop real-world solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems — from…

Classes outdoors. One-of-a-kind campus. A minimum of 40 minutes outdoors of unstructured time, every day, for every child. Entire days spent on the ski slopes, on the ice, or in the woods. All the best parts of being a kid, combined with a powerful education — the kind that fosters curiosity, critical thinking, and excitement…

We recently came across a great article, Liberal Arts and Leadership, in the journal Inside Higher Ed. The piece, a thoughtful reflection of the value of the liberal arts during times of economic uncertainty, reported on a recent survey of top leaders in business, nonprofit, and government sectors of the economy. The survey found a…

Pine Cobble students judge professional scientists’ writing Competition launched by Alan Alda aims to improve science communications MAY 25, 2012. Pine Cobble fifth and sixth grade students recently served as judges in the Flame Challenge, a competition launched by Alan Alda and the Center for Communicating Science. The Challenge invited professional scientists and science writers from around the…

Pine Cobble Fifth Grader Honored at Statehouse Andrea Printz recognized as top 1% in state in competitive Letters About Literature Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susannah Wells, Head of School 413.458.4680, s.wells@pinecobble.org WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. May 17, 2012. Andrea Printz, a fifth grader at Pine Cobble School, been awarded an honors designation in the Massachusetts Letters About Literature 2012…

Saturday night’s 75th Anniversary celebration, “In Full Swing!” was simply amazing. What a thrill it was to see so many alumni, friends, and families together under one tent, dancing the night away. It was a fantastic fundraiser, but more important, it was the kind of incredible night that reminds us all why we are here,…

Contact: Kate Brill (kate.brill@gmail.com) or Katie Cummings (kec66@comcast.net) for plant sale information 75th Festivities kick off with a perennial potluck plant sale WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. Pine Cobble School kicks off a weekend of festivities with its second annual perennial potluck plant sale. In the tradition of the once-popular ABC plant sale, we offer plants donated by your own…