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Straying from the Syllabus: Maximizing Real-World Class Time

Mr. Doar allotted five minutes—barely 12% of that Tuesday’s D Block Nonfiction Writing class—to introduce the VING Project to his Sixth Form elective students last fall. As John Markis ‘18 writes in the News section, VING allows high schoolers to nomin...

Six Belmont Hill Seniors Present VING Awards

Many students scoffed when Mr. Doar introduced an eccentric project to his fall senior seminar; after all, a two-minute video about someone of personal significance who had been besieged by hardship seemed out of place among the sundry essays. However, Mr. Doa...