The Globe

Download the latest issue of The Globe (pdf) Articles include: Traveling by Aneli Poland, Class of ’13; An American in Cali: First Impressions by Samuel O’Brient, Class of ’13; A Day In The Life by Harry Schiller, Class of ’14; Munich and Grea...

by Arthur Seltzer, Class of '14 The train began to slowly make its way out of Wassaic Station and the adventure began. On October 27, the GBWHS students went on a field trip to New York City. All the students in the school, including the German visiti...

by Robin Graney, Class of '13 Cardi Jackson, mother of recently graduated Tilo Jackson, has offered students and faculty the option of hot lunches three times a week. She believes this is a healthy alternative to our usual Dunkin’ Donuts or Manhatta...

by Mac Litishin, Class of '14 In English class we’ve been exploring imagery, simile, and metaphor. Here’s a class writing exercise by one of the ninth grade students: “The air was colder than arctic ice. The white pines were as tall as mounta...

by Sam O'Brient, Class of '13 As a high school student in a small private school, I sometimes forget about how awful bullying is. I was reminded of it all too clearly when I heard the story of college student Tyler Clementi, a freshmen at Rutgers Univ...

GBWHS played hard, and we had a great time. Thank you to our coaches, our players, and our opponents. Wins/Ties/Losses for the season were 2/2/5: Woodhall (home) Tied 1-1 Storm King (away) Lost 0-2 Buxton (home) Won 5-2 Woodhall (away) Lost...

by Sam O'Brient, Class of '13 Even in a school as small as ours, the students here have different views of the December holiday season and what it means to them. The two main holidays of this time of year are Christmas and Hanukkah, and several studen...

by Daniel Wingeleit, visiting German student One of my first thoughts as I arrived in Great Barrington was: “I hope that my family will be nice.” This was my first time traveling to America and I was really nervous. After I got past the Immigratio...

by Solomon Joffe, Class of '14 SJ: How and why did you come to America? AB: Frau Hochleitner told us that nine students could come to America. The first nine students who said that they wanted to go were allowed to go. My parents told me I had to g...

by Sam O'Brient, Class of '13 Every year on November 2, in nearly every Spanish-speaking country, people gather to celebrate El Dia de los Muertos, better known to English speakers as the “Day of the Dead.” The celebration begins on November 1 and...