Author Archives: sandramacquinn

Many of us missed the “real time” inauguration of President Obama yesterday on Martin Luther King Holiday. (Service Director Linda Hurley was in attendance!)  But no one around me seemed to feel we were not involved in it. After all, … Continue reading →

The following note just came in the mail from Children’s Hospital: Dear Students of Noble and Greenough School,Thank you so much for your wonderful and thoughtful donation of 300 Teddy bears! Every child who received a bear on Christmas eve … Continue reading →

Holiday songs brighten the season at the Pine Street Inn. What do 300 Teddy Bears, 60 blankets, 200 coats, 6 boxes of supplies, 75 snowflake gifts, 60 ceramic plates, 10 songs, 65 scarves, and lots of holiday cookies have in … Continue reading →

In the spirit of “always getting better” that Nobles espouses for all school programs, two new service initiatives stand out. You might have already noted the Graduates Council collaboration with “Meals of Hope,” which packaged ten thousand meals on the … Continue reading →

  Between classes, after school when it snowed, during study halls and lunches, and crowded around tables during Friday’s X block, students cut fleece and braided edges to turn donated fabric into warm blankets to send to New York and … Continue reading →

It’s hard not to feel helpless watching those floods engulf our neighbors and friends on the east coast–harder still to know what to do. Fortunately, Nobles students (thanks Nick Samel) and parent friends (thanks Kennie Grogan) are action oriented and … Continue reading →

“10 bunnies, 10 miles: the bunnies propelled the Nobles Boys Cross Country Team through Dedham, bringing us together as a group and giving us a wonderful view of the town to benefit the Haiti Project.”  (Coaches David Ulrich, Bob Kern, … Continue reading →

Each week I type up the list of service initiatives and projects that I know are going on for the coming 7 days. I send it down to the admission office so that prospective families, should they be interested, can … Continue reading →

You have been noticing those great Dedham Bunnies, haven’t you? They crouch happily all over town sponsored by the Dedham Artists Guild as a fundrasier for art in the public arena.  They are now becoming the destination point for Nobles … Continue reading →