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[Student Life](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/StudentLife) - [Plan of the Week](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/PlanoftheWeek) - [Student Activities](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/StudentActivities) - [Residential Life](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/ResidentialLife2) - [Traditions](http://cardigan.org/aboutcms/Traditions) - [Athletics](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/Athletics) - [Handbooks](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/Handbooks) - [School News](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/tothepointnews) - [School Calendar](http://cardigan.org/studentlife/SchoolCalendar) # The Point ## [Trust That Your Boys Can Do This](https://blog.cardigan.org/trust-that-your-boys-can-do-this) It is so great to have the campus buzzing with all of the exciting things that the boys are doing in the classrooms, on the athletic fields, on the [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/trust-that-your-boys-can-do-this) ![Cardigan_Mountain_School_Mountain_Day](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/Cardigan_Mountain_School_Mountain_Day.jpg?width=767&name=Cardigan_Mountain_School_Mountain_Day.jpg) ## [Why "The Courageous Heart"](https://blog.cardigan.org/why-the-courageous-heart) *“I learned that courage was not the absense of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers* [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/why-the-courageous-heart) ![Chapel](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/Chapel.jpg?width=767&name=Chapel.jpg) ## [Focus on Middle School Boys: A Parent's Perspective](https://blog.cardigan.org/focus-on-middle-school-boys-a-parents-perspective) The thought of sending one of our kids to boarding school was a pretty foreign concept. But when we found ourselves moving to our home in Vermont, we [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/focus-on-middle-school-boys-a-parents-perspective) ![Cardigan_Proud_Parents_OConnells](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Cardigan_Proud_Parents_OConnells.jpg?width=767&name=Cardigan_Proud_Parents_OConnells.jpg) ## [The Future Is Bright](https://blog.cardigan.org/the-future-is-bright) We can still recall when Colin, the life of our family, approached us about leaving home for a junior boarding school at the age of 12. We’d known [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/the-future-is-bright) ![Cardigan_Mountain_School_Grateful_Graduate](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/The%20Point%20Blog%20Photos/Cardigan_Mountain_School_Grateful_Graduate.jpg?width=767&name=Cardigan_Mountain_School_Grateful_Graduate.jpg) ## [Students Experience Science in the Living Laboratory](https://blog.cardigan.org/students-experience-science-in-the-living-laboratory) Cardigan is fortunate to have our very own living laboratory! Found in the Bronfman science wing, this space is designed to engage our entire [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/students-experience-science-in-the-living-laboratory) ![Cardigan_Living_Lab_Experiential_Learning_1](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/The%20Point%20Blog%20Photos/Cardigan_Living_Lab_Experiential_Learning_1.jpg?width=767&name=Cardigan_Living_Lab_Experiential_Learning_1.jpg) ## [New Digital Arts Lab Expands Learning Opportunities](https://blog.cardigan.org/new-digital-arts-lab-expands-learning-opportunites) We see digital art every day on our computers and phones, and increasingly, on the walls of the world’s finest art galleries. Art is becoming more [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/new-digital-arts-lab-expands-learning-opportunites) ![Digital_Arts_1](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/The%20Point%20Blog%20Photos/Digital_Arts_1.jpg?width=767&name=Digital_Arts_1.jpg) ## [The Benefits of Adding Virtual Reality to the Classroom](https://blog.cardigan.org/adding-virtual-reality-to-the-classroom) Cardigan has embarked on a new and exciting journey with the recent purchase of a computer workstation and Virtual Reality (VR) headset. The [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/adding-virtual-reality-to-the-classroom) ![DSC09739](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/DSC09739.jpg?width=767&name=DSC09739.jpg) ## [Brotherhood](https://blog.cardigan.org/brotherhood) Brotherhood is defined as a relationship between brothers, but being a Cardigan brother is so much more than that. Two years ago I came to campus [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/brotherhood) ![DSC_7284](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC_7284.jpg?width=767&name=DSC_7284.jpg) ## [One of Cardigan's Best: A Morning for Dudley Clark H'05](https://blog.cardigan.org/one-of-cardigans-best-a-morning-for-dudley-clark-h05) I only met John Dudley Clark III H’05 in the last weeks of his life. One might say I barely knew him, or that the Dudley I know is the man of your [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/one-of-cardigans-best-a-morning-for-dudley-clark-h05) ![DSC_9353](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/DSC_9353.jpg?width=767&name=DSC_9353.jpg) ## [Five Minutes Between Classes](https://blog.cardigan.org/five-minutes-between-classes) Having taught in a middle school for almost 40 years, I’m embarrassed to admit how long it took me to realize that my students needed time to regroup [Read More](https://blog.cardigan.org/five-minutes-between-classes) ![DSC07376](https://blog.cardigan.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Photos/The%20Point%20Blog%20Photos/DSC07376.jpg?width=767&name=DSC07376.jpg) [All posts](https://blog.cardigan.org/all) [Next](https://blog.cardigan.org/page/2) - [About CMS](http://cardigan.org/AboutCMS/AboutCMS) - [Admissions](http://cardigan.org/Admissions/Admissions) - [Academics](http://cardigan.org/Academics/Academics) - [Student Life](http://cardigan.org/StudentLife/StudentLife) - [Support CMS](http://cardigan.org/SupportCMS/SupportCMS) - [Summer Session](http://cardigan.org/SummerSession/SummerSession) ### Choose a Category - [Emotional growth (5)](https://blog.cardigan.org/tag/emotional-growth) - [Social growth (4)](https://blog.cardigan.org/tag/social-growth) - [brotherhood (3)](https://blog.cardigan.org/tag/brotherhood) - [Academics (2)](https://blog.cardigan.org/tag/academics) - [Experiential Learning (2)](https://blog.cardigan.org/tag/experiential-learning) ### View archive - [August 2018 (6)](https://blog.cardigan.org/archive/2018/08) - [October 2018 (2)](https://blog.cardigan.org/archive/2018/10) - [April 2018 (1)](https://blog.cardigan.org/archive/2018/04) - [June 2018 (1)](https://blog.cardigan.org/archive/2018/06) - [July 2018 (1)](https://blog.cardigan.org/archive/2018/07) # More stories [»U](http://cardigan.smugmug.com/)se the SEARCH bar at the top of this page to search for key words in a story you'd like to read again! # See More  [»in our SmugMug Photo Galleries](http://cardigan.smugmug.com/) # Connect [»Sign up for our E-Newslette](http://cardigan.org/alumni/Mailinglistform)r # Attend [»RSVP for a Cardigan Event in Your Area](http://cardigan.org/quicklinks/RSVP) - - - - Cardigan Mountain School      62 Alumni Drive      Canaan, New Hampshire 03741     603.523.4321 Cardigan Mountain School,62 Alumni Drive ,Canaan, New Hampshire 03741 603.523.4321