On Thursday, November 10, the 8th graders took a trip to Staten Island for community service day, where they worked in a soup kitchen and …
A Journey to Tolerance: Marc Elliot takes Hewitt Stage
An incredible sense of humor, an uplifting story of triumph, and the ability to truly get inside the heads of an audience: a recipe for the …
Hewitt in the Halls
What is your least favorite word? What is your least favorite movie? What is your least favorite song? What is your least favorite food? “Moist” …
What is My Breakthrough? TEDxYouth@Hewitt
What is my breakthrough? Quite honestly, before TEDxYouth@Hewitt 2011, I would have told you my breakthrough was finishing a cross-country race, being allowed to take …
Madeleine, the Comedienne: #Saladbarproblems
Today I would like to talk about something that really bothers me: people ridden with salad bar anxiety. At 12:51 Hewitt girls are springing from …
Cross Country Championships
“…the first time you are about to finish your race, and you can see the banner at the end, and you think, ‘I’m almost done!’ …
Viral Videos on YouTube
Before YouTube was created in 2005, there were few ways to share videos and songs across the web. The creation of YouTube allowed anyone who …
Lessons from the Lower School: Skating Party Joy
In case you weren’t at Hewitt’s annual skating party this past Tuesday, November 14, 2011, at Wollman Rink, here’s what you missed: 1) Insanely good …
Would You Eat at a “C” Restaurant?
Since the beginning of July 2010, restaurants have been required to post a sanitary letter grade in their window. This letter shows potential customers that …
Maickel Melamed: An Inspiration
The 2011 New York City Marathon, held on November 6, was filled with all kinds of runners: experienced, novice, accomplished, notorious, and international ones. Each …