Category Archives: Features

Feature stories from our staff, including profiles of people and places of interest to our community.

Saying Farewell To Holly Fairlamb

By Cara Crawford After 27 years as a teacher in Collegiate’s Upper and Middle Schools, French teacher Holly Fairlamb (‘82) is retiring….

From Altoona to the CIA: The Remarkable Path of Tom Hennaman

By Taylor Jenkins For my entire life, Grandpa Tom has been nothing more than a loving, kind, and funny presence. He was…

Photo of Rare Olde Times on Wednesday night

Trivia Night At Rare Olde Times

An Unexpected Wednesday Night Tradition By Rhodes Neuner Nestled quietly at the corner of Patterson and Pump Road is Rare Olde Times…

Billy Strings In Concert

By Wright Montague On the night of Friday, April 17, bluegrass protogé Billy Strings took the stage in John Paul Jones Arena…

The Hershey Center’s Tara Burgess Says Goodbye

By Lacey Chenault Tara Burgess, Collegiate’s Fine Arts Assistant and Theater Manager, has shared her passion for the fine arts with Collegiate…

My Journey Through Boy Scouts

By John Mahoney Right before we started 6th Grade, my parents told my brother Ryan and me that we would be joining…

Finding Home: The College Decision Process

By Finley Wittkamp Senior year is basically one long press conference about college. The second anyone finds out you’re a Senior, they…

Nathan Goodwyn: Moving Up

By Tee Haskell As I walked into the Middle School’s Flippen Hall and into F125, I was immediately brought back into a…

Over The Years With Melanie Gorsline

By Lacey Chenault Middle School art teacher Melanie Gorsline (‘74), who has been calling Collegiate home since she was a student in…

Brent Miller: Our Sort-Of New Woodworking Teacher

By Beau Hurst What has been a familiar face in the Upper School is now also a familiar face in the Middle…