TaborTalk Blog

Tommy is the founder of Tabor’s revitalized competitive Debate Team, moving it from club status to an official co-curricular activity. While he treasures the art of rhetoric, he also values storytelling and listening just as much. Read how Tommy has shared his talent with Tabor, bringing his vision to life!

^{Excerpts from a speech by Brandon Sherman ’20}

About a year ago today, my advisor, Ms. Kaplan, elbows me during All-School and says, “pay attention, you’re going on this.” Sure enough, about four months later I found myself heading off in June on an Outward Bound trip, having successfully applied for the Tabor Outward Bound Scholarship.

Once upon a time 12 student actors and an ambitious teacher-director decided to portray an un-fairytale. They faced many adversities along the way, such as ill cast members and the many difficulties of putting on such an elaborate play. Each day a new element was added, the cast enjoying themselves the whole way through, everyday finding something new to crack up about.

^{Excerpts from a Chapel Talk by Faye Parker ’19}

It’s winter break of Junior year, I’m home from Tabor and my siblings are home from college, and the local high school’s basketball team, which both my sister Ella and I had played on, had a game.

If you happen to walk through Hoyt, the sun dipping under the harbor’s horizon, you might hear strong melodies drifting from the chorus room, or the sound of the table saw in the scene shop. Perhaps, you will even see costumers carrying new carefully-chosen pieces of clothing, or cast members practicing lines in the lobby, perfecting each delivery.

Imagine a great round community table. This table is the focal point for all school gatherings, looking a little closer at the grain, it reveals century old oak with years of history.

For the past two years, the Special Olympics Club at Tabor Academy has been hosting and attending a multitude of different activities celebrating the athletic achievement of intellectually impaired athletes.

I spent the first week of December on a whirlwind tour of Virginia colleges with stops at Roanoke College, Virginia Tech, Washington and Lee, the University of Virginia, Richmond and William and Mary.

Seawolf Cycling is Tabor’s mountain bike club. We are one of Tabor’s most active clubs, having officially met almost twice each month this fall and early winter. We frequently ride trails all around Tabor, from Rhode Island to the Cape.

On October 31, Mr. Whitworth, an amazing photographer, photo teacher, and mentor presented me with a really interesting opportunity.

How do Tabor students see the world around them? In the past three years, the curriculum of the Introduction to Microeconomics and Macroeconomics courses have adjusted to incorporate data analysis, statistics, and predictive modeling to inform the worldview of students.

“Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.”

― Sir Ken Robinson