BEACH

We had a great day in Richland! We began the day with alternate lessons from Mr. Zagarella and Mrs. Chapman; they focused on math practice and poetry/writing skills respectively. We have some really deep thinkers amongst the boys. Very impressed! After the academic work and a snack, we ventured outside for a lesson on the basics of rugby. The boys were very happy to welcome back Mr. Towell (Prep faculty member and head rugby coach), a few of his current rugby players, and Wyatt (class of 2018) for a return visit. I think we would all agree that rugby with Coach Towell and Coach Conover (Prep science teacher/rugby coach) was a highlight of the summer. After lunch, the boys had an "enthusiastic" dodgeball match. Tomorrow, we welcome back Sa'eed Nelson (class of 2016) and look forward to learning how to calm ourselves. . . a great skill at any age!

what the basics of rugby are.

what they remember about rugby from last year.

the specific rugby skills they practiced today.

how rugby compares to other sports they have played.

whether or not they believe "The Road Not Taken" is a poem of happiness or regret.

how they can defend their opinion with proof from the poem.

how the poem relates to Coach Fingerhut's talk about choosing the "hard button" or the "easy button."

what they practiced with Mr. Zagarella and why they received lollipops!

The Road Not Taken

BY ROBERT FROST

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.