Testing their Limits - Cistercian Preparatory School
Testing their Limits - Cistercian Preparatory School
Testing their Limits - Cistercian Preparatory School
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Letter from the Headmaster<br />
Dear <strong>Cistercian</strong> Families, Friends, and Alumni,<br />
Since our last issue much has happened at <strong>Cistercian</strong> — too much, in fact, to be included<br />
in this issue. A number of wonderful arts programs warrant a mention here and more indepth<br />
coverage in a future edition of The Continuum.<br />
Photo by Jim Reisch<br />
Let’s start with the dramas. Middle <strong>School</strong> students presented<br />
a challenging production of Sleep of Prisoners, a serious<br />
drama interpreting the situation of several WW II prisoners<br />
in the light of Genesis. Hoping to exploit the students’ familiarity<br />
with Hamlet, the director of the Upper <strong>School</strong> drama<br />
chose to produce Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead<br />
for the Spring Drama.<br />
Then, on the last weekend in February, we combined the traditions<br />
of BookFair and BraveArt into the <strong>Cistercian</strong> Arts<br />
Festival. It began on a Thursday with Upper <strong>School</strong> students<br />
touring the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, the permanent<br />
collection at the Kimball Art Museum, and a special<br />
exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art. On campus<br />
the next day, they chose from more than 10 workshops<br />
ranging from hip hop dance to digital video production, from the composition of lyric<br />
poems to the creation of visual images of nature. Our special invited speaker Dr. Thomas<br />
Howard entertained and enlightened parents and faculty at the new ArtsFeast dinner<br />
Friday night. Dr. Howard conducted workshops for the boys on Friday and for the faculty<br />
on Saturday. Finally, Saturday brought the new format of BookFair along with the<br />
event’s familiar opportunities to browse used books, to donate new books to the library,<br />
and to meet with present, past, and future members of the Prep <strong>School</strong>. In all of its components,<br />
the new <strong>Cistercian</strong> Arts Festival proved a great success.<br />
Meanwhile, many of our students recently competed in conference tournaments in soccer,<br />
basketball, and swimming. This issue focuses in on <strong>Cistercian</strong> athletics. You will meet our<br />
coaches, skilled and committed to the overall education of our students, who continue<br />
<strong>Cistercian</strong>’s longstanding tradition of fielding teams that play with heart, smarts, and class.<br />
We also will introduce you to three student-athletes. Their stories illustrate how athletics<br />
complement the academic, artistic, and spiritual elements of a <strong>Cistercian</strong> education.<br />
Fr. Peter Verhalen ‘73<br />
Headmaster<br />
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