Everyone loves summer; they have a lot of great memories. The DiRectory interviewed some students and teachers at Rectory to find out what they did last summer. They all loved their last summer vacation, so we wanted to share their adventures with you.  Here’s how people at Rectory spent this past s...

This past summer when many of Rectory’s students were traveling to other places, studying academics and playing sports, Albert D. was researching how to save endangered animals in Kenya, Africa. Albert worked with experts at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. He learned about black rhinos: their classificat...

WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) players do not make nearly as much as NBA (National Basketball Association)  players for the same amount of dedication and work. Unfortunately, it is common in many jobs and careers for women to get paid less money than men for the same work. It is also c...

The one sentence story is a school-wide competition that requires participants to write a story in a forty-word-or-less sentence using a grammatically-correct form of the monthly word. Each month, there is a different word for participants to use; the words given to the participants are all chosen by ...

Mr. Li was born on June 11, 1984, in Fuzhou, China. He lived in China for about 11 years before he moved to West Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1997, when he was in the 6th grade. As a child, Mr. Li loved spending time with his older brothers, Jim and David. He did not play any sports as a child, but he ...

This year, Ms. Minifie started a new Art Elective for students who are interested in art to work on their own artwork. Students can choose to work on a variety of projects, such as painting, drawing, clay, scratchboard, and crayon melting. Students are engaged, work in groups, and cooperate with one ...

Rectory’s wrestling team has been around for many years. The wrestling team went undefeated for eight years until last year. This winter, however, was a special season for Rectory’s wrestling program; we had Mr. Paul Gray step up to the plate to coach this year’s team. Mr. Gray has never done a...

Did you know that Rectory School has a marching band? And did you know that every year Rectory’s marching band participates in Pomfret’s Memorial Day Parade?  We wanted to find out more about what the marching band is and what students enjoy about it, so The DiRectory interviewed Ms. D’Angelo, the O...