Dogs have long been humans’ best friends, and there was no exception with former President George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, and his service dog, Sully. The two-year-old yellow Labrador had caught many people’ eyes when he stood watch in front of President Bush’s casket be...

Ms. DiIorio has been a tutor at Rectory School for about seven years. She lives in nearby Pomfret, CT with her three sons, Ben, Jacob, and Isaac. Ms. DiIorio started running when she was in college at UMass, Amherst. About five years ago, she started running "Tackle the Trail," a twenty-mile trail...

The Elective block in the Rectory academic schedule is a time for students to enrich their experiences. Each term Rectory faculty offer a variety of interesting electives for students to participate in. There are classes about such topics as sign language, mountain biking, watercolor painting, newspaper,...

The Elective block in the Rectory academic schedule is a time for students to enrich their experiences. Each term Rectory faculty offer a variety of interesting electives for students to participate in. There are classes about such topics as sign language, mountain biking, watercolor painting, newspaper,...

The Elective block in the Rectory academic schedule is a time for students to enrich their experiences. Each term Rectory faculty offer a variety of interesting electives for students to participate in. There are classes about such topics as sign language, mountain biking, watercolor painting, newspaper,...

Editor's Note: Jonathan C. is a current Rectory student. He is not a member of the newspaper staff, but he helped write this article because he is very excited that our school will be celebrating its 100th anniversary! The Rectory School was established in 1920 by Rev. Frank Bigelow in the rectory o...

Note from the Editor: This essay was submitted to the newspaper by the student's tutor, Mr. Bryant. They both wanted to share the student's random thoughts with all of us at Rectory. Sometimes in our lives, we think too much of what others think. We care about the people around us when we make de...

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...