Havanese dogs are active dogs and enjoy learning tricks and playing games with their owners. They are intelligent and easy to train. They need socialization to prevent them from becoming afraid of strangers. The Havanese can be a good watchdog but poor guard dog because of its small size. Havanese dogs...

Imagine an animal with the ability to hear bugs crawling under tree bark, and to use its long fingers and sharp teeth to dig them out. I’m not describing a fictional creature...I’m describing my favorite animal, an aye-aye! In this article, I will tell you what it is, where it lives, what it eats,...

Wouldn't it be cool if small coolers were rolling around on Rectory’s Campus? The robot epidemic is just beginning; hold onto your chairs because we are taking off!   Starship Technologies is a company designed to revolutionize the way local food is delivered. Recently in Fairfax, Virginia, at...

Mr. Klett is one of the new faculty members at Rectory this year (2018-19). He is the teacher for Computer Science for students in grades 6 - 9. He is also the first teacher at Rectory to teach Computer Science. He is funny, knowledgable, and we love him. Let’s get to know more about him! Mr. Klett...

Rectory School is almost 100 years old!  It was founded by Reverend and Mrs. Bigelow in 1920 in the rectory of Christ Memorial Church in Pomfret, Connecticut. Within a few years the school had grown, and the Bigelows acquired a neighboring house named Greystoke. However, in 1925, Greystoke burned to...

The Earth is heating up and the oceans are dying. According to “The Environmental Impact of Plastic Straws – Facts, Statistics, and Infographic” on the "Get Green Now" blog (getgreennow.com) on January 25, 2018, in the USA, there are 500 million plastic straws being used every day! It is enough...

More than 150 million Americans play video games, but have you ever wondered about the effect video games have on children's brains? An article published in the UK Telegraph in 2018 showed that video game addictions are similar to the addictions of drugs or alcohol. The reward system in the brain is...

The weather in Connecticut has been getting colder and colder, and Rectory's winter sports are well underway. This year (the 2018-19 school year), Rectory School has a new swim coach, Ms. Siobhan O’Neil, who is an experienced swimmer. Now she is also an eighth-grade English teacher and a dorm parent...