“From the start we thought it would be a good idea for this community to not have smartphones, but for a long time we thought it wasn’t something you could do. That is until last year, we reached [...]

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  Check out alumni parent, Michael Schulder’s podcast, “Wavemaker Conversations” discussing Buxton’s new smartphone policy with our Head of School, Peter Beck, and [...]

Mackenzie Ennis ’24 and Kaya Lay ’24 at the Marine Science Trip to Cape Cod Another teacher was telling me about a bike ride he took. He was traveling along a road when a second biker [...]

What is the meaning of a place like Buxton? And how do you preserve it?   For almost 100 years, Buxton has been taking a unique approach to education. Purposefully small and modest, the [...]

Creating Our Community, Choosing Our Tools When Ellen Geer Sangster started Buxton almost a hundred years ago, it was to provide something missing from the mainstream culture around her. [...]

  Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022) described two ways of washing dishes. You can “wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes.” Or you can “wash the dishes in order to wash the dishes.” He [...]

Malina Mootoo ’25 at the Williamstown Holiday Walk The Buxton calendar has a predictable rhythm, with satisfying, familiar landmarks along the way. We just finished Fall Arts, now we’re [...]

  Earlier this month, Rec Committee hosted a pumpkin-carving evening. (For families who are new to the school, Rec Committee is an every-Friday activity designed and hosted by a small group [...]

It is with great sadness that Buxton School acknowledges and mourns the death of Brad Davis, one of Buxton’s longest-serving and most influential faculty members. We join generations of students [...]

After Buxton, I attended Wells College in Aurora NY where I majored in Visual Arts, Concentration in Studio Art. Throughout my 4 years at Wells, I was a part of the Division III men’s [...]

Yeefah sent us a lot of fantastic information about her and all the work she is doing professionally and creatively. The clarity of the list below was powerful to read in the format she sent so [...]

Work Program is an incredibly important part of our Buxton experience: twice a week, all the students in the school come together to do the maintenance that keeps the school running. This [...]

Buxton’s beloved studio art teacher, Frank Jackson, has created a beautiful website and fundraiser for Buxton School! He contacted artists at every stage of their career—some Buxton grads, some [...]

John Churchill ’79 stopped by on his through-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Starting this past spring, John has hiked from Georgia and is going all the way to Maine over the next few weeks. [...]

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Dear Buxton Families, I cannot believe we are already four weeks into the spring term! Didn’t you all just drop off your kids yesterday? We have been so lucky with our weather, and that is part [...]

Please see information below about upcoming events on Mars 2020 NASA mission now called Perseverance, Raymond Newell ’93 is involved in. Amazing stuff for sure! Read below to find out more [...]

During a recent conversation Grae Fincke ’61 shared the ways that Buxton has influenced the path his life has taken.  After graduating from Buxton, Grae went on to Harvard for his undergraduate [...]

  Dear Buxton Families, Welcome to the Election Day Edition of our parent newsletter! Actually, we won’t spend a lot of time on that because we have other logistics to get to, but I do want [...]

Dear Buxton Families, Greetings from Week 5! I’m going to have to keep it short this week, but will try to make up for it with more news next week. As I type, the juniors are taking the PSATs, [...]

  Welcome to Buxton News our monthly newsletter to keep our Buxton family in the loop! Every month, we’ll be sending you a brief note to let you know what’s happening on campus and off, to [...]