Community Leadership Award for Mike Maddulana

Far Hills Country Day School's Chef Mike Maddaluna is the recipient of the 2011 Community Leadership Award, to be presented at the Community Soup Kitchen of Morristown's Share the Bounty event this year. This award acknowledges and thanks Chef Mike for his ongoing commitment to and leadership in support of the Soup Kitchen. For years, Chef Mike has inspired parents and students at the school to get involved by organizing Family Cooking Nights where everyone pitches in to create a stock pile of tasty casseroles. "We have come to rely heavily on the school's generosity, especially as the number of guests has increased," credits Lois Nichols of the Soup Kitchen. Mike also plans a popular annual Spaghetti Dinner at the school which raises funds for the Soup Kitchen and educates students about poverty. Chef Mike even adds more cooking days to the schedule whenever he learns that the Soup Kitchen's supplied are running low. Congratulations, Chef Mike! The Share the Bounty event is open to the public. You may purchase tickets online by visiting the Soup Kitchen online at http://cskmorristown.org/

Race to Nowhere Screening at FHCDS!

Please join us!Far Hills Country Day School is pleased to announce that we are hosting a screening of the film, Race to Nowhere on April 4 from 7pm-9pm. This screening is open to the public, so please spread the word. You can purchase tickets online by clicking here.

About the Film: Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what’s best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic in our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.
Race to Nowhere is a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.

In a grassroots sensation already feeding a groundswell for change, hundreds of theaters, schools and organizations nationwide are hosting community screenings during a six month campaign to screen the film nationwide. Tens of thousands of people are coming together, using the film as the centerpiece for raising awareness, radically changing the national dialogue on education and galvanizing change.

Featured in the film:
Dr. Madeline Levine, Clinical Psychologist and author of the best-seller, The Price of Privilege
Dr. Wendy Mogel, Clinical Psychologist and author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, Adolescent Medicine Specialist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Deborah Stipek, Dean of the School of Education at Stanford University
Dr. Denise Pope, Co-Founder, Challenge Success, Stanford University
Sara Bennett, Founder, Stop Homework