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The Landmark family is comprised of extraordinary people from students to trustees and everyone in between. There are so many individuals who contribute to the campus, the broader community, and the world!
Read about their inspiring accomplishments both big and small.
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Dorm Life, BBQ Chicken, and Big Dreams
August 5th, 2025
SamanthaDorm Life, BBQ Chicken, and Big DreamsSenior Year Campus Home: Williston HouseHometown: Atlanta, GA Before coming to Landmark, Samantha Altman ‘26 had never even gone to overnight camp—but now? “I love having a roommate!” she says. “It’s like hav...1 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Friends, Freedom, and a Little Bit of Cookie Magic
August 5th, 2025
SamFriends, Freedom, and a Little Bit of Cookie MagicJunior Year Campus Home: Porter HouseHometown: Nagano, Japan At Landmark, every day is filled with potential for Sam Oka ‘27, who’s all about action—snowboarding in the winter, biking and skateboarding in th...1 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Friendship, Sports, and Independence
August 5th, 2025
LilaFriendship, Sports, and IndependenceSenior Year Campus Home: Williston HouseHometown: Telluride, CO Back at home in Telluride, Colorado, Lila was a competitive skier who has learned to love “skiing the east” with Landmark friends. “Off-campus activities an...1 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
From Cautious to Confident: Finding Her Place
August 5th, 2025
JadeFrom Cautious to Confident: Finding Her PlaceSophomore Year Campus Home: Campus CottageHometown: Montclair, NJ When Jade King ’28 first toured Landmark, it was cold and rainy, and everything felt huge. “I was reluctant about coming here and being so far from...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Lights Up
May 4th, 2025
Lights UpOn Daniel Colella ’30By Jill Flemming "I always knew that I learned differently. I fit in better academically here, and I’m invested in my learning because the teachers explain concepts to help me learn." —DANIEL COLELLA ’30 Places. Lights…and C...1 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Sam Sirois '24
March 16th, 2025
Sam Sirois '24 As a homeschooled student making a transition to Landmark in 2018, Sam Sirois faced a daunting challenge: What would it mean to work with a variety of new teachers across distinct subjects as “one of the new kids” in an unfamiliar community? Sam recalled, “It was scary at fir...1 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Turning the Page
February 5th, 2025
Turning the Pageby Rob KahnMaya Najjar ’28 comes into her own at Landmark. There was less than a minute to go in the basketball game between Landmark and neighbor/archrival Brookwood. It had been a battle of 1 point leads the whole way. With 26 seconds to go an...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
My Path to Learning and Leadership
January 1st, 2025
My Path to Learning and LeadershipTransforming Obstacles Into OpportunitiesBy Olivia Roussel ’25 Opened the door to the girl’s bathroom. The first thing I saw was the soap. I pumped a pile of soap into my hands and started throwing it at every wall in the bathr...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
The Girl on Her Own Adventure
September 13th, 2024
The Girl on Her Own Adventureby Hazel CrowleyWINDOW INTO A STUDENT'S LIFEIt’s the night before this article’s deadline. I’ve just lost an hour, entranced by a video game called Cuphead. I’m following a 1930s-esque grinning mug cartoon as it battles a boxing frog and spitting potato, all to a...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Living the Dream
May 27th, 2024
Living the Dreamby Bernie Romanowski“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Derek's Remarkable JourneyFor Derek C. ‘24, the day we met was an important one. After many years ...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
The Most Uninteresting Thing About Nicole
May 27th, 2024
The Most Uninteresting Thing About Nicoleby Jeanne Talbot P ’20It was a cool spring afternoon at Landmark with a sweeping, stiff ocean breeze that rushed up the hill between the Alexander and Lopardo buildings. I saw him across the drive, and he saw me. He smiled, I think, but maybe not. It was Pa...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
My Backpack
April 15th, 2024
My BackpackIn Their Own WordsBy Hannah Tsouvalas, alumnaText from senior essay I’ve always carried a backpack. Over the years, it has held books for school, practice equipment, clothes for sleepovers, and my favorite teddy bear as a kid. If you look around at s...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Leaning In
December 13th, 2023
Leaning InBy Susan TomasesTeddy Pollack is a junior at Landmark School. She’s friendly, fast-talking, smiles easily, and comfortably offers that she’s happy here. Teddy is a day student, traveling from Arlington, Mass. every day. She plays volleyball, basketball, and tennis at Landmark and also ...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Knowing the Score
November 19th, 2023
Knowing the ScoreBy Bini Hill, alumnusText from senior essay"Music has undeniably shaped me as a human being." I was born in Ethiopia to a deeply religious family who didn’t listen to secular music. When I was almost four, after a year in an orphanage, I was adop...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Spelling Success on Her Own Terms
October 27th, 2022
Spelling Success on Her Own TermsBy Sunaina Hoon, alumnaMy fifth grade English teacher at my school in New Delhi, India, admonished me loudly, saying “Sunaina! Are you not paying attention again! How are you going to cope with senior school if you make silly mistakes like these?” ...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Prepared For the Next Challenge
February 17th, 2022
Prepared for the Next Challenge by Taylor Nault, alumna My name is Taylor Nault, and I’m a senior at Landmark High School from North Hampton, New Hampshire. I came to Landmark eight years ago to work on my reading and writing skills. Not only do I have a learning disability, but I also have ...1 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
Landmark's Green Day
June 2nd, 2021
Landmark's Green DayOne of the cornerstones of Landmark’s approach is teaching self-advocacy and encouraging students to put the skill into practice. Isabel West ‘20 and August Reid ‘20 did just that when they recognized a problem on campus, sought a solution, and approached the administration...2 minute readPosted in: All Stories, Student Stories
