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Landmark Stories

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.

Now viewing articles posted in 2023.

  • Leaning In

    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 ...
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  • This Is It

    This Is It

    December 8th, 2023


    This Is It John and Heather Leslieby Brittany KenneyAs John and Heather Leslie left a Landmark Admission visit with their son Nick, a seventh grader, there was an unusual silence in the car. John and Heather feared the worst. School was a growing source of anxiety for them all—and yet here they w...
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  • Knowing the Score

    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...
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  • Chambo the Change-Maker

    Chambo the Change-Maker

    September 23rd, 2023


    Chambo the Change-Makerby Carl GasowskiCirca 2014, there was a computer lab in the Computer Building on the High School campus, and the Technology Department resided there. It was around then that Bill Chamberlain planted the seed that resulted in the growth and relocation of the department into tod...
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  • Wendy Taylor: Views of the Atlantic Ocean—and a Fulfilling Career

    Wendy Taylor: Views of the Atlantic Ocean—and a Fulfilling Career

    September 14th, 2023


    Wendy Taylor Views of the Atlantic Ocean—and a Fulfilling Careerby Rob KahnListening to Wendy Taylor reminisce about her Landmark career brings to mind the wisdom of Mark Twain: “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never work a day in your life.”  Wendy reflects on her 44 years of facul...
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  • Triathletes Train with Viking Spirit

    Triathletes Train with Viking Spirit

    July 14th, 2023


    Triathletes Train with Viking Spiritby Danielle FigueiraKristen Lamb P’22, ’24 (Elementary•Middle School parent) and Jaquelin Hubbard (EMS teacher) have already accomplished the milestone, competing in seven and eight Ironman races respectively, while Jenni and Alex Leikikh P’20 (High School...
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  • The Many Hats of Deirdre Mulligan

    The Many Hats of Deirdre Mulligan

    June 13th, 2023


    The Many Hats of Deirdre Mulliganby Hazel CrowleyWhat can you do with a marble, a balloon, a funnel, a magnet, a few dominoes, and some popsicle sticks? According to alums of Deirdre Mulligan’s “Rube Goldberg” unit in middle school science, you can use them to (usually) flip a coin. But accord...
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  • Alumni on the Water

    Alumni on the Water

    May 23rd, 2023


    Alumni on the Waterby Susan TomasesThe range of fields that Landmark alumni pursue is vast. This summer, we talked with members of our alumni community who have pursued passions to find their life’s work on and near the water. Here are their stories.  ...
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