The intellectual atmosphere at Foxcroft is enriched by special events and visits by people of accomplishment and vision.
WintermissionWintermission is a week-long term in February, during which students take one or two intensive courses. These courses encourage students and teachers to examine a subject in great depth, and provide opportunities for off-campus travel and service. Students must successfully complete Wintermission term each year they are at Foxcroft, and Wintermission courses and grades will appear on students' transcripts.
Wintermission Catalogue 2012The Paul K. Bergan Poetry FestivalNamed in honor of former English teacher Paul Bergan, the Poetry Festival brings established poets to campus to read, to discuss writing with students, and to critique student writing. Recent Poets-In-Residence have included: Donna E.M. Denizé, Joel Dias Porter (aka DJ Renegade), Grace Cavalieri and Geraldine Connolly, Sami Miranda, and performance poets Jason LeVasseur, E. Ethelbert Miller, Nan Fry, and Hilary Tham.
Goodyear Fellows ProgramThe Alison Harrison Goodyear Fellowship Program, a two- or three-day residence program, brings our girls together in discussions and seminars with women and men who have achieved renown in the fields of the arts, humanities, science, or public affairs. The Goodyear Fellows have included
Stacy Allison, Maya Angelou, Antonio Brico, J. Carter Brown, Andrei Codrescu, Jean-Michel Cousteau,
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Richard Leakey, Leon Lederman, David McCullough, Aimee Mullins, Robin Raskin,
Sally Ride, Jean Kilbourne, Mary Pipher and Barbara Walters.
Helen Cudahy Niblack '42 Arts Lecture SeriesEstablished by Austi Brown ’73 in honor of her mother, Helen Cudahy Niblack, Class of 1942, the Niblack Arts Lecture Series seeks to bring a variety of literary, performing and fine artists, artisans and designers to Foxcroft to share their work and experience while engaging the School in the creative process. The inaugural performer, who visited in April 2007, was Chan Harris, veteran Broadway and international actor, singer and director.
