Service

For a school with the unoﬃcial rallying cry of “Help the other fella,” it’s no surprise that service has always been a part of its ethos. This precedent was established early on and described in one of former Headmaster Bob Kimball’s first letters home to parents in 1947: “Due to illness, the ranger on Cardigan Mountain was unable to pack his normal coal supply. On Saturday afternoon, every Cardigan boy reported for a ‘Tote Trip’—and in quantities between ten and 20 pounds, they carried 500 pounds of coal to the summit of Cardigan.”

In the early years, the student council was in charge of overseeing the Cardigan Chest; they raised money for the fund through student activities and then decided how to spend it. In May 1961, the Chronicle reported, “The largest single item of income is profit from the coke machine. In addition, fundraising campaigns are staged during the year. One may call for the omission of dessert from a meal, another for a starvation lunch. These add surprisingly to cash on hand. Recently the Chest made a gift to the Crotched Mountain School which will help toward the purchase of equipment for the [disabled].”

More recently, student fundraisers have included athletic challenges and competitions, including 3v3 basketball tournaments and fun runs. A November 2020 article on the Cardigan website explains, “In early September, the Cross Country Team organized a 5km race to raise money for the ‘Get Your Vote On’ campaign, organized by When We All Vote, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that wants to increase participation in every election and close the race and age voting gap. In conjunction with Positive Tracks, the team motivated over 65 members of the Cardigan community to join the 5km run, raising $350 for the campaign and raising awareness for election voting.”

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Fall 2022 Feature: Habits of Learning for all Cardigan Students

Sixth graders studying science on the waterfront

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