Molly Pond's guest appearances

Molly Pond

Loomis Chaffee Pelican Scoop Podcast

Jeff Scanlon

Rebecca Pacheco

Jim O'Donnell

George P. Shultz

Amy Thompson

Donnie McKillop

Karen Parsons

Lena Sadowitz

Keith Scribner

Eric Laforest

Nancy Cleary

Tim Helfrich

Sara Deveaux

Erica Gerace

Nancy Toney

OwlTail

On Tuesday November 1, Loomis Chaffee hosted a Naturalization Ceremony for 39 new American citizens as part of and all-school convocation hosted by the Norton Family Center for the Common Good. A special session of the U.S. District Court was convened in the Olcott Center for the occasion, with U.S. District Court Judge Alfred Covello Loomis Chaffee ’50 presiding. The 39 candidates for citizenship representing 22 countries were awarded certificates of citizenship. As each individual received his or her certificate, the crowd of students, faculty, staff, and invited guests erupted in cheers. Loomis is only the second high school in Connecticut history to host a Naturalization Ceremony, according to Molly Pond, history teacher and associate director of the Norton Center, and in her opening statement, she said hosting the event fit the school’s mission to advance the development of spirit, mind, and body in students from diverse cultural backgrounds, and to inspire in them a commitment to the best self and the common good. Today’s podcast features an interview with Molly and Eric LaForest, Director of the Norton Center. This is a two part podcast. Part one is this interview.  Part two will be the ceremony in its entirety, including keynote speaker Richard Wright, Orvil Dryfoos Professor of Public Affairs and geography professor at Dartmouth college, who specializes in the study of immigrant populations and migration and who is himself a naturalized U.S. citizen. Mr Wright is also married to our Head of School, Sheila Culbert, also a naturalized citizen.

On Tuesday November 1, Loomis Chaffee hosted a Naturalization Ceremony for 39 new American citizens as part of and all-school convocation hosted by the Norton Family Center for the Common Good. A special session of the U.S. District Court was convened in the Olcott Center for the occasion, with U.S. District Court Judge Alfred Covello Loomis Chaffee ’50 presiding. The 39 candidates for citizenship representing 22 countries were awarded certificates of citizenship. As each individual received his or her certificate, the crowd of students, faculty, staff, and invited guests erupted in cheers. Loomis is only the second high school in Connecticut history to host a Naturalization Ceremony, according to Molly Pond, history teacher and associate director of the Norton Center, and in her opening statement, she said hosting the event fit the school’s mission to advance the development of spirit, mind, and body in students from diverse cultural backgrounds, and to inspire in them a commitment to the best self and the common good. Today’s podcast features an interview with Molly and Eric LaForest, Director of the Norton Center. This is a two part podcast. Part one is this interview.  Part two will be the ceremony in its entirety, including keynote speaker Richard Wright, Orvil Dryfoos Professor of Public Affairs and geography professor at Dartmouth college, who specializes in the study of immigrant populations and migration and who is himself a naturalized U.S. citizen. Mr Wright is also married to our Head of School, Sheila Culbert, also a naturalized citizen.

Special: Naturalization Pt. I – Molly Pond and Eric LaForest