Embracing the outdoors and developing a lifelong enjoyment of adventure is at the heart of Holderness School’s mission. Rock Climbing Coach, Laurie Watt, has embodied this mission, striving to make the outdoors a welcoming and accessible place for all. Her hard work has been recognized by her peers as she was recently nominated for the American Mountain Guides Association’s Guide of the Year Award. The Guide of the Year Award is given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution or achievement of significant value to the mountain guiding profession and has exhibited qualities of loyalty, integrity, and moral courage worthy of emulation.

Congratulations to all the exceptional student-athletes who made this fall sports season a success! Their hard work and dedication were always on display, from the soccer field to the mountain biking trails to the local rock climbing crags. Whether in practice or in competition, our Bulls truly represented Holderness School well. 

This summer, Holderness School cemented its status as one of the top snow sports schools in the country with a renewal of its “Gold Certified” club status - and its invitation to join U.S. Ski & Snowboard's High Performance Center Partnership Program.

A two-time silver medalist at the Junior World Games with the US Indoor Lacrosse program, Cornell University-bound Grady Taylor ’25 is no stranger to representing US Lacrosse on the international stage.

As the world’s top athletes converge on Paris for the XXXIII Olympiad, one recent Holderness graduate is already eyeing the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles – and he’s racing to get there just as fast as he can.  
 

After helping the Holderness Boys Varsity Hockey team claim their first Lakes Region Championship as well as their second Elite Eight selection this winter, Caeden Herrington ’24 has continued to impress on the ice.