School Traditions: Then and Now
Founded in 1922, Holland Hall School has many traditions, which have endured through the years and are still woven into the fabric of each school year. While there are many historically memorable ones such as May Fete and Play Day, featured are just a few that are still practiced today.
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Holland Hall remembers and honors the life and contributions of Jim Hewgley, Jr., former two-time Tulsa mayor and Holland Hall trustee, alumni parent and grandparent. Mayor Hewgley helped navigate the school from a girls only prep school to a co-ed institution in the upper school; and played an instrumental role in the move from Eight [...]
Please tell us about your experience in independent schools.
My first job after college was as a teacher, coach and dorm parent at Darlington School, a boarding and day school in Rome, GA. It was ideal because my main interests in college (at Davidson and UNC-Chapel Hill) were baseball, American and European History, and serving as [...]
Holland Hall has many successful alumni working in the arts and entertainment industry. As with any profession, getting to the very top of your field takes extreme dedication and years of hard work. Barron Ryan ’05 has made the decision to choose this path. The following is a series of questions asked of Barron by [...]
A friendship forged after a challenge on the Holland Hall courts has served Paul Lockwood ’71 and Jeff Moore ’70 throughout their careers heading tennis teams at the universities of Oklahoma and Texas.
Lockwood led the University of Oklahoma’s men’s tennis for 22 seasons before retiring in 2009 to coordinate the operation of the new Gregg [...]
Looking Back
Q: What were some of your most memorable times at Holland Hall?
A: Football camp. This sounds really corny but it’s true: At many of the challenging times of my life, I’ve actually thought, ‘Hey, this is nowhere near as bad as Charlie Brown’s football camp. I can deal with this.’ And I usually do.
Q: What [...]
Holland Hall art teacher Laurie Spencer has a passion for clay and working with students. So when this busy mom of Holland Hall third grader Geovy isn’t teaching, she finds time for outside projects that allow her to combine the two.
Back in 1997, she worked with Holland Hall students to create the “Calyx Dome”, an [...]
Creating After Effects:
Looking Back
Q: What were some of the most important things you learned during your time at Holland Hall?
A: There’s something to that crazy modular schedule. I think the relatively large amount of unstructured time at Holland Hall encourages you to learn how to work independently and without much direct supervision.
Q: Where was your [...]
The following is a series of questions asked of Tim Blake Nelson ’82 by Fine Arts Director Steve Dyer to discover how Nelson’s Upper School experience compares to that of our current student body:
SD — Morning meeting at Holland Hall has long been one of the unique features of community life in the Upper School. [...]
The uniqueness of Holland Hall’s academic programs, talented faculty, arts and sports; coupled with the profound confidence the Holland Hall experience instills in its students have motivated Tammie Maloney to give year after year.
“Holland Hall provides what I believe is the best education in the region and ranks among the top schools in the country. [...]
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