Our Stories

From Montreal, Quebec, Sofia Paradis has been a Stanstead student since Grade 10. In this, her senior year, she is co-head prefect and an active participant in all aspects of school life. With a Colombian mother and québécois father, Sofia is one of many multicultural students at our international school. Bonus: Hear Sofia talk about her Stanstead experience in Spanish.

A student-athlete from Weston, CT, Audrey Choi spent Grade 11 and 12 at Stanstead College and was involved in all aspects of student life, from varsity girls hockey to playing violin in the community orchestra. Winner of the Head of School Prize ("Audrey's intelligence, humanity and quiet determination have earned her tremendous admiration and respect," said Mr. Wolfe), Audrey will be doing a post-grad year at Philips-Exeter Academy before continuing her post-secondary studies.

After spending six years at Stanstead College, Mackenzy St-Pierre (Ogden, Que.) will be studying phsy-ed and playing basketball at McGill University; Alex Smith (Barnston, Que.) will head to Bishop's University for criminology; Abby Murray (Stanstead, Que.) to nursing at Champlain College; and Emily Willis (Derby, Vt.) to Concordia University to study aerospace engineering.

Mr. Williams retires at the end of 2018-19 after 27 years of teaching art, coaching squash and tennis and, of course, poetry. He talks about the place of art at Stanstead College and his vision as a teacher of art.