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Mike Chambers '05 to Give 194th Convocation Address

Will McCulloch
New Hampton School officially will begin the 2014-2015 Academic year on Sunday, September 7, with the School’s 194th Convocation. NHS is thrilled to announce that alumnus Mike Chambers, Class of 2005, will deliver the Convocation Address.

An adventurer, climber, and educator, Chambers embodies all the qualities articulated in the NHS Mission and is a model representative of the School’s theme for the 2014 summer reading: journey.

“We are so lucky to have an alumnus who represents the qualities in our mission,to cultivate lifelong learners who will serve serve as active global citizenships,” said 10th-year Head of School Andrew Menke. “New Hampton School helped transform Mike as a student and citizen and what better person to gvie our students perspective as they embrace the academic year.”

Chambers, a St. Lawrence University graduate, works for the non-profit Flying Kites, an organization that provides high quality residential care to some of Kenya’s most desperate orphaned and abused children. Located in the foothills of the Aberdares Mountain Range, the School has become a special place for Chambers.

“When I first went out to Flying Kites I fell in love with the place instantly,” said Chambers in a story for last fall's Hamptonia, NHS’s Alumni Magazine. “We have a magical place over there. The kids are incredible and very inspirational. They’ve been through incredible hardships. …They embody mental toughness.”

A native of Westport, Massachusetts, Chambers is the Director of Adventure Challenges for Flying Kites Global Adventure and spends a considerable amount of time traveling the globe and creating adventure trips for clients that feed the mission and financial support of Flying Kites. He attempted the summit of Mt. Everest in the spring of 2013 and is a constant presence on peaks around the world. Read the Hamptonia feature here.
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