"If I weren't already engaged, I would marry D.E.A.R. class."  - Sarah Hopkins, English Teacher, Holden School

"I would Drop Everything for D.E.A.R. class."  - Anonymous Holden School student

"It was the happiest moment of my life... and that's saying something, because I have had some pretty happy moments in my life... but none of them as happy as D.E.A.R. class"  - Mike Catan, Math TA, Holden School

"I wept, openly and unabashedly, from the sheer joy of reading."  - Anonymous Holden School student

"I have been to the mountaintop and I have seen the promised land, and there is a big sign by the road as you are driving down the mountain and into the promised land that says, 'Welcome to D.E.A.R. class!'"  - Chris Michelot, Science TA, Holden School

"All I want for Christmas is D.E.A.R. class!"  - Anonymous Holden School student

 

"At first I was afraid, and I called out for my Mommy.  But then I realized that D.E.A.R. class would protect me, more so than even my mother ever could, and I wasn't afraid anymore.  The storm clouds parted and the sun shone down on me, warming me with its rays.  D.E.A.R. class took me gently, yet confidently, by the hand, and we skipped along a rainbow of reading into the sunset."  - Tom Bendon, English TA, Holden School

(None of these accounts are valid in any way.  Every single one was utterly fabricated.  Any resemblance to actual Holden School employees or students is purely coincidental.)