High school history teacher Mr. Hagerty brought juniors from his American history class to the Aspen Institute on Tuesday. Students met with Evan and Oscie Thomas on Evan’s new book First: Sandra Day O’Connor. The author is a former Washington bureau chief editor at Newsweek and has also written several books on historical figures including Robert Kennedy, John Paul Jones, and Richard Nixon, among others.
Mr. Porcelli, Mr. Hamd, and Ms. Brady chaperoned a Spring Break trip to Morocco with students in the upper level Arabic classes. This trip includes historic and popular sights like the Fez, Marrakesh, and Casablanca. Students learned about religious and cultural cites and put their Arabic vocabulary to work at the souk and several restaurants.
Ms. Stephens’ eighth grade art classes completed a project using linocut prints, which is currently exhibited in the front hallway. Students designed a symbol that represented an idea, story, or feeling in their life. They then transferred the symbols to a linoleum block to carve. The white areas in the print were carved away on their block, while the black areas remained raised. The goal was to have a balance of both positive and negative spaces to create a visually dynamic and even image.
Eighth graders in Ms. Kolb’s class performed scenes from Much Ado About Nothing this Wednesday in the MPR. Students had practiced, directed, and performed the excerpts from the comedic play about mistaken identity and tumultuous love at the Folger Shakespeare festival last month.
English teacher Mr. Day and art teacher Ms. Coleman chaperoned a trip to Georgia and Alabama over spring break for students to witness key historical spots for the Civil Rights movement. Students visited the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, the Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Rosa Parks Museum, National Peace and Justice Memorial, the Legacy Museum, Kelly Ingram Park, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, and several more memorials. They also had the chance to visit college students at Clark Atlanta University, Spelman, and Moorehouse.
