October 15, 2010

Dear Bay School Friends,

Looking to the future is imbedded in Bay School DNA. In ongoing service to this orientation, the board of trustees, leadership team and faculty continually explore, evaluate, and selectively capture opportunities to enrich and strengthen the student experience at Bay. I am pleased to alert you to a very exciting new opportunity that we believe will lead to important programmatic expansion.

As our student body has steadily grown during the past six years since the school's founding, we have experienced a related increase in student interest to participate in areas of the studio art experience. Similarly, increasing numbers of students are eager to dive deeper into the engineering, project design and robotics programs that our focus on science and technology brings to life.

The Bay School Board of Trustees has recently taken the bold and exciting step of finalizing a letter of intent and launching renovation plans to expand school facilities into a building at 3 Funston Avenue, located immediately to the east of the main campus at 35 Keyes. Space in the new building will accommodate a small sculpture and printmaking studio upstairs and a technology and machine shop on the ground floor to support engineering, project design, prototyping and robotics.

The school's mission dedicates us to preparing our students with the habits, knowledge, skills and values to address the complex issues as well as rapid change and ambiguity of modern life. This means that the curriculum must provide the crucial hands-on learning opportunities that enable students to take on real-world problems and experience the process of discovery leading to solutions and true understanding. To date, our programs in the studio arts, engineering, and design have been constrained by a lack of facility space.

Bay aspires to become a Bay Area leader in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) domain, so our investment in the 3 Funston Avenue building represents a decisive step forward in that direction. To fund this ambitious expansion, the board and I will invite current parents and friends of the school to support the upcoming capital campaign as it begins later this year in the same manner that early generations of families contributed to launch the school.

We will continue to share news as it develops. In the interim, we welcome your questions, suggestions, and enthusiasm related to this expansion.

Sincerely,

Tim Johnson
Head of School

The 2010-2011 Academic Year - Welcoming Bay's New Teachers

Members of the Bay School community
      warmly welcomed six new teachers as they joined the faculty at the start of the new academic year in August.

Robin Cunningham holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and a BS in Applied Mathematics from the University of North Carolina. He began his career as a professor and high school teacher before becoming an investment actuary using mathematics and statistics to help large insurance companies manage financial risk. Investment work helped Robin experience the application of an education in solid mathematics and statistics, and he takes pride in being able to help a wide range of students develop competence and comfort with rigorous mathematical and logical thinking. Robin is currently teaching Math 3 and Calculus at Bay.

Leslie Kushner is teaching tenth grade Humanities during the fall trimester as a substitute for Holly Hirshfield, who is currently on leave. Leslie is an experienced teacher, having taught a variety of Humanities-related courses at Rocky Hill School, Hawken School and Phillips Exeter Academy. She received a BA in Classics and Religion from Dartmouth College and a MA in Indian Religion from the University of Chicago Divinity School. Prior to joining Bay, Leslie was active with the Tibetan Association of Northern California as a volunteer working with refugees. Leslie has also lived and worked in India.

Dennis Yang hails from San Francisco where he graduated from Lowell High School. He earned his BA in Chinese Language and Literature at UC Berkeley and received his MA from San Francisco State University. Dennis has taught Mandarin Chinese on both the secondary and college level for more than 10 years, having created and launched the Mandarin program at a local independent high school. At Bay Dennis teaches upper-level Mandarin courses 3, 4 and 5.

Bree Murray has a broad perspective and appreciation for mathematics having graduated from Scripps College with a BA in Mathematics and Classical Studies. She has taught math for three years, in addition to having worked as an educator for the Seattle Museum of Flight, and she returned to school to earn her teaching credential with the hope that she could inspire her future students about the many interesting applications of math. Bree teaches Math 2 and 3 at Bay.

Kari Doyle earned her BA in Biology from Scripps College and her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. While educating medical students as part of her training, Kari realized that she wanted to pursue teaching as a profession. She has taught Human Anatomy, Physiology and Biology on both the college and secondary school levels. At Bay, Kari is teaching Biology and Chemistry.

Nettie Kelly returns this year as a permanent member of the faculty. She has spent most of her career teaching science on the high school level having taught for seven years at Stevenson School in Pebble Beach where she also led wilderness programs and coached. Before coming to Bay in 2009 Nettie was a founding member of the Tall Ship Education Academy, an organization providing experiential educational programs for underserved Bay Area high school girls. She has also worked in the field of marine research in Alaska for five years. Nettie earned her BA in Biology from the University of Virginia and her ME from San Francisco State University. She is currently teaching Bioethics and Field Biology, advanced science electives.

Ana Maria Vargas was born in Chile and moved to the US at the age of fourteen where she encountered English as her second language. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Languages from UCLA and a BA in both Spanish and Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. She is experienced in teaching about the civilizations, cultures, and literature of Latin America and the Caribbean and believes in engaging students so that the Spanish language and culture truly come alive to them. Ana teaches Spanish 4 and 5.

Welcome to All!

Geology Field Trip "Rocks"!

Why does the California coast look so different from the coast in Massachusetts or Virginia? Why was there a gold rush in California and not in Pennsylvania? Where were the Western Great Lakes and what happened to them? Why do the Sierras exist?

When I was an apprentice geologist at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris the educational opportunities that meant the most to me were the field trips. I specifically remember taking off for three weeks in the French Alps at the beginning of the first year. The work was hard physically, it was challenging intellectually, and I learned so much that I was then able to transfer to my experiences in the classroom.

I like to offer the same opportunity to my students in the Geology of the Western US class. In the course we cover many topics in depth: plate tectonics, ocean spreading, the aging of geologic plates, earthquakes, etc..., but the scale of things in terms of geography, age, and the size of the elements involved are so huge that it is often difficult for the information to be readily comprehended by students. When we are able to go out into the field to examine rocks firsthand and wonder "Is that a sandstone or granite?", "Is this sandstone different from the previous one?", and "Where is the contact between the basement and the sedimentary cover?", that the subject comes alive.

Early on Friday morning October 1st my eight students and I, accompanied by Bay Science teacher Nettie Kelly, headed out on our first expedition of the trimester—going first to Telegraph Hill and then over the Golden Gate Bridge to the Marin Headlands. From there we drove north to the Nicasio Reservoir and finally on to Pt. Reyes. Our goal was to experience geology in the field, learning first-hand about the geology of San Francisco and Marin. Along the way we identified the greywacke of the Telegraph Hill area, pillow basalt at Point Bonita and the Nicasio Reservoir and the granitic basement and modern dunes at McClure Beach. Prior to the trip the class had done extensive research. Each student was responsible for leading the group at a given location. This involved making maps to figure out access, plotting the trail, and researching the characteristics of each rock formation so that they could identify the rocks on site and explain thelocal geometries. After a full day, we spent the night at the Pt. Reyes Youth Hostel where we cooked our own meal.

The end result was a great two-day field trip. The students were exhausted and excited. Our next steps will be to publish our notes and photos in the form of a field guide to the geology of area. Looking forward, the capstone project for the course will involve the construction of a 3-dimensional cardboard geologic model of California from Santa Cruz to Nevada which will feature a cross section revealing information about the rocks involved, the age of the formations, and the tectonic content.

Welcome to Bay - The Freshman Class of 2014!

High school life began on August 25th for the seventy-five members of the new freshman Class of 2014. They have come to Bay from thirty-eight middle schools throughout the Bay Area and bring with them a wonderful range of interests and abilities that are sure to enrich the school community. Eight freshmen are siblings of current students, the class includes two pairs of twins, and twenty percent of new freshmen identify themselves as multi-racial, having very diverse ethnic backgrounds. Nine different foreign languages are spoken at home by freshman families including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Arabic, and Swedish.

All members of the school community were on-hand to enthusiastically welcome the freshmen. On their first day of orientation the class was divided into six groups that fanned out across the Presidio to take part in habitat restoration projects, getting to know each other and their new neighborhood in the process. They worked at the Wayburn Redwood Grove and YMCA grounds near the Main Post, Remnant Reach, the West Pacific Reforestation Site, El Polin Spring, and Inspiration Point overlooking the Bay. Led by freshman class dean, Matt Hannibal, and their advisors, the class spent the second day of orientation getting to know their new campus, teachers, staff, and fellow students through a scavenger hunt that took them to every corner of the campus. They took their places proudly in the Great Room for the all-school opening ceremony that kicked off the 2010-2011 school year on Friday, August 27th.

All Bay School freshmen are enrolled in a year-long Freshman Seminar course that has been designed to build the academic and technical skills, as well as support the personal growth that will set them on the road to success in high school. The Seminar began at the start of the first trimester with an introduction to the laptop program and training in the use of IT resources that was presented by a group of Bay School upperclassmen called the MARMOTS who play a vital role in the operation of technical resources at Bay, and director of technology, Keith Kuwatani. The tech training is then followed by a unit titled "Academic Success at Bay" led by director of learning services, Dr. Charles Roth, and learning coach Courtney DeHoff, during which the students focus on time management and organizational exercises as well as building a better understanding of their individual learning styles. During the second and third trimesters freshmen will explore questions surrounding their individual senses of identity and the role and responsibilities that individuals have as part of groups both within the school community and in the larger society. These types of personal reflection and exploration form the strong foundation that supports the diverse, friendly, and inclusive community that is at the heart of the Bay School.

Fall Season News

It's hard to believe that we are halfway through our fall athletic season already. With eight teams competing there is never a dull moment in the Breakers' schedule. This fall we have more Bay School students participating in athletics than ever before with almost half the student body playing on an athletic team. Currently we have two boys' soccer teams, two girls' volleyball teams, girl's tennis, girl's golf, a coed cross-country team, and a school sailing team competing in leagues against teams from throughout the Bay Area. All of our varsity teams have been competitive in pre-season and regular league season play thus far and are working hard to earn a spot in the BCL-Central and West playoffs. Our activity program is thriving as well. With the addition of two new classes, YMCA SPY (Spinning, Pilates and Yoga) and dance through the Presidio Dance Theatre, students have more options than ever. Rock climbing continues to be our most popular activity, and it takes place at Planet Granite in the Presidio nearby Crissy Field at one of the best climbing facilities in the entire Bay Area.

The first ever "Breaker Bash" was a huge success on October 1st following the boys' JV soccer game. The idea of launching a "Breaker Bash" started because we want to highlight each of our teams once during the season and encourage our fans to attend games and celebrate Bay spirit, building an even stronger Bay community. We ask fans to wear their blue and white Bay gear proudly, eat some food and cheer on our Breakers. There will even be chances to win some cool retro Bay athletic gear in a raffle at every Bash! We encourage students, faculty, staff, and families to come out and support our proud Bay School athletes!

Mark your calendars and plan to attend the upcoming Bay School "Breaker Bashes"

Boys Varsity Soccer
Date: Tuesday October 19th at 4:00pm
Location: Beach Chalet Fields in Golden Gate Park

Coed Cross-Country Meet
Date: Thursday October 28 at 4:00pm
Location: Paul Goode Field in the Presidio

Stay tuned for girl's golf and sailing team dates. Hope to see you there!
Visit the Bay School Web site for field information

Actor Ben Johnson Visits the 9th Grade Drama I Class

by Rebecca King, Class of '14

On September 28th Ben Johnson, a talented professional actor, improviser and teacher, joined the 9th grade C Block drama class to teach students more about the dramatic form of improvisation that they had been studying. Mr. Johnson is currently performing multiple parts in the French comedy, Scapin, at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco which runs through October 23rd. Students in Bay School drama classes had the opportunity to attend a performance of Scapin on Thursday, October 7th.

During the workshop he led, Mr. Johnson focused on teaching students to think on their feet (improvise) and understand and use our physicality to portray a variety of emotions and characters. One of these activities was called Sculpture Garden. Students were paired, and then one student would manipulate the physical stance of their partner to demonstrate a specific emotion such as anger, being in-love, or being mischievous. The student "sculptor" adjusted the arms, legs, and facial expression of his/her partner to convey the emotion. We then discussed the similarities between the sculptures and noticed how humans are able to communicate so much with our bodies and faces. Often, we do not even need words.

Another enlightening exercise was one in which two students were given suggestions of emotions at both ends of a spectrum (in-love / broken-hearted; angry/serene). We discussed how emotions can be described in terms of status (powerful/powerless). For example, on one end of a spectrum, a student would portray herself as an arrogant queen while the student on the other end of the spectrum would act as a timid and shy servant. Students walked toward one another, paused in the middle for a count of ten, and then passed one another. During this pause, while maintaining eye contact, students slowly transitioned into their partner's character and status. This helped us to think about how we convey status physically and how dramatic it is to see shifts in status and personas on stage.

Mr. Johnson even had us improvise a slow-motion kung-fu movement and choreograph a dance using a one-minute, instrumental music clip. This exercise required real team-work as well as our ability to brainstorm quickly and cooperatively with our partners. Mr. Johnson only allotted us a few minutes to choreograph in order to lighten the mood.

We appreciated Mr. Johnson's energy and enthusiasm and also appreciated the exposure that he gave our class to new exercises. It was fun to learn about how he and his colleagues created characters for their performances in Scapin and we really enjoyed seeing him in action playing the part of a gendarme in ACT's critically acclaimed production. For more information about Ben Johnson visit: http://www.benbjohnson.com/

Bay Students Win Thoreau Center Essay Contest

In honor of Banned Books Week, a national event sponsored by the American Library Association celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment, the Whole Earth Library at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability located in the Presidio sponsored an essay contest for students at the Bay School. Students were invited to submit an original essay of between eight hundred and one thousand words exploring the relationship of intellectual freedom to creating a more sustainable future.

Bay School senior Angie Matarozzi earned the first place award and prize of $100. for her essay titled: Horcruxes and Howls, in which she asserts that "Banning the written word that reflects on life is to ban war, sex, politics, and the evil that comes with the world we live in. This is impossible. It is not the reaction to a problem we should expel, but the problem itself."

Ariella Mostov ('11) and Minkee Sohn ('13) shared second place awards for their Banned Book essays and were each awarded $25 bookstore gift certificates. Congratulations to all!

Read Angie's essay (PDF)
Read Ariella's essay (PDF)
Read Minkee's essay (PDF)

Thanks to John Bertland, librarian of the Whole Earth, Library and Bruce DeMartini of the Thoreau Center for organizing the essay contest as well as Bay School librarian Rachel Shaw and Alan Siu, Bay School staff member who served as essay readers.

The Bay School Outing Club Service Trip in the Sierra

Following a tradition begun five years ago, the Bay School Outing Club joined the Sierra Club on September 24th-26th for a weekend service trip readying the Peter Grubb Hut (one of a system of several back-country huts and lodges operated by the Sierra Club) for this winter's activities. The Donner Pass/Lake Tahoe area system of huts gives ambitious skiers and snow-shoeing backpackers a chance to experience the majesty of the Sierra Crest without necessarily having to snow-camp, although in years past building snow-caves has been part of the fun for Bay students! Though our winter trip this year will not take place until January or February, eight Bay students and two adults hit the road on Friday, September 24th to join an ambitious group of Sierra Club volunteers in pouring concrete, staining walls, sweeping floors, replacing light bulbs, removing mattresses, transporting, stacking massive amounts of firewood-all manner of heavy lifting-in order to ready the hut for the coming snows.

After filling up on a hearty breakfast Saturday morning at the Clair Tappaan Lodge, we began our three-mile backpacking journey. Mind you, we carried all of our supplies on our backs, including three 60-pound bags of concrete! Bay students were eager to help and made the journey fun with their enthusiasm, friendliness, and willingness to help one another and the group at-large. Our most significant accomplishment was splitting, moving and stacking about 4 or 5 cords of firewood from the forest into the hut, where throughout the winter season skiers and backpackers will be able to warm themselves thanks to our efforts. It took most of our students and most of one afternoon to get the job done, but it felt good to see it through. After a few hours of rest and a yummy spaghetti dinner, it was off to sleep under the stars. Bedtime was about 8:30pm as everyone was delightfully exhausted from a long day's work.

After the following morning's finishing touches, we hiked all of the tools and supplies back out and made our way home to San Francisco, tired but satisfied from our labors. I like to think Peter Grubb would be proud of our efforts, and I look forward to this winter's trip back to the beautiful meadow to see how it looks under all that snow.

http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/lodges/huts/grubb.aspx

For more information about the Bay School Outing Club, contact Katherine Riley at: kriley@bayschoolsf.org

A 15th Birthday He'll Never Forget

Bay School freshman Matthew Morgan began his 15th birthday on September 15th by sharing his special day with another teenage birthday boy who just happened to be Claude, the albino alligator, resident celebrity at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Mathew and another youngster were charged with preparing the alligator equivalent of a birthday cake, consisting of 15 fish-shaped cupcakes made of gator chow, topped with decorations, of course. They then had the honor of presenting their treats to Claude's trainers who descended a twenty-foot ladder down into Claude's tank to deliver the goodies. Claude was clearly impressed and it was a birthday that Matthew will long remember!

Bay Eco Club Participates in Coastal Cleanup Day Efforts

On Saturday, September 25th in the middle of our recent heat wave, the Bay School Eco Club joined thousands of citizens around the world to participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy. The Bay School's participation was coordinated by three sophomores, Claire Wohlers, Eva Geisse, and Gabriel Chan. The Eco Club picked up trash at Ocean Beach along with hundreds of other students and volunteers. According to the Golden Gate National Parks Association that sponsored the Ocean Beach cleanup site, "California Coastal Cleanup Day has been hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 'the largest garbage collection' (1993). Since the program started in 1985, more than 800,000 Californians have removed more than 14 million pounds of debris from our state's shorelines and coast." If you're interested in learning more about the impact of trash on our ocean ecosystem check out the two links below:

Synthetic Sea, from the the Algalita Marine Research Foundation
What’s so Bad about Marin Debris?

You can help by picking up trash in your neighborhoods before it gets into the storm drains and out to the ocean, and by volunteering at Coastal Cleanup Day next year.

Brighton Beach Memoirs Onstage at Bay - October 28th-30th

The Bay School's fall play, Brighton Beach Memoirs, written by award-winning playwright Neil Simon, opens October 28th for three nights only! Meet the Jeromes, a nice, Jewish family from Brooklyn. It's 1937. Times are tough, the situation is heating up in Europe, and Eugene is going through puberty.

Cast (in order of appearance): Christian Bolles, Kathryn Hobart, Zoe Pressman, Amara Taylor, Claire Zager, Daniel Stuff, and Benjy Wachter.

Dates: October 28th, 29th, and 30th at 7:30 pm in the Bay School Great Room

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The house opens at 7:00 p.m.
Reserve seats at: https://home.bayschoolsf.org. Reserve early as space is limited.

Brighton Beach Memoirs is rated "H" for "High School." There are sexual themes and language that may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Bay School "Belugas" Swim to Support
the Oakland Women's Cancer Resource Center

The Facts:

• In 2010, an estimated 15,160 people who reside in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Francisco counties alone will be diagnosed with cancer.
• Nearly one out of every two Californians born today will develop cancer at some point in their lives, and it is likely that one in five persons will die of the disease.

Cancer affects not only the individual, it affects families and our communities. Cancer affects all of us.

On Saturday, Oct 2nd, seven Bay School students and two Bay School teachers swam in the Women's Cancer Resource Center's (WCRC) annual swim-a-mile. The WCRC in Oakland raises money to find a cure for breast cancer and provides support to women with breast cancer. All of the Bay School participants finished the mile in under an hour, and the team raised more than $5000 (twice the required amount) in sponsorships donated by members of the Bay School community.

Thank you to Ellen Greenblatt, Nettie Kelly, Alex Kinsella, Frank Driscoll, Anna Sheppard, Haley Arnold, Eva Geisse, Sophia Lemmo, Emily Ward, and Charlotte Lee for participating in this great event. Also, a big thank you to all those who sponsored and supported our Bay School Belugas!

p.s. If you have not sponsored our Bay swimmers yet and would like to donate you have until the beginning of November to do so. All donations are tax deductible.

Annual Fund Kick-Off!

We realize that Bay's tuition is a significant investment for our families, and appreciate your voluntary support for this critical fundraising effort. Gifts large and small are put to use as soon as they are committed, in the classroom, on the fields, in the labs, and in the studios. They ensure Bay's commitment to inclusion and financial access by providing tuition assistance for families who would not otherwise be able to attend, and they help attract and retain outstanding faculty and provide them with professional growth opportunities.

Thank you in advance for supporting our wonderful school. All families have recently received a letter from the Annual Fund volunteer team. If you would like to help advance this important effort and are looking for an opportunity to become involved, we invite you to volunteer for the Annual Fund Phonathon on October 27. Please contact Anna Heidinger in the Development Office at 415-561-5800 ext 102, or aheidinger@bayschoolsf.org.

Go Breakers!

The Annual Fund Team

Honors at BAY!

Three Bay cheers go to Rebecca King (’14)! Rebecca was selected as one of twelve finalists to compete in the 2010 Singtao Expo Dance Competition. She won second place in the Teen Division. The event took place at the San Mateo Convention Center on September 5, 2010. The co-sponsors of the event were Singtao Newspaper and Kaiser Permanente. The dance categories included classical dance, Chinese ethnic dance and contemporary dance. Rebecca’s competition piece was a Dai ethnic dance, titled "Flower in the Rain." Dai is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by PRC. The Dai people mainly live in Yunnan Province, China. The theme of her dance is about a girl who spreads the wings of her imagination in the rainforest Rebecca has been studying dance since the age of eight. She is one of the soloists and principal dancers at China Dance School and Theater.

Summer break each year is always a busy time for Bay School students who pursue their passions whether through academic study, extracurricular programs, travel, or community involvement. Below are a few highlights of student activities and accomplishments during the summer of 2010 that students have shared:

Zeke Mostov ('14) won two national medals at the Junior Track Cycling Nationals in Pennsylvania. He took home a 3rd place medal in the Jr. 13-14 division points race and a 5th place medal in the Omnium, which is the culmination of 3 races: the 500-meter time trail, the scratch race and points race. USA Cycling News link

Jake Holtzman ('11) "Over the summer I attended the "Music Horizons" high school program at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. with sixty other accomplished classical musicians from all over the world. I had packed days of music theory, sight-singing, music history, private piano lessons, choir, amazing concerts, and individual practice."

Jules Robins ('11) "I attended the COSMOS Program at UC Irvine, and specifically engaged in the Astronomy and Astrophysics cluster. The program included a series of faculty lectures about both the basics and current state of astrophysics, as well as a lab portion in which participants gathered data with UC Irvine's telescope, then analyzed that data through application of theoretical models and the computer algorithms written to incorporate them. Finally each of us students presented our work at a sort of science fair."

Ariella Mostov ('11) attended the program Young Playwrights Urban Retreats in New York City where she wrote a seven-minute short play titled Sheltered that had its premier reading at the 59 E59th Street Theater. Read more about the play program

Jackson Poole ('13) pursued his passion for high quality ice cream and expressed his entrepreneurial instincts by launching Jackson's Ice-Cycle, a mobile ice cream shop on a specially designed tricycle. He launched his business at the San Anselmo Art and Wine Festival in July and has been keeping fans informed of his locations on his Facebook page and by Twitter. Read more at: http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_15809405

Noah Tuchow ('11) was awarded a U.S. State Department NSLI-Y scholarship to study Mandarin for 6 weeks in China during the summer. Over a thousand high school students across the country applied for 40 positions.

Imani Pardue-Bishop ('12) worked for California Lawyers for the Arts, the Bay View Opera "Dare to Dream" and as a youth counselor helping with art classes for children ages 5-17.

Will Napoli ('12) lived and studied in Paris through the International Seminar Series (ISS) program for students 16-18 years of age that provides an intense cross-cultural immersion experience. In the mornings Will studied French, Parisian architecture and history-all in French. In the afternoons he engaged in community service projects working with underprivileged children. His nights were his own and spent exploring Paris via the Metro. For information visit: http://www.study-serve.org/

Alex Knoll ('12) studied advanced level mathematics at the College of Marin in preparation for studying Calculus at Bay during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Kevin Charette ('11) "During the summer, I was part of the STEP-UP internship, which is a medical research program. At the end of the internship, I went to the National Institutes of Health to present my research to the NIH officials."

Kelsey MacLeod ('11) "After joining the school basketball team for several tournaments in the City, I flew to Boston and spent a week touring colleges around that area. For the month afterward, I was in Spain at the University of Barcelona, taking International Business and Barcelona Modern Culture classes through Oxbridge Academic Programs. I had a chance to employ some of what I learned in my courses through my senior projects internship for the month of August, as well as getting back to volleyball with the school. "

Tyler Langenbrunner ('11) "This summer, I traveled to Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and even spent a couple of days in Canada; I worked at the Exploratorium—it is the third summer I have worked there. I volunteered teaching meditation to K-6th graders at Spirit Rock; and I hung out with my friends."

Megan Tom ('11) "This summer I had an internship for my senior signature project with an environmental group called Green Zebra. Also, I went with my soccer team to tournaments throughout August." For information visit: http://www.thegreenzebra.org/EAC/Welcome.html

Mary MacLeod ('11) "I spent my summer traveling all over California, Nevada, Tennessee, and Oregon with my AAU club basketball team, competing in the largest tournaments in the nation."

October - November 2010