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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014

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Lydia Dick ’14, writer Rebekah Nicolas ’15, writer Miao "Jasmine" Long ’15, writer Katie Bailey ’15, writer Nick Stoner ’18, writer

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Ben Ayres, writer, designer Suzanne Adler, editor Lawrence Brown, photo editor Shannon Mott, web consultant

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 On May 1, we celebrated CURRENT’S first year with a birthday party in Ungerman Library. Some students and teachers joined us to have cake and do the treasure hunt, looking for online and print answers to clues.

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CONTENTS

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Kiss Me Kate 1 ! !

Speaker Series: Stephen Prothero !

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Axis of Hope conflict resolution workshop 6 ! !

Girls lacrosse 8 ! ! !

5th grade poets 9 !

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Stories by Lydia, Jasmine, Becky, Katie 18 ! !

At the movies with Nick 25 ! !

Turtles in LS science class 27 ! !

Birding with Crowell and Albis 30 ! !

Pipeline negotiations (11th gr. History) 31 ! !

Book reviews 33! !

2nd grade poets 39 ! !

Roman wedding by Latin students 44 ! !

Spanish adventures with Signora McLardy 45 ! ! photo album: senior projects, coffeehouse, ! graduation 47!

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Spring Musical

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Kisses to Everyone in Cape Cod Academy’s production of Kiss Me Kate

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CURRENT writers attended the show on Saturday night (May 10), and were amazed.

Music chairwoman Sarah Fachada chose a perfect show, and the casting was impeccable.

The levels of singing, dancing, physical humor and comedic timing were way good.

Kiss Me Kate’s original Broadway production in 1948-­‐49 swept the Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Author, Best Original Score (by the incomparable Cole Porter), Best

Costume Design and Best Producer of a Musical. The revival in 1999 won a bunch of Tonys as well. In the 2001 and 2012 London revivals, the show garnered many nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award.

One cannot say just how many times this extraordinarily beautiful musical has been performed. We calculate something like four thousand times, professionally. How many times in high schools and off Broadway? Perhaps another couple of thousand?

Our production had twenty actors and twenty-­‐Zive production staffers. Kudos to all the adults involved: Stage Director Sarah Fachada, Music Director Pam Wannie , Art Director Jan Rapp, Sound Technician James Thomas, Spotlight Handler Richard Murphy and Mike Nolf and CCA Maintenance, not to mention the parents and friends who served as line coaches.

For a complete list of student cast members and others involved, see the Part 3 video, linked to this CURRENT article, which has all the credits at the end.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 CCA music teacher Pam Wannie, KMK music director:

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“It is such a joy to see students grow in conZidence and in skill throughout the course of the rehearsal period and over the course of the many years that they have participated in the musical theater productions.”

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KMK stage director Sarah Fachada’s reZlections:

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“James’s ability to memorize and expressively perform extremely difZicult Shakespeare lines, monologues and solo vocal pieces, Emily's coloratura high notes, acting skills and jazzy choreography, Lydia's powerful voice, stage presence and beautiful ballet choreography, Tyler's leadership, performance skills, being a great dance partner to many people, his ability to keep everyone positive, upbeat and on track, and his love of donuts, Erica's extremely funny facial expressions and great choreography, Emma's effective stage managing and comic acting, Charlie's ability to remember everyone else's lines and his beautiful singing voice,

Gary and Jack's extremely funny and entertaining comic duo, Alex's powerful singing voice (why weren't you in Chorale????), Jefferson’s pleasant personality, entertaining antics (Hi ya Chick!), and dancing with Ruby, Ned’s willingness to do whatever is asked of him and his pitch-­‐matching skills, Brianna’s cheerfulness, vocal skills and punctuality, Kim’s acting ability and loud, clear speaking voice…

too dar n hot

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… Ruby’s ability to smile pleasantly in any situation, wearing my purple suit from the nineties and dancing with Jefferson…

Emi’s haberdashery and getting picked up in every ending pose, Maddie’s beautiful Zinal performance of the opening scene and her dance moves with Zack, Zack’s “Too Darn Hot” singing and being picked up by Tyler at the end of his dance number…

Ryan’s cheerful enthusiasm and willingness to do anything to make the show better, Tina’s beautiful keyboard talents, Natalie’s wonderful sets and costume design, and lastly, doing my last show with Jason as the lighting and sound director.

It was a fabulous cast and crew and a great performance!

links to the video of the show:

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KMK part one !

KMK part two

KMK part three

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Scholar (and CCA parent) Stephen Prothero Speaks on the Current State of Affairs in Our Politics Stephen Prothero is a professor in the Department of Religion at Boston University and the author of numerous books on religion in America. Professor Prothero spoke mainly about the polarization of our politics and the politicization of many elements of our culture. In the process, he compared the deep and traditionally religious thinking of our early leaders with what he sees as the less grounded [our word] ways of today’s leaders.

An Excerpt from God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World -­‐ And Why Their Differences Matter by Stephen Prothero

quality exempliZies the exemplary person. Mentioned over one hundred times in the Analects the term ren has been variously translated as humaneness, humanity, benevolence, altruism, love, and compassion, but it is perhaps best rendered as 'human-­‐heartedness.' Its Chinese character combines the image of 'human being' with the image of 'two,' so ren refers to right relations among people. Before Confucius, it was believed that only sage rulers and other elites could cultivate this virtue. But Confucius held it out as a possibility for all human beings and as the last, great hope for social harmony and political order.”

“For Confucius, studying the Five Classics was essential. But this study then needed to be put into motion, translated from thought to action. The point of learning was to produce virtue and propriety — to turn yourself into a junzi, an exemplar who exhibits the virtues, knows his social roles, performs the rituals, and otherwise traverses the Way of Heaven. While the tendency to reduce Christianity to its ethical precepts is a modern invention, ethics has always stood at the heart of the Confucian project, and at the heart of Confucian ethics is the virtue of ren which perhaps more than any other

Spirituality and Practice excerpt

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Axis of Hope’s Carl Hobert Conducts Day-­‐Long Workshop in Wilkens Hall

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Dennis-­‐Yarmouth HS group joins Keith Lewison’s Junior History classes for a day of negotiation exercises.

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AIDS crisis, others center in on domestic issues such as illegal immigration. Axis of Hope prides itself in "teaching today’s youth to develop trust, compassion and empathy for one a n o t h e r, t h e re by c h a n g i n g t h e landscape of conZlict and creating the prospect for future peace."

The Dream Act, Mexican Immigration and how to approach the situation of undocumented Mexicans living in the United States were the main topics of negotiation exercises conducted by Carl Hobert, who made his third trip to Cape Cod Academy representing Axis of Hope, “a certiZied non-­‐proZit organization and non-­‐governmental organization dedicated to improving the practice of international and d o m e s t i c c o n Z l i c t a n a l y s i s , management and prevention through the education of youth.

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T h e A o H p r o g r a m h a s b e e n implemented into the curriculum of numerous public and private schools in the form of student workshops, faculty training workshops, seminars and multi-­‐day simulated negotiation summits. Though AoH has been contracted to write, develop, and publish case studies on many of today's most heated conZlicts, the organization is arguably most well known for its in-­‐classroom simulation of the centuries old Arab-­‐Israeli

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Founded in 2002 by Boston University Professor Carl Hobert, AoH is now considered a leader in negotiation education. AoH and their conZlict resolution programs have been featured in many notable media outlets including the Chicago Tribune.

By using a brand of interactive case-­‐ studies written and published entirely by the AoH staff, middle and high school students are educated not only in current world affairs, but also in the art of negotiation and conZlict prevention.

conZlict.” (“Axis of Hope.” Wikipedia. 21 June 2013. Web. Accessed 22 May 2014)

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The case-­‐studies themselves are many and varied; while some focus on international issues such as the Arab-­‐ Israeli conZlict or South Africa's HIV/ 6

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“We suggest promoting a new program for selecting qualiZied immigrant students to learn in America and giving them visas.

After they get an education, they can teach the children in Mexico through the Internet. Books and materials will be online. There will be fund-­‐raising for the cost, such as projectors and laptops. The students who come over can get American education and then either go home to teach or continue their lives in America.

The immigrants will then get credits for their teaching.”

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Watch a two-minute video of this game on Vimeo LAX2

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The Empty Page

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Colors

By Chloe Mott ‘21!

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By Averie Choi ‘21

There in front of you,!

I’m in art class,

a blank page.!

si9ng on the stool,

No idea what should be on it,!

thinking of what to draw on

only that you should write on it.!

the empty canvas in front of me.

You see a pen next you,!

I look around,

and decide what you should write… A poem!!

the others are the same,

You think of a type of poem.!

all with black, dull and boring.

You write and write for as long as anybody knows.!

I feel your eyes watching me, beckoning for me to do the same.

Done! you think.!

But me, I’m different,

And what that poem says,! is written on this paper.!

I take my brush and make

This was the empty page once,!

an array of colors,

but not anymore.!

bright, bold, and me.

I want to be a great poet,! but that will take lots more skill.!

I want people to know I’m not them.

So look at an empty page,!

I am always me, you’re always you,

and write and write,!

and you can’t change who I am,

your heart out.!

ever.

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You, Me, Together Forever (A poem about my Dog)

By Zachary Fitzpatrick ‘21

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Me, who loved you so much, You, who loved me with all your heart Me months old but I had only day’s home from the hospital You, who guarded me when grandpa was in the bathroom, Me, who wanted you to stay on the couch all day but couldn’t say it You, who probably wanted to stay on the couch all day but you couldn’t say it either Me, who wants to hug you, cuddle you, kiss you, love you and will never forget you You, who died a long time ago.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 A Good Friend

By Victoria Tyber ‘21 we laugh… at things that we don’t even understand we dance…in public no matter how embarrassing we cry … when you’re sad I’m sad and when I’m sad you’re sad

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we jump…even off a seven foot high dock into deep waters we are… the best friends the world has ever seen I wish I could spend every day having lots of fun with you…

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Don’t Leave Me

By Joseph DeVesto ’21

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I feel your hand cold against mine Please come back oh please come back but deep in my heart I know You will not come back to hug me to cuddle me but then I realize I have not lost you I just cannot see you

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you will never be lost to me I love you

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Ride

by Chase

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I feel your breath,

Flat Waterfall

pushing the cold air.

by Chase Perry ‘21

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Pushing me.

Out prints to imprints Carried away in the chase Flowing water Smoothing it out Running To the tide Going down a waterfall A flat one a smooth one Carrying some minnows Down to the ocean Meeting the tide Splashing about

We take off.

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Trotting through the rink, we fly.

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The frosty morning air turning to steam slowly in front of us.

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We slow to a walk, your reigns causing burns as we go back to the start.

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My home away from home

By Sara Moffett ‘21

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A white board, with schedules and homework scribbled neatly on it.

A blank center, waiting to be filled with math problems and helpful knowledge.

Brown desks, aligned in straight rows but all different, facing this white board.

All but one.

The teacher’s desk faces the students, covered with papers and tests and homework and memories.

But, more important than all the items, are the people, warm, welcoming and kind, accepting me as my own person, not letting me blend into the crowd.

Thank you for all your inspiration.

And thank you for being my home away from home.

dedicated to Mrs. Vandemoer and the Class of 2021

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Suess

By Charlie McAdams ‘21 I read your books And I’m very pleased I look up and see Millions of Trufella Trees In the lake where the Humming Fish hum There are no leeches Oh look here come the Star and No Star-Bellied Sneeches Horton comes stomping yelling “Do you hear a Who” The Cat in the Hat comes with Thing One and Thing Two There are Triple Sling Jiggers and Eight Nozzled Elephant Toted Boom Blitz That shoot sour Boom powder powered Cherry stone pits The Grinch is eating Green Eggs and Ham Instead of just plain If the world was a white shirt You would be a colorful stain One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Go splish, splash slush I say, I say God Bless America God bless Dr. Seuss!

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Laughing, Crying, and Sleeping By: Owen Fitzpatrick ‘21

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I laugh: When you try and capture your tail but never succeed.

I cry: When you knock me down trying to catch the ice cream man.

I sleep: Beside you on the grass with my head resting upon your stomach with one arm under your side and one above it.

Come back to me someday I miss the days of laughing, crying, and sleeping.

Love and Hate (Sequel of Laughing, Crying, and Sleeping.)

By: Owen

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I Love: The way you would flip your water bowl over before you drank it.

I Hate: The way you left me before I was big enough to hug you one last time.

I Love: How you would run through dad’s leaf piles every day like a job to make us laugh.

I’ve loved you since the day I met you and I will still love the next time we meet again.

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Scrape, Rinse, Wash, Rinse

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By Lydia Dick ‘14

Lydia as lead character Mabes in Drama Club’s Apolcalypse

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I remember inching up to the metal basin, caught between racks of paper goods, a battered upright fridge and a steel shelf precariously stacked with dishes. The air was heavy with the smell of fried plantains, festival dumplings, and bleach. One of the pipes, beaded with moisture in the humidity, dripped steadily into a steel pan.

The Dish Nazi bustled at the sink basin mechanically washing plate after plate, in a symphony of scrape, rinse, wash, rinse. His dark forehead, shiny with oil and sweat, reZlected the Zlorescent light bulb above the sink. Dirty plates were piled inside blue plastic tubs, while behind him clean silver pans stood glossed with a Zilm of water. He barked in his thick Jamaican accent: “Move away dem pans, we need to clea out dis space, nuh spend all day on d’at! Just tayk dem inta da kitchen! Tose bowls go dere!”

I was distraught, worried about my stupidity, clumsiness, and how disheveled I looked. It was not until we had Zinished that I realized that the Dish Nazi, (who I came to know as Christopher) was only Zive foot two, with deep dimples and a face creased with smile lines. He looked up at me with a wide grin chuckling, “Yuh did ah good job. Imma go nah. Stay sweet dahlin.” I stuttered a goodbye and he left.

By the end of the summer, we were perfectly in tune with each other: He washed, and I dried. 175 medium plates, 120 hors d’oeuvre plates, 175 forks, knives, and spoons, silver sauce pans, pots, lids and other kitchen paraphernalia were shared between us.

We were industrial-­‐strength dishwashers of our ad hoc kitchen. It was really Christopher who did the most work; he washed dishes so fast that by the time I had put one dish away, 10 had taken its place. He had a smile bigger than those stacks of white dishes, but when he was in front of a sink, he meant business.

Sometimes it seemed like the line of dishes would never end, and we would be there washing for the rest of our lives. One of the cooks, Wray, whom we jokingly called the Philosopher, said you could get your life Zigured out by doing repetitive jobs, almost like meditation. But as I dried plate after plate, all I could think about was going home, cranking up the AC, and going to bed.

My last night working with Christopher, laughing and splashing each other over that big metal basin, I came to realize how much I had come to learn about the value of things in that humid kitchenette.

Christopher and Wray taught me the importance of a perfectly fried festival dumpling, a friend’s company, criticism and kindness, but most importantly, an education. Not just the kind you get in a classroom, but at all moments in life, be it practicing scales, doing homework, or washing dishes.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 situation to teachers. Unfortunately, none of them has Skype on their computers. (Skype should be ashamed...) I run out of methods.

The only way is to walk home, which will be hard since I am terrible at directions. At that time, one of the teachers who has gone through the test with me offers to take me home. I am thrilled, and grateful. On the way home, we have a great conversation.

A Day Without My iPhone !

By Miao "Jasmine" Long ’15 It is a very nice day. Actually a good day for SAT chemistry test. I have a bowl of my favorite pineapple yogurt with granola in my host dad’s truck. The test center is only Zive minutes away from our house, so I do not even Zinish my yogurt when I get to test center. I still want more yogurt and I actually think about taking the rest of them into the test center, but Zinally I decide to look more prepared, so I leave it in the truck, and walk away with “good lucks” behind.

I have taken test here before, so everything seems familiar to me; nothing really surprises me. As I walk inside test room, nobody is there. After Zive minutes, a teacher with short brown hair came in.

She tells me that there was only me, who is going to take SAT subject test today, so she stands beside me and reads all the instruction to me, which is a kind of weird experience. After an hour, I pack my stuff and wave goodbye to her. Actually, the story begins from now.

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When I am outside my house, I suddenly have a sense of a bad foreboding because neither of my host parents’ cars is in the driveway. I am almost desperate. I can not just stay outside the house since my host parents may still go to the test center to pick me up. I can not imagine the consequence if they think I am lost.

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At that moment, one of the houses across the street reminds me that I babysat their kids once a while ago.

Their parents are good friends with my host parents. I Zind hope again. I run to their house at once, and knock on the door. A man comes out and I brieZly explain my situation. He invites me to stay in their house till my host family comes to pick me up. I call my host mother, and tell her what has happened.

Shockingly, I get to know that she is in her car, waiting outside the test center since 9:15 in another parking lot. I want to laugh and cry at the same time. I really do not know what to say.

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I wait outside the test center, bored. I do not have my phone or any device with me, and I have no idea what my host family’s phone numbers are. I have no choice but to stay where I am and wait. Ten minutes later, I start to pace; 20 minutes later, I run around; 30 minutes later, I start to practice leg lifts.

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Suddenly, an idea comes to me that they may think I am taking a long SAT test, which will not end until 12 o’clock. I panic for a second and then I go inside the building again, and go to the teacher’s ofZice. The only phone number I can remember is my father’s, and he is in China. My plan is to call him through Skype, and then he can contact my mother, who has my host family’s phone number. I go in to the ofZice, and try to explain my

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All those things would not have happened if I had had my iPhone with me. A phone call was just all I needed; however, if I had had my iPhone with me, I would not have such a “fun” experience and memories of such thoughtful and warm-­‐hearted people.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 The Mask Behind an Orphan's Face

by Rebekah Nicolas ‘15 We can all agree that young orphans have an undeniable innocence about them—an innocence that rather protects them from the hard truth that is the reality. And the truth is this—they have been given away by their own families. These children will forever feel a sense of abandonment from their birth families.

There are both good and bad reasons why children are given away every single day. There are the typical reasons—reasons like the parents are jobless and cannot feed both their child and themselves so they try to save that child by letting them go or, one parent has died and the single-­‐parent simply cannot afford to take care of both that child and themselves, so they try to save their child by giving him or her away to an organization that can at least keep their child breathing.

Sometimes those parents Zind a way to visit their child once a month and other parents do not even acknowledge whether or not their child lives.

These orphans are not getting younger. There comes a point when they start to question their status and start wondering where, if not who, their parents are, whether they have siblings and what their siblings are like; and why they were given away. Then they start feeling like they are not loved and that is when they develop a sense of loneliness and separation from the world.

I, myself, have lived with orphans in Haiti. I played and ate with them. I met my childhood best friend at my parents' orphanage where I lived for two months before coming to the United States at nine years old. From that period of time to until I was Zifteen years old, I would spend my summers at the orphanage where my 10 year-­‐ old-­‐sister practically grew up. She was there from the time she was one year old, if not younger, to the time she was seven years old. The Zirst Zive years or even seven years of a child’s life is vital to that child's progress as well as their personality and spending those Zirst years at an orphanage is difZicult. There is no one who is readily available to personally monitor that child’s emotional development. The nannies who work there are not able to fulZill such duties when they are watching over the kids, cooking and washing.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 A nanny’s job is to care for these orphans, bathe them, feed them, and help to nurture their minds but with 80 plus orphans and not even a third as many nannies, it's hard to keep track of what the little kids are picking up from the older kids. It's easy enough to visibly watch whether or not the children are getting too physical with each other when one starts hitting the other and what not. But what is not so easy is monitoring the word exchanges between one child and another. These children do not necessarily have someone who cares solely for them. They are around adults who are forced to care for them.

So then, how will they feel special, in a healthy way? They do not feel special. They see nothing that separates them from the rest of their orphan-­‐friends. Where do they Zind closure? From my experiences of living with orphans, we all Zind closure in prayer because when we all put our knees to the ground and cry to God to help us with our problems, there is no poor and rich, there is no pretty and ugly. There is only love for the one person that ultimately binds us together-­‐-­‐God. When we kneel down, we are all calling on our God for help, for salvation from loneliness, and a special revelation where we can see light in the far distance.

I believe that each of us has been an orphan at one time or another and that feeling is often aroused by loneliness; however, these orphans meet loneliness daily. They constantly feel forsaken and unloved and worthless and stupid. But wait. Stupid? Orphans do not get the best of education. Between feeding them, clothing them, paying the nannies the absolute minimum wage to watch over these kids, bathe them, cook for them, wash clothes for them, many orphanages cannot provide education for every orphan. Even with a teacher coming Mondays through Fridays, still not every child is getting the education that they have a right to.

So then, what is a life without an education? It is a life where one is in fact an orphan to the world in which they live in, a world where they cannot stand up for themselves because they have never learned the words freedom and justice or heard the phrase that everybody has a right to deZine what freedom is to them. What is freedom to you? What is freedom to me? Freedom to me could be the fact that I was able to come to the United States at the age of nine to have the best education that I could hope to receive.

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It is the freedom of education. Freedom of education may not take all the shackles off your feet at once; ultimately, it does better than that. Education will slowly disintegrate those shackles and once you are free, you are free. Any remaining shackles will simply serve as a reminder of what you had to overcome to get to where you are. But it all starts with education. That baby has a right to her freedom. That Zive year old you see sitting by herself in a corner, well, he has a right to his freedom. He has a right to a decent education where he can learn about his people's history, the hardships of the beginning and the hope for the now and tomorrow.

Many times, when I stare into an orphan's face, I do not read hope but rather, loneliness. That should not be the only thing engulZing a child's life because sometimes, loneliness starts to creep in on a person to the point where it becomes a part of you. Everyday becomes déja vu. At times, some children carry an inexplicable look on their faces; I am talking about those poverty-­‐stricken children in countries like Haiti. Their silent looks seem to be saying a million different things.

When I look at the faces of orphans who do not realize someone is watching them, their faces seem to be saying "Why do I have to live like this?" "Why me?"

"When will I ever be full?" "I want my mommy," or "I'm hungry-­‐-­‐I want ice cream."

What do you tell those sweet little children? Do you tell them, "I'm sorry but this is not America?" Hell no. That's when we Haitian adults say that my children will not grow up like that. We will not settle for this. My children will not grow up to settle for everything that they cannot have and instead make do with what just happens to be available.

I have dreams but I could never say that I cannot accomplish them because then the question becomes, "Well how hard did you try, Becky?" With a question like that, I, my sisters, my brothers, my uncles, my aunts, and everybody else who is tired of a country whose progress seems to be at a stalemate, should respond that "I tried damn hard. I received a hell of a lot and gave up a hell of lot." Only then should I, an 18-­‐year-­‐old Haitian girl, be at peace.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Working with UKSD on the island of Dominica

By Katie Bailey ‘15

Earlier this year, I wrote my Zirst article for CURRENT. I wrote about a mission trip to the island of Dominica that I was going on through the organization United Kingdom Sports Development. I included facts about the island, and I also mentioned the Cape Cod Academy coffee house that was held to fundraise money for my trip (we ended up raising a thousand dollars!). Looking back, I now realize I had not told you what we were going to do on my trip, partly because I did not know myself. Now having gone on the trip I am writing a follow up article about my experience and what the fundraised money has gone to.

Going into the trip, I did not know what to expect. After all, I had never been to a third world country before, let alone travel that far out of the United States! I knew it was an impoverished country due to the research I did for my Zirst article, however I did not have an actual grasp of what the island was actually like until I was Zlying over it in a small “puddle jumper” plane.

My Zirst image of the island was lots and lots of trees. Flying over the island, I thought it looked like one big rainforest. There were no open areas or spaces to be seen until we Zlew closer to the airport. We stepped off the plane and the heat hit us. It was hot and humid. After all, we were very close to the equator. I cannot tell you the exact temperature because we did not bring cellphones, but it was deZinitely a step up from the weather of Cape Cod in February. Walking into the airport, a building that was smaller than most American grocery stores, we were welcomed by Max, our taxi driver, who Lee had befriended during his trip before. Max drove us to Portsmouth, a town about an hour away from the airport, where we would be staying.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 We were given about thirty minutes to settle into our housing. That alone basically sums up the trip. We drove a lot of places, and had little down time. Over the course of the trip, we had worked with three different organizations and their projects.

The organizations are C.A.L.L.s, In.Light.In., and Savon Sports Club. C.A.L.L.s is a school that “offers a diversiZied training and education program for at-­‐risk youth from 14 to 22 years.” There we individually tutored students in math and English. It was a rewarding experience, not only because it made me appreciate my own education but because we were able to interact with and teach the students ourselves. We also played a soccer game with the students that we were to teach later on that day, which was a great time.

In.Light.In. is an organization that holds an afternoon session once a week for children from the area to hang out and have dinner. The staff of In.Light.In. uses this chance to check up on and monitor the kids since most of their parents are not there for them. We helped out with the meeting by playing with the children and serving them food. It was rewarding to see those children respond positively to our playing with them, despite all their home troubles.

The Savon Sports Club is another organization with which we worked. It is an up and coming group that organizes sports clinics for children to be taught by teenagers. We attended one of their meetings and spoke about our work through UKSD and how we teach sports clinics to the youth to help them guide the children in the “right” direction and to help them grow up. After all, many children of Dominica do not have parents that are there for them.

In addition to working with those organizations, we spoke at the Dominica Rotary Club meeting, visited some of the local schools that we had donated to, and visited the local nursing home, The Grotto. We also built the foundation for a bus stop, which was hard work, but rewarding to know that we were helping those in need. We also coached a soccer clinic for a soccer program that was held for any child willing to participate. I coached the group of 7 to 9 year old boys, so it was a struggle to get their attention and get them to play safely, but once they understood the drills, they were strong participants.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Besides all the charity work we did, we somehow had time to go snorkeling twice, go hiking twice where we saw two waterfalls, watch a cricket game, go on a tour of the model village, and explore their city of Roseau.

Needless to say, it was a busy week, although I would not change the experience for anything. I made great friends during my time in Dominica and it was eye opening to see people live a lifestyle that I had not been exposed to before. UKSD is planning follow up trips back to Dominica to continue supporting the charities and schools that we had helped before, both things I will continue to be apart of. In fact, one of the islanders had said to us before we left, “When you get older and earn a lot of money, do not forget the island. Come and visit.”

The people of Dominica were caring and appreciative of everything we did, which only inspires me to continue my communication with them and visit in the future.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 a poignant scene would be when the Lone Prospector Zirst arrives in town he goes to the Monte Carlo Dance Hall here he looks in as an outcast from the crowd.

It is an extremely emotional scene In The Gold Rush, the most poignant. This scene takes place after The Lone Prospector’s Zirst encounter at the Monte Carlo Dance Hall when a pretty girl named Georgia asks him to dance.

He is surprised at Zirst but he then agrees to do so. The next day, Georgia comes over to his cabin with her friends.

The Lone Prospector goes on to invite them for a New Year’s Eve party, and they agree. The Lone Prospector is very excited so he goes to work and shovels snow so he will be able to afford the party.

On New Year’s Eve, he has his Cabin decorated extravagantly but nobody shows up. He is very saddened by this and he realizes that the love of his life does not have the same feelings for him as he does for her.

The Zinal sequence takes place after the Lone Prospector and Big Jim retrieve the Gold and become very Rich.

The Lone Prospector is riding on a boat where he is pampered and gets his picture taken. As he is getting his picture taken he falls down to the deck below where he is reunited with Georgia. The ending of the movie was ambiguous to me. The Lone Prospector and Georgia walk away holding hands as the Zilm irises out.

At the Movies

with Nick Stoner ’18 The Gold Rush is both poignant and comical; we studied the movie in Mr. Bellamy’s class.

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The Gold Rush a classic comedy.

In The Gold Rush, directed by Charles Chaplin, The Lone Prospector attempts to Zind his riches in gold while Zinding the love of his life. First, The Prospector gets caught in a storm. He now goes on to Zind a cabin where he meets a starving man named Big Jim. The Gold Rush Zilm has many poignant and comical sequences.

Charles Chaplin Zills the classic Zilm with many comical sequences. On Thanksgiving Day the Lone Prospector and Big Jim are running out of food. The Lone Prospector decides to take off his boot and boil it. He then begins to portion it for himself and Big Jim to indulge in for their Thanksgiving dinner.

The Lone Prospector begins to eat the boot like a turkey. He then goes on to eat the bootlace like pasta. During these events Big Jim looks at The Lone Prospector in disgust, but he then remembers how hungry he is and begins to eat the boot.

Another comical sequence in the movie The Gold Rush takes place in a small town, at the Monte Carlo Dance Hall. This is where the Lone Prospector gets a dog leash stuck around him while dancing. The dog then begins to run around the dance Zloor and drag The Lone Prospector around behind him.

In contrast to the comical sequences Charlie Chaplin juxtaposes poignancy in his Zilm. Poignant scenes are heartfelt and bring out true feelings or sadness in the viewer. One example of

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At the Movies

with Nick Stoner ’18 Stagecoach: Ostracism in the Old West

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In Stagecoach, directed by John Ford, a group of incompatible travelers travel on a stagecoach

t h r o u g h I n d i a n Te r r i t o r y.

Throughout the Zilm, ostracism develops, but this ostracism subsides when the travelers become more uniZied by the birth of Mrs. Mallory’s baby and the attack by the Indians. In Tonto, Dallas is kicked out of the inn by where she was staying at because she was a prostitute. In the stagecoach, Dallas 26

offers her shoulder for Mrs. Mallory’s head so she does not have to rest it on the wooden side of the stagecoach. Mrs. Mallory turns down her offer. Also in the stagecoach, HatZield offers Mrs. Mallory a silver cup Zilled with water. Dallas then asks for water but HatZield does not let her tainted prostitute lips drink out of this cup.

At Dry Forks, when they stop for lunch, Dallas and the Ringo Kid sit down next to each other to eat, and everyone else sits way down at the other end of the table.

T h r o u g h o u t t h e beginning and middle of the story, Doc Boone p a r t i a l l y o s t r a c i z e s himself by being drunk all of the time. When Dallas brings out Mrs. Mallory’s b a b y, t h e t r a v e l e r s become more uniZied as they are looking at him.

Mr. Peacock changes into a much more assertive p e r s o n t h a n h i s o l d passive self. Doc Boone s o b e r s u p a n d temporarily takes his career as a doctor much more seriously. Mrs. Mallory gains r e s p e c t f o r D a l l a s a n d acknowledges that she stays up with her all night to care for her.

YouTube highlight photos of Stagecoach shoot: quest.eb.com

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turtle lady CCA science teacher June Auger continues turtle care project

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On Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, Barnstable's Natural Resources Department hosted its @irst annual Diamondback Terrapin Turtle Release Day at Sandy Neck. About 100 people attended, hearing Natural Resource Of@icer Amy Raitto give a brief background talk and walking with her down the marsh trail to release four one-­‐year-­‐old diamondback terrapin turtles into a salt pond.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 As part of its "head start" program for endangered turtle species, these terrapins were raised in captivity from birth for one year. When they are released into the wild at this size (about 5 -­‐ 7"), they stand a much better chance of surviving into adulthood. These turtles can live to about 40 years of age.

The third release day will be this month, and there are currently twelve head start stations in Barnstable that a r e r a i s i n g y o u n g turtles. One of them is here at Cape Cod Academy. In a big tank in Mrs. June A u g e r ’ s s c i e n c e classroom, there are two beautiful turtles, Skittles and Stitch.

Skittles is a female diamondback and is a little bigger than Stitch, the male. They have been with us since October. They are beautiful! M r s .

Au g e r i n s t a l l e d a white plastic divider between them in their tank because young turtles tend to @ight. She and her students feed the turtles small pellets in dishes outside the tank, which helps keep the tank clean. She’ll soon go to Dowses Beach to retrieve some snails and shrimp to go with the pellets.

The water in the tank is @iltered, and Mrs. Auger and the kids keep the salt level constant and add more water from time to time since it evaporates. A light is on for twelve hours a day, keeping the water at 82 degrees. Diamondback terrapins live between here and the Gulf of Mexico, so the 82-­‐degree water is more like they’d experience in the south, but Skittles and Stitch aren’t complaining!

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Every Turtle Counts (in bookstores April 2014)

by Sara Hoagland Hunter Illustrated by Susan Spellman

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Sara is a special friend of Cape Cod Academy who sometimes comes to visit and talk about her writing. This article is an excerpt from her publisher’s page: http://www.perpublisher.com/per171.html

“Each year, highly endangered young sea turtles wash up frozen on the beaches of Cape Cod, thousands of miles from their nesting ground. The massive effort to rehabilitate and relocate them has resulted in beach walkers, local organizations, and a large aquarium all pulling together to save the

planet's rarest breed of sea turtle, the Kemp's Ridley.

“When one of earth's rarest sea turtles washes up on the shores of Cape Cod, only one special child is sure it can be saved. Based on the extensive national effort to preserve the last of the Kemp's ridley turtles, Every Turtle Counts is the touching story of Mimi, a seven-­‐year-­‐old whose challenges, like the turtle's, are many but whose determination is undaunted. In the tradition of her award-­‐winning story of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: The Unbreakable Code, and her seasonal classic: The Lighthouse Santa, Sara Hoagland Hunter once again portrays with power and sensitivity the achievements of the unsung heroes among us.”

Sara Hoagland Hunter is the author of ten books for children, including Miss Piggy's Night Out (Viking/Penguin), The Lighthouse Santa (UPNE), based on the Christmas @lights of Edward Rowe Snow, New England's hero to lighthouse families; and The Unbreakable Code, the story of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, which won a Spur Award, a National Council of Teachers of English award, and was named a Smithsonian magazine notable children's book of the year. In 2006, The Unbreakable Code was presented by the governor of Arizona to all 100,000 fourth graders in the state. www.sarahunterproductions.com

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Team Albis versus Team Crowell in Ornithological Adventures!

By Mary Albis, Language dept.

identi@ication. This is a skill that is important both in science, as well as the study of Latin, a highly in@lected language of minute details. A recent email I received on a Sunday night illustrates one student's attention to detail: "I saw a purplish-­‐ blackish bird, and it was too small to be a crow and too chubby to be a grackle, do you think a purple martin?"

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This Science/Latin unit is designed to expose middle school students to the beauty and wonder of the great outdoors of Cape Cod. Students complete a weekly nature observation, keeping journal in which they describe what they see and hear and how it changes from week to

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week in one secluded spot of their choosing. In addition, students try to identify and photograph as many bird species as possible. The competition is motivating!

and genus of 25 common birds that are commonly Latin and/or Greek through a "Bird of the Day" lesson. They read Latin poetry about birds, and choose a bird story in Greek or Roman mythology and memorize it to tell it to the class. They also learn about ancient augury, predicting the future by the observation of natural phenomena, particularly the behavior of birds and animals and the examination of their entrails and other parts.

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The photography aspect of the project appeals to the creative side of the students.

At the end of the unit, prizes are awarded to the top three bird photos, as well as the three best nature photos, as judged by Gretchen Tanzer, art and photography t e a c h e r. S o m e e x c e l l e n t y o u n g photographers are born during this unit who continue to pursue their passion long after the project has ended.

We teach students attention to detail, through nature observations and bird

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The most rewarding aspect of the project for the teachers is to watch middle school students develop a deep appreciation and respect for the natural world and its amazing creatures.

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My 11th grade American History course is organized around topical units exploring the theme of American freedom. The conclusion to the unit on Nature is a multi-­‐day student presentation and n e g o t i a t i o n o n whether or not the O b a m a a d m i n i s t r a t i o n should approve the Keystone XL Pipeline or not.

D o i n g t h i s requires students to utilize many different skills, i n c l u d i n g research, oral and visual communication, critical thinking, etc.

The negotiation is a process exercise. The emphasis is not on creating a certain product, but participating in the process and authentically representing one’s group and its values and priorities. (Students are randomly assigned a group, which either supports or opposes the pipeline.)

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Additionally, this “real world” decision forces them to draw on the historical study we have just completed of the three American responses to industrialization since the n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y – R o m a n t i c i s m , Conservationism, and Environmentalism. The often complex issues and questions raised by these traditions must do battle with the more mundane, but equally signi@icant, questions of jobs, economic development, and human greed.

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Invitation Letter to Protest the Keystone XL Pipeline yesmagazine

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2. National Geographic Photo Essay of the Tar Sands National Geographic

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TECHNOLOGY

6th grade teacher Dorothy Wyeth

and Director of Technology Mary Beth Bergh have submitted a proposal to present a classroom project at the October MassCUE (Massachusetts Computer Using Educators) conference to be held at Gillette Stadium. 6th graders created literary websites in conjunction with their readers' workshop class. Students came up with the idea to create fan sites for their books, and the teachers collaborated to come up with a way to do so. With no prior knowledge of website creation, each student used Google Sites, part of the recently adopted free Google Apps for Education tools, to create a compelling website with content including book reviews, movie trailers, quizzes, pictures, and navigation. The @inal products were terri@ic, and the teachers hope to share the project details with others at MassCUE."

Membean

7th graders in Ms. Packard’s English

group log into Membean, which “provides guided, engaging, multimodal vocabulary instruction with Adaptive Reinforcement Engines”

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Scratch

"CCA students are excited to have the o p p o r t u n i t y t o l e a r n c o m p u t e r programming using Scratch, a drag-­‐and-­‐ drop language developed at MIT. This year, programming has been offered during the seminar period each trimester.

In the fall, Sue Holland and Mary Beth Bergh co-­‐taught Introduction to Scratch.

Fo r t h e w i n t e r a n d s p r i n g trimesters, Sue has taught additional sections of Intro to Scratch, and Mary Beth taught Advanced Scratch during the winter term. 46 middle and upper school students have now become adept “Scratchers" and are sharing their skills with others."

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Book Review Seminar

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By Ben Ayres, MS, US librarian

It’s been a good experience to offer a seminar for kids (and me) just to read for p l e a s u r e a n d edi@ication. It was r e l a x i n g , a n d a l s o reassuring that the habit (maybe even the art) of sustained silent reading is very much alive with young folks today. This trimester, I have added a component: writing a book review.

I’ve most recently enjoyed reading Kiss the Morning Star by elissa janine hoole. (elissa spells her name with all lower case letters.) I’ve just added this recently published book to the circulation.

Its two protagonists, having just graduated from high school, take off on a road trip to the northwest, meeting interesting characters along the way. Anna has recently lost her mother. Kat wants to help her heal.

While Anna writes in her journal each day, Kat consults her favorite book, Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums, about Beat generation pilgrims. The two young women seek God and Buddhist wisdom and their identities.

In exploring themselves, Anna and Kat explore their relationship, and author hoole does quite a wonderful job of crafting their love affair.

Kiss the Morning Star is on Nooks and print books in Ungerman Library Recent Book Gifts to the Library include Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, David C. Keehn’s Knights of the Golden Circle and The World War One Memoirs of Robert P. Patterson.

These books, like several before them, have been shipped down from Harvard Bookstore by Rev. Robert Hyde, who taught at the academy in the “olden days.” Kolbert’s book, subtitled “An Unnatural History,” is a study in the human impact on biological diversity.

Keehn’s book takes us to the secret empire of the 19th century South a n d s o u t h e r n s u c c e s s i o n , t o a conspiratorial force devoted to the dream of creating a slaveholding empire across the Americas.

Patterson’s memoirs illuminate key aspects of World War I, including the confusing nature of combat for ground troops and tensions with of@icers in the trenches.

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Conquering Horse (Frederick Manfred, Reviews

By Lili McGrath ‘14

Charles L. Woodard and Delbert E. Wylder) reviewed by Lily McGrath ‘14

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Throughout Conquering Horse, No Name treks on his adventure to @ind himself. The journey is full of challenges and obstacles he must surpass. Throughout the months away from home, No Name not only transitions into manhood but begins to understand his place in life.At the beginning of the novel, No Name is alienated from his tribe, his family, and his culture. The other boys his age have found their spirit animals and have become warriors. He is mocked and scoffed at, unable to become chief he was born to be. On his journey, he is sucked mercilessly under a river by a whirlpool. Unable to @ight back, he lets nature takes his course and survives the attack through his spiritual devotion.

While wandering through the woods, two Pawnee spot him. Although all the odds are against him, he lays @lat in the grass and allows himself to be one with nature. Nature, although shown as violent in previous dilemmas, like the whirlpool, is now portrayed as a helpful tool. The @ly in the spider’s web mirrors No Name’s predicament and eventual outcome. Using this tool, No Name lets Nature guide him to safety.

As No Name meets his spirit animal, he is tasked to capture Dancing Sun and bring him back home. During this task, Dancing Sun tears a circular part of No Name’s @lesh, but No Name battles on. This reveals that there is more to a person than just the body. Through the mind, soul, and heart, No Name prevails.

After his father’s death, No Name becomes chief. Once becoming a man and a warrior alike, he sacri@ices himself to the Thunder Gods. He sheers off his @inger as a sign of pain and suffering, allowing himself to fully undergo the spiritual transition into a man and a leader.

No Name, regardless of the consequences, journeys on his adventure proudly.

He understands that any number of fates could kill him, but continues his trek in order to make his father and tribe proud. Although alienated from his society, No Name uses his frustration as a key motivator for staying alive. The psychological events occurring during the months of his journey strengthen his mind and heart for the @inal challenge, becoming chief. Even in the face of opposition and as a victim of prejudice, No Name becomes the man he was raised to be.

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The Scorch Trials

by James Dashner

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Extraordinary bestseller The Book Thief is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by s t e a l i n g w h e n s h e e n c o u n t e r s something she can’t resist– as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-­‐winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us a most enduring story. (Amazon review)

The Book Thief is on Nooks in Ungerman Library, with intertextual scenes from the movie.

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reviewed by Grif@in Miller ‘17

Starting right where he left off, James Dashner made The Scorch Trials start right where The Maze Runner Left off. I liked this because it didn’t make me have to think about what could’ve happened in the time that wasn’t in either of the books. Along with this, the story starts really fast. Some of the @irst chapter and all of the second chapter is packed with @lames, yelling and action to put you in the mood for the rest of the book.

We now generally know what “W.I.C.K.E.D” is, but we don’t know for sure what they what to do and if it is good or if it’s bad. So they stay up in the air for a while making it hard to understand some of the things going on and the intentions behind them. Another good thing that stays with the book is how descriptive and vivid Dashner portrays the cranks in this book like the Grievers in the @irst book.

The whole book kept on being consistently action-­‐packed. One part that kept me reading was the fact that everything you thought would happen, didn’t happen and everything you didn’t think would happen, happened. I thought it was good how Dashner kept the characters with the same traits and personalities between the two books and in The Scorch Trials.

Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Ask the Passengers by A.S. King reviewed by Charlotte McGrath ‘14

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This book was refreshing to read. It is @illed with smart dialogue, detailed characters, strong writing and important issues. I can see this book helping girls who might be coming to terms with their own sexuality and/or even more importantly, students needing to get some tolerance for and perspective on, alternative sexualities. But beyond all that, it was a story truly and believably told.

Reading Ask the Passengers on the Nook was an interesting experience. In the future, I would prefer to read an actual book. I like the feeling of holding a book and turning its pages to holding a Nook. The glare of the nook was very annoying. Some people may like to read on a Nook, Kindle or an IPad but it is not for me.

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The Jester by James Patterson reviewed by Michael Metz ‘16

When I picked up this book, I wasn’t expecting much. I thought I was in for a story about a man getting his wife back from an unoriginal antagonist. However, I ended up reading an involving story about the hardships of a peasant in medieval France going through many hardships to gain his and his wife’s freedom, and ends up nearly destroying their lives in his attempt to do so.

The Jester by James Patterson is an enthralling tale. Death is a constant threat to the protagonist whether it is at the hands of Turkish heathens, wild animals, or corrupt knights. The battle scenes, although rarely large and grandiose, are detailed enough to keep the reader invested in the action. However, lulls in the action do occur often enough to be noticeable, and although the story is interesting and well written, it can be boring at times to listen to the conversations of the various people of medieval France. There is also occasional intense language and mildly grotesque battle scenes, and therefore this book should only be read by people prepared for blood and foul language.

Overall, the book is well written with an interesting story, but lacks enough action to keep the average reader invested. People looking for an action packed story of knights and kings will @ind nothing of the sort here, but those seeking a quiet book with an intriguing story may not need to look any further than The Jester.

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 The Target by David Baldacci

Reviews Sundays at Tiffany’s

by James Patterson A review by Michael Metz ‘16

Sunday’s at Tiffany’s is a romance novel written by James Patterson. It takes place in modern day NYC and stars two characters: a strong and independent woman trying to put together a life for herself, and her imaginary friend, who left her at age 9, not by choice, but then accidently meets up with her again when she is in her 30s. He also happens to be in his 30s. You’ll have to read this book for yourself to @ind out what happens from there.

In the classic James Patterson style, the chapters are quick and easy, and advance the story a little at a time. The characters are well described and easy to imagine. The various emotions that people feel throughout the book are easily related too, and a witty sense of humor is woven into every page. However, the book does have a few moments that would be considered by most to be inappropriate.

These scenes are brief, though, and don’t take away from the story. The story can also be sad at times as it exposes the reader to some of the tougher aspects of life.

Overall the book goes far beyond a basic romance novel, because it has humor, sub plots, character development and a relatable story. Most people will probably enjoy this book, even if, like me, they aren’t excited by the idea of reading of book about a woman falling in love.

A review by Jack Massari ‘15

David Baldacci over the years has become one of the most advanced and accomplished American thriller writers, but has also been involved in a few other genres.

He has made @ive separate series and many other individual novels. Many of his novels have been based on espionage and government operative Will Robie. Robie @irst appeared in Baldacci”s novel, The Innocent, which was followed by The Hit. This book, The Target, is the third book of a series.

This book does follow his previous novels in a series, but it could easily be mistaken for part of a different series. The book focuses on attempts of the United States to assassinate a dangerous foreign leader, with some similarity to the Bay of Pigs incident with Fidel Castro. The novel is @iction, which allows for anything to happen, including for the U.S. to plot an assassination and carry through with it, getting their man.

The men that plan these murders are a part of the Clandestine Circumstances. A n important character, CIA head Evan Tucker, believed that Robie and his accomplice Jessica Reel are perfect for an impending mission, even though the last mission they were involved in resulted in the death of some other agents. The duo is sent to the famous “Burner Box,” which is a training site in North Carolina. They undergo very vigorous training, including water boarding, lack of sleep, and food deprivation. They are ready for their mission in North Korea, but the mission is blown. Robie and Reel are dispatched to salvage things. The Germans then seize another agent, and Robie must @ix the situation.

Baldacci does what he usually does.

This series moves at a fast pace while providing a densely detailed plot. Now I am anticipating Baldacci’s following up with more of Robie’s action-­‐packed missions.

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Life of Pi

by Yann Martel review by Ben Siegel ‘17

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I recently @inished a very interesting @ictitious novel titled The Life of Pi written by Yann Martel. One of the elements that really resonated me was the fact that it was written from a @irst person standpoint. This helps create more suspense within the novel as well as giving you a better image of the journey Piscine Patel goes on.The second element that really resonated with me was the depth and detail the author put into this novel.

This as well helped the novel become more interesting and helped make the novel standout amongst the others in its genre.

The Life of Pi is about the very remarkable journey Piscine Patel goes on, traveling in the Paci@ic Ocean all they way from India to the Mexican coastline.He explains how he got his name. He got it from his uncle Mamaji. Mamaji’s goal was to swim in every pool. He believed that clean water meant a clean soul. He was named after the Piscine Model which was a public swimming pool in Paris in which the water was so clean, you could make your morning coffee with it.”

The story starts in India, where Piscine Patel (also known as Pi) works at his father’s zoo. There he learns about many different types of animals and strengthens his belief in God. However, the real journey takes place when he is put on a ship headed for Canada with his family in 38

hopes of starting a new life there. All of a sudden, the ship sinks leaving Pi, a tiger, an orangutan, a zebra, and a hyena all aboard a small raft.

E v e n t u a l l y , t h e animals die leaving Pi and a very dangerous tiger alone. Stranded. Without any contact with the rest of the world. The story in my opinion strengthens your belief in God as well as miracles. Even though it is @iction, the story is very believable and it is extremely intriguing to read.

Here’s an intriguing passage: “It is to note that the lion that is the most amenable to the circus trainer’s tricks is the one with the lowest social standing in the pride, the omega animal. It has the most to gain from a close relationship with the super-­‐alpha trainer. It is not only a matter of extra treats. A close relationship will also mean protection from the other members of the pride.”

This quote reminds me of the times I’ve worked in groups and how dif@icult it is. It is important to create strong relationships so that everyone is on the same page.

I would not compare this book to any I have read so far due to its unique plot and very interesting setting. I would recommend this book to people mainly over the age of 14. Thank you for taking the time to read this review.

I do feel this is a novel that should be recognized as a classic.

Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Cherry Blossoms

by Abbie Catalano

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Bright pink flowers, Like a bride’s bouquet in the sky.

Hanging from a tree with moss covered arms, miniature hearts

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and little green leaves.

Drop.

Drip.

Here comes the

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Hot sand burning my toes,

rain.

Relaxing under a striped

Down

umbrella,

it falls

Building sand castles,

Onto

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Going swimming in salty waves, Licking chocolate ice cream, Collecting squirmy crabs….

I love the beach!

—Charlotte

my tongue.

Like a waterfall One drop at a

Grade Two ! poetry and ! computer ! designs

time.

Here

! ! ! !

They are good luck charms.

it comes,

They are very lucky.

hair is silky

They are special and rare.

They are hidden in the grass.

They are happy to make people happy.

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Their job is to make your day. —Gabriel

my

wet.

Down it comes, falling

of sand The wash

like

! ! !

The smell

of the waves And the

pieces

sky.

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silence of shadows

of the —Ella

All of these things surround me.

—Grace

Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Pshhh! Goes my sunscreen – Pshhh! Goes your sunscreen.

Splash! Goes my water – Splash! Goes your water.

! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Peep! Go my birds – Peep! Go your birds.

Flip! Go my flip flops – Flip! Go your flip flops.

Whoooo! Goes my wind – Whoooo! Goes your wind.

Ha ha! Go my kids – Ha ha! Go your kids.

Fiddle! Go my crabs – Fiddle! Go your crabs.

Pshhh! Splash! Peep! Flip!

Whoooo! Ha ha!

Fiddle! Goes my beach!

Pshhh! Splash! Peep! Flip!

Whoooo! Ha ha!

Fiddle! Goes your beach!

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Nantucket

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A beautiful island!

A wonderful island!

An island I can stay on all my life, And never get bored!

Nantucket!

The best place in the world.

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Michael

The World

!!

As I run through the grass,

I can smell

the salty air.

As I run from a bee, I am finally free.

As I run through the leaves, I see lots of trees.

Wherever I go, I see lots of crows.

As I run through the snow, I no longer know Where I can go, where there is snow.

Shay

Cool as the wind, Quiet as a cave.

Dark as thunder, Peaceful as a meadow.

Windy as a storm, Lonely, yet not…

That is the shade.

-Tessa

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Oceans calm like grass, boats glide,

stupendous colors,

waves crash on surfers,

makers of sand castles, boats passing by,

fish all around, active underwater world kids,

swimmers all around,

the day almost over.

lifeguards watching,

—Yani

Friendship

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Friendship is a gift, A gift that gives us happiness by laughing, singing, and playing.

Friendship never ends. It goes on and on Until you are not around.

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There is never too much fun,

Sleepovers and

play dates, You‘ll never get too much of it.

It’s never too lateTo go find a brand new best friend.

When you get to know them,

They will be friends.

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by Yoana Dokleva

Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014

LS Field Day

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014

Latin classes

!

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Suspen

-disse tempus omnibus

est a.

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Roman!

Wedding!

video:!

part 1 8m click here part 2 5m click here

Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 Spanish Class Activities

By Spanish teacher Paloma McLardy

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As an end of the year celebration, Ms. Wyeth, Mrs. Roman, Mrs. Hasset, Mrs. Leedham, Mr. Botsivales (who generously paid for everyone! Gracias!!) and I, took the 6th graders (all 22 of them!) to Chipotle. We had been studying how to order food in a restaurant in the Spanish classroom.

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So, what better way to motivate them than to be able to use the language in a semi-­‐real context? I had been in contact with the manager and he was very helpful. We instructed the workers not to give them food unless they ordered in Spanish, but the We had been studying how to order food in a restaurant.!

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-Signora!

McLardy

children had no problem using their Spanish. I was very proud of them! Afterwards we played a game of Spanish (Yankee) Swop right there in the restaurant, so we had some laughs!

The 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, who had been working on the same vocabulary, brought food and drinks from home to the Spanish classroom and we had our own restaurants.

We invited PreK, K, 1st grade and Spanish Upper School Students to be our customers. We gave them some Doña Paloma dólares and they went shopping! It was a rich language experience and lots of fun.

The 2nd graders had recently been working on clothing vocabulary. So we turned the class into a “Tienda de Ropa” (clothes shop) with some treats too of course! It was very rewarding to hear them haggling over the prices in Spanish “Qué caro!” (Too expensive!)

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senior ! project ! reports

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014

Lydia and Bailey, CCA ’14’s, Organize a Benefit for Cape Cod Center for Women!

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On Saturday, June 14th, recent graduates Bailey Hans and Lydia Dick capped their senior project by holding a f u n d r a i s e r f o r t h e i r p r o j e c t h o s t , C C C W, a t Coonamessett Farm in East Falmouth. A number of CCA families and teachers joined the event.! !

CCCW provides emergency shelter for victims and children and services such as counseling.

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coffeehouse! last day of school

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014 commencement

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video of commencement!

18 minutes! https://vimeo.com/98071851!

Memories of the Day:! the beautiful weather;!

Mr. Petru’s and Mr. Kenney’s wise words;!

Ms. Cetta’s excellent pronunciations of Chinese names; Tyler’s speech; the bagpiper; the pride in the graduates of trustees and faculty alike; the letting go.!

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Cape Cod Academy's CURRENT Magazine ✦ issue v ✦ June 2014

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Right Here

By Ivy Chang ’14

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Where is the past, according to the reality?

Where is the time, based on the activity?

Where is the memory, with strong humanity?

It is here, always here. In Cape Cod Academy.

Where is the moment, making me feel happy?

Where is the lesson, teaching me the morality?

Where is the friendship, providing me the opportunity?

It is here, right here. In Cape Cod Academy.

Where is the arrogance, because of our vanity?

Where is the bullying of strong superiority?

Where is discrimination, towards the minority?

Not have, not will. Not in Cape Cod Academy.

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