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February 5, 2014
Volume XLVIX, Issue 4
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Photo by Ariana Zhang
PUPPETEERS: In the upcoming musical, Avenue Q Student Edition, the theater program explores controversial themes, the process of obtaining the performance rights, as well as some of the challenges of working with puppets. Above, juniors Jordan Jaffee, Harris Chowdhary, and Adam Konig (left to right) rehearse their scene.
New computer science courses add variety, rigor year, the requirements become more stringent. Imagine programming a “While these are great courses, robot, wiring a circuit board, or we really wanted to offer selections writing a computer program that that get at the heart of computer can identify your taste in music. science. We did not want to have a This may seem like PhD level stuff, course where students may happen but these types of challenges will to use computers and say it will be completed as part of Greenhill’s fulfill a technology requirement,” revamp in Upper School computer said Chris Bigenho, Director and technology courses. of Instructional The goal is to renew Technology. the focus on computer Next year’s Engineering, science, engineering, freshmen will have to science, and and computational complete one of several analytical thinking not only new computer courses thinking are throughout the before the beginning of increasing Upper School, but all of their senior year to importance to divisions. the world.” fulfill the computer Currently, an requirement. Upper School student “Exposure to can fulfill his or her one engineering is one of technology requirement that must the reasons for these changes, but be completed before graduation by so is the computational thinking taking a course like Fashion Design that is associated with computer or Video Production. Starting next science and technology courses,” Christian Holmes Double Truck Editor
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Dr. Bigenho said. According to Dr. Bigenho, computational thinking is about taking difficult problems, breaking them into simpler problems, developing solutions,
and applying those solutions “It is at the core of engineering and computer science. That is what students will gain from taking more rigorous computer science and
technology-related courses— an analytical framework,” said Mr. Mikulski, Upper School technology teacher, who is retiring after this year. cont’d on page 13
A community in action, p. 4
story by Sanah Hasan
Also in this issue... News Canceled Visit
Features College Counseling
Backpage Food for Thought
Arts Swing Dancing
Sports Off to the Olympics
When Greenhill chose not to invite Orson Scott Card to speak to students, Features Editor Sofia Shirley set out to discover why. p. 15
Asst. News Editor Madison Goodrich explores the college counselors’ commitments outside Greenhill’s campus. p. 6
A plethora of popular restaurants surround our campus. Explore a few options with our staff. p. 20
Asst. Arts Editor Catherine Leffert describes her unexpected journey into the world of swing dancing. p. 7
Online Editor-In-Chief Danielle Stoler explores student and alumni involvement in Olympic-level competitions. p. 16
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