ACADEMICS BALDWIN HOSTS HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PETER GOROG
Grade 4 and 5 Celebrate National Poetry Month To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, author and poet Ellen Hagan spoke virtually with Baldwin’s 4th and 5th graders. She began the assembly with some interactive warm-ups to get the students’ bodies and minds ready, and she shared some poems from her new book Reckless, Glorious, Girl, followed by a Q & A. Ms. Hagan also encouraged the students to write their own poetry and several of them bravely and boldly shared their very inspirational “I Come From” poems with the entire assembly.
Ellen Hagan
In April, Baldwin hosted Holocaust survivor Peter Gorog for a special virtual assembly for Middle and Upper School students. Mr. Gorog is a volunteer at the Unitzes Holocaust Museum and devotes time to sharing his first-hand recollection of Holocaust events. The students were engaged and asked thoughtful questions about his experience, current life and hopes for the future. If you are interested in viewing the presentation, visit https://bit.ly/3ijB2eC.
Kacey Kendrick ’29 shares her poem “I Am Made of Me.”
I Am Made of Me I am made of games and plays, with some complaints. I like joking, silly poking and no smoking. I like to go to the beach, I sometimes teach and dislike peach To eat, maybe not leak and be sleek. Fries, maybe not pies, I am sly Most of all I love, all above and the dove. I respect, maybe peck, sometimes a wreck. I want a pet, don’t have a net, but I let. I am made of me, that’s what I see and I let that be.
History Students Collaborate with The Royal School in the U.K.
Baldwin students in the U.S. Politics senior elective course taught by History Teacher Dr. Athan Biss collaborated with British politics students at The Royal School. The exchange was formed around a common “big” question that all students could tackle: “How democratic is the American/British political system?” Each student had to identify one problem within their country’s political system and propose their own reform. The exchange program will continue between the schools in 2021-22 and may expand to other subjects as well. In addition, Dr. Biss and Harriet Pagnamenta, the Head of History at ASTRONOMY STUDENTS STUDY EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE The Royal School, Science Teacher Dr. Jeff Goldader’s junior and senior astronomy elective focused presented “Politics on the possibility of the existence and consequences of the discovery of intelligent Across the Pond: extraterrestrial life. Many teachers collaborated with the astronomy class. History Cultural Exchange Department Chair Dr. Matthew Bunn used the conflict between the Aztec empire and in the Age of Cortez as an example of what happens when civilizations with very different levels COVID” at the of technology encounter each other. Art teacher Kenny Delio showed how to use art National Coalition to communicate without words. English teacher Dr. Sherry Forste-Grupp discussed how to “share your story” with other of Girls’ Schools cultures using episodes from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” to prompt discussion of stories that transcend cultures. 2021 conference Languages Department Chair Josiane Mariette talked about common features of human languages and Upper School in June. Director Christie Reed, who was a long-time biology teacher at Baldwin, visited to talk about early life on Earth.
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