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May 2012 Volume 30 Number 8
A news publication of The Lovett School
Lovett Students Honored by Top Scholarship Programs Many Lovett students in the Class of 2012 have been invited to apply for highly competitive scholarships and many others have received generous offers of merit scholarships based upon their admission applications. Below we highlight two students who have been honored by the highest awards at the institutions named. Last spring, Peter Diaz was nominated to represent Lovett in the Morehead-Cain Scholarship competition for attendance at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. After a yearlong and very rigorous application and interview process, Peter was named among the less than four percent of applicants offered a Morehead-Cain Scholarship. In nominating Peter, Lovett recognized him as one who has distinguished himself as a leader in both scholarship and character. He is a critical thinker who strives to make connections across time periods and fields. Peter calls himself “an international connoisseur,” filling his free time as a boy memorizing capitals and learning geography. He has followed up that interest in high school as one of the Speech and Debate Team’s top competitors in Extemporaneous Speaking. Peter also plays the upright bass in Lovett’s nationally renowned Ellington Jazz band, and he has taught himself the electric bass and guitar. Peter’s classmates see him as a model to emulate, and he takes very seriously the trust his peers have placed in him as their student body president. Through his own commitment to team-building and his extraordinary ability to recognize and elicit the best from his classmates, he is able to move them to action. His passionate dedication to everything he does is a hallmark of his character and the primary reason he has such a powerful influence on those around him. Danielle Currin has been honored among the top applicants to the University of Georgia with a Foundation Fellowship. Fellows receive an annual stipend of $9,000 for in-state students (in addition to the HOPE scholarship) and numerous opportunities for national and international travel/study, faculty-directed academic research, and an extensive program of academic
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enrichment. In addition to this tremendous honor, Danielle is also a member of the Cum Laude
You’ve heard this question before, right? You’re in the car with the kids on your way to your favorite vacation spot, and every 30 minutes you hear, “Are we there yet?” What a relief it is when you’re finally “there!” This big question around Lovett refers to the Annual Fund. The answer right now is “not yet, but almost.” Here’s where we are:
86 percent of the monetary goal has been raised.
A total of $2,050,000 is needed by Saturday, June 30, 2012.
on the Lovett Headmaster’s List each semester. Many of Danielle’s strengths are embodied within her stellar work ethic. Although math and science are her passions, Danielle is also a gifted writer. She has been a member of the creative writing club for the last four years and recently had a short story published by Wren’s Nest Publishing Company. Danielle is also a talented musician, and has played the violin in the orchestra since her freshman year. According to Dr. David S. Williams, director of the Honors Program at UGA, “successful Foundation applicants demonstrate a high degree of intellectual drive and curiosity, and possess superior records of leadership and service.” Danielle easily lives up to these high standards and well beyond. She is a young woman of intellect, maturity, sensitivity, loyalty, and dedication with an incredible future ahead of her. Lovett salutes these students!
100 percent of Lovett’s trustees have participated
with donations.
and National Honor Societies, a 2012 National Merit semi-finalist, and she has been recognized
97 percent of full-time faculty and administrative
staff have participated with donations. 62 percent of parents have participated with donations; 100 percent participation is Lovett’s goal for parents. Please support Lovett today by making your own donation and helping Lovett achieve its goals. Giving
The Civil War and the Forging of Character: A Lecture Series Presented by The Lovett School Lovett is pleased to announce The Civil War and the Forging of Character, a four-year lecture series that will mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and the Battle of Atlanta. Its purpose: to bring to our campus speakers and scholars who can engage all of us on matters of character and integrity as demonstrated during this defining period in our nation’s history. Edward Ayers, Ph.D., the president of the University of Richmond, will kick-off the series with a lunchtime lecture: Monday, May 21, 2012
and pledging is easy—visit <www.lovett.org/give>; call
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Elizabeth Jones at (404) 262-3032, ext. 1240; or mail a gift
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
to the school’s Advancement Office. As always, gifts of all sizes are appreciated.
Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.
Summer Speed Ahead Program
Reservations are requested. R.s.v.p. to (404) 262-3032, ext. 1717.
Once again, the Academic Resource Center will offer Kindergarten–Grade 12 students the opportunity to reinforce skills or acquire new skills over the summer through Speed Ahead. All Speed Ahead tutors are either Lovett teachers or tutors. Therefore, they have a thorough understanding of Lovett’s curriculum and academic expectations. Please contact Marcia Sisson at msisson@lovett.org to request a list of tutors.
This lecture is free and open to the public. A teacher and scholar of American history, Dr. Ayers is the former dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is one of the nation’s leading scholars on the history of the American South and author of The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The Civil War and the Forging of Character is made possible by The Jack and Anne Glenn Character Education Speakers Fund, through the generosity of the Jack and Anne Glenn Charitable Foundation and brothers Alston, Bob, Jack, and Lewis Glenn, and in cooperation with the Atlanta History Center. The series will continue through 2015, with speakers to include:
Gary W. Gallagher, Ph.D., University of Virginia;
Ted DeLaney, Ph.D., Washington and Lee University;
Elizabeth R. Varon, Ph.D., University of Virginia;
David W. Blight, Ph.D., Yale University;
And many more. Watch for a brochure with more information about the series and additional speakers. Details are available
online at <www.lovett.org/civilwar>.