September 2013 Lovett Lines

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September 2013 Volume 32 Number 1

A news publication of The Lovett School

Administrators on Campus Thanks to low turnover, each year Lovett gets a small group of new faculty. Their bios are online on the Lovett website at <www.lovett.org>. This year, several new administrators were also appointed, so we wanted to be sure you were familiar with their roles.

Dan Alig will serve as Lovett’s new Upper School principal. Most recently at St. John’s School in Houston, Texas, Alig will work with students, parents, and faculty on admission, discipline, coursework, graduation requirements, and scheduling.

Patrick Boswell is joining Lovett as an Upper School dean of students. Working with class officers, Boswell will help develop Upper School unity through the planning of activities. He will also make sure students are on track academically and work with parents about expectations. Most recently a senior admissions counselor at Vanderbilt, From left: Jenny Cruse Sanders, Marsha Little, Helen Adams, Aidan Wilber, Perry McIntyre ’71, Quinn Kane, Suzanne King, James Little, Thad King ’69

he is also a former Lovett math teacher.

Irma Navarro, as the new assistant director of college counseling, will advise 50–55 seniors, including writing the school’s recommendation for those seniors and hosting counseling sessions with students and meetings with parents. Navarro most recently served as assistant dean/assistant director of multicultural admission at Davidson College.

Joseph Moody will be the new Middle School dean of students this fall. Moody came to Lovett in 2010 to teach

Siempre Verde’s Summer

science. In his new role as dean, he will be responsible for coordinating student deportment and academic

This summer was a very busy one at Siempre Verde.

studies.

We successfully completed five trips, including the:

Sarah Galante comes on board as Lovett’s new assistant athletic director. In this role, Galante will provide

Upper School student trip, led by Jennifer Blake,

leadership and support to the director of athletics in game management, facilities, maintenance, and concessions.

with participants from Lovett, Episcopal High School,

Most recently, Galante was the assistant women’s soccer coach at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

and Ravenscroft; Adult trip with faculty, staff, and alumni from Lovett, and the director of research from the Atlanta Botanical Garden; Visit from the Lovett student service trip, led by Bennett Spann and Diana Quezada; Spanish Immersion summer course, taught by Molly Arkon and Lauren Patterson; and Annual Middle School trip for rising eighth graders, led by Jennifer Murphy.

That’s a total of 62 visitors in June and July—37 students from five independent schools and 25 faculty, chaperones, and professionals.

These trips offer a diverse experience to students and adults alike. Whether hiking through moss-laden forests looking for toucans, working alongside Spanish students in their classrooms, or doing a homestay on an organic coffee farm, there’s a unique opportunity for any interest.

If you would like to find out more about Siempre Verde, please contact Alex Reynolds at alex.reynolds@ lovett.org or visit our website, <www.siempreverde.org>.

Celebrate Homecoming 2013

True Blue and You You make the Lovett experience possible! The True Blue Annual Fund is your chance to make sure each and every student continues to thrive as part of Lovett’s superior, well-rounded education.

Your gift to True Blue is: Immediate—Your gift directly benefits Lovett’s students and faculty.

Vital—Your support provides the resources we need to create a margin of excellence like no other.

Impactful—Your gift affords students a top-notch learning environment, with an emphasis on the whole child.

With your support we can continue to provide integrated, one-of-a-kind experiences in academics, arts, athletics, and service.

In the coming months you will hear from True Blue Chairs Molly and Kip ’89 Lynch (parents of Liddy ’23 and Susanna ’25), along with many other parent volunteers. They will work closely with Lovett’s development staff to request your support of True Blue.

If you’d like to get a head start with your gift or pledge, please contact Elizabeth Jones, director of annual giving, at (404) 262-3032, ext. 1240, or visit <www.lovett.org/give>.

Breakthrough Atlanta Summer Recap The summer of 2013 was a season of growth and change for Breakthrough Atlanta. Aside from serving more than 250 students and hosting 59 teacher interns, Breakthrough Atlanta welcomed Lovett Lower School teacher Courtney

Get excited for Lovett’s Homecoming weekend on

Martin to our team as the site director at our Atlanta Youth Academy site. We also expanded our mission by adding

October 4–5!

a third summer of enrichment by introducing our Grade 9 Leadership Academy for our rising 9th grade students.

On Friday night the festivities kick off with a

Our teacher interns were the hardest working and most passionate individuals ever! They came to us from

complimentary alumni dinner, served by LowCountry

schools such as Spelman, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Yale, Howard, Morehouse, Georgia, Mississippi State, Emory,

Barbecue, on Railey Field between 5:30 and 7:30 pm.

Syracuse, Brown, Georgia Tech, and The Lovett School, just to name a few. We are happy to report that of these

After dinner, everyone will move on to see the Lions

teacher interns, there were five Breakthrough Atlanta alumni, four Posse Foundation Scholars, and two Melinda

take on Washington County, just across the drive on

and Bill Gates Millennium Scholars.

Conley-Oakley Field in the Kilpatrick Stadium.

Saturday is a special day for camaraderie and reminiscence, as specific reunion classes celebrate with

Lovett students and alumni were well represented this year. We were thrilled to have 18 Lovett students serve as volunteers, and five Lovett alums and one current Lovett senior served as teacher interns! We are grateful for their hard work, dedication, and we wish them a wonderful school year.

afternoon and evening events by invitation only.

Lovett Teacher Interns

Lovett Volunteers

1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2008. The

Michaela Hyland ’10

Thomas Ghirardini

Kaitlin Scott

Caty Lindauer

Class of 2003 reunion will be Saturday, Septembr 19.

Carlyle Vincent ‘12

Mac Budd

Cammy Wooddall

Matthew Monroe

Samad Ajao ’14

Jack Barnes

Jack Chambers

Bryce Watson

homecoming and reunion events, contact the Alumni

Preston Hill ’13

Alex Marshall

Wells Williams

Peyton Bell

Office at (404) 262-3032, ext. 1208, or alumni@lovett.org.

Sade Sims ’12

Mary Winslow Anderson

Joseph Tripodi

Kate Marino

Marcus Jackson ’12

Riley Okeson

Olivia Rezek

Alex Kenan

This year’s reunions salute the graduates of 1963,

For more information on any of the alumni

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much she loves teaching, and how deeply she cares about her students. At the Homecoming barbecue, we were proud to surprise Clara Built with the news several donors have made founding gifts to the Clara Traver Endowment Fund, “We Are forthat Service” which will provide financial aid toward a deserving Middle Schooler, as well as to a student in Breakthrough Atlanta,

Brigadier General Burke W. Whitman ’74

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a program that is a great passion for Clara and on whose advisory board she serves.

January 10 marked our Founder’s Day chapel service for all students, faculty, and staff. A number of parents, alumni, Our school family is enormously proud of Jim, Bill, and Clara, and so very grateful for all they have given our trustees, and former faculty and staff also attended this important celebration and ritual in the life of our community. school.

Lovett alumnus Burke W. Whitman ’74, who currently serves as a brigadier general in the Marine Corps, was our

Headmaster’s Message

guest speaker. General Whitman is thought to be the only American to go from being the CEO of a publicly traded,

an eloquent expression of what service does for those who serve and for those who are served. General Whitman Billy Peebles | Headmaster Remarks at Opening Faculty/Staff Meeting Headmaster’s The is anbrought excerpt from Headmaster’s Billy Peebles comments at the Openingtoofservice School Faculty/Staff Breakfast on thatfollowing service has to him.

He was also very honest about the obstacles even as he challenged us to Tuesday, August 6, 2013. rise above those obstacles.

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Let us all be ever-mindful of the very andfor challenging mission our school: “The for Lovett School a community General Whitman explained thatnoble his love service is rooted inof his deep gratitude all that lifeis has given him that developbelief young men women of serving honor, faith, and wisdom with theneighbor. character and intellect to thrive in and seeks in histo heartfelt that weand serve God by others and by loving our college life.” in That one sentence describes a school aspires daily to shape ourtostudents for lives of and integrity, Heand alsoinspoke a compelling way about why he hasthat devoted more than 30 years the Marine Corps why compassion, substance, service, and significance. Our mission also calls all of us—teachers, staff, and students—to

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Campus Store

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Have you done your holiday shopping yet? Did you Looking Ahead know that in addition to Sale the merchandise we carry, Semi-Annual Sidewalk there are many items that we can order especially Tuesday, March 19–Wednesday, March 21 forMarkdowns you? will be as high as 75 percent off the

Campus Store

Monogrammed towels, etc;categories. original price forbags, all merchandise Engraved jewelry, frames, and jewelry boxes;

Tervis Tumblers—personalized, NCAA While you’ve been away, we’ve been busyschools, gearing Annual Uniform Sale or just for fun prints; upTuesday, for fall! The Lovett Campus Store April 16–Friday, April 27 is stocked and Nams on candies ready to Cookies—personalized meetfamilies your every need. labels All current will receive 20 percent off on or cookies; New men’s, women’s,during youth,these and toddler/baby uniforms purchased dates.

Gaming systems (XBox, Wii, Playstation) and wear is now available.

Don’t get caught atto the Sizes and quantities will be limited due the end games; and game without your Lovett wear.rain We checks have something of the school year.

However, stationary and paper products. forPersonalized everyone, including Under Armour and will be issued for all sizes that are not on Nike hand apparel. during the sale.

AsCome always: take aOrder look atForm our expanded assortment The Uniform will be available onlineof and All proceeds go back to the school. eco-friendly in the storesupplies. beginning Tuesday, April 2. This form We complimentary wrap on items New gifts galore. canoffer be faxed or emailedgift to the Campus Store prior purchased in the store.

The Lovett/Westminster T-shirt onable saletonow to the dates of the sale. You willisbe pick up are lower thanTuesday, retail. forOur $13prices in the any Campus Store.

All proceeds from your order time after April 16.

There is no sales tax theNew T-shirt benefit Humanity.

Show your families willHabitat receivefor the same discount in school spirit and help support a worthy cause!

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The Campus StoreStore is open Monday through The Campus is open Monday through AM –4:00 PM , and Friday, Thursday, 7:30 Thursday, 7:30 AM –4:00 PM , and Friday, Remeber, our prices are always lower than retail, there

by our mission.

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We sacrifice, are located in the lower wholeoflot listening, love, Wealways shall frustrate andgently disappoint each other from time to time, but level theofFuqua Center inand the persistence.

LPA office. We appreciate used uniform donations throughout theamidst

AM .. all proceeds go back to the school.

7:30 AM–3:30 –3:30 PM is7:30 no sales tax, PM and

our frustrations andare disappointments, let’s never stop caring for outside one another. year.

Donation bins located on the Lower School front steps, the Campus Store, and in the Middle School Let’s believe in one another; let’s believe in our students; let’s believe in our families; let’s believe in our entrance foyer. Our sale dates for the school year are as follows:

retail, there is AM no–4:00 sales PM tax, andFriday, all proceeds go , and Thursday, 7:30

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community. Sales Let’s seek to encourage theFinal trulySales extraordinary individual talents of our colleagues in this room at the Wednesday same time 7, that we also nurture community. hopeam–2:00 all of us pm connected with Lovett will do all we can to continue December 8:00–10:00 am May 2,I 8:00 to help bring about a vibrant, effective May community—a community whose members are committed to the common January 4, 8:00–10:00 am 3, 8:00 am–2:00 pm Green Corner good and 1, where each ofam us takes seriously our duties to a life in common with one another. In fact, I think we February 8:00–10:00

Check here for updates on sustainability on families within tothe Lovett have a responsibility to am our mission, to one another, to initiatives our students,going and to our strive to be acommunity model of February 29, 8:00–10:00 community—a place April 4, 8:00–10:00 amthat works constantly but never perfectly to reach for our mission; a place that deals honestly

Walk to School Day: Is it really green? and respectfully with the tensions and disagreements and paradoxes and ambiguities that exist in even the healthiest of communities; a place where of us make our commitment to the wholeness of our community, to ourbuys!

As always, all proceeds goall directly to theclear school through the LPA! Come visit us monthly and enjoy great shared life, to our mutual responsibility for and to one another, and to what Abraham Lincoln called those “bonds

of affection” so essential to any effective and enduring community.

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We must have these “bonds of affection” for one

another and for our school if we are to serve each other and our students as fully as possible.

Stay tuned for updates on sustainability initiatives going on within the Lovett community

By the way, when we make mistakes, I hope we will have the courage and integrity to name those shortcomings

and come forward humbly and honestly with constructive criticism and suggestions in a spirit that shows our

E-Waste Drive Coming Soon

fundamental respect and care for one another and for the common good of our school.

Lovett’s Green Team will be hosting it’s Fifth Annual “E-Waste Drive” during the week of January 9–13. Over the I hope we all will find ways to recognize and show our gratitude actively to our colleagues, our students, and holidays, many of us get updated and more advanced electronics so the E-Waste Drive is a perfect place to bring our countless volunteers when we see them succeeding and working to stretch themselves or to serving the school or your used items, instead of just disposing of them in the trash. Many electronics contain harmful materials that are to caring for someone in our midst who is hurting. nd by the way, I think for a place this large and with this many hazardous when put into landfills. The vendor that takes care of our e-waste destroys all data, so computer hard moving parts, we show our gratitude and care for each other pretty well, but I want to challenge us to do even more to drives do not need to be cleaned out. honor the fundamental humanity of all those we are blessed to know in this place.

Items that we will be accepting include personal computers, laptops, cell phones, microwaves, keyboards, curb.Please—let Even if a half mile cannot be considered exercise per se, sometimes is in the practice that us never forget the truly essential, life-giving, and sacred it nature of the work of alldoing of yousomething do. Regardless printers, copiers, and fax machines. Televisions will be accepted with an additional charge of $10 each. For a full list, of your responsibilities on this campus, through your spirit and your labors on our behalf, you affect the soul of this please check the Lovett website. of exercise on academics.

Spark, and which placeImpact and contribute mightily to our mission, our sense of community, and to the well-being of one another of our Please do not bring washers/dryers, power tools, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, freezers, tires, blenders, or detailed the importance of physical movement on learning and brain.

Early morning movement can actually fuel do the 1,600 students. Moreover, you help to expand the sense of hope across our community, again making clear as you dehumidifiers. brain connections that weofare trying so hard to all achieve the classroom.

What better the vast possibilities both our mission and of of theinmembers of the school family.way to wake up the brain and Stay tuned for more information about drop off locations! If you have any questions, please contact Betsy Metcalf the body inyou the for morning to takeluck a walk school the crisp morning Thank all youthan do. Good and before Godspeed onin the coming year. It isair? a privilege to serve with you and I am at bmetcalf@lovett.org.

Environmental impact. grateful to you for all you do to make this work possible. environmental impact through our efforts. We can have that impact by taking cars off the road through carpooling, and also by reducing idling time in the carpool lane by dropping kids at a nearby location and allowing them to walk to campus from there. The real impact of course, comes from regular carpooling and walking. But changing human behavior takes time and patience. We are probably not having a noticeable environmental impact right now, but every Billy Peebles | Headmaster

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valuable in the long run. We get notes from teachers who tell us about the conversations that are generated in their

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Stay tuned for updates on sustainability initiatives going on within the Lovett community!

Fun.

Green Team The Green Team is off to a great start and is already hard at work planning numerous projects and events. As this year’s Green Team president, I have new ideas and ambitions that I hope to accomplish with the help of my fellow GT leaders One want of mytomain is to welcome more people into the group and actively engage everybody reason and that members. most students walkgoals to school. during meetings to build unity within the GT. We will hold meetings every Tuesday during lunch and open each discussion with a short, inspirational “TED Talk” clip or other form of educational video. Not only do I plan on making GT more| Upper academically but I also hope to make it antoenjoyable pastime for Lovett students.

Stacie Penland Schoolenlightening, Learning Specialist, Coordinator for Walk School Days To accomplish this goal, I will schedule a variety of voluntary field trips to places of environmental interest around Atlanta, such as the Southface learning center.

Two specific projects the GT plans to work on are recycling at football games and assisting Food Services.

Recycling has not been very effective at most football games, so we plan to devise a new method that will provide easy access to recycling for football and other sporting events. And with the help of senior Halle Payne, we hope to worh with Food Services to help identify suppliers who offer more natural, organic, humane, and local products. The Green Team embodies Lovett’s sustainable reputation. I am honored to be president of such a dedicated group and I look forward to a great year.

Audrey Jackson | Green Team President

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Walk to School Day: Friday February, 15 Learning Styles Workshops Lower School parents are invited to a Learning Styles Friday, February Workshop at 9:00 15. am in the Lower School Multipurpose Room on Tuesday, October 22. Middle and Upper School parents Switchare invited to a Learning Styles Workshop at 8:30 amwill in the Middle SchoolofMultipurpose RoomSwitch, on Lovett host a screening the documentary Thursday, November 7.

R.s.v.p. to Rebecca McGhee which explores how the global economy can make at the rmcghee@lovett.org week priorfuels, to each transition from fossilone to renewable onworkshop.

Tuesday, March 19, at 7:00 pm in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater.

The screening is open to Lovett families and the public.

2013–14 Green Team Audrey Jackson, President

Green Revolution CEO Visits Lovett

Meredith Bond Jay Whelen, the CEO of Green Revolution, supplier Tori Cole of Lovett’s exercise bikes that provide power to our Camilla Grayson electrical grid, visited Lovett on January 17. He spoke Max Hart Emily Johnson experience starting a green business, and visited several Harrison Katapodis classes for more detailed discussion.

Gray Leake Harrison Lyle Courtney Muller Peter Nalle Anna White

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Around Lovett Welcome Back!

LIA Welcome Party

We hope that the transition back to school has been a smooth one and that you and your students are enjoying all that

Sunday, September 8

Lovett has to offer.

The Lovett International Alliance (LIA) kicks off our

We also hope that if you have not already committed to volunteering with one of the organizations on campus, that you will take a minute to consider doing so. One of Lovett’s greatest strengths is its partnership with parents.

Your gift of time and talent helps provide services to enrich the overall experience for students, families, faculty,

seventh year with a welcome party for Lovett parents.

This event will be held on Sunday, September 8, at the Rogers and Westmoreland Activity Center. Sample

and staff. We are grateful that each year our parents find a way, despite busy schedules, to donate thousands of hours

delights from Southeast Asia and meet fellow LIA

to the Lovett Parent Association, Friends of the Arts, LionBackers, Lovett International Alliance, Parent Support

parents. Look for details on the Lovett website.

Groups, and other groups. There is definitely something for everyone who would like to be involved and signing up is

LIA membership includes more than 230 Lovett

simple to do. Just visit the Parent section on the Lovett website and scroll down to Parent Involvement to find volun-

families hailing from more than 20 countries, including

teer forms. No username or password is needed, though you may want to have your student billing account number

Australia, China, Congo, Cuba, France, Honduras, India,

handy if you would like to charge membership or gifts.

Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Nigeria, South

Again, we are so thankful to those of you who have already signed on and in many cases, already put in long hours over the summer.

There is much more to do over the course of the year, so please consider jumping in—it is deeply rewarding! We

Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and, of course, the United States.

Participating families include parents that were

look forward to serving you and please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or just want to say hello and

born outside of the U.S. or those with careers involving

introduce yourself!

international business. We welcome all families that

Patricia Ulrich and Katherine Wahl | LPA Co-Presidents

maintain an interest in global affairs, foreign languages,

Recycled Uniforms Sales

and international travel.

Save the date for Sunday, October 20: Worldfest!

The Lovett Recycled Uniform Sale co-chairs would like to thank all of you for shopping at our opening sale in August!

2013–14 LIA Board:

We would also like to thank all those who volunteered. We could not have successful sales without you!

Co-Presidents: Audrey Summers and Kevin Young

Now that school started and you have cleaned out closets, we appreciate and encourage gently used uniform

Secretary: Greg Seminara

donations anytime throughout the year. We especially need Upper School skirts, Middle School skorts, belts, ties, and

Treasurer: Linda Tai

any senior items.

Cultural/Education: Lelanie Farris and Andree Janis

Donation bins are located outside our shop in the LPA office (lower level of the Fuqua Center), at the Lower School front steps, outside the Campus Store, and in the Middle School entrance foyer.

Come visit us on the first Wednesday of each month. Our sale dates for the school year are as follows:

Social: Katrina Dinkle, Maria Novak, and Robin Thomas Tatum Membership: Heather Creighton and Jay Varma Book Fair: Corrie Johnson and Robin Jones

2013–14 First Wednesday Sales September 4, 8:00–10:00 am and 2:00–4:00 pm

Resource Directory: Rekha Hansalia Presidents-elect: Lelanie Farris and Andree Janis

October 2, 8:00–10:00 am November 6, 8:00–10:00 am and 2:00–4:00 pm

Grade Representatives

December 4, 8:00–10:00 am

Grade Representatives represent the parents of each grade

January 8, 8:00–10:00 am and 2:00–4:00 pm

level throughout the school. The parent(s) of one female

February 5, 8:00–10:00 am

and one male student for each grade level meet quarterly

March 5, 8:00–10:00 am and 2:00–4:00 pm

with their school principal to discuss upcoming events,

April 2, 8:00–10:00 am

interests, and concerns of administrators and parents

2013 Final Sale Friday, May 10, 8:00 am–3:30 pm

regarding the well being of students and to support various grade functions as needed. Parents are given

If you have any questions or would like to be on our volunteer list, please email Susan Bain at susanbain8@yahoo.

the opportunity in January to self-nominate for Grade

com, Lori Daniels at lucas1060@me.com, or Kelly Light at kandslight@aol.com.

Rep positions for the following year and are appointed

Susan Bain, Lori Daniels, and Kelly Light | Recycled Uniform Co-Chairs

through the LPA nominating committee.

Preparing for a Healthy School Year

Blood Drive Comes Again!

Your child’s health and wellness are a major concern. We need your cooperation to help us control the spread of illness in our school. Lovett will be following the guidelines that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), our

Thursday, October 24, from 11:00 AM–4:00 PM in the Middle School Multpurpose Room

state, and our local health departments have requested. These are outlined below:

Lovett will once again be hosting a Red Cross Blood

Students, faculty, or staff with illnesss (fever of 100.2 degrees F or above, body aches, runny/stuffy nose, sore

Drive. Everyone is welcome. Please come donate—the

throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) should remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are symptom and fever

need is so great and the giving is down. Students 17 and

free (under 100 degrees F) without the use of fever-reducing medications, such as Tylenol or Advil/Motrin, or the

older are welcome with a parent consent form. No sports

generic of these same medications.

activity is allowed for 24 hours after donating, so check

Aspirin or asprin-containing products should not be administered to anyone 18 years old or younger due to the

with your coach first!

risk of Reye’s syndrome.

Cough or sneeze into the elbow. If using a tissue or hands to cover the mouth or nose, wash hands immediately with soap and water or use hand sanitizer.

Do not share personal items, such as towels, utensils, cups, straws, etc.

Help your student (and yourself) to get 8–10 hours of rest each night to boost his/her immune system.

A nutritious, protein-filled breakfast before school helps the brain be alert for learning and decreases symptoms of headaches, dizziness, stomachache, and weakness. Sugary foods are consumed much quicker and leave the student hungry by mid-morning.

During all seasons, especially in hot weather, consumption of fluids for hydration is essential.

Family Flu Clinic Coming to Lovett Thursday, October 10, from 1:00–4:00 PM in the Middle School Multipurpose Room Need to get your flu vaccine? Do it conveniently at Lovett! Middle and Upper School students may come alone with a signed consent form. Lower School students must be accompanied by a parent. Parents and siblings are welcome.

Flu vaccine will be $23 per person; flu mist will be $30 per person. Student billing may be used, and cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted. An insurance receipt will be given to you. The vaccine consent form is on the Infirmary page of the website. Please call the Infirmary at (404) 262-3032, ext. 1242, to register. Walk-ins are welcome! The flu vaccine is provided by Health Check Services.

Thanks for the Memories!

We look forward to welcoming old and new friends back to the Summer Programs at Lovett next year!

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Relay for Life Recap Relay for Life brought almost 700 people to campus (about 200 Lovett students), and we raised $103,000 for cancer research, far surpassing the American Cancer Society’s goal of $75,000.

Lower School News Today Was Good. Today Was Fun. Tomorrow Is Another One.

Author Deborah Wiles Visits

The famed children’s author Dr. Seuss said, “Today was

Author Deborah Wiles will be visiting Lovett’s Lower

good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” In the

School at the end of September. Ms. Wiles is the author of

Lower School’s Afternoon Enrichment Program, that

Countdown, the first book in the anticipated 1960s trilogy

quote couldn’t be truer! High-quality programs led by

and a groundbreaking documentary novel. Love, Ruby

experienced instructors are offered Monday through

Lavender; Each Little Bird that Sings; and The Aurora County

Thursday, right after school and on Lovett’s campus.

All Stars are all set in the fictitious Aurora County and tell

Online registration for the winter session (January

the stories of young people raising stolen chickens, work-

13–February 13) will be available Monday, November 4, at

ing in a funeral home, and playing baseball. Her beloved

<www.lovett.org/afternoon>. Offerings include Chil-

picture book Freedom Summer is used by many teachers to

dren’s Etiquette for Today, Chess, Fun in Clay, Speed & Agility, Karate, and more!

Enjoying Afternoon Enrichment classes

discuss the end of segregation. Deborah will be talking to students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 about personal narrative writing. Even though her children’s books are fictional, much of their inspiration comes from her own life. She would like to pass on this skill of drawing on one’s own experiences to our students.

Middle School News

W Middle School Monthly Themes

We continue to stress a character word or theme each month in the Middle School.

This theme will be discussed in advisory, chapel, and assemblies. I send an email

note to Middle School parents to ask that they discuss the theme and what it means to their family. The theme for August is Character. We will discuss with our students what good character is and why we have a Character Pledge at our school, and we will recite together the Character Pledge at our opening assembly and at each chapel.

The Character Pledge is posted in each classroom, too. As parents discuss their children’s daily activities at school in August, I have suggested that they might ask them what they did to help someone that day. Additionally, they might ask if someone did something to help them. We will be doing the same throughout the year. Students can nominate others for acts of kindness through a program our counselors will explain to the students.

Debbie Franks | Middle School Principal

September Service Opportunities in the Middle School Honor our Housekeeping Staff

Atlanta Community Food Bank

Agape Tutoring

Help honor our Housekeeping Staff during International

Come sort and pack food at the Atlanta Community Food

Want to tutor elementary school students? Take part in

Housekeepers Week. Join us for dinner and game night

Bank on Thursday, September 12, from 5:30–9:00 pm.

the Agape program at Trinity Presbyterian Church on

with Lovett’s Housekeeping staff on Monday, September

If you would like to fight hunger in Atlanta, sign up

Tuesday, September 17, from 3:30–5:00 pm.

9, from 6:00–7:15 pm, in the Middle School Multipurpose

on the service table on the first floor of the Middle School.

Room.

Then, meet us at 5:30 pm in the lobby of the Middle

on the first floor of the Middle School. Meet Rev. Reck at

School on the above date. You will be dropped back off in

3:30 pm in the Middle School lobby. We will travel by bus

with them, eat with them, and play a game or two, as

front of the Middle School at 9:00 pm. If you play a sport

to Trinity Presbyterian, where you will be paired with

well. Sign up on service table on the first floor of the

and have to be a little late, let Rev. Reck know. We’ll see if

a local student and help him with his homework. We’ll

Middle School. You may come directly from a sport.

we can work something out!

return to the Middle School by 5:00 pm.

We will serve our housekeeping staff dinner, visit

If you would like to help, sign up on the service table

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Middle School News Teachers’ Busy Summer Travel and Studies While summer offers most a time to rest and relax, many of our Middle School teachers were very busy with professional activities. Thanks to our teachers for their dedication to their students and their craft of teaching!

Yesenia Alonso attended the 33rd International Critical Thinking and Education Reform Conference.

Pat Costen taught seventh grade English summer school.

Wade Reck traveled to Chicago to attend the World Religions Institute, a weeklong seminar sponsored by the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education. He also served as a faculty chaperone on the Middle School student trip to Siempre Verde.

Tommy Jones taught the second session of geometry summer school.

Susan McCluskey assisted in the stage management of the Atlanta Lyric’s production of The Producers.

Chase Jones attended two seminars this summer, one on psychopharmacology and another on the DSM 5.

Debbie Franks attended the iSummit conference and tutored Latin students. She also worked to develop her plans for her eighth grade Latin class.

Diane Husmann taught three weeks of Study Buddies Live to rising sixth graders. She also attended the PBL World Conference in Napa and a two-week science conference in Seattle.

Kathy Kalnin taught two weeks of Study Buddies Live to rising sixth graders and attended a two-day conference on Executive Skills and Strategies.

Kendra Sue Finch took two master’s level classes at Kennesaw State University. She also spent some time with world languages teachers planning a new and exciting project that will help students develop empathy for others.

Ian Palmer taught three weeks of geometry summer school and tutored rising ninth graders in math through Lovett’s Speed Ahead program. He also reworked the eighth grade geometry syllabus with projects ranging from “urban trees” to homemade miniature golf courses.

Juli Fleming attended a Latin technology course at the Taft School in Connecticut, sharing and enjoying strategies with other Latin teachers from all over the country. Then she came back to Lovett and used that input to produce curriculum materials. The new focus will be “flipping the classroom” by using videos in place of evening homework to share lecture material and increase on task time in class to read together.

Todd Wass taught three weeks of global studies summer school and worked to develop the seventh grade global studies curriculum.

Andrea Morgan taught several Middle School math classes, including the Algebra Refresher, Prealgebra Refresher, and Marvelous Middle School Math. She also tutored through Lovett’s Speed Ahead program and helped to develop eighth grade geometry projects.

Christina Smith attended iFLT, a language teaching conference centered around Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling and Comprehensible Input.

Cynthia Frazier attended the Learning and the Brain Summer Institute at Harvard Medical School. The class covered mindsets, motivation, and how to promote positive school climates. It was an intense but incredible experience! She also worked with rising Middle School students through Lovett’s Speed Ahead program.

Jill Chang attended a teacher education training session at the East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. This training program focused on the use of teaching materials and culturally authentic materials to promote interest in learning the Chinese language.

Ellen Ray completed her second summer at the Bread Loaf School of English, an English graduate program through Middlebury College.

Ellen Ray completed her second summer at the Bread Loaf School of English, an English graduate program through Middlebury. She studied modern British drama with Princeton professor Michael Cadden and Shakespeare with UNC professor Mary Floyd-Wilson. Ellen also created a new supplementary unit for the eighth grade study of Romeo and Juliet.

Shawn Mackinson and Leslie Williams attended the Project Zero Institute at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. The “throughline” for the week was Teaching for Understanding (TfU). While engaging in course work and interacting with faculty and educators from across the globe, they learned strategies to inspire and nurture creative thinking and problem solving in their students and themselves. They also gained insight into real understanding and how it develops, the importance of reflection and assessment in student and teacher learning, how to make thinking visible, and how the arts can help make thinking visible across the curriculum.

Stacia McFadden served on the Steering Committee for iSummit 2013, a progressive conference that connects administrators, teachers, and IT professionals with education leaders whose focus is on Apple’s mobile technologies in educational environments. She also attended ISTE 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. The International Society for Technology in Education is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in advancing excellence in learning and teaching through the effective use of technology.

Teresa Young worked with Stacia McFadden to develop the curriculum for the seventh and eighth grade computer classes. She also completed an online robotics course offered

by Carnegie Mellon to become familiar with teaching robotics in the Middle School.

Deborah Ulrich traveled to Germany and the Czech Republic for ten days. Her trip began in Berlin where she heard eleven members of the Berlin Philharmonic perform a program on Stradivari instruments in the Kammermusiksaal. She also journeyed to Leipzig, the home of Johann Sebastian Bach. She toured the facilities, met faculty and staff, and visited classes and rehearsals. This educational sojourn gave her renewed perspective on her own classroom teaching and provided valuable insight into a German sister institution.

Becky Hirsch taught four weeks of ballet intensives, two in Atlanta at the West Cobb Dance Center with Fiona Fairrie, formerly of the Royal Ballet; one in Rochester, N.Y., at the Draper Center; and one at Lovett. She also took as many dance classes as she could, including jazz, contemporary, and lots and lots of hip hop.

Garett Arrowood traveled to New Orleans, Austin, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle to explore live jazz performance across the United States. He investigated the variety, quality, and character of the local jazz music scenes and listened to at least one live concert in each city. He happily discovered very thriving and diverse jazz cultures unique to each destination.

Jeff Wierzba attended the PBL Leadership conference in California where he explored different ideas and methods to further integrate project-based learning into his classroom.

Marc Mallet served as Lovett’s director of Summer School and also completed summer school curriculum work on the communication unit based on design thinking in sixth grade World Languages.

Jen Murphy was Lovett’s Middle School trip leader for Siempre Verde, and she served as the lead faculty chaperone on the middle school student trip to Siempre Verde.

Kevin Sauter taught sixth and seventh grade math summer school and tutored through Lovett’s Speed Ahead program. He also prepared for a “flipped classroom” in his seventh grade math classes this year and then served as a faculty chaperone on the Middle School student trip to Siempre Verde.

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Upper School News Model Classrooms What is the role of space, of the environment, in learning? How might we use space differently in an effort to actualize our Vision for Learning? If a classroom were no longer filled with immovable desks aligned in rows, could it become a space that invited—even required—student collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking? What if the front of the room disappeared and students owned the walls—writing, wondering, and questioning? What if the physical space could be transformed in seconds, flexing to support the moment’s work? What if lesson plans gave way to student learning experiences where the student, not just the teacher, designed the curriculum and the learning?

Fifteen months ago, Joye Callaway, director of Lovett’s academic resource center, and Laura Deisley, director of strategic innovation, started asking these very questions.

Last year, their wonderings were transformed into a pilot project when one Upper School classroom was re-imagined as the “Story Studio,” where—as the room’s motto succinctly offers—”whatever you imagine is real” (Picasso).

The highly successful redesign of room 202 opened the door this year to a grander

space, and student experiences. They’re teaching in renovated rooms with mobile desks,

project—the redesign of six classrooms on the second floor of the Upper School, to

tables, and chairs; copious writable surfaces; and versatile technology. As the traditional

accommodate nine Upper School teachers of language, math, history, and English.

boundaries of room ownership and discipline-specific hallways fade, we’re already

These nine teachers applied to spend the year as Model Classroom Fellows, embarking

seeing innovative collaboration between teachers and a breaking down of boundaries

on a journey to re-examine their teaching and student learning in light of Lovett’s

that seemed etched in stone.

Vision for Learning—becoming designers of learning experiences in new classroom spaces that make that easier than ever.

In conjunction with Cannon Design/The Third Teacher+, a school design

Ultimately, our goal is simple and unchanged: offer the best possible learning experience to students as they become excellent collaborators, creators, critical thinkers, and communicators. We are excited to explore how that work might be more fully

consulting group in Chicago, and led by Laura Deisley and Marsha Little, Upper

realized in the Model Classrooms as the year unfolds.

School dean of academic affairs, the nine Fellows have already engaged in significant

Laura Deisley | Director of Strategic Innovation

professional development, as they focus on their role as designers—of curriculum,

Marsha Little | Upper School Dean of Academic Affairs

B 97 Conversations

Before I left Houston and moved to Atlanta this summer, a mentor gave me wise, practi-

a veritable teenage playground of 3-D printers, satellite dishes, a military-issue 1950s

cal advice. Having undertaken four school-leadership transitions of his own, he told me

radio station, and enough computing power to launch a space shuttle. Independence

to arrange a 30-minute conversation with each teacher and every staff member in the

attracts teachers to independent schools, and Lovett has given its teachers just that:

Upper School. So that’s what I’ve done, what I continue to do.

independence to live and share the mind’s life fully. And their students win. Nothing is

These conversations have been marvelous. They’ve helped my feeble memory with

names and faces; they’ve shed light on Lovett lingo and traditions—from “NUDs” to

more contagious than a teacher’s starry-eyed exuberance.

Lovett teachers’ lives lack compartmentalization. School life spills over into their

“JOE” to seniors’ pond jumps. They’ve exposed me to the dozens and dozens of stories

home lives; their home lives spill over into school life. Most Americans isolate work and

that make Lovett uniquely Lovett. They’ve also made me reflect on this community

home; they work to live. Lovett teachers live to work, embracing each other, and their

broadly, still as an outsider finding his way, and on the craft of teaching. The men and

students, as family. I’ve heard “my kids” far, far more frequently than “the students.”

women who instruct students in our studios, on our playing fields, and in our classrooms—the men and women whose work defines Lovett—comprise a striking group.

Lovett teachers are remarkably happy. Informing, leading, correcting, cajoling, and

Lovett teachers possess the pedagogical insecurity that defines master teachers.

I’ve never met a teacher’s teacher, a powerful educator, who feels that she’s at the top of her game. Great teachers beat themselves up; they’re always searching for a fix for this

cheering teenagers day in, day out, year in, year out are not for the faint of heart. The

shortcoming or that shortcoming. Each conversation I’ve had—with teachers who have

work is difficult. The work can be trying—paper stacks, lesson plans, administrative

been at Lovett a year, with teachers who have been at Lovett 30 years—has revealed

decrees, lots of commotion and activity, and occasionally a little adolescent attitude.

this grinding introspection, this self-laid-bare searching. Lesson plans, whole-course

As popular culture has documented oh-so well, many a high-school teacher has suc-

approaches, pedagogical assumptions, and even the paint on classroom walls—every-

cumbed to grumpiness. I am the new guy at Lovett—and springtime weariness is not

thing around Lovett is fair game for questioning, revising. That lack of complacency

upon us—but I’ve yet to meet a curmudgeon. Lovett teachers manage the vicissitudes

and vulnerability are impressive. They signal individual growth and community-wide

of high-school life smilingly. Just watch as Chuck Melito strolls down a hallway packed

progress—they signal a willingness to innovate that is vital to Lovett’s health, even

with sophomores, or as Amy Story keeps an art class balanced perfectly between cre-

existence.

ative chaos and productive order, or as Kathy Butts, with her wry humor at the ready,

Lovett teachers are passionate about their academic disciplines, but they love

renders the complexities of calculus approachable to a roomful of 17-year-olds. Lovett

teenagers. I’ve heard the same sentiment echoed at least two dozen times: “You know,

teachers feel taken care of by Lovett. They feel appreciated by parents. They feel loved

students here are really, really nice; they’re great kids.” People enter the teaching profes-

by students.

sion often because they themselves excel in the classroom and have found fun intellec-

Lovett teachers are richly, endearingly eclectic. In the span of a week, George

tual pursuits there. Teachers remain in the teaching profession because they discover

Pribish regaled me with his gridiron defensive strategies; David Silverman recounted

the joy of young people—their eagerness to explore, their spontaneity, their contagious

his wondrous encounter with theater as a teenager; Bernadettte May-Beaver described

energy. Lovett teachers know this joy; Lovett teachers live this joy.

her Fulbright-funded summertime study of Dante in Italy; Tommy Stucky rattled off

Dan Alig | Upper School Principal

a dozen sport-specific workouts he’d designed; and I set foot in Jim Wingate’s office—

Congratulations, Harrison Katapodis

Volunteer at College Day

Junior Harrison Katapodis was among approxi-

Lovett’s College Day will take place on Monday, September 9. Many thanks to the more

mately 30 Georgia high school students to receive

than 80 LPA volunteers who will join the Lovett Upper School administration and facul-

a full scholarship from Deloitte LLP to participate

ty in welcoming 250 college representatives from every corner of the United States and

in the Terry Business Academy at the University of

several foreign countries. Following a Southern-style breakfast served in our Dining

Georgia campus. The program is a highly selective,

Hall, these admission representatives will meet with juniors and seniors from Lovett, as

pre-collegiate program for students who demon-

well as students from a dozen other Georgia independent schools.

strate academic and extra-curricular achievement

Thanks to all in the Lovett College Counseling Office for their enormous efforts on

and a strong interest in business and entrepreneur-

behalf of our students to make this College Day a resounding success. Contact

ship. Harrison was the Team Leader for his case

Stephanie Teichner at sdteichner@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer.

study, entitled Greenhouse, which earned the First Place Medal for the Case Competition from the Terry Business Academy.

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Upper School News Practice PSAT for Freshmen

College Counseling

On Wednesday, October 16, sophomores and juniors will take the PSAT, a preliminary

Check the Website

or “practice” SAT. For juniors, this test also helps students to ballpark their SAT scores

A complete list of programming is available on the college counseling website, which

and serves as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship competition. The

you can access from <www.lovett.org> under Academics> College Counseling. The

test begins promptly at 8:00 am.

website also provides the schedule of upcoming college visits, scholarship materials,

Again this year, Lovett will provide ninth graders with standardized testing

tips for potential college athletes, and a four-year planning calendar. As always, college

practice by giving them an unofficial version of the PSAT on October 16. Research

materials and resource books are available for your perusal in the Counseling Office on

consistently shows that practice taking standardized tests leads to higher scores, and

the second floor of the Upper School. All of our resources may be checked out.

that students can benefit from increased familiarity with the SAT, even if they have not mastered all of the material that is tested.

The unofficial PSAT for freshmen will be provided and gradedbyApplerouth

College Reps to Visit Lovett Get ready, juniors and seniors! The college reps are coming! On Monday, September 9,

Tutoring Services. Jed Applerouth, the founder of Applerouth Tutoring, will meet with

from 8:45–11:15 am, the College Counseling Office expects more than 250 colleges to

freshmen and any interested ninth grade parents during Upper School assembly period

be represented on the Lovett campus. This is a chance for students to talk with college

on Thursday, October 31 (10:45 am). He will return students’ test scores, help them

representatives and to find out which colleges might be in their futures. Due to the

understand those scores, offer some basic testing strategies, and answer any questions

limited parking on campus, Lovett students and parent volunteers are asked to park in

about the test. Ninth grade parents are invited to attend and should watch the Lovett

the Mt. Paran Church parking deck south of Lovett’s back gate on Highway 41. Shuttles

website for the meeting location.

will be provided before, during, and after the College Day activities.

The freshmen test scores are unofficial, as is the test, and these scores will not be stored in any student’s academic file at Lovett. While ninth graders do not need

2013–14 College Testing Dates

to prepare for this test, please do encourage your child to get a good night’s sleep the

SAT I and II and ACT materials are available in the College Counseling Office. Students

night before and take full advantage of this opportunity to garner valuable feedback.

may register by visiting the College Board website at <www.collegeboard.com> or the

If you have any questions, please contact Pam Fetters, director of college counseling, at

ACT website at <www.act.org>. Students should be sure to take the optional writing

pfetters@lovett.org or (404) 262-3032, ext. 1268.

section of the ACT since most colleges require it. The college counseling website lists recommendations for appropriate testing dates and test options. Juniors and seniors

Mark Your Calendars for Two Valuable Upper School Programs In response to parent requests, Lovett started two new programs three years ago and they were very well-received. We are happy to offer them again this year. If you are the

can discuss test-taking options as they meet with their college counselors—seniors in the fall and juniors in the winter. The college counselors will meet with parents of the sophomore class on Wednesday, October 9, at 7:00 pm in the Upper School Student Lounge to discuss the PSAT and Subject Tests (Sat II).

SAT I or SAT II Testing Dates and Deadlines

ACT Testing Dates and Deadlines

Test Date

Test

Deadline

Test Date

Deadline

Wednesday, September 18: Academic Advising Overview for Grade 9 Parents,

10/05/13

Both

9/06/13

9/21/13

8/23/13

Middle School Multipurpose Room

11/02/13

Both

10/03/13

10/26/13

9/27/13

12/07/13

Both

11/08/13

12/14/13

11/08/13

9th grade parents are strongly encouraged to attend. We’ll cover the nuances of Lovett’s

1/25/14

Both

12/27/13

2/08/14

1/10/14

academic program, transcripts, grade reporting, and frequently asked questions.

3/08/14

SAT I only

2/07/14

4/12/14

3/07/14

Whether you are new to Lovett or not, this program will provide valuable information

5/03/14

Both

4/04/14

6/14/14

5/09/14

to help your child make the most of his or her Upper School years.

6/07/14

Both

5/09/14

Wednesday, October 9: Standardized Testing Overview for Grade 10 Parents,

Lovett will serve as a testing center for the ACT and the SAT in 2013–14.

parent of a 9th or 10th grader, please join us at 7:00 pm on one of the two dates listed below.

Upper School dean of academic affairs Marsha Little will lead this program. All

Upper School Student Lounge Director of college counseling Pam Fetters will provide a big-picture overview of which standardized tests to take, and when. Learn the difference between the SAT and

Mark Your Calendar

ACT, when to take SAT Subject Tests, and which scores colleges look at, among other

Mock SAT for Juniors and Seniors

things. This is extremely valuable information and you don’t want to miss this great

Saturday, September 14, 2013

program.

9:00 am Registration information will be available in early September.

Contact the College Counseling Office with questions.

New Program for Parents of Seniors Wednesday, September 11, 7:00–8:00 PM On Wednesday, September 11, from 7:00–8:00 pm, we hope to see all parents of seniors in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater for an important college meeting. This program replaces senior college night, which used to be held in conjunction with the senior supper. We will meet with seniors in a workshop during the school day, so this is time set aside exclusively for parents to answer all questions and to update you on information crucial to what your sons and daughters will encounter over the next several months as they write essays, prepare college applications, schedule and prepare for interviews, and finish up any final testing. Please plan to attend this brief but vital meeting, and bring your questions!

Ninth Grade Orientation Ninth graders met their PALs and played some ice-breaker games at their orientation.

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Upper School News Lovett’s New International Exchanges

2013 Medusa Mythology Exam

In Spring 2013, Lovett began three new international exchanges,

The Latin department of the Upper School is proud

which allow students to immerse themselves in the culture of another

to announce the award winners of the 2013 Medusa

country for several weeks at a time. To learn more about any of these

Mythology Exam. This exam is an international test

opportunities, please contact Marsha Little, upper school dean of

for students interested in Greek and Roman myth. The

academic affairs.

national average for the 40 question test always lingers

Four students (Will Carr ‘14, Haley Tucker ‘15, Cleo Chang ‘15,

around 50 percent, so these students had to work very

and Emily Johnson ‘16) traveled with Upper School Chinese teacher

hard to learn the stories and characters.

Betty Hu and associate director of admission Janie Coleman to Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen for a three-week exchange. They lived in

Gold Medal

school dorms and with host families as they attended classes, visited

John Marco Miele

cultural sites, toured universities, and participated in an international student conference. The exchange was coordinated in conjunction

Silver Medal

with the World Leading Schools Association (WLSA), which also

Deen Brooks

helped bring five Chinese students to Lovett for a similar program in February 2013. We look forward to hosting Chinese students again in February 2014.

Hailey Young and Caroline Stevens in an English phone booth

Rising juniors Allison Burns and Dorothy Rau spent four weeks

Darby Henagan Craig Rollins

Bronze Medal

in Sydney, Australia, during the month of July through a newly created partnership between The Lovett School and

Michael Corsini

Ascham School, a girls school in Sydney. Allison and Dorothy had one week of “holiday” with their host families

Wes Hayley

and then attended classes at Ascham for three weeks. They were fully immersed in Australian culture! In November,

Elise Koepke

their exchange partners will come to Lovett for the month, to enjoy the Thanksgiving vacation and three weeks of

Virginia Mathews

school.

Lauren Stratton

Rising sophomores Hailey Young and Caroline Stevens spent three weeks in June in Wiltshire, England, through a newly established exchange with St. Mary’s Calne, a girls boarding school in the south of England. They spent one

Corona Laurea

week traveling and exploring with their host families, before joining the school community for two weeks. Their

Caroline Akin

exchange partners will spend the first three weeks of August in Atlanta, getting to know American culture and

Peyton Bell

attending school for the first two weeks of the new school year.

Carolyn Bland Willie Candler

Lovett Receives President’s Volunteer Service Award Based on over 1,000 group service hours during 2012, Lovett received a President’s Volunteer Service Award in late spring of 2013. This award is based on school-sponsored group service work, including CAP, Agape, Atlanta Community Food Bank, World Relief, Habitat for Humanity, and more. The citation from President Obama is displayed in the Service Learning office.

The President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation (the Council) was established in 2003 to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are making in our communities and encourage more people to serve. The Council created the President’s Volunteer Service Award program as a way to thank and honor Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in volunteer service. The program continues as an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

“This award recognizes all of the students and faculty members who commit so many hours to giving back to our community,” said Director of Service Learning Angela Morris-Long. “In addition to all of the group and schoolsponsored service, we have so many individual students and families who dedicate many personal hours to support and serve in non-profit agencies and organizations throughout the city.”

Lovett groups have already started accumulating hours for 2013, and the division service leaders will be publicizing more offerings and opportunities available in the fall.

Internships Help Juniors Explore Careers Fifty juniors participated in the Junior Internship Program this summer. From medicine to marketing and from architecture to fashion, students put their academic aptitudes and interests to the test!

“My internship host was so engaging,” said intern Caroline Edwards. “He gave great advice and was really

Patrick Johnson Griffin Leinbach Dorothy Rau Michelle Ridgeway

Corona Olivae Forrest Bell Matthew Boutté Rhodes Denny Austin Gaalema Andrew Johnson Kate Marino Eddie McCrady Andrew Monden David Morris Saneel Prabhu Lauren Reeves David Wiens Cammy Woodall Congratulations to all of these Mythology scholars!

involved with what I was doing. He went out of his way to answer my questions. Now I have a foundation and so much more information about all the medical careers are out there.”

Students started the process in the fall of 2012. After taking the Strong Interest Inventory career assessment, students met for several hours during the fall conference day to explore and evaluate their results. They then scheduled individual meetings to talk about career and internship options based on their aptitudes and interests.

Students created and honed resumes during the winter. Hosts were found in the spring, and students spent several hours in March learning about executive presence, business etiquette, and more. All of the two-week internships were scheduled for the summer months, based on the student and host schedules.

The Junior Internship Program would not be possible without the participation and support of so many parents, alumni, and trustees. “College internship programs are common and available at many companies and organizations, but high school students have a really difficult time finding opportunities,” said internship coordinator Angela Morris-Long. “These juniors are about to go to college and declare a major, and these internships really give them invaluable insight into what they might really enjoy. Lovett is so grateful to have members of the school community who are willing to make these experiences possible for our students.”

Current juniors heard from these summer interns at an assembly held on the first day of school, and were given details on the 2014 program. Enrollment is limited to 30 students, and the deadline to sign up is Friday, October 4, 2013 (or when capacity has been reached).

Teens Against Prejudice Teens Against Prejudice (TAP) members served March on Washington cake during the Upper School break to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic event.

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Headmaster’s Spring List 2013

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Students receiving a semester weighted average of 94 or higher and no grade of “N” in conduct were named to the Headmaster’s List.

Grade 9: Haley Barnes, Meredith Bond, James Bronsted, Jay Harris, James Harrison,

Grade 11: Ziad Ammar, Bill Bedinger, James Belsak, Katrina Binkley, Chris Bruns,

Grace Hill, Bailey Johnson, Mary Frances Johnson, Isabella Ko, Elise Koepke, Brandon

Charlotte Bunch, Foster Coleman, Frankie DeBorde, Caroline Edwards, Lydia Flock,

Lacefield, Jennifer Landon, Charlotte Lee, Griffin Leinbach, Austin Liou, Alex Marshall,

Aggie Fricke, Saqlain Golandaz, Whitney Granberry, Cameron Greer, Elena Hartley,

Evan Mercer, John Marco Miele, Alexander Morris, Riley Okeson, Kiki Paré, Estee Park,

Grace Horlock, Robert Houghton, Charlie Ingram, Alex Kenan, Samantha Keng,

Emma Pollard, Hollis Rhodes, Rachel Sheppard, Karan Soni, Caroline Stevens, Lauren

Caroline Kenny, Andrew Kring, Tommy Lanier, Savannah Lee, Connor McCarthy,

Stratton, and Cole Taylor.

Eddie McCrady, Jake Mercer, Peter Nalle, Sade Oresegun, Janie Price, Jessica Pritchard,

Grade 10: Varsha Anbil, Mary Winslow Anderson, Jack Barnes, Peyton Bell, Abby

Natalie Sanders, Julia Selman, Olivia Strader, Anisa Threlkeld, Bryce Watson, David Wiens, and Mary Martha Wiggers.

Benton, Caroline Blackmon, Steffi Bolton, Mac Budd, Chloe Burns, Vallie Candler, Sarah Carpenter, Bennett Diaz, Emily Drake, Andrew Duncan, Sehar Ebrahim, Sonia

Grade 12: Charlie Biggerstaff, Elizabeth Bogue, Taylor Brown, Isabelle Culpepper,

Gupta, Madison Hardee, Melissa Houghton, Harrison Katapodis, James Kolsby, Caty

Brian Dalton, Heather Degenkolb, Shahla Delawalla, Samantha Dietz, Will Ewing, Guy

Lindauer, Kate Marino, Bryn McCarthy, Mirabel Michelson, Chapman Monroe, Alex

Fulwiler, Cody Harrison, Katrina Hazim, Carly Herbert, Mitchell Hightower, Preston

O’Shaughnessey, Dorothy Rau, Lauren Reeves, Ben Richards, Will Russ, Cros Saint,

Hill, Carson Holden, Hannah Johnson, Anna Kate Jones, Chelsea Kim, Annabel Kupke,

Clark Sanderson, Lindsey Watson, Alec White, and Rachel Wong.

Jennifer Li, Melissa Li, Ellie Mann, Mitchell Marino, Chris Martin, Charlotte Matthews, Julian McIntyre, Rob Montgomery, Jasmine Movagharnia, Geoffrey Neville, Alexander Panos, Anna Perkins, Reid Pickett, Saneel Prabhu, Alexandra Quick, Sean Reagan, Michelle Ridgeway, Craig Rollins, Anna Sewell, Ella Simmons, Maggie Sinkler, Caitlin Smith, William Smith, Suzannah Tarkington, Emily Valentino, Leila Waits, Cooper Ward, Lizzy Wesley, Alston White, James Wilby, and Tianyi Zheng.

Scholars List Spring 2013

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Students with a semester unweighted average of 90 or higher and no grade of “N” in conduct were named to the Scholars List.

Grade 9: Kayla Agan, Caroline Akin, Sam Baker, Annie Battle, Jack Bedinger, Carolyn

Grade 11: Hogan Barnes, Caroline Barry, Jay Bland, Annie Boydston, Matthew

Bland, Mimi Bourdeaux, William Brooks, Elizabeth Champion, Abby Clement, Ford

Cartledge, Farah Charania, Kennedy Crenshaw, Virginia Dalton, Katherine Drake, Clara

Coleman, Shiv Daftari, Dominique David, Mary Stewart DeLong, Francesca DeWeerdt,

Easterlin, Riley Frazer, Camilla Grayson, Isabelle Heard, Susan Holmes, Vivian Ilonzo,

Juliana Dinkle, Thomas Ghirardini, Caroline Carr Grant, Grace Hagerty, Olivia Hehir,

Audrey Jackson, Noor Khan, Wesleigh Lourie, Suzanna Mayer, Austin McCartney, John

Neal Irby, Grace Jackson, Emily Johnson, PJ Johnson, Scott Kuhlke, Shelby Lau, Brooks

Neal, Lindsey Reid, Connor Reynolds, Frances Salmon, Linzy Scott, Elizabeth Sheldon,

Layson, Eliot Layson, Carson Lindauer, Harrison Lyle, Lizzie Malinowski, Virginia

Ellie Sherman, Tyler Shiflett, Ashley Taylor, Sarah Teichner, Christopher Torie, Cecilia

Mathews, Max McCrady, Catt McCreary, Kit McGean, Jack McMurtrie, Emma Montag,

Ward, Christopher West, Anna White, and Andrew Wilson.

Gray Morgan, Marilyn Morgan, Charles Nastopoulos, Draper Newton, Erin Ocana, Gabby Panos, Jay Pisowicz, Ava Posmantur, Victoria Powell, Emma Quarterman, Ivey

Grade 12: Kyler Allen, George Anderson, Broughton Barry, Forrest Bell, Caroline

Redding, Nick Rhame, Kaitlin Scott, Laura Elizabeth Seydel, Alden Shiverick, Avery

Buffington, Laura Carr, Amelia Coletti, Kathleen Connell, Corey Erdoes, Leslie

Spratlin, Naomi Tesema, Jackson Thompson, Joseph Tripodi, Journey White, Garrett

Espenschied, Margaret Flock, Ellie George, Bennett Gwynn, Luke Hart, Ellery Haycook,

Wright, and Benjamin Yarmowich.

William Henagan, Pearce Howell, Gayle Jenks, Will Johnston, Madison Lathi, Grace McCollam, Kimberly McDonald, Astrid Michelson, Margaret Millians, Jamila Moses,

Grade 10: Adrienne Berry, Alexandra Blitch, Reilly Bradford, Hannah Bulvin, Allison

Walt Muller, Marie Northington, Jordan Pakula, Kelly Peterson, Alex Port, Teddie

Burns, Talia Burns, Cleo Chang, Michael Corsini, Emily Drewry, Tommy Duffy, Te’Erica

Schroeder, Vasser Seydel, Sarah Sharpley, Dani Smith, Reeves Turner, Sydney Umeri,

Eason, Jake Fulwiler, Austin Gaalema, Nick Gambardella, Wes Haley, Max Hart, Jack

Abigail Van Horn, Brant Wells, Arthur Winborne, and Laura Wymer.

Holder, Farhan Hoodbhoy, Campbell Jones, Gracie Letter, McRae Mayfield, Clara McCollam, Amanda McDaniel, Eli Mercer, Hughes Moffett, Nathan Offutt, Saskia Olczak, McKenzie Richards, Alex Sayles, Nick Sear, Camille Ward, Sydney Wargo, Parker Wierling, Mallory Wilkerson, Molly Withington, and Cammy Wooddall.

Fine Arts News News from Lovett’s Visual Arts Galleria

Go West! Teacher Institute

Fresh Perspectives: Atlanta’s Emerging Artists

The High Museum of Art Cyanotype Workshop

September 9–October 25

Upper School photography teacher Karey Walter had the opportunity to teach a

Atlanta’s Emerging Artists show includes work by Leisa Rich, known for her room

summer workshop at the High Museum of Art for educators in the Southeast, in

installations and interactive art; clay artist Michael Klapthor’s from his robot series;

preparation for the High’s upcoming exhibition Go West!. The workshop was a blend

Carina Maye, whose wall sculptures combine words and imagery; and Heather

of art and science educating the historic process of cyanotype printing, also known

Greenway, who creates large-scale colorful abstract paintings.

as the blueprint or ferroprussiate process. The cyanotype was discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1842. The cyanotype was one of many iron-based photographic processes

Upper School Photography Program

developed in the early days of photography and, due to its relative simplicity, is often

Please consider donating a 35mm film camera to Lovett’s photography classes. Please

one of the first alternative processes that people study. This entry-level workshop

email karey.walter@lovett.org for further information.

introduced participants to aspects that are common to most photographic historical processes and their variations, including contact printing, safe and proper handling of

Videography Again this year, you’ll be able to join us “LIVE” online for most of the Fine Arts performing arts events (band, chorus, dance, orchestra, and theater arts) brought to you

by Atlanta’s own Proper Medium video productions company, owned and operated by Lovett alum, Blake Williams ’98. For more information and access, visit the Fine Arts section of the Lovett website, where you will also find the schedule of events that will be filmed and available for you to download following the performances. DVDs will no longer be processed, due to this new system.

materials, paper preparation and coating, exposure, and processing, and also explored photographs in the High’s permanent collection to investigate the photo processes that echo the Go West! exhibition.

Go West!: Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, runs from November 3, 2013–April 13, 2014, at the High Museum of Art. <http://www.high.org/Art/Exhibitions/Go-West.aspx>

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September 2013 Volume 32 Number 1

INSIDE Page 1 Administrators on Campus Page 2 Learning Styles Workshops Page 3 Recycled Uniform Sales

A news publication of The Lovett School The Lovett School Communications Office 4075 Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30327-3009 www.lovett.org (404) 262-3032

The Lovett School admits students of any race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The Lovett School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin in administration of its employment practices, admission policies, educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs.

Fine Arts News

Athletics News

Friends of the Arts Thanks to all of you who have already joined and

10th Annual Ladies Tennis Tournament

volunteered to support the Lovett Friends of the Arts

Monday, September 30, 2013

(FOTA). We really appreciate and need your support! If

8:30 AM –1:30 PM

you have not yet joined this school year, please read why

Lovett Tennis Courts

your annual membership is important.

Join the fun! Entry includes lunch, prizes, and more!

Nearly 90 percent of Lovett students are engaged

Tournament and court sponsorships are available at

in the Fine Arts. FOTA supports these students and

several affordable levels. The registration forms are

the Fine Arts Department in all disciplines of the arts: band, chorus, dance, drama/theater, Ellington Band, orchestra, singers, theater production, and the studio

Lovett Singers performing the national anthem at a home football game.

available on the LionBackers page of the Lovett website.

Questions? Please contact Margaret Long at long9548@ bellsouth.net or Ruth Russ at ruthruss@mac.com.

arts (ceramics, drawing, film, painting, photography, and sculpture).

Each year, through funds raised by your FOTA membership and other sponsorships, we organize and financially support the following for the Lovett community:

21st Annual Mens Golf Tournament Monday, October 28, 2013

Fund the Lower School Spring Arts Festival.

Peachtree Golf Club

Fund the videography and live streaming of more than 20 fine arts events so out-of-town family or traveling

The Lovett LionBackers’ largest fundraiser returns to

parents will not miss their child’s performance.

one of the most prestigious clubs in America for a great

Organize the Faculty Art Show and Sale.

day of golf. All monies raised go to support our athletic

Create awareness of the Fine Arts Department through the publication of the Fine Arts Program, the FOTA

programs. Make sure to register early as this event sold

Flash, and our new monthly newsletter.

out in one day last year. Hole sponsorships are also

Provide scholarships for applied music lessons for students.

available but will go quickly. Look for the entry forms on

Organize more than 40 volunteer liaisons, who work with the faculty to ensure students are chaperoned and

the LionBackers page of the Lovett website.

fed before all LS/MS/US performances.

Registration for Major and Hole Sponsors is now

Help support the funding for the partnership between Lovett and the High Museum of Art, which provides

open. Golf Participation will open online on September

free admittance to students and faculty, internships, and education.

19. Sign up early—space is limited! Price per golfer is

Fund end-of-year grants, which have purchased new equipment for orchestra, band, studio art, and provided

$400. Please contact Dudley Stephens at dstephens2611@

continuing education for our fine art faculty.

bellsouth.net with questions.

Please consider joining FOTA today at any level. Your membership will be recognized in the Fine Arts Program

Boys Basketball

and the Donor Board located outside of the theater. Online forms are available on two locations on the Lovett website,

Mark your calendars, the pre-selection meeting for

under the Fine Arts section and under the Parent Involvement section.

boys basketball will be held on October 1, 2013, at 7:00 pm in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater. This meeting is

Please Save the Date for these important Friends of the Arts events:

mandatory for each boy in Grades 7–12 and one parent.

The New and Improved Faculty Art Show to be held November 19—22, 2013,

At this meeting Coach Melito will introduce his staff for

at the Rogers and Westmoreland Activity Center.

the 2013–14 season, review the expectations, and answer questions pertaining to the boys basketball program.

The Great Conversation to be held on Friday evening, February 28, 2014,

The dates of the selection process will be published in the

at the Piedmont Driving Club.

October Lovett Lines and placed on the boys basketball webpage once finalized.

Please visit the Fine Arts section of the Lovett website to view the calendar of upcoming events. There are many opportunities to appreciate the arts at Lovett, so please come and enjoy!

Again, thank you for your support. Please contact me at janejackson@me.com if you have any questions or

Sports Medicine The Sports Medicine Department is accepting durable

suggestions.

medical equipment donations, including crutches, braces,

Jane Jackson | FOTA President

splints, slings, boots, and rehab equipment in good condition. Donations may be dropped off in the Athletic Office until October 15.