The Interconnected Community: Photographing Packer

Upper School students in Elizabeth Eagle’s “Advanced Topics in Photography” class are focusing on photography as service and exploring how taking portraits can be a mode of creating community and deepening connection. For a recent assignment, each student asked permission to take the portrait of a Packer teacher or administrator who had particularly inspired them or made an impact on their life. Then, expanding their lens, students asked the same of a staff member they didn’t know as well, or who might not be as visible in students’ day-to-day lives at school. After spending some time listening to their subject’s stories and taking their portraits, students printed and added text directly to the finished photos. Some added quotes from the interviews, while others wrote directly to their subjects about how each of these adults in their community made a difference in their lives. The results were wonderfully creative and joyful artworks celebrating the people of Packer.

Packer’s fall and winter athletic seasons were marked with many goals, baskets, rallies, packed bleachers, milestone accomplishments, and rewarding victories. Congratulations to all of our dedicated athletes. Go Pelicans!

A tale as old as time. Middle Schoolers sing their hearts out during a performance of Beauty and the Beast last fall.