Blue & Gold April 1996

The Steward School

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Pippin was a Pip The Steward School 's Spring Musical "Pippi n" was a success.

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"Pippi n" was selected because it is a wo nderful story about a yo un g person try ing to fin d w he re he fits in . Just like Pi pp in, everyone wa nts to do something extrao rd inary and special w ith his/her life. Throughollt our lives we search for these thin gs, places or peop le th at will make our lives "excitin g, mystic and exotic". Hopefu lly, li ke Pipp in, we come to discover the extrao rd inary in the socalled "ordi nary " and realize that everyday is special. We are all extrao rd inary!

The cast and crew were extraord inary. The cast of " Pipp in" was as follows : Alice Ave nt, Te d Benson , Taylor Collier, Christy Hunton, Cynthia johns, j ennife r l atourelle, Stephen Paulette, Aaron Payne, Camberly Pearson, Erin Robinson, Sa ra Ross m o re , Eliza beth Sumner, Ruth Williams and jeni Woodall. Bravo!

The Crew for "Pippin" was: David Becker, Susan Braunshteyn, Drew Cosby, Chris Drzal, Tric ia Faust, Adam Graves, jessica Gray, Chris Hagy, Taylor Ha rd, Ma rga ret Haze ll, Becky Meye rhoff, Ste phe n Pa ulette, Fahad Qureshi,

April 1996 TSSMUNS First Annual Conference ....................... 3 Girls Undefeated in VCe. .. 4 Healey attends national cheerleading competition: A friend's tribute ............... 5 Steward's first Honor Symposium draws to a close .... 6 Middle Schoolers get involved with Model UN and Junior Achievement ........... 6 Language Arts Week .......... 6 My Trip to Mexico .............. 7 Lower School Them e Week: The Environment ............... 8 A Day in D.C. ............... ...... 8

A Very Special Someone .... 9 Kenya Young nominates Ms. Pam Hall .......................... 10 Still a World Champion ... 10 Congratulations to Ginny Chalkley (Class of 1992) .. 10 j

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Chris Hagy, Drew Cosby, Chris Dnal, rahad Qureshi, Trida Faus~ Becky Mcyerhof(

Adam Graves, and Andy Stilt- THE CREW! Not pictured: David Becker, Su~an Braullsh Ley", Tdy/or Hord, MargareL J lazpl/, Stephen PauJelle, Molly Sauer,

Molly Sauer, Andy Stitt, and Ben Wolff. The tal e nted band for "Pippin" was made up of Ned Trice, J.D. Greer, Jeremy Salken, Laurel Ingraham and the patie nt and talented Music Director, Ms . Lynn Ingraham, without whom this musical would have never been!

Further student involvement occurred during Middle School Alternate Program with the sixties theme this year.

The entire Middle School painted the "groovy" psychedelic back drop designed by Laura Slabaugh and color coordinated by Wade Britt. Ms. Paulette's Middle School art classes he lped by painting the drop, the beads and painting th e shadow block drop designed by Jessi Stevens .

The students also made the clay beads that hung in front of the proscenium arch. And the e ighth grade Theater class tie-dyed all the far out costumes, hung th e lights and helped build th e raked sel.

sewing ex pertise really helped to make the cast sh ine!

The sound for "Pippin" was the best of any show this season due to a generous donation. With a gift from the Widgeon Foundation, the theater department was able to purchase te n wireless microphones. This wonderful eCJuipment made its debut with "Pippin" but will be used for many more lower, middle and upper school performances.

These micro phones are greatly appreciated!

Additional Kudos: Senior Ian Qureshi, another art student, designed the cover of th e program.

The Theater Ind( ~pe nd e nt Study Students, Ben Reif, Drew Cosby, Stephen Paulette, Chris Drzal and Adam Graves , designed and hung the lights as well as help design and build the raked set for "Pippin".

Mrs. Latourelle deserves a big round of app lause for hC'r stu nning work on the costum es! He r creativity a nd Aaron Payne and Cambcrly Pearson in "Pippin."

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MODEL UNITED NATIONS

TSSMUNS First Annual Conference The Steward School hosted its first annual Model United Nations (MUN) conference Apri l 26 and 27. Students from three area high schools (Henrico High School, Richmond Community High School, and the Governor's School) represented the 15 members ofthe U. N. Security Council, discussing issues cu rrently und er discussion by the actual Security Council in New York.

Top ics for th e conferen ce were the restructuring of th e Security Council, addressing th e requests of Germany and Japan to have permanent representation, and req uests of develop ing nations of til e world for more representation, and the issue of U.N. peacekeeping forces, their mission, and function.

Metro Richmond MUN club members and to provide a MUN experience in Richmond where no such program has existed in the past The conference began with welcomes by TSSMUN president George Cauble and headmaster, Mr. Stackhouse.

The keynote speakers w ere John and Jan Williamson, parents of Steward eighth grader Dan and third grader Jessica. The Williamsons are independent consultants on the problems of refugee children. They began th eir careers as members of the Peace Corps in Malaysia during the exodus from Cambodia of thousands of refugees from w ar in 1978-1979 and stayed on to w ork for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Their work has taken them to Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Zaire, Uganda, Zambia, Croatia, Bosnia, and many other areas with refugee

O ld Dominion University, which hosts one of the best MUN conferences o n the East Coast, sent Mr. Robert Paramore, teaching assistant for the MU N program, and graduate stud ent James Alford to serve as the cha ir of the Security Council and to teach MUN skills to the delegates. Th e Steward co nference's goals are to provide a teaching and trai ning opportu ni ty fo r Working on resolutions suggesting security coundl action are Richmond Community's Ryan Manns (Clech Republic) & Pdge B. Westbrook, Steward~ Andy Stitt, and Richmond Communit~ }oy Whitney.

problems. Bo th are auth ors. Mr. Williamson co-authored Action for Children Affected by Aids, published in 1994 by the World Health Organization.

Jan Williamson has written extensively on the provision of mental health needs to children and families in emergencies, in the form of handbooks, field guides, interviewing guidelines, and trainin g.

She will soon travel to Geneva, Switzerland, to work on th e problem of tracing the famili es of Croatian orph an refugee children, and her husband is planning a trip to Uganda.

The camera gets smiles (rom Blair Jacobsen, Jesseka Gray, and Cory Mosely (Richmond Community High, representing Argentina).

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Following the keynote speeches, Steward 's Lainie Haskell called the roll P AGE

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of natio ns and George Cauble decla red th e conferenc(' open.

were hosting the conference, Steward delega tes were not eligible for awards.

Saturday afternoon was highlighted by a crisis siluation which was presenled to th e delegates as an internati onal eme rge ncy. Steward graduate Nat Wells, class of 1987, and Shehwar Qureshi, Class of 1990, took part in th e "crisis" by re presenting involved nations. The simlllated crisis was th e assass ination of Vasse r Arafat and th e de legates were fa ced with a crisis req uiring immed iate action. The del egates handled tlw situation after hou rs of negotiation, with a promising start to easing the international attention.

Steward students who re presented cOllntries as delegales includ ed Jessica Gray and Blair Jacobsen (B ra7il), Laura Ward and Jeni Woodall (Ch ina), Meghan Hajek and Camberly Pearson (Djibouti), and Analisa Gordon (representing New Zealand with Leone Kerwath from the Governor's School).

Special kudos to Mrs. Norva Meyer, th e Steward Model United Na ti o ns sponsor, who deserves th e credit for initiating th e idea and for guiding it to fruition . It was a great weekend. Congratu lations!

Steward students who played parts in the crisis simulation we re George Cauble and Chris Maszaros, re prese nting th e Pal estin e Libe rati o n Organ ization, Chad Whitten and Aaron Payne re presenting Israe l, and Fahad Qureshi, representing Leba non. Richmond Community High MUN sponsor Mrs. Jan Westbrook played th e parl of Palestin e.

Steward Mode l UN me mbe rs served on th e Security Coun ci l secretariat. Fahad Qureshi was vice chairman; Lainie Haskell, Blair Jacobsen, and Becky Meyerhoff shared duties as rapporteur, and Chad Whitten and Jeni Woodall served as directors.

Best Deleg-a lion and runne r-up honors we re both won

by Richmond Community High School; Best de legate was Tsahai Wilson, representing th p Russian Federation, and Vernon Hurte and Dylan Fugate, representing Nigeria.

Henrico High School stud e nts were attending their first model U.N. and two of the d elegations won an awa rd anrl runn e r-up award for best novice delegations. Best novice del egati o ns was Camille Cobb, re prese nting Oman; runn ers- lip were Takiya Ahmed and Gerald Golden rep resenting the United Kingdom. Because they

Thanks to area merchants who provided items to the Model UN Allslate InsurAn ce Ca lifornia Smoot hie Crestar Bank MacDonald's Print Shack Wendy's

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Bill's Barbecue Chick-fil-A Gelati Ce/esti Nationwide Insurance Street and Compa ny

Members ofTSSMUNS assisted in many ways. Working both in preparation for th e co nfe rence and be hind th e scenes during th e weekend were Robbi Aliberti, Ted Benson, Heather Cohn, Drew Cosby, Paul Douglas, Tricia Faust, Josh Goldberg, Matt Gottwald, Chris Hagy, Chris Hines, Forrest Hodge, Jennifer Latourelle, Shawn Lewis , Stephen Paulette, Sam Proffitt, Mike Schirick, John Schott, Andy Stitt, Rachel Whitten , and Dan Williamson. Middl e Scho o le rs James Foote, Chris Maszaros, Brantley Scott, and Nick DeRuosi served as pages.

Thanks to all of th e Stewa rd pare nts who provid ed suppo rt. Mrs. Ann Maszaros organi/ed th e parents, w ho decorate d for each meal with a d iffe re nt inte rnatio nal th emI'. Other parents who helped prepare and serve fo od includ ed Nancy Gottwald, John Williamson, Mumtaz Qureshi, Jane Whitely, Ronny Hajek, Muriel Stitt, Ann Haskell, Deborah Ward, Gail Foote, and Frank Faust.

Eve n Mrs. Howdie Markowitz, grandmother of Michael and Chris Maszaros, he lped out.

Thanks to Paul Ingraham, who has assisted w ith (he program, and also to the ad ministration and office stilff who gave much time, ene rgy and limitless patie nrC' (0 (h(' conference. Additional thanks to th e Steward mainte na nce staff, Gene Sawyer and Kevin Rader, who helped the pare nts far beyo nd the ca ll of duty during th e weeke nd .

We also appreciated th e kind generosity of area m p rc hanl~ (see separate listing).

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

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At th e end of the Virginia Commonwealth Conference (VeC) matches regular season, the girls' team is undefeated in conference play. This sq uad hopes to repeat as VCC Tournament Champions in '96. The girls also participate in the League of Independ e nt Schools (LIS).

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has posted victo ri es over Christchurc h, Co llegia te jv, Frede ri cksburg Acade my, a nd Tidewa te r Acade my. The ir overall reco rd is 4 wins-S losses.

The golf team heads in to the VCC to urn a me nt afte r claiming th ei r first co nfe re nce victory by defeating Isle of Wight Acade my.

Stu de nt inte rest is ve ry high in th e whitewater canoe club. The group has bee n pe rfecting the ir skills o n a la ke a nd head to the ja mes Rive r next week.

Healey attends national cheerleading competition: A friend's tribute

by Rachel Whit/pn

Have yo u ever realized how many ho urs of hard wo rk a nd practice it ta kes to achieve being th e best in a spo rt?

H d~ it ever occurred tn yo u how so me peo ple ma nage to do so many thin gs? Did yo u ever wo nd e r how cheerl eade rs always simul taneo usly move and jump? It ta kes practice a nd ha rd wo rk . Ashlee Healey, a seve nth grade r, kn ows. Ashlee is a champion cheerleader.

Ashlcc Nealey poses with the trophy in Florida.

was over.

Having no time to spa re, Ashlee ofte n has a hectic life. Altho ugh it is no t o bvio us to othe rs, a typical day for he r co nsists of ma ny q uick changes a nd a great numbe r of ho urs spe nt in gyms. Not o nly is Ashlee an o utstanding cheerl ead e r, she is also a significant contributo r in field hockey, middle school a nd va rsity girls' baske tball, te nnis, a nd a good stud e nt a t Stewa rd .

Most of us realize th e commitme nt it ta kes to play fo r Coach Ri ce, a nd Ashlee truly d o ubl es up with he r respo nsibilities to Tucka hoe Chee rleading . She has cheered the past six yea rs fo r the Tuc ka hoe Yo uth Football Associati on, constantly settin g highe r goals fo r he rself. During the 1995-96 season, Ashlee cheered o n three squads at the sa me time. This included a junio r squad, which involved a time commitme nt o f two ho ur practices three nights a wee k alo ng with c hee rin g for th e yo uth ga mes o n Saturdays. She also tried o ut a nd made two all-star squads, Baby Q a nd junio r Rocke rs, whi ch practi ced three to fo ur ho urs o n Saturd ay a nd Sund ay until th e yo uth football season BLUE

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So me of Ashlee's accomplishme nts this yea r include he r Junior squad taking first place in the Eastern Cheerleading Association state competition he ld in the Robins Cente r in Novembe r. In early Ma rc h, Baby Q and Junior Rockers both claimed first place in the Eastern Cheerleading Association national competition held at th e Co llege of William a nd Mary. Afte r spring break, she trave led with he r teams to Disney Wo rld to compe te in th e Ameri-Cheer National competition, where Baby Q placed fourth and Junior Rockers won sixth place. The competition will soon be televised on ESPN! Ashl ee's ha rd wo rk dedi catio n, a nd co mmitme nt have brought he r ma ny rewa rding experie nces. She co ntinu es to wo rk hard a nd pushes he rself to meet new goals.

As an example, Ashlee was not satisfied just to be able to do a back ha nd spring a nd rece ntly has lea rned a nd perfected he r back tu ck a t th e Richmo nd Olympiaci . I a m glad to have Ashlee as a school ma te, teammate, and good frie nd .

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HONORS SYMPOSIUM

Steward's first Honor Symposium draws to a close On April 22 selectcd students from grades 8 and 9 were invited to a presentation on the Honors Symposium to explain the program and answer questions from both students and parents. As the 1996-97 symposium is getting underway, the 1995-96 one, Steward's first, is drawing to a close. On May 7 Ihe Honors Symposium held its final session at the Virginia Museum. The featured performer was Russell Wilson, pianist with the Richmond Symphony, who completed this year's study of heroes with a presentation on heroes as depicted in music. Honors Symposium students also presented their final papers to an audience composed of parents, selected trustees, the Headmaster, and prospective students who have been invited to participate in the 1996-1997 Symposium . The day culminated in a luncheon for the students and guests.

Kudos to Dr. louise Robertson from ou r Department of Resource Services, who has chaired the Symposium, and to Brenda Turner, Head of the English Department, who has ably assisted her. Their hard work last summer resulted in a wonderful resou rce book which was utilized by th e students all year as they viewed heroes from many different angles.

MIDDLE SCHOOL UPDATE

Middle Schoolers get involved with Model UN and Junior Achievement The Model United Naljons program was held on the Steward campus on April 26 and 27. While this is primarily an Upper School event, several Middle School students were involved in many different ways, from serving as delegates to the necessary preparation and behind-thescenes work that makes such an undertaking so successful. Involvement also gives students the opportunity to acquire experience that will be valuable for future MUN Page 6

events in which they will be engaged as Upper School students in the ncar future.

As the school year winds down, it should be noted that plans for students' schedules for the next academic year are being prepared, and parents will be receiving letters outlining the courses proposed for each of their sons or daughters for 1996-1997. We hope to get all schedules completed as soon as possible.

The 8th grade Social Studies classes are participating in PROJECT BUSINESS, a program offered through the auspices of Junior Achievement Volunteers from the local business commu nity come to the School once per week to conduct classes on various bu iness issues, practices, and topics. The program lasts from 8-10 weeks.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Language Arts Week 1996 In commemoration of the first annual National Poetry Month, Th e Steward School Middle School celebrated Language Arts Week April 22-26, 1996. The week was devoted to the study and enjoyment of poetry. Middle Schoolers had many opportunities during th e week to expcrience poetry.

In addition to the poetry work in their English classes, students wrote lines of their favorite poetry or the entire poem on the Graffiti Board, formerly the Writing Board.

At Wednesday's assembly, the Sixth Graders, under direction of Mrs. Maclin, gave an outstanding choral reading of poems by Ogden Nash and Gwendolyn Brook~.

Then all Middle Schoolers had a chance to show their creative abilities by illustrating a poem by Ogden Nash for the Poetry Poster Contest. The judges had difficulty agreeing on winners, but all were charmed by the cherubs of Laura Slabaugh, the first place winner. Other winners were Susannah Harris, Taylor Hord, and Zac Sears .

The week cu lminated with a poetry reading and a poetry writing exercise by local poet Ann Glenn . Following the reading, a "poet's" lunch was served by Middle School moms, Debra Jacobsen, Wanda Bower, and Becky Satterfield . It was enjoyed by all. Thanks to the judges, teachers, students, and staff who helped 1"0 make another successfu l Language Arts Week.

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were made specia lly. They actually shaved meat off a huge stick with mango put on top. To end the night, we drew horses out of a hat and the horse I was going to rid e was called ilBlemit".

The next morning I woke up and went to Club Hipico where I would meet and rid e my horse for the first lime. This was the day before the ho rseshow. After I rode, everyone competing in the horseshow went to th e beach. It was so beautiful! Then we went to another party.

Michelle and the equestrian team before departure to Mexico.

Finally, it was the day of th e horseshow. My tummy felt like it was in knots because I was so nervous. Then it was time to compete. I went right into the ring,

MIDDLE SCHOOL

My Trip to Mexico

by Michelle N. Whitaker (grade 7)

Hello! My name is Michelle Whitaker, and I have been riding horses all my life. l awn two horses and their names are Bobby (Don'tcalltooearly) and Spice (Hot N' Spicy). I also show two young ponies for my aunt. Their names are "Mr. T" and "O ut of the Blue." I show horses and ponies locally and sometimes statewide. Several times I have shown internationally including Canada and most recendYt Mexico.

I traveled to Mexico in February of this year to compete in two horseshows. To prepare for Mexico I had to go through strenuous training including riding many horses I did not know. Before I knew it, it was the morning of my departure. The rest of the team and I got up at4:30 a.m. and traveled in a bus to WashingLon International Airport.

From there we fl ew to Miami and from Miami, we fl ew to Cozumal and fin ally reached ou r destination, Merida.

After our host family picked us up from th e airport in Merida, we went to family homes. My host family 's house was magnificent. The family I stayed with were the Sensores. They were so kind to me.

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Michelle and "B/em iL' anticipating a jump.

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saluted the judge, and I was off around the course. After I finished I thought, "Yes, I was clean!" It was time for a five way jump off! I went in great time 17.10. I was third! That night I went on a tour of Merida and the plaza and had a great time!

At the second horseshow I didn't place, but I still had fun. When I returned to the Sensores, I had to dress up and go to an awards banquet I received a silver plate that said in Spanish, "Sportsmanship awaro ."

I hope that you enjoyed my essay on my trip to Mexico.

LOWER SCHOOL THEME WEEK

The Environment Each year the Lower School devotes a week of th e school year to a division-wide study of a topic. This year's theme was The Environment and occured the week before Earth Day, April 15 - 19. Every morning started with an assembly in which Mrs. Hajek's students presented different ideas from the book, 50 Ways to Save the Earth.

She also challenged the students to come up with the answer to an "earth riddle" each day. Special activites were planned for each day.

On Monday, the Bay Team from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science came to every class for lessons and activities aboutthe Chesapeake Bay. Tuesday, all classes were visited by volunteers from the Audubon Society. The Third Grade was visited by the Henrico County Farm Bureau.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia presented an assembly to the Lower School and some Middle School science classes on Wednesday. The presentation was excellent and included animals which had been brought to the Wildlife Center because of injuries but were considered unreleasable for various reasons. There was a Texas Tortoise, a Great Horned Owl, and a Broad-winged Hawk.

On Thursday, the Kindergarten and Fourth Grades planted dogwood trees that had been donated to the school by the Baronians in honor of Ms. Verkon and the plays presented by those classes. Friday wound up the week with a visit by Susanne Azizi, mother of Second Grader Austin Haas, and graduate student at VCU's Center for Environmental Studies and also by Aransas, a storyteller.

search Center, Richmond Gas, Richmond Audubon Society, Allian ce for th e Chesapeake Bay, and Virginia Tech College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources.

A Day in D.C. Thursday, April 25, the fourth and fifth grades went on th eir annual trip to Washington, D.C. It was a busy and fun-filled. The day began at7:15 a.m. with 41 extremely excited and energetic students, who were accompanied

by Ms. Fox, Ms. Grossman, Ms. Hajek, Mr. Rossmoore, Ms. Hodges (mother of Megan and Chelsea), Ms. Ricketts (mother of Alex Benson). Ms. Strickland (mother of Alison and Amy), Ms. Fritzman (mother of Robert) and Ms. Souder (mother of Brad).

Our first stop was the Smithsonian American History Museum. The fourth grade tour was "a look at 1776" and the fifth grade experienced a "Bird's eye view of th e museum." After this interesting and most informative hour and a half. we once again board ed the bus and made our way to the Arlington National Cemetery where we enjoyed a delicious lunch provid ed by Padows. Our unusual venue for lunch added a little adventure to the day.

After lunch, we viewed the changing of th e guard ilt the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. While at th e cemetery we took the opportunity to show the students th e graveSide of John F. Kennedy ilno his family. From Arlingt.on, we made our way to Mount Vernon. The students were divided into groups and completed a treasure hunt (devised

by Claudia Lawton, Andy's mom) with their chilperones while touring the mansion.

Tired, but satisfied students boarded the bus to return to school and enjoyed a snack and drink. The bus overheated and had to stop on the side of the road for about 15 minutes, and the air conditioner had to be turned off. But through it all, most of the students kept their sense of humor and were extremely well behaved. Certainly Ambika Bedi will not forget the bus ride back home. She was a real trooper even though she became a little green around the gills. It was an exhilarating trip and enjoyed by all.

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(Written after th e Spring Concert)

A Very Special Someone Do you know someone who makes you smile?

Who warms your heart, wh o plays in style?

Wh o makes you hetter than you might be?

And creates th e magic you might not see?

Do you know a special someone Who celebrates the rain?

Who writes about "Th e Monster" And sings away th e pain.

Do you know this specia l someone Who encourages th e shy to b(~ bold, Finds spirit in the quietest one, Gently coaxing talent to unfo ld?

We are blessed at The Steward School To have that someone here.

Her talent, vivacity, patience, and love Is experienced by anyone she's nea r.

}o"" Sc"oll "kn", ,,,路 Ih 'll rorking in the I<ock-A-Ihon is harder than it \ound,.

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Dear Bonnie Anderson, A treasure you are ...

A gift to all our students A real shining Star.

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lurn ed into the Rock-A-Thon haven as the 9th grade held their annual fund-raiser. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Leukemia Society of America dnel Ihp Emergency Youth Shelt er.

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CONGRATULATIONS

Kenya Young nominates Ms. Pam Hall Senior Kenya Young wanted to do something to recognize th e outstanding teaching of Latin teacher, Ms. Pam Hall. So she did .! February 2, 1996, Ms. Hall received notifi cil tion o f her se lection to Who 's Who Among America's Teachers. "O nly high school and college students who have been cited for academic excellence themselves in Who's Who Among American High School Students or The National Dean's List respectively are invited to nominate one teacher from their academic experience."

And so we congratulate an outstand ing stud ent's effort to say thanks to a teacher who made a difference in her life... and M s. Hall for her excellence in teaching.

run- off for the Grand Champion Show. The Grand Championship was awarded to 16 year old Casey Marks of North Carolina.

Congratulations to Ginny Chalkley (Class of 1992) Ginny Chalkley, who played basketball and field hockey while at Steward , was named the Most Valuable Player for the Randolph-Macon Women's College 199596 Field Hockey team. Ginny played in the goalie position at RMWC as w ell as at Steward .

Apologies to Mike Schirick and Ellis Ann McClung w hose names w ere inadvertently omitted from th e third marking period Honor Roll. Congratu lations.

Still a World Champion Fourth grader Ida Henley is a rea l celebrity in the world of Karate. In Ap ril, Id a won two Amateur Athletic Union (MU) Sta le Titles by placing 1st in weapons and kata.

Ida then competed in the large t martial arts tournament in the world, the Battle of Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgiil, sponsored by the North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA).

She won 1st place in her weilpons division of Black Be lt 9-10 year o ld boys and girls with double nunchucks. It was Id a's 6th World Title! Ida received the hi ghest score of all youth Black Belt 1st place winner (17 and und er) with 3 perfect scores in a Page 10

Seventh grader Elizabeth Larus helped a visilor wilh a special art projpct when The Dixon Preschool came (or a day in the art room .

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laura Ward (grade "10)

works wilh clay and children as she sculpts

small ' Ia/ues for visiling prpsrhoolers.

Fine Arts Camp Session I Activities Wearable Art • Pottery · Canvas Floor Cloths · Set Design • Performing Arts Workshop • Theatre Workshop Production:

The Great Race

Session II Activities Computer Art · Leather Crafts · Set Design · Plaster Casting/Mask Making • Perfor-ming Arts Workshop • Theatre Workshop Production:

Charlotte's Web

Session III Activities Mosaics · Painting • Clock Works · Set Design • Performing Arts Workshop • Theatre Workshop Production : Ducktails and

Bobbysox

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Important Dates to Remember May

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Dismissal at 1:30 p.m.

Parents' Association Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

15 Athletic Awards Night - 7:00 p.m.

17 Lower School Field Day 22 Fine Arts Banquet - 7:30 p.m.

23 End of Marking Period 4 (grade 12) 24 Headmasters Holiday (grade 12) 27 Memorial Day - No School 29 End of Marking Period 4 (grades 8-11) 29-31 Exams (grade 12) 30 Reading Day (grades 8-11) 31 Exams begin (grades 8-11) 1 3-5 5 6

SAT Testing taken at another school Exams (grades 8-11) End of Marking Period 4 (grades 6 & 7) Lower School Final Assembly - 9:00 a.m.

Middle School Final Assembly - 11 :30 a.m.

Graduation - 8:00 p.rn.

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