As I noted this past December (in my post, Winding Down for the Holidays – Not), the previous eleven weeks have been full of innovation and excitement, more than I can remember in recent memory. The energy and enthusiasm of my colleagues was infectious as they integrated new projects at a rapid pace. So instead [...]
Entries from March 23rd, 2007
The Science of Community
March 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
by Thomas Fortieth, Humanities Teacher published in previously in the Pioneer Press newspapers in Illinois I know embarrassingly little about science. As a teacher of humanities, I consider myself a student of letters and, in my nobler moments, of human nature. Experiments and formulas, dissections and hypotheses, have unfortunately never been a part of my [...]
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Another Six Weeks
March 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
In addition to the duties and responsibilities of being the Director of Academic Technology and our yearbook adviser, I also am a co-founder of our Science Olympiad team. Science Olympiad is a competition in which a team of 15 students prepares, builds, and then demonstrates their knowledge in 23 different events/subject areas over a six [...]
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My Internal Clock needs to be Patched
March 13th, 2007 · No Comments · yearbook
For the last seven years, the switch to Daylight Savings time has either occurred during our Spring Break, either in the middle weekend or the last weekend. This is one of the benefits of a two week break. This means that my internal clock has had a chance to adjust to the fact it is [...]
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A Request for Your Consideration – 11th Grade Service Learning
March 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I am posting this for a third group of Juniors, who are working on a third project. If anyone is interested, either comment or email me. The Juniors at the North Shore Country Day School have been actively researching many different project as a result a research project which has arisen from a service learning [...]
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