Multi-faceted Refractions

Thoughts and Reflections from Vinnie Vrotny

Multi-faceted Refractions

Entries from March 13th, 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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