Week of November 9, 2009 (Last week of fall term)

Biology research in action. Frances's Advanced Biology students traveled to a biology lab at Duke to learn about Morgan's summer research project on transgenic lines of zebra fish. Morgan worked in her parent's bio lab for a number of weeks during the summer. Last week, she presented her findings to her peers who were quite fascinated with her research. With the use of florescent microscopes, students were able to observe Morgan's process and see day-old embryos.

Last week, we welcomed thirteen 8th grade boys from the Durham Nativity School. The boys joined some of our freshmen for lunch and then visited 5th period classes. They were able to be a part of our Silent Meeting before heading back to DNS.

Our senior service class continues to be hard at work. I actually took these pictures at 5:00 last Thursday evening. Class had met earlier in the afternoon, but Shane and Spencer were still working. Shane was touching up the paint job in the school store, while Spencer was laying brick tile on the new patio. We continue to be very excited about the work these seniors are doing. As we near the end of the fall term, the school store and outside surroundings are definitely taking shape. We look forward to using--and taking care of--this beautiful new space.

Our last day of the term is Thursday, November 13th. Friday is a staff workday. Staff members will be very busy writing End-of-Term reports, which will be mailed to parents before Thanksgiving vacation. After our Fall Symposium on Monday, November 16th, we will begin the Winter Term on Tuesday the 17th. Below, you can see Bob deep in thought as he concentrates on his reports.

BAGEL TUESDAY FORMS

This is it. Time is up. Bagel Tuesday forms are due no later than Wednesday, November 11th.

SENIOR PARENT POTLUCK

Our second senior parent potluck will be held Monday evening from 6-8pm in the Meeting Hall. The focus for this evening will be on the social lives of seniors and some of the resulting challenges for parents. We hope to see you there.

PSA

Just a reminder about the PSA meeting Wednesday night at 6:45pm in the Meeting Hall. There will be a presentation on the Afghan Sister Schools Project. The PSA is another great way to be involved in school life.

BOOK FAIR

You definitely want to get to the Regulator Bookshop this weekend. The Book Fair is scheduled for Friday-Sunday with a percentage of sales going to the CFS libraries. The Upper School Cafe will be held Saturday night, from 6-8pm. The Quaker N'Oats will sing and our wonderful band, Old 86, will play. Other Upper School students will perform original musical pieces and read from original written work. Please come out for this family-friendly and highly entertaining evening. Desserts will be on sale.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!