Week of October 17, 2011

Lots of pictures this week! I hope you can see all of them. The Senior Forum class on Entrepreneurship is working on creating a restaurant business. Last night, I was lucky enough to attend their first dinner, which was served to their parents: French onion soup, Caesar salad, Duck with mushrooms and potatoes (seen above), French bread, Ratatouille, Creme Brulee, home made ice cream, and flourless chocolate cake. It was delicious, and the entire evening was delightful. Here you can see the cooks in the kitchen, most of the servers (minus Danusha), and the greeters. Bravo to this hardworking group...and their equally hardworking teacher, Philip!



I have a feeling that these photos are getting all mixed up. Hopefully, you can find the senior volleyball players all dressed up for senior night. Then there are a group of photos of sophomores working at the Durham Food Bank on Friday.




























Last week, Mig and Philip welcomed two amazing speakers to their Social Issues and Documentary class. Christina Mumma heads up the Project Innocence program in North Carolina. She works tirelessly to get innocent prisoners out of prison. She brought with her Dwayne Allen Dail who served 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Many of our students were able to hear Dwayne share his shocking story. In this photo, you can see Christina talking, with Dwayne in the background. Mig and Philip are also in the picture.
PARENT CONFERENCES
We are looking forward to welcoming parents this week for their conferences with advisors. On Wednesday, the Upper School staff will participate in a Round Robin when advisors will meet with each of his/her advisees' teachers to get a progress report. All parents should have scheduled their conference by this time. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday or Friday. Until then...ENJOY THIS FALL WEATHER!

THE SOCCER TEAM IS PLAYING IN THE CONFERENCE FINAL THIS AFTERNOON AT CALDWELL ACADEMY. GO QUAKERS!! (It is also Senior Day for the tennis team--Congratulations to Kyle!)