L+November+2009

=
Mo Willems showed us around his studio via a simulcast watched by the whole Lower School. One of our questions was chosen – Joan asked it via cell phone. Huge thanks to Sharon for the tech support to make this work.======

__Upper School__ Symposium planning is starting up, our theme is the Middle East.
Two Upper School students -Coleman Ikenberry and Lydia Youngblood- presented at a women's science conference in Washington, D.C. They went as representatives of the NC State solar car race that the eight graders of the middle school participated in last year. In Washington, the students met with NC Sen. Kay Hagan and were mentioned in the speech Sen. Harry Reid gave at the conference. We had four visitors from the Southern Association of Independent Schools, they attended Clerks, Head Teacher, and Staff-Student Discipline Committees as well as the Gay-Straight Alliance. Eight eighth grade students from the Durham Nativity School visited, they attended a panel discussion about the US. Patrick Cook Deegan, a young man who bicycled across Laos, Cambodia, and Burma to raise money to build schools in Burma, presented about Burma and the situation there during silent meeting. It raised our awareness. The fall play -House of Blue Leaves- was a huge success! There was a staff workday with technology as the focus. The US Environmental Club has started up a composting program! Go green! MLK day planning is just starting up. The trimester is coming to a close. **
 * Halloween was wonderful: costume contest and LS parade big hits!