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February 15, 2013
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“Always bear in mind that
your own resolution to
succeed is more important
than any other.”
—Abraham Lincoln
What’s Inside...
The Scene....................................................2
Classifieds...................................................2
CAMD Scholar Presentation...................3
Abbot Academy Assoc. Grants...............3
An Archaeological Valentine..................4
Young ’15 Piano Recital Tonight............4
GeograBee Winners..................................4
Two-Part Dance Collaboration...............5
Chaperones Needed..................................5
From the OWHL........................................6
The Newsletter of the Phillips Academy Community
Vol. XXXVIII, No. 20
“Black Arts Weekend” Begins Tonight
In celebration of Black History month, we invite you to join us for these special events:
Friday, February 15
7:45 p.m.—Habina Garinagu, an Afro-Caribbean drumming group, will perform in
Steinbach Theatre.
Saturday, February 16
7 p.m.—R&B singer Rudy Currence (signed to the DTP/Island Def Jam Label) will give
a live performance—also featuring Azure and The Yorkies—in Susie’s.
Sunday, February 17
1 p.m.—A discussion on spiritualism in the Black community with guest Alton Price,
this year’s chaplain fellow—including a performance by PA’s own Gospel Choir—will be
held in Kemper Auditorium.
—Nef Francis and Terrell Ivory
Af-Lat-Am Advisors, CAMD
Starts on Monday
First-Ever Korean Awareness Week
The Andover Korean Society is proud to present the first-ever Korean Awareness
Week. Next week (February 18–22) will feature a number of opportunities to learn more
about Korea and Korean culture.
The week will include Korea-themed club meetings hosted by the Philomathean Society (Monday night), Women’s Forum (Tuesday night), and Asian Society (Wednesday night). A “Korean Night” dinner in Paresky Commons on Thursday evening will feature items such as Bibimbap, kimchi fried rice,
and Choco-pies, and the week will conclude with a film
screening of Joint Security Area (http://imdb.to/YaDlfy) on
Friday night. Additionally, students plan to post informational
flyers around campus and share various videos such as this one
from the G20 Seoul Summit 2010: http://bit.ly/14Up1ya.
Technology Committee Minutes..........10
The students are working hard to organize these events; we hope
you have a chance to enjoy some aspect of this undertaking. This
week is made possible by the generosity of the Andover Korean
Parents Association.
SAC Minutes............................................12
—Aya S. Murata
Advisor to Asian and Asian American Students; Andover Korean Society Advisor
Employment and Benefit News..............7
AdCom Minutes........................................8
Athletics Schedule..................................11
Gazette submissions are due at [email protected] by 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
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The Scene
Schedule of Community Events & Extracurriculars
Friday, February 15
6:30 p.m.—Theatre Productions
“My First Kiss,” directed by Andries
Feder ’13, written by Kevin Newhall ’13
“Single,” directed by Ian Song ’13
“Friendzone,” directed by Casey
Durant ’14
Free admission. Theatre Classroom.
6:30 p.m.—CAMD Scholar
Presentation
“The American Reality: The Effect of
Socioeconomic Class on the Educational Process,” presented by Angela
Leocata ’13. Dessert will be served.
Kemper Auditorium.
7:30 p.m.—Student Piano Recital
Seho Young ’15 will perform works
by Bach, Chopin, Ravel, and more.
Cochran Chapel.
7:45 p.m.—Habina Garinagu
Drummers
Afro-Caribbean drumming group will
perform as part of Black Arts Weekend.
Steinbach Theatre.
Saturday, February 16
7 p.m.—R&B Singer Rudy Currence
Live performance, also featuring Azure
and The Yorkies. Part of Black Arts
Weekend. Susie’s.
Sunday, February 17
1 p.m.—Discussion of Spiritualism
in the Black Community
Guest Alton Price, this year’s chaplain
fellow, and performance by PA’s Gospel
Choir. Part of Black Arts Weekend.
Kemper Auditorium.
Monday, February 18
PA’s First-Ever Korean Awareness
Week Begins
Tuesday, February 19
7. p.m.—Archaeology Presentations
Peabody Director Ryan Wheeler and
Joey Salvo ’14 will speak at the Mass.
Archaeological Society’s Northeast
Chapter meeting. Peabody Museum.
Friday, February 22
6:30 p.m.—Theatre Productions
“Bad Plumbing,” by Esther Cohen ’14
“Bra-man,” by Kory Stuer ’15, written
by Lane Unsworth ’15
“Mystery Meat,” by Harry Wright ’14,
written by Mads Engel ’14
“Coffee Conference,” by Rebecca
Cheng ’13
8 p.m.—Two-Part Dance
Collaboration
Video and live performances by Judith
Wombwell’s DeadFall Dance Company.
Kemper Auditorium.
Classifieds
Wanted: Kitchen buffet, hutch, or
sideboard with drawers. Willing to
pay. Please call Steve at ext. 4348.
Household Help Available: Child
care, errands, pet care (grooming,
sitting walking, vet trips), odd jobs.
Contact Amanda D’Avolio, college
student/daughter of PA staff member,
at 978-475-2866 or 781-315-5822, or email [email protected].
References available upon request.
Religious Scene
Friday, February 15
5:30–6:30 p.m.—Jewish Student
Union Shabbat Service
Led by Rabbi Michael Swarttz. Student
board members: copresidents Adam
Brody ’14 and Zoe Chazen ’14;
Samantha Goldberg ’14, Esther
Cohen ’14, and Jerry Li ’14. Paul’s
Room (formerly the Gray Room),
upper level, Paresky Commons.
Sunday, February 17
5:30–6:30 p.m.—Catholic
Confirmation Classes
Cochran Chapel, lower-level
classroom #015.
6 p.m.—Protestant Service
Led by the Reverend Anne Gardner,
Protestant Chaplain. Special music
by Dr. Abbey Siegfried, school organist, and Mari Funabashi ’13, organist.
Cochran Chapel.
6:45–7:30 p.m.—Roman
Catholic Mass
Overseen by Dr. Mary Kantor, Catholic
Chaplain, with priests of the Archdiocese of Boston presiding. Special music
by Dr. Abbey Siegfried, school organist,
and the PA Bell Choir. This week the
Catholic Chaplaincy welcomes Catholic
day students and their parents. Kemper
Chapel, lower level (side entrance) of
Cochran Chapel.
Monday, February 18
6:30–7:30 p.m.—Andover
Christian Fellowship (ACF)
Advisor: Shawn Fulford. Student
coheads: Mackenzie Strabala ’13 and
Catherine Haseman ’14. Baldwin
Cloister, lower level (side entrance) of
Cochran Chapel.
Tuesday, February 19
5:15 p.m.—“Culture, Politics,
and Religion” (CPR)
Giving life to discussion about religion, culture, and politics, led by the
Reverend Anne Gardner. Student
coheads: Adele Bernhard ’14 and Iman
Masmoudi ’14. Ada’s Room (formerly
the Blue Room), upper level Paresky
Commons.
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Religious Scene
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5:15 p.m.—Catholic Student
Fellowship (CSF)
Advisor: Dr. Mary Kantor. Student
board members: copresidents
Larry Flynn ’13 and Andrea Yepez
’14; Tyler Olkowski ’13, senior rep;
Matt Fischetti ’14, upper rep; Tom
Johst ’15, lower rep; Erica Nork
’16, junior rep. Paul’s Room (formerly the Gray Room), upper level
Paresky Commons.
Wednesday, February 20
6–7 p.m.—Hindu Student
Union (HSU)
Advisor: the Reverend Anne
Gardner. Student board
members: Meera Bhan ’14, Soha
Sanchorawala ’14, Emilia
Figliomeni ’14, Sophie Landay ’14,
and Meera Patel ’15. Ada’s Room
(formerly the Blue Room), upper
level of Paresky Commons.
Thursday, February 21
5:15–6:15 p.m.—Gospel Choir
Director: Lance Bryant. Student
head: Josselyn De Leon ’13.
All members of the campus
community and beyond are
welcome. No previous experience
needed. Choir Room, lower level
(side entrance) of Cochran Chapel.
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CAMD SCHOLAR PRESENTATION
“The American Reality:
The Effect of Socioeconomic
Class on the Educational Process”
Beginning with childhood development
and ending with higher education, Angela
Leocata ’13 examines socioeconomic class
within the educational path—how socioeconomic status affects the duration of
an education, its beginning and its end,
with the challenges that are presented in
its unfolding.
Leocata explores the experience of socioeconomic identity in the context of higher
education and preparatory school, as well
as in the history of the Phillips Academy
community. Recent studies of class and
education, interviews with educators, and
the voices of current Andover students
will inform Leocata’s challenge to the presumption that the American education
system is fully based on merit.
Guest Speaker Dr. Ricardo Dobles ’85:
Coauthor of Learning as a Political Act: Struggling to Learn and Learning to Struggle, Dobles
will offer remarks following Leocata’s presentation. He is currently Wraparound
Zone Outreach Coordinator at Woodland
Academy in Worcester, Mass. Of the 525
students at the public elementary school,
98 percent are low income and more than
65 percent are English Language Learners.
Angela Leocata ’13
CAMD Scholar
Friday, February 15, 2013
6:30 p.m.
Kemper Auditorium
Dessert will be served.
Free and open to the public
Faculty advisor: Lou Bernieri, Instructor
in English; Director, Andover Bread Loaf
Interfaith Lending Library
Open in the Chapel Office
(Cochran Chapel, back hall behind
the stage). To view selections, visit:
www.librarything.com. Login:
PAChapel. NEW PASSWORD:
Interfaith1. Interfaith library is now
accessible through the PA OWHL
system and the NOBLE library
consortium. Weekday hours are
8:30 a.m.–noon and 1:30–3 p.m.
Do You Have a Dream for Andover?
Abbot Academy Association Grant Proposal Deadline:
Friday, April 12, 2013
The Abbot Academy Association board of directors will meet on campus May 7 and May
8 to hear proposals of new and innovative ideas to improve or enrich the academic, residential, or social life at Andover, or to expand the impact of 400plus years of wisdom accumulated by Abbot and Phillips academies
across the nation and around the world.
Do you have an idea? Be sure to submit your grant proposal by the
April 12 deadline. Application is open to staff, faculty, and students
with a faculty sponsor. Visit www.abbotacademyassociation.org for
guidelines, access to the electronic application, and much more information about the Abbot Grant program.
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Ripley and Adelaide Bullen:
An Archaeological Valentine
Ripley and Adelaide Bullen began their lifelong adventure in archaeology in the American
Southwest. Throughout much of the 1940s the Peabody Museum was their base of operations, but their intertwined lives and interests ultimately took them to the tropical climes
of Florida and the Caribbean. Peabody director Ryan Wheeler, who served as Florida’s
state archaeologist and Bureau of Archaeological Research chief for 13 years before coming to Andover, will share the story of the Bullen’s intellectual partnership and the major
contributions of this dynamic and prolific couple.
Also speaking will be Joey Salvo ’14, who has visited archaeological excavations in Europe, Asia, and Central America. Salvo will share experiences from a summer 2012 field
school he attended on New Hampshire’s Isle of Shoals.
Wheeler and Salvo will speak on Tuesday, February 19, at 7 p.m. at the Peabody Museum
at the Massachusetts Archaeological Society’s Northeast Chapter meeting, which will begin with chapter business.
Piano Recital
Tonight by
Seho Young ’15
The Department of Music is pleased
to present a student recital featuring
pianist Seho Young at 7:30 p.m. in
Cochran Chapel. Young will perform
works by Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Albéniz, Godowsky, Strauss, and Grünfeld.
This recital is free and open to the
public. For more information, call ext.
4263 or e-mail [email protected].
17th Annual All-School GeograBee Winners
The winner of Tuesday night’s All-School GeograBee Finals and the 2013 GeograBee champion is
Christopher Russo ’15, from Stearns House and New York, N.Y., representing Abbot Cluster.
2nd place—JongHo Park ’16 from
Pemberton Cottage/WQN and Seoul,
South Korea
3rd place—Miguel Wise ’14 from Taylor
Hall/WQS and
Camarillo, Calif.
Except for Chris Russo, all finalists this
year participated for the first time in the
third and final round of GeograBee contests. Day student Jason Canavan ’14 from
Reading, Mass., finished right behind
Miguel, in fourth place, followed by David Crane ’13 from Burtt House and Lawrenceville, N.J., in fifth place, and Harry
Wright ’14 from Fuess House and Marshfield, Mass., in sixth place.
Even though Chris led throughout the
competition, answering 10 questions correctly, his lead narrowed a few times. Jason, who was in second place 10 questions
into the contest, kept taking risks by being
the first to answer and pushing his buzzer
before moderator Christopher Shaw had
finished reading the question. Consequently, he lost points through five incorrect answers. Next year we hope to have
more girls participating in the final round
of the GeograBee.
Among the 30 questions asked by moderator Shaw, this year’s questions seemed to
be a perfect mix for the six finalists—not
too difficult, but yet a good challenge.
This year’s finalists were unable to answer
the following five questions. Can you?
1.How many member states are in the
European Union?
2.The Blue Ridge is to the Appalachian
Mountains as the Dolomites are to what?
3.Which country is expected to be the
world’s fourth most populous country in 2050, following India, China,
and the United States?
4.Peshawar, a city in the North-West
Frontier Province of Pakistan, has
had strategic importance for centuries
because of its location near what historic pass?
5. The largest city in northern Haiti was
renamed following Haiti’s independence from France. What is the present-day name of this city?
Flagstaff is again this year’s winner of
the special cluster munch for its 100 percent boarder participation rate and the
highest percentage of correct answers on
the first 10 questions! “Flagstaff” will be
added to the perpetual GeograBee plaque
that hangs in the CAMD office. All dorms
qualifying for the pizza munch will be rewarded in April. Dates will be announced
at the end of winter term.
I would like to thank all those who contributed to another successful year of
GeograBee, the school’s only cross-campus academic competition. Thank you
students, house counselors, cluster deans,
CAMD, Mike and Kevin from the Polk
Center, Paresky Commons and catering
staff, and last but not least, moderator
Christopher Shaw and scorekeeper Ferd
Alonso. Your collaboration and enthusiasm were terrific.
—Susanne Torabi
GeograBee Coordinator
Answers: 1. 27, 2. Alps, 3. Nigeria,
4. Khyber Pass, 5. Cap Haïtien
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Two-Part Dance
Collaboration in Kemper
A video presentation titled “FLOW”—a dance narrative on
camera—followed by a live performance of a dance titled
“WHITE” are part of a program that will be presented on Friday, February 22, at 8 p.m. in Kemper Auditorium.
The combined works were developed in collaboration between Judith Wombwell, choreographer and PA instructor in
dance, and Stephen Wicks, director and former PA instructor
in art. Both dances are performed by Wombwell’s DeadFall
Dance Company, and include Erin Strong, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, and Renee Amirault ’07.
“FLOW”: Wicks and Wombwell first envisioned the concept
of a site-specific dance for the camera, which takes place in
and around two brooks on their property in western Massachusetts during summer 2010. The choreography was created
and shot on location in summer 2011.
“FLOW” considers the interrelationship between the ephemeral and eternal. The brook banks, ledges, and bottom represent space as permanent, primordial—eternal. The free-flowing water expresses time, fleeting and ephemeral.
A trio of dancers encounters and enters a brook-scape. Traveling upstream they explore the unfamiliar surroundings with
all of their senses. An abstract narrative unfolds tying the
movement elements together. The story line is intentionally
open-ended inviting multiple readings.
An exploration of time and space, “FLOW” invites the audience to be transported by the movement, feel the sensual atmosphere of the brook and woodland, remember the soulful
connection between humankind and the natural world, and
reflect on the nature of being.
Chaperones Needed for
NYC Buses in March
The Dean of Students Office offers bus transportation at the
start and end of spring break for students living in the New
York/New Jersey/Connecticut area.
Chaperones are needed for both the outgoing and incoming
buses. Chaperones usually cover one leg of the trip (either
down to NYC or back to Andover) and will receive $500 for
chaperoning. Please note: chaperones on the buses to New
York City will NOT receive transportation back to Andover
and the chaperones meeting the buses in New York City will
NOT receive transportation to New York.
The dates for this year’s spring break trips are:
Friday, March 15—9 a.m. departure from Andover (GW
circle)
Buses make stops in Hartford and Darien. Estimated arrival
in NYC is 3 p.m.
Monday, April 1—noon departure from New York City
(Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle)
Buses make stops in Darien and Hartford. Estimated arrival
in Andover is 6 p.m.
If you are interested in chaperoning, please e-mail Chris Capano at [email protected] or Claudia Scofield at [email protected]. Faculty and staff should make sure that
chaperoning these trips does not conflict with their regular
duties and obligations.
“WHITE”: This dance will be performed live on stage. Although it has a different title and new music, the performance
is based on the same choreography created while making
“FLOW,” but adapted for the stage. While the movement
was originally developed in and inspired by the natural setting of the brook-scape and woodland, the live performance
abstracts the choreography by presenting the work out of
context, ironically in a blank interior stage setting without a
soundscape. The choreographic challenge was to replicate the
energy of the landscape that we no longer see or hear.
This project was funded in part by generous contributions
from the Abbot Academy Association.
—Judith Wombwell
Instructor in Theatre and Dance
Tracy Sweet (ext. 4313), Director of Academy Communications
Jill Clerkin (ext. 4295), Editor
Ken Puleo (ext. 4475), Art Director
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From the OWHL
Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration
at the OWHL
Happy Lunar New Year! The Chinese Year of the Snake began on
February 10, 2013, and lasts through January 30, 2014. The traditional Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and
solar movements; the year begins with the night of the first new
moon of the lunar New Year and ends on the 15th day. The Chinese
zodiac follows a 12-year cycle that relates each year to an animal
and its attributes. People born under the snake sign are considered
wise, thoughtful, and calculating. If you or your family members
were born in the Year of Snake, you may want to learn more about
its strengths and weaknesses by visiting http://bit.ly/ZazQwz.
The snake plays important roles in cultures, myths, and religions
around the world, from the Bible’s serpent in the Garden of Eden
to Mesoamerica’s feathered serpent and the Nag Panchami Hindu
festival in which participants worship cobras. You can search the
OWHL’s ARTStor subscription to find lots of examples of this
snake imagery.
As part of our celebration, the
Chinese language students have
brought some art projects, crafts,
and writings from their Chinese
language and culture classes to
the OWHL to share with the PA
community. In addition, student
members of the Asian Society
have arranged a table display in
the front lobby. Please stop by to
join us in commemorating the
Year of the Snake!
Free Films
If you still have access to a VHS player, we’ve got a great offer for
you. The OWHL recently received a very generous donation of
films. Most of these are DVDs and are being processed for our collection. However, the collection also contains about 25 new VHS
tapes, still in their shrink-wrap, and several new DVDs that we are
not planning to add to our collection. We have loaded all of these
films onto a cart and invite you to come to browse and claim them.
These include films on art and architecture, history, and science
from producers such as The History Channel and the BBC. Stop
by to select your free film(s) today.
Travel to the Rain Forest Next Wednesday
After Nemo, we all need a little Amazon. If traveling to a warmer
clime appeals to you and your children, we invite you to join us
on Tuesday, February 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Freeman Room, for
a trip to the Amazon Rain Forest! Children’s program specialist
Paul Hurteau will return for his third program at the OWHL for
faculty and staff families. This time Paul will present “Children of
the Amazon: A Field Trip to an Amazon Village,” with slides, poetry, and music. Paul lived and taught in the Amazon for one year
and has traveled there 10 times since with OneWorld Classrooms,
a nonprofit that connects Greater Boston and global K-12 schools
through the arts and technology.
All PA faculty and staff families are welcome. Refreshments will
be served.
Still Digging Out?
Nemo might have packed quite a wallop, but in many ways this
blizzard can’t hold a candle to the Blizzard of ’78. Stop by the
OWHL and ask to see dramatic evidence of the nor’easter that
claimed 54 lives, dumped 30 inches of snow on the PA campus,
and permanently changed the way New Englanders prepare for
extreme weather conditions! Many of our New England periodical
and book resources feature oral history, data, and
photographs from the storm. Collection highlights
include Boston Globe archives on ProQuest and the
Phillipian archives.
iPad Learning Community News
If you have become frustrated using Google on your
iPad, you might want to try the tablet-specific search
tool, Izik. Available as a free app for both Apple and
Android devices, Izik is based on Blekko, the search
engine that achieves high-quality results by incorporating human curation into the search results.
Kathy Ishizuka, writing for the blog The Digital
Shift, says this about Izik:
“Enter a search term and Izik surfaces a stack of results based on category. The query ‘Black History Month’ provided a ‘Quick Answer’ up
top, followed by related images, recent news, and categories, in this case,
‘African American,’ ‘Black History,’ and ‘American History.’
“Navigation is optimized for the tablet format. So cutting down on keystrokes, users can swipe horizontally to view more results within the
categories or swipe vertically to reveal more categories related to your
search topic. Pinch to expand a result and share it via Facebook or Twitter
directly from the search page.”
Search engines that were developed for computer screens are simply not optimized to search tablets. Tablets are not yet ready to
replace computers, but for the tasks that they are well equipped to
do, it is very helpful to use a search engine that takes advantage of
their strengths. Try Izik on your tablet today.
—Elisabeth Tully
Director, OWHL
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Employment and Benefit News
Heart attack symptoms
Individualized Personal Assistance
TIAA-CREF—Individual Meetings: TIAA-CREF can help you make financial decisions that are right for you. A TIAA-CREF representative can meet with you to discuss your personal financial situation on a confidential basis and help you:
• See how TIAA-CREF can help meet your financial needs
• Chest pain or discomfort
• Understand investment choices available to you
• Pain or discomfort in arms or
shoulder
• Learn about TIAA-CREF retirement income flexibility
• Find out what you need to do to prepare for retirement
• Shortness of breath
Event
Date/Location
Eligibility
How to Participate
TIAA-CREF Individual Meetings
Thurs., February 28
Thurs., March 14
With TIAA-CREF
Representative
GW Hall, 3rd floor
Conference Room.
All employees
eligible to participate in retirement
programs
Call TIAA-CREF at
800-732-8353
between
9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
to schedule an
appointment.
The Wellness Committee would like to invite you to participate in a February Wellness initiative! Activities are available every Wednesday and Thursday during the
month of February. The Wellness Committee will now be posting information
under Campus News on PAnet—be sure
to check it out!
Wednesday Walkers—
Wednesdays at Noon
Join a group walk during lunch—snow or
shine—on Wednesday’s during the month
of February! Join members of the Employee Wellness Committee for a walk during
lunch at the indoor track at Case Memorial Cage (“The Cage”). Shoes must be free
of dirt and debris. Walk at your own pace.
No registration is required.
Thursdays On Ice
Gather your colleagues for open skate at the
Harrison Ice Rink from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
on Thursdays during the month of February. Free skate rental; hot chocolate will be
provided!
Functional Fitness for Newbies
Athletics instructor Martha Fenton is offering a special 45-minute session of her
• Pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck,
or back
• Feeling weak, light-headed, or faint
• Develop an investment strategy that makes sense for you
Wellness Corner
The five major symptoms of a heart attack
are:
popular functional training class on Monday, February 18, at noon for those of us
who have been too scared to jump into the
ongoing faculty/staff sessions (Tuesdays
and Fridays at noon).
Functional training involves mainly
weight-bearing activities targeted at core
muscles of the abdomen and lower back. A
great workout that strengthens your core
by utilizing your own body’s resistance
as well as some barbells, stability balls,
and medicine balls, it is a lot of fun and
something that can be done at any level
of fitness. Class will take place in Borden
Gym. Come early for an orientation to the
faculty/staff dressing rooms.
February is American Heart Month
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease
is the leading cause of death for both men
and women. The term “heart disease” refers to several types of heart conditions.
The most common type in the United
States is coronary heart disease (also called
coronary artery disease), which occurs
when a substance called plaque builds
up in the arteries that supply blood to the
heart. Coronary heart disease can cause
heart attack, angina, heart failure, and arrhythmias.
If you think that you or someone you
know is having a heart attack, call 911
immediately.
Heart disease is preventable and controllable. We can start by taking small steps
every day to bring our loved ones and
ourselves closer to heart health.
Plan for Prevention
Some health conditions and lifestyle factors can put people at a higher risk for
developing heart disease. You can help
prevent heart disease by making healthy
choices and managing any medical conditions you may have.
• Eat a healthy diet.
• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Exercise regularly.
• Monitor your blood pressure.
• Don’t smoke.
• Limit alcohol use.
• Have your cholesterol checked.
• Manage your diabetes
• Take your blood pressure, cholesterol, or diabetes medicine as directed
by your physician.
For more ideas about simple steps to take
every day for better heart health, visit
the full page of health heart tips on the
CDC website, www.cdc.gov/salt/healthy_
heart_tips.htm.
Employment Opportunities
Nurse Practitioner—Phillips Academy
seeks a certified nurse practitioner for Isham Health Center who will report to the
medical director. This is an academic year
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AdCom
and Summer Session position with some flexibility in 30–40
hours per week, primarily weekdays, 0.65 FTE. Applicant must
be a graduate of Accredited Adult, Family, or Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner Program; hold current certification as an ANP, FNP,
or PNP; hold current Licensure as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse in Massachusetts; hold current prescriptive privileges in Massachusetts; and hold a DEA license. Experience in
adolescent medicine, urgent care, orthopedics, and reproductive
health care required, with strong preference given to candidates
comfortable in the management of adolescent musculoskeletal
injuries, including splinting and X-ray evaluation. Experience
using electronic health records (eClinical Works preferably) for
documentation a plus. Must maintain professional continuing education requirements for nurse practitioner certification.
The successful candidate will maintain a strong commitment
to wellness and quality health care for the students of Phillips
Academy, with an emphasis on evidence-based approaches to
care delivery and patient education.
Meeting Minutes from Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Key responsibilities include: daily clinical review of care provided to students seen at Isham to determine completeness and
appropriate follow up planned/completed; working closely
with medical director/nursing director to write and assure that
our standards of care and protocols meet legal and best practices in our clinical approach to the care of our students; maintaining collaborative relationship with staff pharmacist, on-call
physicians, and outside consultants; independently performing
clinical/diagnostic assessments, provide care, and formulate
treatment plans (including prescribing medications, ordering diagnostic tests, and referral to specialists, as needed) for students
presenting to the health center for acute and chronic health-care
needs in accordance with clinical practice guidelines; ordering
and reviewing lab and diagnostic tests, including X-ray and
preliminary interpretation; providing confidential reproductive health care and education for students, including access to
contraception; working with athletic trainers, athletics director,
and orthopedic clinic to provide assessment of and care for injuries (orthopedic, concussive, and others); working closely with
Graham House counselors to provide clinical care and support
for students facing a number of psychological issues, including eating disorders, cutting, stress, insomnia, and other issues
related to adolescence; promoting preventive medical care and
health awareness/education through individual and group
interactions with students, families, and the community; promoting collegial relationship with members of PA community,
including those in Residential Life, Graham House Counseling,
Athletics, and Academics; developing/participating in health
education for students, faculty, staff, and community; availability for dormitory- or cluster-based education, which may occur
outside of daytime hours with advance notice.
Discussion: The item was forwarded to the office of the Dean of
Studies.
Full background check required. Please submit a cover letter
and resume to Human Resources, Phillips Academy, 180 Main
St., Andover MA 01810, or e-mail same to [email protected]. EOE
—Leeann Bennett
Director, Human Resources
In attendance: Tasha Hawthorne, Clyfe Beckwith, Kathy Pryde,
Christine Marshall-Walker, Chris Odden, Stephanie Curci, Temba
Maqubela
A) A colleague avers that the new calendar actually increases the
number of days of classes. By this colleague’s reckoning (counting both class days and assessment days, and not counting
MLK Jr. Day, Head of School Day, and Saturday classes) the tally
looks like this:
year
number of days
2008–2009156
2009–2010150
2010–2011149
2011–2012149
2012–2013151
2013–2014156
B) A colleague weighed in on the discussion about Kenan Grants,
taking issue with the characterization of the purpose of such
grants in the minutes of the January 23 AdCom meeting. It is this
colleagues’s understanding that Kenan Grants were meant to support not professional development but rather tangential types of
development. In light of tightened funding and looming austerity, however, this colleague suspects that the current use of Kenan
funds is proper.
Discussion: The matter was forwarded to the office of the Dean of
Faculty.
C) A colleague requested that the process for appointing the next
Dean of Faculty be reported to the faculty in a clear and timely
manner.
Discussion: This item was immediately forwarded to Mr. Palfrey
via Dean Maqubela.
D) A colleague expressed concern that the academic program expands and contracts over time with seemingly little public discussion or apparent strategic planning. This colleague pointed to the
recent example of new computer science electives being added
to the catalog in the absence of a greater conversation about the
possible impact these new offerings might have on enrollments in
other disciplines such as the arts and humanities. This colleague
makes clear the objection is not about the field of computer science
per se but rather the lack of guiding vision or philosophy with
which the decision was made.
Discussion: This item spurred a lively discussion around the table.
Other recent policy changes (e.g., the move to pass/fail grades in
the junior year, curricular changes in the Department of English)
also have resulted in questions about how departmental policy
changes are communicated to the faculty as a whole, and when
the faculty should be solicited to at least discuss, if not vote on,
changes that occur in the academic program. The role of the colAdCom Minutes continued on page 9
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lege admissions process in selecting courses will certainly emerge
in any discussion about crafting an academic program. Some
members of AdCom suggested that the new office of institutional
research might play an important role in charting a path forward.
For better or worse, a vigorous sense of departmental autonomy
will infuse any effort to articulate a common philosophy of education at the Academy.
The matter was passed along to the office of the Dean of Studies.
E) A colleague requested that the list of topics for future faculty
meetings be posted in every set of minutes.
[Note: This was an error on the part of the scribe, which was rectified in the next submission—which, unfortunately, lacked the
minutes themselves. The scribe apologizes for the surprising challenges encountered in performing this seemingly simple task.]
F) Christopher Shaw requested some portion of a spring meeting so that Emma Frey, recently appointed Andover’s first Geographer-at-Large, might introduce faculty to the Sidney R. Knafel
Collection of maps and other resources, and invite ideas for the
use of this valuable resource throughout the curriculum.
Discussion: In the waning minutes of the meeting, AdCom turned
its attention to winter calendar issues and did not have time to
discuss this item. The request will be taken up as the committee
plans the spring schedule of meetings.
—Chris Odden, scribe
Upcoming Faculty Meetings
Wednesday, Feb. 20
End of Term Scheduling (John Rogers)
Wednesday, Feb. 27
TBD (Open Agenda?)
Monday, March 4
Student Exhaustion (John Palfrey)
Monday, March 11
No meeting (Assessment Period)
Monday, March 18
Cluster Academic Review
Tuesday, March 19
Winter Academic Review
AdCom
Meeting Minutes from Wednesday, January 23, 2103
Due to a technical error, these minutes were delayed.
In attendance: Tasha Hawthorne, Clyfe Beckwith, Kathy
Pryde, Christine Marshall-Walker, Chris Odden, Stephanie
Curci, John Palfrey
As no new items had been submitted by the faculty for consideration, the committee returned to an ongoing theme for
the year: What should be the business of AdCom and how
should it be carried out?
A good chunk of time was devoted to the nature of communication between AdCom and the faculty.
• How do we collect “follow-up” responses once an issue
has been engaged? For example, day care for faculty
children was a hot item that spurred recent meetings and
actions by the school. In the wake of this activity, it is not
clear how concerned parties feel about the issue now.
• For the purposes of setting agendas for Faculty Meetings, what is the appropriate role of electronic surveys?
What is the shelf life of the data gathered in this manner?
• One member suggested that AdCom might administer
an “asynchronous open agenda” consisting of fully
attributed, written submissions that are posted publicly—presumably online. A brief announcement and
summary of the post would appear in these minutes.
• AdCom wants to administer an online “issue tracker”
with a conveniently accessible archive of material.
The six elected members of the committee agreed to meet on
the “off” Wednesdays in order to write the draft of an updated charter.
As the meeting drew to a close, possible new names for the
committee were bandied about. One candidate—Faculty Advisory Committee—was intriguing for its emphasis on both
“faculty” and “advisory.”
—Chris Odden, scribe
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Academic Committee on Technology (ACT)
Meeting Minutes from Monday,
February 4, 2013
In attendance: Kevin Cardozo, Cesar
Dominique Moreno, Jerry Hagler, Peter
Neissa, Christopher Shaw, Catherine Tousignant, Elisabeth Tully, Therese Zemlin,
Chris Odden
A) Announcement of TLI 2013
The Technology Learning Institute is a
week-long summer workshop put on by
the Eight Schools Association. This summer it will be held at Choate from Monday,
June 10, through Friday, June 14 (the week
following Commencement). The TLI was
originally a Choate production; last year
the workshop was opened to other schools
in the ESA, and four faculty members represented Andover (all members of ACT):
Jerry Hagler, Kevin Cardozo, Nancy Lopez, and Chris Odden. There will be five
spots available for this year’s workshop.
B) Institutional platform support
A member of ACT noted the recent deployment of AppleTV units throughout parts
of the school. These units make it easy for
iPad users to use the projector, but Mac
laptop users must have Mountain Lion
(the most recent version of the operating
system) installed in order to use AppleTV.
What is the policy for operating system
support of school-owned Mac laptops?
This limited item immediately spurred a
larger discussion about platform support
at the Academy.
One member asserted that the school has
recently smoothed the path for using Apple
products, and that we are on a trajectory
to support one company—namely, Apple.
Although not a fan of Apple, this member
suggests that if we are truly headed in this
direction, then we should declare it to be
the case and do the job properly. It is difficult—perhaps impossible?—to support
multiple platforms simultaneously. Rather
than become technologically balkanized,
we should make an informed decision and
simplify the infrastructure.
In response, another member pointed out
that there is a trend toward BYOD (“Bring
Your Own Device”) at other schools. Another member observed that if one platform is supported to the exclusion of an-
other, there is always the possibility that
critical, discipline-specific software (e.g.,
video-editing tools) winds up being found
only in the non-supported ecosystem.
C) Student survey
The Office of Information Technology
sends out a yearly survey to students in
order to monitor trends in platform use
so that the network can be properly supported. An ACT member suggested that
it would be important to learn not just
what devices students use but how they
use them. (For instance, if most students
have Netflix subscriptions, should the library change the way it purchases DVDs?)
Perhaps ACT should help create future
surveys. Another member requested that
ACT at least obtain the data that has been
collected by these surveys over the years.
D) Programming support
A committee member wondered what
kind of programming support is currently
available to teachers as they think about
curricular development. Software, website, and even game design are all skills
that could be relevant to the task of designing future course materials, a point
brought home by the recent visit of game
designer Katie Salen. Such support staff
would require a salary, of course, and it
was not clear to members of the committee
if the school would be a draw for talented
developers. The idea was floated of hiring
a “programming intern”—along the lines
of a teaching fellow—who might be able
to support faculty in this regard.
E) Culture of the Academy
Various faculty have made the claim—either directly or indirectly—that over the
course of the last 15 or 20 years, the “supply” of technological support at Andover
has been thin. The following question
was posed to the committee: If this is true,
why hasn’t the demand for such support
helped spur an increase in supply? In other words, is there something inherent to
the culture at Andover that has made technological progress—never mind innovation—difficult to achieve? Responses were
animated and filled the rest of the meeting.
One member of the committee recently attended a meeting on the use of technology
in a classroom in which both Peter Currie and John Palfrey were in attendance.
At this meeting, Mr. Currie asked, “How
are we currently using technology and can
we be a leader in this area?” The canonical
example to the first question is the use of
iPads throughout the Russian curriculum.
It is regrettable, in the opinion of this ACT
member, that there is little knowledge of
how technology is being used in other
classrooms.
Another member of the committee asserts
that the use of technology in the languages
has certainly increased the productivity of
students, and it may have helped to bolster writing skills, but it has not helped
in developing fluency. Use of Internet resources such as YouTube have some value,
but such tools are “add-ons,” and a comprehensive view toward incorporating
technology is lacking.
Another ACT colleague referred to the
recent book by Michael Horn and Clayton Christiansen on the theory of disruptive technologies* and its implications for
education. In essence, the Russian Department—being quite small and independent—has the advantage of acting as its
own “startup” within the school. Other
members suggested that the iPad-based
curriculum in Russian, although admirable, is neither sustainable nor scalable.
Returning to the main question, a member
of the committee pointed out that faculty
members have little training in curricular
development. We are a pretty smart bunch
that has collectively fallen behind on the
technology front. We know how to think
carefully and work diligently, and yet
some among us struggle with relatively
basic technological skills.
As the end of the meeting approached, the
pace of the conversation quickened. Here
are some of the points and questions that
were raised.
• Teachers might fruitfully use technology to teach—in an automated
way—certain “nuts-and-bolts” competencies (such as vocabulary, factual
information, grammar), thereby
leaving more precious time for the
higher-level instruction we crave as
teachers.
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• Technology can be used to create student-centered curricula.
Students might be expected to take
more ownership of the course, and
teachers might play more the role of
a mentor rather than an instructor.
• The existence of convenient, massive, and efficient search engines
has obviated the need to memorize
much of anything. This is lamentable, for how can you find a pattern
if you don’t know the pieces? Some
teachers, of course, take exactly the
opposite position and insist that
memorization is passé. This leads
us directly to the basic question:
How do we learn?
• More frequent communication between student and teacher has led
to greater dependence on the part
of students. We have trained them
to be in constant need of guidance.
• Although students are good at
using devices themselves, they are
surprisingly bad at using them to
find information—at least, in the
context of academics. How can we
hold them more accountable for
this skill?
—Chris Odden, chair
*Here is an example of disruptive technology mentioned by the authors: RCA,
a leader in vacuum tube products such
as giant radios and televisions, was
well aware of the potential of emerging transistor technology; however, despite serious research and development,
RCA was not able to incorporate these
components into the large devices that
comprised their primary business. In
short, it made no sense to use transistor technology in their (very successful)
business model. Meanwhile, the upstart
company Sony began to manufacture
small transistor radios. Although these
devices were inferior to the products
being made by RCA, they appealed to
new consumers—e.g., teenagers—who
had no better alternative. Sony created
a foothold in the electronics market, and
the rest is history. [Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and Curtis W.
Johnson, Disrupting Class (San Francisco, New York, 2008); see Chapter 3.]
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Go Big Blue!
Come cheer for Andover at these upcoming contests
Days and times subject to change! For updates, go to Athletics/Team Pages/Schedules &
Scores on the PA website, or call Lisa Buckley (ext. 4092).
Friday, February 15
Basketball BJV2
Squash BJV1
Squash BJV2
Squash BV
Hockey GV
Basketball GV
Wrestling V
Hockey BJV
Hockey BV
Belmont Hill
Belmont Hill
Belmont Hill
Concord Academy
Milton
N.M.H.
NEW ENGLANDS
Tabor
Tabor
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4:15
4:30
4:30
4:45
5:15
6:00
6:00
6:30
6:30
Saturday, February 16
Wrestling V
Squash GJV1
Squash GV
Squash BJV2
Squash GJV2
Basketball GJV2
Swimming & Diving BV
Swimming & Diving GV
Basketball BJV1
Swimming & Diving JV
Hockey BV
NEW ENGLANDS
Milton
Milton
Deerfield/Choate
Deerfield/Choate
Tabor
Exeter
Exeter
Lawrence Academy
St. John’s Prep
Brooks
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9:00
12:00
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1:30
2:00
2:00
2:45
3:30
5:50
Sunday, February 17
Indoor Track BV
Indoor Track GV
USATF—NE Championships
USATF—NE Championships
A
A
12:00
12:00
Wednesday, February 20
Basketball BJV2
Hockey GJV
Squash BJV1
Squash BV
Squash GJV1
Squash GV
Basketball GJV2
Nordic Skiing
Hockey BV
Basketball BV
Basketball GV
Hockey GV
Brooks
Pike School
Exeter
Exeter
Exeter
Exeter
Milton
Lakes Region Championship
N.M.H.
Deerfield
Rivers School
Westminster
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2:15
2:30
2:30
2:30
2:30
2:30
2:45
2:45
3:30
3:45
3:45
4:00
Thursday, February 21
Intramural Basketball
Wrestling V
Swimming & Diving BV
Swimming & Diving GV
Championship
NATIONALS (Lehigh, PA) EASTERNS (LaSalle University)
EASTERNS (LaSalle University)
H
A
A
A
7:15
12:00
1:00
1:00
Friday, February 22
Squash BV
Wrestling V
Swimming & Diving BV
Swimming & Diving GV
INTERSCHOLASTICS
NATIONALS (Lehigh, PA)
EASTERNS (LaSalle University)
EASTERNS (LaSalle University)
A
A
A
A
12:00
12:00
1:00
1:00
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Senior Administrative Council (SAC)
Meeting Minutes from Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Present: John Palfrey, Steve Carter, Nancy Jeton, Linda Griffith, Temba Maqubela, Paul
Murphy, Peter Ramsey, John Rogers, Tracy Sweet, Rebecca Sykes, Jim Ventre. Maureen
Ferris participated in the policy discussions.
Excused: Sean Logan
With Maureen Ferris, we reviewed a number of policy drafts, including Social Media,
Student Travel, and Child Protection. Of particular note were additional requirements for
an increase in the number of individuals who will need to have their Criminal Offender
Registry Information (CORI) and Sexual Offender Registry Information (SORI) checked
as well, and the introduction of employee fingerprinting. The first has been recommended
by special counsel hired by the trustees to assure best practices in child protection, and the
second is mandated by a new state law. Additional information is available in an e-mail
that Maureen sent to faculty and staff on January 30, 2013.
We then engaged in a conversation regarding the use of Paresky Commons by guests, parents, and others. The current policy requires parents and guests to purchase meals by visiting Susie’s. Maureen will check into a proposed idea of having guests wear a temporary
wristband once they have purchased a meal, thus allowing campus adults to know who is
an approved guest and who is not. We also recognize the need to communicate with parents regarding this policy. This discussion was prompted in part by a campus adult asking
a hired tutor to leave Paresky Commons because tutors are only allowed in the library.
We then discussed the Faculty Meeting structure for February 13.
Following that discussion, we returned to the vote recently taken by the faculty with regard to changing the way we handle students of concern. SAC has affirmed that, beginning in the 2013–2014 school year, all faculty members will be required to protect the AllSchool Meeting time of 10:50–11:35 a.m. on all Wednesdays of the school year so that they
may be free for potential Full Team meetings regarding struggling students. Additionally,
therefore, Faculty Meeting will remain on Monday nights from 6:45 to 8 p.m. Please note
that this will mean that our practice of holding Faculty Meeting during the “February
Frees” ASM periods will be discontinued next year; faculty meetings will be on Monday
nights all year through.
We discussed upcoming Faculty Meeting topics and spoke briefly about the relationship
between AdCom and SAC relative to scheduling these meetings. Our Faculty Meeting
time can be used for long-range information, community-building discussions, critical
training, student trends, and so many more categories. We hope to engage with AdCom
on this issue of scheduling so that Faculty Meeting may continue to evolve into a more
valuable exercise for the greatest number of participants.
Next week we intend to begin to refine the SAC charter.
—Paul Murphy, reporter