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Lexington High School
Newsletter
March 2016
Volume 32, number 6
From the Principal
February
Thursday
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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Monday
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t this time last year, I addressed the loss
of play and fun in our lives, touching on
the need for all of us to be mindful of the value
of ‘adult play.’ Following is an excerpt from the
March 2015 Newsletter to jog your memory:
March
A
– Laura Lasa, Principal
College testing info, 6:30-8pm, SLH; open to Grade
10 and 11 students and families
Parent Portal open-Progress Reps (3Q), 6pm
Thursday3
LHS Choral Concert, aud, 7:30 pm [See p.4]
As we know, adult play does not look the same
as children’s play, but some of the characteristics are the same. Peter Gray, Ph.D., a research
professor at Boston College, identifies two key
characteristics of play: “Play is imaginative,
non-literal, mentally removed in some way from
“real” or “serious” life,” and “Play involves an
active, alert, but non-stressed frame of mind.
When I reviewed my thoughts from last year, I
was reminded how often I address the increasing stress and anxiety in our lives (students and
adults). The theme of increased pressure to perform
and achieve, combined with less time for family
and friends is pervasive in all of our lives, yet we
struggle to arrive at concrete solutions to address
the worries home and school share. I will not give
up on my personal efforts to connect with students
whenever possible, and we (the High School) will
continue to emphasize increased awareness and
responses to the social emotional needs of our students through relationship-building.
As a result of a society that has become focused
on a narrow definition of success, students are
caught up in an achievement race from an early
age. Talk of getting into ‘the best college’ or a
‘good college’ begins long before high school,
and the result is often a focused mission to acquire
stellar grades (nothing less than an A) and engage
in an exhausting list of activities that students
believe will appeal to colleges. There are understandable causes for the current treadmill students
are on, but my understanding of the reasons does
not outweigh my concerns for the physical and
Continued on page 2
Saturday
5 SAT Exam at LHS
5
Winter A Cappella Jamboree, aud, 7:00pm
Tuesday8
Concerto Concert, aud, 7:30 pm
Thursday10 Parent group mtg w/Assoc. Prin. John Murray, Library
Media Center, 7:45-8:45am
Monday
14 School Council Mtg,LMC/147,6:15-7:45pm
Friday18
Improv Troupe Show, $5, BlackBox, 7:30pm
Saturday19 Lexington Parent Academy [see page 8]
Monday
21 Spring athletic season starts
21
Band Festival Concert, 7:30pm, aud
Tuesday22
MCAS ELA Long Composition Sessions A&B; Gr. 10
Wednesday23MCAS ELA Reading Composition Sessions 1&2; Gr. 10
23
Spring String Celebration, aud, 7:30 pm
Thursday
24 Prof dev day 1/2 day, 11:15 dismissal [C3,B3,H3,F3]
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The calendar was compiled in late February and events are subject to change.
Call the department involved for up-to-date information or go to <http://lps.
lexingtonma.org/Page/10 >.
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From the Principal continued from page 1
mental health of our students. In an effort to chip away at the structures that foster a generation of students who are overscheduled and
hyper-focused on achievement outcomes, we have:
1. Maintained the practice of not using a weighted GPA;
2. Maintained the practice of not using class rank; and
3. Engaged in a two-year discussion on the value and purpose of
homework.
According to the World Values Survey, Americans approve of competition more than any other industrialized nation. As a result, we
have developed personal and societal cultures that foster competition in both healthy and unhealthy ways. Schools should identify
and uphold high expectations for all students. Unfortunately, a
by-product of a culture of high expectations is often a culture of
peer competition (spoken and unspoken). In my conversations with
students, two things have become clear: 1) Students understand and
appreciate the ways peer competition can be a motivating factor,
and 2) Students are struggling to cope with the unhealthy stress
and anxiety that results from competition in the college application
process and/or planning for post-graduation life.
To address the narrow definition of success students are often faced
with, the High School is in the beginning stage of a multi-year process to evaluate the positive and negative outcomes of a competitive
school culture. The dialogue will include feedback on how a competitive culture affects students, educators, and parents. Later this year,
or early next year, we will solicit formal feedback from students and
parents. For now, I invite you to engage in a conversation with your
son or daughter [on this topic] so we can collaboratively identify
specific aspects of home and school life that must change in order to
address increased health concerns for our youth. To paraphrase Vicki
Abeles, the director of Race to Nowhere and author of Beyond Measure, our joint conversation cannot focus on blame––it must remain
centered on re-writing parts of the students’ journey to empower and
promote flexibility and more than one healthy path to success.
Laura Lasa
Principal
Newsletter Policy
The Newsletter will print items directly related to
the schools and their PTAs. This includes curricular, cocurricular, and extracurricular activities which are PTSA- or system-supported, and
school-sanctioned projects. All articles are subject
to editorial discretion.
PHONE NUMBERS REFERENCE
Principal Laura Lasa......861-2320, ext. 69103
Assoc. Principal John Murray.......................... .......................................861-2320, ext. 69102
Dean Nicole Canniff......861-2320, ext. 69332
Dean Kate Hermon........861-2320, ext. 69530
Dean Scott Kmack......... 861-2320, ext. 69111
Dean Jaffrie Perrotti.......861-2320, ext. 69720
For attendance, call the appropriate
administrator for your child before 9:30
am on the day of the absence.
LHS homepage:
http://lps.lexingtonma.org/lexingtonhs
PTO website...http://lhspto.org/
School Committee email:
[email protected]
The Lexington High School
Newsletter
Editor
Jean Cole
email: [email protected]
Next deadline:
Friday, March 18, 2016
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30th All-Night Graduation Party
Sunday, June 5, 2016
T
his year marks the 30th year that LHS has hosted
the All-Night Graduation Party (ANGP). The ANGP Committee has begun meeting to lay the groundwork for this
magical evening for our graduating seniors. Parties like
this have been proven nationally to be the best way to keep
kids safe as they celebrate the completion of their high
school experience.
About 95% of the graduating seniors attend, and it takes
the whole parent body to make it happen.
With lots of us working together, it’s easy and fast and one
of the best graduation gifts we can give our graduates. We
need over 300 people at various times over the weekend
to help set-up (50), chaperone (200) and break down (50)
after the event.
Calling all parents (9th through 12th
grade) – Please come get involved!
Help us continue the tradition by getting involved now so
we can pass on our tricks and know-how down as far as
we can. We want to ensure that future years have depth on
the bench, so to speak. Two subcommittees are in need of
co-chairs including tickets and checkroom.
This year we’re adding something new––Class Liaisons!
We want two people from each grade to help us reach out
to the families and parents to help explain about the party
and help us build our pool of chaperones and volunteers
for the party weekend. Learn the inner workings of what
goes into this great event and then share it with others in
your grade and community. Easy, right?
March 2016
SAT Prep at LHS
Get ready for the new SAT which will be given in May 7,
2016. Our six-week classes will help you practice:
• reading passages
• answering evidence-based questions
• interpreting informational graphics
• applying grammar to multiple choice questions
• writing the redesigned essay
•practicing math strategies for calculator and noncalculator sections
Math classes
6 Mondays, starting March 14 at 6:30-8:30 p.m.
6 Thursdays, starting March 17 at 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Reading classes
6 Tuesdays, starting March 15 at 6:30-8:30 p.m.
6 Thursdays, starting March 17 at 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Writing and Language/ Essay classes
6 Tuesdays, starting March 15 at 3:30-5:30 p.m.
5 Saturdays, starting March 12 at 9:30 a.m.-12noon
Experienced teachers. Individualized instruction. Enrollment limited. Each class costs $200. Scholarships are
available. To sign up, please call Lexington Community
Education (781-862-8043) or sign up online <[email protected]>.
Meetings for committee chairs are only once per month
until May during which the entire committee meets a few
times to orchestrate the details for this fabulous party.
For more information or to volunteer please contact ANGP
Committee Chair, Andrea Pion: <[email protected]> or
by cell at (508-208-9197).
LPS School Committee Information
For information and updates on the LPS School Committee, please go to their website <http://lps.lexingtonma.org/
Page/463>.
For copies of the LPS School Committee Minutes and
Agendas, please go to: <http://lps.lexingtonma.org/domain/231>.
And to view past School Committee meetings, please go to
LexMedia <www.lexmedia.org>.
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Performing Arts Department
Lexington High School Honors Choruses present Annelies
Thursday, March 3, 2016 , 7:30 p.m.
Donald J. Gillespie, Jr. Auditorium
Preceded by a director’s talk at 7:00 p.m.
The event is free to the public
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl comes
to life in Annelies, a moving cantata composed by
James Whitbourn for chorus, chamber orchestra, and
soprano soloist. Annelies is the full first name of Anne
Frank, the Jewish school girl who hid with her family from
the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 to 1944. Her
words of courage and faith in humankind in the face of
unspeakable hardship have inspired millions around the
world since the publication of her diary 68 years ago. On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. the Lexington
High School honors choruses will sing Annelies, marking
the first time the work has been presented in its entirety by
high-school students. The program features the Women’s
Chorus, Concert Choir, and Madrigals. Director of Choruses, Jason Iannuzzi, describes the piece as “challenging,
both musically and thematically.” He has engaged several
professional musical artists to perform with the chorus. Dr.
Lynn Eustis, the Boston University voice professor who
premiered the work in the U.S. in 2007, will be featured as
the soloist. Dr. Eustis will also spend an afternoon with the
students discussing her experience with the piece. Accompanying instrumentalists will include LHS Performing Arts
Teacher Justin Aramati on clarinet, Elizabeth Whitfield on
violin, Jane Sheena on cello, and Paul Carlson on piano.
The students are also very excited to discuss the piece with
James Whitbourn via a Skype session from England. The
concert will be preceded by a director’s talk at 7:00 p.m.
Annelies is structured as a chronological series of 14
movements, beginning with the family’s plan to go into
hiding, and ending with their capture by the Nazis. The
choir and soprano soloist are accompanied by the musicians on cello, piano, violin, and clarinet. In an interview
on WQXR Radio before a performance of the work in
Plymouth last year, Whitbourn commented about the
music, “all the instruments are associated with the Jewish
tradition and culture and while there is no actual quote of
traditional Jewish melody.”
Mr. Iannuzzi is choosing to present this work because “the
message of the piece and the poignant subject matter has
the potential to move and engage the LHS and Lexington
community” and to “think about what Anne Frank has to
say to us through this work.”
Annelies will be performed on Thursday, March 3, 2016
at 7:30 p.m. in the Donald J. Gillespie, Jr. Auditorium at
Lexington High School, preceded by a director’s talk at
7:00 p.m. The event is free to the public.
All parents of seniors are invited to
attend the workshop:
“Letting Go While Still Holding On”
Supporting Your Student Through the Challenging Transition to College
Wednesday, May 25 at 8-9:15 a.m.
LHS Library Media Center
Joanne Loomer, L.I.C.S.W.
Lexington High School Social Worker
[email protected]
Main Bldg. Rm 156-I
781-861-2320 Ext. 69193
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Performing Arts Department
LHS Jazz Students
at Mingus, Lincoln
Center Festivals
Mostly Mingus
For the eighth year in a row, the Lexington High School
Jazz students were honored to have performed at the
Mostly Mingus Festival in New York City in February.
Congratulations to
LHS Jazz Combo––winner, non-specialized schools
LHS Jazz E
nsemble rhythm section (Sean Kim, Tim
Watson, George Estey, Darsan SwaroopBellie)––Best Section
Hersh Gupta––Outstanding Soloist and Best Combo
Arrangement
Sean Kim––Outstanding Soloist
Darsan Swaroop-Bellie––Outstanding Soloist
Students attending were:
Michelle Chong
Sean Kim
Josh Kim
Paul Spiro-Johnson
Alex Tung
Hersh Gupta
Stephen Mock
Ed Tomic
Eyad Abbas
Katharine Courtemanche
J
Alice Troop
Tim Watson
George Estey
Jeff Gordon
Matthew Khudari
Chris Morse
Derek Schneider
Sam Schultz
Darsan Swaroop-Bellie
Carey Tassell
33 LHS Musicians
Heading to All-States
The Lexington High School Performing Arts Department
will send 33 students to participate in the Massachusetts
Music Educators Association All-State Concert at Symphony Hall in March. Chosen by competitive audition, the
students will rehearse with nationally acclaimed conductors
March 10-12. Rehearsals will take place at the Seaport Hotel
in Boston and the festival will culminate in a gala concert in
Symphony Hall on March 12.
Representing Lexington High School in the concert will be:
Band
Daniel Cherenson
Ben Choi
Sam Kielar
Joshua Kim
Tony Kim
Harrison Liu
Natalie Ramesh
Nathan Ramesh
Derek Schneider
Alexander Tung
Jeongwook Yi
Richard Zhou
Ada Zhu
Chorus
Trevor James
Danielle Kerr
Yoojee Kim
Yooni Park
Peter Rowley
Daniel Song
Aleesha (Zhiyu) Ye
Jazz
George Estey
Hersh Gupta
Orchestra
Jeana Choi
Ian Huang
Afareen Jaleel
Julia Kan
Andrew Li
Sarah Park
Hannah Ryu
Jinyung Suh
Grace Wu
Stanley Wu
Carol Zhu
Jazz at Lincoln Center
azz at Lincoln Center has announced that Lexington
High School’s Jazz Ensemble is among 15 finalist bands
that will compete in the annual Essentially Ellington
High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival on May
5-7, 2016. This is the fourth year in a row that LHS has
been invited, and the seventh time in 20 years. This year
marks the 21st anniversary of this prestigious national
competition.
– Patrick Donaher
Jazz Studies
Curtains
Thursday-Saturday, May 12-14
$15/$10
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Performing Arts Department
21 LHS Musicians
Heading to Junior Districts
T
he Lexington High School Performing Arts Department will send 21 freshmen to participate in the
Massachusetts Music Educators Association Jr. Districts
Festival. Chosen by competitive audition, the students will
rehearse with nationally acclaimed conductors and present a
concert in April.
Representing Lexington High School in the concert will be:
Band
David Arena
Lucas Burkholder
Brendan Cantwell
Ethan Chan
Shiv Chandra
Kevin Chen
Chen Chen Huang
Chorus
Andrew Cho
Caroline Choi
Orchestra
Mina Lee
Daphne Li
Kevin Lin Zhou
Daniel Liu
Anna Maffa
Jordan O’Hare-Gibson
Megan Ren
Aman Saiju
Hyunwoo Shin
Winna Xia
Seo-Hyun Yoo
College Testing
Information Session
Open to Grade 10 and 11
students and families
Thursday, February 25
6:30-8:00pm
Science Lecture Hall
This event is open to Grade 10 and 11 students and
families interested in learning about exams like the
PSAT, SAT and ACT. The workshop presenter will
go over the different tests, their components and
when they are offered. The goal of this evening
is provide information to students and families as
you make decisions about what tests you want to
take and when you want to take them.
Jazz
Luke Davis
Representing Clarke Middle School in the concert will be:
Representing Diamond Middle School in the concert will be:
Isaiah Carver
Victor Chen
Iris Gu
Euhan Kim
Jack McGaraghan
Sameer Paranjape
Eliza Stokes
Kyle Suh
Hyunah Boo
Deniz Bulucu
Brian Her
Jessie Huang
Zachary Kaufman
Jonathan Li
Emily Qiu
Varun Sasisekharan
Lila Tung
Alex Zhang
Band
Chorus
Arun Asthigiri
Sydney Hart
Jahnavi Muppirala
Molly Zeytoonian
Jazz
Janabel Xia
Orchestra
Sunwoo Baik
Annika Bajaj
Micah Benson
Benjamin Borgers
Seth Goodman
Emily Gu
Nuri Hong
Anka Hu
(Henry)Yejun Kim
Yul Kim
Justin Lin
Emily Ma
Sarah Park
Paul Song
Rachel Zhang
Band
Chorus
Jonny Clark
Caroline Barry
Mahima Das
Molly Fortier
Zella Goodell
Jazz
Jason Dai
Varun Sasisekharan
Orchestra
Nathan Choi
Marc Courtemanche
Juno Daciuk
Jeremy Fleming
Rosanna Jiang
Sam Kim
Luke Lee
Rachel Man
Wakaka Okuda
Daniel Ong
Michelle Tu
Kevin Zhang
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Performing Arts Department
Choral News
Concert Choir to Perform
at All-State Conference
Concert Choir has been selected to perform at the 2016
MMEA All-State Conference on March 10. Dozens of outstanding instrumental and choral ensembles from Massachusetts middle and high schools submit blind recordings
each year, so being chosen to perform at the conference
is quite an honor. We are looking forward to sharing our
music with an audience of Massachusetts music educators
at the Seaport Ballroom, Seaport Hotel on the morning of
March 10.
Wyvern Invitational A Cappella Festival
I am pleased to announce the results of this year’s Wyvern
Invitational A Cappella Festival. In its eighth year, the
festival is the largest high school a cappella competition in
the nation. Groups participate by invitation only, and the
festival is used as a fundraiser for Team Tobati, a non-profit organization that raises funds to build and equip schools
in Tobati, Paraguay, literally changing the life course of
the youth in this small, poor community. Guacamole and
Pitchpipes were invited to the festival four years ago, and
have participated and been ranked consistently high among
the festival participants every year. This year the festival
changed its format slightly, so that a preliminary festival
round was held on Friday evening, with the top two groups
qualifying to participate in the festival proper on Saturday
evening. Onomatopoeia was invited to participate in Friday night’s preliminary round and won a spot in Saturday’s
competition. In the end, LHS had an amazing showing at
this event:
Best Male Soloist: Jongtae Jeon (Pitchpipes)
Best Student Arrangement: Katharine Courtemanche
(Onomatopoeia)
Best Student Direction: Mallika Purandare & Maddy
Allen (Guacamole)
Bronze Citation, 3rd Place: Pitchpipes
Gold Citation, 1st Place “Best in Show”: Onomatopoeia
Drama News
When you see them, please congratulate our talented LHS
students who participated recently in the Emerson College
High School Drama Festival in Boston. The team presented The Reaper (by Katrina Chaput ’16), a moving original
play about crossing over into the next life. Three students
received special recognitions for their work, and the entire
piece was praised by faculty respondents from Emerson
College’s Performing Arts Department.
Zachary Steigerwald Schnall ’16 (Actor, Outstanding Acting Award)
Karina Wen ’16 (Actor, Outstanding Acting Award)
Katrina Chaput ’16 (Playwright-Director, Outstanding
Playwriting Award)
Mandy Marcell ’19 (Asst. Stage Manager)
Helen Swann ’16 (Stage Manager)
These are fantastic results and an indication that Lexington continues to achieve in high school a cappella at very
high levels. Consider in addition that our three groups were
competing against mostly faculty-directed groups and that,
according to the founder of the festival, no one school has
ever dominated the evening in quite this way, and the news
is even more impressive. Congratulations to all!
– Jason Iannuzzi
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Visual Arts Department
Lexington Students Win Honors in Globe Scholastic Art Awards
L
exington Public School student artists have been
acknowledged for the excellent work they submitted
to The Globe Scholastic Art Awards Competition. Since
1923 the Scholastic Art Awards have awarded scholarships
to qualified middle and high school students through this
program. The strict judging guidelines have ensured a high
level of competition and quality in the show. According to
their website [http://www.smfa.edu/scholastic-art-writing],
in Massachusetts there were“over 15,000 entries in Art, and
about 2,500 writing entries. [There were] over 50 judges
who looked at or read the entries, and had to make hard
choices based on the 3 criteria: originality, technical skill,
and personal vision.”
2016 Globe Scholastic Art Award Winners
Gold Key: The highest level of achievement on the regional
level. Approximately 7-10% of all regional submissions
are recognized with Gold Key Awards and all are considered for national-level recognition.
Silver Key: Approximately 10-15% of all regional submissions are recognized with Silver Key Awards.
Honorable Mention: This Award recognizes students with
artistic potential.
Gold Key
Jamin Seo - Ceramics & Glass - Hermit Crab Whistle
Jonathan Brown - Art Portfolio - Geocaching
Karis Choi - Mixed Media - The Other Half of Me
Yoonah Choi - Mixed Media - Silver Spoon
Audrey Dupupet - Photography - Flora and Fawn-a
Lindsey Forg - Photography - 1962: Self Portrait
Xiaoyu Kang - Drawing and Illustration - Back to Nature
Yeji Janey Lee - Drawing and Illustration - Scale
Yeji Janey Lee - Painting - Extraction
Yeji Janey Lee - Art Portfolio - Acceptance
Chukun Li - Drawing and Illustration - Ocean Creatures of
Pollution
Emily Liu - Drawing and Illustration - Shattering
Stephanie Park - Mixed Media - Speak Up
Stephanie Park - Drawing and Illustration - Reaching Out
John Schumacher - Drawing and Illustration - Soul Searching
Yu Wang - Drawing and Illustration - Texture Study
Yu Wang - Drawing and Illustration - Koi Fish
Yu Wang - Drawing and Illustration - Authority
Yu Wang - Drawing and Illustration - Lost
Yu Wang - Painting - Truth
Yu Wang - Painting - Kirigami
Yu Wang - Art Portfolio - Identity
Yu Wang - Painting - Indispensable
Bonnie Yun - Drawing and Illustration - Introvert
Bonnie Yun - Painting - Treasure Trove
Yuetian Zhang - Drawing and Illustration - Hallucination
Cathleen Chen - Drawing and Illustration - The Sound of Wind
Zoe Gu - Drawing and Illustration - Lunar Eclipse on Sept.
27, 2015
Lewis Hwang - Painting - Breakout
Lewis Hwang - Sculpture - Where The Book Ends
Silver Key
Janabel Xia - Drawing and Illustration - Sleeping on Softness
Janabel Xia - Sculpture - Elegance of a Peacock
Ian Bulovic - Digital Art - The Beast Within Me
Benjamin Chaput - Photography - Birds
Yoonah Choi - Mixed Media - Baggage
Yoonah Choi - Sculpture - The Lost Children
Jess Fleming - Mixed Media - Grip
Jess Fleming - Comic Art - Conclave
Lindsey Forg - Photography - Electric Strings
Albert Kim - Drawing and Illustration - multi taking
Eunice Kim - Photography - Gargoyle
Yeji Janey Lee - Mixed Media - I’m Here
Michelle Lew - Drawing and Illustration - Grapes of Light
ChaoZheng Li - Digital Art - Mask
Raissa Li - Painting - REFUGEE
David Lin - Drawing and Illustration - Walpole Forest
David Lin - Silver Key
Continued on page 9
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Visual Arts Department
Emily Liu - Mixed Media - Taped Together
Emily Liu - Painting - A Product of Perfection
Emily Liu - Art Portfolio - Me, Defined
Stephanie Park - Mixed Media - Fast Food Nation
Andrew Wang - Photography - The Sad Harp Player
Yu Wang - Drawing and Illustration - My dresses
Yuetian Zhang - Personal Essay/Memoir - Mapping Sichuan
Emme Zhou - Drawing and Illustration - The Lense of a
Highschooler
Jessie Huang - Painting - Angel’s Gospel
Lewis Hwang - Painting - Lost in Space
Lewis Hwang - Printmaking - Clash of Titans
Angela Lai - Drawing and Illustration - A Mirror of History
Christine Wang - Painting - Dog in Field
Christine Wang - Drawing and Illustration - Apple of my Eye
Honorable Mention
Lila Ablimit - Drawing and Illustration - Jellyfish
Marisa Boni - Drawing and Illustration - Flamingo
Lucy Lu - Drawing and Illustration - Fragrant
Jack Mcgaraghan - Drawing and Illustration - Lone Wolf Scroll
Jack Mcgaraghan - Painting - Bamboo In The Wind
Madeleine Minks - Printmaking - Angel Cat
Jamin Seo - Printmaking - Whales
Ella Shubert - Printmaking - Aquatic Deer
Janabel Xia - Drawing and Illustration - Winking Red Panda
Kimia Abedi - Drawing and Illustration - Mother & Child
Kimia Abedi - Photography - Untitled
Ian Ballinger - Digital Ar - Misty Moon Monster
Jonathan Brown - Art Portfolio - Urban
Yihan Chiu - Drawing and Illustration - Secluded
Yoonah Choi - Mixed Media - Cat’s Cradle
Lindsey Forg - Photography - The Painter
Lindsey Forg - Photography - An Incomplete School Uniform
Lindsey Forg - Photography - Layers
Xiaoyu Kang - Drawing and Illustration - Allodoxaphobia
Martha Klein - Digital Ar - Serpentine
Yeji Janey Lee - Mixed Media - Supplement
Michelle Lew - Mixed Media - Fly Away
Michelle Lew - Painting - Perfume
Vivian Li - Drawing and Illustration - Changing Times
Emily Liu - Drawing and Illustration - Not Enough
Emily Liu - Mixed Media - Covering the News
Tamara Manoli - Photography - Haystack
Irene Ouyang - Drawing and Illustration - Untitled
Lara Parizek - Photography - The Boy
Karisma Pathak - Painting - Mommy and Daughter
Helena Strenger - Drawing and Illustration - Blue Victorian Fantasies
Grace Wu - Drawing and Illustration - Distortion
Katherine Ye - Mixed Media - The Hesitation of Every
Breath
Bonnie Yun - Drawing and Illustration - Looking Forward
Bonnie Yun - Painting - Virtual Violence
Zoe Gu - Painting - Stone Bridge and Stream
Zoe Gu - Painting - Fresh
Jessie Huang - Painting - Summer
Angela Lai - Drawing and Illustration - Sixty Seconds
Before Dusk
Angela Lai - Drawing and Illustration - Infinite Dimensions of Dreams
Evan Li - Drawing and Illustration - SOCCER STAR
Hailey Olcott - Drawing and Illustration - Voiceless
Christine Wang - Mixed Media - State of Mind
Christine Wang - Drawing and Illustration - Half Empty
Galaton Zhou - Drawing and Illustration - Primary Color
Imagination
Jiaxin Zhou - Painting - Quiet Afternoon
The library has a new
webpage with a new URL:
http://lps-lexingtonma.
libguides.com/homepage
Check it out.
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English Department
Social Studies Department
2016 Globe Scholastic
Writing Award Winners
History Day Competition
Gold Key
Sukanya Walhekar - Poetry - You Meant a Lot to Us
Mahima Das - Poetry - Color
Silver Key
Mat Benson - Personal Essay/Memoir - Narcotic Sunrise
Phoebe Bruce - Personal Essay/Memoir - Everything I Am
Ben Choi - Personal Essay/Memoir - Nothing Gold in the
Golden State
Mahima Das - Poetry - Memory
Joseph Fraser - Science Fiction/Fantasy - Behind White Walls
Dabin Kang - Dramatic Script - Sanity In Progress
Shayari Peiris - Personal Essay/Memoir - Burgundy Over
Green
Giulia Silver - Personal Essay/Memoir - Four Steps;
Four Thousand Miles
Julie Suh - Flash Fiction - Confrontation
Sukanya Walhekar - Critical Essay
Slip on a Banana Peel, The World’s
at Your Feet
Sukanya Walhekar - Personal Essay/Memoir - The Spice
of Life
Honorable Mention
Rishi Goel - Short Story - Nerves of Nonexistence
Anna Benson - Flash Fiction - A Valiant Voyage
Mat Benson - Writing Portfolio - Thoughts from Nature
Leandena Dankese - Science Fiction/Fantasy - Ein Traum
Leandena Dankese - Poetry - Poems of Nostalgia
Sanjna Das - Personal Essay/Memoir - Cooking with Ajji
Sanjna Das - Short Story - Beaches of Gold
Sanjna Das - Journalism - Cairo, Illinois–Death by Racism
Joseph Fraser - Science Fiction/Fantasy - Aisle Five
Joseph Fraser - Poetry - Hidden In The Earth Itself
Ryan Leung - Journalism - How an Invasion of Technology has Stripped Classrooms of Privacy
Shayari Peiris - Flash Fiction - The Housewife
Peter Rowley - Personal Essay/Memoir - Turning to the Left
Alexandria Snyders Dykeman - Personal Essay/Memoir UU to Me
Julie Suh - Flash Fiction - Let’s Play Spin the Bottle
Julie Suh - Poetry - The Summer Bear
Cassidy Teng - Personal Essay/Memoir - Life in Motion
Mahima Das - Short Story - Regret
T
he list below contains the names of the students
moving on from our LHS History Day competition to the
regional competition in Stoneham on Saturday, March 5.
The theme this year was Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History. Students conducted research, developed claim statements, and demonstrated how their topics
illustrated an important turning point in history. Please
congratulate the students and wish them luck!
Student’s Name
Ernst, Paul
Title of Project
The USS Nautilus: The Explorer
that Actualized Nuclear Power
McAlarney, Michael The Homestead and Pullman
Strikes
McKenna, Marshall The Importance of Nazi Scientists
in the Cold War
Suraj, Krishna
A Diplomatic Exchange: American
Influence in Panama and the HayBunau-Varilla Treaty
Wheeler, Rowan
Motivations and Movements: The
Varied Aspirations of the Harlem
Renaissance
Zheng, Ruth
The Iran Hostage Crisis: A Crisis of
the Future
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March 2016
Lexington Parent Academy 2.0
Saturday, March 19, 2016
T
he second annual Lexington Parent Academy is
scheduled for Saturday, March 19, 2016. Designed to educate and empower parents to manage the changing demands
of parenting in today’s world, this is a free event for all interested parents and community members. The Academy will
be held at Lexington’s Community Center (39 Marrett Road,
Lexington, MA 02421) from 9:30 a.m-2:30 p.m.
Parents can choose to attend one, two or three workshop
sessions based on personal interest and need. Workshops
include the following:
•What do you expect? How to set reasonable expectations for your adolescent child, Danielle Detora, Psy.D.
•Coaching your teenager in skillfully handling anxiety,
Dale Dillavou, Ph.D.
•From prevention to intervention: Understanding the
fundamentals of eating disorders, Martha J. Kurland,
LICSW and Maria E. Walazek, RD, LDN, CSSD
•Cybersafety: Teaching children to be safe, secure and
responsible in the digital world, Julie Fenn, LICSW &
Lexington Police
•Mindful Parenting: Responding to the needs of our
teens, Sarah McSweeney, PsyD. & Catherine Dubois,
PsyD.
•Strategies for maintaining a healthy couple relationship
during stressful times, Dewie Weiner, LICSW
•Interpersonal Effectiveness: Techniques for maintaining
and improving relationships, Blaise Aguirre, MD
•Big tobacco targets kids, Larissa Swenson, MPA
•Sleep in middle school and high school youngsters:
How parents can help, Gila Lindsley, PhD
•They’re not crazy; They’re adolescents, Julie Fenn,
LICSW & Sion Harris, Ph.D.
•Parents as sexuality educators, Jennifer Wolfrum,
M.Ed.
•Complementary approach of stress management for
students, Dr. Jing Liu
•Inside scoop: How kids are helping each other and what
you can do, Erin Deery, LICSW & Bill Blout LICSW,
LYFS Youth Board
A Resource Room will feature an array of community
resources including: Help Around Town (how to help your
teen get a job), We Are in Control and resources from the
Lexington Fire Department and the Lexington Chamber of
Commerce, and materials from Lexington’s Dept. of Human Services and the Recreation Department. Poster sessions will be offered in the Resource Room by Lexington
Public School nurses Jean Claffey, RN and Susan Kaftan,
RN on life-threatening allergies and concussions and by
Ilan Goldberg on his program “Semester Off.”
The Lexington Parent Academy 2.0 is free and open to all
interested people. While you do NOT need to pre-register,
pre-registration is recommended if you want to guarantee
a seat in a specific workshop.
To pre-register. go to:
<https://www.activityreg.com/clientpage_t1.wcs>.
When you go to this website, you will need to select a
state (Massachusetts) and then select a program (Lexington Recreation Department). You can view the workshop
schedule and workshop descriptions at this site as well.
Registration will be available starting on February 12 and
will close on March 17.
The High School’s SADD club (Students Against Destructive Decision-making) will be selling food as a fundraiser.
A complimentary beverage station (coffee, tea, water) will
be available.
This event is being planned and sponsored by the Lexington Public Schools’ School Health Advisory Council
(SHAC) together with the PTA/O Presidents Council,
the Lexington Human Services Department, Lexington
Recreation and Community Programs, the Lexington
Community Center, the Lexington Fire Department, the
Lexington Police Department, the Lexington Chamber of
Commerce, the Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), the Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL),
Koreans of Lexington (KOLex) and Lexington Youth and
Family Services.
For further information contact Jennifer Wolfrum, Assistant Coordinator of Physical Education and Wellness,
Lexington Public Schools <[email protected].
ma.us>.
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March 2016
Calendar Continued
24
MCAS ELA Reading Composition Session 3; Gr. 10
24
Jazz Night #3, Commons II, 7:30 pm
24 End of Third Quarter
Friday
25 NO SCHOOL
Wednesday 30 Career Day -Sophomores, aud, 7:45-10:45 am
April
Friday-Sun
1-3
MICCA Festival Fri 3-10, Sat 8-5, Sun 12-5
aud, Commons, gym
Monday
4 Parent Portal open for Report Cards, 6 pm
Tuesday5
LHS Choral Spring Concert, aud, 7:30 pm
Thursday7 Parent group mtg w/Assoc. Prin. John Murray, Library Media Center, 7:45-8:45am
Monday
11 School Council Mtg, LMC/147,6:15-7:45pm
Wednesday13 LHS Jazz Festival Conc $10/$5, aud,
7:30pm, featuring Jason Palmer, trumpet
Monday
18 NO SCHOOL. April vacation-22
Monday
25 Return from April vacation
Thursday
28 Mock Car Crash - Juniors
Friday
29 Spanish Film Festival, all day, SLH
1
Cap & gown distribution, Deans’ offices,
9am, 1:30pm
1 Senior Schol. Awards Night, 6-9pm, aud
Thursday
2 Senior Prom, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro
2
MCAS STE Session 2; Gr. 10
Friday
3 Swing Nite, Fiske, 7:30-10:30pm
Saturday
4 SAT Exam at LHS
4
Spring A Cappella Jam $10/$5, aud, 7:00pm
Sunday5
LHS Graduation, 2:00 pm, Tsongas
Arena, 12:30pm concert
5 All-Night Grad Party, Field House, 10pm-5am
Wednesday
8 Student Athlete & Parent mtg for fall,3-4pm
Thursday
9 Junior Book Awards, 6:30-8pm,Commons II
Friday
10Improv Troupe, BlackBox, 7:30 pm
Saturday
11 Sophomore Cruise
Monday
13 School Council Mtg, LMC/147,6:15-7:45pm
Tuesday
21 Final Day for Students/Teachers (tentative),
Students 1/2 day drop-in
22 to 28 planned make-up days if needed
_____________________
For Athletics schedules, <http://lps.lexingtonma.org/domain/657>
May
Friday6
Improv Troupe, Black Box, 7:30pm
6 Freshman semifrml, 7-10pm, Commons II
Saturday
7 SAT Exam at LHS
Monday
9 School Council Mtg, LMC/147,6:157:45pm
9 Parent Portal open--Progress Reps (4Q), 6pm
Wednesday
11 Special Olympics, 9am, track
Thursday
12 Parent group mtg w/Assoc. Prin. John Murray, Library Media Center, 7:45-8:45am
Friday13
Metco Senior Dinner
Thurs-Sat12-14 Curtains, $15/$10, aud, 7:30 pm
Tuesday17
MCAS Math Session 1; Gr. 10
Wednesday18MCAS Math Session 2; Gr. 10
Thursday
19 Prof Dev Day; 1/2 day students, Commons
II, 11:15 PTO luncheon
19 World Language Awards Night, 7pm,aud
19 Bus Evacuation Drill
Friday20
Improv Troupe, Black Box, 7:30 pm
20 Junior Prom, Burlington Marriott
Monday
23 LHS Film Festival, at The Venue
Tuesday
24 NHS Induction Ceremony, aud, 7pm
Wedensday 25 Senior Parent Workshop 8-9:15am [See p.4]
Thursday26
Pops concert $10, gym, $10,7:30 pm
Friday27
Pops concert $10, gym, $10,7:30 pm
Saturday28
Jazz Nite 4 @ Discovery Day or Cmns II,
12-3pm
Monday
30 NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday
31 French Film Festival, all day, SLH
31 Student Athlete Awards Dinner, 6-8:30pm,
Commons II
June
Wednesday1
MCAS STE Session 1; Gr. 10
1 Graduation Rehearsal - Mandatory, Field
House, 10:30am-noon
1 Senior Barbecue, Quad outside, 12-1:30pm
World Languages Department
Sign up for German Language Classes
T
ry something new and sign up for German next year!
After all, Germany has been ranked the #1 Best Country.
U.S. News & World Report has released its Best Countries
Report at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland. The inaugural ranking has placed Germany
in the top spot followed by Canada, the United Kingdom and the US. What makes Germany the world’s best
country? The report, which was prepared in collaboration with BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, looked at a variety of factors,
including gender equality, soft power, cultural influence,
and entrepreneurship to come up with the complete list. A
total of 60 countries were evaluated in the report. Germany’s cultural heritage, political influence, and economic
clout helped to bring it to the top of the list.
German is offered at the High School, starting with absolute beginners in German 1 to German 3 and 4, Honors
and Level l .
<http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/P__Wash/2016/01/20BestCountry.html>
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March 2016
Lexington HS schedule for MCAS week
Monday
A1 7:45–8:35
B1 8:40–9:30
(50)
(50)
C1 9:35–10:25
March 21–25, 2016
Tuesday
E2 7:45–8:40
Wednesday
A3 7:45–8:40
Thursday
F3 7:45–8:30
MCAS for grade 10
MCAS for grade 10
MCAS for grade 10
B2 8:45–9:40
(55)
H2 8:45–9:40
(55)
C3 8:35–9:25
Friday
(45)
MCAS for grade 10
MCAS for grade 10
MCAS for grade 10
(55)
(55)
(50)
A2 9:45–10:40
D3 9:45–10:40
MCAS for grade 10
MCAS for grade 10
no school
A4 9:30–10:20
(50)
(50)
E1 10:30–11:15
or 11:00–11:45
(45)
F1 11:20–12:10
or 11:50–12:40
(55)
homeroom
10:45–10:55
G2 11:00–11:55
or 11:30–12:25
(55)
E3 10:45–11:30
or 11:15–11:50
H3 10:25–11:15
(50)
(45)
F2 11:35–12:20
or 12:05–12:50
11:15 dismissal
(55)
(50)
D1 12:45–1:30
G1 1:35–2:25
(45)
H1 12:00–12:55
or 12:30–1:25
D2 1:30–2:25
(55)
(45)
C2 12:55–1:35
B3 1:40–2:25
(40)
Note: B3 is usually
a Thursday block.
(50)
(55)
Z 2:30–3:00 daily
no scheduled activities
(45)
Lunch periods
Monday
10:25–10:55
11:15–11:45
12:10–12:40
Tuesday
10:55–11:25
11:55–12:25
12:55–1:25
Wednesday
10:40–11:10
11:30–12:00
12:20–12:50
Thursday
Friday
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March 2016
LEF
High School Teacher Receives World History Conference Grant
O
ver the summer of 2015, Lexington High School
freshman World History teacher Kristin Strobel attended
the World History Association Annual Conference, thanks
to a generous grant from the Lexington Education Foundation.
“A few years ago, when the World History Association
was in Salem, Massachusetts, I went to the conference,”
Strobel said, “[but] I really wanted to go back another
time, so when the LEF grant came up at the same time I
realized the theme was going to be about art, [I thought]
‘that’s perfect,’ and that’s how I signed up.”
The conference, held in Savannah, Georgia, featured
scholars and teachers from all around the country gathering together to learn and share the latest ideas and approaches in their respective fields. Strobel said, “It was
interesting . . . to meet historians from all around the
world. One of the things that’s great about the World History Association is that it’s both professors and teachers
that come, and . . . both secondary and higher education
really inform each other, which is pretty interesting.”
After her experience at the conference, Strobel plans to
bring her knowledge back to the High School. “Taking a
piece of art and having people analyze it in different methods was really interesting . . . I came back going through
these different steps that different people used. [The
conference] really helped me see art through new eyes, so
I’m looking forward to being able to do that in my next
unit . . . use these tactics a little more and really dedicate
large sections of the class time and go deeply into one
idea and talk about technique . . . The Renaissance unit is
the perfect place for this.”
Not only has the grant benefited her students, but it has
also helped contribute to the enthusiasm for learning that
characterizes Lexington High School. Strobel added, “I
think [LEF does] an unbelievable job at just keeping all
of us up to date and enthusiastic and constantly learning.
And when teachers are constantly learning they’re better
teachers . . . It’s really one of the things that makes the
culture of this place so positive.”
“The support that LEF gives is huge, just the idea that I
have this special platform. And even if you don’t get a
grant every year, you’re still feeding off of grants you’ve
gotten in past years or that your colleagues have gotten.
Just the fact that the town and the people of the town have
supported us so much is really powerful,” Strobel said.
“I’m very privileged to a be part of it and work in a place
where such a thing exists.”
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Lexington Education Foundation (LEF) is an independent
501(c)(3) charitable organization. LEF is not affiliated
with the Lexington Public Schools.
– Ryan Leung, LEF Student Ambassador
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March 2016
[
Counseling
2016 Advanced Placement (AP)
Exam Schedule and Payment Info
Parents/guardians of students currently enrolled in an AP course will
receive an email on January 4 with information about how to pay through
the LHS Online Payment System.
Payment Information
The online payment window will be open Mon., Jan. 4 to Fri., Feb. 12, 2016.
AP fees must be paid through the LHS Online Payment System. Payment
must be received by Friday, February 12, 2016. The fee per exam is $96.
Payment of the AP Exam fee automatically registers the student for that
specific AP Exam; there is NO registration form. Financial assistance is
available for students who qualify.
If you are not enrolled in the LHS Online Payment System, please register
at <https://www1.mcc.net/OneSource/OSPayer/ePayer_registration.aspx>.
AP Exam Fee Refund Policy Refunds are available upon request until March 8, 2016. Contact Ms. Tringale (ext. 69722).
SSD Testing Accommodations through College Board
Contact Mrs. Dooley <[email protected]>. NOTE: SSD Testing Applications must be submitted to Mrs. Dooley
by Thursday, February 11, 2016. The College Board deadline is
listed as February 19, but LHS is closed that week for vacation.
AP testing is May 2-May 13, 2016.
Students report to exam locations 30 minutes prior to testing.
Chemistry...........................May 2, 2016............ 8 a.m.
Psychology.........................May 2....................12 p.m.
Computer Science A...........May 3...................... 8 a.m.
Spanish Lang/Culture.........May 3..................... 8 a.m.
Physics 1............................May 3................... 12 p.m.
Physics 2............................May 4................... 12 p.m.
Calculus AB.......................May 5...................... 8 a.m.
Calculus BC.......................May 5...................... 8 a.m.
Chinese Lang/Culture........May 5....................12 p.m.
United States History.........May 6...................... 8 a.m.
Biology...............................May 9..................... 8 a.m.
Physics C: Mechanics........May 9....................12 p.m.
Physics C: Elec and Mag...May 9......................2 p.m.
French Lang/Culture..........May 10..................12 p.m.
Italian Lang/Culture...........May 11..................12 p.m.
Macroeconomics................May 11..................12 p.m.
World History.....................May 12.................... 8 a.m.
Statistics.............................May 12..................12 p.m.
Human Geography.............May 13.................... 8 a.m.
Microeconomics.................May 13.................... 8 a.m.
AP Tests -Late Payment Information
The deadline for on-line payment for
AP tests has passed. It was originally
2/12 and was extended to 2/19.
There is one final payment option for
students who want to take an AP test but
still haven’t paid. Details are as follows:
1. Payments will be accepted until 3 p.m.
on Wed. 3/2. 2. Pay NOW, don’t wait.
3 Bring a check (made out to “Town of
Lexington”) to Ms. Tringale (Room
705) or Mrs. Aronson (Room 152).
4. Each test is $96. There is one-time
late fee charge of $15. (Students who
qualify for financial assistance should
be in touch with Ms. Tringale.)
5. In the “memo” section of the check,
please write the student’s full name
and which specific AP tests are being
paid for.
Wed. 3/2, 3 p.m. is the last date/
time to pay for AP tests.
Lexington High School only offers AP
Exams for AP Courses that are currently
taught at the High School.
If you have any questions about the AP program at LHS, please contact the following:
AP exam payment process and financial
assistance, Ms. Tringale (ext. 69722).
AP testing arrangements and procedures,
Mrs. Aronson (ext. 69127).
General AP program questions, your
child’s school counselor.
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March 2016
WGBH High School Quiz Show
The Lexington Quiz Bowl Team
ongratulations and good luck to the following students who will be representing Lexington High School on
WGBH’s High School Quiz Show this Saturday, March
12 against Austin Prep. If they are victorious they will
move on to the quarterfinal round the following weekend.
Last year LHS lost in the quarterfinals after reaching the
finals each of the previous two years. This year’s team
members are Colin Cantwell, Reggie Luo, Duncan McCallum, Ravi Raghavan, Devin Shang, and Krishna Suraj.
The team is advised by Mr. Cole and Dr. Darling.
he Lexington Quiz Bowl team has had a busy and
successful season thus far, welcoming many new freshmen and competing in several tournaments.
C
View the current bracket at:
http://www.wgbh.org/articles/Season-7--2016-TournamentBracket-11562
T
The Lexington team of Colin Cantwell, Reggie Luo,
Gavin Mak and Devin Shang won the Columbia University Fall Quizbowl Tournament on October 17. On November 21, at the Boston Area Fall History Bowl tournament,
the varsity team of Colin Cantwell, Kyle Doney, Reggie
Luo, Will Marshall and Devin Shang and the junior varsity team of Brendan Cantwell, Nick Rommel and Winna
Xia won their respective divisions. Also, at the Massachusetts State History Bowl tournament on January 9, the
varsity A team of Colin Cantwell, Will Marshall, Duncan
McCallum and Devin Shang and the junior varsity A
team of Stephen Alessandro, Brendan Cantwell and Nick
Rommel again won the title in both their divisions. Two
additional Lexington teams competed at that tournament.
At the Harvard Fall Tournament on November 14, the
Lexington A team of Colin Cantwell, Reggie Luo, Duncan
McCallum and Devin Shang earned second place, and the
club again sent four teams.
In addition, the club competed at the MIT Fall Academic
Tournament, Penn Bowl, the Central MA Fall Tournament, and ACF Fall at Yale. The team hosted a tournament
at LHS in December as a fundraiser for its trips to nationals. Twenty teams were in attendance competing on a set
of questions co-written by some Lexington club members.
They have qualified and will be sending two teams to the
National History Bowl in Washington, D.C. in April and
to the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament in Dallas in May.
From left to right the pictured are: team members Reggie Luo, Duncan McCallum, Colin Cantwell and Krishna Suraj as well as team co-advisor Kari
Darling. Missing from the photo are team members Ravi Raghavan and
Devin Shang and and co-advisor Bill Cole.
The team is grateful to its advisors, Ms. Danielle Israel
and Ms. Maureen Haviland. We meet Wednesdays in
room 515 and Fridays in room 520. We are always looking for new members!
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March 2016
Community Education
Late Winter 2016
Lexington Community Education
LCE’s winter semester is underway with new classes and
the special speaker series continuing throughout March.
On March 1 Dr. Steve
Gullans, co-author of Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom
Mutation are Changing Life
on Earth, will chronicle how
life is evolving to meet our
specs and choices, of how we
can change our own biology, and of the unintended
consequences for future
generations. Dr. Gullans will
explore the fact that how we
use our enormous power over
life forms, and our ability to
engineer new environments
will determine nothing less than the survival of humanity.
Today’s humans have developed such profound capabilities that random mutation and natural selection are no longer the primary determinants of which species survive and
how they change over time. Evolution is now increasingly
driven by two forces: Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom
Mutation.
Join Lexington Community Education for an Evening of
Music and Discussion on Friday, March 4 as we welcome Ran Blake and David “Knife” Fabris. In a career
that now spans five decades, pianist Ran Blake has created
a unique niche in improvised music as an artist and educator. His dual musical legacy includes more than 40 albums
on some of the world’s finest jazz labels, as well as nearly
40 years as a ground-breaking educator at Boston’s New
England Conservatory. Downbeat says, “Ran Blake is so
hip it hurts . . . a pianist who can make you laugh at his
dry humor one second and wring a tear the next.”
The music of guitarist Dave “Knife” Fabris has been
steeped deeply in an eclectic pool of influences. His
newest CD, Lettuce Prey, seamlessly travels between the
worlds of Jazz, Rock, and Contemporary Classical music.
Lexington Community Education:
www.lexingtoncommunityed.org
The Fiveash Legacy
Lecture continues with
a presentation on March
9 by Stephanie Brody.
Stephanie Brody is an
Instructor in Psychology in the Department
of Psychiatry, Harvard
Medical School and
Clinical Associate at
McLean Hospital. This evening she will discuss her book
Entering Night Country: Psychanalytic Reflections on
Loss and Resilience. None of us will escape the experience of personal loss, illness, aging, or mortality. Yet,
psychoanalysis seems to shy away from a discussion of
these core human experiences. Entering Night Country
focuses on the existential condition, and explores how it
penetrates professional lives, analytic work, and theoretical formulations.
Beloved as a poet, teacher,
and storyteller, Mark
Nepo has been called
“one of the finest spiritual
guides of our time”. In
1987, Mark Nepo was diagnosed with a rare form
of lymphoma. The heart
of that journey and its
aftermath has greatly informed his work. In 1994,
Mark published and recorded a landmark book,
Inside the Miracle, about
the nature of suffering and
resilience. The book had a
greater reach than anyone
imagined. Sounds True
is now publishing a new, expanded edition of Inside the
Miracle, which gathers twenty-eight years of Mark’s writing and teaching about suffering, healing, and wholeness.
Of the book, Mark says, “One of the great transforming
passages in my life was having cancer in my mid-thirties.
Continued on page 18
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March 2016
Scholarship Information for LHS Seniors - 2016
T
he following is a partial list of local scholarship offerings––please go to your Naviance account for more information.
REMEMBER––It is not too early for LHS seniors and
their parents to start looking and applying for scholarships!
Scholarship information for national, regional, local, and
some specific colleges are posted in Naviance. Lexington
is fortunate to have a local scholarship program. Every
year, organizations or individuals provide scholarships to
Lexington’s senior students. These include awards that are
based on financial need as well as ones that are based on
specific qualifications such as leadership, merit, or service
to the community.
Scholarship offerings are located in Naviance–– <www.
connection.naviance.com/lexington>. Current students
can sign into their accounts and click the “Scholarships”
tab. Parents and/or guests can log onto <www.connection.
naviance.com/lexington> and click “I’m a Guest.” The
password is lhsguidance - click on the “Colleges” tab, go
to “Scholarship List.”
The local scholarship application deadline is in early April
and the awards are made in June at SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS NIGHT [Wed., June 1]. Reminder:
the IRS 1040 is required for financial need scholarships.
Families should plan tax work to meet this deadline.
Lexington Local Scholarship Listing – 2016
Sangwook Ahn Memorial Scholarship
Jason Berger Memorial Scholarship
Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize
Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund
Bettie Clarke Scholarship Fund
Hancock Nursery School Scholarship
Josiah Willard Hayden Scholarship
Kathleen H. Williams Fine Arts Scholarship
Lexington Arts And Crafts Scholarship
Lexington - Bedford Youth Hockey Scholarship
The Lexington Firefighters Scholarship Fund
Lexington Golf Club Scholarship
The Lexington Pediatrics Service Award
Lexington Scholarship Fund
Lexington Rotary Club Scholarship
Christine Martin Memorial Scholarship
Carolyn E. McCabe Memorial Scholarship
Ann Regina McGrath Memorial Scholarship
(LHS Class of 1965)
Srinivasu Meka Scholarship Fund
Barclay Schulz Spirit of ’76 Award
George O. Smith Fund
Community Education Continued from p. 17
This experience unraveled the way I see the world and
made me a student of all spiritual paths. Our trials may differ in heat and length, but at the core, we are the same. We
need each other, we need insight, and we need help.” Mark
will speak in Lexington on Thursday, March 10.
At the heart of the latest work from acclaimed philosopher
and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein lies one
question: is philosophy obsolete? In Plato At The Googleplex, Goldstein proves why philosophy is here to stay––
and in fact more relevant today than ever before. Goldstein
does so in a wholly unique way by imagining Plato (the
original philosopher) come to life in the 21st century. As
he embarks on a multicity speaking tour, Goldstein asks:
how would Plato handle a host on FOX News. How would
he mediate a debate between a Freudian psychoanalyst and
a Tiger Mom on how to raise the perfect child? And what
would Plato make of Google? With scholarly depth and
a novelist’s imagination and wit, she probes the deepest
issues confronting our time, by allowing us to understand
the source of Plato’s theories, and to eavesdrop as he takes
on the modern world. This event will be held on Monday,
March 14.
Please view the Lexington Community Education fall catalog for a full listing of cooking, travel, language, computer
and art classes. Questions, or to register by phone, please
call Lexington Community Education (781-862-8043).
Pre-registration is required for all classes.
Lexington Community Education:
www.lexingtoncommunityed.org
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