Currently, there are over 230 worldwide protests covering every continent. The seventh grade has been very busy researching and presenting on these global protest movements.
Students and teachers in the Prep School met up on Zoom today for “speed friending”—an opportunity for lightning-fast conversation and socializing. Co-sponsored by the Queer Straight Alliance and the Assembly Committee, the event, with a format like speed dating, aimed to give community members an opportunity to meet and connect with each other in ways they might not otherwise get to because of distance learning. Over several 60-second rounds, participants were randomly added to breakout rooms of two or three people, with a quick prompt—“sushi vs. tacos,” “football vs. basketball,” “Kim Kardashian vs. Kylie Jenner''—to spark conversation. Given the enthusiastic response for today’s event, the organizers plan to host similar speed friending sessions in the future.
Music teacher John Fischer, a co-host of the event, said he was glad to be offering students a chance to meet and talk with people outside of their cohorts and grade years. “We know that it’s been hard to meet new people this year, and you’ve all been champs about it,” he said at the end of the event. “Hopefully, you’ll recognize the people you met today through their masks and strike up a conversation in the halls!” he added.
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Currently, there are over 230 worldwide protests covering every continent. The seventh grade has been very busy researching and presenting on these global protest movements.
On Thursday, January 14, Mr. Warshawski's Humor in Literature and Film classes hosted a Q&A and discussion with famed television writer-producer and activist Norman Lear, who is also a grandparent of Zoe K. ’22, Daniel LaPook ’10 and Noah LaPook ’14.
Last week, the Prep School hosted a discussion with Drs. Elizabeth Carlen, Kristen Winchell and Lindsay Miles, three scientists who study how urbanization affects plant and animal evolution and run the urban research blog Life in the City: Evolution in the Urban Environment.
Last Friday, students and teachers attended a virtual panel discussion honoring and celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called "On the Frontline of Change."
Last Friday, legal scholar and constitutional law expert Peter M. Shane met with community members to discuss impeachment, the 25th Amendment and the violent attacks at the Capitol.