An award for Anne McNamara and all those advisors and students who have worked at Duke Forest through the years:
Dear Anne:
I would like to personally invite you to the 2007 Duke Forest Annual Gathering, being held on October 18th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. This event is our way of reaching out to the community and neighboring landowners, to present the year's management, research, and teaching initiatives on the Forest, and also to highlight upcoming events.
A highlight each year is the presentation of the Clarence F. Korstian Award (named after the first director of the Duke Forest) to individuals in appreciation and recognition of exemplary support of the Forest. This year we would like to recognize and extend our thanks to Durham Academy for all the years of volunteer work that the teachers and students have provided, along with the great coordination that you have provided. We would be honored if administrators, teachers and/or students could attend the event to accept the award on behalf of the volunteer program.
Warmly,
Marissa Hartzler
Program Coordinator, Office of the Duke Forest
www.dukeforest.duke.edu
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Durham's first ever Black Parents Forum will be hosted by Durham Academy on Sunday, October 21. Says BPF's founding director (who first hosted such an event in Atlanta a decade ago), "These schools are fantastic environments. They have small class sizes, great arts, great athletics. But the process for admissions -- and it is a process -- oftentimes discourages black families from applying." To read more about the event, see who will join us in the Brumley PAB, and see some quotes from Torsie Judkins about DA's growing racial diversity, see Monday's Durham Herald article.
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Last week's note about our relationship with Durham Nativity School (deepened after the recent Civil Rights Tour reunion) caught the attention of one DNS faculty member. George Linney sent the following note this weekend:
Dear Michael:
Thanks for your words about DNS in Community Matters. My mother-in-law, Wendy Nevins, has expressed to me that she and others from D.A. have contacted our principal, Ms. Medlock, and are hoping to volunteer at DNS. We will certainly be able to utilize the skills of any these senior teachers from D.A.
Thank you for voicing to Dr. Moylan that D.A. is committed to working with our graduates. We know that our graduates can offer diversity to the D.A. student body and we are doing all we can to make sure that they contribute in terms of academic excellence.
I have to look no further than my two brothers, Kyle and Patrick Nevins, to see how beneficial a D.A. education can be.
Thanks again for your commitment to our school.
George Linney
Religion and Science Teacher
Durham Nativity School
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DA alumnus and former US library silencer Michael Dibbert is a month into his new job teaching MS English at Boston College High School. Michael writes, "Life in Massachusetts is great. The school is flat-out unbelievable. 1600 boys and 150+ faculty and staff make us basically a small college. But since our Middle School is brand new, there's a real camaraderie on our staff and a sense of "we're all going through this together." The facilities are phenomenal (from my classroom I have a view of downtown to the left and the water past UMass-Boston on the right). We had to decide everything in our early faculty meetings. Literally. Should we use bells, have exams, how are we going to teach writing, etc. It's so nice to just be teaching now. And despite my history background, I really love teaching English - I almost can't imagine teaching anything else. Great discussions with independent risk-takers full of original ideas. Overall, just a great change. My old school had gotten really comfortable, and this is stretching me and making me a much better teacher. It's too cold, and there's too much traffic, but otherwise life is great. Plus, I start two days a week playing basketball with a bunch of guys on staff, so how bad can it be? Best to everyone back in Durham. Hope the year keeps running smoothly and football season mercifully turns to basketball for the Heels."
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Christina Uden took eight of her students to Chapel Hill for an Oktoberfest outing last Friday. She writes, "Tatum Pottenger and Berie Baldwin had to leave early, but Zach Erb, Harrison Slomianjy, Fred and Carl Ward danced the night away. The St. Thomas More crowd was very surprised that Harrison won the raffle, bringing home $150. It pays to speak German!" Thanks to Christina and fellow chaperone Fabiola Salas.
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DA Debate wins gold at Pinecrest - An update from Coach Jeff Welty: "DA won the overall "sweepstakes" award for outstanding team success. Everyone did well, led by Nathaniel Donahue, who took 1st place in extemporaneous speaking and impromptu speaking. Robert Kindman was 2nd in extemp by the slightest of margins, while Josh Zoffer was 2nd in impromptu and Max Young-Jones was 4th in impromptu (but was denied a trophy by virtue of a tabulation error). Sophia Tsang was 3rd in original oratory, a hair's breadth ahead of Ariel Katz, who was 4th. On the debate side, Josh Zoffer and Caroline Bodager were undefeated and finished 1st in JV public forum, while Josh Erb was undefeated and finsihed 1st in JV Lincoln-Douglas. Mackin Brinegar was 3rd in JV L-D. Tanner Caplan was 4th in novice L-D, while Tre Hunt and Ted Arapoglou did well in novice PF. We finished ahead of our traditional (and much larger) rivals, East Chapel Hill and Cary Academy." Click here for more info on DA Speech and Debate.
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