TODAY AT BRECK
SPRING 2013
TODAY AT 123 OTTaWA ave. North
Also Noted Sixth grader Claire Fadlovich and fourth grader Dora
the arts and learn networking principles and strategies.
Dolphin performed in the Minnesota Dance Theatre’s
The Breck students were Ohiyesa Firesteel, Hutton
Nutcracker Fantasy over the holidays.
Phillips, Kwaku Bodom, Maddie Lommen, Jaila Tolbert,
H.O.M.E. Services, for whom Breck students do service, has nominated us for a WCCO-TV “Good Neighbor” award. Nine Upper School students attended the annual Student 12
Diversity Leadership Conference, held this year in Houston. They joined with students from other NAIS schools to examine issues of social justice, develop effective crosscultural communication skills, practice expression through
Shayla Henderson-Thomas, Jillian Stately, Ingrid Miller and Jake Duxbury. Our third and fourth graders raised a total of $9,572.12 for the American Heart Association in the annual Jump Rope for Heart event. Top fundraisers were Ellie Weinstein, Lachlan Vertin, Sara Moreau, Emma Bomstad and Erika Johnson.
Faculty News and Notes Visual Arts Department Head Michal Sagar’s work created
Upper School math instructor Brad Kohl was one of several
during her sabbatical received critical acclaim when it was
Breck teachers who presented at the recent ISACS workshop
exhibited in a show at the Mills Gallery in Boston.
in Louisville, Kentucky. After he presentation about teaching
Drama director Tom Hegg was the keynote speaker at the annual Bloomington Writers Festival and Book Fair in late March. He also taught a master class on writing during the event. Spanish teacher Veronica Guevara has been named Minnesota state coordinator for NNELL, the National Network for Early Language Learning. NNELL, founded in 1987, provides leadership to advocate for and support successful early language learning and teaching.
students who are “different,” Brad received an email from a sixth grade teacher who had been in the audience. The teacher’s email concluded, “So… thank you very much for all of your insight and for sharing so much valuable advice. It is already making a difference in my classroom!” Art instructor Kat Corrigan and her mom, Rita Corrigan, exhibited their work at the Home Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center this fall. And several members of the faculty and staff have wel-
Ceramics instructor Jil Franke has been busy with her own work as well. She was an invited juror for The Best of 500 Ceramics, a Lark Book publication, and her work has been part of juried exhibitions in Grand Rapids and Benton Harbor, Michigan, Chicago, Red Lodge, Montana, and Houston, Texas. She was also featured in a documentary called “Minnesota Potters: Sharing the Fire” on Twin Cities
comed new family members since the last edition of Today at Breck. Associate Director of College Counseling Chandra Joos deKoven welcomed son Reid, Lower School Assistant Kari Bieber welcomed son Maxwell, Technology Department member Ryan Wilson welcomed son Sawyer, and Upper School English teacher Peter Saunders welcomed daughter Aurie.
Public Television.
Who Knew?
22,000 pounds
What the crane used
in our construction project can hold (A school bus is 16,000.)