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DISPATCHES From Page 14 place last Thursday and Friday, so students at the lower/middle school were treated to a one-day week. Halloween festivities at the high school were postponed until Friday, when a celebration took place at lunchtime. The fall season is coming to a close for student-athletes at the high school. The boys varsity cross-country team renewed its Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference championship title, the boys junior varsity crosscountry team finished in first place, and the freshman/sophomore team also finished in first place! The boys team had 13 runners finish in the top 10 of their respective races, with Griffin Colaizzi, Zeke Cohen and Gorka Fraeters all finishing first in their races! The girls team clenched third place in the varsity Independent School League championship race, which is the best placement in school history! They were led by Katherine Treanor, Naomi Miller and Julia Ernst, who all finished in the top 10. In addition, the girls junior varsity team finished in fourth place. In soccer, the boys varsity team defeated St. Andrew’s in the first round of the MAC tournament and will play Maret in the semifinals. In volleyball, the girls varsity
team defeated Maret in the first round of the ISL volleyball tournament and will play Madeira in the semifinals. The junior varsity volleyball team finished the season with 15 wins and five losses. — Carlton Marshall II, 11th-grader
Hardy Middle School
At Hardy Middle School, we had a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. I was part of the planning committee, and we worked hard preparing for the festival. We practiced intensively every day during lunch and after school. Ms. Garcia directed the program and helped make the show enjoyable. The day of the celebration, we performed poems, showed important people, sang and danced. It was a great experience and showed people how Hispanic culture influences our world. — Daniela Orellana, eighth-grader
tracked down was Ms. Laure Hunter, one of the fifth-grade teachers that year. I learned that the mobile was specifically built for our atrium and the swirly shapes and colors are meant to represent what the fifthgraders thought of Janney. Then custodial foreman Mr. Jason Lawrence told me one of the most interesting facts about the mobile that I learned through this journey — how you clean it! What you do is take a long pole with a hook on the end to the second floor,
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 pull each piece up gently and then dust it off. Finally I interviewed Ms. Mary Osterman, another one of the fifthgrade teachers from the 2010-2011 school year. She told me that the mobile had been stored in multiple parts over the summer. When it was brought in, a special lift was used and Mr. Reese gently hooked it into the ceiling. You can visit Kevin Reese’s website at schoolsculptures.com to learn more about his work. — Jared Cohen, fourth-grader
Lafayette Elementary
Last week, Lafayette’s 107 thirdgraders each received a paperback dictionary from the local Kiwanis Club. This scene was repeated all over the country as third-graders received Webster’s Dictionary for Students, Fourth Edition, from local service clubs. So, why in this modern world of smartphones and computers do people still need a dictionary? “Dictionaries are a resource for students to check vocabulary, spellSee Dispatches/Page 16
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A mobile with all different shapes, sizes and colors hangs in the atrium at Janney Elementary School. The mobile is a wonder for all. It was made two years ago by the fifth grade under the guidance of sculptor and former Janney parent Kevin Reese. I went on a mission to find out how it got there. As a top-notch detective, I started with the former fifth-grade teachers, because they had firsthand knowledge. The first person I
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