Dogsledding was “the experience of a lifetime” for Winnie Smith. industry, comprised of hundreds of resident and day camps. Beth has more than 25 years of directing private and not-for-profit camps, and she serves on the ACA National Standards Commissions, ACA New England Standards Committee, ACANE Professional and Educational Committee, and is an ACA Visitor. Winnie Smith had “the experience of a lifetime” when she traveled to Eden, VT, to take a two-hour dogsled tour with her family last winter. When Winnie and her students read Hatchett by Gary Paulsen, they were intrigued by the author’s participation in two Iditarod races. This prompted her to design a unit on the Iditarod, which culminated in the boys following the actual race online and tracking each musher’s progress. Derek Cribb served on the AISNE school evaluation committee this spring at Solomon Schechter Day School in Newton. “It was a very rewarding experience. Seeing another vibrant school community so rooted in their faith was incredibly interesting,” he says. Members of the Science Department attended the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual conference in Boston this spring. Dave Duane reported that literacy and writing in science was “a big theme, and reinforces the lab report writing skills emphasized in grades 7-9.” A conference highlight for Winnie Smith was a mini-course offered by the Monterey Bay Aquarium called “Ocean Plastic Pollution: Issues and Solutions.” Winnie’s fourth graders address ocean L E F T Tiffany Toner, right, with her sister, Erika, in Vietnam
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pollution as part of their New England Tide Pools unit. Fenn’s Arts Department hosted an evening Arts Educators Forum in April for arts teachers to network and share programs and ideas. Some forty educators attended from area schools. Jeff Trotksy ’06 and Kofi Obeng at the Lincoln Memorial
“It was a casual opportunity for teachers to connect,” said Arts Chair Mike Salvatore, “and everyone enjoyed it.” Cameren Cousins and Steve Farley presented a Speed Innovation minisession at the National Association of Independent Schools annual conference this winter. Presenters hosted their own tables, where attendees sat for fifteen minutes to learn from the presenters’ experiences in their schools. Kofi Ubeng will be returning in the fall as Diversity and Teaching Intern and Jeff Trotsky ’06, this year’s Fenn Fellow, will return as an Admissions Associate. Alan O’Neil ’98 has accepted a position as Director of Admissions at Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, CT. He calls Fenn “a significant and much loved part of my life” and says the guidance and support he received here helped prepare him for this new opportunity.
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