May 2018 | The Evergreen, Greenhill School

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may 16, 2018 volume 53, issue 6

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Everything Greenhill

Head of School Scott Griggs to retire after 18 years on The Hill

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Thank you, Mr. Griggs!

Photo by Rylyn Koger

Views Staff editorial on creating an American Sign Language class for Upper School students p. 2

News Photos by Jeffrey Harberg

STANDING FOR CHANGE: Both the Upper School (left) and Middle School (right) held walkouts on April 20th to protest school shootings. The Middle and Upper School walkouts were both student-run and gave the students a platform to share their thoughts on gun control.

Students walk-out in support of gun control Harrison Heymann Executive Editor

Sonia Dhingra

Online Editor-in-Chief

On Friday, April 20 at 10:20 a.m., many Greenhill students stood up and left their classrooms to join with students across the county participating in student-organized walkouts to support gun reform. The walkout was organized by seniors Zoe Allen and Maya Ghosh, as well as juniors Phoebe Metzger-Levitt and Ross Rubin. They said the purpose of the walkout was to remember the victims of the Parkland and Columbine shootings on Columbine’s anniversary and call for action to prevent the gun violence that has been affecting the country in recent years. The half-hour walkout included a moment of silence for student victims of gun violence, a poetry piece by Sudeep Bhargava and a speech and call to action by Students March

Informing Greenhill since 1966

director and Collin College student Nyasha Magocha. The walkout ended with a voting registration table for eligible students. Maya had the idea of adding the voting registration component to the walkout and the other student organizers decided it would be a good idea. She said it was important for the group to make voter registration accessible because it can be time consuming for some students to get registered. “Some Greenhill parents are know how to register voters so we reached out to them,” said Maya. “There is merit to protest, but it’s important to not only protest but also use our voice by voting.” Planning the walkout was a long process itself, especially since the student-organizers of the walkout wanted to plan it as a community, according to Phoebe.

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Crystal Duckert speaks as a keynote speaker at Sout by Southwest’s education conference p. 4

Features

One Love club plans activities to educate students about relationship abuse p. 6

Arts

Cast and crew members of Greenhill’s Cry-Baby nominated for local awards p.13

Sports Boys Baseball makes postseason tournament for the first time in nine years p. 16

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