Rain or Shine?
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ogan Giles ’16 was in sixth grade English class when
he first sensed his calling.
“Snowmaggedon” was barreling
toward the metro area, and Logan was locked in a debate with a
classmate over how much snow
would shroud Bethesda. “I plotted
out the hour-by-hour and day-byday forecast for how much would fall... and I nailed it,” Logan
recalled. “That’s when I knew
I wanted to be a meteorologist someday.”
For his capstone Independent
Senior Project (ISP) — which
LOWDOWN Landon Installs Brand-New Track
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andon installed a state-of-the-art track over the summer and not surprisingly, Middle School and varsity Head Track Coach Addison Hunt is thrilled.
“A new track is going to help our track and field program move in the
right direction,” Hunt said. “We have the right coaches now, we have kids that are interested in track and committed to working hard, and certainly having a state-of-the-art facility is going to help our Middle School and varsity programs achieve what they are capable of achieving.”
The field events surfaces (long jump, pole vault, high jump, shot
put, etc.) were also renovated to ensure that all facilities are safe and competition-ready.
requires seniors to undertake a
unique assignment and deliver a
presentation on what they learned — Logan landed his dream
internship working with WUSA9 Chief Meteorologist Topper Shutt ’77.
For the month of May,
Logan shadowed Shutt and saw
everything that goes into being an on-air meteorologist. “I learned
so much,” Logan said. “The cool
thing is how many things Topper does. He looks at the models and
then makes up in his mind what the forecast is going to be — that’s
the scientist part — but he’s also a writer, a graphic designer, a producer and a broadcaster.”
For Logan, who plans to study meteorology at Fairfield University,
the experience solidified his dream. “Weather impacts everyone,” he said. “I feel like I can help people by forecasting weather.”
Logan’s classmates also pursued worthwhile endeavors for their ISPs.
Brian Jordan and his brother Eric ’12 learned about perseverance and teamwork when they climbed 14,110 feet to the top of Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains. Jared Rymsza, Jantay Abdychev and Derek Hankim employed their engineering prowess to build computers
from scratch using a 3-D printer. And Franco Abdala-Arata, Jack Pingle, Ben Gilbert and Andrew Ibrahim discovered the skills
required to operate a small business when they opened the on-campus coffee shop, the Landon Cup — and donated their $4,000+ in profits to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
FALL 2016 | LANDON SCHOOL
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