SEVEN HILLS The Buzz
A Brief Word from Chris Garten
Noted arctic scientist George Divoky at Seven Hills
Among other events, this weekend featured major swimming and gymnastics competitions, both the culmination of weeks of focused and committed work by dozens of our student athletes.
A colony of Black Guillemots seabirds and George Divoky, living in a tent, were alone on small Cooper Island, until the polar bears showed up. The tent (shown at left) was soon replaced by a small cabin.
At both events, huge crowds witnessed courageous individual performances by athletes with a wide variety of skill levels. Some of our students blew away their competition with astonishing displays of skill and endurance; others churned courageously well behind the leaders. But no matter what their skill level, even in these ostensibly individual sports, our students distinguished themselves by their teamwork. Throughout a very long day of competition, our athletes were spurred on by vocal and enthusiastic crowds, and even more so by their teammates. Furthermore, in my somewhat biased estimation, they stood out among their competitors for their sportsmanship and for their graciousness not only to one another, but to their opponents. It was a winning day, no matter what the final score.
February 7, 2011
Arctic scientist George Divoky, whose 40-year research on seabirds on a remote barrier island adjacent to the arctic pack ice has garnered international attention, spent January 26 at Seven Hills. His day included meetings with classes of seventh grade science, ninth grade biology, and Environmental Science, as well as the
evening community presentation, “The Polar Bear at My Front Door: Realities of Climate Change in a Melting Arctic,” to a packed Founders Hall. The event was free to the public but donations to Friends of Cooper Island to support his work were invited. Continued page 2
Pulitzer Prize-winning author at Seven Hills
Chris Garten Head of School
STINGER SPIRIT! Stinger Spirit was in air— and on painted faces and spirit T-shirts—for the Athletic Boosters’ Lower School Spirit Night January 21 and the Middle School Spirit Night January 28! Photos are on pages 2–3.
A high point of the school year came with the visit of Books for Lunch 2011 guest author Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours.
Join us for International Dinner & Family Night March 11! See page 13.
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