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UPPER SCHOOL

In the classroom The entire faculty attended the VAIS annual conference at The Richmond Center/Ma rri ott Hotel on November 6. Margaret Maclin and Sandy Shaw, members of our English faculty, presented a workshop entitled "Beyond Traditional Genre: Reading Film" at the Conference. Their topic was very timely in an age in which many stude nts watch movies more than they read books. They presented material on how to use film as a tool in the classroom, including a comparison of the elements of literature and film and a discussion of cinematic techniques.

This past summer Sandy Shaw (eighth grade English teacher) also participated in the Associated Writers Program (sponsored

by George Mason, VCU, and the National Endowment for the Arts.) As a result of the program, the Steward Writing Portfolio class will have fi ve visiting writers come to class. The first writer was Ben Cleary, w ho came to Steward on October 17. The program also provides $800 worth of books for use by the students.

The addition of an eight period day has been beneficial to the Upper School, bringing it closer to meeti ng the VAIS recommendation for double periods in science lab. Double periods now exist in biology, chemistry, and physics. The eight period schedu le also provides the opportunities for students to participate in a greater number of electives and activities meeting during the school day. For example, 5 students are doing independent study in Theatre. There are also increased class enrollments in Writing Portfolio class, computer class (two classes of 14 and 16) and the followi ng activities: Battle of the Brains, literary magazine, Model UN, photography, SODA, yearbook. We are especia lly pleased with the number of Office aides and Lower School aides helping at recess and in the classroom . Because Steward is a school wh ich draws from such a w ide geographical area and one in which such a large number of students participate in ath letics, it is difficult to have active clubs after school.

Stephen Paulelfe waits with anticipation as Will Murray I"es to smk hIS shot.

Ruth Williams and Emily Padow are busy with their own game of pool.

UPPER SCHOOL

Honor Symposium honors l1eroes Heroism is the theme of a new and exciting program at The Steward School this academic yea r. This unique interdisciplinary examination of philosophical and intellectual themes of heroism will be explored through selected readings, assignments, discussions and guest lectures. Students will be introduced to heroes rangi ng from the comic book variety to those w ho exhibit simple everyday acts of valor. The program includes a thematic tour through the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, examination of primary course materials from the Virginia Historical Society, and presentations by local heroes like Maj. Paul Kitchen , Lynchburg'S Police Chief, Chuck Bennett, POW Paul Galanti's wife, Phyllis, and Russell W ilson from the Richmond Symphony. The program is planned, coordinated and implemented by Honor Symposium Director louise Robertson and English Deparlment Chairman Brenda Turner.

The participants in the program are students in grades 9-11 chosen on the basis of a 3.0 grade pointaverage (GPA), self and faculty nominations. Students participating are :

The Ninlh Grade crew Ihal had fun al Ultra Zone and The Playmg FIeld were: Stephen Paulelle Paulelle, Rugene Paulelle ('pomor), Mall GOllwald, Andy Still, W,II Murray. f.had Qureshi, Emily Padow, Michael MasLaros, T,k,a Bonner, i<ulh Williams, Taylor Collier, Chuck Rothman.

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9th Grade:

Stephen Paulette Fahad Qureshi Michael Maszaros Ashleigh McLaurin

10th Grade:

Sara Rossmoore Laura Ward Chris Hagy JeniWoodall Catherine Woody

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Activities

Andy Slit! and Matt Goltwald take a break (rom playing darts at "The Playillg Field.'

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Fun and Friends Go Together

by Tikia Bonner (grade 91

The ninth grade plans to have fun this year. Our first outing _ was to Ultrazone and The Playing Field on October 21st. We left . . from school at 11 :15 a.m. and went directly to Ultrazone on Broad street. We played two laser games. Since we got there early enough, we were able to have the facilities to ourselves.

After the second game, we had lunch brought directly to us from "Checkers".

After lunch we proceeded to the "The Playing Field" in the Stein Mart Shopping Center. There we played pool, shuffleboard, darts, and fooseball, not to mention snacks if we wanted to munch some more.

Having tried all the games, we returned to Steward by 4:00 p.m. It was fun to get together as a class outside of school for a social event. More than half the class participated . The ninth grade is planning to have a monthly social gathering outside of school. Our second trip is to go bowling at Sunset Bowl.

After that, who knows ... maybe an overnight or a ski trip!

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A principal goal for Upper School remains the expansion of social opportunities for the students. The first event this year was an Upper School Social/Cookout on September 22 after the soccer game.Thanks to Mrs. Schott Oohn's mother), grade 9 room mother, we had 24 festive blue and gold balloons for our picniC tables. The weather did not cooperate, and our cookout became a "cook-in" in Room 24. However, we were excited to have over 50% of the Upper School student body come to the social. The brightest note was the large percentage of freshmen and sophomores.

A steering committee of students worked on and presented a constitution and election plans for a new student government organization to be called the SCA (Student Council Association), under the direction of Steve Stackhouse and Liz Shupe, our counselor. The fi nal plan was ratified by each of the Upper School classes. Student Govern ment elections followed.

Elected class officers include the following students: Grade 12: President Corbin Adamson, Vice-President Ellis Ann McClung, Secretary Kenya Young, and Treasurer Ben Reif; Grade 11 : President George Cauble, Vice-President Brian McGehee, Secretary Bruce Lafone, and Treasurer Shawn Lewis; Grade 10 President Aaron Payne, Secretary Chad Whitten, Secretary Meghan Hajek, and Treasurer Chris Hagy; and Grade 9: President Matt Gottwald, Vice-President Stephen Paulette; Secretary Tikia Bonner, Treasurer Fahad Qureshi, and historians Ashleigh Mclaurin and Jeremy Salken.

Classes have announced fund-raising as follows: Grade 9 is selling hamburgers, grade 11-hot dogs and grade 12- tacos.

Grade 11 plans to sponsor a facu lty-student basketball game again this yea r as well.

Two upper school classes have chosen to "adopt" a lower school class this year. Grade 12 has adopted grade 1; grade 10 has adopted grade 3 (their sister class from last year).

On October 24 , Grades 10 and 11 look the Preliminary Assessment Test (pSAn. This test was revised last year. The verbal section now has three parts: analogies, sentence completion, and critical reading; the antonym section is no longer a part of the test. The math section still includes computation and quantitative analysis sections plus a new student response section which requires the students to generate their own answers rather than select from multiple choices. Also new in this version of the test is the ability to use a calculator. Several of the students in Grade 12 took the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I) on Oct. 12. Others will take it in November, December or January. Juniors will be encouraged to do so in the spring. Stay tuned for relevant preparation and test dates!

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UPPER SCHOOL

Steward's Model United Nations Society faces a busy year The Steward School Model United Nations Society (TSSMUNS) is marking the 50th anniversary of the United Nations with participation in Model U.N. conferences at the United States Naval Academy, November 8-12 and at Old Dominion University, February 14-17, and by hosting the first Steward School Model United Nations (TSSMUN I ) April 26 & 27.

Nearly 40 students are involved in TSSMUNS for the 199596 school year, continuing a long tradition of Model U.N. activity at the School. Steward students have participated in 18 model United Nations conferences in the past 12 years. They have attended conferences at the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University, other high schools, and have attended the National High School Model U. N. in New York City on two occasions. In the process, Steward has eamed a strong reputation as a well prepared, powerful MUN force .

HOW A REPUTATION IS BUILT Model U.N. involves months of preparation, meeting this year during 8th period for individual and delegation research.

Preparation for MUN includes phone calls, letters and faxes to the embassies and consulates of countries Steward represents.

Students read newspapers, U.N. publications, periodicals and books on thei r topics.

Guest speakers help give the students a more subtle understandi ng of the views of other nations. John S. Williamson, father of 8th grade delegate Dan Williamson, addressed the students recently on U.N. refugee programs. He and his wife Jan are consultants to the U . N., and have worked with refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Rwanda, and have authored several U.N. publications including guidelines for working with refugee children, and a handbook on dealing with refugee children with AIDS .

Shahwar Qureshi, Steward alum and UVA graduate, has offered her expertise for the past two years. Shahwar was part of the Model U.N. programs at Steward and at UVA. She and her brother, UVA senior Faisal, also a Steward MUN alum, attended last year's UVAMUN with the Steward delegation as advisors.

They plan to join the Stewa rd delegation atODU in February as advisors and chaperones.

Delegates must know everything possible about the countries they represent. They study geography, religions, econom-

ies, trade, govemment, cu lture, international relations and problems in "their" nation. Steward students help each other byexplaining complex material and sharing research as a team, with more experienced delegates assisting the new students.

Each student delegate represents a country on one of several committees of the United Nations. Each committee simulation requires the delegates to have researched 2, 3 or 4 topics which are currently under consideration by the real United Nations. A delegate must be prepared to speak for or against resolutions, to write resolutions, to caucus with other delegates from other schools representing other nations, and to vote on issues as their country would vote.

The complexity of this activity is shown by the topies shown below, with the delegates who represent each nation for the Naval Academy MUN:

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Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Weapons Technology Transfer Chris Hines (Rwanda), Aaron Payne (Chad), Matt Gottwald (Chad) SECOND COMMITTEE

Review of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, International Intervention in fconomic Crisis Chad Whitten (U.K.), Blair Jacobsen (Rwanda), Sam Proffitt (Chad), Ned Trice (U.K.), Jessica Gray (Rwanda) THIRD COMMITTEE

Re-evaluation of the Infrastructure of Human Relief Operations, Ethnic Divisions and Conflicts Shannon Meade (U.K.), Dan Williamson (Rwanda), Camberly Pearson (Chad), liza Johnson (U. K.), Ifrah Nur (Rwanda), Meghan Hajek (C had) FOURTH COMMITTEE fast Timor, Northern Ireland Andy SliN (U.K.), John Schott (Rwanda), Lainie Haskell (Chad), Becky Meyerhoff (Rwanda), Rachel Whitten (C had) HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Human Rights Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Drew Cosby (U.K.), Michael Maszaros (Rwanda), Heather Cohn (U.K.), Jeni Woodall (Rwanda) UNITED NATIONS DEVElOPMENT PROGRAM

Non-Weapons Technology Transfer, Finandal Systems and Debt Repayment Forrest Hodge (U.K.), Shawn Lewis (Chad) CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Genocide, Crimes Against Peacekeepers Laura Ward (U.K.), Tricia Faust (U.K.) SECURITY COUNCil

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Restructuring of the Security Council George Cauble (U.K.), Travis Nida (Rwanda), Corbin Adamson (U.K.) INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Bosnian War Crimes Fahad Qureshi(U.K.), Chris Hagy (Guyana)

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Steward hosts its own MUN TSSMUN I will be offered to schools in the Richmond metro area because there is no high school conference in central Virginia. The Steward conference will be held on Friday evening, April 26, and all day Saturday, April 27 and will have limited participation of 200 students. "Parents are being asked to help because we will need all of the help and support we can find to make our first conference a success, " Ms. Meyer said. Parents of Model U.N. participants are asked to call Ms. Meyer at school so that a support group can be 0 p.m., with breaks for lunch and dinner. After the day's sessions end, delegates have a curfew requiring that they be in their hotel rooms shortly after the end of the night sessions.

Parents are always welcome at the conferences as observ. . ers. Friday afternoons and Saturdays are excellent times to ob_ serve. Parents of delegates and other Steward parents are invited to contact Ms. Meyer if they wish to attend.

This year Paul Ingraham, teacher of 7th grade English, is assisting Ms. Meyer as co-sponsor. Attending the Naval Academy conference as chaperones are Ann Maszaros, mother of Michael Maszaros, and Timothy Pearson, father of Camberly Pearson, along with Ms. Meyer and Mr. Ingraham .

8TH GRAD ERS SELECTED Model U.N. is a very challenging academic extra curricular activity for Upper School students and for a select group of Steward 8th graders. Early in the school year the Upper School delegates invite four 8th graders to take part in TSSMUNS. These 8th graders are chosen by vote based upon academic record , maturity, speaking ability, and potential contribution to the overall delegation. Chosen this year were Blair Jacobsen, Rachel Whitten, Jessica Gray and Da n Will iamson .

Selecting 8th graders helps to strengthen the MUN program by generating interest among middle schoolers. By the time the 8th graders enter Upper School, many of them are eager to take part in MUN, and are willing to do the work required to continue Steward's strong tradition of quality participa-

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Elected to lead TSSMUNS this year were Corbin Adamson, President; George Cauble, Vice President; Sam Proffitt, Secretary; Matt Gottwa ld, Treasurer; and Tricia Faust, Parliamentarian.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

The Middle School Advisor Program The Middle School Advisor Program is a central component in the education of pre-and early adolescents at Steward.

The Advisor is the faculty member most closely associated with the student and who has an in-depth knowledge of where the student is in his/her development, both academically and personally. The Advisor serves the student by being accessible; by being aware of the student's achievements, progress, and needs; and by serving as a facilitator of communication at all levelsfaculty, parents, and administration. The Advisor's primary task is to be a listener, a sounding-board for the advisee on all aspects of his or her life at the School. Advisors are not expected to be amateur psychiatrists or to take on situations that are beyond their training or expertise. In most instances, the advisee simply needs someone to listen, someone who can help him/her to resolve a problem, to give another perspective. The role of the Advisor is to be a mature and responsible adult who can convey a view that cannot be seen or has not been experienced by the young adolescent. Our students need a sympathetic adult in their lives at school, and that is the role played by the Advisor at Steward.

The role of the Head of the Middle School is to directly supervise the Middle School Advisors, and to make clear the central role that adviSing plays in the professional lives of teachers, especially at the Middle School level. The Advisor should be an important communications link with parents on a relatively frequent basis. The Advisor and teachers must work closely together in order that the former can have a clear picture of the overall status of the student in all classes. The individua l teacher is the primary communicator with parents when the status in a particular class is of concern; the Advisor, however, is to keep parents informed of a student's general status in all courses, and to work with students in such areas as time management, organizational skills, and general suggestions to bring about improvement The weekly schedule allows for Advisories to meet as a group each Tuesday, and individual one-on-one meetings are scheduled at other times during the week. The Tuesday meetings are designed to discuss broad issues of school life such as the Honor Code, social issues, and school spirit, while the individual conferences are devoted to specific academic or personal issues relevant to that particular student.

The dilemma we have faced this year is that the schedule was devised in the spring to provide mid-morning "break" time for the students, but the Advisories were originally schedu led to meet during the Tuesday and Thursday breaks. The break is needed by students, and therefore Advisories have been adjusted to allow breaks to occu r. Because we believe strongly in the need for both to occur, we will continue to make adjustPAGE 5

ments throughout the present year, and will plan to modify the schedule for the next academic year to address more satisfactorily the needed time for both.

School Resources (i.e., library, etc.) - Rachel Griffin Presentation Consultant - Lynn Zinder Other - Bettsie Miller

.E.ach Adviso~ keeps a folder on each advisee as a way of complh ng an on-gOing record of the advisee over time. The advisee ca n request a change of Advisor if the situation seems to warrant it, but usually the Advisor/advisee relationship will remain from yea r to yea r.

noti~n that the parents and the School are in a partnership to

. A~demic classes and the classroom experience deal primarily With the cerebra l and intellectual life of the School and student. A good AdviSOry program is essential to the soul of a school. ~lI schools offer En?lish, mathematics, science, etc., yet the varymg degrees to which they succeed, to which they are perceived as ugood schools," is often determined by the degree to which students-and faculty-feel they belong, that someone puts value on their viewpOint, that they have a sense of place at that school. Everyone should believe that his/her being there cou nts, and a healthy and active advisor program is a major focal point for deve loping that attitude. We wi ll continue to emphasize the importance of a strong program here at Steward , and any weaknesses that presently exist in the way of access to students or com muni cation with parents will be addressed. Our goal wi ll be to assure a strong, active, and helping Advisory program in the weeks and months ahead.

LOWER SCHOOL

The Big IDEA The Big IDEA (Individually Designed Educational Adventure) is a semester long thematic independent study for students in Grades 3 through 5. The program provides our students the opportunities to study areas of interest in greater depth. The Adventure is coord inated with a faculty guide and requires family participation . Designed to tap local resources outside the School, the program includes field trips, research, informational interviews and other projects. The Big IDEA concludes with student presentations and a se mester end rece ption to honor the participants. Twelve students have initially been invited to partiCipate in this program. The goal is to allow every student to participate at sometime between Grades 3 and 5.

Experience tells us that with the proper motivation or spark, students can take on just about any task. The Big IDEA provides yet one more venue for our students to meet with success and discover their own strengths in our caring and nurturing environment.

Whether teaching other students, or collaborating with teachers or parents, the students w ithin the program will learn by using every resource ava ilable. It wi ll be the responsibili ty of the team (student, parent and teacher) to identify resources within the community and the school including the library, software, internet possibilities, "family field trips" and others.

THE TEAM

Involving parents in The Big IDEA is consiste nt with the proVide the most effective educational experience possible for our students.

Initially, the Lower School faculty identified students whom they believe wou ld benefit most from the experience. This process considered past performance, testscores, and demonstrated ar~as of expertise. Each student participating must have the permission and support of his/her parents.

An interview process wi th the parentis), faculty guide and student was utilized in selecti ng research areas. Topics students have chosen this first semester include the following: Noah Schnoll (3) ....................................... Computer storage Katherine Levy (3) ....................................................... Horses Philip Gia nfortoni (3) ...................... The use of math in space Jonathan Ca uble (3) ............... Primates: how smart are they?

Jordan Effron (4) ......................... Chemicals - liquid nitrogen (Cryogenics) Amy Strickland (4) ....................... Hospital care of newborns, birth to discharge Brad Souder (4) ................................................... Architecture Dory Klein (4) .......................................... Colonial Medicine . .

Matthew Stainback (5) ................................................ Hockey _ Alex Benson (5) ............................................. Skate Boarding Brian Meyers (5) ....................... Civil War - impact of money on the armies Hunter Sears (5) ............................ Tennis - rules of the game A member of the faculty will meet with each partici pant on a bi-weekly basis. The faculty "guides" will help with putting form and structure to the process and the final presentation. A reception Thursday evening, January 11 ,1996 will take place for parents and participants at which time student presentations will be shared. The following day our students will share hi s/her project with the Lowe r School.

LOWER SCHOOL

Fourth Graders go to Henricus The fourth grade took a trip to Henricus, a fort founded in

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better living conditions. The students were allowed to experience the dress, games and customs of a time long ago.

Under the supervision of teacher, Estelle Grossman and helpful parent drivers Mrs.Souder, Mrs. Effron, Mrs. Baronian, Mrs. Cannella, and Mrs. Henley, the class had a beautiful day to explore thei r past

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-reaching through theatre This year's theme at The Steward School Theatre is "Teaching Through Theatre". Theatre has the significant power to instrucllarge masses of people as well as entertain them. The first of these entertaining educational pieces was successfully performed by the fifth grade. "The Marvelous Machine" was a play about the body and how its wondrous parts work together. The students in the cast were very creative and made use of their imaginations on their journey through the body. The set was minimal requiring the children to use their bodies to create the organs such as the heart, lungs, stomach, and the brain. The fifth grade worked very hard and it paid off with a terrific perfor-

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mance! They all deserve a big round of applause ... so here they are in alphabetical order: Alex Benson, Chris Byrne, Robert Fritzman, Blake Frostick, Tally Gregory, Megan Hodges, Ali Hord, Sean Jackson, Sabrina Jackson, Peyton Lannon, Brian Meyers, Austin Pittman, Carter Saunders, Philipp SchmidtUllrich, Hunter Sears, Matthew Stainback, Allison Strickland, Andrew Ware, Aynsley Wilton. Bravo for a job well done !

The second educational, entertaining piece of theatre was performed by the third grade class. This play was adapted from an African story called "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" written by John Steptoe. This story teaches the audience that we should be modest and treat others as we would like to be treated. The third grade class made beautiful vines, flowers and bushes in Mrs. Zinder's art class to decorate the set. The imaginative cast also created the different settings of the story by using their bodies to become trees, a stone, a hut, and the river. Every student should be very proud of the successful performance.

The cast of "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" included (in alphabetical order) : Jonathan Barzel, Paul Bishop, Lissie Cain, Jonathan Cauble, Robert Dwyer, Ford Fischer, Jesse Freedman, Kate Garner, Philip Gianfortoni, Leigh Greene, Morgan Hutchinson, Kate Kristofak, Moshe Levi, Katherine Levy, Steven Major, Rachael Meyers, Artis Mills, Sarath Nathan, Sarah Newcomb, Alison Norton, Andrew Rose, Noah Schnoll, Jessica Williamson, Annie Wise. Great work on a job well done!

The third play this fall is the Upper School production of "Voices from the High School." The dates of this play are November 17, 18 at 8:00 p.m. and November 19 at 3 :00 p.m.

Ticket prices are $4.00 for adults and $1.00 for children under 12 years of age when accompanied by an adult. You can buy your tickets at the door. Seating is on a first come first serve basis. The show's running time is about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The performance is a series of scenes and monologues dealing with the issues facing today's high school students. Some of the issues are first love, breaking up, peer pressure, suicide, and sexuality. Due to the subject matter this show is not appropriate for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Fifth graders should be advised that the play deals with issues of adolesence.

This play will make you laugh, cry, and celebrate life in high school. The cast is wonderful and the crew has worked very hard to make this play educational as well as entertaining. The students involved are: Elizabeth Sumner, Molly Sauer, Corbin Brierre, Becky Meyerhoff, Jessica Gray, Susan Braunshteyn, Welly Sanders, Sara Rossmoore, Camberly Pearson, Taylor Collier, Alice Avent, Stephen Paulette, Jeni Woodall, Lisa McComas, David Becker, Jennifer Latourelle, Taylor Hord, Aaron Payne, Fahad Qureshi, Andy Stitt, Shannon Meade, Michelle Whitaker, Toni Turkal, Christy Hunton, Drew Cosby, Adam Graves, Chris Drzal, Michael Maszaros, Charlotte Sullivan, Ben Wolff, Brantley Scott, Tricia Faust, Caitlin Rossmoore, Laura Slabaugh, Sally Anne Stratton, Christine Beil, Anusha Abbasi, Catherine Beil, and Josh Goldberg. All students, parents, and friends of Steward are invited to come to The Steward School Theatre productions.

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ATHLETICS

BOOSTER CLUB

Fall athletic wrap up

The athletic department wants to publicly thank the Boostere Club for purchasing the new athletic uniforms the boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams will be wearing this season. Also, the middle and upper school cheering squads will be sporting new uniforms.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER

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The 1995 middle school soccer squad amassed the best record in recent memory with an 8-4-1 overall finish. The team posted victories over st Vincent de Paul, Collegiate "B", Covenant, FredericksburgAcademy, and Tandem. The team remained undefeated at home. The offense was led by Walter Wash, the team's leading scorer, and the defense was anchored by Will Perkins. Congratulations to the team and Coach Childress for an awesome seasonl

VARSITY SOCCER The varsity soccer team concluded the season with a 4th place finish in the Virginia Commonwealth Conference(VCC) tournament The season began with the 9th annual Steward Invitational. After a disappointing first round loss, the Spartans defeated New Comrnunity to claim third place. The team concluded the season with an overall record of 5-11 -2 and a VCC record of 2-6-1. At season's end, the team defeated St. Vincent de Paul in the first round of the tournament before falling to st Anne's in the semi-final round. Sam Proffitt and Shawn Lewis were chosen to the VCC All-Conference Team and George Cauble was elected to the VCC All-Academic Team.

FI ELD HOCKEY The field hockey team opened the season at the Tri nity Tip-Off Tournament. The team played Norfolk Collegiate and Nansemond Suffolk, and although they were unable to claim a victory, Steward did have senior Ellis Ann McClung and eighth grader Blair Jacobsen (the first middle school student to be named to this squad) named to the AII-Toumament Team. Throughout the 7-9-2 season, the team posted victories over St. Catherine's Jv, VEs and St. Margaret's. The team achieved a 3-3 League of Independent Schools (LIS) Division II record and tied VEs for second place behind Trinity. Tara Garner was the team's leadi ng scorer with nine goals and first year goalie, Jessica Gray, had 98 "saves. " At the tournament, the team had a heartbreaking 1-2 overtime loss to VEs in the semi-finals. The game was a well-played, hard fought contest. Steward had three players named to the LIS Division II All-Star Team : seniors Tara Garner and Ellis Ann McClung as well as junior Lainie Haskell.

CROSS COUNTRY CLUB Steward started a cross country club under the leadership of coach Todd Serr and volunteer coach, Brenda Turner_ The team participated in matches with Huguenot Academy and Fredericksburg Academy, and went to the state tournament. The members of the club were Trent Mclaurin, Cynthia Johns, Fahad Qureshi, and Ruth Williams. The club will gain team status next fall.

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Library undergoes a facelift The Steward School library has undergone a facelift Thanks to the Parents' Association's generous donation, new tables, cushioned backed chairs, book shelves, magazine and college catalog shelves, bean bag chairs, and a computer table have been added to enhance the room. The existing book shelves were painted, and picture frames were purchased to display student art work along the Lower School wall of the library.

The library committee, chaired by Susan Greene, has been very busy. It sponsored a fall book fair, and decorated the library's

bulletin board for "Back to School Night" and the months of October and November.

National Children's Book Week was celebrated Novem-e ber 13-17. Parents entertained students in the Lower School with their favorite childhood stories. Each child made a button representing his/her favorite story or storybook character. The buttons were judged by each participating class member and prizes were awarded. Every student in the Lower School received a certificate of participation and a coupon from Hardee's.

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Helpful books and events for parents A special bookshelf for parents is becoming a reality in the library. The ultimate goal is to have a section of Parent Information and Education. One short, but powerful newsletter called Parenting InSights addresses many relevant issues facing the students and parents ofThe Steward School. Articles include: "Getting a handle on homework," "Lying," "Conversations that go somewhere, " "Getting kids to help at home," etc. _ Available for the lower school parents is a series of value communication books highlighting a famous personality who personifies a particular value such as: The Value of Believing in Yourself - the story of Louis Pasteur, The Value of Determination The Story of Helen Keller, etc.

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appropriate for middle school parents. The books outline a procedure parents ca n learn to empower the child to sta nd up for im/herself and addresses critical issues of drugs, saying "no" and keeping friends, tolerance, and peer pressure. Other books are Parenting Teens with Love and Logic, Bringing Up a Moral Child and Self-Esteem - A Family Affair. Recommendations to Liz Shupe are needed and appreciated.

SPECIAL EVENTS: Thursday, January 18, 1996 - Women's Resource Center, 7-9 pm: Mothers of Adolescent Girls: Dr. Norma Caruso will address the difficulties of the female adolescent defining herself in today 's complex society. Fee:$35.

Saturday, March 2, 1996 - St. Catherine's, 8 am-3 pm:

Empowering Girls: Strategies for Parents and Teachers: Keynote: Dr. Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls and Hunger Pains: The American Women's Tragic Quest for Thinness. no charge.

STUDENT LIFE

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Congratulations to fourth grader Ida Henley and seventh grader Steven Seivard for acq u i ri ng thei rfi rst degree black belts in Karate'. In order to attain black belt status, students are required to respond to commands requiring mental and physical speed and accuracy. Way to go, you two.

Another Champion in The Steward family is eighth grader Ben Foley. Drag racing for about three years, Ben " has won first place a lot." He was also "runner up" at a national junior drag race in Indianapolis, Indiana competing in a field of 500 racers !

Ben races at the Dinwiddie Virginia Motor Sports Park. Good job!

Alumna Ginny Chalkley ('92) made the AII-ODAC (O ld Dominion Athletic Conference) second team for Field Hockey.

A senior goalkeeper and dean's list student at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Ginny is also the daughter of our own Mrs. Ginger Chalkley, first grade teacher. Like mother, like daughter!

The major fund-raiser for The Steward School is the Auction. Please plan to attend and bring your checkbook! Mastercard and Visa will be accepted!

Deadline for items donated to be printed in Auction Booklet is December 7, 1995 Needed: Frequent Flyer tickets, any special trips, jewelryantique or new

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GRADE 1 GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Wolff GRADE 6 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Strickland GRADE 3 - Mrs. Whitely GRADE 8 GRADE 4 GRADE 11 GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 2 GRADE 3 - Mrs. Cross

Annual Fund kicks off its 19951996 campaign Russell Perkins is chairing the Annual Fund Campaign for the second year, he and his team selected a very enthusiastic group of parent volunteers to call on behalf of this year's Annual Fund. Parent volunteers called for six nights beginning on Monday, October 16. A total of 262 calls were made, and pledges from 169 parents came to a grand total of ,$SO,301.75. All constituencies who have not yet pledged will be receiving a pledge card in the mail. Please respond favorably. This year, grandparents will receive a speCial request from honorary chairman Frank Perdue.

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We are pleased to have Mr. Frank Perdue of Salisbury, Maryland (grandfather of one of our students) chair the grandparent's segment of this year's campaign. All grandparents will be receiving a letter from Mr. Perdue asking them to make a pledge to the Annual Fund Campaign. We plan to publish a running tally in each issue of The Blue and Gold to show the percentage participation for our grandparents in each class.

As of November 7, 1995, we have recei is in pledges and contributions from a total of 1 compares to $53,286.31 on this date one year ago. The percentage of increase in pledges from past donors is impressive, an increase of 42.79% over last year.

In the interest of healthy competition, we are tracking class participation. The overall percentage is 70%, with the Grade 1 currently in first place with 85 .71%. Help your favorite class climb to the top!

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The Fine Arts Fair

(far Jch) Chelsea Hodges, Ali Hard, Carter Saunders, Amy Strickland exhIbit their talents to produce a karaoke recording. (left) Jordan Effron found woodburning at the Fme Arts I alf to be an mteresting project.

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own computerized composition. (far right) A t'ex Duty is involved in -CfI ng a unique keychain using the craft of leather tooling.

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(far left) Upper Schoolers Sara Rossmoore and Camberly Pearson, with the help of Stephanie Pauletle, shared their expertise by teachmg jennifer Gray and JeSSIe Sadler the Indian craft of Dream Catchers. (left) Sculpey clay became a fascinating medium to Coleman Abbott, Robert Fritzman, and Ali Hard as they created beautiful necklaces.

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Thanksgiving Program Dismissal 12:00 noon Thanksgiving Break School resumes Parents' Association Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

End of Marking Period 2 in grades 8-12 Reading Day for grades 8-12 Exams for grades 8-12 End of Marking Period 2 in grades 6 & 7 Holiday Program - 7:30 p.m. - gym Holiday Break Report Cards mailed for grades 6-12 School resumes Parents' Association Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m.

Grade 8 Parents' Meeting - 7:30 p.m. - library No School Grade 4 Play - 9:00 a.m .

Grade 4 Play presented at Children's Museum School Spelling Bee