SEVEN HILLS The Buzz

January 14 2013

A Brief Word from Chris Garten

Inside this BuzzSpring semester of Beginnings 2Upcoming Creating Conversations 2 Upper School News 4Middle School News 5 Lotspeich News 6Doherty News 8

Books for Lunch presents award-winning alumna author Curtis Sittenfeld Feb 7-8

Join us for Dohertyrsquos 2nd Annual Unified for Unifat Pancake Breakfast amp Student-Created Art Auction Sat Feb 2 9-11 am Details on page 3

Curtis Sittenfeld rsquo93 is the author of the best-selling novels American Wife Prep and The Man of My Dreams which have been trans-lated into 25 languages with more than 16 million copies in print Prep was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times and American

Wife was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2008 by Time People and Entertainment Weekly both were nominated for the UKrsquos Orange Prize

Curtisrsquos non-fiction has appeared in many publications including The New York Times The Atlantic Monthly

Photo by Jerry Bauer

Salon Slate Glamour and on public radiorsquos ldquoThis American Liferdquo A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writersrsquo Workshop and recipient of a Michen-er-Copernicus Society of America Award Curtis has interviewed Michelle Obama for Time appeared as a guest on NPRrsquos ldquoFresh Airrdquo and CBSrsquos ldquoEarly Showrdquo and been a strangely easy ldquoJeopardyrdquo answer

Lecture Luncheon amp Book SigningFriday February 8 2013 1100 am

Cintas Center at Xavier University

Dinner with Curtis SittenfeldThursday February 7 2013 630 pm

At the home of Nancy amp John Silverman

For more information please contact Books for Lunch 2013 Committee Chairs Christine Cho or Kerrin Antonsson at booksforlunch7hillsorg Make your reservation online at seatyourselfbiz7hillsbanquet

Lots of Stinger Spirit at Middlelsquos Spirit NightArticle and photos are on page 5

After 18 months of research and deliberation the Middle and Upper School faculties have adopted a new teaching schedule for the 2013-14 school year The principal change is that classes will meet less of-ten for longer periods of time two 80-minute and one 40-minute meetings per week instead of five 40-minute meetings The schedule will also provide more ldquocom-munity timerdquo when all teachers and students are free which will greatly facilitate studentsrsquo access to teachers for one-on-one support

We anticipate that the new schedule will substantially reduce the frenzy of daily life students will experience fewer transitions during the day and will have fewer homework assignments to prepare each night More im-portantly the longer class meetings will accommodate more discovery-based learning extended research and collaboration consistent with the principles enumerated in our Seven Hills Method

In the coming months the division and department heads will orchestrate a series of in-service experiences for teachers to provide training on how to plan engag-ing lessons in these longer teaching periods We will also devote the bulk of the summer curriculum grant resources to enable teachers to design units to take full advantage of this re-configuration of time

Many thanks to the scheduling committees led by Bill Waskowitz and Nick Francis who brought this to frui-tion

Chris Garten Head of School

page 2

The Buzz is deeply indebted to all of the photographersmdashfacultystaff and parentsmdashwho share with us their wonderful images from school events and activities in and out of the classroom Thank you for generously sharing your time and talent

Please send news and images for the Buzz to Editor Kathy Deubell at kathydeubell7hillsorg

This year Seven Hills launched Beginnings a program designed specifically for parents and their children ages 12 to 36 months as a Pre-Kindergarten readiness opportunity

Beginnings is designed and led by Seven Hillsrsquo team of early childhood teacher and counselor experts Children and their parents work together on a weekly basis as they explore discover and create in an age-appropriate and stimulating learning environment Beginnings is rich with experiences focused on developing motor skills exploring early language and literacy and en-couraging socialization Parents can gain insight and resources from early childhood experts to help them guide their children at home ldquoIn our first semester we saw children begin to build confidence expand their understanding of

social cues and work alongside their caregivers to paint build bake read and singrdquo said Julie Brackett Beginnings Director ldquoBeginnings is a fantastic way to introduce toddlers to a structured learning environment that fosters their already keen and curious mindsrdquo The 12-week Spring semester of Beginnings is starting on Jan 23 Each weekly session runs from 9 am to 11 am at both campuses For more information visit www7hillsorgbeginnings or call 513-728-2336 The program is open to the public and space is limited

Spring semester of Beginnings starts Jan 23

creATING cONVerSATIONS

PRESENTS

Brain Development in ChilDren a Closer look

Setting Children Up for SUCCeSS

Building Blocks language amp literacy for life

Ready Set GO What dOeS it Mean tO be Ready fOR SchOOl

THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL SpEakEr SErIES

David Walsh PhD nationally-recognized authority on children teens parenting family life and the impact of technology on childrenrsquos health and development and best-selling author of nine books including Why Do They Act That Way A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen and No Why Kidsmdashof All AgesmdashNeed to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say it

Dr Lisa Kuan Cincinnati area pediatrician

Ann Anzalone nationally-recognized consultant on learning styles educational plans and academic performance

Expert panel including Speech amp Language Therapist Nancy Fluharty and Seven Hills School Early Childhood Counselors and Educators

Expert panel of Seven Hills School Childhood Counselors and Educators

We invite you your family and friends to join us for one or more of these fascinating sessions For more information about the free-of-charge series and to register for the events please call 5137282363 or visit www7hillsorgCreatingConversations

Oct 25 2012 700 pm Smart Parenting Smarter KidS

NOv 15 2012 400 pm

JAN 25 2013 845 Am

FEB 28 2013 700 pm

ApR 18 2013 400 pm

The Seven Hills School Speaker Series5 1 3 7 2 8 2 3 6 3

For more information or to reserve your spot visit www7hillsorgCreatingConversations or call

creATING cONVerSATIONS

PRESENTS

Brain Development in ChilDren a Closer look

Setting Children Up for SUCCeSS

Building Blocks language amp literacy for life

Ready Set GO What dOeS it Mean tO be Ready fOR SchOOl

THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL SpEakEr SErIES

David Walsh PhD nationally-recognized authority on children teens parenting family life and the impact of technology on childrenrsquos health and development and best-selling author of nine books including Why Do They Act That Way A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen and No Why Kidsmdashof All AgesmdashNeed to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say it

Dr Lisa Kuan Cincinnati area pediatrician

Ann Anzalone nationally-recognized consultant on learning styles educational plans and academic performance

Expert panel including Speech amp Language Therapist Nancy Fluharty and Seven Hills School Early Childhood Counselors and Educators

Expert panel of Seven Hills School Childhood Counselors and Educators

We invite you your family and friends to join us for one or more of these fascinating sessions For more information about the free-of-charge series and to register for the events please call 5137282363 or visit www7hillsorgCreatingConversations

Oct 25 2012 700 pm Smart Parenting Smarter KidS

NOv 15 2012 400 pm

JAN 25 2013 845 Am

FEB 28 2013 700 pm

ApR 18 2013 400 pm

The Seven Hills School Speaker Series5 1 3 7 2 8 2 3 6 3

For more information or to reserve your spot visit www7hillsorgCreatingConversations or call

page 3

Evite created by Linley Dawson Unit III

In addition to the efforts for Unified for Unifat in all divisions Seven Hills students and teachers reach out to members of our local community with meaningful service throughout the year Just one example is the preparing and serving of breakfast one Saturday per month at Bethany House by volunteer teams among our students teachers and their families

Bethany House is an organization that works to provide a full range of housing education and supportive social services to homeless and disad-vantaged women and children httpwwwbethanyhouseservicesorg

This is the fifth consecutive year for Seven Hillsrsquo service at Bethany House Math Department Chair Anne Ramsay said in an email to faculty at the start of the school year ldquoWe typically prepare and serve breakfast then play with the children at Bethany House We arrive at 900 and depart at 1030 am on each date This is a great opportunity for you and a subset of the Seven Hills community to get together to do some meaningful volunteer workmdashperfect for your division department advisory group sports team family etc I hope that you will consider joining us for this fun rewarding service opportunityrdquo If interested contact anneramsay7hillsorg

Upperrsquos Service Club recently collected toys for the children at Bethany

Volunteer service in our local community

Students from Linda Fordrsquos advisory and Service Club Zach Abra-ham Katie Shen Emma Uible Kyle Patel Mia Sa-maha Bethany Buck and Allie Baretta Break-fast was fol-lowed by play and games with the children

At right Lotspeich faculty Natalie Wil-liams Kristen Feeney Karli Ferone and Carolyn Fox volunteering at Bethany House

page 4

A look at whatrsquos happening at Upper SchoolSee page 5 for Middle School page 6 for Lotspeich amp page 8 for Doherty

Junior Connor Rouan was interviewed by Bill Cunningham on WLW radio on Dec 21 about his annual outdoor decorating of his home with some 20000+ lights and music Connor decided to donate pro-ceeds from the 20-minute light-and-music display to the Newtown CT Memorial Fund He was also featured on Fox 19

News and Channel 9 News The Fox 19 interview httpwwwfox19comstory20412153local-teen-raises-money-through-light-show

On Jan 7 two Procter amp Gamble reps gave a presen-tation to Tim Drewrsquos Psychology class about market-ing strategies and targeting purchasing groups for PampG products The presentation by Jason Woods (Puffs Marketing Specialist) and Travis Withers (Char-min Assistant Brand Manager Puffs Assistant Brand Manager New ConAgra Brand Manager) showed the Psychology class the use of understanding hu-man behaviors patterns and the links to the business worldmdashthe business of cost efficiency and targeting the correct consumer needs They were high energy very informative and put PampG in a positive light

For the first time in Seven Hills history bowlingmdashthe fastest growing sport in the MVCmdashwas offered as a varsity winter sport Off to a great start the team won its first match against Summit on Dec 5

Thanks to biology teacher Bar-bara Scarr for these images

photographed with an iPad during microscope lab frog blood (left) and amoeba

We love this example of ldquopupil paintingsrdquomdashpart of the eye padiPad project in Diane Kruerrsquos Materials amp Design class

English 10 Honors and English 12 students are now receiving both visual and audio grading of their essays through teacher Nate Gleinerrsquos use of the

screencasting iPad app Explain Everything which en-ables him to provide spoken suggestions and clarifica-tion to accompany his written notes He creates mp4 files for the students to view the oral and visual grading in realtime as a Quicktime file

The following is an excerpt from the article ldquoSeibold Organizes Lunch Time Tutoring Programrdquo by sophomore Alex Hunter in the Dec 19 online Canvass (http7hillscanvassorg) ldquoOn Nov 8 a group of 40 Seven Hills students traveled to the John P Parker School in Madisonville during their lunch break to tutor elementary school students The trip was the second session of the new tutoring program organized by junior Jessica Seibold [who] said lsquoFrom what I have been told most of these kids have never had any one-on-one reading or math help The feedback from our con-tacts at Parker has been very positive My hope is that we can develop a long-term relationship between Parker and Seven Hills While this year represents a good first step I think we will be able to build on it in future yearsrsquordquo

To celebrate the end of the first semester Linda Ford invited us to her Chemistry Honors classes for a very cool demonstration of the intriguing glass curiosity Prince Rupertrsquos Drop Itrsquos a classic spectacular dem-

onstration of both the great strength and the vulner-ability of glass that has been rapidly cooled from the molten state Tension in the glass (and class) with a shattering finish

Math teacher and Service Club Advi-sor Barbara VanderLaan shared this photo of seniors Allie Baretta Rachel White Elizabeth Young and junior Jessica Seibold serving lunch at Our Daily Bread on Jan 4 See page 3 for news of volunteering at Bethany House

page 5 For the latest Upper School news go to http7hillscanvassorg

A look at whatrsquos happening at Middle School

Congratulations to eighth grader Shane DiGiovanna winner of the Middle School Ge-ography Bee and to seventh grader Nate Rising the runner-up

Eighth grade art students are creating stop motion animations with their iPads

Sixth grade Latin students are using their iPads to cre-ate podcast infomercials (using music images vocal persuasion) to ldquosellrdquo a Roman godgoddess of their choice use a flashcard app that lets students quiz themselves on weekly vocabulary create an e-news-paper depicting life in ancient Rome and more

Senate Heads Charlie Gold-smith and Nate Rising led the Middle School in collecting for the Caring Place Drive with whom Middle

has a long-standing relationship They collected a large amount of toys warm clothing and nonperish-able food items from a generous student body

The 2012-13 eighth grade class made a significant donation of $800 to The Caring Place The proceeds were from their Halloween dance on Oct 26 Repre-sentative Henry Marquardt presented the check to The Caring Place Director Ceal Bellman at Middlersquos closing assembly before winter break

It was a great Athletic Boosters Middle School Spirit Night on Dec 14 The event included recognition of Middlersquos winter athletes and coaches (a big crowd pleaser was the awesome cartwheeling entrance of the gymnasts) JV and varsity boys basketball vs Cincinnati Christian lots of spirited support for our Upper School athletes and Penn Station East Coast Subs

page 6

A look at whatrsquos happening at Lotspeich

Fifth grader Ethan Risingrsquos wonderfully detailed article on his experience at the recent Ohio Young Birders Conference was published Dec 12 on the blog site (The Eyrie) of the American Birding Association Ethanrsquos article bio and comments on his article are at httpbirdingtypepadcom youngbirders2012122012-ohio-young-birders-conferencehtmlcomments

The annual fourth grade Medieval Feast on Dec 19 was a grand celebration of the novel Door in the Wall by Marguerite deAngeli The feast included a presenta-tion by NKU professor Margo Jang (above at left) Many thanks to all of our parent volunteers who helped to make it such a successful event

On Dec 12 amp14 first through third graders enjoyed their lessons in the Kalnow Gym with three karate instructors from Mastinrsquos School of Martial Arts

Second graders did a wonderful job of presenting their musical ldquoDecember lsquoRound the Worldrdquo

The kindergarten students of teachers Karen Martin and Theresa Cohen invited their parents to an open house Dec 18 The Celebration of Lights celebrated the winter holidays of Christmas Hanukkah Diwali Kwanzaa Santa Lucia Las Posadas and Chinese New Year

More photos

page 7

Spanish teacher Megan Hayes has high energy classes using the teaching method TPRS or Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling Ges-tures movement repetition and a great deal of en-ergy are crucial components of this holistic strategy Sentildeora Hayes told us that these kindergartners were ldquosinging our lsquoCome and See Our Farm=iexclVengan a

More images of second gradersrsquo delightful ldquoDecember lsquoRound the Worldrdquo

Ver mi Granjarsquo song and doing the motions that go with it Then we were playing a version of follow the leader in Spanish with actions lsquoRun Run Run with Sentildeorarsquo In Spanish lsquoCorre corre corre con Sentildeorarsquo Then ldquoDance Walk Jump Fly with Mersquo in Spanishrdquo Lots of energy fun and learning

page 8

A look at whatrsquos happening at Doherty

Congratulations to fifth grader and CCM Prep Depart-ment student Kevin Wang for his outstanding perfor-mance at the very competitive Kentucky Music Teacher Association Bluegrass Elementary Piano Competition at Morehead State University He finished second in this competition and received honorable mention Kevin is one of the recipients for the Cincinnati Symphony Club Scholarship offered by CCM Kevin is looking forward to playing keyboard in the Middle School Instrumental Ensemble

supporting this organization for a number of years Unit II would like to thank the par-ent volunteers that assisted in this special projectrdquo

Units I-II Coordinator Elisa MacKenzie said ldquoUnit I children made scarves for Open Door Ministry lo-cated at the Church of the Advent in East Walnut Hills Parent volunteers helped them to tie the fringe into knots As they tied they thought of adding a little knot of love on each fringe

so that the recipient would be warm physically and also in their heartsrdquo

Mrs MacKenzie continued ldquoUnit II made blankets for their service project this year The blankets were delivered to Open Door Ministry Doherty has been

Unit III Coordinator and math teacher Vaish-ali Sarbhoy told us ldquoPart of the fifth grade curriculum is a three-day experience at Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center Each day trail groups ventured into the 1000-acre out-door classroom with their naturalist-teachers for biotic explorations Students learned about the environment and about how to protect it through hands-on teaching methods and authentic experiences Students searched for macro-invertebrates in the streams to de-termine water health They also explored na-tive ecosystems to connect with their natural environment

ldquoThey worked together to meet wasted food goals in the dining hall to learn about the importance of conservation The Glen Helen trip emphasizes cooperation and teamwork and was a great learning experi-ence for allrdquo

page 9

Mrs Sarbhoy also told us ldquoOn the morning of Dec 7 the fourth graders participated in the concluding part of the Friendship unit by learning ethnic games from different cultures The classrooms were busy with students playing the arrow game (Native American) dreidel game (Jewish American) cat and mouse game (Hispanic American) and the lion dance (Asian American) In the hallway [above] students raced each other while holding a spoon balancing a potato on it (Irish American) while some tried to do the limbo under a jumprope (African American)

ldquoThe students participated in another interesting new Social Awareness programmdash lsquoThe Happiness Proj-ectrsquomdashinspired by the book by Gretchen Rubin Unit III teacher Patty Dawson led the students to look at a lsquoHappiness Declarationlsquo and discussed the mean-ing of being happy and how you can do things to achieve even more happiness in life The students were asked to choose three lsquotoolsrsquo for their toolboxes from the following options what inspires them mak-ing a resolution finding a personal value a to-do list lsquosecret of childhoodrsquo (what they have learned so far) and lsquohappiness hackrsquo (share a tip) The students will be working on a journal assignment for a week to write one sentence daily on what they are thankful for and a positive event in their livesrdquo

Next page Winter Program

Librarian Linda Wolfe hosted the Beginnings group of toddlers and parents in the Doherty Library with the help of Mrs Claybournrsquos second grade class The stu-dents presented the book All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tafuri with stick puppets that they enjoyed handing out to small ones after the presentation

Unit I student Zanele Ivanschits-Cortes and her mother spoke to students about living in South Africa Zanele and her mother shared photos

and memories about people animals and the way of life in this beautiful part of the world

Dohertyrsquos 2nd Annual Unified for Unifat Pancake Breakfast amp Student Art Auction is Sat Feb 2 Details on page 3

Kirby Schuchterrsquos first grade class is study-ing US symbols and incorporating math and graphing into their Social Studies unit They are making predictions on whether the students (if they stood shoulder to shoulder) would be longer shorter or equal to the Statue of Libertyrsquos foot which is 25 feet long They tried it and then graphed their results Her toes themselves are 59 inches long

On the afternoon of Dec 6 24 Unit III students ventured out to Rockquest Climb-ing Center with the Doherty Outdoor Program to go rock climbing The students received instruction on the equipment techniques and the safety of rock climbing Some students attempted to reach the top of their 40-foot walls while others mastered the task of boulder-ing and were able to boulder over the top of their center rock wall A wonderful time

To gear up for their unit on geometry and to celebrate the holidays Amy Kulhavikrsquos first grade math students iced and decorated cones to look like Christmas trees They enjoyed eating them too

page 10

Dohertyrsquos 2012 all-school holiday musical program ldquoA Storybook Holiday Seasonrdquo was spectacular in sight and sound Students in Pre-K through Unit III performed 26 songs Bravo

A Storybook Holiday Season

page 8

A look at whatrsquos happening at Doherty

Congratulations to fifth grader and CCM Prep Depart-ment student Kevin Wang for his outstanding perfor-mance at the very competitive Kentucky Music Teacher Association Bluegrass Elementary Piano Competition at Morehead State University He finished second in this competition and received honorable mention Kevin is one of the recipients for the Cincinnati Symphony Club Scholarship offered by CCM Kevin is looking forward to playing keyboard in the Middle School Instrumental Ensemble

supporting this organization for a number of years Unit II would like to thank the par-ent volunteers that assisted in this special projectrdquo

Units I-II Coordinator Elisa MacKenzie said ldquoUnit I children made scarves for Open Door Ministry lo-cated at the Church of the Advent in East Walnut Hills Parent volunteers helped them to tie the fringe into knots As they tied they thought of adding a little knot of love on each fringe

so that the recipient would be warm physically and also in their heartsrdquo

Mrs MacKenzie continued ldquoUnit II made blankets for their service project this year The blankets were delivered to Open Door Ministry Doherty has been

Unit III Coordinator and math teacher Vaish-ali Sarbhoy told us ldquoPart of the fifth grade curriculum is a three-day experience at Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center Each day trail groups ventured into the 1000-acre out-door classroom with their naturalist-teachers for biotic explorations Students learned about the environment and about how to protect it through hands-on teaching methods and authentic experiences Students searched for macro-invertebrates in the streams to de-termine water health They also explored na-tive ecosystems to connect with their natural environment

ldquoThey worked together to meet wasted food goals in the dining hall to learn about the importance of conservation The Glen Helen trip emphasizes cooperation and teamwork and was a great learning experi-ence for allrdquo

page 9

Mrs Sarbhoy also told us ldquoOn the morning of Dec 7 the fourth graders participated in the concluding part of the Friendship unit by learning ethnic games from different cultures The classrooms were busy with students playing the arrow game (Native American) dreidel game (Jewish American) cat and mouse game (Hispanic American) and the lion dance (Asian American) In the hallway [above] students raced each other while holding a spoon balancing a potato on it (Irish American) while some tried to do the limbo under a jumprope (African American)

ldquoThe students participated in another interesting new Social Awareness programmdash lsquoThe Happiness Proj-ectrsquomdashinspired by the book by Gretchen Rubin Unit III teacher Patty Dawson led the students to look at a lsquoHappiness Declarationlsquo and discussed the mean-ing of being happy and how you can do things to achieve even more happiness in life The students were asked to choose three lsquotoolsrsquo for their toolboxes from the following options what inspires them mak-ing a resolution finding a personal value a to-do list lsquosecret of childhoodrsquo (what they have learned so far) and lsquohappiness hackrsquo (share a tip) The students will be working on a journal assignment for a week to write one sentence daily on what they are thankful for and a positive event in their livesrdquo

Next page Winter Program

Librarian Linda Wolfe hosted the Beginnings group of toddlers and parents in the Doherty Library with the help of Mrs Claybournrsquos second grade class The stu-dents presented the book All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tafuri with stick puppets that they enjoyed handing out to small ones after the presentation

Unit I student Zanele Ivanschits-Cortes and her mother spoke to students about living in South Africa Zanele and her mother shared photos

and memories about people animals and the way of life in this beautiful part of the world

Dohertyrsquos 2nd Annual Unified for Unifat Pancake Breakfast amp Student Art Auction is Sat Feb 2 Details on page 3

Kirby Schuchterrsquos first grade class is study-ing US symbols and incorporating math and graphing into their Social Studies unit They are making predictions on whether the students (if they stood shoulder to shoulder) would be longer shorter or equal to the Statue of Libertyrsquos foot which is 25 feet long They tried it and then graphed their results Her toes themselves are 59 inches long

On the afternoon of Dec 6 24 Unit III students ventured out to Rockquest Climb-ing Center with the Doherty Outdoor Program to go rock climbing The students received instruction on the equipment techniques and the safety of rock climbing Some students attempted to reach the top of their 40-foot walls while others mastered the task of boulder-ing and were able to boulder over the top of their center rock wall A wonderful time

To gear up for their unit on geometry and to celebrate the holidays Amy Kulhavikrsquos first grade math students iced and decorated cones to look like Christmas trees They enjoyed eating them too

page 10

Dohertyrsquos 2012 all-school holiday musical program ldquoA Storybook Holiday Seasonrdquo was spectacular in sight and sound Students in Pre-K through Unit III performed 26 songs Bravo

A Storybook Holiday Season

page 9

Mrs Sarbhoy also told us ldquoOn the morning of Dec 7 the fourth graders participated in the concluding part of the Friendship unit by learning ethnic games from different cultures The classrooms were busy with students playing the arrow game (Native American) dreidel game (Jewish American) cat and mouse game (Hispanic American) and the lion dance (Asian American) In the hallway [above] students raced each other while holding a spoon balancing a potato on it (Irish American) while some tried to do the limbo under a jumprope (African American)

ldquoThe students participated in another interesting new Social Awareness programmdash lsquoThe Happiness Proj-ectrsquomdashinspired by the book by Gretchen Rubin Unit III teacher Patty Dawson led the students to look at a lsquoHappiness Declarationlsquo and discussed the mean-ing of being happy and how you can do things to achieve even more happiness in life The students were asked to choose three lsquotoolsrsquo for their toolboxes from the following options what inspires them mak-ing a resolution finding a personal value a to-do list lsquosecret of childhoodrsquo (what they have learned so far) and lsquohappiness hackrsquo (share a tip) The students will be working on a journal assignment for a week to write one sentence daily on what they are thankful for and a positive event in their livesrdquo

Next page Winter Program

Librarian Linda Wolfe hosted the Beginnings group of toddlers and parents in the Doherty Library with the help of Mrs Claybournrsquos second grade class The stu-dents presented the book All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tafuri with stick puppets that they enjoyed handing out to small ones after the presentation

Unit I student Zanele Ivanschits-Cortes and her mother spoke to students about living in South Africa Zanele and her mother shared photos

and memories about people animals and the way of life in this beautiful part of the world

Dohertyrsquos 2nd Annual Unified for Unifat Pancake Breakfast amp Student Art Auction is Sat Feb 2 Details on page 3

Kirby Schuchterrsquos first grade class is study-ing US symbols and incorporating math and graphing into their Social Studies unit They are making predictions on whether the students (if they stood shoulder to shoulder) would be longer shorter or equal to the Statue of Libertyrsquos foot which is 25 feet long They tried it and then graphed their results Her toes themselves are 59 inches long

On the afternoon of Dec 6 24 Unit III students ventured out to Rockquest Climb-ing Center with the Doherty Outdoor Program to go rock climbing The students received instruction on the equipment techniques and the safety of rock climbing Some students attempted to reach the top of their 40-foot walls while others mastered the task of boulder-ing and were able to boulder over the top of their center rock wall A wonderful time

To gear up for their unit on geometry and to celebrate the holidays Amy Kulhavikrsquos first grade math students iced and decorated cones to look like Christmas trees They enjoyed eating them too

page 10

Dohertyrsquos 2012 all-school holiday musical program ldquoA Storybook Holiday Seasonrdquo was spectacular in sight and sound Students in Pre-K through Unit III performed 26 songs Bravo

A Storybook Holiday Season

page 10

Dohertyrsquos 2012 all-school holiday musical program ldquoA Storybook Holiday Seasonrdquo was spectacular in sight and sound Students in Pre-K through Unit III performed 26 songs Bravo

A Storybook Holiday Season