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<strong>Seven</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> faculty accepted to select summer programs<br />

Lotspeich science teacher Natalie Wildfong is one of three local<br />

educators selected to join the global master’s degree program that<br />

will study desert and marine ecosystems on the Baja peninsula at<br />

the UNESCO World Heritage site, Bahia de los Angeles on the<br />

Sea of Cortez, this summer. In this biosphere reserve, the group<br />

of 20 US educators will work to apply the fundamentals of field<br />

methods—capture/recapture, pitfall traps and line transects—to<br />

ecological questions and conservation practice. <strong>The</strong>y will participate<br />

in two more global expeditions over the next two summers.<br />

<strong>The</strong> teachers are three of 120 US and international educators<br />

accepted to the second year of the Global Field Program (GFP)<br />

from Project Dragonfly at Miami University. <strong>The</strong> program is based<br />

on the successful Earth Expeditions program from Dragonfly and<br />

the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.<br />

Upper/Middle English and Support Service Center teacher<br />

Meredith Brown has been accepted to participate this summer<br />

in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar<br />

for Secondary <strong>School</strong> Teachers, “America and the Great War: An<br />

Interdisciplinary Seminar in Literature and History,” sponsored by<br />

the Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas.<br />

Middle drama teacher Kristin Henderson has been invited to<br />

participate in a professional residency at the American Shakespeare<br />

Center in Staunton, VA, in July. She said, “I will be working<br />

with ASC actors and a nationally-acclaimed faculty of scholars<br />

and artists for three weeks of concentrated study in performing<br />

Shakespeare, through an exploration of the original performance<br />

practices and staging conditions of the Renaissance.<br />

Donations 2 Dollars is a way for members of the <strong>Seven</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> community to<br />

donate items to be sold on eBay and receive gift credit for the proceeds.<br />

Not only does this help streamline your collection of personal belongings,<br />

it also benefits <strong>The</strong> <strong>Seven</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />

Explore your basement, attic, drawers and shelves for quality items you<br />

forgot you had or no longer need or want. Bring the items to either campus<br />

at the location and hours listed below. You will receive a receipt and your<br />

items will be listed for sale on eBay. We will mail you a gift credit in the<br />

form of a statement containing the net tax-deductible valuation of your item<br />

when the item is sold. <strong>The</strong> proceeds from the sale will benefit <strong>Seven</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> in<br />

your name.<br />

We ask that donated items be of at least $50 in value and weigh less<br />

than 50 pounds. <strong>The</strong> following is a list of items that tend to sell well and/or<br />

have sold recently:<br />

• Shirley Temple Doll • Antique Tray<br />

• Sterling Silver Trays • Pelikan Fountain Pen<br />

• Antique Sterling Silver Vanity Items • New Cole Haan Boots<br />

• Vintage Tiffany Style Stained Glass Lamp Shade<br />

Donations to Date:<br />

As of May 14, 2010, the total proceeds from items sold is $7,850.82.<br />

Thank you to our donors! We are grateful for your support.<br />

Drop Off Locations: <strong>Hills</strong>dale Campus—Resale Shop, Mon—Sat 9am—3pm;<br />

Doherty Campus—Kemper Building, Mon—Fri Noon—4pm<br />

Questions?<br />

Lynn Cowles, Donations 2 Dollars Manager – 513-221-1765<br />

Margo Kirstein, <strong>Seven</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> Development Office – 513-527-1319<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Blackfriars Playhouse at the American Shakespeare Center<br />

is the world’s only re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre. As<br />

such, it is not only a work space, it is also a source of inspiration<br />

and a partner in discovering the vitality of Shakespeare’s plays.<br />

ASC training challenges actors to discover anew the time-tested<br />

ways to illuminate the plays, transform the self, and transport an<br />

audience. I am very much looking forward to the work and to bringing<br />

home and sharing all I learn with students and colleagues!”<br />

She continued, “Last weekend I attended a conference sponsored<br />

by the Southeast Center for Education and the Arts (at UT<br />

Chattanooga) entitled ‘Arts @ the Core of 21st Century Learning.’<br />

It was FANTASTIC, and I’ve got some great resources to share with<br />

other F&PA department colleagues!”<br />

Follow Karen Glum’s Alaskan trip blog<br />

In June, science teacher Karen Glum will travel to Alaska with<br />

Drs. Dave and Jill Russell (the ornithologists/bird banders<br />

working with the sixth graders), journalism professor Jenny<br />

Wohlfarth, her sons Elliot and Michael, and husband Scott.<br />

She said, “<strong>The</strong> group’s primary purpose is to study birds and<br />

form partnerships with Alaskan teachers and scientists, but we<br />

will also learn about glaciers, volcanoes, earthquakes, wildlife,<br />

and the arctic. We’ll visit Anchorage, Denali National Park,<br />

Fairbanks, Barrow (the northernmost village in the US), and the<br />

Kenai Peninsula.”<br />

Follow the group’s Alaskan adventure from June 13 to July<br />

4 on Karen’s “Alaska is for the Birds!” blog at http://alaskaisforthebirds.blogspot.com/.<br />

• Giving Credit<br />

• A Tax Deduction<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Seven</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />

Donations can be dropped off at Doherty Cam<br />

Kemper Building or <strong>Hills</strong>dale Campus, Resal<br />

3<br />

Telephone contact: Lynne Cowles 22

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