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F A C U L T Y N O T E S to participate in two National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminars on Landmarks of American History and Culture. The seminars are “Ellis Island 1891–1924: Immigration, Public Health, and the American Workforce” and “Immigration, Religion, and Culture on New York’s Lower East Side.” Middle School drama teacher Monica Flory’s adaptation of The Jungle Book was published by Playscripts and performed at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA. Her play Third Wheel is soon to be published in an anthology of ten-minute plays. Twilight, a full-length play, has received a series of workshop readings through Threads Productions. Her article, “Eloquent Mirrors: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in a Grade Eight’s Solo Performance,” was published in Stage of the Art magazine. History chair Louise Forsyth (see page 13) was awarded a 2008–2009 Miles M. Kastendieck Lecture in the Humanities. Kaya Amira Freeman was born on October 24, 2007, to science teacher Erika Freeman and her husband, former English teacher Khari Freeman, joining big brother Khari Jr. Art teacher Neddi Heller is participating in a traveling exhibition called “Your Documents Please.” The show Neddi Heller’s “China.” involves more than 200 international artists, who were asked to create small artwork about the size of a passport, leading to an exploration of identity and documentation. Heller’s piece, “China,” will travel from Japan to Hungary and Slovakia next year before eventually arriving in New York. Middle School English coordinator Gail Karpf is one of two Poly faculty recently named to a three-year appointment as a William M. Williams Chair in Professional Studies. The other is math chair Anita DeRuiter. In August, Karpf will attend the Summer Reading and Writing Institute at Columbia University Teachers College for the second year in a row. Then she will be “chasing Vermeer” across Belgium and Amsterdam in order to learn more about the life and times of the great artist. She writes: “Chasing Vermeer is one of the first books we read in fifth grade English. The Rijksmuseum houses several of Vermeer’s famous paintings. Upon my return, I will be able to share my knowledge with fifth graders and the greater Poly community.” Karpf will also work this summer with other Middle School English teachers to establish book clubs for Grades 5–8. Dance teacher and Form III dean Amy Kohn won Poly’s Raymond Hamway Summer Study Grant, which will allow her to study world dance, Michael McGrann (right) and his husband, David Allen, with their son Theo Allen McGrann, born December 7, 2007. including African, Flamenco, and Brazilian. Grade 1B head teacher Anne Leibler completed her first semester as an adjunct professor at Bank Street College of Education, teaching EDUC 808: The Study of Children in Diverse and Inclusive Educational Settings through Observation and Recording. Middle and Upper School Latin teacher Michael McGrann and his husband, David Allen, are the proud parents of Theodore James Allen McGrann. Theo was born on December 7, 2007. Associate director of communications Joshua Mehigan has recently had poems in Poetry and The New York Sun and reviews in Poetry and elsewhere. This fall, he will teach a six-week seminar on political poetry at the 92nd Street Y. Art teacher Jo-Ann Menchetti won Poly’s James and Anna Fantaci Grant in Visual Arts. Track-and-field and crosscountry coach Matthew Miller will marry Carolina Sofia Cometto on July 25 in San Diego. This summer, math teacher Elizabeth Rapacchietta and science teacher Suzanne Wolbers will participate in a teachers’ workshop in Belize. Sponsored by International Zoological Expeditions, the workshop concerns tropical rain forests and coral reefs. The pair hope to use the experience to develop a ninth grade science trip to study biodiversity, conservation, and environmental responsibility. Pre-KB associate teacher Pamela Weinstein earned her early childhood education and special education degree from Brooklyn College this spring. She will be studying in Puerto Rico this summer. Science teacher Kristin Wynne- Jones was invited to deliver a 2008–2009 Livingston Lecture in the Natural Sciences. In her lecture, she will discuss the impact of early Nobel laureates, such as Svante Arrhenius and the Curies, on the fields of physics and chemistry. 40 POLY PREP MAGAZINE
On the Road Again Poly alumni have had a busy spring, gathering not only for Special Reunion but also for alumni receptions all over the country. To see more photos of these and other alumni events, visit www.polyprep.org/alumni/gallery. Cliff Barr ’48 (left) and Nick Trynin ’48 (right) met with headmaster David Harman at the Florida Regional Alumni Reception on January 29. The March 12 New York Regional Alumni Reception brought together (left to right) Marianne Bertuna ’94, Nadia Mastromichalis ’94, and dean of faculty Susan Beiles. Diane and Ed Ruck (left to right) chatted with Eric Chaikin’85 Ellis Mottur ’48 (left) spoke with Russell Tilley ’43 (center) and and Brian Levell ’86 at the March 18 Los Angeles Regional Lenore Briskman at the Washington DC Regional Alumni Alumni Reception. Reception on April 21. ––––––––––
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