Summer 2011 - Cannon School

CANNON MAGAZINE
SUMMER 2011
Cannon Magazine is published semiannually
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EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR
David L. Long
Director of Marketing and Communications
CONTRIBUTORS
Scout Birch ’19, Jay Edwards, Grant Gossage ’14,
Tori Hamby, Chuck Harriss, Todd W. Hartung,
Austin Larkin ’13, Bridget McCrea, Katy Rust,
Sergio Tovar, Muskan Uppal ’19,
Carrie White ’11, Peter Zay
ADMINISTRATION
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Matthew E. Gossage
ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL
HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
Matthew J. Rush
HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL
Debra Otey
HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL
Michelle Alexander
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Steve Jones
DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT
Todd W. Hartung Jr.
DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION
William Diskin
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Doug Maynard
> Engaged Learning
Evolving 1:1 4
Chalk Boards to Smart Boards 6
A Living Museum 6
The Honor Roll 7
Class of 2011 8
> The Arts
Premiere Performance 10
Treasured Paintings 12
Big Leap 12
Growing Artists 13
> Athletics
Super Cougars 14
Coming Soon: New Gym Floor 16
Honored Athletes 16
Cougars Go to College 16
Cougar Kudos 17
> Character Education
Good Service 18
Teaching the 3 Rs 20
Protect the Earth, Protect the Future 20
A Friend of Animals 20
This 13-Year-Old Dreams of Well Water 21
Helping a Wounded Warrior 21
> Community
Global Outlook 22
A Senior Gift for the Ages 23
We Are In 23
Making a Great First Impression 23
> Alumni
Spotlight: Clare Cook Faggart ’72 24
Alumni Notes 25
> News
Lower School Olympians 26
Capital Visits 27
Get Ready for 2011-2012 at the Back-to-School Center 27
Going Mobile 27
Letter from the Head of School < < < < < < < < < < < <
“Without engagement to pave the way, learning cannot follow.”
Dear Readers,
In the sixteen hundreds the word “engage,” which literally means “to make a pledge,” had two
original usages. An engagement or the act of engaging was applied to marriage and a battle.
The two parties considering a marriage understood that a formal promise rested in their act of
engagement. And two forces on the eve of battle were well aware of how deep and profound
their respective interaction would be. Soldiers before a conflict and spouses in the prelude of a
marriage knew what it meant to become engaged.
This powerful promise that was so much a part of the original sense of the word engagement
lives today in the learning process. Learning is an enthusiastic first follower of the leadership of
engagement. Without engagement to pave the way, learning cannot follow.
Just as the soldiers and betrothed in the sixteen hundreds comprehended the depth necessary
in their respective interactions and experiences, the teachers at Cannon enter the classroom
daily knowing full well how much they will need to do in the act of engagement and how
much there is for the student to gain in the act of engagement.
This edition of Cannon Magazine captures the role engagement plays in the teaching and learning at Cannon. As you move into your summer
mode, please take the time to read about all the good things that take place at a school where teachers, students, artists, coaches and athletes are
engaged. The pledges that are made here each day have lasting significance.
Have a great summer and thank you for your engagement in this work.
Sincerely,
Matt Gossage, Head of School
DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING
Anne Shandley
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