February 2005 - Seabury Hall

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Upcoming Events Winterim February 21 to 24 Prom April 9 Middle School Scholars’ Ceremony April 21 Upper School Scholars’ Banquet April 26 May Day April 29 Craft Fair May 7 Advanced Placement Exams Week of May 2-6 and May 9, 10 You will receive a letter explaining the cost of the exam(s) as well as the time, place and type of exams your child is scheduled to take. Senior Trip May 22 to May 25 Baccalaureate and Luau May 27 Graduation May 28 Seabury Hall Performing Arts Presents The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail By Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Directed by Sally Sefton Fridays & Saturdays February 18-19, 25-26 @ 7:30 PM Sunday, February 27 @ 3:00 PM PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO Seabury Hall Makawao Admission: $11 Adults, $9 Senior Citizens, $5 Students Information & Reservations: 573-1257 Seabury Hall Performing Arts presents The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Henry David Thoreau’s act of civil disobedience and its consequences. Playwrights Lawrence & Lee – authors of Inherit the Wind and Auntie Mame – have fashioned a memory play that shows us the world of Walden pond, American Transcendentalism, Non-violent civil disobedience, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the passionate intensity of Thoreau as a young rebel. “If the law is of such a nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another, then I say break the law.” Thoreau put his words into action in 1846 when he refused to pay taxes because of the U.S. government’s involvement in the Mexican War. For this protest he was put in jail. “The play’s message is timely,” says director Sally Sefton. “Thoreau stands up against a war he believes is wrong. His protest is informed, passionate, and civil.” Sefton directs a cast of over a dozen Seabury high school students including senior Ry Penniman in the role of Throreau. Others in the cast include Chris Vail as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mirabel Bradley as his wife, Celestine Casserley as Thoreau’s mother, Austin Burt as his brother, and Karielle Brugman as his love interest. Marsha Kelly designs the period costumes with help of Andre Morissette’s Costume Design class. Set and Lighting is designed by Todd Van Amburgh. Page 6 SEABURY HALL
VOLUME 5, ISSUE 6 Middle School News By Lehn Huff Community Service in the Middle School: Three Levels First, I wish to thank our parents who have embraced the Seabury Hall philosophy of service. At the global level, the entire school has embraced the tsunami crisis in a school-wide fundraising effort that will culminate on Friday, February 18. Bake sales, car washes, “piggy bank unloading” are some of the ways in which each class will be raising money to meet the goal of $10,000 or $20.00/person. Within the first five days of introducing this effort, over $2,000.00 was raised. On Friday, February 4, the entire school will go out into the Maui community to perform service to Maui. The sixth grade will perform cleaning tasks for the seniors at Hale Mahaolu in Makawao Town. The seventh and eighth grades will clear pine seedings out of the entrance to Haleakala National Park to prepare the area for native Hawaiian plants. At the school level, middle school advisement groups will perform their quarterly service to Seabury tasks around Carter Hall, the library, the PAS, and the reflection pond. Many thanks to the parents who sign up to chaperone these events! Winterim Update The Middle School Winterim groups have been meeting periodically since January for orientation and planning for their February 21-24 Winterim events. Before the actual week of Winterim, all parents should receive an itinerary, as well as a phone call, from the Seabury faculty chaperone. Students will be canoeing, hiking, camping the Crater, flying radio-controlled planes, snorkeling, surfing, taking photos, making skateboards, becoming entrepreneurs on Ebay, and making crafts. Many thanks to parent volunteers, Mrs. Jill Cost and Mrs. Sharon Dahlquist. Many thanks to Mrs. Michelle Brown and Mrs. Donna Torres for a fine job of coordinating this year’s Middle School Winterim 2005!!!!! Drama and Speech In January, our sixth grade students were offered the opportunity to try out for the sixth grade play. Half of this presentation will be developed by the students themselves and half has already been written. Both will be performed under the direction and guidance of Ms. Marsha Kelly. Each year we are amazed at the creativity and imaginations of our sixth graders. This year’s theme is, Ancestors, and the production will be presented in the Performing Arts Studio Friday and Saturday, March 11 and March 12 at 7:00 pm. Seventh and eighth grade students who have an interest in the drama program at Seabury should contact Ms. Kelly about possible participation in the Intermediate Speech Festival in early May. Categories open to our students include story telling, poetry reading, dramatic interpretation, and extemporaneous speaking. New stairs to access the Middle School were completed last month. Pony rides will return for this year’s Craft Fair on May 7th. Eighth Grade Transition Meeting for Parents On Tuesday, February 8 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Dining Hall, there will be a special meeting for eighth grade parents to introduce them to the Upper School program. Information will be given about registration procedures for next year, P.E. and athletics, college counseling, and Upper School student support programs. Ms. Huff will emcee the evening in which parents will meet and talk with: Mr. Joseph Schmidt, Headmaster; Mr. Lou Young, Upper School Head; Ms. Nancy Ulin, College Counselor; and Mr. Steve Colflesh, Athletic Director. Information about the 8 th Grade Project and the 8 th Grade Rite of Passage will be shared as well. We look forward to full attendance at this important planning meeting! Student Acknowledgements Please remember to send photo clips and copies of news articles featuring your son or daughter in their community involvements so that we can post them on our Spirit Board. Mahalo! Page 7
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