Duke School Under the Oak Magazine, Fall 2018

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THE CREATORS OF THE DRAGON TIMES Amelia Hart had just started fourth grade last year when she decided to write a letter to Head of School Dave Michelman. During a Lower School gathering before Winter Break, Amelia and Gaby shared their plan with students and teachers. Students in first through fourth grades were invited to submit their work. “I think the Lower School needs a newspaper…” Amelia and Gaby planned to spend free time the letter began. at school and after school incorporating those Dave met with her, and then put her in touch submissions into a publication. with Auxiliary Programs Manager Eddy Davis to Submissions started coming right away. There develop the idea. were book reviews, comic strips and advice “The Middle School has the literary magazine, pieces. Students reported on field trips, and on and we needed their project work. something to get With the help of our writing out and Geoff Berry, fourth our opinions out,” grade teacher, the Amelia said. girls scanned each In the spirit of student submission collaboration, Amelia and created the quickly pulled in publication using fellow fourth grader Gaby Goodman to help her pilot the Lucidpress. With that, The Dragon Times was born. idea. Two issues of The “Amelia pulled me Dragon Times were aside during recess published this one day,” Gaby said. Duke School students Amelia Hart and Gaby Goodman with the first issue of The Dragon Times. spring. Each Lower “She started talking School classroom about her ideas, and I started giving her a lot of ideas.” received a copy. While kindergarten didn’t take part in submissions, the girls said they wanted kindergartners to look forward to participating in Amelia and Gaby met a number of times with first grade. Eddy. He wasn’t sure it would work as a Dragon Quest (an after school class), so they looked at options to involve as many Lower School students as possible. Plans are in place for Lower School students to continue with production this fall, as Amelia and Gaby are now middle schoolers. 22 UNDER THE OAK
Gabe Speaks: Staying Connected By Gabe Hart ‘17 I attended Duke School from third through eighth grades, graduating in 2017. During my time in middle school, I enjoyed watching the Makers program grow from nothing into something that is now a major and thriving part of the school. In fifth grade, I got word of a new after school club that Innovation Director Katie Ree, was starting called the Makers Club. There, you could do things like build small LED magnets and take apart computers. This was exactly the sort of thing I liked to do in my spare time, so of course I joined as soon as I could. Over the next few years, the club grew from about eight to so many members that multiple sessions were required throughout the year. In sixth grade, I mentioned to a couple of people the idea of starting a Makerspace at Duke School: a dedicated space better suited to having many people using different tools than the science labs, which we had been borrowing since the beginning. The following year, Head of School Dave Michelman, invited me to be a student participant on a strategic planning committee. I helped introduce my idea of a dedicated Makerspace to the group. We discussed the different ways that such a space might look as well as how it could fit with other parts of school. We ultimately decided that Duke School would benefit most from a multi-use creative space that could be used for many things including Makers and presentation spaces. I learned a lot working with the committee. It was a new experience for me to participate in the running of an organization. I saw one way that a professional meeting and committee could look. Going to Makers Club on Fridays after school is one of the things I miss most about Duke School. It was fantastic to have the opportunity to build and experiment and share ideas with other people. This is why I have done my best to stay involved over this past year and a half. While a student at Duke School, I would go to summer Makers Camp with seventh grade teacher Willie Nicholson. I have now moved from camper to volunteer. These past two summers, I have had the pleasure of helping run Makers Camp and sharing all the fun and learning that I have had with more people. UNDER THE OAK 23
Page 1 and 2: Under the Oak FALL 2018 BECOMING UP
Page 3 and 4: INSIDE this issue MESSAGE FROM HEAD
Page 5 and 6: By Megan Whitted, Duke School Music
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Page 15 and 16: A MEANS TO COLLABORATION By Matthew
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Page 29 and 30: Alumni Connections: Destinations of
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