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WINTER 2010 • VOLUME 1 Non-Profit Organization US Postage PAID Greensboro, NC IN THIS ISSUE: 5401 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro, NC 27455 Permit No. 636 In The News 1-3 Sports Update 4-5 Return To India 6-9 paw GDS Faculty Innovates 10-13 PRINTS Around Campus 14 40th Anniversary Bash 15 THE INAUGURAL WINTER NEWSLETTER OF GREENSBORO DAY SCHOOL I N T H E Change Service Requested. news If you have received this newsletter on behalf of an alumnus/a, please forward and send us his/her address. Bark for Life, a 1 mile canine walk in Country Park for cancer research, was the second most popular activity. A tag team of Printed on paper containing 10% recycled content. 405 ways Cindy Morris and Tommy Webb led this most obedient group to make a difference... of adults and dogs. The Upper School Environment Club, under the leadership The GDS community rallied behind our of Sustainability Coordinator Gareth Griffith, tackled cleaning second annual Bengal Paws for Service Woodmere Park. They filled 15 large trash bags of garbage from day on November 14. For the second the park and stream banks – they even recovered an old TV, time, the event was put into the capable shopping cart and soggy pillow. and dedicated hands of coordinator Leigh Sudbrink. Her leadership generated an Runners from age 5 to… well we’ll just say adult… signed up overwhelming response of 405 volunteers for the Free to Breathe 5K Run for lung cancer research. Many of PAWS who participated in 21 different service our runners received medals in their age brackets. Stacy Calfo led opportunities around Greensboro. Leigh Sudbrink this group of 37 strong. Lower School assistant For Service The most popular activity was making cards of support and Quilting for Project Linus is a passion teacher Sandi Scragg with encouragement for the troops and tray liners for the sick and for Valeria Paterson, who led the group juniors Katelyn Powers elderly. Leader, Kara Ruffin, with the help of Jan Findley, making blankets and quilts for traumatized and Aubrey Hood. 001 managed a crowd of 53 people spread out in three rooms. and sick children. The cards were tucked neatly into the care packages being 002 assembled in the Middle School. The cheerful tray liners were given to Beacon Place at Hospice. 003 Care packages for the troops drew 23 volunteers and plenty of donated goods. The plan was to send care packages to GDS alumnus, Alex Sigmon ’99 serving in Iraq, to US student Nathan Vercaemert’s cousin Christopher in Afghanistan, and to LS teacher Susan Kunar’s relative in Afghanistan. Diane Swords, project leader, felt optimistic that 30 packages would be completed by the end of the day. Our volunteers didn’t just break this goal… they shattered it by completing 150 006 005 004 care packages. Six reservists were on hand to express their deep appreciation for our generosity and overwhelming support of the troops who endure great hardship being separated from their families in service to our country. I N T H E news I N T H E news m usic notes She had 16 workers including five LS students. They made seven Alyssa Altheimer ’ 15 was accepted into the N.C. quilts and five fleece blankets. Middle School Central District Honors Band. The Costa Rican students lead audition for the band included scales, sight-reading, Two efforts helped our school-wide goal to collect 40,000 cans and a prepared solo. environment conference of food this year: Jenny Mansfield led GDS families in her ExperiencE neighborhood to collect cans for Urban Ministry. About 20 Jesus Fueyo ‘11 and Katie Rowlett ’ 12 were accepted into The Upper School Environment Club led a conference in the Western Region All-State Orchestra based upon auditions Middle School Learning Resource volunteers turned out to help collect cans in Lake Brandt Estates, January designed to help other student leaders around the state at South Davidson High School in Lexington. Specialist Angela Ballou was chosen Brandt Trace Farms and Turner Grove. Around 250 food items design and run effective Green Cup Challenges at their schools. as the newest recipient of the Brooks were donated. Girl Scout Troop 316 led by GDS moms, Ann Sapp Chase Graham ’ 11 was accepted into the N.C. Central District Sabbatical. She will spend her summer and Lynne Stonecipher, delivered 175 flyers in their neighborhood All-Region Jazz Band. Sophomores Jacqueline Gravely and Emily The schools who participated in the conference were sabbatical in Costa Rica, a peaceful to solicit cans for Urban Ministry. Their efforts yielded 575 cans. Wilder were selected to sing in the NC High School Canterbury, Bishop McGuinness, Ravenscroft, Cary Academy, and eco-friendly country and a All-State Chorus. and Charlotte Country Day. Each school sent student leaders global leader in protecting its Patty McIvor served a second time as project leader for Foster and a faculty representative. natural resources. Friends of NC and led her team of 18 to assemble “thank you” Angela Ballou The day was structured as a professional conference and was booklets containing notes from foster children. The booklets According to Ballou, “This Costa Rican student designed and student led. The schedule included will be used to promote their programs, thank their donors experience will greatly enhance my base of knowledge and sessions on building student leadership, and creating effective and volunteers and raise awareness to the needs of children appreciation for several areas of content in Middle School courses. video PSAs, and roundtables discussing building momentum experiencing foster care in our area. seagrove potters I support teachers of all subject areas and work with students on before and during the Challenge, how to maintain sustainability ways to learn effectively, thus assisting them in having a positive after the Challenge, and leveraging the Challenge to foster other Thirty canvases were painted featured as artists-in-residence school experience. It is my goal to come back from visiting a sustainability initiatives. with words and pictures of live volcano and show 8th graders, who research all aspects of inspiration for Family Service Two Seagrove potters, Meredith and Mark Heywood, were this volcanoes, pictures of the huge ash columns and describe the hot The Green Cup Challenge is a four week challenge sponsored of Greensboro by the group year’s Middle School Artists-in-Residence. They spent three rocks coming down its steep slopes. I want to develop lessons by the Green Schools Alliance that joins independent schools coordinated by new parent, days in January in our Middle School showcasing their artistic on Costa Rica’s ecology for 7th graders who study life science. across the country in a competition to see who can reduce Magz King. The paintings talents, as well as assisting every one of our Middle School Discussing the language, dress, food, daily activities, topography, electricity consumption most. Last year was the first time will hang in the battered students with making a mug. The mugs were sold to raise over economy, and government of Costa Rica with 6th graders will Greensboro Day School participated in the Challenge and we women’s shelter, Clara House, $500 for Greg Mortensen’s Pennies for Peace program. embellish their study of Latin America.” won our division by reducing our electricity consumption by and other areas throughout Parents Magz King and Meredith Scott over 20%. the Family Service building Many of our students have read Greg Mortenson’s book “Three painted canvases. Ballou also wants to start a pen pal program through the located across from the Depot. Cups of Tea - One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . One Middle School’s Friends Across Borders Program, and she Results for this year’s competition have not been released. School at a Time.” Mortenson is promoting peace by building wants to bring back some of Costa Rica’s sustainable practices Check the GDS Web site for final details. Fourth grade teacher, Gillian Goodman introduced a project to schools and educating impoverished children in Afghanistan to share with her colleagues. support the Guilford Education Alliance, Teacher Supply Warehouse. and Pakistan. The book also explains that much of the money Her group of 11 helped clean and organize the warehouse which has been donated by school children who have raised money by Established in 1996 by Dr. Jean Brooks, the Brooks Sabbatical offers low cost teaching supplies to teachers in Guilford County. collecting pennies - “pennies for peace”. encourages writing, research and unique cultural experiences 2008-2009 Annual Report for our faculty. The Sabbatical covers the cost of the recipient’s Buddy Walker and the varsity –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Corrections proposed trip. Past winners have included Bob Satterfield, Lynn baseball team helped William Noecker, Kathy Davis, Carl Fenske, Judy Arnette, Marilyn Jones, Hudson with his Eagle Scout The following were omissions in the 2008-2009 Kim Burroughs, Nancy Teague, Kay Zimmerman, Beverly project to improve the baseball Annual Report published this fall. Greensboro to be or not to be... Edwards, Trish Morris, Ruthie Tutterow, and Beth Dunbar. field including erecting a Day School regrets these errors and appreciates Their Sabbatical’s have taken them to Africa, Italy, Greece, flag pole, creating mulch GDS held its annual Shakespeare Recitation Contest the generous support of our donors to the Ireland, France, Hawaii, Maine, and more. beds, repairing the fence and on January 26. Upper School students were vying for a spot Annual Fund First campaign. replacing and adding in the county-wide contest, sponsored by the local chapter Current Parents wind screens. First grade teacher Lee Roane volunteered of the English-Speaking Union. at the Teacher Supply Warehouse.