In the Fall 2017 Lablife

LabLifethe magazine for alumni, parents, and friends of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Fall 2017 FALL 2017 in this issue InIn thethe HallsHalls FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 22 Educator Charles 03 In the Halls Abelmann 04 The Bookshelf LabArtsxxx 2017 24 Faces of Feeling 08 U-High Awards 28 Join the Club... 11 Sports Highlights LabLife or Any Club 12 In the World 32 Powering Potential 19 Behind the Scenes and Opening Doors 20 Lab in Pictures 36 Throwback Now in its sixth year, LabArts has become one of the 38 Alumni Notes Schools’ most significant community events 46 Alumni in Action FROM DIRECTOR “Whether it is at an alumni event CHARLIE ABELMANN here on campus or in another city, at Opening a family potluck, with an email, or at doors one of the ‘Chats with Charlie’ I will host, please do take the time to tell me your story and share your ideas.” Dear Friends, how these experiences promote contemplate how to ensure that meeting with as many people as I critical life skills. These and other Lab continues to be one of the can to listen, exchange ideas, and Welcome to the 2017–2018 students told me how they love most outstanding educational build relationships. So, whether school year. I am so happy to be their peers, their teachers, and experiences. Already it is clear to it is at an alumni event here on here. I am honored to have the all they get to do at Lab and at me that our principals, teachers, campus or in another city, at a opportunity to work with you—a the University. and administrators feel that same family potluck, with an email, community of people who care so That enthusiasm for Lab responsibility. or at one of the “Chats with very much about this school—as lasts: Alumni with whom I have As I have started to get to Charlie” I will host, please do take we chart the course for Lab’s met—recent grads in DC, current know the University, Hyde Park, the time to tell me your story and future together. Lab employees, a group who and Chicago, I am enthusiastic share your ideas. The center of everything we work at Ariel Investments with about all of the opportunities I am deeply interested and Led by a group of parents—in “It has been a pleasure do as a school is the student. In former Lab Board Chair John W. available in our halls and right value your thoughts. partnership with the fine and working with Tracy Coe, Cynthia its simplest form, it’s my job to Rogers, Jr., ’76—all talk about outside our door. I am committed I wish to extend my deepest performing arts faculty—LabArts Heusing, Cheryl Rudbeck, and make sure that our young learners outstanding teachers and peers to deepening our connection appreciation to Beth Harris and has grown to what is now two Garland Taylor who have been love coming to school every day who remain friends and have to the University and the city. her work with the community weeks of events centered the core parent volunteers on and love the opportunities we become colleagues. It is a group Fittingly, we have established a last year. She knows and loves around a gallery-style installation the project for all six years,” says can create on and off campus to that stays connected to each other school-wide theme for the year, Lab, and having her counsel and of more than 1,500 pieces Ms. Alicea. “Celebrating the arts support their academic, social, and involved with Lab. Our Opening Doors, which we will assistance as I transition into my of student artwork. “LabArts in our new arts hall makes it that and emotional growth, and school community is enhanced explore in all kinds of ways, across new role has been invaluable. gives our youngest students much more exciting.” to acknowledge the spiritual because of them. all ages. The theme has another I thank the Lab and an opportunity to see what’s dimension of childhood. At Lastly, I have had the aspect that is important for all of University community for so possible in the curriculum as Lab, I am among many with the privilege of attending get- us: Lab’s is a large community— warmly welcoming me and they get older,” says Fine Arts same goal. togethers for new families hosted home this year to more than my family. Department Chair Gina Alicea. Over the summer, I by our impressively supportive 2,100 students—and we must “Our students view their work welcomed seeing the hundreds of Parents’ Association and attended be intentional about shaping a Warm regards, with pride and gladly bring children on campus for Summer by current families as well. In diverse and inclusive community their families to this all-schools Lab, including a group of conversation, I quickly realized for students, families, employees, celebration.” students from China! The energy what huge sacrifices some families and alumni. In addition to the gallery, was infectious. In meeting some make in order to send their I am learning about Lab’s past Charlie Abelmann this year’s LabArts included: the of the Lab and UChicago Charter children to Lab, whether meeting and present by listening, reading, Middle School musical; DigiMuse students doing Summer Link the cost of tuition, making a and uncovering symbols around (a digital music concert); a internships and speaking with the long commute, or even, in some the school. I hope to learn more hands-on, all-ages art project; High School students serving as cases, relocating from other from you about your hopes and the U-High film festival; and a Summer Lab counselors, I saw states. This can motivate us to dreams for Lab, and I will be variety of receptions bringing caption caption caption caption caption caption caption families together to see the caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption results of longer-term student caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption LabLife, published three Director Heather Preston Photography Publisher or call 773-702-0578. times a year, is written for Charles Abelmann Lindsay Simon Chris Kirzeder University of Chicago Volume 11, Number 1 projects. Throughout the two caption caption caption caption caption caption caption caption the University of Chicago Editor Keith Ulrich Anne Ryan Laboratory Schools © 2017 by the University of weeks, teachers routinely caption caption caption caption caption Laboratory Schools’ Design John Zich 1362 E. 59th Street Chicago Laboratory Schools community of alumni, parents, Catherine Braendel, ’81 Chicago, IL 60637 brought students to experience caption caption caption caption faculty, and staff. Contributors Janice Clark Lab Notes Correspondents Dozens of diligent alumni www.ucls.uchicago.edu Reproduction in whole or the gallery installation and caption caption caption caption Jeanie Chung agents Please send comments or part, without permission of explore art being made by Megan E. Doherty, AM’05, updated contact information the publisher, is prohibited. caption caption caption caption PhD’10 to [email protected], other Labbies. 02 LabLife Fall 2017 LabLife Fall 2017 03 THE BOOKSHELF In the Halls Recommended Lab’s littlest Middle Schoolers reading thespians stage a slice into the heart Humanities teacher Janice Moy recommends Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend South African tale of science he first She competes. “We’ll see their teacher recognizes Lila’s of Elena who wins this time,” she tells brilliance: the girl has taught The reader Ferrante’s herself. And so she writes the herself how to read and write. wonders: What four story of her long relationship Over the years, the Lenù “Neapolitan with Lila. and Lila are friends and rivals. role does rivalry Novels,” They are poor girls They keep in each other’s among friends My Brilliant Friend explores from a violent Neapolitan sights, even as their paths questions that may interest neighborhood controlled by diverge. One of the girls, and classmates anyone who has ever been a the Camorra. Lenù is the with the encouragement of play in promoting student or a teacher or had a pretty, blonde one—smart, her teachers and the reluctant “frenemy” in school. but not aggressive, the one acquiescence of her parents, one’s intellectual In the novel’s prologue, praised by teachers. Lila is will climb out of poverty and, narrator Lenù receives a call disheveled, disruptive, and seemingly, the limitations of and artistic from the worried son of an “very bad.” But before long the old neighborhood. The development? old friend. Lila, a woman in other, who does not advance her 60s, has gone missing. beyond elementary school, Innate ability Searching her apartment, the will marry young and badly or formal son sees that every trace of and not escape Naples. his mother, even old photos, Absorbed in the drama education—which is gone. Lenù realizes that of the girls’ symbiotic matters more? her friend wants not only to relationship, the reader “disappear herself” but also wonders: What role does “the entire life that she had rivalry among friends and left behind.” classmates play in promoting son who use music and Grab a scalpel and a heart and To culminate a But Lenù knows this one’s intellectual and artistic magic to triumph over a let’s get started. Welcome to game. Lila is overdoing it, development? Innate ability fearsome giant. sixth grade life science. unit about the Every year the students in as always. And Lenù does or formal education—which Students divided the Mark Wagner’s “Systems of circulatory system, what she has always done: matters more? work into writing, set design, the Human Body” course are the students go publicity, and casting.

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