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Wpaa.Com Lion Fundraising Campaign the Plea for the Addison at Addison’S Collection of of the Addison’S Collection That Acquired Funds for the Board Level how could you be snow heartless? www.phillipian.net Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXVII, No. 2 February 14, 2014 Phillips Academy Where to Now? Trustees Examine Digital Innovation in Education By HALEY SUH technology makes new ap- proaches available to people,” With representatives said Nancy Jeton, Special As- from the Stanford Online sistant to the Head of School. High School (OHS) joining “However, technology is the Andover trustees on cam- but a tool, and as we seek to pus, this year’s Winter Trust- find the best ways to teach ees Weekend focused on de- and learn, we want to learn veloping innovative teaching what kind of tools people are methods for the digital age. using and how they are using The representatives spoke them. It’s a great question to to the trustees about online know what impact any of this classroom dynamics, diverse will have here; the trustees, learning styles and the im- along with faculty, are en- portance of creating a sense gaged in that kind of thinking of community among fac- right now,” she continued. ulty and students. Stanford Peter Currie ’74, President OHS offers online courses of the Board of Trustees, said, for students in grades seven “It’s interesting and it’s im- through 12 from all around portant for us to learn about the globe, with classes con- what they are doing. The fear ducted using web-based vid- I had was that this would be eo technology, according to viewed as the Trustees over- an Andover press release. emphasizing technology. “The significance of hav- And, in fact, what we heard E. KAUFMANN-LADUC/ THE PHILLIPIAN ing [representatives from was that it is the emphasis on A fading sunset filters through the Armillary Sphere after another snowstorm hit campus last Friday. Stanford OHS] here is that community and teachers that we’re just really curious to matters most.” know what else is out there Caroline Nolan, Direc- in the education-land. It’s an Addison Gallery of American Art incredibly active, exciting place right now, people are Continued on A4, Column 3 Reaches $30 Million Campaign Goal looking at alternatives, and dison Development Com- tant. We have a much bet- that once took up space in By OLIVIA MICHAELS mittee, both made gifts in ter security system, bet- one of the galleries were support of the campaign, in ter climate control, better moved, and a stairway that The Addison Gallery of addition to reaching out to lighting. All of the systems once connected the gallery Tune into Phillipian Sports American Art’s facilities, others for support. have been upgraded,” said to the Elson Art Center was collections and improve- “As the Chair of the Susannah Abbott, Director taken out to restore the ments will be financially Board of Governors, I think of Development at the Ad- configuration of the gal- for a radio show at sustainable for years to that I sort of took over the dison. lery. With the increase of come with the completion role as the Chair of the The library was ex- storage space following the of its seven-year, $30 mil- campaign effort. I made panded to hold all of the renovations, the entirety wpaa.com lion fundraising campaign the plea for the Addison at Addison’s collection of of the Addison’s collection that acquired funds for the Board level. There was books, which was previous- was able to be stored on renovations to the building wonderful support and a ly too large for the museum on Tuesday at 8 p.m.! and the museum’s endow- growth of knowledge about to store alone. Staff offices Continued on A5, Column 1 ment. the Addison and an inter- The fundraising cam- est in what it was doing. paign, which ended in We ended up getting sup- December, reserved $22 port from a number of the Moustafa ’14 Takes First Place in 19th Annual GeograBee million for the expansion Trustees,” said Knafel. and renovation of the Ad- Most of the donations each dorm, depending on ticipated in the finals. The edge including geography dison’s facilities, including came from Andover alum- By AUSTIN TUAN the size of the dorm. The format of the finals evolved and culture. Last year, the construction of the new ni. Other donations came dorm winners then com- into a Quiz-Bowl style con- Moustafa advanced to the Museum Learning Center from foundations and par- Adham Moustafa ’14 peted against each other test, with the contestants cluster finals of the Bee. on the first floor. $8 mil- ents of students. People was crowned Andover’s at the cluster level, further buzzing in before saying “I was surprised. I was lion was used to strengthen without an affiliation with 19th annual GeograBee paring down the contend- their answers aloud. The up against really tough the Addison’s endowment, the school also donated to champion on Tuesday in ers to a single cluster win- student who answered the competitors and I never helping to maintain the support the Addison Gal- Upper Right of Paresky ner. A day student contest most number of questions thought I’d win at all. It all various programs and ex- lery. Commons by Peter Drench, was also conducted and correctly won the Geogra- came close in the end and hibitions that the Addison Using funds from the Instructor in History. produced a day student rep- bee. it was only a few points has each year. campaign, numerous reno- The GeograBee is an an- resentative. Moustafa said he has between me and the next Early supporters of the vations and updates were nual, school-wide competi- Moustafa of West Quad always been fascinated by competitor,” said Moustafa. campaign were Oscar Tang made from 2008 to 2011 tion encompassing geog- North Cluster, Jongho Park maps and mapmaking and Susanne Torabi, Inter- ’54 and Stephen Sherrill to the Addison beginning raphy, culture and current ’16 of Flagstaff Cluster, his grandparents are both national Student Coordi- ’71, who, along with his in an effort to maximize events. Tucker Drew ’17 of Abbot geographers. Moustafa has nator and organizer of the wife, Kitty Sherrill, made a space. The competition began Cluster, Harry Wright ’14 of previously participated in challenge donation of $1.5 “When people walk into at a dorm level, where all Pine Knoll Cluster, Miguel similar competitions that Continued on A5, Column 5 million for the Addison to the Addison now, it doesn’t students answered ques- Wise ’14 of West Quad tested more general knowl- match. Sidney R. Knafel ’48, look that different from tions to the best of their South Cluster, and David the Chairman of the Ad- what it used to look like. ability. Questions are asked Shamritsky ’17, the day stu- dison Board of Governors, A lot of the changes were until the number of stu- dent representative, were Healthy Fourth Meal and Michael Schmertzier sort of behind the scenes, dents dwindles down to the winners of their re- ’70, the Chair of the Ad- but they were very impor- either one, two or three in spective pools and all par- Options to Energize The Phillipian SPORTS Late Night Studies Fourth Meal menu. By RANI IYER “Students, including Girls and Boys Varsity Squash Win High School some prefects and proc- Boarders will now have tors, were also crucial to a wider variety of healthy this effort, since their ideas National Championships in Respective Divisions foods to order for “Fourth and input gave us a student filled with a mixture of indi- handling Helen Bernhard in “This weekend we came in Meal” or school-provided voice as we worked to cre- STAFF REPORT vidual and team battles. five-games. with nothing but the inten- snacks. With a new initia- ate the new options...” Kip Coming off of a string “The tournament vibe tion to perform to the best of tive started by Agatha Kip, said. Putting the familiar of injuries and losses, Boys is unique. It gets everyone our ability, and I could not be School Nutritionist, in col- “[The] effort was a true grounds of the Andover cam- Squash made waves in the nervous, but in an excited more proud of the team.” laboration with Paresky collaboration, and we all pus and their rollercoaster tournament. The team came way. It brings us together, Commons and the Dean of eagerly await feedback seasons behind them, An- in as the eighth seed and which is important in a tra- Students, apples, granola, from [students] all so we dover Boys and Girls Squash rose to defeat the Friends ditionally individual sport Continued on B2, Column 1 yogurt and celery sticks can determine if we have traveled to Philadelphia, School in a thrilling champi- like squash,” said Mayhew. will be available for Fourth a success. We are hoping Pennsylvania, to compete in onship match 4-3. Meal. that [students’] studying the 2014 United States High Of the team’s four wins, “Because the Power Bar is fueled more powerfully, School Team Squash Cham- three came dangerously has been so very well re- which, in turn, will give pionships. They returned close at 4-3. ceived, we wanted to cre- [students] a healthier eating from their journey as the “We went in to Nationals ate a repertoire of ‘pow- environment and a sense of Champions of Division III knowing that we were the er snacks’ which dorm being well-energized when and II respectively. underdogs, and we had the students could have at night doing homework,” she add- According to the tourna- mindset that we wouldn’t at no cost,” said Kip.
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