Morristown-Beard School Crimson Achievements Celebrating the Faculty/Staff of Morristown-Beard School Issue 7, Spring 2016 from the editor Continuing Education Dear Readers, Nicholas Jackson (Library) enrolled in a I am pleased to present this seventh issue of course entitled “The Great War & Modern Crimson Achievements: Celebrating the Faculty/ Memory” at Drew University in the 2015 Staff of Morristown-Beard School. This newsletter was fall semester. Nicholas is a student in established as a means of recognizing the members Drew’s M.Litt. program. of our Morristown-Beard School community who take on many activities (professional, civic, and Meredith Locasto (Wellness) completed her Masters in Education (administration) personal) in addition to their yearly responsibilities from the University of North Texas in at School. As you will discover in the following March 2016. pages, this year our faculty and staff have been involved in many diverse projects, including publishing poetry, Publications delivering presentations at academic conferences, and Peter Donahue (English), who teaches studying classical piano in New York City. “Creative Writing” in the Upper School, published two poems entitled “The Merest The names of contributors are listed alphabetically Mask of Gloom” and “Metric Expansion,” under the following categories: Continuing Education, Dr. Patrick M. in the spring 2016 issue of The Road Not Publications, Seminars/Conferences Attended, Com- Taken, which is an online journal of for- munity Service, and Noteworthy Activities. Horan mal poetry. The journal seeks to publish Editor poems that are metrical, but also reflect My sincere thanks to Sharon Cain and Steve Patchett Steve Patchett contemporary English usage and rhythm. for designing and facilitating the delivery of this News & Information Manager In the words of the editor, Dr. Kathryn newsletter; Peter Caldwell, Dr. John Mascaro, and Jacobs of Texas A&M University, the Darren Burns for their support; and my colleagues for Sharon Cain journal strives “to show the wide variety of Graphic Designer sharing information in a thorough and timely fashion. effects that can be achieved by that eclec- tic creature, metrical poetry.” As always, my heartfelt thanks to Carol Wooldredge, The next issue will include who helped gather information about conferences information about summer Dr. Christopher Payette (Science) attended by faculty. 2016 through spring 2017. Please email your co-authored the following article: submissions and comments “Magneto transport studies of mobility Sincerely, to [email protected]. limiting mechanisms in undoped Si/SiGe heterostructures.” X. Mi, T. M. Hazard, C. Payette, K. Wang, D. M. Zajac, J. V. Cady, and J. R. Petta. Dr. Patrick M. Horan Physical Review B 92, 035304. Published Editor/English Department 16 July 2015. Seminars/ in December 2015. Workshop topics Conferences Attended included “Thomas Jefferson and the In September 2015, the Humanities Empire of Imagination” and “Gateway 9 Team—Dr. Gretchen Atwater, to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Dr. Owen Boynton, Darcy Caldwell, Underground Railroad.” Dr. Brian Crowe, Zoe Jameson, and Dr. Gorica Hadzic (World Languages) Ricky Kamil—spent a morning working attended the Georgetown University with Walter Cmielewski, Coordinator Roundtable, held in March 2016. The con- for Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certifi- ference focused on “Useful Assessment cation and Associate Professor of Educa- and Evaluation in Language Education.” tion at Caldwell University. During this session, the group explored a wide variety In March 2016, Tim Hannigan (Chair, of teaching strategies, focusing in particu- History), Darren Lovelock (Chair, lar on varying instructional methods in English), and Roger Richard (History) the classroom and considering alternative Joanne Dzama (Director of Upper were the chief presenters at the NJAIS means of assessing student understanding. School Athletics) has attended the “History and English/Language Arts NYU School of Medicine “Concussion Teachers Presentation and Round Table,” Dr. Owen Boynton (English), Cathy Across the Curriculum” conference held at Rutgers Preparatory School in Kellstrom (History), Katie Pepper for the past three years. Joanne learned Somerset, NJ. Attended by teachers from (Center for Teaching and Learning), about the current research for concussion New Jersey schools interested in break- and Allison Postma (English) attended management, as well as return to learn ing down barriers between disciplines, the “Learning & the Brain” conference and return to play protocols for students. the roundtable allowed MBS teachers entitled “Constructing the Reading These processes enable students to better to describe and assess the challenges and Brain” in December 2015. Speakers dis- acclimate back to the classroom and play- rewards inherent in interdisciplinary cussed how the brain processes informa- ing fields after experiencing a concussion. programs. tion for learning and reading, and the Joanne also attended the Director of differences that exist between “normal” Athletic Administration of NJ confer- Jennifer Larson (Mathematics) pre- brains and those with learning differ- ence in March 2016, which is sponsored sented at the following conferences: ences like dyslexia and ADD. by the state organization for Athletic National Council of Teachers of Math- Administrators. She was recognized at ematics in October 2015, at a session The following faculty/staff members the conference annual dinner for her entitled “Digital Interactive Notebooks;” New Jersey Education Association in began their school year with the “New recent certification as a Certified Athletic November 2015, at a session entitled Faculty Workshop” at the Pingry School Administrator. in August 2015: Darcy Caldwell (Eng- “Digital Formative Assessment Tools;” lish), Brent Deisher (Science), Nikolin Severine Fortune (World Languages) and Future of Education Technology in January 2016, at a workshop entitled Eyrich (English), Severine Fortune attended the 2015 Polyglot Conference in “Creating Digital Interactive Notebooks.” (World Languages), Dr. Amanda Greg- New York City. The symposium brought ory (World Languages), Elizabeth Har- together the world’s most respected poly- Vaughan Leigh and Troy Rusnack rison (World Languages), Dr. Miklos glots (individuals able to speak or write Jalics (Mathematics), Jennifer Larson (World Languages) attended the Ameri- more than one language). can Council on the Teaching of Foreign (Mathematics), Jennifer Laviola (World Languages conference in November 2015, Languages), Karen Leahy (World Lan- Stephanie Galvez (Day Camp) attended where they participated in seminars on guages), Sam Tafel (Full-Time Substi- both the American Camping Association language acquisition theory as well as tute), and Deanna Whelan (Visual & (ACA), National Camp Conference and language and technology. Digital Arts). the ACA Tri-State Camp Conference this year. Darren Lovelock (Chair, English) took Brent Deisher (Science) attended the part in the NJAIS Leadership Institute as New Jersey Science Convention in Octo- History Department faculty members one of five presenters asked to speak about ber 2015. Conference highlights included Joanne Goldberg, Brian Merry, and his or her path to leadership. As well as one workshop on systems thinking and Roger Richard participated in the discussing the very different ethoses of another on engineering. Brent plans on Twenty-third Annual Conference of the schools at which he has worked (in integrating ideas from these sessions into the New Jersey Council for History the UK and the US), Darren reflected his 8th grade science curriculum. Education, held at Princeton University on the differing leadership styles at each Crimson Achievements Spring 2016 Issue Seven 2 institution. Held at Gill St. Bernard’s in Dr. Susan Speidel (Chair, Performing Finally, she is a member of the Peapack- October 2015, the program also included Arts) attended the 2015 Conference of Gladstone Library Advisory Board. discussions of the latest popular books the American Alliance for Theater Educa- on leadership, as well as an overview of tion, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Dr. Susan Speidel (Chair, Performing school governance. The keynote speaker theme of the conference was “Tapping the Arts) continued to lead workshops, was former MBS head, Dr. Alex Curtis. Mind for Creative Powers.” performances, trivia games, and other activities at the Lillian Booth Actors Michael McGrann (Chair, World Keith Vassal (College Counseling) took Home and Assisted Living Facility in Languages) attended another “Biduum part in the NJAIS Leadership Institute Englewood, NJ, sponsored by the Paper Latinum” (“Latin Weekend”) at the Clay- this year. The Institute’s goal is to inform Mill Playhouse Actor’s Fund. mont estate in Charles Town, West Vir- and encourage teachers interested in ginia, in February 2016. This workshop becoming independent school adminis- Noteworthy Activities gave Michael both an opportunity to trators. Keith participated in five sessions Chris Finn (Chair, Visual Arts), speak Latin with colleagues from all over focused on diverse topics, such as the fol- Bruce Van Hoven (Performing Arts), the country and to learn more about best lowing: how to develop an understanding Jenna Warner (English), and Carol practices in teaching. Michael stated that of leadership in independent education, Wooldredge (Assistant to the Dean of the conference reminded him “what it is how to strengthen management