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 The
Harrisburg Metropolitan Area's only IB World School
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December
8, 2009
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A Message from Jim Newman,
Head of School
Dear Families and Friends,
A remarkable fellow by the name of Ted Sizer died last month. During the last
twenty years I've admired his extraordinary commitment to American
education so I decided to make him the subject of my letter to you.
Ted Sizer played multiple roles in American education: high school
teacher, university dean (twice), head of school at Phillips Academy,
scholar, author of eighteen books, and creator of a coalition of unique
schools. Click here to read more...
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Calendar
of Upcoming Events
- Wednesday, Dec 9: 5th and 6th grade drama production,
6:30 p.m., Auditorium
- Thursday, Dec. 10: College Financing
Information Night, 7 p.m., Upper School Library (RSVP
required)
- Friday, Dec. 11: Deadline for submitting Admission Application
for students entering Junior Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and 1st
grade.
- Thursday, Dec. 17: Harrisburg Academy Holiday
Concert, 6:30 p.m., The Forum (downtown Harrisburg),
free and open to the public, featuring performances of our students
in 1st to 12th grades. Bring your family and friends!
- Monday, Jan. 4: School resumes.
- Tuesday, Jan. 11: Middle School
Lunch-n-Learn, 11:30 a.m., for parents interested in
learning about MS at Harrisburg
Academy.
Students enrolled in 5th to 8th grade also welcome. RSVP
required.
- Friday, Feb. 12: Deadline for submitting Admission Application
for students entering Harrisburg Academy Threes (HATS), and 2nd to
12th grade.
- Sunday, Feb. 21: Winter Admission Open
House, 2 p.m. Invitations coming soon to a
mailbox near you!
- Monday, March 1: Deadline for submitting Financial Aid Application.
- Saturday, April 17:
Triple Anniversary Gala,
Hershey Lodge.
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Triple
Anniversary Celebrations Continue
To view event photos, please click
here!
The stage was set;
yearbooks from the mid-fifties in place, blueprints of the new site on
Erford Road displayed, and other documents detailing the history of
Harrisburg Academy on hand, the celebration of the 50 years Harrisburg
Academy has been at its present location was about to begin.
A recent article in the Patriot-News
highlighted a Sept. 15, 1959 story about Harrisburg Academy's
new location and educational goals. The article went on to read, "A
hundred and seventy-five years of tradition will continue on September 28
when the Harrisburg
Academy occupies
its new quarters."
Former Harrisburg Academy
Trustee, Pat Cameron, and former vice president of the board, Tiger
Burch, were on hand to enjoy the celebration and recall the history of
the school and the changes they observed over the years. As they spoke,
names of local physicians, businessmen and politicians were mentioned and
noted as Academy graduates. Clearly, this was an accurate testimonial of
the impact Harrisburg Academy has had on Harrisburg and its surrounding
communities.
Elsie Burch, widow of former board president, Ernest Burch, led the group
outside to officially commemorate this historic event by unveiling a
banner that read, "225 Years Young". The group returned
to the building to enjoy refreshments and take tours of the campus led by
upper school students.
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Sunday
Feb. 21, 2 p.m.
We hope that you
are interested in learning more about Harrisburg Academy
and our educational community. Maybe you are a prospective parent
or grandparent, or simply a neighbor here in our midstate community
interested in education. We invite you to join us for an afternoon
to learn more about what makes an Academy education something more and
different that you will find at other schools in the area. To be
added to our mailing list or to RSVP for the event, please email
the admission office.
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Can't get on campus
for a visit? Check out our current happenings in our Life at School gallery.
Recent events include....
U.S. Embassy Flag Raised and
Honored - During Morning Meeting time on Nov.
23, Harrisburg
Academy Middle
School students conducted a brief ceremony
in honor of the Gettysburg Address while raising a special American
flag on the school flagpole. The last time this flag flew was on Flag
Day, June 14, 2009 - over the U.S. Embassy in Iraq
in honor of Harrisburg
Academy.
Food Drive Surpasses Goal by 100% -
Harrisburg Academy students collected a
staggering 4,000 nonperishable food items during their annual food drive
from Nov. 2-10, 2009. The initial goal to collect 2,000 items was not
only successfully attained, but surpassed by 100%. Roughly, the number of
donated items averages out to 10 cans per Academy student.
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Check
out the new-and-improved News
The website
continues to grow! Last month we added a special section under
the Prospective Families section called "Living in the Midstate,"
especially for out-of-town families seeking to learn about life in
the area. Click here for our school-wide
press releases and links to coverage of Harrisburg Academy in
local and regional media.
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Alumni
Notes
Joe
Gillette '82 - Recently sworn in
as the president of the Harrisburg Academy Alumni Council, Joe
was an active athlete at the Academy and played soccer, basketball, and
lacrosse. He is a gradutate of the University of Pennsylvania
where he was the co-captain of the their Ivy League championship lacrosse
team.
Tami
Swartz '85 - A passion for music that has let her to a career in
the performing arts.
In her latest
production, Director Tami Swartz has transformed a one-act Puccini opera,
Il Tabarro ("The Clock") and time-shifted it from a barge along
the Seine in 1910 to one docked in Paris
1959. Read more...
A photojournalist
who has been inspired by working in the south and in Israel (he worked as a freelance
photographer for a news agency in Jerusalem
and researched Russian Immigrants). Dan is back in Harrisburg, running
a photography business. Read more...
Jill Waity '01
- A devoted and focused high school student, Jill earned her masters
degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing
her PhD at Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.) in Sociology. Her
research has brought her to explore poverty, inequality, and public
health policy throughout the United States.
Jennifer Jin '05
- A 2009 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College with a B.A. in
Neuroscience and Music, Jennifer is in her first year at Lake Erie
College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy. Jennifer
continues to find time to enjoy music and is planning to teach violin and
piano, as well as play in the community orchestra. Click here to listen to Jennifer's
senior recital!
Annie
Stone '06 - Studying Comparative Literature at Harvard, Annie
continues to pursue her love of music. She is currently a member of
the Harvard premier a cappella group, The Radcliffe Pitches, and enjoys
being part of the Harvard drama program.
Thomas
Cheney '09 and Steven
Pecht '09 - Recently named National Advanced
Placement (AP) Scholars, Thomas and Steven qualified for the
National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a
five-point scale on all AP Exams taken. Thomas Cheney is studying History
at Newcastle University in Newcastle
on Tyne, United
Kingdom; Steven Pecht is studying Engineering at
the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan.
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Financial
Aid Applications for 2010-11 School Year
Did
you know that nearly 25% of students enrolled at Harrisburg Academy
receive need-based financial aid towards to offset their tuition?
To learn more about
the Academy's financial aid program, please review our website and dowload
the informational flyer. The
financial aid application for the 2010-11 school year is now available online for
completion and submittal by prospective and current Academy
families. Please email
Jessica Warren, the Academy's director of admission and financial aid, to
confirm that your family will be completing the financial aid application
process for the 2010-11 school year. Questions? Please
contact Jessica Warren by phone (717.763.7811 ext. 313) or by email.
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- Elizabeth F. '11, Johnna
T. '11, Rose L. '12, Kendall S. '12, Katie C. '12, Jason L. '11,
Alex W. '12, and
Claire G.
'13, who performed at the Cumberland
County Chorus Festival on Nov. 23-24.
- Ted O. '10, Andrew K.
'10, and Doug C. '10,
who competed in the "Love Affair 2009"
21st Annual Pro-Am Tournament on Oct. 25 to raise
funds for Cystic Fibrosis Research. Their three teams raised
$7,100!
- AnnElizabeth K. '10 for being selected to
the Patriot News' Tennis All-Star
Team.
- Andrew K. '10 who
was chosen by his classmates to represent the Academy as
our nominee for the Cumberland County Chapter of the DAR Good
Citizen Scholarship Competition for the Cumberland County Chapter.
Andrew's selection was based on qualities that typify good citizens:
reliability, concern for others, loyalty, and service to society.
- Beth F. '11
and Johnna T. '11
with the assistance of Josh
G. '15 and Debbie
O'Day who raised $219.00 for the American Cancer
Society with their Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.
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Regional
Faculty Training by GreatBooks Foundation
This week, Harrisburg Academy is hosting a
two-day training course on using the Shared Inquiry™ method of learning
through reading and discussion with students offered by the Great Books
Foundation. About 16 to 18 educators from around the area will
attend the workshop, including our own 3rd and 4th grade homeroom
teachers. The training focuses on learning questioning strategies
that keep classroom discussions lively and focused and improve students'
reading, critical-thinking, writing, and oral communication
skills. Some of the teachers in our Middle School have already
been trained in this method and are employing these techniques in their
classes. The Shared Inquiry™ method will augment our current
reading instruction and will allow the teachers to help develop
higher-level skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and
thinking critically.
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Selected
Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Speech
Courtney Kaplan '99, By
Jeane Serino, Director of Athletics
Courtney was in 7th grade when I first noticed the athletic skill of this
middle school student. Being a well-rounded athlete, Courtney
absorbed the skills necessary to play sports in all three seasons,
"a coach's dream," as I noticed the intensity, dedication, and
passion that were part of her personality and character. Read more...
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Go
GREEN at Harrisburg
Academy
This current GO
GREEN update is about our school's Food Service Department.
In an effort to reduce waste and save energy, Harrisburg Academy's
food service staff serves all lunches on segmented trays instead of
using multiple dishes. This change comes as a result of a
waste study done by the food service staff during the 2008-09 school
year and supporting national statistics. By reducing the amount of
dishes we have cut our food waste by 32% so far this school year!
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