1. art and entertainment
2. shows and events
3. concert

February 20, 2015
The Andover
Gazette
The Newsletter of the Phillips Academy Community
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“A snowdrift
is a beautiful thing—
if it doesn’t lie across the path
you have to shovel or block the road
that leads to your destination.”
—Hal Borland
CONTENTS
The Scene.................................................. 2
Twelfth Night Opens Feb. 26................. 3
Strings/Chamber Orchestra Concert.....4
Jazz Band Concert................................... 4
Concert Bands Performance.................. 4
Student Recital........................................ 4
Campus Master Plan Staff Charrette... 4
Brace Fellow Presentation..................... 4
IMPACT Training for Students............ 5
Learning in the World Invitation......... 6
Abbot Academy Grant Proposals........ 6
Grandparents’ Day Save the Date........ 6
Art Exhibition at Gelb............................ 6
Educational Initiatives/OIT Notes....... 7
Roxanne Higgins Faculty Meeting...... 8
From the OWHL...................................... 9
Employment and Benefits News........ 10
Athletics Schedule................................ 11
Classified Ads........................................ 11
Administrative Council Minutes....... 12
Academic Council Minutes................. 13
Final Winter Term Faculty Meeting... 13
Trustees’ Winter Agenda Includes
Innovations in Education, Campus Master Plan
The primacy of Phillips Academy’s
dynamic academic program was evident
throughout the winter meetings of the
Board of Trustees, which took place
February 13 and 14. From discussions
on design thinking and immersion in PA
classrooms to the recognition of outstanding faculty, trustees experienced firsthand the joy of learning and innovations
influencing the Academy and the broader
education landscape.
Trustees spread across campus and a
number of disciplines Friday afternoon,
taking classes that included calculus, biology, history, art, physics, law and morality,
English, and assorted world languages.
As always, the opportunity to attend
class—and relive the excitement of being a
student—was a big draw for the board.
Design Thinking with Kiran Sethi
Following class, trustees dove into design
thinking with members of the faculty
and Kiran Sethi, education visionary
and founder of the progressive Riverside
School in India and Design for Change, a
program that empowers children to take
action to reshape their world. Sethi, whose
visit was sponsored by the Tang Institute,
the Niswarth program, and the Trustee
Education Committee, also was scheduled
to give the keynote address at the Design
for Change Conference. (The event was
postponed due to last weekend’s storm.)
During Friday’s lunch, Sethi emphasized
the need to empower students as citizen
leaders, the benefits of project-based learning, and the challenge of shifting mindsets
from a focus on final grades to the journey
Trustees’ Winter Agenda continued on page 5
Dear White People Screening Thursday, Feb. 26
Followed by discussion with writer/director/producer Justin Simien
In celebration of Black Arts and Black Lives, Af-Lat-Am will welcome Justin Simien to
campus on Thursday, February 26. Simien is the writer and director as well as a producer of the critically acclaimed feature film, Dear White
People. Winner of the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and
the Audience Award at the 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival, Dear White People is a social satire
that follows the stories of four black students at a fictionalized Ivy League college where controversy breaks out
over a popular but offensive black-face party thrown by
white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the
film explores racial identity in America while weaving a
universal story of forging one’s unique path in the world.
The day will begin with an open house with Simien in
the Office of Community and Multicultural Development
(CAMD, Morse Hall), from 10 a.m. to noon; lunch will be provided. The screening
will take place at 6 p.m. in Kemper Auditorium and will be followed by a discussion
with Simien.
Dear White People continued on page 3
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THE SCENE
Schedule of Community and Extracurricular Activities
Friday, February 20
12:15–1:15 p.m.—Wellness Seminar:
“Heart Disease and Hypertension”
Mural Room, Paresky Commons.
5–7 p.m.—Dumpling Making & Eating
Hosted by the Chinese department.
Mural Room, Paresky Commons.
6 p.m.—Brace Fellow Presentation
Kaylee Llewellyn ’15 will present
“Women in FLDS Polygamy and the
Legality of Plural Marriage.” Kemper.
6–8 p.m.—IMPACT Training for Students
Designed to increase on-campus sexual
health education and prevent sexual
assault. Underwood Room.
7:30 p.m.—Academy String Ensemble
and Chamber Orchestra Concert
Cochran Chapel.
Saturday, February 21
7:30 p.m.—Academy Jazz Band
and Ensembles Concert
Rescheduled from last week.
Cochran Chapel.
Sunday, February 22
Lasry of Two Palms and Sarah Suzuki,
associate curator at Dept. of Drawings
and Prints, Museum of Modern Art,
New York. Free and open to the public.
3 p.m.—Academy Concert Bands
Performance
Featuring works of Nelhýbel, Holst,
King, and others. Cochran Chapel.
Monday, February 23
11:15 a.m.–noon—Canvas Lunch
Ada’s Room, Paresky Commons.
Tuesday, February 24
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.—Campus Master
Plan Staff Charrette
Offer ideas for how a physical master
plan might improve PA as a workplace.
See page 4 for more details. Mural
Room, Paresky Commons.
Wednesday, February 25
12:30–1:45 p.m.—Learning in the World:
PA Community Conversation
Hear about upcoming opportunities for
students to study and learn off-campus.
Pearson C.
1 p.m.—Puppet Show
1–2 p.m.—Peabody Museum Tour
2 p.m.—Addison Gallery Lecture
1:05–1:50 p.m.—Canvas Lunch
CactusHead Puppets’ take on Little Red
Riding Hood. Freeman Room, OWHL.
On Ellen Gallagher’s DeLuxe exhibition (www.andover.edu/Museums/
Addison/Exhibitions/DeLuxe/Pages/
default.aspx), with printmaker David
Get better acquainted with the museum’s collections. Peabody Museum.
Ada’s Room, Paresky Commons.
2 p.m.—Student Recital
Featuring Academy students in solo
works. Cochran Chapel.
Thursday, February 26
10 a.m.–noon—CAMD Open House
Celebrate Black Arts and Black Lives
while mingling with Justin Simien,
writer/director/producer of Dear White
People. Lunch will be provided. CAMD
Office, Morse Hall.
6 p.m.—Screening of Dear White People
A discussion with the film’s writer/
director/producer Justin Simien will
immediately follow. Kemper.
7 p.m.—Twelfth Night Performance
Presented by the Department of Theatre
and Dance. Open to seniors and faculty.
Free of charge. Steinbach Theatre.
Friday, February 27
12:10–12:55 p.m.—Canvas Lunch
Ada’s Room, Paresky Commons.
5:45 p.m.—Dance Labs
Featuring student choreography and
performances by student dancers. Free
admission. Modern Dance Studio,
Borden Gym.
6–9 p.m.—Museum of Science
Open House
Enjoy free admission to the museum’s
Exhibit Halls. See page 9 for details.
Museum of Science, Boston.
8 p.m.—Twelfth Night Performance
Open to the general public. Tickets are $5
and may be reserved through the Box
Office (ext. 4433). Steinbach Theatre.
Repeat performance Saturday,
February 28, at 8 p.m.
Religious Scene
Friday, February 20
5:30–6:30 p.m.—Jewish Shabbat Service
Led by Rabbi Michael Swarttz and
members of the Jewish Student Union.
Paul’s Room, upper level, Paresky
Commons. All are welcome.
Sunday, February 22
5:30–6:30 p.m.—Catholic Confirmation
Classes
Led by Dr. Mary Kantor. Classroom
#015, lower level of Cochran Chapel.
6–7 p.m.—Protestant Service
Led by the Reverend Anne Gardner.
Guest Preacher: Alton Ellis Price Jr.
Special music by the Phillips Academy
Gospel Choir and Dr. Abbey Siegfried,
piano. Cochran Chapel.
6:45–7:30 p.m.—Roman Catholic Mass
Overseen by Dr. Mary Kantor, Catholic
chaplain, with priests of the Archdiocese of Boston presiding. Special music
by Dr. Abbey Siegfried, school organist. Kemper Chapel, side entrance to
Cochran Chapel.
Monday, February 23
7–8 p.m.—Andover Christian
Fellowship (ACF)
Advisor: Ms. Shawn Fulford. Student
board members: Evelyn Liu ’15 and
Duschia Bodet ’16, coheads. Baldwin
Cloister, lower level (side entrance) of
Cochran Chapel.
Tuesday, February 24
5:15 p.m.—“Culture, Politics, and
Religion” (CPR)
Giving life to discussion about
religion, culture, and politics, led by
the Reverend Anne Gardner. Student
coheads: Rebecca Somer ’15 and James
Taylor ’16; associate board members:
Roshan Benefo ’16, Alessa Cross ’16,
and Arzu Singh ’16. Ada’s Room, upper
level, Paresky Commons.
Religious Scene continued on page 3
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Religious Scene continued from page 2
5:15 p.m.—Catholic Student
Fellowship (CSF)
Advisor: Dr. Mary Kantor. Paul
McGovern ’15, president; Tom
Johst ’15, Kristen Overly ’15,
and Paul McGovern ’15, senior
executive team; Jules Comte ’16,
Veronica Nutting ’16, BrianPaul
Robert ’16, and Nicole Durrett ’17,
board members; Tom Burnett ’15,
Michaela Barczak ’15, and
Elizabeth Duserick ’16, liaisons to
music ministry and liturgical ministries. Paul’s Room, upper level,
Paresky Commons.
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Dear White People continued from page 1
Simien gained national attention when his concept
trailer for the then-unproduced screenplay of Dear
White People went viral on YouTube, garnering more
than one million views and $50,000 in donations
from around the world. The film was released in theaters nationwide in January. Simien has appeared on
CNN to discuss issues in the film, and has contributed articles to CNN.com and the Huffington Post.
He also earned a spot in Variety magazine’s list of
“10 Directors to Watch.”
Af-Lat-Am, the Abbot Academy Association, and
CAMD are sponsoring Simien’s visit.
—LaShawn Springer
Af-Lat-Am Faculty Advisor
5:15 p.m.—Jewish Student
Union (JSU)
Advisor: Rabbi Michael
Swarttz. Charlotte Chazen ’15 and
China Kantner ’15, copresidents,
secular events; Ellie Blum ’15,
president, religious events; Leah
Adelman ’17, Sydney Alepa ’15,
Ethan Brown ’17, Chaya Holch ’17,
Jen Kaplan ’15, and Rosie
Poku ’17, board members. CAMD
Office, Morse Hall.
Thursday, February 26
5:15–6:15 p.m.—Gospel Choir
Director: Michael Belcher; advisor: Dr. Abbey Siegfried; coheads:
Isabella Berkley ’15 and Duschia
Bodet ’16. No experience needed.
All are welcome. Classroom #015,
lower level of Cochran Chapel.
Interfaith Lending Library
Accessible through PA OWHL
system and NOBLE library consortium. Selections also may be
viewed from the Library Thing
website at www.librarything.
com. Login: PAChapel. Password: InterfaithPA.
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Twelfth Night Opens Thursday, Feb. 26
Shakespeare’s greatest comedy full of romance and chaos
The Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to present the Rosenkranz Shakespeare
Fund Production of Twelfth Night. This production of Shakespeare’s greatest comedy
tells the story of love lost and found. Performances will be held in Steinbach Theatre
at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, for PA seniors and faculty (free of charge), and
at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 27, and Saturday,
February 28, for the general public. Tickets for the
Friday and Saturday performances are $5 and may
be reserved through the Box Office at ext. 4433.
Directed by theatre instructor Kevin Heelan, this
version of Twelfth Night is set in a nightclub during
the 1930s. The story features a love triangle of
sorts—Orsino is in love with Olivia, Olivia loves
Viola, who has disguised herself as a boy, while
Sebastian has fallen in love with Olivia. Throughout the story, drunken pranksters Toby Belch,
Fabian, and Andrew Aguecheek conspire to torture
and make the naive Malvolio believe that Olivia
has fallen for him. All of this is set against a crazy
backdrop of jazz, booze, brawls, flappers, cops, and
crooks. Don’t miss this chaotically sweet and sad
tale of misplaced affection!
The cast of Twelfth Night includes Erica Nork ’16, Lauren Smith ’15, Elliott Sagay ’15,
Theo Perez ’16, Claire Glover ’16, Vince Mocco ’15, Rob Irvin ’15, Jack Twomey ’17, Jack
Lawlor ’17, Mofope Olarinmoye ’16, Makenna Marshall ’18, Michaela Barczak ’15, Bianca
Navarro Bowman ’15, Elizabeth Latham ’16, Niko Skrivanos ’17, Foster LeBoeuf ’15,
Auguste White ’17, Dakoury Godo-Solo ’17, and Seho Young ’15. David Benedict ’15 is
assistant director and Kieto Mahaniah ’16 is stage manager. The production features set
design by theatre and dance instructor Allen Grimm, costumes and lighting designs by
theatre and dance instructor Billy Murray, choreography by Janice Cheon ’16, and original sound design by Scott MacDonald ’15.
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz ’88 established the Rosenkranz Shakespeare Fund, in honor
of his 25th reunion, to support theatre at Phillips Academy. The Rosenkranz Shakespeare
Fund will support at least one major theatrical production each year in the theatre
department, preferably by William Shakespeare.
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String Ensemble and
Chamber Orchestra Concert Tonight
The Academy String Ensemble and Academy Chamber
Orchestra will present a concert tonight, February 20,
at 7:30 p.m. The program will include Voyage (for String
Orchestra), by John Corigliano and directed by Christina
Landolt; Chadwick’s Serenade for String Orchestra in
F Major, under the direction of Elizabeth Aureden; and
Bernstein’s West Side Story, Copland’s Rodeo (Four Dance
Episodes), and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C Major,
Op. 48, all under the direction of James Orent.
Free and open to the public, this concert will take place in
Cochran Chapel. For more information, please contact the music
department at [email protected] or ext. 4260.
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Campus Master Plan Staff Charrette
Tuesday, February 24
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Mural Room, Paresky Commons
The campus master planning consultants look forward to hearing
the views of staff as they get to know the Andover campus and
help the community consider its future. A drop-in charrette will
be held in the Mural Room in Paresky Commons on Tuesday,
February 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Several interactive stations will be set up to gather information about how people currently engage with the campus and ideas for ways that a physical
master plan might improve Phillips Academy as a workplace.
Bring your lunch off the line. Enjoy delicious cookies. Share your
best ideas. See you there!
Separate charrettes for faculty members and students are scheduled for
Wednesday, February 25.
Academy Jazz Band Concert
—Nancy Jeton
On behalf of the Campus Master Plan Steering Committee
Rescheduled from last week
On Saturday, February 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Cochran Chapel,
the music department will present a concert by the Academy Jazz Band and ensembles. The program will include
works of Thad Jones, Duke Ellington, Red Garland, and
George Gershwin.
This concert is free and open to the public. For more information,
please contact the music department at [email protected] or
ext. 4260.
Academy Concert Bands Performance
On Sunday, February 22, at 3 p.m., the music department will
present the Academy Concert Bands and ensembles under
the direction of Vincent Monaco and Derek Jacoby. The
program will feature the music of Nelhýbel, Holst, King,
and others.
This concert, free and open to the public, will take place in
Cochran Chapel. For more information, please contact the music
department at [email protected] or ext. 4260.
Student Recital
On Wednesday, February 25, at 2 p.m. in Cochran Chapel,
the music department will present a Student Recital featuring students in solo works. Christopher Walter is the
faculty coordinator.
For more information, please contact the music department at
[email protected] or ext. 4260.
Brace Fellow Presentation Today, Feb. 20
“Women in FLDS Polygamy and the
Legality of Plural Marriage”
Kaylee Llewellyn ’15
Today, February 20, 6 p.m.
Kemper Auditorium
Faculty Advisor: Noah Rachlin,
Instructor in History and
Social Science
The Fundamentalist Latter-Day
Saints (FLDS) are the largest
religiously affiliated polygamist
group in the United States. Women
frequently appear in the media with
stories of multiple abuses they suffered while living in these isolated communities.
In her presentation, Kaylee Llewellyn will examine the changing legal status of plural marriage and the public’s perception
of polygamy as a result of reality TV shows such as Sister Wives,
by taking a closer look at the rights of women in polygamous
relationships.
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Trustees’ Winter Agenda continued from page 1
of learning. Elements of her design framework—Feel, Do, Imagine, Share—reflect
many of the themes woven throughout PA’s strategic plan, Connecting Our
Strengths: The Andover Endeavor.
Friday’s program concluded with a
dinner at Paresky Commons that kicked
off with a tour de force performance by
members of the student Chamber Music
Society, under the direction of Holly
Barnes. Their rendition of Tchaikovsky’s
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70—a “dress
rehearsal” for a March performance at
the Shanghai International Arts Festival—brought the crowd to its feet for an
extended ovation.
Faculty Honors
The crowd rose again following dinner to
celebrate five members of the faculty for
their exceptional work as teachers, advisors, mentors, coaches, and much more.
Congratulations to the following recipients of PA’s teaching honors:
• Emmanuel Odjo, Richard J. Sterns
Instructorship
• John Bird, Mesics Family Campaign
Andover Instructorship
• Peter Neissa, Alfred E. Stearns
Foundation
• Lani Silversides, Lumpkin Family
Bicentennial Instructorship
• Christina Landolt, John H. Porter Jr.
Bicentennial Instructorship
In Other Business of the Board
• Representatives from the firm Beyer
Blinder Belle, of New York, led trustees in a discussion of campus master
planning, sharing early impressions
from a number of perspectives,
including campus layout, building
usage, foot traffic, landscaping, infrastructure, and physical integration
with the town. Working with PA’s
Campus Master Plan Steering Committee, the team recently launched
the first phase of a 12-month process:
research, information gathering,
and campus stakeholder engagement. The firm will meet again with
trustees in May to establish guiding principles and major themes as
frameworks for the development of a
final plan.
• The board received the Athletics
Facilities Master Plan, an institutional
directive of the Strategic Plan, and
discussed the plan’s priority projects,
scope, and timeline, as well as potential funding sources. The result was a
vote to design Phase One: a new field
house/squash center complex to be
located north of Phelps Stadium.
• With the Sykes Wellness Center on
track for completion in December, the
board addressed the future of Isham
Health Center. Soon after doors open
at Sykes, Isham will begin its transition to residential housing. The board
approved a plan to design a 30-bed
dorm with three apartments. The
adaptive reuse approach was recommended to mitigate crowded dorms
and improve the quality of residential life.
• Trustees approved the foundational
components of the FY 2016 budget,
which begins July 1, 2015. They set a
compensation pool that accounts for
inflation as well as market equity for
staff and administrators. The budget
also maintains and/or reestablishes
PA’s leadership position in faculty
compensation. In addition, the board
approved next year’s tuition, which
includes mandatory fees, as well as
financial aid allocation that preserves
need-blind admission. Tuition figures
will be released later this month. A
final budget will be presented to the
board at its May meeting.
• More than two dozen members of
the Girls’ Leadership Project, along
with their faculty mentors, enjoyed
breakfast with female members of the
board on Saturday. The girls introduced the group’s reading of My Year
with Eleanor, by Noelle Hancock, and
explained how they hoped it would
spark conversation about facing one’s
fears and taking risks. Several girls
also shared a draft of a new publication they plan to produce this spring.
Boss will explore campus events and
politics with a feminist lens.
—Tracy Sweet
Director of Academy Communications
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Personal Safety Training
for Students
As part of an ongoing effort to increase
on-campus sexual health education
and prevent sexual assault, IMPACT
personal safety training will be offered
to students today, February 20, from
6 to 8 p.m. in the Underwood Room.
Based in Boston, IMPACT works to
prevent violence and abuse by giving
people the tools they need to protect
their safety and advocate for healthy
relationships and sexual respect in
their communities and society.
Through realistic role-play with
trained instructors, students will practice resisting peer pressure and refusing unwanted attention from adults
and peers. Students also will learn to
clearly communicate boundaries, ask
for what they need in situations where
they feel uncomfortable, call attention
to and report potentially compromising and/or threatening situations,
and verbally and physically protect
themselves.
This event is sponsored by a generous
Abbot Academy Association grant that
was awarded to Abby Czito ’15 and
Philippine Kugener ’15, as well as by
Isham Health Center and Personal and
Community Education (PACE).
—Andi Orben
Health Educator, Isham Health Center
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Learning in the World:
PA Community Conversation
Wednesday, February 25
12:30–1:45 p.m., Pearson C
Please join an open discussion about our
Learning in the World (LitW) initiatives
(http://tanginstitute.andover.edu/learning-inthe-world/) and the opportunities for PA students to study and learn off-campus internationally, domestically,
and locally. Building upon our November community conversation (http://tanginstitute.andover.edu/2014/11/learning-in-theworld-reflections-from-a-recent-faculty-discussion/), we look
forward to exchanging ideas regarding opportunities to further
develop and expand our LitW programs, creatively engage and
prepare students for such programming, and involve the PA
community and extended network in off-campus activities.
In particular, we look forward to sharing an update regarding our current programs; discussing our recently announced
Tatelbaum grants (http://tanginstitute.andover.edu/2015/02/
litw-tatelbaum-grants/), designed to catalyze and support early
faculty development and experimentation regarding global programming models; and exploring connections between our LitW
programming and PA’s strategic planning efforts (http://sp2014.
andover.edu/strategicpriorities/#empathy).
This meeting is open to all community members. Please RSVP to
[email protected]. Refreshments will be served.
—Carmen Muñoz-Fernández, Learning in the World Coordinator
—Caroline Nolan, Director, Tang Institute
—Eric Roland, Director of Partnerships, Tang Institute
Abbot Academy Association
Grant Proposal Deadline: Friday, April 17
Do You Have a Dream for Andover?
The Abbot Academy Association board of directors will meet on
campus May 14 and 15 to hear proposals of new and innovative
ideas to improve or enrich the academic, residential, or social life at Andover, or to expand
the impact of nearly 400 years of wisdom
accumulated by Abbot and Phillips academies across the nation and around the
world.
Do you have an idea? Submit your grant
proposal by Friday, April 17. Application
is open to members of the staff and faculty,
and to students with a faculty sponsor.
Please visit www.abbotacademyassociation.org for details:
• Guidelines: Principles
• Guidelines: Process
• Electronic Abbot Grant Application
If you have questions about the content of your proposal, please
e-mail Abbey Siegfried at [email protected]. If you experience any problems accessing the electronic proposal form, please
e-mail Liz George at [email protected].
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Grandparents’ Day Save the Date
On Saturday, May 9, the PA community will welcome grandparents to campus to spend a special day with their grandchildren
and get a peek inside their Andover world. As in past years,
grandparents will be invited to spend the morning with their
grandchild, attend open houses at the Addison Gallery and Peabody Museum, have lunch at Paresky Commons, hear remarks
from Head of School John Palfrey, and attend a student showcase
and various athletics events.
For more information about the day, visit www.andover.edu/
gpday15.
Art Exhibition Opens at Gelb Gallery
An art exhibition titled Elaine Bay & Raúl Gonzalez: Lines on Paper
is on display in Gelb Gallery through April 3. A reception and
Gallery Talk are scheduled for Tuesday, March 31, from 7:30 to
8:45 p.m. All are welcome.
Gonzalez is exhibiting original art from the pages of the recently
released graphic novel Lowriders in Space, written by Cathy
Camper. Included with these pages are concept artwork, character design, model sheets, and layouts. Copies of the book
illustrate how everything came together,
giving visitors an
understanding of the
makings of a graphic
novel.
Bay is exhibiting
her zines and prints.
Characters from
within the zines
exist on the prints and are taken from pop culture, religions of
Earth, and corporate individual beings. Unexpected pairings will
delight and confuse visitors to the gallery.
For more information, please contact Therese Zemlin at
[email protected].
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Educational Initiatives/OIT Notes
Summer 2015 Professional Development
Opportunity: Digital Literacies Integration
The Digital Literacies Professional Development Summer 2015
program explores the implications of our information- and
technology-rich lives for classroom instruction. Participants
will consider key questions, frameworks, and examples regarding teaching in an era of ubiquitous computing, and then develop
approaches to classroom instruction that engage and develop
students’ information, media, and learning literacies within the
context of existing courses and curricula.
This 10-day program, which combines face-to-face with online
participation, offers a “learning-first, tools-second” approach to
thinking about technology that confronts both its challenges and
its opportunities. Participants will develop plans for their classes
and general templates for further development. They also will
be able to set individual goals for skills they want to develop
pedagogically and technologically, and use the program to
advance their skills. Some sessions will be facilitated by instructors from EdTechTeacher (http://edtechteacher.org/), a highly
regarded, local organization that has been a leader in the field of
educational technology professional development for more than
a decade.
No Experience Necessary
No specific experience or expertise in teaching with technologies is required, simply a willingness to challenge yourself,
experiment, consider new approaches, and learn by doing. This
program is applicable to any subject area and is device-agnostic.
Required Participation
1. Four on-campus, full-day workshops (from approximately
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., including lunch):
• Thursday, June 11
• Friday, June 12
• Monday, June 15
• Monday, August 31
2. Approximately six days of remote participation between
June 16 and August 31, including lesson development and
from one to three Web conferences. As long as you have a
reliable Internet connection, you can participate from anywhere in the world. The group of participants will determine
collectively the rough schedule of this portion. Deliverables
will be expected but scheduled flexibly to accommodate
participants’ other summer plans.
To Apply—Deadline Extended!
Please complete the application at http://goo.gl/forms/
UPqLOM5ZTs by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25. Ten spots
are available. Selections will be made in collaboration with the
Dean of Faculty and Dean of Studies offices, and participants will
be notified in mid-March. The standard professional development stipend will be provided to up to 10 participants.
The Digital Literacies Professional Development Summer 2015
program is made possible in part by a grant from the Abbot
Academy Association, continuing Abbot Academy’s tradition of
boldness, innovation, and caring, as well as generous funding
from the offices of the Dean of Studies and Dean of Faculty.
Educational Initiatives Video
We are excited to share with you the inaugural Educational Initiatives Video, prepared for presentation to the Board of Trustees
for their February 13 and 14 meeting. In it, we showcase the work
that four of your colleagues and their students are doing that
takes advantage of Canvas and/or portable devices in academic
courses. Check it out on MediaSpace, at https://media.andover.
edu/media/t/1_xgt85rxk.
Canvas News
If you are currently teaching in Canvas: Please be advised that
winter term courses in Canvas will remain visible and editable
through March 15. On March 16, winter term courses will “conclude.” Concluded courses cannot be edited, but a full archive
remains accessible in read-only format and for exporting, with
the exception of student submissions in the Assignments tool.
Specifically:
• Neither teachers nor students can participate in or edit a
concluded course.
• The full archive of a Canvas course remains visible in “readonly” mode to both students and faculty, including pages,
modules, files, announcements, and anything students
generate, such as online discussion messages, announcement
replies, group work spaces, and student-edited pages.
• Any work that students have submitted through the Assignments tool will not be accessible from your concluded
course; those assignments effectively disappear. If you want
to keep what has been submitted through the Assignments
tool, you should download it before March 15. See https://
guides.instructure.com/m/4152/l/55011-how-do-i-bulkdownload-assignment-submissions-in-canvas.
• Concluded courses and their content remain available for
import into active and future courses.
If you plan to continue or begin teaching in Canvas in spring
term: Please be advised that spring 2015 academic and athletics
course spaces will be created by March 16. Also, be sure to check
the “Canvas Tips and Tricks: Cross Listing” section on page 8.
If you are not yet teaching in Canvas: We invite you to an
informational session over lunch during the week of February 23 in Ada’s Room in Paresky Commons. These sessions,
which are appropriate for those who have not yet used Canvas,
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will provide an overview of the Canvas Learning Management
System, as well as examples of basic online course spaces. RSVP
to David Mallick at [email protected] to reserve a spot in
one of the following meetings:
• Monday, February 23, 4th period (11:15 a.m.–noon)
• Tuesday, February 24, 6th period (1:05–1:50 p.m.)
• Friday, February 27, 5th period (12:10–12:55 p.m.)
No devices are required; just bring your lunch, listen, and ask
questions. Then save the date and plan to attend...
…Spring into Canvas!
Monday, March 23, 10 a.m.–noon (location TBD)
You can create a basic online course space in Canvas in less than
two hours. Attend this session to learn how to upload a syllabus,
post resources such as readings and assignments, and create a
home page. You also will be able to explore Canvas features
such as Calendar, Announcements, and Grades. RSVP to David
Mallick at [email protected] to reserve a spot. To get the
most out of this hands-on session, we recommend that you first
attend one of the Canvas informational lunches.
Canvas Tips and Tricks: Cross Listing
If you teach multiple sections of a course, you may want to
“cross-list” these sections. Cross listing allows you to post materials, files, etc., to a “parent” course to which all sections have
access and from which you can see all sections, all while keeping
the section enrollments separate from one another. Students in
cross-listed Canvas sections will see all the content that is shared
across sections, but they will see and interact with only their section, while the instructor sees all sections from within one course
space. The instructor benefits by having to manage only one set
of resources, files, materials, etc., for multiple sections. Cross
listing works best in courses in which most or all of the content is
the same across sections.
If you want to cross-list your sections, you should do so at the
very beginning of the term, ideally before you even publish your
course. If you cross-list after your courses have become active,
students’ assignment submissions and grades will be removed
and may not be recoverable. For instructions, see https://guides.
instructure.com/m/4214/l/73682-how-do-i-cross-list-a-section.
Also check out Chris Odden’s video about cross listing, in particular the tips beginning at minute 4:25 for renaming cross-listed
sections: https://media.andover.edu/media/1_kz8gy2va.
We hope to see you over lunch next week!
—Erin McCloskey
Associate Director, Educational Initiatives/OIT
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Roxanne Higgins to Meet
with Faculty March 9
Consultant specializes in
schedule design analysis and creation
As announced by chair Paul Cernota at a recent faculty meeting, the Scheduling and Calendar Implementation Group has
requested a meeting for the faculty to hear from Roxanne
Higgins, president and senior consultant at Independent School
Management, Inc. (ISM), a comprehensive management support firm
for private independent schools
in the United States and abroad.
Paul’s group was excited about the
ideas that Roxanne shared and is
equally excited to have the faculty
engage directly with her.
In consultation with the Faculty
Advisory Committee and the
Senior Administrative Council, we
arrived at the following schedule:
Monday, March 9
9–11 a.m.—Full team meetings (as scheduled by cluster deans)
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—Cluster meetings (lunch provided)
12:45–3 p.m.—Meeting with Roxanne Higgins on behalf of the
Scheduling and Calendar Implementation Group
(Kemper Auditorium)
3:15–4:15 p.m.—SPRC meeting
Note: We realize that a number of faculty members will be leading
student trips at this time and hence have arranged for the presentation
to be taped and made available to all faculty.
Roxanne serves approximately 30 schools per year in on-site
schedule design analysis and creation. She has worked with
more than 180 schools in on-site consultations and more than 500
schools in scheduling workshops. She is an expert in the use of
time, space, and personnel in delivering each school’s missionappropriate program in an environment developed around the
needs of students.
Roxanne will present what “makes a good schedule” based on
research and her years of experience working with schools. She
also will share some models for school schedules that fit these criteria, which will inform the work of the committee on scheduling
and calendar implementation.
—Patrick Farrell
Dean of Faculty
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
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From the OWHL
Come to the Puppet Show on Sunday, Feb. 22!
Many children in the PA community have been out of school this
week for February vacation. By now, they may have cabin fever.
And we may have the cure.
Please plan to join us on Sunday,
February 22, at 1 p.m. in the Freeman Room, for a fun and slightly silly
puppet show performed by CactusHead Puppets. The puppeteers will
present their rendition of the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, complete with handmade
puppets and a traveling set. The show is open to PA community members of all ages, but is aimed at children ages 3 to 11.
Refreshments will be served.
CactusHead Puppets was formed in summer 2010 and consists
of puppeteers John and Megan Regan. All of their puppets are
handmade, and although the shows are based on various fairy
tales and folk stories, the scripts are CactusHead originals.
(This is not CactusHead’s first appearance at PA, by the way;
last July, Summer Session sponsored CactusHead’s performance
of The Tale of Juan Bobo.)
For more information on CactusHead Puppets, please visit http://
cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.htm.
Enjoy These Benefits of Our Corporate
Membership to the Museum of Science, Boston
As a corporate member of the Museum of Science, Boston, the
OWHL receives passes to the museum that we make available to
members of the PA community. (Ask at the circulation desk if you
have questions about this.)
Another benefit of OWHL’s corporate membership is admission
to parties! On Friday, February 27, from 6 to 9 p.m., the Museum
of Science will host a Corporate Member
Open House, during which all Phillips
Academy employees and up to three
guests each can take advantage of free
admission to the Exhibit Halls. In addition, the guests at this event may purchase deeply discounted tickets to see the
temporary exhibit, Maya, Hidden Worlds
Revealed. Timed tickets will be available on a first-come, firstserved basis for $8 instead of the general admission price of $29.
To register, and to learn more about the event, go to http://mos.
org/openhouse.
Escape from Reality. Read Fiction!
By Emily Goss
Stuck inside because of the snow? Need a break from shoveling?
The New Fiction section located in the OWHL lobby features
a variety of New York Times best sellers, community member
recommendations, and staff picks. Here are some of our newest
acquisitions.
The Boston Girl, by Anita Diamant
“From the New York Times best-selling author
of The Red Tent and Day After Night comes an
unforgettable novel about family ties and values,
friendship and feminism, told through the eyes of
a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in
the early 20th century.”—Amazon
The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell
“Following a scalding row with her mother, 15-year-old Holly
Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical
teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices
she knew only as “the radio people,” Holly is a lightning rod
for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the
English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her
reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to
life.”—Goodreads
Euphoria, by Lily King
“English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has
been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the Territory of New
Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers’
deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated
by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues,
the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and
mercurial Australian husband, Fen, pulls him
back from the brink.”—Catalog
The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber
“It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the
mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his
wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment, overseen by an enigmatic corporation
known only as USIC. His work introduces him to a seemingly
friendly native population struggling with a dangerous illness
and hungry for Peter’s teachings—his Bible is their ‘book of
strange new things.’ ”—Catalog
Peruse Our New Fiction Section Remotely
If you are curious about what’s new in our fiction section,
but you don’t want to venture out into the cold to browse our
shelves, here are a few options for you.
Wowbrary is a (free to you) subscription service that will send
you a weekly e-mail and/or RSS about the OWHL’s newest
books, movies, and music. You can browse to find a book that
you want to read, and place a hold on a new title. Sign up for
Wowbrary here: www.wowbrary.org/signup.aspx.
Another strategy is to check out our New Fiction Board on
Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/owhlibrary/new-fiction/).
New titles are added to the board as they are added to our collection, so check back often!
—Elisabeth Tully
Director, OWHL
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
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Employment and Benefits News
Wellness Seminar:
“Heart Disease and Hypertension”
Today, February 20, the Employee Wellness
Committee will offer the wellness seminar,
“Heart Disease and Hypertension.” Millions of people in the United States have been
diagnosed with heart disease and hypertension.
At this seminar, participants will learn what causes these
chronic conditions, how to interpret key lab results, and how to
improve their daily nutrition intake to help decrease their risk of
developing these illnesses.
The seminar will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the
Mural Room in Paresky Commons. To register, please e-mail
[email protected] with the seminar name in the
title of your e-mail, or call ext. 4106.
Check the “Sno” Line for Workday Updates
In the event of inclement weather, employees are expected to
check the “Sno” line, 978-749-4766 (4SNO), before heading to
work for possible updates to the workday. E-mails and Campus
News announcements also will be posted for events occuring
during the workday. Note that e-mail communications may
come from Paul Murphy on behalf of the emergency team,
which also consists of Trish Russell, Pat Farrell, Maureen Ferris,
Tom Conlon, Leon Modeste, Larry Muench, Chris Joel, Dominic
Veneto, Leeann Bennett, and Amy Patel.
Financial Counseling Available with TIAA-CREF
The Academy is making individual, confidential financial counseling sessions with TIAA-CREF available to employees at no
additional cost.
TIAA-CREF financial consultant Tammy Kayata will be on
campus to discuss how to help you achieve your financial goals
by investing in financial solutions such as mutual funds, brokerages, life insurance, and annuities. These individual counseling
sessions are intended to help you simplify your retirement by:
• Consolidating your retirement accounts to make it easier
to manage your holdings, particularly when it comes to tax
preparation
• Offering any needed estate planning, including addressing
life insurance needs and wealth transfer strategies
• Reviewing your retirement income options to provide you
with the most flexibility possible
Remaining meeting dates for the first half of the calendar year are
as follows:
• Wednesday, March 11
• Wednesday, April 8
• Wednesday, May 13
• Wednesday, June 10
All meetings will be held in the 2nd Floor Conference Room in
GW Hall.
Space is limited. To reserve your individual session, please contact TIAA-CREF at 866-843-5640, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (EST).
Employment Opportunities
Coordinator, Gift Planning; Office of Academy Resources
The Coordinator provides administrative and clerical assistance to the Director and Associate Director of Gift Planning.
Responsibilities include managing the gift planning office’s
communications calendar and implementing all aspects of
communications, including data requests, mail merges, liaising
with the mail house, printing, and distributing; serving as the
initial gift planning contact via phone from prospective donors
and financial and legal clients; developing and generating
planned giving prospect data; managing data downloads from
main databases to Excel and Word documents, for invitation
lists and mailings; proofing and distributing memoranda
including briefings for prospective donor meetings and contact
reports; coordinating travel and preparing expense and trip
reports; providing support in managing planned gift records,
including generating the annual donor society honor roll; providing general administrative phone, mail, and filing support
as well as some data entry; monitoring the gift planning e-mail
account; and performing other duties as assigned.
The successful candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree
in a related field; be attentive to detail, well organized, and
respectful of the confidential nature of the work of OAR; possess excellent communication, organization, word processing,
Excel, and database skills; be self-motivated and able to work
independently and collaboratively; and possess thorough
knowledge of Word and Excel.
A full background check is required. Please send cover letter
and resume to [email protected] by Friday, March 6.
School Bus Driver
The Academy seeks an experienced bus driver to transport
student-athletes to and from practice in an Academy school
bus (provided by the school) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays between 3 and 6 p.m., and on Wednesdays
between 2 and 5:30 p.m.
Applicants must possess the following three up-to-date certifications so that they can begin driving immediately in March:
• Valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License with School
Bus (S) and Passenger (P) endorsement—issued by Massachusetts RMV
• Valid School Bus Driver’s Certificate (yellow card) issued
by Commonwealth of Mass. Dept. of Public Utilities
• Medical Examiner’s Certificate for Massachusetts Commercial Drivers (Form 26520)
Additional requirements include proof of automobile insurance as required by the state of Massachusetts, an immaculate
driving record, and both a DMV and full background check.
Please e-mail cover letter and resume to [email protected].
Phillips Academy is an equal opportunity employer.
—Leeann Bennett
Director, Human Resources
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
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Classified Ads
Athletics Schedule
Come cheer for Andover at these upcoming contests. Dates and times below are subject
to change! For updates, go to Athletics → Team Pages → Schedules & Scores on the PA
website, or call Lisa Buckley (ext. 4092).
Friday, February 20
Wrestling V
Squash BJV1
Squash BJV2
Squash BV
Hockey GV
Basketball GV
Hockey BV
Hockey BJV
New Englands
Belmont Hill
Belmont Hill
Concord Academy
Milton
N. M. H.
Tabor
Tabor
4:00
4:30
4:30
4:45
5:15
6:00
6:30
6:30
A
A
A
H
A
A
H
A
Saturday, February 21
Wrestling V
Squash GJV2
Squash BJV2
Basketball BJV1
Swimming & Diving GV
Swimming & Diving BV
Squash GV
Basketball BV
Squash GJV1
Hockey GJV
Hockey BV
New Englands
Deerfield/Choate
Deerfield/Choate
Lawrence Academy
Exeter
Exeter
Milton/Choate
Pingree
Milton
New Hampton
Brooks
9:00
12:30
12:30
1:30
2:00
2:00
2:00
2:00
3:30
3:30
5:30
A
A
A
A
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
Sunday, February 22
Wrestling JV
Indoor Track GV
Indoor Track BV
JV Tournament
USATF—N.E. Championships
USATF—N.E. Championships
9:00
12:00
12:00
A
A
A
Monday, February 23
Hockey GV
Cushing
4:55
H
Tuesday, February 24
Squash GV
Groton
4:30
A
Wednesday, February 25
Basketball BJV2
Squash GV
Squash GJV1
Squash BJV1
Squash BV
Hockey GJV
Squash BJV2
Squash GJV2
Hockey BV
Basketball BV
Basketball GV
Hockey GV
Swimming & Diving JV
Brooks
Exeter
Exeter
Exeter
Exeter
Pike School
Exeter
Exeter
N. M. H.
Deerfield
Rivers Westminster
Winsor
2:15
2:30
2:30
2:30
2:30
2:30
2:30
2:30
3:30
3:45
3:45
4:00
4:30
H
H
H
A
A
H
A
H
H
A
H
H
H
Thursday, February 26
Wrestling V
Intramural Basketball
Nationals (Lehigh)
Championship
1:00
3:15
A
H
For Sale—Rubber, all-weather trunk
liner for Mazda 3 hatchback: $35. ♦
Two Honeywell tower fans, w/ original
boxes: $25 each. ♦ Two twin window
fans, w/ original boxes (8.5" fans w/ 2
speeds and 9" fans w/ 3 speeds): $25 each.
♦ Two new ceramic serving dishes w/
glass lids and chrome warming stands,
microwave-, oven-, and dishwasher-safe:
round = 2.5 qt, $15; rectangular = 4 qt,
$20. ♦ Two-drawer metal filing cabinet:
$10. Please e-mail [email protected]
or call 508-572-6702.
Free HP Ink—The theatre and dance
department has HP Laserjet ink (#304A)
for a printer we no longer have. We have
1 cyan, 1 magenta, 1 yellow, and 2 black
cartridges, available for free to the first
person to e-mail Rachel Andersen at
[email protected].
Need a Sitter? Faculty child Aki Charland
(14-year-old eighth-grader) is available
to babysit on Friday and Saturday nights
for children ages 5 and older. $10/hour.
Please e-mail [email protected].
For Sale: Red Honda CRX—1991, 2-door
hatchback w/ sunroof; 5-speed manual
transmission; runs great and gets great
mileage; brand-new battery and just
inspected. 110,000 miles, $2,500. Please
e-mail [email protected].
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
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Meeting Minutes
Administrative Council
Minutes from Monday, February 16, 2015
In attendance: Ferd Alonso, Steve Carter, Judith Dolkart, Pat Farrell,
Linda Griffith, Nancy Jeton (scribe), Thom Lockerby, Sean Logan,
Leon Modeste, Paul Murphy, John Palfrey, Trish Russell, Tracy Sweet,
Elisabeth Tully, Dominic Veneto, Jim Ventre, and Ryan Wheeler
Excused: Carol Israel, Larry Muench, Amy Patel, and Rachel Skiffer
The Administrative Council gathers three times per year, on the
Monday following trustee meetings, to share updates from areas
across campus.
John Palfrey offered a report from the trustee proceedings.
Details from the report appear on page 1 of this Gazette.
Among other topics raised:
• Despite the weather wreaking havoc on schedules, students and coaches involved in the athletics program have
been flexible and positive. Some teams are in contention for
playoffs.
• The college counseling team has begun working with
uppers. Seniors pursuing merit opportunities are a focus at
this time of year.
• The iMAX project continues apace. John Wilson’s OIT
team is working with the communications team to reshape
delivery of parent communications. The admission team is
enjoying the benefits of the Wilson team’s online applications project. Erin McCloskey’s team used a video format to
describe examples of teaching with technology for the winter
report to trustees.
• Looking ahead in the technology realm…. This summer
there will be a review of cell and Wi-Fi signals across
campus. Further improvements to the A/V capacity in
Cochran Chapel are being studied.
• The OPP and Aramark teams have been heroic throughout
this stormy season. We are grateful.
• Budget development season is opening for FY 2016.
• This year’s Academy fundraising results are running ahead
of last year’s.
• Other Addison news includes planning for its Non Sibi Day
program, a search for a strategic planning consultant, and
attention to storm-related building woes.
• The communications team will be rolling out a new athletics
Web presence soon. Student and professional videographers
are putting finishing touches on videos to support the spring
admission season. Communications for annual fund appeals
this year will focus on “access.”
• The Dean of Students office and related health service
teams are working across a landscape that includes concussions, edible marijuana, flu, lice, etc. On a positive note, the
team is working with ascending student leaders as election
season opens.
• A group of trustees worked as an AIM Discovery Committee
last week, discussing leadership and governance.
• Forty-five members of the PA community will attend the
White Privilege Conference during spring break.
• The Peabody is sponsoring two Cordell scholars and looks
forward to hosting a gathering of alumni at next month’s
meeting of the American Archaeological Association. This
week, four students are presenting projects related to anthropology and archaeology.
• Bill Leahy will be joining The Avenues school systems as
director of global enrollment in July.
• The Dean of Faculty’s office expects the internal hiring
season to be completed by the end of this term with the
naming of new directors for CAMD and the Brace Center.
• The OWHL is collaborating with the Tang Institute in
support of selecting and organizing resources for Institute
projects.
• The LAMs group continues to offer diverse lunchtime programming open to the community.
Report from the Senior Administrative Council (SAC)
The group met briefly to discuss a new draft of next year’s calendar. Because the PSAT/NMSQT can no longer be administered
on a Saturday, the SAC approved Wednesday, October 14, as the
date for administering the test on campus. Programming will be
developed for juniors, lowers, and seniors for that day.
• Trustees Allison Picott and Gary Lee are leading a fundraising effort among “friends of Becky Sykes” to assist in the
final phases of raising the $12.5 million for the Sykes Wellness Center.
• OAR has five searches open and anticipates having these
new colleagues join in April and May.
• Summer Session and (MS)2 hiring seasons are in full gear.
• Applications to (MS) are strong. The program expects a
17 percent acceptance rate.
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• The three new exhibitions recently opened at the Addison
offer additional features such as gallery talks and a film festival. Many family programs will be on offer during school
vacation week.
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Meeting Minutes
Minutes continued from page 12
Academic Council
Minutes from Thursday, February 12, 2015
Present: Paul Cernota, Peter Cirelli, Jeff Domina, Andy Housiaux,
Eugene Hughes, Chris Jones, Sean Logan, Erin McCloskey, Leon
Modeste, Trish Russell, Bill Scott, Judith Wombwell, and Therese
Zemlin
The Academic Council continued discussion of newly proposed
electives and changes to the Course of Study for 2015–2016, including a change in title and content in Math 410, a possible collaboration between MATH and PHRE, a new SCIE elective to replace
one that is retiring, a new musical theatre course, and the multidisciplinary Berlin course being piloted in the spring term of
GERM-300 and being taught by German and history instructors.
The group also discussed a new proposal for a Learning in the
World program and the opportunities and questions around how
music and theatre tours and programs that are only one week
long will fit into this new structure. PA has a goal of providing
one significant off-campus experience for every two-, three-, and
four-year student, ideally during a school break or summer following grade 10 or grade 11. The Academic Council and Travel
Oversight Committee will both continue to support existing and
new programs while working with the Tang Institute team in
implementation of this Strategic Plan initiative. Faculty interested
in getting involved in Andover’s Learning in the World programs
are encouraged to contact Carmen Muñoz-Fernández.
The draft calendar for 2015–2016 that was published previously
in the Gazette will be changing now that the fall 2015 Saturday
PSAT test has been canceled. The Academic Council recommends
that PA use the PSAT date of Wednesday, October 14. The Dean
of Studies Office, Academic Council, and SAC will all work
together to revise the calendar with the goals of preserving teaching days, providing essential breaks, and maintaining balance
between the three trimesters.
Departments will be considering three options for the ExtendedPeriod Week schedules for 2015–2016 this winter, and the Academic Council expects to use department feedback in making a
decision in late March.
Final Winter Term Faculty Meeting
February 25:
Strategic Planning (Campus Master
(Wednesday)Plan)
Note: This faculty meeting will take place
from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m.