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Letter from Anne |
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Dear Parents,
This week, I would like to highlight our Independent Science Research (ISR) program, which is overseen by Dr. Darin Katz. Students are matched with a researcher who mentors the student in a specific research project, with work completed during the school year, sometimes beginning in the summer.
Abigail Norfleet James, a well-known educator, who focuses on gender-based learning, writes in her book Teaching the Female Brain: How Girls Learn Math and Science that it is especially important for girls to have female science role models.
As Dr. Katz facilitates partnerships for the students with local scientists, he prioritizes seeking female mentors, as this enhances a girl’s experience in exploring the world of science research, while also encouraging a girl to pursue what is still seen as a male-dominated career.
Attached is a summary of recent projects. Several women are mentoring and working with these seniors as they continue to conduct their research. In addition, girls learn science best when they see the relevant applications of concepts or skills. This is exactly what ISR brings to them — higher-level lab work, the opportunity for ownership of a project, learning how to write a journal-style paper, the possibility for co-authorship on papers and the opportunity to see science outside of Agnes Irwin.
If your daughter has an interest in science research, please encourage her to meet with Dr. Katz in order to explore the wealth of possibilities ISR provides!
On another note, Agnes Irwin hosts the next Senior Honors Consortium class this next week, continuing the study of the connections between science and the arts. The Arts Board recently met with Maggie Poulos ’95, Senior Account Executive at BRW Media Relations, as part of the AIS Lunch Series.
Finally, congratulations to all of our Fall athletes on the their various awards from Wednesday night’s Recognition Ceremony and the cast of Xanadu, who adeptly and merrily took us back to the ’80s, reminding us of what a silly decade it really was!
- Anne |
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Creatively Speaking: The Monthly Newsletter from the Department of Visual & Performing Arts
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Coming Up at AIS... |
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Mon. 12/5 Grades 11 & 12 French Trip, 9:40 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Phila.
Tues. 12/6 US Consortium Class, 6-8 p.m., West-Wike Theatre
Mon. 12/12 MS/US Winter Concert, 7-9 p.m., Laura Thomas Buck ’49 Pavilion
Wed. 12/14 Affordability & Financial Aid Workshop, 7-8 p.m., Assembly Room
*Senior Parenting Workshop, 7:30-9 p.m., MS/US Lobby
Fri. 12/16 Winter Break Begins at Noon
Classes Resume Tues. 1/3/12
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Please click on the events to view all committee meeting dates & information:
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Agnes Irwin will host an Affordability Workshop for prospective and current families on Wed. 12/14 from 7-8 p.m. in the Assembly Room. Please join us for this hour-long workshop which will address affordability and the process of applying for financial aid. Please RSVP to Barbara Silverman or by calling 610.526.1667.
French Students in Grades 11 and 12 will visit the exhibit "Of Elephants & Roses: Encounters with French Natural History, 1790-1830" at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia on Mon. 12/5, followed by a French lunch at the Caribou Café. At the invitation of Dr. Pat McPhearson, former President of Bryn Mawr College and AIS alumna, students will receive a tour of the exhibit in French. They will leave Agnes Irwin at 9:40 a.m. and return by 2 p.m.
The College Counseling department will be open for Office Hours during December Break at the following times - Dec. 19, 20, 21, (22 depending on need) and Dec. 27, 28, 29, (30 depending on need) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Please visit the AIS Parents page to stay updated with all current information. |
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Community Service News |
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The SOS Board is holding their annual winter hats, mittens and scarves drive to benefit families in need identified by Family Support Services of Philadelphia. Please donate new or gently used winter items and place them in the collection boxes in the US/MS Lobby. This year, the drive will also accept coats and outerwear. Thank you!
(Above) Members of the SOS Board visited the Bryn Mawr Campus of Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech last week. The Clarke School provides children who are deaf and hard of hearing with listening, learning and spoken language skills. The girls toured the school, learned about their program and met some of the preschool students. Later that afternoon, the girls returned to the school for a service project in which they organized kits for new parents of deaf and hard of hearing children that were assembled with a grant from the Ronald McDonald Foundation.
(Above) The Girls Grant Making Club worked to make blankets for Project Night Night. They will be putting the blankets into bags along with a book and a small stuffed animal which will give comfort to children who arrive at a women's shelter in the area.
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