I’ve been talking about silence with my students in the 10th grade English section I am teaching this year. The topic came up in two ways. We’re doing Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice right now, in which a couple characters are ribbed by others for talking too much. Later there’s a painful speech about having a […]
Posts by: kateysul
A Choice between Two Great Options
November 8, 2013 at 11:32 pm
If a “dilemma” involves a choice between two bad options, what’s its opposite called: a choice between two great options? I can’t decide whether last week’s ASM or this week’s was more exciting to share with you! Last week, a BU Professor of Biomedical Engineering, who happens also to be a BUA mother of one […]
Faculty Lecture Series 2013-2014
October 18, 2013 at 8:53 pm
We often talk about “life-long learning,” but we rarely have such a wonderful opportunity actually to engage with it. Well, here’s your chance! The Academy has for several years run a series of Faculty Lectures, given by our own amazingly learned teachers. This year’s roster is especially varied and exciting: Monday, Nov. 11: Dr. Brett […]
The Theme is “Fun!”
October 4, 2013 at 1:11 pm
With the tradition of Fall Festival fast approaching on Friday, October 11 – with afternoon fun in the gym, followed by pizza for the kids, a soccer game under the lights at Nickerson Field, and the Fall Festival dance after that – we have decided to add a new component this year: a barbecue for […]
Show-Stoppers!
September 27, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Last week was our first All School Meeting (ASM), and what a great way to start! We held our now-annual “Student Summer Experience” presentation, with eight volunteers ranging across the four grades. Not only was the range of topics remarkable, but the poise and public-speaking displayed were show-stoppers! The experiences were accessible to any student […]
In the Chute
September 20, 2013 at 2:20 pm
The fall semester is really and truly underway now! We’ve already experienced “Back to School Night” (I hope you were able to join us, and found it informative), our first sports competitions, and the start of clubs and activities. Most important, our students are now past “summer reading” and digging deeper into each of their […]
Happy 20th Birthday, Arcadia
September 13, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Last week I wrote on science and math education; this week I’ll link science and math to Romantic poetry, gardens, Latin verse, love, sex and Time! Or, perhaps more accurately, I’ll reflect on how Tom Stoppard does just that in Arcadia, our all-school summer reading selection being discussed this week. I want to encourage you […]
A Synergy Benefiting Our Students
September 6, 2013 at 3:18 pm
In this week’s “Science Times” section of The New York Times (September 3, 2103), all the articles examine the myths and mysteries behind the fear that the United States is falling behind globally in math and science education. While not all statistical studies are equally reliable, a few “factoids” and fundamental findings in these articles […]
Sounds of Silence
June 19, 2013 at 2:37 pm
| FROM THE MUSE | BY KATRINA GOLDOWSKY-DILL | MAY, 2013 | There’s the silence at a beginning: it’s a new year and you want to make it a good one. There’s the silence between a question and its answer when someone asks you don’t you think twenty-three is a tad bit too young to […]
A Fancy and Nothing More
June 19, 2013 at 2:30 pm
| FROM THE MUSE | BY MARWA SAYED | MAY, 2013 | We could be wax figures Or china on your mother’s shelf. And bow and herd the sheep With our pink china cheeks. And people coo and proclaim “How precious! Are they real?” And in fights we are hurled, Are smashed to bits. Collateral […]
