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E W S MVAA and PA lead local Interfaith Thanksgiving Service With the new academic calendar allowing students to depart for Thanksgiving on Saturday this year, it appeared a PA tradition would be lost. For several years, on the Sunday before Thanksgiving break, the chaplaincy has conducted an interfaith service for the PA community, followed by dinner in the Baldwin Cloister. This year, rather than cancel the event, organizers turned to the local community, led by South Winds contemporary worship group from South Church in Andover and the Merrimack Valley Andover Association, to keep the tradition alive. Those who attended included day students, students unable to return home for the holiday and residents of neighboring communities. With more than 160 present, the service offered readings, prayers and reflections from many and varied traditions. Hindu and Muslim students joined with South Winds and were accompanied by music from the Geoffrey Hicks Inspirational Gospel Choir; parent Ed Parker, guitarist and songwriter; chemistry instructor Christopher Jones on trumpet; and soloist Robert Edwards, dean of community and multicultural development. After the service, participants gathered for dinner in the Underwood Room. |
Six awarded teaching foundations In a ceremony held during Leaders' Weekend, Oct. 20-21, six faculty members were awarded teaching foundations. They are (l. to r.) Instructor in History and Social Science James Rogers, who was named to the John Mason Kemper/Class of 1949 Teaching Foundation; French Instructor Suzy Joseph, the Samuel Harvey Taylor Foundation; Physics Instructor Peter Watt, the Frederick W. Beinecke Teaching Foundation; English Instructor Craig Thorn, the Richard Adamson Lumpkin Teaching Foundation; English Instructor Paul Kalkstein ’61, the Independence Foundation Teaching Endowment #2; and German Instructor Lisa Svec ’81, the John H. Porter Jr. Bicentennial Instructorship. Faculty listed in
educational Ten Phillips Academy teachers have been named in the sixth edition of Who's Who Among American Teachers, 2000. They are Carolyn Kelly, Nancy Lang ’83, John McMurray, Leon Modeste, Meredith Price, Hale Sturges, J. Peter Watt, Gregory Wilkin, Kelly Wise and Judith Wombwell. These 10 are among the 114,000 teachers being honored by their former students who themselves are currently listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students or The National Dean's List, publications that recognize five percent of the nation's high school and college students respectively. The students were asked to nominate the one teacher from their entire academic career who "made a difference in their lives" by helping to shape their values, inspiring interest in a particular subject or challenging them to strive for excellence.
Copyright, Phillips Academy, 2001
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