September 8: General assembly

Environmental lawyer Jan Schlichtmann visited the school to speak. Discussed environmental issues, the Earth as our inheritance (and our responsibility to take care of it), and a little bit about the novel and movie (A Civil Action) telling his story. Student reception was good, despite direction of the talk not always being clear.

Activity led by the science team went very smoothly and seemed to get the students thinking about e-waste (specifically cellular phones) and what can be done to help. Raised some awareness about the impact of our electronic trash. There was not a strong link between this activity and the speaker, other than that both were generally about environmental pollution.

All faculty, staff, and interns introduced themselves to the student body. I thought this was a great idea and worked very well. Lots of excitement from the student body. Seemed like a great unifying activity, highlighting school pride and familial attitude.

Science team debriefed and discussed what they thought were good and bad points of the assembly on September 9 during afternoon meeting.