2014SUMMER

The

Falmouth AcademyGAM *

GAM: “a social meeting of whaleships… with all the sympathies of sailors [and] all the peculiar congenialities arising from a common pursuit.”*

Head of SchoolStarting the conversation, a new ‘gam’

WHEN I RECEIVED MY FIRST COPY OF THE GAM VIA EMAIL, I MUST ADMIT I ASKED THE QUESTION: “WHAT’S A ‘GAM’?”

Even English majors don’t know every word…

Then I consulted my trusty Webster’s Dictionary, and was rewarded with a delightful definition: “a visit or friendly conversation at sea or ashore especially between whalers.”

And thus it was that my vocabulary was newly expanded, with the vernacular of Falmouth Acade-my. I’m learning the language of my new school. After being

here for more than a month now I’m beginning to feel quite at home. Those qualities that initially attracted me to Falmouth Academy are readily evident, even though school is not officially in session — a close community, intellec-tualism, creativity, passion, endeavor.... Even in the summer, these qualities suf-fuse my conversations with faculty, staff

and trustees, with the students who have dropped by to introduce themselves, with the actors and interns and play-wrights at the Cape Cod Theater Project, which just concluded its month-long residency at Falmouth Academy.

It’s exciting to be new, and a little intim-idating, as well. I sometimes feel like our new seventh grade students, walking into a place where everyone knows each other already, but I have yet to forge the kinds of close relationships that I know are coming. I take comfort in knowing they’re not too far off, but for now I must rely on the kindness and generosity and professionalism of an extraordinary collection of dedicated school personnel. So far nobody has sent me to collect eggs from the chicken coop!

Still, it’s a little quiet around campus. I’m looking forward to the start of the school year, and the energy that our students will bring when they fill the hallways and classrooms once more.

Actually, it’s not really all that quiet. Summer programs are in session, and

My vocabulary was expanded... I’m learning the language of my new school.

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there’s a steady, percussive thrum of construction out back. Progress on our new Meeting Hall is moving along quickly, and we anticipate comple-tion in the spring! When finished, the Meeting Hall will hold our daily All-School Meeting, and our students will be able to sit shoulder to shoul-der in amphitheater-style seating for other gath-erings as well — readings, lectures, performances and other events will all occur in our new facility, which will accommodate up to 250 people.

The GAM itself is taking a new direction. It will now be published four times a year, and the focus will be on telling the stories of what’s happening around school, with plenty of colorful photo-graphs. Over the coming months, in addition to the GAM, you’ll see a weekly newsletter sent out electronically (The Mainsheet), an evolving website, and a greater presence on social media.

These are all ways we plan to enhance our com-munication to the extended Falmouth Academy community.

As we prepare to begin a new school year filled with great potential, we hope that you’ll enjoy reading, and perhaps join us, in the friendly con-versations that make a gam, and that abound at Falmouth Academy.

Stephen Duffy Head of School

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From the Head of School 2

FA Profile: Olivann Hobbie 5

Q&A: Kurt Achin ’87 8

Around the Table 10

Beyond the Class 12

Admissions Notes 16

On Campus 17

Alumni News 20

The Calendar 25

Uniquely FA 26

In Their own Words 27

In thIs Issue

Stephen A. Duffy Head of School

Matt Donahue Director

of Development

Olivia Riddiford Assistant

to the Head of School

Michael J. Earley Asst. Head of School,

Director of Admissions

Patricia A. Pronovost Editor

Dir. of Communications

Barbara Campbell Associate Editor Alumni Director

Falmouth Academy

The GAMPublished quarterly for the community of Falmouth Academy

7 Highfield Drive • Falmouth, MA 02540508.457.9696

falmouthacademy.org

Conservation and climate change are at the forefront of scientific study. A cut-ting-edge program offered

for the first time at Falmouth Academy, had students working hand-in-hand with scientists in these fields.The new Falmouth Academy Sci-ence, Engineering and Technolo-gy Scholars (FASETS) Program, brought 27 students from Fal-mouth Academy and other high schools together for week-long, high-level research with science mentors. The group researched endan-gered species management with conservation biologists Ian Ives from Mass Audubon and Bryan Windmiller of Grassroots Wildlife Conservation. They performed ecological census techniques and got their hands dirty tracking and performing habitat restoration for the spadefoot toad. They recov-ered turtles, installed tracking devices, assessed possible future vernal pool locations to provide adequate new habitats, and met species management experts to discuss their work.

The second week-long study with Jenny Arbuszewski from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution tested the ocean’s role in climate change over the last 22,000 years. Students used a marine sediment core to count the relative abundance of a spe-cies of planktonic foraminifera, a single-celled organism which prefers certain oceanographic conditions. The summer immersion program is part of the year-long FASETS program. To help with their Science Fair projects, Falmouth Academy students are matched with mentors in the Woods Hole community. Students whose interests are piqued by science fair and class work can ask to be matched with specialists for internship opportunities at nearby lab-oratories, local technology companies, and conserva-tion nonprofits. FASETS was made possi-ble by donor support and a $50,000 challenge grant from the E.E. Ford Founda-tion.

FASETS deepens class-room understanding by enabling students to work alongside celebrated scientists and engineers.

Students strengthen skills, immersing themselves in biotechnology, coastal ecology, marine microbiology, and engineering.

FASETS serves as an inspiration for students’ academic interests and passions.

FASETS: A professional layer to science study

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The great 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, describing the pilgrims as they set off on their delightful journey to the shrine at Canterbury, sums up the art of teaching in a

memorable phrase when he introduces his “Oxford cleric”  — “And he would gladly learn, and gladly teach.”

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‘Why I teach.’Like the cleric of Oxford, and, I believe, like all teachers who love their profes-sion, I teach because it gladdens me.   I hope that the joy I take in teaching, which of course, as Chaucer implies, means constant learning, will communicate itself to my students. I want them to envision for themselves a life of an unquenchable search for both knowledge and under-standing. They should want to delve, both broadly and deeply, into ever more facets of our amazing world. Like Terence, writing in the second century B.C., the students should come to feel that “nothing human is alien to them.”  And today they should also feel that nothing in the natural world is alien to them.

By Olivann HobbieFalmouth Academy founding teacher Olivann Hobbie’s vitality, vigor and vivacious teaching style won her many, many fans — faculty and students, alike. With her retirement in June 2014, we asked Mrs. Hobbie to reflect on what the vocation of teaching means to her.

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From acquiring such knowledge and understanding they will develop a mature sense of respon-sibility. Again and again in the young adults I have been privileged to teach, I see this desire to make a difference, to take responsibility for some part of the world. They want to use their gifts not only for their own satisfaction but for the good of others. We teachers here always rejoice when we learn that one of our students has chosen to become a teacher. We have shown them, we feel, the deep satisfactions that come in such a life.

I aim to give my students some tools to develop their gifts. One of the greatest injustices we can com-mit as parents, teachers, or citizens is to rob youth of the possibility of growth. In the opening scene of Shakespeare’s wonderful pastoral comedy As You Like It, the young-er brother, Orlando, upbraids his older brother, heir to nearly all of the father’s fortune, who has denied him the father’s wish, “to breed [him] well: “My father charged you in his will to give me good educa-tion. You have trained me like a peasant, obscuring and hiding from me all gentlemanlike qualities... [A]llow me such exercises as may become a gentleman...” In frustra-tion, desperation, and hope, Orlan-do betakes himself to the Forest of Arden, where he discovers his inner wealth. This determination, that all

young men and women get a “good education” and discover their “gen-tlemanlike qualities,” inspires me with fervor in the classroom.

I teach also because of the sat-isfaction that comes from the synergy that can arise in a class-room. Such synergy comes from intellectual curiosity and pursuit but also from the sense of trust that pervades Falmouth Academy classrooms. This trust—that we,

teacher and students, will be hon-est, will be kind—is a necessity for our open exploration of ideas. In this atmosphere, it is both exciting and fulfilling to see students in-spire each other, to see imaginative ideas — a burst of insight, of new possibilities—arise out of class dis-cussion. At the same time as I have watched students seize excitedly on some idea, I have also insisted that they learn that developing any idea demands patience and meticulous attention to detail.

They thus learn, I hope, that any kind of growth requires dis-cipline.  Perhaps because I have played the piano since I was six years old, I have an unshakeable belief in the satisfaction and devel-opment that does come with steady, focused effort.

One of the great satisfactions that has come to me as a teacher is

One of the great injustices we can commit... is to rob youth of the possibility of growth.

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All of these model teachers exemplified a basic truth about education: “The more one knows, the more one realizes there is to know.”

to see some of my students take a seed planted in our classroom and grow it into a passion, a life’s work, or simply a lifelong interest. Sever-al students, after their year in the World Cultures class, have decided to spend part of a college year in Japan or China or Korea or India. They have come back to share their experiences and their deeper understanding of Asian cultures with the current group of students. They have thought more deeply about the demands in our egalitari-an American culture for individual liberties and the demands in more hierarchical Asian cultures for respect for the wishes of the family or the group.

   I became a dedicated writing teacher — some of my students would say obsessive — because I didn’t learn to write until I was almost thirty.  It was a shock to me when I got to graduate school to realize how little control I had over how I expressed myself.  Even though I had always been a “good” student, I simply had never ac-quired the tools needed to write effectively. After I became a better writer, I always pushed my students to a full realization that they were

responsible for the quality of writ-ing.  All of the humanities teachers at FA make an effort to give stu-dents the techniques used by good writers.  But until student writers become thoughtful critics of their own words, their writing will fall short until they learn to ask a few questions as they read aloud their own work:   “Have I written with such clarity that the reader will never become entangled?  Did I know what I wanted to say, and did I say it clearly, directly, thoughtfully? Will the reader enjoy the rhythm and melody of my sentences?”

   We hope that our students become part of a community of learning, a community similar to that which we have at Falmouth Academy.  To do that, students must learn to listen.  Attentive lis-tening is, at base, a profound form of respect.   I teach thus because I want students to be in a classroom that is a model for the kind of listening to others that the world so sorely lacks today.

    I teach because it is fun!  When the classroom atmosphere is one of respect, when each individual feels valued and accepted by the teacher and the other students, there will

be lots of opportunity for humor, for some gentle teasing — usually about a strength one student often amazes the rest of us with — for shared laughter over some ridicu-lously pompous pronouncement by an obtuse leader somewhere in the world.  And humor teaches other qualities I want my students to de-velop:  a sense of proportion and of perspective, a degree of humility.

   I teach because of a few remarkable teachers I had in my youth: a music teacher who opened the world of books and ideas to me when other girls wanted to become cheerleaders; a Mills College music history teacher who made me marvel at Bach; a scholarly political science teacher who led us fresh-women through the works of some of the great philosophers. And all of these model teachers exemplified a basic truth about education: “The more one knows, the more one realizes there is to know.”

    I teach because I want to help students at this seeking, formative period of their lives develop their gifts to the fullest, both for their own joy and for the good of

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Kurt Achin ’87 was a producer of CNN International’s World News in Atlanta

before moving to Hong Kong to launch the pan-Asian technology magazine eBizasia and Talk Asia. He was a reporter, editor

and producer for CNN International in Hong Kong and opened the Seoul bureau for Voice of America before going to New Delhi, India,

as Bureau Chief for Voice of America. He returned to freelance work in 2013.

Q&Aeporting from Asia: Kurt Achin ‘87R

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What are you working on now?

Was there any-thing you did at FA that may have spurred your interest in Asia?

I have recently filed video stories for the Wall Street Journal online and collabo-rated with a visiting reporter from the New York Times on South Korea’s adoption of Broad-way-style musical theater. I have also produced and host-ed an international news segment for local English-speak-ing radio, and I am launching a podcast for a news website.

The FA teaching en-vironment laid down the groundwork for curiosity about international affairs that would eventually get me over to Asia. Deborah Bradley’s encouragement to study French at a brisk clip got me very interested in foreign languages. Lalise Melillo’s emphasis on reading with a pen may well be the

I have always had an attachment to the issue of human rights prob-lems in North Korea, and the personal stories that North Korean ref-ugees have to tell. There are big questions about how flexibly the North Korean government can adapt to changing times, and whether it will turn to ever more desperate measures to ensure it stays in control.

What are some of the most interesting stories you’ve ever worked on?

By Elie (Swain) Harmon ’88

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All my FA teachers were tiles in a sort of mosaic that underpinned the idea that looking outward to the world was a very positive thing.

— Kurt Achin

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Where is your favorite place that you have lived or visited?

Hong Kong will always have a special place in my heart. The most wonderful thing about Hong Kong is that it is both everywhere and no-where. You can have a western-style day of mall shopping and cappuccinos by going

others; to find joy in expanding their horizons and thus to feel not only comfortable in seeking out challenges but eager to do so. My last senior class, the Class of 2014, gave me a bumper sticker — the first one I’ve ever put on a car — with an analect of the Chinese sage Confucius, whose sayings they had memorized in September. Con-fucius, through advice like this, laid the foundation for the Asian respect for teachers and for learning that we see so clearly today: “Learn as if

you were following someone with whom you could not catch up, as though it were someone you were frightened of losing.”

But I would add to that wise admonition an idea that express-es my belief that teachers and students are joined in a shared undertaking. The fine English novelist E.M. Forster wrote in Howard’s End: “Only connect! . . . Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalt-ed, and human love will be seen at its height.”  When students and teachers connect in a joyous atmosphere, they connect as well to the deepest parts of the human spirit.

Humor teaches other qualities I want my students to develop:

a sense of proportion... a degree of humility.

single most useful ca-reer skill I ever kept in my quiver, as a broadcast journalist. And Olivann Hob-bie’s deep interest in Chinese history was quite contagious, even back then. All of my FA teachers really were tiles in a sort of mosaic that underpinned the idea that looking outward to the world was a very positive thing.

15 minutes in one direction; you can have a Chinese-style day of snake soup and acupuncture by heading in the other. A massive concrete jungle of neon and elec-tronics is only a half-hour away from a deserted mountainside where wild monkeys will surround you.

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I t’s not every day that teenagers play with toys. Sure they may have games, video or otherwise, but not real metal and plastic, rainbow-col-

ored, swirling, clanking rolling-car toys.A child’s rainbow-colored xylophone, marbles running down it; a Slinky; a stuffed Felix the Cat — these are all tools of a sort — the construction materials of elaborate machines built in Peter Conzett’s physics class.The Rube Goldberg Project combines calculus, math and physics in a hands-on weeks-long assignment.“It’s the combination of engineering and creativity that we have a pretty hard time mixing together, in general,” he said.Mr. Conzett’s annual physics proj-ect — once an exercise in building wooden bridges — is now inspired by

the drawings of Rube Goldberg, an Amer-ican cartoonist who satirized the country’s fascination with tech-nology, sketching out drawings of intricate, elaborate machines that were designed to complete inordinately simple tasks.

Teams of seniors build individual pieces of the machine that are ul-timately linked together to form a massive, Goldbergian creation.Wooden dowels are taped, screwed and tied together. A plastic Hot Wheels ramp turns its end up to shoot a car into a bucket.Glitter poofs in a cloud and bells tinkle. There’s a faint smell of sawdust. Stu-dents creep around the tables with slow, careful movements, bending

Around the Table

(Rube Goldberg was here)ip, Bang, Pop!Z

• Machine must have at least 5 stages

• Must include a rubber band, a mousetrap, a coat hanger and a balloon

• Must have an 80cm vertical distance of kintetic energy

• There must be spinning in some

stage with a radius larger than seven inches

• May use battery power in only one stage

• There must be some motion whose principle purpose is sound

• You must use all the items in your drawer*

“Goldbergian” requirements

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Constraints — in design and materials — lead to creativity. The photos below show three different approaches to using a coat hanger, required as a building material.

At top, it spins on a motor. At middle, it is pushed mechanically, revolving to propel another object in line. At bottom, it serves as a guardrail along a curve of track.

*The drawer is a bag a random items. It has a few items that are “Oh, wow!” and an item, like a sponge, that are “How am I going to use this?” — Peter Conzett

down and peering up at their creations, their piece of the Rube Gold-berg machine that must work in perfect con-cert with all the others to create a chain-reac-tion dance of

movement and sound that finishes with a balloon pop at the end.“Aesthetic beauty was not our main goal, just functionality,” said Cody Baker ’14. “We tried to in-corporate materials from the class and around the house.”“It’s hard to think abstractly about these things. You just have to fiddle with them.”Mortimer the Penguin glides across a zipline, sometimes a little faster than anticipated. He trips Felix the Cat, who pops a balloon.“He’s the centerpiece of every-thing.”Cody confesses that he and his teammates may not have “engi-neering minds” but that was a fun

and valuable assignment.When the project started, the students came in with heaps of possibilities and little know-how.A lot of tape was used in the early stages, Mr. Conzett said, but it took only a short time before more sophisticated methods of construction like sawing and drilling were employed.There are some constraints to what students must exploit creatively: A rubber band, coat hanger and balloon are among the required materials. Not only must the machine work, it must also create sound.The project is a recent departure from Mr. Conzett’s traditional build-a-bridge exercise. In its second year, the Rube Goldberg machine has become an event seniors eagerly anticipate. Once the teams’ machines are con-nected at All-School Meeting for all the community to see, it’s less about whether they work to pop that final balloon than about a group exercise in creation. And it is a clanking, twirling, whirring success.

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Tasha Garland (’16) was part of Falmouth Academy’s journey to Belize in 2014. What came out of her experience was a series of photos that captured the life around her. Here is a sampling of the photos she took for her show “A Distant Shore.”

“I don’t really know what I was expecting, but I returned home impressed by the different cultures, the vibrant colors everywhere, and the natural beauty of Belize.Our adventure began in the Blue Creek Village Rainforest where we visited a local Mayan school and home. The kindness of the locals and their willingness to welcome us into their homes impressed me. After we had our fill of scorpions and tarantulas, we moved to South Water Caye, a small island just off the coast. While on the caye, I had the unique opportunity to go SCUBA diving, which allowed me to swim with turtles and capture some underwater scenes.In my show, I hope to provide a glimpse into the diversity of light and life in Belize.”

Beyond the Class

“A Distant Shore”

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“A Distant Shore” by Tasha Garland

Class of 2016

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he future begins todayTNew Meeting Hall will be the heart of a thriving school and community

The new Meeting Hall will allow students’ voices to be heard.

Phase I Meeting Hall

• Community space at the center of the school

• 3,600 square feet, seating for 250

• Technology for presentations

• Community space for lectures, performances

• Kitchen lends support to school and community events

• An efficient, new HVAC system

• Bright, open space for gatherings

• Basement for theater and school storage

A new addition is being built in the center of Falmouth Acad-emy; a space that’s equidistant from each end of the school. When it’s done, it will serve as a daily gathering spot for our community, the figurative heart of the school — a New Meeting Hall.Since construction started on June 23, JK Scanlan Company has excavated the basement level, built concrete forms and poured the foundation of what will be an amphitheater-style hall that will host All-School Meeting, class presentations and community events.The building is the first of a two-phase Campaign for Falmouth Academy to provide space for the needs of both the school and the Falmouth community.Designed by Eck MacNeely Architects, the Meeting Hall’s components are a reflection of the school’s teaching mission: a curved seating arrangement

that allows students to see each others’ faces and allows their voices to be heard in the daily All-School Meeting and in other gatherings. Its design is shaped by the input of the faculty and the school’s Facilities Committee, led by Trustee Mark Hutker.

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With music, poetry and a shovel or two of dirt, Falmouth Academy students

and trustees broke ground on a new Meeting Hall at the school’s last All-School Meeting of the year. Students Emma Rogalewski ’14 and Sam Colt-Simonds ’19 read the poem “To Be of Use” by Marge Piercy. Student Council offi-cers from grades 7-12 each turned a shovel of earth, while a group of student musicians played “Come Together” by The Beatles.Board of Trustee Chair Beth Colt, Cam-paign Co-Chairs Susan Morse and Cynthia

Feldmann, founding teacher Olivann Hobbie, Trustee Mark Hutker, architect Paul MacNeely, interim Head of School Mark Segar and new Head of School Stephen Duffy also turned a ceremonial shovel of earth.The ceremony was closed by Samuel Perry ’19, who gave an invocation to the Greek god Dionysus to aid the new ven-ture – an appropriate blessing as seventh graders were performing in the Greek Drama Festival on the front lawn of the school following the groundbreaking.

Students held a home-spun groundbreaking

• 6,300 square feet, seating for 300

• Improved lighting, acoustics and sound system

• New, quiet AC and heating system

• A dedicated music room and rehearsal space

• A workshop for scenery building and storage

• Fully equipped control room, tech classroom

• Inviting lobby, gallery and balcony areas

• Redesigned backstage facilities for artists

Phase II Preforming Arts

Center

The result will be 3,600 square feet of bright, open space and wide, stepped seating for 250 people. The new building will also house a conference room with an adjoin-ing teaching kitchen, a microwave bank and counter space for student food preparation. “The Campaign was derived from strategic planning done by the Falmouth Academy community in 2007,” said campaign co-chairper-son Susan Morse. “And it prudent-ly sets forth goals that allow the school to continue to meet its stu-dents’ and teachers’ needs — and to offer its facilities as a resource for the community.”“This building is a crucial de-velopment for the school,” said campaign co-chairperson Cynthia Feldmann. “As both a Trustee and a parent, I see this space as a signif-icant boost for our programs.”Once the Meeting Hall is complete, the school plans to finalize designs for Phase II — a new Performing Arts Center to meet growing school needs and respond to requests from local arts organizations.Phase II will mean renovation and

expansion of the school’s perfor-mance hall, with an added music room, a scene shop and storage area, new lobby, gallery, and bal-cony entrances for the theater, as well as a new control room and tech classroom. Renovations will include a new, quiet HVAC sys-tem, better acoustics and lighting systems, and updated backstage and green room areas.

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Admissions NotesSeveral years ago, the Metropolitan Muse-um of Art in New York completed brand new spaces to house their collection of Greek and Roman art. They felt they needed a more modern, compelling way to present the timeless. This summer, those of us who work through the summer at school have enjoyed watching the rapid growth of our new meeting space, which will house our equivalent of Greek and Roman art, All-School Meeting. In this brand new space, our community will do what it has always done. Students (even the newest 7th grad-ers) will speak in front of the entire school community for the first time. We will thank each other for kindnesses extended to the community. We will learn about birthdays, the election of new class officers, and the high scorer in yesterday's game. We will make goofy announcements. We will make sad announcements. We will applaud each other. We will ask for help. We will take a few moments each day to be together as a community. Whether you are a prospective parent in-terested in learning more about the school, a current parent, or just a curious friend, consider attending All-School Meeting. You will see a strong and distinct school culture that stands as an alternative to modern popular culture. If you are free

at 10:30 on any weekday and you'd like to join us, please call the Admissions Office to schedule a visit. While we cherish what is timeless about

our community, we also know that, like any living thing, we must adapt and grow in order to thrive. Much is new here. Our Head of School Steve Duffy began work on July 1, bringing with him more than 25 years of experience working in independent schools. We’ve joined the Cape and Islands League and will be playing main-ly local public schools in sports for the first time this

fall. And our new meeting hall, which will house modern audio-visual presentations as well as All-School Meeting, will help the school become even more of a nexus of the cultural life of Falmouth in the future. What a great time to work in admissions at this remarkable school. As we prepare to begin work this fall enrolling the Class of 2021, Sarah Knowles and I look forward to introducing prospective new families to both the timeless and the modern here at Falmouth Academy. As always, we are eager to speak with you if you'd like to learn more about the school for your child or if you know a family who might like to consider enrollment. Finally, I invite any curious minds to join us for our Open House on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 2-4 p.m.

fresh take on timeless traditionsA

Mike Earley, Director of Admissions

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Founding Faculty member Olivann Hobbie retiresOlivann Hobbie was Falmouth Academy’s first teacher. And after 37 years spent molding stu-dents’ minds and shaping Falmouth Academy’s identity, she retired in June.Mrs. Hobbie was hired to teach English – then later taught algebra and histo-ry – and, for two years, was assistant headmaster. She was a constant presence and guide during the school’s growth from a serious but fledgling operation to a successful and nationally recog-nized institution.Jessie Gerson-Nieder ’00, herself a teacher, pondered Mrs. Hobbie’s influence and spoke at Mrs. Hob-bie’s retirement celebration.“I have worked in education now for ten years, and in my practice, I strive towards the things that Mrs. Hobbie made seem as natural as breathing – knowing her students deeply, treating them with respect while holding them to high stan-dards, knowing her content with depth and passion, and pushing students to investigate the world with exacting and real curiosity.”

For more than 30 years, Olivann taught a World Cultures course that introduced seniors to Chi-na, Japan, India and Russia. She organized drama productions and

volunteer efforts and helped estab-lish the school’s recycling program. “Olivann Hobbie is fascinating and hard to pin down,” said Jenny (Olson) Putnam ’83. “She is always surrounded, not only by a halo of flying papers, but by activity, laughter and inter-esting people.”When the school

moved to its permanent campus in Falmouth in 1989, Olivann began her reign as chair of the arts department, ensuring that art and music remain integral to Falmouth Academy’s curriculum and to the school’s position in the community.

“Her imagination and energy pushed Falmouth Academy to become a little giant school, throwing off the accomplishment and energy of a school three times its size,” said Bruce Bux-ton, Falmouth Academy’s former headmaster. “And her vision en-couraged the school to push out into the community — to identify Falmouth Academy as a place for art, thought, community service, music, and theater — a place of interest.”“She unflaggingly modeled a thoughtful, authentic, kind, and clear-eyed way of navigating the world,” said Ms. Gerson-Nieder. “Her high expectations and ex-cellent example suggested that we could and should do the same.”

Girls’ lacrosse wins title; Falmouth Academy joins the Cape and Islands leagueIn a very impressive season culmination, the Falmouth Academy’s girls’ and boys’ varsity

Retiring teacher Olivann Hobbie with fellow founding faculty member Susan Brinckerhoff

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lacrosse teams played for their respective league championships. The girls’ team record for the regular season was 12-3 with one tie, after having won nine straight games. The boys’ team also had a banner season with a 12-1 record and 10 consecutive wins. After hosting the Williams School, the girls claimed the Southeastern New England Independent School Athletic Association league cham-pionship with a decisive 16-7 win. It was the first girls’ varsity lacrosse title since 2003.The boys’ team also played in their league championship against the Hyde School in Woodstock, CT.Starting in the fall, all Falmouth Academy Mariners teams will move to the MIAA (Massachusetts In-terscholastic Athletic Association) Cape and Islands League, where they will have a chance to compete, for the first time, in the state tournament. In an article in the Cape Cod Times, Athletic Director Rob Wells said, “It is the right time to move into the C & I. With travel expenses mounting and the competition within the SENEISAA growing due to private schools recruiting for athletics, it’s not the same league we fought to join back in 1988. At that time, there weren’t any public options that were the same size or even close to the size and scale appropriate for Fal-mouth Academy.”

Student art recognized in regional, national competitionsFalmouth Academy students won 12 awards, including a Gold Key and five Silver Keys, at the 2014 regional Scho-lastic Art and Writing Awards, sponsored this year by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Jane Earley ’18 (piece above) won a Gold Key for photography and

her work was exhibited at Bos-ton City Hall in March. Silver Keys were awarded to Carlo Bocconcelli ’14, photography portfolio, Martha Clark ’18, acrylic painting, Me-gan Iverson ’18, photography, Alex Kania ’16, draw-ing, and Helena Oldenbourg ’14, painting.Honorable men-tions were earned by Catherine Aviles ’14, paint-ing, Stephanie Aviles ’17, sculp-

ture, Martha Clark ’18, photogra-phy, Tasha Garland ’16, ceramics, Julia Guérin ’15 (left, bottom), photography, and Cassidy Reves-Sohn ’14, painting.Four Falmouth Academy students were also honored in the Con-gressional Art Competition this year. Cassidy Reves-Sohn earned a first-place for painting. Tasha

Garland, Julia Guérin and Eliza Van Voorhis ’17 (left, top) earned honorable mentions for photog-raphy. Sponsored by the Members of the House of Representatives, this competition provides an op-portunity for members of Con-gress to encourage and recognize the artistic talents of their young constituents. The Falmouth Acad-emy student art will be displayed in U.S. Representative William Keating’s Massachusetts district office for a year.

German students earn accolades for their language skillsDr. Ehrenbrink’s German IV and V students were honored in two competitions this year – including an international contest.Seven Falmouth Academy stu-dents received a gold award at the 2014 Massachusetts Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German award cere-mony, including Lucas Johns ’14, Lily Patterson ’14, Helena Old-enbourg ’14, Nicolas Pingal ’16, Alaina Plueddemann ’15, Char-lotte Van Voorhis ’16, and Samuel Graber-Hahn ’17. Lily Patterson also received an Austro-American Association Award and Nicolas Pingal received a Deutsche Son-

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nabendschule Award. Students from these same classes submitted a music video they cre-ated to a contest sponsored by the Goethe-Institut to win a trip to Hamburg and visit with the band, ‘Tonbandgerät.’ The Falmouth Academy video, “Nach Hamburg gehen,” was one of 18 chosen to go into the next round. The com-munity was asked to vote, but, alas, we did not win.

Mademoiselle Bonnafoux becomes Madame ClaydonBest Wishes to French teacher Emmanuelle Bonnafoux for her marriage to John C. Claydon on May 31, 2014. Sunny weather graced the wedding, held at Spohr Gardens in Falmouth. Congratu-lations to the happy couple.

Students present to the Human Rights Academy

Four Falmouth Acad-emy students, mem-bers of the Human Rights elective, pre-sented their service

project at the annual meeting of the Cape and Islands chapter of the Human Rights Academy.Students Cassidy Reves-Sohn ’14, Maddie Primini ’16, Liz

Drinkwater ’15 and Phoebe Long ’15 discussed their proj-ect to assist children in need in Falmouth by raising money to donate healthy snacks to the Morse Pond School. By making and selling jewelry from recy-cled materials and gathering donations from students who “paid” to wear jeans to school, they were able to make several significant donations to provide snacks to children who wouldn’t otherwise have them during the school day.

Elenita Muniz, former Direc-tor of Publications at Falmouth Academy, is the Cape and Islands Human Rights Academy director who hosted the all-day event in Hyannis, which was attended by a number of area schools.

Graduates name college destinationsCongratulations to our recently graduated seniors, all of whom will have bright futures at the colleges of their choice:Boston College (2)Brown UniversityCape Cod Comm. College (2)Clark University (2)DePaul UniversityFordham UniversityHarvard UniversityLesley College

Loyola University Chica-go Maine Maritime Acade-myMacalester CollegeOccidental College University of King’s College Nova ScotiaWashington University St. LouisWellesley College

Wesleyan UniversityWhitman CollegeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteBrigham Young University

Greek Drama tradition continues for 7th gradersThe seventh graders performed in the annual Greek Drama Festival on the front lawn of the school. They acted out fables and

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Alumni News

Andrew Maggiore ’95 and Jeremy Hayes are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter Audrey Evana on June 27, 2014 in Roanoke, Virginia. She weighed in at 6 pounds 5 ounces (2863 grams) and was 18.75 inches (58 cm) long.

Congratulations to Braden Goyette ’05, who was promoted to Senior Editor at The Huffington Post.

Nicole Fleury ‘10, graduated cum laude from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas this past May with a degree in Business Administration focusing on Supply and Value Chain Management. She recently accepted a position in the Leadership Development Program for Integrated Supply Chain Management  with Textron Inc. While participating in this program, she will complete four, six-month assignments, across various business units both domestic and abroad, gaining

hands-on experience in her field. Her first rotation will be in Fort Worth, Texas at Bell Helicopter in the Environmental Health and Safety Department.

Congratulations to Alyssa Gantz ’03, who was promoted to Associate Producer of This Old House.

Shaun Sellers ’97 filed nomination papers to represent Monteagle Ward on the Hastings Highlands Council in Ontario, Canada. The election is October 27. On a Facebook page that she set up for her campaign, Shaun said, “I think many of the challenges we face in Hastings Highlands are also our strengths: our small population, our rural history, our distance from a major city, and our abundance of natural resources.” Shaun, who is an organic chocolatier, would join other FA alumni who serve in public office. Heather (Mastromatteo) DiPaolo ’90 and Jay O’Hara ’00 are both members of the Bourne School Committee. Good luck to Shaun and we invite you to visit and like her page: https://www.facebook.com/shaunsellersformonteagle

Congratulations to Jules Buccino ’10 on her graduation from Vanderbilt University in May. She received a bachelor of arts in Medicine, Health and Society. As

part of a five-year program, she will also receive a master degree next year upon completion.

The Class of 2004 enjoyed a 10-year reunion hosted by Matthew Waterbury ’04. Pictured here are attendees (back row) Ali Baker, Katy (Hickman) Prosser, Leslie Bullis, Matt Waterbury, Joey Smith, Nat Shaver and Oliver Moore. In the front row are Mike Kowalski, Evan Sipe, Lauren (Sasaki) Boscoe, Karl Duane, Julia Wagner, Tristan Wickersham, Christa Hulburt and Sean O’Neill.

The Class of 2009 got together at Tim Wadman’s house for its five-year reunion. Pictured here after a rousing game of Corn Hole are Taza Vercruysse, Kenny McCormack,

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Alumni NewsMax McGurl, Alex Gundersen, Tim Wadman and Christina Johns.

Congratulations to Kristen and Perry Raulerson ’01 on the birth of their son William David (Liam) Raulerson, born March 21. He joins big sister Emily.

Robert Silvers ’86 designed a photomosaic of the Happiness Flag, sponsored by Coca-Cola and which debuted at the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. Once a canvas painting was completed, Coke sent a digitized version to Robert, who recreated the colorful flag design with fan photos posted to HappinessFlag.com — more than 140,000 — and shipped the finished product, section by section, to a digital printing company in Rio de Janeiro. After all 192 panels were printed, they were stitched together. The Happiness Flag spans 3,600 square meters of printed nylon fabric. “When viewed from a distance, it looks just like the original artwork,” Silvers explains, “but when you come up close you can see the people that formed the image.”

Shelby Walker ’90 was named director of the Oregon Sea Grant College Program run out of

Oregon State University. She was previously the strategic planning team leader for the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation in

NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Shelby was responsible for the agency’s research and development planning efforts. She was also associate director for the NOAA RESTORE Act Science

Program, an initiative funded through civil penalties resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that aims to increase scientific understanding of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and improve the region’s sustainability.

Kristen Roupenian ’99 graduated from Harvard in March with a PhD

in English. She teaches in the History and Literature program there. Her fiancé, Schuyler Senft-Grupp, is originally from New York, and finishing up a PhD at MIT in

environmental engineering.

“Mr. Lamb,” a short film starring Hanlon Smith-Dorsey ’99 was accepted into at least eight film festivals around the country since 2013. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival and Best Costumes at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival. The film has also appeared at the Dallas International Film Festival, the San Francisco IndieFest, Woodstock Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival and Boston Underground Film Festival.

Jana Pickart ’05 will join the Arts Politics M.A. program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she looks forward to doing a creative thesis on how to use poetry as a peace-building tool in the adult education classroom. Jana read one of her poems at The Bowery Poetry Club with the NYC-based performance group, Poets in Unexpected Places. She is also in the process of establishing an “Emerging Writers” open mic night at Baba Cool Cafe in Brooklyn.

Under the name 3V3T3A and Eve Tea, Sonja Todorovich ’05 self-released an EP called WWW. It’s available on iTunes and Google. Visit www.3v3t3a.com or tweet @3V3T3A to download and check it out.

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Alumni News

Sara Dilegge ’06 graduated from the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in May. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and is off to Bath Maine where she joined Bath Animal Hospital. Here she is pictured with her mom and step-father, Ginny Edgcomb and Richard Sperduto.

In May Julie Taylor attended the wedding of Stephanie Pommrehn ’07 to Matthew Marshall, which took place in a 14th century church in Hundon, Suffolk, England.

Suzka Sottova ’08 completed her undergraduate studies in the UK (International Relations and French), and is receiving a Masters diploma from Central European University in Budapest in International Relations and European Studies. “I am currently looking for job/internship

opportunities, and have applied to several NGOs on the East Coast (mainly NYC, DC and Boston) in the field of international relations and development. Both Juraj (Sott ’10) and I have very fond memories of the time we spent at FA; it was a truly life-changing experience, both in terms of academics as well as personal growth.”

Isabel Stearns ’09 had a photography exhibit at the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery in Belfast, Maine. Isabel’s exhibit features portraits of farm apprentices in the Penobscot Bay area. Each portrait is accompanied by a statement that begins with: “I farm because…” “The inspiration was my admiration and wonder for the life of an apprentice. I hope to share the beauty I see in their work,” she said. The exhibit was on display at the Blue Hill Coop, where these farms

sell their produce. View Isabel’s work at http://ifarmbecause.weebly.com/

Seeing her students experience flashes of comprehension

in the classroom is 2009 alumna Bene Webster’s favorite thing about teaching. A member of Teach for America, Bene is teaching third grade at Akili Academy in New Orleans. A recent staff spotlight article, features Bene and her reflections on being a teacher. Check it

out: http://crescentcityschools.org/2014/05/07/staff-spotlight-bene-webster/

Congratulations to Clea Baumhofer ’10 who received the Civil Engineering Award for the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Clea has been very involved with Engineers without Borders, and did a service project in Guatemala this spring.

Elliot Camarra ’10 served up her senior illustration show at the Rhode Island School of Design in April. Her etchings covered one wall and she used another to project a film she produced,

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Alumni Newsstarring a friend and her sister Isabel ’13, who is also a student there. Additional FA visitors to her perspective included photo teacher Susan Moffat, who took Elliot’s picture, Annie Stimson ’11, Gina Camarra and Jill Neubauer.

Juraj Sott ’10 completed his year abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia. Next year he will be back in Sheffield, UK, at his home university, finishing his bachelor degree in History and Russian.

An article featuring Allisa Dalpe ’12 appeared in the Norwich Bulletin commending her achievements in the net for the Connecticut Varsity Women’s Lacrosse team. Check it out: http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20140418/Sports/140419436

Congratulations to Morgan Peck Opie ‘12 on being one of 14 recipients in the United States to win a one-year Churchill Scholarship to study at Cambridge University for a year. Having just graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Morgan majored in physics and mathematics. At Cambridge, she will seek a Master of Advanced Study degree by completing Part III of Cambridge’s Mathematical Tripos, a centuries-old examination famous for its difficulty and history.

Alumni vs. Varsity Soccer Game

Alumni College & Career Networking Day

Friday, Nov. 28, 2014

1 p.m.Rain or Shine

Friday, Dec. 19, 2014

9-12 p.m.In the Library

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Save the Date

Send your Alumni News to Barbara Campbell, Alumni Director, at bcampbell@falmouthacademy.org

Our biggest fundraiser of the year was a great success! “A

Derby Ball & Auction” was held on Kentucky Derby day and was the inspiration for the wearing of fancy hats and sipping of mint juleps. Ticket sales, silent and live auctions and Fund-a-Need receipts were among the highest ever for Falmouth Academy. A net total of $51,000 was a welcome addition to the Annual Fund, which supports the school’s daily operations and financial aid program.Special thanks to our volunteers, led by Parents Association chair Anna dos Santos P’16, to our auctioneer John Schofield P’01 from Eldred’s Auction Gallery, and to our staff, who spent many hours making this event a success.

erby Ball and Auction put FA in the winner’s circle

Falmouth Academy received $26,600 in Fund-a-Need donations from generous donors.

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15 Buy it now items

16 Live auction items

46 Fund-a-Need donors

146 Silent Auction items

206 Bidders

$51,000 Net proceeds

Pictured (clockwise, from top left) are Heather Stewart, Anna dos Santos (Parents Association Chair) and Shelley Devine, wearing their finest Derby-style hats; Ben Allen, hoisting his bid in the live auction; and Stephanie Mastroianni, faculty member and school counselor, waving her bid card in support of Falmouth Academy.

The Falmouth Academy Annual Fund goal was ex-ceeded in mid-June thanks to a gift from an anon-ymous foundation, an alumni challenge, and 100% participation on many fronts.

There were many opportunities to give to Falmouth Academy: The Annual Fund, benefitting operational costs and financial aid.FASETS, the new Falmouth Academy Science, Engi-neering, and Technology Scholars Program, with gifts doubled by a $50,000 matching grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation.The fund to honor retiring faculty member Olivann Hobbie, which included an alumni-created matching

pool to inspire giving to support financial aid in her name. The Senior Parent Gift Fund, which benefited from 100% participation to support professional devel-opment for the faculty. A senior parent committee funded six faculty workshops or projects that will enhance their teaching.This year, 100% of our faculty and staff participated in the Annual Fund. And 82% of the senior class donated to the Annual Fund after being inducted as alumni at the Senior Launch.We received 787 gifts in the last year, and 12 donors took advantage of the school’s monthly giving pro-gram, increasing their capacity to give by spreading gifts in installments.

Annual Fund goal exceeded, thanks to your generous support

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September Mon. 1: Labor Day (holiday)Tues. 2: Orientation for new stu-dents and new parentsWed. 3: First day of classesFri. 5: Registration deadline for SATsFri. 12: Yearbook picture dayFri. 19-Mon. 22: Junior class trip to Mt. MonadnockMon. 22-Tues. 23: 9th grade trip: Cape Cod Sea CampWed. 24: All-School Trip to Mar-coni BeachTues. 30- Oct. 1: 8th grade trip to Mt. Monadnock

OctoberThurs. 2: Registration deadline for Nov. SATsSat. 4: SATsWed. 8: 8th grade Watershed ProjectFri. 10: Grandparents’ DayMon. 13: Columbus Day (holiday)Fri. 17: Progress report writing day (no classes)

November Sat. 1: SATsFri 7: Registration deadline for SATsFri. 7-Sat. 8: Fall playMon. 10: Professional develop-ment day (no classes)Tues. 11: Veterans’ Day (holiday)Fri. 21: Fall concertTues. 25: Last day of first trimester;

Thanksgiving Break begins at 2:30

DecemberMon. 1: School resumes after Thanksgiving Break; first day of second trimesterSat. 6: SATsFri. 12: DanceFri. 19: Alumni Day; school closes for Winter Vacation at 2:30

January Mon. 5: School resumes after Win-ter VacationFri. 16: Progress report writing day (no classes) Mon 19: Martin Luther King Day (holiday)Sat. 24: Scholarship Exam and Faculty ForumFri. 30: Gala

February Fri. 6: Registration deadline for SATsFri. 6-Sat. 7: Middle School playMon. 16: Presidents’ Day (holiday)Thurs. 19: Falmouth Academy Science FairFri. 20: No schoolTues. 24: 10th grade history tripThurs. 26: Midwinter concertFri. 27: Professional Day (no classes)

March Fri. 6: Last day of second tri-mester; school closes for March Vacation at 2:30

Mon. 23: School resumes after March Vacation; first day of third trimesterFri. 27: Dance

April Mon. 13-Fri. 17: Spirit WeekSun. 19: PromMon. 20: Patriots’ Day (holiday)Thurs. 23: 9th grade history tripFri. 24: Progress report writing day (no classes)

MayFri. 1-Sat. 2: State Science FairSat. 2: Spring fundraiserSun. 3: Honor Society inductionFri. 8: Registration deadline for SATsFri. 8-Sat. 9: Spring playWed. 13: 8th gr. drug/alcohol forumFri. 15: Spring Arts Evening: Fine Arts Show and ConcertWed. 20: Athletic Awards NightFri. 22: 8th grade Declamation DayMon. 25: Memorial Day (holiday)Thurs. 28: Talent ShowFri. 29: Greek Drama FestivalFri. 29: Capture the FlagFri. 29: Dance

June Wed. 3-Tues. 9: ExamsWed. 10: Exam make-up dayFri. 12: Return Day (classes meet) Sat. 13: Graduation

(For a more detailed Calendar, please visit www.falmouthacademy.org.)

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Uniquely FA

What I hadn’t known, but gradually realized, was that I looked forward to coming to school, not because everyone was smart and interesting, but because the culture of Falmouth Academy was very specific and deliberate, unusual in its air of respect and trust, of generosity and kindness.I say “deliberate” because this culture didn’t happen by accident. It was created and continues to be fostered by teachers who know that no matter how smart they or their students are, and no matter how carefully they design their classes, their most important job is to set the expectations and demonstrate the kinds of behavior that make a challenging but safe place for students and adults to thrive.Here, students, teachers and staff talk together, laugh together and sometimes struggle together, because they value the work they do together. You feel that energy and breathe that culture.Why are students willing to stand by themselves and introduce a guest to the whole school at All-School Meeting?Why will Cassidy Reves-Sohn dress in vegetables and lead the seniors in Captain Compost announcements? What does Will Kraus know before he stands

to ask for a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings? What do the 8th graders expect when they dress Henry Jones in a chicken suit; or Nick Russell when he dons a pink dress and sings “I am 16 going on 17” during Spirit Week?The answer is always that they can trust this

community to cheer them for their efforts and listen to them with respect.None of this is easy. Most of it requires thought and courage. And it all requires a living, breathing culture that expects generosity and kindness. It’s so important not to take something so meaningful for granted. A culture as unusual as this needs to be nurtured. It requires attention from all of us, because mean spirits from any quarter spread poisonous fumes.As Captain Compost says: “We are all responsible for our environment.”After breathing this Falmouth Academy culture for many years, I leave the school wiser than when I arrived, because I’m stunningly aware now of the life-affirming effects of making the generous choice over the

self-serving one, and the kind response over the clever one. Every day in this community, we see dozens of examples — large and small — of these wise and sometimes difficult choices. And I leave with a deep admiration and appreciation for the adults and students who take care to foster this culture and who have been learning — and breathing — along with me.This column was an excerpt of a speech Ms. Clark gave at the 2014 National Honor Society induction ceremony before her retirement in June.

It is a living, breathing culture that expects generosity and kindness.

Tucker Clark was part of the FA community for 25 years as an administrator, fundraiser and communicator. With her typical acuity, she defines what makes Falmouth Academy unique.

When I first came to work at Falmouth Academy, I knew I’d be in a community of smart, interesting people who wanted to teach and to learn. I was right, but

only partly.

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In their own wordsWhat is your hope for the new Meeting Hall?

“It’ll feel like we’re closer

and more involved. We’ll be able to really hear each other.”

Stephanie Aviles ’17

“I hope that people like it as much as

the meeting hall we have now and that it becomes a new part

of our community. It’ll be more relaxed and

comfortable.”

Coralee LaRue ’18

“I hope the new meeting hall

provides everyone with a greater

sense of community.”

Robert Eder ’15

“I hope it allows more students to come

to the school. Maybe

I’ll eat more, pay attention more.”

Samuel Graber-Hahn ’17

“I hope it’ll be more of a space,

not for specific activities, but for

less-official activities and socializing.

A space that’s warm and welcoming.”

Eliza VanVoorhis ’17

Coming to Falmouth Academy“Lend me your ears”: Shakespeare for Adults continues in SeptemberLalise Melillo will offer her popular Shakespeare course for adults this fall, on five Mondays from Sept. 22-Oct. 20, from 5-7 p.m., at Fal-mouth Academy. This year’s study will be “Julius Caesar.”“In this play, Shakespeare uses and reshapes the material of history as he presents events that took place in the ancient world but that were of intense interest to his Elizabe-than audience,” said Ms. Melillo.The play, written in 1599, is a tragedy, a classification that may seem strange since Caesar is killed at the beginning of Act III, and

Brutus’s role as a tragic figure is ambiguous. Ambiguity is, in fact, both a technique and a theme in the play.The use of rhetoric is especially striking in the play, and the course will look at the patterns of persua-sion that contribute to the momen-tum of this drama. Selections from a film of the play will be viewed and discussed.Ms. Melillo has taught English, history and rhetoric at Falmouth Academy for more than 30 years and has offered the adult Shake-speare class since 2006. The cost is $195 and space is limited. To register, contact Lalise Melillo at (508) 540-1195 or at lmelillo@falmouthacademy.org.

Cape Symphony concert series at FA begins September 13Falmouth Academy is proud to host a new concert series “The Titans” performed by Cape Symphony’s exciting new chamber ensemble Nth Degree, conducted by Jae Cosmos Lee.“The Titans” is a four-part concert series held in Falmouth Academy’s performance space that features a five-piece ensemble playing the mu-sic of Brahms, Mozart and Beetho-ven, the geniuses of classical music. Performances will be followed by a reception with the performers. For tickets, visit Cape Symphony at www.capesymphony.org or call the box office at 508-362-1111.

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Construction has started!Falmouth Academy’s New Meeting Hall is underway. Visit us for a peek at the building of this new heart of the school and home to All-School Meeting.

Read about Falmouth Academy’s expansion plans and the Campaign for Falmouth Academy on page 14.

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