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Seasons in the sun!
ASL parent and alumna Kyra Kentopp ’89 spent the day volunteering at Canons Park. She writes, "What a glorious day at Canons Park! Suzanne Lituchy's Grade 3 class had a fantastic day of surprises,...
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A word to the wise
One of the goals of the service-learning program is to explore connections between the School and its local environment. To this end, Grade 5 students in Mr. Twiest's and Mr. Phelps's advisory classes...
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Crew teams raise their aims
Students on ASL's rowing teams recently staged a 12-hour charity Ergathon in aid of the RNLI, a volunteer-run institution committed to saving lives at sea. Not content with rowing half-hour shifts...
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Middle school spirit celebration
Students in the Middle School celebrated a hugely successful Spirit Day on Friday, 1 March. Students came to school dressed up in orange and black to help show their school spirit. At the end of the...
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ASL reception in Philadelphia
A philodemic in Philly! Last Thursday, 28 February, ASL alumni, past parents, and former staff and faculty gathered for a reception at the Mask and Wig Club in Philadelphia. Guests and current ASLers...
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Your starter for ten!
The ASL Quiz Bowl final saw a face-off between a team of Grade 12 students and a side made up of Grade 10 and 11 students. Ms. Shafqat and Mr. Gladis were the question masters. The contest was...
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Grade 2 hosts Poetry Jam!
Grade 2 students topped their Poetry unit by presenting a Poetry Jam for their parents. Since mid-January, the students have been busy learning how to use poetic devices, such as repetition,...
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ASL Pirates place third in ISST Rugby Cup
ACS Cobham played host for the Rugby Division 1 ISST Championship, 7-9 March. Certified Athletic Trainer Jenny Newell writes, "The ASL varsity rugby team finished a solid third place in this year's...
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"The rain in Spain" and other lessons in diction from Adam Bond '99
On Monday and Wednesday afternoons, a handful of HS students can be found warming up in preparation for their big performance. They aren’t running laps in Canons Park or shooting hoops in the gym;...
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Join Together for the PCA Auction!
The two-day community-building event PCA Join Together Auction kicks off today, Friday, 15 March, at 11 am in the Farmer Family Gymnasium, with a brunch and silent auction, followed by a kids' party...
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Charles Elliott '96 meets Obama
Earlier this year, Charles Elliott ’96 had the pleasure of meeting President Obama the day before his inauguration. A member of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve, Charles was one of 40 military...
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Alex Morris '12 sets new record for Middlebury indoor track
We have exciting news to relay about Alex Morris ’12 and her distance medley relay team on women’s indoor track at Middlebury College: they achieved a record-breaking run! Last month, Alex’s...
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ASL Speakers Series: Tyler Hamilton visits ASL
As part of the School's work on ASL Core Values, former professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton spent Monday, 18 March, working with high school students. After a day attending classes and talking to...
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ASL teachers present workshops at the American Cooperative School of Tunis
Recently, ASL teachers Ania Driscoll-Lind, Jennifer Kirstein and Jennifer Towleh traveled to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) to present teacher workshops and model lessons on...
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Jack Phillips, interim HS principal for 2013-14, visits ASL
On Tuesday, 26 March, the High School Student Council met with interim HS principal Jack Phillips. Mr. Phillips is joining our community next school year from Phoenix Country Day in Arizona, where he...
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High school global partnerships trip report from South Africa
Three groups of high schoolers are on global partnership trips to South Africa, China and the Dominican Republic. Brian ’15 writes from Cape Town: Hello from sunny South Africa! Today as always was...
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Go ask Alice: master classes with Alice Leader
Since 2008, former ASL teacher Alice Leader (ASL 1975-2009) has offered master classes on British History and literature to those in and beyond our community. From Bronte books to Baroque buildings,...
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Making a difference: ASL community partnerships in action
On Sunday, 21 April, 231 volunteers from every ASL constituency—students from all three divisions, faculty, staff, administrators, parents, alumni and parents of alumni—joined together for the spring...
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Grade 7 students visit the Houses of Parliament
Grade 7 Aide Sean Ross writes, "On Wednesday, 24 April, Grade 7 students visited the Houses of Parliament to experience, first hand, the inner workings of the British political system that is housed in...
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The Duchess and the Lower School
On Wednesday, 1 May, Sarah, Duchess of York, visited the Lower School to speak to students in K1, K2 and Grade 1. Introduced to a packed Creative Arts Room by Head of School Coreen R. Hester, the...
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