Weekly Letter

March 26, 2010

Hello everyone!

Congratulations to Marina Stevenson for her acceptance to St. Lawrence University with a $120,000 scholarship AND to Macalester College with a $52,000 scholarship!

Also, congratulations to Courtney Guynn for her acceptance to JMU!

This morning students enjoyed a break in their day to see the Axis Dance Company performance at The Paramount. Students also began their first Arts Practicum class for this session. Students either participated in Self Defense, The Physics of Flying, or Flag Football.

Renaissance School has been busy developing a new website with LOTS of pictures! We hope to have this new website up and running by the end of the month! The new format is so much fun and really captures the Renaissance spirit and experience through the eyes of our students and faculty.

Following spring break I will be meeting with students individually to discuss their schedules for next year. If any parent would like to participate in that meeting, please let me know so we can work out a time that accommodates all schedules.
Finally, you may have heard that “Henry”, the art room’s beloved skeleton who was on loan to RS for the past 10 years, may be sold via ebay by his original owner. The students asked to hold a bake sale this week to help raise money to “save Henry” and have had several great fundraiser ideas, but we are nowhere near the asking price ($3,000!). The good news is that there are no accepted bids and the seller’s asking price on ebay is twice what one could purchase through other sources (this is good because Henry likely won’t be sold through ebay). We have a “plan B” in case he is sold and I will keep you updated as this story unfolds.

Have a wonderful weekend!

–
Sara C Johnson
Head of School, Studio Art
Renaissance School
www.renaissanceschool.org
434.984.1952