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Sofia Covarrubias, Alia Eads, Sophie Goodwin,
Tori Hensel, Alex Merchant, Sasha Munn,
Will O’Connor and Alex Regan, and faculty
members Kevin Held, Patrick Durning and
Carrie Kelly—meet with Ugandan students
during a research trip to Africa in March.
SG CELEBRATES GLOBAL AWARENESS WEEK
During the week of April 15-20, students, faculty, staff and the
to the soft sounds of French tunes.
larger SG community participated in St. George’s first Global
A cricket demonstration was then held in the outfield of
Awareness Week, organized by Director of Global Studies
the J.V. baseball field
Tony Jaccaci. Jaccaci outlines the week’s activities here:
complete with wickets,
On Tuesday, the school community enjoyed a perform- creases and bails. Pakistani
ance by the Peruvian music/dance group “Inca Son” (Inca native Ateeq Al Abid gave
Sound) in Madeira Hall. The group displayed their talents, two demonstrations. The
playing traditional and modern tunes on a wide variety of first was to faculty chil-
Andean instruments, interspersed with historical and cul- dren and the second was
tural anecdotes. At one point, students joined the performers to the J.V. baseball team
onstage for an impromptu dance number. and a collection of faculty.
Following the concert, the Nathaniel P. Hill Library and After some instruction,
Betsy Stavis ’08, French
Librarian Jen Tuleja hosted a Children’s Story Hour, high- participants were invited Department head Allison de
lighting the four language offerings at SG (Latin, French, to bat against the bowler
Horsey, Ashley Friend ’08 and
Spanish and Chinese). Youngsters and parents enjoyed fables and to try to hit the
Ellie Myers ’08 offer fresh baked
read twice: once by a foreign student in the native tongue of “wicked googly” pitches.
goodies to the SG community.
the author, then in English as translated by non-native stu- On Thursday evening, a panel of international Naval
dent of the language. officers enrolled in the U.S. Naval War College in Newport
On Wednesday morning at an all-school assembly, addressed an audience in the Nathaniel P. Hill Library. The
students in the Global Seminar class who traveled to officers, from Norway, Spain, Pakistan and Senegal, answered
Uganda over spring break presented a video documentary questions from SG students and faculty on a variety of topics
of their trip. Following the short film, the class answered ranging from current U.S. foreign policy to the perceptions
questions regarding their observations and their upcoming people in their own countries have of the U.S. Titled “Seen
research papers based on individually chosen study themes from Abroad: How America Can Win Friends and Influence
pursued while in Africa. Later in the day, Latin teacher People in the 21
st
Century,” the panel stimulated a series of
Kevin Held organized an event celebrating the sport of the interesting questions and responses from the audience.
ancient Romans. Students donned plumed helmets and On Sunday, an international brunch was held in King
raced, at various speeds, in “chariots” fashioned from Hall. The kitchen staff, under the direction of Steve Moyer,
shopping carts. In the evening, the classic film “Ben Hur” prepared a selection of foods from around the world. King
was shown. Hall was also beautifully decorated by the students in the
Thursday began with a “French Café” in the Campus SG International Club, organized by the club’s faculty head,
Center Great Room, organized by French Department chair Spanish chair Mafalda Nula. The brunch featured opera
Allison de Horsey. Students, faculty and staff gathered to music playing in the background and a slide show of SG
enjoy conversation en français, bien sûr, croissants and coffee students on trips they had taken throughout the world.
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