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1841

<p>I’m on the Pelican, so I can answer your questions.</p>

<p>You’re assigned to one editor, who will have a group of 3 or so. All the editors get together one lunch period to brainstorm ideas–the day before this, you can send your editor an email with a story idea. If you don’t have any ideas, you’ll go to the Pelican meeting and there will be a long list of article ideas. From that, you can chose the one you find most interesting (as long as it’s not taken already). </p>

<p>Articles were assigned Friday, and are due this Friday. So, a week to interview people and research the article, which is about 500 words.</p>

1842

<p>I think goldilon covered everything. Good luck.</p>

1843

<p>Thanks for the quick reply. One more question, since I haven’t seen The Pelican, are all of the articles assigned something to do with the school or can they be about current things going on in the world? Is The Pelican online?</p>

1844

<p>How good is the soccer there? :D</p>

1845

<p>“Hot off the presses” from tonights dinner at the Harvard Club. The website will have the full release, but the new Math & Science Center will breakground this spring and should be open in Sept. 2011.There will be no disruption, Moore will be kept, and Payson will be torn down after the new center is completed. After 5 years of planning and carefull studies of numerous other schools facilities, SPS has sucessfully raised all the money necessary for this new ‘world class’ facility. It will be almost 2x the size of the combined existing facilities. It will be truly an amazing building! I am on my Blackberry so maybe someone else can post the release when it is on the website.</p>

1846

<p>Trying to post by Blackberry. The new Science & Math Center was announced tonight at a dinner at the Harvard Club. Successfully raised $50+ million. Construction will begin this Spring. Should open in Sept 2011. It will be an amazing world class facility almost 2x the size of the current facilities. An impressive accomplishment in today’s economy. Maybe someone can post the press release from the website when it is up.</p>

1847

<p>That sounds pretty nice to me!!!</p>

1848

<p>To SPS Faculty, Staff and Students,</p>

<p>It is with the greatest pleasure that I write to you from the Millville Dinner in New York City, where SPS Board President Douglas Schloss ´77 just announced that the School has received full funding from generous St. Paul’s School families to begin construction this spring on our new mathematics and science center.</p>

<p>I wanted you to know as soon as possible. It’s going to be a great adventure.</p>

<p>Bill Matthews</p>

<p>SPS Board Approves Construction of Math and Science Center
January 28, 2010</p>

<p>In New York City on Thursday night, the Board of Trustees of St. Paul’s School announced its approval of the construction of a long-awaited mathematics and science center. The decision was made public at the annual Millville Dinner, attended by many of the School’s alumni, parents, and members of the Board, with Rector Bill Matthews ’61 as host.</p>

<p>The news was delivered by Board President Douglas Schloss ’77, who told the gathered group that the School has successfully raised the $50 million needed to cover full project costs, including an endowment for maintenance, and anticipates breaking ground in the spring. Construction of the 78,000-square-foot building is expected to take 18 months. He also announced that the building would bear the name of the Lindsay family of New York.</p>

<p>“I would like to thank the entire SPS family for its generosity, particularly in these challenging economic times,” said Mr. Schloss. “I’d especially like to thank Bob Lindsay ’73 for his vision and leadership as a Trustee, and the entire Lindsay family, whose amazing generosity helped make this facility a reality. St. Paul’s will finally have a math and science building commensurate with its world-class curriculum. Some may think it is ambitious for us to move forward with this project today, but the fact that we have now raised 100 percent of the money demonstrates the strength of the SPS family and its deep commitment to maintaining our tradition of educational excellence.”</p>

<p>“This remarkable building will put St. Paul’s School at the forefront of redefining secondary school mathematics and science education in the United States,” added Rector Matthews. “It will provide students and faculty with a learning space to equal the excellence of instruction found in our Mathematics and Science Divisions.”</p>

<p>The effort to raise money for the mathematics and science center is part of a more comprehensive St. Paul’s School capital campaign, currently in its “quiet phase.”</p>

<p>The new building – to be named the Lindsay Family Center for Mathematics and Science – has long been part of the School’s master plan to enhance facilities that are no longer meeting the demands of the SPS curriculum. The Lindsay Center features a flexible design that will meet the needs of growing science and mathematics offerings for many years to come. Housing the two disciplines in the same building is intended to enhance collaborations between the two divisions.</p>

<p>“Just the proximity will promote discussion between math and science teachers,” explained Mathematics Division Head Jane Brandt.</p>

<p>According to Science Division Head Jeff Crosby, the Lindsay Center is “right-sized” to accommodate the existing science and mathematics enrollments and teaching faculty. The building will include
14 science labs, 21 classrooms, two lounge/study rooms, and faculty offices. The design incorporates dedicated classrooms and labs for all courses. The location of each course’s space has been carefully considered to foster innovation and collaboration. Classrooms and labs for ecology, physiology, and robotics will be found on the ground floor. The first floor will house labs and preparation spaces for advanced chemistry, physics, and astronomy; six math classrooms; and biology classrooms that lead into a greenhouse. The second floor will be a busy place with a suite of chemistry and biology classrooms and labs, two physics labs, and four math classrooms.</p>

<p>The second floor also includes a study lounge for students and the faculty offices, in an open-plan space. In addition, the building features a solar observatory and a Foucault pendulum – a 70-pound ball suspended from a 60-foot cable that demonstrates Earth’s rotation through its oscillation – which will hang down a stairwell on the ground floor, a symbol upon entering the building of the facility’s joint purpose of teaching math and science.</p>

<p>“The Lindsay Center will be the culmination of a long, strategic process to provide appropriate spaces for all our academic programs,” said Mr. Matthews. “It is only through the astonishing generosity of St. Paul’s School families and friends that this dream is becoming real. The School owes an incalculable debt not only to the family of Rod Lindsay ’43 and Bob Lindsay, for whom the School is honored to name this building, but to others as well, whose collective vision led them to allow this great initiative to proceed.”</p>

<p>Architects were also charged with accommodating the School’s commitment to environmental stewardship. The key feature of the Lindsay Center’s sustainable design is a sensor system that controls the interior climate. Each room will have its own carbon dioxide sensor, which will automatically control ventilation rates. Triple-pane windows will reduce heat loss by 50 percent;
solar thermal panels will preheat water; and a demonstration photovoltaic system will produce
on-site electricity.</p>

<p>To make the most of passive solar energy, the design includes single-loaded corridors, a technique
in which rooms are placed between the building’s external walls and the hallways that run along the interior walls. Strategic placement of external windows and interior glazing will enable sunlight to move easily through the building, maximizing natural light and warmth. Overall, the building is designed to use approximately 1/3 less energy than similar buildings.</p>

<p>Because the Lindsay Center will be constructed in a “U” shape around the existing Payson Science Center, science classes will continue in Payson until the new facility is ready for occupancy.</p>

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<p>Math & Science Center, $50 million, funds raised. Breakground in Spring. Open in Sept 2011! Amazing in this economy. World Class!</p>

1850

<p>I was wondering about this!!! So amazing that it’s going to happen with the funds already in place. When we visited, there were little flags in the lawn marking out something having to do with the plan.</p>

<p>Very Very Cool</p>

1851

<p>HH in Freshman Physics!! He will love it:)</p>

1852

<p>Lets hope that beyond unavoidable noise the transition goes smoothly. At least nothing comes down until this is finished. When you compare this facility to those of any other schools (D,A,E) with new facilities you will TRULY appreciate how amazing and world class this will be! Numbers of classrooms, numbers of labs, equipment, gross square footage, net square footage and some pretty cool extras. The press release and drawings only tell a part of the picture. </p>

<p>But most amazing the school had the discipline to raise the full cost including the building, equipment, landscaping and even an operating endowment before the announcement was made! </p>

<p>Separately, the large telescope will be on line finally this spring. It is the largest telescope in all of New England. Add to that the solar observatory in the new building and it all boggles the mind! </p>

<p>Everyone knows I am biased, I am. But hey I am proud to have gone to this truly amazing school.</p>

1853

<p>Look on the bright side, maybe the noise levels and resulting vibrations could be used in physics class. Then, biology could study the effect of loss of sunlight on academic performance (assuming the windows will be blocked to reduce noise and distractions or the rising building will block sunlight).</p>

1854

<p>We are very happy with our choice of schools.:)</p>

1855

<p>Does anyone know when revisit days are?</p>

1856

<p>I believe the dates are April: 1st, 6th and 9th. Those dates were mentioned to me last summer, but no promises.</p>

1857

<p>On the lighter side all students received this Email from the faculty this evening.:</p>

<p>To: allstudents
Subject: Tis the season</p>

<p>Yes it’s Math Exam Eve and you can just feel the spirit in the air. Little boys and girls will have trouble sleeping tonight as they think about all the excitement headed their way tomorrow. The Math Elves have been tinkering away in the Moore workshops; frantically putting the finishing equations on each and every special treat for all the good children. Tonight some kiddies will wrap themselves in warm clothes and go dorm to dorm singing such catchy tunes as “Here We Go a Factoring”, “ The Little Calculator Boy”, and “Angles We Have Heard on High”. Others will gather around the Q&A Bowl. (BE CAREFUL!!! It’s a rowdy time with plenty of panic and excitement for everybody) In the morning, after a restless night, they will wake and, as all well brought up children do, go to Chapel where there is no better place to spend a pre-exam 30 minutes. Then it’s off to the AFC all dressed up in dress-code approved clothes- for nobody has ever successfully solved for X in a tee-shirt. There at the AFC they open their exams…Oh look Jimmy got a Conic Section…and for Judy it’s a cute little Sine Function that’s a perfect match to the Cosine function she got last year!!! OOPS Sammy does not look happy…it seems he’s been naughty this year and they put his entire present over Zero!!! </p>

<p>Now of course, there are those children who come from a different background where they don’t celebrate this particular day. Instead they celebrate the Festival of Learning. Over those eight days they light up their computers and write Humanities papers.</p>

<p>So, from all of us </p>

<p>Now Go Away</p>

1858

<p>^^That HAS to be the work of Mr. Callahan! :)</p>

1859

<p>That email says a lot about SPS that you won’t find in the official promotional materials. I am awaiting some of those kiddies and hope they have been good.</p>

1860

<p>From SPS reports this morning…

  1. The upcoming surprise holiday and ‘formal’ dance
  1. The students are having a Good Will Dinner tonight. They are hoping to adopt a newborn homeless Haitian baby. In part, the student making the announcement asked:

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<p>Just a couple of insights on what students are doing and what they think.</p>