The latest post on Boston.com's "Passport" section features an article by rising Class IV student Akshan deAlwis. Akshan submitted the piece after a recent trip to Siem Reap in Cambodia.   To read Akshan's piece, click here.

Click here for the 2010 Summer Reading List.

Nobles science teacher Dr. Jamileh Jemison wowed her Achieve Summer Program students with an in-class chemical reaction "demo". Classes wrap up this week, marking the end of another sucessful summer run for the program.    For more information on Achieve, click here.

Ngina Shillingford and Julia Weber, both Class of 2011, represented the Nobles Africa OLPC Club and fulfilled a dream of the Shillingford family by bringing XO computers from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Program to the native Kalinago people of Dominica, a beautiful island in the Caribbean, and The Newtown Primary School. The Minister of Education and other dignitaries were on hand for the formal deployment ceremony, which included speeches by Ngina and Julia, as well as chilled coconut milk for all.   Click here to read a Dominica Central Newspaper article about the OLPC-Dominica project.

Concert-goers enjoyed a sold-out show at Fenway last week, when Aerosmith took to the stage. The opening act for the rock legends was The J. Geils Band, for which Nobles music faculty member Marty Richards plays the drums. One grad in attendance wrote in: "Marty rocked the house on the big screen, flowing curls and all! The bands blew away the stadium and it was a great show." Congratulations, Marty!

As temperatures soar this week, hundreds of campers find ways to cool down at Nobles Day Camp. When they’re not beading, painting or enjoying an indoor sing-a-long in the air-conditioned Schoolhouse, the youngest campers are making a big splash outside, doing anything they can to beat the heat.   For more information about Nobles Day Camp, click here.