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A Newly Released Calliope
STUDENT LIFEFeb 16, 2012
Student artists and writers just released the winter issue of Calliope, the student literary and arts magazine. Editor-in-Chief Isabella Kursh ’12 explains that this edition highlights what’s happening in the arts at Nobles...
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Transforming a Country
LONG ASSEMBLYFeb 8, 2012
At Assembly on Feb. 8, the Nobles community welcomed author and Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson to Lawrence Auditorium. Wilkerson talked about the Great Migration—the move of 6 million Southern blacks into the North and the subject of her New York Times’ bestseller, The Warmth of Other Suns.
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Nobles News
A Working Process
COLLEGE COUNSELING Feb 21, 2012
"We believe teaching is done best when adults are working with students in multifaceted ways. The college experience at Nobles is no different," explains Director of College Counseling Michael Denning. Watch this video to hear more from Denning, including his take on the teachable moments that occur throughout the college process.
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The Nobleman: Valentine's Day
STUDENT LIFE Feb 13, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Layout
UPPER SCHOOL Feb 13, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Faculty Proposals
STUDENT LIFE Feb 13, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: 2012 Rose Sale
STUDENT LIFE Feb 13, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Casino Night
STUDENT LIFE Feb 13, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Middle School Snacks
MIDDLE SCHOOL Feb 2, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Imani
ARTS Feb 2, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Foster Gallery, Rania Matar
ARTS Feb 2, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Calling All Crows
STUDENT LIFE Feb 2, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Chess
STUDENT LIFE Feb 2, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: The Cotting School
ATHLETICS Feb 2, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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The Nobleman: Frozen Fenway
ATHLETICS Feb 2, 2012
The Nobleman is Nobles' official student newspaper. The Nobleman seeks to: stimulate discussion of pertinent school issues through news stories and editorials; reflect the quality and tenor of school life; record salient campus events; and estimate the school in terms of its mission statement.
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Hands-On Learning
ACADEMIC Jan 30, 2012
The Nobles science program is an area of the curriculum designed for experiential learning. Students form thoughtful questions and hypotheses through an array of learning techniques in the classroom, lab and field, including hands-on projects, experiments and design. This year, various grade levels engaged in three different science projects, allowing students to find answers for themselves.
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Combining Music and Service
ASSEMBLY Jan 25, 2012
How many school communities get to enjoy an indie rock concert just after breakfast? During morning Assembly on Jan. 25, Noble and Greenough’s Lawrence Auditorium hosted Calling All Crows, an organization that uses music to inspire service in local communities and around the world.
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A Girl and Her Room
FOSTER GALLERY Jan 20, 2012
The Foster Gallery's current exhibit, "A Girl and Her Room," features selections from an ongoing body of work by photographer and Nobles parent Rania Matar in which she collaborated with girls from both the United States and the Middle East to make photographs that depict the girls in their bedrooms. For more information, go to www.fostergallery.org.
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Finding Balance
ACADEMIC Jan 19, 2012
Math teacher Eric Nguyen had a simple task for his Class IV geometry students: balance a small, cardboard triangle on the tip of a pencil eraser. Students jumped at the challenge and, through trial and error, discovered the trick—find the balance point, or centroid, of the triangle. One by one, each student smiled with found success.
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Honoring MLK
STUDENT LIFE Jan 17, 2012
On Mon., Jan. 16, 2011, thousands of people nationwide honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy through community service. The Nobles community hosted an MLK Day of Service as more than 250 faculty members, students, and their family and friends volunteered at local organizations in the Greater Boston area.
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Worth Noting
ARTS Jan 12, 2012
Music is in the air at Nobles. On Thurs., Jan. 12, 2012, at 7 p.m. five talented groups of Nobles musicians will join for the Jazz, Blues, Guitar and Percussion Concert. The Middle and Upper School Jazz Bands, Drum Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, and the Bulldawg Blues and Soul Revue will perform works by Cedar Walton, Jade Castrinos and Rick Holmstrom, among others.
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Sociobiologist and Pulitzer Prize Winner Speaks
ASSEMBLY Jan 11, 2012
E.O. Wilson, one of the world's most distinguished scientists, spoke at Assembly in Lawrence Auditorium Jan. 11. Wilson is a professor and honorary curator in entomology at Harvard. In 1975, he published Sociobiology: The New Synthesis...
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