Open House - English, History, World Languages

Aug 10, 2023

Open House - English, History, World Languages

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At LWHS, we work to develop the head, heart, and hands of highly motivated students from all walks of life, inspiring them to become lifelong learners who contribute to the world with confidence and compassion. This virtual Open House features one member each from our English, History, and World Languages departments, as well as a student panel. Please view to learn about these departments’ teaching philosophies and classroom experiences.

00:00 - 03:44 : Welcome and Introduction
03:44 - 11:28 : English Department
11:28 - 22:38 : History Department
22:38 - 37:00 : World Languages Department
37:00 - 47:26 : Faculty Question \u0026 Answer
47:26 - 1:02:12 : Student Panel
1:02:12 - 1:21:48 : Student Question \u0026 Answer
1:21:48 - 1:24:38 : Closing

Content

14.32 -> good morning everybody

16.56 -> my name is crystal ogletree i am the

18.96 -> director of enrollment management here

20.4 -> at like wilmington high school on behalf

22.32 -> of the faculty and staff our students

23.92 -> and families welcome to lick

25.519 -> wilmerding's virtual open house

28.08 -> thank you for joining us today to learn

29.76 -> more about our school community i'm

31.92 -> going to hand it off to our head of

33.6 -> school mr eric temple for a hello and

36.719 -> welcome from him

41.28 -> hi crystal hi everybody i just wanted to

45.28 -> just take a moment to thank you all for

47.84 -> being here today and learning more about

50.719 -> lake wilmington high school i love that

53.36 -> slideshow you just got a little bit of a

55.36 -> glimpse into the really amazing work

58 -> that our students do

59.92 -> today you're going to hear from our

61.68 -> faculty and

63.52 -> like all good education

66.479 -> our faculty is so central to the amazing

70.479 -> experience that our students have all

73.119 -> education is relational and the

75.6 -> relationships formed between faculty and

78.479 -> students and among students is truly a

81.68 -> hallmark of a lik education

84.4 -> our teachers are incredibly caring they

86.88 -> work incredibly hard to ensure

89.119 -> understanding and to push and challenge

91.759 -> our students so that they develop great

94.56 -> passions in all different types of areas

97.36 -> so i want to thank our faculty for

99.84 -> sharing some of that passion with all of

101.759 -> you today and thank you so much for

103.92 -> being here and if you have any questions

106.56 -> about the school please don't hesitate

108.64 -> to reach out thank you so much crystal

110.88 -> back to you

114.079 -> you mr temple

116.56 -> i'm just going to

118.32 -> share my screen with you

122.159 -> and get us started

124.479 -> okay

125.759 -> so this is the second part of a

128.72 -> multi-event virtual open house

132 -> so we've broken up our event into

134.72 -> five sections so we used to have an

136.56 -> in-person three and a half hour event

139.36 -> that because everything's on screens now

141.44 -> we've transitioned to make it into

143.599 -> multiple shorter virtual events so we're

145.44 -> trying to help reduce screen fatigue

147.04 -> just a little bit for everyone so as you

149.2 -> can see here our first part was on

151.2 -> september 26th where we

153.36 -> focused on our school mission and

155.28 -> philosophy that recording is now

157.44 -> available on the liquor morning high

159.28 -> school youtube channel and all of the

162 -> future open houses this one and the

163.76 -> future open houses will be there as well

166 -> so this event is being recorded and

168.16 -> we'll share it there as soon as we're

169.68 -> able to sometime next week

171.92 -> today we are diving into three of lick

174.56 -> wilmerding's academic departments

176.64 -> english history and world languages

179.76 -> so we have a faculty member from each of

181.519 -> those departments here today to share

183.04 -> information about their department's

184.72 -> courses as well as how they each engage

187.12 -> our students with the mission of the

188.48 -> school

189.519 -> after we hear from each department i

191.44 -> will lead a guided question and answer

193.36 -> session with the faculty

195.36 -> then we'll take a short break

197.44 -> and when we return from the quick break

199.2 -> we'll hear from three current liquidity

201.36 -> seniors about some of their experiences

203.2 -> with the english history and world

204.48 -> languages department

206.72 -> uh so these are lovely students you'll

208.799 -> be hearing from

210.239 -> later on today um so i'm now actually

213.44 -> going to hand it off to mr shank one of

216 -> our english teachers so i'll stop

217.84 -> sharing my screen and let mr shank take

220.64 -> it from here

223.28 -> all right uh hello everyone thanks for

225.76 -> joining us uh you should be seeing two

227.76 -> of my faces right now um

230.319 -> excuse me so uh as it says here i'm

232.08 -> christopher shank i'm in the english

233.36 -> faculty um i've been teaching at like

235.519 -> wilmerdine

236.72 -> this is now my sixth year uh 15th year

239.2 -> teaching overall and i have some of my

241.2 -> hobbies and email listed below

244.08 -> i wanted to first talk a little bit

245.519 -> about the

246.72 -> course sequence of classes in english at

249.36 -> lake wilmerding

250.799 -> it's fairly streamlined with two

252.799 -> exceptions that are on the screen here

254.72 -> so

255.68 -> all of the english one english two and

257.68 -> english three classes are aligned within

260 -> the grade level um so every english one

262.24 -> class is similar to every other english

263.919 -> one class regardless of teacher or

266 -> regardless of section

268.08 -> and that's true for english 2 and

269.6 -> english 3 which has an honors

270.8 -> designation

272.16 -> the two exceptions are

274.479 -> the

275.36 -> senior courses which are listed below

277.6 -> [Music]

279.6 -> students instead of taking a year-long

281.44 -> course the way that they do in the first

283.68 -> three years take two semester long

285.759 -> senior seminars and each one of those

287.84 -> sections has a different focus

290.16 -> the current course offerings are the

291.52 -> ones that i've listed down below

293.28 -> but they do change up from time to time

295.12 -> sometimes teachers will repeat a senior

297.12 -> seminar and sometimes they'll come up

299.199 -> with a new curriculum and delve into a

301.039 -> new topic um so the ones that are down

303.199 -> below are just the ones that we're

304.56 -> currently teaching um

306.639 -> there's another one um called the fun of

309.6 -> fear and it was looking at horror

311.12 -> literature which unfortunately because

312.639 -> of the scheduling changes due to um

315.6 -> uh

316.639 -> the coronavirus um had to be sort of

318.8 -> scuttled and so maybe that will be

320.16 -> offered uh in the future um the other

323.68 -> exception to the streamlining is the

325.52 -> electives that i have listed here as

327.28 -> well

328.08 -> um so they they fall into the categories

330 -> of creative writing and journalism each

332 -> of those open up to students uh in the

333.919 -> sophomore junior and senior year and

336.16 -> there's multiple levels of them so you

338 -> can take creative writing more than one

339.44 -> time you can take journalism more than

340.8 -> one time and the

342.56 -> curricula build on top of the previous

344.56 -> years

345.44 -> um

346.24 -> so those can be built into a student's

348.16 -> schedule as well if they have

349.759 -> passion or interest or curiosity in any

352.08 -> of those areas as well

357.039 -> so i was also asked to talk about

361.6 -> an assignment that i give every year

363.44 -> something that i think is an interesting

365.44 -> example of the types of assignments that

367.36 -> the

368.08 -> english faculty provide for the students

370.16 -> at lake wilmerding

371.6 -> this is one that we actually just

372.8 -> completed this year as well but i've

374.8 -> done it for several years now and it's

376.56 -> having students record a podcast in

379.52 -> groups um specifically related to this

382.16 -> text death in the king's horseman by the

384.319 -> nigerian playwright wallace

387.199 -> um so just to give some background on

389.12 -> how it works um the we read the play

392.4 -> first all the way through and it's it's

394.96 -> a fairly tough play so um the first read

397.759 -> through is just to kind of get the

399.44 -> material under our belt so that we can

401.12 -> go back later and do more um deep dive

404.639 -> into the um the tougher material there

407.759 -> so once we've read the entire play um

410.8 -> students are broken up into groups and

413.039 -> they're given one scene to focus on um

416.08 -> they work really intensely they

417.52 -> collaborate with our other group

419.52 -> members to figure out

421.44 -> how they want to tackle this scene what

424.08 -> are the important topics for discussion

426.479 -> what are some really juicy quotes or

428.319 -> passages to try to kind of talk their

430.319 -> way through

432 -> and the idea is that they will lead

433.84 -> their own podcast discussion

437.12 -> and record it

438.36 -> [Music]

439.599 -> once all the groups have recorded their

441.52 -> podcasts for their scenes

444.08 -> the other students in the class will

445.759 -> listen to the podcast

447.759 -> so they'll get a sense of what the um

450.72 -> the group thought was important for them

452.479 -> as a sort of starting point of

453.68 -> discussion when we come back into class

456.4 -> the students in that group lead

458.72 -> an in-class discussion about that scene

460.8 -> because they've sort of become the

462.319 -> in-house experts on that scene

465.039 -> um

466.319 -> and uh it's just i find it a really fun

470.08 -> and different way to go about the

471.68 -> learning process rather than it being

473.36 -> entirely teacher-led

476.24 -> the conversations are entirely student

478.639 -> generated um there is a model podcast

481.52 -> that the english two teachers uh record

484.479 -> have recorded um to give students a

487.039 -> sense of how to go about this how to

488.72 -> structure it um

490.8 -> and then uh they take ownership of the

492.96 -> process after that point

494.639 -> um so i listed here below several of the

497.36 -> reasons why i think it's important to to

499.28 -> do this type of activity um one thing

502.16 -> has to do with the the title itself um

504.56 -> death in the king's horsemen so

506.96 -> it is um a nigerian

509.36 -> play uh that is very tough and it's a

511.759 -> little unforgiving to people who

514.159 -> are unfamiliar with nigerian

515.919 -> specifically yoruban culture um and so

520.399 -> the legwork that we do building up to

522.08 -> being able to process this text um i

524.48 -> think helps students to read with

526.32 -> empathy and with confidence um both of

528.72 -> those are very important to me and to

530 -> the english faculty that has skills that

532.08 -> we develop

533.279 -> over the course of the four years at

534.72 -> lake

536 -> it's also i think as i said before a

537.92 -> really interesting way to give students

540.72 -> ownership over their own production of

542.399 -> knowledge

543.36 -> they do it uh themselves so rather than

546.399 -> me imparting knowledge to them it's them

548.959 -> working to build knowledge with for

551.36 -> themselves and with each other um so

553.04 -> that collaborative construction of

554.64 -> knowledge is another um

556.959 -> highlight of what comes out of this

558.48 -> project i think and then finally it's we

561.2 -> spend a lot of time writing in english

562.959 -> classes

564.08 -> and so i like this project as a little

565.92 -> bit of a break from that heavy focus

567.92 -> that we often have on analytical writing

570.08 -> um because there are multiple ways to

571.92 -> show understanding and to show

574.24 -> knowledge and demonstration of mastery

576.64 -> uh and so

577.92 -> having it come across as a recorded

579.68 -> podcast and um a discussion that is

582.72 -> student-led um it helps give a fuller

585.44 -> view of what students know and can do um

587.6 -> so that's important to me as well

591.04 -> and then one final thing that i was

592.48 -> asked to do in preparation for this

594.68 -> presentation is to talk a little bit

596.64 -> about the um student and teacher

598.56 -> relationship

599.839 -> at luke wilmerding um and i think

602.16 -> through like what are the different

603.519 -> relationships uh what are the different

605.279 -> moments the different encounters uh that

607.68 -> i could share with this and some of the

609.36 -> things that came to mind weren't even

611.839 -> the things that happened in class they

613.2 -> were the ones that happened um outside

615.44 -> in the real world um that i thought were

617.519 -> really fascinating and so

619.2 -> um the

620.88 -> uh words at the top come from our school

623.12 -> mission about um producing lifelong

625.36 -> learners who contribute to the world

626.56 -> with confidence and compassion um and so

630.16 -> you know as i was thinking about how to

631.839 -> you know do this slide that it struck me

633.6 -> that that was really true when i saw

635.76 -> students out in the real world engaging

637.68 -> with cultural events engaging with

639.36 -> social justice events uh and i've listed

641.519 -> some of those below as actual examples

644.16 -> of places where i have on accident run

646.64 -> into lick limiting students um these

648.72 -> weren't class sponsored activities these

650.88 -> are what they things that

652.64 -> um like students

654.24 -> took upon themselves to go see and go do

657.6 -> and sort of that that lack of separation

660.399 -> between

661.68 -> school and life for school and real real

664.48 -> world but the fact that i was

665.6 -> interacting with with students in all of

668.32 -> these contexts um that's something that

672.16 -> it came into my mind as i was preparing

673.6 -> and felt very special to me um about the

675.68 -> relationships um that like faculty like

678.88 -> adults and students have

682.8 -> yeah and i i think that is it um

685.519 -> so thank you

686.839 -> everyone so next up

689.6 -> we are going to have mr villa kanya and

692.64 -> he's going to be sharing about the

694.64 -> history department with us so mr vaughn

697.04 -> via kanye you can take it away

701.279 -> all right uh good morning everybody uh

704 -> welcome to the open house so i'm here to

706.8 -> represent the history department

714.839 -> so

716.56 -> cool

717.92 -> let me start my timer so welcome

719.6 -> everybody uh to the open house

721.44 -> presentation today uh thank you for

723.12 -> being with us on sunday i'm here to

724.639 -> represent the the history department

726.8 -> uh so my name is my pronouns are he him

730 -> i in my 21st year full-time teaching and

733.04 -> taught at the converting high school

734.56 -> from 2004 to 2011 and uh left for a

738.8 -> little bit

739.76 -> and have been back at the school from

741.6 -> 2017 to the present in the past for the

745.76 -> last three years i was teaching both

747.6 -> 10th grade modern world history and 11th

749.839 -> grade honors us history because of a lot

751.6 -> of realignment that we had to do to

753.12 -> adjust to the moment this year i'm only

755.12 -> teaching 10th grade modern world history

757.2 -> and so i'm going to talk to you a little

758.32 -> bit about what we do in the history

759.44 -> department

760.72 -> so for the students on the receiving end

762.72 -> of this webinar if you end up getting

765.36 -> admitted and coming to lake you will

767.92 -> take history at our school for the first

770.639 -> time in 10th grade you'll be taking

772.48 -> modern world history in 11th grade all

775.2 -> juniors take us history it's an honors

777.839 -> designation and both of those are survey

780 -> style courses in 12th grade is when

782.48 -> students have a menu of offerings of

784.32 -> semester long senior seminars

786.8 -> and there's sort of three basic things

788.48 -> that as a department we try to balance

791.04 -> it's to have kind of a decent balance

793.04 -> between seminars that focus on u.s

794.88 -> history and on world history

796.959 -> the 1950 to the present isn't a rigid

798.959 -> cutoff but it's just to clearly

801.279 -> communicate to students that we want to

802.88 -> offer classes that um are really going

805.44 -> to ask them to

807.12 -> connect the big historical themes in the

809.519 -> through lines to the present and to

811.12 -> really have an emphasis on kind of

812.639 -> understanding the world today and how

814.399 -> history informs that understanding

816.639 -> and we obviously also want those senior

818.959 -> seminars to come from places of passion

821.68 -> for the teachers who are teaching those

822.959 -> seminars while also responding to

825.36 -> student interests that they communicate

826.88 -> to us should be happening in our senior

828.8 -> seminars

829.92 -> so just as an example of that uh this

832.079 -> year

832.88 -> uh these are the the semester offerings

835.36 -> um and i'm not gonna go through each of

837.6 -> the titles but i hope that just through

839.12 -> a quick scan you can kind of get a sense

840.8 -> of the diversity of topics that are

843.04 -> there the balance between us and world

845.76 -> focus and uh every single one of these

848.72 -> uh seminars obviously lends itself to

850.8 -> some pretty strong connections to

853.36 -> everything that's happening in our

854.72 -> nation and in the world

856.48 -> in this year of 2020 which is a very

859.12 -> interesting time to be teaching history

861.199 -> uh so

862.639 -> what i want to do now is share with you

864.24 -> a sample project that we're doing this

866 -> fall i'll talk a little bit about how it

867.519 -> relates to some of the values of the

868.72 -> department and then i'll end with a

871.199 -> story about teacher student

872.399 -> relationships

874.72 -> so

875.92 -> uh this is a

877.839 -> mini research project that all

879.279 -> sophomores are being asked to do this

880.8 -> fall and it's their first introduction

883.519 -> to research in the department so during

885.279 -> the three years that students are

887.199 -> are taking history classes i think

889.279 -> they're going to be doing a lot of

890.32 -> research so

891.68 -> this particular project kind of had four

893.199 -> aims to introduce students to research

895.519 -> in the history department and uh

897.12 -> especially leaning on

898.88 -> our library databases which are vast to

901.519 -> work with our librarian ms daniel

903.12 -> farinacci who introduces students over a

905.68 -> couple of days to guidelines about

907.76 -> academic integrity about research skills

909.839 -> how to produce a properly cited

912.399 -> chicago style works

914.959 -> chicago style bibliography all basic

917.279 -> skills that they're going to need in any

918.88 -> history class or social science class at

920.56 -> the undergraduate level

922.16 -> and

922.959 -> and then to give students an opportunity

924.639 -> to connect modern world history content

926.72 -> which roughly covers the period 1500 to

928.639 -> the present uh in this particular case

930.8 -> to summer 2020 uh blm inspired protest

934.88 -> for this particular part i just wanted

936.639 -> to give you some context about how this

938.399 -> idea kind of came into our department uh

940.959 -> of the many different professional

943.12 -> development things that i did this

944.32 -> summer in one of them the uh the teacher

947.04 -> who was guiding teachers through uh that

949.519 -> particular phase of the seminar just

951.04 -> basically like called this to action and

953.04 -> said look if you as a teacher

954.959 -> are planning to return to the classroom

957.199 -> this fall and you don't have a plan for

959.36 -> talking about ahmad arbury or

962.48 -> george floyd or brian taylor and all of

964.24 -> the protests that came up you're doing a

966.16 -> huge disservice to your students we've

967.759 -> all been in quarantine we're watching

969.519 -> these events unfold in our living rooms

971.6 -> every single day uh how do we

974.24 -> like have conversations about that so

976 -> that's kind of what informed uh do

978.32 -> doing the skills portion of this project

980.959 -> research skills and connecting it to the

983.04 -> real world uh and specifically i wanted

985.44 -> to show you a clip from one of the

986.959 -> videos that i used to kind of front load

988.72 -> and scaffold and introduce um this

990.639 -> entire project the sound won't be great

993.68 -> just want to acknowledge that right up

994.959 -> front but i just want you to see about

996.399 -> 45 seconds of this

1003.26 -> [Applause]

1005.28 -> [Music]

1014.079 -> oh

1021.79 -> [Music]

1031.9 -> [Applause]

1045.199 -> okay so um that kind of gives you a

1047.28 -> sense of uh how in that particular

1049.36 -> journalistic

1051.12 -> montage they were able to compress so

1053.039 -> many different things that were

1054.24 -> happening this summer right so as

1056.48 -> students uh the first thing that we

1058.48 -> asked students to do was to choose a

1060.16 -> case study right give a brief

1061.6 -> introduction on

1062.799 -> who each of these individuals is and

1064.64 -> then choose one to study so just to be

1066.72 -> transparent about like the thinking that

1068.4 -> goes into this uh those first folks

1070.24 -> right there all showed up in that video

1072.4 -> in this order uh in collaborating with

1074.64 -> my uh

1076.08 -> fellow department member

1077.679 -> miss sabino kane she suggested that we

1079.84 -> also include sir francis drake uh since

1081.76 -> that was an important conversation that

1083.36 -> was happening up in marin county and

1085.28 -> junipero serra who's a statue in golden

1087.919 -> gate park but there are many monuments

1089.36 -> to him because of his importance to

1090.48 -> california his history uh to also

1092.4 -> include that right so as students you

1095.12 -> would have chosen or we were asking

1096.88 -> students to choose one of these case

1098.48 -> studies and then to answer these four

1099.919 -> basic questions right so the first one

1101.919 -> who was this person in history why are

1103.679 -> they remembered very basic information

1105.76 -> who what where when that should be they

1107.2 -> should be getting from different sources

1108.72 -> like encyclopedias something like that

1110.559 -> uh when was the monument built

1113.28 -> what does this tell us about that era so

1115.2 -> in other words why were people

1117.44 -> celebrating these individuals and kind

1119.36 -> of overlooking some of their problematic

1120.88 -> past uh and then very important why did

1123.36 -> people protest the monument in the

1124.64 -> summer of 2020 and what does this tell

1126.64 -> us about the president so very important

1128.32 -> to kind of look at the world and connect

1130.799 -> uh historical themes historical through

1132.799 -> lines to the present how do they inform

1134.48 -> each other after answering those three

1137.36 -> questions then the most important part

1139.84 -> right in order to repair historical

1142.08 -> memory and restore justice who should

1144 -> have a monument built to replace the

1146.08 -> toppled monument right and i just want

1148.4 -> to emphasize this right here right

1150.559 -> repairing historical memory and

1152.32 -> restoring justice we believe really

1154.4 -> strongly in the department that it's not

1156 -> just about learning how to study history

1157.6 -> in and of itself as an academic exercise

1159.76 -> like they'll be asked to do in an

1161.52 -> academic undergraduate setting that's

1163.52 -> important and it's not just enough to

1165.36 -> then connect history to the present and

1167.44 -> see how history informs the world that

1168.96 -> we're living in but to really be kind of

1170.88 -> called to the moment as i believe the

1172.799 -> summer of 2020 is asking all of humanity

1175.28 -> and all of the nation to do

1177.039 -> knowing that all of these injustices

1178.48 -> happen in the past how do we as

1180.799 -> individuals as a society as a nation as

1182.88 -> a global community how do we begin to

1185.52 -> repair some of that and move towards

1188 -> justice

1189.6 -> uh so it's kind of a fascinating time to

1191.76 -> be teaching history as i said earlier

1193.679 -> and uh this is very much connected to

1196 -> the mission of the school which is about

1197.76 -> having our students feel like they can

1199.84 -> go out into the world

1201.36 -> and contribute with with passion and

1203.44 -> with heart

1204.799 -> so in the last minute that i'm with you

1206.799 -> i want to share with you one of my

1208.08 -> favorite things about uh teacher student

1209.6 -> connections and this very much builds on

1210.799 -> what mr shanks said uh our dean of

1213.36 -> students miss wiley wanted to offer

1215.84 -> something to our seniors this year just

1217.52 -> to um to try to assuage a little bit of

1220.48 -> the the problematic nature of starting

1222.32 -> your senior year in this virtual setting

1225.28 -> uh and wanted to offer during this week

1227.76 -> uh things that they could um that they

1230.24 -> could click into and uh just for us as

1232.72 -> adults to to offer something to

1235.36 -> make our seniors feel celebrated so this

1237.679 -> is my fourth year being at school these

1239.6 -> folks were all

1241.28 -> uh ninth graders in my first year so i

1243.44 -> feel a kind of a special connection to

1245.36 -> to this uh

1247.039 -> class of seniors

1248.48 -> and i decided to go ahead and offer i

1251.12 -> think it was on thursday october 1st in

1253.36 -> the second portion of this

1255.039 -> uh a meditation and a check-in with uh

1257.12 -> mr v khanna right so show up for a

1258.88 -> guided meditation and a check-in uh

1260.799 -> especially my former modern world

1262.159 -> history and honors u.s history students

1264.559 -> and uh when i opened this link at about

1267.679 -> 1205

1268.96 -> to be honest with you i thought that i

1270.48 -> was just going to be staring at a blank

1271.76 -> screen for 40 minutes because

1274.88 -> in that moment i thought to myself like

1276.32 -> what senior um it's a really rigorous

1278.159 -> senior year and college applications is

1280.4 -> actually going to opt into a uh

1283.44 -> an optional zoom meeting

1285.2 -> and much to my surprise um seven

1287.84 -> students showed up and when they did the

1290.32 -> initial check-in was like why did you

1292 -> show up you know i know that you're

1293.12 -> really busy why are you here and the

1294.799 -> running thing for all of them was a very

1296.48 -> simple one we really miss seeing our

1299.36 -> former teachers on campus like it's very

1302 -> isolating to just only uh log into our

1305.039 -> scheduled classes and only interact with

1306.88 -> those folks for the time that we're

1308.559 -> there

1309.36 -> and not being on campus this year we

1311.36 -> missed those opportunities to be able to

1312.799 -> connect

1313.76 -> so um it was just really good to see

1316.24 -> seven students whose faces i really miss

1318.96 -> and uh

1319.919 -> and to meditate and brief together and

1321.6 -> think about gratitude and then to

1323.2 -> reminisce a little bit about our time in

1324.64 -> the classroom and what we're

1325.679 -> appreciating and so for me that's one of

1327.84 -> the really special things about being a

1329.28 -> teacher at lake

1331.12 -> is we have amazing students amazing

1332.72 -> families who bring their heart their

1334.48 -> spirit um their heart their hands to the

1337.2 -> study of history and after going really

1339.679 -> deep into the study of that uh

1341.76 -> afterwards when we see each other on

1343.28 -> campus we just know we have this really

1344.96 -> special academic intellectual connection

1347.28 -> that that fosters lifelong relationships

1350.32 -> so

1351.2 -> thank you for being with me today i

1352.559 -> appreciate it

1356.24 -> thank you so much mr viaconya

1359.12 -> next up we have miss

1361.76 -> zapatero from the world languages

1363.76 -> department so i will hand it off to her

1366.32 -> now

1370.48 -> good morning everyone thank you so much

1372.96 -> for coming today

1374.799 -> and to our open house thank you so much

1378.08 -> for coming on this beautiful sunday

1380.96 -> and i wanted to start with

1383.679 -> some

1385.12 -> something i hope you like let's go i'm

1387.76 -> gonna share my screen

1389.679 -> and

1390.88 -> see if it works

1424.799 -> so as you may have guessed um

1428.08 -> i am from spain

1430.72 -> um

1431.679 -> i came here

1434.88 -> in

1436.279 -> 1998 um

1438.88 -> i am from madrid

1441.12 -> and um

1443.6 -> in the past

1444.88 -> i started teaching in 1998 i started

1448 -> teaching adults um a long time ago

1451.84 -> and then i did several internships

1454.88 -> in

1455.679 -> bilingual schools in the in the mission

1459.919 -> and then

1461.279 -> later on i i went to new york

1464.72 -> and i taught in

1467.279 -> the upper east side i thought right by

1469.36 -> the

1470.72 -> reverb in this little school here

1473.36 -> and then i came to san francisco

1476.32 -> and then i came to live with martin high

1478 -> school

1479.2 -> and one of my memories maybe i should

1481.36 -> start with that is that when i started

1483.679 -> my my first year at league

1486.64 -> and i started actually my demo lesson

1490.4 -> the students at league were so nice to

1492.48 -> me in the demo lesson

1494.32 -> that i didn't believe them i thought

1496.88 -> they were pulling my leg i thought it

1498.88 -> wasn't true that they could be so nice

1501.52 -> and and later with the years i realized

1504.4 -> and what a good

1506.24 -> group of students would have we have and

1508.159 -> we are so lucky

1509.679 -> to have these students with such a good

1511.679 -> heart and

1512.799 -> they are truly nice persons i think

1514.88 -> that's one of the

1517.12 -> most amazing assets that we have in our

1519.919 -> school with

1521.44 -> the students that we have we are very

1523.36 -> lucky

1524.4 -> and i teach in lip will merging i have

1528.48 -> to thought

1529.6 -> most of the levels from 118 to 2a and

1533.279 -> and three

1534.4 -> and our department

1537.12 -> comes from different countries in the

1539.52 -> world so i wanted to share that with you

1541.919 -> we come from guatemala and you recognize

1545.12 -> the picture with the volcano we come

1547.279 -> from spain

1548.64 -> and hong kong

1550.24 -> it's taiwan and then dominican new york

1553.6 -> in 138 of their broadway

1557.679 -> and in our department in their world

1560.08 -> language we have three languages

1562.799 -> currently

1563.84 -> we offer french chinese and spanish

1567.12 -> in both chinese and french we go from

1569.679 -> level one to

1571.2 -> four owners

1572.64 -> and in spanish we have a truck

1575.039 -> we have a regular truck that goes from

1578.4 -> one to four and then we have um an

1581.6 -> accelerated truck or

1584.559 -> that goes deeper into the grammar

1587.36 -> the requirements for speaking spanish in

1589.679 -> the class um are higher and then this

1593.279 -> year this track goes up to five owners

1596.159 -> that was a last year and we are

1599.12 -> very happy to offer that we are doing

1602 -> our research about maya and increasing

1604.559 -> organizations in that course obviously

1607.279 -> everything is in spanish and the

1609.44 -> students are fluent it's an optional

1611.6 -> course but many of them have decided to

1614.159 -> take it

1615.279 -> we also have this last since last year

1619.039 -> we also offer

1620.72 -> spanish for heritage speakers we

1623.679 -> realized that that was a need that our

1626.799 -> population had because we usually

1630.159 -> would place the students

1632.24 -> in a regular level like spanish one

1634.32 -> because maybe they didn't have enough

1636.08 -> grammar

1637.2 -> or spanish too and that that doesn't

1639.679 -> really fit their needs and we have made

1642.64 -> an effort to make this class to better

1646.159 -> fit what they need and is really working

1648.64 -> so we are very happy we can offer that

1651.84 -> during last year and during this year as

1654.159 -> well

1655.12 -> um

1656 -> the graduation requirement for leak in

1658.559 -> languages is three years of one language

1661.84 -> or two years of one language and then

1663.919 -> two years of another language the

1665.84 -> students can double

1667.679 -> in languages and many of them decide to

1670.24 -> do that when they are juniors

1672.96 -> in in order to know where you will be

1675.84 -> placed in the spanish program since we

1678.72 -> have

1679.76 -> a regular and then um honors track or in

1683.919 -> order to know where you are going to be

1685.36 -> placed in chinese or french the students

1688.08 -> have to take

1689.6 -> a test and is

1691.6 -> at the end of april and may

1694.24 -> and it is an oral test as well as a

1697.12 -> written test

1698.64 -> um

1699.679 -> i've been asked like all of my

1701.2 -> colleagues to talk about a project

1704.159 -> so

1704.96 -> there are several projects but one of

1707.12 -> them

1708.24 -> is

1709.52 -> it happened a few years ago i was very

1712.72 -> lucky to take the students to toledo to

1715.76 -> spain

1717.039 -> south of madrid with another colleague

1719.039 -> of mine we brought 26 students to toledo

1722.96 -> and what we did is that we asked them to

1726.24 -> research first the sites where we were

1729.2 -> going to take them

1730.96 -> and then they needed to do a powerpoint

1733.44 -> presentation to the rest of the students

1736.159 -> of the group so they could appreciate in

1740.159 -> the culture where they were going to go

1742.399 -> and then when they saw it they knew

1745.84 -> what they were visiting

1748.399 -> and we went to toledo so this is a

1751.039 -> synagogue santa maria la blanca and they

1754.32 -> had to research el greco our painter

1757.44 -> from toledo and entire del con

1760.32 -> they had to research serobia

1763.2 -> and we took them to all

1764.96 -> these places it was a wonderful trip

1767.919 -> because of in the modern art in madrid

1771.12 -> museum

1772.64 -> or the plaza salamanca so

1775.279 -> um that was a very this is already

1778.399 -> i think that was a very um

1780.88 -> important experience for them not only

1783.36 -> to do the research of course but

1785.84 -> actually to go see

1788 -> spain and experience a different culture

1791.36 -> and another project that i really

1793.919 -> enjoyed

1794.96 -> and i think the students enjoyed as well

1798.24 -> was several years ago i don't know you

1800.559 -> remember there was an exhibit in the the

1803.12 -> young museum

1804.559 -> of chicano art

1806.84 -> so we took them to the museum

1810.399 -> to explore these paintings they did the

1813.52 -> research about the artists and then we

1816.72 -> focus especially during the class time

1819.6 -> in the cultural aspects or what the

1822.559 -> paintings are reflected

1825.279 -> and

1826.159 -> this is carmen lomas gartha so these are

1829.36 -> um paintings that are

1832.08 -> in describing the society now the

1835.12 -> chicano culture in the states and

1838.559 -> it was

1839.919 -> very

1840.88 -> enriching for them

1843.36 -> of course we practice artists vocabulary

1845.679 -> art vocabulary and

1848.32 -> and then of course we talk about the

1850.159 -> culture that is a very important

1852.08 -> component especially in the higher

1854.08 -> levels

1855.039 -> in the world language department

1857.76 -> one more project and

1860.64 -> we have so much is such a rich culture

1864.159 -> in san francisco

1865.84 -> of the hispanic community that we have

1868.24 -> to take advantage of it and just to make

1870.96 -> the kids aware that is in our doorsteps

1874.08 -> so we have also taken to presida ice is

1877.76 -> i'm sure many of you know it's an

1879.519 -> organization

1881.12 -> in the mission

1882.48 -> where they

1883.919 -> explain to us

1885.76 -> all these beautiful murals and beautiful

1889.039 -> and meaningful no they represent an

1891.36 -> important facts of our society and we

1894.24 -> took them for a tour with president eyes

1897.279 -> and then again in the school during the

1900 -> class time and we had discussions about

1903.12 -> what they mean

1904.399 -> and

1905.44 -> for us what do these murals represent

1908.72 -> obviously i do this with higher levels

1911.679 -> and like i can do it with two

1913.679 -> accelerated or three three owners

1916.96 -> and these are different

1918.84 -> murals and this is a special mural

1921.76 -> because this is el viaje de enrique

1924.799 -> enrique is a boy who traveled

1928.399 -> from guatemala to

1931.279 -> to the united states to look for his mom

1933.84 -> it's a real story there is a book about

1935.919 -> it

1936.64 -> and we have also been reading scripts

1938.96 -> from the book not the whole thing

1940.48 -> because it's pretty graphic

1942.48 -> and

1943.279 -> and tough

1944.559 -> so

1945.44 -> that's another way how we brought

1948.24 -> culture and also immigration especially

1951.44 -> during the last year there have been so

1953.279 -> many issues on this topic that it was

1955.919 -> important to talk about them

1959.519 -> and then

1961.279 -> i wanted to share with you

1964.24 -> a um sorry i'm gonna come out of this

1967.12 -> and then

1968 -> i'm gonna share with you

1969.84 -> another project that the students have

1973.36 -> have done

1974.88 -> and it's a biography

1977.519 -> of course and i don't see it right now

1980.96 -> but

1984 -> in the

1986.159 -> these are projects that we can do with

1987.919 -> higher levels

1989.36 -> but when is um

1991.519 -> when they are lower levels maybe they

1994 -> don't have the

1995.76 -> the language

1997.039 -> to

1998 -> to do these kind of projects like to

2000 -> talk about culture in spanish

2002.72 -> so

2003.76 -> so one of the projects

2005.519 -> is um biography okay so

2009.76 -> um i did this project in level

2012.88 -> two actually it was this year at the end

2016.559 -> of the quarter because now we are doing

2018.559 -> quarters a quarter system

2020.48 -> so

2021.2 -> students are working in the differences

2023.519 -> between the two past tenses in level two

2026.159 -> and in spanish there are two past tenses

2028.24 -> when you see say i ate we say we can say

2030.88 -> it in two different ways

2032.399 -> so they have to share their biography

2035.519 -> the timeline when they were born this is

2038.159 -> important things that happened in their

2040.159 -> lives

2041.6 -> they bring pictures the students have to

2045.039 -> ask questions to each other

2047.6 -> about what these pictures represent for

2050.72 -> them when they were born events import

2053.839 -> that have been important in their lives

2057.2 -> other activities that they have done

2059.76 -> or people who are important for them

2062.8 -> and and this is a way for me to build

2065.839 -> community

2067.119 -> and actually i think that right now in

2070.399 -> in the online

2072 -> learning is one of the most important

2074.72 -> things that we can do is to keep our

2076.8 -> community alive

2078.639 -> and we have such a wonderful community

2080.639 -> of kids and teachers

2082.72 -> that sharing their personal story is

2086.639 -> important when they cannot see each

2088.72 -> other

2089.679 -> so we do this for a few classes and they

2093.679 -> get to know all of the students in the

2096.079 -> class in a different manner

2098.64 -> and i've been asked also to share

2102.8 -> um memory

2105.52 -> of the school i have been teaching in

2107.28 -> the school for 14 years

2109.359 -> and i have many many memories that i

2111.839 -> couldn't come up with one one only one

2114.32 -> memory

2115.76 -> for me liquid merging is is such a happy

2118.56 -> place it sounds silly but it is i mean

2120.96 -> the kids are very happy at league

2123.119 -> everybody says hi everybody they all

2125.2 -> feel comfortable

2127.2 -> one of the things that i remember is

2131.119 -> when the students cannot come for

2133.92 -> regular hours

2135.68 -> for extra help because they are not

2138 -> maybe following the classes pretty well

2140.96 -> and both them and i come earlier before

2144.079 -> the school starts like maybe 30 minutes

2146 -> earlier

2146.96 -> and how appreciative they are of that

2149.52 -> and how committed they are

2152.4 -> and what a special bond you build with

2155.04 -> the students when when you just do that

2157.52 -> extra effort and they do it as well of

2159.52 -> course

2160.64 -> and the last memory i wanted to share

2162.72 -> was during soon and i had some internet

2166.56 -> issues and i was kicked out of the

2168.56 -> meeting um continuously in one of my

2170.96 -> classes and my surprise was when i came

2174.16 -> back not only that all the students were

2176.079 -> there that maybe i wouldn't have been

2177.68 -> there if i was a teen

2179.52 -> but when i came back

2181.92 -> they were talking about the different

2183.599 -> ways

2184.8 -> where we could still be learning if i

2187.2 -> was kicked out of the zoom meeting so

2189.28 -> they were talking about maybe mr patel

2191.359 -> we can all work in a google doc you can

2194.64 -> give us the link of that short video and

2197.44 -> then we can watch it and then write a

2199.04 -> paragraph in the two past tenses

2201.599 -> we can go to this website you told us

2203.68 -> about conjugations and i was in complete

2207.04 -> in disbelief

2208.88 -> about their dedication

2211.28 -> to to learning and the commitment

2214.48 -> and and that's it with my presentation

2217.04 -> thanks again so much for for coming

2221.359 -> thank you

2223.839 -> so

2224.8 -> now i am going to

2227.28 -> lead us in a guided question and answer

2229.28 -> session

2230.64 -> i want to thank everybody who submitted

2233.119 -> questions this week

2234.64 -> we received almost 100 questions

2238.88 -> so in order to use this time most

2241.28 -> efficiently

2243.2 -> my colleague min and i we read through

2245.28 -> all of the submitted questions and we

2247.2 -> chose a few to ask today

2249.599 -> some right now to our faculty and then

2251.359 -> some later on to our students so we're

2253.28 -> going to ask some questions that

2254.24 -> represented the most common themes that

2255.92 -> came up in the questions being submitted

2258.079 -> so if your question doesn't get asked

2259.92 -> today please feel free to email

2262.079 -> admissions

2263.079 -> lwhs.org and we'll answer it there or

2265.599 -> connect you with someone who will answer

2267.599 -> it

2268.56 -> and other opportunities for asking

2270.24 -> questions include our admissions office

2271.92 -> hours which happen every tuesday morning

2274.4 -> and our student-led virtual campus tours

2276.4 -> which happen every thursday around

2278 -> lunchtime so there's a lot of

2279.359 -> opportunities to ask questions if if we

2281.359 -> don't get tears today

2282.96 -> um so to start us off i will start with

2286.96 -> a question for you miss apatera about

2289.04 -> language learning um so how does the

2291.359 -> department approach language learning

2293.28 -> what method do students use so if you

2295.2 -> could just talk a little bit more about

2296.56 -> whether it's a lot of conversation

2298.64 -> focus on culture

2300.24 -> just a little bit more about how how

2302.24 -> language is taught

2304.64 -> so

2306.96 -> at league we are very lucky to

2310.079 -> have

2311.2 -> workshops where we

2313.28 -> can

2314.32 -> attend every year and learn different

2316.72 -> skills about how to teach languages

2319.28 -> so thanks to that

2321.52 -> we have learned different ways

2324.4 -> and

2325.44 -> in the

2326.4 -> beginners

2328.079 -> levels

2329.119 -> we do a lot of conversations so it's

2331.76 -> mostly focus on communication skills

2335.119 -> so for example at the end of this

2337.359 -> quarter they can already ask for

2339.28 -> directions or restaurant or store

2342.4 -> how to ask for clothing so it's very

2344.88 -> practical and focused on communication

2347.839 -> we also work on stories so some for some

2351.839 -> students it's easier to

2354.48 -> learn with reading and listening to

2357.76 -> stories and then writing in a similar

2360.079 -> manner we also doing the beginners a lot

2363.04 -> of tpr and it's like teaching with

2366.24 -> physical activities so you associate

2368.4 -> gestures with actions for those students

2370.96 -> that are more kinesthetic

2372.8 -> and we try to do a lot of movement in

2375.52 -> the beginners like freshmen especially

2377.92 -> or sophomores

2379.599 -> and after that in the

2382.4 -> more higher levels we are focused more

2385.2 -> in literature

2387.04 -> culture like in spanish for for example

2390.64 -> and

2391.68 -> and then the hispanic civilizations so

2395.68 -> it's mostly communicative

2398 -> at the beginning

2400.32 -> perfect thank you

2402.32 -> um

2403.119 -> next we'll go with the history question

2405.359 -> for mr villa kanya

2407.2 -> and it looks like this question was

2408.48 -> probably submitted by a parent so it

2410.16 -> reads my education was very america

2413.52 -> eurocentric but the world has become and

2416.24 -> is continuing to become much more global

2418.48 -> what is like doing to prepare students

2420.4 -> for that reality

2422.88 -> yeah thank you for the question um

2425.839 -> it

2426.72 -> i could say a lot about it uh i guess my

2429.52 -> my first initial response would be to

2431.28 -> say that

2432.56 -> uh it makes sense that many of our

2435.44 -> history educations were very

2437.52 -> american-centric very eurocentric

2440.079 -> because if we look at the discipline of

2441.92 -> history and how it came about going all

2444.48 -> the way back to antiquity herodotus the

2448 -> uh as has eurocentrically been called

2450.319 -> the father of history right i mean he

2452.4 -> was the father of history for the

2453.68 -> ancient greeks for one city-state but

2455.839 -> that's not how the persians or uh

2458.96 -> kingdoms in africa or the peoples of the

2460.96 -> americas or anybody in east asia or in

2464 -> what today we would call the middle east

2465.52 -> that wasn't their original historian

2468.24 -> right so history has always been global

2470.88 -> but specifically in an academic setting

2473.04 -> at the university level in the late 19th

2474.72 -> century who were the inventors of the

2476.8 -> discipline of history

2478.64 -> it was a very very particular

2480.4 -> intersectionality of identities that

2482.88 -> defined all of that

2484.319 -> and it was those historians who trained

2487.839 -> generations of historians all the way

2490.079 -> until about the mid 20th century that

2492.48 -> established this kind of platform of in

2495.04 -> american history it's very much uh like

2497.92 -> go usa we're the greatest country in the

2499.92 -> world american exceptionalism and

2501.92 -> there's a lot of truth to that right

2503.28 -> there was also like a lot of civics

2504.64 -> education and patriotism and like

2506.48 -> pro-nationalism built into that

2508.48 -> and then when talking about uh world

2510.24 -> history oftentimes it was eurocentric

2512.4 -> history the history of europe and how it

2514.319 -> interacted with all of its peoples so

2516.64 -> how do we make sense of all of that

2518.319 -> especially like in world history is

2520.72 -> first of all to name it right like this

2522.88 -> is the way in which the study of history

2524.96 -> has happened in the last 150 200 years

2527.839 -> so what were some of those like major

2531.04 -> themes of that eurocentric way of

2533.04 -> looking at american history and world

2534.4 -> history

2535.359 -> and and then what do historians and not

2538.72 -> just historians but people from any

2540.24 -> discipline from any walk of life from

2542.24 -> all of the different cultures and

2543.52 -> civilizations and time periods that we

2545.2 -> study

2546.079 -> what did they say about themselves so in

2548.48 -> other words it's not about having a

2549.92 -> single story of history it's about

2551.28 -> having a balance of stories and a

2553.04 -> multiplicity of stories and asking

2555.04 -> students to reflect on the stories that

2556.48 -> they themselves have in their own minds

2558.88 -> and their own world views

2560.64 -> which of those stories are coming from

2562.64 -> their family context which of those

2564.4 -> stories are coming from their k-12

2566.16 -> context

2567.359 -> which of those stories are coming from

2568.56 -> their own lived experience and their own

2570.319 -> life experiences and so creating

2572.48 -> multiple ways and multiple pathways for

2574.319 -> us to share that multiplicity of stories

2576.079 -> in the classroom and to make sense of it

2578.4 -> all and i hope that that project that i

2580.16 -> shared with y'all uh during my

2582.079 -> presentation kind of gives you like a

2583.359 -> little bit of a window into how we do

2585.28 -> that in the classroom right it's

2587.04 -> literally the past colliding with the

2588.8 -> present to redefine the way that we're

2590.96 -> understanding history

2593.04 -> and the very last thing i would say in

2594.24 -> response to that question is also to get

2596 -> students to build a vocabulary if they

2598.48 -> don't already have it for being able to

2600.64 -> speak about

2602.16 -> their own personal identities and where

2604.64 -> their own markers of identity give them

2607.04 -> privilege where they have given them

2608.64 -> like historical marginalization the

2610.88 -> intersectionality of that how that

2612.72 -> manifests in a private school with a

2614.96 -> public purpose with people coming from

2616.72 -> many walks of life and really building

2619.119 -> dialogue structures that allow us to

2621.28 -> approach each other with curiosity with

2623.359 -> respect with cultural humility

2625.599 -> uh and so in all of those ways

2627.839 -> we are fully embedded in this discussion

2630.88 -> of like how do we talk about the past

2632.8 -> and the present and how do we do that in

2634.56 -> a way that broadens our world view and

2636.88 -> makes us curious about studying uh more

2639.52 -> than just american or european history

2644.4 -> thanks so much mr via kanya

2647.2 -> mr shank i have a question for you for

2649.2 -> the english department this was probably

2651.04 -> the most common question we got for the

2652.64 -> english department

2654.24 -> how do you choose what books students

2657.359 -> read for each class and how do you

2659.359 -> incorporate diverse perspectives in the

2661.52 -> books you choose

2664.4 -> that's a great question and thank you

2665.599 -> for asking it um so there are no

2669.04 -> set

2670.079 -> book lists that we focus on every single

2672.24 -> year but rather

2673.839 -> each year presents an opportunity to

2675.359 -> change what um what we're doing and we

2677.359 -> often do make changes to try to adjust

2679.76 -> to what feels relevant at the time as

2682.16 -> well as to address what feels like maybe

2684.24 -> a gap in a previous curriculum um so we

2687.359 -> work on grade level teams and it's the

2689.119 -> responsibility of those teams to choose

2690.8 -> the books

2692.88 -> we have meetings often uh to talk about

2695.359 -> this curriculum at the end of a current

2697.2 -> year you know at the beginning of the

2698.4 -> next year

2699.44 -> um

2700.319 -> and

2701.28 -> i would say that one of the sort of

2703.04 -> safeguards that we built in is um

2706 -> a lot of focus on mission um so both the

2709.2 -> school's mission and um

2711.92 -> every grade level and english department

2713.599 -> has a grade level mission and so when

2715.52 -> we're deciding on the books that we want

2717.2 -> to include or the other texts that we

2718.72 -> want to include

2720.8 -> we often go back to the mission and see

2722.48 -> if that aligns

2723.92 -> and so

2725.359 -> you know one part of the school's

2726.48 -> mission is about the um the many walks

2728.56 -> of life that mr b akana just mentioned

2730.16 -> as well and so we think about the

2731.599 -> diversity of

2733.04 -> of lives that are entering coming into

2734.72 -> the school and then another part of the

2736.48 -> mission is walking out into the world

2738.56 -> with um confidence and compassion and so

2740.4 -> we think about what are the many

2741.599 -> different places in the world that

2743.599 -> leaving lake wilmerding students will

2745.52 -> encounter and so

2746.96 -> um you know going back to that mission

2749.119 -> focus helps us to remember

2751.119 -> um

2752.88 -> sort of the need for diversity and um it

2755.68 -> it helps us to slow down and and parse

2757.839 -> that and you know

2759.76 -> work that into our um

2762.16 -> our decision-making process when we're

2763.839 -> coming up with the books and the

2764.8 -> curriculum um

2766.64 -> just a small addendum um i didn't

2768.48 -> mention before when i talked to english

2770.4 -> one two and three um

2772.88 -> english 2

2774.079 -> tends to have a world literature focus

2776.8 -> um

2778 -> and english 3 is more focused on

2779.599 -> american literature

2780.96 -> english 1 is a little bit more skill and

2783.52 -> genre focused um and so it'll be more

2786.079 -> you know here's here's how we study

2787.68 -> short stories here's how we study poetry

2790.24 -> um and so in in english too um which

2793.04 -> i've taught every year that i've i've

2794.4 -> been at lick um with that world

2796.56 -> literature focus um it's it's you know

2799.28 -> top of mind um how do we try to um

2802.56 -> incorporate and teach to

2804.319 -> these you know diverse contexts um so

2806.4 -> that in that year especially um it is

2809.44 -> never absent from the conversation

2813.839 -> thank you mr shank mr villa kanya and

2816.72 -> miss

2817.839 -> and thank you to everyone who submitted

2819.44 -> questions like i mentioned earlier some

2821.2 -> more of your questions will get answered

2822.64 -> later in the event by by our student

2824.96 -> panels

2826.64 -> also just want to mention that where

2829.28 -> the open house recordings will be on the

2831.44 -> lick wilmerding youtube channel um we

2833.599 -> all also have short department videos so

2836.56 -> about two three minute videos for each

2838.56 -> department where they talk a different

2840.24 -> faculty member talks a little bit more

2841.68 -> about their their department philosophy

2843.52 -> so be sure to check those out too

2846.48 -> welcome back everybody

2848.72 -> i am now going to hand it off to my

2851.04 -> colleague mr minyu who will be leading

2853.599 -> the next portion of our event

2859.44 -> thank you crystal uh my name is minh the

2862.88 -> students call me mr min and i am the

2865.599 -> associate director of admissions here at

2867.359 -> liquidmerting

2869.04 -> i'm joined today by three current

2871.28 -> seniors who are going to share a little

2873.28 -> bit about their experiences at lich uh

2875.92 -> with a particular focus on english

2877.839 -> history and world language so if we

2880.319 -> could just start by having each of you

2881.839 -> introduce yourselves quickly by just

2883.44 -> saying your name what middle school you

2884.96 -> went to and a brief overview of the ways

2887.839 -> that you're involved in the liquidity

2889.2 -> community

2890.48 -> so can we start with teresa

2894.24 -> hi everyone i'm theresa i went to

2896.559 -> parkway middle school

2898.319 -> and some of the things i'm involved at

2899.92 -> link are i'm an admissions intern i'm a

2902.72 -> leader a co-leader for environmental

2904.64 -> club i'm also the co-leader for the

2906.64 -> senegal service learning club and i'm

2909.44 -> also affiliated with some of the center

2911.92 -> volunteer things um i'm a part of the

2914.88 -> visual arts program so i've taken a lot

2916.64 -> of courses in that

2918 -> um yeah just in general um i'm someone

2921.44 -> who's very affiliated with the community

2926.72 -> all right primo

2928.96 -> hi y'all um my name is primo um as mr

2931.92 -> minn said i'm a senior

2934.079 -> and i went to honolulu waldorf school in

2936.72 -> hawaii i am on student council i'm

2939.76 -> student inclusion chair this year i'm

2941.44 -> also an editor of our school's newspaper

2944.72 -> and literary magazine and i'm also one

2947.2 -> of the leaders for one of our queer

2949.2 -> affinity spaces on campus

2952.8 -> last but not least margaret

2955.44 -> hi everyone i'm margaret i went to case

2958.559 -> or chinese american international school

2961.76 -> at lick i play field hockey soccer and

2964.48 -> lacrosse i'm also on student council

2966.72 -> with primo

2967.92 -> and

2968.88 -> um

2969.839 -> i'm also a leader of oh wow which is

2971.92 -> liquid learning organization

2973.92 -> women it's licks female affinity club

2980.319 -> thank you

2981.52 -> so

2982.319 -> uh kicking us off on the panel portion

2984.72 -> of this event will be margaret who's

2986.48 -> going to share a little bit about her

2988.16 -> experience with the world language

2989.599 -> program so take it away margaret yeah so

2993.04 -> as i just said i went to chinese

2995.28 -> american international school so i've

2997.68 -> been

2998.72 -> studying mandarin since kindergarten so

3001.04 -> coming to lick i was really excited to

3002.48 -> learn something new and try a new

3003.92 -> language so i started learning spanish

3006.4 -> my freshman year which i'm really happy

3007.76 -> that i did it's become one of my

3009.52 -> favorite subjects at lick what i really

3011.839 -> love about the spanish um classes that

3014.079 -> i've taken at lick is that there's not

3015.92 -> just a focus on you know like grammar

3018.8 -> and conjugations and things like that

3020.64 -> there's also a really big focus on

3022.4 -> spanish-speaking countries culture and

3025.119 -> art and holidays and traditions and

3027.92 -> that's been super eye-opening for me

3029.92 -> because you know before like i really

3031.839 -> only knew about chinese culture so i got

3034.88 -> to learn about a whole bunch of

3036 -> different spanish-speaking countries and

3038.4 -> all of their traditions which was super

3040.559 -> cool a specific

3042.16 -> um experience

3043.92 -> that i can think of would be my

3046.319 -> sophomore year we each got a partner and

3049.28 -> we got assigned a spanish-speaking

3050.96 -> country and we got to present about that

3053.839 -> country for our class

3055.599 -> so my partner and i

3057.119 -> got assigned chile and we made

3058.8 -> traditional chilean ice cream and we

3060.64 -> spent a really long time learning this

3062.88 -> traditional chilean dance that we

3064.559 -> performed

3065.76 -> for our class and i just thought it was

3068.16 -> super cool to be able to

3069.76 -> share my knowledge on this

3071.2 -> spanish-speaking country in the language

3073.599 -> that they speak in the country um that

3075.92 -> was just super cool and that's one

3077.28 -> example of many that i could talk about

3080.079 -> i think that just one just came to me

3082.64 -> because of the dancing i think it left a

3084.48 -> really big imprint in my mind um

3087.2 -> um and

3088.72 -> like this emphasis on culture and

3090.48 -> perspective has been a recurring theme

3092.48 -> throughout all of

3093.839 -> the spanish classes that i've taken and

3095.119 -> i love it love that so much that my

3097.76 -> senior year i'm also taking spanish we

3099.44 -> really only have to take world language

3100.72 -> for three years but there's a lot of

3103.119 -> spanish-speaking countries and i know

3104.72 -> there's so much more for me to learn so

3105.92 -> i'm really excited to further my

3106.88 -> knowledge on that when i take spanish

3108.839 -> next quarter

3110.64 -> and then aside from that

3112.8 -> i also have loved the teachers in the

3115.76 -> spanish department all my teachers have

3117.359 -> been amazing

3118.48 -> my junior year spanish teacher profit

3120.64 -> beatrice was amazing she was she's been

3123.44 -> like a mentor for me a little bit

3124.8 -> because i jumped from a non-honors

3127.2 -> spanish to an honor spanish my junior

3129.68 -> year and i was kind of scared at the

3131.2 -> beginning i let her know and she

3133.04 -> basically was like don't worry i got

3135.28 -> your back and the

3137.28 -> entire first semester she was constantly

3141.119 -> asking me how i was doing if i was ever

3143.599 -> confused or if i felt

3145.359 -> like not up to speed she always make the

3148.079 -> time to work with me and go through any

3150.16 -> material that i was confused about and

3151.68 -> by the end of my first semester i

3153.359 -> definitely felt that i was at the same

3154.559 -> level as everyone else and it was

3155.68 -> because of her support and then also

3157.92 -> once we went to distance learning she

3160.16 -> was always reaching up to us asking us

3162 -> how we were doing if we looked sad

3163.28 -> during class she would email us

3164.559 -> afterwards being like hey how are you

3166.079 -> doing you look sad during class what can

3168.319 -> i do to help and it wasn't this weird

3170.24 -> like teacher student power dynamic it

3172.72 -> was really just like a person-to-person

3174.48 -> connection and she was really

3176.319 -> recognizing hey we're all living through

3177.839 -> this crazy time like let's support each

3180.16 -> other which i thought was amazing and

3182.88 -> this like teacher student support

3184.559 -> definitely goes past just

3186.48 -> the spanish classes that i've taken it's

3188.319 -> really been with all of my teachers when

3190.64 -> i first toured like like as an 8th

3192.559 -> grader when i shadowed i went to a u.s

3194.88 -> history class and i noticed the

3196.96 -> relationship between the teachers and

3199.119 -> the students it was so unique it was

3200.72 -> something i hadn't really really

3202.16 -> experienced before this just like

3204.16 -> person-to-person connection not

3205.52 -> teacher-to-student connection and that

3206.88 -> was something i really wanted in high

3208 -> school and i've definitely experienced

3209.28 -> that throughout my high school

3210.72 -> experience like all my teachers have

3213.2 -> been really

3214.319 -> there for me and like have wanted us to

3217.92 -> learn that's something that i've

3219.119 -> definitely experienced they're there to

3220.72 -> make us love learning and they want us

3223.2 -> to like gain knowledge they're not just

3225.119 -> throwing information at our face and

3226.88 -> being like deal with it it's really just

3228.8 -> like they want to have a relationship

3230.16 -> with us and they want us to love

3232.16 -> learning so that's definitely been one

3234.48 -> of the most positive things that i've

3235.92 -> experienced

3241.359 -> thank you so much margaret

3244 -> and next we have primo who's going to

3245.839 -> talk about their experience in our

3247.28 -> history department history program so go

3250.64 -> for it primo um i just want to start by

3252.559 -> saying that um my experience at lake

3254.319 -> might be a little bit different

3256.24 -> from margaret and teresa's because i am

3258.16 -> a transfer student um i transferred into

3260.64 -> like junior year and before that i went

3262.4 -> to a really tiny public school here in

3264.48 -> sf and before that for my freshman year

3266.88 -> i went to a high school in hawaii so

3269.68 -> when i was looking at independent

3271.04 -> schools to transfer to i was really

3272.8 -> looking for a place where i could find

3275.119 -> you know community because that wasn't

3277.28 -> something that

3278.48 -> i had really

3280.16 -> had in my first two years of high school

3282 -> and that was like community with friends

3283.68 -> with teachers with faculty just being on

3286.24 -> campus in a space where i could really

3287.839 -> feel connected to people and i remember

3290.16 -> that that was something that i really

3291.68 -> felt because i

3293.76 -> was able to shadow it lick and do an

3296 -> interview and do all like

3298.559 -> the traditional things that people do

3300.72 -> when they're shadowing or applying to

3302.48 -> high schools even though i was a

3303.68 -> transfer student and there was just so

3305.119 -> much care put into that process of

3307.599 -> applying and i saw that it really was a

3310.4 -> community

3311.839 -> that i felt i could just be a part of

3314.559 -> even though i was a transfer student and

3316.559 -> it was just so warm and inviting and i

3318.72 -> think that that continued even when i um

3321.599 -> was amazingly accepted into lick and

3324.4 -> when i got here i found that community

3326.48 -> and that made me really happy i remember

3328.559 -> really distinctly

3330.079 -> um

3330.96 -> being a little bit apprehensive for my

3332.799 -> junior year history class it was u.s

3334.72 -> history honor this is an honors course

3336.64 -> so i was a little nervous

3338.96 -> but when i got into that classroom space

3342.559 -> everyone was really welcoming it was

3344 -> really amazing and i remember really

3345.92 -> distinctly that i just clicked with my

3348.079 -> us history teacher miss gus field she

3350.319 -> was so fun she was so amazing and one of

3353.28 -> the first things that i remember was

3354.64 -> thinking that her style was like really

3356.799 -> on point and i remember asking her about

3359.119 -> it

3359.839 -> and she basically said that she felt

3361.52 -> like some of her colleagues in the

3363.2 -> teacher field needed to step up their

3365.359 -> game when it came to what they wore

3367.68 -> to work as teachers i just thought that

3370.319 -> was so so funny and so amazing and so

3374 -> throughout the year we like bonded and

3376 -> we got closer and

3377.76 -> we like talked outside of class about

3379.76 -> history not about history and it was

3382.16 -> just a really amazing experience and

3384.16 -> then i also remember during distance

3385.76 -> learning she had this assignment

3388.72 -> with a quote that i'll never forget that

3390.4 -> she said that um right now during this

3393.359 -> time that we're living in we're like

3394.88 -> living in history we are creating

3396.96 -> history and during that history class

3399.839 -> she had us do what she called primary

3402.4 -> source creation where we were basically

3404.48 -> just taking time at the beginning of

3406.4 -> each class to write in journals about

3409.119 -> like what was going on in our lives how

3411.2 -> we were handling distance learning how

3413.44 -> we were like dealing with the fact that

3415.119 -> the world was in a pandemic

3417.2 -> and that

3418.88 -> really made me realize that we are like

3421.119 -> living in history right now we are

3423.2 -> experiencing it we are creating it and

3425.28 -> that's definitely something i think that

3426.72 -> the whole history department at lick

3428.72 -> really places emphasis on

3430.96 -> is how history isn't just something that

3432.96 -> we can leave behind in the past it's not

3435.2 -> something that we can just forget about

3436.64 -> because it already happened

3438.4 -> history is influencing our culture and

3440.559 -> our society today it's something that

3443.04 -> has built and created everything that

3445.28 -> we're doing today and so

3447.839 -> we need to learn history and we need to

3450.72 -> understand it

3452.079 -> one so that we don't repeat it and also

3454 -> so that we can take the lessons from

3456.079 -> history with us into the future to

3458.64 -> better ourselves to better our

3460.24 -> communities and i feel like both in my

3462.559 -> history class last year and in my

3464.319 -> history class this year that was

3466.079 -> something that both of my teachers

3468 -> really placed focus on

3472.96 -> thank you so much fremo and to close out

3475.599 -> just the panel portion of

3478.48 -> the event will be theresa who will share

3481.359 -> about her experience in our english

3483.119 -> program so go for it teresa great um so

3486.4 -> to just give a little context as to why

3488.48 -> i gravitated towards um lick initially i

3491.839 -> um

3492.72 -> you know i came from a

3495.119 -> relatively large public school just

3497.44 -> outside of san francisco and i knew for

3499.68 -> high school that i was really looking

3501.599 -> for um you know a place where

3504.64 -> my voice could actually be heard and i

3506.24 -> could really be involved in kind of a

3508.079 -> community organization and that was

3510 -> something that i definitely lacked in

3511.599 -> middle school um and i just remember

3513.92 -> initially when i took a tour of the lake

3516.4 -> campus and i spoke with lick students

3518.88 -> individually

3520.16 -> and even heard from panelists um all

3522.319 -> across the board i really observed this

3524.559 -> love of learning that all students kind

3526.24 -> of shared and they were just genuinely

3528.4 -> interested and super passionate about

3530.72 -> all of the material they were covering

3533.68 -> and whether that was you know the visual

3535.92 -> arts program or performing arts the

3537.68 -> shops or even on the academic side of it

3540.72 -> i really

3542 -> witnessed that all the students they're

3543.52 -> there for a reason and they really

3545.599 -> recognize that their voice was valuable

3547.52 -> and collectively as a community our

3549.119 -> voices were valuable

3550.799 -> and so that kind of transitioned into

3554 -> the english department specifically in

3555.68 -> my experience with that

3557.28 -> like i said i came from a relatively

3559.599 -> large public middle school and so my

3562.079 -> experience with english definitely felt

3564.079 -> kind of different from that of my

3566.64 -> peers i remember coming in and just

3569.599 -> thinking that like all of my classmates

3571.839 -> were super sophisticated and really well

3573.839 -> spoken and they know they knew exactly

3576.319 -> like what to write about or um and i was

3578.64 -> just really intimidated initially um but

3581.599 -> i was also met with such an amazing

3583.119 -> support system from my teacher and from

3586.319 -> the rest of my peers and i really um

3588.24 -> recognized that no one was coming into

3590.4 -> lick um with this idea of like being

3592.48 -> competitive or you know despite uh the

3595.359 -> high high school process kind of being

3596.96 -> this competitive process um i definitely

3599.52 -> didn't recognize that within the

3601.119 -> classroom and i felt that it was a

3602.799 -> really safe space um and there i uh

3605.68 -> witnessed myself flourish i kind of um i

3609.28 -> quickly kind of adapted these new skill

3610.96 -> sets and i learned how to

3612.96 -> kind of explore the text further and

3614.88 -> read in between the lines and look for

3616.48 -> meaning um and i found myself even kind

3618.96 -> of annotating um books that i read in my

3622.16 -> personal life which i had never done

3624.319 -> before and just kind of searching for

3626.24 -> these themes and

3627.599 -> kind of looking for a meaning behind

3630.079 -> just what um was on

3632.079 -> on paper

3633.28 -> um and yeah i would say that just

3635.599 -> throughout my three years of lick

3637.76 -> english i really witnessed myself mature

3640 -> as a writer and i think lik

3643.2 -> faculties really puts a lot of emphasis

3645.52 -> on looking for your voice as a league

3647.2 -> student and i think one of the points

3649.04 -> where i really recognize this shift

3651.68 -> between my middle school experience and

3653.359 -> high school experience is when um i was

3656.16 -> so eager to get feedback um to receive

3659.2 -> feedback on my essays and whether that

3661.44 -> was positive feedback or kind of

3663.24 -> constructive criticism i was always

3665.68 -> delighted to read it and see how i could

3667.599 -> kind of

3668.559 -> push forward as a writer and you know

3670.72 -> really mature and produce the best work

3673.2 -> produce my best work um and then uh

3676.319 -> currently i'm in a um english seminar

3679.119 -> with robin von verton and i just had an

3681.76 -> amazing experience with her as a teacher

3684.24 -> um senior year is less about analytical

3686.559 -> work or kind of

3688 -> still explore the text but it's more

3690.319 -> your creativity and she leaves a lot of

3692.559 -> room for students to create their own

3694.319 -> voice and

3695.599 -> just kind of create their own structure

3697.28 -> in terms of the

3698.64 -> projects that we focus on and so i've

3701.04 -> always just had a really great time

3702.4 -> she's um you know helped me kind of

3704.96 -> boost my confidence as a writer and

3707.28 -> really

3708.079 -> learn to tap into my creative side and

3710 -> learn how to find my voice and recognize

3712.24 -> that my voice is valuable

3714.24 -> so yeah in general i've had a really

3716.079 -> positive experience with the english

3717.44 -> department

3721.599 -> thank you so much theresa

3723.68 -> i always love hearing students stories

3725.92 -> and i just want to say like what a

3727.28 -> privilege it's been to be a part of

3729.2 -> your stories um so thank you so much for

3731.92 -> sharing

3733.28 -> um

3734.16 -> now we're going to enter the next

3735.76 -> portion of the event where we're we're

3737.68 -> going to answer some of the questions

3739.839 -> that you all submitted

3741.52 -> earlier this week so we know we won't be

3743.92 -> able to answer all your questions with

3745.839 -> the limited time we have

3747.92 -> so if you still have questions about any

3750.64 -> part of the departments we went over

3752.4 -> today or just the lit community as a

3754.319 -> whole

3755.68 -> i want to urge you to please use the

3757.359 -> connect with a tiger investor form on

3759.76 -> our exploring lwhs page

3762.74 -> [Music]

3763.92 -> so that you can be directly connected to

3765.92 -> a student or obviously you can email us

3769.2 -> at

3770.28 -> admissionslwhs.org and we're super

3772.16 -> excited to connect with you

3774.72 -> so we're going to enter the next part of

3777.119 -> the event which is the q a and the first

3780.88 -> question we have today

3784.64 -> is about the english department so

3787.52 -> what are some of the books that students

3789.599 -> read throughout their english classes

3792.16 -> and what type of writing do students do

3795.76 -> uh so if you can actually just have uh

3798 -> margaret start by answering that those

3801.92 -> questions

3803.92 -> um yeah mr shank talked a little bit

3806.319 -> about the different reading that we do

3808.88 -> like every year is pretty different but

3810.64 -> overall we do

3812.799 -> like we'll do poetry in most classes and

3815.68 -> short stories along with bigger books

3818.559 -> we've done more traditional books and

3822 -> less lesser-known books one of my

3824.079 -> favorites was probably the scarlet

3825.359 -> letter which we read in

3827.44 -> my junior year and i really like that

3829.92 -> because the essay that we wrote along

3831.599 -> with that we got a lot of creative

3833.359 -> freedom on it and i think

3835.28 -> as like i became an upperclassman and

3837.359 -> noticed more creative freedom that we

3838.88 -> got with our essays and i got to connect

3841.359 -> the scarlet letter to easy a the movie

3844.88 -> with emma stone that's loosely based off

3847.119 -> of the scarlet letter which i thought

3848.96 -> was such a cool thing that i was able to

3850.64 -> do and i was able to talk about like

3853.359 -> feminism in the two texts and connect

3855.599 -> them to each other which was such a

3857.28 -> unique writing opportunity that i got to

3859.76 -> do um and that's one example of many

3863.039 -> that we just of the creative freedom

3865.039 -> that we get everybody wrote completely

3867.28 -> different essays about scarlet letter

3870.4 -> if i could just like add on to that a

3872.16 -> little bit i definitely think

3874.079 -> that even outside of the classroom

3875.68 -> there's a lot of opportunities for

3877.359 -> students to explore different kinds of

3879.119 -> writing so like in english classes like

3881.28 -> you get to do literary analysis creative

3884.319 -> writing and especially when you get to

3886.079 -> your senior year the variety of english

3888.72 -> classes that exist enable students to

3890.88 -> explore lots of different types of

3892.16 -> writing but there are also opportunities

3894 -> like if you didn't get to write as much

3895.76 -> poetry as you maybe wanted to in class

3897.92 -> you can submit to our literary magazine

3900.88 -> on campus if you want to try like

3902.48 -> journalism writing you can submit to the

3904.24 -> paper tiger on campus and so there's a

3906.48 -> lot of different opportunities

3908.64 -> to get peer feedback and also teacher

3910.4 -> feedback because they both have faculty

3912.079 -> advisors

3913.359 -> on just exploring different kinds of

3914.88 -> writing that you might not have tried

3916.16 -> before

3920.839 -> okay um so we have another question

3924.96 -> um about the history department and uh

3928.319 -> the question is do students learn

3930.24 -> history in an engaging way what are some

3932.96 -> examples of engaging projects students

3935.039 -> have done in the past to understand

3936.64 -> history

3938.16 -> so teresa if you can start

3941.52 -> yeah um so there's a lot of instances

3943.92 -> that i can think of where we've learned

3945.92 -> history in an engaging way

3947.92 -> whether that was debates or official

3950.16 -> discussions or you know um the like many

3953.68 -> different projects we kind of handled in

3955.68 -> history but to be a little bit more

3957.76 -> specific um my junior year uh

3960.88 -> for my history class specifically and

3962.799 -> i'm pretty sure this was across all um

3965.2 -> junior history classes we had a

3969.2 -> this kind of case study or not

3971.2 -> necessarily a case study but a research

3972.799 -> paper

3974 -> and rather than it being on like a

3975.76 -> specific topic all students were able to

3979.039 -> have a lot of freedom in kind of what

3981.119 -> they wanted to research specifically and

3983.359 -> so um the like umbrella term was just

3985.599 -> the gilded age

3987.28 -> but to push further um every student

3989.68 -> kind of picked something that they were

3991.2 -> passionate about

3992.64 -> and then went with it and there was a

3994.4 -> lot of flexibility on kind of the time

3996.24 -> frame too for my teacher specifically

3998.88 -> we could kind of go a decade before the

4000.88 -> gilded era or a decade after and that

4002.799 -> was no problem and i know students who

4006 -> focus on like reproduction rights for

4007.92 -> women during the gilded age or the art

4010.24 -> scene um there is a classmate of mine

4012.559 -> who wrote about uh the furniture and

4014.4 -> like woodworking during the time and so

4016.48 -> there's just a lot of ways to kind of

4018.079 -> explore your different interests and

4020.319 -> connect it to

4021.68 -> a piece of history in the past and then

4023.92 -> also just

4024.96 -> bring that more towards like um

4027.92 -> kind of things that are relevant in

4030.16 -> today's age i know that my topic

4032 -> specifically focused on child labor and

4034.72 -> i'm really interested in kind of um

4036.96 -> social justice and um you know obviously

4039.599 -> child labor in other countries and so it

4041.839 -> was really fascinating to connect those

4043.599 -> two things and see how our own history

4046.799 -> reflects kind of what we see in um

4049.359 -> in present day

4051.76 -> margaret did you want to add anything

4054.319 -> um yeah i would say another engaging

4057.2 -> project that we did that i think a lot

4059.359 -> of people will remember from their

4060.96 -> channel like in the history department

4062.24 -> would be sophomore year we do like a

4064.319 -> world war one simulation right before we

4066.4 -> start learning about world war one and

4068.4 -> we all get into teams and we get

4070.48 -> assigned a country i think i was

4072.559 -> clogging for but i was actually

4074.16 -> austria-hungary um and we get enemies

4077.599 -> enemy countries and we have to make

4079.2 -> truces and we have resources and armies

4082 -> and things like that and then there's

4083.44 -> also propaganda that we have to make and

4085.839 -> we get extra points if we have good

4087.599 -> propaganda that during that time there's

4090.24 -> so much propaganda for different

4092.64 -> fake countries on the walls and you walk

4095.2 -> through and there's and like i know

4096.96 -> people who made chants for their

4098.799 -> countries and whenever they saw their

4100.159 -> history teacher in the hallway they

4101.759 -> would just start chanting their like

4104 -> country's chant to try and get more

4105.6 -> points which i thought was super funny

4107.44 -> and halfway through like the archduke

4110.159 -> gets killed and then we have to decide

4112 -> if we want to go to war or not and

4114.799 -> that made me so excited to learn about

4117.6 -> world war one and super interested

4119.52 -> because we got to kind of not live world

4122.56 -> war one but

4123.759 -> kind of have an experience similar to

4126.159 -> what we were gonna start learning about

4127.92 -> and i think that made everyone really

4129.759 -> excited and interested to learn about

4132.4 -> like world war one because we were

4134.64 -> like having that same experience so

4137.04 -> things like that we do

4138.88 -> not

4139.679 -> nothing that crazy aside from that one

4142.159 -> but similar things will do to get us

4144.719 -> excited about learning what we're

4146.319 -> talking about which i think is

4150.64 -> yeah that's what that is usually about

4152.719 -> this time for like open houses if we

4154.4 -> were having them on campus we just see

4156.08 -> all these flyers and i was always

4157.92 -> wondering what that was so thank you for

4160.4 -> letting me know

4162.08 -> um so the next question that we have is

4165.52 -> uh about a world languages department

4168.08 -> will students who have never taken a

4170 -> world language feel behind from the

4171.92 -> start

4172.96 -> so teresa can you

4174.4 -> answer that because i know that was you

4176.64 -> know something that you had experienced

4179.04 -> yeah

4179.839 -> um so i came into the world language

4182.4 -> department taking french

4184.719 -> and i had absolutely no experience

4186.48 -> taking french beforehand

4188.88 -> you know aside from maybe listening to

4190.64 -> one or two french songs i really

4192.96 -> didn't know much about the language

4195.199 -> but yeah just from the start i was

4197.199 -> really welcomed into the department it

4199.36 -> was a pretty small class

4201.04 -> well all the classes are small but it

4202.48 -> was just one single french class and i

4205.92 -> noticed a really great support system

4207.679 -> for my teacher and for my other peers

4210.32 -> my teacher did a really good job the

4211.84 -> first kind of opening weeks just

4213.84 -> introducing us to the french language i

4216.08 -> remember one project where we just kind

4218.159 -> of yelled out different words that

4220 -> sounded french that we use in english

4221.84 -> and she would tell us if they were

4223.36 -> french or not and so i kind of learned

4225.28 -> how much french i actually use um you

4227.92 -> know in my everyday language um and from

4230.239 -> there you know the pace was very

4232.4 -> reasonable i never felt um like i

4235.12 -> couldn't manage the work and i also felt

4237.12 -> that i was up to par with all the other

4238.8 -> students so it was never like there are

4240.96 -> a few people um excelling in the class

4242.96 -> and everyone's left behind

4244.48 -> um my french teacher was very adamant

4246.56 -> about um having allowing students to

4248.56 -> have a voice and ensuring that if anyone

4250.8 -> felt behind or if we were rushing into a

4252.88 -> unit that she would um you know just

4255.12 -> kind of disregard the lesson plan and

4257.679 -> have a review day set up and we would do

4260 -> a lot of games and just like other um

4262.719 -> kind of interactive um

4265.28 -> like language um projects so that way um

4268.96 -> each student would be um i guess like

4272.48 -> even if they had a different learning

4273.76 -> style it would be uh it would cater to

4275.679 -> every student so

4281.28 -> swift

4282.4 -> okay um

4284.64 -> and

4285.44 -> like i think you can kind of expand this

4288.239 -> uh question out a little bit like

4291.04 -> in not just world language in any

4292.88 -> experience so like pre-more margaret did

4294.64 -> you have an experience where you were

4295.84 -> trying something for the first time

4298 -> um and like how did you feel supported

4300.239 -> in that process

4302.88 -> um this one i think i have like a

4305.44 -> perfect answer for that because

4307.92 -> this one is something that i had never

4309.679 -> seen at like any of the other high

4311.04 -> schools i'd been to my first year here

4313.199 -> at lick i took photography but not like

4315.92 -> digital photography like film

4317.52 -> photography

4318.8 -> and

4319.6 -> so basically i spent like hours and

4322.4 -> hours and hours in the darkroom

4323.6 -> developing film and that's not

4325.84 -> necessarily something that you

4329.04 -> would associate with like like the high

4331.76 -> school experience in 2020 um but

4335.84 -> um even though it was really new um our

4338.64 -> photography teacher mr sanborn

4340.96 -> did a really amazing job he's a really

4343.199 -> fun person in general of um

4345.76 -> he's kind of an icon in the lit

4347.36 -> community

4348.4 -> but

4349.44 -> he

4350.32 -> would always make time um because some

4352.96 -> of the students in the class had

4354.239 -> experience with film photography before

4355.84 -> but like i didn't and so he was always

4358 -> open to me like eating lunch in the

4360.64 -> photo room and just asking him tons of

4362.88 -> questions about what we had covered in

4364.239 -> class and like using the photo room

4366.159 -> during my free or if i like came in or

4368.32 -> stayed late after school he was always

4370.88 -> open to me just like

4372.96 -> being able to explore and try different

4375.199 -> things and so even though i never had

4378 -> any experience with film photography

4379.679 -> before i was able to both learn a lot

4382.96 -> from mr sanborn but then also learn on

4385.36 -> my own through like trial and error but

4388.4 -> still feel supported and feel like i

4391.76 -> could really embrace like the way i

4393.84 -> wanted to express myself through

4395.28 -> photography and so i think that that was

4397.199 -> like an amazing experience that like

4399.199 -> isn't necessarily um so academic

4402.96 -> yeah i would also quickly add freshman

4406 -> year we take a

4408.48 -> cma contemporary media art class which i

4411.52 -> was really scared for where we do

4413.199 -> drawing and painting and things like

4414.64 -> that and i did not consider myself an

4416.64 -> art person at all i was really scared

4418.56 -> for that class and then i went to it and

4421.12 -> they started teaching us actual

4423.04 -> techniques and i was like oh there's

4425.679 -> actual technique to this and if you

4427.12 -> actually work hard and understand the

4429.84 -> techniques then anyone can really be an

4431.44 -> art person and as also they

4433.84 -> had an emphasis on like if you work hard

4436.08 -> and spend a lot of time on you know

4438.239 -> drawing and painting things like that

4439.36 -> you can really make something super cool

4441.36 -> so it's also just like

4443.52 -> being open to learning new things and

4445.84 -> hearing what the teachers have to say

4447.44 -> and

4448.64 -> like by doing that i think a lot a lot

4451.44 -> of people feel more comfortable in

4452.56 -> things that they might not be

4453.6 -> comfortable in the past

4456.96 -> thank you for sharing um so i think we

4459.92 -> have time for like two more questions um

4462.56 -> so to students

4464.32 -> what do you feel is the strength of each

4466.48 -> of these departments um

4469.84 -> so margaret kick us off but like

4472.08 -> kind of quickly um what do you think are

4474.48 -> the strengths of of the three

4476.4 -> departments that we were able to cover

4478 -> today

4479.36 -> um for english i would say what i've

4483.199 -> experienced is

4484.8 -> they really kind of what teresa said

4486.88 -> helped me find my voice and help me find

4489.92 -> exactly what i want to talk about and

4492.08 -> then on top of that helped me figure out

4493.76 -> how to express that voice

4495.679 -> through writing and help me understand

4497.52 -> how to use like make my voice powerful

4500.239 -> through writing whether that be poetry

4502.08 -> or

4502.8 -> bigger essays i think that's something

4504.64 -> that they did a really good job at least

4506.4 -> for me and then for history people have

4508.96 -> talked about this too but definitely the

4510.239 -> connection to real life that's something

4512.08 -> that i think is super important and i've

4514.08 -> been able to understand how much history

4515.92 -> affects my everyday life which is super

4517.52 -> cool

4518.32 -> and then

4519.36 -> for the world language department um

4521.52 -> kind of what i talked about before with

4523.679 -> the emphasis on spanish-speaking

4525.199 -> language countries and their cultures

4527.6 -> but also i would say the vocabulary that

4530 -> i've learned in spanish has been super

4532 -> irrelevant to my everyday life we had a

4533.6 -> whole unit last year on um social media

4537.04 -> which is something that i thought was

4538.719 -> really cool and super relevant and

4540.08 -> something that i would actually use in a

4541.28 -> normal conversation in this era so yeah

4545.199 -> that's another thing i think the world

4546.56 -> language department did a really good

4547.92 -> job on for me

4549.92 -> hey

4550.96 -> anybody have any new strengths for the

4553.04 -> departments something they want to chime

4555.36 -> in about

4556.719 -> um i would add on that as a senior

4559.52 -> um i feel like the history department

4561.52 -> has really prepared me for

4563.76 -> college classes um in terms of like the

4566.32 -> level of reading obviously like y'all

4568.8 -> might not have to think about this for a

4570.48 -> couple more years

4572.239 -> but

4573.04 -> i'm definitely thinking a lot about

4574.64 -> college and what academically that's

4576.48 -> going to look like but i feel like all

4578.64 -> of my history teachers in particular um

4580.88 -> last year and this year were really

4582.96 -> adamant about like this is the kind of

4584.64 -> reading you might get in college this is

4586.239 -> how you can skim it so that you don't

4588.08 -> have to spend four hours reading a

4590.239 -> 40-page reading and they were really

4592.719 -> um there with us in terms of like

4596 -> how to structure resources and like

4598.4 -> citations and bibliographies and i feel

4600.96 -> like

4601.84 -> lick and specifically the history

4603.6 -> department has really prepared me for

4605.84 -> what i imagine college classes to be

4607.679 -> like so i feel like i can really go into

4610.56 -> my freshman year at college

4612.8 -> feeling prepared and feeling confident

4614.64 -> that i can like keep up with the kind of

4617.44 -> academic work that we're doing

4622.08 -> yeah and just to quickly add on to that

4624.4 -> um i think that this is kind of a shared

4627.28 -> um

4628.4 -> like good quality of history and world

4630.88 -> language but i think just this emphasis

4633.04 -> on

4634.239 -> seeking different perspectives and the

4636 -> value of different perspectives in my

4639.04 -> world language class um we you know we

4642 -> valued um all kind of countries that

4644.96 -> spoke french not just um not just france

4647.6 -> but um through that i kind of explored

4650.159 -> really the value of hearing from you

4652.159 -> know people who have had different

4654.4 -> backgrounds in myself and i think just

4655.92 -> in general that's um a really big um and

4658.96 -> there's a big emphasis on that at lick

4661.36 -> and then for the history department um

4663.6 -> just really connecting some of

4666.159 -> what we you know researched about the

4669.04 -> past and how these unique perspectives

4671.199 -> kind of translate to the present that

4673.28 -> we're living in and how um you know

4675.92 -> everything that we're experiencing right

4677.52 -> now whether it's the economy or

4680.08 -> you know the systems of power that are

4681.6 -> in place are directly connected to the

4683.36 -> past and it's not just a coincidence

4685.6 -> that things are happening right now and

4687.36 -> so it's really important to seek that

4688.96 -> perspective from the past to

4691.12 -> make it relevant in today's day

4694 -> okay

4694.88 -> um and

4696.719 -> we don't even have time for this but i

4698.32 -> think it's like so important i wanted to

4700.4 -> ask you all this so as quickly as you

4702.239 -> can

4703.28 -> here's a question that i thought was

4704.8 -> really lovely uh what is a lesson you

4707.12 -> learned at lwhs that you will remember

4709.44 -> throughout the rest of your life

4713.04 -> so why don't we start with margaret

4717.12 -> um i

4718.84 -> think how valuable it is to try

4721.76 -> something new is definitely something

4724 -> that like has really

4726.159 -> like showed to me um especially our

4728.8 -> freshman year we take a whole bunch of

4730.159 -> different classes that i don't think a

4732.4 -> lot of high schools like have you take

4734.88 -> we do art and we have the shops and we

4737.28 -> have like rock climbing um so just

4742.4 -> and i've learned so much from all of

4744.64 -> those different classes and i've really

4747.04 -> been able to pursue

4748.4 -> what i've enjoyed and like done things

4750.32 -> that i never thought i would really even

4752.88 -> do um if i hadn't gone to lick and

4755.76 -> just like how valuable it is to you know

4758.32 -> like

4759.199 -> try new things even if you're scared

4762 -> stepping outside of the box that used to

4763.44 -> be really hard for me and now i think

4765.199 -> i've definitely grown into my shoes and

4767.199 -> been able to

4768.56 -> try new things and be excited about

4770.08 -> doing that

4772.8 -> primo

4774.56 -> um this is a really amazing question and

4777.199 -> i think that

4779.12 -> one lesson that i will always remember

4781.12 -> is how

4782.159 -> nothing in life is like isolated nothing

4784.96 -> is like just

4786.48 -> one thing um at like i've had so many

4788.96 -> experiences where like i'll learn about

4790.64 -> something in history and then i'll like

4793.12 -> have my free my passing period and then

4795.36 -> be in spanish class and like see that

4798.239 -> same thing reflected especially this

4799.84 -> year i'm taking spanish but then also a

4802.239 -> history seminar on latin america and so

4806.48 -> i think lick really emphasizes how

4810.159 -> we are all connected and

4812.56 -> things that you learn in one area of

4814.32 -> study are definitely can be applied to

4816.56 -> other areas of study whether that be

4818.159 -> like art and shops or history and world

4820.719 -> language or

4821.92 -> math and english and there's so many

4824.96 -> beautiful intellectual ways to explore

4828.96 -> interdisciplinary study and to explore

4830.96 -> like the intersectionality of like

4834.48 -> ideas and creativity and i think that i

4836.88 -> will always remember that and take that

4838.48 -> with me from my time at lick

4841.76 -> and theresa

4843.76 -> um i think one of my like biggest

4846.08 -> takeaways um from my lick experience is

4848.88 -> just um their emphasis on how valuable

4851.36 -> student voices are and how um these

4853.52 -> student voices together kind of create

4855.6 -> um this really you know diverse

4857.679 -> community that like is um and i've just

4860.719 -> you know throughout my experience have

4862.239 -> witnessed um meeting people from so many

4864.4 -> different backgrounds and and just

4866.239 -> knowing that i'm kind of an asset of

4867.92 -> that community is really valuable and

4869.76 -> something i didn't necessarily recognize

4872.159 -> in middle school so like has definitely

4874 -> helped me kind of find my own voice and

4876.239 -> i've seen that growth amongst my peers

4878.159 -> as well

4881.6 -> well thank you for sharing that's all

4883.04 -> the time we have for today but once

4885.679 -> again i'd urge

4887.28 -> all of you watching to use the connect

4889.44 -> with the tiger ambassador form on our

4891.12 -> exploring lwhs page to be directly

4893.76 -> connected to a student like one of our

4895.92 -> panelists here today

4897.76 -> or email us at admissions

4899.639 -> lwhs.org to address any other questions

4902.159 -> that weren't answered

4903.92 -> now i'll hand it back to ms ogletree

4907.679 -> hey um just one

4910.08 -> final big thank you and virtual round of

4912.56 -> applause for our three teachers who

4914.32 -> joined us here today it's kind of fun

4916.719 -> during a regular open house i don't

4918.08 -> usually get to see those presentations

4919.92 -> so that's kind of fun for me too and

4922.32 -> another virtual big round of applause

4925.04 -> thank you to margaret primo and teresa

4928 -> they are all seniors and like primo

4930.48 -> mentioned they have college applications

4932.56 -> they're working on right now so i want

4934.239 -> to

4934.88 -> thank you thank all of them

4936.88 -> for for joining us today

4938.88 -> um so

4940.639 -> just before finishing up quickly i

4942.4 -> wanted to remind everybody about all the

4944 -> different ways you can learn about our

4945.76 -> community in the coming months so most

4948.639 -> events are open for parents and students

4950.48 -> this

4951.52 -> all these things on the left side here

4953.199 -> the open houses the panels office hours

4956.4 -> mr min mentioned the connect with the

4958.639 -> tiger ambassador program

4960.639 -> the

4961.44 -> student part of the tiger ambassador

4963.52 -> program has started and we are going to

4966.239 -> be connecting parents and guardians with

4968 -> parents and guardians in our community

4969.84 -> as well and that should be launching in

4971.36 -> the next week or two so look out for

4973.12 -> that

4973.92 -> um

4974.96 -> and then the virtual campus tours and

4976.719 -> the parent panels like we mentioned

4978.159 -> earlier

4979.44 -> and then just please explore our website

4981.199 -> there's a lot on there the virtual tour

4983.199 -> you could read about our strategic plan

4985.36 -> which was approved earlier this year so

4986.96 -> it outlines our community goals for the

4989.12 -> next five years you could browse the

4991.199 -> course catalog learn more about the

4992.96 -> course all the courses offered at lic

4995.52 -> so definitely check out the website

4997.6 -> and then just a quick um this is the

5000.56 -> admissions team wanted to do a quick

5002.639 -> intro there uh from left to right is

5005.04 -> elizabeth tackett menu myself jewel

5008.32 -> sparks and andrew manonsala

5011.04 -> elizabeth jewell and andrew are look

5012.639 -> wilmerding alumni so they bring that

5014.639 -> perspective as well and all five of us

5016.48 -> have short bios on the school website on

5018.719 -> the admissions contact

5020.32 -> contact us page

5022 -> um that include how we've been involved

5023.76 -> during our time at lick as well as what

5025.52 -> we love about working here

5027.92 -> so elizabeth and jewell mrs tackett and

5030.639 -> miss sparks are both here behind the

5032.56 -> scenes today so just want to give them a

5034.239 -> big thank you as well they've been

5035.52 -> coordinating the tech in the background

5037.6 -> and supporting any families

5040.08 -> through email and phone calls so special

5042.719 -> thank you to mrs tackett and miss sparks

5046.239 -> so we hope some of you will be able to

5048.239 -> join us at our next open house which is

5050.4 -> on october 25th where we'll be focusing

5053.04 -> on the body-mind education

5055.44 -> math and science departments

5057.44 -> so just the final reminder

5059.76 -> reach out to us we're here we're here to

5061.6 -> help support your families through the

5062.8 -> process so email us call us

5066.96 -> and on behalf of all of us here today

5069.76 -> and the rest of the admissions team just

5071.76 -> want to thank you so much for your time

5074.4 -> have a good day

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