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澳门新葡新京官方户外:支持匹兹堡公园
The Ellis community took to the outdoors on several occasions this past year, 与公园和地区组织一起植树, 清理局部空间, 并教育公众了解匹兹堡的重要地标.

10月, the fourth and seventh grade classes volunteered with Tree Pittsburgh to help revitalize the area around Negley Run Road by replacing invasive plants with native trees. 他们帮助在该地区种植了大约100棵树. 该项目是匹兹堡“每个孩子一棵树”倡议的一部分.

在11月, the 上学校 Environmental Club worked with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy to plant 38 trees in Frick Park.

作为语境中的文化课程的一部分, Ellis tenth graders partnered with Friends of Mellon Park to create podcast episodes answering questions like, “艺术是如何进入公园的??“梅隆的豪宅怎么了??“梅隆公园里有什么样的树??——以及更多. 5月, students posted Ellis signs around the park with QR codes that pointed to the podcast episodes. 学生们还对自己的作品进行了现场展示. The podcast episodes can now be found on the Friends of Mellon Park website.

作为他们在工作期间关注领导和服务的一部分, eighth grade students volunteered with Friends of the Riverfront during their Trail Tuesday event in October. The event was held at Duck Hollow in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Students cleared invasive overgrowth and litter along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, and learned about watersheds and water stewardship from Upstream Pittsburgh.

澳门新葡新京官方扩大年度遗产日庆祝活动

文化遗产日, a long-standing daytime tradition organized by the Ellis Parent Association (EPA), 是一天的食物吗, 有趣的, and festivities that brings the Ellis community together to celebrate the diversity and cultures of our students and their families. 今年的活动包括36个不同的国家, with parents serving traditional foods from their countries in Alumnae Hall during lunch periods.

今年扩展到了晚上, 这次活动吸引了200多名客人来澳门新葡新京官方参观工艺品, 故事, 还有传统舞蹈. 桌子的主题和功能包括指甲花艺术, 排灯节, 俄罗斯民间艺术, 乌兹别克斯坦食品, 摩洛哥的茶道, 汉服与相关书籍和书法活动, 伊拉克的食物和装饰, 韩裔美国儿童读物, 咖啡和墨西哥的Lotería纸牌游戏, 库尼茨德国面包店的历史, 关岛文化, 和伊朗手工制作的波斯新年.

"Heritage Night provides an opportunity for families to not only enjoy cuisines from other countries but to learn about traditions through the elements of storytelling, 纺织品, 工艺品, 仪式, 和舞蹈,时任美国环境保护署署长的Sharae Curd说. "Extending the celebration to the evening gives families the chance to explore culture together and with other families in the Ellis community.”

澳门新葡新京官方的年度文化果酱将学校聚集在一起庆祝多样性

1月, Ellis’ Student Diversity League coordinated the school’s annual Culture Jam, 一个学生, 学生组织的会议聚焦于多样性. 今年, 50 students from five Pittsburgh area high schools including Winchester Thurston School, 查特山谷, 司法学者(匹兹堡公立学校的一部分), 南菲也特, and Seneca Valley visited Ellis for the day to participate in programming.

The 2023 event was themed "You've Got the Power” and focused on the power of self-advocacy. Trinity SIMS ’23 said her experiences with Culture Jam inspired her own advocacy work with Pittsburgh-based organization Brown Mamas, 通过教育促进少数民族发展基金(FAME).

"My first Culture Jam inspired me to do what I do now in terms of activism, making sure my larger community is welcoming to everyone and that everyone gets treated equally. It’s inspiring to see students speak up and do what we’re doing for the Ellis community,”她说。.

第20届年度文化果酱将于2024年举行.

美术节回归澳门新葡新京官方

在因COVID-19大流行而中断四年之后, Ellis’ Fine Arts Festival returned in April with an evening of musical performances, 跳舞和唱歌, 粘土扔, 艺术作品, 和更多的.

澳门新葡新京官方的艺术庆祝活动通常每隔一年举行一次. 来自各个年级的学生都参加了表演, 展示他们的艺术, 主持艺术讲座和实践活动. 来自各部门学生的艺术作品在校园里展出, and student performances included a sneak peek of the 较低的学校 musical, sussical:音乐剧. 还有漫游的尤克里里琴, 低年级弦乐队的表演, 中学弦乐四重奏, 高中合唱团, 以及高中管弦乐队, 中学表演, 和莎士比亚的独白. The event wrapped up with a combined performance of "Singin' in the Rain" from Ellis performers in Middle and 上学校.

Middle and 上学校 Performing Arts Teacher and Department Chair Elisa Hill said the sense of community and support was palpable.

"The kids cheering for their classmates and having so much positive energy around all of the performances is a feeling we can't recreate,”她说。. “到处都是欢呼声. I'll be carrying that energy into summer and hoping to recreate it bigger and better in 2025!”

欢迎高中部负责人Lauren Fajobi

Lauren Fajobi has been named 上学校 Division Head, effective July 1, 2023. Lauren previously served as the Associate Director/Dean of 上学校 and Science Academic Chair at the Thaden School in Bentonville, 阿肯色州. 在那之前, 她在土耳其的国际学校待了五年, 她的角色包括教务长, 科学教师(6-12年级), 西班牙语教师(7-12年级). She also served as a Spanish and biology teacher in Mississippi at the start of her career.

劳伦的成绩是B.A. 西班牙语言、文学和文化学士学位.S. 马里兰大学生物科学专业, 学院公园, and she earned her Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mississippi.

Lauren succeeds Amanda Finigan, who had served Ellis in this role since 2021. Amanda has accepted an opportunity in her home state of New York that allows her to live closer to her family.

Ellis表彰2023年退休的Kim Mechling

较低的学校 STEM teacher Kim Mechling retired at the end of the 2022–2023 school year after 21 years at Ellis. During that time she served as a 中学 Science Teacher and later department head before moving to the 较低的学校. 她的学生把岩石打碎,研究它们是如何形成的, 每个季节都去弗里克环境中心, 内置过山车, 发射火箭, 和很多, 更, 一切都在她的悉心指导下进行.

“我最喜欢澳门新葡新京官方的是孩子们和老师们. 老师们都很有力量,都是很可爱的人. 和他们一起工作很有趣. 孩子们太可爱了,”她说. “It’s the experiences you have and the people you work with who make you the teacher you are.”
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    • The 上学校 Environmental Club worked with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy to plant 38 trees in Frick Park.

    • Ellis students look on while a parent demonstrates Henna art at Heritage Night.

    • 由Ellis学生组织和领导,在校园举行, the 2023 Culture Jam included performance activities and facilitated dialogue on the topic of inclusion.

    • Middle and 上学校 Performing Arts Teacher Elisa Hill leads the 上学校 Orchestra during Ellis' Fine Arts Festival.

    • Lauren Fajobi joins the Ellis community as 上学校 Division Head, effective July 1, 2023.

    • 较低的学校 STEM teacher Kim Mechling retired at the end of the 2022–2023 school year after 21 years at Ellis.