Roycemore School Weekly Newsletter
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Listen When it is Hard
By: Adrianne Finley Odell
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Last Thursday during our professional development time, the Roycemore faculty participated in a webinar offered by the Independent School Association of Central States (ISACS) on “Tools for Having Courageous Conversations Around Race, Culture & Beliefs” by Homa Tavanger. The webinar was one of several activities that the faculty are participating in this year as part of our commitment to support diversity, equity, and inclusion at Roycemore. We will be continuing this work during our February Professional Development day, organized by our faculty diversity committee.
One of the strategies highlighted by Tavanger in the webinar is “listen when it is hard.” I thought about just what good advice this is whether the topic is diversity and inclusion, or practically anything. Listening is practiced far too little in our society today, however, we can learn so much just by listening. We should listen when it is hard, AND when it isn’t.
Listening opens up space for understanding.
Listening offers an opportunity to empathize.
Listening helps us to be less judgmental.
Listening is loving...
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Coming Up on the Calendar
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- Tuesday, January 21st - Experience Week Begins for Middle School
- Thursday, January 23rd - FREE Yoga at Roycemore, 5:00pm
- Friday, January 24th - P3 Expo, 2:00-4:00pm
- Tuesday, January 28th - Admissions Morning, 8:30-10:00am, RSVP Here
- Thursday, January 30th - FREE Yoga at Roycemore, 5:00pm
- Thursday, January 30th - State of the School, Preview Night, JST Expo, 6:00-8:00pm
- Friday, January 31st - Middle School Social Trip, Ski Outing, 3:00pm
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- Jan. 21st - MS Boys Basketball vs Bannockburn Away, 4:45pm
- Jan. 22nd - US Girls Basketball vs Beacon at Home, 4:45pm
- Jan. 23rd - MS Girls Basketball vs Baker at Home, 4:00pm
- Jan. 23rd - MS Boys Basketball at Hillel Torah Away, 4:30pm
- Jan. 23rd - US Girls Basketball vs Holy Trinity at Home, 5:00pm
- Jan. 24th - US Boys Basketball vs Waldorf at Home, 5:00pm
- Jan. 27th - MS Boys Basketball vs Chiaravalle at Home, 4:00pm
- Jan. 27th - MS Girls Basketball vs Parker at Home, 5:00pm
- Jan. 28th - US Boys Basketball vs Wolcott Away, 5:00pm
- Jan. 28th - US Girls Basketball vs Wolcott Away, 6:30pm
- Jan. 29th - MS Girls Basketball vs Sol Schechter at Home, 4:15pm
- Jan. 31st - US Girls Basketball vs Acero Cruz at Home, 4:30pm
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Priority Application Deadline
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If you know someone who has expressed an interest in applying to Roycemore for the 2020-2021 school year, the Priority Application Deadline is next week! All applicants who complete their application by the deadline will be sent their notifications on or before March 2nd. Please direct all interested parties to the Director of Admissions,
Amanda Avery
, if they have any questions about Roycemore or the admissions process.
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Priority Application Deadline
2020-2021 School Year
Friday, January 31st
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This year for their Personal Passion Projects (P3), Middle School students have been focusing on solving a problem that affects them. Topics range from training a new pet to solving global warming. The P3 Expo will showcase their work so far on this problem solving. There will be posters, presentations, displays, and more! All from the Roycemore community are welcome.
For more info, see our P3 Evite.
Middle School P3 Expo
Friday, January 24
2:00 - 4:00 pm
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State of the School
Preview Night
JST Expo
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The annual
State of the School
presentation is coming up on January 30th. Head of School, Adrianne Finley Odell, and Board Chair, Tom Ellis, will share an update on where we are as a school and where we are heading.
Following the State of the School, Lower School families will get to enjoy
Preview Night
. This is a chance for parents to visit the classroom where their child will be next year, meet the teacher, and hear about all the exciting curriculum, projects, and activities that their student can look forward to next year. Fourth grade families will get a chance to meet with Middle School faculty to learn what they can expect next year for their children.
We will also be hosting the annual
JST Expo
(formerly known as the JST Share) on the same evening. This will give all families - not just Upper School - a chance to see what the students worked on during
their January Short Term projects. Topics for this year range from architecture, costume design, microbiology, African-American studies, and food blogging - just to name a few!
State of the School, Preview Night, and JST Expo
Thursday, January 30th
6:00-8:00pm
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Roycemore will be holding another Admissions Morning on Jan. 28th. Please share with anyone in your community who has expressed interested about Roycemore. A special High School panel will be held during the event so that prospective families can hear directly from students on what the Upper School experience is like at Roycemore.
Admissions Morning
Tuesday, January 28th
8:30-10:00am
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Summer Camp Offerings Coming Soon
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Inspiration Factory and Camp Griffin are back at Roycemore for Summer 2020! There will be astronauts, waterworks, cooking, robotics, art, storytelling, animation, mythology, journalism, and more. Camp options range for children age 3 all the way to 12th Grade. Camp details will be listed on our website the week of January 27th and registration opens on
February 3rd.
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Re-enrollment launched last week. You should have received an email outlining the re-enrollment process. Let us know if you have any questions about your packet or if we can help in any way.
Please also be aware that families who are applying for Financial Aid need to complete the FACTS Grant and Aid Assessment by
March 2nd.
Questions about Re-Enrollment?
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Did you know that a group of Roycemore students serve as regular Tech Tutors to members of the Northwestern community? Roycemore offers regular tech tutoring sessions to members of Northwestern University's
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
. They can bring in a personal device, such as a phone, laptop, or tablet, and Roycemore Upper School students will give them one-on-one tutoring to help them get more comfortable using the technology on their device. This has been a great way for our students to help give back to the community while also sharpening their own communication skills.
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One of our Northwestern University partners is
The Family Institute
. They are a leading relationship-based behavioral health organization that is committed to strengthening relationships between children, adolescents, couples, and families. Every month they offer parenting tips that are designed to help build strong relationships within a family. Feel free to check out their January tips below.
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