It’s Summer School at The American Academy!

• We have had a great science camp in June in Potter County, where the students built rockets and successfully launched them; they built electric engines out of ordinary household items; they hiked, star-gazed, and went fishing.
• June17 was our all day summer book discussion at Dr. Traver’s house. The students read George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion together, watched My Fair Lady and had a fun pizza dinner. Thank you to the Travers!
• High school students attended a three day trip to Washington DC. Courtesy of Senator Arlen Specter’s office, they had special tours of the Russell building, saw the 19 C senatorial marble baths (now underneath heating equipment!), rode the underground tram to the Capitol Building, toured all aspects of that building and ended with tickets to observe the Senate debating several items – that was just one afternoon. Senator Specter’s office also arranged a special early morning tour of the Library of Congress, where 20,000 items are received and stored each day – and not all of them are books! The students also saw Hillwood, home of Marjorie M. Post, the National Cathedral, The Museum of Natural History, the Holocaust Museum, the special archaeology exhibit from Afghanistan (National Gallery, East wing) and enjoyed a wonderful evening tour of the lit monuments of the city. Thank you to Mrs. Chagan for organizing this memorable trip.
• On July 1, students attended the annual Intercollegiate Studies Institute BBQ in Wilmington, DE. Charles Murray spoke about education. He cited the lack of education for bright students as a “national security crisis.” Tom Anderson wrote a review of the lecture for The Bulletin which appeared last week.

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