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SEAPERCH Underwater Robotics project sponsored by the Navy, MIT, Drexel 4/16/11

Robotics Team: Sam Anthony, David Null, Eli Holmes, The American Academy
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Congratulations to the following students whose poems were selected for publication by Creative Communication: Sam Anthony “Hungry Visions,” Madeleine DeWitt “Begin With Porcelain,” Seth DeWitt “Cape May, NJ,” Lena Harnish “The Terrific Two,” Molly Harnish “The Best Dog of All,” Susanna Harnish “First Grade,” Jacqui Hofstetter “Not Aragorn but Still a Strider,” Nathania Hofstetter “The Witches Hallow’s Eve Brew,” Samantha Ludlum “Flowers, Leaves, Snow,” Hannah Master “Sam: Then and Now,” Nathan Master “A Poem about Poetry,” Samuel Master “Animals Aren’t Cannibals,” David Matej “Poetry vs Essay,” David Null “After School Dilemma,” Laura Null “Fruit in Summer, Jam in Winter,” Sarah Null “Bad Day / Good Day,” Atticus Robinson “What is Work?,” Harper Robinson “An Ode to English Teachers All Around,” Josiah Wells “Trumpet or Bray?,” and Molly Wells “Beautiful Ballet.”

The American Academy would like to congratulate Atticus Robinson for his winning entry, “Mama and the Bishop’s Boys”, in READ magazine’s Take Five contest.  There are only four winning entries, all of which will be published in READ magazine.

We are proud of our students who have placed in the Scholastic writing competition this year. Congratulations to Nathania Hofstetter, who won Honorable Mention for her story “A Boy, a Chest, and a Mysterious Note”; David Null, who won a Silver Key for his story of “Breakaways, Battles, and Brawls”; Atticus Robinson, who won a Gold Key for his piece “Fun, Fun, Fun”; and Harry Robinson, who won a Gold Key for his piece “Orthodox Observations”.

Congratulations to the following students in Grades 3-12 whose essays were accepted for publication by Creative Communication: Sam Anthony “Day of the Turtle,” Samuel Chang “A Boy and His Dog,” Lena Harnish “Practice Makes Perfect,” Molly Harnish “Not Just a Bruise,” Jacqui Hofstetter “A Time for Everything,” Nathania Hofstetter “Hustle to Hershey,” Eli Holmes “Not Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving,” Samantha Ludlum “Birthday Bologna,” Hannah Master “My Brother Nathan: Oh, Boy!,” Nathan Master “Homework: Blah, Blah Blah?,” David Matej “Baseball Cursed: Lemonade Blessed,” David Null “Learning the Basics of BASIC,” Laura Null “Battered, Bruised, and Broken,” Sarah Null “Helping with Hair and Hats,” Ace Robinson “The Strength to Change,” Harry Robinson “A Place for Hate,” Josiah Wells “A Splashdown into San Diego,” and Molly Wells “Three States, One Country, Five Schools.”

Students in grades 5 through 8 are now working on the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest, which requires research and a bibliography.  The topic is the building of the Transcontinental Railroad; students are asked to “[d]escribe how you felt on May 10, 1869 when the golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, to celebrate the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad.  Pretend you are either a settler planning to use the train to travel to your new home in the West, an Irish or Chinese worker who helped build the line or a Native American whose way of life was greatly affected by the railroad.”  Go TAA scholars!

Congratulations to our students whose works were selected for publication in this year’s Creative Communication Celebrating What Is Important to Me essay contest: Sam Anthony; Lukas, Danny, and Josh Carroll; Maggie and Molly Harnish; Jacqui and Nathania Hofstetter; Samantha and Noelle Ludlum; Tad and Baret Lyon; Nathan Master; David Matej; Rachel Meell and Stephanie Meell; Eleanor and Samuel Miller; Laura, Sarah, and David Null; Ace Robinson; and Elena Sutton.  Well done!

In addition:

• Students in grades K-12 are busy working on their poetry for the upcoming Creative Communications poetry contest.
• Grades 5-8 are writing for the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest, on the topic “The Ideals of the Gettysburg Address.”
• Noelle Ludlum will represent TAA in the 27th annual essay contest, sponsored by Penn State University.

Thanks to Dr. Traver, Mrs. Null, and Mrs. Chagan for all of their hard work helping our students find their muse!

Winter time means time for The Philadelphia Classical Competition, sponsored by the Philadelphia Classical Society!  Grades 6-12 are busily working on original poems or stories in Latin or English inspired by classical mythology, history, or literature, for the Sixty-Ninth Annual Latin Week Competition.  Because creative writing involves so many revisions to get the entries into good and proper form, these pieces are written over a period of several weeks.  Our students have also completed Greek Pottery to be entered into the art portion of the competition, and we are working on posters with this year’s theme of “love” as expressed in classical mottoes in latin.  Students are encouraged to build models for the model category, or make classical jewelry or clothing items.  Judging will take place at the Baldwin school in February.