7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Ahuja Auditorium

1-4 p.m. in the Ahuja Auditorium

Hathaway Brown presents a very special event

Helping Girls Lead Happy, Balanced 
& Rewarding Lives

with
Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
7 p.m.

The Ahuja Auditorium
Hathaway Brown School
19600 North Park Blvd. * Shaker Heights
street parking available 

REGISTER NOW!

Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, speaker, and author who has worked with more than 350 independent and public schools, along with parents and students on a wide range of topics related to strengthening children’s social and emotional development. 

Please join us for this very special presentation designed to help parents find ways to support and nurture their daughters' growth and development as they discover their own versions of success and become leaders in their own lives.

Helping Girls Lead Happy, Balanced & Rewarding Lives will begin at 7 p.m. in The Ahuja Auditorium at Hathaway Brown School. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to sign up today. Feel free to share this information with anyone who may be interested in attending.

Our world is hyper-connected, increasingly globalized, and media-saturated. Life moves fast as families juggle jobs, child-rearing, education, and more. Nobody seems to have enough
downtime. Girls today want to be intentional in the ways in which they personally navigate the environment as they work to make the world a better place. They're committed to connecting their inner lives with an outer purpose. But given all the external forces at play in our culture, adopting a more personally fulfilling outlook can be a serious challenge.

At Hathaway Brown, we're committed to helping girls and young women leverage their talents and capabilities while working to find balance in their lives. In fact, a key component of the school's new strategic plan is to Promote Lives of Balance and Well-Being. To that end, after her talk on March 31, Dr. Steiner-Adair will stay on at HB on April 1 to spend time with faculty, staff, school administrators, and students to consult on such topics as the impact of technology on the young adult brain, social and emotional intelligence, and the development of girls and women. Dr. Steiner-Adair's passion for helping adults raise strong, savvy and resilient children extends to boys and girls from preschool through college. Her latest book, The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age (HarperCollins) examines the ways in which technology and media change how children learn and grow, and shows parents how to balance the benefits of tech while reducing the risks it poses at every stage of development. She also is the co-author of Full of Ourselves: A Wellness Program to Advance Girl Power, Health, And Leadership, which provides a well-researched and proven curriculum focused on girls' intellectual and emotional development.

To register for the March 31 presentation at 7 p.m., please visit www.hb.edu/csa. For questions about the event, contact Kathleen Osborne, HB's director of communication and outreach, at 216.320.8785 or kosborne@hb.edu. To learn more about Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, please visit her official website. 

Hathaway Brown presents a very special event

Helping Girls Lead Happy, Balanced 
& Rewarding Lives

with
Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
7 p.m.

The Ahuja Auditorium
Hathaway Brown School
19600 North Park Blvd. * Shaker Heights
street parking available 

REGISTER NOW!

Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, speaker, and author who has worked with more than 350 independent and public schools, along with parents and students on a wide range of topics related to strengthening children’s social and emotional development. 

Please join us for this very special presentation designed to help parents find ways to support and nurture their daughters' growth and development as they discover their own versions of success and become leaders in their own lives.

Helping Girls Lead Happy, Balanced & Rewarding Lives will begin at 7 p.m. in The Ahuja Auditorium at Hathaway Brown School. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to sign up today. Feel free to share this information with anyone who may be interested in attending.

Our world is hyper-connected, increasingly globalized, and media-saturated. Life moves fast as families juggle jobs, child-rearing, education, and more. Nobody seems to have enough
downtime. Girls today want to be intentional in the ways in which they personally navigate the environment as they work to make the world a better place. They're committed to connecting their inner lives with an outer purpose. But given all the external forces at play in our culture, adopting a more personally fulfilling outlook can be a serious challenge.

At Hathaway Brown, we're committed to helping girls and young women leverage their talents and capabilities while working to find balance in their lives. In fact, a key component of the school's new strategic plan is to Promote Lives of Balance and Well-Being. To that end, after her talk on March 31, Dr. Steiner-Adair will stay on at HB on April 1 to spend time with faculty, staff, school administrators, and students to consult on such topics as the impact of technology on the young adult brain, social and emotional intelligence, and the development of girls and women. Dr. Steiner-Adair's passion for helping adults raise strong, savvy and resilient children extends to boys and girls from preschool through college. Her latest book, The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age (HarperCollins) examines the ways in which technology and media change how children learn and grow, and shows parents how to balance the benefits of tech while reducing the risks it poses at every stage of development. She also is the co-author of Full of Ourselves: A Wellness Program to Advance Girl Power, Health, And Leadership, which provides a well-researched and proven curriculum focused on girls' intellectual and emotional development.

To register for the March 31 presentation at 7 p.m., please visit www.hb.edu/csa. For questions about the event, contact Kathleen Osborne, HB's director of communication and outreach, at 216.320.8785 or kosborne@hb.edu. To learn more about Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, please visit her official website. 

Hathaway Brown is pleased to announce that the following students have earned national recognition in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2015. Emily Imka '15 (Silver Medal for Painting; Silver Medal and American Voices Medal for Poetry), Lauren Kahn '15 (Gold Medal for Jewelry), Becca Lambright '15 (Gold Medal for Poetry; Silver Medal for Personal Essay/Memoir); Isabella Nilsson '16 (Gold Medal for Short Story), and Nitya Thakore '16 (Silver Medal for Personal Essay/Memoir). 

These students have been identified by panels of creative professionals as the most talented young artists and writers in the nation. This year, 300,000 works of art and writing were submitted by students in grades 7-12. Only the top 1% were recognized at the national level. All of the above-named students have been invited to attend a ceremony at the world-famous Carnegie Hall on Thursday, June 11, 2015. 

Since 1923, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized teenagers from across the country. By winning a Scholastic Art & Writing Award, these HB students join a legacy of celebrated authors and artists including Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, John Currin, and Lena Dunham. 

Congratulations to these gifted writers and artists! For more information about the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, please visit the program's official website. 

The Hathaway Brown FIRST Robotics Team 2399, the Fighting Unicorns, won the prestigious Engineering Inspiration Award at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional Tournament on March 7, 2015. According to US FIRST Robotics, "This award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community." In addition to receiving a trophy and medals for the team, The Fighting Unicorns also qualify for the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in St. Louis, April 22-25. This is the first time that The Fighting Unicorns have ever qualified.

Team 2399’s efforts in the community made judges take notice. As the only all-girls FIRST Robotics team in Northeast Ohio, the Fighting Unicorns make it their responsibility to spread the word about engineering, computer science, and robotics throughout the school and the wider community. In addition to helping mentor two FIRST Lego League Teams, and refereeing and judging at FLL Tournaments, team members demonstrated their robot at the Ohio STEM Meeting at the Ohio Aerospace Institute in October and ran a workshop for Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeast Ohio in November. The team also helped mentor a new FRC team at Parma Constellation Schools Community High and offered them open access to HB's equipment. In the spring, the girls will assist with an after-school robotics club for grades 4-9 and run an afternoon workshop for the entire 8th grade. Likewise, Team 2399 is guiding the enhancement of Hathaway Brown’s expanding engineering efforts. Several of the girls are on the design team for HB’s new Fab Lab.

Not content to wait for the trip to St. Louis, the Fighting Unicorns also competed at the Buckeye Regional FIRST Robotics Competition on March 26-28 at the Cleveland State University Wolstein Center. Team 2399 had a tremendous weekend and was chosen by the Broncobots of Lee's Summit, MO to join them and the Robocards from St. Charles Prep in Columbus in the playoffs on Saturday, March 28. The alliance placed third overall, missing a shot at the final round by 3 points. In their final match, Team 2399's alliance actually beat the alliance that went on the win the whole tournament, in a remarkable 162-130 battle.

There's a still a way to see the Fighting Unicorns' programming skills in action. Click here watch the team's interview with WKYC Channel 3 anchor Russ Mitchell on March 31. Also support Team 2399's trip to St. Louis by purchasing your own Fighting Unicorns t-shirt here! Shirts are $20 apiece.

Congratulations to Team 2399 and a special thank you to our volunteer mentors who make this team a reality!

Team 2399:

Kayla Briskey ’15, Sarah Fiscarelli-Mintz, ’15 (Webmaster/Head Scout), MacKenzie Hridel ’15 (Team Captain), Jordan Harris Purpura ‘15 (Team Captain) Amanda Merritt ‘16 (Programming Lead), Melody DS Buca ’17, Mackenzie Bruce ’17, Lauren Egts ’17, Maggie Gehrlein ’17 (Mechanical Lead), Anna Hollweg ’17, Julia Immerman ’17 (Business Lead), Julia Javorsky ’17, Hanna Keyerleber ’17 (Electrical Lead), Rosalie Phillips ’17 (Safety Czar), Emma Picht ’17, Chloe Schwartz ’17, Sara Currier ’18, Kshama Girish ’18, Ishu Kottapalli ’18, Aubrey Mixon ’18, Roshni Sharma ’18, Kate Snow ’18, Anna Sobolewski ’18, Ying Ying Yang ’18, Nicole Trombetta (Faculty Advisor)

Mentors:

Chris Dickey, John Forcina, Arkady Polinkovsky, Pete Buca, Dave Egts, Lori Harris, John Keyerleber, Will Marshall, Diane Sadowski, Rahul Sharma, Anna Sklenar

On Friday, April 17, two Hathaway Brown juniors will test their chemistry mettle in the National Chemistry Olympiad. Kavya Ravichandran ’16 and Kelsey Rich ’16 both qualified for the national exam after scoring in the top eleven in the Cleveland-area exam on March 14. Designed to stimulate interest and achievement in chemistry among high school students, the National Chemistry Olympiad Examination and Practical is a rigorous three-part exam with multiple choice questions, problem solving, and laboratory work.

Following the National Exam and Practical, 20 students will be selected to attend a two-week study camp, June 2-17, 2015, at the U.S. Air Force Academy to compete for a spot on the U.S. national team.

Congratulations and good luck to Kavya and Kelsey!

8th Grade Musical

Performances will take place in the Ahuja Auditorium

Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 3 at 2:30 p.m.

Please join us for 

The Art of Giving

 Tuesday, April 28, 2015 

5-5:40 p.m. Art Gallery and Hors d’oeuvres in the Atrium

5:45-7 p.m. Awards Reception

in the Margery Stouffer Biggar ’47 and Family Dining Hall

Hathaway Brown School  19600 North Park Blvd.  Shaker Heights

Please join us for The GROW (Girls Reaching Others Worldwide) Foundation’s annual reception highlighting our grant recipients and our yearlong community partnerships.

Our giving cycle this year generated a record 35 proposals asking for over $80,000. Our 73 Middle and Upper School members raised over $10,000 and awarded an additional $4,000 to programs serving the needs of at-risk adolescent girls and young women through their partnership with the Crittenton Foundation and $1,500 to educational programming through the Sally Tremaine North 1937 Memorial Endowment Fund. Proceeds from this event will benefit the GROW Foundation’s 2016 grantees.

Arrive between 5-5:45 p.m. to enjoy light appetizers and to view the art exhibit created by our students and our friends from East End Neighborhood House, New Avenues to Independence, St. Ignatius Head Start, and West Side Community House’s Sisterhood Program.

Following the reception, we will create a community mural to celebrate our time together.

All are welcome to attend free of charge. A suggested $10 donation will be accepted at the start of the evening. Advance registration is encouraged. If you haven't yet secured space for your family, please visit www.hb.edu/artofgiving.

We are grateful to the Hathaway Brown Parent Association and AVI Food Service for sponsoring this event. Many thanks to the entire HB community for its ongoing support of GROW and worthy charitable organizations in Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Kryptonite Magazine Music Festival

with headliners 
Cities & Coasts - and - The Midnight Slander

Saturday, April 25, 2015
The Cleveland Agora
doors open at 6:30 p.m. 

Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door
all proceeds benefit the Rock Solid Foundation
purchase tickets here 

Cleveland's Kryptonite Music Magazine, a project launched by Hathaway Brown's own Victoria Race '15 and Danielle Immerman '15, invites you to a special music festival at the world-renowned Cleveland Agora on April 25. 

Victoria and Danielle unveiled their online magazine at kryptonitemusic.com in spring 2014 to share album and live performance reviews, artist interviews, playlists, recommendations and more. The April 25 benefit show is the culmination of their hard work over the past year. The concert will be co-headlined by Cleveland bands The Midnight Slander and Cities & Coasts. Supporting acts include Sophie Sand, Thundercougarfalconhawk, and Across The Viaduct. All proceeds will be donated to the Rock Solid Fellowship, a partnership of Cleveland Rocks and Tri-C's Recording Arts and Technology program to provide support to local musicians. Learn more here.

Purchase your tickets to Kryptonite's April 25 concert here. For additional details, please contact Victoria Race at vrace15@hb.edu, Danielle Immerman at dimmerman15@hb.edu, or download a program flyer here. And don't forget to connect with Kryptonite on Facebook and check out the webzine. 

We hope to see you at the show. Rock on!

8th Grade Musical

Performances will take place in the Ahuja Auditorium

Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 3 at 2:30 p.m.

Last weekend, five skaters represented Hathaway Brown at the first-ever High School Final competition, a national event sanctioned by the U.S. Figure Skating Association. The program was held in Strongsville, Ohio, and skaters from several states came together to showcase their skills and compete for both individual and team titles.

Cristina Rackley '18 won gold medals for her performances in both the Junior Ladies short program and Junior Ladies Championship. She captivated all those who had the pleasure of watching her skate with her grace and impressive repertoire of athletic jumps, spins and connecting steps, including a difficult double-axel jump.

Leonela Serrano '18 skated a beautiful Preliminary Freestyle program and displayed new levels of confidence, poise, and presentation - characteristics that she exudes both on and off the ice.

Alyssa Jhirad '18, Erica Kahn '18, Maddie Fresco '18, and Leonela Serrano '18 represented Hathaway Brown in Team Maneuvers, an event that showcases the collective team’s strongest jumps, spins, and moves in the field. The team, coached by HB Middle School Spanish teacher Maya Edwards, placed third overall, earning bronze medals.

Congratulations also go to team members Alex Deutchman '19, Alyssa Jhirad '18, Erica Kahn '18, Reese Legan '21, Maddie Shade '16, Tina Rackley '18, Leonela Serrano '18, and Sarinna Vasavada '18 for their outstanding showings.

In February, eight skaters from the Middle and Upper School represented Hathaway Brown at the Ohio High School Figure Skating Championships. They skated events including compulsory moves, ice dance, team maneuvers, and freestyle programs. For the first time ever, HB skaters earned a first-place finish overall in team maneuvers and several girls additionally brought home medals in their individual events.

Additionally, HB junior Maddie Shade '16 is a member of Mentor Figure Skating Club’s Ice Diamonds Synchronized Skating Intermediate Team. Her team qualified this year for the U.S. Figure Skating National Synchronized Skating Championships held in Rhode Island, and they brought home the bronze medal. Read more here. 

We are so proud of the accomplishments of the HB Skating Team! Way to blaze on ice!

Be sure to mark your calendars to see some of the members of the HB Skating Team performing in shows around the region this spring:

• April 26, 4-6 pm - “Skating Through Time,” Cleveland Heights Pavilion Show, 1 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights.
• May 1 & 2 - “Shaker Spring Ice Spectacular,” Shaker Heights Figure Skating Club, 3301 Warrensville Center Road.
• May 2 & 3 - “It’s a Small World,” Winterhurst Figure Skating Club, 14740 Lakewood Heights Blvd., Cleveland.
• May 8 & 9 - “Vaudeville,” Cleveland Skating Club Annual Show, 2500 Kemper Road, Shaker Heights.
• June 5 & 6, 7 pm - Brooklyn Figure Skating Club of Ohio Ice Show, 7600 Memphis Avenue, Cleveland.
 

Check out www.clevelandskating.com for additional information about area skaters, competitions, and shows. 

8th Grade Musical

Performances will take place in the Ahuja Auditorium

Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 3 at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13 7:30-9 p.m.

Dining Hall