Hathaway Brown School was pleased to once again host the annual Science Research & Engineering Program Poster Session and Reception. This year’s event took place on Tuesday, March 8 in the school's atrium with 130 students, and five students were selected by judges to represent HB as finalists at upcoming international science fairs. Each winning project represented between two to four years of research in labs at local Cleveland institutions and will go compete for additional prizes. 

This year’s Intel ISEF Finalists are:

• Margaret Broihier, '17: Characterizing the Role of Trem2 in Alzheimer's Disease with Dr. Gary Landreth at Case Western Reserve University
• Caitlin Coyne, '17: In-vitro, Cell Based Screening and Study to Identify Differentiation-Inducing Agents for AML with Dr. David Wald at Case Western Reserve University
• Kavya Ravichandran, '16: A Nanomedicine Approach for Targeted Thrombolysis with Dr. Anirban Sen Gupta at Case Western Reserve University

I-SWEEEP, The International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, and Environment) Project, is a groundbreaking science fair competition open to high school students organized by Harmony Public Schools, a K-12 Public Charter School System. With the support of leaders in industry and higher education institutions, I-SWEEEP works with local, national, and international science fair organizations to bring top-ranking participants and qualifying projects to Houston each year. Student finalists from local and regional fairs are selected to attend this top international science fair, which takes place April 26-May 1 in Houston, Texas.

This year’s ISWEEEP Finalists are:

• Madeline Howarth, '17: Identification of Macrophage Phenotypic Response Around Neuronal Cell Bodies After Peripheral Nerve Injury with Dr. Richard Zigmond at Case Western Reserve University
• Maaryah Malik, '16: A Time Course Analysis of CelL Cycle and DNA Damage in an Rb/E2F1 Model Related to Alzheimer's Disease with Dr. Hyoung-gon Lee at Case Western Reserve University

Congratulations to these students on their outstanding original research projects!

Congratulations are in order for Gigi Protasiewicz '17 who won on a 3-0 decision in the High School Debate Championships at the City Club of Cleveland on March 11, 2016. She negated the topic "Resolved: The United States ought promote democracy in the Middle East."

Both Gigi and her competitor, Omer Ashruf of University School, qualified to this debate based on their qualification to the National Tournament from the North Coast District. They will compete in Salt Lake City in June.

This is the 2nd time that an HB student has competed in the City Club debates, and the first time that an HB student has won the debate.

Please join the Hathaway Brown School community in congratulating Gigi and wishing her well on her competition in June! 

Photo by Donn R. Nottage courtesy of the City Club of Cleveland

Hathaway Brown School is pleased to announce that Rosalie Phillips ’17 is the winner of the 2016 Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum Business Plan Competition. Her business plan for her devised mobile app, CalendHER, a female reproductive cycle tracker, was pitched and ultimately awarded first place at the annual event on Tuesday, March 8.The competition helps student entrepreneurs recognize business opportunities and develop their ideas, analyzing them for business results. Hundreds of students participate throughout a network of independent schools in the region each year. 

From Hathaway Brown, 31 students submitted their business plans through the Center for Business and Finance, and five students moved on to a pre-competition executive coaching session in February at Case Western Reserve University’s ThinkBox along with finalists from other schools. 

At the Business Plan Competition last week, student finalists delivered compelling written plans, slide decks, and pitch presentations in front of an audience of more than 100 people, including judges, teachers, parents, and peers. First, second, and third place winners received cash prizes, and all students gain self confidence and a greater understanding of an entrepreneurial mindset. Rosalie was awarded the grand prize of $1,500. 

Congratulations, Rosalie! 

Pre-competition photo courtesy of the Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum.

Lina Ghosh '17, Kacey Gill '16, and Catherine Areklett '17 have earned national recognition in the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Lina is the recipient of an American Voices Medal in the category of Personal Essay/Memoir for her piece titled "Those Words You Never Said to Me." Kacey earned a Gold Medal in Personal Essay/Memoir for "Lady Sings the Blues," and Catherine won a Silver Medal for her Critical Essay "The Scarlet Letter and Nathaniel Hawthorne's Feminist Side." Lina was mentored by Upper School English teacher Beth Armstrong, and Kacey and Catherine worked on their essays with the support of HB's Osborne Writing Center Director Scott Parsons. 

Nearly 320,000 works of art and writing by students in grades 7-12 were submitted to Scholastic for consideration this year. Receiving a national medal places these three students within the top one percent of all submissions. 

Students receiving Gold Medals and American Visions and Voices Medals are invited -- along with their teachers -- to a national celebration June 1-3 in New York City, with the National Ceremony taking place at Carnegie Hall on June 2. 

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized teenagers from around the country. Lina, Kacey, and Catherine join a legacy of celebrated authors and artists including Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Lena Dunham, and the recipient of this year's Alumni Achievement Award, noted filmmaker Ken Burns.

At a March 15 gala awards ceremony headlined by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson in Washington, D.C., Kavya Ravichandran '16 won a Third Place Medal of Distinction for Innovation in the 2016 Society for Science and the Public's Intel Science Talent Search, which comes with a $35,000 prize. Kavya was among 40 outstanding high school seniors from around the country who were invited to participate in this year's competition, and she was the only Intel STS finalist from Ohio this year. She is one of nine medalists to be especially celebrated for their work. 

“This year’s competition is the first in the Science Talent Search’s 75-year history in which more than half of the finalists are female,” Rosalind Hudnell, vice president in Human Resources, director of Corporate Affairs at Intel Corporation, and president of the Intel Foundation said in a news release.“This milestone is an inspiring sign of progress toward closing the gender gap in technology and engineering. We hope these finalists’ outstanding work will inspire young people from all backgrounds to develop their interests in these fields.”

The Intel STS is one of the nation’s most prestigious math and science competitions. It rewards rigorous original research conducted by high school seniors. Kavya has been recognized for her work in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, where her research is helping to develop a targeted therapy for heart attack, stroke, and other vascular diseases. She worked in the laboratory of Dr. Anirban Sen Gupta under the mentorship of post-doctoral fellow Dr. Christa Pawlowski.

Kavya, 17, of Westlake, Ohio, also is the only girl in the state to be recognized by both the Siemens Foundation Competition and Intel STS for her work this school year. In October, she was named a semifinalist in the 2015 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for her multiyear original research project conducted through HB’s signature Science Research & Engineering Program.

HB’s SREP is a four-year elective course of study offered through the school's Institute for 21st Century Education. The program places students in innovative research settings, where they work directly with practicing scientists. Kavya’s Intel finalist status brings the number of Intel Science Talent Search, Siemens competition, and Intel ISEF semifinalist/finalist designations for HB SREP students to an impressive 160. HB is honored to have more Intel Science Talent Search finalists than all other schools in Ohio combined in the last 18 years.

The Intel STS has awarded the work of SREP students with 21 semifinalist and six finalist designations since 2000. In addition to Kavya, the HB alumnae who were named Intel STS finalists during their senior year of high school are Ann Lai '01, Erin Schikowski '07, Lizzie Coquillette '09, Caitlin Mann '09, and Emily Spencer '15. This marks the first year that an HB student has received a medal at the national competition. 

Kavya attended the March 15 awards ceremony with SREP Director Dr. Crystal Miller (pictured above, left) and her parents, Jayashree and Annaswamy (right). The SREP was founded at Hathaway Brown in 1998 by Patricia Kelly Hunt. 

Hathaway Brown School is pleased to announce that three Upper School students have won awards in the second annual Hiram College Emerging Writers Nonfiction Contest. They are Lina Ghosh ’17 (first place), Rosalie Phillips ’17 (second place), and Ananya Kalahasti ’17 (third place). The students will each be awarded $300, $200, and $100 respectively at the celebration dinner on Tuesday, April 5 at Hiram College. All three HB students are also participating in a reading of their work, and all winners and finalists will be individually recognized for their wonderful achievement.  

This year’s contest theme was ‘borders’ to correspond with the college’s annual ethics theme. 

Learn more here. 

Congratulations Lina, Rosalie, and Ananya!

Something for everyone at HB Summer Camps!

Hathaway Brown School is proud to share the most recent awards and acknowledgments of some of its students!

Six HB students have been named Melvin Scholars by the Ohio Academy of Sciences for 2015. They are: Olivia Asmar '16, Madeleine Ference ’16, Lina Ghosh ’17, Halle Leneghan ’16, Maaryah Malik ’16, and Nitya Thakore ’16. These students published abstracts in the Ohio Journal of Science this year and presented at the Annual Meeting in the spring. Each student completed Melvin Scholar Reports and were selected as this year's Melvin Scholars.

Hathaway Brown's students make up six of the 14 students selected this year. Selected students will attend the Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting, a professional scientific conference, in Washington, D.C. in February 2016 to present their research. 

They will be joined by Kavya Ravichandran '16 (also pictured at right), who with Olivia Asmar, qualified as Melvin Scholars in 2014. Congratulations students!

Additionally, the Case Western Reserve University Chapter of Sigma Xi is proud to award a $500 scholarship to attend the Sigma Xi Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO in October to Ghosh. She will present her research on Breathing Disorders in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome during a student poster session during the conference. She works in the lab of Dr. David Katz in Case Western Reserve University's Department of Neurosciences as part of the Science Research & Engineering Program at HB. Congratulations, Lina!

Hathaway Brown is pleased to announce that senior McKenna Ritter, 18, of Aurora, has been awarded the Thomas Wolfe Scholarship from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This prestigious honor has been given for the last 15 years to one incoming freshman at UNC who has demonstrated promise in creative writing. Akin to the university's Morehead-Cain Scholarship, the Thomas Wolfe Scholarship includes four years of full undergraduate support. Additionally, the award allows for stipends for travel and completing writing projects. 

McKenna, who serves as an editor for HB's arts and literary journal, Retrospect, is a gifted writer who has earned several accolades in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program during her time in high school. To be considered for the Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, she was required to submit a 50-page portfolio of her work and complete a 500-word "Why I Write" essay. She was selected from among three finalists after an in-person interview process at UNC. This is the second year in a row that an HB student has been interviewed for this scholarship, as Becca Lambright '15 was a finalist last year. 

The Thomas Wolfe Scholarship was conceived and endowed by the late Frank B. Hanes of Winston-Salem, NC. As a Thomas Wolfe Scholar, McKenna will either major or minor in creative writing at UNC when she enrolls there this fall.

To learn more about the Thomas Wolfe Scholarship program, please visit the official website for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of English & Comparative Literature. Congratulations, McKenna! 

Two members of the Hathaway Brown Class of 2016 have been named 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars. This prestigious honor is reserved for only roughly 150 graduating high school seniors in the United States each year. Kavya Ravichandran '16 and Isabella Nilsson '16 will be honored for their academic accomplishments through the National Recognition Program and they will be guests of the U.S. Department of Education at a special ceremony in June. They'll each receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the nation's capital to meet with government officials and educators, and to commemorate the achievement, the Scholars will be greeted by the President of the United States, and they will receive Presidential Scholar Medallions at a ceremony sponsored by the White House.

Established in 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was created by Executive Order of the President to recognize and honor some of our nation's most distinguished students graduating from high school. The Scholars represent "excellence in education and the promise of greatness in young people."

Participation in the U.S. Presidential Scholars program is by invitation only. Students do not apply individually, nor do their schools nominate them. Kavya was identified for the program based on her high ACT and SAT scores, and Isabella was nominated by the National YoungArts Foundation after excelling in the organization's creative writing curriculum during National YoungArts Week, which took place in Miami in January.

Hathaway Brown is proud to be the alma mater of six past U.S. Presidential Scholars as well: Alyssa Bryan '13, Laney Kuenzel '08, Amy Hollinger '05, Edith Hines '00, Caroline Campbell '98, and Genevieve Mathieson Kilmer '96. This year marks the first time that two members of the same HB graduating class have been tapped for this honor.

To learn more about the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program and for the complete list of this year's scholars, visit the U.S. Department of Education website: http://1.usa.gov/1beUJXq. 

I-SWEEEP, the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environment Project, held its large annual multinational science and engineering competition April 27-May 1 in Houston, Texas. This year, there were 564 high school researchers with 385 projects from 62 countries participating. Students were exposed to a five days of scientific, cultural, educational, and social events with the main event being a full day at which each student's research project poster was judged in person by several professional judges.

Two Hathaway Brown students won all expenses-paid trips to compete at ISWEEEP as finalists by advancing through the Hathaway Brown 18th Annual Poster Session judging in March. HB has awarded spots to ISWEEEP each year based on the quantity and excellence of the science and engineering research that comes out of the school year after year through the Science Research & Engineering Program. 

Maaryah Malik '16 works in the lab of Dr. Hyoung-gon Lee in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University, with a focus on the contribution of cell cycle progression to Alzheimer's disease. She won a Bronze Medal in the Environment category.

Madeline Howarth '17 works on recovery after peripheral nerve injury in the Department of Neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with Dr. Richard Zigmond. She was awarded a Bronze Medal in Engineering at ISWEEEP this year as well.

Congratulations to Maaryah and Madeline!

Kavya Ravichandran '16 works in the lab of Dr. Anirban Sen Gupta under the guidance of Christa Modery-Pawlowski in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Case Western Reserve University. Kavya’s project focuses on developing a targeted therapy for treating vascular disease such as heart attack and stroke.

Margaret Broihier '17 studies the role of TREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease in the Neuroscience Lab of Dr. Gary Landreth at Case Western Reserve University. She is under the direct mentorship of graduate student Taylor Jay.

Caitlin Coyne '17 conducted a screen on a large compound library to identify new potential candidate drugs for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She works in the lab of Dr. David Wald in the Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathology at Case Western Reserve University under the mentorship of graduate student James Ignatz-Hoover.

Congratulations to Kavya, Margaret, and Caitlin!

Hearty congratulations are in order for Hathaway Brown rising senior Regan Brady, who is one of three inaugural recipients of the four-year, full-support Coolidge Scholarship for academic merit. The award was announced by the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation on June 16. The Coolidge Scholarship is among the most generous scholarships in America. This non-partisan merit award covers a student's tuition, room and board for four years of undergraduate study. Unlike may other full scholarships, the Coolidge Scholarship may be used by recipients at any accredited college or university in the United States.  

The Coolidge Scholarship was established by the Coolidge Foundation to honor America's 30th president, and to elevate the values of principled civil leadership for which President Coolidge stood. The main criterion that distinguishes Coolidge Scholars is academic merit. Students must also demonstrate a keen interest in public policy, an appreciation for the values Coolidge championed, humility, and leadership potential.

More than 2,350 students from 48 states applied for the Coolidge Scholarship in this inaugural year. Regan was among 10 finalists who were flown to the Coolidge Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, where they were interviewed by the Coolidge Finalist Jury, chaired by Dr. Bruce Cole, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Regan is the only girl to be named a 2016 Coolidge Scholar. The other winners are Joshua Moriarty from Hunter College High School in New York, and Samuel Reddick from Evangelical Christian School in Tennessee. 

In announcing the scholarship, the Coolidge Foundation shared the following biographical sketch of Regan and her many activities and accomplishments:

Regan Brady is a junior at Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. A highly-accomplished student and AP Scholar, Regan’s interests include economics, debate, mathematics, and writing. At Hathaway Brown, Regan competes on the school’s debate team and is a varsity athlete in cross country, lacrosse, and indoor track. She serves as editor of the school’s newspaper, is a member of the “Savvy Investors Club,” and serves as co-president of the school’s GROW Foundation, an organization that awards thousands of dollars annually for economic and social empowerment.

Born with severe hearing loss, Regan is a national advocate for the hearing impaired. At age 11, Regan published Listening to the Waves, a book about her own experience overcoming hearing loss and growing up with cochlear implants. She volunteers with children who have experienced hearing loss and mentors families of newly diagnosed hearing-impaired children through the Auditory-Outcomes Project. Regan speaks often to audiology students on college campuses and at state and national conventions on early auditory intervention. In addition to her work advocating for the hearing impaired, Regan has raised significant funds to support wounded veterans through the Marine Corps Marathon’s 10K Race, collects food for the Cleveland Food Bank, and assists physically disabled children through Youth Challenge Sports. Regan works as a math tutor, babysitter, and for her family’s small business.

Please join us in applauding Regan on this terrific achievement. 

Just before summer break, Hathaway Brown faculty, staff, administrators, family, and friends gathered in the Anne Cutter Coburn Reception Room to celebrate the new Endowed Faculty Chairs for 2016-2017. Four outstanding HB teachers were recognized for their contributions inside and outside the classroom, and for their influence on the school community.

To commemorate his generative tenure, a new chair was established to honor Head of School Bill Christ, who will retire at the end of the month. The H. William Christ Chair for Vision and Innovation was presented to Pre-Kindergarten teacher Julie Harris, who has been an important part of HB life since 2003. Julie was unanimously selected by a team of school administrators for this chair. Early Childhood Director Jane Brown cited Julie's warmth, dedication to students, enthusiasm for the craft of teaching, and creative approach in presenting her with the award. "I can't think of anyone more deserving of this inaugural designation," she said. 

Additionally, new chairs for the 2016-2017 school year were presented to Upper School history teacher Ali Day, Primary School visual arts teacher Julie Breckenridge, and Upper School world languages department chair Sarah Schwab. 

The Anne Cutter Coburn Chair for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Ali Day, who joined HB in 2000. This chair was established in 1984 to recognize teaching excellence at Hathaway Brown School.

Julie Breckenridge, who has been with HB since 2014, received the Hathaway Brown School Award Fund for Promise in Education. This fund honors Associate Head of School and Director of Upper School Sue Sadler for her many contributions to the Hathaway Brown community, including classroom teaching and school administration spanning three decades. This award is given annually to an early career educator who demonstrates a deep commitment to excellence in education, possessing a sincere desire to reach every student, and through his or her work, has a powerfully positive impact on the HB community.

And the Marting Chair in Foreign Language was bestowed on Sarah Schwab, an HB teacher since 2006. This endowment was established in 1992 as part of The Campaign for Hathaway Brown, with generous gifts from Elizabeth (Libby) Marting Treuhaft '22 and Isabel Marting '25.

Previously installed HB chairholders for the 2016-2017 year are: Eleanor and Kelvin Smith Chair in English: Jamie Mueller; Ann Corlett Ford Chair in History: Jason Habig; Louise Blyth Timken Chair in Mathematics: Lori Harris; Judy Cortese Chair for Science: Mary Kay Patton; Martine Vilas Conway 1949 Chair for Aspire Director: Camille Lipford Seals ‘02;  Kettering Fund Chair for Student Research Program: Crystal Miller; Clara Taplin Rankin 1934 Chair for the Center for Global Citizenship: Joe Vogel; Linda K. Vaughan 1956 Chair for Athletic Director: Julie Kerrigan Ettorre; and William McKinley and Jessie M. Osborne Chair for the Writing Center: Scott Parsons. To learn more about Endowed Faculty Chairs at Hathaway Brown, please visit www.hb.edu/endowedchairs. 

HBBH Newsletter- Week 1

Camp Notes:

Please stay in your cars during pick-up time and a camp faculty member will come to your car.  If you need to get out of your car, please park legally do not disrupt the traffic flow. 

Also, please make sure you send your child to camp with a lunch, if not purchasing one from the school, and a water bottle labeled with your child’s name.  Hathaway Brown is a peanut-free environment, so we ask your help by trying to eliminate any nut products from your child’s lunch.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation in our effort to keep every camper safe and healthy.

A friendly reminder: picture day is Tuesday!  Be sure to have your camper wear his/her camp shirt on Tuesday to be ready for picture day.

Movement:  During the first week, campers are using a variety of movements to get the blood flowing! 

Lanyard:  We focused on mastering the box and barrel stitches this week.  Some girls used their skills and creativity to work on more complicated lanyards, such as the Corkscrew, DNA, and many more!

Duckland:  This week we read I am a Duck to get us in the “ducky” mood.  Then, we made our own sparkly duck necklaces.  It was messy and quacktastic!

Fairyland: The pirates arrived on HB’s campus and stole all the fairy magic!  In order to get their magic back, the fairies in training have to learn to read the map to avoid the pirates and reclaim all their magic.  This week, the fairies in training read the map correctly and it led them to find their very own fairy dust.  The girls were covered in magical dust by the end of their outing!

Mermaids:  The mermaids were on vacation this week!

Urban Adventures:  This week we focused on team building activities to develop great relationships with each other.  We made our own Project Runway outfits, which we made using materials such as garbage bags, paper, fabric scraps, and tape.  We also decorated cupcakes using marshmallows and we played lawn games.

Edible Concoctions:  Campers made delicious and easy two-ingredient cupcakes this week.  Cake mix and a can of pop made a yummy treat for the tummy!

Challenge:  This week was focused on team-building activities and developing trust among each group.  We did this through fun ice breakers and name games.  We also started to develop skills that we will use on the low ropes course.

Improv: Campers got their creative juices flowing this week by coming up with give and take stories.  They worked in partners and one person started the story, then “gave” it to the other person to continue, and this pattern continued.  A fun way for them to start thinking quickly, which is crucial for improve!

Games:  Younger campers played the classic game, Red Light Green Light.  They also enjoyed a fun get to know you game.  Older campers played another camp favorite: Capture the Flag.  Despite the heat, fun was had by all!

Table Top Challenges:  In Table Top Challenges, campers have access to various games, including cards, puzzles, math games, collaborative games, and board games.  The focus this week was being able to work together during a game and trying games for the first time.

Discovery: The campers had a great time during their first discovery class!  They created a calming and effective peppermint foot scrub and gave themselves a paraffin hand wax treatment.  The girls were all so brave to dip their hands in the hot wax!  Campers also made and ate delicious chocolate chip cookies and then did a meet and greet, where campers were able to ask and answer questions to get to know each other better. 

Ink: In Ink, younger campers focused on spiders.  They sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider and made spider webs out of the letter “W”.  Older campers created mad libs and played letter bingo.  Campers had so much fun with words and letters!

Friendship bracelets:  Campers worked to begin making friendship bracelets.  They were introduced to the basic knot pattern.  Each week in friendship bracelets we will discuss a friendship “theme”.  This week’s theme was “A friend is…”  The girls each wrote a word or phrase that explained what a friend is to them.  Throughout all of camp, we will highlight different aspects of friendship, since a main part of camp is meeting new people and making new friends.

Spa:  This week we made bath body paint.  The girls used body wash, corn starch and food coloring to create their own shades of fun, safe, and colorful bath time fun!

Art:  This week, campers created beautiful and serene watercolor paintings with markers.  The designs they came up with were unique and lovely.

Reclaim:  The focus of this class is upcycling, which takes gently used or discarded materials and gives them a new life.  This week, campers worked on repurposing a variety of materials.  For example, campers used toilet paper rolls and turned them into jewelry and made coffee filters into parachutes. 

Kindergarten:  The kindergartners had a great first week learning how to follow the rules and getting to know each other.  Some of their favorite activities were making visors, the two field days and Fairyland. What a great start to camp!

The three-year olds (France and Italy):  The theme for this first week was socialization, socialization, socialization.  We are getting to know each other and we made banana strawberry smoothies.  Yum! 

The four-year olds (Japan and India): Campers had a terrific first week at camp!  They participated in a variety of crafts such as making sun visors and decorating picture frames.  We spent a lot of time outside, too.  We played in the sprinkler and on the playground and even took a visit to Games and had fun with Mr. Ryan!  Another highlight was going to Ink and making spider webs.  

Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute Presents "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Into the Woods," Tickets On Sale Now 

The Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute was created by the Performing Arts Department of the Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights for co-ed students 1st grade through college. Now in its fourth year, HBTI offers sessions with coursework in drama, dance and music. HBTI provides high-level training from working artists to young people interested in the performing arts, as well as professional-level production experiences. Students of HBTI’s staff of professional artists have gone on to perform on Broadway, in regional theatre, and in film and television.

The institute is committed to helping young people improve their skills in the performing arts through immersion in a challenging curriculum of drama, dance, music and/or design and the opportunity to participate in fully staged productions. This season, HBTI is proud to present two musicals this summer on the HB Ahuja Auditorium stage: Fiddler on the Roof and Into the Woods. 

July 1-10: Fiddler on the Roof 
Performances Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays July 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays July 3 and 10 at 2 p.m.

This winner of nine Tony Awards and staple of musical theatre canon centers on Tevye, a poor dairyman, and his five daughters in the little village of Anatevka. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill in them traditional values in the face of change social mores and growing anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia. The Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute was created by the Performing Arts department of Hathaway Brown School for students in first grade through college. Fiddler on the Roof is directed and choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz, with musical direction by John Krol, stage combat by Ryan Zarecki, set design by Ron Newell, costumes by Jacqueline Guerra, sound design by Carlton Guc, and lighting design by Kaedra Lynn.

July 29-August 7: Into The Woods
Performances Fridays and Saturdays July 29 and 30 and August 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays July 21 and August 7 at 2 p.m.

This modern adaptation of classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine follows a baker and his wife who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the king’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. As the saying goes, you should be careful what you wish for. The Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute was created by the Performing Arts department of Hathaway Brown School for students in first grade through college. Into the Woods is directed by Fred Sternfeld, with musical direction by John Krol, choreography by Bebe Weinberg Katz, set design by Ron Newell, costumes by Jacqueline Guerra, sound design by Carlton Guc, and lighting design by Kaedra Lynn.

Tickets for these productions are $15 for general admission; $13 for students and seniors; and $11 for children 12 and under. Reserve your seats online atwww.hb.edu/tickets or by calling 216.932.4214 ext. 7270. Tickets sold at the door as they are available.

Along with their growing arts skills and appreciation for the arts in general, our students will gain confidence and socialization skills that will benefit them in their eventual field of pursuit in the world at large. For more information on joining the Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute, visit www.hb.edu/summer for complete description of dates, courses and registration as well as a listing of HB’s many other summer offerings!

HBBH Newsletter- Week 2

Please stay in your cars during pick-up time and a camp faculty member will come to your

car. If you need to get out of your car, please park legally do not disrupt the traffic flow.

Also, please make sure you send your child to camp with a lunch, if not purchasing one from

the school, and a water bottle labeled with your child’s name. Hathaway Brown is a peanut-

free environment, so we ask your help by trying to eliminate any nut products from your

child’s lunch. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in our effort to keep every camper

Movement: Campers continue to practice moving their bodies in new and creative ways.

They are letting their creativity flow through their limbs!

Lanyard: We continued to focus on mastering the box and barrel stitches this week. Some

girls used their skills and creativity to work on more complicated lanyards, such as the

Corkscrew, DNA, and many more!

Duckland: Campers had a great time tracing their hands to make a paper duck and decorated

it with fabulous, colorful feathers. We also So much fun!

Fairyland: The fairies continued to interpret and follow the pirate map to continue the

process of finding all their magic. Using the map, they were led to making their own pots of

gold. They still are not sure what will fill their pots, but they will have to follow the map next

Mermaids: The mermaids returned from vacation this week to find out that the pirates have

hidden all of their magic! They had to follow the instructions left to find their magic

Urban Adventures: This week the Urban Adventurers spent the day in the IDEA lab. They

learned how to use a variety of the machines, build circuit boards, and design a three-

dimensional house. In the afternoon, they got to put the skills they learned to use to produce

and decorate their houses. So cool!

Edible Concoctions: The camp smelled of cinnamon this week as the campers made

cinnamon sugar tortilla crisps. They were a total hit among campers and Shepherds!

Challenge: This week, each group continued to work on building trust among the campers.

The girls participated in some low ropes activities, such as All Aboard and Walk the Plank.

These were fun, yet challenging activities!

Improv: This week the campers created backwards stories. They had to think backwards

since they started by creating the ending of the stories and then they had to decide how they

got to the ending. Campers also created their very own tongue twisters.

Games: The youngest campers played a classic camp favorite this week: run and scream.

This game could be heard from all ends of the camp! Older campers played a version of the

game sharks and minnows, but spiced it up by combining it with the game Scattergories.

Table Top Challenges: In Table Top Challenges, campers have access to various games,

including cards, puzzles, math games, collaborative games, and board games. The focus this

week was being able to work together during a game and trying games for the first time.

Discovery: This week we prepared for the Fourth of July by making a festive USA wreath out

of wooden stars and paper plates. Our tasty treat was homemade popcorn.

Ink: Campers played Tile Toss this week. Using Scrabble tiles, they had to toss the tiles into

buckets. Whichever tiles landed in the buckets were used to create words. Athletics and

creativity combined to make a great game! Younger campers participated in a number and

Friendship bracelets: Campers practiced the chevron and diagonal patterns this week in

friendship bracelets. While making their bracelets, they discussed this week’s theme: how

can I be a great friend?

Spa: This week we made a peppermint foot soak to soften and rejuvenate our feet. It

smelled great in our classroom this week!

Art: The budding artists harnessed their creative energy into making beautiful hanging art.

They created a picture and then made a hanging apparatus out of ribbon to hang it up for

Reclaim: The focus of this class is upcycling, which takes gently used or discarded materials

and gives them a new life. The kindergartners read The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar and then

made their own caterpillars out of egg cartons. Older campers made their own marble mazes

using a variety of materials, and the oldest campers turned old t-shirts into fashionable bags.

Kindergarten: The campers this week enjoyed lots of different activities. Some of the

favorites were listening to The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar and then making their own during

Reclaim. They also got excited for the Fourth of July and made fireworks out of glue and

glitter. Another favorite activity was going to Spa and making peppermint foot soak. They

The three-year olds (France and Italy): This week the campers prepared for the Fourth of

July. They got into the spirit by painting fireworks and during cooking class, they made red

and blue Jello to celebrate the 4 th of July. Happy birthday America!

The four-year olds (Japan and India): This week the campers prepared for the Fourth of

July. They made some beautiful Fourth of July art work. Storytelling was great fun this week

and the campers met Pablo the Polar Bear, who they all fell in love with. As always, the

campers had great fun with sprinklers!

HBBH Newsletter- Week 3

Please stay in your cars during pick-up time and a camp faculty member will come to your car. If you need to get out of your car, please park legally to not disrupt the traffic flow.

Also, please make sure you send your child to camp with a lunch, if not purchasing one from the school, and a water bottle labeled with your child’s name. Hathaway Brown is a peanut-free environment, so we ask your help by trying to eliminate any nut products from your child’s lunch. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in our effort to keep every camper safe and healthy.

Movement: Campers continue to practice moving their bodies in new and creative ways. They are letting their creativity flow through their limbs!

Lanyard: Campers used their understanding of the basic box and barrel stitches to work on more creative and complicated stitches. Popular stitches include the Corkscrew, DNA, and

Duckland: This week we read the touching story Duck about Duck who can’t fly and takes care of a lost Duckling. Then, we made our own Ducklings out of paper, pipe cleaners, fuzz,

Fairyland: The fairies were on vacation this week for the holiday, but groups could still follow the pirate map to find their pet rocks.

Mermaids: The mermaids did not find the pirate’s treasure, so they had to walk the plank or get tattoos as their punishment. The campers chose getting tattoos, and their legs ended up looking like real mermaid scales!

Urban Adventures: Campers went on their first off-campus field trip this week. They journeyed to Solon Freeway Lanes and had a bowling party. Many of the girls enjoyed travelling back in time to their younger days and used the bumpers while they bowled.

Edible Concoctions: This week, campers made a classic and delicious snack mix: puppy chow. Chex cereal is combined with powdered sugar and chocolate to form an easy to make snack.

Challenge: The challenge this week was the Wild Woozy. Older campers have been doing challenges high up in the trees. So far, they have completed the Burma Bridge and the Two Line. This week, they moved on to the Cat Walk, which is a log suspended between two trees about 35 feet off the ground. Wow!

Improv: In Improv this week, campers created mystery bag stories. Using the random items from a paper bag, campers had to create a story that made sense and was inspired by these items.

Games: Tag is a classic game and this week campers played two different versions of tag: amoeba tag and wizard tag. I think these will become new camp favorites!

Table Top Challenges: In Table Top Challenges, campers have access to various games, including cards, puzzles, math games, collaborative games, and board games. The focus this week was being able to work together during a game and trying games for the first time.

Discovery: Discovery class was on vacation this week because of the July 4 th holiday!

Ink: Younger campers practiced making their letters of the alphabet using dots with paint.  For the older campers, they created name art and went on an exciting scavenger hunt.

Friendship bracelets: The stitch this week campers tried to master was the Chinese Ladder.  While working on this stitch, campers discussed the question, “How to Make a New Friend?”

Spa: Campers made squishy projects this week in Spa! They made dish soap putty and a classic favorite: Flubber!

Art: The theme in art this week was flowers. Campers made flowers out of coffee filters and water colors. Then, they decorated flower pots in which to put them. So beautiful!

Reclaim: The focus of this class is upcycling, which takes gently used or discarded materials and gives them a new life. This week, campers made their own beads out of paper. These beads are just waiting to be turned into beautiful jewelry!

Kindergarten: Some of the kindergartner’s favorite activities this week included going to the pool, participating in Movement class, making Fluber, and making a shaving cream craft!

The three-year olds (France and Italy): The theme this week was lady bugs! Campers learned all about lady bugs by reading book, singing songs, and even making paper lady bugs. The special snack this week was homemade popsicles.

The four-year olds (Japan and India): Campers in the four-year old groups participated in a variety of activities this week. Favorites included decorating turtles, making trail mix, dancing in the music room, and reading lots of Pete the Cat.

The MBS Virtual Bookstore will open on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Log on using your daughter's schedule and purchase her books for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year. The MBS website is http://bookstore.mbsdirect.net/hb.htm. You can also order by phone at 1.800.325.3252, but please note the prices will be slightly higher. All purchases of $99 or more made July 13 through July 26, 2016 ONLY will receive free UPS Ground Shipping.

MBS Direct will be able to answer any questions you may have by calling 1.800.325.3252, but if you run into any difficulty, feel free to contact Regina Gray at Hathaway Brown by calling 216.320.8105 or email rgray@hb.edu.