School meeting recap 4/18

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Kathy Fang

Diversity Committee faculty advisors Dr. Lola Muldrew and Mark Janda encouraged students to apply for the upcoming Student Diversity Leadership Conference, which will be taking place this year from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in Anaheim. Students may apply through an online link by April 28.

by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter

Students can purchase tickets for this year’s spring musical, “High School Musical,” at lunch outside of Manzanita or online for $8. Available performance times are Thursday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at both 2 and 7 p.m. Friday night’s performance at 7 p.m. is currently sold out.

The dance department will hold tryouts for the junior varsity and varsity dance groups next Tuesday in the dance room from 3:45-5:30 p.m. Kinetic Knew auditions will be next Thursday 3:45-5:15 p.m.

Green Team has its club week this week. Students can come to their table outside Manzanita Wednesday to write to legislators about environmental issues. Members of the club will also be selling baked goods after school and during office hours all week to raise money for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an animal orphanage in Kenya.

Speech coach Marjorie Hazeltine will host a clothing swap Friday at lunch in Dobbins 209, where anyone can come and take clothing and accessories. Students wishing to donate clothes can bring them to her room throughout this week.

The Upper School Diversity Committee invites students to apply to attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, where high schoolers across the United States will discuss issues of diversity and ways to bring about social justice. The conference will be held in Anaheim from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 this year. The Diversity Committee plans to bring six students to the conference, and students must apply by April 28.

The fourth annual Artstravaganza will take place Thursday during long lunch in the Nichols atrium. The event features exhibitions and readings of students’ Scholastic art and writing award-winning pieces, the release of the student literary magazine HELM and a performance by Jazz Band. The reception will be from 12:15 to 1:25 p.m., and HELM and Scholastic readings will be from 12:45 to 1:25 p.m..

Spirit Week is next week. Students can participate in a human bowling competition Tuesday during long lunch for spirit points, and Thursday is an all-day treasure hunt with prizes.