The Shoshana S. Cardin School is proud to announce the AP Scholar Awards for 2009 (as identified by the College Board) in recognition of exceptional achievement in AP exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
AP Scholar – Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams
Adin Reisner ‘10
Zachary Wildhorn ‘09
AP Scholar with Honor – granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams
Jeremy Hiken ‘09
AP Scholar with Distinction – grated to students who receive an average score of at least 3/5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams
Nathan Krasnopoler ‘09
Matthew Marcus ‘09
Mark Rogers ‘09
Sophie Solomon ‘09
Congrats to all students who took AP exams last spring.
Hallie Schein
Director of College Counseling
Monday, September 14, 2009
Athletics Updates
Boys and Girls Soccer teams are preparing for their seasons.
Boys soccer start their season with a home game v Queen Anne School at Baltimore Hebrew on Thursday at 4:30pm. The boys team is led by Head Coach Drew Walker.
While the girls team will continue to practice to play on Tuesday of next week. Coach Minton is taking over the coaching duties for the girls team this year.
The Cross Country team started practices last week and continues to grow in numbers. Coach Larry Waskow and Mr. Whitfield will be handling the cross country team again this year.
Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics
Boys soccer start their season with a home game v Queen Anne School at Baltimore Hebrew on Thursday at 4:30pm. The boys team is led by Head Coach Drew Walker.
While the girls team will continue to practice to play on Tuesday of next week. Coach Minton is taking over the coaching duties for the girls team this year.
The Cross Country team started practices last week and continues to grow in numbers. Coach Larry Waskow and Mr. Whitfield will be handling the cross country team again this year.
Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics
Friday, September 11, 2009
Notes from Rabbi Seltzer
This Saturday night, we will gather in our synagogues to recite special poems and prayers called “selichot.” Selichot focus on themes of reflection and forgiveness and move our preparations for the High Holy Days into high gear.
I always think of my Bubby on Selichot. Because she didn’t drive on Shabbat and was not healthy enough to walk to our synagogue, the Selichot service was one of the only times we could sit together in shul. Once I had my driver’s license, Selichot became our date. I would pick Bubby up and we would go to shul together. I always knew how happy she was to spend time with me, and I was equally happy to spend the time with her. I would watch her be uplifted by the service. I was moved by her faith, her love of God, and her love of being in the synagogue. Our time together was very special. Despite the difference in our ages, we seemed to share many of the same values. So, every year, during Selichot, I think of my Bubby.
My Bubby, Tamara Katzman, who survived the pogroms of Russia and the floods of Ansonia, who fled her home and family, who lost her husband at a young age, never lost her joy in living or the miracles of every day life. I can still hear her voice: “Look, at that beautiful rabbit, Stuie, or listen to those birds or her obligatory, eat, eat, as she filled my soup bowl to the brim.” When I used to come home from college, I would visit with my Bubby daily. Each time I left my Bubby’s home, we exchanged the following words. “Bubby, stay well. I will come visit you tomorrow.”
“I hope so,” she would immediately respond, and then she would bless me in Yiddish, “Go in good health, be in good health, and come in good, health.”
One Friday night, before leaving for shul, I stopped by to visit her. I told her that I would definitely come to visit with her on Sunday.
Before leaving, she gently instructed me, “Stuart, you should never say that you will come to visit without saying the words – “I hope so.” You never know what tomorrow brings. We shouldn’t take life for granted. Live every day like that.”
Perhaps her words encapsulated the most important message of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur: “We shouldn’t take life for granted. Live every day like that.”
So, on this Friday, before Selichot, I am thinking about my Bubby, and how grateful I am to be alive.
Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, Dean of Judaic Studies
I always think of my Bubby on Selichot. Because she didn’t drive on Shabbat and was not healthy enough to walk to our synagogue, the Selichot service was one of the only times we could sit together in shul. Once I had my driver’s license, Selichot became our date. I would pick Bubby up and we would go to shul together. I always knew how happy she was to spend time with me, and I was equally happy to spend the time with her. I would watch her be uplifted by the service. I was moved by her faith, her love of God, and her love of being in the synagogue. Our time together was very special. Despite the difference in our ages, we seemed to share many of the same values. So, every year, during Selichot, I think of my Bubby.
My Bubby, Tamara Katzman, who survived the pogroms of Russia and the floods of Ansonia, who fled her home and family, who lost her husband at a young age, never lost her joy in living or the miracles of every day life. I can still hear her voice: “Look, at that beautiful rabbit, Stuie, or listen to those birds or her obligatory, eat, eat, as she filled my soup bowl to the brim.” When I used to come home from college, I would visit with my Bubby daily. Each time I left my Bubby’s home, we exchanged the following words. “Bubby, stay well. I will come visit you tomorrow.”
“I hope so,” she would immediately respond, and then she would bless me in Yiddish, “Go in good health, be in good health, and come in good, health.”
One Friday night, before leaving for shul, I stopped by to visit her. I told her that I would definitely come to visit with her on Sunday.
Before leaving, she gently instructed me, “Stuart, you should never say that you will come to visit without saying the words – “I hope so.” You never know what tomorrow brings. We shouldn’t take life for granted. Live every day like that.”
Perhaps her words encapsulated the most important message of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur: “We shouldn’t take life for granted. Live every day like that.”
So, on this Friday, before Selichot, I am thinking about my Bubby, and how grateful I am to be alive.
Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, Dean of Judaic Studies
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Favorite Grammatical Errors
Favorite Grammatical Errors
Episode One
One of my favorite grammatical errors is the misplaced or dangling modifier. This is the error that sometimes makes writers into unintentional comedians.
Here’s an example:
“Racing toward class, my book flew out of my backpack.”
Sound okay to you? Read it again: the sentence is written as if the book is racing toward class, instead of the student.
Here’s a correction, which clarifies the subject of the opening phrase:
“As I raced toward class, my book flew out of my backpack.”
I still laugh about one of my favorite examples from my graduate student days, when a new student wrote about entering her first college classroom:
“Walking into the class, twelve pairs of eyes turned toward me.”
Wow, I didn’t know eyeballs had legs! It’s sure creepy how they walked into the class room!
What she should have written: “As I walked into the classroom, twelve pairs of eyes turned toward me.” Less goofy, and certainly less scary!
Are English teachers the only ones who care about such things? I don’t think so: most of us like to make people laugh on purpose, rather than by accident!
Dr. Norman Prentiss
English Department
Episode One
One of my favorite grammatical errors is the misplaced or dangling modifier. This is the error that sometimes makes writers into unintentional comedians.
Here’s an example:
“Racing toward class, my book flew out of my backpack.”
Sound okay to you? Read it again: the sentence is written as if the book is racing toward class, instead of the student.
Here’s a correction, which clarifies the subject of the opening phrase:
“As I raced toward class, my book flew out of my backpack.”
I still laugh about one of my favorite examples from my graduate student days, when a new student wrote about entering her first college classroom:
“Walking into the class, twelve pairs of eyes turned toward me.”
Wow, I didn’t know eyeballs had legs! It’s sure creepy how they walked into the class room!
What she should have written: “As I walked into the classroom, twelve pairs of eyes turned toward me.” Less goofy, and certainly less scary!
Are English teachers the only ones who care about such things? I don’t think so: most of us like to make people laugh on purpose, rather than by accident!
Dr. Norman Prentiss
English Department
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Meet Darius
Who is Darius and why should we meet him? Darius is a teenager who lives in Athens, Georgia. What makes Darius special is that he has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children around the world. Children with DMD cannot produce dystrophin, a protein necessary for muscle strength and function. As a result, every skeletal muscle in the body deteriorates. Although Duchenne is the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children, there is no cure. Here are some stark facts about DMD:
• DMD has a 100% fatality rate.
• Most DMD kids die in their late teens or early twenties.
• Most boys with DMD are in a wheelchair, most between 10-12 years old.
• DMD is associated with respiratory failure, heart failure, and debilitating orthopedic complications.
Darius is featured in a multi-award-winning documentary called Darius Goes West. In this documentary fifteen-year-old Darius Weems and eleven of his best friends set off across America with the ultimate goal of getting his wheelchair customized on MTV’s Pimp My Ride. The result is a rarely seen testament to the explosive idealism of today’s youth, as well as a vivid portrayal of adventure, of brotherhood, and of the character and strength it takes to shed light on an uncertain future. Not only does Darius Weems bravely face his own inevitable fate with DMD, but through his unflinching humor and his extraordinary laugh, he sparks a revolution in the lives of everyone who crosses-and then shares- his courageous path. Part revolution, part revelation, this film proves to people of all ages how life, even when imperfect, is always worth the ride.
The Shoshana S. Cardin School will be screening Darius Goes West for the entire teen community (families are invited too!) on Sunday, November 15, at 5:30 pm at Beth El Congregation. Following the screening we will have an opportunity to chat with Darius. Please mark your calendars for this very important event. Over the next few weeks I will be giving everyone more information about Darius, DMD, the screening and how you can get involved.
Anne Tanhoff Greenspoon
Director of Admissions
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
"Vision in Action"
"Nothing in life just happens. It isn't enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them to survive."
These words, spoken by one of my heroes, Golda Meir, resonate as we embark on a new year and the challenge of advancing all that is outstanding about Cardin. Our supporters are many and include families and professionals from all constituencies in the greater Baltimore community. As I was addressing envelopes inviting guests to the inaugural "Vision in Action" gala event honoring Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum for their leadership and commitment to our mission, I thought about how rewarding it is to be a part of this enterprise. I encourage everyone affiliated with Cardin to spread the word , keep believing and have the stamina to move us forward.
Don't forget to register for the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure, Sunday, October 18.- Go to www.komenmd.org and look under the team listing for The Shoshana S. Cardin School. Thanks!
Margi Hoffman
Director of Development
These words, spoken by one of my heroes, Golda Meir, resonate as we embark on a new year and the challenge of advancing all that is outstanding about Cardin. Our supporters are many and include families and professionals from all constituencies in the greater Baltimore community. As I was addressing envelopes inviting guests to the inaugural "Vision in Action" gala event honoring Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum for their leadership and commitment to our mission, I thought about how rewarding it is to be a part of this enterprise. I encourage everyone affiliated with Cardin to spread the word , keep believing and have the stamina to move us forward.
Don't forget to register for the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure, Sunday, October 18.- Go to www.komenmd.org and look under the team listing for The Shoshana S. Cardin School. Thanks!
Margi Hoffman
Director of Development
Cardinal sports update
The fall sports teams are preparing for an exciting season. Currently, the girls’ and boys’ soccer teams are practicing and getting ready to start playing games. The boys’ soccer team will have the first athletic event of the 2009-2010 school year when they have their home and season opener vs The Queen Anne School at Baltimore Hebrew on Sept. 17. Game time is 4:30pm. The following Tuesday, Sept. 22 the girls have their home and season opener vs The Cristo Rey School at Baltimore Hebrew with a start time of 4:30pm. We also have an exciting opportunity to support another local school by having some of The Waldorf School students participate on both soccer teams.
Although the Cross Country athletes are training on their own, the first official practice in on Sept. 9 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm at the Cardin School. Cross Country will start begin their season on Tues, Sept. 29 at The Jemicy School’s new campus in Owings Mills off of Garrison Forrest Road. All of the cross country meets will be at The Jemicy School on every Tues from Sept. 29 through Oct. 27.
Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics
Although the Cross Country athletes are training on their own, the first official practice in on Sept. 9 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm at the Cardin School. Cross Country will start begin their season on Tues, Sept. 29 at The Jemicy School’s new campus in Owings Mills off of Garrison Forrest Road. All of the cross country meets will be at The Jemicy School on every Tues from Sept. 29 through Oct. 27.
Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics
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