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Volume XXVIII, Number 5 May-June 2013

Join us at Graduation on Saturday, June 8 as we celebrate Falmouth Academy’s class of 2013!

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From the Headmaster

As I write this column the first of our campus spring flowers are in bloom, snowdrops in the woods, daffodils and crocuses in protected sunny spots. At last we can anticipate the end of this long, cold winter and welcome budding shrubs and trees, warmer tempera-tures, and longer days. After a generous spring vacation, we all returned geared up for the final work of the school year. Within the next few weeks the sliver of Vineyard Sound that I can see from my office window will disappear behind a lush green tree line. On campus we embrace these changes by holding our daily All School Meeting on the front lawn, sending our science classes into Beebe

Woods, and covering our playing fields with lacrosse players. In May and June we make time to celebrate the culmination of our students’ efforts with a variety of activities and events. I invite you to join us to see firsthand some of our students’ 2012-2013 accomplishments. Below is a list of a few campus spring events; for a complete list, please look at the calendar on pages 9 and 10 or on our web site www.falmouthacademy.org.

I hope to see you around campus — inside or out!

May 5 - National Honor Society Induction 4:45 pm8 - Boys varsity lacrosse vs. Rocky Hill 4:00 pm10/11 - Arabian Nights, the spring play, 7:00 pm11 - Spring Open House for prospective families 1:00 - 3:00 pm13 - Girls varsity lacrosse vs. Mashpee High School 4:00 pm17 - Springs Arts Evening, Art Show 6:00 - 7:30 pm Spring Concert 7:30 pm22 - Sports Dinner and Awards Ceremony 6:00 pm ( JV & Varsity players and families)

June

7 - Community Reception 6:00- 7:30pm8 - Recognition Day 9:30am8 - Graduation of the Class of 2013 4:00pm

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The GAM is published six times a year for the community of Falmouth Academy.

David C. Faus ~ Headmaster Michael J. Earley ~ Director of Admissions

Sarah Pring ~ Director of the Capital Campaign Barbara Campbell ~ Director of Alumni and Parent Relations

Tucker Clark ~ Assistant to the Headmaster Dave Ellis ~ Director of Communications

In This Issue

German Exchange - 3 Summer Programs - 4

From the Dean of Students - 5 Technology Updates - 6

Results Matter - 7 Annual Fund in Action - 8

Refrigerator Calendar - 9/10 Alumni Notes - 11 The Plan Book - 12

Alumni Spotlight - 13 From the Counselor - 14

Summer Reading/Used Textbooks - 15/16 From the Director of Athletics - 17 From the Director of Athletics - 18

Falmouth Academy trustee, parent (’07,’11), and celebrated local architect Mark Hutker has been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). One of only seven architects elected to the College of Fellows in Massachusetts, the fellow-ship honors those architects who have made a signifi-cant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profes-sion. Election to the fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Mr. Hutker’s work has won several design awards, and been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Elle Décor, Metropolitan Home, Architectural Digest, and Architec-tural Record. In 2008 Mr. Hutker was inducted into the New England Design Hall of Fame. Throughout his career Mr. Hutker has been dedicated to public service. Apart from his seat on the Falmouth Academy board of trustees he is also a founding board member and president of The Lyceum Fellowship, which advances the development of next generation architects through a unique program of design competition, jury process, and prize win-ning travel grants. He also serves on the board of corporators for Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank. Mr. Hutker will receive his fellowship medal during the investiture of Fellows Ceremony at the AIS 2013 National Convention and Design Exposition in Denver, Colorado on June 21.

Falmouth Academy Trustee Mark Hutker Named to American Institute of Architects College of Fellows

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Falmouth Academy’s German Exchange Program Offers Immersion and Fun! While some spent their March break on vacation, and others spent time with family and friends at home, 13 Falmouth Academy students spent two weeks immersed in the culture, history, and sights of Heidelberg Germany. “It was really an opportunity to al-low yourself to be completely surrounded by the culture, the people, even the food, it’s just a great experience,” said Betsy Wadman ’13. Falmouth Academy German teach-ers, Gundhild Eder and Sirkka Wakefield chaperoned the exchange program with our partner school Hölderlin Gymnasium. “They welcomed us with open arms and enjoyed incorporating our oral reports into their cur-riculum,” said Frau Eder. Braving frigid weather the students visited several castles, churches, museums, and even a mikvah, (a bath used for Jewish rituals). Another highlight was a segway tour through the cobblestone streets and bike paths of Heidelberg. Students were able to step back in time with a visit to Speyer Cathedral, one of the oldest churches in Europe. Construction be-gan on the cathedral in 1030 a.d. It is widely recognized as the largest Romanesque church in western Europe. Students were able to see the end of a church service and received a blessing from the bishop himself.

Other day trips included Schwetzingen Castle the summer residence of Kurfurst Karl Theodor, and Strasbourg, France where students donned traditional 1700s garb and learned about the etiquette and culture of the time. Later they relaxed on a boat ride along the Il River and had a guided tour of the city. “Ironically my favorite part of the German exchange trip was our visit to Strasbourg in France,” said Wadman. “It was just nice that we were all together and were really able to connect as a group.” The trip ended with a visit to Munich, where students toured the city in the freez-ing rain. “We just don’t have anything like it here. Some of the buildings were built before our country even existed,” said Peter Primini ’13 who was impressed with the history of the architecture in the city. Frau Eder said the rain gave the stu-dents an oportunity to see the spriti of the German people, “We were very amused that over a dozen Germans apologized to us for the horrible weather,” she said. Their second day in Munich saw the return of the sun, though, and an enjoyable day taking in more of the beautiful architecture and sam-pling some of the culinary delights Munich had to offer.

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Falmouth Academy’s Summer Programs Have Something for Everyone

Teens and adults can enjoy programs such as:• Oil painting with Brad Nelson • Experimenting with dialects with Eva Breneman• Learning to Fence with Lael Laderman• Writing a memoir with Brent Runyon

Get active with one of our physical activi-ties for a range of ages (7-16) including:• Circus Skills with Al Moniz• Basketball for girls, Gus Adams, • Basketball for boys, Henry Stevens• Boys lacrosse, Stephen Kapulka• Fencing, Lael Laderman, • Lacrosse for girls, Micajah Mastriano• Sports conditioning , Micajah Mastriano• Zumbatomic with Wendy Bryant and Ally Wilson

Explore your creative side with a color-ful mix of offerings for ages 7-12. Build a puppet and bring it to life on stage, construct a gnome home of clay, or create a giant self-portrait of beans and glass to name just a few! Children’s Theatre taught by Sally Egan and Fabulous French taught by Emmanuelle Bonnafoux, provide younger children ages 5-8 with another outlet for creativity.

Here’s a sneak-peek into our seventh year. See our full program at: www.falmouthacademy.org/index.php/community/summer_programs_2013

Most programs include outdoor activity but some emphasize it. Outdoor Survival Skills and Nature Exploration get students outside where they learn survival skills like navigation and fishing. Day-trip programs include: a rock climbing gym, a treasure hunt on Martha’s Vineyard, a sandcastle competition on the outer Cape, and a search for the finest ice cream! We also offer fun and stimulating academic programs in robotics and math games. Weekly programs that extend morning sessions include knitting and crochet, fenc-ing, math games, Zumbatomics, and Circus Skills. Faculty from across the country -- pro-fessional artists, athletes, scientists, and educators -- will lead diverse, eclectic, and enriching programs. Programs, mostly weekly, begin July 1st and run through August 2nd. To see a complete list and search by age, go towww.falmouthacademy.org or if you have questions, please call Susan Moffat, Direc-tor of Summer Programs. 508-457-9696, ext. 307 We’re looking forward to another active and fabulous summer!

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Three friends of the school, former Mid-dle East Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau and Dr. James Condon and his wife, Sue, talked with the senior World Cultures class on April 4th. In his long career with the State Department, Ambassador Pelletreau served as ambassador to Bahrain, Tunisia, and Egypt and carried out diplomatic ser-vice in several other Middle Eastern coun-tries and later became Assistant Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs. Ambas-sador Pelletreau spoke to the seniors about both the Arab Spring and the diplomatic service: how one enters the service and the

rewards and challenges of working abroad for the State Department.

In the late 1960s, Dr. and Mrs. Condon were in Tunisia, where Dr. Condon served as a physician to Peace Corps volunteers and Mrs. Condon worked with blind chil-dren while also taking care of their young daughter. All three guests encouraged the seniors to consider serving their country overseas, not only to try to do good in the world but also to gain perspective on their own lives and on America’s role in the world. The seniors were astounded at some of the adventures their guests recounted and had many questions.

Campus Notes

World Cultures Class Hears from an Ambassador and Peace Corps Volunteers

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The other day a fellow Dean of Stu-dents called to ask me how Falmouth Academy promotes leadership skills. My initial response was to mention student groups such as our Student Council, Honor Society, Peer Ambassadors, and opportunities such as sports captaincies, senior music solos, or making announce-ments at All-School Meeting. From the other end of the line I heard a dismissive, “No Leadership Academy? No Leadership Institute or Leadership Conference? We’re thinking along those lines.” “No,” I said. “We have nothing like that.”

“Anything else?” he asked.

Indeed there is.

Don’t get me wrong, good schools need to encourage and support students’ efforts to lead. But can leadership be taught through curriculum? Leadership, like many behaviors, is most effectively modeled through close and dynamic re-lationships. In this way, leadership to me seems less taught than subtly, but deliber-ately, modeled.

I agree with Bruce Buxton who said: “If a school exists where leadership is expected of everyone, is the exclusive province of no one, and where any mem-ber of the community is likely to model leadership spontaneously, then it possesses a culture of quality and purpose.” Falmouth Academy possesses a cul-ture of quality and purpose. While mod-eled leadership here takes many forms, (from commanding, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends” types to more demo-cratic and “affiliative” models), it always values empathy and reflection and often defies popular culture. Each and every day, in class, in the halls, in All-School Meet-ing, and on the fields, teachers, staff, and students provide examples of “What to do, when” and “How to behave, where.” Often I learn from my students. They may not realize it, but there are moments when it is I who am modeling them. As a society we must encourage and inspire our young to lead. In this spirit, I would argue that while we do not have an extracur-ricular “Leadership Academy”, we are a leadership academy.

“Leadership Academy”

From the Dean of Students

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Spring Technology Update: ENO and ELMO Come to Falmouth Academy In the interest of enhancing learning, we in information technology (IT) are busy continuing to make advancements to our computers, our network, and our overall use of technology. The most exciting news involves a complete collaborative set-up, which was recently installed in one of our science rooms, thanks to a generous grant from the Hollis & Ermine Lovell Future Fund of the Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Inc. (which accounted for half of the associ-ated costs). This includes a Polyvision Eno interactive whiteboard, Eno mini portable board, ceiling mounted projector, and Elmo document camera – all of which connect to our classroom laptop. This set-up can be shared by multiple disciplines and serve as a valuable teaching tool for both faculty and students. In late March, at least half of our faculty and staff (as well as some of the students in my computer elective) attended a hands-on demo with a professional trainer on the basics of using the board/document camera/projector combination and its many possibilities. The faculty and staff were eager for us to offer subsequent, more in-depth training on the powerful software that comes with this interactive set-up. It is a fantastic tool that can definitely be integrated into our curricu-lum, and get the students excited about the technology itself.

Some teachers (in science and math-ematics) have already begun using this whiteboard system and the feedback from them and their students has been quite enthusiastic. We would like to have these complete set-ups in more classrooms in the future. If you would like more detailed infor-mation on these technologies, please visit the following URLs,

http://tinyurl.com/enowhiteboardorhttp://tinyurl.com/elmocam

We will continue to move forward, training our faculty and staff in ways technology can best augment our rigorous curriculum. Our goal is to teach our stu-dents how to navigate the Internet and our overall ever-changing technological world effectively and responsibly. We want to be sure to set them up for success in college and beyond. I continue to enjoy collaborating on shaping the future IT landscape here at Falmouth Academy!

Jason WeinsteinDirector of Technology

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Results matterIN SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND CAREER

Falmouth Academy students have the highest SAT scores in Southeastern Massachusetts.

QFalmouth Academy routinely earns more top prizes at the State Science and Engineering Fair at MIT than any other

school in Southeastern Massachusetts.

QThe majority of Falmouth Academy graduates matriculate at

US News and World Report’s top 50 colleges and universities.

QFalmouth Academy ranks in the TOP TEN of all Massachusetts high schools in percentage of the senior class recognized by

the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Falmouth Academy is an academically rigorous, co-ed, college preparatory day school for grades 7–12. Our culture of high expectations, respect, and trust allows each student

to pursue academic, artistic, and extra-curricular interests with self-confidence.

To schedule your visit, call Mike Earley at 508-457-9696.

resultsmatterFA.com

7 HIGHFIELD DRIVE • FALMOUTH, MA

Falmouth Academy’s new Results Matter ad campaign kicked off on the last weekend of March, in the Falmouth Enterprise and the Sunday Cape Cod Times. The campaign celebrates the achievements of our students and showcases the clear and compelling results of a Falmouth Academy education. For more information visit www.resultsmatterfa.com.

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The Falmouth Academy Annual Fund

Annual Fund support impacts every aspect of life at Falmouth Academy. Our ability to maintain small class sizes, stay on the cutting edge of technology, and of-fer a diverse range of extra-curricular activities is driven in large part by the gener-osity of our donors. With your support we are able to attract and retain outstanding faculty, offer financial aid, and ensure that our classrooms have the resources nec-cessary to provide the highest quality educational experience. The Annual Fund offers you the opportunity to impact the lives of our students, our faculty, and the future of the Falmouth Academy community. We encourage you to participate. Every gift counts and there are several ways to give. Learn how at: http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/support/ways_to_give.

Impact You Can See: Annual Fund Support in Action

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Falmouth Academy Refrigerator CalendarMay 2013

Spring Play 7 pm

State Science Fair at MIT

Don’t forget to particpipate in our National Alumni Days of Service

May 11 - Chicago May 18 - Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco

May 19 - Cape Cod

Alumni Playgroup in conjuntion with National Alumni Day of Service

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Falmouth Academy Refrigerator CalendarJune 2013

Spirit Week!

Spirit Week

Please join the Falmouth Academy Community in saying farewell to Headmaster David Faus

Friday, June 7, 2013, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

atFalmouth Academy

Class of 2003 Reunion

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Regina Antolick ’08 is flying high…literally! She is pursuing a culinary arts management degree at the Art Institute of Charleston, South Carolina with the hope of opening a high-end seafood res-taurant someday. She’s been on the Presidents List every quarter and says she’s loving every moment. Pictured here skydiving, Regina said, “It was freez-ing! But despite that the views were amazing. It is an adventure I think everyone should try in their lifetime. Just take the leap of faith (pun intended)!”

Kudos to Ella Martin ’12. Representing St. Lawrence University, Ella earned All-American status with her 7th place finish in the 5000 meter race at the 2013 NCAA D3 Indoor Track and Field Championships at North Central College in Naperville, IL. She finished in 17:12:32. Ella was also named Liberty League Rookie of the Year in March.

Brendan Richard ’03 received some good news. An article he developed with a colleague will be published in an education journal yearbook. The University of Central Florida Ph.D. can-didate wrote, “Carnegie Project for the Educational Doctorate: The Role of Critical Friends in Diffusing Doctoral Program Innovation.” It will be published in the 2013 yearbook, “Be-coming a Global Voice” of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration.

Nell (Ament) Hiller ’00 reported, “Mrs. Hobbie graciously invited me and Zoli Szuts ’97 to join her for the National Ballet of Canada’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. We saw the performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Her friend is the con-ductor for the orchestra, and the music and dance were fabulous!”

Hanlon Smith-Dorsey ’99, a member of New York’s The Debate Society troupe, will appear in a play at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in August. His production, “Blood Play,” won critical acclaim over the winter and it was named one of the “Top 10 plays of 2012,” accord-ing to New York Magazine. Tickets go on sale in June for the August 7-18 production at http://www.wtfestival.org/buytickets.

Alumni Notes

Babypalooza!

Top Row: Clare Johanna born March 6 to Ed and Kristin ( Jochems) Montville ’05; Juliette Elisabeth born 3/4/13 to Elisabeth and David Tamasi ’90 (with her brother Christopher)Bottom Row: Clara Irene born 3/4/13 to Kathleen Rankin and Zoli Szuts ’97; Matthew Ryder born 12/20/12 to Jen and Greg Brennan ’88, Asa Samuel born 2/22/13 to Alex and Anne (Burns) Diaz-Matos ’97

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May 11-19 – Falmouth Academy National Alumni Day(s) of ServiceLed by Andrew Kingman ’00, regional captains across the country will rally local alumni to do volunteer service in their area. Regional captains and volunteer sites include Tracy (Olson) Chait ’96 at the Venice Clinic, Los Angeles, May 18; Sarah Swanbeck ’03 at the Presidio Trust, San Francisco, May 18; Jeremy Gantz ’00 at Chicago River Day, May 11; Andy Kingman at Peirce Park Sailing Club, Boston, May 18; Katie (Plumb) LiVigne ’01 Hurricane Sandy homes in the Rockaway, New York City area, May 18; and Amy (Ballentine) Stevens ’96 at the Cape Cod Canal, May 19. Even if you don’t live in one of these areas, please participate. Pick a local organization that needs your help – and send a picture to alumni@falmouthacademy.org.

May 19 – Alumni PlaygroupWe hope you will join FA’s National Alumni Day of Service activities for the Cape with your family. We will share clean-up duties along the Cape Cod Canal.

June 7 – Community ReunionJoin other alumni and faculty and friends of Falmouth Academy as we toast David Faus for his years of service to the school.

Summer Programs ReminderIf you have school-aged children and will be visiting the Cape this summer, consider signing them up for some of the many activities at Falmouth Academy. Check out the full schedule at: http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/community/summer_programs_2013

Alumni All-School MeetingContact Barbara Campbell at alumni@falmouthacademy.org

for more information on any of these items and to RSVP for events.

We invite you to visit a new section of the Falmouth Academy website. Called “The Plan Book,” it was developed as a response to alumni who wanted to know what was happening in today’s FA classrooms. Since the early 1980s, Falmouth Academy students have used the Plan Book, that quintessential tool that helps students organize their assignments and manage their time. Clever assignments abound every day at Falmouth Academy, and the Plan Book is, as always, the best way to keep track of them.

Below is a peek at the next entry in The Plan Book. Visit the page at: http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/student_life/the_plan_book1.

No Trubba. Trubba Not.Time back, way way back in 1989, Lalise Melillo introduced the novel, “Riddley Walker” to her seniors. Taught many years since then in Senior English and Rhetoric, “Riddley Walker” is challenging, but it nicely wraps up the journey of Falmouth Academy students as they learn to reflect on the world around them and appreciate and use the rich resources of the English language. See what Mrs. Melillo finds so fascinating about this iconic book.

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Alumni Spotlight

Karissa Soby ’08 experienced something extraordinary during her winter tour of Europe. She happened to be in Rome during the inaugu-ration of Pope Francis, and, here, she shares her reflections of the occasion. St. Peter’s Square was divided into many rectangular sections for viewers. There was squeezing, pushing, and communal emotions of excitement, awe, and spirit radiating from every individual. I finally made it into my section, the front row of the first section of common people behind all the delegates, priests, and nuns who had tickets. When Pope Francis finally entered the square, the crowd erupted with the most passion I have ever witnessed. It was a deeply personal moment, yet it was shared universally. The tradition of Catholic Mass incited a common language among everyone in the Square. It was beautiful. People sang, kneeled, and rejoiced as one. I do not affiliate with any religion, but I have always found the peace offering at Mass to be beautiful. Greeting our neighbors is not something we often prioritize in our day, so it is refreshing when the Church provides a conscious moment to offer one another an extension of peace. When Pope Francis announced this moment, it was breathtaking. People from all over, of differ-ent languages and backgrounds extended a hand to one another. I could tell that everyone in the Square really admired Pope Francis and was touched by him as an individual. As he rode around the Square that morning he made a real effort to connect with the people. We watched as he kissed the heads of babies, touched the arms of the disabled, or put in the effort to make eye contact with those who were a part of the event. People were excited for the simplicity, the warm heart, and the concern Pope Francis has for the people. His intimate connection with humanity caused a surge of life through the crowd that really made the inauguration a deeply personal event for me.

Ludden ’08 Earns Fulbright Scholarship

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience

Congratulations to Rocky Ludden ’08, who has been named a Fulbright Scholar. A senior at Boston College, Rocky intends to pursue his studies in Germany next year, although a specific location won’t be an-nounced until the summer. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. government to increase mu-tual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. The Program provides recipients with the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. The Fulbright Scholar Program sends around 1,100 American scholars and professionals each year to approximately

125 countries.

Rocky joins a group of five other Fal-mouth Academy alumni who have par-ticipated in the Fulbright program. Jeremy Gantz ’00 spent his year in Sri Lanka and researched connections between the educa-tion system and the ethnic conflict there. Michaela LeBlanc ’03 researched local political systems in Germany and served as a teaching assistant. Esther Yeu ’97 spent a year in Seoul, South Korea teaching at an all-boys boarding school in Gongju.Michael Taylor ‘90 spent the year after col-lege in Mexico City as a Fulbright Scholar. He studied historical changes to the Mexi-can Constitution at Universidad Iberoameri-cana. In addition, Steven Heslinga ’04 served as an intern at the Fulbright Founda-tion in Berlin, Germany.

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Past Parents Get Together at FA Close to 70 parents of alumni gathered in the Buxton Library in April to see old friends and learn what’s new at Falmouth Academy. Also assembling were faculty members Olivann Hobbie, Ruth Slocum, Doug Jones, Monica Hough, Peter Conzett, Clyde Tyn-dale, Don and Julie Swanbeck, Rob Wells, Mike Earley, Sarah Knowles, Alison Ament, and Lalise Melillo. According to Sarah Pring, Director of the Capital Campaign, “There was a nice en-ergy and people enjoyed connecting. Many of the parents I talked to enjoyed being back on campus and hearing a little Falmouth Academy news. It was great to hear about their children’s continued achievements and the great start they got here. We hope to make this an annual event.”David Faus took the opportunity to share news of Falmouth Academy’s alumni program, the upcoming auction, the headmaster’s search, a new marketing program, and our capital campaign for endowments of financial aid and faculty compensation, a state-of-the art performing arts center and a new meeting space for our students.

As the school year winds down, we — students and adults — are anxious for the break, for warm weather and the change of routine, but we may also feel a sense of loss. We have come to know and admire our seniors who are preparing to leave for col-lege, other students who are moving away or changing schools, and our headmas-ter, David Faus, who is leaving to head a school in Baltimore. We don’t always allow ourselves to understand the significance of these losses, but they can throw us off and leave us unprepared for an emptiness that may sneak up on us. It is a loss to separate from what we comfortably know. It can be daunting to leave familiar people, routines, and places and get used to new ones and, for the peo-ple left behind, to adjust to empty spaces. College, for instance, is a socially recog-nized transition from childhood to inde-pendence, and although students may revel in this new-found freedom and exciting change, social and academic opportunities will present new challenges and pressures that could make them feel vulnerable. Families of graduates may find joy mixed with longing as their young adults leave home. Siblings may take on new roles and routines and have to find their footing in a new position in the family. Parents may look forward to more free time and less day-to-day responsibility and competition for the car, but they may also miss a busy

house and the daily connection with their children and their children’s friends. Sudden-ly parents aren’t needed in the same old ways. Suddenly they have less control. Change requires complicated adjustments. It is natural that these adjustments feel smooth one day and upsetting the next, when a child calls home on Monday with confi-dence and on Wednesday with tears. It may take a while before both parent and child be-come confident in the child’s ability to handle situations independently. We can best adjust by acknowledging these struggles. Change and loss are part of life and part of growth. That’s why it’s im-portant to recognize their existence, embrace them and talk about them. We should ask for support from our friends and families. So as we — adults and students — end the year, we can be joyful for the changes and challenges our friends will experience, and we can support each other if we feel anxious or sad about those challenges and sendoffs.

For more information and tips that parents can use about making the transition to college, visit: http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/stu-dent_life/college_transition

From the Counselor

Transitions: Coping with Change

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This is the summer reading booklist and all of the ISBN numbers. Summer read-ing books will no longer be sold at Falmouth Academy. Please use our online bookstore to purchase your books. Our online bookstore can be found on the Fal-mouth Academy website under the Student Life tab (or at www.k12studentdirect.com). Note: You must have the exact ISBN!

• Grade 7: Students in grade 7 should pick up a packet of summer reading ques-tions to be answered as they read their books. The packets will be available at course registration, May 11.

Shabanu, Staples #0440238560 One Thousand and One Arabian Nights #0192750135Tales of the Greek Heroes, Green #9780140366839 The Giver, Lowry #0440237688

• Grade 8: Choose two adult books in consultation with your 7th grade English teacher, who will provide an explanation to current students. New students will receive this infor-mation at course registration on May 11. (Information will also be on FA’s web site.)

• Grade 9: The Princess Bride, Goldman #0156035219 Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury #0345342968 Current Issues assignment

• Grade 10: The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger #0316769487Night, Wiesel #0374500010 Current Issues in Europe assignment

• Grade 11: East of Eden, Steinbeck #0140186395 The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway #0684801221Current Issues assignment

• Grade 12:Iron and Silk, Salzman #0394755111 The Chinese Bell Murders, Van Gulik #0060728884

RHETORIC AND PERSUASION STUDENTS ONLY:1984, Orwell #0451524934 Brave New World, Huxley #0060850523

FRENCH: French IB: :Les Aventures d’Albert et Folio: Une Nouvelle Famille #9782011559609French II: Le Vol de la Joconde, Zahler #9780877204831French III: Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas #9782070577026 French IV: Le Petit Prince, St. Exupéry #9780156013987 French V: L’Etranger, Camus #9782070360024

Summer Reading List 2013

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GERMAN: German IB: Dracula Reader w/CD #9788846824042German II: Oh, Maria w/CD #9783468497148German III/IV: Tristan und Isolde w/CD #9783125560512German IV: Heiße Spur in München #9783125560123German V: Die Brüder Boateng: Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte #9783126669054

Used Textbooks

The following books will be used again next year. You may be able to obtain them from a member of any of the classes that used them this year.

Note: You must have the exact ISBN number

Seventh Grade Humanities:#9780794527532 The Usborne Encyclopedia of World Religions

Eighth Grade History:#9780131336575 America, History of Our Nation

Twelfth Grade History:#9780938960553 Through Indian Eyes, 5th ed.#9780824819231 China: Understanding its Past#9780938960539 Through Japanese Eyes, 4th ed.

Seventh Grade Math#9780130530684 Variables and Patterns#9780130530691 Stretching and Shrinking#9780130530707 Accentuate the Negative#9780130530714 Comparing and Scaling#9780130530721 Moving Straight Ahead#9780130530769 Data Around Us

Pre-Algebra - #9780131947344 Pre-AlgebraAlgebra I - #9780395977224 Algebra: Structure Method (2000 edition)Algebra II - #9780201324600 Algebra and Trigonometry, ForesterGeometry - #9780866099660 Geometry for Enjoyment and ChallengePre-Calculus - #9780131369061 Pre-Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic

ScienceBiology - #9780073403458 Concepts of BiologyChemistry - #9780132512107 Chemistry (Prentice-Hall, 2009)

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As March gives way to April, and spring slowly comes to Cape Cod, much of the sports world in America focuses on March Madness, college basketball’s annual effort to crown a men’s champion. As a teenager, I was a huge college basketball fan, and the NCAA tour-nament held a prominent place on my radar screen. Today, however, I find myself not only disinterested in the hoopla, but actively icono-clastic in my disdain for major college athletics. Big-time college athletics strike me as corrupt on too many levels to discuss here. Suffice it to say, for the major sports at the biggest schools anyway, the term student-athlete can be simply oxymoronic. I lament this state of affairs, this year I was able to root somewhat enthusiasti-cally for Harvard and my alma mater, Bucknell, in the tourney, but beyond that I just can’t bring myself to do it. Fortunately for a sports fan like me, spring also means the start of a new athletic season at Falmouth Academy, which offers a source of salvation from cynicism. Falmouth Academy student-athletes are exactly that; looking back at the just completed basketball season, nearly 50% of our varsity bas-ketball players made the school’s Headmaster’s List for the winter term. I know firsthand from many years of coaching girls’ varsity basketball, when I was behind the wheel of an FA bus, I was the only one without a book open on after-noon trips to away games. Many players contin-ued to study by the light of headlamps on the return drives home. Everyone associated with this school knows that our athletes are serious about their team commitments, and serious about their academic responsibilities. They love to compete, and they love to learn. This is just one of many reasons why all of us at FA should take such delight in the many athletic successes our students achieve. For example the FA bas-

ketball girls reached the finals of the New England Prep Championship

Tournament for the second consecutive year this winter. We are a serious school with a very com-petitive sports program, not a sports program loosely affiliated with the rest of the goings on of a school, which seems too often a generous characterization of big-time college sports in 2013. Not only are our students student-athletes in the truest sense of the term, but they are also well-rounded beyond the scope of athletics, which is increasingly rare in this era of sports specialization. Attend the FA spring concert in May, and you will find both captains of our boys’ lacrosse team, and one of the captains of our girls’ basketball team performing; many mem-bers of all of our athletic teams will be playing music that night as well. I am endlessly amazed at how our kids seem to pursue so many rich experiences with such enthusiasm and skill. A hard-hitting lacrosse midfielder who also steps up to deliver a great trumpet solo is a student-athlete-musician for whom I can joyfully root! So as I write, Michigan will play Louisville for the men’s NCAA Division I basketball title, but I doubt I will be watching. Well, maybe a minute or so, as I do love the game of basketball. The FA boys varsity lax team is also playing Mashpee high school today, a school some four times our size and recent winners of a state football championship. I know which event appeals more to me. Yes, the David and Goliath storyline, which is a staple of FA athletics, is great, but mostly I just feel good about cheering for kids who will play representing their school for the fun of the game, and who will also be reading literature, wrestling with calculations, and thinking about science in the same after-noon and evening as they give their all to notch a lax victory.

True Student-Athletes: A Note from the Director of Athletics

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From the Director of Admissions

Dircctor of Admissions, Mike Earley As this issue of The Gam goes to press we don’t yet know all of the new students who will be joining us in September, as newly admitted students have until April 10 to enroll. Gam readers can look forward to a list of the new students in the next issue. However, I can report on a few trends from the admissions season. Once again, we expect a large group of new students from Martha’s Vineyard, all young people who have excelled in school and will contribute to the rich intellectual life of Falmouth Academy. As always, we will enroll equally impressive students from all of the local towns, including several from the Morse Pond School in Falmouth and (moving farther afield) from Orleans, New Bedford, Barnstable, Plymouth, Mattapoi-sett, Marion, and Rochester. While some of those students will come a long way to get to our school, other students will come even further. We look forward to welcoming Luis Mickeler to the 10th grade. Luis’ mother Katja teaches music at the Hölderlin Gymnasium, our partner school in Heidelberg, Germany. We are pleased that our four Chinese students will be back next year, as well. We antici-pate a need for one or two host families for the foreign students, so anyone interested in hosting should contact me or Sarah Knowles for information. We prefer to place our foreign students with families who have a child attending the school, but we have also had very successful host families

who did not have a child at Falmouth Acad-emy. If you think you might enjoy hosting, let us know! While we enroll most new students in the 7th and 9th grades, next year we will welcome a senior, Cody Baker, from the Chicago area. We are thrilled that Cody will be completing his high school career here with us. A colleague who worked in the admissions office of another school once remarked to me how “lonely” admissions work was. That person clearly did not work in admissions at Falmouth Academy, where we are lucky to receive the support and collaboration of students, parents, teachers, alumni, parents of alumni, trustees, and staff members. Charles Darwin wrote, “In the long history of hu-mankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” But collaboration isn’t just about prevailing. It’s more fun, too. Thank you to all of you who have contributed to our admissions work this season.

Join us for our Spring Admissions Open House

May 11, 2013

Visit the school and learn about a Falmouth Academy education

from 1:00- 3:00 p.m.

Check out FA’s lacrosse team in action at 2:00 p.m. and our

Spring Play at 7:00 p.m.

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