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Lori Cohen – teacher of humanities, literature, writing, religion and philosophy – discusses how professional development has informed and continues to enhance her classes past, present and future. In particular, she speaks to her recent, NEH grant-funded course and the role it has played in shaping her upcoming new class at The Bay School. This …
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Memories, lessons and advice from four years out When she switched from public middle school to join Bay’s second early adopter class, Alyssa Muck made connections left and right. Finding herself “in the same boat” with all of her classmates, she soon knew each and every student; discovering how easy it was to click with …
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A short story by Marisa Wong for Lori Cohen's Advanced Composition class. “Ready Brian? If you win, I’ll buy you an ice cream. We will race to the end of the track,” Marie lovingly pats her son on the head. “Okay mommy.” Brian looks up at his mom, memorizing her face. Watching every smile, every …
From junior Morgan T.: Advanced Composition is a class that is all about writing. Working on memoirs was so much fun for me! It was great to talk about different experiences and incorporate them into memoir pieces. This mini memoir that I wrote was very easy and I tried my best to capture the constant …
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