Category: News & Announcements

New Secondary and Elementary Courses for Summer 2013

One of the most exciting things about releasing our annual course catalog is the opportunity to introduce ATDP families to newly-added courses.  From Elementary Division to Secondary, from poetry to microbiology, these new additions promise to excite and enrich this summer’s young scholars. Instructor Interviews Who better to introduce a new course than its instructor? […]

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ATDP Families Give Back

This spring, 14 Elementary Division families opted to”Give Another Child a Chance.” On behalf of our financial aid recipients, their families, their classmates, and their teachers, “Thank you!” ATDP offers need-based financial aid for struggling families, and with your support, we are able to continue serving these deserving students during tough times. Find out more about giving to ATDP.

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Architecture Student Exhibition – July 27 & 28

Exhibition of Student Work Course SD3215 Architectural Design 2515 Tolman Hall Friday, July 27 12:00 – 1:00 pm Saturday, July 28 during the ATDP Picnic (roughly 12:00 – 2:00 pm) Work displayed will include the final project, which is a treehouse of the students’ own design, and a sampling of some of the other projects students completed […]

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“Blue”

Last week we gave you odes from the Students of Paul Heller’s Reading for Creative Writing (SD3202) class. This week we have even more poetic works from that class in which students wrote about the color blue: Celena Chang Blue, sticky and slimy, is a dark jelly-y consistency. Since it lacks energy, blue drags itself […]

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Ode to a Tree

Ode to a Tree By Eric Yu Amid the forest lies you, a tree, A bridge to life That is a living organism, But your seeds will sprout into The new generations of trees ahead of you. They will feel the same Feeling of luxurious sunlight that you have felt. And as the seed sprouts, […]

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Ode to a Blade of Grass

Ode to a Blade of Grass By Vasco Villas-Boas I see you carefully tilting in the breeze You want to slide out of your roots (that won’t give in) and be guided by the wind And Be free like a leaf floating downwards from a tree You are like a Human That wants to Jump […]

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Ode to My Racket

Ode to my Racket By Vanessa Van Pell You are Nervous Your strings tighten As I warm up I feel the blood start to pump Through every vein in my body You start to settle Knowing I will protect you I will not let you down All the nights you stayed up Just to let […]

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