Ode to a Stone on the Shore By Joshua Morgan One day, Wandering, lost Along the shore, I saw you A stone whiter than sun-bleached bone and as smooth as the crystal Sky, Floating in a sea of others. Yet somehow, You were different, A gem, Smoother and rounder, Filled with a more Ethereal Energy […]
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Ode to the Red MP3
Ode to the Red MP3 By Nia Jones Hear you playing Like an orchestra. Your strings, bass, percussion In each and every song come together Just profoundly. Like a great, big, musical family reunion. Your melodies gently brush Against my music–craving eardrums. Their heavy lust for your music Is indescribable. It’s not a want, no, […]
Read More →Ode to the Acoustic Guitar On my Wall
Ode to the Acoustic Guitar On my Wall by Tiffany Huynh Against the Bumpy cream wall of My bedroom, You are the full moon that Glows against Night, but with the soft Warmth of the sun. I pick you up Mesmerized by your beauty and Stare, you are the well-known sculpture in a Famous museum […]
Read More →“Ode to…”
Students from Paul Heller’s Reading for Creative Writing (SD3202) class wrote some impressive odes to a variety of different things in their lives. Feel free to read some of these fantastic poems from these students: Ode to the Acoustic Guitar On my Wall By Tiffany Huynh Against the Bumpy cream wall of My bedroom, You […]
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Read More →S’12 Newsletter Issue 5: Course Evaluations, Student Art, Study Participants Needed
Program Evaluations Now Online! Current ATDP students should complete this year’s Secondary Division Evaluation & Questionnaire between now and the end of the program. The survey can be done at home or at the ATDP office and takes about 15 minutes to complete. Thank you! Inside this issue… Features The ATDP Picnic is drawing near! […]
Read More →The 2012 ATDP Picnic – Saturday, July 28
Bring a picnic blanket, beach ball, wiffle ball and bat, guitar, or anything else you want to share and enjoy as you mingle with ATDP faculty, staff, and students and families from the Elementary and Secondary Divisions.
Read More →Farenheit 451
Students from Susan Maloney’s Writing for High School class have just recently finished reading Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. This novel portrays a future in which books have been outlawed and firemen have the job of burning said books. As an exercise, the students have drawn their take on what the fire department’s badges […]
Read More →S’12 Newsletter Issue 4: Halfway There, SD Course Photos
Inside this issue… Features The ATDP Challenge Computer Science on Camera: new photos below for Elements of Web Design, Programming in Java, and Computer Engineering! The Japanese classes combine to host a contest of creatively crafted cuisine! Class Photos The Writing Process (3200.4) Japanese 1-4 Elements of Web Design (3233) Programming in Java (3235) & Computer […]
Read More →S’12 Newsletter Issue 3: Mastery Through Metacognition, This Week at ATDP
Inside this issue… Features This Week at ATDP: The Writing Process students meet trees, Environmental Science create ecosystems, and Cognitive Neuroscience students visit the Brain Imaging Center The ATDP Challenge Class Photos SD3200.4 The Writing Process SD3278 Environmental Science SD3281 Cognitive Neuroscience S1202 Campus Tour (Exploration) S1210 Lunchtime Juggling (Exploration) S1212 Cartooning (Exploration) S1218 Robotics […]
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