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Durham Academy News & Notes/Nov. 5, 2015

Iranian refugee family offers real-world

connection to seventh-graders' studies

According to the United Nations, there were 19.5 million refugees worldwide at the end of 2014 — a total that has ballooned in the months since as millions of people continue to flee violence in Syria. That vast number can make it difficult for people half a world away to see refugees' plight in terms of individual men, women, girls and boys with hopes and dreams — rather than a faceless mass of people.

So as her seventh-grade language arts students read Katherine Applegate's Home of the Brave, the story of a young African refugee adapting to life in Minnesota, inspiration struck teacher Kelly Howes. In an effort to further humanize the challenges of refugees, she arranged for a family of Iranian refugees to address her seventh-graders just as they were completing their study of the book. Read More

Upper School director search

enters finalist phase

Durham Academy launched a search for a new Upper School director this fall as Lee Hark ends his tenure as director and transitions to his full-time role as assistant head of school in July 2016. One of Hark’s primary roles as assistant head will be guiding the school in the implementation of Strategic Plan goals for recruiting, retaining and supporting life-changing faculty as well as ensuring a cohesive, connected and collaborative student learning experience. Read More

Faculty Spotlight: Middle School

math teacher Tyrone Gould

“I love what I do. Some people think I’m joking when I say this, but there hasn’t been a day in 10 years where I hit the snooze button and say to myself ‘Man, I don’t want to go to work.’ I love my job.”

If you’ve met Middle School math teacher and basketball and baseball coach Tyrone Gould, you know that it shows. Gould, who came to Durham Academy two years ago after eight years in Virginia at Norfolk Academy’s middle school, has known since high school that he wanted to teach. Read More

Student-athletes earn conference,

region, state accolades

Eighteen Cavaliers have been honored for their success on the course, field and court with all-conference, all-region and all-state honors. These student-athletes were recognized at Durham Academy's fall varsity athletic awards program on Nov. 3. Read More