| Students, teachers, families tackle hunger at annual MLK Day meal-packaging event “We lose about 20,000 people a day to hunger-related issues. Have you ever been to see the Carolina Hurricanes? If you fill up the PNC Arena, they don’t come out at the end. That’s what we’re here to fix, and we will do it in our lifetime.” The morning started with a wake-up call for Durham Academy’s 150 volunteers, but John Lewis of Raleigh-based hunger-relief organization Stop Hunger Now knew he had to put the day's work in perspective. The good news is over the last 10 years, meal-packaging events organized by the nonprofit have reduced the number of food-insecure people in the world by about 100 million people. The bad news is there are still 795 million people worldwide who are food insecure. Read More | |
| #PersonFirst project emphasizes our common thread: humanity The imagery is striking. Each person stands motionless, his or her eyes fixed on the viewer. Meanwhile, the world is whizzing by — other people in the frame a blur of motion, seemingly oblivious to the battle that each photo's subject faces as a result of stereotypes. But, we, the viewer, are given a clue: a placard reminding us that behind religion, skin tone, sexual orientation, ability, nationality, gender and the like, there is something so much more important — a person. Read More
Faculty Spotlight: Middle School history teacher Doreen Johnson Doreen Johnson remembers watching with envy as her brothers and sisters did their homework around a giant table in the family kitchen. The eighth child in a family of nine, Johnson "couldn't wait until I had homework. I always loved school." That love of school came directly from her parents, and doing well in school was important for Johnson, her five sisters and three brothers. Read More Box Tops for Education spring deadline is Feb. 26 DA Night at the Hurricanes is set for Feb. 28
NOTE: WISER A Cappella Jam has been postponed (new date to be shared soon) Duke Basketball Radio Show: Alumnus Kevin Cullen '03, Duke basketball's director of information technology, helps host Duke hoops radio show The News & Observer: Senior Rachel Hopkins earns Girl Scout Gold Award for short film about amphibian extinction (View film here)
| | This Week's Events Upcoming Events and Reminders NOTE: WISER A Cappella Jam has been postponed (Originally scheduled for Jan. 23; new date to be shared soon) Professional Development Day: No School (all-day care available) - Monday, Feb. 8 Used Book Sale Book Sort - Wednesday, Feb. 10, 8 a.m. to noon (drop in/out), Middle School Tunnel Upper School Musical: Fiddler on the Roof - Thursday, Feb. 11, to Saturday, Feb. 13, Kenan Auditorium (shows at 7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 2 p.m. matinee Feb. 13) Parents Association Box Tops for Education Spring Deadline - Friday, Feb. 26 DA Night at the Hurricanes - Sunday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m., PNC Arena (tickets on sale now) |