Panther Athletes Celebrate National Signing Day! Panther spirit was loud and proud during today’s National Signing Day Ceremony. Three members of the Class of 2022 signed their letters of intent with excitement in front of family and friends. PQV to Meggie Navarro ’22 who will play tennis for the University of Virginia, Raegan Propes ’22 will play golf at the College of Charleston, and Vivian Miller ’22 who will play tennis for Brown University. Congratulations girls! We are SO proud of everything you have accomplished!
Winning Streak Continues With Fourth Straight Championship Title!
Ashley Hall is pleased to announce that its Varsity Tennis Team has once again won the 2021 SCISA Class 3A State Championship. Under the guidance of new head coach, Charlotte Hartsock, the Panther program continues its tradition of excellence by securing its fourth championship title in a row.
After a 5-4 victory over Trinity Collegiate on Friday, Ashley Hall beat Porter-Gaud 5-2 on Saturday to win its fourth straight championship.
“This has been a great group of girls,” said Panthers head coach Charlotte Hartsock. “They’ve worked really hard and they were the underdogs this weekend. We pulled it out beautifully.”
On the team’s recent win and ongoing success, Head of School Jill Muti added “Congratulations to Coach Hartsock and all members of our Varsity team. I am so proud of you and your accomplishments.”
Ashley Hall finished the year with a 13-5 record. The Panthers had played Porter-Gaud three times during the regular season, winning once. However, they had their full complement of players during the final match and were able to win despite the grueling semifinal match.
Senior team members included Dorothy Fort, Jane Goldstein, Vivian Miller, Natalie Richards, and Penny Wallace.
An exciting time was had by Upper School students last week at the first Pep Rally of the year! Celebrating fall sports teams, this outdoor celebration also encouraged some friendly competition between our Purple and White teams.
The Ashley Hall experience is full of rich traditions, but none as colorful and exciting as the school’s Purple and White Teams. Started by school founder Miss McBee before a competitive athletics program was in place, the Purple and White teams offered the student body a fun way to participate in a robust intramural sports program, show school spirit, and encourage achievement both in and out the classroom.
Today, students receive their team color beginning in the 5th grade. If a student’s mother, grandmother, or sister attended Ashley Hall, she is automatically on that relative’s team. New Ashley Hall girls receive their team color by lot. The goal of each team is to encourage good sportsmanship, teamwork, loyalty and friendly competition. A student does not contribute to her team solely through athletics; points are accumulated by participation in academic and extracurricular activities as well. The Team Cup is awarded at the end of the year to the team with the most points.
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Ashley Hall Writers Series presents: American Author, Lisa Wells
October 11, 2021 | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
This event will be offered as a digital presentation and is open to the Charleston community. Upon registering below, you will receive a confirmation email containing information to access this event.
Ashley Hall is pleased to present non-fiction writer and poet, Lisa Wells. She will be reading from her critically acclaimed new work, Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World. In this piece, Ms. Wells’ introduces trailblazers and outliers from across the globe who have found radically new ways to live and reconnect to the Earth in the face of climate change.
Ms. Well’s essays and poems have also appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, Granta, n+1, and other publications.
Praise for Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World
“Lisa Wells follows a cast of unruly and colorful characters who believe their work on the land and with one another is a healing force . . . She never loses sight of her inspired objective, to restore and revive what she refers to as ‘the promised land’… The urgency to live sustainably stems from the cascading woes of collapsing ecosystems, and Wells implores her readers to start thinking creatively.” ―The New York Times Book Review
“Shocking and vivid… [Wells’s] descriptions of climate change capture the harsh reality of devastation… Climate-minded readers should take note of this roving account of perseverance.”
―Publishers Weekly
Purchase Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World online from Charleston’s Buxton Books by clicking here.
This fall, 22 new faculty and staff members join Ashley Hall with 39 advanced degrees, decades of combined experience and expertise, and a shared passion for outstanding education. We warmly welcome this stellar group of educators into our community. Click on the button below to learn more.
Although this year challenged our School in immeasurable ways, students, faculty, and staff still found time to embrace and celebrate joy. Hear from Upper School Dean of Students Kelly Sumner as she shares 6 ways Ashley Hall students have stayed connected this year.
“This year is especially challenging—as we knew it would be—and the SLC is meeting the need to provide an extra layer of comfort and care to our students. All of our students are still processing the abrupt ending of school last spring, the loss of a summer as they would have experienced it, the daily challenges of mask wearing and social distancing, and the constant worry about what the rest of the year will look like. The SLC already feels like a ‘check in’ spot—not just for business but for yourself—a place to relax a bit, unwind, and meet with the adults on campus who are helping to guide you, support you, and cheer you on.
Our current challenges are gatherings, togetherness, and space. We are supporting students by helping them to reframe their expectations and find the beauty and the joy in getting to do things traditionally, but with a twist. We have had to reimagine what we do but are committed to capturing everything in a way that still honors the spirit of the event. It is easy to get caught up in something ‘not being the same’ just because it looks different, but it can still feel the same and have the same end result, maybe even a better one!
A silver lining is realizing a true appreciation for the opportunity to be together in community; students are gaining the ability to appreciate both what they have lost as well as what they still have in a way that wouldn’t have been possible without these restrictions. Daily conversations are happening in the SLC about triumphs, struggles, plans, ideas, worries, fears, and hopes. Questions are answered, tears are shed, complaints are heard, news is shared, excitement is expressed, and visions are co-created.”
6 Ways Ashley Hall Upper School Students are Staying Connected
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