The Ashley Hall Bee Program continues to buzz. Begun four years ago with one Bee Cause observation hive installed in the Pardue Hall Science Lab, the Bee Program now expands through the Upper School curriculum with rooftop Langstroth hives (a wood hive built in a frame for easy bee and honey removal) being explored daily by students of all ages. It is a signature component of Ashley Hall’s science program giving the girls a “hands on” experiential learning opportunity to connect with the natural world and understand the bee’s critical impact on the ecosystem.
With a desire to start the program with the younger children, Ms. Flowers and the Lower School Bee Club took the helm, and a new Bee Cause hive was recently installed in the Ross Early Education Center. “This is a terrific Reggio Emilia tool,” shares Early Education Center Director Dana VanHook, “and the Lower School girls taking the initiative on installation made the opportunity perfect. The younger children are thrilled to now have a hive to explore and respond to.” Now to share some bee hive love with the Intermediate Program…stay tuned girls!
Ashley Hall fifth graders are working with the Lowcountry Maritime Society (LMS) on a unique STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) project. LMS staff come to campus weekly to work with the girls on creating their own fleet of wooden boats. The girls are guided through the process of learning how to read scaled plans and transform those plans into a wooden boat they build themselves. Throughout the semester students are also taught about local maritime history and seamanship skills. Research shows that girls decide as early as fifth grade if they will consider careers in the areas of math and science. Ashley Hall understands the importance of STEAM related programming as it relates to an all-girls’ education.
An Ashley Hall
Production of Disney Mulan Jr.
Music and lyrics by
Matthew Wilder and David Zippel,
Stephen Schwartz,
Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge
Music Adapted and Arranged
and Additional Music and Lyrics
by Bryan Lousiselle
Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics
by Patricia Cotter
Based on the 1998 Disney film
“Mulan” and the story “Fa Mulan”
by Robert D. San Souci
Performance Dates:
February 10, 2017 & February 11 | 7:00pm
Davies Auditorium
This live performance of the popular Disney film, Mulan Jr. features a cast from Ashley Hall’s Intermediate Program. Mulan Jr. turns the traditional fairy tale on its head. The story is the cross-cultural retelling of a popular Chinese folk tale where a peasant girl disguises herself as a man and takes her ailing father’s place in the emperor’s army. Filled with beautiful melodies and PQV attitude, Mulan Jr. is perfect for the entire family, especially Ashley Hall girls!
Tickets: $10 for adults | $8 for students
Tickets will be available online through February 8 and then can be purchased at the door the evening of the performance. Tickets are non transferable between performances.
Online ticket sales for Disney’s Mulan Jr. are now closed, please purchase your ticket at the door.
A heartfelt “thank you” to all of our families and alumnae who supported the Chicora Elementary School gift-giving campaign. This morning in North Charleston, 568 bags filled to the top with new toys, books, school supplies and uniforms, were distributed to our young friends at Chicora. Over 20 cars acted as “sleighs” behind the big Ashley Hall activity bus which was packed to the ceiling with gift bags. A huge PQV to EEC Director and Santa’s special elf, Dana VanHook, and her team of incredible volunteers who pulled this huge effort off seamlessly for the 17th year. The best part of the visit—seeing the children’s faces light up when seeing Santa Claus and a gift bag with their name on it! We believe! Do you?
The Holiday Market is an opportunity for students to learn about sales and marketing skills while earning money too! Over the next few weeks as the countdown to the holidays begins, the AH Parents’ Association is encouraging students to find their entrepreneurial self within by either working with a team of fellow students or as a solo-run business producing fun items to sell at the December 9, Holiday Market. The students keep all the proceeds from the sale of their items.
Table registration and information forms for Intermediate and Upper School students are now available. The deadline has been extended to Tuesday, November 29.
Table Registration and Information Forms
Ashley Hall is pleased to announce the addition of its new school-based Health Center led by Director of Ashley Hall Health Services —and alumna!—Tiffin Dowling Lamoreaux ’01. “Think of it as Ashley Hall’s Urgent Care Center,” says Tiffin. Research shows that more students return to class after visiting a school-provided nurse practitioner versus a school nurse. There are many medical conditions that may have previously required a parent to take their child to their primary care provider that can now be managed on campus thus allowing the child to remain at school. Tiffin will work closely with primary care providers to ensure that there is continuity of care. “With a focus on preventive care and health maintenance, the goal is to keep our students healthy, so they can thrive in class.” The benefits of a school-based health center also extend to faculty and staff. By providing routine and preventative health maintenance as well as acute care, Tiffin can reduce faculty and staff related health-related absences and see lower out-of-pocket medical costs. It’s a winning proposition campus wide.