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German Students Honored
On May 6, the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German honored fifteen Concord Academy students who scored in the 90th percentile or higher on the National German Exam.
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Wendy Arnold '65 Inspires CA Community to "Follow Your Passion"
On April 24, Wendy Arnold ’65, president of Peer Education Program of Los Angeles (PEP/LA), a nonprofit organization devoted to the prevention of AIDS in adolescents, returned to Concord Academy to speak about her work in AIDS peer-to-peer counseling with teens. Arnold, a recipient of CA’s Joan Shaw Herman Award for Distinguished Service in 1995 and a graduate of UCLA’s Master of Public Health program, has spent more than twenty-six years educating people globally about AIDS.
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Dr. Chi Huang Visits CA
On April 17, Dr. Chi Huang, assistant professor in pediatrics and director of inpatient services at Boston Medical Center, visited Concord Academy to share his passion of advocating for the lives of street children across the world. Dr. Huang, author of When Invisible Children Sing, has spent the last fifteen years meeting and befriending street children in developing countries, especially Bolivia where he founded the Bolivian Street Children Project.
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Story Writer, Storyteller
Evgenia Peretz, a writer for Vanity Fair and an alumna of CA’s Class of 1987, met with three Creative Nonfiction classes April 10, explaining to students how she crafts detailed portraits of her subjects.
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A Child Soldier's Story
Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier in Sierra Leone, shared the story of his violent past and his return to normalcy during an assembly April 3. His all-day visit, which included meetings with several classes and an evening talk for CA’s parents and alumnae/i, was part of the Hall Fellowship program, which brings distinguished speakers to campus each year.
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