USL 2020-2021
Leadership and Life Skills (L&L)
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General
Announcements
2020-2021 Major Dates Calendar
Emergency Handbook 2020-2021
L&L - Curriculum Map for 20-21 (please explore to see how this course is organized, areas we'll explore, skills you'll learn)
8th Grade Advisory Groups (2020-2021)
Red Cross training information
Krav Maga - training and demonstration videos for kids from Charleston Krav Maga (password = CKM2Go)
Orientation - "Help Us Get to Know You Questionnaire" - complete and return to Mrs. Hubbard
Academic Computing, Technology, and Cell Phones Policy (please download, print, sign, and return to Judy Hubbard)
SCISA Quiz Bowl (competitions are mid-October) - new rules for Virtual Quiz Bowl
SCISA Quiz Bowl (competitions are mid-October) - video demonstration of rules for Virtual Quiz Bowl
University School - resources for early voting, getting informed, our effort to secure poll workers, our Election Day exit polling project (love parent help with this!) (9/28)
Relationship Building Questions - for when paired up, sitting next to each other -- not useful with partner walking (need to look at partner)
Zoom Game List
Post and Courier feature on USL and our outdoor learning spaces "Is SC solution to safe school in the era of coronavirus under a big tent? " (10/3/2020)
Live5News video story on our use of outdoor learning spaces - call for SC government leadership "Mt. Pleasant school sets up tents for outdoor classroom space" (10/13/2020)
Sample MS Skill Wheel
Tips for getting your laptop connected to the Hub printers (10/14)
Quiz Bowl Prep - NAQT "You Gotta Know These" Categories
Quiz Bowl Prep - NAQT - "Buzzword" online audio game
Family Sign-up: Staff/Teacher Appreciation treats 2020-21
List of Zoom games
Computer & Printer Troubleshooting - Zach Hogeboom (2/11/2021)
Printer and Technology Update (2/4)
August 23 - August 29
YouTube video (5 minutes) recommended by the League of Women Voters - "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga
Agenda for 8/26 LOTC
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (8/24-8/29)
Speaker notes - Joan Zaleski, League of Women Voters - journalist Kit (8/26/2020)
Speaker notes - Bakari Sellers - journalist Frank (8/2020)
August 30 - September 5
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (8/30-9/4)
Zoom link and password for special 4:00 PM presentation on Wed., 9/2 - Angela Walker, VP candidate, Green Party
Preview of tomorrow (Wed., 9/2) - LOTC and early dismissal -- 4 PM virtual guest speaker
Agenda for 9/2 LOTC Day and special 4 pm Virtual guest speaker - and early dismissal 1:30
Speaker Prep - YouTube video (90 seconds) Howie Hawkins ad "For Our Future"
Speaker Prep - website for the Green Party (explore -- especially the 10 Key Values under "About")
Speaker Prep - website for the Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker campaign - Green Party candidates for President and Vice President
Speaker Prep - Texas Tribune article "Texas Democrats are successfully suing to kick Green Party candidates off the November ballot" (8/20/2020)
Speaker Prep - The Guardian (UK) article - "'A big victory would be 5%': Green party's Howie Hawkins eyes progress" (8/14/2020)
Speaker Prep - YouTube video (65 minutes) "Q&A with Howie and Angela #22" (9/1/2020)
Speaker notes - Angela Walker, Green Party VP candidate - journalist Conor (9/2/2020)
September 6 - September 12
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (9/8-9/11) password = 049160
Preview of Wed., 9/9 LOTC Day
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 9/8 -- all are welcome) Zoom Link --- password = 557378
Community Email - Week in Preview (9/7)
Speaker Prep - Business Insider article "Everything you need to know about South Carolina's 1st Congressional House race" (8/28/2020)
Speaker Prep - Forbes magazine article "Third-Party Candidates Played A Major Role In 2016, But 2020 Is A Two-Man Race" (9/8/2020)
Speaker Prep - official Congress webpage bio for Joe Cunningham
Speaker Prep - Joe Cunningham's campaign website
Speaker Prep - website for the Democratic Party
Speaker Prep - extended video interview of Joe Cunningham - with Quintin Washington on YouTube (15 minutes) (12/2/2017) - 11 months before he was first elected
Speaker Prep - extended video interview of Joe Cunningham (15 minutes) "1-on-1 with Joe Cunningham, South Carolina Democrat for Congress - ABC News4" (10/15/2018) - 3 weeks before 1st elected
Speaker Prep - website for the Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Speaker Prep - Center for Responsive Politics - Open Secrets website - "About Us"
Speaker Prep - Center for Responsive Politics "Open Secrets" page for Joe Cunningham
Zoom link and password for guest speaker US House Rep. Joe Cunningham (1:00-2:00 PM on Wed., 9/9) password = 454857
Agenda for 9/9 LOTC
Community Email (Th., 9/10) - update on tents - story about it on WCBD2 at 6 PM tonight
Community Note - Thinking of Norva Myles from Royal Missionary Baptist Church / Amari President
WCBD Channel 2 article and video "Mount Pleasant school gets creative with socially distanced classroom" (9/10/2020)
September 13 - September 19
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (9/14-9/18) password = 049160 URL
Community Email - Looking Ahead - PSAT for 7th-11th on Wed., Oct. 14
MM from Friday - video (60 seconds, YouTube) "Cowboys herding cats"
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 9/15 -- all are welcome) Zoom Link --- password = 350291
MM link - P&C article "SC mental health experts, booksellers discuss benefits of reading during pandemic" (9/14/2020)
Community Notes Email (9/14)
Agenda for 9/16 LOTC
Zoom link and password for guest speaker League of Women Voters Julie Hussey (1:00-2:00 PM on Wed., 9/16) password = 094003
Speaker Prep - P&C article "Charleston gets nearly $700,000 grant to pay poll workers more amid coronavirus pandemic" (9/10/2020)
Speaker Prep - P&C article "Absentee voting set to expand during pandemic, SC lawmakers reject other election changes" (9/16/2020)
Speaker Prep - Annenberg Classroom video (9 min) "The Constitution and the First Amendment: Campaign Finance Reform"
Speaker Prep - website for the League of Women Voters
Speaker notes - Julie Hussey, League of Women Voters - journalists Audrey and Cadence (9/16/2020)
September 20 - September 26
Agenda for 9/23 LOTC
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (9/21-25) password=128244
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 9/22 -- all are welcome) Zoom Link --- password = 232928
LOTC for MS/US - Zoom link and password for Darkness to Light Stewards of Children session with Steve Mandell - for MS & US (meeting ID = 833 4900 9672)
LOTC for MS/US - website - Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children training (all faculty/staff/volunteers take this or equivalent every August) (Upper School students also, abridged version for MS)
LOTC for MS/US - website - Darkness to Light's "Protecting Children During a Crisis" - all faculty/staff have taken this URL
LOTC for MS/US - D2L flyer - Community Resources for Responding to Child Sexual Abuse File
Speaker Prep - web bio for College of Charleston's Kendra Stewart, Professor and Director Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Center for Livable Communities
Zoom link and password for guest speaker C of C Political Science professor Dr. Kendra Stewart - password=228625
Speaker Prep - Annenberg Classroom video (19 min) "Executive Branch: What Does a Mayor Do?"
Community Notes Email - Week in Preview (9/22)
Speaker - C of C Professor Kendra Stewart's presentation on government and federalism (9/23/2020)
L&L - The Atlantic article "An Ode to Small Talk: (10/2020)
L&L - Washington Post article "Ever wondered why trees ditch their leaves each fall?" (9/20/2020)
Community Email (9/24) - Beach socializing opportunity this Saturday (9/26) / special schedule for guest speaker on Friday (9/25)
Speaker Prep - US House #1 candidate Nancy Mace (Republican) campaign website
Speaker Prep - extended video interview of Nancy Mace - with Quintin Washington on YouTube (34 minutes) (7/10/2020)
Speaker Prep - Post and Courier "SC 1st Congressional District: Cunningham and Mace differ on climate change science views" (9/14/2020)
Speaker Prep - website for the Republican Party
Zoom link and password for Guest Speaker Nancy Mace (Fri., 9/25, 1:00-2:00 PM) -password = 016118
Speaker notes for Dr. Kendra Stewart - C of C PoliSci professor on federalism - journalist Sarah Booker (9/23/2020)
September 27 - October 3
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (9/28-10/2) password=290124
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 9/22 -- all are welcome -- see info on competitions in October at top of this page) Zoom Link --- password = 851326
Zoom link and password for Guest Speaker Jennie Stephens, CEO Center for Heirs' Property Preservation (Wed., 9/30, 9:30-10:30 AM) password = 831064
Speaker Prep - Jennie Stephens, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - website for Center for Heirs' Property Preservation - located in West Ashley
Speaker Prep - website for the Highway 41 Corridor Improvements (created by Charleston County government)
Speaker Prep - Letters to the Editor in the Post and Courier about Highway 41 project
Speaker Prep - P&C article "Widening Highway 41 would take family land in Phillips, but owners could go unpaid" (9/4/2020)
Speaker Prep - Post and Courier commentary "Commentary: We can’t let Charleston County destroy the Phillips community" (9/5/2020)
Speaker Prep - WCBD-2 News video (2 min) "'Save Phillips' signs line Highway 41 as proposed expansion project threatens the neighborhood" (9/23/2020)
Community Email - Week in Preview / Meet College Intern Sasha Audier-Johnson (9/27)
LOTC Agenda - Wed., 9/30
For the IS on Wed., 9/30 - PBS Nature video (55 minutes) "American Spring LIVE: Episode 1 - Birth and Rebirth"
Speaker notes for guest Dr. Jennie Stephens - Center for Heirs' Property Preservation - journalists Bennett Gilhuly and Ada Kennelly (9/30/2020)
October 4 - October 10
Community Email - Please welcome Randy Straff - IS Lead, Reading & Writing, and LOTC teacher / Fri., 10/9 8:00 AM "Meet and Greet" (10/4)
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (10/5-10/9) password=975946
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 10/6 -- all are welcome -- see info on competitions in October at top of this page) Zoom Link --- password = 562401
Zoom link and password for Guest Speaker Alex Thornton, Libertarian candidate for SC House #119 (Wed., 10/7, 1:30-2:30 PM) password = 170535
Speaker Prep - website for S.C. House #119 candidate Alex Thornton
Speaker Prep - Libertarian Party website
Speaker Prep - website for Jo Jorgensen (Clemson University professor) Libertarian candidate for President
Speaker Prep - P&C article "Clemson psychology lecturer Jo Jorgensen running for president as Libertarian" (9/19/2020)
Speaker Prep - CSPAN video (45 min.) "IS THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM WORKING? Libertarian Nominee Jo Jorgensen on Campaign 2020" (7/11/2020)
Reminder for Fri., 10/9 - School Photos - notes on special attire and pictures begin at 7:30 AM
P&C article on University School "Scoppe: Is SC solution to safe school in the era of coronavirus under a big tent?" (10/4/2020)
From Mon., 10/5 Morning Meeting / CNN10 - link to NASA's Exoplanet Exploration webpage
"I Can Help" Red White Board option - calling and advocating on behalf of Pinehurst Elementary School's (we have worked with them for years, Friday service, Bee City) - Donors Choose for water bottles
Community Email - reminder - early in-person absentee voting began this morning in all 3 Lowcountry counties (Mon., 10/5)
Dates for SCISA Quiz Bowl competitions -- first one is next week // rules and demo for virtual quiz bowl
Community Email - Week in Preview & "Get to Know" video of long-term sub James Leggett (10/5)
Article that links to election prep - P&C "Witness signatures required on SC absentee ballots again, US Supreme Court rules" (10/5/2020)
Agenda for 10/7 LOTC Day
SCISA Quiz Bowl Dates and Info ---- US (10/16), IS (10/20), and MS (10/27)
Notes from guest speaker Alex Thornton (Libertarian) on 10/7 - journalists are Violet Patel and Pai Doesburg
October 2020 calendar - print and display & place dates in your planner
October 11 - October 17
for 7th-11th on Wed., 10/14 in the morning - website for the College Board's PSAT - information about the test
L&L for all - Washington Post article featuring Charleston from Tuesday, September 22 "The week started with major coastal flooding in Charleston. The weather was beautiful." (9/22/2020) "
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (10/12-10/16) password=769411
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 10/13 -- all are welcome -- see info on competitions in October at top of this page) Zoom Link --- password = 140085
LOTC Prep - Washington Post article "China’s mealtime appeal amid food supply worries: Don’t take more than you can eat" (10/5/2020)
LOTC Prep - Washington Post article "U.S. faces shortage of up to 8 billion meals in next 12 months, leading food bank says" (10/2/2020)
Community Email - Week in Preview (10/12)
Agenda for LOTC Day (Wed., 10/14)
Upper School Quiz Bowl - notes for Region Competition (virtual) - Fri., 10/16
Upper School Quiz Bowl - Regional Brackets
Community Email - reminder & special notes for Saturday, 10/17 (community service & Movie Club)
October 18 - October 24
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (10/19-10/23) password=347458
Lower School Quiz Bowl Bracket - at SCISA Headquarters in Orangeburg - Tues., 10/20 (double-elimination, we are team #2)
Speaker Prep - The Atlantic "The Children Who Desegregated America’s Schools" (9/25/2020)
Speaker Prep - The Atlantic "The Persistence of Segregation in South Carolina" (9/29/2020)
Speaker Prep - Smithsonian Magazine "THE DEFIANT ONES: As young girls, they fought the fierce battle to integrate America’s schools half a century ago" (6/2018)
Speaker Prep - Charleston Magazine "Somebody Had To Do It" (2/2016)
Speaker Prep - video (70 minutes) of 2000 interview of Millicent Brown as part of the Somebody Had to Do It Collection - part of the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Morning Meeting Link - NY Times article about laptops for virtual public school students in USA "The Digital Divide Starts With a Laptop Shortage" (10/12/2020)
Lower School Quiz Bowl - Notes for State Championship (Tues., 10/20)
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 10/20 -- all are welcome -- see info on competitions in October at top of this page) Zoom Link --- password = 334276
Election Prep and Link - P&C article "Young poll workers in SC coveted, sparse as Election Day approaches" (10/14/2020)
Community Email - Week in Preview (10/19)
Upper School Quiz Bowl - notes for Playoff competition (virtual) - (Th., 10/22)
Email from Kristina Woodward, sophomore at Belmont in Nashville, TN (MS '15, US'19 graduate) - about hosting the last presidential debate on Th., 10/22
October 25 - October 31
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (10/26-10/30) password = 982369
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 10/27 -- all are welcome -- see info on competitions in October at top of this page) Zoom Link --- password = 386897
LOTC Prep - The Atlantic photo essay "Winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020" (10/14/2020)
Morning Meeting and LARK Technology Policy link - Atlanta Journal-Constitution article "Many metro Atlanta schools still in laptop limbo" (
Morning Meeting link - NY Times article "Meet the Diabolical Ironclad Beetle. It’s Almost Uncrushable." (10/21/2020)
Community Email - 1:30 early dismissal and 4 pm virtual speaker on Th., 10/29 (Insights from New Zealand on COVID)
Speaker Prep - Th., 10/29 at 4:00 PM - website for University of Auckland (NZ) Population Health (Public Health) Professor Dr. Judith Patricia McCool
Speaker Prep - Th., 10/29 at 4:00 PM - website for University of Auckland (NZ) Population Health (Public Health) Professor Dr. Kirsty Wild
Speaker Prep - The Lancet (British Medical Journal) "Potential lessons from the Taiwan and New Zealand health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic" (10/20/2020)
Speaker Prep - NPR Article "New Zealand Declares Victory Over Coronavirus Again, Lifts Auckland Restrictions" (10/7/2020)
Speaker Prep - World Health Organization (WHO) YouTube video 4 min "Sharing COVID-19 experiences: The New Zealand response" (7/7/2020)
Speaker Prep - US News opinion piece "Pandemic Leadership Lessons in New Zealand" (10/23/2020)
Speaker Prep - CIA World Fact Book for New Zealand
Speaker Prep - NY TImes article "None of these 195 countries — the U.S. included — is fully prepared for a pandemic, report says" (10/24/2020)
Middle School Quiz Bowl - notes for Region Competition (virtual) - on Tues., 10/27
Community Email - Week in Preview (10/26) - Special 1:30 dismissal on Th., (10/29) for NZ guest speakers
Agenda for 10/28 LOTC Day
Zoom link and password for Guest Speakers, University of Auckland, NZ - Population Health Professors Kirsty Wild and Judith McCool (Th., 10/29 at 4 PM) password = 818783
Speaker notes for U of Auckland Population Health Professors Judith McCool and Kristy Wild - journalists Sarah Booker (10/29/2020)
November 1 - November 7
November 2020 calendar - print and display & place dates in your planner
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (11/2-11/6) password = 011792
Community Notes Email - Week in Preview (11/1)
Community Email - Order the '20-'21 University School Sweatshirt! (due by Wed., 11/4)
Exit Polling Prep - video update "Explaining our Annual Exit Polling Project (re-imagined for the pandemic)" (10/29)
Exit Polling Prep - PBS Frontline video (1:53) "The Choice 2020: Trump versus Biden"
Exit Polling Prep - NY Times article "Election Maps are Everywhere. Don't Let Them Fool You" (10/30/2020)
Exit Polling Prep - exit poll form - to be administered by the student through a distanced conversation with a voter
Exit Polling Prep - Agenda for Exit Polling on Election Day (rough draft)
Exit Polling Prep - Guidelines for conducting exit polls (for students and faculty to read and review)
Exit Polling Prep - Explaining Exit Polling Program (an overview that we'll also have for you to share with curious voters on Election Day)
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 11/3 -- all are welcome -- and preparing for State Championships for MS and US next week) Zoom Link --- password = 877825
LOTC Prep for MS/US - Kayaking Shem Creek on Wed., 11/4 - online waiver from Coastal Expeditions must be completed by parents in advance
LOTC Prep - notes and information for MS/US Kayaking on Shem Creek on Wed., 11/4
Exit Polling Prep - WCBD New 2 story "Lowcountry students sign up to work as poll workers on Election Day" (11/2/2020)
Agenda for 11/4 LOTC
November 8 - November 14
Post and Courier article spotlighting schools in Charleston, including USL, using creative outdoor learning spaces "Charleston schools get creative with hands-on outdoor learning as pandemic continues" (11/8/2020)
Link to the P&C article from Sunday, 11/8 looking at schools using outside learning in Charleston - NY TImes article "Class Outdoors, Across the Country" (10/27/2020)
Community Notes Email - University School - Week in Preview (11/8) - Reminder - Special 1:00 dismissal on Fr., (11/13)
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (11/9-11/13) password = 011792
Information for Monday's (11/9) SCISA Middle School Quiz Bowl Championship in Orangeburg
Information for Tuesday's (11/10) SCISA High School Quiz Bowl Championship in Orangeburg
NO AFTER-SCHOOL QUIZ BOWL CLUB BECAUSE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS THIS WEEK (normally 4-5 PM on Zoom on Tuesdays -- all are welcome!)
Upper School newsletter - (early-November 2020 edition)
Veterans Day link 2020 - Stars and Stripes newspaper "Pandemic prompts change to list of best cities for veterans" (11/9/2020)
LOTC Prep - bio for C of C historian Dr. Jacob Steere-Williams - speaking at 1 PM on Wed., 11/11
LOTC Prep - WCBD News story video (2 min) "Charleston’s pandemic history- a moment of science" (8/31/2020)
LOTC Prep - website for Lapham's Quarterly - US subscribes - MS got this quarter's issue - Epidemics (can explore some of the items here)
Zoom link and password for Guest Speaker Dr. Jacob Steere-Williams, C of C Historian of Diseases, Epidemics, and more (Wed., 11/11 1:00-1:45 PM) password = 543332
Agenda for Wed., 11/11 LOTC Day
Link to Dr. Steere-Williams work in government improvements to prevent disease - Food and Drug Administration Food and Medicine Recall and Safety Alert and more list
Speaker notes from Dr. Jacob Steere-Williams - C of C Pandemic historian - from 11/11/2020 - journalists are Sarah and Liam
Community Email - Next week! - USL at Holiday of Lights - Tuesday, 11/17 (re-imagined for 2020)
November 15 - November 21
University School - video update (5 min.) - explaining this week (11/16-11/20) Holiday Lights, Home Learning, Day of Caring, etc.
All Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L / LOTC) - week of 11/16-11/20 password = 011792
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Trident United Way’s 20th annual Day of Caring to be very different due to the coronavirus" (10/12/2020)
Annual USL Community Tradition (this year Tues., 11/17) - P&C article "Charleston’s Holiday Festival of Lights will return, but without carousel rides or s’mores" (10/12/2020)
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "Virtual Volunteering Still Offers Benefits" (10/28/2020)
LOTC Prep - Day of Caring - Donors Choose project for Pinehurst Elementary (water bottles for all students)
LOTC Prep - website for the Trident United Way's Day of Caring (20th Anniversary this year!)
Article link to Day of Caring - Washington Post "Volunteering can give kids purpose in uncertain times — and there are still ways to do it" (11/16/2020)
IS Newsletter - October
Community Email - please complete - Day of Caring "Sign-Up Genius" (this Friday - 11/20)
Day of Caring - Sign Up Genius link (this Friday, 11/20)
Day of Caring at Windwood Farm - special waiver to be printed, completed, and returned for participants and their parent/guardian
Day of Caring - Groups and Assignments (Fri., 11/20)
November 22 - November 28
All Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L / LOTC) - week of 11/23-11/24 password = 709543
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) - Flyer about safely navigating Thanksgiving and Winter holidays
Annual Thanksgiving Tradition - watching PBS Nature documentary video (58 min.) "My Life as a Turkey" (2011)
Washington Post article on OWL "‘Telepresence’ robots are making virtual school feel a little more like real school" (11/10/2020)
November 29 - December 5
All Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L / LOTC) - week of 11/30-12/4 password = 249286
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 12/1 -- all are welcome) Zoom Link --- password = 500564
Community Email - University School - updated COVID protocols (post-Thanksgiving) (11/30)
Community Email - Week in Preview (12/1)
December 2020 calendar (rough draft) - print and display & place dates in your planner
Agenda for 12/2 LOTC
LOTC Prep - website for PBS American Experience documentary - We Shall Remain (2009) - we'll watch episode 1 "After the Mayflower"
December 6 - December 12
Community Email - notes about Wednesday's LOTC - please RSVP to Judy Hubbard by end-of-day Mon., 12/7 -- for Wed., 12/9 LOTC at Hampton Park
All Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L / LOTC) - week of 12/7-12/11 password = 179544
Description of the Secret Yeti program - items are due by Tuesday, 12/15
video update (6-7 min.) Secret Yeti, Emotional Well-Being Tips, Field Trip on 12/9
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 12/8 -- all are welcome) Zoom Link --- password = 835412
Community Email - Week in Preview and updated December calendar (12/7)
December 2020 calendar (FINAL) - print and display & place dates in your planner File
Agenda and groupings for 12/9 LOTC
Slideshow for Hampton Park - Denmark Vesey - The Citadel LOTC (12/9/2020)
December 13 - December 19
Community Email - Week in Preview (12/14)
Community Email - notes and overview of last 3 days of school in December (sent 12/15)
All Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L ---- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 12/14-12/18 password = 878311
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 12/15 -- all are welcome) Zoom Link --- password = 414721
Special Schedule of Classes for Wed., 12/16
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - our Kwanzaa speaker is also the Director for Upward Bound at the College of Charleston -- read here to learn more about it, and then click "staff" to read his bio (Talim Lessane)
Winter Exploration of Faiths (and Cultures!) Prep - PBS Kids YouTube video 1 min "Kwanzaa"
Winter Exploration of Faiths (and Cultures!) Prep - history.com article about Kwanzaa
Winter Exploration of Faiths (and Cultures!) Prep - Voice of America article and video "African Americans Celebrate Kwanzaa" (12/23/2013)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - Pew interactive graphic of USA and all 50 states -- allows you to see the religious composition of the nation as a whole and any state -- very cool!
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website for Pew Research Center - click "RELIGION" at top of page and explore for insights into faith in America today
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - The Atlantic article "America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches" (11/25/2018)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - The State article "Losing Faith: Why South Carolina is abandoning its churches" (8/9/2018)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "Historically black Charleston churches moving off peninsula as area continues to gentrify" (11/4/2018)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "‘Community’s church:’ Amid gentrifying Charleston peninsula, historic Mt. Zion AME thrives" (7/11/2020)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "Charleston area churches find new life as private homes, restaurants" (11/20/2018)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website for Mt. Zion AME Church - by College of Charleston
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "Pastor of Mount Zion AME Church takes helm of Charleston’s Illumination Project" (6/28/2018)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "‘Community’s church:’ Amid gentrifying Charleston peninsula, historic Mt. Zion AME thrives" (7/11/2020)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - CSPAN video (15 minutes) "Rev. Kylon Middleton's eulogy at Rev. Clementa Pinckney's funeral 2015"
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website for Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) Synagogue - birthplace of Reform Judaism (explore!)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - video about KKBE's renovated temple (Vimeo, 20 minutes) --- password to watch the video = KKBE
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "Charleston’s Chanukah celebration aims to safely offer sense of community during holidays" (12/5/2020)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "Rabbi Stephanie Alexander considers life at KKBE, social justice, history and baseball" (1/29/2017)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - P&C article "Historic Reform Judaism synagogue in Charleston still adapting in the modern era" (7/6/2019)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - BBC Religions Section - page for Judaism (explore!)
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website for Roper Saint Francis Hospital (RSFH) system - Pastoral Care - our speaker is The Rev. Dr. Yhanco Monet -- click on "Pastoral Care Staff" to see his picture, etc.
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - website for Providence Health System in Columbia's Pastoral Care - includes 1 minute YouTube video and topics - great resource for prepping for RSFH Pastoral Care speaker
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - comparative Pastoral Care - website for Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy
Winter Exploration of Faiths Prep - comparative Pastoral Care - YouTube video (5 min) about the history of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson in Columbia - visited this Army base 2 years ago
Winter Exploration of Faiths - P&C article "Summerville Ministerial Association sees Unity Services as a way to fix cultural gaps" (12/12/2020)
Winter Exploration of Faiths - P&C article "Norris Burkes: Hospital chaplains around US beg for public to take the virus seriously" (12/13/2020)
Upper School Newsletter - December edition
IS Newsletter - Novemberand December
Agenda for Winter Exploration of Faiths and Cultures - Part I (Th., 12/17)
Agenda for Winter Exploration of Faiths and Cultures and Campus Clean-up - Part II (Fr., 12/18)
IS Newsletter - January 2021
December 20 - December 26
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "Despite Everything, People Still Have Weddings at ‘Plantation’ Sites" (10/17/2020)
LOTC Prep - website for the Gullah Geechee Corridor Commission - About US
LOTC Prep - P&C article "New ‘Gullah Roots’ documentary will be screened on SCETV and at drive-in" (9/29/2020)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Deal with German firm has SC start-up’s tabletop dishwasher nearing the finish line" (12/25/2020)
LOTC Prep - website for Heatworks (Mt. Pleasant firm)
LOTC Prep - P&C book review - by Rev. Jeremy Rutledge of Circular Congregational, spoke with us in 4/2020 "Review: New book seeks to differentiate between Confederate history and historical memory" (12/20/2020)
LOTC Prep - article and interview from Bill Moyers on Democracy website "Robin Lindley Talks with Historian Adam Domby about The False Cause" (9/8/2020)
January 3 - January 9
Community Email - Week in Preview and classes resume on Mon., 1/4
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (1/4-1/8) password = 839568
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 1/5 -- all are welcome!) Zoom Link --- password = 445779
Speaker Prep - PBS Newshour video (9 min) "In a CT county, tenants and landlords brace for eviction tsunami" (12/26/2020)
Speaker Prep - NBC News article "Evictions in South Carolina signal housing crisis for renters nationwide as homelessness looms" (8/10/2020)
Speaker Prep - P&C article "SC’s only major attempt to fix North Charleston’s eviction crisis isn’t enough" (12/27/2020)
Speaker Prep - Live5News video and article "South Carolina lawmaker calls for ‘renter stimulus’ plan" (12/22/2020)
Speaker Prep - website for SC House #113 Representative Marvin Pendarvis
Community Email - "will you join us in supporting CCSD students-in-need? (on 1/9 from 8:00-11:00 AM, distribute each Saturday)"
Agenda for LOTC Day (Wed., 1/6)
Zoom link for 1:30 guest speaker - State Rep. Marvin Pendarvis (password = 566364)
LOTC prep - website with overview of laws governing tenants and landlords in South Carolina
Midyear refresher topics list from LOTC on Wed., 1/6
January 10 - January 16
Community Email - University School - "Save the Date" for 2 graduation events at The Bend in May
Looking Ahead Email - "Save the Date" SCISA Quiz Bowl Championships recognition ceremony at USL - 11:15-11:30 AM on Tues., 2/16
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (1/11-1/15) password = 455948
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 1/12 -- all are welcome!) Zoom Link --- password = 838285
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/11)
Note for Faculty (but sharing with students) "Getting faculty comfortable with using our OWL Smart Cameras for remote learners" - 1/11/2020
Agenda for 1/13 LOTC
Link to tech policy and consequences of forgetting LARK - NY Times article "A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning" (12/26/2020)
From Encyclopedias to web browsers and search engines! Getting to know the quest for accurate information and what happens when you do so online
January 17 - January 23
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (1/19-1/22) password = 744677
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 1/19 -- all are welcome!) Zoom Link --- password = 642280
LOTC Prep - NY Times article "These D.C. museum websites provide a fix of inaugural pomp and pageantry" (1/14/2021)
LOTC Prep - CBS News YouTube video (4 min.) "The very first inauguration" (1/20/2013)
LOTC Prep - CBS New YouTube video (15 min) "President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address" (1/20/1961)
LOTC Prep - ABC News YouTube video (3 min) "What Happens Inside the White House on Inauguration Day" (1/20/2017)
LOTC Prep - National Geographic YouTube video (1 min) "5 Surprising Facts About U.S. Presidential Inaugurations" (1/20/2017)
LOTC Prep - Wall Street Journal YouTube video (3 min) "History's Most Memorable American Inaugural Addresses" (1/19/2017)
LOTC Prep - website for Heatworks (located in Mount Pleasant)
LOTC Prep - The State (Columbia) newspaper article "TIME called this one of the best inventions of 2018 – and it was made in South Carolina" (12/10/2018)
LOTC Prep - CBS Ford Innovation Nation YouTube video (4 min) "How the Tetra Countertop Dishwasher Heats Water Instantly" (1/2/2020)
LOTC Prep - Las Vegas Review-Journal - article and video (1 min) "Kitchen appliances keep getting smarter" (1/7/2020)
IS Newsletter - January 2021
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/19)
Post and Courier article about schools that includes how we are operating and advocating for all SC students - includes 9 picture USL photo gallery (1/17/2020)
LOTC Prep - Tai Chi demonstration (English and Mandarin)
Agenda for 1/20 LOTC
Resource from today's LOTC day - Elizabeth Lesser TED Talk from 2010 (10 min. video) "Take 'the other' to Lunch"
LOTC Prep - website for Theatre 99 - improv!
January 24 - January 30
Community Email - Change to LOTC plan - now 2 options for Wed., 1/27 (because of the weather) (sent Sun., 1/24)
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (1/25-1/29) password = 622601
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 1/26 -- all are welcome!) Zoom Link --- password = 891627
Activities for 1/27 - Washington Post article "Fact or fiction? Putting seven top weather sayings to the test." (1/17/2021)
Activities for 1/27 - on-line Harvard University course "Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather" self-paced, approx 20 hours - free to audit,
Activities for 1/27 - NY Times article and interactive graphic "How Does Your State Make Electricity?" (10/28/2020)
Activities for 1/27 - FAQ webpage for US Energy Information Administration
Activities for 1/27 - interactive map of the world's powerplants
USL Flashback- Live5News video interview with Jason Kreutner a few weeks before USL's opening in August 2007 (YouTube 3 min)
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/25)
Possible Activities - Wed., 1/27
MM Schoolhouse Rock - The Constitution (YouTube video)
MM Schoolhouse Rock - No More Kings (YouTube video)
MM Schoolhouse Rock - Unpack Your Adjectives (YouTube video)
MM Schoolhouse Rock - Interjections! (YouTube video)
MM Schoolhouse Rock - "'Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here" (YouTube video)
MM Schoolhouse Rock - "'Nouns" (YouTube video)
January 31 - February 6
February Calendar - please print, post, and place key dates in your planner
Community Email - Week in Preview (1/31)
Link to earlier LOTC (12/2019) - P&C article "Funds to sink historic SC submarine at Patriots Point redirected during pandemic" (1/5/2021)
Link to weekly service program - Washington Post article "Going to bed hungry: For these families, every meal is now a struggle" (1/27/2021)
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (2/1-2/5) password = 917110
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 2/2 -- all are welcome!) Zoom Link --- password = 438294
Community Email - thinking of Judy Hubbard and her father (2/1)
MM link - NY Times opinion piece - Prof. Jeanne Theoharis of Brooklyn College "The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale" (2/1/2021)
Agenda for 2/3 LOTC
Schoolhouse Rock - list of episodes (from Wikipedia)
MM Schoolhouse Rock - "'Electricity, Electricity" (YouTube video)
MM Schoolhouse Rock - "'Dollars and Sense" (YouTube video)
Zoom link for Wed., 2/3 presentation by MELISSA VERZWYVELT from Heatworks (password = 299672)
Heatworks - DUO Carafe - YouTube video (1 min)
Heatworks - Tetra Countertop Dishwasher - YouTube video (1 min) URL
Heatworks - Model 3 Water Heater - YouTube video (2 min)
Heatworks - Ohmic Array Technology in Action - YouTube video (1 min)
February 7 - February 13
Community Email - please RSVP to Tiffany Thompson by 3:00 PM on Tues., 2/9 - for Center for Birds of Prey LOTC (parent drop-off and pick-up) - this Wed., 2/10
Community Email - Week in Preview (2/7)
Printers and Technology update (2/4)
Upper School January Newsletter
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (2/8-2/11) password = 402268
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 2/9 -- all are welcome!) Zoom Link --- password = 805946
LOTC Prep - website for SEWE (Southeastern Wildlife Exposition)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "How Charleston-area municipalities plan to handle upcoming large-scale events" (12/25/2020)
LOTC Prep - Live5News video (1 minute) "Organizers cancel 2021 SEWE event, announce refund options" (1/5/2021)
LOTC Prep - website for The Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw
LOTC Prep - YouTube video (1 min.) "University School and The Center for Birds of Prey" (2019)
LOTC Prep - P&C commentary article by Rick Baumann "Commentary: Birds are paying the price for South Carolina’s rapid coastal development" (1/15/2021)
LOTC Prep - US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) page on Mosquito Misting Systems -- connection to other insects, and subsequently to birds
LOTC Prep - and link to New Zealand professors - The Atlantic article "How to Raise the Rarest Kiwi" (9/20/2017)
LOTC Prep - website for Cornell Lab for Ornithology - includes YouTube video (3 min) "3 Billion Birds Lost" Fall 2019
LOTC Prep - website for the Carolina Bird Club
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Carolina Bird Club looks to the future, aims to fill nest with younger members" (9/14/2020)
Community Email - University School - Notes for next few days & Birds of Prey slideshow (2/11)
February 14 - February 20
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (2/16-2/19) password = 736551
Quiz Bowl Club (4:00-5:00 PM on Tues., 2/16 -- all are welcome!) Zoom Link --- password = 305234
Tues., 2/16 (11:15 AM) - SCISA Quiz Bowl All-Divisions Champions - Ceremony - Zoom link (password = 605305)
YouTube video (3 min.) - USL Intermediate School Chinese New Year Celebration (February 2021)
YouTube video (4 min.) - Birds of Prey LOTC (February 2021)
Clemson University Media Forensics Lab - evaluating web sources and contributors "Spot the Troll" Quiz
Community Email - Week in Preview (2/15) & parent mid-year meeting recap flyer
Handout for Mid-year Parent Meetings
Speaker Prep - website for the Zihai Li Lab (Cancer Immunology) at Ohio State University (explore - esp. Dr. Li's bio)
Speaker Prep - Stanford Medicine Cancer Institute YouTube video (2 minutes) "Cancer Immunotherapy"
Speaker Prep - National Cancer Institute YouTube video (3 min) "Immunotherapy: How the Immune System Fights Cancer" (6/13/2018)
Speaker Prep - UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center YouTube video (1 min) "Cancer immunotherapy tools could be key to finding treatments for COVID-19" (4/17/2020)
Speaker Prep - Ohio State Wexner Medical Center YouTube video (12 min) "Driving toward a cure for cancer" (12/14/2020)
Agenda for 2/17 LOTC
Zoom link for guest speaker Dr. Zihai Li (Wed., 2/17 at 7:45 AM) - password = 473611
February 21 - February 27
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (2/22-2/26) password = 156710
Zoom link for Wed., 2/24 at 1:00 PM presentation by Members of the Baha'i faith (password = 815901)
LOTC Prep - website for the Louis Gregory Museum - Charleston - Baha'i faith
IS Newsletter January (2nd edition)
Speaker Prep - Wed., 3/24 at 1 PM - website for the Baha'i faith
Speaker Prep - Wall Street Journal article "A Slice of Persia in the Heart of Israel" (2/18/2021)
Speaker Prep - Wed., 3/24 at 1 PM - CBS This Morning YouTube video (6 min) "Behind the Bahá'í faith, one of the fastest growing religions" (12/18/2019)
Community Email - Week in Preview (2/22) + - College and Beyond virtual presentation 6 PM Tues., 2/23 (value of taking classes at colleges while in high school)
Community Email - (1) Two virtual events today (2) Agenda for tomorrow's LOTC (sent on Tues., 2/23)
Zoom link for Quiz Bowl Club (Tuesdays, 4-5 PM) -- password = 844410
Agenda for 2/24 LOTC day
Zoom link for College and Beyond Session (Tues., 2/23 at 6:00 PM)
Moultrie News article "University School of the Lowcountry wins quiz bowl state championships" (2/24/2021)
Schoolhouse Rock - Elbow Room - YouTube video (3 min)
IS Newsletter - February (about January)
Flyer - Open House for Interested Families - Sun., 2/28 from 1:00-2:00 PM
website for True Treats Candy Company (historical candy!)
February 28 - March 6
Printable March Calendar - download, print, post publicly, and place key items in your school planner
Community Email - Week in Preview (2/28) & March calendar
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (3/1-3/5) password = 919016
Quiz Bowl Club will meet in-person after school on Wednesdays (begins on Wed., 3/3)
Second Quarter - Reflection on your Skill Wheel numbers and Narrative Comments -- upload sorted averages (Due - Friday, March 5)
Second Quarter - This is a sample reflection on her Skill Wheel and Narrative Comments by Sophie Mauerhan for the First Quarter of 2012-2013 (8th grader) - now at senior at College of Charleston
Second Quarter - 6th Grader Will Courtney's written reflection about his 2nd Quarter Skill Wheel and Narrative Comments (now a 12th grader)
Second Quarter - 6th Grader Will Courtney's skill wheel and narrative comments (now a 12th grader)
Second Quarter - Reflection on her Skill Wheel and Narrative Comments by Sarah Hand for the Third Quarter of 2009-2010 (6th grader) -- graduate UNC-Chapel Hill / now a Master's student in tech design at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh
Second Quarter - This is a sample reflection of Jeanne-Marie Martin on her Skill Wheel and Narrative Comments for the Second Quarter of 2009-2010 (5th grade) now a senior at Winthrop
Upper School - February 2021 newsletter
Agenda for 3/3 (Stanford Testing - USC Exploratiokn)
Morning Meeting reference - P&C article "Soldiers at Fort Jackson add yoga to basic training routine as part of military study" (3/2/2021)
March 7 - March 13
Community Email - in Preview (3/8) - short week (Friday, 3/12 is Faculty Inservice) - final version of March calendar
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (3/8-3/12) password = 872814
Final version of March calendar (updated 3/7) - please download, print, and post/place items in planner
Link to last year's LOTC to recycle plan - P&C article "Editorial: Are you a ‘wishcycler’? Charleston County aims to reform you." (1/19/2021)
Post and Courier article "Army ship named for Black Civil War hero Robert Smalls will sail to Charleston next week" (3/6/2021)
The Atlantic - article "A Counterintuitive Way to Cheer Up When You’re Down When you most need to get happier, try giving happiness away." (3/6/2021)
Groupings for faculty small group lunches for MS & US (Wed., 3/9)
US College Trip Prep - website for South Carolina State University in Orangeburg
US College Trip Prep - Reverend Dash speech at CofC Philosophy Department - YouTube video (40 min)
US College Trip Prep - The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg) Newspaper article on Rev. Tyrone Dash - "His mission is larger than new life for once-famous Orangeburg restaurant" (3/6/2020)
US College Trip Prep - WCBD2 News story - The Butterfly Book Nook at First African Child Development Center - the non-profit I used to help run organized and planned with along with the community and Reverend Dash on Reverend Dash's property (9/30/2018)
Agenda for Wed., 3/10 - Stanford Testing and Exploring SC State University
Wed., 3/10 - 5:15 pick-up time (can be earlier for 3rd and 4th) (Wed., 3/10) - Quiz Bowl Club in-person and Local League virtual competition + Schedule of Matches
March 14 - March 20
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (3/15-3/19) password = 624716
Pi Day article - NY Times "Pi Day: How One Irrational Number Made Us Modern" (3/14/2019)
Community Email - Week in Preview (3/14)
Agenda for 3/17
L&L Link - free online Yale course "The Science of Well-Being" -- completed? see Jason Kreutner for surprise!
L&L Link - free online course "Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather" - first 3 to finish will have certificate paid for
L&L Link - YouTube video (55 min) " Harvard Psychologist Steven Pinker "Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain"
SC State Link - The Atlantic article "How to Launch the Next Great Era of Black Prosperity" (2/2021)
Community Email - inclement weather plans for Th., 3/18 - early dismissal at 12:30
Community Email - Battle of the Books Success!
March 21 - March 27
Community Email - Week in Preview (3/21)
Zoom link and password for MM / LOTC all this week (3/22-3/26) password = 091916
Speaker Prep - website for USC History Professor Bobby Donaldson Speaker Prep - speaking at 1 PM on Wed., 3/24
Speaker Prep - speaking at 1 PM on Wed., 3/24 - Dr. Bobby Donaldson article in Smithsonian Magazine "Meet Joseph Rainey, the First Black Congressman" (Jan/Feb 2021)
Speaker Prep - Conversation website - by Dr. Bobby Donaldson "How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries – and why that matters now" (2/28/2020)
Speaker Prep - TedX presentation by Dr. Bobby Donaldson "Bringing History to Light" (9/17/2015)
Speaker Prep - P&C editorial "Editorial: A red letter day for overlooked SC statesman" (2/28/2021)
Zoom link for guest speaker - USC History Professor Dr. Bobby Donaldson (Wed., 3/24 at 1:00 PM) --- password = 100607
Open House for Prospective Students & Interested Families (Mon., 3/29 @ 6:00 PM)
Community Email - Talent Show (Fri., 4/23) - submit acts by Fri., 4/2 -------------- (sent on Tues., 3/23)
Agenda for 3/24 LOTC
Speaker Prep - Post and Courier article "Confederate monuments are coming down. What should we do with them now?" (3/23/2021)
L&L Link - P&C article "Mount Pleasant neighborhoods, others in SC seek to remove ‘plantation’ from name" (3/21/2021)
L&L Link - Native News Online
MS L&L for today (Th., 3/25)
March 28 - April 3
Community Email - Week in Preview (3/28)
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 3/29 - 4/2 / password = 417905
Agenda - Personal Health Symposium with MUSC (Tues., 3/30)
MUSC Personal Health Symposium - Zoom link for male students with Dr. Trey Schwartzenburg(created by Jason Kreutner -- will launch and then make the physician a co-host) passcode = 664956
MUSC Personal Health Symposium - Zoom link for female students with Dr. Lauren Walker (created by Jessica Stone -- will launch and then make the physician a co-host) passcode = 037225
Zoom link for guest speaker - C of C History Professor Dr. Adam Domby (Wed., 3/31 at 9:00 AM) --- password = 496355
Speaker Prep - Wed., 3/31 at 9 AM - website for C of C History Professor Adam Domby
Speaker Prep - Billmoyers.com article "Robin Lindley Talks with Historian Adam Domby about The False Cause" (9/8/2020)
Speaker Prep - P&C article - Dr. Rutledge spoke at USL about his church in 4/2020 "Review: New book seeks to differentiate between Confederate history and historical memory" (12/20/2020)
Speaker Prep - The College (of Charleston) Today website "History Professor is Toppling an Ideology" (1/16/2020)
Speaker Prep - CSPAN video (70 minutes) "The Civil War: White Supremacy and the Lost Cause"
Speaker Prep - P&C article "Time capsule found under Charleston’s Calhoun monument opened after more than a century " (2/25/2021)
LOTC Prep - website for the Camp Leopold -- for the SC Waterfowl Association
Link --- Washington Post article "Church membership in the U.S. has fallen below the majority for the first time in nearly a century" (3/29/2021)
IS Newsletter - March 2021
Agenda for 3/31 LOTC
April 4 - April 10
Speaker Prep - NY Times article "How to Virtually Become a Doctor" (6/24/2021)
L&L - Bloomberg News video - YouTube ( 2 min) "Scientists Discover Decapitated Sea Slug Heads Grow New Hearts, Bodies" (
Link ! WCBD Counton2 News video "Bee City Zoo buzzing after Easter Sunday fire, animals safe" (4/5/2021)
April 11 - April 17
April Calendar - please print, post, and place key dates in your planner
Community Email - Week in Preview (4/11) and April calendar
Community Email - for planning purposes - Wednesday Learning Outside the Classroom field trips - for rest of the school year (4/11)
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 4/12 - 4/16 / password = 530374
Quiz Bowl Club - resolving transportation issue on 4/14 and 4/21 -- upcoming shift back to Tuesdays starts on 4/27, remains in-person
please RSVP to Tiffany Thompson by 3:00 PM on Tues., 4/13 - for Charles Towne Landing LOTC (parent drop-off and pick-up) - this Wed., 4/14
LOTC Prep - website for Charles Towne Landing (part of SC Parks system)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "350 years ago, Charleston’s first settlers carved a new colony in a pristine wilderness" (4/17/2020)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "South Carolina’s state parks raked in record revenue for 2nd year in a row" (8/1/2019)
LOTC Prep - FOX28 Savannah video "South Carolina state parks receive admissions price increases" (1/3/2020)
Optional LOTC Prep - Exploring 1670 Charles Towne: Final Archaeology Report (2001) - blow Jason Kreutner and the faculty away by exploring this if you have the time -- has to be downloaded -- "Easter Egg" potential
Spring Raffle information - Drawing on May 7
April 18 - April 24
Community Email - Week in Preview (4/18) - McLeod Plantation (Wed., 4/21) and Talent Show Mentor Night (Fri., 4/23)
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 4/19 - 4/23 / password = 230929
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Should Charleston plantations, given their role in slavery, be used for weddings?" (1/8/2020)
LOTC Prep - website for McLeod Plantation Historic Site (part of Charleston County Parks system)
LOTC Prep - Washington Post article "Some white people don’t want to hear about slavery at plantations built by slaves" (8/8/2019)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Despite pushback, Charleston historic sites expand their interpretation of slavery" (9/1/2019)
Community Email - please RSVP to Tiffany Thompson by 3:00 PM on Tues., 4/20 - for McLeod Plantation LOTC (parent drop-off and pick-up) - this Wed., 4/21
Community Email - Key notes for the next few days (Th., 4/22) -- including choices needed for Spring Service Day (next Wed., 4/28/
April 25 - May 1
Community Email - Week in Preview (4/25)
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 4/26 - 4/30 / password = 416039
Third Quarter - Reflection on your Skill Wheel numbers and Narrative Comments (Due Wed., 4/25)Assignment Not completed: Third Quarter - Reflection on your Skill Wheel numbers and Narrative Comments (Due Wed., 4/28)
Spring Service Day Prep - website for Windwood Farm Home for Children
Spring Service Day - special release for students working at Windwood Farm - please print, have your parents sign, and bring with you
Spring Service Day Prep - website for International Primate Protection League (IPPL)
Spring Service Day Prep - P&C article "Oldest known gibbon in US celebrates 62nd birthday at Summerville preserve" (4/2/2021)
Spring Service Day Prep - website for Fresh Future Farm
Spring Service Day Prep - website for Lowcountry Orphan Relief
Spring Service Day Prep - Trident United Way profile of South Santee Senior Center in McClellanville
Overview of Spring Service Day (Wed., 4/28)
Agenda and Groupings for Spring Service Day (Wed., 4/28)
IS April Newsletter
May 2 - May 8
Community Email - Week in Preview - (5/3) -- May/Summer calendar & Extended Day form attached
May & Summer Preview Calendar - please print, post, and place key dates in your planner
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 5/3-5/7 / password = 966918
LOTC Prep - website for Charleston International Airport
LOTC Prep - WCBD News2 YouTube video (2 min) "CHS International Airport Travel and Construction Update" (10/6/2020)
LOTC Prep - CHS Airport YouTube video (1 min) "C-17 Training"
LOTC Prep - ACG Travel Videos - YouTube video (4 min) "Landing at Charleston International Airport HD (2017)" (8/2017)
LOTC Prep - CHS Airport video "Charleston International Airport transformation" (12/13/2013)
Spring Update from College Intern Ethan Drake
Community Email (Fri., 4/30) -- Extended Day begins Mon., (5/3) & looking ahead to Charleston Airport LOTC on 5/
Extended Day 20-21 Overview and Registration Form
Overview of Airport LOTC -- please RSVP to Tiffany Thompson by 3:00 PM on Tues., 5/4 - for Charleston Airport LOTC (parent drop-off and pick-up) - this Wed., 5/5
May 9 - May 15
Community Email - Week in Preview (5/9) -- May/Summer calendar & 21-22 Major dates calendar attached
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 5/10 - 5/14 / password = 736985
LOTC Prep - P&C opinion piece "Sullivan’s Island at a tipping point: A community or a commodity?" (3/27/2021)
LOTC Prep - P&C article "Vote to thin Sullivan’s Island maritime forest weighs heavily on residents before election" (4/25/2021)
LOTC Prep - WCBD2 news video (YouTube 2 min) "Sullivan's Island Municipal Election Results" (5/5/2021)
LOTC Prep - SCETV YouTube video (14 min.) "History in a Nutshell: Carolina Day" (9/25/2020)
LOTC Prep - SCETV YouTube video (5 min) "South Carolina's Important Role in African-American History" (2/20/2017)
Special Small MS Group LOTC Prep - Seeds to Shoreline program - Tues., 5/11 afternoon
Spring Update from Fall Sub Teacher James Leggett
Overview + please RSVP to Tiffany Thompson by 3:00 PM on Tues., 5/11 - for Sullivan's Island LOTC (parent drop-off and pick-up) - this Wed., 5/1
PDF of Dr. Beutel's presentation on longshore drift and Sullivan's Island land accretion
Link to the Windy app -- free download - used by Dr. Beutel in her SI presentation
Poe - Masque of the Red Death
Poe - Cask of Amontillado
Poe - Lenore
Poe - The Bells
Poe - The Raven
Poe - Ulalume
Poe - Helen
Poe - Annabel Lee
Poe - mini-biography
May 16 - May 22
Community Email - Week in Preview (5/16) -- corrected 21-22 Major dates calendar and May/Summer calendar attached
May & Summer Preview Calendar - please print, post, and place key dates in your planner
21-22 School Year Major Dates Calendar - please print, post, and place in public spot
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 5/17 - 5/21 / password = 289148
Speaker Prep - NY Times opinion piece "Medical School Needs a Dose of the Humanities" (4/10/2021)
Prep - website for The Bend on the Ashley River - location of Graduation Slideshows (Drive In Style) - Friday, May 21 - Dusk
Agenda for 5/19 World Languages Day and IS Special Activities
Information for Participants -- State Elementary School Virtual Quiz Bowl Tournament (tomorrow - Fri., 5/21)
Graduation slideshow notes - tomorrow (Fri., 5/21) and graduation (Wed., 5/26)
May 23 - May 29
Graduation Prep - website for The Bend on the Ashley River - location of Graduation Ceremony and 8th & 12th Grade Speeches - Wednesday, May 26 - all school day
Zoom Link for all Mr. Kreutner-led activities (Morning Meeting / L&L -- NOT GUEST SPEAKERS) - week of 5/24 - 5/25 / password = 120360
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Leadership and Life Skills (L&L)
Teacher:
Jason Kreutner
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Beginner