During the Friday of April vacation week, seven of our sophomores were treated to special tours of Babson College and Wellesley College, both in Wellesley, MA.
At Babson, our students met with two highly successful Babson undergraduates who are deeply involved with Babson's multicultural student life. We learned about Babson's distinctively hands-on business curriculum, in which all freshmen students are engaged in running their own student companies.
At Wellesley, our students were welcomed into an American literature class that happened to be discussing a work of fiction that our students had encountered earlier this year in ELA 10 (Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried). It was certainly a challenging experience to keep up with a college-style discussion, in which only one word was written on the blackboard for the entire 70 minutes. (The word was "teleological.")
Special thanks to Ms. Style for the hard work that she put into planning this trip for our students!
4/24 College Visits to Babson and Wellesley
The SAT-II Lifestyle
Kudos to our eight sophomores and five college tutors who dedicated most of a beautiful Saturday afternoon to preparing for the upcoming SAT-II Chemistry test.
Good luck to all of our sophomores who will be taking SAT-II tests in various subjects this coming Saturday, May 2!
4/16 MassArt Trip
Last Thursday, our Grade 9 math enrichment class visited the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, to experience the math-themed student exhibit entitled "Means of Accumulation."
The MassArt students who developed this exhibit led our students through a series of activities to directly engage them with the works of art and the artmaking process. When we return to school, our students will tackle new projects of their own that respond directly to the ideas expressed in the MassArt exhibit. We will find some time and place soon to showcase the artwork created by our own students!
Thanks to Professor Sandy Weisman and Ali Nebel of MassArt, Lisa Lang of Northeastern, and all of the MassArt students who have contributed their time and energy to supporting our afterschool math/art explorations this spring!
Gateway Honors, Term 3
Congratulations to the following Gateway students who have earned recognition for their academic achievements in the third term of this school year:
Amazing Aces (highest course grades):
Alfredo Brea (Geometry), Katherine Brea (Advanced Algebra Honors and Chemistry Honors), Yaritza Fajardo (Advanced Algebra), Ayana Green (ELA 9), Christelle Salomon (ELA 10 and History 10), Josie Valcin (Biology, History 9)
Busy Beavers (highest homework average across four core courses):
Frankline Mardi, Michael Mejia, Annie Moy, Genesis Pena, Wadea Sakhta, Tai Tang, Tamara Tarshahani
Freshman Students Who Made a Splash (“Golden Duckies”):
Meghan Comeau, Pascal Delpebrice, Michael Mejia, Yaritza Sanchez
Cum Laude (3.00—3.49 GPA)
Michael Allen, Kayla Baquerizo, Alfredo Brea, Bianca Brito, Vicmarys Brito, Meghan Comeau, Marleah Cummins, Pavel Dzemianok, Salma El-Behaedi, Xiomara Garcia, Ayana Green, Anamol Gurung, Danielle John, Cassandra Leveille, Julia Li, Frankline Mardi, Michael Mejia, Christina Nguyen, Sindy Ortiz, Genesis Pena, Juleissy Pimentel, Gjergji Prifti, Wadea Sakhta, Yaritza Sanchez, Brendon Tan, Victoria Tanis, Adrienne Thornton, Justin Weathers, Tiffany Wu
Magna Cum Laude (3.50–3.89)
Katherine Brea, Annie Moy, Claribel Rosa, Fatima Salmi, Christelle Salomon, Josie Valcin
Thanks to all Gateway students for helping celebrate these accomplishments of your classmates!
