Yvette Kiptoo '19 was selected to participate in the Lily McKee High School Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. The 16 students in this rigorous program explore a range of approaches to Shakespeare and the humanities, with deep dives into plays and sonnets. The fellows explore different types of learning: rare book talks, research in the Folger Reading Rooms, Folger Theatre matinees, student performances on the Elizabethan stage, conservation lab tours, and weekly seminars with world-class scholars. Working with scholars, actors, directors, teachers, editors, conservators, curators, and digital humanists, McKee Fellows form a community of learners gathered around knowledge and materials found only at the Folger. Yvette has been researching a rare copy of "Henry IV, Part I" printed in 1824 and gave a brief presentation on her progress at a session on Monday, October 29 with fellows and their mentors. Yvette's mentor is Holy Cross teacher Alison Westfall. Her completed project will be presented in December and will include a scene from the play. While she plans to study Biology in college, Yvette believes in the importance of interdisciplinary education. In addition to her Folger Fellowship, she volunteers with the Youth Volunteer Program at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
