During their Professional Day on Friday, April 5, Holy Cross faculty arranged to visit with colleagues in their academic disciplines around the area. The opportunity allowed faculty to observe and discuss ideas and pedagogy.
English department faculty member Iryna Sirota-Basso participated in a workshop at the Writing Salon at the National Gallery of Art where she worked with Sezanne's painting Chateau Noir during the workshop.
English department faculty member Megan Minogue visited Marymount University.
Members of the science, technology and math departments held a STEM retreat in the morning and had their off-campus visits in the afternoon.
Performing Arts department Dance instructor and choreographer Donna Reese '77 visited Strathmore and met with instructors and administrators of City Dance. While there, she toured the Music Center at Strathmore and two floors of dance studios with information about City Dance curriculum.
Art department chair Rebecca Cornelius toured the art studios at the University of Lynchburg including the printmaking and design studios and the wet photography lab and darkroom.
The College Counselors attended the Holy Cross College Counseling Association college tour in South Bend, IN, where they visited Saint Mary's College, University of Notre Dame and Holy Cross College with other Holy Cross high schools across the United States. While there they encountered three alumnae who served on a student panel for the seminar: Grace McCarthy '16 (at Saint Mary's), Theresa Rogers '17 (at Notre Dame) and Sam Miller '18 (at Saint Mary's) served on a student panel for our tour about their experiences in South Bend and represented AHC so well; the other counselors we are with were so impressed by them!
The School Counselors attended the Maryland School Counseling Association conference in Annapolis, which included sessions on helping students with trauma, helping prepare students for college and careers after high school, and how to be more culturally competent counselors.
Education Technology teacher Maria-Rose Cain met with the Publications Teacher at the Charles Smith Day School.
The History department worked on the standards for the new course offerings for the 2019-2020 school year and developed a scope and sequence chart of skills that students will have in place at graduation.
Director of Campus Ministry Linda Ruszkowski toured Retreat Centers including Camp Wabanna in Edgewater, MD.