Eagles in Action

Here are a few images from recent soccer games and a cross country meet. Photos: Amber Coe (look for more great sports photos in the yearbook).

Johns 4th at International Bass Competition

Elisabeth Morrow eighth-grader, Daryl Johns, placed 4th with honorable mention at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Bass Competition. The next oldest contestant was in college! Here's the report from his mom, Debbie Keefe:

Daryl Johns performed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC this weekend for The Thelonious Monk Jazz Bass Competition. He played a set of 3 tunes: Humpty Dumpty by Chick Corea, Monks Dream by Thelonious Monk and Caravan by Juan Tizol with Geoff Keezer on Piano and Carl Allen on Drums. Out of 15 Semi-Finalists, he came in 4th place with honorable mention! Daryl met, hung out and played for some of the great icons of jazz including: T.S. Monk, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bobby McFerrin, McCoy Tyner, Charlie Haden, John Pattitucci, Christian McBride, Bob Hurst and Dave Holland...to name a few! What a weekend!

Off To A Great Start With After School Adventures

The After School Adventures Program is off to a great start. With

classes in aviation, cooking, sports, science and more, students have

enjoyed meeting their teachers and beginning their classes. More

photos to come this week. ~Liza Hards, Director of Auxiliary Programs

Ms. Lustberg helps with homework.

Friends at Good Sports.

"Look how big!" ...from Leaf Collection and Classification.

"How high will it go?" ...from Aviation class

Eagles Athletics Update

Girls' Volleyball Keeps on Rolling!
The Girls' Volleyball team upped their undefeated record to 4-0 with wins last week vs. Horace Mann and Tenafly. Rebecca Federman and Lauren Dickerson have led the Lady Eagles in service points this year. They play this week Wednesday @ Dwight -Englewood and Thursday home vs MKA.

Soccer wins first game of the season!
Jacob Hyman scored two goals, the last one coming with less than 4 minutes left as the Eagles defeated Collegiate 2-1. Teddy Swenson (2) and Basil Williams scored in the Eagle's 7-3 loss to Saddle River Day School. The Eagles play Wednesday at Dwight-Englewood.

X-Country
The Cross Country team has finished 3rd and 5th out of 18 schools on the Boys side and in 4th out of 10 on the Girls side. The boys have been led by Joe Del Rio and the girls by Egan Sachs-Hecht. The team runs Thursday at VanCourtland Park.

Tennis
The Tennis team complete their first matches in EMS history against Horace Mann and Saddle River. Emily Gruber won her first ever match in Doubles play. Phoebe Mattana rallied back from 2-5 to tie it up at 7-7 only to loose 9-7 in #1 singles vs Saddle River Day School. The Tennis team plays at Dwight-Engelwood on Wednesday.

"River of Dreams" author visits The Elisabeth Morrow School

Author and illustrator, Hudson Talbot, visited the Morrow House assembly today. Using images from his book, River of Dreams, he talked about the fascinating history of the Hudson River.

Singing Apple Songs

This afternoon, Shannon Brown's first grade was up at Morrow House around the old apple tree, which is full of apples this fall. They sang apple songs and did some sketching of apples. The day was cool and clear and smiles were everywhere.

Good Luck!

Daryl, all of EMS is wishing you the best of luck down in DC this weekend at the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Bass Competition!

Environmental Science

Fifth graders from The Elisabeth Morrow School were among many schools participating in A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY 2009, a single-day, collaborative effort where students and teachers from around the NY/NJ area gather and share the data they collect from the river. The program is part of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program.

Above, Mr. Lyons and students collecting fish for study.

Students taking wind speed readings.

Dr. Day and students measuring the pH of the river water.

X-Country Team Results

The cross country teams ran their first meet of the year at Van Cortlandt Park (in the Bronx and the most famous cross country course in the United States) on Thursday October 1. Out of more than 190 competitors in the boys race, eighth-graders Joe del Rio came in 5th, Greg Hyer, 12th, Zach Walsh, 18th, and Michael Anagnos, 28th. Results that bode well for a good season. For the first year, sixth-graders are allowed to join the cross country team and Elisabeth Morrow's fifth runner was Carter Hirschhorn, who placed 101st against mostly seventh- and eighth-grade competition. Sixth-graders Patrick Owens, Jongho Park and Greg Litt also placed well, close behind Carter. In the team competition (the top five individuals for each team comprise the team score and low score wins), EMS came in 3rd out of 14 schools, an excellent result.

Results:

1. School at Columbia U 91

2. Fieldston 104

3. Elisabeth Morrow 149

4. Rodeph Sholom 164

5. Collegiate 168

6. Horace Mann 198

7. St. Bernard's 200

8. Heschel 227

9. Dwight-Englewood 249

10. Buckley 275

11. Trinity 289

12. Hunter 302

13. Cathedral 322

14. Nativity 329

Unfortunately we have no pictures (the coaches were too excited about the race to remember to take pictures). We'll get some soon!

A Visit from Michael and Brian Hajjar (Class of '07)

Last Tuesday, Michael and Brian Hajjar, 2007 graduates, dropped by School, having just received their driver licenses. Math teacher Mary Ann Rota got to catch up with them and share their excitement at this milestone of young adulthood. Both Hajjars worked at Summer Explorations and the Summer String Festival as counselors last summer. It is such a treat to see our gradates grow up and take on roles of responsibility with younger students here.

From Left: Michael, Mary Ann Rota and Brian.