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Canterbury’s New Viewbook Receives Accolades
Great News! Canterbury’s most recent admission viewbook, designed by Bluezoom; a company owned and operated by Liz and Jeremy Spidell; was selected as a Silver Award recipient in this year's ADDY competition. It won in the category of "Collateral Material, Brochure, Color."
This competition recognizes and rewards creative excellence in the art of advertising on the local, regional, and national levels, and is essentially a showcase of the best work to come out of the Triad. All of the agencies and designers in the area are encouraged to enter. Projects are judged by an independent panel of high achievers in the industry (this year's judges included John Noble, Executive Producer/Managing Director at ONE at Optimus, and Mylene Pollock, SVP/Creative Director at Leo Burnett USA). Our Viewbook was one that this panel selected as exceptional.
Again, congratulations to the Bluezoom team on a job well done!
Student Council Representatives Announced
The following students have been elected to serve on Canterbury School’s student council: Allie Yates, President; Isabelle Mellon, Vice President; Emma Granowsky; Josh Pennix; Ansley Sackett; Hutton Johnston; Louise Mohorn; Ben Stevens; Caroline Yarbrough; Lamar Brown; James Hale; Sloan Robinson; Mollie Winstead; Jack Maginnes and Graham Morphis.
A montage recalling Greg Mortenson's visit to Canterbury School
Canterbury teacher Tracy McIlwain records a weather spot for WFMY News 2.
A Person, a Penny, and a Promise
Kathleen Smith, Director of Advancement
On a chilly January day, with a dove flying high above a fourth grade student procession, Canterbury students did their part to educate the school community about the importance of a person, a penny, and a promise. During a special chapel service, Canterbury’s fourth and fifth graders launched a school wide Pennies for Peace fundraising effort. Little did they know that their fundraising efforts would result in a donation of over $35,000.
For the first 3 months of 2009, Canterbury students brought in pennies – by the handful, box full, and bucket full to support Pennies for Peace, a nationally celebrated program that educates children about the world beyond their experience and shows them that they can make a positive impact on a global scale, one penny at a time. The broader Greensboro community was so engaged in this effort that a handful of students were selected to appear on the WFMY morning show, and several more were interviewed by local News and Record columnist, Jeri Rowe, which resulted in an article about Greg’s visit with the Canterbury School community.
Canterbury students, parents, teachers, and staff also read versions of Mortenson’s book and participated in discussion groups. These books tell the story of Mortenson wandering into a remote village in Pakistan after a failed attempt to climb K2. Saved by the villagers, he vowed to return to build a school for their children.
Then on April 1-2, this incredible story came to life when Greg Mortenson, award winning author (Three Cups of Tea) and Pennies for Peace co-founder ambled on Canterbury’s campus. During his two-day visit, Greg met with our students, faculty, parents, and grandparents, as well as students from other area schools in a variety of intimate and group formats including a trip to the school’s Outdoor Education Center. It was here that our students had the opportunity to talk to Greg’s daughter, Amira, via cell phone. Greg concluded his trip with a public presentation to the Greensboro community at Carolina Theatre – tickets sold out in one hour and fifteen minutes!
Commenting on Mortenson’s visit, a Canterbury eighth grader summed it up well when she said “After Greg’s visit I realized that education is the way to solve everything. Education can end poverty, hunger, war, disease, and many other pressing global issues.” And, thanks to the generosity of Canterbury School, other area schools, and the greater Greensboro Community, Greg Mortenson has promised the construction of yet another school in Pakistan or Afganistan.
Through his Pennies for Peace program and the Central Asia Institute Greg Mortenson has established more than 70 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan for over 28,000 young people including 18,000 girls. To find out more about the program, you can visit the program’s website.
See News and Record article about Mortenson's visit to Canterbury.
