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Grade 8 Class Speaker reflects on middle school experience

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019Rishi Kurada ('23) Comment

Selected by Grade 8 students and members of faculty, the Class Speaker is a respected member of our community, demonstrates scholarship, and models the school’s Core [Read more…]

London Archers make history at Pony European Championships

June 10, 2019June 21, 2019Evelyn Snizek ('23) Comment

Over spring break, three middle school students competed in The Pony European Championships baseball tournament in Prague. Eighth-graders Gavin Crawford, Nitin Rao, and Matthew Furst [Read more…]

Community urged to be vigilant after recent muggings

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Alexis Lien ('23) Comment

The frequency of recent muggings in the St. John’s Wood area has caused ASL to take action. Recent cases of mugging involving members of the [Read more…]

Grade 6 aide Ms. Bailey retires after 29 years

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Willa Blair ('23) Comment

After working as the Grade 6 aide at ASL for 29 years, Ms. Barbara Bailey is retiring at the end of this school year.  Ms. [Read more…]

Ms. Shefren prepares for her move to Ghana

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Willa Blair ('23) Comment

After spending four years at ASL, middle school assistant principal Ms. Katie Shefren is moving on to become a middle school principal in Accra, Ghana. [Read more…]

Teachers head off on maternity leaves, sabbatical

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Willa Blair ('23) Comment

Both Mrs. Jessie Twiest, Grade 6 humanities teacher, and Mrs. Jess Liniere, Grade 5 and 6 counselor/health teacher have left for maternity leave. They both [Read more…]

Students organise first ever YoungERPower conference to discuss social justice issues

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Sophia Bassi ('24) Comment

The first YoungERPower conference was organized by a group of ASL grade 8 students. The conference took place on April 26 for all interested grade [Read more…]

MUN students visit IMO

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Alexis Lien ('23) Comment

In this day and age, at the click of a button, you have the ability to order just about anything to your doorstep. Most people [Read more…]

Editorial: Meeting on rubric should be an A

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Scroll Editors Comment

In 2017 the middle school altered their grading system from using letter grades to assessing students’ work using standards, and then converted those standards assessments [Read more…]

Community Service should be mandatory for middle school students

June 10, 2019June 19, 2019Gabrielle Meidar ('23) Comment

In the Middle School, community service is not a requirement for students. The act of community service can be an asset to the development of [Read more…]

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  • Students in Mr Boodeys eighth grade English class analyse awardwinning
    1 month ago by TheScrollASL Students in Mr. Boodey’s eighth grade English class analyse award-winning song “Lose Yourself” by Eminem to help with writing their sonnets. In this class, students looked at iambic pentameter (with stressed and unstressed syllables) and how to incorporate that into their own writing. “I really liked the example of a song,” said eighth grader Aurelia Peterson Rajalingam. “I think it helped me understand the iambic pattern by connecting it to something I already knew.” The sonnets are the final part of the Shakespeare unit, following the acting and the individual projects.
  • Students gathered at Waverley playground during recess and after school
    2 months ago by TheScrollASL Students gathered at Waverley playground during recess and after school to try to soak teachers in the student council dunk tanks. All middle schoolers had the chance to dunk their favorite teachers. Tokens cost £2 each and the proceeds went to three different charities. The charities that were donated to were St. John’s Hospice, Doorstep Homeless Families Project, and Water for South Sudan. Some of the teachers who participated in this fundraiser were Ms. Hayward, Mr. Chambers, Ms. Marr, Mr. Lutkoski and Ms. Broderick. Eight grader Maya Mohktarzadeh said “It was a really fun experience. I loved getting all the
  • Grade 8 students in the Explore London elective walk along
    2 months ago by TheScrollASL Grade 8 students in the Explore London elective walk along Regent’s Canal on May 20. They walked to Camden, where they explored the food stalls in Camden market and viewed street art. Eighth grader Michael Conk said, “I really enjoyed exploring an area of London that I wasn’t as familiar with. The atmosphere in Camden was really lively and vibrant.”
  • Eighth grade students in Seor Alvarezs Block 7 Spanish C
    2 months ago by TheScrollASL Eighth grade students in Señor Alvarez’s Block 7 Spanish C class complete the Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency Test (STAMP). Students in the eighth grade have taken this test throughout the week. Spanish teacher Señor Alvarez said, “The goal of the test is for the teachers to find out with a external examination the level of the students at the end of grade 5 and the end of grade 8 and see the evolution of those students.”
  • waybackwednesday to May of 2016 when the eighth grade class
    2 months ago by TheScrollASL  #waybackwednesday  to May of 2016 when the eighth grade class traveled to Normandy as part of their unit on World War II. Students focused on D-Day as they visited the beaches that were fought on. This year’s eighth grade class will be going on this same trip. The students will leave this upcoming Sunday and will return the following Thursday. For more information about this year’s Normandy trip look for the article in the features section in this upcoming issue.
  • Zephyr Wildman a yoga and meditation teacher came to talk
    2 months ago by TheScrollASL Zephyr Wildman, a yoga and meditation teacher, came to talk to the fifth-grade about how to take negative energy and turn it into positive energy on May 2. This assembly was part of the fifth-grade’s Mindfulness unit that they are doing in advisory. Zephyr Wildman has been coming to ASL to speak to the fifth-grade for four years now.
  • ASL celebrated Founders Day on April 26 to mark its
    2 months ago by TheScrollASL ASL celebrated Founder's Day on April 26 to mark its 68th birthday. Oranges were handed out as everyone entered the building in the morning, and the middle school had a Founder's Day Quiz Bowl assembly to start the day. Stephen L. Eckard opened the school 68 years ago in a Kensington flat with only 13 students. Since then the school has grown to over 100 times the original size.
  • The grade 8 treble choir practice the song Truth by
    2 months ago by TheScrollASL The grade 8 treble choir practice the song “Truth” by Andrea Ramsey on April 26 in the art gallery. Normally the middle and high school choral groups practice in Multipurpose Room 2 (MPR2), which is below ground underneath the Waverley entrance. But MPR2 recently suffered flooding, so it is currently unusable. Choir teacher Ms. Lisa Ross said that the only downside of having to temporarily move to a new space was having to “haul 500 music folders between spaces,” but that the positives of being in a space with sunlight far outweighed that one negative. “With every single class there
  • Grade 8 students in the Explore London elective visit Piccadilly
    3 months ago by TheScrollASL Grade 8 students in the Explore London elective visit Piccadilly Market on April 23. On Mondays and Tuesdays, Piccadilly market serves up a plethora of foods from around the world some of which include, Spanish paella, Italian pasta, pizza, cannolis, and tiramisu, Chinese dumplings, and Moroccan flatbread. The students explored the market and purchased some of the foods to sample. From Wednesday to Saturday, the courtyard of St. James’s Church Piccadilly is occupied by an arts and crafts market.
  • Eighth graders watch a rehearsal for the upcoming play Henry
    3 months ago by TheScrollASL Eighth graders watch a rehearsal for the upcoming play, Henry IV Part 1, at Shakespeare’s Globe on April 12. Students have been studying and performing “A Midsummers Night Dream” during English class, and furthered their understanding of Shakespeare and his work with this trip. They had time to explore and eat lunch at Borough Market before heading to the Globe. They went on a tour of the theater, saw part of a rehearsal, and participated in an acting workshop. Eighth grader Julia Neant said, “I really enjoyed the trip because it allowed me to further understand our English unit.”

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