Sentinel april 2009

The Sentinel

St. Luke’s School New Canaan, CT

Renaissance Weekend

Inside This Issue...

Helping Who? (2) Prom: How to Ask (3) Day of Silence (3) Earth Day (4) Spring Holidays (4) The Potential Mr. Luke’s (5) Tips to get to College (6) (told by college-bound seniors) Hannah Montana Review (6)

April 2009

A Day in the Life of Steve

Alexandra Jaffe Editor

You can see a sporting event nearly any day or hear musicians play and sing over 20 times in the school year. There are even 9 days where you can watch an upper school drama production. But there is only one Evening of the Arts. Renaissance Weekend is a unique event hosted by St. Luke’s School that combines many different artistic areas and showcases the artistic work of St. Luke’s Upper School students. The Evening of the Arts on Friday features an exciting lineup of art, music, and poetry this year. The event has been expanded to include the Global Scholars presentations on the night of Thursday, April 16th. The Evening of the Arts is Friday, April 17th, and includes the Art Opening, Poetry Reading, and Composer’s Concert. The festivities begin with the Art Opening at 4 o’clock in the Community Court. Senior artists will be showcased and will be present to answer questions about their pieces. In addition, works from all Upper school art students will be on display. The Poetry Reading is the next highlight of Renaissance Weekend. Held in the library at 5 o’clock, the Poetry Reading features the works of the senior creative writing class, members of the literary magazine, and special guests. Acoustic music, coffeehouse favorites, will accompany the reading, as well as a brief drama skit directed by Mr. Anglin. This reading is particularly special because there are very few outlets for students’ writing, aside from the literary magazine. “In the past, the Poetry Reading has been a big hit and this year will be no exception,” says Mr. Flachsbart, the master of ceremonies of the reading. Following the Poetry Reading,

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Alexandra Jaffe Editor

Everyone knows and loves Steve. But how well do you really know him? The Sentinel asked Steve to relay a typical day in his life. Here’s the truth about the smile behind the sandwich.

4 am- Get up, shower, feed my 5 babies, cats: Dharma, Tashi, Samson, Mozart, and Princess. 5 am- Go out to warm up the car, lace up the 27 eyelets of my boots, get in car, and take the familiar 52 mile trek to St. Luke’s via the Tappan Zee Bridge and Hudson River. 6 am- Arrive at SLS (shortly after Mr. Cantrick), open up the kitchen, turn on all equipment, and pull out necessary components for day’s menu out of the fridge. 7 am- The other guys arrive to bail me out and we get started on breakfast. 7:30 am- The floodgates open for breakfast which starts the feeding frenzy in the piranha pit known as the cafeteria of St. Luke’s. For the rest of the day, I literally “Go forth to Serve.” 8 am- Nonstop serving breakfast and lunch is now in process. 9 am- Carefully orchestrates making lunch and continuing breakfast, conducting the

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