Highlights from this Week’s Fly By

Welcome to the Fly By with Callyanne McCrea

School Theme for the Year

This year’s theme is Hope from Psalm 71:5:
“For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.”

Key Reminders

• Bi-Annual Lyceum Lectures This Wednesday is our Spring Lyceum lecture with Rhetoric teacher Rick Poole. This will take place in the Lyceum from 6:00-7:00.
• Open House This Friday, March 27th is Open House. Be sure to tell your friends who may be interested in Geneva.
• Macbeth Join us for Rhetoric’s production of Macbeth this Saturday March, 28th and Sunday March, 29th. Check the Landing for tickets.

This Week in History

If you have ever visited Washington DC in the spring, you may remember the beautiful cherry trees over in Washington’s Mall area. On March 27, 1912 a gift of friendship from the Japanese government of around 3,000 cherry trees, was commemorated. Originally an idea from Eliza Scidmore and Dr. David Fairchild, cherry trees had been advocated to be planted in DC for over 20 years before Helen Taft, wife of the current president William Taft, fulfilled the request. She knew the beauty of the cherry blossoms because of her time spent in Japan, and decided she wanted them in her homeland. After learning about the first lady’s interest in cherry blossoms, the Japanese consul in New York suggested making a gift of the trees to the US government from the city of Tokyo. All of these years later, cherry trees in Washington DC are still just as beautiful and beloved.

Did You Know?

Did you know that the Grammar Speech Meet happened last week? Around 2005, in an attempt to further establish the foundation of a Grammar education, a group of Geneva staff founded Speech Meet. The hope was to get Grammar students grades 1-5 in front of a microphone and help them grow more comfortable as oraters as they make their way to Logic and Rhetoric School. Speech Meet is broken down into three rounds. The first round takes place in individual classrooms where students recite scripture and poetry. The teacher chooses three students to move on in each category. Round two is a 1:1 where three students are chosen in each category. The third, and final, round takes place at the Grammar Speech Meet Assembly. An overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place is chosen after presenting in front of the Grammar school and all visitors. This is a part of the foundation for public speaking which is woven throughout a Geneva education ending with the Senior Thesis Presentations in May.

Fun Faculty Fact

Logic School Headmaster, Erin Lutz, is in her first year at Geneva along with her four kids– 9th grader David, 8th grader Maggie, I’m a 6th grader, and 3rd grader Evelyn. Prior to coming to Geneva, Mrs. Lutz lived in Hawaii where she served as the middle school principal at a Classical Christian School, Trinity Christian. She graduated from Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia and is currently finishing up her masters in Classical Education through Gordon College this May. Mrs. Lutz loves cooking, reading, and especially driving her kids all across Boerne while listening to their quiet and peaceful reading. Her favorite thing about her job is getting to be with middle schoolers every day, cause were the best, and considers this her dream job. My mom is amazing and I love being her son.