Lovett School
Recent News About Lovett School
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Three Upper Schools Students Selected For "20 Under 20" List
Atlanta INtown and Reporter Newspapers named Leah Cox '24, Samar Kibe '24, and Landon Denker '24 to its annual "20 Under 20" list of students for 2023.
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Vanessa Boone Named Conservation Teacher of the Year
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) named Lower School inGen Studio teacher Vanessa Boone as the recipient of its 2022-23 Conservation Teacher of the Year grant.
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SING 2022: Even Without An Overnight, Advisories Bond and Serve
Although SING has been a nearly thirty-year-long tradition, it is still constantly evolving. This is the first year since Covid that it has returned to being almost “normal.”
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Lovett Swimmers Swim Across (Some Of) America
On Saturday, September 24, sixteen members of the Lovett Varsity Swim Team participated in Swim Across America, an open-water swim event to help fund cancer research, clinical trials, and patient programs.
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Lovett Updating Safety Strategies
In the past few years, Lovett has begun a new approach to active shooter response training. “There's not a switch that changed our perception here…” Chief Operating Officer Gray Kelly assured me. “A lot of schools are evolving their response and Lovett is evolving their response too.”
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The Unspoken Rules We Follow
Seniors get first-floor alcoves, juniors get on the second floor, and lowerclassmen get the third floor.
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Back on the Bank: Ms. McLeavy…Unmasked
After twenty-two years of working at Lovett, Ms. McLeavy, our Head of Languages at the Upper School, still gets excited about returning in August.
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Back on the Bank: Senior Grant Ewing Tackles The Start of School
While other students spent their summer days tanning at the beach, or swimming in the pool, Grant Ewing spent his days working hard on the football fields at 6:30 AM. This summer he had the opportunity to attend several football camps at prestigious schools, as well as get a head start to the Lovett football season.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Finding Our Faculty: The Hiring Process At Lovett
“We all have a really big investment in getting the right teacher and a good teacher.”
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Science Class Project Ties Biology to Great Books
Ms. Vernon's 9th-grade Biology class completed a project on science books. Each student got to choose a book of their choice from a list that Ms. Vernon and the librarian, Ms. Martin put together.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Study Abroad Programs Take Kids “Out There”
In the weeks leading up to the course request deadline, students spent a lot of time thinking about what they wanted their schedules to look like. For some Lovett students over the years, that planning has included studying abroad.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Talking Politics (Peacefully) At The Atlanta Youth Assembly
Now more than ever, politics are a point of conversation to avoid. Everybody’s got an opinion, and very few people know how to express that opinion without creating a social media firestorm.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Alum Andrew Aydin On John Lewis, Superhero Catchphrases, and Continuing to Serve
“Now,” he explains, “We think of ‘good trouble’ as being so ubiquitous with John Lewis, but at that time, it really wasn’t.”
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Glenn Speaker Series - Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Glenn Speaker Series Presents
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LOVETT SCHOOL: The Story Food Tells
For each heritage or history month, one of the ways that Lovett teaches their students is through cuisine. So, to investigate the importance of cuisine, I talked to one teacher from each of the languages taught here at Lovett.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: V-Day Special: Viewing Valentine's Day Through a PRISM
Valentine’s Day means different things for many different people. For some, it’s a day to celebrate the love you have for your partner or your close friendships.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: In Dr. Douglas's Classes, History Is A Game
If you are a student of Dr. Douglas, you know he likes to play games with his classes, such as Modern Global History and Economics.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Halfway Through The Year, Ms. Cole Takes Stock
Before meeting with Ms. Cole, the head of school, in the weeks leading up to winter break, I had to make an appointment with her assistant. On the Wednesday of our interview, I walked into her room and saw stacks and stacks of papers on her desk and at the table where she was working.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: A Midyear Check-In With New Guidance Counselor, Ms. Mehta
When I walked into Ms. Mehta’s cozy counseling office, she was working on a flyer with tips for students about how to deal with stress.
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LOVETT SCHOOL: Breakthrough Breaks Through Covid
Covid impacted many things at Lovett, and Breakthrough Atlanta was one of them. Fund-A-Scholar is an event that happens every year to raise money for Breakthrough Atlanta. Last year, 2020, due to Covid, the event was unable to occur.