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Keep A Hawkseye Out for the Website O n ursday, No- vember 1, the Expository Writing class launched a new website for the Hawk’s Eye Online at: hawkseye.headroyce. org. Seniors Mary Kate Engstrom and Michael Greenfield are this year’s Web Editors-in-Chief for the Hawk’s Eye Online and have been planning the site since last May. “I do realize that people usually regard the Hawk’s Eye website as sec- ond rate to the newspaper,” says Greenfield, “But this year, by creating a new de- sign and presenting timely news as well as a greater range of multimedia pieces, I hope that people will be able to respect the website more.” In the past, the web- site has been seen as sec- ond fiddle to the print paper, featuring outdated content and a stale design. However, Greenfield and Engstrom want to change this outdated reputation through the launching of the new site. e previous website was released for the first time last year, and was juvenile in many of its fea- tures. “Our main goal is to create a dynamic, le- gitimate, and entertaining website that the student body at the School will actually check and is re- spected within the school community,” said Eng- strom. Greenfield adds that, “[Mary Kate and I] want to incorporate more multime- dia pieces to create a more interactive interface for the website’s visitors.” e Expos Staff has been working on an on- line version of the Hawk’s Eye for years, but the first real sustainable version was only created a year or two ago. Engstrom and Green- field, however, have decided to make the transition from this Google Site, created by alumn Max Stayman, to a more sophisticated Word Press layout. Sophomore Design Editor CJ Novogra- dac says, “Aſter three trials of a new website, this is def- e Head-Royce Upper School Newspaper School Hosts Southeast Asian Visitors initely the best, most realis- tic, and most opportunistic one of them all.” By using a Word Press site, the Expos Web Staff has much more room for creativity, and control over the layout, design, and con- tent. But with more control over the website, comes more challenges. “Building a website without any background in Word Press or com- puter science is definitely not easy, but I’m proud of what we’ve done so far,” said Engstrom. “Of course, because the Internet is so variable we’re not done and will continue to make ad- ditions and improvements throughout the year.” THE HAWK’S EYE Volume XXII Issue 3 November 5, 2012 S tarting Monday, November 5th, the School will host a group of Southeast Asian students from countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunai for the week. English 10 Teach- er and Director of Global Studies Saya Mckenna is in charge of the exchange. McKenna believes that the School does “a great job of sending [our own students] out in the world, but it has been a lot harder for us to do [the same],” and has wanted to host internation- al students at the School for quite some time. Mckenna first got wind of this hosting opportunity from former Head of School Paul Chap- man, who put McKenna in contact with a program called the East West Center. e goal of this organiza- tion, based in Honolulu, is to foster international ex- change and to develop lead- ership in foreign students surrounding an important global issue. Each year, the East West Center chooses a central theme, this year’s theme is sustainability. Mckenna has enlisted the help of History 11 teacher Paul Scott to facilitate ac- tivities for the students surrounding this topic both at the School and the Bay Area so they can learn more about sustainable liv- ing. Scott said that “[the students and I] are going to tour] different schools in the Bay Area with strong educational programs sur- rounding sustainability.” e students will visit Rosa Parks Elementary School in Berkeley , UC Berkeley, and Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley. e students will also be very busy on the School’s campus, attending classes such as Islam, AP Environ- mental Science, and Asia Rising. Senior Dora Finkel- stein said, “[our Islam class] is so excited to have the exchange students. We dis- cuss many current events and issues surrounding the Islamic world, so it will be interesting to get a per- spective from people who practice the religion.” In ad- dition, the students will be on campus in the midst of the Election on November 6th, and will sit down with History 10 Teacher Peter Reinke to discuss the elec- toral process. “Our main goal is to facilitate collab- orative exchange,” Mckenna explained. “I want [both the American and the interna- tional students] to learn.” BY BECCA BENHAM Editor-In-Chief What’s To Come in Practicum s tudents have mixed feelings about Practicum, or the hour long period at the end of the day on ursdays used for Family Groups and o ther activities. Dean of Students Barry Barankin has already scheduled Practicums for the rest of the year. He would like everyone to know, “Even though, they are all planned out, they are not set in stone as Assem- blies are because we don’t have speakers scheduled to appear during Practicum. is means they are sub- ject to change if we feel that there is something more important that we need to do.” Each month there is a practicum for fam- ily groups, one for a grade level meeting of some sort, and one for something aca- demic related. is com- ing ursday, November 8th, will be a grade level meeting. Freshman, Soph- omores and Juniors will meet in advisories and do an interim review. Accord- ing to Barankin, the Seniors will meet with Charis, the so-called “Sex, drugs, and rock and roll lady.” urs- day, November 15th, Pract- icum will be a family group discussion focusing on gratitude. “I know we did this last year, as some peo- ple will remember. How- ever, this year it will be a little different. Gratitude is a broad topic and we want to talk about it more than once.” Once we return from anksgiving Break, No- vember 29th will be grade levels meeting. e Seniors will be introduced to the Senior play, the Juniors will meet with Charis, the Sophomores will start read- ing Street Car scenes, and the Freshmen will either have a grade level meeting on the “Physics of Music” with Physics teacher Chris Harper, or have a study hall. December 6th will be divided into grade levels once again. Seniors will have individual meetings with the College Counsel- ors, Kate Augus and Carrie Horsey, while the Juniors will meet in advisories and sign up for their Global Online Academy Courses. e Sophomores will be performing their Street Car scenes from the previ- ous week and the Freshmen will be doing exam prep with their Prefects. In short, Practicum looks to be ex- citing in the weeks to come. BY OLIVIA LUM Reporter BY LINNEA ENGSTROM Multimedia Editor 3 Do Flipped Classrooms Work? 7 Sleep Levels rough the Grades 8 Will Men’s Basketball Win State is Year? WHAT’S INSIDE? LINNEA ENGSTROM Teacher Jennifer Brakeman anticipates her plunge into the Senior’s dunk tank, one of dozens of booths at this year’s All-School Fair. e fair raises money for the Heads-Up tutoring program, a programs that reach out to students around the community.
