SENIORS TAKE TO THE SCREEN IN FILM PROJECT Simon Mehari and Maya Caulfield, both ’17, participated in the filming of a video project funded by the American Association of University Women and produced by the Portland-based nonprofit Stop Sexual Assault in Schools (SSAIS). Te hour-long film is designed to raise awareness of gender discrimination and Title IX protection in K–12 schools. Said Caulfield of the experience, “Ever since I did my Literary Journalism Project junior year on sexual assault at college campuses, I have been very invested in this topic. I absolutely believe the video will help OES students [and others] understand these matters. It is one of the most inclusive approaches to learning about sexual harassment that I have ever seen.” Te video will be released directly to YouTube in the fall of 2017.
STUDENTS SECURE JOURNALISM AWARDS Santa Clara University honored two OES seniors this fall for their writing and reporting efforts. Elise Kuechle and Julia Witteman were both recognized as Finalists by the Santa Clara University Journalism Awards for pieces they first wrote for their junior year Literary Journalism Projects and then published in Te Dig, OES’s Upper School online newspaper. Te annual awards, organized by Santa Clara’s Journalism Program and Te Santa Clara, the university’s award-winning student newspaper, honor the best in high school journalists nationwide. Kuechle received her News Story category honors for an article entitled “A Second Simplicity: Death with Dignity in Oregon,” while Witteman’s award-winning piece, “Hot Rods,” earned her an award in the Feature Story category.
Photo courtesy of Portland Tribune
UPPER SCHOOL THESPIANS JOURNEY TO THE WEST Tis fall’s theatrical production was Journey to the West, a story of spiritual voyages. Te story itself is centuries old, written in the 1500s and attributed to Wu Cheng’en. OES’s staged version was written in 2011 by playwright Mary Zimmerman and directed by English teacher Debby Schauffler. Journey to the West takes the audience across time through the eyes of a mischievous monkey who seeks the secrets of immortality, yet ends up taking a pilgrimage to reincarnation and redemption. Te play involved major contributions from OES students, including original drumming compositions from Shiva Bharadwaj ’17 and dances taught to the cast by Aashna MacLennan ’20. As Edward Pinkava ’18 (portrayer of the Monkey) shared, his challenging role involved going from “such a high level of physical energy (leaping and running about) at the beginning of the play, to becoming a calm, composed figure, while still maintaining some aspect of the wildness and unpredictability of the monkey at the end.” Tis production also linked to several classroom activities over the course of the fall term.
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