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INTERIM WEEK
...but we can tell the story: A Celebration of Centuries of Jewish Storytelling
Pictures Tell the Story
Basics of photography, led by Ms. Czopnik with assistance from Mr. Cantor, was one of the arts workshops. A basic overview on how to take strong photos was implemented for the week. Topics included: composing images, organizing elements, creating a center of interest, control of the background, appropriate exposures, photos and storytelling, lighting, and creative approaches were covered in the course. Students had daily free time to take pictures, be involved in group evaluation and analysis of their photos, and select final photos to showcase for the school. The student generated photos were creative, interesting, and displayed excellent technique.
Mosaics Tell the Story 
Five students and Senorita Frumin came together to learn the art of telling a story through mosaics from Rabbi Gila Ruskin. Through Rabbi Ruskin’s guidance and sample art works, this group accomplished what she called a ‘complex mosaic making’ task using several media and more than one color grout. The media included glass & ceramic beads/tiles, metal & plastic pins, all kinds of jewelry, mortar, grout, water and glitter; and of course, time to let the grout dry. Melissa Block, ’11, and Avital Luny, ’13, interpreted childhood stories (Snow White & Sleeping Beauty), Emily Boling, ’10, interpreted the Story of Creation, Beverly Rogers, ‘12 interpreted the story of Earth (the four seasons), Shachar Binyamin, ‘10 interpreted the story of America’s immigrants (Freedom) and Senorita Frumin interpreted a folk story (Saving the Starfish). One would think it’s an easy process, but the contrary was proven. Although an original idea and/or design are involved, the product does not become final until the last bit of decoration has been done. Some of the participants are still adding touches to their mosaics. It was demanding, challenging, inspirational and completely enjoyable. Senorita Frumin loved it!
 
Woodshop Tells the Story
Avi Miller, ’10 writes: In the woodworking class, we had been working nonstop for an hour and a half, cutting our pieces of wood for our shtenders, and so we took a 5 minute break to just relax or get a drink. During that time, Morah Rosen happened to be stopping by our room, of course to the sight of us playing electronic Taboo for those few minutes. When questioned as to what we were doing, we proclaimed that we were taking our union break. She laughed and continued on to the next room.
Moral of the story: Even students in workshop class during interim week get union breaks.
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Writing Tells the Story
In the Creative Writing arts segment, led by Dr. Prentiss and Mr. Neft, students studied E. L. Doctorow’s short story “The Writer in the Family,” then wrote compositions of their own. The finished pieces by Joey Danick,’11, Miles Greenspoon, ‘13, Alex Hershon, ‘11, Sam Polonsky, ‘13, Dora Safonova, ‘12, Mariyetta Safonova, ‘11, and Ryan Winner, '10 exhibited a wide range of styles—from a sports story with social themes to modern-day teen dramas to literary fiction about family relationships. The genre of suspense fiction was well-represented, including an international thriller, a detective story with supernatural elements, and a dramatic horror story. At the end of the week, students read brief excerpts from their stories: many audience members were inspired to request copies of the entire stories!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Join JUST Cardin and participate in the ECO BIKE RIDE in support of the Kayam Farm at Pearlstone. Save the date SUNDAY, MAY 16 (rain or shine) and watch for details about how to join the Cardin team. Get your bikes out and begin to practice. We will have a group training ride on Sunday April 25 at the NCR trail in Monkton.
DEVELOPMENTS
During the course of this academic year, we have joined a variety of organizations in an effort to make The Shoshana S. Cardin School more visible in the community and to take advantage of the vast opportunities for professional growth that they each offer. To that end, we are now members of the Pikesville Chamber of Commerce which has proven to be both enlightening and a wonderful network within the local community.
A colleague suggested that I become a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and pay particular attention to the local chapter. I promptly researched, only to discover that the international convention will be in Baltimore next month. How fortuitous! Thousands of people from around the world will gather to talk about ways of advancing our institutions. There are sessions for those of us representing smaller organizations and I look forward to learning from leaders in the field of development.
In reading the information about programs offered by the Maryland chapter, I noticed a section entitled Youth Philanthropy and was delighted to realize that, once again, Cardin is ahead of the curve. With our participation in Project ROPE (Roots of Philanthropic Education) through RAVSAK, a team of students has been working with Head of School, Barbie Prince, to understand how and why Jewish tradition has mandated philanthropic giving for thousands of years and what the implications are for us today. They have begun to develop a basic knowledge of effective methods of philanthropy and have met with community leaders and donors including Matt Friedman of The Associated and Mrs. Shoshana Cardin. Our students are working in collaboration with peers from selected schools across the country. Cardin is the only school in Maryland in the selected group. The AFP in Maryland has an annual award specifically for youth - the Outstanding Youth Fundraiser Awards and I will be nominating the Project ROPE committee for this award.
Margi Hoffman
Director of Development and Marketing
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