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Meet a Maverick: Director of Environmental Citizenship Tanja Srebotnjak
Mitzi Mock
Meet Tanja Srebotnjak, Nueva’s first Director of Environmental Citizenship. How will her work support our future environmental stewards? Hear from Tanja herself! She describes what her new role and Nueva’s forthcoming environmental center will mean for our students.
Before coming to Nueva, Tanja was the Hixon Professor for Sustainable Environmental Design at Harvey Mudd College, where she also launched the Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design. She holds a PhD in environmental statistics and policy from Yale and previously worked at the United Nations, the National Resources Defense Council, and a German environmental think tank. She is passionate about advancing environmental literacy at every age and in every community!
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On Sunday, May 22, community members past and present gathered at Hillsborough and, through Zoom, around the world to celebrate 30 years of brilliant teaching and music-making by our very own Sin-Tung Chiu. If you were unable to attend, you can still enjoy the touching tributes and inspiring performances by the Nueva String Ensemble, current and former violin students, and Sin-Tung himself, accompanied by Nueva alumnus Dmitriy Cogan, on this professionally produced video. Log in to my.nuevaschool.org to watch here.
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Mavericks Making Waves is our latest roundup of exceptional student and faculty accomplishments and activities happening beyond Nueva's walls.
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Pre-kindergarten students have spent the last few months learning about the artist Dale Chihuly and the amazing sculptures that he creates. When they began to create their Chihuly-inspired sculpture using transparency paper, they asked, "What is the whole school made a piece of the art?"
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Mavericks Making Waves is our latest roundup of exceptional student and faculty accomplishments and activities happening beyond Nueva's walls.
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On a beautiful Tuesday morning, lower school students could be found across the entirety of the campus deep in their studies and enjoying their day.
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On Tuesday morning, Jim Morrison caught a glimpse of a number of engaging classes and projects going on in the upper school.
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Over two days this week, Jim Morrison caught a glimpse of a number of engaging classes and projects going on in the middle school.
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Mavericks Making Waves is our latest roundup of exceptional student and faculty accomplishments and activities happening beyond Nueva's walls.