The mission of
Jordan
High School
is to provide students with the opportunity to explore a body of knowledge; to develop academic, physical and social skills; and to practice thinking and decision-making processes in an open and orderly environment.
ESL History Class Creates Slavery Museum at Jordan Media Center
Monday, 01 March 2010
Students in Ms. Bulpett's
2nd Period ESL U.S. History class created and opened a Museum Exhibit,
"Life During Slavery."Students chose specific aspects of life during
slavery on which to research and create individual exhibits. Topics included Religion
in the Slave Community, The Slave Trade in America, Durham Area Slaves and many others.
Students spent a week researching and becoming experts on their particular aspect of slavery before presenting their findings to museum guests which included teachers, administrators and Ms. Marshall's class.
“I was really blown away by
how creative and informative the exhibits were,” notes Ms. Bulpett. “I even learned a new thing or two with some
of the exhibits and I'm very proud of the hard work and time students put into
creating our Museum.”
Threater Classes Perform Noises Off
Friday, 19 February 2010
Jordan High School Theater
Department will present Michael Frayn’s play, Noises Off, Thursday through Saturday, February 25 – 27 at 7:30pm
in the school auditorium. Admission is
$10. In this zany comedy, Frayn examines
the concept of a play within a play, in this case a dreadful comedy titled Nothing
On. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a
performance of the first act of Nothing On.
Act One is set at the
dress rehearsal, the night before opening at the (fictional) Grand Theatre,
with the cast still fumbling with entrances and exits, missed cues, misspoken
lines, and bothersome props, most notably several plates of sardines. Act Two portrays a
Wednesday matinee performance one month later at the (again fictional) Theatre
Royal and is seen from backstage, providing a view that
reveals the deteriorating personal relationships among the cast. Finally, in Act Three, the audience sees a
performance near the end of the ten-week run when
personal friction has continued and everyone is eager
to be done with the play. [Play synopsis courtesy of
Wikipedia.]
Cast members, in order
of appearance:
Davis
Tapp (Lloyd Dallas)
Colleen
McKeel (Dotty Otley /
Mrs.Clackett)
Alec
Lowman (Garry Lejeune
/ Roger)
Ashlyn
Spring (Brooke Ashton
/ Vicky)
Jamal
Bryant (Frederick
Fellows / Philip Brent)
Beth
Gramann (Belinda
Blair / Flavia Brent)
Eliza
Meredith (Poppy
Norton-Taylor)
Muhsin
Bustilo (Timothy
Allgood)
Joseph
Linnartz (Selsdon
Mowbray / Burglar)
Understudies:
Megan Crisp (Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett)
Evan Kilosna (Garry Lejeune / Roger)
Blake Coleman (Brooke Ashton / Vicky)
Allyn Hunt (Frederick Fellows / Philip Brent)
Mia Haviland (Belinda Blair / Flavia Brent)
Jami Pickett (Poppy Norton-Taylor)
Nick Pope (Timothy Allgood)
David Leimberger (Selsdon Mowbray / Burglar)
Stage Managers:
Sonja Sampson and Allison Walters
The2-story set was designed and built
by Ms. Garcia's Technical Theatre classes. The members of this class
will also be responsible for managing the lighting and sound for this
production.
Adopted Haitian School Donates Flag to Jordan
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
On Monday, February 15th,
WTVD news anchor Larry Stogner presented Jordan High School with the flag from
our adopted school in Haiti.l'Ecole Elagantissma is a K-12 school in Port au Prince that was destroyed in
the recent earthquake.Jordan has
adopted the school and plans to provide funding and supplies to help the school
begin educating students again as soon as possible.Watch the video from ABC TV 11.
The school-wide effort for a general collection ends at the end of February, but other fundraisers are upcoming. The ENCORE Black History show will be Friday, February 19th, at 7:00 in the school cafeteria. Admission is $5 or discounted to $3 with the donation of canned goods. If you have questions about the project or about donations, contact
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. Checks may be made directly to Jordan High School.
and opened a 
ful comedy titled Nothing
On. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a
performance of the first act of Nothing On.
On Monday, February 15th,
WTVD news anchor Larry Stogner presented Jordan High School with the flag from
our adopted school in Haiti.
