tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116890233400296651.post5675061973462566090..comments2023-06-26T03:17:44.943-07:00Comments on 11 ILC at Penn: Our Thanks to the School BoardMadeline Kronenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00809038721402994691noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116890233400296651.post-77455745625279781422011-05-14T23:18:01.529-07:002011-05-14T23:18:01.529-07:00Alex,
Did Tony Thurmond mention to you that he at...Alex,<br /><br />Did Tony Thurmond mention to you that he attended Temple University and grew up in Philadelphia? Tony's a great guy and he can give you a lot of pointers about what to do, where to go (and what to avoid).<br /><br />Dr. Harter is also a great guy and any personal interaction with him would be of benefit to you. Both are great supporters of the ILC and take great joy in seeing you all do well.<br /><br />With many of our programs we designate the program to a specific high school so the students can work as a team , meet with each other, form study groups and travel all knowing each other well enough to work as a cohesive team. This even works because the school administration can play an integral part of that team.<br /><br />With other programs, though--such as yours--we've opened it up for the entire District to apply. Some of the specialty course in the sciences benefit from having well qualified students from the entire District on the team. Obviously, there are problems that go along with that as you've seen with your two cohorts attending a different school in a different city.<br /><br />Securing qualified chaperones has also been a problem for us and this can mean that the chaperone is from an entirely different school--as is the case with your chaperone. We have every confidence in Mike Schweninger but the sooner he gets to know you all on a personal level the better off you'll all be. I suspect that when we gather for the Penn dinner we'll all get to know each other better.<br /><br />And as for the group photo, I really appreciate how cooperative everyone was this year. This is by far the largest group we've gathered for a photograph. If my count is correct (I have trouble with large numbers) we had 76 people in the photo. You all did a great job and the photo turned out great.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com