“History has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own” 

-Michelle Obama, former First Lady

Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores are invited to sign-up in SCOIR for visits with College Admission Representatives. Representatives have the option to visit Cannon School in-person or via Zoom. Check SCOIRfor the most up-to-date listing of college representative visits and to learn in what format they will visit Cannon. Use this Zoom Meeting Link to connect for virtual visits. You may come to The Cube if you are on campus during the rep visit and need a place to log into the Zoom session. We recommend you bring headphones for the Zoom visit!

The College Counseling Team is excited to offer a new lunch and learn series for students, providing insight and information on post-graduation options outside of a traditional domestic 4-year school. Please note events are open to specific grade levels (listed below) and RSVP is required.

Please RSVP HERE for all events you plan to join.

International Studies | Feb 9 | Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors

Military Academies | Feb 16 | Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors

FRESHMEN:

Please update your calendars with this upcoming required College Counseling Program:

February 10^th, 10:55 – 12:30, Pizza lunch provided!

• Scurlock & Bumgarner Advisories report to The Cube
• Cooper & Weakland Advisories report to Campbell Gallery
• All other Freshmen advisories have normal lunch/office hours

Students wishing to serve on next year’s Honor Council should reach out and speak with either Mrs. Lineberger or Dean Booker and submit a speech by Tuesday Feb 22, no later than 3pm. 

Hi all! My name is Gaby Phillips. For my Capstone project, I’m offering a workshop about Character Design and Storytelling, where you can learn how to create visually appealing characters and how to create a story revolving around them. There will be activities where you’ll have to design characters of your own as well! There is no experience needed in any of these areas to participate. So, if you’re interested in learning more about this topic, please sign up using the Google Form here. It will be happening on Tuesday, February 22nd during Lunch and Office Hours in the Cube. I only have a few spots left for my small workshop so if you’re interested please sign up ASAP. Thank you!

Course Registration Key Dates!  

Friday, February 4

Upper School Course Registration opens on My BackPack.

Wednesday, March 23

Last day of course registration

Friday, April 8

Last day to submit course petitions

If you have any questions about course registration, please review this presentation from student life and contact Mrs. Snowfrock (jfinneyfrock@cannonschool.org).

The Student Council is hosting a Service Week on February 7th-11th! We partnered with clubs on campus to host a service activity each day from a bake sale to a food drive! Join in on the fun while spreading kindness throughout the community!

Remember the food drive is ALL week long. Since the Superbowl is coming up, participate in the “Souper” Bowl Food Drive. Donate cans of soup and collect it in your grade level boxes (by the house hallway). The grade with the most cans will win donuts! 

-Your Student Council Executive Team

Olivia Varghese, Ben Childress, Leighton Evans, Conrad Randall-Bauer, and Ashmi Trivedi

Twelfth Night Tickets Now On Sale!

Cannon Theater Company will perform “Twelfth Night: The Musical” Feb 17-20, and this year we are moving to a reservation-only system for ticketing, so make sure to click here to reserve your seats, or just go to www.cannonschool.org and follow the link on the front page. Please only reserve the number of tickets that you know you will use. As always, Cannon employees, students, and parents don’t have to pay; guest tickets are $15. Named one of the best theatrical productions of 2018 by Time, The Hollywood Reporter and The Washington Post, Twelfth Night is a rousing contemporary musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy featuring a genre-spanning score by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shania Taub.

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Today: 

Nicky Vaccaro and Sam Davis 

Calling all filmmakers, actors, and artists!

The All-American Film Festival is the largest high school film festival in the world judged by industry professionals and celebrities including Kristen Stewart, John Legend, and the creator of Gossip Girl. The goal of the festival is to help high school filmmakers have an opportunity to have their work screened and make industry connections (The selected films are played on festival night at the AMC Empire theatre in Times Square). Currently I am putting together a production team to enter a short film drama this year. If you are interested in working preproduction, production, or postproduction, please click the form below. We need artists of all kinds on our team including actors, extras, editors, cinematographers, makeup artists, composers, musicians, production helpers, set designers, you name it! Some scenes may require time outside of the school day, but I am happy to design the schedule around the needs of the participants! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at  @lcarnaggio@cannonschool.org.  

Hello Cannon Upper School!

The Ink is taking final submissions of artwork and writing right now! If you are interested in submitting, please look at the information below.

For writing submissions, please print 2 hard copies of each piece, with the title of your work, your real name, and pseudonym, and drop them off in The Ink bin located in the English office. If you have any questions regarding this please reach out to Mr. Smith or Mrs. Coughlin. You can submit up to 3 pieces of written work. 

For any artwork (drawings, prints, illustrations, photography, paintings, graphic design/digital artwork, multimedia pieces, video, and audio performances), please submit to this link here. Make sure that your image has your first and last name in it. You can submit as many pieces as you like! If you plan on doing more than one you’ll have to submit to the form multiple times. If you have any questions about how to photograph or submit your work, please contact Mr. Rogers. 

The submission deadline for everything is February 9th.

This is the final time for anyone to submit their work to The Ink. We look forward to seeing everyone’s creativity!

The Ink Committee 

Do you make up songs? Lyrics? Love to create music? Wish you had an opportunity to make a lasting impression?

This is the inaugural year of the Cannon School Composition Contest!  We would love to hear your musical ideas and give you a chance to have them performed.  Please click the link to the Composition Contest to find out more information. 

TRIP TO PERU!