How do you conserve water, a precious natural resource that is in short supply throughout the world and judiciously manage its supply? For answers, ask the members of Barrack's 12th grade AP Environmental Science classes who held their First Annual Summit: Water Management--Everyone's Problem this week. The Summit culminates a year-long project that began with analyzing the water in Darby Creek on the school's campus. The water was polluted. Tracing its flow, the students realized that it flowed through Pennsylvania, into the Delaware Water Gap and eventually into the oceans of the world. The questions of water pollution, scarcity, and management were therefore local, national and international ones, begging for answers and wise management plans.
 
Preparing for their Summit reports, students focused on dealing with the development of water management plans at the local level through global levels, tackling real problems and providing real solutions. They divided into groups, with each group presenting its well-researched plan and proposal for water conservation and management via cogent and persuasive PowerPoint presentations. Then group members fielded questions from fellow students regarding the validity of their plan and proposals.
 
At the end of the Summit, Ron DeMuro, AP science teacher, spun The Wheel of Environmental Misfortune. The outcome: students were assigned problems to analyze and suggest solutions vis a vis how a specific environmental crisis could be addressed, using insights from their research, as well as that of fellow students. "Less than 1% of all fresh water is readily accessible for human use and most people will be born into countries already experiencing water shortages," reiterated Rhonda August, AP teacher and Science Department Chair." It is up to your generation to help solve the critical problems of water pollution and scarcity." The students agreed and are now prepared to make a difference locally, and, perhaps, one day, globally.

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Alumni Life Cycles

Mazel tov to:
Tali Field Berman '93, who was featured in the February 10 issue of the Jerusalem Post as the first professional to bring the Son-Rise Program, an autism treatment approach, to Israel. She and her business partner formed the Meir Autism Treatment Center and co-authored Play to Grow! Over 200 Games Designed to Help Your Special Child Develop Fundamental Social Skills. She lives in Israel with her husband Josh and 3 children.
 
Marilyn Cohen Marcovitz '61 and her husband Richard on the engagement of their daughter. She is their 5th child to marry. They are grandparents eight times. Marilyn is still working as an occupational therapist.

Eliot Jerud '96 and Johanna Lebow '02, who were mentioned in a NY Times article about Moishe House in Philadelphia, a nonprofit group that helps Jewish 20-something's create communities.

Lisa Levin Kimmelman '74 and her husband Simon on the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Heather to Daniel Ian Schwartz.

Josh Landsburg '02, who is pursuing a career in sports broadcasting as the Phillies content editor for Baseballdisgest.com. He is also involved in radio on 1490WBCb and 97.5 FM as broadcaster and in promotions.