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Walking the bustling, friendly streets of Rabat is a happy memory for Shaheen Bharwani (I), who plunged into the Arabic language and customs of Morocco this summer.

“Interacting with strangers in Morocco was easy,” says Shaheen. “They treated me like a friend and made me feel so welcome. The man at the end of my street invited me to tea one day while I was on my way to school. So we sat together before I headed off.”

Shaheen earned his six weeks in Morocco as a result of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program funded by the U.S. State Department. The program looks to increase the number of Americans learning, speaking, and teaching critical-need foreign languages, like Chinese and Arabic. Shaheen was selected and awarded a scholarship to travel with 15 other students, who lived with host families in Rabat. He spent five days a week in the classroom studying Arabic, including lessons in the local Moroccan dialect and Arabic calligraphy. During free time, students toured famed locations of the region: the Sahara Desert, Ibn Battuta’s tomb in Tangier, the market square of Marrakech, the palaces of Meknes, and the winding souks of Fez.

Artist Anne Neely’s large canvases, with rich hues of blues, greens and browns, hang in an exhibit hall in Boston’s Museum of Science. The paintings in Water Stories: Conversations in Paint and Sound reflect Anne’s interpretation of water issues plaguing the United States. This merging of art and science developed from a collaboration between teacher and former student.

Anne was new to the visual arts faculty in 1974, and David Rabkin ’79 was one of her students, whom Anne describes as “inquisitive and full of ideas.” They kept in touch on and off over the years. David earned his doctorate in technology and innovation management from MIT and is now director for current science and technology at the Museum of Science. Anne retired from 91̽�� in 2012 and focused on her art, specifically the phenomena of water, a subject of her paintings since 2004.

"For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning." –T.S. Eliot, Class of 1906 Family, faculty and friends stood witness as 171 members of 91̽��'s Class of 2014 made an...

When Ruting Li (II) sits down to write, she doesn’t know quite what will make it to the page. “I don’t set out to write about a particular topic,” she says. “Sometimes I start my writing from a prompt, or an image. Most often I write about something I’ve seen or...

What does it take to host the Olympics? Over 100 Class II math students applied their skills to real world planning experience, developing mock bids for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Students in Precalculus, Statistics, and Engineering the Future courses presented...

With ace serves and slicing backhands, the girls’ varsity tennis team dominated the courts of the Independent School League this season, going undefeated (15–0) and earning the title of ISL Champions after beating Nobles on Friday. The team also earned the NEPSAC...

A spring tradition, students and faculty gathered over tea for the Bisbee award presentations on May 22. The Bisbee Prize honors and celebrates outstanding student research in U. S. history. Faculty teaching the U. S. History and U. S. History in the Modern World...

The Persky Awards recognize the best work—in creative writing, journalism, art, photography and production—appearing in 91̽�� student publications. Award-winning student writers and artists celebrated with faculty and guests in Cox Library recently at the...