Student Directed Theater & Choreography

Ensworth High School students will present student-directed one-act plays and a student choreography showcase Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. Come join the students for a talent-filled evening in the EHS Theater.

One School Two Campuses

It was a beautiful day for nature walk and that is just what some Red Gables and Devon Farms students did. Mrs. Hempel and Mrs. Royse took their two classes to visit with Ms. Tuttle's junior and senior science students for a day of scavenger hunts, animal casts and nature observation at the EHS River Campus. Each pre-1st student is paired up at the beginning of the year with a 3rd grade student from Mrs. Royse's class as reading buddies and now nature buddies. Each pair went with one of Ms. Tuttle's high school science students to explore the animal life at the River Campus bridge. Different animal footprints were found and the kids even got to see a live snake!

The Winter's Tale Comes to Life this Weekend at EHS

The EHS Players will present Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale Friday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The performances will take place in the Dining Room in the Commons Building. Tickets are $6 and are available at both campus offices and at the door. Come see Shakespeare's poplar tale of romance, tragedy and comedy which will be sure to be an audience favorite.

2nd Grade "monkeys" around at the zoo

The 2nd grade took a field trip to the Nashville Zoo on Monday! Here are some pictures highlighting their trip!

Reading Buddies Found at Tom Joy

The fifth graders at Ensworth took a special trip to Tom Joy School Tuesday to meet new friends and share their love for reading. Each marking period the fifth graders visit Tom Joy with the primary focus of reading good books. Tuesday was "Get Acquainted Day", where each fifth grader from Ensworth is paired with a 1st grader from Tom Joy. The fifth graders made "All About Me" books before going and shared these with their new friends. They also read books with them and did some Halloween themed drawings. Between visits the students send pictures and letters to the Tom Joy students to help foster relationships. Throughout the year the fifth grade collects gently used uniform clothing for the Tom Joy students and books to add to their classroom libraries.

Miss Evie Coates...more than just your student's art teacher!

Most Ensworth students and parents know her by Miss Coates, one of the 3 art teachers on the Red Gable campus. However, this past Friday night, Miss Coates revealed to the Ensworth community what makes her more than just your average art teacher.

With the opening of the new theater on the EHS campus, came the opportunity and space for art to be displayed in a museum like setting. This truly multifunctional building has allowed the arts to intertwine and a variety of art mediums to be highlighted in one building.

Miss Coates show entitled "Awakening Songs" opened to a crowd of eager Ensworth community members waiting to see what goes on outside the classroom and in her own studio. The pieces, as described by Evie herself are all "watercolor and found object assemblage.” "At least eight years’ worth of weathered boards, rusty hardware, old tin cans, vintage buttons and time-stained hymnals await me in my studio. In each piece that I produce I seek out the opportunities for nuance and connection between the painting and any of the found objects that lie scattered about. Some pieces that I find stay with me for four or five years before they find their final homes" adds Evie.

In addition, Evie describes "the portions of lyrics you see in these works have come from a well-worn hymnal that belonged to my grandmother Hazel. That book is simply titled, Awakening Songs. I have always had a profound love for the relationship between written word and imagery; exploring this connection was a significant step in the process of creating this body of work. My fascination with those who have gone before, my love for the lustre of age, and my belief in these time-honored missives of hope and peace have served soundly as my inspiration.

I would suggest if you haven't yet, to stop by the EHS Theater and check out her work!

The show will run through December 11th.

Cross Country Tigers

Ensworth's Cross Country teams made their mark at yesterday's City Championships. The EHS girls' Cross Country team won the 1st place championship trophy at the Metro Nashville City Meet. The boys' team placed second in the competition. For the girls, Sarah B. DeLozier was individual runner-up. Five EHS runners placed in the top 10, and 7 placed in the top 18. The Girls have won 4 of 5 meets and finished second once.

The Tiger boys were City team runners-up. Garrett Carmichael is the Individual City Champion, and 4 EHS runners placed in the top 8. Congratulations!

Middle school students get a visit from Ardi

Okay, so the oldest known skeleton didn't actually visit the Ensworth campus today! However, the middle school students did have the privilege to skype (video conference) with Dr. Tim White, project co-director and paleontologist Professor of the Human Evolution Research Center at the University of California Berkeley, and one of the members of the team that discovered Ardi. Ardi is a 4.4 million year old female partial skeleton discovered in the Ethiopian desert on a investigation that started 17 years ago. After a brief introduction from Dr. White on Ardi, a select number of students were invited to ask Dr. White questions. Walking up to the computer screen, the students were given the opportunity to engage in a conversation with Dr. White as he answered the questions most interesting to them. " What made you become a scientist?" asked Eden Chaberski. Another student wondered, “What do you think Ardi sounded like?". The students listened intently as Dr. White described what he looks for in a fossil site, what you can learn from studying fossils, and what he learned about human development through his discovery of Ardi. Thanks to Skype and Dr. White, the students were able to connect what they learn in the classroom to actual current events that are shaping science today.

The Special Olympics Come to Ensworth

On Wednesday, Oct. 7 the Ensworth 10th grade class worked hard and played hard with some Special Olympic athletes during their Service Learning Day. Each year the sophomore class puts together a Special Olympics Sports Festival to help train athletes for Special Olympics of Tennessee. The Ensworth students offered a variety of Olympic-type sports for children with intellectual disabilities. The entire 10th grade class divided into six groups to lead drills and training in basketball, track & field, soccer, flag football, bocce and volleyball. The participants rotated through each sports station, having an opportunity to experience and learn skills in each activity. The weather was beautiful and all the Ensworth students and faculty get involved in this very special day!