Another Fantastic AISL HS Coffee House!

This past Friday we filled every available space for our 50-person max HS Coffee House.  Students and teachers gathered on the deck of the Palm Pavilion under the brilliantly clear stars and enjoyed thirteen performances. The acts included song, instrumental pieces, dance, a TED Talk, juggling, and poetry. As usual, our students created such a safe and supportive atmosphere that at the end of the scheduled performances, a couple students summoned the courage to step up to the mic and share. Our HS Student Council did a fantastic job of organizing the event, which includes promoting, set-up, emceeing, and clean-up. 

This HS Coffee House was a bittersweet one for our seniors, as it was their last before graduation. We would like to recognize some of our seniors by name:

• Etai has worked the sound board and helped with lights and other technical aspects at EVERY HS Coffee House during his years at AISL (save for one when he had a football tournament).
• Tania has created the beautiful posters for our coffee houses both this year and last year. Additionally, her family graciously printed them without charge.
• Madi has performed at every single coffee house and we will miss her piano playing very much!
• Elijah and Harry have helped to organize and lead Student Council this year and have provided tremendous support for these and other school events.
• Peniel has shared her gift of song at both coffee houses this year and we look forward to hearing of her future singing performances!

We would also like to thank Mr. Edwin Kamangala of our IT Department, who is instrumental in ensuring that the tech behind EVERY AISL event runs smoothly and for also teaching our students how to use sound and light equipment.  His work never ends and we always appreciate him!

Mr. Illingworth, our Band Director, and Ms. Maguire, our Secondary School Librarian, will be moving on at the end of this year and have loved supporting and helping to grow the creative arts culture at AISL. They are confident that it has become such an ingrained part of AISL that the students will carry it forward!

Photos by T.Maguire & S. Seiler