Category: Upper School
Friday, January 15, 2021
For SGA Vice-President and International Baccalaureate student Anne Rack '20, her journey through Upper School has involved a multitude of academic and extra-curricular experiences that carried her outside her comfort zone and gave her memories she'll cherish for a lifetime.
"What I love most about being a Lausanne student is the community. I have been going to Lausanne since 5th grade, so I have grown to be very close with my classmates and teachers," said...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Monday, January 11, 2021
Lausanne would like to congratulate all our student winners for this year's Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards Competition , sponsored by the Brooks Museum League.
In this year's nationally recognized competition, Lausanne art and design students were acknowledged with 25 total awards, including 5 Gold Keys, 7 Silver Keys and 13 Honorable Mentions.
"Congratulations to all our Scholastic Art Awards winners, and congratulations to all their...
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Monday, January 11, 2021
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Ambassador, diversity and inclusion task force member and co-president of the Class of 2021. Ali Devji '21 has taken on many roles at Lausanne and has spent his time as a Lynx embracing his leadership skills.
At Lausanne, the International Baccalaureate has a strong focus on community engagement, and as a full IB student, Ali found this helpful in encouraging him towards his leadership roles.
"I would encourage everyone to take the IB, as it has truly helped me...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Monday, December 21, 2020
At Lausanne, being able to create a joyful but challenging learning environment is essential. That is why our International Baccalaureate classes are critical for students to push their creative boundaries and sharpen their skills.
Upper Schoolers in IB Multimedia arts recently had the opportunity to experiment with their artistic strengths when Mr. Naya tasked them with creating a movie in "Claymation" stop-motion animation techniques or hyper-lapse animation.
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Monday, December 21, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Lausanne student Isabel Kagoo '21 has been named a Semifinalist for the 2021 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program , moving to the next round of the selection process to become a Coca-Cola Scholar and receive a $20,000 college scholarship.
"I am so grateful to be named as a semi-finalist for the Coca-Cola Scholars Program and to be moving on in the selection process," said Isabel. "It is an honor to be recognized out of over a hundred thousand applicants as...
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at Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Recently, some of our IB Anthropology seniors had the opportunity to apply the visual auto-ethnographic methods they learned about in their first term reading assignment, "Street Style" by Brent Luvaas , to make a collaborative blog called "Lynx Street Style."
The seniors will share their photo journals with iEARN global partners in Russia, Belarus, Algeria and Taiwan, who are also making class photo journals for Lausanne students to compare and...
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
2020's National Honor Society Ceremony honored 52 students with induction into the academic organization. The inductees were split into three separate groups to ensure social distancing could be maintained. You can watch an edited version of the ceremony below or on our vimeo site .
Fifteen seniors were inducted on November 30: Jazmin Bolden, Brandon Bruckman, Darian Eslami, Hattie Greene, Keith Hoffmeister, Emilio Miguel Lachica, Brinnan Lawson, James Locke, Elle...
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at Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020
Now that Thanksgiving holiday celebrations have come to a close, students are gearing up for Lausanne's next big season – the LynxServe Season of Service.
In alignment with one of the International Baccalaureate Programme's core values, LynxServe promotes the development of lifelong learners through service-learning opportunities that help engage students with the community. This year, Lausanne is participating in a Season of Service, which offers students different ways to...
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Monday, November 30, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
Upper School photography students recently had the opportunity to channel famous Memphis photographer William Eggleston in a project that challenged their creative abilities.
Students explored the photographer's technique before heading outdoors for "photo walks" to take photos of what inspired them, using the methods they learned.
"The goal for students was to capture photographs that used their knowledge of the artist but also connected them to their own...
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Friday, November 27, 2020
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Students in Upper School IB Business Management had the opportunity to learn a little about life as an entrepreneur, or as their guest speaker, Kenny Bakers calls it “nontrepreneur,” during a recent chat with the local coffee roaster.
Based in the Bartlett area, Kenny is a coffee entrepreneur who has grown his hobby and side hustle into a full-time career in the last two years with Ethnos Coffee Roasters . The term “nontrepreneur” he uses comes from...
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at Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020
At Lausanne, we love when students use the skills they built in the classroom to make connections in their communities, throughout the country and across the globe.
This year, upper schoolers in Spanish II HL have had the opportunity to take their knowledge of the Spanish language beyond Lausanne's campus all the way to Spain by connecting with penpals in Madrid.
"In the past, students had various opportunities to practice their Spanish in real-life scenarios through...
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at Thursday, November 19, 2020
Monday, November 16, 2020
Upper School students had the opportunity to express themselves creatively when they demonstrated their artistic talents through a video design project.
The students produced experimental short videos as a part of their IB Programme summative. The project incorporated all the skills they've learned from this term, including continuity editing, parallel editing, phantom shots, skip editing and video transitions.
Along with testing their knowledge of these skills, the...
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Monday, November 16, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
A group of Middle and Upper School Lynx had the opportunity to showcase their science knowledge recently when they competed in a science Bee hosted by International Academic Competitions (IAC).
The virtual competition was held at the beginning of November, and Jonathan Goldfeder '24 , Abhiram Battini '25 and Sachin Lyons '26 qualified to move on to nationals in December. Usually, this is held in Chicago, but this year it will be hosted...
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
During a recent outdoor activity, Upper School students in Mrs. Faunne Brown's MYP Physics HL class gathered over a 6-meter high ramp by the main gym at Lausanne. They took turns testing the durability of their handmade Egg-Drop projects, made from plastic drinking straws and transparent tape.
As a part of the annual Upper School Egg-Drop competition, MYP Physics HL students spent weeks researching real-world scenarios involving fragile objects surviving high-velocity impact...
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at Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
While Mr. Auger grabbed another weight to place in the bucket, an Upper Schooler squealed, "I think the string is going to snap!" As the student leaned in to get a closer look, the bucket hanging by the string attached to her handmade bridge hit the floor and a crashing sound echoed across the design lab.
The experiment was a part of a design exercise in which Upper School students got to put their innovative skills to the test to create bridges that could withstand a massive...
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at Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
When it comes to school spirit, it comes in all sizes at Lausanne. Lately, it is the little ones that have been leading the way.
Thursday, Senior Kindergarten (SK) students made Lausanne's Varsity Cheer a banner to wish them good luck in their regional competition this weekend.
"It meant so much to the team knowing they have the love and support from the Lausanne Community," cheerleading coach Kenzie Neel said. "Seeing the younger students support them as they...
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at Friday, October 30, 2020