A Night We'll Never Forget
The NEIA Expo was a night for our community to come together, hear our students talk passionately, eat some good food, and listen to some awesome music.
“I’m so excited to show the learning from this past year,” Tom Woelper, Head of School, said. “There’s been a lot of work done this year. The star of the evening is our students.”
Walking through the hallways, you could stop in front of any student and read their poster and listen to their prepared presentation. Once the student had presented their work, they also fielded questions like experts.
Concordia, a 9th grader, presented on their Integrated Science project to propose viable solutions to environmental and socioeconomic problems. For their project, they used Zanzibar, Tanzania, suggesting solutions to sustainable energy challenges and clean water issues.
Cade, a 9th grader, showed off a charcoal drawing of pumpkins, an art assignment that was supposed to focus on shadows. This drawing was a serious masterpiece.
Victoria, an 11th grader, discussed an architectural and sustainable design project she did in her Global Online Academy class that was nominated for the Catalyst Exhibition by her teacher.
Peter, a 10th grader, showed off his knowledge and appreciation for the metal tungsten.
At the halfway point, NEIA’s music club gave a live performance. Adrias on bass, Jacob on drums, Ethan on guitar, and Katherine singing/playing the eukele. Their rendition of ‘Free Bird’ will go down as one of the best covers ever. I am running a few minutes late; my previous meeting is running over.
The night would not have been possible if not for our guardians, our educators, and (most importantly) our students.
