February 9-13, 2025-2026

The Upper School had a fun and colorful dance last Saturday. 9th grade parents had a college counseling night and there was a virtual college counseling office hour later in the week. Our Big and Little Badgers decorated Valentine’s cookies together and sang karaoke. Both of our Varsity basketball teams won Senior Night games, our JB boys team ended their season with a big win, and seven Varsity track athletes got to compete in the VISAA State meet (details and photos below). During the Varsity boys Senior Night game, senior Sean T scored his 100th career point - amazing! At the State Meet, Hayes B placed first in the state (again) in the 3200M, with Jack B coming in third and personal records for everyone abounding. It was Valentine’s Day today at Tandem, and we know what that means…seniors dressed in their best Cupid regalia making all-day deliveries of candy, flowers, songs and flash mobs! It’s always fun, start to finish. Check out some images in the Recent Photos and Valentine’s Day photos shared below. Thanks to all who bought Valentine’s treats from the seniors.

 

In the Middle School, 5th graders have been studying energy while 6th graders began mapping the Middle East and continue work on their influential person projects. 7th grade science is considering the ethics of paleontologist Jack Horner's attempt to activate atavisms in chicken DNA (long tails, toothed beaks, and clawed arms instead of wings) to make them resemble their dinosaur ancestors. 8th grade science students learned how power plants generate electricity, and are creating presentations on the pros and cons of different fuel sources. Middle School basketball players will enjoy a busy weekend of play at the Grymes Memorial School Tournament to wind up their exciting seasons. 

 

In the Upper School, 9th and 10th graders continue with a Health and Wellness focus during Advisory. 9th graders are working on poetry translation while 10th graders have been considering disease outbreaks in Integrated Science. Juniors dove into The Great Gatsby this week in a new way (see details below) and seniors in AP Lit began reading Hamlet. Our Science Olympiad teams competed in a virtual competition on Sunday (no results posted yet) and are preparing to host their biggest tournament yet at Tandem on February 21 (see details below). Seniors made memories for themselves and the rest of the community today dressed as Valentine’s Day messengers as they delivered ordered candies, flowers and other gifts of song, dance and poetry. 

The community held a great Open Mic to wrap up the day today. Hosted by seniors Will M and Addie T, it included performances by: The Ballentines (senior Valentine’s Day serenaders); Marlow K; the House Band (Van W, Jude G, Mark G, Jack J) doing a Chick Corea improv; Fletcher L, Alexander K, Ana S, and Mason W; Ari M; and Georgia C. The sun warmed the Pavilion inside and out and there was a great vibe, as one student was overheard saying.