Monthly Archives: January 2014

January 2014

Project Knapsack

Alumni, Program, Students, Uncategorized

Project Knapsack

kjohnson 2014-01-27T12:49:53+00:00 January 27th, 2014|

Sixth graders at Hill have the opportunity this year to connect with pen pals in South Africa. Porcha Dodson (Hill ‘93) founded non-profit organization Project Knapsack, which matches students in the U.S. with African peers for aid and cultural exchange. Dodson and associate Jeannie VanMetre (also Hill ‘93) have visited Hill to introduce the pen [...]

Cuneiform Tablets

Program, Students, Uncategorized

Cuneiform Tablets

kjohnson 2014-01-14T17:52:13+00:00 January 14th, 2014|

Hill School’s fourth grade students study ancient civilizations beginning with Mesopotamia. Imagine discovering the tablet in 1849 in Ashurbanipal Nineveh that gave us the account of Gilgamesh. This finding led to the discovery of cuneiform writing and the early evolution of written language. Cuneiform tablets were originally baked clay lids to keep track of the [...]