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US escapade

          enthrals art and

          drama cohort


          At the start of October midterm, a group
          of 30 very excited pupils and teachers
          met at Edinburgh airport to start their
          rather long journey to Washington DC,
          via Amsterdam. The Art and Design    to the Newseum, an interactive museum   allocated. There are too many places to
          Department has been going to New     set over seven floors, alongside the   mention but we felt there was a good
          York in October for many years now
                                               unforgettable and sobering experience   enough mix of art, drama, sightseeing
          and added Washington into the mix on   of the Holocaust Memorial museum, and   and shopping to keep everyone happy.
          the last trip in 2017. This was a great   also the drama students’ tour of the Ford   Visits to the Top of the Rock, Statue of
          success, so this year the trip evolved   Theatre, were considered highlights by   Liberty and the 9/11 memorial site were
          further, with Art and Design joining forces   many of us. After three days of cultural   some of the sightseeing highlights, while
          with the Drama Department to offer a   immersion, aided by a dining experience   pupils also managed to fit in visits to the
          cultural experience of the two cities.  at Ben’s Chilli Bowl (famous for being   MoMa and the Met.
          Washington was a cultural overload   the first place Barack Obama ate after   Despite a few dramas along the way,
          with a wealth of museums and galleries   being elected), we bid a fond farewell to   involving lost passports, missed subway
          to visit. We very much enjoyed the   Washington and set off for New York by   stations and ferry rides, we had a
          opportunity and freedom of choice on   coach.                            fantastic time and arrived back safely,
          offer as we walked the length of the Mall   These are two very different cities and   with many already planning their return
          from Capitol Hill to Lincoln’s Memorial   we were split at the end of the trip   in the near future. The bright lights
          via the Washington monument. A visit   about which we preferred. New York was   of New York and the historic beauty
                                                                  amazing and we   of Washington left us starstruck, and
                                                                  took the saying   overall made the trip an unforgettable
                                                                  ‘city that never   experience. Some of the suitcases didn’t
                                                                  sleeps’ at its word   arrive back on time, however, but that is
                                                                  and crammed as   another story…
                                                                  much as we could   Lachlan Rowley, Sofia Macchi Watts
                                                                  into the time    and Eilidh Drugan (S5)

                                                                   London stage show

                                                                   cements Salesman learning

            Conference experience                                  Two Higher English classes travelled to London to see
                                                                   the acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a
            for economists                                         Salesman, the play we have been studying in class this
                                                                   term. The Young Vic production had just transferred
            Some of the Higher Economics class climbed aboard Mr   to the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End and starred
            Payne’s ‘fun bus’ for a trip to Perth to attend the Scottish   Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke; it was a fascinating
            Economic Society annual pupil conference. The focus of   interpretation of the play and by the end there was not
            the day was behavioural economics, which is something   a dry eye in the house. An exciting day was had by all as
            we don’t really touch on in our Higher course (it’s more   we enjoyed nine hours of train travel together and some
            university level), so it was good to gain an awareness of   of us were especially delighted to discover the Muji store
            this aspect of economics. There were talks from leading   in Carnaby Street. The train journey back involved much
            academics as well as a session on exam tips given to us   reflection and discussion as we related the production to
            from a lead examiner at the SQA. We really enjoyed our day   our own study of the play, and the day culminated in Mrs
            at the conference and it broadened our knowledge of the   Hay’s dreams coming true when Wendell Pierce retweeted
            economic world in general.                             @englishGHS1!
            Hannah Stein (S6)                                      Sofia Macchi Watts (S5)



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