When deciding to visit his son sophomore Jonah Mitre for the day, Dr. Edward Mitre did not expect to be teaching one of his son’s classes. However, when Jonah’s lesson in math class connected to his work as a professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Uniformed Services University, Edward connected his knowledge of mask-wearing trends to Jonah’s Pre-Calculus class unit about optimization.
As most students took to their normal activities during lunch and CT, senior Boaz Dauber and sophomore Jordana Dauber used the break to show their mom, Sara Dauber, different facilities in the school. Boaz especially wanted to show his mom the engineering classroom where his record-breaking robot for most textbooks held at JDS is displayed in the window.
“My mom had heard a lot about [my robot] last year but she never got to see it in person,” Boaz said. “ … She thought it was really interesting, she wanted to know how it worked, how we designed it and then she came to my engineering class where she saw more of the design process.”
As part of the Veterans Day commemoration, junior Tani Simkovich shares his experience running in the Marine Corps Marathon. Motivated by a goal he set with his camp friends to complete a marathon this year, Simkovich chose the Marine Corps Marathon for the inclusive community and important cause the marathon is based upon. Simkovich enjoyed the opportunity to run alongside veterans for a cause, rather than running a typical marathon for the sake of running.
Sitting in junior Carrine Shemesh’s 306 ADV Hebrew class, Carrine and her father Yossi Shemesh read over her assignment. Shemesh wrote about the song “London” by Chava Alberstein as part of a unit on happiness. Carrine and Yossi are both very familiar with the language and often speak in Hebrew together at home, so being in Carrine’s Hebrew class was very comfortable for them.
Hebrew is not the only class that Yossi is familiar with. With four children who have gone through or currently attend CESJDS for the past 27 years, Yossi is used to the structure of visiting day and enjoys coming. “It was so fun to return to the school for another year of visiting day,” Yossi said.
While speaking about her experience as the child of a soldier in the reserves, freshman Evie May plays a video of her dad, Lieutenant Colonel Ben May, returning home from his station in Afghanistan after four months in 2010-2011. As he watched the video from the bleachers, Ben was impressed by Evie’s ability to talk about his experience and share with the community their family’s unique experience as a military family.
“Evie was so young when I was away, I wasn’t sure the impact it would make on her when she could understand why [Ben was away],” Ben said. “I’m glad that she was able to contribute her understanding and our families experience to the assembly to acknowledge Veterans Day.”
Surrounded by her friends during lunch, junior Shoshana Tinsley and her parents discuss trivia questions from online quizzes. This is the third time Tinsley’s parents have attended visiting day since she started at JDS in ninth grade. Tinsley said she enjoys the fact that her parents come back every year to see her progress in high school.
“I love spending time with my parents,” Tinsley said. “During the school day, I obviously can’t do that, so it was a lot of fun to be able to have them with me the whole day. I feel like each year they get to see more, because more time has passed at JDS, so they can see the different ways that I’m developing in the school.”
