Ensights Magazine

Winter/Spring 2023 — Featured Articles

Letter from the Head: Spaces & Programming

Prentice Stabler, Head of School

A message from Prentice Stabler, Ensworth's Head of School:
The History of the House: Red Gables with the Norman Family

Michelle Andrade

The history of a place, a house, a home stays within the walls and the grounds long after the previous residents leave. Just ask anyone. Notice what it is like when you move into a new home. One can feel the past. Red Gables Campus of Ensworth School was once a home–the home of the Norman family before it became a school.
Technology Advances Across K–12: Creating Alignment through Physical Space

Paul Downey, Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications

Recognizing the need to equip students with essential technical, hands-on skills and the many benefits to learning styles, Ensworth has taken significant steps to integrate and align technology education across its K–12 curriculum.
The K-12 Language Journey: New Spaces, New Journeys

Michelle Andrade

Let’s start at the very beginning; it’s a very good place to start. When you read, you begin with ABC. When you… Oh, wait, we are talking about World Languages, so we can stop right there.

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Alumni

Alumni Profile: Blair Adams ’09, LPC

Blair Adams, Class of 2009, has worked diligently to build Zenith Consulting and Psychological Services, LLC for the last four years.
Alumni Profile: Evan Moskal ’12

Just two years after graduating from NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering with a BS in Business and Technology Management, Evan Moskal ’12 became a co-founder of Courant, makers of design-driven wireless chargers.
Alumni Profile: Lauren Cummings Johnson ’11

Lauren Cummings Johnson, Class of 2011, is an influencer in every sense of the word, inspiring the postpartum world with support for families from Registered Nurses (RN).
Alumni Profile: Liam Frumkin ’21

Less than two years out of Ensworth, Liam Frumkin ‘21 is already an entrepreneur to be reckoned with!
Alumni Class Notes — Summer 2023

What have our alumni been up to since the last issue of Ensights?

Faculty

Faculty Profile: Dr. Debeshi Majumdar

Meet Debeshi Majumdar, Ph.D., High School Science Teacher.
Faculty Profile: James Douglas

Meet James Douglas, Middle School English Teacher who came to Ensworth in the fall of 2022.
Faculty Profile: Sukey Johnson, Kindergarten

Who is Sukey Johnson, Kindergarten teacher?

Athletics

Middle School Winter/Spring 2023 Athletic Highlights

How did our Middle School teams perform in the spring of 2023?
High School Winter/Spring 2023 Athletic Highlights

How did our High School teams and athletes fare this past winter and spring seasons?

Academics

Capstone Scholars 2023

Ensworth’s Capstone Program gives students the opportunity to engage in an extensive exploration of a passion or interest that is above and beyond academic courses and extracurricular involvements—though it is often the product of weaving multiple inspirations into one.
Finding the Right College Fit — Class of 2023

Students are matched with their college counselor at the beginning of freshman year and stay with the same counselor throughout their high school career. Six students from the Class of 2023 share about their college counseling experience at Ensworth.
For the Record — Summer 2023

What have Ensworth students been up to in the first half of 2023?
Graduation Speeches Highlights 2023

Enjoy these highlights of the speeches from the following graduating seniors who delivered the remarks at Commencement on Saturday, May 27, 2023.

Arts

Visiting Artist Spotlight: Audry Deal-McEver

Former High School Arts teacher Audry Deal-McEver was Ensworth’s Endowed Visiting Artist in Ceramics in collaboration with Cati Blitz, High School Director of Ceramics and Studio Art. Audry is no stranger to Ensworth, having worked as the Ceramics and Photography teacher from 2012 to 2017. Audry is now a full-time ceramic artist with a very successful career.
Visiting Artist Spotlight: Rachel Briggs

This April, Ensworth welcomed visiting artist Rachel Briggs to work with the Grade 5 students prior to and during their annual trip to Land Between the Lakes. This project, an exploration that culminated in bird studies made on wood panels, took students on a journey through observational drawing.
Directors Notes: Shrek

Shawn Knight, Director of Ensworth's spring musical and instructor at Belmont University, shares his thoughts on this spring's production of Shrek the Musical.
Directors Notes: The Fantasticks

David Berry, Director of Theater, reflects upon the spring 2023 play: the Fantasticks.
Visiting Artist Spotlight: Videographer Gabe McCauley

JC Johnson’s Photo 4 students created a short film under the mentorship of Gabe McCauley of lilDRAGON Entertainment, a Nashville video production company. As a team, students worked in areas of the film depending on their interests and skills, such as script writing, acting, producing, directing, editing, set design, special effects, and filming.