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H&H A SUCCESS STORY: Hancock & Hamline Collaborative December 2 • 2003

CollaborationCelebrationBy Lindsey Anderson

December 2nd, 2003marks the date of theHancock/HamlineUniversity CollaborativeCelebration. Thecelebration will recog-nize the success of therelationship between aHancock (a publicelementary school) andHamline (a privateuniversity).

In the early 1990’sformer Hancock princi-pal Joan Fehlan andHamline Universityprofessor Mary Gotzformalized a request forHancock to receive amagnet school status.The request was ap-proved, making theHancock / HamlineUniversity Collaborativethe first university-elementary school

collaboration in theUnited States.

The Hancock / HamlineUniversity CollaborativeAdvisory Committeewas formed in the springof 1997. This commit-tee, consisting of com-munity members,Hancock parents,Hamline students andfaculty and administra-

meets monthly todiscuss the direction ofcollaborative work. It isthrough this committeethat programs such asGrade-Level-Pairings,America Reads andEarth Day Celebrationwere formed andcontinue to serve asextremely beneficial

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Inside this Issue

Collaboration Celebration 1From the Desk of . . .

Monica Lee 2Lindsey Anderson 2Song Her 2Sarah Jungbauer 2Gao Houa Moua 2

Hamline University Pool Schedule 3Hand-in-Hand 3Hancock School Song 4Kids’ Corner 5

Volume Seven Issue One Fall 2003

A newsletter highlighting the Hancock/Hamline Collaboration

Snelling Connection

tion from both schools,


From the Desk of . . .Lindsey AndersonHamline UniversityStudent Editor

I am tremendouslyexcited to be working asthe Hamline UniversityStudent Editor ofthe Snelling Connectionthis year! I have alreadyhad the pleasure of meeeting my fellow editors at H/HUCMS as well as some extremely influential peoplewho are a part ofthe Hancock / Hamline UniversityCollaborative.

I am a first year student at Hamline. My major hasnot yet been decided, but I am leaning towards eitherEnglish (I’d like to be a writer) or Pre-Law. I enjoyreading, writing, and watching movies with my bestfriends.

I look forward to a great year of Snelling Connec-tion and encourage anyone interested to write orsuggest articles for upcoming editions!

Gao Houa Moua, Sarah Jungabauer, Song Her, and Monica Lee H/HUCMS Student Editors

Song My name is Song Her, and I’m a sixth grader at Hancock School. My favorite classes at Hancock are SEM class and my my homeroom. I hope to learn more about Hamline as a writer / editor of the Snelling Connection. I would enjoy being in Snelling Connection a lot and learn more about it.

Monica My name is Monica Lee and I am a sixth grader at Hancock School. My favorite classes at Hancock are gym and writing. I hope to learn about Hamline a lot as a writer / editor of the Snelling Connection.

Gao My name is Gao Houa Moua and I am a sixth grader at Hancock School. My favorite classes are writer’s workshop and prep. I hope to learn more about Hamline as a writer / editor of the Snelling Connection.

Sarah My name is Sarah Jungbauer, and I am a sixth grader at Hancock School. My favorite classes are writer’s workshop and gym. I hope to learn a lot and write better as a writer / editor of the Snelling Connection.


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learning aids for every-one involved.

The CollaborationCelebration will honorthose who made thecollaborative such agreat success, and beginwith a private luncheonat Hamline University.

A program by thechildren of Hancock andsome of the Hamlineparticipants will followthe luncheon.

According to Collabora-tive liasons Rita Johnsonand Shannon McParland,“The advisory committeemembers are excited tobring together peoplewho’ve never had thatchance before...likeHamline University andthe St. Paul PublicSchools’ administrators,classroom faculty and theoriginal founders of theprogram. We hope thatpeople will get to knoweach other and betterunderstand the essence

Hamline University Community PoolHours

Morning Lap Swim:Monday through Friday: 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Noon Lap SwimMonday, Wednesday, Friday: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Tuesday, Thursday: 11:30 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.

Open Swim:Sunday, Monday, Thursday: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

The pool will be closed October 24-26 for Midterm break and Novem-ber 27-30 for Thanksgiving break

Finals week and winter break hours will be posted in December at theWalker Field House front desk and on the pool door.

The pool is open to the community. A $1.00/day/swimmer fee isrequired if no current Hamline University ID or WFH membershipcard is not presented to the lifguard on duty.

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of this remarkablecollaboration, and thateach person will leavewith a story that showsthe power of the collabo-ration in the lives of thosewho participate in it.”

A special thanks toStrategic Management for

Hand-in-Hand: A CollaborationHighlightBy Ahmed KaabinehSirleaf

Hancock / HamlineUniversity CollaborativeMagnet School andHamline University pridethemselves on preparingcompassionate citizensof the world. One ofmany ways it does this isby reaching out to itsneighbors and

neighborhood projects.One such project isHancock/HamlineUniversity Collaborative.In this project, there arevarious wings, one ofwhich is Hand-in-Hand(H-I-H).

Hand-in-Hand,according to itspresident Krystal Klien,is a Hamline studentorganization where

Hamline students matchup with their Hancockcounterparts (buddies)for various activities.“Each pair meets for 45minutes, per week, tosocialize, play games,learn life long skills andengage in academicactivities.” says JarrenPeterson, ExecutiveBoard member.

collaborating theirinformation on the historyof the collaboration.


New Hancock Elementary School Song By Angie Abraham

Megan Keefe

A music performancemajor at HamlineUniversity and studentsat Hancock Elementaryare combining theirtalents to write a newschool song forHancock that will befinished this comingspring.

Megan Keefe, a collegestudent, pianist andcomposer, will writewhat she describes as an“upbeat” song for theelementary school,featuring a theme ofpeace and community.

The lyrics for the songwill be based on poetrywritten by some of thestudents at Hancock.Keefe plans to visit theelementary school during

the coming weeks andwork with the studentson the writing process.

Keefe will be helpedduring this project byAnne Kilstofte, anadjunct assistantprofessor at Hamline,who is also anaccredited composer oforchestral, operatic,chamber and choralmusic.

Kilstofte hopes that thisproject will teach thestudents at Hancockwhat it is like to be acomposer. She wantsstudents to realize thatcomposers are not justwritten about in historybooks, or live far away.“We have a communityof composers here in the

Twin Cities, composersthat are out thereworking now and arepart of the community,”said Kilstofte.

According to thecomposers, the song willbe completed around thefirst part of April. Thereare some preliminaryplans for a ceremony atHancock that will featurestudent artwork andmultiple performances ofthe new song. Parentswill be invited to attendthe performances, whichwill feature singing andpossibly some studentaccompaniment onpercussion instruments.

The composer, MeganKeefe, from Pine City,Minn., graduated from

Pine City High School in2002. She also receivedher Associate in Artsdegree from CambridgeCommunity College thesame year, beforecoming to Hamline.

Keefe currently worksfor Student Experience,where she helps disabledchildren.

Anne Kilstofte is a fulltime composer/publisher.She has taught atHamline for eight yearsand is currently acommunity liaison for theGovernance andEducation Committeesof the AmericanComposers Forum and

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Kids’ CornerWhat does Autumn mean to you?

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was recently re-electedto her third term on theBoard of Directors ofthe International Alliancefor Women in Music.Kilstofte will alsocompose a piece inhonor of the 150th

anniversary celebrationof Hamline University.

Picture by Sarah Jungbauer

Picture by Gao Houa Moua

Picture by Song Her


“Our mission is to build andstrengthen the collaborative commu-nity through shared learning, relation-ships, and cultural diversity.”

The Snelling Connection is publishedquarterly and distributed to H/HUCMS families, the Hamilne Univer-sity community, and to others inter-ested in the collaboration

Coordinator: Rita Johnson, Hamline UniversityManagement/Economics [email protected](651) 523-2431

Editorial Advisor: David Hudson, HamlineUniversity English [email protected](651) 523-2893

Editor: Lindsey Anderson, Hamline [email protected](651) 523-4438

Hancock Contact: Shannon McParland,Hancock/ Hamline University CollaborativeMagnet [email protected](651) 293-8715

Peterson also mentionsthat many Hamlinestudents sign up for theprogram each year, butas time goes by,attendance andparticipation shrink. “Wedon’t need largenumbers, we needcommitted people.People who sign up mustunderstand that it isgoing to be a semesteror year longcommitment.”

Participating studentswill critique their Hand-In-Hand experiences forimprovement purposesin the years to come.

“We would like to builda better connection, notonly with Hancock, butalso with the largerSnelling neighborhood,”says Peterson. “ That,we don’t exactly knowhow we would do yet,but we’re stillbrainstorming.”

“This year though, thebiggest thing that hascome up is the overheadbridge project toalleviate the problemswith crossing SnellingAvenue. The Hancock /Hamline UniversityCollaborative AdvisoryCommittee is workingon this,” Klein adds.

Klein says that althoughalmost all of the buddies

have already beenselected, there are stillopportunities forHamline students to getinvolved. Additionally,tudents may contact aHand-in-Handrepresentative or callKrystal Klein at (651)523-4155 to find outhow.

Some of the buddiesmay leave the programmid-semester or mid-year, so there is still theneed for people to sign-up, get trained andregistered.

Hand-in-Hand valuesthe importance of astrong relationship in achild’s life, so buddiesmust be both enthusiastic

about participating andcommitted to theprogram.

“This program providesyoung students with theopportunity to have anolder friend andexperience a piece ofUniversity life, whileHamline students wouldget the opportunity togain a new perspectiveon communityinvolvement andvoluntarism,” says Klein.

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