“Anne Frank: a history for today” is an international Holocaust exhibit created by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands. From March 17 to April 4, the exhibit will be hosted in the Clarke Central High School Media Center. “Directly from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam via the (University of South Carolina) Anne Frank Center (the only one in North America), the exhibit provides visitors with a historical overview of the Holocaust through the perspective of Anne Frank and her family,” Dr. Cyndee Moore, Clarke County School District Executive Director of Public Relations and Communications, stated in a March 3 press release. Graphic by Janie Ripps
From March 17 to April 4, CCHS will pass on the history of Anne Frank and the Holocaust through the exhibit “Anne Frank: a history for today.”
The international exhibit “Anne Frank: a history for today” will be hosted in the Clarke Central High School Media Center from March 17 to April 4, with student tours beginning on March 17 and the exhibit opening to the Athens community on March 20.
The exhibit — created by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands — tells the story of Jewish diarist Anne Frank and the Holocaust. It is sponsored by the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina and the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Georgia, and was organized by English department co-chair Meghan McNeeley, who teaches CCHS’ Holocaust and Genocide Studies class.
Docents attend training for the “Anne Frank: a history for today” exhibit in the Clarke Central High School Media Center on March 12. There are 18 docents, all of which attended two training sessions and are scheduled to lead the dozens of tours over the course of three weeks. “(Ms. Meghan McNeeley) builds a schedule off of (each docent’s availability), then we know which days we’re presenting (and) which days we need to prepare to talk to people,” docent Vivian Carabello, a senior, said. Photo by Iliana Tejada
“The exhibit provides visitors with a historical overview of the Holocaust through the perspective of Anne Frank and her family. It includes photographs and other artifacts and utilizes passages from Frank’s diary,” Clarke County School District Executive Director of Public Relations and Communications, Dr. Cyndee Moore, stated in a March 3 press release.
The tours will be led by 18 docents, all of whom are CCHS students who participated in a two-day training course. On March 20, the opening reception of the exhibition for community members to tour — featuring student art, music and catered food – will be held from 6 to 7 p.m.
“(On the) community night, a bunch of different people are going to come,” docent Vivian Carabello, a senior, said. “Then, for the next three to four weeks, (the exhibit) will be open to students at Central.”
“It’s really a privilege and an honor to be the only school in Georgia that’s offered this.”
— Grace Ayer,
CCHS English department teacher
Tours for students during the school day will begin on March 17. English department teacher Grace Ayer is one of the teachers who plans to take advantage of this unique opportunity.
“I quickly booked a period where I could bring my first block and then my second and my fourth,” Ayer said. “It’s really a privilege and an honor to be the only school in Georgia that’s offered this.”
