SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- A young girl running down the road naked during the Vietnam War, burned by napalm and mouth open in a silent scream. This image is seared into the memories of those who recall the Vietnam War and its horror.

That 9-year-old girl, Kim Phuc Phan Thi, grew up to be a gracious, well-spoken woman, a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and a dedicated peace activist. And Kim Phuc shared her story with the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School community the week of Oct. 22 -- first at “Enduring Spirit,” the fall HIES Department Chair Speaker Series at the High Museum, and again during a talk to Upper School students on Oct. 23.

The tiny woman in a long, flowing, Vietnamese gown captivated both audiences as she talked about the fateful day on June 8, 1972, when she was badly burned by napalm dropped by South Vietnamese planes near her village, Trang Bang. Many villagers, including Kim Phuc, had taken shelter in a Buddhist pagoda, which was mistakenly bombed.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- An 18th century French map was the inspiration for a painting produced by three Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School students that will be featured at the exhibition “Putting the U.S. Southeast on the Map,” Oct. 29 through Nov. 30 on the Georgia Tech campus.

The exhibition is part of the annual Festival France-Atlanta, sponsored by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology, focuses on cooperation between France and the Southeastern United States.

French and art students Jack Sullivan, Evan Thomas and Isabella Vear -- under the guidance of art teacher Charles Watson -- created the painting, Métamorphose, after drawing inspiration from one map in a unique French collection of antique Southeastern U.S. maps. The maps are housed in a collection in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Copies of the maps will also be on display.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School (HIES) is not just walking this Saturday, Oct. 19, for a cure for type 1 diabetes. The school community has been racing—earning the distinction of being the highest grossing school in the nation for six consecutive years in the JDRF FAll Walk to Cure Diabetes.

HIES officially ran away with JDRF Fall Walk honors again in 2012 by raising an impressive $50,478.00—and two students were named to the top five list of individual student contributors: Andrew Earle ’13 and Anna Kampfe ’15 (both of whom have diabetes).

 “We are impressed and honored by the dedicated efforts of students at Holy Innocents’, and particularly of Andrew and Anna,” says John Vranas, JDRF’s vice president, fundraising programs. “It is the passion and dedication of these young people that motivates others to support us in our efforts to bring about a world without type 1 diabetes.”