The Blackfriar Chronicle - May 2017

EDITORIAL: FRATERNITY

PARTING WORDS

Our editorial board talks about the true meaning of fraternity in wake of recent events.

Outgoing Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot shares a letter to the student community.

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CLASS OF 2021 PREVIEW

FACULTY AND STAFF FAREWELLS

SENIOR PERSPECTIVES

We got a chance to talk with some of the incoming freshmen. Learn who surfs, who loves scifi, and who plans to play three sports.

Bidd ing fa re wel l to some of Malvern's beloved teachers at the end of the 2016-17 school year.

Our senior editors get their final say.

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Volume 17, No. 8

BYAD system expands to entire Upper School

Academy Leaders, Christian Service Coordinators appointed

This year, Malvern tested a bring your own approved device (BYAD) program with the freshmen. Now, this program will be used with the entire Upper School.

Fr. Reilly as Head of School next year will not be the only leadership change made.

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s the world turns electronic, Malvern has decided to go with the trend and require all students to bring a device to use for learning beginning with the 2017-18 school year.

With mostly positive feedback from the freshman trial run this year, the school is ready to take the next step.

Details and specifics on devices that students will be expected to bring have yet to be announced, according to next year’s Assistant Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick Sillup.

“We are not ready to talk specifics in terms of device and support, but what I do know is it’s happening, and there’s an excitement around that,” he said.

Head of Upper School, Mr. Ronald Algeo

was an advocate for the BYAD process. He collaborated with other school administrators to see what would be best for the students, and they came to the conclusion that each student should have a device to enhance their learning experience.

This decision was made largely because of a positive reaction to this year’s test with the freshmen, according to Algeo. “It’s been fantastic. The kids have loved it and done a great job with it, and the teachers have enjoyed it,” Algeo said.

The devices are not limited to computers, so students can bring devices such as an iPad or other tablet. However, this does not include phones, which Algeo says serve their own purposes.

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Michael Harrington ’19 CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER o longer will there be one Christian Service Director or Department Leader. Next year, Christian Service and Academics will have leaders for each grade.

Earlier this year, Fr. Reilly announced the promotion of Mr. Ron Algeo and Mr. Patrick Sillup to the positions of Assistant Heads of School. As one of their first official tasks, Algeo and Sillup have appointed a new team of coordinators of the Christian Service program, and new Academic Leaders for grades six through twelve.

The new team of Christian Service Coordinators consists Ms. Christy Lee, Mrs. Pamela Whitney, Mr. Stephen Borish, Mrs. Kim Wright, and Mr. Emanuel DelPizzo. This team replaces Mr. Larry Legner and Mrs. Laura Miele, who were both responsible for the Christian Service program for many years.

According to Algeo, there were two main reasons for this new approach to the Christian Service Program.

"Number one, our Christian Service program has become just massive. Mr. Legner, along with the help of Mrs. Miele, deserves so much credit for building this,” Algeo said.

The program was initially focused on service in more local areas, but it has grown to where Malvern students are traveling around the world to increasingly more destinations.

“The Christian Service program has grown immensely. Because of that growth, we need more people to help, we need more people to support it. That's the number one issue,” he said.

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As Malvern students, our definition of fraternity is more substantial that what we have seen in the headlines lately. Let’s keep it that way.

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Editorial Board n February 2, 2017 at a Penn State University Beta Theta Pi pledge acceptance ceremony, sophomore Timothy Piazza, 19, passed away due to injuries caused by falling down a staircase while intoxicated.

According to a timeline by NBC News, Piazza fell down a flight of stairs leading to the basement after drinking a life threatening amount of alcohol during a hazing ritual at 11:22 p.m.

His fellow fraternity “brothers” witnessed it and did nothing. In fact, what they did to him was worse than doing nothing. After noticing several bruises on his body, his brothers threw Piazza down on a couch, tossed water in his face, and put a backpack on his back so that he wouldn’t roll over and choke on his own vomit.

One of the pledges approached the vice president of the fraternity saying that Piazza needed medical attention, but the pledge was pushed into a wall and told to leave. The pledge did not get help.

Soon after, the fraternity pledge master slapped Piazza three times in the face. Piazza did not respond. A few of the brothers started to get annoyed with Piazza after he threw up.

They punched him in the gut.

Piazza stumbled to his feet and fell again— this time hitting his head on an iron railing.

Piazza was now visibly bloodied and injured, passed out next to the railing. Yet his fellow brothers stepped over him on the ground, and posted Snapchat videos of his limp body. Even though he continued to not move, they didn’t call 911 until 10:48 a.m. the next morning.

Eighteen members of this Beta Theta Pi fraternity have recently been charged with crimes relating to Piazza’s death– eight of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

The head of the fraternity– a Great Valley High School alumnus from Malvern, PA is facing a number of charges. The others face charges such as tampering with evidence, reckless endangerment, hazing, furnishing alcohol to minors, and unlawful acts relative to liquor.

We invited Malvern's outgoing Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot to share some parting remarks.

These students are all facing serious jail time. Their lives have been changed forever because of that night.

We are not writing this to scare you or tell you that you can’t go to parties in college, Malvern.

We are writing this because it could easily be you, a friend, or a classmate faced with the same decisions made by Piazza and his fraternity brothers. There are ways to prevent anything like this tragic, irresponsible death from ever happening again.

This is not just a Penn State problem. Hazing and other drinking related issues are bound to happen in the life of every single Malvern student.

Malvern prides itself on being a brotherhood. After partaking in the Brotherhood Ceremony as freshmen, we are expected to treat every other student as if they were a member

of our own family. For the most part, we do a great job at holding to this relationship with our fellow Malvern brothers.

This bond is not meant to break the moment we step off of Warren Ave. We should act as brothers at sports games. We should act as brothers while hanging out at a friend’s house.

We should act as brothers at prom after parties. We should act as brothers for a long time after we graduate.

The word “fraternity” stems from the Latin word “frater” meaning brother. A fraternity is most commonly known as a greek life organization in college. Yet at Malvern, we learn a different definition of fraternity. At the senior tribute, Fr. Flynn shared the phrase “fratres aeternum”— brothers forever—to describe the senior class, and as an aspiration for the underclassmen.

T hink of how the people around you are your “fratres aeternum” and treat them as your brothers forever.

Dear Malvern Prep students-A few weeks ago, Lou Colameco ’77 spoke to our Social Entrepreneurship class.

Lou is a member of our Board of Trustees, the founder and CEO of Wellshire Farms, and probably the single most generous person I know.

He also went bankrupt in his mid-30s.

One day, after Lou had spent years laboring with his father in a variety of businesses, the IRS came knocking to say that they owed back taxes. This was one of the lowest moments of his life (the other two being his younger brother’s tragic death and his first wife’s death).

And yet Lou paid off his creditors in three years (even though his bankruptcy permitted him to take five years). And unlike typical bankruptcies, in which only the major creditors get paid back something and the little guys get nothing, Lou paid back everyone.

How did he do this? And how did he then go on to found Wellshire Farms, which last year did $130M in revenue?

Lou’s short answer: Malvern Prep.

As he told the Social Entrepreneurship students, Malvern Prep taught him how to

figure out how to solve any problem thrown at him. Malvern did this by teaching him to ground himself in his faith, to learn how to learn, and to maintain an entrepreneurial mindset. In other words, Malvern had formed him to be Augustinian in his heart; globally literate in his thinking; and entrepreneurial in his problem solving.

I share Lou’s story because if you remember only one thing about me and my time here, I hope it will be this: I tried my best to help Malvern grow in its capacity to form Augustinian, globally literate, and entrepreneurial learners.

While it may not always have been obvious to you, I have also tried to walk that walk, and always as part of a team. Whether it was transforming the library into the Learning Commons, launching and iterating on our Summer Institute for Teachers or our Academy approach to learning, or cycling through six iterations of Social Entrepreneurship, I have loved being a part of diverse teams striving to improve your Malvern Prep experience. These teams have looked to our Augustinian charism for guidance; we have sought to learn new things (I

Fraternities are great places to build lasting friendships, and many fraternities do not have the problems that have resulted in the permanent ban of Beta Theta Pi from Penn State’s campus, or the tighter restrictions on all Greek life at Penn State.

However, the brotherhood we have become accustomed to at Malvern does not involve hazing underclassmen or forcing your fellow brother to drink an excess amount of alcohol.

Malvern’s brotherhood involves looking out for your brother when he is not doing well.

Malvern brothers are told to go out of their way to go above and beyond in helping their fellow brothers. Malvern brothers are part of a family, and they should treat each other as they would treat their own family.

There are going to be parties over the summer, there will be spring and summer concerts in the city, and there will be frat parties when you’re at college. Use the brotherhood to look out for your brothers around you. Think of how the people around you are your “fratres aeternum” and treat them as your brothers forever.

For a brotherhood to succeed and build lasting friendships, there should never be hazing of the newest members. For a brotherhood to thrive, there needs to be love and respect among all members, from day one.

Malvern’s brotherhood is successful because of this love and respect. We look out for our fellow brother and we would not let them put themselves in a compromising situation.

This is what needs to continue on when we leave Malvern for the summer and when we leave Malvern for college. It is OK to say, “No, that’s not for me” when it seems we are expected to engage in activities that might be dangerous to ourselves or others. It is OK to look out for others, or to get help when someone needs it.

In fact, it’s not only okay to do these things.

Our definition of brotherhood demands that we make choices that put ourselves and our brothers around us in the best positions possible. ◊

have learned more in the last five years than in the rest of my life combined); and we have attempted to bring an entrepreneurial mindset to challenges and opportunities.

This didn’t come easily to me: in order to shift from being a full-time classroom teacher to being Head of School, I had to learn entirely new skills and knowledge sets.

And I didn’t always succeed in helping my team. But I do know that we created positive changes for Malvern Prep, and for you.

As I prepare to hand the baton to Fr. Reilly, I have been thinking a lot about these things because I care deeply about what comes next for you. You are entering a world of accelerating change. Not only is the world changing rapidly, but the rate of that change continues to increase. It is my conviction that if you accept the opportunities to become more Augustinian in your hearts, more globally literate in your thinking, and more entrepreneurial in your problem solving, you will navigate those accelerating changes.

More importantly, you will also lead by creating positive social impact.

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Malvern changes its mascot The Friar is not going away, but he will look more “athletic” and “intimidating.”

Dan Malloy ’18, Aidan Gallary ’20 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER

Excitedly preparing for next year, Student Council leaders share insight on what to expect for the upcoming school year.

Teddy Hawke ’20 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR hile the new Malvern student council leaders are getting ready for next year, they explained some possibilities and changes ahead in the upcoming academic school year.

The newly elected Student Council President Liam McKnight ’18 expressed his enthusiasm for the upcoming year, saying how it will be a year to look forward to, one packed with fun.

“I’m excited for a good year,” McKnight said.

Looking in retrospect, he believes this year was a success. McKnight thought there were some good, new events implemented this year.

“Something new that was put in this year was Family Feud and I think the whole school, or most of the school enjoyed that- we certainly did, we thought it was a big success,” McKnight said.

As for goals, the Student Council will be trying a few new things next year, according to McKnight. This includes trying to stay true to their word and getting the student body involved in more decisions.

McKnight said that any way they can ensure everyone’s opinion and voice be heard is a major goal for Student Council next year.

Those goals have existed in previous years but the Student Council will have a different approach in the upcoming school year, according to McKnight.

“Next year, in order to get as many students opinions as possible, we were thinking about either having a town hall meeting where people can come and they can say what they want and what they think should be done or just a simple survey to the whole school,” McKnight said.

“Definitely next year we will be contacting the students more.”

Upcoming Vice President Andre Quintiliani ’18 agreed, wanting to maintain loyalty to the best of his ability.

“One of our goals is definitely staying true to our word, staying true

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Quintiliani also described this year as a successful one. Some of his favorite events were the egg-toss and Family Feud.

“Personally I loved Family Feud day,” Quintiliani said. “Another thing that not a lot of people went to but I thought was really good was the egg-toss. Anything that gets a lot of people to come out to ends up being really fun.”

Quintiliani encourages more students to attend the activities, especially the new ones, saying that they would be surprised at how much fun you could have there.

“Sometimes you go into an event thinking it's going to be really boring or not really fun because it hasn't happened yet, but you end up having the time of your life going it,” said Quintiliani.

Students seem to have a positive outlook on the future of Student Council, while still wanting more.

“I would like them to get more students involved, maybe by having more games like Family Feud, that was fun,” freshman Christian Siaton said. “On a PD [schedule] maybe they could schedule something after school that is optional, if kids wanted to go.”

Siaton expressed that follow through is very important to him.

He hopes Student Council does what they say they will. “Liam McKnight had some good ideas in his speech.

I hope they follow through with those,” Siaton said.

Quintiliani explained that the school definitely has something to look forward to.

“Look forward to a different kind of year- a different kind of fun, it's definitely going to be hopefully like a revival of the old Friar Nation.

Expect a different, hype, fun year,” Quintiliani said.

McKnight used his favorite motto to describe how Student Council is preparing for upcoming academic year.

“Trust the process,” McKnight said.◊

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alvern will change its school mascot design and logos for next year for the f irst time since the early 1980s.

The new Friar, n a m e d “A u g g i e To l e n t i n e , ” w a s unveiled at this year’s B. A .S.H. held on April 29. The new spor ts logos and prints of brand designs will be announced on Ju ly 1 accordi n g to Ca mp a i g n Stewardship Officer Mr. Carlo Chinici.

“There will be new everything, like new sports logos, new print of the word ‘Friars.’

All of our logos are "AUGGIE TOLENTINE" • The new mascot cutout has been being redone profesmaking the rounds of campus. / E. ROWLEY sionally,” Chinici said.

The current mascot costume was purchased back in the late 1970s when Chinici was Athletic Director.

“I worked with Mr. Gibson, who was Student Council Moderator, and we decided to purchase a new mascot,” Chinici said.

The mascot costume began its use in 1981 according to Chinici. It has gotten repaired every five to ten years, but Director of Strategic Initiatives Mrs. Carrie Snyder believes that it is time to make a switch. “[The mascot costume] was beginning to fall apart. Some of the kids were not excited to wear it. It was time to get a new one,” Snyder said.

Another reason for the new mascot is that Malvern is trying to stay more consistent with their branding across sports.

“We began to realize that the different sports had different logos, and people were trying to draw different Friars for different things,” Snyder said.

At this year’s B.A.S.H., Malvern raised $25,000 to pay for the new mascots and logo designs, exceeding the goal of $15,000. Snyder gave a breakdown of where the money is going.

“We are going to purchase the costume. We are waiting to see how much it actually costs. We are working with the company right now to sketch it out and get pricing,” Snyder said.

For the money that is leftover, Snyder said that they will use it for a scholarship for the student who wears the costume.

“I don’t know if you’ll get something in the bookstore, if we’ll add money to your account in the cafeteria...Those details haven’t been worked out yet, but we want to make it an honor for the person– there will probably be more than one– who plays the Friar,” Snyder said.

Junior Peter Nguyen saw the cutout of the new mascot and said that it has much more defined features than the old one.

“It looks much more athletic-looking,” Nguyen said. “He looks thinner and more intimidating.”

Regarding what will happen to the old mascot, Director of Student Life Dr. James Fry said that he’s unsure. “There is a Malvern Prep Archives, so my gut is telling me that it will end up there,” Fry said.

Snyder wants the new mascot to become the face of the school.

“I’m really excited about it,” Snyder said. “I hope the students are excited about it. I think it’s going to initiate a great spirit and great pride in Malvern.”◊

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of my favorite Malvern memories.

I’ll never forget welcoming alumnus Ray Warman ’66 and his husband Dan to the Duffy Theater to see our stunning production of The Laramie Project. It took years for Ray to believe that Malvern Prep would accept him and love him for who he is. When I saw Ray and Dan watching Malvern students bring Laramie to life, I felt that we were taking a critical step in becoming a more diverse and inclusive community. A more Augustinian community.

I’ll never forget watching slack jaws turn into grins as students wrote on the walls for the first time in the Learning Commons. For those who were not here in 2012-13, to enter the library you had to pass through a turnstile and stay very, very quiet for the duration of your stay. Writing on walls at that time was...well, inconceivable. It was thrilling to see students

collaborate and create without any direction from teachers.

I’ll never forget the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Christmas Talent Shows, when the Duffy Theater during erupted in song as Marty Farrell Sr. sang “The Irish Rover” (aka, “No Nay Never”). And even after his son Marty Jr. had graduated, we still continued to sing that song together during the Christmas Talent Show.

I have many more fond memories, but not enough space to include them.

So I will end on this note: Lou Colameco’s Malvern Prep experience formed him for life. My Malvern Prep experienced happened during my adulthood, but it formed me too. And my greatest consolation is that it will do the same for all of you.

No matter where we go, Malvern will always be in our hearts.◊

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Current School: Stenson Middle

What sports and activities are you planning to be involved in?

Basketball and baseball Why Malvern?

What are you looking forward to in high school?

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"I like to snowboard."

Why Malvern?

Tell us something interesting about you.

Tell us something interesting about you "I really like to surf."

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Current School: St. Agnes

What sports and activities are you planning to be involved in?

Lacrosse, soccer, basketball, and student council Why Malvern?

"The campus is cool, and my brother is here too."

What are you looking forward to in high school?

"Probably trying all the new things and meeting the new people" Tell us something interesting about you.

"My car is blue."

Patrick Traynor What sports and activities are you planning to be involved in?

Golf, basketball, and lacrosse Why Malvern?

"I picked Malvern because I have cousins here and it just seems right for me."

What are you looking forward to in high school?

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What sports and activities are you planning to be involved in?

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What are you looking forward to in high school?

"I'm excited for being with a new group of kids and a change of scenery."

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Why Malvern?

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"The brotherhood that they talk about here and just meeting all my new classmates."

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Riley Mccarry Baseball, basketball, ice hockey Why Malvern?

"I really just like how they handle faith at Malvern since I'm not the most religious kid, so it might help."

What are you looking forward to in high school?

"Probably taking Chinese because that's something that I've never had the chance to do."

Tell us something interesting about you

"I've never gotten a B in a class."

"Malvern is academically prestigious. The class isn't too big or too small, it's just the perfect size for me."

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Water Polo, Swimming, and Malvern Theater Society Why Malvern?

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"I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of new people in high school, and looking forward to the curriculum."

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Crew, squash, and baseball Why Malvern?

"My mom and I decided that I should have a better education."

What are you looking forward to in high school?

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"I joined crew because my friend said something about not having enough people on the team so I joined. I later on wrote a big paper and speech, which is currently on the Malvern website."

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What sports and activities are you planning to be involved in?

Football, basketball, and track Why Malvern?

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Farewells

Mrs. Mary Schreiner

Mr. Patrick Williams ’03

After 27 years of teaching at Malvern Prep, Mrs. Mary Schreiner will retire at the end of this year.

As he prepares to leave Malvern, Mr. Patrick Williams shares insight into his plans for the future, and what he hopes to leave behind at Malvern.

Steven O’Meara ’19 REPORTER iddle school teacher and school counselor Mrs. Mary Schreiner has announced her retirement at the end of the 2016-17 school year.

In her years as a teacher, Schreiner has loved watching and supporting Malvern students learning at their own pace.

“I think that is what I enjoy the most, seeing the boys get it when they are ready, because they are not all ready at the same time. Just like there are physical growth spurts, there are cognitive growth spurts, Mrs. Mary Schreiner / J. LISTER and they grow at different rates,” Schreiner said.

Before coming to Malvern Prep, Schreiner was born and raised in North Jersey. She went to college at Kansas State University where she received her bachelor’s degree in education. While at college, she met her husband and moved back to North Jersey for a few years until they both moved close to Philadelphia due to her husband’s “[I’ve] grown to love job. Schreiner earned her master’s Malvern, love the degree in counseling at West Chester Malvern community, University. and Augustinian comWhen she first came to Malvern, munity. It has just she began teaching pre-algebra and been a great blessing physical sciences. After a year or two, to myself personally, she was able to drop physical sciences professionally, and it and only teach math classes. has been a blessing to One of Schreiner’s past students, my family." sophomore Ryan Mills, took her prealgebra class in sixth grade.

“I enjoyed her class very much,” Mills said. “My favorite part about her and her class was how she taught. She would always crack jokes in class, yet be serious when it was time to be serious.

It's hard to not enjoy her class be cause she is so nice and such a good teacher.”

Math teacher Mr. Gary Duda has been teaching with her for 24 years.

“She is just a very caring and loving person, she has always been that way.

She has been consistent throughout her years here. She hasn’t budged, she is tough and fair, and always wants the best for everyone,” Duda said. “We certainly are going to miss her. She has been a constant here at Malvern Prep.

Malvern Prep is certainly a better place because of Mary.”

Some of Schreiner’s favorite events on campus are the graduations and the advancement ceremonies.

“Graduations are always so special. There is nothing like our advancement ceremony and to watch my middle schooler boys go down through that procession when we have a senior recognition and to watch them graduate has been powerful for me,” she said.

Another bittersweet and emotional memory for Schreiner was September 11, 2001.

“That day was a horrible day as you may have imagined. I went out to the Mary statue. I felt the boys needed some exercise that day. Being new to the campus, the sixth graders hadn’t seen the hill or the Mary statue,” Schreiner said.

“I remember looking at her against the deep blue sky, it was so beautiful.

I asked the boys to say a prayer to our heavenly mother for our brothers and sisters in New York, and they all fell to their knees and prayed. I didn’t ask them to do that. That was a deep memory I have, I never will forget that,” Schreiner said.

Over the years, Schreiner acknowledged that education has changed, but she is still strongly against some of the changes.

“I have always been resistant to things like My Malvern or Backpack. I don’t like that middle school teachers post their homework because I think that promotes irresponsibility,” she said.

As the year winds down these last few days, Schreiner will say goodbye to many, but she appreciates her time at Malvern. “[I’ve] grown to love Malvern, love the Malvern community, and Augustinian community. It has just been a great blessing to myself personally, professionally, and it has been a blessing to my family so I am really grateful for my time here,” Schreiner said. ◊

Alex Haylock ’19 Unable to focus fully on either FRIAR LIFE EDITOR his role in admissions or in diverhis school year w il l be sity, Williams made the difficult Mr. Patrick Wil liams’s decision to leave Malvern earlier last as Assistant Director this year. He credits his decision of Admissions and Director of to both personal and professional Diversity. After three years at factors.

Malvern, Williams will leave his Williams suspects that the position in Austin Hall on June 30. absence of a constant diversity role “If you asked me five years ago contributes negatively to Malvern’s whether or not I’d be working in reputation. “I think that’s why education, I would have told you we’re so behind… with our image there’s no shot,” Williams said. “I externally, that we are seen as a was a business student. I went to school that doesn’t value diversity,” the military and then grad school he said. for my MBA. I never expected to be Williams hopes to still be a working at Malvern or any school part of Malvern, even though he for that matter.” feels he is ready to move on to a role Mr. Patrick Williams / A. HAYLOCK For Williams, the opportunity that is more clear cut— whether to come back on campus as a part of that be in admissions, equity and the staff was initially a great opportuinclusion, or even real estate.

“The plan is to have nity. “I had really enjoyed my time here “It’s bittersweet in that I’m not a more community [as a student],” Williams said. going to be here everyday, but I can approach on diversity.

Williams’ job was a unique one on still continue to have a relationship The voice of the campus. He worked in admissions full with the student body and the facstudent body is time, while also carrying an additional ulty,” Williams said. He plans to be really going to be role as Director of Diversity. a member of the Alumni Board and the driver of all the According to Williams, Malvern hopes to still be an active part of progress and success has never had a full-time Director of Malvern both on and off campus. He of the school."

Diversity or Director of Equity and hopes to return for next year’s J-Term Inclusion. to teach a class on real estate.

“I found myself being stretched too Williams leaves behind a job that thin,” Williams said. “You’re constantly juggling these two involved radically different criteria. “You are either in the full-time jobs, except they’re in one person. With admis- staff role or the faculty role,” Williams said. “I was one of sions work, you’re behind a desk answering calls.” In addi- the unique hybrids that bridged both. My role will not be tion to this workload, Williams was also a moderator for replaced with someone who has a dual role.” the Diversity Awareness Club.

With a Director of Diversity no longer on campus, According to Williams, “85-95% of my expected job co-workers who worked with Williams on issues of equity responsibilities on my job description was admissions. and inclusion will be working to fill the gap.

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School Nurse Mrs. Catherine McGettigan moves to part-time As she prepares to work part-time and eventually retire from Malvern, McGettigan feels gracious about her time at Malvern.

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days that she will or will not be working. alvern is in the begin“It’s not like I’ll be working ning stages of preparMonday, Wednesday, Friday, ing for life without or Tuesday and Thursday. It’s their school nurse of over 20 going to be a rotating schedule, years, Mrs. Catherine “Kit” but most the weeks I anticipate McGettigan. being consistent with which She will still be on campus days I’m here,” McGettigan next year, however, working said. part-time as a new nurse adapts “I chose to work-part time, to the school community. which was an extremely diffi“We will set up a schedule cult decision, because I am easwhich will revolve around the ing into retirement. Malvern is new nurse’s needs and what I a part of my life and it was just want to do,” McGettigan said. really stressful for me to come “Maybe I want to have a long to this choice,” McGettigan weekend with my daughters said.

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At the end of this school year, several faculty and staff members will transition to retirement or new careers. We spoke with several community members to learn about their paths ahead, and what they will remember about their experience at Malvern Prep.

Ms. Nicole Wilkinson Ms. Nicole Wilkinson has served Malvern as an English teacher for the past twelve and a half years, and has now decided to move on to a new aspect of her career.

Kyle Leonard ‘19 cherish.”

SPORTS EDITOR Besides teaching, Ms. idely known as one of Wilkinson has been an active parthe nicest people you’ll ticipant in Malvern’s Christian meet on Ma lvern’s Service program. She has been a campus, Ms. Nicole Wilkinson proctor on eight of the international will not be returning to Malvern service trips for rising seniors, next year. She has decided to purincluding trips to the Dominican sue some writing projects that she Republic and Peru. This year, she has been working on, get her cerwill be going to the Philippines for tification to teach yoga, and spend the first time. time with her teenage daughter.

Wilkinson has also gone on the Wilkinson is an avid reader local service locations that Malvern and writer, and throughout the visits every year. She stated that the past few years she has been workChristian Service program has been ing on some writing projects durone of the most important parts of ing her time outside of Malvern. her Malvern experience.

This is one of the main reasons why “I love the Christian Service she has decided to leave Malvern. experiences.

I think that it’s a great Mrs. Nicole Wilkinson / K. LEONARD “I finished my Master of Fine opportunity to learn outside the Arts (MFA) in creative nonfiction last classroom and work alongside the year, and I have a manuscript that I students to give back to the commu“The best thing about have been working on, kind of doing nity,” Wilkinson said. “It definitely my job is that I had it here and there,” Wilkinson said. encapsulates our values so much, and the opportunity to “I have the opportunity to step away I love to be a part of that.” read books and talk from full time teaching to work on As Wilkinson leaves Malvern, about them every day some projects I’ve had on the backshe will leave behind the multiwith really intelligent burner for awhile now.” ple classes she has taught, includstudents."

Wilkinson has a passion for yoga ing American Literature, British and now has the opportunity to earn Literature, Creative Nonfiction, and her teaching certification to spread Creative Writing. As of May 2017, this passion to others. it is undetermined who will be taking her place in each of “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” Wilkinson these classes, according to Wilkinson. said. “Yoga is a really big part of my life.”

“I think right now a lot of the classes have been in flux Wilkinson also has a teenage daughter, Sabine, who is as to who will be teaching what,” Wilkinson said. “It’s a freshman at Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill. about this time every year that people decide who’s going “I think this is a good opportunity for me to be able to be teaching each class. I don’t think anybody knows to spend more time at home with her at this point,” what exactly they’re teaching next year.”

Wilkinson said.

Wilkinson said that she will miss Malvern wholeWilkinson’s twelve and a half year tenure has brought heartedly, as she has had some of her best days here. She her many memories that she said will stay with her for the loves the fact that she can come and do what she loves, rest of her life, including having the opportunity to teach read, and write. and influence many students. Some of the best things that “The best thing about my job is that I had the opporshe looks back to are all of the friends and colleagues she tunity to read books and talk about them every day with has made. really intelligent students,” Wilkinson said. “We got to do “Most of the fun and happy times involve other teach- some really fun things and try new things. I’m definitely ers at Malvern, on campus and off campus,” Wilkinson going to miss the excitement of the learning environment, said. “We do hang out together outside of school.” and I think Malvern is at a really neat place in terms of Wilkinson also loves the annual traditions that education.”

Malvern celebrates.

English teacher Mr. John Bohannon holds Wilkinson “Obviously the Talent Show is a favorite, the in high regard and wishes her nothing but the best for the Brotherhood Ceremony, and some of the events where future. He believes that she has had a huge impact on the we bring everyone on campus together,” Wilkinson students she has taught. said. “Those are some of the things I will remember and > PAGE 8

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“The best memory I have working here was when they dedicated the yearbook to me in 2014. That was probably the most special moment I had at Malvern, and it was basically the only time in my career I was honored for just doing what I love. To me that’s very special,” McGettigan said.

In the 2014 yearbook dedicated to Mrs. McGettigan, former Assistant Head of School Steve Valyo gave high praise to the longtime Malvern nurse.

“Kit is fair, firm, and consistent with students, she has always brought a light-hearted, easy-going way that puts students at ease and makes their suffering more bearable,” Valyo said. “Kit has made great connections with all members of our community: parents, students, staff, and faculty, while maintaining the highest level of respect in the local nursing community.”

The search for a new part-time school nurse is ongoing. According to the position posted on

Malvern’s website, the school is seeking a candidate with a degree in nursing, Pennsylvania licensure, and three or more years of school nursing experience with a middle school or high school focus.

McGettigan is beloved by many within Malvern’s student body.

“I’m going to miss Mrs. McGettigan when she leaves. She’s a really nice lady,” sophomore Christian Galilea said. “I’ve known her since I came here for middle school and it won’t be the same not having her here.”

Sophomore Gavin Canzanese will also miss McGettigan.

“I’m just kind of sad that she’s leaving, you know?

She always treated me well and helped me whenever I went into the nurse’s office and she is an extremely nice lady as well,” Canzanese said. ◊

Mrs. Diane Kime Mrs. Diane Kime, Assistant to the Director of Food Services, is leaving Malvern after eight years.

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lthough Mrs. Diane Kime will retire at the end of this school year, it’s not goodbye just yet. She still plans to be back in August to train the new staff member who will replace her.

Kime started working at Malvern eight years ago following a 12 year stint working in Garnet Valley High School’s Cafeteria.

Kime starts her day early at 6:30am and prepares for breakfast which begins at 7:30am.

“I’m supposed to be here until 2:30, but very rarely [do] I get out Mrs. Diane Kime / E. ROWLEY at 2:30 with all of the different schedules, it’s pretty crazy,” Kime said. “Some days I’ve been here until 3:00. It depends on how much I want to get done and if I want to get it done or if I want to leave or not and have it the next day.”

Kime says that her experience at Malvern was a positive one, although she would like to see a few things changed.

“I really hope that they can make “Most of the boys are some changes in the cafeteria where all so nice.. Meeting they can even out the lunches because some of the faculty, that’s been crazy,” she said. “I think it’s been a really that they have too many PD schedules good experience for at the end of the year. It’s for sports, the most part. I have I understand that but it’s been really my frustrating days, overwhelming for us because for us to [but] everyone has have all of the food ready by 10:15 in frustrating days.” the morning, it’s insane for the people in the kitchen. Especially when there’s functions going on where you have to deliver food here, there, and everywhere, and then to try and get our job done, it’s a lot.”

Kime also said that she wishes students would clean up after themselves more when eating in Stewart Hall.

“I would like to see more discipline in the caf itself with students cleaning up. Mr. Stewart having to do that at the end of every lunch, it’s not fair,” she said. “They make the mess, they’re the ones that need to clean. How hard is it to pick up your food and trash and put it away? That’s my main concern. Treat this like you’re at home.”

However, Kime has enjoyed her time here overall.

“There’s been good changes and bad changes, but it’s time for me to go,” Kime said. “It’s been a good experience... I wish the new hire good luck.”

Kime will remember her relationships with the Malvern community.

“Most of the boys are all so nice, the boys that I’ve met, watching them grow up, it’s all so good,” Kime said. “Meeting some of the faculty, it’s been a really good experience for the most part. I have my frustrating days, [but] everyone has frustrating days.”

Director of Food Services Mr. Tom Gray said that Kime will certainly be missed by the dining staff.

“She’s surely going to be missed by not just me but everyone in the kitchen.

She’s the go-to person in the kitchen when they have any problems, especially me,” he said. “She’s the one that keeps me in line and always keeps me on track.”

Gray said that Kime is different than what she may appear to be on the outside.

“On the outside she seems like a ‘tough chick,’ but on the inside she’s the nicest person in the world,” Gray said. “She’s the most generous person.”

Dining hall co-worker Ms. Chandra Loper described Kime as, “strong, fierce, independent, loyal, and funny.”

“Once she’s your friend, she’s your friend for life. She’s very loyal, very supportive,” Loper said. “She just has the biggest heart, and once she becomes your friend, you don’t need another one.”

Loper said that Kime has been a great asset to Malvern.

“Whoever fills her shoes will have a tough job. She’s given her heart and soul to Malvern, and she’s really going to be missed,” Loper said.

Although she says she doesn’t know what she’s going to do with her free time in the short-term beyond summer just yet, Kime says she has a long-term plan.

“I’m just going to relax and take the summer off, then come back in August and train the new hire, and any time Mr. Gray needs me for anything I’ll be back,” she said.◊

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Jack Guardiola ’20 COPY EDITOR any students and parents have questions or concerns about the J-Term, which will be implemented next year.

Faculty continues to meet to plan for the J-Term during some professional development schedules.

First, what is the J-Term? According to current Head of the Middle School and next year’s Assistant Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick Sillup, the J-Term is an eight day term during the four day weeks before and after Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.

The days during the J-Term will be split into two sections, morning and afternoon. Students will take one class in the morning session, and one class in the afternoon session.

Many students are curious about the types of classes that will be offered during the J-Term. With the contributions of faculty, Sillup is working on putting together the course selection list.

“I’m not yet comfortable publishing the document, but you guys would get it by Halloween this upcoming fall,” Sillup said.

Although this guide has not been published yet, Sillup assures that it is in the works.

“Faculty has already pitched their ideas, and they’ve gone back and edited those ideas. We’ll then use the summer to collect more feedback. [The faculty] will fine tune course description and then we’ll begin to upload those into our system,” Sillup said.

Ninth grade English teacher Mrs. Susan Giordani would like to see more unique classes.

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[all of the classes] are out of the norm, they’re not like your typical academic class,” Giordani said. “I’d like to see something where the students are fully engaged, where they’re hands on, they’re moving, they’re learning by doing.”

Unfortunately, everyone getting their first choice of class may not be possible.

“I don’t think it’s feasible that everyone will get their first choice. That’s just the reality. I do think that we can collect data in such a way that guys can get a choice they would be happy with. I think that that’s important,” Sillup said.

Some students and teachers are concerned about how AP courses will be affected. Sillup met with a group of AP teachers on May 17, and the group came to a consensus that AP classes need to live during the J-Term time.

“One option we discussed was constructing a separate AP Institute in which students and teachers would focus on AP material only during these 8 days,” Sillup stated in an email. “While it would eliminate these teachers and students from exciting J-Term coursework, it would also provide important contact time for AP coursework.”

Sillup stated that he plans to solidify the approach to APs during the summer months, and having a working draft to share when Malvern returns to school in late August.

Since J-Term is during winter break, some students may regard it as optional school. Sillup states this will not be the case.

“No, we take attendance every morning, just like we do in homeroom. By choosing not to come to J-Term, you’d be choosing to opt out of classes for eight days. This becomes part of your

permanent transcript,” Sillup said.

J-Term instructors could include alumni and even members of the Malvern staff.

“Mr. Duane, who works in IT, has been developing a J-Term course. He’s been doing a lot of developing regarding what that would be,” Sillup said. “Is it tech specific? Is it virtual reality or programming? I think that would be awesome.”

Regarding feedback from parents, Sillup hasn’t heard much.

“Quiet, really quiet,” Sillup said. “I think in part because we’re coming to the time where we are closing the academic year. I think parents are thinking about summer camps, things we’re getting involved with, vacations, a home project, and not necessarily next January.”

Sillup does believe that J-Term will help to prepare students for the future. “‘Malvern’ is followed by ‘preparatory school’, right? So if you look at a lot of the institutions you guys will aspire to go to, where some of your brothers are going to, these are all colleges that run J-Term,” Sillup said.

Sillup said that some colleges run what is known as a 4-1-4, where students take four credit courses in the fall and spring semesters then during J-Term they take one credit classes.

“Then you can walk into a college saying ‘I’ve done this before, I’ve tried this before. It’s gone really well for me.’ I feel like we owe that experience to you as a college prep school,” Sillup said. ◊

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According to biology teacher Mr. Stephen Borish, several faculty members, including school psychologist Dr. Dorothy Sayers, middle school teacher Mrs. Carissa Casey, and others are working to continue and build on diversity awareness at Malvern. One big component of that work is the SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) program.

Borish plans to attend the SEED training program this summer in California. However, he acknowledges that Williams’ departure is challenging.

“I can’t replace what [Williams] did. What he did was so essential here,” Borish said. “It’s going to be difficult without him, but we are going to do our best to continue what he started.”

“I wished we could’ve learned that he needed the support. We should have seen his importance,” Borish added.

Williams found a possible direction to his future at last year’s NAIS People of Color Conference in Atlanta, which was focusing on Leaders of Diversity.

The conference offered workshops for aspiring heads of schools. That is

when Williams first realized that being a head of school could be in his future.

“I remember all the heads of schools of color getting on stage. There weren’t very many, about a third of the nation’s independent schools,” Williams said.

“Valuing the diverse experience of all students is what was important to me,” Williams said. “Being a head of school would put me in a position to do that.”

Williams shared some parting advice for Malvern students going into the future. With no single person spearheading diversity on campus, Williams suspects that it will have to be a team effort, with a lot of input from the students.

“The plan is to have a more community approach on diversity,” Williams said. “The voice of the student body is really going to be the driver of all the progress and success of the school.”

“For the students I think it’s really important that they voice their opinions.”

For now, junior Zamir Shelton shared one opinion on Williams’s departure.

“It’s a blow for the campus,” he said. ◊

James McErlane ’60 announced as graduation speaker McErlane, a Senior Partner at West Chester law firm, hopes to offer remarks he would have liked to hear as a senior.

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According to Lamb McErlane’s website, McErlane’s practice has concentrated in the area of general business, finance, real estate, municipal and governmental regulations. He was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for General Business Law, and has served on the Boards of many state and regional organizations.

McErlane is proud of his work in the Chester County community. “Chester County has been a growing and successful community. We are part of that community,” he said. “A rising tide lifts all boats. We were happy to be lifted up by the rising tide.”

When outgoing Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot reached out to McErlane about the opportunity to speak at this year’s graduation ceremony, he was very surprised at first. This surprise turned into anticipation, as he is very excited to share some words with the senior class.

“I want to deliver comments to the senior class that are comments that I would have liked to listen to as a senior at Malvern Prep,” he said. “That’s what I’m

lumnus Mr. James McErlane ’60 will be the featured speaker at this year’s Graduation Ceremony, according to Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot.

After growing up in Malvern and attending our beloved school until 1960, McErlane went on to get an undergraduate degree and a law degree from Villanova University.

Instead of starting his law career directly after his graduation from Villanova Law School in 1967, he chose a different path. McErlane enlisted in the Navy and spent three years traveling the world.

“I loved the Navy, I had never traveled until I had joined the Navy. No one in those days traveled as much as typical people do today,” he said.

McErlane enjoyed the fact that he was able to visit Mr. James McElrane '60 / WWW.LAMBMCERLANE.COM places that he had never seen before.

“The Navy gave me the chance to see different parts of the world. I spent 13 months in Vietnam. I came back [to the US] and working on.” went to California,” he said.

McErlane has seen Malvern develop over the years since his graduation, McErlane completed his three years of service in 1970. He met his wife and he is happy to say that it has come a very long way since then. shortly after his time overseas was done in San Diego. The couple returned “Malvern Prep is just so much more well known and formidable now to the area and started a family. than it was when I went there,” he said. “Malvern is a real powerhouse school At the same time, McErlane began to pursue his law career and joined up now. We may have thought we were, but deep down we knew we weren’t. with a couple of people who together formed the law firm Lamb McErlane. But you guys are.” ◊ He ran the firm for many years and now still oversees as a Senior Partner.

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“I have greatly enjoyed teaching with Ms. Wilkinson because she brings a spirit and a joy and a freshness that Malvern students need to see. She also gives her students the opportunity and the desire to grow,” Bohannon said. “She is alive, she is clever, she is brilliant, and it is very good for male students to see such an accomplished woman.”

Sophomore Greg Gaasche has thoroughly enjoyed his experience in Wilkinson’s Honors American Literature class this year, and likes her as a person in general.

“To be honest, I think she’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. She always seems to have a smile on her face,” Gaasche said.

“It’s great to be in class with her, and she really allows students to go off of their bases and learn how they want from their own aspect.”

Teaching will remain a large part of her life, albeit in a different way.

“I don’t see myself doing anything that would not involve teaching in some capacit y, whether it’s teaching writing workshops, teaching at the college level, teaching yoga, or creative writing and yoga together,” Wilkinson said.

Wilkinson has not ruled out a return to Malvern, and still considers herself part of the community.

“I would definitely consider returning to Malvern because it’s my home and has been my home for the past twelve and a half years. Even though I won’t be working here, I feel like I will always be a part of the community,” Wilkinson said. ◊

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Stephen Fratamico '19 CONTRIBTUTOR ith warmer weather ahead, we asked a few students where they thought the best water fountain was on campus. The answers may shock you.

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What’s the best water fountain on campus?

“My favorite water fountain would be the new one in Alumni. “ What’s the worst water fountain on campus?

“Third floor of Carney.”

What makes a water fountain good?

What’s the best water fountain on campus?

“Definitely the O’Neill [water fountain] by the swimming pool.”

“The taste of the water, and the velocity it comes out at, and the location.”

What’s the worst water fountain on campus?

“Upstairs Duffy.”

What makes a water fountain good?

“You don’t have to kiss the fountain. [The water] is cold, and it has that taste.”

Anything else?

“Please no more kissing fountains.”

What’s the best water fountain on campus?

“I prefer to get water from the caf, but my favorite water fountain is usually the one on the middle floor in Tolentine, or top floor of Sullivan, and the one in O’Neill near the locker rooms is pretty good as well.”

What’s the worst water fountain on campus?

“Carney on the second floor near the bathrooms.”

What’s the best water fountain on campus?

“I would say Duffy center. At first the two ones down stairs by the bathroom, but for the past few weeks they have been out of order, so I have to settle with the one upstairs.”

What’s the worst water fountain on campus?

“Carney, because on my first day at Malvern I tried the water at Carney, and I almost threw up. That was a joke, but it was really that bad.”

What makes a water fountain good?

“High quality water, and if it has a hint of sweetness and less of a metallic taste.”

What makes a water fountain good?

“It needs to be really cold water, and [the water fountain] needs good pressure. It doesn’t taste like metal; [the water] tastes like water from at home.

Anything else?

“I think Malvern should focus on providing high quality water to the whole student body.”

Where's your preferred water fountain on campus? Let us know online at The Friar's Lantern. www.mpfriarslantern.com ◊

EVANFEST • Ben Osbourne '05 attended the lacrosse celebration in memory of his friend Evan Brady. "In High School we were pretty inseperable. so Evan is close to my heart. I feel like this is a great cause and worthy of my time." / D. MALLOY

FRESH • The sign greeting visitors at the entrance to campus has a new look after repairs completed this spring. / C. BENNETT

The sign greeting people to Malvern has had an up-and-down year.

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verybody remembers that rainy day of November 28. They remember seeing the debris of what was once the sign at Malvern’s entrance, along with an old Mercedes with its front bumper smashed in.

While coming back to Malvern after making a trip to Wawa during his last period study hall, junior Patrick McNally-Heinemann lost control of his car and crashed into the Malvern welcome sign and stone foundation at Malvern’s entrance. Fortunately, McNally-Heinemann and passenger Andrew Knaus ’18 were not harmed, but the same cannot be said for the sign or his car.

“It was really surprising that the airbags didn’t go off,” McNally-Heinemann said. “It would’ve costed 95% of what the car was worth to repair it and my [the driver’s] side of the car was completely crushed.”

The top right corner of the sign was completely taken off by the crash, and the right side of the stone foundation severely damaged and stones had fallen out. As for McNally-Heinemann’s car, the Mercedes was totaled, as the front bumper of the vehicle took a beating from the crash.

“It was a rainy day and it was kind of just a blur, Pat tried going for the turn a little late and fast and just slid into it,” Knaus said.

According to Malvern’s rules, if students wish to leave campus during their last period study halls, they must sign out at the Dean of Student’s office, which McNally-Heinemann did not do.

Dean of Students Mr. Timothy Dougherty said that it is very important for students to sign out during open periods.

“We need you to sign out when you’re here, because signing out says, ‘Hey, I’m going home’, or ‘I’m going to Wawa before practice’ and we know you’re gone,” Dougherty said.

Dougherty also explained Malvern’s responsibility for students during school hours.

“While you’re at school, we’re ‘en loco parentis’. We are acting as your parents. They trust us to keep you safe and to know when you’re here and not here,” Dougherty said.

Although the crash occurred in late November, the sign and foundation were reconstructed earlier this month. The whole foundation for the sign was taken down, and a new foundation was erected in its place.

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Our senior editors offer some parting words in their last columns for The Blackfriar Chronicle.

Intentions matter If there is not a genuinely good reason for doing something, why do it?

Tyler Pizzico ’17 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ’16-17 e all know the old say ing “Actions speak louder than words.” For me, actions are easily muted when not backed with the right intentions.

When you’re walking on campus and you see a teacher, you might say “Hi, how are you?”

How often do you actually care?

Do you do it because you’re curious or because it feels expected?

What are your intentions?

Do me a favor and carry those three questions with you as you read the remainder of this column. Question yourself and your intentions for doing certain things throughout and I promise you will start to think about them differently.

I know that many Malvern students joke about this newspaper. I hear things like “defund the BFC” and “liberal media” throughout the halls during the release of each new issue. With all (what I hope are) jokes aside, I feel lucky and grateful to have led a great team that shared a lot of content that mattered this year.

The BFC is the one club I joined at Malvern because I truly had a passion for it. I didn’t join because it would look good on a college transcript or because I wanted to be in a position of importance. And guess what? This is the club to which I dedicated the most time, and on which I had the most impact.

What I am trying to say is my intention wasn’t to get involved because it looked good for me to do so. I did it for myself. When you are truly passionate about something, you do the best work. You can’t fake passion and you certainly can’t fake good intentions.

I tried to diversify myself for college to such an extent that I spread myself too thin. And a little piece of advice: colleges will see through that. It’s easy to see what’s a true passion and what’s an attempt to make yourself look like something you’re not.

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matter—parents, good friends, great teachers, and those who hold the keys to your next steps towards success.

Writing this, I look back on my high school experience.

My joyous mood has turned a little somber and a tad bit regretful as I recount how I’ve spent my last four years.

I’ve spent most of my high school career crafting my college application rather than crafting memories. Forty years from now, I won’t be looking back at the clubs I halfheartedly participated in or the math grade I harassed the teacher to raise two-tenths of a point. I will desperately seek out the Malvern memories that, for me, are unfortunately few and far between.

I know this is something you have heard before, and if you have made it to this point in the column I am extremely grateful. The intention of this column is to hopefully show you that a devout perfectionist and overachiever (myself) regrets how he spent a lot of his time in high school.

I was so focused on the next four years of my life in college that I let what should have been the best four years of my life at Malvern slip right through my fingers. Even though it seems I participated in a lot, there is so much more I wish that I had done. Because ultimately, most of what I did at this school wasn’t for me or my brothers. It was for the college admissions officer reading my application.

The freshman year me had no idea that after gaining admission to the university I dreamed of attending for years, I would actually be upset!

I received my acceptance December 9, and ever since that day I haven’t been looking forward to it. I’ve been dreading that I have such little time left at Malvern.

I’ve written about the brotherhood many times. I know that it’s present, but I never really sought it out until the end of my junior year. This year has been absolutely amazing and unforgettable. I have made connections that will last a lifetime. >PAGE 14

Lights, shadows, and everything in between Relationships formed at Malvern help me find my way.

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walked into a dimly lit room and ducked under the projected screen on the wall. While among my family and close friends, I like being in the spotlight. That day, I wanted no part of it.

It was September 2013 and my first newspaper meeting. I wasn’t at the meeting because I had an interest in writing or even because I wanted to join the newspaper. I was there because I put my email down at the Activities Fair and was afraid someone would hunt me down if I didn’t show up.

I wish I could write that I immediately found my home at Malvern and a new passion, but that’s not really how it happened.

During that meeting, I didn’t talk to anyone.

I didn’t want to talk to anyone. The first half of my freshman year of high school was a personal struggle of oscillating fear and scarce bursts of confidence. I didn’t know anyone coming into Malvern Prep. I wanted to make friends and find my place, but I didn’t know where my place was or even how to find it.

I was terrified of getting to know people and giving them any reason not to like me. That was the inner me. The outer me is the version of me that everyone knows: the one that’s an extrovert and a leader.

What I failed to realize four years ago that I understand now is that relationships are the most important part of the Malvern experience.

Not just between students, but among students, teachers, administrators, maintenance staff, anyone.

Luckily, at the end of my freshman year, an older student convinced me to try my luck again.

And I did. Not because I wanted to write or edit or interview or take photos.

I did it because I thought I would enjoy working with some familiar faces for a common goal— even though I wasn't exactly sure what that goal was

But the importance of relationships and culture doesn’t stop w ith the newspaper; it’s true for all of Malvern.

Malvern’s unity, unitas, brotherhood is what makes it truly special. It is the brilliant, defining feature of the institution.

My first taste of the brotherhood came during my first Malvern Theatre Society show.

Because I had some prior theatre experience, I wasn’t afraid take a risk and try out, and it paid off. During auditions and throughout rehearsals and tech week, I felt a part of a community, and that community made me perform better. I began to feel comfortable with spotlights shining in my eyes.

At the beginning of my freshman year, I was in the dark. My future and the path to it were obscured, but taking risks and forming relationships helped light the way. I just had to take advantage of it.

Once I figured out, I began to see a place for myself within the newspaper. I started writing articles and helping the team out wherever I could.

By February of my sophomore year, I was named Arts Section Editor. Despite having a formal leadership position, I wasn’t a leader. I just covered the arts section and put in as much work as I could.

As Friar Life Editor in my junior year, I had significantly greater responsibility. I edited and wrote more articles along with teaching younger reporters. At times, I definitely struggled with the work, but I learned to trust and support others. I knew that they trusted me to do my part and cared about me as a person, so I always gave 100 percent and loved doing it.

When I was named Editor-in-Chief at the end of that year, I felt a tranquil satisfaction— not because I got a position to put on my college resume, but because older students trusted me to step into the light and carry on their team.

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Take change and run with it

Find your passion, and be passionate about it

Sometimes it feels like the world around you changes radically. That can be a good thing.

Henry Malone ’17 SPORTS EDITOR t’s sad how many people never reach a fraction of their potential. If we don’t try, we’ve already failed.” - WeeklyChris I wanted to start this off with a quote from one of my all time favorite philosophers/former Viners, WeeklyChris. But despite the fact that this quote is probably definitely stolen from someone else, it still holds a lot of meaning.

The idea of choosing a career path for me was pretty terrifying. When I was in 8th grade, we had a career awareness class at my middle school where we talked about careers we could be interested in.

I hated this class because I was very content with being a kid and playing Xbox everyday, and I had no idea what I wanted to do.

As the years went on, my fandom for the Philadelphia Eagles grew, and I found myself reading a lot of blogs and articles about the team. Over time, the more I read the more I thought that I could write some of these myself.

I decided to give it a shot. I started by writing a really bad blog about why the Eagles shouldn’t trade up to draft Marcus Mariota. It was pretty bad, but I had some fun doing it.

The following fall I joined the Blackfriar Chronicle. The only thing I wanted to write about was the Eagles or the Sixers; I found out very quickly that wouldn’t be the case, but I stuck with it.

When the time came around to start thinking about a major

Jack McClatchy ’17 PR DIRECTOR ’16-17 s I sit on my porch trying to think of what to write to conclude my four years at Malvern and on this paper, the only word I could think of is change.

It’s no secret that high school is supposed to be a formative time, and that usually means a whole lot of change in four short years. I’m no exception, and I don’t think I would have had it any other way.

Just about everything about me changed in between June of 2013 and June of 2017: new friends, new school, new interests and talents, and so on and so on.

Even my motivation as a reporter on this team has changed.

Originally, an outlet for writing. Eventually, a place to meet and talk with some of the most interesting people I’ve ever met, from politicians and candidates to new students and teachers.

I’ve formed relationships with people that would not have been possible because of this change in outlook.

Change seems like a scary thing. People get so used to doing things “because that’s how it’s always been done” that they actively fight against a change that may be for the better.

Or it may not be. What change does more often than not is teach us how we can respond to new situations, even if we don’t like that answer.

I’ve been scared of change more times than I can count.

Things around me changed so often these past four years, but I’ve learned to deal with that a little bit. I’ve learned that does no good to whine about going back to how things were before, which is a lesson I admittedly still need to work on acting out.

I don’t know if me from eighth grade would recognize me now. That’s a cliche phrase, I know, but I really feel it. So much about me has changed, and frankly, I wouldn’t want to be me from eighth grade. It’d be impossible for me to live through so many of the experiences I have inside and outside Malvern and not change from four years ago.

I readily accept that I will change in the next four years, and the next four and next four. Life can stay constant for only a certain time before something needs to give. We can decide to try to cling to the familiar or go with the flow. It might be terrifying doing that, trust me I know that, but you come out better at the end for it.

Like I said earlier, close to everything about me changed. I came to Malvern playing football, nervous out of my mind, and listening to heavy metal. As a senior, I was heavily involved in theatre and music, was a whole lot less nervous about stuff (college applications aside), and now I listen to more folksy music and definitely less metal.

One constant in the changes I went through was Malvern.

I really feel like this was the place for me as a person in a pretty tumultuous time. It developed me academically, artistically, personally, but also religiously. I may not consider myself Catholic, another change from four years ago, but Malvern has instilled in me a deeper understanding of God even if it’s not how the Catholic Church understands God. I think Malvern was an incredibly formative experience for me. If I had gone anywhere else for school, I’d be a wholly different person. I’m a firm believer that a lot of who we are is built by the environment we are placed in, and boy am I glad I was put in this one.

It was at Malvern that I felt comfortable pursuing my academic and artistic interests and being respected by a lot of people for it, shattering a common perception of high school. I felt comfortable examining who I was as a person: what I believed in, who I admired, what I read, and what I wanted to do with my life.

This has been a lot of rambling, so I’m going to cut it off here before I lose my message. There is a lot in life that will change.

People will enter and exit your life, jobs and school will come and go, and you’ll set bags down in a lot of different places. I’ll try and be ready for what is in store for me, and that’s all I, or anyone now that I think of it, can do in life. ◊

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Malvern is a hotbed for trying things out. Don’t blow that.

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for college, journalism was the only thing that made sense to me. Having written for the paper for a year, I was ready to decide on this as what I wanted to pursue in college.

Malvern was what really encouraged me to find that.

Everyone will say that this is probably true with most high schools, but I truly believe that Malvern has the unique ability to get its students to step outside their comfort zones and try new things.

Over the course of my Malvern career, I was a part of one sports team (JV B Lacrosse what up), seven theatrical performances, and four different clubs, and I can say with the utmost certainty that I wouldn’t have been as involved as I was at Malvern if I went to my local public high school.

The bottom line is Malvern can help you find your passion if you let it. Some people lock themselves into their comfort zones and don’t ever try something they could be interested in because of the way other people might perceive it. Yeah, don’t do that.

The oldest adolescent stereotype in the book is that high school is the fastest four years of your life, and I can personally attest to that. They’re actually over before you know it, and unless you’re Billy Madison, you only go to high school once. So make the most of it while you can and try new things, because the club you decide to give a shot, might just be what you’re passionate about. ◊

Stop worrying, and just be you Malvern Prep has always been there for me, and it always will. So please just let Malvern embrace you, and you will be fine.

Patrick Ferraiolo ’17 SPORTS EDITOR Anyway...

“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days, before you’ve actually left them.”

This quote from Andy Bernard in “The Office” exemplifies what it means to be a high school student for most people.

Everyone is so caught up about 1) schoolwork, 2) making and keeping friend groups, 3) fitting in and being popular, and 4) dealing with family, that we all forget that we are in the best part of our lives, at God’s special possession: Malvern Prep.

My advice: Stop your worrying and just be you.

As I look back at my time here, I can pretty much say I have no regrets, and am proud at the mark I left right here on South Warren Avenue. I was involved in Malvern Theatre Society, MECO, this publication, and SAVI– none of which I pictured four years ago.

Freshman year, I was petrified. My whole family had gone to Malvern, and I would be the last kid to bear the ‘Ferraiolo’ name throughout the halls. But I got involved as best as I could. This would be the greatest thing I did throughout my Malvern career.

Grades fade away, but memories from extracurricular activities last a long time. Please remember that.

Forty years from now, no one will care about your GPA or your SAT score. Instead, they will remember you because you were ‘the play guy’ or ‘the lacrosse guy’ or ‘the guy with a smile and a corny joke.’ Grades are important, do not get me wrong, but they do not define your character, or what high school is all about.

Malvern offers so many clubs and activities. Find yours and go into it with all your might. You’ll see that this will be the best decision of your life. Go outside your comfort zone. Try a s port—you’ll be surprised at the friends you will make by doing this. I wish I did.

Through my time here, I discovered many things about myself. This includes my passion for writing, my love for acting (even though I was not good at it), but most importantly, that to make someone else smile is unmatchable.

I urge all of you to give everything and anything to Malvern. My favorite memories of this place happened outside the classroom, long after the final prayer was said.

Most importantly, Malvern gives you the chance to become a better person, both spiritually and in the world. Communion service at break is something I brushed off early in my career, but towards the end, it was something I looked forward to. Find those little moments Malvern provides, and take full advantage.

The main point I want to make in this column is to assure everybody that the Brotherhood is 100 percent true. There is a doubt in my mind it exists—but it only exists if the students allow it to exist.

Many do not understand the brotherhood of Malvern until MECO until senior year. MECO defines what Malvern is and what the Brotherhood stands for. It is the most rewarding experience on campus, for me at least.

When the brotherhood is in action, Malvern glows just a little bit extra because of it. Never forget that.

Three tips for the road: It’s the golden rule, but it is the golden rule for a reason.

Treat others the way you wanted to be treated. Seriously, think about it—think of that utopia and try to make it a reality. You do not have to like everyone, but you have to respect them. That’s just life.

Be comfortable in your own skin, and try to be the person God made you to be.

Get involved, get involved, get involved. Even if you are a junior, I am talking to you too. Do not be saying “If only..” or “What if…” to yourself by the end of your senior year.

I would not be the man I am today without the help of Malvern Prep, and I will be forever grateful of my time here.

Thanks Malvern. Fratres Aeterni. ◊

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Alumnus of the Issue: Mark Howley ’78 Owner and CEO of Pacific Bag talks business, bags, and Malvern Ethan Rowley ’18 MANAGING EDITOR, PRINT hen you sit down to talk with alumnus Mark Howley ’78, it’s clear from the start that he is passionate about his career.

“I love bags,” the CEO of Pacific Bag Inc. said. “It’s a pretty weird statement to make. I don’t think I ever would’ve said that when I was a younger man, but as I’ve gotten more involved in the industry, it’s become my passion.”

Howley’s company, Pacific Bag, is based in Woodinville, Washington, just outside of Seattle. He holds a patent on a type of valve used in the coffee bags his company manufactures.

“If you drink coffee, there’s a little belly button thing in the bag. If you press the bag and smell something comes out of that valve, I’m one of about three patent holders in the country [for that valve],” Howley said.

Howley says that the valve has allowed his company to get into the high-end coffee market.

“We sell flexible packaging into the coffee, pet food, and gourmet food segments of the market. In short we sell bags, throughout the country and the world,” he said.

Pacific Bag sells to 5,000 small to medium sized coffee roasters in 60 countries, according to Howley. The bags are also used for pet food, specialty food, and natural food products, mostly for smaller specialty or regional companies.

“There’s an enormous amount of technology in it, everything from design through overall performance through price. I’ve gotten to know all of the different people in different disciplines, and that intrigues me. It’s intellectually challenging, and socially enjoyable,” he said.

Howley noted that he enjoys sales, but that there’s more to it for him than just the act of making a sale. “I have always liked to sell, but what I like more is to have somebody trust me,” he said.

“It’s a very satisfying feeling when you build a reputation as being somebody that’s trustworthy… that makes me feel good. I get excited, and motivated.”

Howley moved to Seattle after working for another company for 13 years. He says he left that job in pursuit of a new opportunity.

“It so happened that [opportunity] was in packaging, and then I got a job with a company out in Seattle, Pacific Bag, the company I own now. But I started in my basement in Broomall, PA at the age of 38 after working for this larger company,” he said. “That evolved into moving to Seattle, which was a real crazy different culture.”

Howley says that when he initially moved out to Seattle, Pacific Bag was, unbeknownst to him, in dire financial straits.

“I thought for about a year that I was going to be packing my bags and getting home with my tail between my legs and my fourth daughter,” he said. “That was nasty, it was very unpleasant, and getting through that as I look back was that critical moment. I didn’t like the fear, I didn’t like the sense of not knowing what was next. But I persevered and it worked out.”

He said that the experience taught him an important lesson. “When things are bad, keep getting up and putting one foot in front of the

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I just wish I would have become immersed in Malvern sooner.

I wish that I didn’t treat my time at Malvern as an audition for my future university.

I’ll hit you with another saying that you’ve definitely heard before: “Life’s too short.” Usually that phrase is followed up with something like “...to hold grudges” or “...to be sad.” Nope.

You can end it right the hell there.

Life is too short. Period.

It is a waste of precious time to be concerned with how you are viewed in the eyes of others. Your actions and intentions should never be a result of another person’s opinion. If you are not doing something because you want to, or because it will help someone you care about, don’t do it.

I would have been scared out of my mind for college if I

other. That really is your only choice, other than giving up, and taught me about the Catholic religion, but I never felt like I was I didn’t want to do that,” he said. restricted in thinking outside of the box, arguing outside of the Now 57, Howley said he isn’t entirely sure himself how his box, challenging my faith, [or] challenging what I believed,” he journey in life took him to Seattle, or to the packaging industry. said.

“I’m still trying to figure that out. I speak about this to young Howley said that Malvern has undergone significant changes professionals and younger kids, I didn’t know what the heck I since his time as a student, including being on much more stable wanted to do, I really didn’t,” he said. “I got a job in packaging, footing. During his freshman year at Malvern, the school nearly and it didn’t take long before I wanted to do well at it. At that closed. He said that he remembered a lot of focus on trying to point, it wasn’t so much what it was, it was just that the oppor- keep the school financially afloat. tunity was in front of me and [that I needed to] perform and do “Some kids had to leave because it was the one year where my best.” [the school] took tuition up a lot. There was a lot of heartache He said that he doubled down on his efforts once he realized for people who were getting financial aid and then couldn’t get that he could support his family with a career in the industry. it,” Howley said. “As a young man, I wasn’t thinking about it so “I eventually became extremely passionmuch, but parents were concerned, families ate when I started to see some of the rewards were concerned, so you knew it.” and started to gain reputation, and that was He is grateful that the school has survived “We need help, and a good feeling. It made me feel good about and thrived since then. many people think myself, and I liked it, so I kept doing it,” he “There’s guys that graduated with me with that asking for help said. whom I’ve never lost touch. I know where is a weakness, and Long before his tenure at Pacific Bag, they are right now, and not only that but I’ve I don’t think so. Be Howley grew up in Havertown, attending probably spoken to them in the last two or humble, work hard, Waldron Mercy Academy until he entered three months, that’s a very strong bond,” he be honest."

Malvern as a freshman. said.

“I was the fourth boy in my family to go Nowadays, Howley keeps what little free to Malvern. When I was younger my father was the chairman of time he has occupied with different hobbies. He enjoys history, the board,” he said. “I always thought of myself as that I would mountain biking, and travel. According to Pacific Bag’s website, be going to Malvern, that’s just what boys in our family did.”

Howley has visited over 100 packaging companies throughout Math was his favorite subject, and he remembers Fr. Flynn’s the world, and he says he enjoys the experience of visiting difGeometry as his favorite class. ferent places.

“I tended to enjoy math because mentally it came to me. I “My business has taken me to different cultures; China, didn’t always do really well at it, but I liked the discipline of Vietnam, Bangkok, India, Eastern Europe, and it’s a pain in the it,” he said. “Geometry was a new idea, and it took me awhile butt travelling, but I love the experience,” he said. “It opens my to get my head around geometry, but then I was kind of like mind, and I find that we are so different yet so alike. There’s a lot ‘oh, that’s kind of cool.’ It wasn’t algebra, it was a whole new of people living a tough life out there, and they’re not all miserway of looking at solving things.” able. There’s some people that live without much money and some W hen Howley was a student, College seem to be able to find happiness in their lives.”

Counselor and English Teacher Mr. Richard Howley advised Malvern’s current students to be humble, Roper was new to the school. “I thought he hardworking, and honest with themselves. was a little quirky, but came to find him to be “Try and realize that as you reach new stages of your life that somebody that we all really got to know, so you’re new at it, and that you need to learn, and there’s nothing I started to enjoy those classes, against what wrong with having to learn,” he said. “In fact if you’re eager to I thought I would like,” he said. learn and you’re humble about it, you’ll find a lot of people want While at Malvern, Howley was a multi- to help.” sport athlete, including playing football for “You just have to work hard if you want to enjoy anything three and lacrosse for four years. … whatever it is, you’re going to have to work hard,” he added.

“Lacrosse was my love. My older brother “Lastly, be honest. I don’t mean telling somebody that they had been quite good at it so I had that leg up. are ugly, that’s being mean, that’s not being honest,” he said. “I While I was there our team went from stinky to mean being honest with yourself. We need help, and many people ultimately winning the Inter-Ac [championship], think that asking for help is a weakness, and I don’t think so. Be which at the time believe it or not for you younger humble, work hard, be honest. people was very exciting in 1978 for all of us,” he Howley also shared what he thinks students should know said. “The group of guys around me, the coach, it was about the world and life beyond Malvern. just awesome, an awesome experience that made me “It’s really cool, that’s what I would say. If somebody told proud of being from Malvern when that happened.” me when I walked out of Malvern, ‘you’re going to be living in Of all the schools that he went to, Howley says Seattle, owning your own business, you’ll be the father of five girls that Malvern had the strongest impact on him as and you’ll marry a girl from Lower Merion,’ I would’ve said, ‘I’m a person. sorry, I think you’ve got a different person’s life, that’s not going “It set the tone,” he said. “I went through some to be me,’” he said. tough times in my mid 20s, some trouble, and the “I couldn’t have begun to imagine where I am now when I messages that I learned [at Malvern] were many was 30 as to where the twists and turns would take me. All of the times the only thing I was holding onto. College bad stuff is worth it when you get into the good stuff,” he said. was wonderful, but it never had the [same] “There are great moments out there, don’t lose sight of that.” ◊ impact.”

He also accredits Malvern as the source of his inquisitiveness. “I think that [Malvern] didn’t change my perception before applying. I’m not sure if the fake Tyler was ready for college and I’m not sure if he was capable of doing the great things people are expecting him to do.

But get this.

When I applied to college, I left out all the clubs and activities to which didn’t truly devote time. I didn’t say I went to three speech and debate competitions or that I was active in the stock market club because I wasn’t truly passionate about them. I showed them the real me and if they wanted me, cool; if they didn’t, it wasn’t the right fit for me.

Guess what? The college accepted me for who I truly am.

I know that they want the real Tyler Pizzico and I know that there are no unrealistic expectations of me.

My intention in writing this isn’t completely selfless. I needed this to solidify the decision I have made to pursue what

truly matters to me and, in writing this, it became pretty apparent I made the right choice.

If you have read to the very end, please take something from this. If you behave the same way I did for a majority of your high school experience, you may be looking back just days before your graduation with the same regret I now feel.

It’s a bit of tradition to give three tips to the Malvern guys when concluding one of these columns. You don’t need three; you need one: Be yourself, for yourself.

Thanks Malvern. I never would have found my true self without you. Much Caritas.◊

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teach summer school here which is four weeks but there is always a week off prior to that.

So that week off is when my family and I, last couple of years, take our New Jersey shore vacation. So we spend a week in Wildwood and Wildwood crest area. It’s great because it's not busy earlier in the summer. We used to do Disney twice and beach twice but my wife said she wanted to change that pattern. This year we are going to Kentucky and Tennessee. My one daughter is a huge horse fan so we are going to a Kentucky horse farm and being involved in that, a little experience scenario. Then we are making our way over to Tennessee and we are doing Nashville, my wife likes country music. Then we are going to Smoky Mountain, Tennessee and getting a cabin for a couple days and then we are going to Dollywood. Dolly Parton’s little amusement park. Boom.

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his summer I am traveling. I am first going to go to California, I am going on a SEED experience training. So basically I’m going to California, learning from the people who developed SEED, how to lead SEED sessions at Malvern. That’ll be about a week. Then July, leave for South Africa, with students for Christian Service and then I come back. After that, then I’m going to China with students for the exchange in August.

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on the BFC with. Their trust in me lit my path. I could take risks, be vulnerable, and work on my weaknesses. As a result, I became more confident and found a home.

Malvern is full of special people who helped light my way. It was difficult for me to take the first step in darkness, but I eventually opened up to the great community around me and found a direction.

The Malvern experience and education is incomplete without extracurricular involvement.

Never be afraid to jump anything and try it out– but also, fully commit to the work that you care about, and do everything you can to support others in those experiences.

The more you try and struggle, the more you will get out of it. That activity might be right for you, or it might not. You won’t know until you spend the time and commitment. Your brothers and the rest of the people at Malvern will help you find what’s right for you and light your path forward. ◊

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irst and foremost, I need to finish a bathroom renovation that I started last summer. Mrs. Quinn I think is ready for me to finish that project. I’ll probably spend a lot of time playing with my two boys, a three year old and a one year old. I’ll start writing my dissertation this summer. I’ve finished my doctoral course work and now this summer is when the dissertation phase begins so I’ll be doing a lot of writing for that. Try to get on vacation, spend some time with my in-laws and my family and then whenever possible, try to get a weekend down at the beach to relax a little bit. It’ll be a busy summer.

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amenable to doing that,” she said. “We also want to allow for continuity for our students, so if a teacher is not going to be back for three months and is asking for additional time and we have a sub in place, let's not disrupt our students either.”

Preparing for the parental leave and absence of the teacher all depends on what the doctor says. A long term substitute is needed for a teacher or faculty member who is going to miss three to four months of work. Teachers who are going on parental leave can provide a school plan for their sub, but do not need to interact with the school during their leave.

“The only thing that they need to do is just check in with me, to give me an update that they are still preparing to return at the end of their leave,” Morrison said. “We want to prepare the incoming substitute teacher or whoever is covering for their class as much as possible but that is before they go on leave, not during.”

“This is a benefit that isn't necessarily widespread to other organizations, so the fact that Malvern does that and allows for that six weeks of pay where it is not affected is a really generous benefit that we offer here,” Morrison said. ◊

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Science teacher Mrs. Anna Geider, took maternity leave at the beginning of the year for her newborn twins. She took her 12 weeks and was planning to come back until she became hospitalized.

“I was sick for like a month and Malvern was very good in that regard that I was still paid for that time,” Geider said, “I was hospitalized and out for three weeks, I think if it had been another job I would have used up all my sick time and possibly lost some of my pay.”

Geider used to teach at Stone Ridge, Bethesda MD, and it had different policies back when Geider taught there.

“Some schools do not have parental leave. Stone Ridge had no parental leave for teachers. I guess it's because we don't teach all year round, so some schools don't provide paid parental.”

Other schools and corporations sometimes have the ability to “bank” or save sick days. A person can save these sick days and use them for parental leave or vacation. Malvern does not offer this, but is much more flexible with absences.

Morrison is in charge of overseeing those on parental leave. She checks in with them to see that they are on schedule to come back to school on time.

“We are so family oriented here at Malvern we want to take care of our own.

So if a faculty member or teacher are in need of taking additional time, we are

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Steven O’Meara ’19 REPORTER arental leave at Malvern Prep encompasses six weeks of paid leave and an additional six weeks without pay if needed. Also, teachers and faculty members are able to keep their jobs if something prolongs their leave of absence and will be able to continue their work the next year, according to Human Resources Director Mrs. Neha Morrison.

Teachers are quick to accept this benefit and enjoy their time spent at home with their newborns and other family members.

Physical education teacher and strength coach Mr. Erik Miller has been able to go on parental leave twice so far.

“You apply for the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act). Malvern just started offering this and I was actually the first person to take advantage of it that next year. You get 6 weeks paid, full salary, mother or father,” Miller said.

One of the biggest struggles for most families is taking care of their other kids when a new child is born. Malvern hopes to help their staff deal with this issue.

“Some people have family who live very close, so grandparents can help out, aunt or uncles as well, but our parents do not live close, Miller said, “So being able to take those six weeks were a great advantage.”

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Garrett Hallinan ’19 SPORTS EDITOR

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE • Sophomores TyGee Leach and Quincy Watson converse with college coaches from Colgate, Dartmouth and Fordham on May 17. / G. HALLINAN

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fter losing last year’s season opener against St. Augustine Prep, 47-30, the Friars bounced back and shared the Inter-Ac Title with Germantown Academy. However, the Friars hope to win against their brother school on September 1, 2017 at Villanova.

According to the newly announced junior captain Quinn McCahon, St. Augustine Prep’s running back and quarterback are two strong returning players this season.

“Our defense will need to step up and play well,” McCahon said.

“Offensively, we have the talent to put up a lot of points this year.”

Utilizing his lacrosse skills, McCahon is quick and shifty on the football field. He noted that the physicality between both sports is very similar, because of different lateral movements and juking while trying to get past defenders.

Another offensive threat for Friar football is current sophomore Drew Gunther. At last year’s homecoming game against Germantown Academy, Gunther threw for five touchdowns in their 45-15 victory.

“My favorite route is the ten-yard-out or the slant because it is an easy way to get the wide receivers up field,” Gunther said. “The goal is for them to gain as many yards as possible.”

To prepare for the season, Malvern’s new football coach, Mr. David Gueriera, oversees Wednesday morning workouts and Saturday morning lifts.

“It is important to hit the weight room in the hope of getting bigger and stronger. We also do different drills with the quarterbacks, the wide receivers, and the linemen,” McCahon said.

Attending the Wednesday morning workouts are college football coaches.

During one of these workouts on May 17, coaches from Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, and Villanova scouted some of the football players.

“These workouts are a great way to build team chemistry and to prepare for the upcoming season,” sophomore Mike Hussey said.

Aside from instructing the lifts and workouts, Coach Gueriera holds a deep passion in the 2017 football team.

“My goal is to make all 60 guys on this one team have one heartbeat,” Gueriera said. “We will be relentless in our pursuit for success.” ◊

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Athlete of the Issue: Kevin Boyle ’18 Since beginning his track career in sixth grade, Kevin Boyle ’18 has pushed himself to become one of the fastest runners in the Inter-Ac. Brian Szipszky ’20 REPORTER unior Kevin Boyle was always fast. But when a friend suggested he take up running track, Boyle soon developed a knack for the sport. He has since improved his ability significantly and now demands more of himself every season.

Now the captain of Malvern’s track program, Kevin has learned to balance the responsibility of leading his team with his own lofty goals. This includes breaking the school record for the 400m before he leaves Malvern.

“By the end of next year I want to break the school record in the 400m, which is 49.3 [seconds],” Boyle said.

“But as for team goals, an Inter-Ac championship would be great.”

Boyle certainly has high expectations of himself, and the track team as a whole. But before he had his mind set on constant improvement, Boyle was focused on an entirely different sport.

“I was always a baseball player, and I never had any plans to stop that,” Boyle said. “But then a couple of friends I went to grade school with were running track, so they told me to join the team. I was always one of the faster kids in the grade, so they told me to run, and it worked out.”

Kevin immediately started running track for Malvern his freshman year, and, the following year, he placed 14th out of 48 in the 200m at the 13th Annual Unionville Invitational. Track and Field Head Coach Mr. Michael Koenig said the decision to make Kevin captain the next season was relatively easy.

“He knows what he’s doing, and he is a great communicator,” Koenig said. “So he was definitely near the top of my list for captain. The other team members respect him, so he’s been doing a really nice job.”

One of those team members is John Powers ’18, a long distance runner and one of Boyle’s close friends. Powers is also complimentary of Boyle’s ability to lead the team.

“As a captain, he is your friend first, but then he’ll push you when you’re not going your hardest,” Powers said. “I’m one of his good friends, but when he sees me fooling around, he makes sure I get in line.”

While his coaches and teammates are complimentary of his individual ability and leadership, Kevin believes everyone needs to contribute in order to succeed.

“I think the best part of track is that it's a team sport just as much as it is individual,” Boyle said. “Some people who may not be familiar with track might just think its individuals running for themselves, but not one individual will be able to win an Inter-Ac Championship or State Championship. It takes a complete and hardworking team to win those championships, and the way we can come together as a team to pursue an Inter-Ac Championship and improve everyday is my favorite part.”

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Boyle says the Malvern brotherhood can also be seen on the team, and helps them push each other to improve constantly.

“You can ask the coaches, we're always laughing and joking around with each other,” Boyle said. “But we also know when we need to get serious and get behind one another and support everyone on the team.”

Boyle still knows he needs to find ways to refine himself, and he identifies practice as one of the harder parts of track.

“I think the meets are the fun part, easy part,” Boyle said. “But getting in shape and getting ready for those meets is definitely the hardest part.”

According to Powers, Kevin is already one of the hardest workers on the team, and complemented his grit during workouts.

“His determination is his best attribute, and during workouts he never quits for a second,” Powers said. “When we are in the weight room, he is always the last one out, and he never gives up.”

Koenig believes that as long as Boyle maintains his work ethic and will to succeed, he will be continue to improve and achieve his goal of breaking Malvern’s 400 meter dash record.

“Kevin is an incredibly disciplined worker and runner,” Koenig said. “He will be able to accomplish whatever he sets his mind to.” ◊

Our time at the NFL Draft We were two of about twenty school journalists to experience the NFL Draft from behind the scenes.

Patrick Ferraiolo ’17, Henry Malone ’17 SPORTS EDITORS ’16-’17 here we were, shaking hands with the best players ever to play in the NFL, wondering how on earth we were able to have this opportunity.

Due to the Malvern football team being involved with a ‘7 v. 7’ tournament set up through the NFL, head coach Dave Gueriera received word through the NFL that they were looking for school journalists to have a backstage tour during the second day of the draft.

A few emails and a few weeks later, we were on the train heading down to Suburban Station, excited as ever.

After entering through the main gates, we spent an hour looking for “Gate M” - or the media tent where all the reporters for the program were supposed to meet. Located in the very back, behind the stage, we walked about a mile to meet up the other journalists and with the NFL Associate who was responsible for setting this up, Anastasia Ali. There we were given stickers that said ‘NFL Draft Special Guest’ which granted us backstage access. The tour began

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through a walk in the Media Pavilion, where we saw how the sports reporters set up to do their job. There were rows of long tables to the right and interviews for talk and radio shows to the left. Through there, we saw the table that the NFL prospects sit down and get questioned by reporters.

After the Pavilion, we were allowed to see the Green Room, where NFL prospects sit during the draft and wait for their name to be announced to they could go onto the stage. All the tables had a grass centerpiece with footballs sitting on top of them.

We walked the same path these prospects walk down to the stage -- which was the coolest part of the tour. We were standing on the actual stage, and standing at the podium Roger Goodell uses. What do you think is actually in the podium?

Important papers? A button that blows up the NFL? A trap door? All these answers are incorrect. The right answer was: a trash can, apple juice, and a crushed up water bottle. Who would have thought?

After walking on the stage, taking as many photo opportunities as we could, we were given an hour of free time to

roam the public concourse, which was open to everybody. Tents of Tony Luke's, Chickies and Petes, and other Philadelphia trademarks riddled the food court, and two cheesesteaks later, we went back to the red carpet for the coolest moment of the trip: interviewing NFL legends. These included Robert Mathis, Thurman Thomas, Mike Alstott, upon others.

After interviewing the legends, we were free to roam about the draft experience on the Parkway. Stretching our “Special Guest” stickers as far as we could, we were able to convince one of the employees near the draft stage to get us seats inside the draft theater, where we were able to sit and watch as the picks were made and rejoice with other Eagles fans after they made their pick.

Unfortunately, we had to leave halfway through the second round to catch a train back to Malvern, but the experiences we had behind the scenes and meeting Hall of Fame NFL players were truly unforgettable. ◊ See highlights from the sports editors' NFL experience on our Twitter account– @friarslantern1

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much more difficult, much more cumbersome,” Algeo said.

Malvern will be introducing this for the first time to the rising juniors and seniors, as the rising sophomores and incoming freshmen understand that a device is already a part of their curriculum. As next year goes on, necessary changes and improvements will be made based on observations and feedback, according to Algeo.

“I think there’s a lot of things where we look at this and say, ‘Hey, what’s most beneficial for the student?’” Algeo said.

Freshman Kyle Faggioli supports the school’s implementation of a BYAD program, but believes that it should be the school’s duty to provide devices for students who don’t already have them.

“Even though it’s not a big deal for me, considering how much the school tuition is, we should be able to get [devices] from the school to use,” Faggioli said. “I have my own computer, but I think the majority of people who need to buy [devices] or don’t already have one should be given one.”

In case of any issues, Malvern does have a backup plan for any student who might have a problem with a device they have or are not able to purchase one.

“We will have some laptops here available on-campus for students to be able to use, which will be much cheaper for students who don’t already have something at home,” Algeo said. “If anybody couldn’t afford one, we want to be able to help, so we are prepared for that, 100 percent.”

Sillup also talked spoke about this issue, stating it was a deep discussion that he and other administrators had been having.

“I think it would be unfair to offer that or say this is where we're going and not have those mechanisms in place. We're not sure exactly what it would look like, but there will be access to a device for all students,” Sillup said.

With devices in the hands of all students, the classroom atmosphere will be changed.

“I think there's always great opportunity for a classroom to go from one level, and level up, when students have really a true learning tool at their disposal,” Sillup said.

Sillup described that students and teachers may be able to work with space more flexibly with the BYAD program in place.

Although there are many great opportunities, there is also a set of challenges, according to Sillup. Putting devices in students’ hands could also add distraction.

“Classroom norms and rules might need to shift as well.

Page 17 FROM PARENT COMMUNICATION SENT ON MAY 12: All Upper School students will be required to bring an approved computing device to school on a daily basis.

Malvern Preparatory School recommends Google Chromebooks. The IT Department has vetted several brands and we recommend the HP Chromebooks. We are recommending the HP Chromebook 14-inch as we use this device on campus on a daily basis.

If you decide not to go with a Chromebook, below are the minimum requirements for a device: • Windows laptop that can run Windows 8 or 10 with full keyboard and an 11 to 14-inch display.

• Mac OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) or 10.12 (Sierra) with full keyboard and an 11 to 14-inch display.

• A charger is required.

• A case or sleeve to protect your son’s device is recommended.

• Extended warranties and/or accidental coverage are recommended.

• The laptop must have a track pad or external mouse, a touchscreen only device is not sufficient.

• The laptop will need to have Google Chrome installed. It is available free from their website.

Download Google Chrome.

• Tablets do not meet the minimum requirements as they do not have full keyboards, often the displays are too small to effectively work and the software experience is somewhat limited compared to a fullsize laptop.

• Cell phones and portable game consoles do not meet these requirements and may be restricted from use in a classroom at the teacher’s discretion.

Do we all have screens open when a teacher is delivering a lesson? If they are, then we have to be open to the fact that maybe students are engaged in note-taking but they might be engaging in something else,” Sillup said.

Sillup said that he is excited about the initiative and that it is necessary at Malvern because of the high level of work students are doing. He said that this high level of work can be enhanced with a laptop and can be expanded with the addition of a device.

“To me, it opens up their classroom beyond those four walls. And I think just spatially it will have an impact.

Curricularly, I think it will take time as it kind of takes its way in the Upper School,” Sillup said. “Although changes in curriculum will take some time to come about, there is some idea of what that may look like.”

Sillup said that there has been an increasing demand for

Chromebook carts in classrooms. Algeo said that many teachers already use web-based content.

“These teachers have been using technology in the classroom already, and it just got a whole lot easier,” Algeo said.

However, Algeo said that the reservations for the Chromebook carts has increased each year to the point where not every teacher’s demands can be met.

The increasing demand for computers from teachers along with the learning opportunities were main reasons for the policy, but there was another piece.

“When [our students] go to college, they will receive or purchase a device that is necessary for their college experience,” Algeo said.

To get a device into the hands of a student now is important for the transition to college. According to Algeo, it is important for Malvern students to learn the responsibilities of taking care of their device and use it appropriately.

Freshmen Jordan Dissin and Cameron Conley have enjoyed their experience with devices as part of Malvern’s curriculum.

They believe it makes learning much easier. Dissin, for example, said he is more organized due to his use of the computer.

“I like to take notes on my computer compared to my handwriting, which isn't that neat,” Dissin said. “It's just more efficient.”

Conley said that having the material on his computer is much more accessible than trying to copy notes from a board or a projection.

“You get to look at your own computer, rather than everyone trying to see the board,” Conley said. “You have [the material] right in front of you, which is great.”

However, not everyone has been on board with the BYAD system.

“We’ve gotten some feedback from the parents as well, really good feedback, but not all of it pro, which I understand completely,” Algeo said.

Now that the change has been announced, Sillup thinks that there seems to be a lot of excitement around campus.

“I'm ready for it,” Sillup said. “I think there are a lot of advantages, and students can really benefit from this process.”

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The changes to the leadership of the Christian Service program also are consistent with the different approach Malvern is taking to its curriculum and culture. Algeo explained that "as a school, we are developing, and we are starting to look at things differently. We are looking at providing more team-based approaches to leading and designing our programs."

Algeo expects this new approach to the Christian Service program to enhance each student's experience here at Malvern and be an improvement over the previous approach.

"You have a lot of parts of this that play a role in the lives of our students. You have some events like the four weekends that are more grade level dependent,” he said. “So the ninth grade experience is different than the junior experience for example on those four weekends.”

This new approach is intended to allow a more customized and appropriate experience for each grade level. Algeo's goal is to "make sure those experiences are great and to make sure they fit into what we are doing as a school. To really have them authentically built."

Additionally, Algeo expects that this new approach will better help prepare students for their service trips and to help students reflect on the trips after they have returned.

"We want to be able to do more of that. So to have people overseeing this program at the grade level in coordination with the Academy teams, we thought this would be helpful,” he said.

The new Christian Service Coordinators will also take primary responsibility for the service events that are conducted throughout the school year. "We have things like the food drive, the Christmas party, the CARES Walk, and other events that aren't necessarily driven by a grade," Algeo continued. "We thought to be able to do those events well, we needed a team to be able to look at them and coordinate this across the grades."

Algeo said he is excited about the team that has been assembled to now oversee the Christian Service program.

"Each of them brings a different skill set. Each of them brings a different perspective. Each of them brings his or her own unique passion for it. As a team, I think it is so exciting what we can do and how we can continue to develop this program,” he said.

At the same time, Sillup announced the appointment of new grade level deans for the high school, to be known as the Academy Leaders for each grade. The new Academy leaders are: Mrs. Susan Giordani and Ms. Jackie White for ninth grade, Mr. Matt Boccuti and Ms. Lauren Lesch for tenth grade, Mr. Jay Rogai and Mr. Kevin Quinn for eleventh grade, and Mr. Rick Poce and Mrs. Harriet Lappas for twelfth grade.

"These eight individuals are the Academy Leaders for the Upper School, and when combined with the Academy Leaders in the Middle School form the academic leadership team across Malvern's campus. That is pretty exciting," Sillup said.

The Upper School Academy leaders will be responsible for the academic experience of each grade in the Upper School, and will begin the fulfill the functions previously handled by the current department leaders.

"The functionality of the role will grow as the role grows. First and foremost, the Academy Leader is a player-coach,” Sillup said. “They teach on the team, they help coach the team, and they advocate for the team.”

The current department leaders will finish out this year, ensuring course registration and placements are done properly. However, there will be a transition of these duties over the summer to the Academy Leaders.

The primary purpose of the new Academy Leader structure in the Upper School is to enhance each Malvern student's academic experience, according to Sillup.

"We seek to serve the students in a way that is mission-based, in a way that is impactful. We love when you guys go out and have an impact on your families, on your community, on yourselves in very positive ways.

That's why we are here. There literally is no other reason for us to exist," Sillup said.

Sillup thinks that the new approach will allow the faculty to support students better than before.

"With all good schools, the student is at the center. Your goal is to make a learning experience the best that it can be. What we've done is surround the student in this new model with a series of teams,” he said.

“These teams work directly with the students. This will allow us to create a better experience for the students. This new approach is looking at us seven years across rather than three or four."

In addition to the Academy Leaders, a subgroup will shortly be appointed that will handle addressing curriculum needs like ordering books and similar tasks. This group will be known as the Curriculum Coordinators. "The Curriculum Coordinators will be charged with making the sixth through twelfth grade curriculum connect the dots along the way. These folks will be working with the teachers to order books and determine what curriculum needs should be addressed,” Sillup said.

Sillup explained that the Curriculum Coordinator role was posted this past Monday and interest from faculty members is being received now. The process is expected to be completed and appointments made after the Memorial Day weekend.

A lgeo and Sillup are planning a communication out to the entire communit y this summer that explains in greater detail these changes and how they w il l be implemented.◊

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All good things must come to an end With an attempt to soak it all in, senior athletes reflect on their favorite memories from their high school sports careers.

Ryan Maher ’19 CONTRIBUTOR ver t he l a st fou r years, athletes from the class of 2017 have contributed to numerous Inter-Ac titles, state championships, and record breaking seasons. While continuing the success of many teams, they also began to build a strong foundation for others.

Senior Billy Coyle looked back on his years playing Malvern sports, specifically soccer in the fall.

Coyle was the captain of the soccer team this past season, and he explained that the team has hope for the future.

“The team was very strong last year, but we didn't end up winning the Inter-Ac,” Coyle said. “Hopefully, next year we can.”

One of the team’s many important wins from this past season was against Kiski Preparatory School, and Coyle was a big contributor to the win.

“The Kiski game stuck with me and the team the most,” he said. “They're one of the top teams in the state.

We beat them 3-0 and I scored twice.”

Coyle called upon his favorite memory from playing Malvern soccer from his past four years on the team.

“My favorite memory was definitely beating Haverford on homecoming junior year. That was the first time beating them in 4 years, and I scored the winning goal. At the time, they were ranked 4th in the country,” Coyle said.

Senior Cullen Robinson reflected on his time on Malvern’s swimming and diving team.

“My favorite part of the team is that they always have your back, no matter what. From brand new swimmers to lifers in the sport, you can find Malvern guys cheering by the pool as if the meet depended on that one swim,” Robinson said.

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place spot in the Inter-Ac. Although he loves the competition, Robinson said he enjoys the social aspect of the sport even more.

“While the sport is fun and competitive, it is the people and what happens out of the pool that is the best,” he said.

In January, the team took a training trip to Florida for a week, and Robinson described this experience as one he enjoyed greatly.

“My favorite memory was rooming with my new best friends in Florida,” Robinson said.

Along with swimming and diving, Malvern lacrosse has always been a strong team that consistently competes for a top Inter-Ac place in the spring.

Senior Ray Baran recalls his four years on the team and some of his favorite memories.

“One of the best memories was beating Haverford my freshman year in the championship, then also defeating them my senior year after losing to them seven times in a row,” Baran said.

Baran noted that the Haverford win was a monumental win for the team, and it came about through some inspiration beforehand.

“After we had just lost to Episcopal Academy, we turned our whole team around and the next practice was amazing,” Baran said. “We ended up beating Haverford the next game.”

Baran isn’t just going to miss the amazing games or practices, but he will also miss all that Malvern sports has provided for him over the years.

“I'm going to miss playing Malvern sports.

T he amount of fr iends and memor ies I have made t h roughout my fou r yea rs is unbel ievable. I am so happy I came to Malvern,” he said. ◊

The Class of 2017 Music Era Reviewing the hottest songs and albums from each year of the graduating seniors’ high school career.

Sean Oates ’18 2015 also saw the emergence of CONTRIBUTOR certain dance trends influenced by n honor of this year’s graduating songs like “Hit the Quan,” “Nasty class, let’s take a look back at the Freestyle,” and “Watch Me (Whip/ songs our seniors have been listenNae Nae).” To the enjoyment of ing to throughout high school—the some and the cringing of many, we one hit wonders, the future classics, witnessed everyone’s attempt to show the ones that made the pregame playoff their dance moves while the trends list, and the overplayed Bieber songs were still in full swing. they hope nobody finds out they like.

Notable albums dropped were Going back to their freshZac Brown Band’s Jekyll + Hyde, man year in 2014, the #1 song on Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface, SCAN TO LISTEN TO THE CLASS OF 2017 Billboard’s Year-End Hot 100 chart Br y son Ti l ler’s TR A PSOU L , PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY was “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.

Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness, Everyone remembers this feel-good song of the summer, and Justin Bieber’s Purpose. Fetty Wap also got his name whether you heard it on the radio or in Despicable Me 2. It onto the music scene this year, with songs like “Trap was one of those songs that either put you in a good mood Queen” and “679.” or gave you another reason to hate Minions. Either way, 2016 marked the junior year for our seniors, as well most people won’t forget hearing Pharrell's voice telling as a huge year for Justin Bieber, who had five songs in the them to “clap along.” top 100. Bieber even held the top two spots on the list Notable albums that dropped in 2014 were Sam with “Love Yourself ” and “Sorry.” While most will deny Smith’s In the Lonely Hour, Ed Sheeran’s X, G-Eazy’s enjoying some of these songs, Bieber found a soft spot These Things Happen, Ariana Grande’s My Everything, for many this year. Drake also had a huge year, recording Taylor Swift’s 1989, and J.Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive. eight songs in the top 100, his highest being “One Dance.”

Moving on to 2015, our graduating seniors are now A few artists who are popular today made their breakjust sophomores, and whatever high school drama they’re through in this years list, especially Twenty One Pilots experiencing is no match to the back and forth feud and The Chainsmokers. In their first appearances on the between Drake and Meek Mill, who both released new list each of these artists held three songs in the top 100. albums and were coming out with singles taking shots at However, one song in particular stands out on the 2016 the other. Nobody forgets Drake’s “Back to Back” diss list, especially to Malvern students. Flo Rida’s “My House” track, which found its way onto many team’s pregame was listed at 14, and, as we know, this song was the inspiraplaylists. This was one of six songs Drake was on in the tion for the “This is Malvern Prep” SAVI video, an instant Billboard Top 100, besting Meek Mill’s one. >PAGE 19

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Middle School Gallery Walk features all grades for first time The Middle School showcased a year's worth of learning all at once.

Joe Lister ’21 SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR n Tuesday, May 8, Middle School students rushed around campus to show off what they had learned during the 2016-17 school year.

Middle School Gallery Walks are a lot like show and tell. Students show parents and teachers one piece of what they’ve done that year, and tell them about the process behind it.

The Middle School’s previous gallery walks featured work from the sixth and seventh grade academies as the academy model rolled up through the grade levels. The 2017 gallery walk included displays by all three grades as the eighth grade academy completes its third year.

Sixth and seventh grade History teacher Mr. Steven Swope ran a station showcasing one of the sixth grade’s projects For the “Most Influential American” project, each sixth grader chose an American hero, and gave a presentation on the person. Each sixth grader faced off against another student, and through a March Madness-likebracket, a winner would eventually be chosen.

“The process itself was really teaching the research skills and presentation skills,” Swope said.

For Swope, the reason behind all three grades participating in the Gallery Walk was simple. “[It was] the notion of looking ahead and saying ‘what’s my son going to be doing in the next few years,’ or an eighth grade parent to go back and say ‘wow, this is what these young men are doing,” Swope said.

Swope also said that he walked around campus to view other students work. His favorite work was that of the eighth grade, which focused mainly on their study of Syria.

“It was the student’s night, it wasn’t for the teachers,” Swope said.

Mr. John Romano P’22 says that he’s been to past Gallery Walks, and had mixed opinions about the

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2016 saw new albums released like Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book, Beyonce’s Lemonade, Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, Drake’s Views, and J Cole’s For Your Eyez Only.

Finally, as the seniors finished their f inal days at Malvern, DJ Khaled released what is currently the #1 song in the country, “I’m The One.” With several stars featured on it like Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne, many are already calling this the song of the summer.

Along with Khaled’s new music, 2017 was a breakout year for Migos, who dropped their album, Culture.

Migos also regularly featured on other hits this year, one of which perfectly describes the mood most seniors had in the second semester: “Slide,” by Calvin Harris.

Bruno Mars and the Chainsmokers are also having a good year, combining for five songs in the current top 35, the highest being Mars’ “That’s What I Like” at #2. This spring, the Chainsmokers released a new album Memories…

Do Not Open, as did Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.

With lots of new music coming out at the end of the year, the seniors will have plenty of songs to get them through the summer before starting a new chapter in their lives. ◊

experience.

“I enjoyed seeing what each student went through to get to the finished product,” he said. “Often it is difficult being unguided with some of the presentations.

But overall you get a sense of the learning experience.”

Going into this Gallery Walk, Romano said he expected to see his son’s stamp on some of the showcased work. “I expected to see John's work and this year his leadership in setting up the process,” he said.

Romano says that he enjoyed this year's Gallery Walk, but he had some difficulties.

“The seventth grade's [display] was very informative and well thought out,” he said. “Although it was difficult to hear at times due to the number of people in the space. Time was against us since the separation made for a few minute transition. Not to mention adults tend to network a lot and that makes them take longer getting from point A to point B.” For Romano, the biggest positive of an all school Gallery Walk was being able to look ahead.

“I enjoyed seeing the eighth grade since it gives me a sense of where he might go next year,” he said. “The idea is a phenomenal one that I describe to anyone of my peers when we are discussing our children's schools.”

Swope also believes that the Gallery Walk is a successful program to showcase Malvern’s middle school.

“The flow of traffic was phenomenal,” he said.

Eighth grader Maceo Giampietro ran a station on Syrian smugglers using trucks during the Gallery Walk.

While he didn’t walk around, Giampietro feels that he did a good job presenting.

Giampietro said that his group spent a lot of time preparing. “We got a lot of facts about trucks,” he said.

“We spent one class just practicing.”

That work, Giampietro believes, paid off. “I think [the visitors] learned a lot from it,” he said. ◊

EMERGENCY FASHION REVIEW I’m not even kidding, this is urgent.

Jack Magargee ’18 BUSINESS MANAGER

Male. Rompers.

The world is ending.

I was scrol l ing through Twitter, minding my own business.

Eventually, I got sick of the Trust the Process memes and decided to check out the discover page. This is when I was aggressively presented with a story on how male rompers will be the next big summer fashion piece.

I am here to say that these Frankensteins of clothing don’t look BAD. They aren’t quite good but a couple months in development could put them there.

You might be thinking ‘what’s wrong with this kid, how could anyone like these?’ To that I would reply ‘a lot of things’ but you have to trust me on this one.

They basically are a button down shirt connected to shorts that go to about the mid thigh. On paper, they don’t sound appealing at all and I will admit I was appalled when I first heard about them but on further inspection, I kind of liked them even though I really really don’t want to.

Essentially, they are the combination of the short shorts trend with the pattern button down trend to make one, singular, and all powerful trend that will take over the world.

Personally, I don’t like the concept of taking an article of clothing that is historically female and adapting it to appeal to men on a massive and broad scale because it opens the door for soooooo many possibilities and would inevitably result in the combining of the two categories. I really don’t want these to exist but they do exist, so I have to get over it.

It’s worth noting that they aren’t mainstream yet. A company released the romper and called it RompHim (decent pun, 8 out of 10) after an incredible kickstarter campaign raised $10,000 in its first day.

I’ve said I don’t like their concept but I like how they look. I want people to fully understand that I do not support these but I don’t condemn them either. I’m not going to buy one anytime soon but I won’t shoot dirty looks at them on the street.

I think it is a big step forward in fashion for dudes. As far as summer fashion goes, it’s pretty much been

“Guardians of Book Review: the Galaxy Vol. “Everything, 2” is another Everything” hit for Marvel “The greatest risk is not On May 5, the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy was released in theaters.

Luke McClatchy ’19

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uardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” follows in the footsteps of its predecessor and successfully fixes comedy and action into one coherent, excellent story.

The movie opens to the f ive guardians: Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Racoon, and Groot fighting a giant monster with tentacles to get valuables back for a society of perfectly bred golden people.

However, Rocket Racoon grows tired of the golden gods leader Ayesha talking down to him and steals the items they were sent to retrieve for them. This leads to the society hunting down and attempting to kill the Guardians throughout the movie.

The movie is full of comical and action packed moments one after another, somehow making me burst out laughing with scenes such as one with one of the characters Mantis reading Peter’s mind and revealing his feelings for Gamora, and then seamlessly transition into an epic battle just mere minutes later.

This is one of the few movies that can successfully have you on the edge of your seat in excitement and roaring in laughter at the same time.The plot is also filled with twists and turns to keep you guessing what the true intentions of characters are, which adds another interesting dynamic into the movie.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” takes what the first one did and turns it up to 11. They have refined what they did in the first go-around and improved it to be one of the best movies Marvel has made yet. Everything the first Guardians movie did Vol. 2 did better, and that’s no easy feat.

All in all, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” is a great movie to see if you are a Marvel fan, but it’s great even if you don’t consider yourself a big follower of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is well worth the price of admission and will entice you with its humor and action from beginning to end. ◊

khaki shorts and a shirt for the past two hundred years. This breaks the cycle and throws a curve into the mix that could really change the game.

These things have potential.

Mark my words, if you had a time machine and travelled to the year 2024, every man, woman, and child will be wearing one of these so you might as well give in now and get ahead of the curve. ◊

taking one.”

Alex Haylock ’19 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR n May 19, the movie adaptation to Nicola Yoon’s young adult novel “Everything, Everything” will hit theaters, and I am as excited as I am worried.

“Everything, Everything” tells the story of Madeline Whittier, a teenage girl who has never stepped foot outside of her own house.

Madeline was diagnosed with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID). It’s that thing you see on TV where the kid lives inside a bubble, except Madeline’s bubble is her house. The only friends she’s ever had are her mom and her live-in maid, Carla. Madeline was content with living her entire life in the same house.

Until Olly.

Yes I know it’s cliche, but Yoon is one of the few authors who I think can make it work. Her novels specialize in characters of atypical backgrounds which make it a lot more enjoyable to read some classic plotlines. But back to Olly.

To Madeline, Olly is sort of like a character on some reality show that she won’t fully understand until the season finale, but she’s going to try and guess anyways. Alternatively, Olly will patiently wait to figure out Madeline, which is why I think their dynamic is so interesting to read about.

As they become closer, it is hard to see a story progress with Madeline locked up, which is why you’ll see a lot more character development in Olly.

However, “Everything, Everything” is trying to piece together a story of bravery over all things, without involving slaying dragons or unlocking destiny.

Now to what worries me.

Anyone who has read the Percy Jackson series and has also seen the movie can attest to why all readers should fear movie adaptations. There is just too much room to go wrong.

My biggest issue is with the casting of Olly, who has long hair in the trailer– while in the book, Olly is bald, but I digress.

What I don’t appreciate about this book is the haphazard way that recklessness is played off as “bravery”. I mean, going outside when you’re allergic to everything outside is a little explicit. But still a sense of adventure, with the catalyst being a romantic interest, is cool to be seen when it’s not in an Aladdin “I can show you the world” fashion.

All in all, Nicola Yoon’s book can be described as the happily ever after to end all happily ever afters.

Except for the par t where Madeline goes through an existential crisis but that’s a small detail. ◊

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September

Back to school started out with some major changes for the year. Mr. Talbot announced that he would not be returning to Malvern after the 2016-17 school year due to family matters.

Malvern Prep’s freshman class joined the Malvern brotherhood at the annual Brotherhood Ceremony in front of the entire school.

Malvern implemented its fourth different schedule in four years – this time moving Community Time to later in the day between fourth and fifth periods.

Carson Wentz and the Eagles took Philadelphia, and Malvern, by storm. For three weeks when the Eagles were 3-0, the entire Malvern community seemed to be on the #WentzWagon.

Malvern’s football team faced off against LaSalle at the historic Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania. Malvern students showed out in full force and the football team came out with a huge first win of the year.

We surveyed the incoming freshman class at orientation, learning a number of statistics like which social media they use, what sports they play, and who would they would vote for if they could vote for President. For the Class of 2020, Donald Trump carried 43% of the vote, followed by 28% of the class who would choose not to vote, and 11% who felt they did not know enough about the candidates to decide. Clinton carried 10% of the vote.

October

After a long, hard fought battle the seniors finally got the senior lounge back after a twoyear hiatus. The new senior lounge is located in Dougherty Hall and has TVs, couches, a Wii, and a Gamecube.

Alumnus Alex Hornibrook ’15, who left Malvern after the fall semester of his senior year to begin college at the University of Wisconsin, was named the starting quarterback. In his first start, he led the Badgers to an away victory over Michigan State in a nationally televised game on ESPN. Our center page spread covered key issues that would be important to students during the presidential election season. In wake of comments made presidential candidate Donald Trump, we discussed the definition of “locker room talk” with several Malvern coaches and players. We interviewed alumnus Kevin Cirilli ’08, who covered the Trump campaign for Bloomberg News.

During an October assembly, juniors selected their summer Christian service trips in a random lottery under the leadership of Director of Christian Service Mr. Larry Legner. Students and parents were concerned about safety of some destinations this year, and the trip to Armenia was later cancelled due to safety concerns.

The moms of Malvern’s football team came together to participate in a Gridiron Game of Honor to help raise money for breast cancer awareness. The teams consisted of entirely mothers who were coached by players on the football team.

Homecoming was a huge success with many alumni returning to Warren Ave. The day was capped by a huge win for the football team over Germantown Academy 45-15. At night, students took to the O’Neill Center for the Homecoming Dance, where “Levels” by Avicii was a highlight as usual.

November

On November 29, Malvern announced Fr. Donald Reilly O.S.A. as the new Head of School. Reilly, who currently serves as the President of St. Augustine Prep in New Jersey, will take Mr. Christian Talbot’s position starting in the 2017-18 school year.

Malvern Prep nearly went up in flames when MyMalvern locked students out of seeing their grades the weekend after the first quarter was over. The problem was fixed and students were able to see their grades every quarter after.

Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States. There were mixed feelings about this result on Malvern’s campus, as well as throughout the nation.

After sitting out for two years due to injury, Joel “The Process” Embiid made his first appearance as a Philadelphia 76er. The words “The” and “Process” have never been said more in the history of Malvern.

Malvern Prep students, faculty, and staff celebrated Thanksgiving with family and friends on a beautiful November day.

December

A feature story in our publication introduced Father Donald Reilly O.S.A. as the future Head of School at Malvern Prep. Our editorial addressed some key points that we want Reilly to know about the Malvern student body.

Malvern’s quarterly honors assemblies changed this year to a more interactive format.

A team of teachers redesigned the assemblies to include videos and presentations of student learning.

Mr. Edward Liga conducted the men’s chorus group at the Chester County Courthouse.

They sang “America the Beautiful” for about thirty newly inducted American citizens.

Basketball began its season. Malvern’s team was very young, with five freshmen and just three seniors. Their season modeled a good stepping stone to winning an Inter-Ac championship, which has not happened for the Friars since 2012.

Malvern held the annual Christmas Talent Show the last day before Christmas break. The show consisted of a magic trick

by Andrew Reilly ’20, Jack Ludin ’17 singing “Wagon Wheel”, and John Scargall returned to Malvern to sing “Wild Rover”.

T he St udent C ou nc i l D o d g eba l l Tournament was also held on the last day before Christmas break. There were a number of teams from all grades, and the tournament was as competitive as ever.

For the holidays, our staff wrote columns about their favorite Christmas experiences and traditions. We learned that Christmas poker is a very serious matter at the Pizzico household, and that other editors consider the use of artificial christmas trees to be similar to regifting.

January

As January began so did Malvern’s third quarter of grading. Like December, the Malvern basketball team was the talk of the town with their high tempo offense orchestrated under Head Coach John Harmatuk.

On January 7, Malvern Theater Society held auditions for the upcoming spring musical “Les Miserables”.

Malvern swimming’s string of Inter-Ac championships came to an end after four straight years of victory.

The Malvern Middle School Theater Society put on the musical “James and the

Giant Peach”, with a girl casted as the lead role of James.

Many Malvern students were studying hard to prepare for their Midterm Exams the week of January 22.

The junior class held their mass and reception on January 22 to receive their class rings.

The Malvern Student Council held a dress down on January 27 to raise funds and awareness for the annual Evanfest lacrosse tournament.

To wrap the month up, January was closed out with Catholics Schools Week, Senior Recognition Day on January 30, and the annual SpeakUp! Event on January 31 open to students and their parents to talk about issues at home and in school.

February

Mr. David Gueriera, the former head coach of West Chester East, was named as the official head coach of Malvern football.

Mr. Larry Legner stepped down as Christian Service Director. Legner had spurred various changes in the program, ranging from the CARES walk to the global service trips.

Student Council was preparing for the upcoming elections, which would take place on March 3.

The Armenia service trip was canceled due to problems in neighboring countries. Seniors who had gone last year were disappointed, but pleased with how Mr. Legner handled the situation.

The eighth grade began working with Syrian charities by partnering with multiple organizations who could assist them in helping refugees.

Intramural basketball began with over 200 students competing. Social Studies teacher Mr. Burke moderated the events.

Malvern’s Desmond Papariello ’18 signs with Garuda Music, fulfilling a lifelong goal.

March

Malvern’s production of “Les Miserables” kicked off the beginning of March with a bang, debuting on Friday, March 3 and finishing the next weekend on Saturday the 11 .

Fr. Donald Reilly O.S.A. notified the Malvern Community that there would be a significant change in the administration starting at the end of this school year. Upper School Head Mr. Ron Algeo would now take on the role of Assistant Head of School for Student Leadership, while Middle School Head Mr. Patrick Sillup would assume the new position of Assistant Head of School for Academics.

On March 17, three groups of students from the Social Entrepreneurship Class presented in front of CEOs at the Wharton School of Business.

An AP testing policy changed. Malvern students were now allowed to opt out of taking the AP test, but only if they were taking more than three and if the college they were going to did not take AP credit.

Malvern’s new virtual reality technology was unveiled by Head of School Christian Talbot on March 7 at the Board of Trustees retreat.

On Monday, March 20 there was a faculty meeting where ideas for next year’s J-Term were presented and discussed.

Malvern joined the Mastery Transcript Consortium, a collection of high schools that are seeking to change the traditional college transcript.

The Eighth Grade class hosted an offcampus retreat at Villanova University to end their bridge week.

The IT Department workshopped the addition of virtual reality in classrooms to Board of Trustees.

Our editorial took a look at Malvern's reputation, and the need for each individual student to represent the school in words and actions.

April

Our Brotherhood Issue profiled kids who have never been mentioned by the Blackfriar Chronicle. We told the stories of 27 different Malvern students.

Guest speaker Michael Blanche talked about the risks of teenage drug abuse on April 20. Tim Barnes, a Conestoga alum, also spoke about his own personal experience and difficulties with drug use.

Eight members of the Blackfriar Chronicle traveled to Seattle, for the National High School Journalism Convention. Members of our staff competed in and won some writeoff competitions, presented on our paper, and attended multiple workshops. It was three days of journalism and the trip concluded with a visit to the Space Needle.

We also featured four members of the Diversity Awareness Club. They gave speeches at an assembly where they spoke of their different views on diversity and experiences at Malvern.

The NFL Draft was held for the first time ever in Philadelphia on the Ben Franklin Parkway. Many Malvern students went to the Draft Experience and our sports editors, Henry Malone and Pat Ferraiolo were able to attend the red carpet on day two of the draft where they interviewed NFL legends, such as Robert Mathis, Thurman Thomas, and Mike Alstott.

May

Prom was on the Spirit of Philadelphia on May 6. The boat travelled on the Delaware River passing underneath some of the most iconic bridges in Philadelphia.

The senior prank took place on the last day of classes for this year’s graduating class. The prank included an oil wrestling match on the Duffy Beach and a gigantic, homemade slip-nslide on the hill next to the senior parking lot.

The Senior Tribute and last Monday chapel service for the seniors took place on May 15.

The seniors wore their cap and gowns and were honored in front of the rest of the student body.

Next year’s incoming freshman class (the Class of 2021) had a family information night and BBQ on May 16. They were able to learn more about Malvern and meet some of their future Malvern brothers.

The Sixers received the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery. Although it was not what most Malvern Prep students and teachers wanted, especially Mr. DiDomenico, many Friars are still trusting the process.

Students leave for summer break after the last exam on May 26. Many students are excited to go on vacation and attend international Christian Service Trips this summer. ◊

Have a great summer, Friars!

See you in August!