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Team 5588C won the Hereford Stampede & Dulaney High School competitions. At the conclusion of December 2021, the group was ranked 12th in the world for skills.

SPeecH anD DeBaTe

At the end of December 2021, the duo of Lucas Lobo ’22 and David Sanico ’23 were the #23 ranked Policy Debate team in the country as determined by the University of Michigan. The pair were Octo-finalists in the University of Kentucky Debate Invitational, Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament, and the University of Michigan Tournament. They were Quarter-finalists in the Heart of Texas Invitational. Additionally, the Policy Debate duo of Kalil Bennett ’23 and Alex Shrestha ‘23 were Quarter-finalists in the New York Fall Face-off Tournament.

caMPuS MiniSTry

Our students, faculty, and staff collectively donated 20,000 nonperishable items for the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. Calvert Hall also adopted 55 families from the local community for Christmas.

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Photo Credit: Ryan Hiebler ‘22

Academics

Approximately 1.5 million high school students take the PSAT each year and of those, 50,000 (3.3%) are named Commended Scholars. Calvert Hall is proud to have fifteen students earn this distinction –

William Archacki ‘22, Henry Clay ‘22, Nicholas DiMaggio ‘22, Kian Donovan ‘22, Aidan Hewett ‘22, Daniel Kootz ‘22, William Procheska ‘22, John Railey ‘22, Nicholas Su ‘22,

Evan Vandiver ‘22. The Croteau Family STEM Lab, located in George Young Hall, opened this Fall. This state-of-the-art lab boasts 3D scanners, 3D printers, a format printer, a laser etcher, and a laser cutter.

Nearly 400 students participated in our Honors Convocation on October 21. New inductees were sworn into the National Honors Society and many more earned academic letters for their hard work last year in the classroom.

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Faculty & Staff

English faculty member, Paul McMullen, presented his research paper entitled, “Using andragogy to renew pedagogy: Incorporating adult learning principles into teacher professional development” at the National Communication Association (NCA) annual conference (November 18-21, 2021) in Seattle, Washington. The paper was accepted as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Division and was part of a panel discussion on Secondary Education. Religion faculty member, Theodora van Gaal, successfully defended her thesis to earn her Ph.D. from the Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherland. Her thesis entitled, “Migrant Spirituality: Correlating the Narratives of African Migrants to the USA and the Dark Night of John of the Cross” focuses on how migration experience impacts a migrant’s spirituality and particularly how it effects a transformation of faith and identity.

English Department Chair, Kevin Ford ’07, was named one of the top high school teachers by Baltimore Style magazine.

The Arts

The Competition Marching Band captured their 6th Maryland State USBANDS title on October 23, 2021. The group then went on to be named runnersup in the USBANDS National Competition on November 6.

Calvert Hall Theatre Department

presented six performances of 12 Angry Men this fall. Be sure to purchase your tickets for the spring musical, The Music Man, taking place April 1-3 and April 8-10.