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2 In Honor of the Class of 2015 5 Commencement Awards 10 Book Prizes 13 Final High List 2014-15 15 Honoring Outstanding Teachers 16 Academics in Review 18 Athletics in Review 23 College Choices of the Class of 2015 26 Senior Externships 28 Admissions Report 30 Advancement Report 35 #EHSReunion2015 41 Writing Lessons 41 Summer Reading

Four Columns • Summer 2015 Four Columns is published annually for alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends of Episcopal High School. Copyright ©2015, Episcopal High School Headmaster | Rob Hershey Director of Institutional Advancement | Christina Holt Director of Communications | Jen Desautels Associate Director of Communications | Johanna Droubay Assistant Director for Digital Media | Katie DaRin Advancement Fellow | Ella Yates Photographers | Johanna Droubay, Audra Wrisley, and Ella Yates Designer | Mari Foret Printer | Worth Higgins & Associates Episcopal High School does not discriminate in its admissions, or in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, or in access to or treatment in any other school-administered program on the basis of religion, race, color, sex, ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, or any other protected category in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Episcopal High School | FOUR COLUMNS

In Honor of

The Class of 2015 On May 30, friends, families, and the EHS community gathered on Hoxton Circle for the 170th Commencement Exercises to celebrate and graduate the Class of 2015. In his Commencement remarks, Headmaster Rob Hershey praised the senior class for their many accomplishments. The class completed 544 Advanced and Advanced Placement courses, and 78 percent attained High List during their senior year. This year’s seniors submitted 820 applications to 178 different colleges. Eightyfour percent of this graduating class will attend either their first- or second-choice college at 67 different colleges in 23 states, D.C., Canada, Scotland, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates, with 23 receiving merit scholarships. Thirty-one members of this class participated in 38 international service learning trips to the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Haiti, and India. In the last two years, the Class of 2015 logged more than 500 hours of community service in the local community, with more than half of the class participating. During their four years on the Hill, they raised and contributed more than $50,000 to Episcopal’s partner schools and international relief projects. A record 32 members of this class received the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award for participating in an interscholastic sport during every season throughout their time at EHS. During their years on the Hill, members of this class participated in state or league championships in boys’ soccer, boys’ basketball, field hockey, girls’ basketball, softball, and girls’ crew. Fifty-five members of this class were recognized for either All-League or All-Virginia State honors in their sport, and 25 graduates plan to compete in intercollegiate athletics next year. Nineteen members of this class were recognized for scholastic art awards, and eight musicians were included in All-District Band. Beyond the four Main Stage productions, five studio plays, and one student-directed play on campus, EHS thespians were acknowledged for their excellence at the Folger Theatre and received recognition for student playwriting, set design, and costume design at the Virginia State Theater Festival. This August, six members of this class will participate in the American High School Theatre Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Episcopal’s concert choir and chamber singers toured New York City and continued the tradition of performing at the President’s home parish, St. John’s Church in Washington. The signature accomplishment of this year’s Chronicle staff was launching the online edition of the student newspaper. Fifty-six members of this senior class contributed as Chronicle editors or writers this year. Ten senior editors shepherded the 113th edition of the school yearbook, Whispers, through production. Hershey concluded by reflecting on his decision to retire in June 2016. “I have asked myself…What do I most value about my days at EHS? What experiences will be irreplaceable as I depart these gates?... At Episcopal, we discover that none of us are the center of the universe and that we are highly dependent on each other. We tackle life’s daily challenges as a journey, and do so with a set of dispositions and habits which together comprise our ‘character.’ This was the founding hope of this Episcopal High School 176 years ago – that young people would gather here to learn and share this purposeful existence, develop intellectual competence and a moral compass leading to maturity, and at some point inspire the wisdom to enlighten and share with others, to make the world a better place.”

Summer 2015

Be Yourself AN EXCERPT FROM THE REV. IAN CRON’S BACCALAUREATE SERMON On the afternoon of May 29, the community gathered in Callaway Chapel for Baccalaureate, led by author, speaker, counselor, and Episcopal priest the Rev. Ian Cron, father of Aidan Cron ’15. “In truth, there has never been a time in my life when I have not worn a mask to disguise my true self, and I am not ashamed to admit it. In my years as a priest and a psychotherapist and as a human being, I know I am not alone. There is not a person in this room this day that does not know of what I speak. “Down through the ages, numerous Christian masters, including Jesus, have taught that all human beings since their eviction from Eden wear masks to disguise who they truly are. My hero, Thomas Merton, the Catholic Trappist monk and writer, termed these masks ‘false selves.’ Psychologically and spiritually speaking, the reason human beings adopt these false selves, the reason we wear these masks, is complicated and beyond the scope of this message. But suffice it to say that early in life all of us learn that we can manipulate the truth about who we are and use it to our advantage. We learn to pretend, discover the art of packaging ourselves. We devise marketing and promotion plans for the people we want others to believe that we are, when in fact we are not. We learn how to present ourselves in the best possible light to win the love and the approval and the security that we fear could not be acquired any other way.

“The dark side of all this posing and pretending is that what begins as just a role becomes an identity. Initially the masks or the false selves reflect how we want others to see us, but over time they come to reflect how we desperately want to see ourselves. In fact, I’m just telling you from personal experience, if you wear that false mask or self long enough, even you’ll begin to believe it’s who you actually are. “In my training as a therapist, I was taught using different nomenclature that people adopt false selves to fend off the inevitable injuries and deprivations and losses that every human being suffers in childhood. But in my training as a priest, I was taught it was more complicated than that. On a spiritual level, our false selves, these personas that we present to the world, represent a refusal to be who we were created to be. They are a flight from the life God wants us to live. In the language of the Bible, that’s called sin. “So here’s the deal: The central task on the spiritual journey is to acknowledge, own up, expose, and dismantle our false selves to make room for our true selves to emerge, to become the men and women Jeremiah says God knew long before he formed us in the womb. In short, the meaning and purpose of life is to become utterly, unashamedly, and truly who you actually are. “As Thomas Merton wrote, ‘For me to be a saint, is to be myself.’” Episcopal High School

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We Belong to the School and to Each Other EXCERPTS FROM THE VALEDICTORY ADDRESS BY EDWARD WICKHAM ’15 On the evening of May 29, students were honored at Valedictory, where many received awards celebrating their academic, artistic, and athletic accomplishments. The class elected as their valedictorian Edward Wickham ’15, who gave the valedictory address. “My freshman year I remember feeling afraid, confused and wondering where I would fit in. Would I ever fit in? Everyone must have had a moment, sitting alone in their room, wondering, ‘What am I doing here?’ We have all, at one point or another, asked that question. Over the years, hopefully we have all answered this question and now know that we have found our place here, and we belong to the School and to each other. “EHS is our shared second home. As we have matured over the years here, as with any family, we have experienced a great deal: triumph and sorrows, great achievement and deep loss, the kind that breaks your heart. At the end of the day, we have been here for each other: students, faculty, friends, and mentors. We have laughed and cried and now have a common bond. How could we not? We have grown up together… “Many teenagers tend to rebel against authority, and as a class we have had our moments. However, we have come to see the values that make EHS a special home. This class has bought into our School. Episcopal has given us the opportunity to learn in many ways, has taught us how to study, organize our time, balance, socialize, and get in trouble. And at the end of the day, being here has taught us empathy, acceptance, and the ability to see things from another point of view. Having been a part of this family and this home, we developed a foundation of values centered on a code of honor that means something. In abiding by this code of honor and learning to internalize its meaning, we gained a special understanding of the importance of integrity and leadership. It is these values that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives. These values will guide us going forward. “I don’t feel like an imposter anymore; I feel like I do belong. I belong here and to this class. I belong to something bigger and more important than myself that will be part of my core for the rest of my life. I think we all feel that way. We know good things will happen and bad things will happen, but having that base, that core, another home, will help us to deal with those challenges. Our EHS family and what we have learned here will help us to be brave enough to continue to learn; to be scholars, athletes, singers, musicians, friends; and to live lives of purpose. Whatever we do, we have this shared experience, and we have each other. It has been illuminating, fun, funny, exciting, scary, and wonderful. Just like most family experiences. By the way, I love my family, and I love this family.”

Summer 2015

David Febrillet ’15 (far left) received the Boyd Taylor Cummings Medal for Publications. He is pictured with, from left: Benjamin Arp ’15, Patrick Simpson ’15, Osé Djan ’15, and Teddy Wilhelm ’15. Osé received the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award.

James Lawton ’15 received the W.A.R. Goodwin, Jr. Memorial Bowl to the Head Monitor and the Robert Jett Rogers Memorial Bowl.

Commencement Awards

Elizabeth Ashford ’15 (second from right) received the C.C. Baldwin Medal for Sportsmanship in All Aspects of School Life. She is pictured with her mother, Penny; her sister, Caroline; and her father, Ted.

During Commencement Weekend, Episcopal High School presented awards and scholarships recognizing students’ achievements in academics, arts, and athletics, as well as their contributions to school life. AINSLIE FAMILY AWARD

LAWTON M. CALHOUN, JR. MEDAL

RANDOLPH FAIRFAX MEDAL

To the Chair of the Honor Committee Richard Halsey Wise, Jr.’15

For Excellence in Physics Cedegao Zhang ’16

For Character, Conduct, and Scholarship Mufan Weng ’15

C. C. BALDWIN MEDAL

PATRICK H. CALLAWAY PRIZE

JAMES H. FANNON, JR. FAMILY AWARD

For Sportsmanship in All Aspects of School Life Elizabeth Graham Ashford ’15

For Excellence in Theology Marilyn Somtochi Onukwugha ’15

For Athletic Worth Ivy Shaelyn Houde ’15

BOYD TAYLOR CUMMINGS MEDAL

WILLIAM GARRETT BIBB MEDAL

For Publications David Febrillet ’15

ROBERT WIATT FARRAR COMMITMENT TO ATHLETICS AWARD

For Excellence in Shakespeare Augusta Mattes Nau ’15 LAUNCELOT MINOR BLACKFORD MEDAL AND RICHARD PARDEE WILLIAMS, JR. SCHOLARSHIP

For Excellence in Classics Nathaniel Kenneth Lambert ’16 DAVID TUCKER BROWN, JR. PRIZE

For Excellence in Social Studies Augusta Mattes Nau ’15 JOSEPH BRYAN MEDAL

For Excellence in English Kathleen Slater Leonard ’15

WILLIAM PAGE DAME MEDALS

For Outstanding Creative Writing First Place: Page Manon Light ’17 Second Place: Jadwiga Tedeshi ’18 JOHN MONCURE DANIEL SCHOLARSHIP AND BENJAMIN M. BAKER MEDAL

For Excellence in United States History Richard Maximilian Smith ’16 DAVIS AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

Augusta Mattes Nau ’15 WILLIAM RILEY DEEBLE III SCHOLARSHIP

For Social Studies Liyi Zhang ’17

Garth Quinn Ainslie, Jr. ’15 Daniel Hall Autrey, Jr. ’15 Jack Ronald Bates III ’15 William Rauch Brandt ’15 Mary Ann Cooper Broughton ’15 Brian Justin Chase ’15 Alexander Hughes Coffey ’15 Eli Witcher Collins ’15 Nina Isabella Davila ’15 Luis Garcia del Rio ’15 John Clay Dixon, Jr. ’15 Osé Kwafo Djan ’15 Isabelle Sage Farrell ’15 Caroline Callaway Hague ’15 Caroline Lide Haley ’15 Tyler Pearson Hartmeyer ’15 Episcopal High School

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Ivy Shaelyn Houde ’15 Joshua Christopher Howard ’15 Joseph James Lawton IV ’15 Kali Tsehaye Lespere ’15 Walker Lyerly V ’15 Gregory Matthew Morgan ’15 Michael S. Otoo ’15 Aubree Cheyenne Phillips ’15 Timothy Cahill Phillips ’15 Matthew Raphaël Renaud ’15 Meredith Ellen Sackett ’15 James Belk Sutton, Jr. ’15 William St. Clair Talley, Jr. ’15 Mary Helen McNatt Tarbutton ’15 Marie Evelyn Vencil ’15 Jaqueline Wren Watson ’15

THOMAS E. KILBY III MEDAL

For Excellence in Chemistry Ye Ji Kim ’15 GEORGE WILLIAM LAIRD AWARD

For Outstanding Photography Morgan Ann Dommerich Lineberry ’15 WILLIAM WINDER LAIRD MEDAL

For Excellence in French Xinyi Mao ’15 GUY BLAN NEWCOMB MEDAL

For Excellence in Modern and Classical Languages Allegra Christine Peake Geanuracos ’15 CHARLES FELLOWS PAGE AWARD

FIRST FORTY-EIGHT MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

Priscilla Blair Barton-Metcalfe ’16

For Excellence in Poetry Eve Elizabeth Matheson ’16

LUCIEN MINOR GEER SCHOLARSHIP

SELBY BARNES PAPIN MEDAL

For Mathematics Juliette Frances Eberle ’16 LUCIEN MINOR GEER SPIRIT AWARD

ALLEN CARLETON PHILLIPS AND WILLIAM EVANS HANNUM SCHOLARSHIP

W. A. R. GOODWIN, JR. MEMORIAL BOWL

For English Carson Leigh Goodwyn ’16

LLEWELLYN G. HOXTON MEDAL

For Excellence in Mathematics Ziting Bai ’15 INGLE FAMILY THEOLOGY AWARD

For Excellence in Theology Xiaoyu Zhang ’17 BENJAMIN I. JOHNS PRIZE

For Excellence in Biology Hyeong Seok Kim ’16 BENJAMIN IRVING JOHNS SCHOLARSHIP

For Biology Isabelle Stuart Anderson Zabriskie ’16 ALEXANDER JENNETTE JOHNSTON AWARD

For Excellence in Performing Arts Mufan Weng ’15 KELSO FAMILY AWARD

To the Senior Warden of the Vestry David Madison Hardaway, Jr. ’15

Summer 2015

Madison Hardaway ’15 received the Kelso Family Award to the Senior Warden of the Vestry.

For Excellence in Spanish Laura Thompson Bratton ’15

Michael S. Otoo ’15 To the Head Monitor Joseph James Lawton IV ’15

Liz Mao ’15 received the Evelyn Pretlow Rutledge Award for Excellence in Science, the William Winder Laird Medal for Excellence in French, and the Meade Prize for the Highest Level of Academic Excellence.

THE DASH PIERCE AWARD

For Excellence in Chinese Chae Yeon Oh ’16 CHARLES C. PLUMMER AWARD

THE SCHOOL AWARD

For Excellence in Choir Elizabeth Haynsworth Taylor ’15

For Excellence in Music Ryoan Yamamoto ’15

RINEHART MEDAL

THE SCHOOL AWARD

For Athletic Worth Timothy Cahill Phillips ’15

For Senior Scholarship Ye Ji Kim ’15

ROBERT JETT ROGERS MEMORIAL BOWL

ARCHIBALD EUBANK SUTTON, JR. MEMORIAL MEDAL

Joseph James Lawton IV ’15 QUENTIN ROOSEVELT PRIZE

To the Valedictorian Edward Porcher Wickham ’15

For Character Lilly West Wilcox ’18

MARK HALE TEETER SCHOLARSHIP

EVELYN PRETLOW RUTLEDGE AWARD

For Modern and Classical Languages Eve Elizabeth Matheson ’16

For Excellence in Science Xinyi Mao ’15

ELIZABETH ANDREWS WATTS SCHOLARSHIP

THE SCHOOL AWARD

For Photography Madeline McHale Morris ’16

For Excellence in Environmental Studies Laura Thompson Bratton ’15

ARTHUR WAXTER FAMILY AWARD

For Excellence in Visual Arts Presley Grace Goode ’15

Presley Goode ’15 (center) received the Arthur Waxter Family Award for Excellence in Visual Arts. She is pictured with her mother, Sunny; her brother, Beck; her father, Read; and her brother, Whit Goode ’17.

The David Dougherty Writing Prize for Excellence in Analytical Writing was presented to Salina Tsegai ’17.

 Jack Bai ’15 received the Llewellyn G. Hoxton Medal for Excellence in Mathematics. He also received the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence.

ROBERT L. WHITTLE MEDAL

ENGLISH BAYS AWARDS

For Excellence in German Kathleen Slater Leonard ’15

DAVID DOUGHERTY WRITING PRIZE

ARCHER ANDERSON WILLIAMS AWARD

“Big Brother/Big Sister Award” Mary Ann Cooper Broughton ’15 WILLIAM HOLLAND WILMER MEDAL

For Scholarship Anna Carina Smith ’18 EDWIN WILSON AWARD

For Theater Arts: Acting Madison Hanna Hughes ’15

For Excellence in Analytical Writing by a 9th or 10th grade student Salina W. Tsegai ’17 GEORGE DUNLOP MEMORIAL PRIZE

For Excellence in Creative Prose Writing Lucy Hunton Catlett ’15 ALLEN C. PHILLIPS PRIZE

For Excellence in Analytical Writing Laura Thompson Bratton ’15

EDWIN WILSON AWARD

COLLEGE BOOK AWARDS

For Theater Arts: Stagecraft Montana Sunari Crider ’15

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE BOOK AWARD

EDWIN WILSON AWARD

For Outstanding Work in Social Studies Hyun Sik Kim ’16

Mary Helen Tarbutton ’15 (third from left) received the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award, and Mary Ann Broughton ’15 (third from right) received the Archer Anderson Williams “Big Brother/Big Sister” Award and the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award. They are pictured with, from left, Pendleton Bogache ’15, Sophie M. Holt ’15, Elizabeth Collett ’15, and Ella Bickley ’15.

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE ENGINEERING MEDAL AND RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE CERTIFICATE

For Outstanding Work in Mathematics and Science Zehong Lin ’16 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE AWARD

For Excellence in Modern and Classical Languages Elizabeth Porter Geer ’16 SEWANEE AWARD

For Excellence in Writing Annabelle Noell Woodward ’16 HARVARD UNIVERSITY AWARD

For Scholastic Achievement Soyun Joo ’16

For Theater Arts: Dance Mariela Rosalie Mendoza ’15 Episcopal High School

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 Carrie Oh ’16 received the Dash Pierce Award for Excellence in Chinese and the Johns Prize for Eminent Academic Excellence.

Laura Bratton ’15 (far right) received the Selby Barnes Papin Medal for Excellence in Spanish, the School Award for Excellence in Environmental Science, the Allen C. Phillips Prize for Excellence in Analytical Writing, and the Meade Prize for the Highest Level of Academic Excellence. She is pictured with classmates (left to right) Bailey Coleman ’15, Leigh Channell ’15, Lucy Catlett ’15, and Mary Ann Broughton ’15.

Quinn Ainslie ’15 received the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award. He is pictured here with his father Garth Ainslie ’84 and his grandfather Sandy Ainslie ’56, EHS Headmaster 1981-98.

Annabelle Woodward ’16 (far right) received the Sewanee Award for Excellence in Writing. She is pictured with (from left) Sara Wilder Bryant ’16, Tea RankinWilliams ’16, Isabel Shiff ’16, and McRae Driscoll ’16.

Summer 2015

Kathleen Leonard ’15 received the Joseph Bryan Medal for Excellence in English, the Robert L. Whittle Medal for Excellence in German, and the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence.

Marie Vencil ’15 (left) received the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award; Ivy Houde ’15 was awarded the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award, the James H. Fannon, Jr. Family Award for Athletic Worth, and the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence; and Izzy Farrell ’15 received the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award.

Mike Otoo ’15 was awarded the Lucien Minor Geer Spirit Award and the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award.

Lilly Wilcox ’18 received the Quentin Roosevelt Prize for Character.

Isabelle Zabriskie ’16 accepted the Benjamin Irving Johns Scholarship for Biology from science teacher Kim Olsen. She also received the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence. Social studies teacher Heidi Huntley presented the William Riley Deeble III Scholarship for Social Studies to Leo Zhang ’17. Leo also received the Meade Prize for the Highest Level of Academic Excellence.

Marilyn Onukwugha ’15 (left) received the Patrick H. Callaway Prize for Excellence in Theology, and Mariela Mendoza ’15 (right) received the Edwin Wilson Award for Theater Arts: Dance. They are pictured with classmate Rukky Ezi-Ashi ’15. Episcopal High School

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Book Prizes Whittle, Johns, and Meade Book Prizes recognize scholastic achievement.

The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science Engineering Medal and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Certificate for Outstanding Work in Mathematics and Science was presented to Joseph Lin ’16. Joseph also received the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence.

Brian Kim ’16 received the Benjamin I. Johns Prize for Excellence in Biology and the Meade Prize for the Highest Level of Academic Excellence.

Priscilla Barton-Metcalfe ’16 received the First Forty-Eight Merit Scholarship. She is pictured with Kara Clemmenson ’15.

Pictured here with her grandparents Barbara and Dick Catlett, Lucy Catlett ’15 received the George Dunlop Memorial Prize for Excellence in Creative Prose Writing.

Summer 2015

More than 100 years ago, Episcopal High School instituted Book Prizes to recognize the outstanding academic performance of individual students. These prizes commemorate three former bishops of Virginia: Bishops Whittle, Johns, and Meade. THE WHITTLE PRIZE

THE JOHNS PRIZE

For Academic Excellence Ziting Bai ’15 Leigh Bosserdet Channell ’15 Haywood Day Cochrane III ’16 Natasha Ferguson ’16 Caroline Lide Haley ’15 Ivy Shaelyn Houde ’15 Bea Edwards Huffines ’16 Sukyung Kim ’15 Maura Lee Kitchens ’16 Yu Chun Kuo ’17 Kathleen Slater Leonard ’15 Zehong Lin ’16 Morgan Ann Dommerich Lineberry ’15 Leiqi Lu ’16 India Gray Nix ’15 Kathryn Sandridge Oldham ’15 Natalie Campbell Wall ’15 Yubo Wang ’17 Isabelle Stuart Anderson Zabriskie ’16 Cedegao Zhang ’16 Xiaoyu Zhang ’17 Sihan Zhu ’17

For Eminent Academic Excellence Michael Andrew Blume ’16 Sarah Gray Castle ’17 Allegra Christine Peake Geanuracos ’15 David Yoonchang Jang ’16 Hyun Sik Kim ’16 Hyun Jee Lim ’17 Eve Elizabeth Matheson ’16 Augusta Mattes Nau ’15 Gabriela Priscilla NavarroBowman ’17 Chae Yeon Oh ’16 Mufan Weng ’15 Ashby Stewart Wickham ’16 Ryoan Yamamoto ’15 Yingqing Zhao ’16 THE MEADE PRIZE

For the Highest Level of Academic Excellence Duncan Lloyd Agnew ’17 Virginia Layne Berry ’16 Laura Thompson Bratton ’15 Soyun Joo ’16 Hyeong Seok Kim ’16 Ye Ji Kim ’15 Evan Wyatt Lyerly ’17 Xinyi Mao ’15 Richard Maximilian Smith ’16 Liyi Zhang ’17

Erin Zhang ’17 received the Ingle Family Theology Award for Excellence in Theology and the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence.

Eve Matheson ’16 (left) was awarded the Charles Fellows Page Award for Excellence in Poetry, the Mark Hale Teeter Scholarship for Modern and Classical Languages, and the Johns Prize for Eminent Academic Excellence. She is pictured with Carson Goodwyn ’16, who received the Allen Carleton Phillips and Williams Evans Hannum Scholarship for English, and Maddie Morris ’16, who received the Elizabeth Andrews Watts Scholarship for Photography. Juliette Eberle ’16 was awarded the Lucien Minor Geer Scholarship for Mathematics.

The William Holland Wilmer Medal for Scholarship was presented to Anna Smith ’18.

Nathaniel Lambert ’16 received the Launcelot Minor Blackford Medal and Richard Pardee Williams, Jr. Scholarship for Excellence in Classics.

Leo Weng ’15, pictured with his parents, Shu-Chuan Chang and Andy Weng, received the Alexander Jennette Johnston Award for Excellence in Performing Arts; the Johns Prize for Eminent Academic Excellence; and the Randolph Fairfax Medal for Character, Conduct, and Scholarship. Lizzie Taylor ’15 (second from left) was presented the Charles C. Plummer Award for Excellence in Choir. Augusta Nau ’15 (second from right) received the William Garrett Bibb Medal for Excellence in Shakespeare, the David Tucker Brown, Jr. Prize for Excellence in Social Studies, the Davis Award for Community Service, and the Johns Prize for Eminent Academic Excellence. They are pictured with classmates Alison Amos ’15 and Ann Tucker Smith ’15.

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Montana Crider ’15 (right) received the Edwin Wilson Award for Theater Arts: Stagecraft. She is pictured with Akua Asante ’16.

The William Page Dame First Place Medal for Outstanding Creative Writing was presented to Page Light ’17.

Timmy Phillips ’15 received the Rinehart Medal for Athletic Worth and the Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award.

Max Smith ’16 received the John Moncure Daniel Scholarship and Benjamin M. Baker Medal for Excellence in United States History and the Meade Prize for the Highest Level of Academic Excellence.

The Dartmouth College Book Award for Outstanding Work in Social Studies was presented to Jack Kim ’16. Jack also received the Johns Prize for Eminent Academic Excellence.

Madison Hughes ’15 (second from right) received the Edwin Wilson Award for Theater Arts: Acting. Allegra Geanuracos ’15 (far right) was presented the Guy Blan Newcomb Medal for Excellence in Modern and Classical Languages and the Johns Prize for Eminent Academic Excellence. Madison and Allegra are pictured with (from left) Judy Liu ’18, Emily Forehand ’15, and Emma Thorp ’17.

Summer 2015

Yeji Kim ’15 (left) received the Thomas E. Kilby III Medal for Excellence in Chemistry, the School Award for Senior Scholarship, and the Meade Prize for the Highest Level of Academic Excellence. She is pictured with Ryoan Yamamoto ’15, who received the School Award for Excellence in Music and the Johns Prize for Eminent Academic Excellence.

Colin Zhang ’16 received the Lawton M. Calhoun, Jr. Medal for Excellence in Physics and the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence.

Final High List 2014-15 Students on The High List earned a weighted average of 90 or above in their classes. Duncan Lloyd Agnew ’17 Hayne Ragsdale Ainslie ’17 John Stevenson Ainslie ’17 Abigael Ajuma ’17 Camden Elaine Alford ’17 Edith King Amason ’17 Alison Mary Amos ’15 Kelsey Maureen Anderson ’16 Benjamin Thomas Clark Arp ’15 Elizabeth Graham Ashford ’15 Ziting Bai ’15 Lane Wheeler Ballentine ’16 Anna Heistad Barrett ’17 Priscilla Blair Barton-Metcalfe ’16 Jack Ronald Bates III ’15 Katherine Starr Bauer ’16 Noah Evan James Beamon ’18 Virginia Layne Berry ’16 Miles Truscott Bivins ’16 Alexander Nicolay Block ’17 Michael Andrew Blume ’16 Tweed Pendleton Bogache ’15 Margaret Banes Borden ’15 Robert Crawford Boyd ’15 Matthew Peter Brandt ’18 William Rauch Brandt ’15 Laura Thompson Bratton ’15 Philip Brandon Brossy ’17 Mary Ann Cooper Broughton ’15 Alexander Gordon Brown ’18 Sara Wilder Bryant ’16 Catherine Isabel Bulger ’15 Grace Elizabeth Aprajita Burke ’17

Margaret McNeale Butler ’15 Shane Thomas Calderwood ’16 Graydon Patrick Campbell ’15 Sarah Gray Castle ’17 Lucy Hunton Catlett ’15 Ji Young Chang ’16 Leigh Bosserdet Channell ’15 I-Ling Chiang ’18 Claudia Chu ’16 Robert Lebby Clement IV ’18 Haywood Day Cochrane III ’16 Alexander Hughes Coffey ’15 Bailey McGrath Coleman ’15 Elizabeth Neall Collett ’15 Alexander Joseph Collie ’16 Noah Morris Collins ’17 Charles Hunter Craighill ’15 Nathan Barnden Craine ’15 Montana Sunari Crider ’15 Aidan Nelson Cron ’15 Gabriella Marie Cruz ’17 Lenin Roberto Cruz ’16 Mackenzie Auchincloss Cunningham ’15 Jordan Ellis Daniel ’15 Nina Isabella Davila ’15 Joalissa Fiorella Diaz ’16 Osé Kwafo Djan ’15 Naomi Ka Mei Dommermuth ’18 Sarah Randolph Doss ’16 Cara Diana Driscoll ’15 Ameliea Rose Dulaney ’17 Guenevere Rose Dunstan ’18

Porter Geer ’16 received the Middlebury College Award for Excellence in Modern and Classical Languages.

Hale Wise ’15 (second from right) received the Ainslie Family Award to the Chair of the Honor Committee. He is pictured with his brother, Harrison; his father, Halsey Wise ’83; his sister, Olivia ’15; his mother, Lisha; and his brother, Cole.

Morgan Lineberry ’15 (center) received the George William Laird Award for Outstanding Photography and the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence. She is pictured here with her brother, William; her mother, Sally; her father, Bo; and her grandmother, Kitty Lineberry.

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THE HIGH LIST, CONTINUED...

Juliette Frances Eberle ’16 Daniel-Lester Simpson Edwards ’16 Iruka Marie Ezi-Ashi ’15 Stephen Hardtner Faris ’16 Dawn Akilah Farquharson ’18 Isabelle Sage Farrell ’15 David Febrillet ’15 Natasha Ferguson ’16 Kathleen Hall Finlay ’18 Emily Elizabeth Forehand ’15 Benjamin Johnson Fortson ’16 Karli Mae Francis ’15 Sarah Jane Holbrook Freeman ’15 Cooper Emlen Gage ’15 Luis Garcia del Rio ’15 Allegra Christine Peake Geanuracos ’15 Elizabeth Porter Geer ’16 Paul LeBlanc Gibert III ’17 Anna McTeague Gillespie ’17 Maya Camille Glenn ’16 Leah Elaine Goldson ’15 Whitby Stack Goode ’17 Gray Fountain Goodwyn ’18 Ryan Matthew Grajewski ’18 Roysworth Dillion Grant III ’17 Hope Chandler Gray ’17 Thomas Stuart Greenspon II ’17 Reynolds McAllister Griffith ’15 Chengming Gu ’18 Nicole Bella Habina ’16 Paige Elizabeth Hagerman ’17 Caroline Callaway Hague ’15 Caroline Lide Haley ’15 Jo Ellen Halm ’16 Seung Kyun Han ’15 Madeleine Leilani Hand ’18 David Madison Hardaway, Jr. ’15 Tyler Pearson Hartmeyer ’15 Virginia Katherine Helm ’17 Clare Ann Henderson ’17 Ian Yandell Henderson III ’15 Isabelle Caperton Holt ’18 Sophie Lee Holt ’15 Sophia Maher Holt ’15 Ivy Shaelyn Houde ’15 Patrick Keenan Hovet ’16 Joshua Christopher Howard ’15 Bea Edwards Huffines ’16 Madison Hanna Hughes ’15 Ryland Schley Hughes ’16 Nana-Esi Miti Igyan ’18

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Alexander Philippe Jacques ’16 David Yoonchang Jang ’16 Runwei Jin ’18 Olivia Reid Johnson ’16 James David Jones III ’17 Emma Elizabeth Jones ’18 Sarah Rebecca Jones ’16 Soyun Joo ’16 James Barrett Joyce IV ’17 Honor May Kalkin ’17 Prabhlean Kaur ’16 Sen Michael Kenneally ’17 Bohye Kim ’16 Hyeong Seok Kim ’16 Hyun Sik Kim ’16 Jinsoo Kim ’18 Michelle Kim ’17 Sukyung Kim ’15 Ye Ji Kim ’15 Lauryn King ’17 Maura Lee Kitchens ’16 Caroline Elizabeth Knutson ’17 Sung Mo Koo ’17 Madeline Cicirello Korkowski ’17 Danylo Adrian Kostecki ’15 Yu Chun Kuo ’17 Claire Paulanne Kurzweil ’18 Sarah Elsa Kurzweil ’17 Nathaniel Kenneth Lambert ’16 Sarah Boykin Heyward Lathrop ’15 William Preston Laws ’16 Calvin Alexander Lawson ’15 Joseph James Lawton IV ’15 Julia Grace Leisenring ’17 Kathleen Slater Leonard ’15 Kathryn Nieman Lewis ’16 Shiye Li ’18 Page Manon Light ’17 Hyun Jee Lim ’17 Zehong Lin ’16 Conner Theo Lindeman ’16 Morgan Ann Dommerich Lineberry ’15 Ce Liu ’18 Tianyi Liu ’17 Leiqi Lu ’16 Evan Wyatt Lyerly ’17 Walker Lyerly V ’15 Xinyi Mao ’15 Eve Elizabeth Matheson ’16 George Mawanda-Kalema ’17 Sean Stuart McCarthy ’16 Ryan Thatcher McKernan ’16

Mariela Rosalie Mendoza ’15 Julia Ann Messenger ’18 Jesse John Anthony Meyler ’16 Dylan Michael ’16 Tate-Louisa Mikkelsen ’16 Natalia Mora ’17 Gregory Matthew Morgan ’15 Natalie Elizabeth Morgan ’17 Madeline McHale Morris ’16 Jozette C. M. Moses ’17 Craig Allen Myatt, Jr. ’15 Zachary Favreau Najera ’16 Augusta Mattes Nau ’15 Gabriela Priscilla Navarro-Bowman ’17 Sofia Cecilia Navarro-Bowman ’17 Grant Douglas Neagli ’17 Cameron DeVere Nix ’16 India Gray Nix ’15 Chae Yeon Oh ’16 Kathryn Sandridge Oldham ’15 John Henry Oliphant ’15 Maxwell Andrew Oliphant ’17 Marilyn Somtochi Onukwugha ’15 Michael S. Otoo ’15 John Hughes Page ’16 Juhyeong Park ’15 Aminta Elizabeth Perka ’15 Hannah Margaret Petitti ’17 William Keeling Pilaro ’17 William Oliver Randon ’17 Aristea Daphne Rankin-Williams ’16 Mary Fleming England Redd ’15 Taylor Grace Redd ’18 Minor Keilhauer Reedich ’18 Matthew Raphaël Renaud ’15 Victoria Leigh Reynolds ’15 Louis Oliver Cruz Rogers ’15 Abigail Charlotte Sackett ’17 Meredith Ellen Sackett ’15 Jason Sackey ’16 Emily Nicole Salvant ’15 Daniel Quentin SanGiovanni ’18 Gregorio Zanoni Sapia ’15 Isabella Messina Sayre ’17 Peyton Hilliard Schwartz ’15 Darius K. Scott ’18 Andrew Marot Sherrill ’16 Isabel Julia Shiff ’16 Patrick James William Simpson ’15 Elizabeth Ann Tucker Smith ’15 Anna Carina Smith ’18 Richard Maximilian Smith ’16

John Donald Streed ’17 Ziang Sun ’17 Charles Kernaghan Tarbutton, Jr. ’18 Mary Helen McNatt Tarbutton ’15 Elizabeth Haynsworth Taylor ’15 Jadwiga Tedeschi ’18 Sarah Lamont Thomas ’16 William Stuart Thornton ’18 Steven Gibbes Tighe ’18 Salina W. Tsegai ’17 Anne Garland Ullrich ’16 Marie Evelyn Vencil ’15 Natalie Campbell Wall ’15 Yizhen Wang ’16 Yubo Wang ’17 Yajing Wang ’17 Kelly Bryn Wappler ’18 Lachlan Andrew Warrell ’17 Jacqueline Wren Watson ’15 James Hammond Weatherholtz ’15 Brooke Alexandra Webb ’16 Nettie Jo Webb ’18 Lydia Simone Webster ’16 Mufan Weng ’15 Ashby Stewart Wickham ’16 Edward Porcher Wickham ’15 John Robinson Wickham ’16 Lydia Murphy Pauline Wilbanks ’15 Peter Thornton Wilbanks, Jr. ’17 Lilly West Wilcox ’18 Brandon Michael Williams ’17 Kathryn Compton Williams ’17 Wyndham Josephine Williamson ’16 William Betts Wiltshire III ’17 Annabelle Noell Woodward ’16 John Edwin Woodward IV ’18 Ryoan Yamamoto ’15 Teng-Ju Yang ’16 Kasenda Jared Amadeus Young ’17 Isabelle Stuart Anderson Zabriskie ’16 Cedegao Zhang ’16 Xiaoyu Zhang ’17 Liyi Zhang ’17 Yingqing Zhao ’16 Sihan Zhu ’17 Peter Istvan Zwack, Jr. ’15

Honoring Outstanding Teachers Each year members of the Episcopal faculty are awarded masterships, honoring their commitment, dedication, and tireless efforts toward the school community.

Faculty Masterships and Faculty Incentive Awards for 2015-16 COCHRAN MASTERSHIP FOR FINE ARTS

English teacher Alison Poole

For Excellence in Teaching Fine Arts Frank R. Phillips JOHN MONCURE DANIEL MASTERSHIP

For Excellence in Teaching Social Studies Brendan J. Baran DAVID R. DOUGHERTY MASTERSHIP

French teacher Bodhi Amos

For Excellence in Inspiring Students and Demonstrating the Joy of Teaching Patrick W. Thompson NORMAN FARQUHAR AND GORDON N. FARQUHAR MASTERSHIP

For Excellence in Teaching Anita B. Doyle JOHN AND ISABELLA GREENWAY MASTERSHIP

For Commitment to the Personal Development of Students in the Residential Life of the EHS Community Jennifer S. Fitzpatrick English teacher Nate Ebel

RIA HUMMEL MASTERSHIP

For Excellence in Teaching Science or Technology Stephen R. Castle JAMES G. KENAN LEARNING FUND MASTERSHIP

For an Outstanding Teacher Samuel R. Slack ROBERT E. LATHAM MASTERSHIP

For Excellence in Teaching Cheyenne B. Amos Director of Academic Support Anita Doyle

ROBERT E. MASON MASTERSHIP

FACULTY INCENTIVE AWARDS

For Fostering the Development of Strong Character and SelfDiscipline Among Students Outside of the Classroom Vincent S. Hodge, Jr. ’89

For Young Professionals Bradley D. Kovach, Meg L. O’Connor, Lionel L. Rauth, Brandon J. Straub

ELEANOR B. MCGAY AWARD

For Special Contribution to Episcopal High School Mary H. Schwanda

For Excellence in Teaching Modern or Classical Languages Eleanor C. Moore ALLEN C. PHILLIPS, JR. MASTERSHIP

FACULTY INCENTIVE AWARD

GASTON CAPERTON FACULTY INCENTIVE AWARD

For Excellence in Teaching Richard S. Dixon, Jr.

For an Outstanding Teacher Mark T. Carter

DORMAN FAMILY AWARD

For Excellence in Teaching Kimberly G. Olsen

WILLIAM B. RAVENEL III MASTERSHIP

For Excellence in Teaching English Alison H. Poole

BARLOW HENDERSON AWARD

For Excellence in Teaching Jeffrey A. Streed

GRIGSBY C. SHACKELFORD MASTERSHIP

JIM SEIDULE FACULTY INCENTIVE AWARD

For Excellence in Teaching Mathematics or Science Scott R. Pohjola

For Excellence in Teaching Richard M. Stubbs

CHARLES V. TOMPKINS MASTERSHIP

SYD WALDEN FACULTY INCENTIVE AWARD

For Excellence in Teaching, Character, Leadership, and School Service Michael S. Reynolds

For Excellence in Teaching and Coaching, and Extraordinary Commitment to the Students and Mission of Episcopal High School Nathaniel A. Ebel

C. A. WOODRUM PUBLIC SERVICE FUND MASTERSHIP

For Excellence in Teaching Social Studies or Government Heidi R. Huntley

JOHN MINOT WALKER, JR. FACULTY INCENTIVE AWARD

FACULTY INCENTIVE AWARDS

In Recognition of Exemplary Teaching and Faculty Service James H. Chesson ’79, David A. Douglas, Molly W. Pugh

For Demonstrating Daily, Through Personal Actions and Work with Students, the Highest Ideals of the EHS Honor Code Robert J. Rogers, Jr. ’79

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Academics in Review

College Scholarship Recipients Twenty-two members of the Class of 2015 received college merit scholarships. Quinn Ainslie The Dean’s Scholarship and the Good Man Award Hampden-Sydney College Laura Bratton Blanchard Scholarship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lucy Catlett The Thomas Pinckney Bryan Scholarship University of Virginia Elizabeth Collett The Thomas Pinckney Bryan Scholarship University of Virginia

Karli Frances Presidential Leadership Scholarship University of Georgia Presley Goode The Academic Honors Scholarship Savannah College of Art and Design Steven Han Presidential Academic Scholarship George Washington University Madison Hughes Academic Merit Award Belmont University

Hunter Craighill The EQB Scholarship Sewanee: The University of the South

Heyward Lathrop Coker-Fox Scholarship and the Blanchard Scholarship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jordan Daniel Redhawk Excellence Scholarship Miami University

James Lawton The Thomas Pinckney Bryan Scholarship University of Virginia

Nina Davila The Blue Hen Scholarship University of Delaware

Kathleen Leonard The Oberlin College Grant and the John F. Oberlin Scholarship Oberlin College

Izzy Farrell Presidential Academic Scholarship George Washington University

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In April, Episcopal High School’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society added 31 members to its ranks. These juniors and seniors were selected by the society’s current members and the chairs of Episcopal’s academic departments based upon their academic achievements and strength of character. The induction was followed by remarks from this year’s keynote speaker, the Hon. Aldona Wos, U.S. Ambassador (ret.) to Estonia and current Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Founded in 1906 and modeled after Phi Beta Kappa, the Cum Laude Society honors the scholastic achievement of students in secondary schools.

Summer 2015

Morgan Lineberry The Thomas Pinckney Bryan Scholarship University of Virginia Mimi Perka The Sims Scholarship University of South Carolina Meredith Sackett The Quintard Award Sewanee: The University of the South Lizzie Taylor Presidential Scholarship Rollins College Marie Vencil Spencer Scholarship Rhodes College Wren Watson The Robert P. Rhoads Scholarship Sewanee: The University of the South James Weatherholtz The Presidential Award Montana State University Edward Wickham The Fellows Scholarship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Latin and Greek Students Win State and National Awards This was another successful year for Episcopal’s Latin and Greek students, who excelled in state and national competitions this spring. NATIONAL LATIN EXAM GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNERS

Duncan Agnew ’17 Sarah Gray Castle ’17 Brian Kim ’16 Yeji Kim ’15 Leo Zhang ’17 Qing Qing Zhao ’16

CUM LAUDE AWARD WINNERS

Noah Beamon ’18 Noah Collins ’17 Stuart Ferber ’16 Allegra Geanuracos ’15 Claire Roberts ’18 Byron Shahin ’16 Gibbes Tighe ’18 Annabelle Woodward ’16 CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA ADVANCED LATIN PROSE HONORABLE MENTIONS

Duncan Agnew ’17 Allegra Geanuracos ’15 David Jang ’16 Brian Kim ’16 Yeji Kim ’15

SILVER MEDAL AWARD WINNERS

Bea Huffines ’16 Mike Otoo ’15 Juhyeong Park ’15 Patrick Simpson ’15 Jack Streed ’17 Isabelle Zabriskie ’16 MAGNA CUM LAUDE AWARD WINNERS

Priscilla Barton-Metcalfe ’16 David Jang ’16 Natalie Morgan ’17 Grant Neagli ’17 Lilly Wilcox ’18

NATIONAL GREEK COUNCIL HOMER MERIT AWARDS

Aidan Cron ’15 Allegra Geanuracos ’15 INTRODUCTORY EXAM HIGHEST AWARD

Ryoan Yamamoto ’15 INTRODUCTORY EXAM MERIT AWARDS

Madison Hardaway ’15 Nathaniel Lambert ’16 Juhyeong Park ’15 Marie Vencil ’15

German Language Students Inducted into National Honor Society

Congratulations to the 2015 Cum Laude Society inductees: (first row, from left) Allegra Geanuracos ’15, Elizabeth Collett ’15, Layne Berry ’16, Isabelle Zabriskie ’16, and Kate Oldham ’15; (second row) Aidan Cron ’15, Ashby Wickham ’16, Jason Sackey ’16, Brian Kim ’16, Leah Joo ’16, and Leigh Channell ’15; (third row) Natalie Wall ’15, Tate Mikkelson ’16, Su Kim ’15, and Maura Kitchens ’16; (fourth row) Fleming Redd ’15, Bea Huffines ’16, Joseph Lin ’16, Max Smith ’16, Izzy Farrell ’15, and Natasha Ferguson ’16.

This year, four EHS students were inducted into the Delta Epsilon Phi National German Honor Society for high school students of German. Students must have completed three semesters of German and maintained a grade point average of at least 3.0 overall and at least 3.6 in their German classes during those three semesters to be eligible for membership.

Pictured are this year’s inductees and German teacher Rick Dixon: (first row, from left) Scarlett Zhu ’17, Sarah Thomas ’16, and Keil Reedich ’18; (second row) Erin Zhang ’17. Episcopal High School

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ATHLETICS in Review The Class of 2015 ranks among the most athletically dedicated EHS classes in recent memory. A record 32 members of the senior class were recognized with the prestigious Robert Wiatt Farrar Commitment to Athletics Award presented at Valedictory to those student-athletes who participated in athletics during every season of their tenure at EHS.

The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club recognized Nick Reed ’16 as an Athlete of the Year for basketball.

This class witnessed and took one state championship and six league titles over the past four years, including the Alexandria Prep Golf Championship four years in a row and the coveted Seminary Hill Cup in two of the past four years. The Class of 2015 earned a remarkable 92 All-State or All-League honors over the past four years, and 25 members of the senior class will go on to compete at the intercollegiate level. The boys’ soccer and basketball teams took home the league banner for the first time since the 2010-11 school year. The softball team finished with an impressive 11-4 record, claiming a convincing 11-1 victory over Stone Ridge in the ISL Championship game on our home field – their second ISL title in two years. The boys’ and girls’ varsity squash programs ended the season with strong results at the U.S. High School Squash Nationals. The boys’ track and field team came home from the Outdoor Track and Field Championships with five All-State performances, including a third-place finish from a young and inexperienced boys’ 4 x 100-meter relay team. Episcopal student-athletes accumulated 19 All-League honors this spring, as well as 13 All-State honors. Four EHS student-athletes were recognized by the Alexandria Sportsman’s Club as “Athletes of the Year” in their respective sports at the club’s annual year-end banquet: Nick Reed ’16 (basketball), Blaise Schuster ’15 (tennis), Andrew Sherrill ’16 (golf ), and Eleanor Winants ’18 (field hockey).

Eleanor Winants ’18 was recognized with All-State and All-ISL honors and was named Alexandria Sportsman’s Club Athlete of the Year for field hockey.

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2014-15 Athletic Honors ALL-STATE HONORS

Basketball Nick Reed ’16 Field Hockey Eleanor Winants ’18

Softball Ivy Houde ’15 Mary Helen Tarbutton ’15 Tennis Randy Harrell ’15 Bea Huffines ’16 Blaise Schuster ’15

Football Jack Bates ’15 Graydon Campbell ’15 Brian Chase ’15 Taj Gooden ’16 Campbell Jackson ’15 Jesse Meyler ’16 Timmy Phillips ’15 Patrice Rene ’16 Eric Smith ’15

ALL-ISL HONORS

Indoor Track and Field (55m) Brian Chase ’15

Basketball Ivy Houde ’15 Lexi Weger ’18

(1600m) Greg Morgan ’15

Field Hockey Laura Bratton ’15 Eleanor Winants ’18

(4 x 200m relay) Brian Chase ’15 Alex Collie ’16 Josh Howard ’15 CJ Myatt ’15 (4 x 400m relay) Brian Chase ’15 Josh Howard ’15 CJ Myatt ’15 Mike Otoo ’15 Lacrosse Sarah Jones ’16 Outdoor Track and Field (4 x 100m relay) Alex Collie ’16 CJ Myatt ’15 Vincent Notzon ’18 Mason Spence ’16 (800m) Greg Morgan ’15 (1600m) Greg Morgan ’15 Soccer Ashley Sibisi ’16 Patrick Simpson ’15 Gaetan Roux ’16

Wrestling Andrew Denning ’16 Campbell Jackson ’15 Calvin Lawson ’15 Stew Spurry ’16 Ryoan Yamamoto ’15

Lacrosse Sarah Jones ’16 Soccer Ivy Houde ’15 Kali Lespere ’15 Softball Ivy Houde ’15 Aubree Phillips ’15 Mary Helen Tarbutton ’15 Tennis Bea Huffines ’16 ALL-IAC HONORS

Baseball Sen Kenneally ’17 Rodney Mitchell ’17 Basketball Ebube Ezeagwula-Ebube ’16 Nick Reed ’16 Cross Country Greg Morgan ’15 Football DH Autrey ’15 Jack Bates ’15 Graydon Campbell ’15

Brian Chase ’15 Taj Gooden ’16 Campbell Jackson ’15 Jesse Meyler ’16 Timmy Phillips ’15 Patrice Rene ’16 Eric Smith ’15 Jonathan Sutherland ’17 Duncan Trau ’17 Golf Reynolds Griffith ’15 Andrew Sherrill ’16 Lacrosse Ricky Miezan ’18 Jon Ober ’15 Timmy Phillips ’15 Soccer Luis Garcia del Rio ’15 Gaetan Roux ’15 Ashley Sibisi ’16 Patrick Simpson ’15 Tennis Randy Harrell ’15 Blaise Schuster ’15

Lacrosse Sarah Jones ’16 Jon Ober ’15 Timmy Phillips ’15 Soccer Gaetan Roux ’16 Ashley Sibisi ’16 OTHER HONORS ALL-CITY CROSS COUNTRY

Hayne Ainslie ’17 Abigael Ajuma ’17 Brooks Buyck ’17 Emily Forehand ’15 James Lawton ’15 Tate Mikkelsen ’16 Greg Morgan ’15 Emily Salvant ’15 Will Talley ’15 Mary Helen Tarbutton ’15 Brandon Williams ’17 ALEXANDRIA SPORTSMAN’S CLUB ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Track and Field Osé Djan ’15 Josh Howard ’15 Greg Morgan ’15 CJ Myatt ’15 Vince Notzon ’18 Mike Otoo ’15

Basketball Nick Reed ’16

Wrestling Calvin Lawson ’15 Ryoan Yamamoto ’15

Field Hockey Eleanor Winants ’18

ALL-MET HONORS

November Laura Bratton ’15

Basketball Nick Reed ’16 Field Hockey Eleanor Winants ’18

Tennis Blaise Schuster ’15 Golf Andrew Sherrill ’16

ALEXANDRIA SPORTSMAN’S CLUB ATHLETE OF THE MONTH

December Brian Chase ’15

Indoor Track and Field Brian Chase ’15 Golf Reynolds Griffith ’15

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Girls’ softball captured their second consecutive ISL tournament title.

Spring Athletic Awards VARSITY BASEBALL MILLER AWARD FOR THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Sen Kenneally ’17

GOLF, continued GARY LYN HADWIN, JR. ’99 COACHES’ AWARD

Andrew Sherrill ’16

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

Whit Goode ’17 COACHES AWARD

Teddy Wilhelm ’15

BOYS’ VARSITY LACROSSE JOSEPH B. SHELOR ’52 MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Jon Ober ’15 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Ryan McKernan ’16

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

COACHES’ AWARD

Henry Willis Fleming ’15

Esi Igyan ’18 COACHES’ AWARD

Karli Francis ’15 GOLF WILLIAM W. BOOTHE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Reynolds Griffith ’15 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

GIRLS’ VARSITY LACROSSE TYLER MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Izzy Farrell ’15 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

Camden Alford ’17 COACHES’ AWARD

Ella Bickley ’15

The athletic awards for the 2014-15 fall and winter seasons are listed at www.episcopalhighschool.org/athleticawards. Summer 2015

BOYS’ VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD

Ivy Houde ’15

BEAUDRIC L. HOWELL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

Greg Morgan ’15

COACHES’ AWARD

Sophie M. Holt ’15 BOYS’ VARSITY TENNIS GEORGE EDMUND BRADFIELD MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

Josh Howard ’15 COACHES’ AWARD

CJ Myatt ’15 TRAIN-DOSWELL AWARD

Mike Otoo ’15

Blaise Schuster ’15 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

Randy Harrell ’15

George Moore ’18

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Judy Liu ’18

GIRLS’ CREW

Elizabeth Ashford ’15

VARSITY SOFTBALL

GIRLS’ VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD

Luis Garcia del Rio ’15

CAROLINE ELIZABETH ANDERSON MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

GIRLS’ VARSITY TENNIS

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Maya Goree ’18

COACHES’ AWARD

Bea Huffines ’16 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD

Georgia Hough ’16 COACHES’ AWARD

Tyler Hartmeyer ’15

Carson Goodwyn ’16

COACHES’ AWARD

Kali Lespere ’15 JAMES A. CATHCART III SCHOLARSHIP/TOMPKINS CUP

In Memory of C.V. Tompkins Akua Asante ’16

Brooks Buyck ’17 driving past a defender. The girls’ basketball team enjoyed a winning season this year.

Ryoan Yamamoto ’15 applying an armlock on an opponent.

Bea Huffines ’16 was recognized for her contribution to girls’ tennis with All-ISL honors. The girls’ tennis team played in their 10th straight state tournament.

Shane Calderwood ’16 winning a faceoff. The boys’ lacrosse team went on to compete in the semi-finals of the Virginia State Championship.

Varsity football defeated Woodberry Forest School after a six-year drought while also enjoying a 6-2 winning season.

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Merry Sackett â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15 will continue her lacrosse career at Sewanee: The University of the South.

College Athletes Many Class of 2015 students will continue their athletic endeavors at the college level, including: Quinn Ainslie Hampden-Sydney College (lacrosse)

Danylo Kostecki McMaster University (basketball)

Elizabeth Ashford Harvard University (crew)

Calvin Lawson Virginia Military Institute (wrestling)

DH Autrey Rhodes College (football)

Mariela Mendoza Bowdoin College (squash)

Jack Bates Harvard University (football)

Greg Morgan Haverford College (track and field/cross country)

Pendleton Bogache Georgetown University (golf )

Jon Ober Denver University (lacrosse)

Graydon Campbell The College of William and Mary (football)

Mike Otoo Rice University (track and field)

Brian Chase Rutgers University (football)

Timmy Phillips University of Notre Dame (lacrosse)

Brooks Davy Denison University (lacrosse)

Matt Renaud University of Toronto (football)

John Dixon University of South Carolina (football)

Merry Sackett Sewanee: The University of the South (lacrosse)

Izzy Farrell The George Washington University (lacrosse) Reynolds Griffith Washington and Lee University (golf ) Ivy Houde Middlebury College (soccer)

Eric Smith Williams College (football) Teddy Wilhelm Dickinson College (baseball)

Josh Howard Middlebury College (track and field) Campbell Jackson Wofford College (football)

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Josh Howard â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15 received All-State honors and will continue to run track and field at Middlebury College.

College Choices of the Class of 2015 Garth Quinn Ainslie, Jr. Hampden-Sydney College Alison Mary Amos University of Virginia Benjamin Thomas Clark Arp College of William and Mary Elizabeth Graham Ashford Harvard University Daniel Hall Autrey, Jr. Rhodes College Ziting Bai University of California, Los Angeles Jack Ronald Bates III Harvard University Ella Sheffield Bickley University of Mississippi

Mary Ann Cooper Broughton The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Catherine Isabel Bulger University of Virginia Margaret McNeale Butler University of Virginia

Isabelle Sage Farrell The George Washington University

Nathan Barnden Craine Chapman University Montana Sunari Crider Hampton University

David Febrillet Colgate University

Aidan Nelson Cron Brown University

Emily Elizabeth Forehand Rhodes College

Graydon Patrick Campbell College of William and Mary

Mackenzie Auchincloss Cunningham Wake Forest University

Lucy Hunton Catlett University of Virginia

Jordan Ellis Daniel Miami University, Oxford

Karli Mae Francis The University of Georgia

Leigh Bosserdet Channell Boston College

Joseph Ray Daniel III College of Charleston

Brian Justin Chase Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Nina Isabella Davila University of Delaware

Sarah Jane Holbrook Freeman University of Virginia

Kara Nicole Clemmenson Gap Year

John Randolph Forehand, Jr. Virginia Military Institute

Cooper Gage University of Colorado at Boulder

Brooks Walker Davy Denison University

Luis Garcia del Rio Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Alexander Hughes Coffey University of St. Andrews

Robert William De Grood Sewanee: The University of the South

Bailey McGrath Coleman Barnard College

John Clay Dixon, Jr. University of South Carolina

Allegra Christine Peake Geanuracos Columbia University

Robert Crawford Boyd University of Virginia

Elizabeth Neall Collett University of Virginia

Annabelle Howell Gibson The University of Georgia

William Rauch Brandt Vanderbilt University

Eli Witcher Collins Colorado College

OsĂŠ Kwafo Djan Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Laura Thompson Bratton The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charles Hunter Craighill Sewanee: The University of the South

Tweed Pendleton Bogache Georgetown University Margaret Banes Borden The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Cara Diana Driscoll Elon University Iruka Marie Ezi-Ashi New York University

Leah Elaine Goldson American University Presley Grace Goode Savannah College of Art and Design Episcopal High School

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Reynolds McAllister Griffith Washington and Lee University

Joseph James Lawton IV University of Virginia

Caroline Callaway Hague University of Virginia

Kathleen Slater Leonard Oberlin College

Caroline Lide Haley University of Notre Dame

Kali Tsehaye Lespere Western University

Seung Kyun Han The George Washington University

Morgan Ann Dommerich Lineberry University of Virginia

Eric Martin Hanan University of Mississippi

Walker Lyerly V University of Virginia

David Madison Hardaway, Jr. Davidson College

Xinyi Mao New York University, Abu Dhabi

Randolph Curtis Harrell, Jr. University of Richmond Tyler Pearson Hartmeyer Trinity College Ian Yandell Henderson III University of Virginia Sophia Maher Holt Southern Methodist University

Aubree Phillips Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Dayzia AnJulian Terry University of Pennsylvania Marie Evelyn Vencil Rhodes College

Timothy Cahill Phillips University of Notre Dame

Natalie Campbell Wall University of Virginia

Mary Fleming England Redd University of Virginia

Millicent Ann Waller University of Virginia

Matthew RaphaĂŤl Renaud University of Toronto

Jacqueline Wren Watson Sewanee: The University of the South

Victoria Leigh Reynolds Elon University

Ann Matheson Mason The University of Georgia

Louis Oliver Cruz Rogers University of Virginia

Mariela Rosalie Mendoza Bowdoin College

Meredith Ellen Sackett Sewanee: The University of the South

Gregory Matthew Morgan Haverford College

Elizabeth Haynsworth Taylor Rollins College

Emily Nicole Salvant University of Virginia

James Hammond Weatherholtz Montana State University, Bozeman Mufan Weng Georgia Institute of Technology Edward Porcher Wickham The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sophie Lee Holt University of Virginia

Craig Allen Myatt, Jr. United States Military Academy

Ivy Shaelyn Houde Middlebury College

Augusta Mattes Nau Williams College

Joshua Christopher Howard Middlebury College

India Gray Nix Wake Forest University

Madison Hanna Hughes Belmont University

Jonathan William Ober University of Denver

Campbell Heyward Jackson Wofford College

Kathryn Sandridge Oldham The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Patrick James William Simpson Hotchkiss School (Post-graduate year)

John Henry Oliphant University of Virginia

Elizabeth Ann Tucker Smith Colorado College

Richard Halsey Wise, Jr. Elon University

Marilyn Somtochi Onukwugha New York University

Eric Cornell Smith, Jr. Williams College

Ryoan Yamamoto North Carolina State University

Sukyung Kim Emory University Ye Ji Kim University of California, Berkeley Danylo Adrian Kostecki McMaster University Sarah Boykin Heyward Lathrop The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Calvin Alexander Lawson Virginia Military Institute

Melissa Marie Perpall Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Summer 2015

Michael S. Otoo Rice University Juhyeong Park Washington University in St. Louis Aminta Elizabeth Perka University of South Carolina

Gregorio Zanoni Sapia Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blaise James Schuster University of San Diego Peyton Hilliard Schwartz University of Virginia

Matthew Ansell Smith Franklin and Marshall College James Belk Sutton, Jr. Wofford College William St. Clair Talley, Jr. University of Delaware Mary Helen McNatt Tarbutton The University of Georgia

Lydia Murphy Pauline Wilbanks New York University Theodore Zior Wilhelm Dickinson College Henry Errington Willis Fleming Southern Methodist University Olivia Anderson Wise The University of Georgia

Andrew Pierce Yardley Southern Methodist University Peter Istvan Zwack, Jr. University of Denver

The Exit Interview Director of College Counseling Bob Hedrick retires after 40 years in education. Before joining the EHS faculty in 1999, Bob served as director of admissions at Sewanee: The University of the South, dean of admissions at Washington University in St. Louis, and assistant dean of admissions at the University of Virginia. He received an A.B. in history from Duke University and an M.Ed. from the University of Georgia.

You’ve made a career of guiding young people through the decision-making process. What have you learned about making major life decisions? The more thoughtfully people invest in decision-making, the clearer those decisions often are, and maybe the better the outcome. With our students here, the more assertive they are in engaging in the steps of the process, usually the easier it is. The students who tend to hit the road bumps are the ones who aren’t as deeply involved and aren’t thinking about it as much. You’ve got to own the project.

What do you love about admissions and college counseling? On the admissions side, universities are dynamic places. It really is a lot of fun building the class that will come in the fall and will be a visible part of that university. Moving to the other side of the desk, college counseling – I thought of it as stepping through the mirror. It’s the same picture from another angle. We really get excited in this office when the students we’re working with get into places they’re excited about. It’s really fun to see a first-choice achieved or a surprise admit where nobody involved thought it was a slam dunk.

What will you do during your retirement? Anything I want! It occurred to me the other week that, due to the nature of my career and my schooling, I have been on an academic calendar since I was 5 years old. Now I’ll have time for more travel, family, friends, and projects. I’m already expanding some of my volunteer work in new directions. And in September I’m going to the Canadian Rockies – Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper.

What will you miss most about Episcopal? University faculties are fun and interesting and dynamic in their own way. But at Episcopal, the connection between our office, the students, and faculty is so much deeper. The whole community is a more connected one. Routines come and go, but the bittersweet part of this transition is of course leaving the people.

“Bob has been the consummate professional in his role of director of college counseling at EHS over the last 16 years. He brought a deep reserve of professional experience from his roles at U.Va., Washington University, and Sewanee to his work with our students and families. He has tremendous knowledge, not only of the college process, but of the many diverse institutions of higher learning and the people who direct their admissions efforts. Bob’s warm, professional manner was deeply respected by the college admissions deans, and they would always welcome the occasion to talk with Bob about any EHS student. Episcopal, and more particularly our students, has truly benefited from Bob’s significant contribution to an entire generation of graduates.” ~HEADMASTER ROB HERSHEY

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The Externship More than 90 D.C.-area businesses and organizations employed EHS seniors for three weeks in May. Formerly known as Senior Seminar, the Washington Program Externship gives students in their last weeks at EHS real-world professional experience inside Capitol Hill, arts nonprofits, tech start-ups, hospitals, and dozens of other local, national, and international organizations. This year, an expansive network of EHS alumni, parents, and other Washington Program connections hosted 125 externs, giving the Class of 2015 its first glimpse of life beyond the gates. “Our students get to shadow some of the big leaders and movers and shakers and thinkers of Washington, D.C.,” says Washington Program director Jeremy Goldstein. “There are so many options out there; our biggest task is connecting students to things that are going to inspire them.”

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“In a matter of three days, I learned how to slice and organize tissue samples of mice organs, and to slice and stain tissue samples that are thinner than a strand of hair. I even witnessed a biopsy of the liver. This was in the first three days! The work that I’ve been doing feels really significant and important, and the feeling of significance in my work is truly what makes all the difference.” ~MIKE OTOO | Georgetown Medical Center

“This project has definitely heightened my interest in historical research. I get to work directly with primary source documents such as Headmaster Blackford’s diary, which is fascinating.” ~AUGUSTA NAU | Episcopal’s Archives (researching the School’s relationship with slavery and post-Civil War race relations)

“I came into this externship being very liberal on many issues; this work experience has affirmed my feelings on some of those issues, and wildly changed my feelings on others. This experience has given me such a different perspective on many different aspects of the world. It has taught me a lot about being political with one’s opinions, while still staying true to one’s self.” ~BENJAMIN ARP | Shirley & Banister Public Affairs

“My job description is pretty simple: I basically show up to work every day with an open mind, knowing that I could end up doing any number of things during that day. One day I worked at a catering event, the next in the store, and then out on a food truck. The food truck is by far my least favorite gig out of all of them because I am much bigger than the inside of the food truck.” ~CAMPBELL JACKSON | Rocklands Barbeque and Grilling Company

“It is hard to explain exactly why I want to be a vet. I have always loved animals, I find caring for animals to be very important, and I recognize the challenges that they face not being able to verbally communicate with humans. I love knowing that I can break that communication barrier and help an animal in need. This externship has definitely opened my eyes to the challenges of the job and given me insight into how to do things when, someday, I open up my own practice.” ~EMILY FOREHAND | Caring Hands Veterinary Hospital

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ADMISSIONS REPORT

CANADA

1 POLAND

FINA NC AID IAL

131 UNITED STATES

$1.5 million AWARDED TO 39 NEW STUDENTS (27%)

NIGERIA

COUNTRIES

OVERALL YIELD

646 235 144 42 7

STATES

(plus D.C. and Puerto Rico)

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APPLICATIONS ADMITTED COMMITTED LEGACIES/SIBLINGS MULTIGENERATIONAL

NEW STUDENT PROFILE 2015-16 32 12

SOPHOMORES

JUNIORS

100

FRESHMEN

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

2 SAUDI ARABIA

SOUTH KOREA

TAIWAN, R.O.C.

THAILAND

144 NEW STUDENTS 74 GIRLS

24%

70 BOYS

AUSTRALIA

SELF-IDENTIFY AS STUDENTS OF COLOR

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Class of 2015 Makes ITS Mark Senior families gave more than $2.5 million to the Roll Call and Promise Campaign over four years. At publication time, the families of the Class of 2015 had given more than $450,000 to the 2014-15 Roll Call, with more than 92 percent of families participating. Lisha and Halsey Wise ’83 (Olivia ’15 and Hale ’15) led a dedicated committee of volunteers who, together with fellow parents, more than doubled their gift from the previous year. During their children’s years on the Hill, the parents of the Class of 2015 also supported the priorities of the EHS Promise Campaign, making gifts and pledges totaling more than $1.5 million in support of endowed scholarships, Townsend Hall, the Athletics Center, and significant renovations to March Library and Penick Hall. Over the past four years, the parents of the Class of 2015 gave a total of $2.5 million to the Roll Call and Promise Campaign. And this year, 87 percent of the seniors themselves chose to support The High School.

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Four Years of Roll Call Giving from the Parents of the Class of 2015 $450,000+

$203,533 $196,107 $164,571

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92%+ 73%

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Class of 2015 Senior Parent Gift Committee CO-CHAIRS

Lisha and Halsey Wise ’83 Hale ’15 and Olivia ’15 COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Jarrett Arp Benjamin ’15 Penny and Ted Ashford Elizabeth ’15

Sandi and Rocker Channell Sally ’07, Claire ’09, and Leigh ’15 Stephanie and Greg Collins Eli ’15 and Noah ’17 Shawn Daniel Jack ’15, Jordan ’15, and Alek ’16

Jen and Winston Holt ’82 Sophie ’15 and Isabelle ’18

Sarah Tremaine Catie Bulger ’15

Annette and Robert Mason ’77 Ann ’15

Nancy and Tom Wall Kelsey ’10, T.R. ’11, and Natalie ’15

Delia and Bill Nau Augusta ’15 Essie Quansah and Michael Otoo Mike Otoo ’15

Tweed and Bill Bogache Pendleton ’15

Jeannette Walters-Marquez and Kwafo Djan Osé Djan ’15

Hilary and Bobby Brandt William ’15 and Matthew ’18

Beth and Tim Hague Caroline ’15

Cooper and Sam Bratton Laura ’15

Susan and Jim Simpson ’77 Jennifer ’12 and Patrick ’15

Carrie and John Haley Charlie ’09 and Caroline ’15

Grace and Jimmy Broughton Mary Ann ’15

Virginia and Jim Sutton ’84 James ’15

Susan and Lars Hanan Peter ’08 and Eric ’15

Tom Catlett ’77 Lucy ’15

Anne and Randy Harrell Randy ’15

Helen and Charles Tarbutton ’84 Mary Helen ’15 and Charlie ’18

Anne and Edmund Redd Lizzie ’14 and Fleming ’15

Alexis Waller Wick ’14, Millicent ’15, and Colt ’18 Miya Chang and Andy Weng Leo Weng ’15 Charlotte and John Wickham Edward ’15, Ashby ’16, and John ’16 Courtney O’Malley and Dan Wilhelm Teddy Wilhelm ’15

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Stewart Gym Renovation Moves Forward Students and faculty are looking forward to a state-of-the-art student center featuring: • A grill and a gaming center • A stage for coffeehouse performances • An expanded Trask Terrace • Multiple entrances and seating areas • A covered porch facing the track • And much more… Thanks to the generous support of alumni, parents, and friends of The High School, we are on schedule to begin construction in January and re-open in September 2016.

To get involved, contact: Christina Holt Director of Institutional Advancement cmh@episcopalhighschool.org 703-933-4028 (Top) An artist’s rendering of Stewart Gym, incorporating proposed renovations such as a west-facing porch and a new ground-level entrance on the building’s north side. (Bottom) Stewart’s new north entrance and expanded Trask Terrace will bring more foot traffic and mingling to the space between Townsend and Stewart.

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EHS and WFS teams at 2015 Alumni Golf Challenge in Pinehurst, N.C.

Fraternizing for a Cause EHS–WFS Alumni Golf Challenge raises more than $1 million in scholarship funds. Employing the competitive spirit of an ageold rivalry, the annual EHS-WFS Alumni Golf Challenge funds an endowment supporting financial aid for deserving students. Every spring, teams from both schools have come together on the golf course for a multi-day tournament that is as friendly as it is fierce. Each player gives a gift of $1,000, to be split between EHS and WFS. After 17 tournaments, the EHSWFS Alumni Golf Challenge Scholarship Fund is currently valued at more than $500,000 per school. Woody Coley ’73 (Challenge CoFounder): We can only hope that the life trajectory of each scholarship recipient is elevated by their experience at Episcopal and Woodberry. With the scholarship fund exceeding $1 million in total, we arguably

2015 EHS Team Captains Matt Long ’84 (left) and Jim Sutton ’84

have built the momentum to carry this event beyond the lifetimes of many of us who play. One day the recipients will have opportunities to help others; right now it is our turn to pay it forward. We look forward to the day when a recipient plays on one of our teams. Jim Hardison ’75 (Challenge CoFounder): In many ways the biggest enjoyment for me is the friendships that have developed over the last 17 years. This year we had people from EHS Classes of 1954 to 2011. These relationships remind you that you are part of something far larger than just your small window of time at Episcopal. Matt Long ’84 (2015 Co-Captain): When I think of EHS now, I don’t only think of my classmates and my time on the Hill 31 years ago; I also think of this broader EHS network of buddies with whom I am creating new memories through battling together on the links. And it has been very rewarding to build relationships with the WFS graduates as well! Having been a football player at EHS, The Game remains a big deal to me, and I miss the opportunity to play. I just don’t have a venue in my adult life that gives me a competitive thrill like that did. The Alumni Cup has given me the opportunity to feel passionate about a team rivalry once again.

2015 CHALLENGE RESULTS The Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, N.C. April 30 - May 2 Victor: EHS EHS

WFS

11.0

6.0

9.5

7.5

Singles

18.0

16.0

Final Results

38.5

29.5

Four Ball Foursomes

Jim Sutton ’84 (2015 Co-Captain): To keep this event going and relevant, it is important to continue to add guys from the ’80s and ’90s. It may seem intimidating to jump in by yourself, so consider buddying up with a classmate. Matt Long: Also, golf is a co-ed sport. We would love to field a foursome of EHS ladies at some point. The only requirement is that, for all golfers, male or female, they have legitimate U.S. Golf Association indices. We actually do want to win. If you are interested in joining the EHS team, contact Director of Alumni and Parent Programs Rick Wilcox at 703-933-4024 or fw@episcopalhighschool.org. Episcopal High School

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The Spirit of Episcopal in Seoul New Alumni Association Takes Shape in South Korea In late March, 18 EHS alumni gathered together in Seoul, South Korea, to reconnect, network, and promote The High School in Korea. The association’s committee members include Scott Kim ’93, Yong Jin Lee ’94, Yongbin Choi ’97, Andy Kim ’99, and Gi Kyun Wang ’00. The association will gather at least two times a year and have several initial goals: organize a party during spring break for currently enrolled students; contact graduating Korean seniors before they head to college; connect with new families before they leave for EHS; create a directory for Korean alumni;

and increase the group’s presence on social media to facilitate networking. As we honor and celebrate all things Maroon and Black daily on the Hill, it is inspiring to know that the relationships and school spirit fostered during a student’s time here are not hindered by distance from the place where it all began. The School looks forward to more news from the Korean Alumni Association and hopes other alumni around the world will be inspired to connect with one another in a similar way.

(Top) Members of the Korean Alumni Association at its inaugural gathering, from left: Gi Kyun Wang ’00, Hanbaro Shin ’05, Sooyoung Sung ’97, Sang Wook Han ’03, Sean Park ’01, Jun Ha Park ’00, Edward Kim ’93, Yong Jin Lee ’94, Scott Kim ’93, Edward Kim ’95, Jongmin Jeon ’10, Jung Woo Hong ’94, Andy Kim ’99, Sung Bae Kim ’07, Sea Jin Oh ’00, and Yongbin Choi ’97. (Bottom left) Alumni from the Classes of 1991 to 2005 gathered in June at a dinner hosted by Johnny Kim ’91. (Bottom right) EHS alumni gathered in Seoul last year during Headmaster Rob Hershey’s visit to Korea. Alumni in attendance included Han Shin ’05 and Victor Jung ’99.

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The Dedication of the James M. Seidule History Center He remembers everyone. When he smiles, which is often, he smiles with his whole face. Decades have passed since his time on the Hill, but he puts names with faces effortlessly, calling out, “Flash! Agnes, of course! Richard!” He points across the room, making eye contact with someone struggling to get through the crowd to see him. He looks around and says, “Isn’t this great?” Standing in Jim Seidule’s presence, it is apparent within moments why his charisma, energy, and legendary reign as one of Episcopal’s most revered masters, has touched generations of students. On this day, one particular former student, Louis Bacon ’74, has the opportunity to publicly recognize and honor this great man. In the fall, Bacon’s Moore Charitable Foundation gave what Headmaster Rob Hershey refers to as the “trigger gift” for the Stewart Gym renovation project. Construction begins in early 2016 to transform the gym into a state-of-the-art student center that will serve the campus in a multitude of ways, while also preserving the integrity of one of the storied buildings on campus. Bacon chose to give his gift in honor of his former teacher and coach, Mr. Seidule, and thus the James M. Seidule History Center in Townsend Hall was named. On Saturday, June 5, during Reunion Weekend, the community gathered in Townsend Hall to dedicate the space and honor Seidule. Headmaster Hershey opened the dedication with introductory remarks. “We gather to honor and celebrate Mr. James M. Seidule,” Hershey said. “He had a stellar, 19-year teaching and coaching career. He’s one of those faculty members who had an impact on virtually every facet of life at Episcopal High School and on the students who attended. The occasion which brings us together now was made possible through the generosity of Louis Bacon ’74 and his Moore Charitable Foundation.” Louis Bacon is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Moore Capital Management, LP (“Moore Capital”). Mr. Bacon founded The Moore Charitable Foundation in 1992, which supports conservation nonprofits that focus on protecting threatened landscapes, habitats and water bodies as well as education and community programs.

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Bacon and his Moore Charitable Foundation, said Hershey, have “established a very significant footprint in our country in the environmental area.” This footprint at EHS is also significant and lasting. In addition to his gift for the Stewart Gym renovation, Bacon supports the School through The Moore Charitable Foundation Scholarship, established in 1996. The scholarship provides financial aid to female students of outstanding character from North Carolina. Hershey concluded his remarks and said, “Not only are we here to recognize Mr. Seidule, but it’s a nice occasion to be able to recognize an alumnus of Episcopal High School who has done so many good things for so many people.” Bacon expressed his gratitude for the privilege of being there to honor Seidule, someone who has meant such a great deal to him, as a teacher and coach, but also as a purveyor of life lessons. “I remember doing push-ups and sit-ups and almost expiring, and Jim Seidule standing over us and saying, ‘No pain, no gain, boys!’ That was one of Jim’s mottoes,” said Bacon, while former students and athletes applauded in agreement. Bacon spoke of another one of Seidule’s mottoes: “Work hard, play hard.” Bacon recalled specifically the hard work Seidule demanded in the European history course Bacon took his senior year. “I remember that course. It’s given me the most indelible view of academics.” He held up a well-used book and said, “This was my text book. If you’ll notice, every page is either dog-eared, noted, or underlined. I don’t know why I didn’t just underline the whole thing. This a tome of more than a thousand pages. I think I must have read every word.” Bacon concluded by holding up the textbook again. He turned to Seidule and said, “I would like you to inscribe some new lesson that you have learned in the last 40 years. I hope I have a few more years, and I can profit from your direction and experience.” Following the dedication, Seidule and Perry Epes ’65 participated in a two-part symposium. The symposium can be viewed on Bleachers at gobleachers.com.

Writing Lessons From the “English Reference Book” by William B. Ravenel III EHS English Teacher 1936-68

1. Keep your reader in

mind. Write so that he will understand what you are trying to tell him; don’t make him struggle to get your ideas.

Remember that you are communicating something to the world at large. You are not writing just to please yourself or your teacher.

3. Don’t hand in a hurriedly done,

terrible paper. It is better to be late than to submit poor workmanship.

4. Select a point of view, establish it early, and keep

it throughout the paper (personal, impersonal; formal, conversational; objective, subjective; sympathetic, unsympathetic; serious, humorous; etc.).

5. Avoid such expressions as “I think,” “in my opinion,” “I shall now tell you,” “I will relate in this composition,” etc.

6. Never include such statements as “There are many

other reasons why…but there is not time to relate them all.” The reader will immediately feel the incompleteness of the composition.

From Louis G. Smith EHS English Teacher 2012 - Present

1. Write often. 2. Write more. 3. Write by hand. 4. If you haven’t written for a while, don’t be discouraged if you don’t like what’s coming out of your pen. In that state, your writing brain is like the plumbing in an old house: you have to let the water run for a while before all the sediment and other gunk gets flushed out and you start getting the clean, clear stuff from the source.

5. Read as many different authors as you

can and as many forms. You’ll be surprised how fun it is to read a really good essayist or a poet who really grabs you (even if you used to think poems were stupid).

6. If you’re working on

a project, don’t read your own work until at least 24 hours after putting it down.

7. Hold on to praise. 8. Carefully – and objectively – reflect on criticism.

7. Be natural and sincere. Don’t try to be “literary.” Don’t try 9. Seek out the advice of people who are honest, not just

to cover a paucity of ideas with a superfluity of words.

friends who will tell you “good job,” and not just one person! Reasonable and wise minds may disagree as to what works and what doesn’t. The important thing is to find out why they think what they do.

10. Have thick skin; your goal is to get better. 11. Enjoy the process and the product. 12. Never be afraid to “nerd out”!

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EHS Faculty and Staff Recommendations

Caroline English, History Teacher “The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo” by Irving Stone Lucy Goldstein, English Teacher “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave “Up in the Old Hotel” by Joseph Mitchell Kirkland Hagerty, Alumni Programs Officer “Those Who Save Us” by Jenna Blum “The Kitchen House” by Kathleen Grissom Joey Halm, Assistant Director of Counseling “Death Comes for the Archbishop” by Willa Cather Ashley McDowell, Science Teacher “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins Whit Morgan, English Teacher “The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett “Narcissus and Goldmund” by Herman Hesse Kate Newton, Librarian “The Supernatural Enhancements” by Edgar Cantero The Rev. Gideon Pollach, Head Chaplain and Theology Teacher “The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions” by Marcus J. Borg and N.T. Wright “A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Molly Pugh, English Teacher “Flight Behavior” by Barbara Kingsolver Richard Stubbs, Math Teacher “Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916” by Michael Capuzzo Julie Wang-Gempp, Chinese Teacher “Wolf Totem” by Jiang Rong, translated by Howard Goldblatt

Summer Reading 2015 EHS Faculty and Staff Recommendations Headmaster Rob Hershey “The Road to Character” by David Brooks Thomas Anderson, Math Teacher “The Children Act” by Ian McEwan “I’ll Give You the Sun” by Jandy Nelson Jim Chesson, Science Teacher “Strong Inside” by Andrew Maraniss Anna Collins, Library Director “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr Jen Desautels, Director of Communications “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” by Alan Bradley Anita Doyle, Director of Academic Support “Far From the Tree” by Andrew Solomon Nat Duffield, Ceramics Teacher “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics” by Daniel James Brown CONTINUED >>

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