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HARBOR DAY SCHOOL 3443 PACIFIC VIEW DRIVE, CORONA DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA 92625 | HAR HARBO HARBORDAY.ORG O | SPRING/SUMMER 2016

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WE ARE BLUE AND GOLD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 4

COMMENCEMENT 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 1 8

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FACULTY ATHLETE INTERVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 1 4

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CLASS OF 2016 MATRICULATION LIST. . . . . . . . . . PAGE 1 9 ALUMNI TRAVEL SESSIONS MBAHE TRAVEL LOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 22 OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 26

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Mrs. Angi Evans (’75) DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

ALUMNA OF THE YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 39

IN THIS ISSUE A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 03 ATHLETICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGES 08-11 GRANDPARENTS’ DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 1 7

Noelle Becker WRITERS

Noelle Becker Hope Dorman Deb Devine Lee (’81) Cristy Moiso Sellas (’81) Moujan Walkow EDITORS

A FOND FAREWELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 20

Noelle Becker Hope Dorman Deb Devine Lee Moujan Walkow

WELCOME TO THE TEAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 21 CLASS NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGES 28-37 CLASS OF 2012 MATRICULATION LIST. . . . . . . . . PAGE 38 MEN’S EVENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 40

DESIGN

IN THE ARTS - IMAGINATION CELEBRATION. . . . PAGE 40

Eric Neuner | RPIstudios Maxwell Taylor Stroud | RPIstudios

EIGHTH GRADE MUSICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 42

PRINTING LADIES’ EVENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 43

Rosemont Press, Inc.

ALUMNI BOOK RECOMMENDATION. . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 44

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IN MEMORIAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 45

©2016 HARBOR DAY SCHOOL (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ) no part of this publication may be reproduced without permission from harbor day school.

STAY CONNECTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 47

MISSION Harbor Day School provides an academically challenging, well-balanced education in a nurturing, family-centered environment. Our traditional, yet innovative, curriculum develops eager, confident learners who think creatively and work collaboratively. Developing self-reliance, building strong moral character, and encouraging social responsibility are hallmarks of a Harbor Day education.

NON-DISCRIMINATION Harbor Day School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, or other programs administered by the School.

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A Message from the Head of School

BY ANGI EVANS

do on campus. As a fifth grader, I learned to ski with Harbor Day School on a trip to Squaw Valley, and skiing remains one of my favorite sports. Now we teach our students how to canoe on the Lower Colorado River in eighth grade, and how to rock climb at Joshua Tree in seventh grade. Harbor Day students over the years have learned skiing, snorkeling, hiking, climbing, and tight-rope walking on their outdoor trips.

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he 2016 Olympics got the entire world excited about the games in Rio. The Harbor Day community cheered for our own Olympian, Charlie Buckingham ('03), in his sailing competition. He reminds us of the athletic strength of many current students and alumni, and we remember other HDS Seahawks who’ve competed on fields, courts, pools, and mountains at the world, national, and local levels.

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s a child, I loved hearing Jim McKay say “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” to open one of my favorite television shows, The Wide World of Sports. Athletics involves competition, and competition inevitably leads to winners and losers. While losing is a harsh lesson for children, it’s an important one for everyone to learn at some point. Our students need to learn to face failure with dignity and resolve to do better next time. Likewise, it’s important that our students learn to win with grace and appreciation for their opponents.

Sports offer children a low-stakes way to build their winning and losing muscles.

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f course, our students exercise real muscles through athletics, too. The habit of fitness has lifelong mental and physical benefits. Athletes also develop persistence through opportunities for goal-setting and achieving provided by sports. Teamwork and collaboration grow

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through sports, which make the Harbor Day School community and our students stronger.

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arbor Day School has made athletics a priority since its founding. Unlike many schools, we offer intentional physical education to our lower school students five days a week and to our upper school students three days a week. For decades, the Blue-Gold program in upper school has divided the students into teams that compete in many different sports throughout the year. A special mosaic-framed sign on the wall announces the cumulative score following the weekly competitions.

The lead can change from week to week, but the year-ending Blue-Gold Track Meet offers enough points that any team can win the year with a strong enough showing on the track.

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ur Outdoor Education trips expose our students to sports that they can’t

e don’t only teach obscure sports off-campus. Parents of fifth graders get to watch their children play Australian Long Base at Turkey Bowl. It’s fun to watch the parents try to discern the rules of this odd, fun game that everybody can play and that involves tennis racquets, traffic cones, and lots of running. Our eighth graders take a unit on unicycling, and I make a point of watching them try to get the hang of this challenging sport.

Favorite P.E. sports in our curriculum include pillow polo and capture the ball.

Mountain biking as an elective gave some eighth grade students the opportunity to ride on some of the wonderful trails in our area, as well as learn how to repair popped tires.

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ith pride, we watch our trained athletes move from competing at the Daily Pilot Cup in grades three through six to competing against other schools in grades five through eight.

Most of our graduates have enough athletic confidence to join a high school team. We can boast of many HDS athletes becoming college athletes. We currently have alumni competing at Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Texas Christian University, University of Washington, University of Michigan, Princeton, UCSB, USC, and Harvey Mudd College. Regardless of how far our Seahawks go in competitive sports, we know that the lessons and skills that they developed early in their athletic career will benefit them throughout their lives. ■

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s we just witnessed during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, athletic competition is a platform on which we push ourselves to perform our best, rejoice at times, disappoint at other times, and learn many life lessons. At Harbor Day School, the Blue-Gold intramural program is a part of the physical education curriculum. It gives every student the opportunity to experience athletic competition in a fun, spirited atmosphere that engenders enthusiastic participation and good sportsmanship. It also happens to be a very fun way to bring the Harbor Day community together.

THE BLUE-GOLD INTRAMURAL PROGRAM

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he Blue-Gold program has become a beloved tradition at Harbor Day School since it was implemented in 1968 under the leadership of Headmaster John Marder. Every year, young leaders emerge as captains for their grade’s respective teams, and friendly competition manifests throughout upper school, fostering team and school spirit. Weekly competitive games help students earn points for their respective teams throughout the year.1 A cumulative total is kept throughout the school year and posted on a scoreboard in the upper school open space area and announced at school assemblies. The Blue-Gold competition is highlighted at the Turkey Bowl Competition in November, when students play Australian Long Base (5th grade); Volleyball (6th grade); and Soccer, Team Handball, and Flag Football (7th and 8th grades). The pinnacle of the Blue-Gold competition occurs at the end-of-year Track Meet in June, when students participate in running and field events, including shot put, discus, long jump, triple jump, and high jump.2 At the Track Meet, students earn several hundred points for their teams, making it the most influential event for determining whether Blue or Gold wins overall for the year.

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LEFT: FIFTH GRADER RYAN KATKIN PASSES THE BATON TO HIS GOLD TEAMMATE JACK RESSLER DURING THE SPRING 2016 TRACK MEET RELAY RACE.

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THE ROLE OF TEACHERS

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P.E. TEACHERS AND COACHES PAM COLEMAN, MIKE COLEMAN, AND CHRISTINA MAUSER.

ARE YOU BLUE OR GOLD?

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arbor Day students are placed on either the Blue or Gold team at the beginning of their fifth grade year (or whenever they begin Harbor Day School between fifth and eighth grades).

Harbor Day School’s dynamic physical education team, Mike and Pam Coleman and Christina Mauser, undertake the complicated task of placing each student on a team after considering the number of players and ability levels on each team.

Their goal is to create well-matched, balanced teams. Siblings and children of alumni, however, are placed on the same team as their family, making the placement process that much more challenging. At times, both parents are Harbor Day alumni and represent different teams. “Lots of dinner conversations circled around what team the Callaghan kids would land in,” says alumna Kelly (Christeson) Callaghan (‘93), who was on Blue and whose husband, Ryan Callaghan (‘90), was on Gold.

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“Ryan thought we had Gold in the bag, since he was one of the team’s most enthusiastic members. I had quiet confidence in Blue, well, because Blue is the best. And the Colemans chose well.”

The Callaghans landed Blue. “My mom [Cindy Trane Christeson(‘68)] was also Blue, so I think that tipped the scales.

But I think we gave the Colemans and Mrs. Mauser a good head-scratching,” Kelly says with a smile.

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tudents in each grade vote to select a team captain and co-captain for the boys and girls in their class. Captain and co-captain responsibilities include making every effort to invite a withdrawn classmate into an activity, making every student feel needed and part of the team, listening with respect and patience when students with different ideas are speaking, exemplifying sportsmanship and fairness for the team, and acting as liaison between the team and teacher. Captains also organize team-building activities, such as team parties or socials, to bring the team closer together and build excitement for competitions. Tess Emmel, captain for the sixth grade girls’ Blue team this past year, shares her love for the Blue-Gold tradition: “I loved encouraging my teammates and getting to know them all better. Even when we lost, it was okay because we knew we all tried our best.”

r. and Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Mauser lead, organize, and implement the Blue-Gold program. In addition to determining the placement on Blue and Gold teams for fifth grade students and new students in upper school, the physical education team undertakes the many responsibilities necessary to make it a great success on every level. These teachers determine the activities that will take place throughout the year for the Blue-Gold competition; they make sure students understand and compete with the spirit of the Blue-Gold competition; they keep track of the scores and points awarded for each grade level; and with the support of administrators and teachers, they implement the Turkey Bowl and Track Meet competitions. “Our main objective is to make sure everyone participates and experiences competition in a fair, honest, and sportsmanlike manner,” Mr. Coleman emphasizes. “We really try to incorporate the pillars of character,” agrees Mrs. Coleman. Recognizing that every student wants a chance to touch the ball and contribute to the game, the physical education teachers emphasize inclusion, respect, fairness, and empathy in their daily activities. “Sometimes you just stop what you’re doing because there is a teachable moment,” says Mrs. Coleman. The pillars of character hang in the gym, reminding everyone that character counts in sports, as it does in life.

BLUE -GOLD TRACK MEET EVENTS CHART LONG JUMP TRIPLE JUMP HIGH JUMP SHOT PUT DISCUS 50-METER DASH 55-METER HURDLES 1 LAP (200 METERS) 4 LAP (800 METERS) 2-MILE (3200 METERS) 200-METER RELAYS PENTATHLON MADE UP OF FIVE EVENTS SHOT PUT, LONG JUMP, HIGH JUMP, HURDLES, AND 4 LAP

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THE PILLARS OF CHARACTER HANG ON THE GYM WALL.

GOLD TEAM 2003.

THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION

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he Blue-Gold program fosters the spirit of competition. The beauty of the Blue-Gold program is that it gives every student the opportunity to participate, even if she or he is not particularly athletically inclined, or has never had exposure to track and field events. “That experience of competition, however long ago, is something you remember,” says Head of School Mrs. Angi Evans, “and teaches you to give that little extra push to overcome fear or to do your very best.”

To this day, Mrs. Evans attributes her ability to visualize a goal, or finish line, and to work hard to get there, to her participation in the Blue-Gold competition. “It’s all about doing your best and being a good sport,” agrees Hudson Vaicek, captain for last year’s sixth grade

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boys’ Gold team. As seen on the world scale of the Olympic Games, doing one’s best and embodying good sportsmanship create the very foundation of competitive spirit.

The spirit of competition grows exponentially throughout the year at Harbor Day, as friends compete against friends. “Some of my fondest memories of Harbor Day are competing at the Track Meet with and against my closest friends,” recalls alumna Jill (Hamilton) Bertea(‘89), who is now a Harbor Day parent. “At the Track Meet, everybody is running around cheering for everyone,” sixth grader Kendall D’Ambrosia explains.

“It’s a day when you don’t have to be the most athletic; you just have to have team spirit and have fun with your teammates,” she says. While the Track Meet is the pinnacle of a year-long competition, “it’s also everything leading up to it,” explains Kendall, “including learning all of the track and field events and playing the weekly games for points, that makes Blue and Gold so fun.”

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The Blue-Gold program provides a lot more than healthy athletic competition for Harbor Day’s upper

school students. Ultimately, the BlueGold competition cultivates a sense of community. The Blue-Gold competition touches and impacts every member of the Harbor Day family: teachers, parents, alumni, and all the students--even the younger ones who eagerly anticipate their active participation. Mrs. Evans, who was once a Harbor Day student herself, recalls joining the Gold team in fifth grade and looking up to the seventh and eighth grade students who seemed lightyears older, cooler, and more capable.

“It was a very unifying experience to be on the same team as older students whom I respected and looked up to.”

Even students as young as kindergartners get excited when they see the upper school students dressed in their blue and gold, with face paint, ribbons, glitter, and carrying signs in boisterous support of their teams. The excitement is contagious. Parents, faculty, and alumni all come out to support and cheer on the students at Turkey Bowl and the Track Meet. “It’s cool to see all of the alums come back to cheer on their team,” says Kendall D’Ambrosia with appreciation.

Kendall ponders and adds, “In the end, it’s not about who is winning or losing, but about the fun you have with everyone involved.” ■

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BLUE-GOLD TRACK MEET RESULTS 2016 SCORE PRIOR TO TRACK MEET: BLUE 563 | GOLD 617 | TRACK MEET POINTS: BLUE 1518.5 | GOLD 1527.5 8

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G LD WINS!

GOLD SCORE IS . . .

THE RESU LT S ARE IN! THE FINAL BLUEBLUE-GOLD

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SEAHAWKSNEWS TRACK MEET GRADE LEVEL RECORDS: 5TH GRADE BOYS: DISCUS – JACK RESSLER (G) 70’ 3” The previous record of 69’ was held by: JOHN KING (B) 2012

6TH GRADE GIRLS: TRIPLE JUMP – LEXI STERN (G) 26’ 5” The previous record of 26’ 2.5” was held by: KARINA GROVER (G) 2014 55M HURDLES – ELYSE JOHNSON (G) 9.5 sec.

The previous record of 10 sec. was held by: MARGARET BRAUN (G) 1984, JACKIE DION (G) 2004, LIBBY KNIGHT (G) 2009, and EMMA MONTGOMERY (G) 2012

7TH GRADE BOYS:

HARBOR DAY CHAMPIONS!

HIGH JUMP – GRIFFIN LEWIS (G) 5’4” Tied the record held by: BLAINE BOLUS (G) 2004

8TH GRADE GIRLS & ALL SCHOOL RECORD: HIGH JUMP – LILY SHEA (B) 5’2” The previous record of 5’1” was held by: ALLY BRAHS (B) 2008

ALL SCHOOL RELAY - GIRLS - 29.1 SEC.

DIVISION 1 | 6TH GRADE BOYS’ BASKETBALL Dylan Cormac, Max Lane, Jackson McKinney, Luke Rosing, Jake Simkins, John Tipton, J.P. Ueberroth, Hudson Vaicek, Quinn Welton | Coach: Mike Coleman

Blue – JADEN KESSLER (5), TESS EMMEL (6), RUBY HAMMOND (7), LILY SHEA (8) The previous record of 29.4 was held by: 2009 Blue team of ISABEL SHAPIRO (5), HALLAND MCKENNA (6), SHELBY GAULTER (7), JENNA SHAPIRO (8) The top five finishers in the PENTATHLON event (HURDLES, 800M, LONG JUMP, HIGH JUMP, SHOT PUT – total possible points - 50):

1st – ELYSE JOHNSON – 6th Grade Gold (48 pts.)

2nd – BLAKE STERN – 5th Grade Blue (36 pts.)

3rd – DOMINIC CUNEO – 7th Grade Gold (32 pts.)

4th – FINN GENC– 5th Grade Gold (29 pts.)

5th – BELLA MONTGOMERY – 5th Grade Gold (20 pts.)

DIVISION 2 | 6TH GRADE BOYS’ BASKETBALL Tyler Davis, Luke Hofer, Gabriel Kern, Jensen Klein, Max Luer, Liam Razmjoo, Ryan Razmjoo, Tommy Richardson, Brennan Valdez, Christopher Walbridge | Coach: Justin Kerr

DIVISION 2 | 6TH GRADE GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Samantha Casey, Hannah Dastgheib, Camille Deckey, Sophia Fawaz, Christi Francois, Kelton Gregor, Lexie Howell, Madeleine Luer, Rylen Schmid Coaches: Pam Coleman and Kim Coleman 10

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5 1. VALE LEWIS, EMMA RUCK AND LILA KLEIN CLASS OF 2013.

2. LAUREN EWING (‘15), LEAH C. SIMPKINS (‘89), REESE SIMKINS (‘15), AND EMILY JOHNSON (‘15) 3. KATE MONTGOMERY, ISABELLA DECKEY, SABRINA DIGIOVANNI, BROOKE KENERSON, GRAYSEN AIRTH, AND KATE BRIGGS CLASS OF 2015.

4. JACK SEYBOLD AND PETER EMMEL CLASS OF 2014.

5. CLASS OF 2014 MEMBERS REVISIT THE KNOLL, BRANDON GETTER, WILL KING, SAMMY PICKELL, ETHAN VOVAN, AND CHASE DUMA. 6. CARTER BRITT, REESE SIMKINS, SOLOMON SONENSHINE, ELLA ABBOTT, GUNNAR GEHL, TESSA MONTGOMERY, LEXI BROOKS, AND KATE WIRTA CLASS OF 2014.

7. THE SEVER FAMILY. RORY (‘14), OLIVIA (‘11), AND ELLERY (‘09).

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It was really inspiring to witness the Olympic spirit around the village and during competition.

Everyone is there for an athletic competition they’ve been preparing for a long time and there is a sense of community and understanding among the athletes, regardless of politics and what country they are from.

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ABOVE: CHARLIE (CENTER) IN RIO WITH PARENTS MARY AND JIM. PHOTO COURTESY ONNE VAN DER WAL

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HARLIE BUCKINGHAM (’03) has focused on sailing his whole life.

This summer, his Olympic dream came true when he represented Team USA at the Rio Olympic Games. The experience was all that he imagined it would be, and more.

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have two moments I will always remember,” he said upon returning from Rio. “The first was the moment I walked into Maracana Stadium with all of Team USA during the opening ceremony. I felt an overwhelming sense of pride and happiness having achieved a lifelong goal of being a part of the Olympics.

The second moment was right before my first race. I felt a heightened mixture of nerves and excitement I’ve never felt before competition.”

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harlie was pleasantly surprised by the camaraderie among the athletes. “It was really inspiring to witness the Olympic spirit around the village and during competition. Everyone is there for an athletic competition they’ve been preparing for a long time and there is a sense of community and understanding among the athletes, regardless of politics and what country they are from.”

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harlie was already a sailor when he attended Harbor Day. He was a successful member of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club junior sailing program. His solid work ethic and love of competition were evident in the classroom as well. Math teacher, Mrs. Stockstill, remembers that in her eighth grade algebra class, Charlie’s favorite thing to do was factoring. “He would get so

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excited about finding the correct factor pairs that we referred to him as the factoring fool.’”

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harlie’s passion continued at Newport Harbor High School on the varsity sailing team and then at Georgetown University where he was a student athlete. He helped Georgetown take several national championships and was a two-time College Sailor of the Year and four-time ICSA All-American.

He became a serious and skilled competitor, whose professional sailing resume includes skippering Team USA for the Youth America’s Cup.

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t has not all been smooth sailing for Charlie, who was denied a bid for the London Olympic Games four years ago as an athlete, but went to the games as a coach. Like a true competitor, he took the setback as an opportunity, and worked to become the top U.S sailor in his class, competing in the Pan American Games and winning a spot on Team USA for Rio.

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ow did Harbor Day School make him a better competitor?

Charlie says, “HDS instilled the importance of discipline in achieving your goals. Regardless of natural ability, hard work needs to be done in order to achieve anything in life.” ■

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FACULTY A (CHATOM ARKIN PICTURED BOTTOM RIGHT)

CHATOM ARKIN LACROSSE 2003 Claremont McKenna College Lacrosse State Champions

DIANE BJELLAND TRACK & FIELD, CROSS COUNTRY UCLA 5,000 meter race and 10,000 meter race “Run for the Arts” 10K race in Griffith Park on October 6, 1979.

(MARY MIX PICTURED CENTER)

MARY MIX

MATT MAUSER SWIMMING NCAA All American 100 and 200 backstroke Cal Poly SLO 1991-1992

WHY DID YOU FIRST WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR SPORT? CHATOM ARKIN: I started in boarding school and it was a winter sport, and it looked really fun. It was a big part of the school culture.

DIANE BJELLAND: I enjoyed running.

I was a great sprinter in high school; then I started long distance cross country at

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UCLA, where I was a walk-on athlete.

Before Title IX, all girls in track and field ran 800 yards or below. They didn’t think women could do long distance running, which is why I had to wait until I got to UCLA to do cross country.

JENNIFER FENNER: I knew I didn’t want to be a cheerleader, which is why I tried volleyball. I started as a sophomore in high school, so I was kind of old.

It was a brand new sport for me and I liked it; so, I stuck with it.

CASEY HOGAN: My family has always been big in sailing. My dad competed in high school and college, so growing up, that’s what we did all summer long. At age eight, I started the summer sailing program in the yacht club here in the bay; so in high school, I joined the sailing team and continued on in college.

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Y ATHLETES BY NOELLE BECKER AND HOPE DORMAN

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CASEY HOGAN SAILING

JENNIFER FENNER VOLLEYBALL UCSD Volleyball 1990 - 1995 | NCAA National Champion

4 time Women's All-American | Honorable Mention Co-ed All-American 2nd place 3x at Women's Collegiate National Championships Dartmouth College Varsity Sailing Team Captain 5th Place Olympic Trials in the 470 Junior Women's Singlehanded National Champion 2x High School National Champion

(KATIE VAZQUEZ PICTURED TOP)

SIOUXZIE SALISBURY

KATIE VAZQUEZ

VOLLEYBALL

EQUESTRIAN VAULTING

Cal Western, San Diego, and USC

2004 Team USA World Vaulting Championship Bronze Medal

MATT MAUSER: I was always an athlete. I didn’t start swimming until I was a senior in high school. I played baseball and water polo during senior year in high school, I broke the school record in the 100 backstroke, and later I got recruited to swim for college.

MARY MIX: There were a lot of fun girls playing volleyball who were older than I was, and I learned it in elementary school and it looked like a good, fun, social sport.

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SIOUXZIE SALISBURY: When I was in high school and college, there were not a lot of options for women in sports.

When I went as a freshman to Cal Western University in San Diego, they had a women's traveling volleyball team and I was hooked.

KATIE VAZQUEZ: Our really good family friend did it. I was about six years old and I was over at their house and

they were looking for a flyer – the small person they throw in the air. When we were over at dinner, she explained what vaulting was and I was really intrigued, so the next weekend my mom took me out to where they practiced. The coach threw me on the horse and I fell in love with it right away and stuck with it for ten years.

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WHAT WAS THE BEST PART OF BEING A COLLEGE/PRO ATHLETE? CHATOM ARKIN: I like the community of athletics. I am a very competitive person.

I can find competition in everything. The best part for me was being a part of a team.

DIANE BJELLAND: The best part of being a collegiate athlete was being with fellow athletes. We went up to Squaw Valley Olympic Training Center and we got to train with Olympians. When I would step on the starting line, the honor of wearing UCLA on my jersey was just overwhelming. I still am in contact with my coach from UCLA. I also loved competing at that level because it brought out the best in me.

campus. We would have headlamps on trying to do our reading in the van! It was a big juggling act.

DIANE BJELLAND: The tough workouts! We would run up Sunset Boulevard and go up the hills and do repeats. It really takes a lot out of you physically. I loved the mental and physical challenge.

JENNIFER FENNER: Balancing school, sports, travel, working out and practice, and being healthy and not getting injured.

At that level, you’re broken all the time.

It hurts but you push through it and you learn it’s going to get better. Staying healthy is pretty hard.

JENNIFER FENNER: The team element of it. It was like my own little sorority and they’re still my best friends.

MARY MIX: The most challenging thing about being a college athlete was the time commitment and feeling like you’re missing out on other aspects of college. It takes up a lot of time so you really have to enjoy it.

MATT MAUSER: I loved working for something and accomplishing it. I love to race. I love to compete. I love the idea of having a goal and beating it and I like winning.

MATT MAUSER: Just balancing everything – my studies, getting enough rest, and getting my homework done. You have to really know how to organize your time.

MARY MIX: I played for a Swiss team and our sponsor was the American College of Switzerland. The travel was wonderful because it helped me learn French and being around athletes from a different country was interesting.

SIOUXZIE SALISBURY: Since women’s sports were so rare at the time, except for tennis and ice skating, it was joyful to finally get on a team and wear a uniform!

KATIE VAZQUEZ: The travelling. I went to Germany in fifth grade. We went over there to look at new horses. The experience of meeting new people - the places you go and people you meet are the best part.

WHAT WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF BEING A COLLEGE/PRO ATHLETE? CASEY HOGAN: The time commitment.

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HOW DID YOU BENEFIT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE AS AN ATHLETE? CASEY HOGAN: I really learned a lot about goal-setting, having an objective, and working hard towards it. It was something I missed after college, and now I have to pick my own goals and go from there.

DIANE BJELLAND: Maturity through hard work and perseverance. And it made me a better coach today. I really knew as an athlete I could help my students develop to the best of their ability. Not being the best on the team was still encouraging.

When you win so much, you lose that hunger, and you learn more from challenges than winning.

JENNIFER FENNER: I learned time management, how to deal with difficult people, and how to be a leader, so I learned a lot of life skills from playing volleyball.

MATT MAUSER: I think just being disciplined has carried with me my whole life - just being physically disciplined, learning how to stay calm in very stressful situations, and learning how to work through a challenge.

MARY MIX: Playing sports has given me a lot of confidence which has spilled to all aspects of my life and it has kept me physically fit.

KATIE VAZQUEZ: I feel that it made me mature a lot faster, and helped me build longterm friendships. I’m still really good friends with all of my teammates even though I haven’t done vaulting since I was 16.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR OTHERS WHO WANT TO PURSUE ATHLETICS IN COLLEGE OR PROFESSIONALLY? CHATOM ARKIN: Structure your time.

Make sure you meet your commitments to your sport and school (especially in college). If you have a passion for sports, you have to practice and put in the time.

CASEY HOGAN: It’s not about the talent that gets you the farthest. The people who learned how to handle the stress, nerves, and emotions did the best. Learning to handle high pressure and having that mental game gave people the biggest edge.

DIANE BJELLAND: Dedication, determination, and desire. What I learned as an athlete helps me even as a coach today.

It was a great experience and I don’t regret it even though it was the hardest thing I ever did.

MARY MIX: It’s got to be driven from yourself as opposed to outside sources, because you won’t succeed unless you actually want to do it for yourself.

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GRANDPARENTS’ DAY 2016 This year’s Grandparents’ Day Co-Chairs KAREN COOK and KRISTEN HATFIELD ('88) transformed the Harbor Day School campus into an Olympic Village. Each year, grandparents eagerly anticipate Harbor Day’s annual GRANDPARENTS’ DAY. The Olympics themed event did not disappoint the most senior members of the community. On May 6, grandparents were moved by the wonderful pieces that adorn the school walls and the sweet music our students made. It was even sweeter to see the beautiful relationship that grandparents and special friends have with the Harbor Day students. The songs were all inspired by the Olympics, and every student performance was a show stopper. Led by music teachers NANCY CHUSID and YUNGA WEBB, these students belted out tunes with such enthusiasm.

The show finished with eighth graders arm and arm singing We are the Champions.

This event definitely marks a special day in the history books.

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COMMENCEMENT J HEAD OF SCHOOL, ANGI EVANS, PRESENTS THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD TO MATTHEW STROK.

When I sat among you just four years ago, a mixture of emotions overcame me on graduation day. I was ready to move on and yet was sad to leave my school and friends.

What I didn’t realize that day is that Harbor Day is more than a school and my friends were more than classmates. The intimacy of this small and inspired school will leave you with something bigger. Something more tangible and permanent. This is your academic home for life and your classmates are your academic family...Your relationships here are a part of an academic family that supersedes friendships. At the recent 55th Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner hosted by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, 36 scholars and valedictorians from select Orange County schools were honored... Our little school and class represented almost 20% of all honorees that night.

Trust me, you have been well prepared! But what was truly special was how we naturally gravitated to each other. At the end of the evening, we were huddled in the corner taking “standing O” pictures together, reminiscing and wishing each other well.

We felt a unique bond among each other.

It was not about ourselves; it was about the bond of our shared experiences and the school that taught and nurtured us. This is where you grew up, where your confidence was built, and where your academic home and family will always be... I wish you, the class of 2016, great success and happiness in all you do. You have been prepared, you will always be supported, and you will always find comfort from this Harbor Day home and family.

EXCERPTS FROM THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS BY KABELE COOK (‘12)

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ALUMNI FROM THE CLASS OF 2012, BLAKE MUNGER, PAIGE NELSON AND KENNEDY MCGUINNESS PRESENT THE SPIRIT AWARD TO MAGGIE SONENSHINE & JACK MCKENNA

2016 GRADUATION AWARDS SERVICE

JEFFREY WALBRIDGE ATHLETICS

MATTHEW STROK MADDY SEYBOLD ENGLISH

MAGGIE SONENSHINE FRENCH

ROWAN OLIPHANT HISTORY

DANIEL TOWERS LITERATURE

KATE MILLER MATHEMATICS

KIMI REDDY PERFORMING ARTS

WILL ANDERSON MAGGIE SONENSHINE SCIENCE

SYDNEY JOHNSTON SPANISH

RICHARD EUSEY LATIN

KIMI REDDY COMPUTER SCIENCE

JEFFREY WALBRIDGE ART

KIMI REDDY CERAMICS

CAMPBELL CASE

THE CLASS OF 2016 GAVE A NEW PLAY HOUSE FOR THE LOWER SCHOOL PLAY YARD.

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CLASS OF 2016 HIGH SCHOOL MATRICULATION CHANDLER AIRTH Sage Hill School

SIMON HALL Corona Del Mar High School

ROWDIE PEETS St. Margaret's Episcopal School

MALINI ARORA Sage Hill School

LUKE HATFIELD Newport Harbor High School

CAMILLA POTTER JSerra Catholic High School

WILL ANDERSON Cate School

JOHN HUMPHREYS Corona Del Mar High School

KIMI REDDY Sage Hill School

NICOLAS AYALA Corona Del Mar High School

SYDNEY JOHNSTON Newport Harbor High School

LINDEN SCHMID Orange Lutheran High School

LUCA BACCI Corona Del Mar High School

ALANA KARRO Sage Hill School

ISABELLE SEARLES St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

SOPHIE BEADOR Corona Del Mar High School

SARAH MARTIN Sage Hill School

JILLY SENK Corona Del Mar High School

DANIELLE BEDER Sage Hill School

MARBELLA MARLO Corona Del Mar High School

MADDY SEYBOLD Mater Dei Catholic High School

CHRISTOPHER BURRI Corona Del Mar High School

JACK MCKENNA Corona Del Mar High School

LILY SHEA Mater Dei Catholic High School

CAMPBELL CASE St. Margaret's Episcopal School

BEN MILLER Sage Hill School

MAGGIE SONENSHINE The Thacher School

DARCY CHUNG Sage Hill School

KATE MILLER Sage Hill School

RYAN STEINKE Corona Del Mar High School

SAM COHEN Sage Hill School

KYLE MIX Corona Del Mar High School

REED STEMLER Newport Harbor High School

DUTCH DIETRICK Mater Dei Catholic High School

LILY MOHTASHAMI Mater Dei Catholic High School

MATTHEW STROK Sage Hill School

MATT DUMA Dehesa Charter School

GABBY MONTGOMERY Corona Del Mar High School

DANIEL TOWERS Sage Hill School

RICHARD EUSEY Mater Dei Catholic High School

MACEY MULLANE Corona Del Mar High School

GEOFFREY VON DER AHE Mater Dei Catholic High School

ANDREW FAIRCHILD Mater Dei Catholic High School

ANIKA NIELSEN Sage Hill School

JEFFREY WALBRIDGE Sage HIll School

KARINA GROVER Sage Hill School

ROWAN OLIPHANT Sage Hill School

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A Fond Farewell

THIS YEAR, HARBOR DAY SAYS GOODBYE TO THIRD GRADE TEACHER KELLYE CAMBARE AND DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AMELIA CORTEZ.

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hird grade teacher KELLYE CAMBARE is teaching closer to home in order to spend more time with her family.

While we will miss her here, her new students will benefit greatly from such a wonderful teacher.

About Kellye, Third Grade Associate Erin Stephens writes, “Mrs. Cambare was so much fun to work with.

I admired her ability to draw her students into her lessons with so many rich and thoughtful activities that challenged them to be independent, yet collaborate effectively with their classmates.

Mrs. Cambare fills their hearts with the belief that their education is a fun and enriching journey. I will miss her greatly.” Third Grade Teacher Alexa Reddin continues, “Mrs. Cambare has an amazing ability to connect with her students, and it's been an honor working with her the past three years. Her enthusiasm, creativity, and her ability to make each learning experience memorable are some of the many qualities that best describe Mrs. Cambare. I wish her all the best.”

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irector of Development, AMELIA CORTEZ, moved to Boston, Massachusetts in June to be closer to family. Originally from New York, she is excited for the opportunity to return to the east coast and will bring her skills to the higher education field at Babson College. About Amelia, Second Grade Teacher Jackie Graham reflects, “It was a pleasure working with Amelia for four years.

She immediately gained my admiration because of her confidence and vibrant personality. And the birth of our sons brought us even closer.

I will miss her but I know she is starting a new chapter in her life and for that I am happy.” Noelle Becker, Director of Communications, continues with a lovely expression of the fondness she has for someone who has great meaning to her professionally and personally. “Over the past five years, I’ve enjoyed seeing Amelia take fundraising at HDS to another level.

She has gotten the entire community excited about giving back to this wonderful school. I will miss our time together, but I am so excited for what’s in store for her and her family.”

We wish both of them the best of luck, and we are excited for what the future holds for Amelia and Kellye.

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Welcome to theTeam THIS YEAR, HARBOR DAY WELCOMES ONE NEW FACULTY MEMBER AND TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS: MRS. JAIME ZWERLING IS OUR NEW FIRST GRADE TEACHER; MRS. OLIVIA BAUMGARTNER, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, WHO BEGAN IN AUGUST; AND MR. CHAZ KONKLE, OUR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR, WHO STARTED THIS PAST APRIL.

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rs. Zwerling is excited to join the Harbor Day School faculty.

Mrs. Zwerling attended University of California, Irvine (UCI) and received a degree in cognitive science with a minor in education. She fell in love with teaching while doing undergraduate fieldwork at the UCI Farm School. She returned to UCI to earn her Professional Clear Teaching Credential. She has taught first grade and kindergarten for the last eight years at Rolling Hills Country Day School in the Palos Verdes area.

Prior to that, Mrs. Zwerling worked for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District in kindergarten, K-3 science, and reading intervention. Mrs. Zwerling lives with her husband and two children in Newport Beach. When she is not at school, she enjoys cooking, crafting, and spending time outdoors.

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rs. Baumgartner joined Harbor Day School as the Director of Development at the end of August.

She spent three years as Director of Development with Metropolitan Montessori School (MMS) in New York City. While there, she led the school’s first capital campaign along with driving annual fundraising goals, strategy, and events. For nearly 10 years prior to MMS, she worked at an auction house in sales and for healthcare non-profits.

Originally from Chicago, she received her Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and completed a Certificate in Fundraising from New York University in 2015.

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r. Konkle brings information technology experience from several different industries, including aerospace, biometrics, and healthcare. He began his career in information technology over 12 years ago, working at a stock brokerage supporting the information technology needs for brokers and portfolio representatives. He specializes his technology skills in training, rapid user base growth, system migrations, and new site expansions. His most recent experience was for a startup healthcare provider, where he facilitated the technology needs for new market expansions and openings for new health care clinics. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, photography, videography, and attending vintage car events.

As you meet these new members of the Harbor Day community, please extend them a warm welcome. We are excited by the experiences that they bring and we are happy to have them here!

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ur journey to Mbahe really began many years ago at Harbor Day School when we heard about our sister school in Tanzania from teachers. Now that we are in high school, we thought it would be an adventure to go see the school first-hand.

We knew we wanted to bring some donations, so we held a pizza fundraiser with our friends to collect school supplies. Everyone was very supportive. After the party, we invited our friends to share in the trip through our Mbahe blog.

BY T.J. MORTON AND BELLA PALAZZO CLASS OF 2013

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r. Seuss’ book is a favorite gift to graduates, promising a future of adventure and travel. Fortunately, there are numerous study abroad programs to satisfy the wanderlust of our alumni. Some of the class of 2009 shared their experiences, and the surprising things they learned overseas.

MEGAN BATHEN SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY KOLKATA, INDIA

DAVIS CASE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN

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DAVIS’ BROTHER, MASON (‘06) CAME TO VISIT HIM IN SAN SEBASTIAN.

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worked with a nonprofit called Destiny Foundation in Kolkata, India. The foundation is focused on the economic empowerment of women who have been rescued from human trafficking.

Living in the chaotic city of Kolkata has shown me an unfathomable reality in which so many live, as well as shown me what it is like to work for a nonprofit abroad and the complicated nature of working in the field of anti-trafficking.

he Basque Country?” I responded to one of my friend’s suggestions on where to study abroad. I had no idea what or where it was. Now, however, I know where it is, what it is, and that I will be returning to the beautiful city of San Sebastian in the Basque Country of Spain.

Every study-abroad student who goes to Europe takes the opportunity to visit a lot of different cities, but those who know San Sebastian share excitement at the idea of returning there.

I’ll never forget being in the water while surfing at one of its beaches, when a man paddled up to me. We started a conversation, in Spanish of course-making small talk.

I told him that I had come from California to study Spanish. He asked how many years of Spanish I had taken and I stopped to think before I answered. “Around seven,” I proudly replied, thinking back to my classes at Harbor Day School that sparked my initial interest in Spanish. I never imagined it would end up taking me all the way across the world.

From then on, I looked forward to practicing my Spanish in the water with Iker, my new Basque friend. Without Spanish, we might have had an awkward interaction of misunderstanding when he paddled up to talk to me. With Spanish, I was able to communicate with Iker, who ended up helping me better understand the language, the Basque country, and that travelling helps one see things from a different perspective.

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SALLY EVANS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY HAVANA, CUBA

NICK MCGUINNESS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

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took a journalism course in Havana, Cuba during my January term at NYU. Living there for a few weeks was interesting because I didn’t have the traditional tourist experience. I lived in a home in the Vedado district around the corner from the North Korean embassy.

One thing I found particularly interesting was the food situation. At restaurants, the menus would often be rather large, but they would only have the ingredients for a handful of dishes based on the availability of meat and produce at the markets each day. The food in Cuba is very fresh and people go to the agromarkets daily to buy what they will eat each day.

These are incredibly cheap compared to food at home in the U.S. For example, a bunch of bananas costs .47 cents. There are also supermercados, which are owned by the government.

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spent my semester abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark. I preferred spending my time in a small city while leaving the bigger cities for travel. Even though a smaller city, Copenhagen still had a balance of the familiar and the unexplored. It’s a place where the humble Danes are still proud to share the stories of their long history. It’s the oldest monarchy in the world; it’s where the world’s oldest theme park is located; and historical love of Carlsberg beer runs deep. The list goes on.

Besides just enjoying Copenhagen, weekends consisted of travel – and a lot of it. With so many interesting cities to visit, one has to prioritize. However, of the places I saw, it’s hard to pick a favorite trip because each one has its own unique adventures.

It could be skiing in the alps or it could be visiting the beaches in Spain. Each is enjoyable in different ways; but focusing on classes is also important. ■

The supermercados were interesting because some aisles would be completely empty, while other aisles would have one single product. For example, there was an entire aisle of generic mayonnaise when I visited.

I didn’t know that taking pictures in the supermercados is illegal, but I got kicked out of a supermercado for taking this picture of an empty aisle!

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NICK MCGUINNESS VISITED CLASSMATE DAVIS CASE IN SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN.

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ANDREW DODDS reflects on his time at Harbor Day saying, “It was a privilege and shaped my view of the world.

Mr. Grella was my favorite because he pushed us all to be better. He was tough and fair.” Andrew remembers he wore out the carpet in Mr. Marder’s office from his weekly visits.

LAURA LINKLETTER RICH says her biggest news is that her son got married in January in New Orleans.

ANDREW DODDS, WIFE MARY, THEIR SONS MICHAEL AND DREW, AND MICHAEL’S WIFE, MARTA.

However, Laura is also immersed in a new career as an archeologist.

She worked on a dig at a Roman fort in northern England, tracked Hannibal’s route through the Alps,and spent the summer in Bulgaria working on the conservation of Greek pots.

In spring, she was kind enough to connect with Mrs. Robinson’s Latin students during their annual “Latin dig,” which coincided with her work on an Etruscan site (700-300BCE) at Ceveteri in Italy. HDS students sent photos and exchanged emails with her while they were all working in “the field.”

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LAURA ON HER ESTRUSCAN DIG IN ITALY. ABOVE:

HDS STUDENTS ON THEIR LATIN DIG IN NEWPORT BEACH.

Mrs. Robinson explained to her students that even a single artifact such as a coin can reveal important things about the society that created it. Laura corroborated with the photos of her dig site by detailing the importance of the artifacts she found.

To keep it from being raided, photos of her site are not allowed to be published here, but students saw bits of pottery from early 8th century BCE; a name carved in a wall from 260 BCE; and the first letter “G” ever recorded –the Romans created the letter.

She explained that Tuscany is from the word Etruscan (remove the E and the R) and the first five kings of Rome were Etruscan. It was a very advanced society with underground sewer and water pipes, which Laura found proof of on her dig.

We are so grateful to her for letting our students learn about a real archeological dig and hope to follow her future excavations!

———> 1978 <———————— SHERI SIMPSON GRIFFIN is at Harbor Day School frequently helping out at the front desk, but she enjoys visiting her kids in college.

ANGI KNAPP EVANS’ FAMILY SURPRISED HER ON CAMPUS TO CELEBRATE HER NEW ROLE AS HEAD OF SCHOOL. LEFT TO RIGHT:

GREG (’76) AND VIDA KNAPP, ANGI, JIM AND SALLY KNAPP.

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HARBOR DAY SCHOOL DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMES GAPP, PILOTED THE HDS DRONE OVER THE BLUE/GOLD TRACK MEET WITH THE HELP OF EAMON NIKNAFS (’14).

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ANDREW SANDOR reports that he is “toiling away in the mines of Orange County as a family law attorney.” This past year, he and his family, Erzsebet, Sebestyen (17), and Benedek (14) have taken a few short vacations, primarily focused on scouting colleges for Sebestyen.

KENT SNYDER and his wife Amy live in Newport Beach where he is a general contractor. Their three kids attend Corona del Mar High School. Both of his sons play water polo and are Eagle Scouts. His daughter is working on her black belt in karate. He is happy and “getting totally gray hair!”

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MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1982 ATTENDED THEIR THIRTY-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL REUNION TOGETHER THIS SPRING. LEFT TO RIGHT:

VANESSA CHONG VUILEQUEZ, KIM MCGUINNESS GORDON, JILL WOOTEN, MICHELLE INGOLD HOBSON, BRANDY BENNETT KELLY, JULIE RICH MACDONALD.

Marissa loves living close to her mom, LESLIE BROCKMAN and sister MONIKA SCOBY’S (‘87) family in Santa Rosa. Marissa helped organize her Newport Harbor High School reunion in August.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1981 FOR WINNING THE HEADMASTER’S CHALLENGE

BY GIVING THE MOST GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND IN MEMORY OF JOHN MARDER.

DEB DEVINE MORTON was married this summer to Richard Lee. Their families were in attendance, including her brother, alumnus DREW DEVINE (‘88) and son, T.J. MORTON (‘13).

JILL WOOTEN is teaching at Victoria Elementary in Costa Mesa. Her oldest son graduated from the Naval Academy in May, and her younger children, are six and seven years old.

HEIDI RISTAU opened a cooking school called Chefschool, at the Hood Kitchen in Costa Mesa. She conducted kids’ and teens’ summer camps to give aspiring young chefs the opportunity to learn real-life cooking skills. The classes use fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients to make “real” food with no packaged or processed ingredients.

———> 1984 <———––––––––— CHET HARRISON ran the Tokyo Marathon in March.

KATHLEEN CAMPBELL DIPAOLO and family have relocated to New Delhi, India for the next couple of years for her husband Erik’s job. Their daughter Posy attends school at the American embassy. The family will be travelling back and forth to the states for holidays, as her boys, CONNER (‘11) and CHRISTOPHER (‘13), attend Harvey Mudd and The Blair School respectively.

Kathleen continues her decorating business, Returns on Interiors.

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MAGGIE MORTON, RICHARD LEE, ANDI DEVINE, AVA DEVINE, DEB DEVINE LEE (‘81), AND T.J. MORTON (‘13).

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MARISSA JOHNSTON is a private chef for a family in Palo Alto and plays competitive beach volleyball in Santa Cruz, where she lives with her fiancé.

CHET WAS ONE OF THE HDS ALUMNI WHO RAN IN THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY IN 1984.

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GRAHAM PIERCE (’85), STEVE OLSON (’86), JOHNNY HAMILTON (’85), AND BRIGGS PORTER (’85) HAVE BEEN A TEAM SINCE HDS DAYS! ABOVE:

CIRCA 1980

KRISTEN HALL DAFFRON and family are splitting their time between Balboa Island and Pagosa Springs, Colorado where they hope to eventually move.

BRIGITTE WITH HUSBAND KEN, AND DAUGHTERS ELISE AND JOCELYN.

BRIGITTE BRENNONE FOX brought her family by to visit HDS in June. She was impressed by the technology and her daughters loved our cozy library.

RIKA YANO OLSON was commuting weekly between her home in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Singapore, where she worked for Deustche Bank. She retired from Detusche Bank after a 16-year career and relocated to Ho Chi Minh City with her husband, Jeff. The couple took a National Geographic expedition tour of the Baltic Archipelago (Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia) followed by a visit to St. Petersburg and Moscow. She says, “Anyone who is heading towards Vietnam and would like local advice, please feel free to contact me.”

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———> 1987 <———————— BROOKE SIMPSON FISHER came from Birmingham, Michigan to visit with sister, TARA SIMPSON D’AMBROSIA (’86). Tara hosted a trunk show of Brooke’s original jewelry designs and classmate SALLY PECKENPAUGH BARTZ (’87) brought her Worth clothing line to the event as well. [http://www.brookefisherdesigns.com]

NICOLE ROBERTSON MEIER released her first novel, The House of Bradbury, in May. The story is about a writer who buys the former home of science fiction author Ray Bradbury. Nicole loved the support of her sister, HEATHER ROBERSTON STONE (’78), other HDS alumnae, and friends at her book signing in Hollywood.

ALLISON SPRAGINS OLMSTEAD (‘87), JILL WELTON, NICOLE, SALLY PECKENPAUGH BARTZ (‘87), SHELLEY RANKIN, CHIMENE NEGLIA, AND HEATHER ROBERTSON STONE (’78).

———> 1988 <———————— ETHAN APPLEN worked in entertainment and technology at Warner Brothers doing business development and innovation until, he says, “I was itching for a career change so made a huge leap and moved to Minnesota and opened up my own brewery.

We focus on Belgian and farmhouse ales, sourcing locally as much as possible. It’s been a lot of fun.” Check out Ethan’s brew at: [www.lakesandlegends.com] DREW DEVINE and family moved to a five acre Ranch in Los Olivos this summer. Drew works at Home Depot and Kristie is a Registered Nurse with Assisted Home Health in Santa Ynez.

SCOTT PANNIER lives and works in Sacramento and has two boys, Cooper and Will. He is the Director of Business Development for DistroScale.

———> 1989 <———————— MARCUS BERRY and wife, Kim, are looking forward to the next alumni reception in San Francisco in March 2017.

CHRIS KERN loves his job with Paso’s Best Wine and HDS loves having its own wine club thanks to him! [www.pasosbestwines.com/wine-clubs.html] MOM-VOLUNTEER LEAH CARPENTER SIMKINS ENJOYED THE OLYMPIC THEMED GRANDPARENTS’ DAY WITH HER MOTHER, JULIE CARPENTER.

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KIM AT THE BLUE/GOLD TRACK MEET WITH SON, LONDON AND NEPHEW, LUKE HATFIELD (’16).

KIMBERLY COLMAN owns and runs Newport Coast Volleyball Club out of Harbor Day School. The HDS seventh grade girls team is undefeated. She enjoys helping the girls develop into strong, confident, hardworking young women with a healthy self-image. Kimberly is still involved in Rescue Humanity and fundraising for orphans in Nepal.

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———> 1994 <———————— MELISA MOEHLMAN MELLING, husband Chris, and brother Declan welcomed baby Arabella Atherley on August 31, 2015. Melisa is a partner at Lion Point Capital, a hedge fund based in New York City. Melisa’s family travelled to New York for Arabella’s christening in May, and she spent a week in Newport Beach in August showing her kids around her hometown.

brother. Taleene is a consultant at Holland Partner Group in multifamily real estate development and Spencer works at Equity Office.

ANNE TURNER STIEFEL ( LEFT) VOLUNTEERED AT GRANDPARENTS’ DAY WITH JILL HAMILTON BERTEA (’84) AND CHRISSIE PORTER EMMEL (’80).

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CONGRATULATIONS TO TORI HARTLING AND DAN KECK WHO WERE MARRIED IN NEW YORK CITY IN JUNE.

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KIMBERLY DEMILLE MICHAUD, is the Dean of Students at Los Cerritos Middle School in Thousand Oaks. Her children, Parker and Peyton keep her busy with their sports and activities.

JASON MUTZ is working at Paradigm Technology as a Strategic Solutions Executive.

He and his wife Tiffany have a two-year-old son, Charlie.

RYAN WHITNEY ERIKSMOEN is a youth minister and owns a private spiritual counseling practice. She and her daughter Cayla live in Sacramento.

COURTNEY ZARRILLI ( LEFT) CONTINUES AS AN ART ASSOCIATE AT HDS. SHE’S PICTURED WITH ART TEACHER AND HDS PARENT, STACEY HAMMOND. THE ART DEPARTMENT HELPED 49 STUDENTS CREATE WORKS OF ART FOR VARIOUS LOCAL SHOWS THIS YEAR INCLUDING 18 OF THE PIECES SELECTED FOR THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS JUNIOR ART EXHIBIT IN LAGUNA BEACH THIS SUMMER.

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TALEENE BASSENIAN ROSE and husband Spencer are busy raising their family in Manhattan Beach. On August 3, 2015, they welcomed son Gregory Edward, who is named after Taleene’s brother, GREG (’98). Big brother Dylan adores his little

KRISTINE HARRINGTON recently moved from North Carolina to Baltimore, Maryland in time for winter storm Jonas.

She is a nurse practitioner in oncology and is finishing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree through Duke University. She plans to teach nursing when finished and move back to the West Coast. Husband Steve is in nursing school at Johns Hopkins.

MARISSA ANCHUTZ HERMER and husband Matt welcomed baby Sadie in April. Siblings, Max and Jake, adore her and have become doting big brothers.

The family will be spending more time on the West Coast on a family sabbatical to Los Angeles in January 2017.

DAVID KELLY works with DREW HOEVEN (’96) in real estate development at Westport Properties. David and wife Angela moved to Aliso Viejo from the Bay Area. Their third child, Bronson Crawford Kelly, was born in April and joins Colton and Arden.

———> 1999 <——————— ANNE KIRCHER (AT RIGHT) VISITED HDS PALS EBBA AND CECILIA BAATH (‘01) IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN OVER THE SUMMER.

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LIBBY MOORE EKREN moved to Cologne, Germany for her husband Brent’s job flying the Airbus A310 for the German Air Force. The couple just finished ten months of German language training at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey.

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Many from the Harbor Day community celebrated CHRISTINE BURKE and Brett Malikowski’s wedding on July 30, 2016 at Big Canyon Country Club. Christine’s sisters MACKENZI BURKE (’06) and KATI BURKE (’07), cousin JOYCE-ANN B. MAHONEY (’91), and classmate KATHRYN BILDER (’02) were bridesmaids. Christine’s mother SUZI B. BURKE (’75) and her cousins MADELINE MAHONEY (’20), JACK MAHONEY (’22), LILY MAHONEY (’22), and GRACE BURKE (’21) were in the wedding as well. Also in attendance were alumni CINDY T. CHRISTESON (’68), ANGI K. EVANS (’75), CLAYTON STONE (‘99), BRAD STONE (‘01), HOGAN MEYER (‘01), ANDREW DIALYNAS (’02), KATIE MCKITTERICK (’02), PETER STEMLER (’02), GREG STONE (’04), AUSTIN ALLEN (’06), KAYLIE SPITZER (’07), SCOTT STONE (’08), WADE MUNGER (’10), GAVIN ALLEN (’11), PAIGE BURKE (’11), BLAKE MUNGER (’12), and CHASE MUNGER (’14).

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WITH CLASSMATES KATHRYN BILDER (LEFT) AND KATIE MCKITTERICK (RIGHT) AT HER BRIDAL SHOWER.

KATHRYN BILDER lives in San Francisco where she is a real estate attorney at Perkins Coie, LLP. When not in the office, she can be found hiking, swimming in the ocean, and exploring San Francisco, which sometimes results in surprise encounters with fellow HDS alumni. She says, “Go Blue!”

TYLER BAYER and Shelby were married in Telluride, Colorado last September. The couple resides in Encinitas, California with their two puppies, Mochi (the boxer) and Walter (the Pomeranian).

RICK NELSON married Miranda Wilson in February of 2015. They live in Newport Beach.

Columbia University graduate BRIAN BARWICK celebrated brother CHRIS’ (’08) graduation from Brown University.

EMILY HANCOCK enjoys living in North Carolina where she is working on her Masters of Business Administration from Duke University.

ERIN KIRCHER married Alex Swanson in Los Gatos, California on July 1, 2016.

The newleyweds live in nearby Larkspur.

———> 2005 <————–––—— WILSON KNAPP

HAD FUN BEING BACK AT HDS THIS SUMMER WORKING THE OCEAN ADVENTURE CAMP AND NOTED THAT EVERYTHING AT HDS “IS A LOT SMALLER” THAN HE REMEMBERED. WILSON STARTED A MOBILE VIDEO GAME COMPANY, GROWTH GAMEZ, WHICH JUST LAUNCHED ITS FIRST GAME, APPLESEEDS. THE PHILANTHROPIC GAME CHALLENGES PLAYERS TO CATCH APPLES THAT FALL FROM TREES. PLAYERS PROGRESS IN THE GAME BY PLANTING TREES, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO TREES BEING PLANTED IN REAL LIFE! HE IS PARTNERED WITH THE NON-PROFIT

———> 2003 <————–———

CHARLIE BUCKINGHAM sailed for Team USA at the Rio Olympic Games!

See the article about him on page 12.

’ALEX MAGLIARDITI is in her second year of medical school at the University of Nevada. She spent the summer doing research with high-risk obstetrics patients in Las Vegas, and completed a one-week internship at the Betty Ford Institute for addiction recovery in Palm Springs.

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HEATHER MAY has lived in Washington, D.C. for three years and works as the Associate Director for the Georgetown University Athletics Annual Fund. She finds time to sail competitively and looks forward to her visits to Newport Beach each summer.

After three years in San Francisco working at [www.Salesforce.com] ERIC WRIGHT is excited to relocate to the United Kingdom this fall to pursue his Masters of Business Administration at the University of Cambridge. He is hoping to stay in Europe and work for a few years after finishing his degree.

———> 2006 <——————— KIRBY BURNHAM married Peter Kurzeka in San Francisco in January. Kirby and Peter met at USC, where she played volleyball and he played water polo. There was great HDS alumni representation at the wedding. Kirby’s classmates GIANNI

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THE HAPPY COUPLE ABOVE (LEFT TO RIGHT):

CONNOR GAUGHAN, MADDIE JAEGER, KATE RANDALL AND JOEY BOOTH.

GIANNULLI, CONNOR GAUGHAN, JOEY BOOTH, ZACK MARTIN, MADDIE JAEGER, KATE RANDLE,

and bridesmaid

SYDNEY BOWIE as well as PAIGE BOWIE (‘08), TIMMY LINDEN (’03), BLAIR TARNUTZER (’03), TARYN TARNUTZER PILCO (’01), MARY (’05), SARAH (’07), and BIZ BUCKINGHAM (’08) were in

attendance. Kirby is a freelance social and digital media manager, working with clients like the new local Newport Beach restaurant, Gratitude.

TRENT FRIEDMANN works for the action sports company VonZipper doing in-house west coast sales. [https://us.vonzipper.com/]

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GIANNI GIANNULLI launched a new company, Smart Tart in August.

———> 2007 <——————— ADRIANA BAIRD completed her master’s degree in Latin American Studies at Stanford University and spent a month doing research in Cuba. She is living in Palo Alto and manages the International Projects at WikiHow. CHARLOTTE GADBOIS started a new jewelry company with her mom. She says, “we are always looking for interns passionate about the jewelry industry.”

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GIANNI CELEBRATED WITH SISTER MARINA ANDERSON (’12) ON HER GRADUATION FROM SAGE HILL SCHOOL IN JUNE.

MELISSA HANCOCK lives in Atlanta, Georgia where she works in finance for Delta Airlines’ oil and gas division.

BRYNN JOHNSON CAME TO THE TRACK MEET TO CHEER FOR THE BLUE TEAM AND HER SIXTHGRADE COUSIN, SAM JOHNSON.

Since graduating from Pitzer College, TAYLOR KAWAKAMI has been working as a behavioral therapist for Autism Partnership, providing behavioral therapy to autistic chidren. She says, “It's exhausting, challenging work and so rewarding!”

DAVID LIVINGSTON married Jaimee Mettenet in May in Salt Lake City. The couple spent the summer in Los Angeles for David’s internship with JP Morgan and returned to Salt Lake in the fall for him to finish his degree at Brigham Young University.

KATE RANDLE is putting her political science degree to good use working for Congresswoman Mimi Walters. She recently completed the Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Series, a program that trains Republican women for careers in politics.

[www.SloanneSt.com]

SHANE KORBER is playing Varsity Division 1 tennis at Georgetown University.

NIKKI SIGNING IN ALUMNUS CHET HARRISON’S (’84) SON, OLIVER (’24), FOR CAMP.

NIKKI MAGLIARDITI graduated in 2015 from Boston University and is working in leisure sales at Montage Laguna Beach as the liaison between high end travel agents and the hotel. She pitched in at Ocean Adventure Camp for her tenth summer in a row!

KAYLEE O’CONNOR graduated from Johns Hopkins with a Master of Science in Public Health /Health Policy.

She spent the summer in Washington, D.C., interning for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, before transitioning in the fall to The Lewin Group, a healthcare consulting firm.

ELIZABETH ROSENBERG graduated in May from the College of William and Mary, worked in Washington, D.C. over summer, and began law school at Boston College this fall.

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TALEEN SHRIKIAN graduated from Boston College in May of 2015 and has been pursuing a professional acting career in Los Angeles. Recent roles include Tracy Turnblad in a one-night-only benefit performance of Hairspray and the musical Eastside Heartbeats.

KAYLIE SPITZER has been working hard on growing her Los Angeles food tour business, Delish Tours. After training under Michelin Star Chef Luigi Fineo, she started Delish Tours in 2014 which lets locals and tourists explore the Los Angeles culinary scene. [www.delishtours.com]

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JACK GORAB is working for Jefferies, an investment bank in New York City as an analyst after graduating from Brown University with a degree in business economics.

MADISON GRANT Graduated from Colgate and began Columbia Law School in the fall. She reports that she is keeping up with her Spanish, and has been studying Arabic for six years. “I’m constantly getting them mixed up, but I try my best to practice whenever I can! It’s all because of the great foundation I got from HDS.” JONO KEEDY graduated from Boston College, took a summer trip to Peru, and began his job at Synchrony Financial in Stamford, Connecticut doing business development.

HUTTON MCKENNA lives in Newport Beach and works for McKenna European Auto Center, where he sells BMW/Mini, Porsche, Audi, and Volkswagen.

CHRIS BARWICK graduated from Brown University with a degree in political science.

SARAH COX graduated from Stanford where she played soccer for all four years.

After travelling over the summer, Sarah began a job in San Francisco at Accenture working in their high tech consulting alignment.

HEATHER ROSEN graduated cum laude, and with college honors from UCLA where she was Student Body President. She will be working at Amazon in Seattle as a Brand Specialist doing merchandising and product management.

JACK WINN kept in touch with “Señora Morton” all summer while travelling through Peru and Ecuador. Jack went on a Harbor Day Spanish trip to Peru in seventh grade and wanted to return to South America to practice his Spanish!

He volunteered in Cusco, Peru for three months, then travelled to Ecuador to visit Quito, Cuenca, and Loja on the coast.

———> 2009 <——————— SARAH’S BROTHERS KEVIN (’05) AND ERIC (’02) AT HER GRADUATION FROM STANFORD.

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MEGAN BATHEN spent the summer in India with a program called Global Fellows with the business school at Santa Clara University. Read more about her on page 26.

KELSEY CHRISTENSEN ran in the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club Championship in Clemson, South Carolina, where her team placed 33rd out of 121.

She interned in San Francisco at Marsh, an insurance brokerage, over the summer.

KARI HANCOCK is a senior at the University of Texas, Austin. After studying Spanish in Seville in the spring, she had a summer teaching internship. She will graduate with a teaching credential in 2017.

KELSEY HUMPHREYS travelled to China this summer with the Pac 12 All Star Women's Volleyball team. She was very excited about this honor and adventure. The 12-member all-star volleyball team includes a player from 11 of the Pac-12 institutions and played against Chinese club and national teams. In addition to the matches, the student-athletes visited Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing.

LIANA KORBER PLAYING IN THE COLLEGE TENNIS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. NORTHWESTERN HAS MADE THE TOURNAMENT THREE YEARS IN A ROW.

EMILY PETROS studied abroad in Madrid and says, “Señora Morton would be proud of my Spanish.” She signed with up-and-coming comedy platform to create exclusive video content.

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———> 2010 <——————— JARED ECKENWEILER is at the University of San Diego working on a degree in accounting and is spending fall semester in Madrid.

KEATON GAUGHAN attends University of Portland in Oregon majoring in English and minoring in Gender and Women’s Studies. Keaton worked in Portland this summer at the famous local bookstore, Powell’s, but not before paying “the Knoll” a visit at the Track Meet.

DAPHNE JANES will be on the dance team her junior year at UCLA. ARYA NAKHJAVANI’S article on the effects of El Niño on the commodities markets was published on the stock market insights website “Seeking Alpha.” [http://seekingalpha.com/article/3963992el-nino-la-ni-rattling-commodities]

KIANA SMITH is a sophomore at UCSB and interned at Bollare Public Relations working on fashion, lifestyle, and beauty.

ALEC TAKETA will be studying at the London School of Economics for the next year.

JACK THOMPSON was voted captain of the number one sailing team in the nation, College of Charleston.

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———> 2011 <——————— DANI DESANTIS joined University of Washington Cheer and Dance and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Dani worked this summer as a commercial print model with Orange County-based It Model Management.

After spending the summer working at the YMCA, ANNA HANCOCK returned to the University of Oregon for her sophomore year.

COURTNEY MARSHALL attends Chapman University where she has a double major in News and Documentary Production and Theater TechnolCOURTNEY WITH COUSINS ogy. She stageRALEIGH (’14) managed the AND RHODES (’12) GARNER AT HIS largest studentGRADUATION FROM produced musical CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL. in Chapman’s history. Courtney also enjoys fundraising for CASA as well as campus activities with her sorority. As busy as she is, Courtney still finds time to make it to the barn as much as possible.

———> 2012 <——————

SIX HDS GRADUATES WERE HONORED AT THE 55TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS DINNER HOSTED BY THE NEWPORT BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HIKARU MASUDA, DEREK PICKELL, KRISTIN SAROYAN, KABELE COOK, BLAKE MUNGER, AND CONNOR CHUNG.

(FAR RIGHT)

CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIANS HIKA MASUDA (LEFT) AND DEREK PICKELL. HIKA WAS HONORED

BY THE NEWPORT-MESA DISTRICT FOR A PERFECT SCORE ON THE SAT. HE ATTENDS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. DEREK ATTENDS POMONA COLLEGE.

HALLAND MCKENNA is currently playing indoor and beach volleyball at Stanford, and took a summer class at the London School of Economics.

SAGE HILL SCHOOL GRADUATES SPORT THEIR COLLEGE SWAG. LEFT TO RIGHT:

ABBY RUCK AND HER MOTHER, MARY KAY, AT THE TRACK MEET WHILE ABBY WAS HOME FROM UC BERKELEY.

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BARRY VALDEZ, BOBBY BRIGGS, MARINA ANDERSON, JEREMY FRANCOUER, CONNOR CHUNG, NATALIE AND DESIREE MOSHAYEDI, GIORDANA RICCI, SOPHIA POTTER, BLAKE MUNGER, AND ALYSSA ANDERSON.

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BROOKE BOUKATHER attends Tisch School of Arts at New York University studying playwriting, directing, producing, and acting in the Playwrights Horizons Theater Studio. She is working towards a bachelor of fine arts in acting.

PHOTO COURTESY DAILY PILOT

THE ATHLETIC LADIES OF THE CLASS OF 2012 WINNING PILOT CUP FOR HDS BACK IN 2007!

WILL HUNTER had an exciting senior year at Corona del Mar High School.

He was Pacific Coast League Defensive Most Valuable Player in boys’ soccer, was named Most Valuable Player of Orange County Championships in boys’ volleyball, and First-Team All-Pacific Coast League in boys’ volleyball. Will attends USC. JORDAN KESSLER travelled with Mater Dei High School choral and instrumental students to perform in Rome last spring. She told the OC Register, “These places are not just on a piece of paper in a book. It was relevant, especially since I’ve taken Latin for six years, so this was like an educational pilgrimage for me.” Jordan attends USC. ABIGAIL KLEIN WITH HER FATHER MARTY AT GRADUATION FROM CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS STUDYING AT HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY.

PHOTO COURTESY DAILY PILOT

KENNEDY MCGUINNESS was voted the Daily Pilot athlete of the week for lacrosse. She attends University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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SOPHIA MOSSMAN is studying business at USC and is still a competitive horseback rider.

RHODES GARNER (’12), GRANT PERSON (’15), ELIZA MOODY (’12), DEREK PICKELL (’12), AND SAMMY PICKELL (’14) (NOT PICTURED) REPRESENTED GOLD PACIFIC COAST CHAMPION, CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL, AT SAILING NATIONALS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CLAIRE HOLLAND, ROBERT NARUSE, AND DEREK PICKELL AT CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL PROM.

———> 2013 <————––——— BENJAMIN MOST received HarvardWestlake School’s Prize for Excellence in Mathematics. He attends Columbia University.

JUSTIN MUCHNICK continues to write educational guidebooks and attends Stanford University.

THE FIRST DAY OF SENIOR YEAR AT SAGE HILL SCHOOL FOR CLAIRE LIN, VALE LEWIS, JULIA BLATZ, JAMIE DAILEY, AND EMMA RUCK.

JUSTIN WITH HIS PARENTS AT GRADUATION FROM PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER.

ROBERT NARUSE at CDM graduation with his father. He attends the University of Pennsylvania.

AMANDA COOPER started the robotics team at Corona del Mar High School which advanced to the World Championship in St. Louis this spring.

She toured France with the advanced choir, and sang at Notre Dame Cathedral and a Paris terrorist attack memorial.

A summer scholarship allowed Amanda to study rhinos in South Africa alongside a group of scientists. She is a nationallyranked athlete on CDM’s varsity track and field team and juggled four Advanced Placement classes last year.

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CAROLINE EASTMAN says she misses her HDS family. She has been modeling while balancing online school with Advanced Placement and Honors courses. Caroline, says she “started a blog to help encourage young girls and help people feel beautiful in their own skin. I hope that people enjoy it and it helps them learn to love themselves. I can only hope to make a difference in this world and I am trying to do it one small step at a time.” [www.soultosoleblog.com]

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WILL UEBERROTH (CENTER) WITH BROTHER MATTHEW (’15) (LEFT) AND T.J. MORTON PLAYED INTERNATIONAL CLUB WATER POLO IN MALTA OVER THE SUMMER WITH CORONA DEL MAR POLO CLUB.

———> 2014 <——————— Theatre has become more of a driving force in GRAYSEN AIRTH’S life since graduating from HDS. She performed in the musical, City of Angels, and attended Interlochen School of Arts in Michigan over the summer to act in a production of Catch Me If You Can.

CHASE HALL AND HDS ALUMNI PEER BUDDY, SOLOMON SONENSHINE (’15) ARE MEMBERS OF THE CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH AND GOVERMENT DELEGATION.

GRAYSEN CHEERED FOR HER BROTHER, CHANDLER (’16) AND THE GOLD TEAM AT THE TRACK MEET.

VALE LEWIS, EMMA RUCK AND LILA KLEIN REUNITE AT THE TRACK MEET.

WILL O’CONNOR and RYAN SHEAN were selected for Boys’ State in Sacramento. The boys were among 1,000 chosen by their American Legion Posts to learn about local and state government and the American political process.

PHOTO COURTESY DAILY PILOT

Left-handed pitcher, BRETT SUPER, was featured as the Daily Pilot’s Athlete of the Week. He plays baseball for Sage Hill School.

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BRANDON GETTER was gold medalist and performed at Carnegie Hall Passion of Music winners concert hosted by American Association for Development of Gifted and Talented (AADGT). He also earned Eagle Scout rank and held his court of honor ceremony at Harbor Day School with faculty member and Eagle Scout MIKE COLEMAN, and alumni CHET (’84) and MARK (’82) HARRISON participating.

JACK SEYBOLD (LEFT) AND PETER EMMEL ATTEND MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL. PETER ROWS FOR NEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER AND JACK PLAYS WATER POLO.

TWO HARBOR DAY ALUMNAE FINISHED SIXTH AT THE NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE SAME LIGHTWEIGHT 8 BOAT! PAIGE WARMINGTON (’14) (FAR RIGHT) AND MALIA SMITH (’15) (THIRD FROM LEFT) TRAINED AT THE U.S. OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER IN SAN DIEGO.

———> 2015 <——————— JACOB MUCHNICK is in his fifth season at Los Angeles Galaxy Academy.

He is a defensive midfielder for their U-16 soccer team.

The Academy is not a traditional high school, but one that allows students time to train and compete in soccer while attending both online and face to face classes. He stopped by the Track Meet for a visit this spring.

MICHAELA PHAN is happy and doing well at Phillips Exeter Academy, earning honors for the past semesters.

She achieved a perfect score and a gold medal on the National Latin Exam and won the Academy’s Latin award which came with a $250 prize. She represents Exeter in Certamen, which is a team competition based on ancient Roman history, mythology, culture, and Latin grammar, against schools like Yale University and Harvard University. Michaela plays on the Girls Varsity Water Polo team as well.

MALIA SMITH was placed on the varsity team for rowing at the Newport Aquatic Center as a freshman.

Her team won the State Championships in their Varsity Lightweight Boat in Sacramento and went to Nationals in New Jersey in June where they finished sixth.

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TO THE CLASS OF 2012 WE REMEMBER YOU WHEN, AND WISH YOU LUCK AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATION.

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ALYSSA ANDERSON MARINA ANDERSON NICHOLAS ANDRAS BROOKE BOUKATHER BOBBY BRIGGS CONNOR CHUNG KABELE COOK AUSTIN COTTRELL CAROLINE DAVIN TIA DIGIOVANNI JACOB FLAXMAN IAN FLETCHER MADELEINE FRANCIS JEREMY FRANCOEUR RHODES GARNER RICHARD HAGESTAD SKYLAR HAUCK CLAIRE HOLLAND WILLIAM HUNTER EVAN JONES PAIGE KENERSON JORDAN KESSLER ABIGAIL KLEIN JACK LARKIN VICTORIA MANLEY HIKARU MASUDA KENNEDY MCGUINNESS STEPHANIE MCPHILLLIPS ELIZA MOODY DESIREE MOSHAYEDI NATALIE MOSHAYEDI SOPHIA MOSSMAN BENJAMIN MOST JUSTIN MUCHNICK BLAKE MUNGER ROBERT NARUSE PAIGE NELSON DEREK PICKELL SOPHIA POTTER JESSICA PRIBUS GIORDANA RICCI NATALIE RODRIGUEZ CHARLOTTE ROSENBERG ROBERT ROSOFF KRISTIN SAROYAN SHANE SEARS ISABEL SHAPIRO BARRY VALDEZ MADELINE VANOTTEN HUNTER WARMINGTON

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ALUMNA OF THE YEAR

STEPHANIE ARGYROS GEHL

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lumna of the Year, STEPHANIE ARGYROS GEHL (’84), says the biggest lesson she learned about Harbor Day is that it’s not just a school, it’s a family. “The relationships I made are some of my most cherished. Years can go by and if I run into a classmate or teacher, we can pick up a conversation as if no time has passed.

HDS is my foundation."

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fter leaving HDS, Stephanie graduated from Corona del Mar High School and then University of Southern California. She began a real estate career in Orange County, eventually becoming President and CEO of the Argyros Group.

She married and had three children, all of whom have attended Harbor Day School.

Her twin girls, Lauren and Ashley, are in eighth grade, and she enjoys seeing them when volunteering on campus.

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We are all more alike than not, even if we don’t speak the same language or have the same skin color.

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THREE MOMS ON A MISSION, STEPHANIE, DANEIA SANADIKI AND KRISTA JAJONIE IN PERU WITH OPERATION SMILE.

tephanie is also a philanthropist who has worked with The Argyros Family Foundation, CHOC Children’s Foundation, and Orangewood Children’s Home. Stephanie and two friends founded Three Moms on A Mission and raised enough money to fund 125 cleft palate surgeries for Operation Smile in Peru. Her work with Starkey Hearing Foundation enabled three generations of her family to travel together to La Paz, Mexico to fit children and adults with hearing aids.

These experiences have taught her empathy.

“We are all more alike than not, even if we don’t speak the same language or have the same skin color.”

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er passion for volunteering began at age 13 at Orangewood Children’s home. The joy she felt helping others

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STEPH (CENTER) WITH CLASSMATES ANNE-MARIE MOISO LEONARD (LEFT) AND LESLIE CASHION MONTGOMERY IN 8TH GRADE. RIGHT PHOTO:

THE GIRLS AT A HARBOR DAY REUNION IN HIGH SCHOOL.

actually helped her through an awkward teenage phase. “A hug and a smile made an abused child feel better, and that made me feel better because I realized that I had something valuable to give,” she says.

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ast year, Stephanie began her role with WE Day California as founding co-chair with Charlize Theron for the Los Angeles event celebrating student-led global and local service initiatives. The WE Schools program was introduced to the Harbor Day School community last fall. HDS students identified causes they cared about and implemented community service projects, which earned them a ticket to join thousands of Southern California students at the first WE Day Los Angeles. Harbor Day students will continue the WE Schools program next year as the school’s student-initiated community service program grows.

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tephanie believes that everyone has the capacity to give back.

“You might be a great reader or a good listener. Maybe you are funny. Start small, take what you do best and share that trait with someone else. The rest will follow.” ■

LEFT: HDS STUDENTS AT WE DAY LOS ANGELES RIGHT: STEPHANIE AND SON, GUNNAR AT WE DAY.

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MEN’S EVENT

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his year, a staggering 49 Harbor Day School students had artwork chosen for the Arts Orange County Imagination Celebration. HDS participates in the following art shows:

HDS CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT

1. 1,000 PIECES OF ART Featuring approximately

On February 26, the men of Harbor Day hosted the firstever Cornhole Tournament at the Boathouse Collective in Costa Mesa. The tournament was a huge success with a record number of attendees trying their luck at winning a family vacation. Luckily for winners Scott Fairchild and Jay Wadkins, two grand prize vacation packages were generously donated by Inspirato travel company.

A special thank you to co-chairs GENE TSAI and SCOTT SHUBIN for putting together such an enjoyable experience.

Harbor Day also recognizes the generous underwriters who helped offset event expenses. This was an occasion that won’t soon be forgotten.

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1000 2-D artworks from each grade level. HDS had 32 students in this show.

2. PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Includes both traditional and digital photography. HDS had 4 students in this show.

3. THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART SHOW Includes sculpture, jewelry, bas-relief, masks, and ceramics.

HDS had 7 students in this show.

4. FESTIVAL OF ARTS JUNIOR ART EXHIBITION

Selected artworks from Imagination Celebration exhibitions will be featured during the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach in the summer of 2016. HDS has 18 students represented in this show!

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3 1. THE TOURNAMENT COMMENCES. 2. CO-CHAIRS SCOTT SHUBIN AND GENE TSAI 3. JIM ROSING ('89), DANNY SONENSHINE ('87), KAVOUS GITIBIN, KEITH KATKIN, RYAN STEELBERG ('88) 4. EVENT WINNERS SCOTT FAIRCHILD AND JAY WADKINS WITH ASHOK TRIPATHI AND SANJAY GROVER 40

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FEATURED FESTIVAL OF ARTS ARTWORK: KINDERGARTEN:

ADDISON STERN OLIVER HARRISON * COOPER PIERCEY* ELLA OLSEN FRANK STIEFEL

1ST GRADE:

JACKSON CASEY* BROOKLYN KROTTS ELLA MASSOUDI OPHELIA OWENS HAILEY AIRTH* CADEN MOSSMAN* SHERIDAN HOFER* COLTON MOSSMAN MACKENZIE YOUNG RHYSE WILKS RILEY TSAI

JACK STEELBERG 1ST PLACE (5TH GRADE)

2ND GRADE:

MAKENZIE VOVAN RY O HILL

3 GRADE:

CONRAD COOK NICOLE THORPE* BRADEN SMITH EVA HAUGE* MADISON LEWIS TOMMY HOFER* TYLER GODFREY

4TH GRADE:

KADEN CHEN JAZMINE AFTABI* CHLOE DAVIS TALIA TSE PEYTON VOVAN* RILEY HARRISON

COOPER PIERCEY 1ST PLACE (KINDERGARTEN)

5TH GRADE:

AVA WALKOW BRADY HATFIELD BROOKE JOHNSON ISABELLE DASTGHEIB* CARSON MCNEILL ELLIE ROSING ALLISON TODD* JACK STEELBERG* LILY BRITT NICOLE DONAHOO* OLIVIA KROTTS

6TH GRADE:

KELTON GREGOR RYLEN SCHMID*

7TH GRADE:

DENIZ INEL KELLY HAUI* OLIVER PARK RYAN KRALL* SABRINA NEUSHUL

* Artists chosen for the Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts Junior Art Exhibition

THE FESTIVAL REPRODUCED EVA HAUGE'S (3RD GRADE) OWL DRAWING FOR A POSTCARD THAT WAS SOLD AS PART OF SET OF CARDS OF STUDENT WORK IN THE GIFT SHOP.

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IN THE ARTS EIGHTH GRADE MUSICAL INTO THE WOODS, JR.

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he class of 2016 put on an amazing performance of INTO THE WOODS for the Harbor Day community. The magic and whimsy of the musical, coupled with the strong acting and singing skills of these students, raised the bar for all future eighth grade musicals.

Director Yunga Webb and Producer Courtney Zarrilli composed a delightful show.

Additionally, new sound and lighting equipment created wonderful theatrics and kept audiences thoroughly entertained. Bravo!

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LADIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; EVENT 2016 ON MARCH 16, THE LADIES OF HDS HAD A FUN-FILLED EVENING AT BIG CANYON COUNTRY CLUB HOSTED BY EVENT SOMMELIER CO-CHAIRS, KIM KROTTS AND MONIQUE TIPTON, AND THEIR COMMITTEE. HDS MOMS SOCIALIZED, SIPPED, NIBBLED, AND LOOKED INTO THEIR FUTURES WITH TAROT AND PALM READERS. ALUMNAE, SOON-TO-BE HDS MOMS, SEASONED HDS MOMS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND PAST PARENTS SUCCESSFULLY CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.

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CRISTY MOISO SELLAS (‘81) MOM, TEACHER, LIBRARIAN, AND BOOK LOVER!

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he heart of Harbor Day School is its library, so it stands to reason that students and alumni develop a lifelong love of reading. Alumna and former Kindergarten teacher, CRISTY MOISO SELLAS (‘81) is a self professed book lover who has agreed to offer up some fantastic book recommendations!

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CHRISTY TEACHING KINDERGARTEN IN 1998.

HDS ‘81, CDMHS ‘85, BA STANFORD UNIVERSITY, MA PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY.

y love of reading definitely began with Mrs. Polkingharn in the HDS library. I started there and never really stopped. I am a voracious reader. Friends say, “it’s so great that you read so much,” but it’s not like I don’t want to read, or that I force myself to read. It’s not like exercise! I’d rather read than do almost anything!

So consequently, I’ve read a lot of books. At any given time, my stack of books to be read is 7-8 novels high. I throw in a little non-fiction every now and then—but not too often—lately Jon Ronson. When I was teaching kindergarten at HDS, all my lessons

were literature based, and at St. Margaret’s as one of the librarians—I incorporated many of Mrs. Polkingharn’s “story response” lessons into the curriculum.

I wrote book recommendations for kids and adults for a website where I had a small but loyal following of folks that liked to read my kooky, irreverent, and lengthy reviews that usually turned into more of a stream of consciousness rant than a straightforward thumbs up or down. So truly the only hard thing about this new gig is going to be choosing which books to write about and recommend and editing myself down to Beacon column size!

Alumni Book Recommendation:

CRISTY ALSO RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS FOR ADULTS:

The Girls

by Emma Cline (2016)

The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close

Sweetbitter

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Modern Lovers

oming on the heels of our national political conventions and leading up to a historic and unprecedented election, I thought this novel might be not only smart and funny but timely. The Hopefuls is a story about marriage and politics.

It’s about being young and ambitious.

It’s about believing in a better future and then fighting for it. It’s about idealism and what it takes to survive and succeed in politics.

Beth and Matt Kelly relocate to Washington, D.C. when Matt joins the Obama White House staff in 2009 and eventually becomes part of the reelection campaign of 2012. Matt is a super smart Harvard graduate who believes in Obama and believes in our system and is happy as a clam in D.C. Beth—not so much.

She misses the anonymity and diversity of New York and can’t stand the gossip and jealousy in the capital. She feels like she’s back in middle school trying to get in with the “cool” crowd. Dinner guests

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compare security clearance levels and speak in acronyms—POTUS this and DOD that. Everyone is young and fresh and annoyingly optimistic on the Hill.

Everyone wants to know who Beth works for…where’s her ID badge? And when she admits that she is an unemployed writer, they turn away. For these people, there’s only one vocation that matters.

And if you’re not running with the big dogs, get out of the way.

Eventually they meet the ubercharismatic Jimmy Dillon (another twenty something on Obama’s advance team) and his southern belle wife, Ashleigh. The couples become fast friends and Matt becomes the stalwart sidekick to the magnetic and entertaining Jimmy. They work and play together and as we all know, it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. It’s a fun and smart read—and a wicked send up of both politics and young love. ■ — CRISTY MOISO SELLAS (‘81)

by Stephanie Danler (2016)

by Emma Straub (2016)

Eligible

by Curtis Sittenfeld (2016)

The Nest

by Cynthia Sweeney (2016)

The Children

by Ann Leary (2016)

Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah (2015)

The Red Book

by Deborah Copaken Kogan (2013)

Truly Madly Guilty

by Liane Moriarty (2016)

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IN MEMORIAM: The Harbor community heartfelt condolences to the of a former faculty member TheDay Harbor Dayextends Schoolitscommunity extends itsfamily heartfelt condolences

to the families of these former faculty members.

DAVID BRAUN ———————————————————— MARCH 17, 2016

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r. Braun passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones.

He came to Harbor Day School as an eighth grade Mathematics teacher in 1973, after teaching in Africa and at Notre Dame and La Cañada High Schools. His children Chris (‘81), Cece (‘82), Greg (‘84) , Margaret (Ramirez) (‘86), and Jaime (Stamps) (‘88) all graduated from HDS.

“I remember him as a really good person who loved his family and enjoyed teaching. He would get so busy working with his students that he'd forget to eat lunch.”

—ANN HAFEY O’NEIL, UPPER SCHOOL MATHEMATICS

DAVID BRAUN

“Dave Braun was an excellent mathematics teacher and inspirational leader in introducing computers to the school. I remember taking an after school class with him and learning beginning animation as we magically programmed a balloon to fly across the screen. He loved his family, his teaching, and the school.”

—ANNE POLKINGHARN, LIBRARIAN

WILLIAM H. (BILL) JONES

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he HDS community was deeply saddened by the passing of Bill Jones.

Mr. Jones worked at Harbor Day from 1976-1991. Good friend and former HDS colleague Mike Coleman delivered the eulogy at Bill’s celebration of life. Here are excerpts from his remarks:

WILLIAM H. (BILL) JONES

“When thinking about loyalty you often think about faithfulness, devotion, and an allegiance to someone or something- someone who is reliable and dependable. All words that describe Bill in his love and devotion to his beloved Ruthie and his children, Karen and Gary, his dedication and hard work at Harbor Day School, Pacific Palisades, Mariners School, and Mariners Church. Bill gave a lot of himself to all of us, putting his heart and soul into everything he did.

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FACULTY BARBERSHOP QUARTET FEATURING BILL (PICTURED THIRD FROM LAST) IN THE “MUSIC MAN” PROUDLY SINGING LIDA ROSE. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 45)

During his time at Harbor Day, Bill had many roles: history teacher, yearbook advisor, dean of students, assistant head of school, basketball coach, photography teacher, leader and chaperone on student trips, and was always a helpful colleague.

Bill even performed in our school musicals. I can remember singing with Bill, Dean Lane-Smith, and Hal Hensler as part of the Barbershop quartet in Music Man – proudly singing Lida Rose.

Bill was committed to his students. He believed in his students’ abilities as learners of the various subject matters within the school, but also, as citizens of the community. He wanted everyone to be the best that they could be in all aspects of their life.

“I’m so sad to hear of Mr. Jones’ passing. He was a favorite. He was a great and inspirational teacher, with practical ideas for studying.

I used my entire school career – even teaching my children ‘if you really have no idea of the answer, pick C!’ ”

—SANDRA SHVETZOFF UNDERWOOD (‘82) “Mr Jones was a great leader! He made such an impact on my life.”

—AMY PECKENPAUGH TAYLOR (‘82) “I hope his family is consoled by the fact that he made such a lasting and positive impact on students for so many years. I used his ‘study skills’ tips all through college.”

—CATHERINE DREWS (‘89)

“A great teacher! Loved history class with him!”

—PATRICIA THOMAS BENSON (‘86) The many connections Bill made on a personal level are what are remembered and loved by his former students.”

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“In my decade at Harbor Day School, Mr. Jones was so kind in his words, thoughts, and support. My prayers go to his family. He was such a huge part of my childhood.”

—DARCI DUTTON-REIMUND (‘89) “I’m saddened by this news. He made a difference in the lives of young students for many years as well as their education.

My thoughts and prayers to the Jones’ Family.”

—KEVIN BALFOUR (‘85) “I remember Mr. Jones very fondly. He was one of my favorite teachers, always with a smile on his face. His kind spirit and energy will be remembered. ‘No ticky, no washy, no namey, no gradey.’ I still tell that to my kids.”

—NATALIE STAMIRES DONAHOO (‘83)

“He had the biggest influence on me as a student, an athlete, a daughter, and a girl. I credit him for teaching me how to study, and I’ve remembered all his tips and tried to pass them on to my boys. He taught me to stand up for myself and find success and confidence outside of my peers. I’m so saddened by this loss.”

—CHICKIE MOISO-LEONARD (‘84) “So sad to hear. He was our chaperone for our D.C. trip. What great memories we all have of him. An amazing man. God Bless!”

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CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2016

Kyle Mix, Chris Burri, Daniel Towers, Lily Mohtashami, Sam Cohen, Ben Miller, Alana Karro, Jeffrey Walbridge, Macey Mullane, Chandler Airth, Ryan Steinke.

SECOND ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Jack McKenna, Sarah Martin, Geoffrey Von Der Ahe, Sydney Johnston, Jilly Senk, Kimi Reddy, Anika Nielsen, Malini Arora, Kate Miller, Maggie Sonenshine, Nic Ayala, Richard Eusey.

THIRD ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Isabelle Searles, Campbell Case, Matt Duma, Rowdie Peets, Reed Stemler, Rowan Oliphant, Camilla Potter, Gabby Montgomery, Matthew Strok, Luca Bacci, Will Anderson, Marbella Marlo.

BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Darcy Chung, Linden Schmid, Dutch Dietrick, Luke Hatfield, Sophie Beador, Simon Hall, John Humphreys, Danielle Beder, Lily Shea, Maddy Seybold, Karina Grover, Andrew Fairchild.

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