LA at a Glance Athletic Signings Congratulations to Davonte Sweatman ’21, who signed his National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Central Connecticut State University last spring. Earlier in the year, Davonte’s classmates Faith Gargano, Mary Jo Smith, Sean Henderson, Marley Chappel, Meg Hayes, Walter Morales, and Nicholas Bilsbury all signed their respective NLIs. Congratulations to these and all of our Spartans going on to play in college.
Contagious – Virtual Theatre Performance In March, the LA theatre program produced and shared its first entirely virtual show, Contagious, a music and theatre performance collage from the LA Winter Theatre Ensemble. Working in the most unusual of practice spaces (remote, in-person, and various combinations of both) before its premiere, the Theatre Ensemble created their performance during rehearsals led by Michael Kroll ’21, Victoria Lucontoni ’22, Shelby Richards ’22, Aidan Berger ’22, Jace Marsh ’22, Paloma Harker ’23, Abby Remis ’23, Alex Kirby ’21, Lexi Olander ’24, Evan Elibero ’24, and Shea O’Reilly ’24. Faculty members Jenny Cooper and Joel Sugerman, and composer Zak Engel ’06, collaborated with the students throughout the process, and Zak guided the cast through the development of music for the show.
A Standing Ovation for the 2021 Senior Cabinet On May 21, the 2021 Senior Cabinet enjoyed the opportunity to broadcast assembly from the RMPAC for the first time during the 2020-2021 school year. Unfortunately, it was also their last assembly of the year, so the experience was bittersweet. Immediately following the
assembly, the whole school surprised cabinet members Amaya Benzaquin-Magill ’21, Nick Beloff ’21, Abby Kelley ’21, and Wilson Lee ’21 with a standing ovation on the Quad. Thank you, Amaya, Nick, Abby, and Wilson, for everything you did for LA this past year!
Ice Cream for Everyone Who doesn’t like ice cream? During the last few weeks of school last year, students were treated to ice-cold treats. In the weeks leading up to the final day of Spring Term, each class received their very own day to visit an ice cream truck located near Park House.
LA Dance on the Terrace On June 1, LA Dance took to the “stage” and performed their very first in-person show of the school year, in an untraditional, albeit beautiful, location under the tent on the McDonald Library Terrace. Students, parents, and faculty watched the show as Mr. Feigenbaum directed his two dance sections in their respective numbers.
Meet the 2022 Senior Cabinet Now that Amaya, Nick, Abby, and Wilson have graduated, a new senior cabinet has taken their places. Demetra “Meech” Danas has been elected the 2022 Senior Class President and her cabinet members are: Secretary Andrew Huang ’22, and Treasurer Shaniece Nugent ’22. Congratulations, Spartans — we all can’t wait to see what you have in store for Lawrence Academy this year! FALL 2021 LAWRENCE ACADEMY 3
