Oct.17-21-UpperCampusPeakWeek
Nov.11-13-AllSchoolProductionof Momma Mia!
Nov.22-Grandparents/GrandFriendsDay 8:30a.m.attheLowerCampus
Happy Holidays!
DearSierraCanyonFamilies, AsweprepareforourWinterRecess,Iwanttotake thisopportunitytowishyouandyourfamilya wonderfulholidayseason.Ialsowanttothankyou foryourmanycontributionstothelifeofour school.Withyoursupportandgenerosity,we continuetocreate Moments that Matter forour udents.
hefollowingpagesprovideaglimpseofthe eadthoftalentsdemonstratedbyourstudents. heseremarkableaccomplishmentsaretheresult thecountlesssmallmomentsthathappenevery yatSierraCanyon momentsofdiscovery, couragement,andgrowth.Alongsidethesefall ccesses,youwillalsofindafeatureonour cord-breakingGivingTuesdaycampaignanda ade-levelhonorroll.Together,weareensuring atSierraCanyonremainsaplacewhereeach udentcanunlocktheirfullestpotential.
weapproachtheendofthecalendaryear, wehavemuchtocelebrateandmanymore accomplishmentstolookforwardtoin2025.
Happyholidays,andenjoythebreak!
Bestwishes,
JimSkrumbis HeadofSchool
Academic Achievements
Upper School Club Fair
Upper School AP Biology Lab
Mid-Autumn/Moon Festival Celebration Middle School Student Leadership
Autry Museum of Western Heritage Visits 3rd Grade
Upper School Math Team Earns 1st Place at USC
Lower
SIERRA CANYON ARTS
SierraCanyon’scomprehensiveArtsprograminspiresstudentstoexploretheirpassions,refine theirtalents,andpushtheboundariesoftheircreativity.Withstate-of-the-artfacilitiesand dedicatedfaculty,theprogramempowersyoungartiststocreatemeaningfulworkandachieve successatlocal,national,andinternationallevels.Congratulationstothefollowingstudentsfor theiroutstandingachievementsintheartsthisfall:CosetteD.'34andStephenK.'34 (LACountyBookmarkContestRunners-Ups),JustinP.'25,DeanG.'26,WillowS.'25,and ZahraB.'26(All-AmericanHighSchoolFilmFestivalSelections),DiegoP.'25 (TEDxHuntingtonBeachSpeakerandPerformer),andZahraB.'26(YoungArtsAwardRecipient).
PRODUCTIONS
SierraCanyon’sPerformingArtsDepartmentshined acrossalldivisionswithcaptivatingproductionsthis fall.TheUpperSchoolbroughtlaughterandwittothe stagewith Urinetown: The Musical,whiletheMiddle Schooltransportedaudiencesthroughtimeandspace withastunningadaptationof A Wrinkle in Time Lower SchoolstudentsfromtheafterschoolMusicalTheater enrichmentprogramcharmedaudienceswithtwo delightfulcastsofthe Wizard of Oz.
UPPER CAMPUS ARTS
TheVisualArtsprogramshowcasedits commitmenttocreativityandinnovationthrough avarietyofengagingfallprojects.Frompaperbag acrylicpaintingsinDrawingandPaintingIIandthe AlphabetProjectinPhotographyItoVisitorCenter designsinArchitectureandanoriginalshortfilmin FilmIV,studentshavebeenactivelyhoningtheir skillsandbringingtheirartisticvisionstolife
UPPER CAMPUS MUSIC AND DANCE
TheUpperCampusDanceandMusicprograms culminatedthefallsemester,showcasingour students’incredibletalentsandcreativity.Mrs. Kibarska’sDancestudentscaptivatedaudienceswith theWinterDanceShowcase,featuringseveral studentschoreographedoriginalpieces Mr Davis’s MusicclassesdeliveredadynamicWinterMusic Showcase,highlightedbythedebutofSierra Canyon’sfirst-ever8thGrade-onlyensemble.
LOWER CAMPUS MUSIC
LowerSchoolstudentshavehadaninspiringfallimmersed inmusic FromPre-Kindergartento6thGrade,students haveexploredmelodyandharmonywhilehoningtheir instrumentalskillsontheukulele,violin,cello,piano,and xylophone.TheLowerSchoolChorusandChamber Ensemblecaptivatedaudienceswithperformancesatthe HispanicHeritageMonthassembly,Grandparentsand FriendsDay,theVeteransDayAssembly,andtheLower SchoolWinterAssembly.
LOWER CAMPUS ARTS
LowerCampusArtclassesofferstudentsthe opportunitytoexplorevariousartmediums,develop theirskills,andcultivateanappreciationforartand artists.Highlightsofthefallsemesterwerethe4th GradeabstractpaintingsinspiredbyJaimeGilianda heartwarmingKindnessWeekactivitywherestudents usedpastelstodrawLeroy,thebelovedtherapydog.
TRAILBLAZER PRIDE
SierraCanyonAthleticsisproudtoberecognizedasoneofthepremierprogramsinthenation. Thisfallseasonshowcasedexceptionalachievementsacrossalldivisions,highlightedbyfive leaguetitles.Addingtothecelebration,eightoutstandingseniorstudent-athletessigned NationalLettersofIntenttocontinuetheirathleticcareersatthecollegiatelevel.Congratulations toNinaPeyton-Johnson(UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,Softball),LaurenLynch(University ofSanDiego,Volleyball),Jae'onYoung(UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,Football), WyattBecker(UniversityofUtah,Football),ChristopherNwuli(RutgersUniversity,Basketball), AshleyRedd(BinghamtonUniversity,Basketball),AshdonWnetrzak(SanDiegoStateUniversity, Football),andJadenNickens(UniversityofKansas,FootballandBasketball).
LOWER SCHOOL
UndertheleadershipofCoachSandellJones, the6thGradeGirlsBasketballTeamhadan outstandingseasonandclaimedtheSanFernando ValleyPrivateSchoolLeague(SFVPSL)Championship The6thGradeFlagFootballTeamalsodelivereda strongperformance,earningaplayoffspotand battlinginahard-foughtovertimefinish.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
TheMiddleSchoolGirlsVolleyballTeam,ledby coachesDarrylAdams,FiaFaumuina,and AloFasavulu,deliveredaremarkableundefeated season,capturingtheirfirst-everDelphicLeague Championship Additionally,bothMiddleSchool FlagFootballteamsadvancedtotheplayoffs.
VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS
TheGirlsTennisTeamachievedincrediblesuccess, securingtheirthirdconsecutiveAngelusLeague Championship.Thishistoricseasonalsosawtheteam advancetotheCIF-SSsemifinalsforthefirsttimein schoolhistory Addingtotheaccolades,thedoubles duoofseniorBettyChenandjuniorLyricWilson finishedinthetopeightintheSouthernSection, standingoutamongover700teams.
VARSITY FOOTBALL
TheFootballTeamhadanotherincredibleseason withathirdstraightMissionLeagueChampionship. Theirplayoffjourneyincludedadecisivevictoryover Serviteinthefirstroundbeforefallingtoeventual CIF-SSchampionMaterDei
VARSITY VOLLEYBALL
TheGirlsVolleyballteamcontinueditsdominancewith athirdconsecutiveMissionLeagueChampionship. Enteringtheplayoffsasthe#1seed,theteam showcasedincredibleskillanddetermination, advancingtothefinalsbeforeahard-foughtmatch againstMaterDei Theiroutstandingseasonearned thematop-15nationalranking,solidifyingtheirplace amongthecountry'seliteprograms.
Sierra Canyon GivingTuesday
The following facts highlight the impact of this record-breaking campaign, which took place from November 13 to December 3.
$483,420
Sierra Canyon Fund dollars raised during the 2024 GivingTuesday Campaign
$2,000
Average gift amount given
6th
Grade had the highest number of donors on the Lower Campus
234 Donors contributed
9th
Grade had the highest number of donors on the Upper Campus
$3,320,184
Sierra Canyon Fund dollars raised so far this year by our generous community members
Sierra Canyon Fund
For gifts and pledges received through December 20, 2024. We gratefully acknowledge these Sierra Canyon community members for their generous commitments to date to the 2024-2025 Sierra Canyon Fund.
PRE-K
The Britt Family
The Bruckner Family
Henry Chow and Michelle Liem
The El Tobgy Family
The Ferrigno Family
Jean Pierre and Nay Gama
The Geller Family
The Girvan Family
The Grant Family
The Johnson Family
Tani and Derrick Johnson
The Johnston Family
Vinayata and Gautam Kareti
The Lourenco Family
Brandon and Amena Mebane
Stefanie Wigfall and Darrin Phillips
The Rojo Family
David and Nicole Schiff
Keny and Manny Smith
The Tershay Family
The Thompson Family
Damon Wayans Jr. and Samara Saraiva
The Kardashian Family
Daniel and Jac Williams
Lin Yang and Jingyuan Bao
The Yazdchi Family
Jiaoni Zhu and Zheng Li
Anonymous (1)
KINDERGARTEN
The Beaubien Family
The Boroumand Family
Ryan and Jillian Carr
The Chai Family
The Cooney Family
Jon and Christina Ellinghouse
Julian and Rocio Evjen
The Fan Family
Steve Faulkner
The Johnston Family
Steven Konsker and Charlene Roxborough
Alice and Paul Lee
The Luckwaldt Family
The Makhani Family
The Martin Family
Chris Mason and Kyle Strickland
The Medrano Family
The Milmeister Family
The Moolji Family
Cyrus and Maryam Nikou
Dr. Bethany Stafford-Paul and Tommy Paul
The Pinkas Family
Sergio and Adriana Ribeiro
The Verley Family
Lin Yang and Jingyuan Bao
Anonymous (3)
1ST GRADE
The Cruz Family
Andrew D'Amico and Nadia Allaudin
Julian and Rocio Evjen
The Gal Family
The Girvan Family
Ben and Chantel Griefer
The Gunny Family
The Howard Family
The Jacobs Family
Vinayata and Gautam Kareti
The Greenberg/Kim Family
Curtis and Christian Kurkova
The Lacina Family
Jiaoni Zhu and Zheng Li
Jim and Heather Miller
The Nehamen Family
The Panth Family
The Rivera-Felix Family
Sahir and Genevieve Santos
The Seddon Family
Samantha Millman and Brian VanRiper
The Veralrud Family
The Jenner Family
The Kardashian Family
The Whitmire Family
Daniel and Jac Williams
Hao Wu and Lisa Hong
Olivia Zhao's Family
The Zhou Family
2ND GRADE
Danielle and Gabriel Abikasis
Hussain and Neelam Bhamani
The Burgis Family
The Cody Family
Jon and Christina Ellinghouse
The Finton Family
Jean Pierre and Nay Gama
The Huang Family
Tani and Derrick Johnson
Kevin and Ashley Krasne
Justin and Mallory Lee
Lindsay Koss and Itai Lottati
Lilia Kibarska-Dalea
The Qian Family
The Rapaport Family
The Rice Families
Stephanie and Scot Rubin
David and Nicole Schiff
Eric and Kristina Stemp
The Wang Family
Anonymous (1)
3RD GRADE
The Bohlig Family
Deron and Amber Braswell
Jesse Buss
Kellie Martin and Keith Christian
Todd Cohen and Katy Kinsella
Dr. Michael Cohen and Dr. Tonia Symensma-Cohen
Michael and Diana Davio
The Ento Family
The Farag Family
The Ferrigno Family
Jean Pierre and Nay Gama
The Gunny Family
Han's Family
Frank and Nicole Harris
The Ioffe Family
The Jacobs Family
The Kwon Family
The Larivee Family
Alice and Paul Lee
The Ludlam Family
The McPartlin Family
The Milmeister Family
Cyrus and Maryam Nikou
The Perea Family
Justin and Shanna Sarris
The Tamburro Family
Rahim and Sakinah Thobani
The Totsuka Family
The Kardashian Family
Anonymous (1)
4TH GRADE
Danielle and Gabriel Abikasis
The Arougheti Family
The Asker Family
The Baklayan-D'Ambra Family
Ms. Suzette Chopra
The Geller Family
Natalie Gonzalez Cronin
Lauren Deutsch
Dr. Michael and Agata Everest
The Faison Family
Scott and Misty Farber
Rami and Dima Haddad
The Harmon Family
Matthew and Ashley Heyn
The Howard Family
The Johnson Family
The McPartlin Family
Mike and Nancy Power
The Rosenberg Family
Stephanie and Scot Rubin
The Thompson Family
The Valdez Family
A J and Bita Van Gilder
The Veralrud Family
Anonymous (2)
5TH GRADE
The Chen Family
The Cody Family
Sandi and Jason Cohen
Todd Cohen and Katy Kinsella
The Crouthers Family
Michael and Diana Davio
The Dhanani Family
The Faison Family
The Fruchtman Family
The Bovell-Haile Family
Yang Song and Lan Zhang
The Jacobs Family
Paul Johnson and Ramona White-Brown/Abbvie
Susy San
Brandon and Amena Mebane
Paul Chen and Lintao Meng
The Frankel Family
Dr Bethany Stafford-Paul and Tommy Paul
The Rizzotti Family
Valerie Tymoczko
The Smith Family
The Studley Family
The Takahashi Family
A.J. and Bita Van Gilder
The Zeff Family
The Zimmerman Family
Anonymous (2)
6TH GRADE
The Asker Family
Brian and Jennifer Bergman
Justin and Larissa Block
Deron and Amber Braswell
The Brooker Family
Stephen and Nzinga Brown
The Jeff Butler Family
Lauren Deutsch
The Ento Family
The Finton Family
The Fishler Family
The Ford Family
The Greene/Witt Family
Chang and Yoojin Han
The Knight Family
Jason and Sherita Lawrence
Jason and Christina Lee
Zerric Ma
The Malek Family
The Miller Family
Blake and Rubina Murphy
The Navarro Family
Dr. Bethany Stafford-Paul and Tommy Paul
Mike and Nancy Power
The Qian Family
The Rosenberg Family
Eric and Kristina Stemp
Ryan and Irene Suzuki
The Tamburro Family
The Valdez Family
The Van Cronk Family
7TH GRADE
Erin and Justin Anderson
Choi Li Wong and He Bai
Drs. Vivek and Sonia Bansal
Deron and Amber Braswell
The Brown Family
Kamiyla Bell and Johnny Buss
The Chen Family
Ms. Suzette Chopra
Sandi and Jason Cohen
Seth and Jennilee Cummings
Dr. Michael and Agata Everest
The Farag Family
The Fishler Family
Dylan Fisk-Burt
The Getz Family
Matthew and Ashley Heyn
Mia Huang Family
Tom Keller
Dr Jim and Kawtar Lai
Jason and Christina Lee
The MacVie Family
The Miller Family
Jason and Audra Priluck
The Silk Family
Jesse and Tracy Spungin
The Tasu Family
Ruoxi Wang
Xiaoying Chen and Xiaohong Wang
Xincheng Sachiel Wang Family
Rongpu Xu and Ying Meng
The Zeff Family
Yanning Zhang and Ning Zhuang
Anonymous (1)
8TH GRADE
Tal and Amy Almany
Brian and Jennifer Bergman
Ji Jeon and John Berlinski
Heather and Craig Bernstein
Justin and Larissa Block
Kamiyla Bell and Johnny Buss
Wanling Hong and Andong Shi
The Craven Family
Richard and Frankye Dem
The Dhanani Family
James and Betul Engel
The Englander Family
The Ford Family
The Gottlieb Family
The Guo Family
Sasha Lala
Bruce and Kory Hecker
The Hess Family
The Kogan Family
The LaChapelle Family
Jason Lin and Angel Jiang
The Marinescu Family
Cristy McCarthy
The Masada Family
The Stein McNamara Family
The Miller Family
The Miller Family
Sarina and Rajiv Pai
The Rincon Family
The Rizzotti Family
The Ruf Family
Noah and Genny Salamon
The Studley Family
Jiancong Xu and Chongguan Yang
Anonymous (1)
9TH GRADE
Syed and Mina Ahmed
Choi Li Wong and He Bai
The Benattar Family
Ji Jeon and John Berlinski
The Bokin Family
The Carpenter Family
Wanling Hong and Andong Shi
The Ciechanowski and
Webb Family
The Craven Family
The Dhanani Family
Dr Michael and Agata Everest
The Greene/Witt Family
Mark and Lindsay Goffman
Yu Guo and Betty Meng
Bin Guo and Fang Li
Frank and Nicole Harris
Susan Hsu
ChangXin Huo and Na Tang
The Hur Family
The Kojima Family
The Lesak Family
The Letts Family
John and Kim Long
The Ludlam Family
Yongbin and Ruixue Luo
Stacy Delbick-Martinez
The McCurley Family
Paul Chen and Lintao Meng
The Miller Family
The Morton Family
The Negrete Family
The Perez Family
The Pesoli Family
The Rohwedder Family
Qinhua Ru and Liuxuan Tu
Jia Liu and Jing Rong Shen
Hao Wu and Qin Zhou
The Zaky-Papantoniou Family
The Zelinsky Family
Anonymous (4)
10TH GRADE
Tal and Amy Almany
The Baklayan-D'Ambra Family
The Balaban Family
Drs. Vivek and Sonia Bansal
Misha Shokraei-Cartio
Jonas and Kathleen Cedergren
Dr. Michael Cohen and Dr. Tonia Symensma-Cohen
Seth and Jennilee Cummings
Eric and Julie Dick
The Gao Family
The Guo Family
The Kraus Family
The Kwon Family
Jason and Christina Lee
Hongwei Lin and Yunmei Hu
The Malan Family
The Malek Family
Paul Mazzarella and Shohreh Abedi
The McCurley Family
The Mostman Family
Sarina and Rajiv Pai
The Plaisted Family
Despite our sincere desire to avoid errors, they occasionally do occur and for this we apologize in advance. If you are contributor to the Sierra Canyon Fund in the 2024-2025 school year as of December 20, 2024 but find your name omitted, misspelled, or listed under an incorrect category, please contact Jaime Armendariz, Director of Annual Giving, at jarmendariz@sierracanyonschool.org.
The Rincon Family
The Rogers Family
The Seidman Family
The Shelly Family
The Silk Family
David and Karen Sobel
Ryan and Irene Suzuki
The Vafi Family
Michael Wang Family
Yongshu Xiao and Qinghong Zhu
Reza Zamani
Anonymous (3)
11TH GRADE
The Alexander Family
Erin and Justin Anderson
The Areliz Family
Norma and Kevin Carlson
Deyu Chen and Ping Xu
Ricky Chen Family
Wanling Hong and Andong Shi
Matt Dusig and Laura Dicterow
The Everett Family
Victor Fang and Linda Wang
The Glover Family
The Gofnung Family
Enrique and Patty Gonzalez
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Guile
Horace and Keary Johnson
Jennifer Kramer
The Frankel Family
The Knutson Family
Zhimin Liu
Brian and Sharmila McGowan
The Miller Family
Susan and Brock Moseley
Jonah Nadley
The Nelson Family
The Ochoa Family
The Olive Family
The Onelum Family
The Parnell Family
Joseph Pflieger
Marsha Redd
The Retsky Family
Jia Liu and Jing Rong Shen
The Sodhi Family
The Stoller Family
Lusha Wei and Guoshuai Sui
Roland and Almas Tellis
The Tirado Family
The Nathan Wang Family
Andrew and Kathy Wang
Xiaoying Chen and Xiaohong Wang
Roman Winter
Shihan Xiu Family: Wei Xiu and Jing Li
The Yabuki Family
The Zamorano Family
12TH GRADE
The Alexander Family
Tal and Amy Almany
The Aronson Family
Choi Li Wong and He Bai
The Begland Family
Betty Chen Family
Kellie Martin and Keith Christian
Richard and Frankye Dem
James and Betul Engel
The Gao Family
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Guile
The Iyer Family
Manisha Khiani
The Kassabian Family
Susy San
The LaChapelle Family
Jed and Leslie Lackman
Vimal and Bianca Lala
Yongbin and Ruixue Luo
Jeff and Jessica Taggart
The Mitteldorf Family
The Nelson Family
The Perez Family
Jason and Audra Priluck
Marsha Redd
Mikael Romano
Marni and Gregg Rosenzweig
David Russell and Amy Gordon
Ms. Jeanine Smith and Ms. Judith Guido
Deirdre DeLany and
Brian Sullivan
Mark and Kristi Suter
The Hartley Tague Family
Andrew and Christina Thau
Bala and Latha Vairavan
Rongpu Xu and Ying Meng
Melanie and Todd Young
Reza Zamani
The Zelinsky Family
Anonymous (5)
The Joy of Giving
nowisanimportanttimetoconsideryourannualgiftto SierraCanyonSchool.Ifyouwouldlikeyourgiftcounted withinthe2024taxyear,itiseasytomakeagiftonlineat sierracanyonschool.org/giveorscantheQRcodebelow.
Weaskeveryfamilytomakeameaningfulcontributionto theSierraCanyonFundannually.Eachfamilyhasa differentgivingcapacity,butallfamilieshavesomething veryimportantincommon anappreciationforthe educationtheirchildreceives.SierraCanyonisaspecial place,andtheFundallowstheSchooltoenhancethe educationaljourneywithuniqueexperiencesand programsthatelevatethealreadygreatofferingsyouhave cometoexpect.ThankyouformakingSierraCanyon Schoolyourphilanthropicpriority.
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