Through the Arch - Pandemic Edition 2020-2021 by Shattuck-St. Mary's

Through the Arch MAGAZINE

finding THE light In a Year of Darkness

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Welcoming Students Back With a Smile and an Elbow Bump Our dedicated faculty and staff were overjoyed to welcome students back for in-person instruction in August 2020 , though the start of school looked unquestionably different this year. A number of carefully crafted guidelines and protocols were put into place to help ensure the safety of our students, their families, and our community. Pictured: Middle School Director Heather Morehead welcomes Lola Reid ’24 and her family to fall registration with a “COVID-safe” greeting.

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EDITORIAL TEAM Executive Editor Jackie Vos, Director of Marketing and Communications jackie.vos@s-sm.org | 507.333.1585 Assistant Editors Alyssa Christian Megan Maschoff Contributing Writers Matt Cavellier Alyssa Christian Megan Maschoff Ellie Ray ’14 Jackie Vos DESIGN TEAM Layout and Design Alyssa Christian Lead Photography Matt Addington Contributing Photographers Megan Maschoff Ellie Ray ’14 Jackie Vos SUPPORT TEAM Kim Bakken Fr. Henry Doyle Maggie Osterbauer Lee ’03

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We are a global learning community that honors tradition while embracing innovation. By cultivating creative, independent thinking, we foster the transformation of our students to become citizens of integrity for an ever-changing world. Shattuck-St. Mary’s School community, with its strong commitment to protecting human rights and dignity, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin in its admissions and scholarship programs, the administration of its educational, athletic, or other school programs, or its employment practices.

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MEET THE NEW BISHOP A Q&A with the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya, the newly consecrated Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota.

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CONTENTS

SSM STRONG

A collective look back at how the pandemic reshaped the past year, and how the SSM community pulled together to weather the storm.

INDEX From the Editor....................... 5

HONORING THE CLASS OF 2020 Join us in celebrating the achievements and challenges of this historymaking graduating class.

Alumni Events....................... 49

From the Head of School............. 7

Class Notes.......................... 57

School News........................... 9

In Memoriam........................ 58

Arts News............................ 41

Marriages & Births................. 64

Sports News......................... 45

SSMörgåsbord....................... 65

ON THE COVER: Amy Cox ‘94, Director of Auxillary Programs, was one of the many employees who stepped up to lend an extra hand during our COVID-19 school year. In the photo, Amy can be seen setting out packaged meals for a quarantined floor of Whipple Dorm. To learn more about all the ways SSM had to adjust and refocus during the pandemic, turn to page 25. PHOTO: MEGAN MASCHOFF PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome friends, to our much-anticipated special issue of Through the Arch Magazine. Thank you for your grace and patience with our production delay this past year. Like many of you, the last 18 months have been intense and unpredictable for our Marketing & Communications office. We’ve shifted our work, almost entirely, to supporting pandemic-related crisis communications, functioning almost endlessly off-script. As the coronavirus started to spread across the globe, we realized quickly that we would need to cast aside our traditional “MarComm” planning, routine content creation, and traditional storytelling to support the School through the chaos. We were jackie vos executive editor challenged with how to highlight a community life once vibrant with Director of Marketing & Communications laughter and energy, first cut short as we rapidly transitioned to distance learning last spring and then tucked solemnly behind masks and a socially distanced routine in the fall. Much of our work felt unnatural. Uncharted. Uncontrollable. Unending. And many projects we enjoy most, much like this very issue, had to be postponed or eliminated altogether.

The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed all of us in some form, leaving lasting ripple effects on our livelihoods, families, relationships, health, and the list goes on. As much as we would all like to simply forget the intense hardships we’ve faced—and may still be facing—and slide back into our comfortable routines, we’d be remiss if we didn’t provide a snapshot of this moment in time for generations to come. This issue centers on documenting our unique boarding school experience during the pandemic to date.

Above: Resources from the Rice County Historical Society from the time surrounding the 1918 Flu Pandemic. Right: An excerpt from the 1918 St. Mary’s Hall yearbook, The Fleur-de-Lis.

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While this is the first major international health threat most of us have experienced, this is not the first for Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. In researching our school archives and local historical resources for details about how our community handled the pandemic of 1918 for this issue’s feature story, there was one particular entry from the 1918 St. Mary’s Hall yearbook, The Fleur-de-Lis, that caught my attention. Under the management of Isabel Jacobi and Ursula Batchelder, Saints from the St. Mary’s Hall graduating class of 1918, the book’s Foreword read as follows: “In putting forth this little book which represents our happy life at Saint Mary’s, we would not have any one think that we are unmindful of the seriousness and significance of the times. There is no need to speak of the Great World War, which is bringing such disaster and sorrow to the world, for the hearts of all true Americans are filled with the deepest concern. But if it were possible, we would express our appreciation of what the past school year—the first since our country entered the war has meant to us all at Saint Mary’s. A new seriousness and a new sense of responsibility have come into our lives. And although the following pages are filled with little but jests and chronicles of our ‘good times,’ they express only one side of our school life, while the deeper influences, of which we are so conscious will, we believe, find expression in greater earnestness and more loyal service in all that we do.”

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In similar fashion to these thoughtful Saints, we must do the same. We must acknowledge that despite the dramatic impact COVID-19 has had on us individually, as a School community, and beyond, there was so much more happening in our world, in addition to the pandemic, that we simply cannot cover at length. While this special issue highlights how our School weathered the unknowns of this ongoing health emergency, we too must acknowledge another major international news story that occurred just an hour drive north of campus last spring. The murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer sparked unrest and protests in the Twin Cities which quickly led to worldwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism in more than 60 countries within days. Political debates also ensued, flamed by a sharply divided nation gearing up for a historic 2020 presidential election. And that wasn’t all. We lost lives and millions of acres in devastating wildfires. The coronavirus triggered a global recession, record-breaking unemployment, and isolation that exacerbated mental health struggles. We braced for “murder hornets,” impeachment hearings, and divisive elections. We lost RBG and Kobe. Borders shut down, athletes competed in front of empty stadiums, the 2020 Olympics were delayed a full year, our favorite restaurants and local mom and pop stores went out of business, and once bustling theatre and concert venues went dark. And we watched live coverage of the U.S. Capital insurrection. We’ve all been through a lot. And while that’s a devastating list to recite, it’s not our intention to dwell on it. There were also many happy, empowering, and uplifting events as well. We’ve had time to reflect on what’s truly important and reprioritized where needed. We’ve been able to connect more with nature and spend more quality time with family during lockdowns. Many have a new-found appreciation for the educators and healthcare professionals in our

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lives, and have gained more respect for the value of our essential workers. We’ve witnessed community building and support for those in need skyrocket with acts of kindness. We’ve engaged more election participation than at any other time in U.S. history and have witnessed the first woman, and first person of color, elected Vice President of the United States. And, devoted scientists developed an effective vaccine to help us all combat the pandemic. Throughout the darkness of this time in history, I couldn’t be prouder of how well this school community rallied together. In the pages of this issue, we document the challenges we encountered and overcame. And while the pandemic remains, we’ve all grown stronger for having faced it together. Thank you to everyone who helped, and continues to help, us navigate through this challenging time in our School history. Sincerely,

Jackie Vos jackie.vos@s-sm.org

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FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

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ecently, ‌ I heard an interview with ‌ Jeffrey Sherman, the son of a co-writer of “A Spoonful of Sugar,” perhaps the most wellknown tune from Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins. It turns out young Jeffrey’s experience receiving the Polio vaccine in the early 1960s was the inspiration for the song. As the story goes, he returned home from school one afternoon and told his father he had received the vaccine; they had given him the vaccine with a sugar cube. Mr. Sherman shared the anecdote with his brother and song-writing partner, and the rest is cinematic history.

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In the interview, the younger Mr. Sherman shared that yes, the inception of the song revolved around this novel way of promoting vaccination compliance, but when you listen to the song, it is clearly promoting a positive outlook—it is a reminder to look at the good aspects in everything you must do. If ever there was a year to contemplate how we choose to look at the world, how we approach each day, how we find the sugar in the medicine, 2020 was that year. For the last year and a half, the members of our School community, our fellow Americans throughout the country, and our friends and family around the world have been faced with restrictions that, at times, frustrated us despite the fact they were designed to keep us safe. Our daily lives have been interrupted. Professional, collegiate, and youth sports look and feel different. And schools—both public and independent—were faced with a difficult task, attempting to balance

the academic, social, emotional, and physical activity needs of students while at the same time protecting the best interest of public health. And, of course, all these interruptions and adjustments pale in comparison to the growing number of people who have fought for their life to recover or who have died from COVID-19 complications. I am sure that no matter where you are sitting down to enjoy this magazine—and I am sure you will!— you have experienced challenge and discomfort this past year as a result of the pandemic. And, because you are Shads and Saints and Sabres, I know that you were able to face those challenges and discomforts with the fortitude you gained over your time at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. But what separates us, what really allows us to continue to shine, is our desire not simply to make it through but to find ways to adapt and better ourselves because of our engagement with adversity. That is the hallmark of a Shattuck-St. Mary’s School education, and it is reflected in the students we work with today as well as the Shattuck and St. Mary’s Hall alums with whom I have had the pleasure of meeting. It is the incessant approach of finding the opportunities in the challenges; it is the internalization of a growth mindset, and it propels us ever forward.

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“If ever there was a year to contemplate how we choose to look at the world, how we approach each day, how we find the sugar in the medicine, 2020 was that year.”

Officers Matthew Cavellier Head of School

The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya Honorary Chair

Kristi Klungness ’84 Chair

Michael Johnson ’94 Vice Chair

Megan Trout ’04

Secretary-Treasurer

David Nicol ’75

Rev. Colin Maltbie

Ruthie Sudderth ‘02

Heather Moorhead

Urbana, Illinois

School Chaplain

Lansing, Michigan

Director of the Middle School

Megan Trout ’04

Mark Olson

Chicago, Illinois

Ruth Schenck Wiegand ’97 Lakeville, Minnesota

Kristen Van Slyke Wright ’04 Colorado Springs, Colorado Ex Officio

Parker, Colorado

Alumni Association Board

Brant Barr ’73

Faribault, Minnesota Terry Bevan ’95

Denver, Colorado

Nora Brown ’96

Essex Junction, Vermont Ed Carpenter ’60

Rio Verde, Arizona David Duncombe ’79 Appleton, Wisconsin Michael Ford ’78

Naperville, Illinois Jonathan Hancock

Fort Wayne, Indiana Hank Huang ’04

Taipei City, Taiwan Paul Jeremiassen ’62 Olney, Montana

Integration and Safety Daniel Ray

Academic Dean Scott Ryberg

Patrick Schaefer

Office Manager

Lev Alcott ’65

Director of Technology

Chief Financial Officer

Kim Bakken

Trustees

Lakewood, Colorado

Donna Burch Brown ’86 President

Director of the Upper School Erin Sellner

Director of Human Resources Jackie Vos

Molly Whipple

Parents' Association President The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya

X Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota

Director of Marketing and Communications

Alumni Association Officers Donna Burch Brown ’86 President

Trustee Emeriti

Sharon Hoffman Avent ’64 Linda Stone Dasher ’56 Dan Gislason ’62

Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62 Hugh Wooldridge ’55

Laurel Simer ’07 Vice President

Karen Ronningen ’95 Secretary

Administration

Alumni Association Members

Director of Community Life

Kyle Armstrong ’97

John Blackmer

& Campus Security Courtney Cavellier

Associate Head of School Matthew Cavellier Head of School

Matthew Andrew ’92 Dr. Robert Campbell ’86 Wade Fenn ’76 John Goldfine ’73 Grace Hayden ’86 Erik Jensen ’77

Michele Cornish

Director of Athletics

Chae Ryun (Michelle) Kim ’16

Michael Johnson ’94

Amy Cox ’94

Roger Paquin ’95

Director of Auxiliary Programs

Dr. Rande Paquin-Stanton ’93

Kristi Klungness ’84

Andrew Garlinski ’98

Emily Petraglia ’04

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Matt Cavellier SSM Head of School

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2021-2022 OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, AND ADMINISTRATION

Bill Brewster ’85

What we want to share with you in this issue of Through the Arch are stories that speak to the agility of our community members, stories that speak to their ability to adapt to change, and stories about the importance of pastoral care and its power to see us through challenges. All of these stories have thematic ties: they all speak to the importance of a growth mindset—of embracing the sugar cube in the medicine. And, to paraphrase the Sherman brothers, “A spoonful of sugar helps 2020-2021 go down in a most delightful way.”

Bloomfield, Michigan Joel MacIntosh ’86

Wayzata, Minnesota Tamara Kloeckl Nelsen ’80 Woodbury, Minnesota

Director of Admissions Jody Koch

Director of Health Services Maggie Osterbauer Lee ’03 Director of Institutional Advancement

Linda Cayce Rachels ’66 Meredith Roth ’00 Kurt Simer ’99 Rebecca Stapleton Smart ’85 Mihoko Fujita Ward ’98

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SCHOOL NEWS

Boys from Kim Hall Donate to Local Organization

BioScience Student Elected Vice President in Future Health Professionals Organization Over the summer of 2020, one of our BioScience Center of Excellence students, Ao (Amber) Lu ’21, was elected to be Vice President of Public Partnership in the Chinese chapter of student-organization, Future Health Professionals. Future Health Professionals is an international student organization that still uses its old acronym HOSA (it previously stood for Health Occupations Students of America). HOSA’s mission is to “empower these students to become leaders in the global health community through education, collaboration, and experience.” The organization has grown to over 245,000 members, inspiring the decision to develop a new chapter in China last year.

Through an extensive application process, Amber and 27 others were selected to compete in the International Leadership Conference of 2019 in Florida, and from there, she and 11 other participants became the founding members of China HOSA. She was then elected as Vice President of Public Partnership to the first group of National Officers of China HOSA. In this role, Amber connects HOSA to other companies and organizations so that HOSA members have more opportunities to explore different aspects of the medical field. This past August, China HOSA hosted its first-ever National Leadership Conference in Shanghai, with over 500 members present. Amber presented at the Rewarding Session and hosted the Leadership Meeting, which had 50 local school representatives in attendance. Later in the school year, Amber also published her first professional research paper entitled, “The Silent Majority—Type 2 Diabetes 9

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Amber Lu ’21 at the HOSA International Leadership Conference in Florida.

Mellitus and South Asia Phenotype,” in the journal of the Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare. This paper is the cumulation of two and a half years of research, after Amber spent the summer break of her freshman year volunteering in Nepal. While she mainly taught biology to middle and high school students, she also spent time helping a community doctor by taking patients’ blood pressure. She observed that central obesity— obesity in the abdominal area—was much more common in Nepal than in the U.S. or China. The doctor she was working with told her that around 70 percent of Nepalese people have diabetes or prediabetes symptoms. Amber became so interested in this topic that she decided to pursue further research. She found a mentor who had gotten his PhD from the University of Chicago and now works for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the biggest national research institution in China. He helped Amber to understand the microbiology involved in her research paper. After reading more than 20 professional papers and holding weekly meetings with her mentor, Amber began writing her own. Publishing research is a major achievement for a scientist of any age, but it is nearly unheard of for a high school student! Amber was involved in numerous other clubs and activities at SSM and was selected for the St. Olaf College Honor Band Festival during the 2019-2020 school year. She will be attending the University of CaliforniaBerkely this fall.

Thanks to the generosity of senior boys living in Kim Hall, dorm parents Matt and Leah Inman were able to take a full carload of linens and other items to the organization Bridging in Bloomington, Minn. Bridging provides basic home essentials to families transitioning out of homelessness. When they found themselves unexpectedly leaving campus last spring, many of the boys in Kim Hall donated blankets, sheets, pillows, and more. The extra time during the COVID-19 lockdown allowed the Inmans to wash the linens and take everything in great condition to Bridging. SSM has partnered with Bridging many times to provide community service opportunities for students, so the Inmans were glad to find a way to honor that partnership even when in-person volunteer opportunities were limited due to the virus.

The Inmans’ car full of donations

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The Rt. Rev. Brian N. Prior Retires as Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota

In 2018, Bishop Brian N. Prior Bishop Prior’s “group selfie” pictures announced his decision to step became a traditional part of the SSM Commencement exercises over the years. down from his position after serving ten years as the Bishop of Minnesota. In his statement, he wrote, “Serving as Bishop of ECMN is an incredible privilege and an immense blessing. I absolutely love serving as the Bishop here…I believe others should have the opportunity to serve in such a Spirit-filled place with such gifted people. It’s a great time for me to get out of the way and create space for the Spirit to bring whom you will bless next as you have immeasurably blessed me.” The new Bishop of Minnesota, the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya, was ordained and consecrated on June 6, 2020. Originally from Nebraska, he graduated from Hastings College before attending Yale Divinity School. He found his calling as a priest when he took a summer internship with the Episcopal Church on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. He eventually served as pastor on the Rosebud Mission after he was ordained. He has also served in Massachusetts, Kansas, and Nebraska, before becoming the Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Minnesota. Read an interview with Bishop Loya on page 15.

The Retirement of the Crack Squad

In the fall of 2020, Shattuck-St. Mary’s made the difficult decision to retire the Crack Squad, one of the oldest traditions at the School. While the Crack Squad has always been and will continue to be honored by the student body and SSM community, most students could no longer commit to the time and dedication required by the Squad. School leaders thought it best to respectfully retire the Crack Squad, rather than let it continue in a substandard fashion. We look forward to paying tribute to the Crack Squad through a feature in the next issue of Through the Arch, and the School plans to hold a celebration in their honor at Reunion 2022.

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In Support of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color When George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis last spring, the world erupted. While Floyd was not the first black man or person of color to be murdered in such an inexcusable and horrific way, his death inspired a new wave of protests and marches around the country, and then around the world. While the news coverage of these peaceful protests has somewhat slowed, the protests themselves have not; activists have continued to march every day to demand change. Faribault is not far from Minneapolis. ShattuckSt. Mary’s is not immune to the circumstances that allowed this terrible crime and ones like it to occur. Therefore, we must actively work to make SSM a more welcoming place for students and employees of color by not only advocating for them within our own community, but also to our local and state government leaders.

Above are some of the projects that the students of EDPA created and displayed over the past year, as part of their work to help bring awareness and support

Throughout the past few years, SSM has looked to the students in our EDPA group (Empowering Difference Promoting Awareness) to help facilitate this work. While they’ve done an amazing job, it is not only up to our students of color to create change on campus. It’s not up to our students of color to shoulder the entire burden of educating our community. Recognizing one’s privilege, acknowledging the microaggressions and other challenges that students and employees of color often face, and taking steps to change those behaviors is work that we must all do, in order to make longlasting change. PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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Bishop Whipple Honored in Faribault’s Central Park

In the summer of 2020, the Mural Society of Faribault finished a long-term project: a mural featuring the first Episcopal bishop in Minnesota, Bishop Henry Whipple. While he was integral to the history of SSM, Whipple is an important part of Faribault’s history as well, from his relationships with the Native American population to his establishing the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. The panels of the mural depict Whipple, portraits of his two wives, Cornelia and Evangeline, and a rendering of his relationship with Native Americans. It was painted by local artist Dave Correll and has been installed on the bandshell in Central Park. Much of Whipple’s biography was compiled by former SSM Director of Marketing & Communications Amy Wolf, who worked with the Mural Society to maintain historical accuracy. The text in Bishop Whipple’s portrait gathered from staff at Shattuck-St. Mary’s states: The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple was 37 years old when he was consecrated the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota on Oct. 13, 1859. He spent the next 42 years establishing Episcopal parishes throughout Minnesota. He guided the founding of education and training of clergy and with his wife, Cornelia, founded St. Mary’s Hall for girls. In 1862 he laid the cornerstone for the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, the first cathedral to be constructed in the American Episcopal Church. The Bishop and Cornelia raised six children in Faribault. Following Cornelia’s death in 1890, the Bishop married Evangeline Marrs Simpson in 1896, who continued to support the Bishop’s work before and after his death on Sept. 16, 1901 at age 79. His funeral at the Cathedral (one block east of this location) drew more than 1,000 people, among them a host of Native Americans and the first Native American to be ordained in the Episcopal Church. Throughout his life, he was an advocate for the rights of Native Americans and was known among them as “Straight Tongue.” A tribute to the Bishop from the people of Minnesota is enshrined on the base of the Cathedral’s bell tower: “This tower is the Thanksgiving of many People for Henry Benjamin Whipple, first Bishop of Minnesota, and is the Symbol before [humanity] of the supreme Value of a Righteous Man.” 11

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The Bishop Whipple Mural in Faribault’s Central Park.

Alum Wins Race for Minnesota State Representative

After historic voter turnout and one of the most intense election seasons we’ve ever seen, ShattuckSt. Mary’s School alum Esther Agbaje ’03, a 2020-2021 member of our Board of Trustees, won her campaign to represent House District 59B in the Minnesota state legislature. After graduating from SSM, Esther received her degree in law from Harvard University and a master’s degree from University of Pennsylvania. She is now the first NigerianAmerican to serve in the Minnesota legislature, and one of only a few black women in the history of the Minnesota statehouse. As the results trickled in and the race was called, Esther said, “I am honored to have earned the support and trust of my neighbors to serve as their representative for Minnesota House District 59B. From North Minneapolis to North Loop, Elliot Park to Bryn Mawr, I will work hard every day to represent this entire district with empathy, compassion, and pride. Thank you for believing in me and a new generation of leadership for Minneapolis. I’m ready to get to work!”

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Dispatches from the Apocalypse

In March 2020, Director of The Major Center of Excellence Craig Peck and his friend Joel launched a new podcast series, “Dispatches from the Apocalypse.” Described as “Craig and Joel talk to smart, cool, interesting people and ask them about the whole beautiful mess we call life,” the series poses a wide range of topics and questions to guests. Episode one asks a group of teachers “What’s one lesson you could teach the entire world?” Subsequent topics include “Do you believe in life on other planets?” and “If you could meet a different version of yourself, who would it be?” The duo edits the sound themselves, and Craig also wrote and produced the music for the series. There are currently nine episodes available for listening on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts exist.

SSM Student Works with Faribault Diversity Coalition for Local International Festival

Lotte Aga ’22, a student in The Major Center of Excellence program, partnered with the Faribault Diversity Coalition (FDC) to help with the 15th annual International Festival this past October. Lotte, who moved to Faribault with her family from Belgium last fall, was contacted by newly appointed FDC Project Manager, Peter van Sluis, to assist with updating the festival’s banners and signs, as well as to work on the FDC website. Robert Gutwein ’95, one of our school counselors, also serves on FDC’s Board of Directors. “This is a great event for our small community,” he said. “People get to learn about far off places, explore culture, and experience the world without leaving home. Having Lotte work with FDC on this project is really special too, as she is sharing those experiences in her new home far away from Belgium.”

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Seniors Named National Merit Commended Students Four seniors in the class of 2021 were named National Merit Commended students by the National Merit® Scholarship Program. This prestigious recognition is based on each student’s performance on the PSAT exam in October 2019. Joonmyeong (DJ) Kim, Dung (Dennis) Le, Jonathan Preston, and Zihan ( James) Wang scored in the top three percent of the 1.5 million students who took the PSAT that year. DJ and Dennis are returning students to our BioScience Center of Excellence, from the Republic of Korea and Vietnam respectively. Jonathan is a returning Boys Soccer Center of Excellence student from Tennessee, and James is a returning all-around student from China. “It’s exciting to see these students recognized for their academic focus and hard work,” said Meg Otten, Director of College Counseling. “It’s also fun to get to know them beyond their test scores.” Commended students are recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the qualifying test used for program entry. Overall, 34,000 students out of 1.5 million are awarded National Merit Commended status, a very significant accomplishment given the national nature of the competition. These four seniors are the first at SSM to achieve this milestone since 2016, when Sean Dunlop ’16 was awarded the honor. PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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SSM Students Bring a Fresh Look to The Inn at Shattuck-St. Mary’s Taking something old and giving it new life is exactly how The Inn at ShattuckSt. Mary’s came to be. So, when the time came to replace The Inn’s customdesigned duvet covers, the staff had the idea to upcycle the fabric, rather than discard it. Originally, this student-centered project planned to use the fashion design studio in the weCreate® Center so that students could contribute to the design. But like everything else in the spring of 2020, the plan had to adapt to COVID-19. The staff at The Inn chose to work with local SSM student volunteers and one very generous SSM grandmother to kickstart the work over the summer. They disassembled the old duvet covers and cut them down to size, and then sewed them back together either as bed scarves or throw pillows.

The finished design looks beautiful! The new decorative top sheets add a crisp, fresh, and clean look to each room, while the color from the bed scarves and throw pillows pulls the whole design together. Thank you to Camryn ’21 and Rilyn ’23 Rintoul and their grandmother, Linda Bush, for their help with this project. While The Inn experienced the same turbulence as the rest of the world over the past year, they are open and available to host current families and alumni whenever the need arises. With new safety measures in place, we’re confident you will enjoy your stay!

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The Inn’s original bedding.

The repurposed and refreshed bedding.

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Class of 2015 Alum Makes Strides in Clothing Design While a student at Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Uyi Omorogbe ’15 spent as much time as possible in the weCreate® Center—that is, when he wasn’t on the soccer field. A Nigerian-American and a member of the Boys Soccer Center of Excellence, Uyi first returned to campus after graduation in December of 2018 to host a Deep Dive & Dessert discussion about how learning time management at SSM helped prepare him for college, and how the importance of creativity and innovation has aided him in his social entrepreneurship. At the time, Uyi was a junior at Colgate University, and was in the middle of launching a Kickstarter campaign to support his new clothing design company, called NASO, after the Nigerian word for empowerment. When Uyi visited the School again in the spring of 2020 (virtually, of course), his company had made incredible strides forward. NASO creates clothing that authentically combines Uyi’s Western and African backgrounds, while simultaneously empowering Africans. While Uyi designs his clothing in New York, everything is manufactured 100% in Africa, and 7% of every purchase goes toward building schools across Africa while employing local construction workers and carpenters. Uyi’s idea for NASO originated in college, while he was exploring the possibilities of entrepreneurship. “In the beginning,” he told weCreate students, “you make a ton of mistakes, but you can do anything you want. Your first idea is never going to be perfect.” In its initial stages, his idea was for a website that encompassed all things Africa. However, he found he needed to narrow his focus and identify his passion.

That passion came into focus when he made a trip back to Nigeria to visit the rural village of Urhokuosa where his father grew up. Uyi discovered that the primary school his father attended as a child was severely under-resourced, without desks, chairs, windows, or bathrooms. After visiting many public markets and tailors’ stalls until he found enough tailors and fabrics to create his first samples, Uyi started his Kickstarter campaign and sold out of all of his product within thirty days and found himself with 300 outstanding orders. After multiple trips between college and the village in Nigeria, construction on the school was completed over Uyi’s spring break in 2019—just a few months after his initial Kickstarter campaign.

rebrand, and even partnered with Banana Republic for a pop-up shop in their flagship store in New York City. Uyi imparted some valuable wisdom to the weCreate students. “You’re always pitching,” he told them, “whether it’s a product or yourself. Your personal brand can be your most valuable asset.” He urged them to take advantage of the available resources they have in the weCreate Center and the School, and to try as many new things as possible. Finally, he spoke about the importance of believing in what you’re doing, playing to your strengths, and reading as much as possible about the things that interest you. “There’s no age restriction on making a difference,” said Uyi. “Improve one person’s life; that’s making a difference.”

During his Zoom-hosted Deep Dive, Uyi spoke to the weCreate sophomores about a young girl he’d met at the Nigerian school the first time he visited. He had asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up, and at the time, she didn’t know. She had EMPOWERMENT THROUGH PODCASTING no idea what options were available to her. In May 2020, Uyi released a new podcast produced by When Uyi saw the girl NASO titled “Native,” which, like his clothing company, is again, after the school dedicated to creating a future that will empower Africans. was built, she told In Episode 1, Uyi sits down with Samson Ebukam, linebacker him very decidedly, for the L.A. Rams, to discuss playing in the NFL and the “I’m going to become Superbowl, and how Ebukam’s African heritage impacted his a nurse.” For Uyi, this life. Subsequent episodes feature Folawe Omikunle, the CEO is what the entire of Teach for Nigeria, a non-profit organization dedicated to process had been ending educational inequity, and Chimezie Metu, forward for about—contributing the San Antonio Spurs, who talks about his journey to the NBA to the future of Africa. and Team Nigeria. Since Uyi’s graduation from Colgate University in 2019, NASO has launched a new website and

Episode 4, released in July 2020, hosts John Imah, Global Head of Games & Brand Partnerships for Snapchat. They discuss Imah’s Nigerian background, representation in the workplace, his tech journey, and celebrity advising experience. PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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Q& A With the New Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota

Before we were all mired in a global pandemic, a national election, and a myriad of other challenges, Bishop Brian Prior of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota (ECMN) decided to retire from his position, initiating the search for the 10th Bishop of ECMN. We’re extremely grateful for the ten years that Bishop Prior spent serving Shattuck-St. Mary’s as one of the faith communities that falls under ECMN’s jurisdiction, and we look forward to getting to know the newly elected and ordained Bishop Craig Loya. Bishop Loya was elected on January 25, 2020 and ordained on June 6, 2020. He grew up in North Platte, Nebraska and graduated from Hastings College where he studied religion and literature. This is also where he was introduced to the Episcopal Church. From there, Bishop Loya attended Yale Divinity School, where he met his wife, Melissa, and completed a summer internship with the Episcopal Church on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. He wrote of this internship, “It was in the experience of encountering Jesus in a culture other than my own, and relying on the hospitality of others, that I most clearly heard a call to the life and work of a priest.” Since then, he has served as pastor on the Rosebud Mission, two interim positions in Massachusetts while his wife was completing her PhD in Hebrew Bible, and Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Kansas. In

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The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya was consecrated the X Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota on June 6, 2020.

2013, he became Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Omaha, before moving to Minnesota for his new role as Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Minnesota. When Bishop Loya learned he had been elected, he stated, “I am deeply grateful to the people of ECMN, and I pray that, by God’s grace, I will be faithful to the trust you have placed in me today. Among diverse people and across diverse contexts, Minnesota Episcopalians have always borne vibrant witness to God’s reconciling love, and it’s an extraordinary privilege to be called to join that work in this new season.”

SSM and the Episcopal Church in Minnesota We sat down with Bishop Loya to discuss his new role as a spiritual leader in Minnesota and at ShattuckSt. Mary’s. “One of the challenging things about being new is that you don’t know what you don’t know,” he said with a chuckle. As a whole, the Episcopal Church is organized into provinces and then dioceses, each of which is led by an elected bishop. In Minnesota, we lie under Province VI, Northwest, in the diocese known as the Episcopal Church in Minnesota.

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Bishop Loya during his consecration service with Bishop Brian Prior.

“As Bishop [of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota],” said Bishop Loya, “my role is to be the chief pastor and spiritual leader for 103 faith communities that are spread all over the state of Minnesota.” This collection of faith communities includes 94 congregations of every size, shape, persuasion, and context, as well as schools like SSM, retirement communities, a charitable foundation, and social services. His role at SSM is to be a pastor to our School in the same way that he is to other faith communities. He will also take his place as a board member and do what he can to support the life and governance of the School, as well as attend special all-school events like Commencement. “I have a long history with school roles,” said Bishop Loya. He served as a chaplain at an Episcopal school in Omaha, and now will work with both SSM and Breck School in Golden Valley, Minn. “Both the schools, while different, have really unique missions that no other school has, and are able to serve students in ways that they wouldn’t otherwise have an opportunity to be served.”

Pastoring in a Pandemic Ordinarily, this position is a massive professional undertaking. However, being elected bishop right as a global pandemic swept across the United States added its fair share of complications to an already impressive workload. “On the one hand, it’s been pretty challenging, because I have not been able to connect with people in the ways that you would normally expect a new leader coming into a community to connect with people,” he said. “On the other hand, I think that one of the things that all of us are learning during this season of pandemic is that there are some ways we’re discovering to be more connected than we were before.” He went on to describe a webinar he hosts every Tuesday afternoon, in which anyone in the Episcopal Church of Minnesota is invited to participate, allowing

him to meet with 80-100 members of clergy and lay every Tuesday since last March. “If we were not in the middle of a pandemic, I don’t think we ever would’ve had the idea to connect in that way. I’m particularly grateful for that because we’re in the midst of a massive season of change and being reshaped, like a lot of institutions. And while COVID-19 has been really challenging and really painful, I believe it’s also going to be a source of great renewal and creativity that will lead us to be stronger on the other side of this.

A Re-Commitment to Diversity One of Bishop Loya’s goals for his work here in Minnesota is to continue to form leaders that will engage in and embrace the gift of our diversity, while finding new and innovative ways to gather people as followers of Jesus. “The Episcopal Church of Minnesota is extraordinarily diverse,” he said. “We have large urban congregations, small rural congregations. We have a long tradition of ministry with indigenous peoples, we have vibrant congregations that are full of Minnesota’s newest arrivals, Hmong congregations, Spanish-speaking congregations. Massive change and innovation are key priorities of our work together in the years to come.” Those who are familiar with SSM’s history know that the first Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Minnesota, Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple, also led SSM in some of its earliest days. Like any historical figure, Bishop Whipple was a complicated figure, but his legacy is rooted in diversity. The ECMN essentially began as an encounter between Bishop Whipple and John Johnson Enmegahbowh. Johnson became the first indigenous person to be ordained as a priest in the ECMN, and was a tireless advocate for the rights of indigenous people, at a time when he took a lot of criticism for that. PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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Bishop Loya with his wife, Melissa, and their two children, Mari and Asa.

In keeping with this legacy, Minnesotan Episcopalians organized a campaign to challenge the use of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling as one of the biggest ICE detention facilities in this part of the country. The campaign was entitled, “What Would Whipple Do?” in order to either remove Bishop Whipple’s name from the building, or get ICE evicted altogether. At the time, Reverend Jim Bear Jacobs, Director of Racial Justice at the Minnesota Council of Churches said, “The activities that go on in this building are a violation not only of the spirit of this sacred land but they are a violation of that name, Bishop Whipple.” [from StarTribune] As we talked about this event from a year ago, Bishop Loya said, “One of the things this season has exposed is the deep systemic injustices and racism that exist in our culture, that the church and all of our institutions have been complicit in historically. So, I think a big part of the work that’s been handed to us is the work of racial justice and healing.” “One of the realities for me is that I was ordained Bishop one week after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. It sent a clear signal to me that one of the key pieces of work I would have as Bishop was joining that work in the world.” He went on to speak about some of the most meaningful work he’s done as Bishop here. Gethsemane Church, the oldest Episcopal church in Minnesota which resides in downtown Minneapolis, has been empty since the congregation decided to leave the building last year. Since then, ECMN has entered into a partnership with Twin Cities Stand Together, an organization that grew out of the leadership surrounding the memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis. The organization will lease the church building to create a community center that will offer a variety of community service programs, job training programs, youth and arts programs, and other types of that work. “That was a pretty profound moment for me,” said Bishop Loya, “For us to use one of our most beloved historic properties to support the work of racial justice and healing in the world feels really powerful to me.”

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Being Episcopal, Being Inclusive As an Episcopal school, Shattuck-St. Mary's holds at its foundation Christian beliefs and traditions, and is committed to aiding in its students' spirtiual growth. In keeping with its heritage, the School embraces students of all religions, recognizing and respecting their faiths, traditions and cultures. Bishop Loya recognized the value of diverse perspectives and spoke to his own personal committment to celebrating and expanding this important aspect of the School's mission: "I think that we are a stronger school because of our religious, ethnic, cultural, and racial diversity. As an Episcopal Church, inclusivity is an important value for us. My own faith as a Christian and an Episcopalian has been deeply enriched and enhanced by deep and lasting friendships with people who belong to other faith traditions. So it’s important to me that we not only maintain and respect the diversity that exists at SSM, but that we do what we can to continue to be mindful of and increase that diversity. Because the more diverse we are, the stronger we will be and the better equipped we will be to fulfill our mission. We're forming leaders for a world that is diverse in every way, and we want leaders who are able to engage with that diversity respectfully and constructively and see it as a gift rather than as a limitation. We are inclusive because we are an Episcopal school."

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Connecting with Students, Past and Present Just as connecting with over one hundred congregations from a distance poses quite a challenge for a new bishop, connecting with the students, families, and alumni of Shattuck-St. Mary’s will look different for Bishop Loya than it might have in previous years. While many institutions across the world were already in the midst of great change, COVID-19 forced that change to accelerate. However, Bishop Loya has chosen to look on the bright side. “In some ways SSM is a model for the entire ECMN for how you adapt and innovate when you are confronted with changing cultural realities,” he said. “SSM is this historic institution that has lasted for a long time but throughout its history it has continued to adapt and innovate and overcome all kinds of challenges in the past.” Bishop Loya addressed the issue of varying opinions and lack of knowledge about the School's affiiliation with ECMN within and outside the SSM community. "Some people don't know that [the School] is affiliated with the Episcopal Church, some people wonder why we have a chaplain." Inversely, he acknowledged the importance of the School's connection with ECMN, and the strong ties that alumni have with its traditions. He wants alumni to know that SSM's Episcopalian roots are still present, saying "We have this rich tradition that every generation of leaders has had to figure out how to translate to this new moment. My best hope in terms of engagement with SSM would be to be really mindful of and deeply understand this tradition that we've been given, and to figure out what that looks like in this exact historical moment." Finally, he spoke directly to our students and in particular, this year and last year’s seniors: “What you have done as students and as seniors is really hard, and the fact that you have overcome this challenge is just further evidence that there is nothing you can’t do in your life. As hard and painful as this year has been, it fills me with unimaginable hope for the future. Our world is going to be that much better because of what [you’ve] learned, what [you’ve] built, and what [you’ve] overcome."

Bishop Loya adorns a 2021 graduate with her gold cross necklace, a tradition that dates back to 1870, when Bishop Whipple presented them at the first commencement exercise of St. Mary's Hall.

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It was certainly not the Commencement ceremony they expected—or wanted. But for the Shattuck-St. Mary's Class of 2020, it was one for the history books.

A Commencement Ceremony Like No Other As the coronavirus started to spread across the U.S. in March 2020, in-person learning throughout Minnesota and many parts of the country shut down. The resulting transition to online learning led to quick goodbyes from departing students, late nights devoted to curriculum adjustments, and one of the biggest disappointments of all—the loss of a traditional Commencement ceremony for the graduating seniors. Like many other seniors around the globe, they soon learned the stark reality that they would no longer be able to safely commemorate this joyous occasion with their classmates, teachers, coaches, friends, and family present, together, to celebrate them.

You can view the 2020 Commencement Video here! bit.ly/SSM2020Commencement

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The impossibility of an in-person event created a unique challenge for the faculty and staff who still wanted to make Commencement 2020 a special milestone for the seniors. The School decided to create a virtual ceremony premiere, so that all the members of the Class of 2020 could gather even while scattered all over the world, complete with online celebrations using the #SSMseniors hashtag. Ahead of the ceremony, each senior received a special 2020 Commencement Celebration package that included a program and schedule, a Commencement tassel, the 2020 graduating class traditional commemorative t-shirt, and the Shattuck-St. Mary’s history book, For a Life of Learning and Service: How Shattuck-St. Mary’s Came To Be, by Robert Neslund, SSM faculty member for more than 40 years. The virtual ceremony included the traditional toasts, Baccalaureate messages, Commencement addresses, and congratulations from faculty and staff members. Seniors also sent in their electronic

" Please continue to strive towards your goals upon the path to success. I look forward to seeing us accomplish everything we set our minds to."

— Kari Chen '20 Class of 2020 Valedictorian

signatures for the SSM Book of Remembrance, which will remain in place until they can return to campus to sign their names in person. Neo Patel ’20 also created the customary senior video to conclude the ceremony. Plans were set in-motion to welcome the Class of 2020 back to campus during Reunion 2021, where we could celebrate their achievement in person. However, the pandemic persisted, and Reunion 2021 transitioned once again to a virtual celebration as state restrictions for both indoor and outdoor gatherings continued.

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Left: Victoria Moullin '20 takes a photo with her parents (Holly and Bob, SSM faculty members) next to her Class of 2020 yard sign. Middle: Keegan Cox '20 (left) and Neo Patel '20 (right) enjoy a special Commencement dinner at the Cox family's home. Right: A group of local senior girls toss their "graduation caps" in celebration on the Parade Field. Pictured, L-R: Abby Walker, Cate Carson, Victoria Moullin, Maddi Politoski, and Emma Sawicki.

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Left: Minnesota State Representative and 2020-2021 SSM Board Member Esther Agbaje '03 delivered her Commencement address for the virtual ceremony. Middle: Isabel Troe '20 picking up her Commencement box and dress. Right: Luc Charbonnier '20 receiving his Commencement box.

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SSM staff members Jan Peper (left photo), Genevieve Andreas, Amy Cox, and Stacy Messer (L-R, right photo) took special care in packaging the celebratory Commencement boxes.

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The specially designed boxes for the Class of 2020 Commencement celebration packages.

" Take this time to build a community and figure out how you can help each other, and how you can help other communities move forward into the future." — Esther Agbaje '03, Minnesota State Representative and 2020-2021 SSM Board of Trustees Member Commencement Speaker PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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COLLEGE MATRICULATION Bemidji State University Carleton College Macalester College Minnesota State University, Moorhead Minnesota State University, Mankato St. Olaf College The College of Saint Scholastica (2) University of Minnesota, Duluth University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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University of Warwick (England)

University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Bowling Green State University Miami University-Oxford Oberlin College Xavier University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2)

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Clark Atlanta University Emory University Georgia Institute of Technology Oxford College of Emory University Savannah College of Art and Design

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Bucknell University Pennsylvania State University (3) American University (DC) George Washington University (DC) Mount St. Mary's University (MD) Duke University High Point University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of California, Berkeley University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego (2)

Colgate University Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester Elmira College Fordham University New York Institute of Technology (2) New York University (3) Rochester Institute of Technology School of Visual Arts Syracuse University United States Military Academy University of Rochester (2)

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2019-2020 Honors & Awards UPPER SCHOOL AWARDS ACADEMIC AWARDS Below English Literature Prize: Elise Morphy '20 SSM English Department Prize for Writing: Shanouk (Neo) Patel '20 English Mastery Award: Siyoung Lee '21 Poehler Mathematics Medal: Juntao (Martin) Liu '20 Mathematics Association of America Medal: Juntao “Martin” Liu '20 Agerter Science Award: Zhongxuan (Kari) Chen '20 Rensselaer Medal: Dung “Dennis” Le '21 Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award: Linh Nga Nguyen '21 Fenn Brothers Innovation Award: Abby Walker '20 Bloom Memorial History Prize: Benjamin Callaghan '20 Whitney Latin Prize: Kade Reese '20 Below French Prize: Taylor Steinke '20 Mandarin Chinese Prize: David Ma '20 Marthena Drybread Spanish Prize: Artem Shlaine '20 American Sign Language Prize: Joe Ntayagabiri '20 CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Benjamin Callagan '20, Zhongxuan (Kari) Chen '20, Feishi (Alisha) Gong '20, Jiahao (Danny) Gong '20, Juntao (Martin) Liu '20, Elise Morphy '20, Victoria Moullin '20, Madison Politoski '20, Nguyen Tran '20, Yongchen (Jessica) Wang '20, Suyoung Yun '20 New Inductees: Yiyang (Alvin) Jiao '20, David Ma '20, Kade Reese '20, Charles Rinehart '20, Chenxi “Steven” Song '20 ATHLETIC AWARDS The Holsinger Sportsmanship Award: Maja Almström '22, Jakob Stone '20 Zulfer Plaque: Felipe Kubo '22 Kramer Cup: Benjamin Callaghan '20 Williams Cup: Scott Morrow '20, Makenna Webster '20 SSM Women’s Association Most Improved Girl Athlete Award: Francesca Benson '20 ARTS AWARDS Performer of the Year Award: Madison Politoski '20 Spotlight on SSM Award: Catherine Carson '20 Wagner Dramatics Award: Victoria Moullin '20 National School Choral Award: Madison Politoski '20 National School Orchestra Award: Elise Morphy '20, Suyoung Yun '20 Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Kade Reese '20 John Phillip Sousa Band Award: Amber Lu '21 Visual Arts Awards: Keren (Lily) Chen '20 Dance Award: Emma Sawicki '20 Photography Award: HaoTian (Sky) Hong '20 Rosaur Award: Keegan Cox '20 Jay Wang Animation & Video Award: Adolfo Diaz '22

SERVICE AND CITIZENSHIP AWARDS Tricker-Newman Award: Chenxi (Steven) Song '20 School Service Award: Keegan Cox '20 Elena Lizier International Student Award: Tianze (Tank) Zhao '20 Waitt Dearborn Award: Victoria Moullin '20 Charles B. Bud Wilkinson Award: Benjamin Callaghan '20, Elise Morphy '20 SOPHOMORE CLASS AWARDS Yale Cup: Lotte Aga '22 Derry Gardner Memorial Award: Madisson Folsted '22, Noah Sutherland '22 JUNIOR CLASS AWARDS Wellesley Book Award: Linh Nga Nguyen '21 Harvard Prize Book: Hathaway Heart '21 Yale Book Award: Tusani Nhleko '21 Cooley Award: Abigail Gross '21 Bishop Kellogg Award: Abigail Gross '21, Dung (Dennis) Le '21 Princeton Plaque: Grace Canterbury '22 SENIOR CLASS AWARDS Valedictorian: Zhongxuan (Kari) Chen '20 Two-Year Bishop Kellogg Award: Keegan Cox '20, Shenaé Reid '20 Four-Year Bishop Kellogg Award: Kade Reese '20 Personal Achievement Award: Chenxi "Steven" Song '20 Most Improved Senior Award: Jazz Krivtsov '20 Plugger's Prize: Marco Filous '20 Spectator Award: Keegan Cox '20 Good Companion Award: Abby Walker '20 Cornelia Whipple Award: Kari Chen '20 Patty Travers Award: Shenaé Reid '20 Newburg Silver Medal: Juntao (Martin) Liu '20, Elise Morphy '20, Charles Rhinehart '20, Suyoung Yun '20 Theopold Gold Medal: Zhongxuan (Kari) Chen '20 Hauschild Senior Scholarship: Zhongxuan (Kari) Chen '20 ScholarShift Awards: Sofia Rueda Gene '20, Vinh Nguyen '20, Shaunak (Neo) Patel '20, Jakob Stone '20, Isabel Troe '20 ScholarShift Honorable Mention: Benjamin Callaghan '20, Luc Charbonnier '20, Zhongxuan (Kari) Chen '20, Emily Collins '20, Samuel Duerr '20, Savanna Keppy '20, Peter LaJoy '20, Jingze (Bruce) Li '20, Benjamin Mencer '20, Nguyen Tran '20, Abby Walker '20, Lanxin (Lucy) Zhu '20 Diploma with Honors: Emily Collins '20, Juntao (Martin) Liu '20, Victoria Moullin '20, Shaunak (Neo) Patel '20, Madison Politoski '20, Emma Sawicki '20 Diploma with Distinction in BioScience: Jadon Antwi '20, Joe Ntayagabiri '20, Keren (Lily) Chen '20, Shenaé Reid '20, Zhongxuan (Kari) Chen '20, Taylor Steinke '20, Ziheng (Rebecca) Guo '20, Abby Walker '20, Yiyang (Alvin) Jiao '20, Katherine Wharton '20, Seong Ha (Steve) Ju '20, Suyoung Yun '20, Taehyung (Bill) Lee '20, Runze (Brandon) Zhao '20

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Diploma with Distinction in Engineering: Keegan Cox '20, Aleyna Gross '20, Yeun (James) Ha '20, Joonwoo Park '20, Shaunak (Neo) Patel '20 Diploma with Distinction in The Major: Chenxi (Steven) Song '20 Appointment to the United States Military Academy, West Point: Charles Rinehart '20 Appointment to the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs: Jakob Stone '20 POSTGRADUATE RECOGNITION Nongnapat (Pin) Jorntapha, Justin Wright

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS Charles "Bud" Wilkinson Community Service Award: Kyle Cox '24 Most Improved Student Award: Kyle Cox '24 The Jenkins Cup: Lucia Engelhardt '23 The Dobbin Scholar Prize: Chloe Bednar '23, Riley Priddy '23 Scanlon Award: Tiffany Ogunsemi '23 ACADEMIC AWARDS English Prize: Fumiaki Kawasuzuki '23 The Janes Award: Kate Bittenbender '25, Alyssa Lamb '25, Natalie Sutherland '26 Mathematics Prize: Sida (Star) Cheng ' 23 Science Prize: Matt Van Horn ' 23 History Prize: Teresa Salazar '23 World Language Prize: Lucia Engelhardt '23 Global Language Prize: Sihyeon Bae '24, Zhihan (Clay) Cui '23 ARTS AWARDS Band Award: Austin Guidone '23 Strings Award: Kevin Hyun '24 Choir Award: Tiffany Ogunsemi '23 Drama Award: Penelope Parrish '24 Visual Arts Award: Anna Lee '24

" You are all so talented, with so much potential. Live a good life, and let your actions speak loudly." — Johnnie Walker, SSM faculty Baccalaureate Speaker

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we honor you! 30 YEARS OF SERVICE COLLEEN JOHNSON Registrar

In the spring of 2020 we recognized 27 faculty and staff members in celebration of their milestone service anniversaries. Together, they had served a total of 164 years at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year.

10 YEARS OF SERVICE JON BIRCH Bus Driver MELISSA BOIK Girls Prep Hockey Assistant Coach, Math Instructor

20 YEARS OF SERVICE GORDIE STAFFORD Director of Girls Hockey, Girls Prep Hockey Head Coach, English Instructor TARA ZICK Accounting Specialist, Business Office

15 YEARS OF SERVICE LINDA BARRAL Director of Food Services MIKE CARPENTIER ’00 Assistant Director of Admissions, Boys U15 Hockey Assistant Coach DES CHRISTOPHER Boys U16 Hockey Associate Coach, Head Hockey Goaltending Coach STEPHAN WEISSMANN Director of Technology Infrastructure

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JOAN BULTMAN Food Services Server

TIM COX Director of Facilities and Grounds CARRIE HOMUTH Dance Instructor, Senior Class Dean DR. MAREN LALIBERTY Director of BioScience Center of Excellence BOB MOULLIN Boys U15 Soccer Assistant Coach, Admissions Associate DIANE PETERS Food Services Server

BEN UMHOEFER ‘05 Director of Hockey

EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION

To all of our honorees-we applaud your achievements, your commitment to our mission, and your dedication to our community! Your talents and contributions have helped Shattuck-St. Mary’s become the School that it is today.

5 YEARS OF SERVICE

MIMI GIRMAY Food Services Prep Cook REV. COLIN MALTBIE Head Chaplain, Service Learning Coordinator

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Congratulations to our 2020 Retirees!

We wish to express our sincere appreciation to two kind, caring, and hardworking staff members upon their retirement in 2020. Thank you for all that you’ve done for SSM through your combined 34 years of service to the School.We hope you’re both enjoying your well-deserved retirements!

DAVID CONNELLY General Manager and Event Director of The Inn at SSM TIM DESORMEAU Director of Golf Center of Excellence, Board Chair of Legacy Golf

PAUL OLSON

Grounds Supervisor, 14 years of service

During his tenure at SSM, Paul took great pride in keeping the campus looking beautiful through each season. He’d spend his spring, summer, and fall days planting flowers, mowing grass, lining fields, maintaining equipment, and of course, getting the mail. We know he misses his work keeping the campus grounds in top-notch shape, but we’re guessing he’s probably not missing the frequent winter snow removal too much.

HEATHER MOREHEAD Middle School Director ANDREA MOYER History Instructor, Interim Director of Equity & Inclusion, Junior Class Dean JOE SAWICKI Director of Sports Medicine MARY WEAVER Administrative Assistant ELLIE WILDER Gifts Administrator, Department of Institutional Advancement

MIKE YERHOT Sports Complex, 20 years of service

For 20 years, Mike helped create and maintain the high-caliber facilities of our ever-evolving Sports Complex. Although integral in the upkeep of the facilities, Mike was often unseen, starting his day long before most of us had even hit the snooze bar. He was the smiling face greeting community walkers and runners in the Dome at 5:00 a.m. and the one responsible for getting the rinks ready for early morning skates. He also served as the behind-thescenes expert at helping maintain the ice resurfacers and making sure locker rooms were cleaned and ready.

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STRONG The Shattuck-St. Mary's Community Shines Through the Darkness of COVID-19 As it became increasingly apparent last summer that the global pandemic would remain a significant disruptor in our lives for the forseeable future, the School centered its efforts on ensuring that students would still be able to safely receive the high-quality academics and innovative education that its known for. Through the monumental difficulties in the months that followed, the entire SSM community rallied together in support of one another and our mission, working toward this common goal. PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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Weathering the Turbulent Onset of a Global Health Emergency

Left: Zitong (Carina) Lyu '23 and Quynh (Vivian) Vu '23 cook up some delicious food at the Hearts' house. Below: The family of Hathaway Heart '21 opened up their home over Spring Break to allow students to get off campus and have a tasty home-cooked meal.

Nobody could have predicted the intense complexity and heartbreak that was about to unfold only a few short weeks after the School returned from Winter Break in January 2020. As a global learning community, School leaders were already closely monitoring the coronavirus situation developing in China and supporting students worried about loved ones living in areas heavily impacted by the virus. A growing “anti-Chinese” movement and increasingly stricter international travel bans weighed heavy on community morale leading up to the eventual campus closure. The rapid pace of new information, safety guidelines, and emergency-use government mandates, was overwhelming and challenging to predict. Year-end tournaments, performances, exams, and traditions were replaced by virtual events or canceled altogether, and shutdowns became the gloomy and hard to accept norm across the world.

Housing Our Chinese Students over Spring Break 2020 When Spring Break started at the end of February, China was leading the world in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. Due to concern for their safety and travel restrictions, nearly 70 of our Chinese students weren’t able to go home for the break, staying on campus instead. While normally much of our campus shuts down during spring break, many of our campus amenities remained open, such as the weCreate Center, the Sports Complex, and the Hirst Library. Holly Moullin, SSM Substitute Teacher Coordinator/Scheduler, among other faculty and staff, coordinated activities and field trips to help the students enjoy the unexpected two-week campus stay.

The Spectator Catalogs Pandemic Stages Through Community Voices When the previously unimaginable happened in the spring of 2020 and the School closed its doors to students (temporarily), the student newspaper, The Spectator, began an online feature titled "Where are You Now?" in an attempt to keep members of the student community connected. With a limit of five lines and one photo, students wrote about their journeys home, how they were coping with social distancing, and how they kept themselves busy, along with how their different countries were dealing with the pandemic. Submissions were comical, creative, and sometimes heartbreaking.

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In the months after, The Spectator followed up with two more features: "What brings you Joy?," which helped students find silver linings, and "Dear COVID," a sounding board for thoughts, experiences, and emotions on the reverberations of the pandemic. The stories told in the following excerpts from these submissions will provide a glimpse into this historic time for years to come.

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Spring Term Re-envisioned The School quickly had to pivot in the spring of 2020 when it seemed that the entire world was closing down and going virtual. The ShattuckSt. Mary’s teachers performed the herculean task of transferring their entire curriculum online, creating makeshift classrooms at home to teach from remotely, and holding classes on Zoom late into the evening to accommodate for several different time zones. Even where it seemed impossible—Painting? Theater? A chemistry lab experiment?—our teachers rose magnificently to the challenge of creating equally engaging class material even while we were unable to house our students on campus. Additionally, traditional year-end events were also held online, such as awards ceremonies, prom, and even Commencement. (Turn to page 19 to read more about the virtual Commencement ceremony!) While we applaud those who made all of these virtual events possible, we lamented the loss of these important in-person events to those in our school community. Right: Head of School Matt Cavellier announces the School's plan to send students home and transition to distance learning. Below: Students and faculty "Zoom in" for the School's first ever virtual prom.

An Abbreviated Timeline of the Pandemic Onset at SSM March 2020 - August 2020 JAN 20 First confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States.

FEB 21 MAR 12

SSM transitions to distance learning.

The School hosts virtual awards ceremonies and Class of 2020 Commencement.

SSM hosts virtual Reunion events.

International students stay on campus for spring break.

APRIL 8 MAY 20MAY 22

MAY 26

MAY 28MAY 30

Distance learning extended through the end of the school year.

Summer camps are pushed back to July and August start dates.

JUNE 5

JUNE 15 SSM announces its plan for returning to school in the fall.

JULY 13

AUG 3

Where are You Now?

Jakob Stone '20:

"I am currently back in snowy Anchorage, Alaska. Just like most other people, the stores and shops around the city have been closed. As for me, I have been trying to stay home and limit how many times I got out into public. It has been weird thinking that I won’t be doing school at Shattuck, but rather in my house. One of the cool things I have been able to do while home has been flying my family around cool places such as Denali."

SSM students and families receive detailed information about registration days, future family visits, and important guidelines for the upcoming year.

Summer camps are canceled for the remainder of the summer.

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AUG 27

The Safely Through the Arch plan is released, which addresses what the upcoming school year will look like.

Students arrive on campus and participate in fall orientation activities.

Fall term begins! Classes follow a distance learning model for the first two weeks, then transition to a hybrid model, consisting of both in-person and virtual learning components.

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Above: Steven Song '20 explains the digital "health codes" required to gain access to public places in China. Right: 2020 graduates Lily Chen and Steven Song speak to ABC News about the their experiences with the onset of the pandemic.

SSM Students on ABC News Keren (Lily) Chen ’20 and Chenxi (Steven) Song ’20 were two of the Chinese students who stayed with us on campus over spring break, even though they had to go home just a few weeks later with the rest of their classmates as we quickly transitioned to distance learning. They, along with Director of Admissions Andrew Garlinski ’98, were interviewed by ABC News since they had the unique perspective of dealing with the COVID-19 crisis from both the United States and China. Lily and Steven left the US as the number of cases were rising and arrived in China when the latter began to get the number of cases under control. While they quickly realized how many new health checkpoints and temperature checks were now in place, life in China was slowly heading back to normal with many safety precautions like masking still in place. The hardest part for both students was the abrupt end to their time at SSM. “When I left Shattuck, I was never prepared for it— like leaving this fast,” said Steven. “So I cried, actually, along with my friends and teachers as well. It was pretty sad.” Lily agreed, being unused to spending so much time at home after several years attending SSM. You can read the ABC News article and watch the video clip here: bit.ly/abcnewsssm.

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Bruce Lee '20:

"It was unfortunate that I came back to Hong Kong right after Hong Kong’s government enforced compulsory quarantine for any traveler. The break has been boring without friends. Luckily, I have my family here to support me. I’m going to have a fish head soup with tofu for today’s lunch."

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Linh Nga Nguyen '21: "I am doing very well in Vietnam. After a very long day of traveling, I had to go into quarantine in Vietnam. I am staying in a military training site and to be honest, I am very surprised by how good the soldiers treat us. I am currently having all the time in the world to do whatever I want, so I am making good use of it."

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Donation of Personal Protective Equipment to Local Health Care Providers Back in 2009, SSM purchased large amounts of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in anticipation of an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as the swine flu. While there were indeed sick students that year, the virus was contained well enough that the PPE wasn’t necessary on campus. When the coronavirus began emerging in other countries, including the U.S., and all SSM students moved home, the SSM Health Services staff looked for ways they could proactively help serve the wider Faribault community. When Allina Health, a nearby clinic, put out a call for donations, Amanda Schaefer, wife of Upper School Director Pat Schaefer, and Business Services Supervisor at the Allina Health Faribault Clinic, was able to coordinate a donation between SSM and the clinic, knowing that the local healthcare providers would need them while fighting COVID-19. Former SSM nurse Greta Wade spent a day counting and organizing the PPE for donation, assisted by Florian Wade ’23 and Peter Cisar ’23. On March 24, 2020, they dropped off a total of 300 bouffant caps, 250 shoe covers, 80 gowns, 10 pairs of protective glasses, and 1,000 N95 masks. The entire exchange took place outside to protect everyone’s health.

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Virtual Tour Video One of the best ways to introduce new families to the unique opportunities SSM has to offer is by bringing them to campus for a personalized tour. This was yet one more obstacle that was created when the COVID-19 pandemic made it nearly impossible to travel by air or meet together in person. While nothing compares to seeing and feeling campus in person, through the combined efforts of the Admissions and Communications teams, we created a virtual tour video featuring Associate Director of Admissions Mike Carpentier ’00 and Admissions Associate Ellie Williams ’11. This was an elegant and popular solution for us to continue sharing our campus with people from across the world, and it received plenty of acclaim on the SSM social media accounts, giving alumni a brief glimpse into what SSM looks like today. Watch the video: bit.ly/VirtualTourSSM

What Brings You Joy?

Isabel Troe '20:

"I love to spend time near water, whether it is by a lake, river, or the ocean. For me in Owatonna, MN, I only have a lake or a river. So, every few days I walk or drive to the lake or river, which is just a few blocks away from my house. I can never get enough of seeing the water and I can’t wait to be able to go out on it again!"

Daniela Castillo Esquivel '20: "My family and I are playing board games every night, the loser cleans the dishes!"

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The New Normal The question of whether it would be safe to reopen schools during the fall of 2020 was one that every school administration across the country, and the world, had to face while weighing their own individual challenges, resources, and local safety guidelines. While the decision was multi-factorial for every institution, predicting what local positive case rates and resulting local safety measures would be enforced as a result months in advance was near impossible. After arduous months of scenario planning and consultation with a variety of entities— including local and state health authorities; independent, boarding, and episcopalian school governing bodies; education administrators from all around the state, including our local public elementary schools all the way through state universities; our internal Health Services, Crisis Management, and Administrative teams;

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our newly-hired COVID-19 Coordinator; and the Board of Trustees—SSM decided the best approach for our unique circumstances was to return to campus using a hybrid model that relied on students moving about campus in cohorts, or small groups of their peers, to lessen the risk of campus-wide transmission. The planning and implementation of this crazy new normal, spelled out in a lengthy Safely Through the Arch return to school plan, was set in motion. Using grit and resiliency, our School community came together to take on this new challenge. We monitored, solicited feedback, consulted, evaluated, and recalibrated endlessly, to improve and execute our plan to the best of our ability. The "ALL IN" approach helped keep our School’s community as safe as we possibly could, while keeping our doors open to ensure our students could still pursue their passions. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly highlights of how it all came together.

Jade Aga '26:

"I have been really bored lately and working a lot for school, but I still have time to watch series and bake! I really like baking but I’m not that good at it… Me and my sister have been playing volleyball outside since the weather is really good! I really like to play with my dog and go for walks! I have more time to bond with my family and I am excited to see my friends next school year!! This is a picture of my dog, Lola."

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Fr. Henry Doyle: "Very early morning walks, morning and evening prayer, sending birthday and anniversary cards to the SSM community, comfort food, such as tater tot wild rice hot dish for vegans, Zoom meetings with advisees, late afternoon walks and a sense of humor and laughter."

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Reopening the School Students returned to campus in August 2020 on assigned registration days after submitting documentation of a negative COVID-19 test prior to traveling to campus. While most of our students from overseas were still unable to travel to campus, students who were able to be in-person were visibly beaming with excitement behind their masks to be back on campus together! However, campus life had changed significantly. School grounds and buildings were decorated with new signage reminding folks about complying with the new safety measures including maintaining the proper social distance of six feet between members of separate households, to stay masked at all times when in the buildings and when around others outdoors, and to wash both hands and high-touch surfaces frequently. Everyone entering campus was asked to go through new health screening check-points to answer questions about potential COVID-19 symptoms, possible exposures to someone with the virus, and pass a temperature check to rule-out any fevers. Throughout the year, students, employees, and visitors went through the daily screening process and had to wear a colored wristband indicating they completed the screening that day.

Top: Students and their families arrive for fall Registration. Middle: Middle School Director Heather Morehead greets students at the steps of Johnson Armory, ensuring proper safety precautions are taken as they enter for Registration. Left: Amy Cox '94, SSM Director of Auxiliary Programs, lends a hand as a Registration health screener.

Dear COVID

I'd like to thank you for 3 things I learned in 2020: 1) I have learned and am learning new technology. Video conferencing on multiple platforms is no longer out of my wheelhouse. 2) That being said, I also learned that people need people - in person and face-to-face. Humans are a complex species, and their wellbeing (quality of life) cannot be summarized or protected in a marketing slogan.

3) I can overcome obstacles with God, friends, and frequent time in nature. The Shattuck, St. Mary's, and St. James campuses, as well as River Bend Nature Center, are a true gift to this community. Thank you, Ms. Holly Moullin, SSM Substitute Teacher Coordinator/Scheduler

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Living and Learning in Cohorts Student cohorts were largely determined by grouping students with their Center of Excellence peers and athletic teams, with whom students already spend a great deal of time with. Throughout the school year, students ate meals, attended in-person classes, shared designated study locations, worked out, and lived in the same sections in the dorm with their cohort classmates. While this model had its challenges, such as teachers having students from multiple classes together for in-person sessions at the same time, it ultimately was successful at keeping COVID-19 exposures contained within cohorts, which kept the School from having to close its doors to send everyone home as it did in the spring of 2020. As COVID-19 cases rose and fell locally throughout the year, the School adjusted it’s safety measures and in-person time accordingly. Students expressed flexibility and adaptability as the academic schedule shifted from being fully online while on-campus during the greatest case spikes and after returning from major school breaks, to ultimately returning to fully in-person in the spring term. Left: Girls Hockey cohort in an anatomy class. Below: Boys Soccer cohort practices on the Parade Field.

Dear COVID

You came along and changed everything. My active teaching job became a desk job. I gained back some of the pounds I lost in 2019 and I haven’t seen my family in NY for over a year. I have had anxiety and worry to levels I never knew they could go. However, I am now a tech pro, I can bake my own bread, I have a new website for my art, I’ve had many great times with my husband and kids. We are at a point that we can safely say you will not wipe out humanity and this makes me very happy. You can go now. Ms. Patrizia Vignola, Visual Arts Instructor

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SSM staff members Mary Hart (left) and Jan Peper sort through an overflowing bin of mail and parcels.

Mail Influx When businesses transitioned to “essential employees” only, sent employees home to work remotely, or shut down completely, online shopping became increasingly popular and, in some cases, necessary. In the fall of 2020, boarding students were not allowed to leave campus to walk downtown to get a haircut or visit local dining favorites like Mizuki Fusion. Routine bus trips to WalMart ceased and parent visits to campus were limited to help mitigate the risk of contracting and spreading the virus. While we could never fully create a true “campus bubble,” we tried to reduce as must risk as we could. As a result, online orders surged, and packages began piling-up in the School Store. The game room area in the lower Hub was commandeered as a campus mail storage and sorting area for packages. And each day, Store staff received a list of students who were in quarantine or isolation and their mail was separated out to be delivered to them.

Thank you for giving me more time with my family but I’m over it. Can you please go away now? This is not what I meant when I said that I love watching history develop before my eyes. You’ve overstayed your welcome. Please see yourself out now. Mr. Pat Schaefer, Upper School Director

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Major Mealtime Shifts A small group of our dedicated food service team spent the summer months planning and implementing significant new safety guidelines to reduce the risk of viral transmission at every step of the dining process. In the servery, the team transitioned foot traffic to a one-way flow, installed plexiglass “sneeze guards” as an added layer of protection, individually wrapped fruit and silverware, and switched all self-serve stations—like the infamous salad bar—to fully served stations by staff. In the Morgan Refectory, mealtimes were tightly staggered by cohort and scheduled weekly based on various cohort practice and competition schedules. Large high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration units were installed, seating capacity was significantly reduced to support social distancing measures, and only employees from the families who live on campus were able to enter to collect meals to go for their families. Students and employees were limited in the number of people per table, and students were only allowed to sit with others in their cohort. For community members who found themselves in quarantine or isolation, three meals a day were prepared, boxed, and then delivered by dozens of community members all chipping in to help ensure everyone was well-nourished and checked-in on. The changes were many, but our staff was incredible at implementing the new safety measures. The team received a 100% rating from the Minnesota Department of Health during two separate pop-in inspections and we are all excited to continue having everyone disinfect their own space after every meal. Top: SSM Kitchen staff Jeff Teske and Martin Riemann display the stack of boxed lunches they've prepared for students in quarantine. Middle: Proudly donning her "Safely Through the Arch" t-shirt, Denise Benkowski dishes up food to students in the servery. Bottom: Standalone signs outside the servery announce the day's plate options, giving students the chance to decide which menu choice they will opt for before entering, helping to avoid line congestion and promote social distancing.

The past year’s distance-learning allowed me to discover the unseen beauty in my country [China]. I have traveled to over 30 cities since the beginning of the pandemic, and I am still counting. The trips remind me to reflect and reimagine—reflecting on what my cultural connections mean to me and reimagining my role as the world restores itself to the once connected one. Moreover, the pandemic has redefined our community. Though many of us may not be back on campus to continue our studies, the extra flexibility brings us back together. I would like to especially thank all faculty who have spent the extra hours providing arrangements for distance-learners. I truly appreciate the spirit and warmth I sense through Zoom windows. Stay positive, test negative! Jeremy Zhang ‘21

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Managing Positive Cases On Campus The beginning of the school year introduced us to multiple versions of “Symptom Decision Trees” which were used to help SSM community members better understand what symptoms required them to stay away from campus and when to seek medical care. It was also the start of highly soughtafter access to on-campus COVID-19 testing through a partnership with Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Depending on the Lab's current case load, the group would return test results around in 48 hours, though sometimes it took longer. Students who were tested stayed in special quarantine dorms on-campus until their results were returned. If they tested positive for COVID-19, they were either picked-up and cared for by a family member off-campus or moved to an isolation room in SSM housing off-campus and supervised by a member of TEAM-19, a group of SSM faculty and staff who served as “first responders” of sorts when students were identified as a close contact with someone who tested positive, presented with their own COVID-like symptoms and needed to be tested, or supported through an on-campus isolation stay. These team members stayed overnight in the quarantine and isolation dorms, ran students to off-site testing locations or doctors appointments when necessary, delivered meals, ensured students received ample opportunities to get fresh air and exercise, and monitored basic health metrics. Top Right: A snapshot of one of the SSM COVID-19 Decision Trees. Top Left: Andreas House gets a thorough cleaning from an outsourced cleaning crew. Below: Amy Cox '94, SSM Director of Auxiliary Programs, delivers packaged meals to students in quarantine.

Dear COVID

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to get back to the simpler things in life, like having a little bit of extra time to slow down and enjoy something like a long walk, that we might not normally have the time to take out of our busy day to do. Now, can’t say that’s been the same for the entirety of this year with you, but you at least began as the trigger to get that idea started. Despite the frustration you have caused, we did get to enjoy coming together and getting engaged, and being able to share that with small numbers of family and friends this past summer. You also helped to create an opportunity for us to be able to work in the same place

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again, which helps us to be able to see each other for more than 10 waking minutes per day, which is nice. An added bonus, you’ve helped us reconnect with friends we’ve lost touch with through the beauty of all the technology and screens that we so love sitting on every day. From the bottom of our hearts, thanks, for one of the most interesting years of our lives. Mr. Clark Shirley, Head Athletic Trainer Ms. Melissa Boik, Math Instructor & Girls Hockey Coach

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A Great Escape As the fall holidays approached, colder weather increased indoor activity and cases of the virus were starting to surge around the country. Since there were only two weeks between the fall break and the start of winter break, the School urged families to not take their students offcampus for the Thanksgiving holiday to limit exposure risk due to increased travel and anticipated large family gatherings. Students who stayed on campus were treated to a traditional Thanksgiving meal and special activities, but everyone was eager for a much-needed winter break. For some boarding students, winter break was the first time they had seen, and were able to hug, their parents since the start of school. And yet for some international students, travel restrictions once again prevented them from being able to leave campus. Whether it was spent in our Winter Residential Program experiencing ice fishing and fat-tire biking for the first time, road-tripping across country in order to return home for a few days of rest, or simply hunkered-down in town to binge-watch a new Netflix series, Winter break 2020 was undoubtedly a welcomed reprieve for everyone on campus.

The SSM Kitchen Staff celebrated a successful holiday meal, posing under the festive Thanksgiving balloon arch.

North to Alaska A few members of the Boys U15 Hockey Team took advantage of the long break to escape the chaos in the land of the midnight sun, exploring Alaska’s beautiful wilderness and enjoying playing one of the purest forms of hockey, out on “the pond.” Top: Pond Hockey on Eklutna Lake.

This year has been an emotional rollercoaster, and who knows when life will get back to normal. My only advice right now is that you should live in the moment (COVID-safe of course), don’t overthink everything. As Ferris Bueller once said in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986: “Yep. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it.” I tell myself this quote at least once a day, so please live your life to the fullest so you don’t have any regrets later.

Bottom Left: Samuel Crane '23, Josh Erickson '23, Florian Wade '23, and Cooper Pierson '23. Bottom Right: Josh Erickson '23 partakes in 'dog mushing,' Alaska's official state sport.

Sincerely, Lotte Aga ‘22

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Students participated in a wide range of activities over the past year, including pumpkin carving, volleyball, painting, snowshoeing, archery, fishing, biking, and gaga ball, plus so many more.

COVID-Friendly Student Activities Weekend activities have always been an important part of student life at SSM, and they gained even more signficance during the pandemic, with students searching for ways to regain a semblance of normalcy while staying connected with their peers. When co-curricular sports temporarily halted in November 2020, the need to offer alternative forms of physical exercise and ways to connect with nature was greater than ever. Led by Student Activities Coordinator and English Teacher Kitty Gorman and Athletic Director Michele Cornish, SSM faculty and staff dedicated a great deal of time and effort to providing safe, socially-distant opportunities for students to have fun and engage with other cohort members outside of the classroom.

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You are real; you exist and greatly impact life worldwide. You disrupt our lives. You are not welcome to be anywhere in the world. Although many have said you are like the flu, those who have been ill with you and recovered from you have emphasized you are nothing like the flu. They have said you have been worse than influenza. Regretfully, millions of people have died because of you. You have taken away some very dear companions on this earthly journey. I miss them very much. I pray they rest comfortably in the arms of Jesus.

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Daily, I say the following prayer: “Sustain us, O God, in your compassion. This pandemic—COVID-19—touches everyone. Let our prayers never cease. Pour into our being the charity to care for one another, to listen, speak comforting words, and see to the needs of others. Amen.” During your existence, I thank God for health and safety; positive attitude and cooperative spirit; patience and endurance; enthusiasm and energy; sense of humor and comfort food. Fr. Henry Doyle, Alumni Relations & Outreach

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Pandemic Perspective: Through the Eyes of an Alum on the Frontlines While the School continues to adjust to the ever-changing world around us, it's important to recognize the SSM community members who have been, and continue to be, "fighting on the front lines" of the global pandemic. The SSM MarComm office interviewed Ruthie Sudderth '02, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications at the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. MHA is the statewide trade association for hospitals and health systems in Michigan that works to advance the health of individuals and communities. Prior to the pandemic, Ruthie typically spent her time managing three key business areas for the MHA: the Communications department (which entails a team of five that cover strategic planning, media relations, advocacy efforts, marketing, social media, digital and more), the corporate giving/sponsorship program, and the Association's healthcare workforce/business community relationship efforts. Additionally, her responsibilities include work related to the Affordable Care Act, such as coverage expansion and community needs assessments, as well as vaccination work. Ruthie spoke about how her role has changed since the beginning of the pandemic. "When COVID-19 arrived in Michigan, the MHA had to focus all our efforts on the core value we provide our member hospitals. This means that we stopped much of our work and put all energy into advocacy, policy, regulatory, and communication work. Most of my non-COVID work slowed or stopped entirely. My days, since March [of 2020], have consisted of crisis communications. Largely, ensuring our hospitals have all the information and tools they need to successfully care for their communities, advocating on their behalf with regulatory agencies and government, and doing hundreds of media interviews." Like many others over the past year, the pandemic forced Ruthie's work into sustained crisis mode. In November, her efforts shifted focus to the COVID-19 vaccine, helping hospitals plan and prepare for, and then carry out, the administration of the vaccines.

Though the challenges have undeniably been numerous, and at times all-consuming, front line workers have had a front row seat to the perserverence, compassion, and care that has persisted throughout the pandemic as well. Ruthie recounted the immeasureable resiliency of the healthcare professionals she's witnessed firsthand. "These nurses, doctors, technicians, lab workers, environmental service workers—everyone—have showed up every day, often terrified of becoming ill or bringing the virus home to their families, yet they are committed to their patients. They’ve held their hands when family couldn’t, propped each other up after exhausting, sad shifts, cheered as their patients have recovered and gone home, and more. I’ve never witnessed greater strength from a group of people than I have from our hospital workers this past year." Drawing parallels between the challenges she faced during her time at SSM and the difficulties of the past months, Ruthie spoke about the importance of unity and teamwork in overcoming obstacles. "I keep coming back to the small, tight-knit community that exists at SSM that gets you through hard days and nights, whether as a teenager it was a broken heart, a lost hockey game, missing home, being sick or otherwise. You had your dorm mates, your team mates—this tiny group of people that all had to rely on each other to survive and succeed—and you’re the only ones who understand what it’s like to be at this place. I’ve learned to look for that in other places in my life. This year, overnight I found myself in our office with just six other people: we sent everyone else home, and we were the core team that was going to lead this effort. We leaned on each other, laughed and cried and yelled, but we couldn’t have done it without each other, and I’m not sure anyone else will ever really understand what it was like to be in the room for those moments." We are very proud of, and forever grateful for, Ruthie and the numerous other extradordinary alumni and community members who are supporting front line efforts to fight this global crisis. Are you an alum working on the frontlines of COVID-19 in healthcare, transportation, government, or another essential industry? We want to hear your story! Email us at communications@s-sm.org.

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Emerging Stronger from Crisis Amidst the search for solutions to the unique challenges of the last 18 months, ShattuckSt. Mary's strived to lead by example, paving a path of adaptivity and resilience for our student body and community to follow. With a mission that aides our students in becoming citizens of integrity for an ever-changing world, it was imperative that the School, as an institution, stayed committed to our vision and values while exhibiting the agility and flexibility required of the trying times. The lessons learned and the knowledge gained over the past year and a half have translated to an accelerated pace of innovation, a reinforced appreciation for community and tradition, and a strength for finding the light in the darkness.

SSM Online Division The pandemic undeniably disrupted education systems around the world, throwing many educators, students, and families into uncharted digital necessity. While some students have struggled with the quick transition and new tools, others have thrived and enjoyed having more control over the pace and direction of their education. Being true to our School's core fundamentals of embracing innovation and committing to excellence, we looked at what we learned over the past year—and in our years of teaching in a blended model—and discerned there were indeed synergies of where our areas of expertise overlapped with family and student needs and the ability to have a broader impact. In October, a serious effort was put into motion to take an idea that had been researched at SSM for a few years and develop an Online Division. On May 7, 2021, the School announced its new Online Division was opening enrollment for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Division’s inaugural year is available to boys and girls in the U.S. entering grades 8 and 9 this coming fall. In the fall of 2022, the program will expand to grades 8-10, with May 2025 being the anticipated timeline for the first class to become SSM graduates. You can learn more about the SSM Online Divison here: bit.ly/ssmonlinedivision.

Spring of 2021 brought the return of some of our most cherished School events. Sociallydistant outdoor music and dance performances, International Day activities, and in-person Commencement and awards ceremonies provided our community with a welcome boost of energy and enthusiasm. We continue to monitor the global situation and adhere to recommendations for keeping our community safe, as we look forward with renewed hope for a return to the normalcy of pre-2020. And although the future contains many unknowns, the past has given us the perspective and awareness to know that our School has what it takes to not only survive, but thrive in the face of adversity. We look forward to sharing more highlights from Spring term, including a full recap of the 2021 Commencement services, in the upcoming Fall issue! 39

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A Triumphant Return to an In-Person Commencement The collective joy and excitement was tangible amongst the graduates and guests gathered on the Chapel of the Good Shephard lawn for the 2021 Commencement on May 28. And while the ceremony wasn't exactly as it was in pre-pandemic years, it nonetheless marked a turning point for the campus community, ending the year on what can only be considered as the highest of high notes.

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History Repeats Itself: SSM and the Flu Pandemic of 1918 Although the prospect of closing its doors seemed inconceivable in the early months of 2020, it wasn't the first time the School has been faced with this difficult decision. In 1918, the incorrectly named “Spanish Flu” spread across the entire world, enhanced by the cramped conditions of soldiers during World War I. People believed that this particular flu began in Spain, because Spain was one of the first countries to report the disease. However, this was likely because Spain remained neutral during WWI and therefore enjoyed more freedom of the press than other countries did during that time. Cases in the United States started to surge in October of 1918 when soldiers began to return home from the war, eventually leading to over 10,000 deaths in Minnesota alone. This flu was particularly frightening because one could appear healthy in the morning and be dying by nightfall. Much like the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing masks became the norm, though there was a similar level of pushback from groups of citizens much like today’s times. In Minneapolis, the government at the time stated, “The main thing is to keep people from getting close together.”

A 1918 influenza awareness poster showing a Red Cross nurse with a gauze mask over her nose and mouth. Source: mnopedia.org

The Spanish Flu was first mentioned in the Faribault Journal on October 9, 1918, as the numbers of local soldiers dying from influenza while still at base began to rise. On October 16, the Faribault Journal recorded the first cases in Western Minnesota. By October 28, the paper included “Uncle Sam’s Advice on Flu,” describing the Spanish Flu as, “resembles a very contagious kind of ‘cold,’ accompanied by fever, pains in the head, eyes, ears, back or other parts of the body and a feeling of severe sickness.” According to the records that the School kept at the time, the first death in Faribault occurred on October 2, 1918. However, this likely refers to Faribault County instead of Faribault, the town. This would also explain why the School continued to play in regularly scheduled football games until the end of October. Charles Watson Newhall was Headmaster of SSM at the time of the Spanish Influenza, and the School’s records of this time period state: October 30: Voluntary quarantine at Shattuck because of the influenza. November 7: Faribault closed tightly because of the flu. Cheese cloth “gas masks." Public schools closed. No meetings allowed. November 9: Dr. Rumpf inoculated many boys and faculty against flu. November 10: No church meetings. November 12: Shattuck closed for a “brief time.” November 25: Public schools reopened. Month of December: Flu epidemic subsiding. December 27: Shattuck resumes work with Chapel service. January 7: Quarantine restrictions lifted except going to the theater.

An excerpt from the 1919 St. Mary's Hall yearbook, chronicling some of the steps taken late fall 1918 to mitigate the spread of the flu pandemic a century ago.

January 29: Flu epidemic continues – Professor Hill of Carleton College died. According to Robert Neslund’s For a Life of Learning and Service: How Shattuck-St. Mary’s Came To Be, the Headmaster decided to close the School after several of the School’s dining room maids became sick rather suddenly. Two-thirds of the students and faculty were inoculated, so only a dozen or so Shads contracted the disease. Still, the Headmaster felt the risk was too great, and decided all students who could go home should do so. However, just as the School joyously reopened its doors in the fall of 2020, students were allowed to come back to both the Shattuck and Saint Mary's campuses near the end of 1918 and classes and military activities resumed. PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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Ar tistic Expression Br ings Light to Pandemic Lif e Students, faculty, and alumni of the Performing and Visual Arts Department have found countless ways to make the arts accessible to the School community, helping to keep people connected and inspired during the struggles and stressors of the pandemic. Pictured: Brewer Williams ’22 participates in choir practice in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.

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For musicians and artists, the COVID-19 pandemic created an especially difficult obstacle, forcing those in the creative industry to think outside the box. For many of our performing and visual arts students and alumni, this meant finding new ways to perform, connect, and share their art with the world. Luckily, creativity is their strong suit. Mark Prihodko ’16, a cellist and graduate of the Pre-Conservatory Center of Excellence, traded concert halls for the virtual stage. Faced with countless recital cancellations and postponements amidst the pandemic, Mark began a series of ‘Live from Home’ video clips, which were shared via his Facebook page, and on his website, markprihodko.com. Wynnm Murphy ’14, a graduate of the Vocal Performance Program Center of Excellence, spent the past year and a half releasing songs from her EP album, Moonwalking.

In February 2020, she released the first single on the album, “Fire on the Moon,” which can be streamed on Spotify. The full album became available for streaming in the fall of 2020, and features five additional songs: “Sometimes Berlin,” “thefeelingyougetwhenyouwatchthenews,” “Where Did All The Years Go?,” “The Morning,” and “Milk.” She released a single in 2021 titled “Before I Forget.” Wynnm’s music contains layered vocals and guitar, a combination of folk and pop genres. She has also been livestreaming concerts across her various social media channels during the time of social distancing. And, in case you missed it, the students of the Vocal Performance and Pre-Conservatory Programs put on numerous virtual recitals in 2020-2021 that are available for viewing on the School’s website and Facebook pages. Top photo: A #livefromhome virtual performance from Mark Prihodko ’16; Middle photo: The artwork for “Fire on the Moon,” a single by Wynnm Murphy ’14; Bottom photo: Dina Dautova ’23 performs for a 2020 virtual holiday event.

Cate Carson ’20 Earns Multiple Awards and Honors in the Arts

Practicing from home didn’t stop Pre-Conservatory student Cate Carson ’20 from winning multiple competitions in the spring of 2020. She won the 63rd Annual Young People’s Concerto Competition, put on by the Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA), performing the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47. In addition to the top monetary prize, Cate won the Claire Givens Award which is given to the top scorer among string players in the competition. Her success marks the first time that a violinist has won the competition since 2012 when SSM alum Sedra Bistodeau ’13 won. Previously, SSM alum Magdalena Mullerperth ’10 won for piano. In our previous issue of Through the Arch, Cate had been named a Featured Artist in MPR’s Minnesota Varsity competition and was awaiting the results of an audience vote. To our delight, Cate was named a Showcase Artist in the competition later in the spring of 2020, the highest honor of this particular competition. While normally the five Showcase Artists perform in a live concert, this year Cate performed in a solo setting that is available for viewing online at bit.ly/catecarsonmpr. Cate is now studying at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. 43

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Director of Vocal Performance Program Interviewed On “Musician Talk” Radio Program ShattuckSt. Mary’s own Pete Schleif, Director of the Vocal Performance Program Center of Excellence, was featured on KYMN’s “Musician Talk,” this past fall, in which Northfield artist Pauline Jennings interviews local musicians. Jennings has worked in theater as a producer, educator, director, writer, stage manager, actress, and a singer in a number of regional pop/country/rock bands for the last forty years. They began the interview talking about the ways in which teachers have been re-inventing how they teach with new technologies, particularly in the arts. How does one give voice lessons over Zoom or host a virtual recital? “I’m a bit of an optimist, maybe too much so sometimes,” said Pete. “How are these skills going to be used on the other side of this, how will that enhance our lives musically, how will that be good for students, how will that be good for the musical world going forward…From an accessibility standpoint, I can see this really being great for kids that maybe don’t have access to the best teachers or geographically aren’t as close to those teachers.” The interview went on to cover Pete’s own musical journey, beginning with piano lessons at the age of five, and how he grew into the musician he is today with 25 years of teaching vocal music under his belt. He has since directed choirs all over the

U.S., as well as in Austria, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden. Pete also spoke about the Vocal Performance Program at SSM and how COVID-19 forced everyone to adapt to extraordinary circumstances extremely quickly. By the time SSM fully transitioned to distance learning, Pete was teaching to seven different time zones. Finally, Pauline asked him how he picks what songs individual choirs will sing. “It depends on the ability level of the group, what the group has sung in the past. It depends on what direction you want the group to go towards,” said Pete. “A rule for me is variety and diversity, especially with the cultural awakening we’ve all been going through. Personally, I’ve been trying to put more emphasis on underrepresented composers, trying to balance out the dead white guys with a little more contemporary literature because there’s some really great choral music being written right now. The poetry, the lyrical quality of things has to be of high quality. The compositional style has to be both musically and academically sound, meaning that there are pedagogical things I can teach my choir.” Pete added, “Music draws us together. It doesn’t matter if you’re a trained musician or someone who just likes to rock once in a while. It’s about these connections. It’s what keeps us going, what keeps us searching for more.”

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DEEP DIVE AND (BRING YOUR OWN) DESSERT Despite the weCreate® Center being closed through much of the past year, the Deep Dive & Dessert series prevailed. Students and faculty were able to meet virtually in the spring of 2020 to hear from Jonah Kagen ’18, an alum of both the Boys Soccer and Engineering Centers of Excellence, as well as a return visit from Uyi Omorogbe ’15, another Boys Soccer alum and weCreate enthusiast, featured on page 14. Jonah talked about his passion for music, and more specifically, music production. He demonstrated his skill with the guitar, looping pedal, and music production software for the benefit of the students watching, and spoke to the importance of exploring the resources in the weCreate Center. Throughout the rest of the year and into 2021, Jonah worked tirelessly to perfect his music. He released two original songs, the second of which—titled “Moon”— was his first release under Arista Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Keep your eye on Jonah’s rising star, as he has already amassed more than 400 thousand followers on TikTok and millions of online streams of his new music. He’s even caught the attention of popular musician Andy Grammer. Grammer responded with high praise to a unique cover Jonah performed of one of Grammer’s songs and posted online. A social media exchange led to the two collaborating on the same song using the duet feature on TikTok to superimpose Grammer’s original harmony over Jonah’s melody. You can watch the talented duo perform “Thousand Faces” on Jonah’s instagram page: bit.ly/JonahandAndyduet. Jonah Kagen ’18 hosted the Deep Dive & Dessert over Zoom, to talk about the journey with music he began in the weCreate recording studio. PANDEMIC EDITION 2020-2021

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SSM Boys Soccer Kic ks Of f 2020-2021 Season as a Founding Member of t he N ew Elite Yout h Development Platf or m After the disappointment of a shortened 2019-20 season, the SSM Boys Soccer Center of Excellence was excited to reunite this past fall on a high note. In May of 2020, Major League Soccer (MLS) announced that Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, along with other former U.S. Soccer Development Academy clubs, would join MLS’s existing club academies in a new partnership that will transform youth player development in the U.S. and Canada. “The Platform will be the environment for the best of the best in Boys Soccer; there is little argument to be made there,” said SSM’s Director of the Boys Soccer Center of Excellence Program, Sean Bushéy. “This will create an environment that leads the way for our young athletes, providing elite level academic education and soccer development as they journey forward on their life’s path to contribute in so many unique and wonderful ways to their families and communities.” Pictured: Members of the Boys U17 Soccer team practice on the Parade Field, along with Coach Scott Bowers.

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It was a truly golden moment for five former ShattuckSt. Mary’s Sabres as they, along with their teammates, helped lead Team USA past Team Canada to capture the gold medal at the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship game held in Edmonton, Alberta on January 5. Despite being the underdog, Brendan Brisson ’19, John Farinacci, Drew Helleson, Jackson LaCombe ’19, Cam York, and the rest of Team USA battled with focus right from the puck drop. Helleson picked up an assist on the first goal of the game as his teammate Alex Turcotte tipped in his shot from the point to get on the board. From there, stellar goaltending and a goal just thirty seconds into the second period was all they needed to clinch their gold medal, marking the fifth time in the last six years that Team USA medaled in the World Junior Championship. In total, the five former Sabres combined for 20 points in the tournament—10 goals and 10 assists. Cam York was also named one of Team USA’s top three players of the tournament.

#1 in the Nation for Girls Soccer Since its inception in 2005, the ShattuckSt. Mary’s Girls Soccer Center of Excellence (COE) has consistently demonstrated success in helping student-athletes achieve their ambitions to play collegiate soccer and beyond. Though located in an area with short summers, the SSM Girls Soccer program has shown year after year that good outdoor playing conditions are not what makes a great athlete—it is a combination of highlevel training and competing against top talent. At SSM, our student-athletes get that and more. Aleyna Gross ’20, who went on to play DI women’s soccer at Fairleigh Dickinson takes on an Iowa Rush opponent.

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“Congratulations to Team USA and the five former Sabres on their gold medal performance at the 2021 World Junior Championship,” said Ben Umhoefer, Shattuck-St. Mary’s Director of Boys Hockey. “We are so proud of the way they represented our country and program on one of hockey’s biggest stages.”

“If you mix a school with high academic standards and an excellent college-counseling department together with a top-level soccer facility, daily daytime training, and individual position-specific training, you are setting a program up for success,” stated Tim Aga, SSM’s Director of Girls Soccer. In a report published by topdrawersoccer.com, ShattuckSt. Mary’s girls’ soccer program had the “most currently rostered NCAA Division I players” in the nation with 25 former Sabres playing at the top collegiate level. In fact, in the 2019-2020 season, SSM had 26 women playing Division I college soccer, putting the program eight players higher than the second listed high school. “Our program sets similar expectations that colleges demand, but here our teachers, coaches, and trainers go above and beyond to guide these athletes,” said former SSM Assistant Coach Vickey Vargas. “When you become a Sabre, we coach both the student and the athlete, taking a holistic approach to preparing these women for the next level. I think that’s what college coaches recognize and appreciate. ”

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NHL Success for Former Sabres Zach Parise ’02 and Sidney Crosby both reached big milestones in the NHL in the past year. Both played in their 1,000th game (Parise on Feb. 7th, 2020 and Crosby on Feb. 20th, 2020) and Parise recorded his 800th career point on Feb. 24th, 2021.

Four alums were selected in the 2020 NHL Draft. Brendan Brisson ’19 (Vegas Golden Knights), Jackson Kunz (Vancouver Canucks), Artem Shlaine ’20 (New Jersey Devils), and Carson Bantle (Arizona Coyotes) became Shattuck-St. Mary’s 18th consecutive class to be selected in an NHL draft and the second consecutive class to feature Sabre graduates.

Hockey Alum Noëlle Needham ’04 On Track for Success in NHL

While some may have said her hockey career was over when she tore her ACL, MCL, PCL, and meniscus at the age of 15, Shattuck-St. Mary’s alum Noëlle Needham ’04 has surely proved naysayers wrong. After a successful prep and collegiate playing career, and an entrepreneurial spirit creating opportunities for young female hockey players, she now has her sights set on becoming the first female General Manager in NHL history. At SSM, Noëlle was a leader on and off the ice as Proctor, a Bastien Leader, a member of the Gold Key Club, and Student Council, among other activities. While playing on the Girls Prep Hockey team, they won the 2002 Midwest Prep Invitational, the 2002 Minnesota State Tournament, and the 2004 Midwest Elite Hockey League tournament. Attending from 1998 to 2004, alongside current NHL players Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks), Noëlle went on to play hockey on a scholarship at Minnesota State University, Mankato, before the limited professional opportunities for female hockey players forced her to hang up her skates. However, returning to “regular” life at home in South Dakota didn’t suit her, as she determined she couldn’t be happy without hockey in her life. Eventually, Noëlle volunteered to coach a local girls hockey program to get back into the game. There, she met Ashley Munsterman, and together they founded a summer hockey camp for girls. They went on to found Legend Hockey in 2009, a comprehensive hockey training program and company. Five years later, Noëlle founded the Sioux Falls Power, a Tier 1 team that includes U14, U15, U16, and U18 teams. All of this has contributed to a well-rounded hockey education that continues to help her ascend the hierarchies of the sport. In 2018, Noëlle met Ryan Hardy, former General Manager of the Chicago Steel, a United States Hockey League (USHL)

team that has seen much Sabre success, as he scouted players at a tournament. Hardy asked her to take part in his hockey camp in Pittsburgh, which then led to him mentioning her to the General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kyle Dubas, who was looking for a new amateur scout. After a blind audition process, Dubas hired Noëlle.

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Noëlle is now the Associate General Manager for the Chicago Steel. While it can be challenging to think of oneself as “the first” or “breaking new ground,” Noëlle is, as always, focused on hockey. She, “does not want to deny her importance to the girls who once did not see a place in hockey for themselves,” but she doesn’t want to be the focus. “I feel like I’m doing exactly what I was meant to do,” she recently told Amalie Benjamin for a profile piece on NHL.com. “I’m so happy every single day. Not that that there aren’t hard times or anything like that, but I think I have the coolest jobs, plural, in the world.” This article originally appeared in the SSM News section on the School's website. Visit s-sm.org frequently for more School and alumni stories like this to enjoy and share. Also, watch for the next issue of Through the Arch magazine for a deeper dive into the various ways female alums are paving a path of new opportunities for girls in hockey.

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ALUMNI events A lu m n i G a t h e r i n g s Go V i r tua l While in-person events had to be postponed due to COVID-19, the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Advancement Office maintained a busy virtual event schedule, allowing alumni to be “together apart.” Virtual events have enabled alumni across the globe to join remotely and stay connected to the School and each other.

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Alums from the east coast gathered in February 2020. Top photo (L-R): Front row: Hollis Malkowski ’13, Holly Frick, Kristina Zaslavskaya ’17, Lev Alcott ’65, Carly Aimi ’04, Peter Schleif, Christian Brune Sr., Curtis Houlihan ’78 Back row: Mark Prihodko ’16, Dr. Benjamin Downs, Mike Fladovich, Michael McCulloch ’04, Alicia Kennedy, Christian Brune ’18, Bruce Tuomala ’78, Heather Heart Bottom left photo (L-R): Courtney Cavellier, Gordon Stafford, Josefine Hansen ’15 Bottom right photo (L-R): Matt Cavellier, Umi Matsumura Villatora ’08, Courtney Cavellier

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Sha t t uc k- S t . M a r y ’s c e le b ra t e s its f irst-ever ‘ V ir tual Reunion ’ Throughout the last weekend of May 2020, alumni of all ages logged on for the School’s historical first-ever virtual All-School Reunion. Although it had its drawbacks, the virtual celebration was a successful and memorable experience that allowed alumni who would have otherwise been unable to attend to participate in the event. Director of Institutional Advancement, Maggie Osterbauer Lee ’03, sees the benefits of online interaction being carried into the future, with a hybrid approach for alumni events: “One bright side of the pandemic was hosting numerous virtual events throughout the year. We will continue to host both in-person events and virtual events, as it allows us to meet with alumni from all over the world.” After careful consideration, the difficult decision was made to host the 2021 Reunion celebrations virtually instead of on campus as was hoped. We’re excited to share details of the 2021 Virtual Reunion activities in the next issue. And mark your calendars for June 2-5, when we’ll celebrate Reunion 2022!

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Tamara Kloeckl Nelsen ’80 was presented the Distinguished Alumna Award in September 2020. She was joined at a celebratory dinner by Maggie Osterbauer Lee ’03, Director of Institutional Advancement, and Roger Paquin ’95, Alumni Association Board President.

The Alumni Association seeks nominations year round for: Honorary Alumni Membership Class Agent of the Year Award The Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award Honorary Membership is the Association’s way of recognizing outstanding service to the School by individuals who were not students at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. The Class Agent of the Year award is presented to those current Class Agents who have done an exemplary job in keeping their classmates aware of class news and updating the School with any changes to classmates’ contact information. The Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award, the second highest award given by Shattuck-St. Mary’s, is reserved for those members of the alumni who have demonstrated the highest level of service and accomplishment in their careers, to their community, or to the School.

To make a nomination, please contact: Maggie Osterbauer Lee ’03 Maggie.Lee@s-sm.org

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The Importance of the ShattuckSt. Mary’s Founders Society A Message from Bill Brewster ’85, 2020 -2021 SSM Board of Trustees Chair

Whenever I think of death, I’m reminded of the ‘To be, or not be…’ soliloquy from Hamlet that Slade Schuster taught me my senior year and required our class to memorize. Shakespeare’s description of ‘the undiscovered country, from who is bourn, no traveler returns…’ seemed so unimportant to my 17-year-old self. Conceptionally, the discussion of death was easy at the time, both because it seemed so far away, and— to my youthful propensity for cognitive dissonance—highly unlikely. As I’ve planted myself firmly in middle age, death has become harder to talk about in philosophical, spiritual, and ecumenical terms, but it is a conversation for pragmatic, constructive and sober discussion. So, let’s acknowledge the elephant in the room, that all tracks we travel on this majestic railroad end up terminating in the same station, and let’s get down to business. Last fall, I received my Donor Report from SSM that documents the gift giving from alumni and friends of the School. On page 19 of the report are the names of individuals in the Founders Society who have notified SSM that they have included a bequest to the School in their estate planning. This list is by no means comprehensive as the School regularly gets notified by estate trustees that deceased alums have included SSM in their planning without notifying the School. The School has greatly benefited from these ‘surprise’ gifts and the Advancement Office welcomes them. Still, the objective of the Founders Society is to provide a vehicle for members of the SSM community to step forward and announce their commitment to the School through estate planning. Let’s talk about why that is important. Firstly, I think all alumni need to acknowledge that we have benefited from the generosity of generations that went ahead of us who made substantial contributions to the institution we love in order to make it available for us. Secondly, the School benefits greatly by

registering the bequest today as it not only facilitates a smooth transfer of assets, but helps the school in long-term planning. Thirdly, we are in the midst of the largest transfer of wealth in the history of our country (not to mention the world) as Silent and Baby Boom generations pass on wealth to their beneficiaries. Given the importance the School has had to so many, the Founders Society should be a top consideration as you plan your estate. As we ride the railroad (high speed train) of life, I think we should all strive to be remembered by future generations for the contributions we make upon our arrival at the last terminal. I would encourage donors to designate money for the School’s endowment. Or, designate your gift to the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Foundation as a long-term guarantee to the School’s continuation. Making designation to build the endowment or Foundation will provide not only ongoing returns in the form of financial aid and support to teachers, but give the School the security it needs to continue innovating through programs that attract students from all parts of our nation and the world. Finally, ‘To be, or not to be…’ or, to do or not to do an estate plan that includes ShattuckSt. Mary’s as a beneficiary, that is the question. I want to let the School community know that I am in the process of revising my estate planning and I intend to be the youngest alumnus (class of 1985) on the list of Founders Society members. I hope to see others make this commitment in 2021. You can view the current Founders Society listing in the 2019-2020 Donor Report:

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Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62 Awarded Trustee Emeritus Status Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62 was named a Trustee Emeritus to the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Board of Trustees in August 2020, following decades of transformational service to the School. Abby served on the Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2015, and was Board Chair in 2013 and 2014. She has been actively involved in Shattuck-St. Mary’s affairs over the years, serving as Class Agent and Reunion Chair, and as a member of the Alumni Board, Advisory Board, and Institutional Advancement Council. Her passion and dedication to the School has left a lasting impact that will be remembered and greatly appreciated for years to come. SSM Administration works with the Board of Trustees to shape policy and direction for the School. The leadership and service provided by these distinguished and committed individuals is greatly valued. Trustees who earn Emeritus status are recognized and honored for their past extraordinary service. Thank you, Abby!

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2020 hockey alumni golf outing In late July 2020, alumni and friends of the SSM hockey program joined at The Legacy Golf Course in Faribault, Minnesota for an afternoon of golf as they supported and fundraised for the program that brought them all together.

01 Tommy Breuer ’93, Nils Satterstrom ’94, Beau Garrett ’93, Rich McHugh ’94

03 Blake Matejcek ’09, Perry Mead ’66, Rich Nicoll ’70, Jack Nicoll ’08

05 Todd Markman, Perry Rassler, Kraig Gunwall, Joel Burger

02 Michael Carpentier ’00, Stephen Dusich ’00, Troy Wiebler ’00, Taylor Wiebler, Mark Carpentier ’03

04 Pete Johnson, Gordie Stafford, Maddie Horstman, Ellie Williams ’11

06 Steve Cornish, Tim DeSormeau, Matt Cavellier, Peter Schleif

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09 Rich Metro, Ryan Rintoul, Christian Bragnalo

07 Ryan Duncan ’04, Ben Grotting ’04, Trent Palm ’06, Lee Joos ’04, Ben Youds ’07, Tony Mosey ’06, Michael Gergen ’05, Taylor Chorney ’05 08 Ben Umhoefer ’05, Parker Eberwein, Brycen Eberwein ’05, Tom Umhoefer

10 Brian Donaldson ’00, JD Walker, Amine Beckheshi, Mike Eaves, Ben Eaves ’00 11 Laurel Simer ’07, Ruthie Sudderth ’02, Shae Desotell McKibbon ’02 12 Marcus Chorney ’16, Cooper Lukenda ’16, Robert Blueger ’16, Carter Hillsgrove ’16

The purpose of this restricted fund is to provide alumni, parents, and friends of the SSM Hockey Center of Excellence the ability to support the program through charitable donations. Gifts to this fund support athletes, coaches, and hockey-related facilities, and are intended to provide long-term sustainability of the program as the School’s original COE.

33% of donations will be directed to the annual budget of the Hockey COE. 33% of funds will be deposited into an endowment fund that will provide long-term program support. 33% of donations will be allocated to support capital improvements to hockey-related buildings, plant, and accessories.

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01 Carsen Stokes ’20, Blake Messenberg, Nik Hong ’20, Will Traeger ’20, Lucas Coon ’20 02 Noah Ganske, McKade Webster, Tyler Rollwagon ’19, Dave Webster

03 Aaron Forgaard ’11, John Ryan, Clay Curwin ’11, Nate Musta 04 Kevin Christie, Parker Tinsley, Eric Hayne, Sean Ball 05 Sunny Finden Bowman ’05, Kacie Anderson Schmidt ’04, (pictured on phone: Christine Dickenson Jacobs ’05), Alyssa Breu ’07, Jessica Edward ’06

06 Dan Bonneur, Jason Robinson, Mike LaSalle, Jeremy Lykken

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07 Ryan Malone ’99, Mark Malone, Max Bull ’99, Jim Bull

08 Brady Murray ’03, Casey Borer ’03, Drew Stafford ’03, Marty Mjelleli ’01 09 Rick Barr ’75, John Sumner, Steve Erickson

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14 10 Jordy Murray ’08, John Draeger ’12, Ben Greiner ’11, Luke Greiner ’08

11 Matt Malloy, Brody Decker ’12, Ian McCoshen ’13, Teddy Doherty ’12, Carter Lukenda ’12 12 Steve Erickson, Josh O’Brien, Cale Politoski, Steve DeBus 13 Jackson LaCombe ’19, Cullen Vinar ’19, Currie Putrah ’19, Taylor Stewart ’19, Gracie Ostertag ’18, Mckenna Webster ’20 14 Aaron Wagner ’93, Tom Ward, Trevor Putrah ’93, Jesse Bull ’93 15 Jeff Horstman ’96, Shane Sienko, Jason Horstman ’07, Matt Hennen, AJ Toews ’95

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Please note: The following notes and announcements were submitted prior to January 2021. We apologize for any outdated news included here. Class notes submitted in 2021 will be published in the next issue. Tom Pierson writes: “Shattuck was one of the best things that happened in my Jean Sarchet Ylitalo celebrated her life. Period.” 100th birthday on June 10th, 2020. Nearby family and friends joined her for a pleasant John Brewster was outdoor celebration in Washington, D.C. with cupcakes blessed with the and soda pop. Her son, John Ylitalo ’63, writes: “She arrival of two granddaughters, one in received over 100 birthday cards from all over the April and one in June. world. In fact, we received well over 25 cards from the SSM community, and they continue to come in. Our family wishes to extend our heartfelt gratitude for all As class agent, Linda who participated!” Cayce Rachels has been keeping the Class of ’66 in touch, connected, and hopefully excited about their reunion next June, where she can’t wait to see everyone. On a personal note, her youngest daughter Kristen got married in July in Atlanta. She writes, “It was a beautiful event, even with Top Photo: Jean Sarchet Ylitalo ’37; Bottom Left (L-R): John Ylitalo ’63, Jean Sarchet Ylitalo ’37, and COVID-19 in the shadows.”

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1962

1965 1966

John’s wife, Ellen; Bottom Right: Jean’s 100th birthday celebration in Washington, D.C.

1939

Dawes Potter writes: “I enjoy

swapping lies online with alumni and Crack Squad members. If

you are 98.6 years old, NYC is

as good a place as possible as we fight COVID-19.”

1947

Annette Rethwill Walter

is 91 years young—she has a

great family and is enjoying each of her 15 great-grandchildren. She writes that she is “still

rattling around in her big house.”

1949

Jim Munger just turned 89 in

December, and is planning his annual winter vacation to Los

Cabos, Mexico for the 23rd year. 57

1953

Bob Hauck writes: “Nasty COVID denies us most contact with our 14 grandchildren and our six great-grandchildren. Looking forward to being immunized and seeing them, plus welcoming our seventh great-grandchild this spring. Life is good.”

1954

Peter Puchner continues to work as an Advisory Dean in the Office of Student Affairs at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

1956

Gene House is staying safe while publishing his second book in The Spanish Dancer trilogy, and finishing writing his third book. The first book is available on Amazon.

1960 August 2020.

1961

Elsa Wennberg Hester and her husband, Freddy, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in

Roger Williams served as Mayor of PinetopLakeside, Arizona from June 2013-June 2015. He is now living in Show Low, Arizona.

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Louis Storm is a member of his church’s contemporary praise band. He also got his 4th lifetime hole-inone this year!

1969

After the sale of her printing companies, Donna “DJ” Peterson Headstrom retired and moved to her lake home in northern Minnesota.

1970

Mary Jordan Burch and her husband are missionaries serving in Belize. They have purchased and currently enjoy a five-acre tree farm.

1971

Edward Culbertson is retired and spending time with his seven grandkids during this difficult time. Bob VonTour and his wife, Patti, are living in Corinth, Texas. Bob writes, “Stop in for a visit anytime.”

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1974

John Thomas enjoyed dinner and conversation with former classmates and friends in Silver Spring, Maryland. Left-Right: John Thomas, Carl Siegel ’73, Alvaro Blanco ’73, Scott Fenn ’74, and Brant Barr ’73.

1975

Dan Karjala is working independently as a Change Consultant as well as a Cash Flow Consultant, and hopes to retire within the next several years.

1980

Philip Decker moved onto a 38foot sailboat with his fiancé, Kay Harrison, in October 2019, intending to cruise the Florida Keys. Kris Nordstrom Hayes and her husband, Joe, hosted a mini 1980 40th Reunion at their home in late August. Back row (L-R): Jeff McIntosh, Larry Evans Front row (L-R): Kris Nordstrom Hayes, Keith Flakne Carol Silge Boucha, Tamara Kloeckl Nelsen, and Scott Knutson

William H. Lanagan ’39 December 2, 2011

James F. Penny ’55 February 3, 2020

David W. Claypool ’43 August 8, 2020

Knapp R. Albinson ’55 November 12, 2014

Gretchen Gaynor Haskins ’44 May 29, 2020

Karl E. Roos ’55 December 13, 2019

Frank A. Ahrens ’45 April 13, 2020

David C. “Cobie” Kamman ’55 November 8, 2020

Suzette McKearney ’45 March 10, 2020 Patricia McClain McNutt ’45 September 2, 2020 George A. Hormel ’46 February 12, 2006 Thomas D. Hormel ’47 February 2, 2019 Dorothy LaDue Todd ’47 October 25, 2020 Kenneth B. Morley ’48 February 4, 2020 Mary Alzina Stone Dale ’48 June 5, 2020 James L. Byrd III ’48 October 9, 2020 George K. Townsend ’50 December 2, 2018 Janet Thexton Jackson ’50 August 6, 2020 Eugene L. Timmons ’51 December 29, 2019 Sandra Trask Wyman ’51 January 27, 2020

Mary Ellen Harper Zachman ’66 September 19, 2017 Abigail Gilbert ’67 August 27, 2020 Meredith Willis Lindley ’69 July 30, 2020 Marjorie Simonson Young ’69 September 27, 2019

Peter M. Michaels ’55 April 24, 2020

Gordon L. Boswell ’73 January 4, 2021

Peter T. Derber ’56 February 7, 2015

Marsha Billups ’77 July 30, 2020

Paul D. Goddard ’56 December 29, 2020

Sara Helke ’82 November 26, 2020

Robert C. Reeder ’58 October 16, 2016

John E. Corcoran ’82 December 2, 2020

Daniel W. Swift ’58 September 18, 2020 Thomas W. Stern ’59 August 17, 2020

Ned P. Graham ’83 November 24, 2020

Barry R. McKee ’60 August 2020

Theodore “Ted” T. Johnson ’86 July 30, 2020

John F. Ebner ’61 October 3, 2019

Emmanuel “Cyril” F. Datu ’05 October 24, 2019

William Humphrey ‘62 April 22, 202

Eden A. Spinks, Jr. ’10 January 2, 2021

Margot Trowbridge ’62 May 12, 2020

Phillip Baumberger ’13 July 29, 2020

Thomas B. Roshek ’62 November 28, 2020

FORMER FACULTY, STAFF,

David C. Olson ’51 October 26, 2020

Daryl A. Beam ’64 January 18, 2021

Arthur F. Lueders ’52 February 1, 2020

George Edensword-Breck ’64 May 29, 2019

Mary Weinberg Galloway ’52 April 18, 2020

Skip DeHaro ’65 June 7, 2020

Anne Mullinax-Jones December 29, 2020

Louis A. Kelley ’52 February 12, 2020

Markus S. Kryger ’65 April 16, 2016

Thomas York April 10, 2020

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Rev. Lloyd Gesner July 17, 2020

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1982

Christopher McQuade and his eight-year-old son and hockey player, Addison, attended a Shattuck-St. Mary’s Boys U14 game in Exeter, New Hampshire in February 2020. A highlight for Addison was giving high-fives to the team as they exited the ice after their win against Providence.

1985

Nick Cobbett and Rebecca Smart are working on a project to honor deceased classmates Roy Black, Martin Gunderson, and Jon Rosauer. Please reach out to Rebecca (rssmart13@gmail.com) and Nick (nicholasjcobbett@gmail. com) for more information.

2003

Rachelle Gonzalez Paquin was promoted to the rank of Major in the United States Army this past summer. She’s pictured below with her husband, Ysidro, and their son Miguel at the promotion ceremony.

1988

For the past few years, David Scott has supported efforts of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to commercialize technologies developed in their research labs through his work at TechLink. He will also be adding a new role for 2021: Managing Director of the Ocean Accelerator, the world’s first high-tech Accelerator operating at the intersection of faith and entrepreneurship. On the personal side, David’s life is going well (for 2020)—he turned 50, did some hiking, fishing, and camping, and celebrated 27 years of marriage.

1989

James Whitaker was welcomed as a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in April 2020. James, who shot Super 8 short films with his friends as a childhood hobby, became interested in cinematography after meeting legendary filmmaker John Hughes.

After attending Denison University and studying at Maine Media Workshops, James relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked as a film loader and still photographer. He got his start as director of Photo Source: ASC photography shooting commercials for clients such as Nike, Google, and Amazon. He has since segued into film and television, photographing The Cooler (nominated for Best Cinematography at the Sundace Film Festival), Thank You for Smoking, Running Scared, both seasons of the Amazon Prime original series Patriot, and the HBO documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Oustanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming.

1997

Julie Jacobs Lacouture and her husband accepted new jobs and are in the process of moving back to Aviano, Italy for the next three years. She works for the United States Air Force and runs the 31 FW Continuous Improvement Program. Her husband is an F-16 Simulator instructor. Lori Nelson Leigh currently lives in Hope Mills, North Carolina with her husband, Jeffrey, two step-daughters, who are both in their mid-20s, Kristie and Kelsey, and two sons, Jacob and Zackery, who are both in elementary school. She is a National Board Certified school counselor and has achieved the status of Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) for her school’s counseling program (only about 900 schools in the nation have achieved this prestigious recognition).

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2004

Joey Resch is completing his fellowship in pediatric critical care at the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, Kasey, are awaiting the birth of their second child.

2005

Christian Grunnah owns and operates an on-ice power skating and hockey skills training company, Grunnah Power Skating (GPS), which is based in Chicago, Illinois. This summer was busier than usual, with players of all ages and abilities anxious to get back to training after being off the ice since early March. Though the first summer camp at SSM was postponed until 2021, GPS looks forward to returning to work with current Sabres in the near future.

2006

Since the births of Elliana in 2014 and Odin in 2016, Danielle Hirsch Okposo and Kyle Okposo have welcomed two additional children to their family. Joining their older siblings are Livia Jean Omo Okposo, born on February 27, 2018, and Emmett Cohn Orowo Okposo, born on April 7, 2020. The Okposos live in Clarence, New York.

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John Agbaje ’05

Photo Source: The Hollywoood Reporter

Grace Paulsen ’09 Photo Source: Forbes

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Alumni Recognized for Professional Accomplishments This fall, three of our alumni were recognized as successful up-andcomers in their respective industries by mainstream media outlets.

Meanwhile, Grace Paulsen ’09 and Kelly Kiewel ’10 were featured in Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list, in the “Energy” and “Games” categories respectively.

The Hollywood Reporter named John Agbaje ’05 among an impressive array of agents, managers, lawyers, and executives in its annual list, “35 Under 35 Rising Executives,” regarding the entertainment industry. John was Director of Animation & Development at FX Networks at the time of the list’s publication, and his work there included the development of over 40 projects. Now, John has recently been hired as the Senior Vice President of Animation with Bad Robot, a production company overseen by J.J. Abrams.

Forbes highlighted Grace’s work at her job with Arena Investors as to why she made this year’s list, saying that, “Paulsen led the formation of a $20 million vehicle called Polaris Production Partners to acquire and turn around oil and gas assets from distressed sellers.” She is now the Vice President of Energy Investments at Siguler Guff & Company, a private equity investment firm, a new role she has taken on in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kelly works as Director of Business & Strategy, Global Partnerships for Twitch, a video live streaming service. When she learned that she’d made the Forbes list this year, she tweeted, “I’m proud to be recognized as one of @ForbesUnder30 Gaming. Every person on this list pushes the industry forward. Congratulations to everyone who made it and everyone who helped us get here. Gaming is a community, we do things together.” We’re proud of the work our alums do, and we congratulate them on their groundbreaking successes and leadership.

2007

Laurel Simer and her family recently traveled to Tanzania to help her mom, Cyndy Simer HON ’19 (retired SSM faculty member and honorary alum), celebrate her 70th birthday. The highlight of the trip was when Cyndy and Laurel’s brother Kurt Simer ’99 summited Mount Kilimanjaro, capping off a memorable trip. Left: Cyndy Simer HON ’19 (second from right) and Kurt Simer ’99 (far right), atop Mt. Kilimanjaro. Right (L-R): Kurt Simer ’99, Cyndy Simer HON ’19, Laurel Simer ’07, and Fletcher Simer ’01, proudly representing SSM in Tanzania. WINTER 2020

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2008

Since the birth of their son William in November 2016, Barbara Bilko Egan and her husband, Taylor Egan, have welcomed daughter Ava in May 2018 and son Micah in March 2020. The Egans live in British Columbia, Canada.

2010

Zoie Reams was awarded the Nathan M. Pusey Young Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award from Lawrence University. This award is presented to a young Lawrence alumnus or alumna for their significant contributions and achievements in their career field.

Bakari Williams is working as an instructor for Apple Fitness.

2009

In December of 2019, Chelsea Cline graduated with her master’s in Sport Management from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. She recently took a job at Brigham Young University (BYU) in their athletic department as the Director of Operations with the Women’s Volleyball team.

Above: Chelsea at the summit of Mount Timpanogos in Utah.

Spencer Janicki is in her 6th year of teaching second grade in her hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. COVID-19 shut down all schools in Manitoba back in March 2020, and online learning continued for the remainder of the year. She’s happy to be back in the classroom and able to teach her students. Besides that, she recently bought her first home and enjoys spending time with family and friends. Gabby Ainsworth Keller and her husband, Josh Keller, welcomed their second daughter, Drew McKinley Keller, on May 15, 2020. Gabby and her family currently live in Colorado Springs while her husband is stationed at Fort Carson. They have been enjoying visits from family to meet their new addition, and making memories hiking and spending time outside with their dogs.

Zoie graduated from Lawrence with a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance in 2014, and has since obtained her Master of Music from Louisiana State University. Her much-lauded opera career has included appearances at Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Louisiane, Opera Columbus, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as concert stage performances with numerous orchestras across the country. Zoie has participated in singing competitions that have earned her several awards, including first place winner of the Emerging Artist division of the 2015 Classical Singer Competition. She was also a semi-finalist in the International Music Competition Harbin in China during the Fall of 2019. You can follow Zoie’s professional journey on her Facebook page: www.facebook.com/mzozoie.

2012

Clara-Emilia Arthuber is designing beautiful face masks in Munich. You can check out her work at www.munich-couture.com or on Instagram @munich_couture. KyungJae Lee is pursuing his doctorate degree in Pharmacokinetics/ Pharmacodynamics at the College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University in The Republic of Korea, while working part-time as a hemato-oncology pharmacy specialist. He attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and is a registered pharmacist in the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

2013

Mia Becker has lived in Nashville, Tennessee since January 2020. Ty Leech also recently moved to Nashville and Sydney Brickey stopped in Nashville on a road trip, where they all met up for dinner. Pictured, L-R: Mia Becker, Ty Leech, Sydney Brickey.

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On August 28th, Julie Fish Dormady and her husband, Quinten, welcomed a baby girl, Manhattan Moon Dormady. She was 7.12 pounds and 21 inches long. Karl Frisk has been working for Sport Conrad in GarmischPartenkirchen, Germany since December 2019. He plans to stay there for 3 years.

After playing hockey for the USHL Youngstown Phantoms and winning an NCAA Championship at Providence College, Truman Reed began learning the political ropes as an intern for Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK). Following graduation, he took a job working in Washington, D.C. for Representative Don Young (R-AK), where he worked as a legislative assistant. As of January 2020, he was named Campaign Manager for Alaskans for Don Young. Representative Young is the longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and as such holds the title of Dean of the House.

Rosie Russell is working as an Environmental Scientist with Emmons & Ollivier Resources, INC. She also began her Masters of Science degree with the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering & Management at the University of Minnesota and is working as a research assistant for Dr. Gary Sands, the head of the department. She writes, “I have the luxury of exploring a topic of my choice, so long as Gary finds interest in it (he and I have very similar research interests so it is a fun and exciting opportunity). I am leaning towards topics surrounding urban farming/conservation and its relationship with policy, business, and equity. I am still at the early stages of defining my thesis but will hopefully nail something down by the end of the semester.”

2014

Kourtney Menches graduated with her master’s degree from Arkansas in December 2019 and started a full-time position as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the United States Military Academy in October 2019.

2015

After graduating from SSM, Brekken Fukushima went on to pursue a soccer and academic career at Creighton University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 2019. Currently, she is a medical sales representative at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, New York. Caitlin Mostoway Parker has completed a 4-year Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Classics at the University of Winnipeg, and is now starting a master’s degree in Classics at Trinity College, Dublin. Upon completion of the degree, she will pursue a PhD in Classical Archaeology. Rachel Villalta moved to New York City to pursue a career in medical sales. She graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2019 after completing 4 years of NCAA D1 soccer, and since then has traveled, started a career that she is very excited about, and moved to a city with nothing but opportunity. She has been thinking about SSM a lot lately and the friendships she made that have lasted for so long. She hopes whoever is reading this is well, and she looks forward to one day visiting such a great place again. WINTER 2020

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2017

PFC Marshall Langevin graduated from United States Marine Corps boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on April 24th, 2020. PFC Langevin successfully completed 13 weeks of intensive basic training at MCRD San Diego in Training Platoon 3263. Langevin reported directly to Camp Pendleton for one month at Military Combat Training, then went on to Fort Leonard Wood for his Military Occupation Specialty school. He graduated with his MOS of Motor T on September 17th, 2020. He has now moved on to his Permanent Duty Station and was promoted to Lance Corporal on October 1st, 2020.

2020

Katarina Koehler currently attends Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Her classes are in the hybrid model, so she is learning in the classroom and via Zoom. She has also started skating for Skyliners Synchronized Skating organization where she skates on the Senior level team. They wear masks during practice and work together unconnected! She loves the East Coast, but misses her SSM family. Erick Villatoro attends Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland, where he plays soccer. He has been training and attending classes through Zoom and in-person. He hopes that everything is going well at SSM, and that everyone is making the most of the situation.

SSM Faculty & Staff Former SSM band director (1975-1980) Larry Novak and his wife, Zelda, shared that they have retired after 42 years in Public Education. They plan to travel to see their grandchildren in Montana, Minnesota, and Florida this year. Randy Munsen, former SSM history teacher (1985-1993), has been named Head of History at Pima College in Tucson, Arizona, where he has oversight of history instruction on six campuses.

Damien Robbins graduated Summa Cum Laude from Drew University in May 2020, with a degree in Economics. During the university’s shutdown due to COVID-19 last spring, his mother encouraged him to write. He began writing articles for a website called Seeking Alpha, a crowdsourced content service for financial markets. You can read his contributed work at seekingalpha.com/author/damien-robbins. Damien has also been playing soccer for Peachtree City MOBA in USL League Two.

Kyle Robbins is in his final year at Lafayette College, where he is studying Economics and Architecture. He is playing soccer alongside his brother for Peachtree City MOBA (USL2). 63

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MARRIAGES Tammi Cooks and Maximilian “Max” Feldman ’99, October 31, 2020 Stephanie Neisen and Maclain Williams ’08, July 11, 2020

BIRTHS Rebecca Wallace and Michael Wallace ’92, a girl, Scarlett Graye Wallace, September 6, 2020 Britt Drake and Mark Drake ’93, a girl, Sienna Reed Drake, May 27, 2020 Gabrielle Atwood and Brian Ites ’97, a girl, Isabel Charlotte Ites, July 29, 2020 Vianney Garcia ’97 and Ted Burdon, a girl, Elizabeth Iris Burdon Garcia, October 24, 2019 Jenna Rubin and Tanner Gough Rubin ’00, a girl, Cassidy James Rubin, November 9, 2020 Kayley Bozarth and Raymond Bozarth ’01, twin girls, Emily Kay Bozarth and Kate Elizabeth Bozarth, May 15, 2020 Emily Yates Harper and Collin Harper ’01, a girl, Isla Miriam Harper, August 13, 2020 Shannon Mjelleli and Martin Mjelleli ’01, a boy Louie David Mjelleli, April 8, 2020 Elizabeth Simer and Fletcher Simer ’01, a girl, Greta Gertrude Simer, July 7, 2020 Lindsey Tilbury Cyr ’02 and Peter Cyr, a girl, Maggie Jane Cyr, April 3, 2020 Shae Desotell McKibbon ’02 and Blair McKibbon, a boy, Briggs John McKibbon, February 7, 2020

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Chorock Park and Kyeong Ho “Kenneth” Moon ’09, September 25, 2020

Darby Lindgren ’13 and RJ Cervenka, September 28, 2019

Ashley Hayes and Lucas Sorensen ’09, October 18, 2020

Sara Jessica Lahtinen ’17 and Jyri Hakkinen, September 12, 2020

Sarah Pavelka and Paul Parisot ’10, May 16, 2020

Nikki Merz and Ryan Merz ’03, a girl, Nadia Brooke Merz, February 11, 2020 Maile Yeats-Rowe and Kenneth Rowe ’03, a girl, Nora Yeats Rowe, December 14, 2019 Kelsey Duncan and Ryan Duncan ’04, a boy, Rory John Duncan, March 12, 2020 Angela Dutrieuille and David Dutrieuille ’04, a boy, Samuel Hosea-Christopher Dutrieuille, January 3, 2019, and a girl, Abigail JoAnn Dutrieuille, August 9, 2020 Carolyn Harper and Nicholas Harper ’04, a girl, Elizabeth Ann Harper, December 10, 2020 Sandy Wu and Yu-Chiang “John” Lee ’04, a boy, Chen-Han Lee, December 21, 2019 Carla Thielbar Sevcik ’04 and Clint Sevcik ’07, a boy, Bennett Lynn Sevcik, October 11, 2020 Kelly Callister and Sean Callister ’05, a boy, Caden Henry Callister, May 28, 2020 Sarah Grunnah and Christian Grunnah ’05, a girl, Lorelei Brighid Grunnah, February 22, 2020 Madeleine Umhoefer and Ben Umhoefer ’05, a girl, Louna Lucia Umhoefer, February 16, 2020

Kiva Lindaman and Grant Lindaman ’06, a boy, Grant Frederic Lindaman, III, March 20, 2020 Itelina Ma Farfan ’07 and Juan Farfan, a boy, Leonardo Marlon Farfan, May 14, 2020 Kayleen Miller McAlister ’07 and Ryan McAlister, a girl, Addison Jean McAlister, May 12, 2020 Emily Youds and Benjamin Youds ’07, a boy, Bodhi Lee Youds, November 22, 2019 Katherine Kostolansky and Brett Kostolansky ’08, a girl, Charlotte Elizabeth Kostolansky, June 15, 2020 Natasha Gehrning Saylor ’08 and Jonathan Saylor, a boy, Harrison Alexander Saylor, August 23, 2020 Gabrielle Ainsworth Keller ’09 and Joshua Keller, a girl, Drew McKinley Keller, May 15, 2020 Alexis Crossley Miller ’12 and Matthew Miller, a boy, Carson Joseph Miller, March 17, 2020 Alessandra Chabries and Joseph Chabries ’12, a boy, Rowan Anthony Chabries, October 13, 2020 SSM FACULTY & STAFF

Jamie Law Wilson ’05 and Zachary Wilson, a boy, Connor James Wilson, May 6, 2020

Leah Alexis Inman and Matthew Inman, a girl, Margot Ada Inman, October 16, 2020

Emily Kranz Bayer ’06 and Zack Bayer, a girl, Blair Marie Bayer, February 7, 2020

Erin Liu and Gordon Liu, a girl, Parker Addison Liu, March 19, 2020 WINTER 2020

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This public group is designated “for those who know that through the Arch is the place to be.” Facebook and other social media allow us to share nostalgic memories, exciting news, and relevant stories with our growing network of alumni and friends. Here are a few of the fun posts community members have shared this past year!

“Some of you will remember the four Schuster boys when they were growing up at Shattuck. Joe Schuster, ‘83, had the pleasure of piloting Chuck Yeager when the famous general made fishing trips to Alaska. Here is Joe with the man who first broke the sound barrier (couldn’t ask for a better co-pilot). RIP Chuck Yeager. He has died at age 97, a hero to many.”

It’s a “SSMALL world”

Posted by Joel Juers ’84

reminiscing on christmas dinner traditions Posted by John Day ’60

Shattuck Alum once co-piloted Chuck Yeager, first man to break the sound barrier Posted by Phyllis Schuster, past parent and faculty member

“Renaissance Boar’s Head Dinner on the Hash Pulpit the last night before Christmas Vacation! The Faculty Wives sewed all our finery!”

St. James School Memorabilia Posted by Gretchen Davey ’72 “Doni Townsend Juers ‘86 and I, class of ‘84, walked into our bank today in Norman, Oklahoma and we spied this display in the entryway in honor of Charles Burnham “Bud” Wilkinson, Shattuck Class of 1933. I met Bud back when I was a Shad. Bud Wilkinson was head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1947-1963, consistently leading the team to championship after championship and title after title. As far as I know, Bud’s retired Jersey is still hanging in a shadow box in Johnson Armory.”

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Pictured right: Gretchen’s father, Herman Hormel, as a young St. James schoolboy.

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HERE COMES THE SUN Shattuck-St. Mary’s has subscribed to 7 local community solar gardens with Nokomis Energy.

By the end of 2021, SSM is projected to have subscribed 120% of our total usage (~6,000,000 kWh). To date, the School has saved more than $65,000 and will save roughly $60,000 annually for the next 25 years. Nokomis and SSM are also partnering to bring solar energy even closer to campus by providing onsite access to the local solar gardens (some of which are located a mile from campus, like the one pictured below), a real-time monitoring data portal, as well as, other STEM-related tools to engage students in learning more about clean energy.