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2019
AUGUST 19 SEPTEMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 4-6 SEPTEMBER 19 SEPTEMBER 20 OCTOBER 14 NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 22 NOVEMBER 25-29 DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 3
First Day of School Labor Day, no classes Retreats Parents’ Night of Classes Fall Holiday, no classes Midterm Break, no classes Veterans' Day, no classes Grandparents’ Day Thanksgiving Break, no classes Winter Break, no classes
Olivia Ralph, Caroline Alleyne, Paige Geary, Anna Langlois, Sophie Mulgrew and Kendall Forte enjoy Senior Salute.
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JANUARY 6 JANUARY 20 FEBRUARY 14 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 9 MARCH 30-APRIL 10 MAY 1 MAY 25 JUNE 4 JUNE 5
Classes Resume Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no classes Professional Growth Day, no classes Presidents’ Day, no classes Midterm Break, no classes Spring Break, no classes Head of School Holiday, no classes Memorial Day Baccalaureate Commencement Alumni Board President Don Carlson '80 announces Alumni Class Agents for the Class of 2019 at Awards Day.
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2019 Honors & Awards
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rom starting a new tradition (faculty processing through the seniors in the gym prior to the formal processional outside) to honoring many long-standing tradtions, the Commencement ceremony for Bishop's 110th graduating class was one to remember.
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PHOTOGRAPHY GradImages Jen Heisel Cathy Morrison studio m PR INTING North Shores Printery
Look for additional photos at http://bit.ly/BishopsSeniors_Flickr Headlines & Footnotes is a newsletter that recaps the school year at Bishop's.
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M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T The Bishop’s School is an academic community pursuing intellectual, artistic and athletic excellence in the context of the Episcopal tradition. We are dedicated to offering the highest quality education to a diverse student body and to fostering integrity, imagination, moral responsibility and commitment to serving the larger community. 2
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he class of 2019 has left a lasting impact on campus and will take their talents and interests to various colleges and universities across the globe. The 125 members of this class earned 594 offers of admission to 201 colleges and universities, including a wonderfully broad range of schools in the U.S. and internationally. They will matriculate at 75 different institutions in the coming year as listed below. The number following each college indicates the number of students, if more than one, enrolling at each institution. We look forward to following their journeys! American University Amherst College Babson College Bates College Biola University Boston University (2) Brown University (3) Bucknell University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2) California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Chico California State University, San Marcos Chapman University (4) Colgate University (2) Colorado State University Columbia University (4) Connecticut College Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Emerson College Fordham University Furman University Georgetown University
Harvard College (3) Iona College Loyola Marymount University (2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology New England Conservatory of Music New York University (3) Northeastern University (3) Northwest Nazarene University Northwestern University (2) Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Pitzer College Pomona College Princeton University Rice University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology San Diego State University (2) Santa Clara University (5) Scripps College Skidmore College Southern Methodist University (2) Stanford University Syracuse University Texas Christian University (2) The University of Arizona The University of Edinburgh The University of Texas, Austin The University of Washington Tufts University Tulane University
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United States Naval Academy University of California, Berkeley (11) University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara (2) University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago (3) University of Colorado at Boulder University of Florida University of Georgia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland, College Park University of Miami (2) University of Michigan University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of San Diego University of Southern California (5) University of Wisconsin, Madison Wake Forest University Wellesley College (3) Yale University (4)
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AWARDS DAY PE RPE T U AL AWARDS
Judith M. Haxo Award............................................................................. Keona Lee '19 The Richard and Margaret Pharr Award............................................... Nathan Huynh '19 The President’s Award ............................................................................. Eliana Petreikis '20
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2019 Honors & Awards The Bishop's Medal...................................................................................Daniel Ardjmand '19 The Harvard Cup.............................................................................................Sam Chun '19 The Head of School Award......................................................................Dominic Haley '19, Sara Michael '19, Catarina Paul '19, Melanie Schwimmer '19, Lianna Treitler '19 The Michael Teitelman Loyalty Cup...................................................... Nathaniel Wu '19
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Jerry Coleman Athletic Leadership Award ........................................... Hana Belmonte-Ryu '19 Christian Rose '19 Cindy Groenendyke Sportsmanship Cup...................................................Caroline Alleyne '19 Graham Cartwright '19
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J. Graham Mowatt Award in Journalism...............................................Sara Michael '19
Molly Martinek ’90 Memorial Award for Creative Writing Middle School Poetry First Place................................................................Jazmine Joseph '23 Second Place ..........................................................Christine Tsu '23 Third Place..............................................................Marina Khoury '24 Middle School Prose First Place................................................................ Christine Tsu '23 Second Place ..........................................................Eliana Birnbaum-Nahl '23 Third Place..............................................................Tali Ben-Yahuda '25 Grades 9/10 Poetry First Place................................................................ Sancia Milton '22 Second Place ..........................................................Eric Pan '21 Third Place..............................................................Naomi Deokule '21 Grades 9/10 Prose First Place................................................................Alexandra Midler '22 Second Place ..........................................................Grace McInerney '21 Third Place..............................................................Yumei Shi '22 Grades 11/12 Poetry First Place ...............................................................Rohit Raguram '19 Second Place ..........................................................Hana Belmonte-Ryu '19 Third Place..............................................................Sebastian Hayden '19 Grades 11/12 Prose First Place ...............................................................Crystal Wang '19 Second Place ..........................................................Elizabeth Szymanski '19 Third Place .............................................................Alexandria Delatorre '19 Shakespeare Contest 2019 First Place................................................................Olivia Wiese '21 Second Place ..........................................................Sydney Gerlach '20 Third Place..............................................................Amea Wadsworth '19 Bluebird 4th Generation Creative Writing Award ...............................Crystal Wang '19, Sam Chun '19 English Department Award - Middle School .......................................Jazmine Joseph '23 English Department Award - Upper School .......................................... Alexandria Delatorre '19 Robert Mulgrew Award...................................................................................Daniel Ardjmand '19 Sophie Mulgrew '19 H I STO RY AND SO CIAL SCIE N CES
History & Social Sciences Department Award - Middle School ........ Eli Browne '23 History & Social Sciences Department Award - Upper School..........Sebastian Hayden '19 William F. Ewald Prize in History .........................................................Crystal Wang '19
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History of Art Award ...............................................................................Sabrina Tian '20
M AT H EMAT I C S
Mathematics Department Award - Middle School ..............................Edward Qiao '23 Mathematics Department Award - Upper School ................................ Crystal Wang '19
M IDD LE SC H O O L AWARDS
Jean Lindsley Award ................................................................................Novalyne Petreikis '23 Leslie Sissman Evans Award .................................................................. Eli Browne '23
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Marlene Teitelman Awards .....................................................................Jacob Lincoln '19, Choral Charlotte Mack '19, Dance Allison Zhang '19, Drama Ben Midler '19, Instrumental Music Jonathan Zau '19, Theater Keona Lee '19, Theater Design Bravo Award..............................................................................................Camden Rider '19 Melanie Schwimmer '19 Choral Award - Middle School ...............................................................Sarah Kaplan '23 Choral Award - Upper School ................................................................ Zion Dyson '19 Dance Award - Middle School ................................................................Eliana Birnbaum-Nahl '23 Dance Award - Upper School..................................................................Abigail Mack '19 Drama Award - Middle School ...............................................................Eliana Birnbaum-Nahl '23 Drama Award - Upper School ................................................................Catarina Paul '19 Instrumental Music Award - Middle School............................................Natasha Mar '23 Instrumental Music Award - Upper School ............................................Sam Chun '19, Nathaniel Wu '19 Technical Theater Award - Middle School ............................................Charlotte Banta '23 Technical Theater Award - Upper School..............................................Priscilla Hsieh '19
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Religion and Ethics Department Award - Middle School .........................William Keefe '23 Religion and Ethics Department Award - Upper School ..........................Connor Greisen '19 SC IENC E
Science Department Award - Middle School .......................................Audrey An '23 Science Department Award - Upper School .........................................Sydney Gray '19 Science Department Award - Upper School .........................................Sam Chun '19 Science Department Award - Upper School .........................................Natalie Slosar '19
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Carol Lattimer Community Service Scholarship Award.....................Nathaniel Wu '19 The Robert Wolterstorff Community Service Award........................... Sydney Gray '19
V IS U A L A RTS
Visual Arts Department Award - Middle School .................................C.G. Kelly Holthus '23 Visual Arts Department Award - Upper School...................................Ashley Jay '19 The Carl Saunders ’98 Visual Arts Award............................................. Nathan Huynh '19
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Chinese Department Award - Middle School.......................................Christine Tsu '23 Chinese Department Award - Upper School ........................................Maxwell Brown '19 French Department Award - Middle School.........................................Niamh Malhotra '23 French Department Award - Upper School ..........................................Sofia Rubio '19 Latin Department Award - Middle School............................................Kenneth Xiong '23 Latin Department Award - Upper School .............................................Michelle Fan '20 Spanish Department Award - Middle School.......................................Hewitt Watkins '23 Spanish Department Award - Upper School ........................................Melanie Schwimmer '19 Suzanne Federico Prize ...........................................................................Sebastian Hayden '19
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CO L L E G E B O O K AWARDS
Harvard University Certificate of Merit................................................Thomas Sottosanti '20 George Washington University Book Award ....................................... Caroline Twyman '20 Kenyon College Presidential Book Award ...........................................Annika Feng '20 Smith College Book Award......................................................................Meredith Hunter '20 St. Lawrence University Book Award.................................................... Sarina Krishnan '20 Tulane University Book Award............................................................... Ryan Finley '20 University of Chicago Book Award........................................................ Tobey Shim '20 Wake Forest University Book Award..................................................... Mohamed Samb '20 Wellesley College Book Award................................................................Jasmine Chen '20 William & Mary Leadership Award....................................................... Sierra Martin '20 Williams College Book Award................................................................. Matthew Ai '20 Yale Book Award....................................................................................... Julia Chen '20
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Air Force ROTC Scholarship...................................................................Ben Serdy '19 Alumni Class Agents for the Class of 2019............................................Cameron Ezeir '19, Chase Kellogg '19, Catarina Paul '19, Lianna Treitler '19 Johnson Class Spirit Cup ......................................................................... Class of 2019 National Merit Scholarship Announcement.........................................Sarah Mischel '19, Jerry Qu '19, Ivan Savchuk '19 National Merit Northwestern University Scholarship........................ Isabelle Kenagy '19 Navy ROTC Scholarship.......................................................................... Dominic Haley '19 Dedication of Dragonwings (to Carol Barry)........................................Athena Hernandez '23, Kasie Leung '23, Niamh Malhotra '23, Kathryn Silva '23, Emily Zhu '23 Dedication of Fault Lines (to Christine Micu and Donna Cory)........... Elizabeth Szymanski '19, Sabrina Webster '21 Dedication of the Yearbook (to Nicole Holland)..................................Maile Gaarder-Feingold '19, Richard Manoogian '19
SE RV I C E AC ADE MY APPO INT ME NTS
Naval Academy Appointment................................................................Merle Richman '19
TH E ST E P H ANIE BL ANKE NSHIP AWARD
Established in 1969 - recognizes seniors who were on the honor roll for six years at Bishop's Caroline Alleyne, Daniel Ardjmand, Alyson Brown, Shannon Buss, Emily Chen, Isabel Chen, Sam Chun, Andrea Contreras, Alexandria Delatorre, Brianna Delatorre, Pierce Dietze, Zion Dyson, Cameron Ezeir, Lina Hajnal, Ashley Jay, Kira Johnson, Harsha Kenchareddy, Nikki Keramati, Prerna Khanna, Maxwell Kilman, Aaron Liu, Marley Meyer, Sara Michael, Benjamin Midler, Sarah Mischel, Matthew Mu, William Olson, Leah Parsons, Camden Rider, Ivan Savchuk, Melanie Schwimmer, Elizabeth Szymanski, Athena Tsu, Rachel Waite, Nathaniel Wu, Michael Xu TH E OT TO MOW E R AWARD
Established in 2004 - recognizes seniors who were on the honor roll each semester throughout their four upper school years Maxwell Brown, Ali Collins, Maile Gaarder-Feingold, Sydney Gray, Sebastian Hayden, Sheila Kaiser, Esha Kashyap, Isabelle Kenagy, Layla Khazeni, Kendall Lincoln, Charlotte Mack, Shelby Maier, Richard Manoogian, Daniel Massaad, Conner Noon, Catarina Paul, Jerry Qu, Rohit Raguram, Hannah Robbins, Natalie Slosar, James Stenger, Amea Wadsworth, Hannah Young
The Michael Teitelman Loyalty Cup was presented to Nathaniel Wu '19.
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Daniel Ardjmand '19 receives The Bishop's Medal.
Head of School Award winner Catarina Paul '19
Awards Day ~ May 17, 2019
Board of Trustees president Annette Bradbury presents the President's Award to Eliana Petreikis '20.
An Air Force ROTC Scholarship was presented to Ben Serdy '19.
The Robert Wolterstorff Community Service Award was presented to Sydney Gray '19 by Service Learning Director Jackie Gomez.
Caroline Alleyne '19 received the Jerry Coleman Athletic Leadership Award.
Dominic Haley '19 will attend Tufts University on a Navy ROTC scholarship.
Jeff Geoghegan presented the William Ewald Prize in History to Crystal Wang '19.
Head of Middle School Harlan Klein and Novalyne Petreikis '23 with the Jean Lindsley Award
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Carol Barry with Graham Cartwright '19, who was awarded the Cindy Groenendyke Sportsmanship Cup
Eli Browne '23 receives the Leslie Sissman Evans Award from Harlan Klein.
Merle Richman '19 received his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy from Captain Mike Midgely.
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Commencement ~ May 31, 2019
Graduates receive a final blessing.
Anna Langlois '19
ASBC president Gabe Thomas '19 shares parting thoughts with his class.
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Senior class president Chase Kellogg '19
Esha Kashyap '19 offers a grateful hug.
Happy grads!
Pre-ceremony cap adjustments
Bishop's Singers take a selfie.
Commencement ~ May 31, 2019
Joseph Putrus '19 and Layla Moore '19 await their diplomas.
Sarah Mischel '19
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One last photo in front of the iconic tower
Madi Chang '19 and Shelby Maier '19
Marlene and Mike Teitelman, former head of school
Celebrating their alumni status‌the Class of 2019!
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Senior Salute ~ May 28, 2019
Isabelle Kenagy '19 makes her way through the balloon arch.
Carol Barry shares a moment with seniors at the post-chapel reception.
Celia Glezer '19, Gabe Thomas '19 and Sophie Mulgrew '19
Alumni welcome the seniors with a reception in the alumni courtyard.
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Students and faculty greet seniors as they exit the chapel.
Kaiden Cárdenas Marouf '19 and Jake Stenger '19
Bryce Devoe '19, Sebastian Hayden '19, Sam Chun '19 and Merle Richman '19
Thank you, seniors!
Athletics
CLASS OF 2019
Champions Boys' Swimming | Girls' Water Polo Runners Up Boys' Water Polo | Boys' Volleyball
League Champions Boys' Water Polo | Girls' Volleyball Girls' Tennis | Football Girls' Water Polo | Girls' Soccer | Girls' Basketball Softball | Girls' Lacrosse | Boys' Tennis Boys' Volleyball | Boys' Swimming
Performing Arts National Youth Arts Awards Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play Sydney Gerlach '20 Eliana Birnbaum-Nahl '23 Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical Catarina Paul '19 | Olivia Wiese '21 | Jonathan Zau '19 Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Gabe Worstell '20 Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play Gabe Worstell '20 Outstanding Ensemble "The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui" Outstanding Direction Nathan Emmons
Speech & Debate
STUDENT-ATHLETES WILL CONTINUE THEIR ATHLETIC CAREERS AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL
Broadway San Diego Awards Nominated for Best Actress Olivia Wiese '21
Next Generation Jazz Festival First Place High School Soloist Zion Dyson '19
Visual Arts Youth Art Month San Diego First Place: Nicole Ellsworth '21 Groff Awards Artistic Precision Award: Nicole Ellsworth '21 Ceramics Award: Ashley Jay '19 On Display Youth Art Month San Diego | Southern California Youth Art Month San Diego Museum of Art | Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego California State Youth Art Exhibition | Manchester Library & Learning Center
San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League Debater of the Year Tim Kelly '20
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Academic League San Diego Metro League Champions Sebastian Hayden '19 Yasha Kharrati '20 Aaron Liu '19 Rohit Raguram '19 Tobey Shim '20
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Gold Key Winners - Art: Naomi Deokule '21, Robin Gong '21 Gold Key Winners - Writing: Dennis Li '20, Lucy Liu '21, Miles McInerney '20, Liam Ram '20, Crystal Wang '19, Jeffrey Wang '22
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