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FACULTY BIRTHS

Ashley Slay Glotta ’14 (Zach) Esther AnnMarie Glotta August 12, 2020 Krysten Call (Jon) Eleanor Maisie Call August 31, 2020 Juan Maigler (Alan) Mateo James Maigler Campbell October 27, 2020

Carolyn Henry (Tim) Ann Stewart Henry January 5, 2020 Andrew Smith (Grayson) Alice Pearle Smith January 6, 2020

FACULTY WEDDINGS

Stephanie Watson married Brandon Warf - July 25, 2020

Shomari White ’13 married ReJean Rouse ’12 - August 14, 2020

Karli Whitson married Baylor McKay - August 22, 2020

IN MEMORY Board of Trustees:

Edith McBride Bass

April 28,1932–September 5,2020

Patricia Champion (Trisha) Frist September 28, 1939–January 05, 2021

Thomas Bowman Zerfoss, Jr.

November 1, 1923–November 30, 2020

Esther Glotta Mateo James Maigler Campbell Ann Stewart Henry

Alice Pearle Smith Virgil Herring

Eleanor Call

Jessica Black joined the High School faculty in January, teaching Integrated Geometry and Honors Integrated Geometry for the second semester. Jessica is an experienced educator with a B.S. in Aerospace Studies from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an M.A. in Teaching from Belmont University. She was Nashville Teaching Fellow and most recently taught at Big Picture High School.

Head Groundskeeper John Clintsman was asked to present at the annual Tennessee Turfgrass conference on January 5. John was awarded the STMA (Sports Turf Managers Association) President’s Award for Leadership. He and the Ensworth Grounds Staff (Milton Valencia, Doug Wilson, Chase Pentecost, and Parker Bell) were awarded the 2020 Tennessee Turfgrass Association’s High School Field of the Year and the Pioneer Field of Excellence Award for the Daily Stadium football field. They also received STMA Environmental Certification for all fields on both campuses.

Andrew Halloran ’16 joined the Ensworth IT Staff in January, assisting at the Frist Campus with helpdesk and classroom support.

Head Varsity Golf Coach Virgil Herring co-authored the book Elevated with Drew Maddux. Elevated is a collection of bite-sized chapters of encouragement to propel readers beyond average and into a mindset held by the greatest leaders in sports, business, relationships, and life. Kimberly Hubner joined the Ensworth community in 2021 as the new Director of Development. Kim brings 19 years of experience in independent school advancement and development, most recently serving as the Director of Development for the Marymount School in Los Angeles, California.

Director of Finance and Operations Whitney Johnson presented with Ensworth’s auditors at Armanino LLP for a National Business Officers Association (NBOA) webinar on November 19th on “Driving Innovation to Thrive Through the Covid-19 Pandemic.”

Walter Schultz and his wife Nancy are board members of Music City Baseball www.mlbmusiccity.com, which is an endeavor to bring Major League Baseball to Nashville. Walter also serves as a board member of the Nashville Sports Council, a group tasked with bringing amateur and professional sports to Nashville and Middle Tennessee. He has been tapped to lead the sponsorship subcommittee and will be on the Executive board team this upcoming year.

Bryan Van Vleet was named the Tennessee State Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by the National High School Strength Coaches Association. In September, Ensworth’s former chair of the High School English department, Myra McLarey, released a new novel: Becoming Robbie Lee. The novel is a comingof-age story set in the 1950’s in Arkansas and explores themes related to racial and social justice. Myra has engaged in a series of virtual conversations on the book, including one with Ensworth’s David Whitfield and another with University of Arkansas history professor and author, Jeannie Whayne.

Long-time Red Gables art teacher Bill Arthur’s work was recently featured in juried exhibitions at two galleries on opposite coasts. The Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts accepted one piece for their “Abstractions 2020” show which ran October 28–November 22. And Arts Benicia in California’s Bay Area featured three pieces for the “Get the Message - Words and Images” virtual show that was shown online November 14–December 31.

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