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Fresh off the Press! The Quad - May Issue is Here
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7th Grade Art Class Visits Intrepid
The seventh grade art class had a spectacular visit to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space museum on Friday, April 29. Having spent the last five weeks drawing from blueprints and creating scale models of the aircraft carrier and accompanying aircraft, it was like walking into the manifestation of their imagination to be on the deck of the REAL carrier.
"I kept hearing things like, 'No Way!', or, 'There it IS!', as though around each corner we had another magic encounter," said art teacher Bryn Gillette. "We spent a good portion of time sitting and drawing 'our' planes up close and personal on the deck. History came alive as we stood where a Kamikaze plane had crashed into the Intrepid during WWII, and as we crawled through the narrow hallways, scaled steep stairs, and peered into the real living quarters and combat stations of generations past. We had begun our 3D study of the ship in class by building small Lego replicas, and all of us were dumbfounded to find a full scale (to the height of a Lego man) Lego recreation of the carrier upon entering the ship. None of us, however, were prepared for the shear size and wonder of the Enterprise Space Shuttle. It was easily 5 or 6 times bigger than we had imagined, and dwarfed all the other aircraft we had come to study. Gillette concluded, "It was a day we won't forget, and we will be spending the remaining weeks of our term digesting the inspiration as we create large scale replicas of 'our' planes and an eight foot model of the Intrepid."
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Governor Weicker (GP '17) Speaks with Government Class
Students in Slade Mead’s U.S. Government class had the opportunity to speak with former U.S. Senator and Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker as he called into class on Thursday, May 5th. Weicker, who gained national attention for his service on the Senate Watergate Committee, had a long career in Government and was also known for being a strong advocate for the rights of the disabled during his time in Congress.
Weicker shared his experiences with the students, answering their questions and giving his perspective on the current election, while imploring them with a powerful message. “I emphasize to you that probably in no endeavor can you impact on more people than you can in the field of government,” Weicker stressed. “The reason I mention my experience, is because all of you are being discouraged from going into politics. That’s the reason why we are left with a small pool of candidates. I would urge every one of you to seriously consider going into government. It doesn’t have to be elected, it can be appointed. Government is a wonderful thing that can help people beyond belief.” Weicker then shared his role in passing the Americans with Disabilities Act, fighting the AIDS epidemic and sanctioning South Africa helping bring an end to apartheid. In his 24 years in the United States Senate, Lowell Weicker did a great deal of good both to the United States and the world.
Slade concluded the class by reiterating Weicker’s message. “You don’t have to be elected; you can serve in your town on a board, or you can be elected to a little office and do things like zoning or wetlands. One of the things I really hope you all take away is that politics doesn’t have to be a negative. Some really good things can come out of it.”
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Trinity-Pawling Thanks BOCES for Their 5 Years of Service
For the past five years each Wednesday many of our sit down lunch tables have been set by students in the Dutchess County BOCES district program. BOCES works with developmentally disadvantaged students exposing them to job skills. Pawling High School has been their host site. These special students along with their job coaches descend weekly upon Scully Hall to set our tables.
"Saadiq Paulin has been setting tables at Trinity-Pawling for four years. He usually does ten tables each Wednesday," his teacher Martha Schultz explained. "When he started he would do a couple tables and he now can set ten! We love coming to your beautiful dining hall and giving our students a place to learn a skill." On May 11th the Trinity-Pawling School community held a celebration lunch for Saadiq and a second student Alexia Gomez who is in her third year of the BOCES program; collectively they have set over 800 Trinity-Pawling tables!
BOCES is, unfortunately, relocating their classroom site at the end of this school year. As a result, these Wednesday helpers will stop coming to Trinity-Pawling. In the past five years they have set over 1500 tables - thank you BOCES!
Saadiq & Alexia with their BOCES teachers and coaches are pictured here with Slade Mead.
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Trinity-Pawling and Westover Team Up For Relay for Life
The Trinity-Pawling community rallied in the fight against cancer over the May 13th to 15th weekend.
A candlelight evening service was held in All-Saints Chapel on Friday, May 13th to remember friends and family of Trinity-Pawling who have fallen from cancer and celebrate those who have survived. Headmaster Bill Taylor led a beautiful evening service with all the light emanating from lit luminary lanterns each honoring a cancer victim. The service was highlighted by Jeremy Wilson '17 naming those who have fallen followed by Casey Winn '16 reading names of those who have survived with each name being accompanied by the ringing of the Chapel bell. This poignant remembrance and hopeful celebration started the weekend's Relay for Life activities.
Over forty Trinity-Pawling students and faculty traveled on Sunday, May 15th to Westover School to participate in the Relay for Life event. The two schools raised approximately $15,000 for the American Cancer Society. The boys not only were involved in the traditional Relay for Life walk but also had the opportunity to hear a powerful story from Emely Castro, a cancer survivor who graced us as the event's honorary guest.
The chilly day did not prevent students from enjoying an afternoon of soccer, Frisbee, tie dying, and socializing. The sun finally arrived late in the day and then as it set, the mood grew somber as we lit over 100 candlelit luminarias, remembering those who passed from cancer and celebrating those who survived. The lanterns beautifully spelled out H-O-P-E on Westover's steps. As the closing ceremony ended the lanterns were rearranged to spell C-U-R-E.
Over 100 Trinity-Pawling students and parents were part of the Relay for Life Trinity-Pawling team. A hearty thank you goes out to Kati Eggert at Westover, who organized the event along with the Westover women who worked hard to host the event, as well as everyone at Trinity-Pawling who helped make the day a success
from setting up, playing music, DJ'ing, cleaning up, to making a valuable donation. In 2017 Trinity-Pawling will host the event and plans are already under way!
View the flickr album from the day
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Students Step into the 'Shark Tank'
The annual Project-Based Learning activity modeled after ABC-TV's reality competition series Shark Tank, took place this week. Throughout the month-long project, students from Emily Tucci's Environmental Chemistry class and Scott Harff's Economics class, collaborated and created a business plan for a new company, concluding with a final pitch to investors, aka the "Sharks".
This year's business ideas were:
Turbo Buoy Varun Himatsingka, Jake Westney, Davis Chung, James Varian
Speaker/Showerhead Juan DeLaCruz, Jim Onulak, John Ruggiero, Mac Larned, Alijah Burno
Solar Powered Phone Case Charger Henry Fracasso, will DePalma, Rob Zhang, James Temple
Wumbrella Sal AlAgil, Forrest Ruiz, Justin So, Jason Au
Kinetic Phone Case Charger Evan Angotti, Jordan Harnum, Dan Hoag
Case that Fits All Connor McClelland, Tyler Weiker, Benji Longmore, Nick Sweet
Static Electricity Phone Case Charger Al AlAgil, Frank Lugossy, Brandon Harris, Ben Eller
FTE (For The Environment) Biodegradable Hockey Tape Max Linder, Chris Connolly, Luke Jorgensen, Mohammed Mohammed
"I was pleased with the end result of the projects," says Scott Harff, Economics Teacher and "shark". "All of the students worked hard and came up with some interesting inventions. Personally I felt that the most rewarding experience for them was coming up with a business plan; it allowed them to understand just how much planning and labor goes into everyday products. The other highlight for many groups was getting to present their product to the 'sharks'. The boys took a genuine interest in their pitches and impressed several of the "investors" with their inventions, passionate presentations or business plans," Harff concludes.
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Varsity Athletes Honored
The Trinity-Pawling Community recently gathered to honor the School's Spring Season Varsity Athletes.
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Spring One-Acts Review
Pictured above: Mr. Chris Gillman, Ryan Winn '17, & Justin So '16
After two successful shows this year, the theater students finished off the year with a collection of short performances last Thursday. The night of variety performances included multiple short skits directed by students, and a few musical performances from Justin So '16 and Ryan Winn '17. In finale, there was a one act play called "The Ghost of Gamage" written by Miles Martin '16 and Hunter Olstein '17 depicting what would happen if the founder of Trinity Pawling magically reemerged on campus. View the flickr album!
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Miles Martin '16 to Play Soccer at Sewanee
Miles Martin '16 joined the Trinity-Pawling soccer program his freshman year. At the time Miles had been a goal keeper and the varsity team had several goal keepers on the team already. Hoping to make the varsity squad, Miles inquired about how he could improve upon his skills in order to make the team. His athleticism proved strong, and it was decided that he should come out of goal and try his skills at being a field player. As a sophomore, he showed up prepared and ready to play on the field. That year, Miles earned a spot as a defensive back and would hold down the center back position for the next three years. He went on to earn honorable mention "All New England" his junior year, and "All New England" and WNEPSSA "All Star" awards his senior year. Miles was team Captain his senior year, and will go on to play at the college level at Sewanee, where he joins the team next season. "We are sure he will shine as a defensive midfielder. We wish him the best of luck and look forward to watching his success from afar," says Trinity-Pawling soccer coach Tucker Barnaby. Congratulations, Miles! #RollPride
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Art Teacher Bryn Gillette Presents to T-P Community
Tuesday morning students and faculty gathered in Gardiner Theater for a wonderful presentation by art teacher Bryn Gillette. Bryn has been inspiring art and media students at Trinity-Pawling since 2010, but his profound work goes far beyond the classroom. In his presentation, Bryn shared his story of becoming an artist, a husband, a father, and a man of faith. His journey of self-discovery over the past 10 years has taken him around the world, and has enabled him to seamlessly fuse his church mission work with his art.
Most recently, Bryn’s work has been dedicated to serving the needs of Haitian orphans. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Bryn has spent much time there creating ways to support the children. The non-profit organization he founded – TeamOne:27 has raised funds and sent 15 Haiti Relief shipping container “buses” full of food and supplies.
With restoring Haiti as a driving force, Bryn spent 4 years creating a series of 12 door-size panel “painted prayers” that both celebrates the beauty and grieves the destruction of Haiti. The 12 paintings now tour the country in an effort to encourage a perpetual conversation geared to the restoration of Haiti. Just last month, Bryn had the opportunity to present his work in Haiti to over 200 world leaders. To learn more about Bryn’s work, visit his website www.beyondtheruins.com
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19 Tri-Varsity Athletes Honored with Annual Phil Haughey '53 Award
At this week’s Spring Varsity Athletic Banquet, 19 student athletes were honored with the Annual Phil Haughey ’53 Three Varsity Sport Award.
Phil Haughey is an esteemed member of Trinity-Pawling’s Class of 1953. He was one of the first to be inducted into Trinity-Pawling’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998. Highlights from Haughey’s athletic career at Trinity-Pawling includes varsity football, basketball, and baseball; Captain of football and basketball; Prefect, and Vice President of the student council. At Harvard, Haughey continued to play football, basketball, and baseball; was President of the Harvard Varsity Club; and recipient of the Harvard Club of New York Thomas Slocum Award.
Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2016 Phil Haughey ’53 Three Varsity Sport Award:
12th grade
Khaleed Exum-Strong ’16 - football, wrestling, track
Tyler Gwyn ’16 - soccer, hockey, lacrosse
Jordan Harnum ’16 - cross country, basketball, track
Jacob Hough ’16 - cross country, hockey, track
John Litscher ’16 - cross country, hockey, golf
Patrick Marks ’16 - football, wrestling, lacrosse
Casey Winn ’16 - soccer, hockey, baseball
11th grade
Johnathan Girard ’17 - football, basketball, track
Dennis Ilmela ’17 - football, wrestling, golf
Avery Johnson ’17 - soccer, wrestling, track
John Ruggiero ’17 - soccer, hockey, lacrosse
Chris Taylor ’17 - cross country, squash, and golf
Jeff Thompson ’17 - football, wrestling, track
Ryan Winn ’17 - soccer, hockey, baseball
10th grade
Connor Bastidas ’18 - football, squash, baseball
Joe Webber ’18 - soccer, squash, lacrosse
9th grade
Jake and Zack Conlan ’19 - football, wrestling, lacrosse
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Award Winners Named at Stepping Up
Trinity-Pawling's Stepping Up ceremony was held in All Saints' Chapel on Saturday, May 28th.
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109th Commencement Celebrated
Trinity-Pawling School held its 109th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 29, 2016.
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Cum Laude Society Inducts Members of Class of 2016
Congratulations to the members of the Class of 2016 inducted into the Cum Laude Society:
Summa Cum Laude - Trung Hoang Le
Magna Cum Laude - Dogyun Kim and Kyu Yeol Paik
Cum Laude - Caelahn Christopher Bullen, Tanner Isaiah Baldin, Sean William Solecki, Trevor Peter Dolan, Jakob Dieter Hartzell, and Yufei Hao
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Trinity-Pawling Spring 2016 Magazine is Here
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Middle School Stepping Up
Thursday evening, June 2nd, 2016, Middle School students took part in Stepping Up, a ceremony in which students 'step up' into their new roles as rising eighth graders and rising freshman.
Debbie Coratti, Middle School Coordinator, reflected on the evening, saying "The show of parents, family, and friends who attended the buffet supper and the Stepping Up Ceremony to support the boys speaks for itself. There was a lot of gratitude and appreciation felt by everyone. What we do in the Middle School is a team effort between the faculty, parents, and the students. This is why what we do at Trinity-Pawling works!"
Congratulations to the following students who received awards:
Humanities 7 Jackson McAvoy
Humanities 8 Logan Morales
Math 7 Jackson McAvoy
Math 8 Austin Anderson
Science 7 Nicholas Phillips
Science 8 Austin Anderson
Science Fair 7 Ryan Kane
Science Fair 8 Danny Csaszar
Instrumental Music Liam Dietrich
Performing Art Max Levine
Fine Art Christian Jackowski
Athletic Award Brandon Lombardo
7th Grade Citizenship Joe Osborn
8th Grade Citizenship Liam Dietrich
General Excellence Austin Anderson
View the flickr album
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Fresh off the Press! The Quad - June 2016 Issue is Here
Our monthly E-newsletter is full of Trinity-Pawling community news and
campus happenings. We hope you enjoy it!
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Headmaster's List Announced
A student who achieves a term academic average of greater than 90 and an academic effort average of 1.99 or better earns a spot on the Headmaster's List. This list is the equivalent of a Dean's List and is compiled at the end of each term.
The following students earned a place on the Headmaster's List for the Spring Term 2016:
Grade 9
Yin (Leo) Jiang
Young Jun Kim
Yunpeng (Bob) Li
Robert (Robby) Phillips
William (Will) Rickert
Ziqing Wang
Benjamin (Ben) Westney
Grade 10
Samuel (Sam) Arquit
Shing Hei (Geoffrey) Chu
Man Kit (Jack) Kong
Khai Le
Alessandro Malave
Junhan (Leo) Yan
Lap Kan (William) Yau
Xiangjin (Peter) Zhang
Grade 11
Ethan Black-Fernandes
Nikolai Degenhardt
William (Will) Estony
Matthew Galarza
Benjamin Gilman
Joonatan (Dennis) Ilmela
Louis Inghilterra
Jordi Jefferson
Zachary (Zach) Mazur
Kenneth (Kenny) McDougal
Joseph (Joe) Morley
Zhou (Oliver) Sun
Yijin (Jason) Wang
Ryan Winn
Asa Wint
Grade 12
Peter (Trey) Aiello '16
Tanner (Tanner) Baldin '16
Caelahn Bullen '16
Trevor Dolan '16
Hyun Bong (Frank) Jeung '16
Harold Kim '16
Trung Le '16
John Litscher '16
Eric Mawdsley '16
Connor (Connor) McClelland '16
Jim (Jimmy) Onulak '16
Kyu (Paul) Paik '16
Sean Solecki '16
Congratulations to all students on a job well done!
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Middle School Stepping Up
Thursday evening, June 2nd, 2016, Middle School students took part in Stepping Up, a ceremony in which students 'step up' into their new roles as rising eighth graders and rising freshman.
Debbie Coratti, Middle School Coordinator, reflected on the evening, saying "The show of parents, family, and friends who attended the buffet supper and the Stepping Up Ceremony to support the boys speaks for itself. There was a lot of gratitude and appreciation felt by everyone. What we do in the Middle School is a team effort between the faculty, parents, and the students. This is why what we do at Trinity-Pawling works!"
Congratulations to the following students who received awards:
Humanities 7 Jackson McAvoy
Humanities 8 Logan Morales
Math 7 Jackson McAvoy
Math 8 Austin Anderson
Science 7 Nicholas Phillips
Science 8 Austin Anderson
Science Fair 7 Ryan Kane
Science Fair 8 Danny Csaszar
Instrumental Music Liam Dietrich
Performing Art Max Levine
Fine Art Christian Jackowski
Athletic Award Brandon Lombardo
7th Grade Citizenship Joe Osborn
8th Grade Citizenship Liam Dietrich
General Excellence Austin Anderson
View the flickr album
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Fresh off the Press! The Quad - June 2016 Issue is Here
Our monthly E-newsletter is full of Trinity-Pawling community news and
campus happenings. We hope you enjoy it!
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