News and Notes
Maxwell Miao and Jachym Solecky qualified for the
Atlas Finch was accepted into the Minnesota Music
doing well on the American Mathematics Competition-12
Education Association 2015-16 All-State Jazz Band.
(AMC12) exam in February. Maxwell had the high AMC12
Sophomore Cassidy Yueh was awarded a special prize at the
score at Breck. Archana Murali had the high score at Breck
5th District 2015 Congressional Arts Competition. Her
on the AMC10, which is for sophomores and below.
ballpoint pen drawing was chosen to hang in Congressman
Sixth grader Abigail Samuels represented Breck in the
Keith Ellison’s office in Washington, D.C., for one year.
seven-county metro area spelling bee. She made it to the
Three-sport athlete and senior Nic van Oppen was the IMAC
fourth round.
conference’s male athlete of the month for March. He was
Ceramics instructor Jil Franke’s wood fired sushi sets
named section 2A swimmer of the year after an exceptional
were showcased at the National Council for Education of
performance at the state meet.
the Ceramic Arts in Providence, Rhode Island, at the end
Junior Darartu Gamada has been accepted into the 2015
of March.
Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University
Spanish teacher Jessica Wanless received a scholarship for
in NY. Advance Research Advisor Lois Fruen says, “This is one
the Estudio Sampere course for non-native Spanish teachers
of the most prestigious science research programs in the
at the recent Central States Conference on the Teaching of
nation. Darartu is the first Breck student to be accepted into
Foreign Languages. She was chosen amongst many
this program.” She was interviewed on WCCO radio on April 6,
applicants from the Central States region, which comprises
talking about her Aspirations in Computing award as the top
16 states.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) by
female student in Minnesota headed for further study and a career in computing.
Breck snowboarder Luke Paster, a member of the G Team, qualified to compete at the 2015 USASA National Snow-
Senior Julian Maddox was one of 13 artists chosen by judges
boarding Championships held at Copper Mountain in
from MPR to compete in the featured round of the Minne-
Colorado (March 28-April 7), where he competed in Halfpipe,
sota Varsity competition. His violin performance was
Boardercross, Slalom and Giant Slalom.
featured on MPR’s classical station twice.
Junior Sydney Norman was chosen to represent the
Our varsity mock trial team qualified for the Minnesota
Episcopal Church in Minnesota as a member of the Official
state tournament. The team did well in competition,
Youth Presence at the 78th General Convention of The
finishing in the top ten. They finished a close second in
Episcopal Church, which will be conducted from June 25 to
their semifinal match so didn’t make it to the final round.
July 3 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She will be one of two youths
Congratulations to Eve Zelickson, who got an All-State
from Province VI, which encompasses Minnesota, Iowa,
attorney’s award, and Simon Parish, who received an
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming,
All-State witness award.
and Colorado. Altogether, there are 18 participants, chosen
Eighth grader Jack Weinstein made it to the final
from more than 100 applicants.
round of ten in the Minnesota State Geography Bee over
Junior Justin Paulson took first place in the Star Tribune’s
spring break.
All Hockey Hair team competition.
Breck’s third-grade chess team finished in first place in the
Congratulations to Middle School history teacher Alex Law
Minnesota Statewide Grade-Level tournament. Our fifth-
on the birth of son Zachary Louis on February 28.
grade team finished in third place. At the state tournament, which was held at Breck in mid-March, the third graders placed third and the fifth graders finished fourth.
$11,250 Amount raised for the American Heart Association in the Jump Rope for Heart event
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