o m Standing with Archbishop Tutu are Brunswick students (back row, left to right) Sam Vallely, Harrison Waddill, Mack Abbot, Bud Vallely, and Tyler Davis. In front is John Waddill.
The Boys Meet “The Arch” During the long years that Nelson Mandela was in prison, Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke out against South Africa’s struggle with apartheid. His vision was to create “a democratic and just society without racial divisions.” In 1984, Archbishop Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize for his brave efforts. Last summer, Brunswick mom Lisa
Vallely organized a trip to South Africa with a number of students and families. A highlight of their journey was the honor of meeting “The Arch,” as he is known. The excursion also included five days in the slums of Alexandra, a township close to the center of Johannesburg; visiting HIV centers and orphanages, a high school, and primary school, and impover-
Sam Vallely and his grandmother Marnie Vallely present Archbishop Tutu with a gift, a glass plaque featuring an american flag and eagle, and engraved “Journey of a life time. with thanks. 2006”
ished community and cultural centers on Roben Island and in Cape Town. “Our trip to South Africa was a transformative and inspirational experience,” said Bud Vallely ’08. “I learned that, in life, it’s really up to me to make a difference in myself and, more importantly, in the lives of others. Our trip was really the journey of a lifetime.”
Brunswick Seeks the Academic WorldQuest 2006 Title Zach Ruchman, and Henry Skelsey. To prepare for this difficult current events quiz, they said they spend “a couple hours” reviewing, but otherwise, just kept their eyes and ears open to the world around them. “A lot of it is paying attention to the news,” Zach said. For Henry, “reading a lot and being aware of what’s going on” was his strategy for being up-to-the minute on current events. If you haven’t been reading The New York Times daily, or Time Magazine weekly, we’ll fess up to the answers to the three questions above: the lost Whippet was 20 named Bohem C’est La Vie; the International Committee of the Red Cross won two Nobel Peace prizes; and Scott Wescott was the American gold medal winner for his fancy racing on the snowboard.
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What was the name of the canine contender from the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show that went missing last year after escaping from its travel cage at JFK? What international organization has won the Nobel Prize twice? Which Olympic athlete used a sweet slide move to nudge into first place and become the very first Olympic champion in the wild sport of snowboard cross? These are just a sampling of the questions thrown to our Brunswick/Greenwich Academy team at the Academic WorldQuest 2006, a competition among sixteen high school teams for a chance to attend the national championship in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by The World Affairs Forum, Brunswick students, with John Booth as faculty advisor, were challenged to share their in–the-know-ness about their knowledge of geography, current events, and international affairs. Bringing Brunswick into second place by one point against Daniel Hand High School in Madison, CT were seniors David Manners-Weber, Emma Cobishley from GA,
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