The Spirit 2023 by Camp Dudley

The Spirit 2023

THE SPIRIT 2023

PUBLISHED ONCE EACH YEAR F O R T H E C A M P E R S , L E A D E R S & S TA F F OF

CAMP KINIYA

From the Editor

Pictured above: one of my favorite examples from this summer of a photo that captures the spirit of Kiniya. A sunset with friends, over Lake Champlain, in this timeless place.

nother summer at Kiniya has come to a close, and I once again find myself in the midst of fall, and completing The Spirit. As I wrap up this year’s edition, and the third I’ve edited, I still feel in awe of the fact that I’m entrusted to capture and record the memories of a place so near to all of our hearts. This work, whether under the warm sun in Colchester, or in the new chill of the fall as I work on this book, wouldn’t be possible without countless people (of whom there are more to thank than I have pages). A few personal thank you’s from me go to Glenn and Wubba, for their endless support; sister Fiona and dearest Kiniya friend Chandler, for being Fiona and Chandler; to Marnie, for always welcoming me back to camp with open arms; and to all prior Spirit and Last Whistle editors who have helped to enshrine the memories of our special camps. As I reflect on 105 summers of Kiniya, it occurs to me that camp is in many ways different than what I once knew. Buildings are rebuilt, cabin names change, and the certainty of time spent at camp begins feels less certain. But working on The Spirit reminds me that camp is really just the same, ceaselessly and in the ways that matter the most. Photos from over a hundred years ago show us laughing, hugging, running, singing, and experiencing the joy of Kiniya. I love camp photography so much because it freezes the magic we’re so lucky to experience. I can try all I want to check the schedule, note activities that aren’t to be missed, and practice different shots and settings, in hopes of capturing the summer just-so. Regardless, the best photos I take are often unplanned -- ones that I can look at with no idea of which summer it was taken (or who was there, or what was going on, or….), but that immediately make me think “Yeah, that’s camp. And that feels like home.” May you always find yourself back on Kiniya shores, and here’s to another 105. Ibby #20982

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TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION 4 WEEK 5 4 TRIPS STAFF 6 WEEK 6 6 CUBS WEEK 1 10 WEEK 7 10 CATS WEEK 2 26 WEEK 8 26 JUNIORS WEEK 3 34 KIWI 34 SENIORS WEEK 4 42 10 YEARS 42 ROSTER

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SPIRIT STAFF EDITOR | Ibby Maruca #20982

PHOTOGRAPHY | Jay Charles-Trought & Ibby Maruca CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS |

Madeline Lescott, Glenn Patterson, Liz Moore, Kirsten Anastasio, Drew Rider, Chloe Mitchell, and a huge thank you to anyone else who lent a helping hand to Kiniya publications this summer! and just as big of a thank you to the many helping hands in response to “wait, can you hold the camera for a second?”

P.S. Make sure to check out all these photos and more in color at https://campdudley.smugmug.com - YOHA!

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SPIRIT DEDICATION #20964 Amanda Perry

Presented at the 105th Summer Celebration by #20001 Marnie McDonagh

hroughout her many years within our community, there is one thing that stands out about Amanda above all else: she has a heart of gold with the unique ability to positively impact every life she touches. Amanda has been a beloved member of the Kiniya community since she was 8 years old. Growing up here, she faced some significant physical challenges, and never let them hold her back from the opportunities. In fact, her deep determination and commitment to persevere continued to strengthen with each given summer. This, partnered with her remarkably positive outlook always enabled her to shine. Her strong character continued to shine brightly throughout her camper years. She was known to give away precious possessions of her own in order to honor or offer love to others. Her listening skills were above par from an early age, and her sense of kindness was felt from by all. It can sometimes be difficult to find your voice at Camp as a quiet leader. Amanda has never been one to aim to be in front, to be first, or to be the loudest. She is the kind of person that offers her support behind closed doors, goes above and beyond when no one is watching, and supports all fully and completely without question. It was Amanda’s grit and resilience, along with her strong character, that carried her successfully through our three year leadership development program, earning her a position as a Cabin Leader in 2018. Amanda continued to impress in 2019, mentoring and supporting her leadership team and campers each day.

Camp with strength, love and grace, and with increased confidence year over year. Amanda is a leader by example, always standing out as mature beyond her years, humble, hard-working and extremely capable. Her naturally observant style paired with thoughtful communication make her a deeply valued and respected member of the Kiniya community. She excels at demonstrating selflessness and is a top contributor towards a tone of openness, honesty, kindness and inclusivity.

To this day, Amanda is always looking to inspire those around her to grow. She stays curious, and is open to ideas, different perspectives and thoughts. She has always stepped into her roles here at

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Amanda exemplifies true leadership that we hold in high regard here - she displays a daily commitment to our Core Values - Character, Community, Stewardship & Leadership, is caring, kind, loyal, hard-working, supportive, and a role model to all. Above all, she has no trouble being the truest, most genuine version of herself. Her spectacular attitude and the kindness that she demonstrates toward others make her an extraordinary individual. For all these reasons…felt by so many within our community, we are extremely proud to dedicate the 2023 Spirit to #20964 Amanda Perry.

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She has a heart of gold with the unique ability to positively impact every life she touches.

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CAMP KINIYA STAFF

Director of Program Glenn Patterson

Assistant Director of Program Grady Short

Director Marnie McDonagh

Operations & Sustainability Director Tom Brayden Director of Leadership Development Liz Moore

Facilities Angie Wallace

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Facilities Kissy Rowley

WELCOME CENTER | Kerry McKeown, Wubba Murray, April Smith, Tyla-Anne White

MAINTENANCE | Max Novak HEALTHCARE | MK Shanahan, Becca McCray, Carol Schwoebel, Elle Werner, Haley Parizo, Mary Lynch, Jean Stowell

KITCHEN | Aneta Niemczura, Ayse Turan, Julia Jakacka, Patricia Teague, Shannon Anderson, and a special thanks to Big Mama and the Abby Group! DEPARTMENT HEADS Mimi’s Lodge Sekani Springer Athletics Allison Schuldt Trieber Center Olivia Bransford Waterfront Ellie Schwoebel Outdoors Noah Dines

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ARTS Sekani Springer (Head of Mimi’s Lodge) Olivia Bransford (Head of Trieber) Caroline Hollander Christina Zhang Eva Ruiz Natasha Chelgat Zarya Scrogie Dondrea Taylor-Stewart Izzy Steenburgh Bern Fertal Maddie Goines Clara Knoef Aidia Steen

WATERFRONT Ellie Schwoebel (Waterfront Director) Amy Jones Bonny Dickie Tori Ulin Holly Flood Julia Brophy Leo Sargent Lila McDonagh Maddie Dreyer Norah Van Vranken Tyla-Anne White Edd Harvey Nicholas Ansell Olly Harvey Cabb Kidd

PUBLICATIONS

Ibby Maruca (Spirit Editor, Adjunct Publications Member, 5th Rodeo)

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Jay Charles-Trout (Lead Photographer)

ATHLETICS Allison Schuldt (Athletics Director) April Smith Kate MacKenzie Lauren Woolger Liam Murray Noelle Lewis Olin Brown Piper Higgins Riley Smith

KOB Noah Dines (Outdoors Director) Helena Loomis Jake Spiegler Lucca Tisken Lucy Riding Malcolm Brown Rose Bransford Taco Hayes Duncan Campbell Emma Kaserkie George Shaw Paul Brown Hadley Sager

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CHAPEL TALK

#23521 Sophie Harris

hroughout various religions and cultures, oak trees symbolize strength, stability, protection, healing and wisdom. In many Native American cultures the oak tree is considered the tree of life because of how much it has to offer. The oak tree offers acorns, an essential source of food. Oak branches can be used as fuel for heating houses and cooking meals. The mushrooms that often grow around the base of an oak tree have medicinal qualities. Oak trees aren’t just functional, they have other values as well. An oak tree may be that big tree on the sidewalk of your street growing up, or the one that you lay against while resting in a local park. An oak could be your least favorite tree, or maybe you don’t even know what one looks like. It wasn’t until last summer that I took a minute to appreciate the value of an oak tree. Before then I didn’t even think twice about them. It’s funny how something can seem so insignificant until you take the time to actually think about it. While I didn’t think much of an oak tree, or any tree for that matter two years ago, now trees are a source of peace and stillness for me. Whenever I get the chance I take a few minutes to look at an oak and though it never moves or speaks, I let it be my teacher. I have assigned value to basking in the quiet and knowledge of the earth for a minute or two, guided by a tree. A deep and profound appreciation for something doesn’t happen magically, I gave oak trees my time and my mind. Valuable things take time to cultivate. Whether it’s giving them the time and space to reveal their meaning to you, or actively putting in the work to ensure their value. If you sit with something that’s pure and real for long enough, its value will begin to grow.

grows. What we put into something, whatever we give care and attention and love to… will give us meaning in return. So give all of yourself to camp, completely give in. Create value in whatever moments you can whether big or small or somewhere in between. Allow yourself to feel the meaning and appreciate the value that you have created at camp, and cherish every moment. Thank you!

Camp can be described as just a place, or an address, or something to do in the summer to fill the time up; but we all know that would be an understatement. The value of camp lies in the meaning that we create. We create meaning through all the beautifully human experiences we have here. The shared muffled laughter of you and your friends when you’re not supposed to be laughing. The simple walk to the dining hall that feels so repetitive yet meditative. The warming hug you receive from your leadership after a long day. That feeling of Pushing yourself at team comp and winning. The tears shed during the final five at hymn sing, and the knowledge that this is all so temporary. Value

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CHAPEL TALK

#24805 Piper Higgins

000 years ago, the ancient Romans spoke Latin. Although Latin is now a dead language, which means that it’s no longer officially spoken, you still hear it in the modern world. For example, right now it’s 8:00 AM. “AM” stands for the Latin phrase, ante meridiem, which means “before midday.” “PM” stands for post meridiem, which means “after midday.” What are some other instances of Latin in modern life, you cry enthusiastically? A short list would include alter ego, vice versa, et cetera, pro bono, and per capita. It you’ve ever written a letter with P.S. at the end, you’ve actually written the abbreviation for “post scriptum” which is Latin for “written after.” You also find Latin in school mottos. I’ve always liked Andover’s motto, Non sibi, which means “not for self,” and Berkshire School’s, Pro vita non pro schola discimus, which means “We learn not just for school but for life.” While Latin is a dead language in practice, it is very much still alive if you listen closely. I began studying Latin in 7th grade and continued through my senior year of college. Over the course of those ten years, a recurring question from friends became, “No offense, but what’s the point of studying a dead language?” It’s a fair question with practical answers. One, English evolved from Latin, so studying Latin gives you a deeper understanding of English grammar and vocabulary. Two, studying Latin requires persistence and attention to detail. I spent hours memorizing declensions, conjugations and irregular verbs. I spent even more time muddling through translations. My Latin teachers taught me to be patient, thorough, and determined. These are values I bring to other aspects of my life every day. Three, the people I’ve met who study Latin have been interesting and passionate. Through the years, my Latin classmates and I translated hundreds of lines together from epic poems, speeches, letters and plays. In these hours spent around a table in a Latin classroom, or huddled over a book in a dormitory hallway, we bonded. We traded stories about our lives and developed close friendships. In college, my Latin classmates and professors were often the first people I went to for guidance when I was in any sort of bind. However, the real reason I study Latin is that I believe it is proof of the existence of magic. You can be personally moved by the words of a two-thousand-year-old author. Here is a line from Virgil’s epic poem, The Aeneid: Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. In English, “Per-

haps, someday, we will smile when we remember these things.” Ancient authors articulate the joy of friendship, the beauty of nature, and the sorrow of loss in many of the same terms that we do. They have been gone for thousands of years, but they reach through the past and speak. That’s magic, I think. That we can share something with these voices from the past. By reading their work, we share their joy, sorrow, and wonder. Consider the same magic here, at camp. Consider how many campers who, like you, have fallen asleep in cabins after long Kiniya days, reflecting on their new friendships, missing their families, and hoping for their favorite breakfast the next morning. How many campers have watched the sunset over Lake Champlain and sent letters home? Over 100 years of campers! Are we connected to them right now? I think so. I think that’s part of why we cry at Hymn Sing or jump up and scream at the end of “Do Lord” in the dining hall. Deep down, maybe we understand that we are a part of a much bigger experience. An experience that is over 100 years old, of which we are only catching a glimpse. I didn’t go to camp, and neither did any of my family. I had a teacher in high school who worked at Dudley and told me about Kiniya during my senior year. When I arrived in 2017, I remember the first time I heard people sing during meals. I remember the peace of the upper fields in the afternoon, and the sound of the lake against the shore at night. My first Hymn Sing. It all felt so incomprehensibly deep, and yet I knew I was a part of it in a small way. I’ve been gone for the past five years, but that feeling has remained. I think it’s important to be connected to old things like Latin, or camp. To remind you, in the words of Walt Whitman, That you are here—that life exists and identity, / That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

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#26228 Grady Short

n my first year here at Kiniya, I learned how to make friendship bracelets for the first time. I slowly struggled to make simple patterns like the candy stripe and the chinese staircase. I made many mistakes along the way but was able to give many friends these bracelets to show my appreciation of our friendship we made here at camp. I enjoyed the time and patience it took to make the bracelets and used it as a time to just be present in the moment and to soak in the environment around me. During these times I thought a lot about the friends I have in my life, both here and outside of camp. I thought about what makes each one of them unique; each friendship has its own story of its beginnings and then many more that are made along the way. I thought about the ways I felt when I’m around them and how much I wish I could get to spend more time with each of them. I deeply value friendships and what they mean.

So what does a real friendship with yourself mean? Well, to me, it’s one that can make you laugh and smile - especially on the hard days, you can sit in silence and think in your head about everything you’re feeling, you can sing and dance in the car or walking down the street, you try to just run around and have fun…just not on the gravel, you ask how you’re doing or what you’re looking forward to do. Give yourself love, honesty & respect, create stories and adventures to have some of the best moments of your life.

Friendships help create feelings of belongingness and support to another. Friendships help improve your quality of life, promote self-confidence, provide honesty and unconditional love. Friendships can be short lived or throughout the course of your lifetime. Each will provide a different impact and adventure to you.

When I first got here in 2021, I felt alone even though I knew I had a community of support around me. I wasn’t sure what Hymn Sing was or what team comp meant or what a Treiber or KOB was or even how to make a friendship bracelet. However, I observed, I asked questions, and I jumped in.

The last bracelet I made in 2021 was a new pattern for me. I was learning the V or also known as chevron bracelet pattern. It took me a lot longer than I was expecting and didn’t allow me to make as many more because I could only work on one bracelet at a time. I ended up not being able to finish it before the session ended and decided I would finish it by the time I went back to college in a few days. That’s when that bracelet took on a new meaning to me…I was going to give it to myself.

Our relationship with ourselves is the closest, longest, truest and best one we will have throughout our lives. At times the relationship with yourself will be challenging but there are always going to be brighter days ahead. Just like in some friendships, you may have arguments or disagreements but if they’re a true friend you will keep moving forward. By being a friend to yourself, you can be a better friend, influence, and person to others.

I was proud of myself, I enjoyed the adventure that was that summer, and I laughed and learned a lot along the way; clearly signs of friendship but finally signs to me that it was with myself. That summer was the adventure of a lifetime for me and one that I spent with such a great group of new and old friends in both new and old places …and I realized that through all this love around me and the friends through each stage of my life, I became a better version of myself. Since then, I’ve made sure to take time to focus on what it means to have a friendship with yourself.

So, over these next 3 weeks, I urge you to make new friends and start new conversations to think, laugh, and learn. Make a friendship bracelet for them! I also urge you to make a new best friend in yourself and to have new conversations to think, laugh, and learn about yourself. And, make yourself a friendship bracelet to serve as a reminder that you love, care, value, and respect yourself and all that you can do and be to others. I will also be working on a new bracelet for myself this session because my one from 2021 just broke at the end of last session! Thank you.

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Chapel Talk

#22887 Lydia Groves

grew up a perfectionist. In many aspects of my life, I held, and still do hold, myself to a high standard of performance and very much refuse(d) to accept of myself anything less than excellence. By nature, I am conscientious, detail-oriented, and a bit of a tryhard. Though, the lofty expectations I had of myself, whether in the context of school, sports or other extracurriculars, even my personal relationships with others, often coexisted with considerable (often self-imposed) pressure and worries about not being “good enough.” Perfectionism followed me into the collegiate athletic career I never thought I’d have. I walked on to Bowdoin’s rowing team at the start of my first year and learned how to be a coxswain: the member of the crew that doesn’t pull an oar through the water, but helps the team move faster by steering the boat, coaching and motivating the rowers, and enacting race strategies. I became obsessed with rowing and a true student of the sport, so much so that I was known on the team for the composition notebooks I stuffed with reflections on every practice and race, analyses of each team member’s stroke, and gutsy calls that would set a fire in crews, saved for the make-or-break moments. I wanted so badly to be as good of a coxswain as I could be. I wanted to be perfect, even. Steering a rowing shell is all about precision. New coxswains learn very quickly that the fastest way to get from where you are to where you’re going is a straight line, and that you can shave seconds off of your boat’s finish time by hugging the curves of the racecourse. Over four years, I practiced and studied this skill many times over, so that I could execute well on race day for the team! This past fall 2022, I raced for the last time ever on Bowdoin’s rowing team at a regatta against other Maine colleges on a notoriously long, difficult course. The athletes would be rowing for a total of six kilometers (over three-and-a-half miles). For the first three kilometers, we would row straight down the narrow lake (easy). However, halfway through, somehow, in a roughly 60-foot-long boat that holds nine people—eight rowers and me, their coxswain—we would navigate a hairpin turn around a small island, spinning 180°, at full speed, in relatively few strokes (very hard).

And then, we would finish the race with another three kilometers back the way we came (good luck!). To cut to the chase, despite all the practice and all the studying, no matter how many times I had steered challenging courses, maneuvering the boat through obstacles like I was seamlessly threading a needle, I messed up that turn in my last race ever. I steered the crew slightly too wide around the curve for the fear of hitting the buoys that marked the course around the island. The home team, who had undoubtedly rehearsed it several times during the previous week, steered a near-perfect line and gained significant ground on us on the inside of the turn. I knew immediately what I had done even before I could see the fast-approaching crew out of the corner of my eye on our left, but, in the few moments that followed, there was nothing I could do to fix my mistake and no second chances. I had a split-second decision to make. After the turn, we had still three kilometers to go. There was no time to dwell, the intensity of the race never breaking for a moment. I swallowed the lump in my throat and reset mentally; rallied the crew; and, as a unit, in the next minute or two, we pushed through a forceful headwind, pulled away once more from the home team, and rowed the remainder of those final three kilometers down the narrow lake to finish the grueling race. I didn’t know what anyone would say as we took the boat out of the water on the dock and carried it on shoulders to the slings where we’d put it back down. I worried that, with my mistake, I had costed us the race

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and let the team down, that my crew would feel frustrated or disappointed, and I was upset at the thought that I’d be ending my career on such a low note. To my genuine surprise, this was not the case: my rowers met me with smiles, hugs, and congratulations on my last-ever collegiate race; laughter and good humor at how long the course was; and, when I tried to apologize, they brushed it off, saying, “ah, whatever,” and “the officials should have let us practice the turn while we were warming up, anyway” (because they hadn’t), and “we got to walk away from Colby twice!” Suddenly, the tension in my head and body began to melt away. I’d just imagined, and was terribly mistaken, that everyone would be mad at me. My wonderful friends still love me for what they always had—for my character, for who I am—and don’t see me as a better or worse person based on how I perform. My next thought was that I couldn’t wait to jot down what I learned in my notebook, about how to take a hairpin turn in the 8+, and also about myself. In reflecting on this regatta in the hours and days that came after, I granted myself grace in the realization that this one mistake in one race didn’t define my entire coxing career. More importantly, it couldn’t overshadow my commitment to and care for the team and my passion for the sport, and it couldn’t undo the grit I’d painstakingly developed: coxing helped me learn to channel my natural tendency towards “perfectionism” into a true strength of tenacity, meticulousness, and self- assuredness. I joined the rowing team in the first place to make new friends, and I kept at it because I loved the exacting strategy required of coxing, the thrill of the competition, the feeling of the wind against my face when we’re going fast, but I also loved the beauty of the Maine outdoors, the peaceful unity of a crew rowing in swing; I loved cheering people on and helping them reach their goals, and I love my friends who always have my back. I wasn’t aware until much later that we had actually bested that opposing team by a (mere) ten-second margin over an almost twenty-minute race to come in second place overall, but that’s not the point. I neither started nor stuck with rowing for the purpose of winning a medal, of standing on a podium, of being the best. It was all for the joy, fulfillment, and happiness it brought to my life.

off of your paddleboard, if you hit a wrong note while singing, if you throw an interception in flag football, if you tie a knot you didn’t mean to in your friendship bracelet and now it doesn’t look exactly like you wanted it to, if you say the wrong thing, you know what? It’s okay. Try, misstep, forgive yourself, learn, and try again. Know that progress isn’t always a straight line you can steer down anunbending river. Keep striving to get better at ‘the thing,’ if that’s your goal, though remember to embrace imperfection and the journey. The real reason we do many things is for fun, for the joy of it. As Mary Oliver says in my favorite poem, “joy is not made to be a crumb.” So don’t let it be. The key is to this is to surround yourself with the people who’ll boost you up as you navigate the ups and downs of this process of learning and doing. How grateful I am that the Kiniya community is full of friends who build each other up and relish in this growing, and also just experiencing, alongside me, you, and everyone. Thank you.

At Kiniya, we are lucky to have the opportunity to engage in many different activities. Some of which you may do all the time at home, some of which you may have never known existed before arriving here this summer. Whatever it is, toss away your fears of “being bad” at something, of messing up. If you fall

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2023 KIWIS

Camila Alarcon Sophia Amaya-Gutierrez Ana Bello Zee Byrd Bennett Callagy Ana Chippas Noah Dines Clara Fawcett Sofie Fiegl Kate Gardiner Lilly Grand Josie Groves Edd Harvey

Sophia Kimberly Lily Kiszka Dave Langston Luella Lewis Celeste Lewis Ava Lujan Akot Mathuc Kerry McKeown Alex McNaughton Magdalena Monastra Danielle Mpoko MacKenzie O’Gorman Sadie Rehnborg Paige Saunders Carol Schwoebel Maddie Short

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Hadley Stetson Clara Sumner Lucy Sylvester Achanti Thongjang Regan Tierney Lucca Tisken Zoe Tsiaras Tessa White White Teah Williams Lollie Wise Mia Wong Anna Wong Abby Woodbury

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10 Year Award Lydia Groves Sarah Miller Beaven Rutter Louisa Gammil

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HIKING TRIPS

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AIDES EXPERIENCE

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NOLS

1ST SESSION KINIYA: Sarah ‘Taco’ Hayes (L), Lizzie Bersett, Cecilia Franck, Biz Groblewski, Elizabeth Haskell, Sophia Kimberly, Lily Kiszka, Serena Lescott, Serena Ratcliff 1ST SESSION DUDLEY-KINIYA: Tessa White, Katherine Heitmann, Ella O’Neil 2ND SESSION DUDLEY-KINIYA: Larkin Celiberti, Sylvia Green, Lilah Stringer, Stella Van Praagh, Claire Yoder

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SPAIN & GERMANY GERMAN EXCHANGE Beaven Rutter (L) Ana Alexander Hannah Lescott Hope O’Brien Anna Yoder

SPAIN EXCHANGE Anna Bartlett (L) Kitty Crawford Kai Nelson Fiona Reilly Lily Tobey

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THE 2023 CAMP KINIYA LEADERS

CUBS

DIVISION HEADS

JUNIORS

Lydia Groves • D-Head • Bowdoin College Katie Pan • Asst. D-Head • University of Virginia

Sarah Miller • D-Head • Dickinson College Sophia Soka • Asst. D-Head • University of Colorado, Boulder

CATS

SENIORS

Annie Oatman • D-Head • Lehigh University Kendyl Brower • Asst. D-Head • New York University Annie Art • Middlebury College Ana Bello • College Monica Dolan • George Washington University Grace Corcoran • Colby College Henrietta Fernandez • University of Virginia Ellie Frisch • Smith College Sophie Harris • Trinity College, Dublin

Abby Scharges • D-Head • College of William & Mary Emily Waugh • Asst. D-Head • University of California, Los Angeles

LEADERS

Emily McCann • Queen’s University Ash Wetty • Colby College Sarah ‘Taco’ Hays • Vanderbilt University • NOLS Beaven Rutter • University of Vermont • German Exchange Tessa Kühn • College • German Exchange Anna Bartlett • Northeastern University • Spain Exchange

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1. EMILY MCCANN (L) 2. LEORA BACAJ 3. JOSIE CATALANO 4. LIV DEPAUL 5. ELLIE EFURD 6. AYALA ENGELKEN 7. CHARLOTTE HART 8. ARYIANNA JOHNSON (JL) 9. HANIA MORADI 10. CAROLINE NEWMAN 11. OLIVIA PATITUCCI 12. TAMINA TRACY 13. ASTA UZIEL (AL) 1

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CADY 1. EMILY MCCANN (L) 2. AVA BAXTER 3. AINSLEY BOYLE 4. SOPHIE BROWN (JL) 5. CLAIRE FRISCH (A) 6. INDIA HALL 7. MADDIE HOGAN 8. STELLA INGENITO 9. INDY PEARSON 10. AVERY SMITH 11. AUDEN STRUBLE 12. SCARLETT STULL 13. CALISE VALISKA

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1. KATIE PAN (L) 2. SOPHIE BOWMAN 3. POPPY CATALANO 4. NORA DEMOSS 5. CLAUDIA FEIFS 6. ISSY HUGHES 7. SOPHIE JONES (JL) 8. ANGELINA KUDRJAVTSEVA 9. SOPHIA MANSON 10. HARLOW PAUL 11. CATE REMBERT-MORFIT 12. ELLY SPRING 13. MAYA TRAVIS (A) 14. LILY WILLIAMS

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VANNEMAN 1. KATIE PAN (L) 2. ANIYRE BURNS 3. ARYA CHANDIRAMANI 4. EMMA DONNELLY 5. CECE GAGE 6. AKOT MATHUC (JL) 7. MILLIE MCBRIEN 8. LILIAN MCKINLEY 9. ELIZABETH MULLEN 10. TERESA PEÓN SANSORES 11. RYAN SALVITTI (A) 12. IZZY STEENBURGH (Junior Staff)* 13. 13. LILLY STEVEN 14. 14. ANNA WESBES

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1. ANNIE ART (L) 2. GABBY BROWN 3. ELIN CHARRON 4. JEMMA DUCKWORTH 5. ZOYA ESFAHANI 6. CLARA FREETH (JL) 7. DALLAS HORTON 8. NIAMH O’REGAN 9. ALLIE SHARRON 10. ALICE SMITH 11. CASSIE SOPHOCLES (A) 12. EMMA ZEC

WILLMOTT 1. ANNIE ART (L) 2. EMILY BRODIE 3. CAROLINE CALELLO (JL) 4. GENEVIEVE DEGRANDPRE 5. ZOE GINSBURG 6. CLAIRE GUYER 7. VERA PERROTTI 8. MAX RICHARDSON 9. MADDIE SHORT (A) 10. GRACE TALBOT 11. VIOLET WARNIER 12. ELIZABETH WITHINGTON

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1. LYDIA GROVES (L) 2. TESS COBURN 3. PHOEBE GRANT 4. AVERY HOMAN 5. ARIA METTLE 6. BLAKE SHARRON 7. AVERY WALTER 8. KATIE WHITE (AL) 9. ARY WILLIAMS 10. ANNA WONG (JL)

KNOLLANDALE 1. LYDIA GROVES (L) 2. ELLIE BRUSCA 3. VIVI CALTABIANO 4. JANE FULD 5. KATE HUSSA (JL) 6. CAM KRESSE 7. MAE MOODY 8. HARPER MORRIS 9. LAYLA PALMGREN 10. PETRA QIAN (AL) 11. NEELE QUINN 12. STELLA WALLACE

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1. ELLIE FRISCH (L) 2. CHARLOTTE BAHEN 3. LIV GONZALEZ 4. LILY JETNIL 5. QUINN KELLY 6. SAGESSE KOSCHE 7. MARGOT MICHEL (JL) 8. LUCY WAINWRIGHT (AL) 9. JOY WANDAH

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ASHLEY 1. ELLIE FRISCH (L) 2. SCARLETT BAKER 3. CAROLINE CHIOFFI 4. MAGUIE GBERY (A) 5. BELLA OSPINA 6. ANNABELLE SYDOR 7. KARSON TISCHLER 8. CAM WALLACE 9. CAMILLA WEEKS 10. MAYA ZARUBA (JL)

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1. ANNIE OATMAN (L) 2. EMMA BACAJ 3. ZEINA HYKAL 4. LYLA IVES 5. MADELINE LESCOTT (AL) 6. MIA LYNCH 7. ELIZABETH MACNAMARA 8. JADAH REID (JL) 9. KEYLA RIVERA

JAMES 1. ANNIE OATMAN (L) 2. TILLIE ABSTOSS 3. LUCY BAKER 4. SIRE FEASTER (JL) 5. DEVAN GRILLS (AL) 6. VAIL HEXTALL 7. MARY GRACE MAYER 8. LILY SHORT 9. MADDIE VAN DE KIEFT 10. GABBY WOODY

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1. HENRIETTA FERNANDEZ (L) 2. HOLLIE CRAWFORD LAVERY 3. ARI JAKOYO 4. EDY LOZNER 5. DEVYN MARTIN (JL) 6. BRIEL MONROE 7. MADDIE TOBEY 8. ANAIS VON MUEFFLING

RIVERSIDE 1. HENRIETTA FERNANDEZ (L) 2. NAIA CASTILLO 3. LEILA DOLLOIS 4. DYONNAH DRAUGHN 5. HAYDEN MOFFITT 6. RYLEE THOMAS 7. FINLEY WARNIER (JL)

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1. GRACE CORCORAN (L) 2. ELLA BUTCHER 3. ANNABELLE CERIA 4. ALESSIA CUTAIA (JL) 5. HANNAH GILLESPIE 6. ALEXANDRA HLINKO 7. MICHELLE PATTON 8. COURTNEY RADIN

MEADOWSIDE 1. GRACE CORCORAN (L) 2. ZYANAE BERTRAND 3. ELA GLOWCZYNSKI 4. CHARLOTTE NOL (JL) 5. NAYO PEARSON 6. KATE RANDALL 7. LORELAI SCHRAMM 8. PORTER SMITH

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1. KENDYL BROWER (L) 2. NAOMI BOYLE 3. DES CALLANDER 4. T CAMPBELL 5. TINSAE DEAS 6. JOSIE DRESDEN 7. LILA KANGETHE 8. BROOKLYN MANZKE 9. ANNIE MIKOLASKO 10. MADDIE MONTOGOMERY 11. MAEVE O’NEIL (AL) 12. CLAIRE PARELLI (JL) 13. CATHERINA VILLAR 12

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LAKESIDE 1. KENDYL BROWER (L) 2. HILLARY APPIAH 3. DESTINY AUSTIN (AL) 4. AL’YONNA CARTER 5. CAROLINE CHAIKIVSKY 6. ELLA DOOLEY 7. HANNAH FRAZER 8. TORI GORDON 9. TALLULAH GROBLEWSKI 10. THEA HARRIS 11. PHOEBE HERTZOG 12. MAGDALENA MONASTRA (A) 13. VICTORIA ROZS JOHANSSON 14. WILLA SYDOR (JL)

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1. SOPHIA SOKA (L) 2. EUGENIE ADAMS 3. GRETA CORRIGAN (JL) 4. SIMRIN EKLUND 5. CLAIRE GRAND 6. GEORGIE GRANT 7. SKY KNOWLES 8. ANNABEL LARRISON (A) 9. AVA LUJAN 10. CHRISTIAN MCAVOY 11. VICTORIA NJUGUNA 12. ELIZABETH WINSTON

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COYNE 1. SOPHIA SOKA (L) 2. ADELA ARDREY (JL) 3. NIA COLE 4. TESSA KÜHN (L) 5. ANKEA LAKHANI 6. SADIE REHNBORG 7. KATHERINE SHEEHAN 8. NAYLA SINGH 9. IZZY SLATTERY 10. RACHEL SMITH 11. ACHANTI THONGJANG (A) 12. LILY TODD 13. MAEVE WARNIER

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1. SOPHIE HARRIS (L) 2. QUINN ART 3. CASSIDY BATEN 4. KATE BIJUR 5. ZANIAH KWAW (AL) 6. AMELIA LUYSTERBORGHS 7. CAMPBELL MADDEN (JL) 8. WYNNE PRICHETT 9. BAELYN REINFURT 10. LINDSAY STREY 11. KANIA SYMONETTE 12. BRIDGET WELCH

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McKEOWN 1. ASH WETTY (L) 2. CHARLOTTE ABEL 3. JORDAN ANASTASI 4. HAZEL CAMERON (A) 5. CHLOE CORDIER 6. AWIEN MATHUC 7. ABBY MORRIS 8. JESSE O’GORMAN 9. SARAH PAN (JL) 10. ADELLA PERROTTI 11. EMILY TESCHKE 12. LUCY WASBES

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1. SARAH MILLER (L) 2. PHOEBE ALLEN 3. ZOE BERLINER 4. THEODORA DEVLIN 5. KATHRYN DURR 6. GEORGIE MONTANEZ 7. LUCIA REYNOSO 8. LEXI ROPER 9. IZZY SHOSS 10. IZZY STEENBURGH (JL) 11. MEREDITH WOODBURY 12. SARAH ZARUBA (AL) 11

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SCHMIDT 1. SARAH MILLER (L) 2. CAMILA ALARCON (JL) 3. MIMI ART 4. REBECCA BRUSCHETTA 5. LILY GRAND 6. CUBBLES GUETTEL (AL) 7. BEAN HAWES 8. ELIZABETH HUSSA 9. RORY MELVIN 10. REAGAN PHILLIPS 11. CLAIRE POWERS 12. HEATHER WALLACE

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1. MONICA DOLAN 2. CAROLINE CRIMMINS 3. LILLY GRAND 4. WANADA GUZMAN 5. PENNY HEMINGWAY 6. BEA HOLLAND 7. ADDISON JAMES 8. ISABELLE JUDSON 9. LILA MCGLYNN 10. JI JI STEENBURGH 11. GRAYSON VAN WYCK 12. EMMA WALTER 13. PENELOPE WHITE 3 8

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VAN BUREN 1. MONICA DOLAN (L) 2. ZOE BERLINER 3. CALEIGH CASEY (A) 4. REAGAN CELIBERTI 5. CAROLINE DONNELLY 6. KATE GARDINER 7. PIPER HORRIGAN 8. KYONCEE JOSEPH 9. SOPHIA OSPINA (JL) 10. LIDA PEÓN SANSORES 11. ELOISE SCHAEFFER 12. ZOE TSIARAS

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SENIORS

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1. ANA BELLO (L) 2. EVIE BIJUR (JL) 3. ZEE BYRD 4. ELLIE DEAN 5. KATE DOBSON 6. CAROLINE HURD 7. KHYSIA JETER (AL) 8. HAILEY MCKEE 9. CABRYN MCNAUGHTON 10. LENA MERRIAM 11. LUCY SYLVESTER 12. CAMILLE VANCHIERE 13. LOLLIE WISE 7

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ARK 1. ANA BELLO (L) 2. BENNET CALLAGY 3. BZ CANNOVA 4. CLAIRE COCHRANE 5. SARAH GILLESPIE 6. LUCY MCCLUTCHEON 7. MACKENZIE O’GORMAN 8. KATIE RESKUSIC 9. CARI RODRIGUEZ 10. HUDSON SAUNDERS (JL) 11. CLARA SUMNER 12. MEGAN TYNE 13. GRACE VAN DE KIEFT 14. MAYA WILLIAMS 10 8

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1. EMILY WAUGH (L) 2. SOPHIA AMAYAGUTIERREZ 3. LILAH BRANSFORD (AL) 4. AUDREY CASEY 5. ANA CHIPPAS 6. ELLA DEVIGNE 7. COURTNEY DOMBER (JL) 8. IYANNA EDMUNDSON 9. MATILDA LABRUCHERIE 10. SANDY LINDNER 11. DANIELLE MPOKO 12. ANNA STERRETT 13. ABBY WOODBURY 1

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LOWER LOFT 1. EMILY WAUGH (L) 2. TESS DOLAN 3. CLARA FAWCETT 4. VANESSA GODINEZ 5. JOSIE GROVES 6. FENNA LISA MONIKA KRAUSE 7. LAHYANA MITCHELL 8. ASHLEY MUCCIA 9. ANGELICA NWACHUKU (AL) 10. CAMPBELL PYE 11. PAIGE SAUNDERS 12. RYAN SIPPLE 13. KATIE YALMOKAS 14. FRANCES DAVIS

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1. ABBY SCHARGES (L) 2. DANIELLE COLE 3. ABIGAIL COOK 4. SOFIE FIEGL (JL) 5. ZARIA MAYO 6. VIOLET MONDA 7. LIBBY MURRAY 8. CHLOE NEWKIRK 9. KELSEY PLUMB (AL) 10. NAOMI RWEGAYURA 11. HADLEY STETSON 12. REGAN TIERNEY 13. TEAH WILLIAMS 14. MIA WONG 4

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UPPER LOFT 1. ABBY SCHARGES (L) 2. GRACE BUTLER 3. MARY DONOHUE 4. CHARLOTTE FLANAGAN (AL) 5. BLAKE HATWOOD 6. LENA HILLERMANN 7. CELESTE LEWIS 8. DEVI RAY 9. KENNEDY SCOTT 10. RYLIE VALISKA 11. CHARLOTTE VAN NESS (JL) 12. TEAH WILLIAMS

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PERCH 1. SOPHIE HARRIS (L) 2. MORGAN BUTLER 3. KYRA JOSEPHINE JOKSAS 4. OLIVIA MURAD 5. MAHOGONY PITMAN 6. TILDEN WASLEY (JL) 7. ELLIE WITHINGTON 8. ALLI ZAPATA

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Awards Setting up for reunion weekend offered another opportunity to unearth all the treasures we have accumulated through the years—old awards (check out the cool felt versions pictured above from the 1960s!), trophies, pictures, yearbooks, and letters.

Kiniya Pin The 1927 all-camp photo arrived with another incredible gem—the camper pin from that very same year. Having never seen this pin or any other version of it, we loved sharing it with our campers this summer, a relic once treasured by a sister camper from a long ago summer. During our first Sunday Service Initiative, each one of us held it and passed it with love from one community member to another.

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KINIYA’S 105th ALUMNI REUNION!

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

J.J. Alexander

Ben Cady

Tyler Chapman

Bob Craft

Peter Groves

Erinn Harley-Lewis

Nicole Hylton-Patterson

Monique Jones

Liz Kirkpatrick

George Matthews

Kevin McCormick

Kari McKinley

Martha McKinley

Shiro Nogaki

Tom Pohlad

Chris Rodgers

Catherine Sanderson

Ted Smith

Alice Tornquist

John Ulin Board Chair

Robin Wells

Matt McElroy Sarah McKani DKAA - Co President DKAA - Co President

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