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I don’t know if they thought about us in those moments very much, but I know we thought about them. Seniors talked to me and helped me out since the seventh grade and it meant the world to me every time. Geo Lewin, who was in Wade’s grade, got me interested in playing for Chadwick’s baseball team, for example. I’m sure all of my peers can recount similar experiences of the constant support that raised us into the people we are today.
“I know we’ll all bring that same communitybuilding strength to wherever we go from here — in college, work and the rest of our lives.”
I’m Henry Hanson, and I’m proud to have served as Chadwick’s student body president this year.

Some of the most important, impactful stories our class have are those of several teachers who stayed an extra year before leaving Chadwick so that they could teach us. e rst example I remember was Mr. Clauset, our sixth-grade science teacher. My rst year at Chadwick was his last; right o the bat I had a teacher who was willing to go to such great lengths to support my grade — including me, a student he hadn’t even yet met.
Part of the reason today is so special is because we’re the last graduating class to have fully seen what seniors were like before the pandemic sent us home (so hopefully I’m the last president who has to bring the pandemic up ever). Only we remember the “old Chadwick” as students, and I think it’s good that we had to sit so long with just our ninth grade and part of our tenth grade year in mind. We got to think about those older students who were role
We all jumped at the chance to pass what we learned forward and show this whole school what it’s like to be those role models we had. Student leaders in the lower grades like Caleb Kim and Liam Burleson have been taking notes from us already. My brother, Gavin Hanson, will start his time in the Upper School next year — without us, but with our legacy de ning what he’ll be seeing then.
at exemplary practice has continued right to this day, with history teacher Mr. Miranda taking time out of his parental leave to speak to us here today. It’s no surprise why I believe that everyone at Chadwick has at some point put their di erences and personal struggles aside to support our class. is includes parents, too, who have paid out of their own pockets for us to be here for all these years. ank you all — and now we have something to show for it.
I couldn’t be more excited to see our collective success play out, and I know we’ll all bring that same community-building strength to wherever we go from here — in college, work and the rest of our lives.
is is the last time I’ll be speaking o cially on behalf of the class so there’s lots of pressure to get it right and honor the people who have taken us this far. at’s because my part in running Chadwick is relatively small and the challenges I’ve had with it pale in comparison to what the people who actually work here do.
at brings us to this year. We had to build a “new Chadwick” since so many people had been away too long to remember what this place was about before. I got started right away when I met Daylin Enriquez, a junior who asks me all the time about what to expect in senior year. I nally have those answers, and it has been the greatest privilege to guide people like her through Chadwick with all the knowledge of those who came before me.
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models that we never got to see again. All of them went through the 12th grade and saw some iteration of these same senior events.
Our class will be remembered as the most important link between Chadwick’s past and future. Anyone who thinks they didn’t do enough with their time here should rest easy with that accomplishment in the books.
I know we won’t forget each other along the way, either. I love you guys. May the Force be with you. Go Wick!
We’re the rst grade since the class of 2019 to have a full normal senior year and a graduation to match it. Marco Burstein, the previous student body president, gave his Commencement speech from this podium out on the football eld. Wade Burleson, the president before him, didn’t even get to give a speech in person to everybody. We’re nally back, in every sense of the phrase.
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Our grade has faced challenges, both together and alone. We’ve been guinea pigs at times and pioneers at others. We’ve lived through instability within these gates and beyond them. Few things came easy to us, but when we were stretched, we didn’t break; we grew. All of us have experienced a metamorphosis during our time here. And now, the people sitting in this amphitheater today are vastly di erent from the people they used to be.
“We’ve lived through instability within these gates and beyond them. Few things came easy to us, but when we were stretched, we didn’t break; we grew.“
Two weeks ago, as I neared hour 72 of isolation on my solo, I started to feel the special type of melancholy that comes only from reaching an endpoint. Chadwick has been my whole life since sixth grade. I’ve had moments of pain and I’ve had moments that I’m not proud of, but at the same time, I live life so much more vividly now. Chadwick gave me the freedom and the exibility to uncover sides of myself that I didn’t know existed — and it probably created new ones, We’vetoo.become who we are today because of this place. It can be sad or scary to imagine losing that next year no matter how exciting our new lives may seem. I’d like to remind you all of a concept from good old ninth-grade Wick Skills, everyone’s favorite eighthperiod class. Let’s all embrace “dialectical thinking” together. We can be thrilled for the next steps, and we can mourn our nal days at Chadwick. We can be all these di erent things at once.
AT CHADWICK, nobody can be defined by just one thing. In fact, I would say that nobody can be defined by any less than four things at a time — the Chadwick community is famously multidimensional.
I’ll confess, now my expectations for all of you seniors are pretty high. I’m so lucky that I’ve been able to bear witness to everything you’ve done so far, and I can’t wait to see what you’ll do next. Because we have potential and we are going to use it. Together, we are the undefeatable, the unde ned, the wonderful Chadwick Class of 2022. ank you.
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As a graduating senior, I can con dently say that my favorite thing about Chadwick is interacting with this intricate “dipperful of humanity” every single day. Somehow I’ve known the same classmates for seven years and yet with every conversation, I feel like I’m meeting them for the rst time. at’s because our class is over owing with interesting, talented individuals who have pushed themselves to embrace transformative experiences.
Now, a little while ago the senior class backpacked through the Sierras for three very eventful weeks. During the trip, someone asked me, “Who inspires you the most?” at question was admittedly a little too loaded for my sunbaked, dehydrated brain to process at the time. However, now the answer seems so clear. What inspires me most is you, my classmates. Watching you grow from eager little kids into con dent young adults with deep passions and broad skill sets gives me hope. e 86 of us together are truly an unstoppable force. Imagine the collaboration and spirit of Homecoming, but scaled up 100 times as we transform not just our campus but our world. We have become leaders. And whether you’ve led with bold action, quiet service, sound logic or a bright smile and a laugh, know that each of you has earned my utmost respect.
But at the same time, I feel like we haven’t changed much at all. Because at Chadwick, integrity is our beacon from Day One. To use language from our 11th-grade Historical Reasoning Skills (which everyone should remember), every external “change” merely supplements an internal “continuity.” We have always been committed to our Core Values. We, the Class of 2022, are built from the inside out. Before we de ne ourselves by our amazing accomplishments or unique interests, we de ne ourselves by our empathy, our friendships, our character. ere’s a Greek word, “eudaimonia.” It’s not quite happiness; ful llment might be closer. Eudaimonia ultimately means living your best life and nding purpose by caring for others — by doing what is best for others. I see that all of you, consciously or unconsciously, have been striving for eudaimonia throughout your time here at Chadwick. I’ve never met a group of individuals with so much integrity and compassion and I don’t know if I will ever meet a group like this again.
Finn Andrew Meisel
Jannette Nicole Diaz
Simone Adriana Michels
Mia Stephanie Felt Micah Josh McCaw Fidel Emilia Liliana Frausto Hope Jacqueline Galusha Joseph Miguel Good Joshua C.H. Lewis Goodloe Nicholas Henry Granville Tarius Stafford Hamlin Henry Brendan Hanson Sophie Eloise Harmon Geoffrey Anton Harms Gavin Brock Hatch Charles Everett Hill Kinsey Wang Ho
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Gabriela Lily Perez Henry Carlo Reichardt Pullara Sarah Cecilia Ramos Penelope Lenore Robins Lars-Peter Saltzmann
Emily Jennifer Chen Drew Chian Coomans William Kuan Coomans Karlie Michelle Davison Catherine Elizabeth Davodi Alessandra Caroline DeGiorgio Nathan Joseph Derhake
Kaiya Amani Hoareau
Jonathan Matthew Nachman
Jack Thomas Hobart Joshua Tyler Hsu Charles Huang Tirel Nicole Jackson Jason Nan Jiang Mia Cherish Jo Kiley Elizabeth Keating Michelle Che-Yi Kie Austin T. Kim Allen Gabriel Kotoyantz Jordan Sangjo Lee Eliza Beatrice Levy Alexis Chisato Lew Richard Cameron Lovely Kyle Saunier Lundberg Clara Jean Mangali Michael Enrique Martinez

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Michael Aaron Burg Noelle Akiyo Carpenter Ellen Grace Carter Jamar Orlando Castro Owen Chen
Emma Sophie Burg
Andrew Jeremy Nachman
Andrew Thai Nguyen Grace Kameyo O’Connell Annabel Elisabeth O’Gorman Cole Alexander Penix

Ryker Jace Strong Archer Ki Tek Suh
Ryan Joseph Brennan
Jamie Lee Brennan
Gabrielle Fiona Doty Ethan Tamer Farah
Andrew Julian Salzman Christopher Emiliano Sanchez Justin Lee E. Sanchez Cooper Jeffrey Saye Jared Franz Severns
Alexander Shinichi Tamura Cameron Elizabeth Walker Clement Wang Ian James Ward
LeShaun Lloyd Warner Phineas Edward Warren Jordan Milan Willis Zacharia M. Willoughby Allison Grace Yun Michael Napoleon Zbyszewski Annelie Elina Zukerman
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El Camino College 1 Elon University 2 Emory University 1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2 Rhodes College 1
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California Polytechnic State UniversityPomona 4
Richmond, The American International University in London 1 Rochester Institute of Technology 3 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 1 San Diego State University 5 Santa Clara University 3 Santa Monica College 1 Sarah Lawrence College 1 Savannah College of Art & Design 1 Scripps College 1 Smith College 1
Georgetown University 3 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 Gonzaga University 2 Grand Canyon University 1
Idaho State University 1 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 Indiana University-Bloomington 9
The University of Tampa 1 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1 The University of Texas at Austin 5 Trinity College 2 Trinity University 1 Tufts University 1 Tulane University of Louisiana 4 University of Arizona 2 University of Arkansas 1 University of California-Berkeley 12 University of California-Davis 9 University of California-Irvine 3 University of California-Los Angeles 6 University of California-Merced 2 University of California-Riverside 5 University of California-San Diego 5 University of California-Santa Barbara 14 University of California-Santa Cruz 5 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 1 University of Colorado Boulder 4 University of Connecticut 1 University of Florida 1 University of Georgia 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2 University of Iowa 2 University of Kansas 1 University of Miami 2 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 7 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1 University of Missouri-Columbia 3 University of New Hampshire 1 University of Oregon 24 University of Oxford (Christ Church) 1 University of Pennsylvania 1 University of Pittsburgh 1 University of Puget Sound 2 University of Redlands 1 University of Rhode Island 1 University of Richmond 1 University of Rochester 2 University of San Diego 3 University of San Francisco 2 University of South Carolina-Columbia 1 University of Southern California 13 University of the Pacific 1 University of Toronto 1 University of Utah 3 University of Vermont 2 University of Virginia 3 University of Washington-Seattle 8 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 Vassar College 1 Washington State University 1 Washington University in St. Louis 2 Whittier College 2 Yale University 2
Members of the Class of 2022 received 428 offers of admission from 173 different colleges and universities. Our Class of 2022 will attend 50 different colleges and universities.
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Ithaca College 1 Jackson State University 1 Johns Hopkins University 1 Knox College 1 La Salle University 1 Lafayette College 1 Lawrence University 1 Louisiana State University 1 Loyola Marymount University 27 Loyola University Maryland 1 Loyola University New Orleans 1 Michigan State University 2 Middlebury College 1 Montana State University 1 Mount Holyoke College 1 New York University 5 Northeastern University 2 Northern Arizona University 2 Northwestern University 2 Occidental College 3 Ohio Wesleyan University 1 Oregon State University 2 Pennsylvania State University 2 Pepperdine University 2 Pitzer College 2 Pomona College 1 Princeton University 2 Providence College 1 Purdue University-Main Campus 2 Purdue University-Engineering 3 Reed College 1
Southern Methodist University 10 Stanford University 2 Syracuse University 5 Temple University 2 Texas Christian University 1
Adelphi University 1 Alabama A & M University 1 American University 1 Arizona State University 2 Barnard College 1 Belmont University 1 Beloit College 1 Bennington College 1 Berry College 1 Boston College 6 Boston University 2 Bowdoin College 1 Brown University 2 Butler University 1
California Lutheran University 2 California Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo 7
California State University-Dominguez Hills 2 California State University-Long Beach 5 California State University-Los Angeles 1 California State University-Monterey Bay 2 California State University-Northridge 1 California State University-San Marcos 1 Carnegie Mellon University 1 Case Western Reserve University 2 Cerritos College 1 Chapman University 7 Claremont McKenna College 1 Clemson University 1 Colgate University 3 College of William and Mary 1 Connecticut College 1 Cornell University 2 Dartmouth College 1 Denison University 4 DePaul University 5
Iowa State University 1
Drexel University 9 Duke University 1 Durham University 1
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University 1 Fordham University 3
The American University of Paris 1
The Evergreen State College 1 The London School of Economics and Political Science 1 The University of Edinburgh 1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1
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High Point University 1 Howard University 1
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Tayasiri Boondicharern
FRANK JOURNALISMQUINLINAWARD
UPPER SCHOOL AWARDS


Nathan J. Derhake
Emma FinnSharonJaredSarahHenryGabrielaColeSimoneElizaMichelleTirelKinseyCharlieGavinSophieHopeEmiliaMicahMiaKarlieNoelleMichaelBurgBurgCarpenterDavisonFeltFidelFraustoGalushaHarmonHatchHillHoJacksonKieLevyMichelsPenixPerezPullaraRamosSevernsSongWarren
Tarius S. Hamlin
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CITIZENSHIP AWARD
Austin T. Kim Andrew J. Salzman
Karlie M. Davison
LEE-STEPHENS AWARD Ann C. VictoriaCushmanN.Lowe
OUTSTANDING ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Niki DerekEmmaFerdowsSchleiferSomers
CLASS OF 2022 MEMBERS INDUCTED IN 2021 Tayasiri Boondicharern Will AllisonCooperJordanAustinKileyCharlieHopeEthanCoomansFarahGalushaHuangKeatingKimLeeSayeYun
Ellen G. Carter Hope J. Galusha Joshua Goodloe Kiley E. Keating
PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
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ROUND SQUARE KING CONSTANTINE AWARD
Alex Davies
MODEL UNITED NATIONS AWARD Emily J. Chen
MIDDLE JOHNAWARDSSCHOOLFISKEAWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE 23 GRADUATES WHO ATTENDED CHADWICK SCHOOL FOR 13 YEARS!
FOUNDERS’ AWARD
HEAD OF SCHOOL AWARD
VISUAL ARTS AWARD
Joseph M. Good Alexis C. Lew
Clara J. Mangali
Ethan T. Farah Jordan M. Willis Allison G. Yun
UNSUNG SERVICE AWARD Catherine E. Davodi Jared F. Severns Sharon M. Song
Charles E. Hill
Eliza B. Levy
BINA SWIMMINGMANDALAWARD
CLASS OF 2022 MEMBERS INDUCTED IN 2022 Katrina Blackman Clara ZakAlexanderJaredAndrewSimoneMangaliMichelsNachmanSevernsTamuraWilloughby
Michael N. Zbyszewski
Henry B. Hanson
SARTORIUS AWARD
CLASS OF 2023 MEMBERS INDUCTED IN 2022 Annie Cushman Atma Joshi Alex PeterLiamWillSammyRyanHannaJohnKeatingPalsbergParkRothmanSocolSpanglerTaylorTurpanjian

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the board of the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, where she chairs the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. She also serves on the board of the Association of Independent Maryland Schools, where she is the commissioner for accreditation. Donovan has presented at various conferences on integrated project-based learning, mindfulness, curriculum design and di erentiation, and hiring and retaining diverse faculty. She serves as a leadership mentor for underrepresented leaders in independent schools. Donovan earned her B.A. in English and American Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and her M.A. in Independent School Leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. She and her partner, Ed Han, have two sons and two daughters, all between the ages of 19 and 25. When not at school, you’ll nd her enjoying homemade meals with her family. Donovan will relocate to Southern California in 2023.
JESSICA S. DONOVAN has been named Chadwick’s 14th Head of School, effective July 1, 2023. Donovan’s appointment was announced this past May by Eden Warner, Chair of the RoesslerChadwick Foundation (RCF) Board of Trustees. Donovan will succeed Tom Sheppard, who was appointed to a twoyear term as Interim Head of School in 2021. Donovan will oversee Chadwick’s community of more than 867 K-12 students, 180 faculty and sta , and the school’s facilities covering 45 acres.
“In Jessica Donovan, Chadwick School has found a superior leader who demonstrates all the key qualities that we as a community desire in our next Head of School,” said Warner. “Donovan brings a deep commitment to teaching and developing young minds, a stalwart belief in the value of experiential learning, an extensive commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and she embodies and fully embraces Chadwick’s Core Values and Mission. As a community, we are excited and enthusiastic about the future under Donovan’sDonovan’sleadership.”selection by the RCF Board follows a nine-month process led by a ve-member search committee of trustees. e search included candidates from across the globe.
Chadwick School Names Jessica S. Donovan as its 14th Head of School

Donovan is currently Head of School at Sheridan School, an independent school in Washington, D.C. Donovan has spent more than 23 years working in schools as a teacher and school leader, including roles as Division Director, Assistant Head of School and Head of School. Her work at Sheridan included implementing data-driven curriculum overhauls; leading renovations at both the city and mountain campuses; building a culture of philanthropy; increasing the diversity of faculty, sta and families; and overseeing the strategic plan, while ensuring that all community members have a sense of
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In accepting the Chadwick Head of School position, Donovan stated, “I am so pleased and honored to be named the next Head of School at Chadwick School. From the moment I walked on campus, I could see that Chadwick is special. I’m excited to join this community of inspired educators, joyful students and engaged families. Chadwick’s students’ enthusiasm for learning
and genuine appreciation for their school is contagious. e Upper School students shared with me how much they cherish their teachers and love learning at Chadwick. e sixth-graders shared with me that they are being taught how to be leaders and that leadership sometimes means listening. I look forward to listening to the Chadwick community and leading with this incredible group of young people. Together, we will build on Chadwick’s strong and healthy foundation.”
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“From the moment I walked on campus, I could see that Chadwick is special.”
Stephanie Uchima-Carney and her husband, Michael, are the parents of three children, including a Chadwick second-grader. Uchima-Carney is a proud Chadwick alumna, Class of 2000, and has remained active at Chadwick as a member of the Alumni Board and previously as Alumni Director. Currently, Uchima-Carney owns a consulting rm focused on developing growth strategies for women-owned businesses, and is the creator and host of “Mommy’s on a Call,” an award-winning parenting and wellness podcast. Additionally, she is the VP of Acquisitions and Property Management for Uchima Corporation, focused on value-add multifamily real estate investments. She is also a volunteer and former board member within Sandpipers, a South Bay women’s philanthropic organization. Uchima-Carney holds a Master of Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California; a Master of Real Estate Development from USC; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Math and Physics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Terri Burke and her husband are the parents of a Chadwick eighth-grader. Burke is the co-founder and CEO of Protaryx Medical and is also a venture partner with Epidarex Capital, where she leads the MedTech investment strategy and practice. In addition, she currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Raydiant Oximetry, is on the Steering Committee for the Ignite Healthcare Network and is a founding member of MedtechWOMEN. She has served as the lifesciences chair for the TRANSFORM program with Duke’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative and recently participated in a working group with FDA and industry leaders to draft a framework to enhance the pediatric medical device innovation ecosystem. Burke holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
NEW MEMBERS OF THE 2022-2023
Dr. Samantha P. Nadella is a proud 2003 Chadwick alumna and has served on Chadwick’s Alumni Board for ve years. She is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, and the Medical Student Clerkship Director, with responsibility for teaching and mentoring medical students. Dr. Nadella graduated from Pomona College with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and attended the Keck School of Medicine at USC. She completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at e Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, followed by an AAGL fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery in Phoenix. In addition to teaching, her professional passions include improving health equity for women, access to minimally invasive surgery and reproductive rights. Dr. Nadella lives in Palos Verdes Estates with her husband and Chadwick alumnus, Dr. Davy Cohen ’03, along with their u y dog Chadwick.
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SAMANTHA P. NADELLA, M.D. ’03



ROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Championed by K-12 Sustainability Coordinator and Upper School science teacher Tori Fay and the 20-member Student Sustainability Council (SUSCO), the Sustainability Program includes actionable long- and short-term goals and draws on the collaboration and inclusion of every facet of the Chadwick community. From incorporating sustainability themes in our K-12 curriculum to reviewing our school investments and how we can bring them more in line with our Core Values, the Sustainability Plan leaves no stone unturned.
Students from grades 3 to 5 learned how to reduce their carbon footprint and their water and plastic consumption at the Sustainability Fair.

First-grade students learned about native plants in the Chadwick Canyon.

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On Earth Day, SUSCO installed a Chadwick dolphin mascot designed by Marielle Alden ’23, filled with single-use plastic bottles.
With support from SUSCO, faculty, sta , administrators and a parent committee, Chadwick embarked on a number of initiatives across campus this year, aimed at education and awareness, waste reduction, energy use and land management.
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In the area of improving education and awareness, this year Chadwick celebrated Earth Week with a Sustainability Fair for Upper Village, Middle School and Upper School students and parents hosted by SUSCO. e fair featured information and products that families can use to reduce their waste and plastic consumption and their overall carbon footprint. Booths run by SUSCO members highlighted food items with ethically and sustainably sourced ingredients, cleaning products with plastic-free re llable packaging and a variety of products intended to replace single-use plastics.
Beginning with Social Justice Day, student leaders facilitated the workshop: “Climate Justice: How Do We Use the Intersection Between Climate Change and Social Justice to Build a Better Future?” e session included a Q&A session with a panel composed of a climate scientist, EPA administrators and activists. Student and parent attendees walked away with valuable information about the current e orts and challenges with addressing climate change globally and the importance of local action. Dining has been an area traditionally wrought with waste. is year marked the start of a new Dining Services partnership with SAGE Dining, led by SAGE Dining Cafeteria Manager David Garcia. With David’s help and leadership, we eliminated plastic wrapped silverware sets in favor of a dispenser with individual utensil options, where diners can take only what they need. SAGE continues to reduce the use of plastic in their food packaging with the use of paper-based bowls and plates. Future changes are expected to include more plant-based protein options in the meals, less plastic where possible, more compostable materials and more bulk dispenser setups for items such as condiments. We are also excited to explore the possibility of developing an onsite garden which will provide fresh produce for meals served on campus.
SeriousGetting About Sustainability
EACH YEAR, CHADWICK SCHOOL MAKES 2.5 MILLION PHOTOCOPIES — ENOUGH TO MAKE A STACK OF PAPER THAT IS EIGHT EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS TALL. Twenty-two thousand pieces of plastic silverware are used on campus annually, enough to lay a path from Chadwick to Whole Foods, 2.1 miles away. With climate change causing more extreme weather events across the globe, and outdated practices negatively impacting supply and food chains, the call for action has never been Chadwick’slouder.early e orts in sustainability included installing photovoltaic solar arrays on campus, restoring the Chadwick Canyon and reducing waste through composting and recycling. And still we continue to generate a signi cant amount of waste and use more nonrenewable resources than necessary. So this year, Chadwick has stepped up the e cacy of our sustainability e orts and launched a campus-wide Sustainability Program in February, which spans 11 tenets of campus life.
While there has been some resistance to changing the ways things have always been done, having the support of school administration has made a world of di erence in making progress. According to Interim Head of School Tom Sheppard, “Sustainability sits at the heart of Chadwick’s Mission and our Core Values and it is one of the most important ways that we can demonstrate respect and responsibility for current and future generations of Chadwick students.” Parents are also passionately engaged. e formation of a sustainability committee of 22 parents has led to their enthusiastic involvement in Chadwick’s e orts in waste reduction, grounds upgrades and a campus gardening program.
= 180/day or ~36,000/yr. (only from the dining hall, excludes teams, meetings, etc.)
Chadwick School is grateful to Greg and Olga Barnes, a Village School family, who have committed $50,000 to our sustainability efforts on campus.
Areas of Improvement for Sustainability
To highlight the proliferation of plastic bottles on campus, rising 12th-grader Marielle Alden built and installed a life-sized sculpture of our mascot, a dolphin, on Vanderlip Lawn. is sculpture was lled with single-use plastic bottles from the dining hall after just one and a half days — more than 180 (~36,000 per year). Truly leadership in action!

PHOTOCOPIES = 2.5 million/yr. (enough to make a stack that is 8 Empire State buildings stacked on top of each other)
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In the classroom, teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade created new experiential opportunities for students to engage in sustainability. First-graders went on seasonal hikes to learn about edible plants and the local natural environment. e Middle School EcoClub and advisor Mrs. Henry spent time in the canyon learning about indigenous ora and the role we play in repairing an ecosystem. Ms. Chinn’s fourth-grade class planted drought-tolerant pollinator-friendly plants in the Upper Village garden, learning about the importance of pollinators.
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One of the biggest challenges has been making campus events more sustainable, which Tori likens to playing Whack-a-Mole, “Every time we take a step to improve one thing, ve other things that could have also been improved show up.” Currently, every event on campus depends on disposable materials and our campus is home to many di erent programs, organizations and groups — each with their own set of event coordination practices. Next year, there are plans to develop
a sustainability event guide which all events on campus will follow.
= over 1 million gals./mo. or 12 million gals./yr. (enough to put our entire football feld under 25 ft. of water)
Student participation is central to the Sustainability Plan. As Tori explains, “We’re teaching them to become leaders in this area, and at the same time they guide us to help make the school the place they want it to be.”
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= ~22,000/yr. (enough to lay a path from Chadwick to Whole Foods)
In the end, our goal is to normalize sustainable behaviors so they happen without thinking. Tori explains she is con dent in our progress, “as almost every day, I hear about someone doing something in a more sustainable way that I wasn’t involved in.”
To begin addressing our Empire Statesized problem with paper, in response to a pilot study conducted by Tori and our “Chadwick’s Path to Zero Waste” parent group, which yielded positive feedback, next year grades 6-12 will transition to using Rocketbooks, a reusable notebook, and Chadwick is shifting from the printed directory to a 100% online directory and is looking at transitioning other print publications to a digital format.
When envisioning a sustainable future at Chadwick, one thing is for sure — we are just getting started.
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FIFTH-GRADE ROLLER COASTER PROJECT
e fth-graders built paper roller coasters as part of the Digital Learning and Making portion of their weekly STEM rotation. Over the course of four weeks, they were tasked with designing and building a roller coaster that: maximized fun and excitement, included six turns and a loop, t within size limitations and accomplished this within a reasonable budget. While they learned about the design process and the physics of roller coaster design, students also received weekly tips on collaboration and organization strategies to help them e ectively plan and e ciently build together in a relatively short period of time.

GRADE PUMPKIN COUNTING
First-graders participated in hands-on sensory-learning activity while practicing their counting skills. Students scooped out pumpkin and sorted them into multiples of 2, 5, 20 and 25. always a good day when is a bit messy!


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Sixth-grade students completed a deep dive into geology and the Earth’s surface, resulting in various mini-research projects that students worked on independently or in small groups. e projects included comic strips about the ice age, pamphlets about tsunamis and a startling indictment explaining why “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the Nickelodeon cartoon representative of the phylum Porifera, could not possibly be an actual sea sponge! Students investigated geology topics ranging from tectonic plates to erosion, with lots of hands-on learning through multiple experiments. For example, after researching di erent strategies that engineers use to reduce damage in earthquakes, students created a model that incorporated real-world strategies. e students’ work integrated art with science and intentionally incorporated Chadwick’s Core Competencies into each lesson. e lessons are creative, collaborative and require critical thinking, and the result is an engaging science experience for our sixth-graders.

SIXTH-GRADE SCIENCE
KINDERGARTEN ENGINEERS
As part of their month-long engineering unit, kindergartners became Health and Safety Engineers who surveyed the Lower Village and presented their ndings and suggestions to Bob Rule, Chadwick’s Director of Risk Management and Transportation. e kindergarten engineers researched safety issues and designed creative solutions. ey

“I wanted to know everything: Where do waves come from? Why is it blue? How many dolphins are there? How deep is it? How far does it go?” At the same time, she was even a bit terri ed by the ocean — a quandary that she would later push through in a determined pursuit of her passion.
“I just couldn’t get enough of the sciences. I loved them all. And I was encouraged to ask questions. We went out to the eld and explored. We did botany, and I learned all about the local plants and the chaparral and the indigenous people, the First Nations people of this land and how they use plants. I just wanted to know more.”
Dijanna Figueroa Goes to Great Depths for Ocean Science Education and Activism
“I wanted to know everything. Where do waves come from? Why is it blue? How many dolphins are there? How deep is it? How far does it go?” COMPASS MAGAZINE18
DIJANNA FIGUEROA, PH.D., WAS JUST 8- OR 9-YEARS-OLD WHEN SHE WAS FIRST MESMERIZED BY THE SEA. Born and raised in Southern California, she remembers staring out into the seemingly endless Paci c Ocean in pure wonder.


She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in Marine Science from UC Santa Barbara. As a marine biology major, she had to become a scuba diver despite not being a strong swimmer.“Ijust really fell in love with marine bio. I started to learn about the complex relationship between life in the ocean, the chemistry of the ocean and how humans use it as a resource. I got to learn about things like animal diversity and ecology, and that marine biology was way more than training dolphins at SeaWorld. Dolphins are beautiful, and I wanted to work with them, and I wanted to know what we can learn from the dolphins.”
“I grew up during a time when students weren’t really allowed to ask questions. Education back then was very much about listening to what the teacher says. at’s one of the reasons why I’m an educator, because I re ect on my experience as a child — being super curious, but learning not to be curious in school. I learned that in order to be a really good student in the ’80s I had to be really quiet and memorize everything that the teacher told me and then repeat it. I learned that the safest way to navigate school was for me to listen, copy, repeat, listen, copy, repeat.”
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She recalls playing in the tide pools during low tide, discovering interesting plants (and some that she now knows were actually creatures) and asking endless questions her parents couldn’t answer. Dijanna admits to being a wildly curious child in general, always wanting to know how things like cars work and how the Earth got here. Learning something new sparked even more questions. at thirst for knowledge still drives her today.Dijanna joined Chadwick in the 2021–22 school year as the Innovation and Design Department Chair, a kindergarten science teacher and an Upper School marine biology teacher. In addition to being a marine scientist and a STEAM educator with over 20 years of K-12 classroom teaching experience, Dijanna is also an activist and passionate member of Chadwick’s Equity team.
“I think youngforimportantit’sustohelpstudents fnd their superpower.”
Luckily at her high school in Long Beach, she discovered classes she fell in love with marine biology, zoology, anatomy and physiology — and she met great teachers who encouraged her love of learning.
When asked to create web pages during an internship at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Dijanna convinced the teams of scientists and researchers to take her to sea with them so she could dive deep into their research programs to truly grasp and e ectively communicate their objectives. Becoming a science communicator laid the experiential groundwork for becoming an educator. It was also on these journeys that she rst encountered the deep sea.

at curiosity led to her doctorate, for which Dijanna studied hydrothermal vent animals to nd out how they adapt to the most extreme environments on Earth. To do that, she had to devise entirely new technology to collect and keep organisms alive from those extreme depths and environments — something that had never been done“before.at’s when I learned the engineering process and how to work closely and carefully with engineers and physicists to design things that we couldn’t even dream of, because we didn’t know we needed them.”
in James Cameron’s “Aliens of the Deep,” which explored the mysteries of the deep ocean and how they might compare to what could be found on other planets. As part of a Disney press tour to museums and classrooms all over the world, Dijanna got a taste of what it was like to share her science and exploration work with others.
While in graduate school studying deep ocean animal physiology, she ran one of only two labs in the entire U.S. that could keep hydrothermal vent animals — clams, muscles, giant tube worms — alive for long periods after being collected. She also started making documentaries and appearing on shows like Discovery Channel’s “Mysteries of the Deep,” Nickelodeon’s “Noggin Knows” and e History Channel’s “Ocean Explorers.”
Dijanna was also featured as a lead scientist
“I had been so busy working on my Ph.D. and my own work that I had been in this tunnel forgetting about representation, and women in science and exploration, and Black women in science and exploration, and that I had an opportunity
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“I thought the bottom of the ocean was kind of like a desert, just this long plane of atness with nothing much to see. My rst ROV (remotely operated vehicle) dive showed me that it’s so much more. ere are thriving animals down there, there are extreme temperatures; if you’re near a volcano, there is extreme heat, and in the deep sea, there is extreme cold — almost freezing. ere are 4,000 pounds of pressure and toxic chemicals are seeping through, and life can still survive. I had to know why, and had to know how this information can help better me, better society, better us all.”
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“I lived most of my life on my neighborhood block in Los Angeles, so having the opportunity to go to all these di erent places in the United States and meet kids and teachers from all these di erent regions and answer their questions — I just couldn’t get enough of that. And then one speci c young girl came up to me in the e Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, and she said, ‘I have never seen a scientist that looks like me. And I just want to be you one day.’ And that hit me — hard.”

“ at’s when I started running things like the Lucas Scholars Program, which brought in kids from all socioeconomic backgrounds together to celebrate STEM and engage in it joyfully.” She also works with the Empower Her Institute, Black Girls Dive Foundation, Bridge Builders Foundation, Boys & Girls Club of Los Angeles, National Association of Black Scuba Divers, National Marine Educators Association and Makey Makey –WhenJoyLabz.askedabout what grounds her in the wake of all the challenges we face today, she credits the next generation of students and her work as an educator and a parent for keeping her grounded.
When asked what drew her to Chadwick, she replied, “I was inspired by Chadwick’s commitment to experiential learning and push toward innovation. As head of the Innovation and Design Department, I get to work at the intersections of Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Math and Music, with amazing faculty and sta to create and develop enriching, inspiring, challenging and interdisciplinary experiences for our students.”is
“One of the things that I love about teaching both kindergartners and Upper Schoolers is that their curiosity shows up in a real way. One beautiful thing that I’ve noticed about Chadwick — curious coming in, curious coming out.”
“Creating spaces for very di erent people to have a conversation and feel safe even though their views are di erent — seeing that gives me hope.” She now shares those commitments to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and to playful, engaging education at Chadwick, where she hopes to inspire the next generation of STEAMers.
“I want to make it fun and I think as educators, it’s important for us to help young students nd their superpower. Your superpower just might be STEM — and STEM literally helps us change the world. It feeds hungry people, it can help us nd solutions to really complicated problems. And so I want to make sure that every single person (they don’t have to be a scientist) — recognizes their ability to problem-solve, make observations and work as a team to come up with solutions joyfully. at’s what I love bringing to Chadwick’s Innovation and Design Department.”
What followed was a life-changing career shift toward education. “I decided, I don’t think I’m supposed to be in the lab for the rest of my life. I think I’ve been put here and I can better serve as an ocean communicator, as a science communicator, as an educator and ambassador.” In this capacity, she gets to funnel all the skills she’s learned along the way into education. at realization fostered partnerships with education nonpro ts and organizations like the National Marine Educators Association and the Two Bit Circus Foundation. For the latter, where her title is Director of Education & Playful Learning, Dijanna helped launch 500 engineering makerspaces in schools across Los Angeles.
through the lens of this lm and this press tour to represent a Black woman in science, which just wasn’t happening at the time. We had Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Miss Frizzle and the Magic School Bus. ere was nothing that quite looked like my young self, and I started to re ect on what would my young curious self do if I saw somebody like me doing this sort of thing? And I wanted to do something.”
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While expeditions like this one serve as major milestone events, she equally values the everyday classroom experiences, where she brings and inspires the same insatiable curiosity she had as a student.

past spring, Dijanna was able to virtually take her Chadwick classroom to sea with her. In March and April, Dijanna was selected to join the Ocean Exploration Corps as their Science Communication Fellow. She was among a select few teachers on the Nautilus Expedition for a remarkable deep sea adventure whose mission was to explore and map the unknown parts of the ocean. e expedition’s remarkable technological resources not only made the expedition itself possible, but allowed her to connect with her Chadwick class in real time. e live stream was also viewed approximately 263,000 times by 2,700 learners in 13 states, three countries and one U.S. territory.

Growing up, school was always my happy place. I loved everything about it and couldn’t get enough! On weekends when I was in rst grade, my little sister and I would play school. Of course, since she hadn’t even started kindergarten herself, I got to be the teacher. I’d make her sit at a desk and listen to my “instructions.” To this day, she credits me with teaching her to read, which is a lovely story, if true. Regardless, I’ve always admired teachers and loved every single teacher I’ve had from kindergarten through graduate school.
Like our founder Margaret Chadwick said, “An education that presents no obstacles and is shorn of di culties is as poor an education as can be imagined.” Chadwick is a place where authentic challenges are intentionally woven throughout students’ experiences; not only in the evident ways like outdoor education and rigorous academics, but also places one might not realize, like scheduling. For example, when I rst came to Chadwick, I was skeptical about allowing kids free periods in the Middle School. Surely it would be total chaos! But instead, I’ve seen proof that kids will grow into the space we give them and learn to use free time productively. Chadwick produces a whole di erent kind of young adult — one who develops independence along with self-management skills and the mentality to think of challenges as opportunities.
I love how everyone at Chadwick is deeply committed to inclusiveness and belonging; we think about it together a lot and it’s de nitely a special strength of our community as a whole. In the rst few weeks of the school year, we weave in discussions and activities for getting to know each other to build a sense of togetherness. Investing this time up front to build a classroom culture of seeing and valuing each individual helps us reach farther as a group. We also collectively set norms for our work together, articulating concretely how we expect each of us — myself included — to exercise Chadwick’s Core Values of respect, responsibility, fairness, honesty and compassion. en, throughout the year, I constantly reiterate the value of collaboration, shu ing seating arrangements daily so that students have opportunities to do meaningful work with new thought-partners, peer editors or team members all the time. Part of being inclusive is aiming to be what teaching experts call a “warm demander,” holding all students to the same standards, using clear rubrics that are shared with students in advance. It’s important that all students get explicit instruction in organizational skills and study habits. At the same time, I also try to use models and di erentiate instruction in ways that I can, giving students multiple opportunities and angles of approach in learning content and skills. Gratitude plays a big role in making every student feel valued, too, and it’s important to have students take time to appreciate each other for their contributions to our collective learning.
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In Fall 2021, Michelle Tabor was recognized as Chadwick School’s Educator of the Year by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Rotary Club.
WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU’VE LEARNED FROM YOUR STUDENTS?
A good bit of what I know about teaching comes from students. I’ve learned how important it is to read the room, listen to students and observe carefully to meet kids where they are. ey also teach me courage. It’s amazing to think of all the moments in a middle-schooler’s day when they have to put themselves out there, be tested, take risks or try something new for the rst time. e fact that they do all these things multiple times a day and never lose their sense of humor about life is truly admirable.
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR MICHELLE TABOR MIDDLE SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT WORKING WITH MIDDLE-SCHOOLERS?
WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT TEACHING?
HOW DO YOU CONNECT WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND KEEP THEM ENGAGED?
HOW DO YOU ENSURE YOUR CLASSROOM IS INCLUSIVE AND ALL STUDENTS FEEL THAT THEY BELONG?
I teach an inherently interesting subject so why wouldn’t everybody be 100% engaged in every second, right? It’s sad to me when students think history is a boring litany of names and dates. My mission is to show them the bigger purpose and deeper ways of thinking about the past. So when we study the Peloponnesian War, for example, what we’re really getting at are universal themes of rivalry and alliance, something every adolescent knows something about. Learning in the humanities, at its best, is not about memorizing facts, but connecting with new and di erent ideas, looking at things from di erent perspectives, recognizing your own assumptions, appreciating context and being comfortable with complexity. In our curricula, we want to help students nd, develop and support a position based on what they learn about the past, and we aim to showcase student voices and creativity in a variety of fun ways discussions, debates, presentations, podcasts, mock trials and so on.
I started out teaching high school but when I rst stepped into a middle-school classroom I knew I’d discovered a gold mine of natural wisdom, unbelievable energy and fun times! I love middle-schoolers’ curiosity, earnest love of learning and potential for inventing themselves. Grades are important to them but they can also appreciate learning for its own sake. Here at Chadwick, our middleschool emphasis is on building the learning skills, work habits and resilient mindset that will serve students well in life even beyond academics. ( anks to all the parents out there who promote this message, too!) As a teacher, working with middle-schoolers forces you to expand your repertoire because they will eat you alive if you don’t learn how to channel their energy and keep things student-centered. I’m grateful to be able to teach the whole range of middleschoolers at Chadwick. It’s a truly satisfying experience to follow a student from the rst day of seventh grade to the last day of eighth grade; they evolve so much and in ways that are always surprising.
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ALLISON YUN PIANO CONCERT In September 2021, Senior Class President Allison Yun ’22 presented a concert lecture titled “Forgotten Voices — Classical Piano Works of Black Female Composers.” is concert-presentation was conceived and researched by Allison, a truly extraordinary pianist who made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2017 and has won numerous regional and international piano competitions. “Forgotten Voices” is the culmination of a year-long independent research project devoted to examining diversity in the classical music canon. Between each piece, Allison delivered an academic lecture that provided historical and musical context and celebrated four African-American female composers: Florence Price, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Valerie Capers and Margaret Bonds.

Chadwick alumni Marco Burstein ’21 made national headlines for a website he and his Harvard classmate Avi Schi mann developed together. On March 3, after three days of coding, they released “Ukraine Take Shelter,” a service-oriented version of Airbnb to help Ukrainian refugees more easily connect with hosts o ering shelter and other services. Now a rising sophomore at Harvard University, Marco began learning to code in third grade and he relishes using coding to solve problems big and small. “Ukraine Take Shelter” has been translated into 12 languages. We are incredibly humbled by and proud of the work that Marco and Avi are doing.
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FALL FEST e Chadwick Parents Association held the rst annual CPA Family Fall Fest in October. e Booster Club also held an AllSchool Spirit Day to support the Chadwick athletes competing on campus that afternoon. In between supporting the football team and girls’ volleyball team, students had fun trying to dunk Chadwick faculty and sta in the dunk tank and participating in the photo booth and face painting. Families also took part in the Friends of the Library Book Swap and supported the CPA through the SCRIP ower sale.
BOOK FAIR When the Friends of the Library hosted Chadwick’s annual Book Fair in November, students of all ages got to peruse and explore books from a variety of genres and topics while enjoying the “Under the Big Top” theme. Village students each walked through and selected books, making suggestions for what they wanted to read in class. Along with all the books, there were games, popcorn, cotton candy and more books!


ALUMNI MAKES HEADLINES FOR SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES



HOMECOMING
We were so happy to have all of our Homecoming Week activities back on campus last October. From class competitions to the tug of war to the Homecoming football game, Chadwick spirit radiated across campus, and we loved seeing all of that Dolphin pride. Our action-packed Homecoming Week featured applebobbing, arm wrestling, dodgeball, a talent competition and Class Colors Day.
Left to Right: Zak Willoughby, Cooper Saye, Ethan Farah (National Merit Scholar), Austin Kim, Kiley Keating, Hope Galusha, Simone Michels, Archer Suh, Jordan Lee.

In May, Chadwick held the Multicultural Food Festival, which was conceived and organized by Upper School students. ere were booths of food from various cultures, regions and countries, including Korea and China, Black culture, Middle Eastern, Italian, Filipino, Mexican and more. Booth participants provided information about their cultures and countries. It was a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate each other over food, conversation and entertainment.
Nine Chadwick seniors were named nalists in the National Merit Scholarship program, including one National Merit Scholar. e mission of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is to recognize and honor academically talented highschool students in the United States. Approximately 1.5 million students enter the program each year. In May, Ethan Farah ’22 was announced as a National Merit Scholar, for which he will receive a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship. Ethan will be attending Stanford University in the fall.
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HALLOWEEN All manner of ghoulish creatures descended on campus for the annual Village School Halloween Parade. Students strutted in their costumes at the parade and enjoyed a “spooktacular” carnival. Sixth-graders ideated and built a “Haunted Hospital” during the week, and all the carnival games were created and operated by third- through fth-graders.

NEW CHADWICK CAMPUS IN HO CHI MINH CITY

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR AND FINALISTS
In June, the Roessler-Chadwick Foundation Group announced the establishment of a new Chadwick campus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, called Chadwick International School Ho Chi Minh City (CISH). CISH will open in August 2025 and, when fully operational, will enroll up to 1,200 PK–12 students. It will be the fourth Chadwick campus joining Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, California; Chadwick International in Incheon, South Korea; and Chadwick Ecopark near Hanoi, Vietnam (opening in 2023). CISH will feature state-of-the-art facilities to support the development of leadership, character, academics, athletics and the arts in its students. Notable facilities include a performing arts theater with 700 seats, music and drama rooms, two gyms, an indoor swimming pool, soccer elds and basketball courts, libraries, canteens, science rooms and a MakerSpace.
Celebrating 20 years of “Yes, and
LAUGHTER IS NOT ONLY THE BEST MEDICINE, IT ALSO STANDS THE TEST OF TIME. is summer, the ChImps (Chadwick’s improvisational theater group) celebrated their 20th season with an oncampus anniversary show that united students and alumni (ChAmps) in a hilarious performance for the entire Chadwick community.
ChImps was founded in 2001 by alumni and former Chadwick English teacher Jenn Chou ’96. “I wanted to help my students navigate the social landmine that is high school. My goal was to help them embrace positivity. Making up scenes from nothing is an incredible and safe way to get feedback on how you interact with others.”

at rst year, math teacher and volleyball coach Mike Cass took the class alongside the students. When Chou left Chadwick to attend law school the following year, Cass took over the program and has been running it ever since. “I was just a student that rst year. e second year, the students and I sort of taught it together,” he shared.
While not all improv is the same, there are unmistakable guiding principles, according to Cass. Improvisers (also known as “players”) share a piece of information — a location, a relationship dynamic or even just a single word that invites their scene partner(s) to a rm with their own creative response. Ideally, each player’s addition builds upon the last, moving the scene forward in a spontaneous and comical exchange. No one knows where the story will go, which is what makes it so exciting!
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For the rst 15 years of the program, the ChImps traveled to the improv festival in Ventura, California, to “play” in workshops and performances with professional improvisors. ey were the only non-professional group to participate other than the Stanford Improvisers (of which ChImps founder Jenn Chou had been a member). “It became a rite of passage and a really integral part of the ChImps experience,” said Cass.
e ChImps typically perform on campus eight times per year, including the annual holiday show and a “family night” during which the improvisors and their families play improv games together before the performance. Cass also organizes improv sessions over the summer to keep the momentum going and provide a space for the community to play in the o season.


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Improv o ers something meaningful for participants at every level. Some students join knowing that they want to become professionals. Others are simply looking to stretch their comfort zone, explore something new, have fun and make new friends. Regardless of an individual’s intention, improv is most de nitely a team sport.
e camaraderie among ChImps is more than a direct result of the silliness that ensues on stage. What truly unites these students is their willingness to be vulnerable and embrace imperfections — a notion that might seem counterintuitive for adolescents. “ e funny stu is really secondary. It’s wonderful to hear people laugh, but that’s more of a consequence than an actual target,” Cass said.
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Be open and unattached to a particular direction or outcome
staying open to what comes up versus being attached to a particular outcome — in their lives o stage. “Not one thing you do in improv ever goes the way you expect. I can put forth my best e ort but also know that whatever this idea of perfection is, I won’t get locked in on that. en you see these people as seniors, in college, as employees and parents, and you see the comfort with which they approach life.”
Respond with generosity, empathy and humility
Nathan Derhake ’22 shared, “When someone says something about you in an improv scene, you embrace their suggestion, even if it pushes you out of your comfort zone. I think that’s a good mentality for life, which I have tried to take on. In ninth grade, someone asked if I wanted to attend an international conference in India for two weeks. Instead of shutting down that idea because it was out of my comfort zone, I was like, ‘ is is a great opportunity,’ and I went to theFigelconference.”added, “Improv is something I’ve taken with me through every phase in my life — it’s come up in every job interview I’ve ever had, I wrote about it in my business school application and most importantly, it’s given me lifelong best friends.”
Perhaps no one has appreciated the deeply bonded improv community more than Cass has over these past 20 years. “ e improv group is like a little friendship factory for me, because when these students graduate, they’re the best kind of people. ey’re the people I want to spend time with because they’re kind, they’re paying attention and all of these other wonderful things.”

For the latest updates and performance information, follow @the_chimpstagram on Instagram.
Look for opportunities to say “yes, and!”
Alumni Sara Figel ’10, who started her ChImps journey in Middle School said, “Everything about being a teenager is antithetical to the idea of high school improv: you’re guring out who you are, trying desperately to convince everyone that you know what you’re doing, having nightmares where people laugh at you for doing something dumb and hoping nobody notices. Improv makes you do all that — on a stage, with an audience! e fact that for 20 years Mr. Cass and the ChImps have shown hundreds of angsty, high-intensity Chadwick teenagers that it’s okay to gure it out as you go and be a little bit ridiculous, is nothing short of incredible.”

On the ChImps stage, “mistakes’’ are seen as gifts that are not only welcomed but encouraged. Students learn to actively listen, a rm and create on the spot, building agility, empathy, reciprocity and vulnerability in a very real way, at a very critical stage of their development. ese principles are what make the practice of improv so impactful.


Maddie Bowen ’16 concurred, “ChImps did so much for me, the biggest impact being on my curiosity. Good improvisers are curious people and attentive listeners. ey soak in the world like a sponge and nd humor and joy in otherwise mundane things. ChImps compelled me to take on thatCassworldview.”hasseenmany ChImps students saying “yes, and … ” — an improv tenet that emphasizes
Eliza Levy ’22 started doing improv with ChImps as a sixth-grade student. “Like many other ChUmps (untested ChImps — students who have not yet performed in a live show), I originally thought improv was about being funny and stealing the show with some knee-slapping quips. But I’ve learned over the years that improv teaches us how to be good people. If you want to be in a successful scene, you have to take care of your scene partner, listen and be willing to adapt. e basics of improv are essentially the basics of being a good friend. In class, we learn that if you’re focused on supporting your scene partner, and they are focused on taking care of you, everyone is taken care of. is is a crucial improv skill, but it is, of course, a wonderful life lesson.”
Pay attention to what’s happening around you
Expect the unexpected
PRINCIPLES OF A GOOD IMPROVISER
Prioritize the group
Bowen agreed, “I’ve met all my closest friends through ChImps. I have never met such a compassionate, fun group of folks. At the anniversary show, it was so great to see friends who now span generations and geographies all gathered in one place. is program is so unique to Chadwick, and I genuinely believe improv makes us better human beings.”
Listen Selflesslyactivelyputthe spotlight on others
First Team: Girls
Dylan Mercer ‘23
Joseph Good ‘22 – MVP
BOYS BASKETBALL
Zoe Stephens ‘23
First Team: Boys
Karlie Davison ‘22 (Shortstop) – MVP Ava Garciaparra ‘25 (Catcher)
Ellen Carter ‘22
Catherine Davodi ‘22
Austin Ransford ‘24
Alec Baker ‘23
Joseph Good ‘22
Thomas Rosso ‘24
Second Team
Josh Goodman ‘24
CROSS-COUNTRY
Clara Mangali ‘22
Tirel Jackson ‘22
Allen Kotoyantz ‘22
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Micah Breaux ‘23
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Michelle Kie ‘22
Finn Meisel ‘22
Sharon Song ‘22
Second Team: Boys
Second Team: Boys
Alex Joiner ‘25
200-Yard Freestyle Champions
Second Team
Amanda Liaw ‘23
First Team
First Team: Singles
First Team
Tarius Hamlin ‘22
FALL ALL-PREPSPORTSLEAGUE HONORS
Noelle Carpenter ‘22
WINTER/SPRING SPORTS
Tarius Hamlin ‘22
First Team
Mike Zbyszewski ‘22
First Team
First Team
First Team: Boys
Grace Mangali ‘23
Jack Lindquist ‘24
Jack Barrett ‘23
Second Team: Girls
Thomas Rosso ‘24 – MVP (Offense)
Drew Coomans ‘22 Madi Park ‘25
Second Team
SWIMMING
Noah Matsunaga ‘25
Lexi Saket ‘23
First Team
BASEBALL
First Team
Becket Wren ‘23 – MVP (Offense)
Sam Santa Ana ‘25 (Pitcher)
GIRLS WATER POLO
ATHLETICS ROUNDUP
Josh Mercer ‘23
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Henry Pullara ‘22
Samantha Hsu ‘25
GIRLS LACROSSE
GIRLS SOFTBALL
FOOTBALL
Caroline Chu ‘25
Kiley Keating ‘22
First Team: Doubles
Cyrus Amiri ‘23
Second Team
Chet Major ‘24
Max Sweeney ‘23
Alex Davies ‘24
SOCCER
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Avery Ertman ‘25
First Team
Sarah Ramos ‘22
Meredith Kenney ‘24
Second Team: Girls
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Hudson Powers ‘24 Max Sweeney ‘23
First Team: Girls
Jamie Brennan ‘22 – MVP
Ryan Theberge ‘23 (High Jump)
Emmaline Payne ‘24
Natalie Bernstein ‘25
Josh Thomas ‘23
Maddie Elhaik ‘24 (Shot Put and Pole Vault)
Geoffrey Harms ‘22
Nathaniel Castro ‘25
Natalie Bernstein ‘25 Second Team
Josh Thomas ‘23 (1600m Dash and 800m Dash) – MVP
Jack Lindquist ‘24
Cooper Saye ‘22
Archer Suh ‘22
Evan Tall ‘23
BOYS WATER POLO
BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Allen Kotoyantz ‘22 – MVP
GIRLS TENNIS
Liam Taylor ‘23
ALL-PREP LEAGUE HONORS

Alec Baker ‘23
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Max Polin ‘24
Second Team
Ashley Neal ‘24
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1. Parents and faculty who have served in the military joined students for a Veterans Day assembly. 2. Seventh-graders during their Day of Service. 3. Students helped package meals during the Hunger Banquet. 4. Students prepped for the Hunger Banquet, which supports the Los Angeles Food Bank. 5. Kindergarten through sixth-grade students participated in a campus cleanup day. 6. Village Students prepared holiday care packages at the Heart of the Village Holiday Assembly. 7. Community Service students worked on a hillside restoration project. 8. Village School students talked to veterans during Veterans Day. 9. Sixth-grade students wrapped up a successful campus cleanup. 10. Upper School students shared lunch and a game day with their seventh-grade buddies.

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1. Families gathered for the Black Families Welcome Dinner. 2. Fun with piñatas at the Latinos Unidos Welcome Dinner. 3. Students showed off their Pride at the Middle School Fair. 4. Chadwick’s second annual Social Justice Day featured guest speakers Alexander James (Mr. B-Honest) and Dr. Vonnetta L. West. 5. The Multicultural Food Festival featured booths of food authentic to various cultures, regions and countries. 6. Students attend a presentation during Social Justice Day. 7. The Chadwick community celebrates the Pride Fair on Vanderlip Lawn. 8. Sixth-grade Chinese students teach the Village School about the practices and customs of Lunar New Year. 9. The community commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 10. Kindergartners decorated for Diwali. 11. Bus Stop Meet-and-Greets were a great way for Chadwick’s leadership team to visit parents and families in various neighborhoods.



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5. First-graders identified native plants on a walk through the Chadwick Canyon. 6. Seniors on their annual three-week backpacking trip in the Sierras. 7. 10th-graders enjoyed the Sierra National Forest.


8. An eighth-grader practiced rock climbing. 9. Ninth-graders in Joshua Tree. 10. Sixth-graders spent their first week of school on Catalina Island snorkeling, kayaking, hiking, rock-climbing and participating in hands-on marine biology labs. 11. 11th-graders in the Sierras.


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1. Seventh-graders at Montaña de Oro state park. 2. Fifth-graders during their annual outdoor ed trip.
3. Ninth-graders explored Joshua Tree. 4. Eighth-graders enjoyed their weeklong trip to Joshua Tree.

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10. The Upper School Chorus performed at the Heritage Festival, where they earned a Gold rating and placed second in their division.
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9. Upper School dance students put on a live outdoor performance themed “Bits and Pieces.”
1. The Upper School performance of “As You Wish” was awarded the Artistic Merit Award for the Greater Los Angeles Area by the California Educational Theatre Association. 2. First-graders’ dance showcase. 3. Instrumental Music Open Studio Concert. 4. In June, Middle School students performed “Treasure Island.” 5. Village School students performed at the Winter Concert.

6. In February, the Upper School performed the musical “The Lightning Thief.” 7. Sixth-graders put on a dance performance in October. 8. The Chamber Ensemble and Upper School Orchestra concert.



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1. Upper School students built a model-size Ferris wheel. 2. Sixth-graders worked with their model Mars Rover. 3. The Upper School Robotics Team won the Build Award at the California VEX Robotics State Championships and competed in the World Championships. 4. Students explored electronics and computer science. 5. Second-graders studied science. 6. Middle Schoolers learned about the rules and strategies of competing in a Vex Robotics competition. 7. Kindergartners used Legos as a STEM learning tool. 8. During STEM week, fourth-graders took robots that were made by Upper School students for a spin. 9. Sixth-graders raced in boats they designed and constructed themselves.



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1. Student-artists worked on chalk murals. 2. A kindergartner worked on a clay project. 3. Upper School students worked on their paintings. 4. Chadwick’s first-ever “Celebrating the Asian-American Pacific-Islander (AAPI) Community Through Art” show created and organized by Audrey Lin ‘24. 5. Ceramic bowls created by students at the annual Empty Bowl. 6. A painting from an Upper School class. 7. Upper Village students created fish murals. 8. A student in AP Ceramics worked at the pottery wheel. 9. Students examined art work on a field trip to the Art of the Brick exhibit at the California Science Center. 10. Kindergarten art class. 11. The Visual Arts Faculty Art Exhibit included ceramics, paintings, photos, installations and more. 12. Students explored Chadwick’s Upper School Art Open Studios.


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This scenic view of Chadwick students playing basketball was captured by California wilderness photographer Cedric Wright. In addition to being an esteemed photographer and violin player, Wright was also a Chadwick parent to two alumni: David Wright ’51 and Joanne Wright Evens ’48. He was a mentor to famed photographer Ansel Adams, who photographed Chadwick in the 1940s.

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Born in Japan to parents who grew up in post-World War II Japan, Kent arrived in the U.S. at 3 months old and was raised in Southern California — a privilege he does not take lightly. His paternal grandfather was a steel worker and also ran a cafe back in Japan. When his father came to the U.S., he brie y attended UC Berkeley and worked as a server before building an importexport apparel business. Seeing his family’s progression from lowerto upper-class profoundly in uenced Kent. “ at immigrant mentality I get why my father worked so hard to provide for the family. ere’s such incredible value in that.”
“Now, from a cultural identity standpoint, I realize that all those things made me who I am, and that Japanese in uence absolutely ows into my art.”
Kent admits to struggling with his identity as a JapaneseAmerican in his youth. Like most kids, he feigned tting in and recalls the shame of being made fun of for the ethnic lunches his mom would pack for school. Despite speaking Japanese at home and loving cultural staples like anime, he made a conscious e ort to distance himself from his heritage for a time. Today, it is an undeniable source of pride and passion.
Since graduating from Chadwick School in 2006, Kentaro (Kent) Yoshimura has found success as a muralist, entrepreneur, creative director, martial artist, musician, children’s book illustrator, lmmaker, activist and CEO. Among his impressive list of accolades are an appearance on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine, being honored by Forbes 30 Under 30, and being featured in e New York Times for his mural work. Yet, what outshines his long list of accomplishments and endeavors, is his character — one that is de ned by humility, humanity and an insatiable hunger to do more for the world.
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e discipline and ethic rst exempli ed by his father’s pursuit of the American Dream was further honed through Kent’s deep dive into martial arts, which began during the time he was an Upper School student at Chadwick. Later, as an undergraduate at UC San Diego (UCSD), Kent ew to Japan every summer to train with the Japanese Olympic Judo team at the Kodokan and Japanese Imperial Guard, and eventually competed as a Muay ai ghter at Pattaya Stadium in ailand. ose trips to Japan served to strengthen his connection to and appreciation for his cultural roots. While he’s no longer actively ghting, Kent is still very much an athlete and has since been appointed a cultural ambassador for the upcoming Los Angeles Olympics.
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Kent celebrates his first immersive experience project “Kumo” made with his design partner Kameron Burk in Downtown Los Angeles.
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After e Co ee Bean project ended, Kent’s relationship with its CEO continued to ourish over a shared love of music. Kent is a formally trained pianist and self-taught guitar player. eir jam sessions prompted the CEO to invite Kent to join his next venture as a creative director and composer for an a liate of Sony ATV Music Publishing. Kent’s ability to
forge deep connections and inspired collaborations has proven invaluable throughout his career.
Kent in front of a mural he painted for global beauty brand, OPI, on East 2nd Street at Frances Hashimoto Plaza in Los Angeles.

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“From a cultural identity standpoint, that Japanese in uence absolutely ows into my art.”
His artistic prowess soon gained the attention of brands like McDonald’s, Lego and Benjamin Moore, for whom he created social media branding and commercials. He began illustrating, marketing and branding children’s books when a fortuitous connection led to an opportunity to design a children’s book and product line for e Co ee Bean & Tea Leaf. Kent’s illustration work has since been featured in museums throughout the U.S.
At UCSD, Kent initially studied neuroscience with the intention of going into the medical or tech elds but in his last year, he felt the artistic call and decided to pursue lmmaking at UCLA. His rst project was the development of a compelling documentary based on his friend Najeeb Sabour, whose father was murdered when Sabour was just 13 by a boy around the same age. at boy became the youngest person sentenced to life in jail in Texas. Sabour later became a celebrated cellist for the Texas philharmonic. Despite gaining traction with industry veterans, including Amy Winehouse, Kent’s documentary project wasn’t picked up for production. Undeterred, he stayed the course with a focus on elevating his artistry and parlaying his lmmaking skills into other channels.
After two years of scoring for lm and TV, Kent was called to “get back into art in a big way,” a move that fostered his activism. He has been commissioned by the Asian American and Paci c Islander (AAPI) Democracy Project in Chinatown, New York, for a mural that was unveiled at the AAPI Justice Rally to encourage voting in the Asian community. Other commissioned mural projects included San Francisco’s Union Square and the Stanford Research Park Hub. Kent’s mural work can also be seen on the walls of Chadwick International in Songdo. In commenting on his work for the AAPI Democracy Project, Kent noted, “A mural is inherently art for the public, and like democracy, this project is about representing our community and the power we have in it. If we can make our voices both seen and heard, we can make a di erence.”
Kent was recently commissioned to paint a mural for the only school on the remote “sinking island” of Shishmaref, Alaska — a project that he turned into a documentary titled “Above Water.” e mural and lm seek to raise awareness about climate change and the resulting humanitarian crisis that might see Shishmaref’s inhabitants becoming the rst climate refugees in our lifetime. e project is particularly meaningful as it is Kent’s rst dive back into documentary lmmaking since the Najeeb Sabour project, something he hopes to revisit. It has recently been selected as a semi- nalist in the Los Angeles Film Awards.
Kent and mural partner Paul Juno in front of their finished work at the only school on the remote island of Shishmaref, Alaska.

Initially bootstrapped via an Indiegogo campaign, Neuro quickly found enthusiasts, endorsements and investments from big-named backers. Humbly noting that marketing wasn’t their strong suit, Kent credits much of their success to their passion for the product. “We’re always product-focused and people respond to that.” e pair even appeared on Shark Tank, politely declining o ers from Robert Herjavec and Kevin NeuroO’Leary.isnowsold in more than 10,000 retail locations nationwide, including Amazon (a top 5 grocery product), Whole Foods, Walmart and CVS, and has been featured in TIME magazine, Forbes 30 Under 30, e New Yorker, Buzzfeed, Fast Company, e Joe Rogan Podcast, Dr. Oz and on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine.
“One of my fondest memories is that I really appreciated Mr. Ramos. He changed the way I think about how to interpret things. He’s an incredible English teacher. His AP English class changed the entire way I look at intent as a writer.”
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Je Mercer remembers those days very clearly. “My recollection of Kent as a student is with a mischievous grin and a twinkle in his eye. As is the case with many who occasionally like to test the boundaries, it struck me as a sign of his intelligence, creativity and, perhaps, irreverence. I imagine that this desire to go a bit against the grain and see things from a unique perspective has informed his success as an artist and entrepreneur. He was and is a remarkable talent.”
With all his success, Kent is the rst to admit that he wasn’t always so focused and disciplined. As a student attending Chadwick from ninth through 12th grade, Kent remembers being a bit of a “nerd” and a “prankster.” He also recalls feeling incredibly supported, even though he wasn’t what he would consider a model student.
The best you can always do is use your tools and experiences to tackle a situation to the best of your ability.
In a precursor of what was to come, Kent chose to study Studio Art with Mrs. Bradbury and Ceramics with Mrs. Webster while at Chadwick. He also started a lm club and gleefully recalls grabbing cameras and experimenting with friends.
Find others you can trust to move through things that are bottlenecks for you so you can keep a system going and build something much larger than yourself.
If there’s a challenge you can’t accomplish with the team or it’s too emotionally hard, then make decisions that allow you to step away or pivot into something else.
Kent with Neuro Co-Founder and CFO, Ryan Chen.
In all of his e orts, Kent seems to be guided rst and foremost by his humanity and his drive to create an impact. He modestly attributes much of his success to “scenarios where timing, luck, experience — all the factors that make us human have coincided to create that moment.”
Kent’s most pivotal career move was sparked in 2015, when a tragic snowboarding accident left his best friend, Ryan Chen, paralyzed from the waist down. During Ryan’s recovery, Kent mixed supplements in his dorm room to formulate an alternative to energy drinks that would safely boost energy and also be convenient. is experimentation led Kent and Ryan to co-found Neuro — a “functional confectionary brand” that utilizes the natural ca eine found in green tea along with L-theanine and B-vitamins to provide a healthy dose of focus and energy in the form of mints and gum. Instead of formulating another pill, the fellow athletes thought, “Why can’t health and wellness be as simple as mints and gum? ey’re portable, accessible, cheap, e ective, they absorb faster … there’s no ller in them.” Kent, as an elite athlete and Ryan, as a Paralympian, saw a real gap in the market, and by considering both form and function, they created a product that completely disrupted the supplement space.

Be open to the opportunities that come your way.
George Ramos remembers Kent well. “I really enjoyed having Kent in class. He had a relaxed demeanor, a great sense of humor and a willingness to test his ideas in class during discussions, so he was easy to get to know. On a side note, my daughter, Sarah, used to play with a rubber ducky that he found and gave her when she was two years old. Now she’s heading o to college!”
“Chadwick does such a good job of allowing you to nd ways to support yourself in a very healthy environment.”
If you’re not having fun, don’t do it!
When asked if Chadwick’s encouragement to explore varied interests could have inspired his multifaceted career path, Kent wholeheartedly agrees. “ ere were no cliques at Chadwick; everyone did everything.” He still keeps in touch with some of his best friends from high school, even though they’re spread out in myriad careers all over the world.
Be honest with yourself, be honest with others and be receptive to others’ honesty.
Kent has a soft spot for those at Chadwick who su ered through his teenage shenanigans. “Mr. Mercer is an incredible person. He saw me in his o ce so often because I was being such a jerk and he would always tell me I was better than that.”
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When asked if he has any advice for budding entrepreneurs, Kent says: “Be honest with yourself, be honest with others and be receptive to others’ honesty.” Perhaps it is that commitment to integrity that has helped him master so many arenas simultaneously with grace.
So, what’s next for Kent? With a keen eye on the future of computing, he’s currently immersed in the world of Web3. He’s also working with crypto and blockchain technology, directing a partnership between Clubhouse and Crypto.com for their rst NFT drop and looking at ways to create that are carbon-neutral. Kent’s art is still front and center as he looks to delve deeper into experiential 3D once again. Most recently, he painted murals for the historic Warner Grand eatre in Los Angeles, the mayoral candidacy in New York and PayPal.
No matter what endeavors he chooses to embark upon in the future, it’s clear that Kent’s inner compass is driving him decidedly forward.
proven to be a thriving example of what’s possible when you don’t stay in one lane — and stay true to yourself.
Kent in front of his work for his second solo show — Oral Floral — at Jai and Jai gallery in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

“ e thing I love about art and martial arts is they’re in nite; the more time you invest, the more you get out of them. ere’s this saying: ‘If you don’t cheat on martial arts, martial arts won’t cheat on you.’ I feel that way about my art, my business, about everything in life. As long as I’m diligent about it, I know the end outcome is going to beKentgood.”has
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ere’s a reason people say ‘work smarter not harder.’ Knowing your own bottlenecks — the things you procrastinate or get stuck around — and nding others you can trust to move through those things better than you can to keep a system going and build something much larger than yourself — that’s one of the biggest things I’ve learned in the last ve years.”
Kent working at his art studio in Los Angeles.
Despite the demands of being a CEO, Kent has learned the importance of prioritizing play. “Even if something promises to make money, if we’re not having fun, we won’t do it; we pivot into something more exciting. I genuinely have fun in all the things I do. Yeah, there are de nitely stressful days, but for the most part, it’s super enjoyable. And sometimes we sacri ce capital bene ts to enjoy our lives.”

On Feb. 23, 2022, Bob Rule ‘76 hosted 16 current Chadwick School students and Chadwick International alumni for dinner. This was the first in-person regional event in nearly two years! We look forward to returning to the Windy City and reconnecting with everyone again soon.


On March 24, 2022, Chadwick Palos Verdes, Chadwick International alumni, current parents, faculty and staff gathered at the Hotel Hugo rooftop. Over 70 attendees from the classes of 1956 to 2021 came to the event. Two classmates, John Sturges ’56 and Hoagy Carmichael Jr. ’56, reunited after not seeing each other for a very long time.

On June 21, 2022, Chadwick alumni gathered for dinner at the Italian restaurant ROCCA for the inaugural Tampa alumni reception! A special thank you to Samantha Wisely ‘86 for driving in for the dinner from Gainesville, Florida.

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On Friday, June 17, 2022, Director of Alumni Relations, Monica Buck, and Chadwick alumnus, Randy Haveson ‘78, met for lunch at the Grand Floridian in Orlando. Randy is a speaker who helps audiences around the world find their paths and learn to be positive, productive and fulfilled. We love seeing our alumni continue practicing the personal skills they learned at Chadwick!


On behalf of all the students and teachers at Chadwick, thank you for your participation in Chadwick’s annual Day of Giving on March 16, 2022. The day was a tremendous success! Together we raised more than $50,000. With gifts from 391 donors, we handily surpassed our goal of 275 donors needed to earn a $10,000 matching challenge gift for financial aid. A special congratulations to the members of Chadwick’s Class of 2013, who won our Day of Giving Young Alumni Challenge by bringing in the highest number of donors among the classes of 2012–2021.



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Chadwick graduating classes ending in 0, 1, 5, and 6 from 1970 through 2006 celebrated their reunions on campus on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. The Class of 1970 held its 50th Class Reunion Dinner at the Head of School Residence. Sixteen members of that class attended a private dinner with Interim Head of School Tom Sheppard and his wife, Jennifer. Approximately 70 alumni attended the cocktail reception in the Middle School courtyard. Thank you to the Reunion Captains for their hard work getting classmates to join us for the celebrations and for playing such an important role in making Reunion Weekend a success.
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Thank you to the members of the Classes of 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2016 who gathered at Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, California, on Dec. 23, 2021. It was great to reconnect with so many classmates on the rainy winter evening! Chadwick School is very grateful for so many reunion attendees who commemorated their class reunion with a gift to the Annual Fund.





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1. Class of 2022 Ambassadors with Alumni Board member Austen Peterson ‘13.


4. Alumni Board Co-Chair Andrew Werts ‘92 addressing the group.

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2. Austen Peterson ‘13 welcoming the new alumni.
5. Enjoying a meal from In-N-Out to celebrate their new status as alumni.

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On June 8, 2022, the Chadwick Alumni Association welcomed the Class of 2022 as our newest alumni Dolphins. Alumni Board member Austen Peterson ’13 emceed the event and Alumni Board Co-Chair Andrew Werts ’92 was the special guest speaker. They urged the recent graduates to stay involved after leaving Chadwick by connecting with other alumni through the alumni social media channels, regional receptions, reunions, Alumni Athletic Day and other networking events. We are so happy to welcome our newest alumni!
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Approximately 65 alumni, parents of alumni, students, faculty and staff members gathered on Zoom on Nov. 11, 2021, to hear from four alumni entrepreneurs: Kari Ayoob ’11, Ben Davidson ’95, Chudi Iregbulem ’11 and Jordan Lucier ‘13 Discussion topics included the genesis/ inception of a company, company formation, organizationalcapitalization,management and much more. We are so thankful to the four of our alumni panelists for their time and for sharing their expertise with us!


The October to December 2021 book was “Libertie” by Kaitlyn Greenidge.

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From L to R, Top to Bottom: Kari Ayoob ’11, Ben Davidson ’95, Chudi Iregbulem ’11, and Jordan Lucier ’13.
On Jan. 20, 2022, alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and former faculty and staff gathered on Zoom to hear from three alumni working in the field of clean energy. Thank you to Grant Littman ‘96 (Principal Manager, Marketing + Digital at Southern California Edison); James Koehler ‘97 (Principal at Daymark Energy Advisors); and Montana Morgan ‘13 (Climate Tech Fellow, On Deck and Climate Tech Startup Co-Founder) for sharing your knowledge, tips and advice on clean energy and discussing how attendees can do their part from home.

In January/February 2022, we read “Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives,” by Michael Heller and James Salzman. The authors joined us for a talk on March 10.


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The book choice for August and September 2021 was “The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell” by Robert Dugoni. On Oct. 7, the community gathered online for a live Q&A with the author. Robert spoke about his writing process, the inspiration behind the book and answered questions.

The March/April 2022 book was Alka Joshi’s debut novel, “The Henna Artist.” On May 18, Alka held a live-stream author talk.
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From L to R, Top to Bottom: Montana Morgan ’13, Director of Alumni Relations Monica Buck, Grant Littman ’96 and James Koehler
Since launching the Chadwick School Alumni, Faculty and Staff Book Club at the beginning of 2021, we have had hundreds of participants join us! All you need to do is read a copy of the chosen book; the club is completely free.
The May/June book was “A Long Petal of the Sea” by Isabel Allende. In July, Isabel participated in a live talk with our community, where she answered questions from alumni, faculty and staff about her experience writing the novel.

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The Alumni and Athletic Departments want to thank everyone who came to campus for the 2021 Alumni Athletic Day. Despite the cold and rainy weather, there were more than 100 attendees who participated in volleyball, soccer, water polo and basketball. Following the alumni games, everyone enjoyed a delicious lunch from The Guac Truck. If you are interested in helping organize the 2022 Alumni Athletic Day, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@chadwickschool.org.

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Recently, Chadwick alumni at universities across the country wrote letters to members of the Class of 2022 — our newest in the Chadwick alumni family — to welcome them to their university and share tips and advice for the next stage of their lives. This helps graduates from the Class of 2022 establish connections with fellow Chadwick alumni on their college campus. Alumni Stacey Jung ’18 was on Chadwick’s campus this summer to help the Chadwick Alumni Office coordinate and send the letters to the Class of 2022. If you would like to write a welcome letter for future Chadwick graduates who will be attending your college or alma mater, please reach out to the Alumni Office at alumni@chadwickschool.org.


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Morgan Peterson ’11 (Alumni Board Member); Ryan Halvorsen ’11, Becky (DirectorNobleofCommunity Service) and Anna Lucier (Parent of ’13, ’15 Alumni)
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On Jan. 25, 2022, Chadwick juniors and seniors attended the annual Alumni College Panel. Students heard from young alumni about life after Chadwick and got lots of tips and advice about applying to college and college life. Many thanks to our alumni panelists: Andrew Buchanan ‘18 (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); Marco Burstein ‘21 (Harvard University); Mackenzie Severns ‘21 (University of California, Davis); Kiki Akpakwu ‘21 (University of Oregon); Katie Trinh ‘18 (Colorado College); Olivia Ward ‘21 (University of Chicago); and Alex Rosso ‘19 (Colgate University) for sharing their experiences! If you are interested in serving as a future panelist, please contact the Alumni office at alumni@chadwickschool.org.
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The Annual Chadwick Professionals Holiday Mixer had approximately 65 attendees on Dec. 2, 2021, at the Tin Roof Bistro in Manhattan Beach, California. This was one of the most well-attended holiday mixers in years. Former faculty members, alumni, current parents, past parents and friends attended. Guests were invited to support the Chadwick Community Service gift drive by bringing a small toy, gift or gift card for children between the ages of 8–15. Donated gifts supported families who are served by The Poverty Program in Wilmington, California. Thank you to Director of Community Service Becky Noble for partnering with the Alumni Office to help make this event a success.
As a dedicated physician battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Anita Sircar, M.D., Chadwick Class of 1992, could not be a better t as the 2020 Distinguished Alumni.

It’s clear that the scientist and writer in Anita is a powerful combination — one that she will continue using to help her community. Anita lives in Rolling Hills, California.
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Anita attributes her love of literature to her mother, Vidya “Vicky” Sircar, a retired nurse and the family’s dedicated writer.
Her Chadwick experiences reinforced her dual passions, especially classes with Middle School science teacher Martin Byhower, English teacher Jim Holland and visual arts teacher Jane Wildfang Bradbury.
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Anita Sircar speaking in October 2021.
Anita went on to receive her Master of Public Health degree summa cum laude in 2001 and then her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2005 from St. George’s University School of Medicine. After completing fellowships in infectious disease, Anita practiced medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. In 2012, she spent six months volunteering in South Sudan with Doctors Without Borders.
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Anita entered Chadwick in seventh grade. e daughter of orthopedic surgeon and past Roessler-Chadwick Foundation Trustee Samar “Sam” Sircar, M.D., she was interested in both science and the humanities, particularly literature and the visual arts.
Even during the pandemic, Anita has found time to write. An opinion piece called, “A Letter to the Unvaccinated,” was published by the Los Angeles Times on August 17, 2021. e article was picked up by media wire services, translated into multiple languages and distributed throughout the world. e response to her essay surprised her and Anita said she was moved by the many emails she received thanking her for convincing an unvaccinated relative to get the vaccine.
“It’s amazing to me that my essay may end up having more impact than my e orts in the hospital. I feel as if all the pieces of my journey have come together. Jim Holland was right — the power of words is incredible,” said Anita. “I wish my father were here to see that nothing in my education was wasted.”
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nights at the Publications Lab because the paste-up and layout were still done by hand. I loved the teamwork of creating each issue.” She also sang in the choir, served as an Admiral and participated in Chadwick Community Service and Outdoor Education.Anita remembered being “terri ed” at the prospect of the Senior Trip. “I wasn’t at all athletic and was pretty timid,” she said. “I was especially intimidated by the three-day solo. In the end, meeting my fears head-on and overcoming them on the trip made me feel invincible.”
“In many ways, medicine is all about storytelling. I always ask my patients to tell me the story of what happened, what brought them to the hospital. As humans, we connect through stories.”
“Mr. Byhower made biology come alive. His class was the rst time I understood what activism was and what it meant to be part of the world,” said Anita. “Mr. Holland had us read ‘Walden’ and ‘Civil Disobedience’ by Henry David oreau, probably the most important books I had read at that point. ey illustrated how impactful words and ideas could be. And I appreciated Jane Wildfang Bradbury’s emphasis that there’s no right or wrong in art, just self-expression.”
Anita received her bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA in 1996. She also completed all the premed requirements to ful ll an agreement with her father, although she had no immediate plans to attend medical“Myschool.dream job was to be a photojournalist for National Geographic,” Anita said. “At the same time, I still loved science. Eventually I realized that I could combine my interests in science, writing and travel within medicine. In many ways, medicine is all about storytelling. I always ask my patients to tell me the story of what happened, what brought them to the hospital. As humans, we connect through stories.”
Currently Anita is an infectious disease physician and clinical instructor of health sciences at UCLA’s David Ge en School of Medicine. She treats patients at Providence Little Company of Mary, Torrance Memorial and Ronald Reagan UCLA medical centers. In 2020, Anita was tapped to lead Providence Little Company of Mary’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response Hospital Task Force and was selected this year as one of the “Top Women of In uence in Health Care 2021” by the Los Angeles Business Journal.
“Writing for e Mainsheet and serving on the Editorial Board were my favorite activities,” said Anita. “We spent late
Anita then joined the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an epidemic intelligence service o cer in the Centers for Global Health. In 2015 she was deployed to Guinea, West Africa, for the Ebola response, where she worked alongside her older sister, Commander Kanta Sircar, Ph.D., ’91 and a CDC epidemiologist, in the U.S. Public Health Service. Anita was also deployed by the CDC for public health responses in Angola, Haiti, Chad, Suriname and Bangladesh.
taught drama and English, and Keith “Doc” Stephens, who oversaw technical production for Chadwick’s plays and musicals.
“I’m passionate about this institution and what we do. We turn out great kids. I want to make sure Chadwick is here in the future for others.”
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During Bob’s 34-year Chadwick career, he has undertaken a wide variety of roles and responsibilities — and almost as many job titles. Besides teaching and technical production, he has directed audio-visual projects and overseen facilities management. Bob managed major construction projects throughout the campus as Chadwick’s Construction Coordinator (1989-1995), Director of Technology (1995-2000), Director of Special Projects (2000-10) and Director of General Services (2010-15). ese projects include Christensen Hall, the faculty townhouses, Pascoe Pavilion, the Village School Science Building, Rosenwald Amphitheater and the Geo rey Alan Laverty Center for the Performing Arts. Bob also worked on the launch of Chadwick International School in Songdo, South Korea, assisting with facilities and insurance management.
Bob Rule, Class of 1976, came to Chadwick as a kindergartner in 1963. At the time, no one could have predicted that the future WOW would go on to a storied Chadwick career spanning more than 30 years. Bob has devoted his life to Chadwick and its community, distinguishing himself through his extraordinary service to the school and his dedication to Chadwick’s Mission and Core Values.
As Director of Risk Management and Transportation since 2015, Bob manages risk of all kinds and directs the school’s transportation planning. He has been instrumental in Chadwick’s COVID-19 response and continues to serve as Chadwick’s liaison with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. He also collaborates with several local organizations on emergency response planning. Bob also served on the Chadwick Alumni Board twice, and his campus tours for alumni, parents and new faculty and sta are legendary.
In Middle School, long-time shop teacher Tom Tyler served as a mentor and friend. “I still remember building a berglass kayak in the shop as a highlight of my time in Middle School,” said Bob. “I fell in love with solving problems and building things.”
As an exemplar of outstanding character and accomplishment, Bob’s contributions to Chadwick School have had a permanent impact on our campus and will bene t our community well into the future.

responsibilities as the Fine Arts Department’s Technical Director, shop teacher and a Middle School advisor.
“Don left a message asking me to recommend someone as a potential Chadwick shop teacher and technical director,” said Bob. “I immediately knew I wanted that Summerjob.’”1987 found Bob teaching stagecraft and managing technical production for Chadwick’s Arts Unlimited summer program. Fall brought added
“It was especially rewarding to pull o commencement ceremonies for the Classes of 2020 and 2021,” said Bob. “One of my joys is working directly with incredible students and faculty.”
In Upper School, Bob competed on the varsity swimming and water polo teams for four years and participated in one of the earliest senior wilderness trips. Most importantly, he discovered a passion for theater, especially the backstage e orts supporting a production. He found two amazing mentors in Karen Stephens, who
“I loved building sets and designing lighting,” said Bob. “I worked on the stage crew of several Upper School productions but I had no desire to perform. Finally Karen forced me to be the Undertaker in ‘Our Town.’ I survived the performances and quickly ended my acting career.”
Bob cited the opening of Pascoe Pavilion and the corresponding “popping” of the Chadwick Bubble, as well as the construction of the Laverty Center, as career“Ihighlights.workedwith so many committed people to build the Laverty Center. It was a pleasure to honor Geof and his family and try to bring something good out of tragedy,” said Bob. He noted that in some ways even the COVID-19 experience represents a highlight because of the “awesome teamwork and resilience of the Chadwick community” required to navigate the challenges.
In contrast, Bob’s technical accomplishments were just beginning. After graduating from Chadwick, he attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater in 1980. Bob went on to work for Fluor Corporation as an electrical designer and also helped produce special events around the country. A phone call in 1987 from then-Chadwick Headmaster Don Leavenworth changed Bob’s life path.
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Some of Bob’s many memories of his student days particularly stand out. Margaret Chadwick tutored him in reading in his Village School years; as a result, he is one of the few people to have studied or worked under every Chadwick Head of School. He credits his fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Brownlee, as a mentor whose commitment and caring helped him navigate the tragic death of his mother in 1967. In fact, the accompanying outpouring of support from the Chadwick community convinced Bob’s father to keep Bob and his brother, Steve Rule ’78, at Chadwick throughout Middle and Upper School.
Asked what continues to motivate his work, Bob replied, “I’m passionate about this institution and what we do. We turn out great kids. I want to make sure Chadwick is here in the future for others.”
2021 Distinguished Alumni
Interim Head of School Tom Sheppard with Bob Rule ’76.
Max was also a soccer standout, making First Team All-League and ird Team All-CIF during his sophomore year. During his senior year, he was selected to both the All-League and All-CIF First Teams while also leading the soccer team in goalsAfterscored.Chadwick, Max attended George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where he played Division I men’s volleyball. His college athletic highlights include a career high of 26 kills in a match, the most digs in NCAA history in a single match and selection to the All-East Coast Team in 2013. Max ended his college career in second place for all-time NCAA career digs and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2013.
Alyssa recalled some of her favorite Chadwick memories: a practical joke played by the basketball team while in Las Vegas, “the buzzer-beater shot in basketball that advanced us to the CIF Semis and dancing to Destiny’s Child’s ‘Say Your Name’ in the softball van.”
In her senior year, Alyssa and her doubles tennis partner, Melina Marmarelis ’03, were honored as the Prep League’s Most Valuable Players. Alyssa was nominated as Chadwick’s CIF-SS Student Athlete of the Year as a senior and was also named an All-CIF Scholar-Athlete. Beyond athletics, Alyssa served as an Admiral, Navigator and Peer Mentor at Chadwick, wrote for e Mainsheet and was an enthusiastic member of the Ski and Snowboarding Club.
MAX McFARLAND ’09
e Chadwick community was so accepting and encouraging of us while still being a stellar school for academics. I didn’t realize how rare that was in academic settings then, but I do now. It allowed all of us to try anything we wanted to and not be afraid to make changes, and that has stayed with me.”
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“I worked hard to promote volleyball so it makes me happy to see volleyball continue to have a high pro le at Chadwick. I also had great mentors in Mike Cass and Sal Diaz. Coach Cass really taught me to have a positive outlook no matter what we faced. He created an environment where the star senior and the novice freshman were treated exactly the same, and I took that attitude with me to college and beyond. Sal taught me so much about soccer and he was amazing at unlocking my competitive spirit on the eld. I was very lucky to get to learn from these two coaches!”His
Max McFarland, Class of 2009, entered Chadwick in sixth grade and went on to become an accomplished athlete and promoter of Chadwick’s volleyball program. Max was a four-year varsity letterman in volleyball, a two-year letterman in soccer and a varsity football player during his junior year. He was selected to the First Team All-League, First Team All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and Torrance Daily Breeze All-Area Team in volleyball for all four years. Max was named Prep League Most Valuable Player three times. He led the volleyball team with the highest single-match kill total, highest career-kill total, highest hit percentage and highest single-season kills-per-set average.
Currently Alyssa is a research scientist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University’s Alpert School of Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island. She is also a clinical psychologist in the Integrated Behavioral Health Program in Women’s Primary Care at the Women’s Medicine Collaborative at e Miriam Hospital. Alyssa’s research interests include substance abuse, sexual risk behavior and the impact of sexual violence on women’s health. She also works to understand and support the well-being of individuals of diverse genders and sexual identities, particularly women of color.
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Alyssa lives in Providence, where she is teaching, practicing remotely — and still living an active life, hiking and playing in various seasonal sports leagues.
Max currently lives in Manhattan Beach. He married Alexa Adamson on June 22 in Puglia, Italy. His Chadwick groomsmen were his brother Roy McFarland ’16, John Lane ’06, Brian Shaw ’09 (o ciant), Nico Lebovitz ’09, Reid Maetani ’09, Chris Huh ’09, and Chih McDermott ’09.
Dr. Alyssa Norris, Class of 2003, is a talented athlete who earned varsity letters in four sports while at Chadwick: cross-country, basketball, tennis and softball. During her freshman and sophomore years, Alyssa helped the cross-county team win both the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)-Southern Section Championship and the state championship. She was the starting point guard on the basketball team for four years, and her junior year, she earned First Team All-League honors and led Chadwick’s team in scoring. In softball, the Chadwick WOW received a CIF Honorable Mention designation in her freshman year and in her junior year she was named First Team All-CIF shortstop.
Max McFarland ’09, Anita Sircar, M.D. ’92, Alyssa Norris ’03 and Bob Rule ’76

“My interest in sports psychology started with cross-country,” said Alyssa. “Coach Ramos emphasized health and taught us to use visualization and mindfulness tools so when I was looking for new ways to use my psychology education, that appealed to me.”
classmates continue to have a strong in uence as well, said Max. “I’m very close with a lot of classmates who’ve gone on to do amazing things. e relationships we had with coaches, teachers and each other gave us a solid base for the future.”
ALYSSA NORRIS, PH.D. ’03
Asked about the highlights of his Chadwick experience, Max noted his longlasting friendships and how gratifying it was to see volleyball grow from a sport that many students and faculty didn’t follow in his freshman year to one of the most popular sports, drawing large crowds even at many of the away matches.
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After returning to California, Max put his nance knowledge to work in the entertainment world. Currently, he is the Director of Production Finance at Marvel Studios LLC.
Alyssa received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Princeton University in 2007. She then earned her master’s degree in sport and exercise psychology at the University of Minnesota in 2011 and went on to receive her doctorate in clinical psychology from Washington State University in 2017.
Throughout the academic year, the Alumni Board met four times to work on three task force groups: Professionals, Giving and Engagement. All members of the Alumni Board met to outline and execute their goals and mission for the year.

If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Alumni Board Co-Chair Davy Cohen ’03, Alumni Board Co-Chair Andrew Werts ’92 or the Alumni Office at alumni@chadwickschool.org.
Crystal Coser ‘08 Conor Dawson ‘11 Anthony Fadil ‘13 Deborah Herzik ‘72 Nnamdi Iregbulem ‘09 Lucy Jones ‘02 Alex Lovell ‘05 Samantha Nadella ‘03 Sarah Nguyen ‘95 Austen Peterson ‘13 Morgan Peterson ‘11 Marc-Lloyd Ramniceanu ‘10 Bob Rule ‘76
We are thankful to all for the time and effort each member has put forth to continue to better and enhance the Alumni program.
GET TO KNOW YOUR ALUMNI BOARD
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Get to know your Alumni Board members by visiting the Alumni Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts to view their profiles. The Chadwick website also has their bios and photos for the community to view.
David Cohen ‘03, Co-Chair Andrew Werts ‘92, Co-Chair Lindsey Buttles ‘94
2022–23 ALUMNI BOARD
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BARBARA BOCHNER-WILSON ’70
Barbara presents a gift to a local veterans’ social worker in Marin, California, on behalf of the Blue Star Moms.

is summer, Barbara Bochner-Wilson ’70 is cycling over 1,000 miles up the coast of England, but the real adventure has been her life spent in service and the memories made in between.
Bill and Barbara arrive in Bar Harbor, Maine, at the end of their first cross-country ride in 2014 across the northern states. They carry a stuffed dog on their bike tours to help raise awareness for the Canine Companions program.

Barbara came to Chadwick School as a sixth-grade student in 1964, just as the new Head of School stepped into the role that founder Margaret Chadwick held for so many years. Barbara recalls that Mrs. Chadwick’s leadership in uence was evident in the outstanding teachers she encountered.“Itrulyenjoyed and appreciated my Chadwick experience and education. I was really grateful to be there.” She remembers her teachers having an important impact on the way she looked at the world. She recalls English teachers “Ginn” (Virginia) Chadwick and “Danny” (Virginia Daniels), and history teacher P.G. Lee. “ ey were remarkable. I left there with very fond feelings about all the teachers that I was lucky to have.”Barbara’s rst entry into community service was as a Chadwick Upper School student when she volunteered as a candy striper for what was then Harbor General Hospital. Chadwick’s emphasis on community service ampli ed the example her parents, both active volunteers, were already setting at home. “Chadwick was an environment that fostered that and made you think about ways you could help.”
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Barbara in Penzance, Cornwall, on her bike tour of England in July 2022.

Supporting and strengthening the institutions their children were part of was paramount to Barbara and Bill. Since both children served in the Navy, Barbara volunteered with Blue Star Moms of Marin — a chapter of the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., which is dedicated to supporting active soldiers, veterans and military families. She has been president of her chapter for the last three years.
Two years later, they rode about 3,100 miles from San Diego to Florida. On their trips, Barbara and Bill met inspiring travelers, including severely wounded veterans, cyclists battling Parkinson’s disease and even someone walking across the country. “On a bike, you interact more with people and you see parts of the country that you don’t have the opportunity to experience when you’re ying or driving.”
After graduating from Chadwick, Barbara earned her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her law degree from the University of Southern California. She then became the rst female attorney at her personal injury rm and practiced family law for ve years before becoming a full-time mom to Lindsey and Wes, whom she shares with husband Bill. ey settled in Marin County where Barbara became active in various volunteer roles.
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Bill and Barbara receive an 8-week-old puppy from Canine Companions.

To celebrate their 70th birthdays this summer, Barbara and Bill are biking 1,000 miles up the coast of the United Kingdom. Barbara consistently credits her husband for his partnership, not only in raising their children, but in co-piloting their volunteer initiatives and bike tours.When asked for advice to younger generations on service, she says, “If one can do it, and you nd something that interests you that you can add something to by being involved, it’s a wonderful experience.”
In 2010, Barbara and Bill began working with Canine Companions for Independence, which pairs trained service dogs with wounded veterans and civilians with mobility issues. Barbara and Bill saw an opportunity to raise awareness for the canine program while achieving a lifelong dream to bike across America. In 2014 they did just that, cycling from Washington to Maine, covering approximately 4,300 miles in three months. Along the way, they shared the program with anyone who would listen. In a serendipitous twist, they got to meet inmates who were raising puppies for the canine program at a Montana prison that just happened to be on their route. Barbara called that ride “life-changing.”
Along the route of one of their early trips, Barbara got in touch with an old Chadwick classmate, Mindy Shenk ’70, who lived in Minneapolis. “I remember riding my bike across the river into Minneapolis thinking, ‘Gosh, how did we get here? is is amazing.’ at was a real highlight.” She recently attended her 50th high school reunion at Chadwick, noting: “ at experience colored my view of what school could and should be, and we looked to that with our own kids.”
“Chadwick was an environment that made you think about ways you could help.”
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It is such a pleasure to follow so many classmates on Facebook or Instagram. If we are not connected, I would love to hear from you. I am living in Hermosa Beach and I spend half my time in Palm Desert. Remote work has allowed so much exibility. And since I loved Outdoor Ed, Tom and I have been taking an RV trip once a year! Our next trip will hopefully be to Yosemite, where I have not been since high school! Life is good. I am truly blessed.
Anita Bullard Kermode, Class of 1957.

1957 STEVEN SCHAEFER
1958 JAN COSGROVE DAY
Sadly, my friend and schoolmate Eric Hyman, Class of 1981, passed away in April 2022. He had been a personal trainer in Palm Desert, California, where he trained using EFX equipment. He was a cancer survivor but it was heart disease that caused his passing. In earlier days he co-founded the original heavy metal band, “Animal,” and went by the moniker, “Headshredder.” He loved his kitties, Skittles, Snowy and Mama.
Jan Cosgrove Day, Class of 1958, with her granddaughter.
1982 LORI LANDER GOODMAN
Lori was recognized as the Nonpro t Leader of the Year at Goleta’s Finest, sponsored by the South Coast Chamber of Commerce.
2000 UCHIMA-CARNEYSTEPHANIE
After almost 30 years, I’m still best friends with my Chadwick friends! Bringing back Dolphin memories by celebrating my 40th birthday, ’90s prom-style. Top Row (L to R): Rima (Sejpal) Adusumalli, Stephanie Uchima-Carney, Sandra Miletich, Ali Brodie, all members of the Class of 2000. Bottom Row (L to R): Chrystal Lee Ahmad ’00, Jeannette Lee ’01.

1976 BOB RULE
I had the pleasure of hosting a small gathering in Chicago for local alumni and traveling to NYC for our regional alumni event. So much fun!!!
1962 RICK LEARNED
’70s
I have moved to Kenwood, California. e hills surrounding Sonoma Valley remind me of the Palos Verdes Peninsula of my youth. e seasonal change of color here is more pronounced than in Southern California. I am spending time visiting my grandchildren and growing a few Cabernet Sauvignon vines and some vegetables. I am looking forward to seeing some of my classmates at our 60th reunion later in the year.
1980 RAYMOND MEDAK
1976 BRIAN EHLERS
1980 DAVID ROWE
’80s
’50s
Eric Hyman, Class of 1981.
I moved to a beautiful retirement community called Reata Glen in Rancho Mission Viejo, California. Please come visit me! Hopefully we will have our Reunion next year. It would be fun to get together! My granddaughter was accepted at USC to play water polo this fall. Her sister plays water polo at Princeton.

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My dear friend Anita Bullard Kermode, Valedictorian of the class of 1957, passed away in November, 2021, after bravely battling cancer for several years. Formerly married to the eminent Cambridge professor Frank Kermode, she co-authored “ e Oxford Book of Letters.” Anita was an outstanding intellectual who also loved to play banjo with country music groups and indulge in incredibly spicy Chinese dinners. She will be missed.
Good day all from sunny, yet wet, Florida. My wife of two years and I are so happy here in Florida where people smile at each other, hold the door open for each other and have the simple common sense, courtesy, respect and decency to live happily amongst each other. If anyone wants to see what I’m talking about, feel free to call upon us. We live in Largo, just north of St. Petersburg on the Pinellas County Peninsula. We have had some friends come and visit to do some reconnaissance for their future retirement ideas. I hope everybody is over the pandemic issues and is trying to enjoy life to its fullest. Carpe Diem.
CLASS NOTES
1981 LYNNE ROSENBERG

’60s
Brian recently donated a personalized copy of his autobiography, “Soaring through Silent Skies” to the Athletic Department, along with a signed photo of the Tokyo Gold Medal Women’s Volleyball team. He has some forthcoming books as an aspiring author, while still training elite junior volleyball athletes across the South Bay and Orange County areas. A recent crack in his skull ear cavity made him unable to wear his hearing aid, yet the positive side is that he is managing to work around it and that life tends to be quieter and more peaceful than before.
Diana Kutlow was nominated for San Diego Magazine’s Nonprofit Leader of the Year.

Ryan Williams, Class of 1997.
Senator George Mitchell, Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebada of Iran and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. After meeting some incredible peacebuilders, she can see the importance and urgency for developing a new generation of youth who want to create a better future for their communities, both in the Middle East and here in the States. Diana recently discovered that one of the Hands of Peace Summer Program staff had also attended Barnard. “Whenever I meet Barnard alumni, they are doing interesting things,” Diana says.
1985 SHARI KOSS
life. All of the things I learned and loved at Chadwick are a core part of me still: performing, connecting, teaching, laughing, exploring. In addition to my teaching, I am a regular at a food/theater fusion space named Cafe Nordo, where I have been hosting tastings for many years. I’ve been lucky enough to stay connected with Chandler Bootchk and Chris Mitchell. I teach Shannon Lee’s amazing book, “Be Water My Friend,” in one of my senior English classes. Please reach out if you are ever in Seattle! Looking forward to seeing the ’87s at the next reunion.
Frank Johnson, ’47
Joan Benny Blumfoe, ’51
Anita Bullard Kermode, ‘57
1984 ELISA DIORIO MOHR
’00s
I will be starting a new job this summer as an assistant professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and am very excited to be back in Southern California.
2009 SCOTT RODILITZ
Valerie Trousdale Mailander, ’46
1997 RYAN WILLIAMS
Terri Denney Murray, ’73
Christine Newell Young ‘65
is past February, I got engaged to my boyfriend of twoand-a-half years, Zach Bohn, in Carmel, California. We met online just prior to the pandemic and survived lockdown together. Zach works in the video game industry and I have worked as a drama teacher. We are planning a July 2023 wedding in Carpinteria, California. We now live in San Pedro and are excited to start this new chapter of our lives together!

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As Director of Development for Hands of Peace, Diana raises funding and engages host families and other volunteers to bring together Israeli, Palestinian and American youth for dialogue, education and action. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
Terry Hensley, ’61
On June 3, 2022, Commander Alexa Jenkins assumed command of USS CARNEY DDG-64 homeported out of Jacksonville, Florida. Any Chadwick alumni who are in the Florida area who would like a tour are more than welcome!
R.G. Barton, ’51
Scott Schafer, ’68
’90s
Eric Hyman, ’81
youth leadership program, she and her colleagues recently put together a 32page magazine telling the stories of 20 of their more than 700 alumni. This fall, she will be staffing a multi-narrative tour of Israel, Palestine and Jordan for American adults. Her move to fundraising came after she got a Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies in her 40s at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies, where Diana organized their Distinguished Lecture Series for 10 years. In that role, she brought in peacebuilders and human rights advocates such as
Shari Koss, Class of 1985.
My wife and I gave birth to identical twin girls on November 7, 2021.

2007 STACY PARK
Hello all! I went to college in the wonderful Pacific Northwest (thank you, college advisor, Carol Bernstein!) and never left. I’ve been in education for almost 30 years at the high school level and have been at an amazing “performative” school (Seattle Academy) for the last 20 years, where I teach English and Disruptive Innovations. I am definitely living the enriched, post-Chadwick
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IN MEMORIAM
Thomas Midgley, ’54
No human baby announcement here (our two babies are all grown up and married now!), but my husband “Gondola Greg,” and I are welcoming two non-human “babies” into our family soon. Two beautiful new Venice-built gondolas will soon be gracing the waters in Newport Beach. ese will be the rst brand-new Venice-built gondolas imported directly from Italy into any Southern California harbor in history.
2000 ALEXA FORSYTH JENKINS
1987 TOMMY HAJDUK
Lester Callahan, ’45

I am retiring after 20 years of working part-time for e Walt Disney Company. I was rst hired to work at the store in West eld Century City and transferred to West eld Topanga when it closed. When the stores were purchased by e Children’s Place, I transferred to Disneyland where I’ve worked at Star Tours, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and the Disneyland Monorail. I’m looking forward to relaxing on the weekends and being able to be spontaneous!
1997 JOHN GLOWACKI
I remain in South Orange County with my wife Melinda and our daughters Savera (12) and Ella (9), who are enrolled at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School. My law rm, Roehl & Glowacki, P.C., continues to serve trust and estate planning, administration and litigation clients throughout California. I have returned to school part-time to study dispute resolution at the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law, and the new challenge has been fun and rewarding.
Kimberly Sartorium Mel, ’66
Ron Ditmars, ’65
Stacy Park, Class of 2007.
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Barbara Childs Middaugh, ’48

1976 DIANA WOOD KUTLOW
Mary Lou Stearns Williams, ’46
Chadwick School alumni are invited to attend a reception in Washington, D.C. e Metropolitan Club 1700 H Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20066
10th Annual Chadwick Professionals HOLIDAY MIXER
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT
Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. PT COLLEGE ALUMNI PANEL for Juniors and Seniors
Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 5 – 7 p.m. PT SENIOR ALUMNI INAUGURATION DINNER
Saturday, October 8, 2022 | 10 a.m.
Thursday, December 1, 2022, 6:30 – 9 p.m. PT
You are cordially invited toChadwick School’s ALUMNI AWARDSBRUNCH AND CEREMONY honoring DISTINGUISHED ALUMNIAWARD DAPHNERECIPIENTSYKES’81 and
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 6:30 – 9 p.m. ET WASHINGTON, D.C., ALUMNI RECEPTION
Thursday, December 22, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT ALUMNI ATHLETIC DAY Pascoe Pavilion and Commander Field
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 6:30 – 9 p.m.
A special thank you to Cameron Knight ’80 for securing the Metropolitan Club for this event.
ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME DYLANBILLINDUCTEESBELDING’63BROWN’93
Alumni Awards Brunch and Ceremony
Chadwick School26800 South Academy DrivePalos Verdes Peninsula, California 90274

R.S.V.P. for the event
Monday, October 24, 2022, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. PT GOLF TOURNAMENT
REUNION WEEKEND
UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
Contactwww.chadwickschool.org/atalumniawards2022Questions?thealumnioce at alumni@chadwickschool.org
WASHINGTON, D.C., ALUMNI RECEPTION
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 6:30 – 9 p.m. PT COLLEGE CARE PACKAGE STUFFING PARTY for Parents of College Alumni
Save the Date!
Thursday, December 22, 2022, 6:30 – 9 p.m. PT REUNION FOR CLASSES OF 2012 AND 2017 R10 Social House, 179 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach
Palos Verdes Golf Club

Tin Roof Bistro, Manhattan Beach
The Metropolitan Club
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Saturday, October 8, 2022
All events take place on campus unless otherwise noted. For more information about the below events, please contact alumni@chadwickschool.org.
Varsity Football Game, 2 p.m. PT Reunion Campus Tour, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. PT Reunion Receptions for classes ending in “2” and “7,” through 2007, 5:30 – 9 p.m. PT
You’re Invited!
If you need to update your contact information or if you have any questions about the event, please email the alumni o ce at Onlinealumni@chadwickschool.org.registrationwillopenlaterthissummer.
FACULTY & STAFF NOTES
Bottom: James Buck
“Living in faculty housing on the campus of Chadwick School, I was in awe of the beauty of the natural landscape... It would really allow me to tune in and wake up my poet’s eye.”
Top: Ishan Vellachamy
THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHADWICK ALUMNI HAS ARRIVED!
Math teacher Erika Amaya, along with husband, Muru, and daughter, Mila, welcomed baby Ishan into the world on Saturday, February 5. Ishan was born at 9:50 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. and 3 oz. e family is happy and healthy and enjoying their new addition!

Right: Estela Miranda-Nevels
Sean McGrath, former English teacher, has published “From a Balcony in Palos Verdes,” a collection of poems that were written, compiled and edited while McGrath was living and working on the Chadwick campus starting in 2018. e collection includes poems set and themed around Chadwick’s campus and the greater Palos Verdes and Los Angeles region. Several Chadwick faculty members and students contributed to the project, including Aminah Aliu ’21, who collaborated by being a rst reader and by inspiring some titles; art teacher Ken Cowan, who shot the cover photo; and Hayden Handler ’23, who photographed the artist’s picture. e book went on sale in late May and is available on Amazon. Sean celebrated with a release party on campus on June 4. Congratulations, Sean, and everyone who contributed!

Chadwick’s Director of Alumni Relations Monica Buck and her husband, Lucas, recently welcomed their second son, James, to their family on July 23, 2022. James weighed in at 8lbs, 4oz, and was 21 inches long. Mom and dad are doing well and big brother, Tommy, is happy to welcome his little brother!
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History teacher Nelson Miranda and his wife, Megan, welcomed Estela Charlie Miranda-Nevels, born at 8:34 a.m. on April 19. Estela weighed 7 lbs. and 1 oz and was 19 inches long. In Nelson’s words, Estela is a “perfect little bundle.” e happy family is healthy and doing well.


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A RICH HISTORY
CEDRIC WRIGHT
“I have Ansel Adams and Cedric Wright to thank for the pictures in a number of early Chadwick catalogues ... our two great photographers, we rst met in Yosemite Valley ... Although Ansel Adams was on our early Chadwick Campus for only a short time, he instilled in the newborn school a love and respect for photography that has been alive and growing ever since. He set up our darkroom and gave us real inspiration.”
“He instilled in the newborn school a love and respect for photography that has been alive and growing ever since.”



ANSEL ADAMS
MARGARET LEE CHADWICK 1977, “A DIPPERFUL OF HUMANITY”
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