New Kids on the Block
Please welcome the following new students in Grades 1–12:
1st Grade Vihaan Krottapalli
Richmond Montessori School
2nd Grade Kaelyn Crosthwaite Jai Spicer Alexander Tan
Richmond Montessori School Mary Munford Elementary School The Harley School (NY)
3rd Grade Ashwin Aggarwal Sydney Gallagher Eniya Henderson Bradley VanRoekel Jewel Yarney
Kaechele Elementary School St. Bridget School Victory Christian Academy Steward School Steward School
St. Bridget School Goochland High School Steward School St. Michael’s School Orchard House Anna Julia Cooper Tuckahoe Middle School Chickahominy Middle School
10th Grade Adam Bowes Adam Kimbrough Carlos Orueta Tess Perry
St. Christopher’s School Steward School Madrid, Spain (international student) Oregon Episcopal School
11th Grade
5th Grade Coley Alvis Taylor Gardner Emani Henderson Diamond Lightfoot Keaton Rahman Amanda Tan Joshua Warner Ryann Zaun
Pierce Norman Tierra Morris Madison O’Neil Claire Powell Polly Sommers Xa-Deayah Taylor Vaden Reid Taylor Ryckman
St. Bridget School Bettie Weaver Elementary School Victory Christian Academy Victory Christian Academy Mary Munford Elementary School The Harley School (NY) Homeschool St. Bridget School
Bara Srbova
Prague, Czech Republic (international student)
6th Grade John Ballowe Ashley Davis Trystan Fogg Leah Kaplan Marianna McComb Jenna Raggio Cami Villanueva Nora Willett
St. Christopher’s School Sacred Heart School (CA) St. Michael’s School Shady Grove Elementary School Kaechele Elementary School Nuckols Farm Elementary School Maybeury Elementary School Richmond Montessori School
7th Grade Gilbert Deglau Daisy Norman Naima Orr Latané Reid Sadie Woodhouse
Short Pump Middle School St. Bridget School Albert Hill Middle School Tuckahoe Middle School Tuckahoe Middle School
8th Grade Annie Edwards Margaux Gaeser Kate Johnston Chandler Pettus Mitchell Pettus Lew Rice Matthew Zamecnik
Short Pump Middle School Steward School St. Michael’s School Moody Middle School Moody Middle School Aylett Country Day St. Mary’s Catholic School
9th Grade Zach Cohen Reilly Gallagher Amy Kaplan 12 | Paw Print
Steward School St. Bridget School Moody Middle School
New Upper School students and their Cougar Pals chat with Beth Kondorossy, Associate Director of Admission, during Orientation.
New Administration Steve Hickman – Head of School
BSS in psychology, Loyola University; JD, George Mason University; MS in business/finance, The Johns Hopkins University; MEd, Brenau University; Peabody Summer Fellow, Vanderbilt University. Steve is an independent school graduate who spent a successful decade in the business world before entering the field of education. He has extensive leadership experience, having served as a head of school for 13 years prior to coming to Collegiate. He was most recently Head of Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock, AR, and prior to Episcopal, he served as head of school at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, SC. Steve is a native of Memphis, TN, and he and his wife Mary, whose family lives in Richmond, have three grown children — two sons and a daughter.
Andrew Hickman – Business Office Intern
BS in business administration, University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business. Andrew is interested in learning more about independent school finance and business operations as a possible career path and in further honing his business and finance skills. To this end, Andrew will have exposure to human resources, accounting, budget, construction & facilities management, security, auxiliary enterprises, financial aid coordination, risk management and general financial and administration activities). He will also coach cub football.