CA Senior Journal - Class of 2010

Class of 2010

Colorado Academy

Our Graduates

The Class of 2010 is made up of 81 seniors; it includes the second consecutive year of winners from CA of both the El Pomar Award and the Princeton University Prize in Race Relations. It includes winners of the Colby Presidential Scholarship, the Thomas J. Watson Memorial Scholarship, the Dean’s Scholarship at Pepperdine, the winner of the Never Forgotten Fund award, and a University Scholar at DU, the Presidential Leadership Class Scholar at CU-Boulder, the Eisenhower-Evans Scholarship, and a Daniel Funds Scholar to name just a few.

Each one of the Class of 2010 graduates will attend four-year colleges spanning the nation from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. This group of students challenged themselves with advanced work in every discipline. They distinguished themselves as honored playwrights at Denver’s Curious Theatre, as top winners in the Regional Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, and as the top teams sweeping the regional Mock Trial Competition. This class includes the winning Math League Engineering Team. It includes members of the All-State Choir, the ACDA National Honor Choir, and Colorado’s All-State Honor Band. It includes editors of CA’s Kokopelli Literary magazine that won the highest award possible from the National Council of Teachers of English.

The Class of 2010 includes the first students who started in CA’s Horizons program. It includes an unprecedented number of Division I, II and III-recruited college athletes to play everything from women’s lacrosse at UC-Berkeley to equestrian jumping at Southern Methodist University. Collectively, they have served more than 45 nonprofit organizations with at least two thousand hours of community service, including the start of a worldwide effort to serve orphans in Peru, the continued effort to serve the education of girls and women in Tanzania, and the feeding and clothing of hundreds of people in need here at home.

In the words of e.e. cummings, “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are,” and we are so proud of who you have become.

Colorado Academy Trustees

Andrew S. Allan

Morgan O. Bassey

Andy Chaikovsky

Laurence Chang

Stephanie Comfort

Marc L. Ducnuigeen

John C. Fenley

Chris Firman, CA ’93, ex officio

Fritz L. Fisher

Gail N. Fritzinger, ex officio

Peter B. Fritzinger

Olga Garcia

Ming J. Hall

Sharon

Jeanine

Dr.

Peggy Graham Phillips, CA ’80

Sara Resnick

Bernard W. Schotters

Thomas J. Sisk

Richard W. Stone, Jr.

Margot K. Timbel

Lisa K. von Gunten, CA ’79

Charles H. Woolley II, CA ’72

John W. Zimmerman

Maggie M. King

Maffei

Hughes Murphy

Terrence Murphy

Colorado Academy Class of 2010 Commencement

June 4, 2010 • 9:30 a.m. Program

Prelude Music Performed by the Boulder Brass Processional (Audience Stands) “Pomp and Circumstance” Sir Edward Elgar The Boulder Brass

Welcome

Mike Davis, Ph.D., Head of School

“Live Your Dream” Greg Gilpin Chamber Choir, Men’s Chorus, and Women’s Chorus Julia Simmons, flute Joseph Plaus, flute Ben Kane, cello Becky Burchfield, piano Cindy Jordan, Director

Board Chair’s Remarks Bernard W. Schotters Principal’s Remarks Jonathan Vogels, Ph.D.

“Tune Thy Music to Thy Heart” Wayland Rogers Chamber Choir

Student Speaker Philip Ballentine

Presentation of Diplomas Recessional (Audience Stands) The Boulder Brass Brunch for all attending Commencement will be served in the Campus Center Restrooms are located in the SW corner of the Carolyn Smith Center and the NE corner of Welborn House

Colorado Academy Class of 2010

Mark Charles Abman ........................... pg. 5

Megan Louise Abman .......................... pg. 5

Benjamin Todd Alexander ................... pg. 5

Cody James Anderson .......................... pg. 6

Peter Edgar Arkell ................................. pg. 6

Philip Alden Emerson Ballentine ........ pg. 6

Christopher Forbes Barker ................... pg. 6 Madysen Lorie Bigelow ........................ pg. 7 Adam Charles Blatt .............................. pg. 7 Logan Paul Bowen ................................ pg. 7

Olivia Chowdry..................................... pg. 8

Sarah Grace Cochran ........................... pg. 8

Jordan Hope Davis ............................... pg. 8

Ryanne Elizabeth Davis ........................ pg. 9 Claudia Díaz Delgado........................... pg. 9

Ana Mari Dodson ................................. pg. 9

Katherine Rose Dunn ........................ pg. 10 Patrick Harrison Ellsworth ................. pg. 10

Sarah Stuart Emery............................. pg. 10

Henry Boice Esser ............................... pg. 11

Megan Keough Esser .......................... pg. 11 Colleen Mary Fisher ........................... pg. 11

Kelly Elizabeth Florence ..................... pg. 12

Patrick Hughes Fry.............................. pg. 12 Natasha Sophia Gunberg ................... pg. 12

Hali Cassidy Hafeman ........................ pg. 13

Patrick Brady Hennegan..................... pg. 13

Christopher Hugh Hopfenbeck......... pg. 13 Eric Martin Hopfenbeck .................... pg. 14

Joshua Adrian Hursh.......................... pg. 14

Cara Krier Jennings ............................ pg. 14

Benjamin Leo Kane ............................ pg. 15

Madeleine Claire Kane ....................... pg. 15

Thomas Dean Karrer .......................... pg. 15 Alejandro Rivera Katz ......................... pg. 16

Nicole Mary Kelly ............................... pg. 16

Patrick Andrew King........................... pg. 16

Grant Luke Takeo Kobayashi-Hinds.. pg. 17

Alex Edward Leede ............................. pg. 17

Nehemias Misael Luna ....................... pg. 17

Peter Duncan Macartney .................... pg. 18

Megan Elyse McGinnis ...................... pg. 18

Cassandra Ewing Moison................... pg. 18 Russell Patrick Mott ............................ pg. 18 Anna Thi Nguyen ............................... pg. 19 Christine Catherine Pardos ............... pg. 19 Cameron Grant Patterson.................. pg. 20 Keaton John Patterson........................ pg. 20 Yvonne Kathryn Pav ........................... pg. 20

Claire Hopkins Peterson .................... pg. 21 Sydney Paige Peterson ......................... pg. 21 Joseph William Plaus .......................... pg. 21

Brittany Nichole Randall.................... pg. 22 Catalina Ann Rincon ......................... pg. 22 Diane Rodriguez ................................. pg. 22 Samuel Stone Roecker ........................ pg. 23 Quintin Bartholomew Sally ............... pg. 23 Alessandra Chantel Shultz ................. pg. 23 Julia Jean Simmons ............................. pg. 24

Samuel Alexander Stein ..................... pg. 24 Sophie Madeleine Stocks ................... pg. 24 Kaelin Anderson Stone ...................... pg. 25 Natalie Autumn Stroud...................... pg. 25 Emily Sarah Sturm.............................. pg. 25 Daniel Francis Sullivan....................... pg. 26 Christopher Kendall Sunderland ...... pg. 26 Kermit Tilford III ................................ pg. 26 Madeleine Grace Towne..................... pg. 27

Dylan John Travers ............................. pg. 27 Jordan Taylar Ulrich ........................... pg. 27 Romain Sepehr Vakilitabar ................ pg. 28 Benjamin Robbins Weiner ................ pg. 28 Adam Kane Wiener............................ pg. 28

Lincoln Kimball Wilcox ..................... pg. 29 Elizabeth Mihaela Wilkins ................. pg. 29

Hannah Greenwood Williams........... pg. 30 Benjamin Good Wilson ..................... pg. 30 Russell Beck Wilson ........................... pg. 30 Ryan Arthur Edward Wimpee ........... pg. 31 Max Armit Lehman Wood ................ pg. 31 Anna Elisabeth Zumbahlen ............... pg. 31

Mark Charles Abman

At CA since Pre-Kindergarten, will attend Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Going to the State Soccer Championship during my junior year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Going on Interim throughout my years at CA.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? For my leadership, and for my hard work in the classroom, the art studio, and on the sports field.

Megan Louise Abman

At CA since Pre-Kindergarten, will attend University at Buffalo State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: I think the recent memory of beating Kent Denver on our turf my senior year will be a very special memory.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite tradition at CA is snack time in lower school. Although we always had the same snack of milk and crackers, I loved it. I especially loved Tuesdays and Thursdays because those were chocolate milk days. When I was in first grade in Ms. G’s class, Alex Leede would always have graham crackers and would refuse to eat the other type. So Ms. G one day asked him why he only ate graham crackers and he replied very seriously, “Because you are what you eat!” ...yep, that’s why it’s my favorite tradition. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? To be honest, I’m not sure how I want to be remembered at CA, I just want to be remembered. And not simply for my athleticism but my enthusiasm in everything else. Otherwise, I think it’s up to the people currently at CA to decide how they want to remember me.

Benjamin Todd Alexander

At CA since Fourth Grade, will attend Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Favorite Memory of CA: Making the 2008 Soccer State Finals.

Favorite CA Tradition: Color Wars! Go Red Team!

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? For creating the next generation of Warren Buffets with Student Financial Club.

Cody James Anderson

At CA since Eighth Grade, will attend Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Favorite Memory of CA: Prom and meeting all of my friends for the first time and playing Super Smash Brothers.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day. It’s a great day because the underclassmen are relieved that they have a night of no homework ahead of them, and the seniors love it because we can do whatever we want for an entire day. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Just being a good person.

Peter Edgar Arkell

At CA since Tenth Grade, will attend Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Favorite Memory of CA: Hanging out in Kassler.

Favorite CA Tradition: My advisory (especially snack!)

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Starting CA’s Mock Trial Team.

Philip Alden Emerson Ballentine

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Tufts University, Medford, MA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memories of my time at CA mostly involve free block shenanigans with my friends this year. That, and reading The Waste Land and adjunct materials in AP English this year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Requiring everyone to do both fine arts and athletics. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I hope to be remembered for doing my best to help people around me and enrich the CA environment for everyone.

Christopher Forbes Barker

At CA since Fourth Grade, will attend Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Graduation ceremonies.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senioritis. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? For not being late, and for my handwriting.

Madysen Lorie Bigelow

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI

Favorite Memory of CA: Junior and senior years of volleyball. Our coach pushed us out of our comfort zone and wanted us to grow not only as volleyball players but as individuals. By senior year when he would get on us in practice, it didn’t get to me anymore because I finally had “thick skin,” which has helped me a lot off the court as well.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day and volleyball senior night. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Remember me for volleyball, choir, and being a leader.

Adam Charles Blatt

At CA since Twelfth Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Watching Lyle Lovett perform in our Gym was unreal.

Favorite CA Tradition: Starving due to lack of advisory snack.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Playing really sick music with The Cat’s Pajamas at the Art Show.

Logan Paul Bowen

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

Favorite Memory of CA: Varsity Lacrosse.

Favorite CA Tradition: Field Day.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? For my leadership.

Olivia Chowdry

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Chapman University, Orange, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Choir Concerts and time spent with the CA community during Diversity Day, specifically in the affinity groups; they were so powerful for me and the others that I helped.

Favorite CA Tradition: Friday Cinnamon Bread in the MAC class. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered for my positive presence at CA. I feel that I had a very strong connection with all of my teachers, and I will really miss having such a supportive and personal relationship with all of them. I hope that my peers will remember me as a helpful, kind, and caring individual. I felt that my optimism towards any and all situations was a very powerful presence at CA.

Sarah Grace Cochran

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: Junior year Interim to South Dakota.

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day and Color Wars are my favorite CA traditions.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered for my leadership and my personality.

Jordan Hope Davis

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: One of my favorite memories was the time we had a snowball fight with my AP European History class. We each started claiming countries to represent in the snowball war.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day and Color Wars. I love Color Wars because I am an enthusiastic, competitive person, and any team that I am on, I will represent with pride. Go Red Team! What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered for having an impact on as many different people, in as many different ways, as possible. I always tried to get involved in different activities, and I hope that every interest I pursued, I left my mark. Whether field hockey or advisory, I hope that someone was positively affected by me.

Ryanne Elizabeth Davis

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Connecticut College, New London, CT

Favorite Memory of CA: There are many, but the most recent is sitting at the back of AP Stats class.

Favorite CA Tradition: The special Thanksgiving lunch. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I couldn’t say what I’d like to be remembered for because I’m pretty sure I’ll jinx myself.

Claudia Díaz Delgado

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Regis University, Denver, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Color Wars 2007

Favorite CA Tradition: Diversity Day

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Faces of Diversity officer.

Ana Mari Dodson

At CA since Fourth Grade, will attend Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory at Colorado Academy is my first Giant Relay Day in fourth grade. I had gone a couple times before with my brother, but this year was different and special because this time, I was actually a student at Colorado Academy. I couldn’t believe that I went to a school that celebrated the end of the year with tanks of water in which you get dunked, face paint, balloon animals, and at the very end, a Giant Relay Day Race where you could cheer on your classmates who were participating in the games! It was a great way to end that year, and I couldn’t wait for the years to follow.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Boards. I have loved looking at them each year, and I loved making my own this year. I think that it is a special tradition that shows the rest of the school another side of the seniors, and it also shows the seniors how far they have come.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered at this school as someone who made her own path and followed her heart and in doing so, left a trail of her own.

Katherine Rose Dunn

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Junior year Interim. I went on a backpacking Interim, and it was the most fun week of my life.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I’d like to be remembered as an upbeat student who always had a positive attitude about things.

Patrick Harrison Ellsworth

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Performing Dracula during third trimester for the Basement Show in eleventh grade.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would most like to be remembered for laughs and experiences shared with not only classmates, but teachers and coaches as well.

Sarah Stuart Emery

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Favorite Memory of CA: In third grade, getting dragged to Winterfest because my mom had to chaperone, and trying to hide in the corner so no one would see me, and then being asked to dance by Tim O’Crowley (a-then-senior/my crush for a greater portion of Lower School).

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day and Giant Relay Day; in Lower School, Popsicle Day.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being happy all the time, and the infinite love I have for my friends and green and purple skittles.

Henry Boice Esser

At CA since Third Grade, will attend University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory is winning third in state tennis 2nd doubles and 5th overall during my senior year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap day for sure. It is the one day of the year where your procrastination can pay off. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered as a good guy with a good heart and a pretty good sense of humor.

Megan Keough Esser

At CA since Third Grade, will attend Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Favorite Memory of CA: The CA Tennis Team; the bond we share is unrivaled.

Favorite CA Tradition: Color Wars

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? My awesome story telling.

Colleen Mary Fisher

At CA since Fourth Grade, will attend Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Being on Interim at Mission Wolf and having the wolves lick our faces.

Favorite CA Tradition: How they always serve macaroni and chicken nuggets on the same day. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? How I was always smart to my teachers…sorry!

Kelly Elizabeth Florence

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Miami University, Oxford, OH

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory happened this year when some of the seniors performed “Don’t Stop Believing” in front of the entire school. I thought it was really cool that we had so many talented musicians, and it was cool for us to watch our friends perform.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite tradition at CA is Homecoming.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered for my athletic achievements; field hockey and lacrosse were practically my life for the past couple of years, and I like to think I made my mark here somehow. I would also like to be remembered for my personality, and how I had so many friends from different groups of people. I don’t think that was just me though; this senior class as a whole is really close and everybody gets along.

Patrick Hughes Fry

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

Favorite Memory of CA: Making it to the Soccer State Finals.

Favorite CA Tradition: Kindergarten Buddies.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being on the soccer team that made the State Finals.

Natasha Sophia Gunberg

At CA since Eighth Grade, will attend Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Favorite Memory of CA: The Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Team making it to the fourth state championship.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim and CA Choir Program.

Hali Cassidy Hafeman

At CA since Tenth Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: The chocolate chip cookies in the lunchroom.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered for being on the first CA Women’s Tennis Team ever to take their entire team to State.

Patrick Brady Hennegan

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Denison University, Granville, OH

Favorite Memory of CA: Making friends and being a part of such a dynamic community. Homecoming freshman and sophomore years, and lacrosse this year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? The community and closeness of everyone at CA.

Christopher Hugh Hopfenbeck

At CA since Seventh Grade, will attend University of Denver, Denver, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: At the home basketball game this year against Kent when we had so many fans.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day. It’s a great day because the underclassmen are relieved that they have a night of no homework ahead of them, and the seniors love it because we can do whatever we want for an entire day.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being an athletic, outgoing twin.

Eric Martin Hopfenbeck

At CA since Seventh Grade, will attend University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Favorite Memory of CA: Playing basketball and soccer.

Favorite CA Tradition: Sporting events and Interim.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? My work on Students H.O.P.E. and for being the starting goalie on the varsity soccer team the first year I ever played soccer.

Joshua Adrian Hursh

At CA since Fifth Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: When we won the Lacrosse Jamboree in eighth grade.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim is definitely my favorite CA tradition.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being a member of the 2010 Men’s Lacrosse Team, because it was epic.

Cara Krier Jennings

At CA since Fourth Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory of my time at CA is participating in CA high school sports. I love being on teams and bonding with my teammates and friends.

Participating in sports is a major part of my life and a lot of who I am has come from being a high school athlete.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite CA tradition is Senior Kidnap Day, because the seniors get to keep a secret from everyone.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? To have been one of the kindest friends.

Benjamin Leo Kane

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Tufts University, Medford, MA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory of CA is an average memory: it’s the memory of a regular day at school. I love walking through the halls, greeting teachers and administrators, and smiling, back-slapping, and telling everyone I see “hello.” It’s the open and caring nature of CA that allows everyone, from freshman to seniors, to not only greet other students, but legitimately care about them.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite CA tradition is the Coffee Haus, where students get to perform in an intimate environment for their peers and faculty. Usually, the student performers “wow” everyone else, and it’s a great, non-partying way of socializing.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would most like to be remembered for my quirks, my easy laugh and smile, my pride about being 5’6”, and, of course, Daisy the Zebra. Hopefully, when senior pranks are carried out--or any other prank, for that matter--they fit the same guidelines of harmless, funny, and clever.

Madeleine Claire Kane

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Anything involving music and spontaneous dancing; proms, bus rides to sports games, junior and senior off-campus food trips.

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day and Interim. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Growing into a fun person.

Thomas Dean Karrer

At CA since Pre-Kindergarten, will attend Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Favorite Memory of CA: The Space Camp Interim in 6th grade

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim, because no other schools do it, and it’s really cool.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Having the loudest car.

Alejandro Rivera Katz

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: CA’s cross-country team with Coach Tracy Peterson.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Cross country and track performance.

Nicole Mary Kelly

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Favorite Memory of CA: All the time I spent playing on the Lower School fields and playgrounds. There is something so exquisite to the outdoor space accompanying CA, I cannot remember a time that I was not the least bit happy while on those greens.

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day is probably my favorite CA tradition, next to assemblies. You can always sense the feeling of summer in the air which translates to a very relaxed atmosphere. Giant Relay Day has also been one of those days where you can just feel the community at CA and the support it offers.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered for my fashion sense. I think it is something that I have quietly brought throughout all my years at CA, something that has set me apart from the crowd.

Patrick Andrew King

At CA since First Grade, will attend University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memories of CA are the golf practices after school. The environment was really laid back and fun. What I really loved was that even though our coaches wanted us to improve and do well, the most important thing to them was that we had a good time.

Favorite CA Tradition: Field Day. I think that it’s a really good way to welcome summer and say good-bye to the school year. It embraces all that summer is about for me, so of course it’s a lot of fun.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I want to be remembered as someone who fit into the CA community well. I have been going here since first grade, so obviously I love it, and CA has been a huge part of my life.

Grant Luke Takeo Kobayashi-Hinds

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

Favorite Memory of CA: My time doing art at CA.

Favorite CA Tradition: Winterfest.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being good at my art.

Alex Edward Leede

At CA since Pre-Kindergarten, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Elementary school tag games. They taught me to look where I was going.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim, the bonds made with faculty and peers hold strong today. Home or away, I’ve always been more than pleased with my choices. The experience gained can prove to be more valuable than the A in mathematics. Interim gives students insight to what an activity is actually about by letting them experience it themselves. Until they experience something, they can only assume what it’s like. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? A voice of reason.

Nehemias Misael Luna

At CA since Fifth Grade, will attend Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: The way my friends all congratulated me on the Daniels Fund Scholarship. They understand how much that scholarship means to me, and they were so genuinely delighted and happy for me. I’ve never felt closer to my friends.

Favorite CA Tradition: The Spring Choir Concert

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I want to be remembered for starting as a Horizons camper who attended DPS, and 12 years later graduating from CA heading to a four-year university.

Peter Duncan Macartney

At CA since Fifth Grade, will attend Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

Favorite Memory of CA: Beating Kent Denver in lacrosse this year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Buzzing my hair before every lacrosse season.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being a good lacrosse player.

Megan Elyse McGinnis

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Final curtain for West Side Story.

Favorite CA Tradition: Zoo trip with Kindergarteners. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? However you remember me, not my decision.

Cassandra Ewing Moison

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Too many to put just one.

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day.

Russell Patrick Mott

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory of CA is attending Basement Theatre shows. They showcase the best acting talent CA has to offer while evoking a broad spectrum of emotions ranging from fear to crippling laughter.

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day. I love that it really brings the entire school together to celebrate the year and everyone’s achievements. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Running Cross Country and Track while I attended CA. It really became an activity that defined my personality over the years. The best part of the experience was pioneering the boys’ side of the sport by achieving things that no men’s running team had ever done at CA.

Anna Thi Nguyen

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: The best memories were shared in the library over a cup of vanilla chai and banana nut muffin. The library was our place, the place where we laughed, learned, and grew.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim and Senior Kidnap Day. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered as a very dedicated person who worked hard, but also a person who made many mistakes and learned to overcome those mistakes to emerge as a leader.

Christine Catherine Pardos

At CA since Third Grade, will attend Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: My memories include rehearsals for the play where a dog runs through during the death scene in Romeo and Juliet during show week. My memories include my cat slippers “meowing” during the CAT tests in Lower School, and my best friends and I dancing on the choir steps and making music videos in Kassler before musical rehearsals. I can’t pick one memory because so many amazing memories make up what my experience at CA has been like. I’m constantly surrounded by amazing people who make it impossible not to make incredible memories.

Favorite CA Tradition: After every musical, after we strike the set and the show has closed, the seniors give awards to everyone in the cast and to the directors. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to end a great show. I also really like Senior Kidnap Day. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? My perhaps unnatural ability to find everything hilarious and laugh about everything and anything. My complete love and passion for theatre and the arts, and just hopefully my happy attitude and constant search to make life the best it can be!

Cameron Grant Patterson

At CA since Third Grade, will attend University of Denver, Denver, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Spending junior year in La Calera, Chile.

Favorite CA Tradition: Chamber Choir.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? For playing the saxophone, creating the first jazz combo at CA and for “The Sidewalks.”

Keaton John Patterson

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: The life-long relationships I’ve created. I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some incredible people, and it’s these relationships that I will cherish forever.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite CA tradition is Giant Relay day. It’s the perfect way to end the year with great activities, and it just tops off the school year as a whole. Every time this event comes around, you know that it’s that time of the year again and you can begin to see new doors opening up for you.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would most like to be remembered for my transition from being a shy kid to an outspoken person. I never would have thought that I would have run for class president back in my early high school years. Even though I lost, I’m so glad I did because it showed me a completely new side of myself, one that I am really proud of.

Yvonne Kathryn Pav

At CA since Third Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory is from fifth grade when we all went to Crow Canyon.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim: being able to do an activity you wouldn’t normally be able to is one of the many things that sets CA apart from other schools.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Just knowing that I was a part of a school like Colorado Academy is a treat in itself. I am perfectly happy in knowing that future students will be able to walk down the hall and see the picture of our class. I like the idea that they will be able to look at the picture in moments when they are stressed out by school and know that they are not the first to go through it all and that there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.

Claire Hopkins Peterson

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: The dance party in Kassler and Students H.O.P.E. finally coming together after five months.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day. I loved running down the hallways throwing candy and screaming, and then asking the younger kids do funny things on the bus.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? For always trying to include younger kids on sports teams and for creating solid friendships across the grades. One of my favorite things about CA is how close the teams get during their respective seasons, and I have always valued my friendships with my teammates, no matter what grade they’re in.

Sydney Paige Peterson

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: Homecoming this year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Participating and making CA events better.

Joseph William Plaus

At CA since Tenth Grade, will attend Union College, Schenectady, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: Costa Rica Interim.

Favorite CA Tradition: Seniors hanging out in the College Office.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Contributing to every aspect of the school: academics, athletics, and the arts.

Brittany Nichole Randall

At CA since Ninth grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: I really enjoyed being able to hatch duck eggs over the summer between my junior and senior years at CA. It was a physiology project that took a little longer than anyone anticipated. I loved the duckling that came from it and recently released him into a more natural habitat

Favorite CA Tradition: I really love Interim. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? My artwork.

Catalina Ann Rincon

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend American University, Washington, DC

Favorite Memory of CA: Winning the Ultimate Frisbee state tournament this year. Having lost to East High School earlier in the season, we went into our final game against them during State feeling quite skeptical about the outcome. The game was back and forth, and anybody could have won it. However, we played our hearts out, and in the end came out as the winners. It was the first year we didn’t assume we would win, allowing for the win to be that much more rewarding. I have never felt more bonded to a group of girls than these.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim. It gives you the opportunity to hang out with people in other grades, and people you might not necessarily be friends with, while also trying and experiencing new things. It also gives seniors one last chance to hang. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? For being someone who was extremely accepting of others, laid back and who could have a conversation with just about anyone.

Diane Rodriguez

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Senior Prom.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being called D-ROD.

Samuel Stone Roecker

At CA since Tenth Grade, will attend Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Favorite Memory of CA: Student Diversity Leadership Conferences with Faces of Diversity in Boston, New Orleans, and Denver.

Favorite CA Tradition: College Rejection Letter Burning; it was the first time that I realized I made the right college decision. Burning rejection letters signified the end of a stressful process and the beginning of a new future.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? My role in transforming both the Faces of Diversity Club and the Gay-Straight Alliance. I brought action, ‘allyship’ and advocacy to the forefront of my diversity work at CA. My efforts, combined with the shared passion of members of both clubs, have helped make CA a more inclusive community.

Quintin Bartholomew Sally

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Favorite Memory of CA: Soccer season junior year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I wanted to be remembered as being better than Jake.

Alessandra Chantel Shultz

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Favorite Memory of CA: Senior year!

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day and Homecoming Carnival.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Someone who is very committed to what I love to do: horseback riding and art.

Julia Jean Simmons

At CA since Pre-K, will attend Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

Favorite Memory of CA: When everyone charged the field at All City stadium after the field hockey championship game my sophomore year.

Favorite CA Tradition: The Bike Parade during the Carnival at Homecoming.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? My smile, and everything in which I participated.

Samuel Alexander Stein

At CA since Tenth Grade, will attend Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

Favorite Memory of CA: Senior year water fight.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being “The Salad.”

Sophie Madeleine Stocks

At CA since Third Grade, will attend Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memories of my time at CA are the Interims that I went on in high school. All four years, I became much closer with the people that I went with, and I truly enjoyed myself every time.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite CA tradition is the seniors having Kindergarten buddies. It is always such a nice break from the week to go to assembly with my Kindergartener. The tradition of going to the zoo with your Kindergarten buddy is something that I have looked forward to for years. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I want to be remembered for being passionate about singing, for being a good friend, and for being a caring student.

Kaelin Anderson Stone

At CA since Second Grade, will attend Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Favorite Memory of CA: Space Camp interim was the best! I got to hang out with good friends all week and do lots of cool space-related activities. I will always remember that trip!

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day! As a freshman it is for sure one of the scariest days ever, but then getting to do it as a senior was an awesome experience and brought back so many good memories!

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? A girl who fit into the CA community well and loved to play soccer and sing!

Natalie Autumn Stroud

At CA since Fifth Grade, will attend University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Favorite Memory of CA: When we were reading Shakespeare out loud in class, and it was one of the last scenes in Othello where Desdemona is being killed and Anna bursts out “NO!!!” and starts crying. We all laughed, but it was a very powerful moment to see the true force of Shakespeare’s words and that, with the right teacher, students can really be passionate about literature and learning, especially at CA.

Favorite CA Tradition: Kindergarten buddies. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I guess I’d like to be thought of as one of the seniors who didn’t just follow the crowd.

Emily Sarah Sturm

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Favorite Memory of CA: Volleyball senior year was definitely the best time I’ve had at CA. We had SO much fun bonding as a team.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite CA tradition is Kindergarten buddies. I think that it gives the seniors opportunities to bond with the younger students, and it also gives the younger students a potential role model, someone to look up to, and something to look forward to.

Daniel Francis Sullivan

At CA since Third Grade, will attend University of San Francisco and The San Francisco Circus School, San Francisco, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory at CA was the circus program; it changed my life forever.

Favorite CA Tradition: Seniority / Senior Kidnap Day. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Most likely to be remembered for being the only guy to do the splits at prom and rip his pants. But more seriously, for being a part of the fine arts community.

Christopher Kendall Sunderland

At CA since Pre-Kindergarten, will attend Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Making it to the State Final in soccer my junior year. It was a great opportunity, and we played a great game even though we did not win. We were all really down after the game, but everybody came out on the field to support us.

Favorite CA Tradition: I loved Giant Relay day as a lower schooler. I loved all the events, and collecting the ribbons. It was a nice tradition for my family too, as my Mom and Dad watched all of my events (and for my older brothers). What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Someone who worked hard and moved forward in the face of a challenge. Being a good friend and having a positive attitude no matter what the circumstances were.

Kermit Tilford III

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Baylor University, Waco, TX

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memories all involve choir. I have loved singing and learning new things through music.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite CA tradition is definitely Interim; I get to see a new side of people that I don’t notice in the classroom. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered as a nice, approachable person.

Madeleine Grace Towne

At CA since Eighth Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: I think senior year, our class grew really close. I’m best friends with people that I had never talked to before this year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day, Interim, letter burning, and graduation dinners.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I hope that I’ve been nice to everyone, and that I’ve made some sort of contribution to some part of the school.

Dylan John Travers

At CA since Seventh Grade, will attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA

Favorite Memory of CA: My favorite memory would be the time I spent involved in this year’s spring musical, Cabaret.

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite CA tradition is Interim. I formed great relationships and made wonderful memories from my experiences on these trips.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I would like to be remembered for knowing what I stand for and my unwavering Patriotism.

Jordan Taylar Ulrich

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Favorite Memory of CA: Beating Kent Denver in lacrosse on Slater Field and being undefeated.

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day and Interim. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being on the Lacrosse Team.

CA since Pre-Kindergarten, will attend Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY

Romain Sepehr Vakilitabar

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Playing hide-and-go-seek in the photo dark room, swimming in Woody’s Pond for soccer initiation, and playing soccer with my best friends in the championship soccer game.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim! and Kindergarten buddies. The Case-mister (my Kindergarten buddy) put a smile on my face every Thursday morning. I really like the all-school assembly because it was the one time that the whole school got together. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? My student council speeches, which helped me achieve class president throughout high school. My treasure map speech was killer, my crock-pot speech was a thriller and my bag of props was a spiller.

Benjamin Robbins Weiner

At CA since Kindergarten, will attend Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Favorite Memory of CA: Eating lunch at the back of the lunch room with good friends.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Getting pulled over before dinner at Dr. Davis’ house.

Adam Kane Wiener

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Favorite Memory of CA: My advisory in general. We had so much fun over the past four years, and I will miss them all dearly. I remember roasting marshmallows over a Bunsen burner in Mrs. Meyers’ room. Totally awesome. I love you guys!

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim. My two international trips and the climbing Interim taught me as much in two weeks as an entire trimester about myself, about my interests, and about my friends. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? That I tried to be happy and did what I wanted to do. That I didn’t listen to what other people said when I tried unexpected things.

Lincoln Kimball Wilcox

At CA off-and-on since Kindergarten, will attend Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Favorite Memory of CA: Senior year. Sure, we’ve always had a lot of work and been really busy as CA students, but the environment here provides for a lot of freedom to pursue your interests and to be the person you want to be. That has led to a really enjoyable senior year for me.

Favorite CA Tradition: Interim trips. It’s amazing to have a program like Interim that complements the academic strengths of CA with other very different, but similarly important, learning experiences. It’s a whole different dynamic to get to spend a week with some of the same teachers and students you’re surrounded by every day, but spend the time doing something completely different than academics. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I really hope I can be remembered as a person who was friendly to everyone. From moving so much, I know what it’s like to have someone you can count on to be there and to notice you when others don’t, so I hope I’ve been able to do that for someone. I also want to be remembered just as someone who was happy and loved life.

Elizabeth Mihaela Wilkins

At CA since Second Grade, will attend Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Favorite Memory of CA: I will always remember taking environmental science and going down to the creek to collect water samples and bugs. It was a class with senior guys and sophomore girls and we had so many laughs. It was the best class I have ever taken at CA. Thank you, Ms. Hund!

Favorite CA Tradition: My favorite tradition at CA is that we made cinnamon bread every Friday in MAC class. I will always remember how we got to decorate each individual bag that the loaves of bread went into, and I will also remember how wonderful the entire Lower School smelled while the bread was baking. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Getting a scholarship for my equestrian achievements.

Hannah Greenwood Williams

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Favorite Memory of CA: Junior year homecoming was the most fun I have ever had. The best friends that I had so much fun with then are the ones I will miss most in the coming years.

Favorite CA Tradition: Giant Relay Day and Color Wars. Color Wars is a great way for everyone to have a little bit of fun, healthy competition and doing ridiculous things. Giant Relay Day is so fun because the campus is flooded with a mixture of people that you haven’t seen in a while and people you know you are going to miss when they (or you) leave. It’s a great demonstration of the CA community and how much everyone loves the school.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? I hope people remember me for being easy to talk to and easy to approach about anything. I hope people see that I really do want to help them with whatever it is. Equally, I hope that being a nice person will earn me respect from peers and underclassmen. In my experience, the golden rule has been true, you get what you give. At CA, that has been proven true to me.

Benjamin Good Wilson

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Favorite Memory of CA: Playing barefoot in the dark at Ballyneal Golf Course for golf pre-season in junior year.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being the first male leader of AfricAid and not totally messing everything up; AfricAid still exists.

Russell Beck Wilson

At CA since Sixth Grade, will attend Colby College, Waterville, ME

Favorite Memory of CA: Interim in seventh grade, going to Moab; Varsity Lacrosse; Spring Break and Mr. T’s Advisory.

Favorite CA Tradition: Senior Kidnap Day, Interim, and Giant Relay Day.

What would you most like to be remembered for at CA? Being a good class, a good student, playing lacrosse, and being a leader.

Ryan Arthur Edward Wimpee

At CA since Pre-Kindergarten, will attend Chapman University, Orange, CA

Favorite Memory of CA: Winning the eighth grade Jamboree with the CA team.

Favorite CA Tradition: The faculty play and Giant Relay Day. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA?

I would like to be remembered for my good attitude and presence in the CA community.

Max Armit Lehman Wood

At CA since Tenth Grade, will attend McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Favorite Memory of CA: Senegal Trip. Favorite CA Tradition: Interim.

Being a fluffy bunny.

Anna Elisabeth Zumbahlen

At CA since Ninth Grade, will attend University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

Favorite Memory of CA: Senior Prom and After-Prom. Also, junior year Interim at Mission Wolf.

Favorite CA Tradition: Color Wars and Interim. What would you most like to be remembered for at CA?

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