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425 Years of Service, Governor’s School, Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, DAR Award, Battle of Books •
24 DA faculty, staff honored for collective 425 years of service
Twenty-four Durham Academy faculty, administrators and staff were honored June 8 at DA’s closing faculty/staff meetings for their years of service to the school. All together, they have been a part of the school for 425 years. Jennifer Riley, president of Parents Association, presented each with a book to commemorate their years of employment at DA. Barb Kanoy (Middle School) was honored for 35 years of service. Jeff Parkin (Middle School) and Verle Regnerus (Upper School) were honored for 30 years of service. Kathy Cleaver (Upper School), Bobbie Dahlgren (Preschool), Karen Lovelace (Lower School) and Lyn Streck (Lower School) were recognized for 25 years of service. Eric Block (Lower School), Gib Fitzpatrick (Middle School) and Randee Haven-O’Donnell (Middle School) were honored for 20 years of service. Forrest Beck (Technology/Upper School), Michele Gutierrez (Lower School), Chris Mark (Development), Cedric Richardson (Maintenance), Lanis Wilson (Upper School) and Fran Wittman (Upper School) were honored for 15 years of service. Kim Allison (Lower School), Jerry Davis (Upper School), Marianne Green (Middle School), Cindy Moore (Middle School), Victoria Muradi (Admissions), Fabiola Salas (Middle School), Jessica Soler (Lower School) and Mike Spatola (Upper School) were honored for 10 years of service. •
Five juniors selected for Governor’s School
Five Durham Academy juniors have been selected to attend Governor’s School 66
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of North Carolina’s 2017 program. The fiveand-one-half-week program is the nation’s oldest statewide summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students. DA students and their respective areas of study at Governor’s School include the following: Olivia Chilkoti (French), Scott Hallyburton (Math), Cat Horrigan (English), Sydney Lin (Dance) and Sara Templeton (French). Governor’s School — which does not involve credit, tests or grades — integrates academic disciplines, the arts and unique courses on each of two campuses: Governor’s School West at Salem College in Winston-Salem and Governor’s School East at Meredith College in Raleigh. The 2017 program runs from mid-June to late July. Governor’s School is administered by the Public Schools of North Carolina, the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction through the Exceptional Children Division. •
Sam Kim ’17 Presidential Scholar semifinalist
Durham Academy senior Sam Kim was a semifinalist in the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, which recognizes graduating high school seniors’ academic and artistic accomplishments. He was among 722 students from across the country — 20 of whom were North Carolinians — selected to advance to the final round of the prestigious competition. From nearly 3.3 million graduating high school seniors across the country, nearly 5,100 were identified as candidates in the Presidential Scholars Program, chiefly by virtue of their performance on college entrance exams. In addition to Kim, DA fielded two other candidates this year: Eren Guttentag and Ivan Zaytsev. Kim also won a National Merit |
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Scholarship (along with fellow seniors Samantha Baker and Julie Wechsler) and was inducted into DA’s Cum Laude Society. Kim’s extracurricular involvement at DA was multifaceted — he was a fouryear member of the swim team, served as an editor-in-chief of The Green and White student newspaper, played violin in the pit band for Upper School musicals, was a strong competitor on the Science Olympiad squad and Math Team, and founded the Upper School’s Learn Korean Club. •
Christy Cutshaw ’17 wins national title in 14-18 girls platform diving
Christy Cutshaw ’17 and diving partner Emily Bretscher won the girls 14-18 synchronized platform at the 2017 USA Diving Synchronized National Championships held April 12-15 at Georgia Tech. Cutshaw will compete collegiately for the University of Michigan. A specialist in the 10-meter platform who has been diving competitively since age 9, Cutshaw entered her first National Senior Women’s Platform competition as a 15-year-old, finishing multiple times in the top 12. Among her greatest diving accomplishments are qualifying for and competing in the 2016 Rio Olympic Trials (finishing No. 6 in Synchronized Women’s Platform) and finishing fourth in the U.S. Diving Nationals in Individual Women’s Platform event last August. •
DA Ultimate Frisbee tournament raises funds for Durham Nativity School laptops For the second year, Durham Academy hosted an Ultimate Frisbee tournament in February with a very important goal — raising funds to supply another class of students at Durham Nativity School with laptops. The 2017