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Outward Bound: Burch Trip 2009
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ach year, Episcopal’s freshmen embark on the Burch Outdoor Program, an Outward Bound experience established by Lucius Burch ’59. Students challenge themselves mentally and physically. This five-day hiking and climbing trip in Maryland also fosters a bond among the new classmates that will endure long after they return to campus. “It was incredible to watch the
students come together as a group on the Burch trip. Whether rappelling off a cliff, navigating the trail, or setting up camp in the pouring rain, the students worked together and made each other laugh,” said EHS Director of Annual Giving Elizabeth Woodcock, who took her first Burch trip this year. “When we pulled through the gates at EHS upon our return, Episcopal was home.” n
The students didn’t let the rainy weather stop them from having a good time. From left: Gillian Sarofim, Palmer Thomas, Virginia Wright, and Erin Montz.
Elizabeth Woodcock, Episcopal’s Director of Annual Giving, was one of the EHS faculty members to accompany the freshmen on their Burch adventure. Front row, left to right: Abby Fralin, Maria Faidas, Melissa Park, Woodcock, and Mary Robert Carter; back row: Bobby Burke, Francis Beach, Andrew Simpson, Evan Leonard, Aubrey Perona, Eric Chow, and Somer Glubiak.
The EHS Honor Code Register
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his year, Episcopal introduced a new facet to its oldest tradition – the Honor Code Register. While visiting Davidson College last year, 2008-09 Chair of the Honor Committee James Williams ’09 was inspired by the college’s practice of having incoming students sign an honor code book. He presented the idea of introducing a similar policy at Episcopal to Tim Rogers ’79, the Honor Committee’s faculty advisor. The School embraced the idea, and so this year each student was asked to sign the Episcopal Honor
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Code Register. By signing their name, each student acknowledges that they have chosen to attend Episcopal High School and to abide by its Honor Code. “As a student of Episcopal High School, I pledge not only to obey and maintain the Honor Code, but also to make a concentrated effort to learn, uphold, and expand the School’s higher values of respect, integrity, courage, fortitude, and, above all, honor. I hereby affirm my personal commitment to the Honor Code by signing my name in this register.” n
Anne Maxwell Douglass ’11 signs the Honor Code Register.