Yearbook 2014

8th Graders Get Real

Jessa Agner

Anne Hess

Matt Overholser Sophie Quaglia Talia Cieslinski Maddie Figueredo Alex Mirage

Mesgana Afessa

Colin Riley Zami Buggs-King Gabe Goldberg

Isaac Myran

Maya Keren

Simon Rabinowitz

Alex Pear

Eli Eisenstein

Johnny May Caroline Kavanagh Ben Silver

Ellie Smith

Ishmael Bynum Samantha Goldstein

Deb Hoffman

Kate Jones

Cassie Coale

Layah Taylor

Maya Esberg

Akshay Kulkarni

Helen Ruger

Lexy Pickering

Maya Rabinowitz Sam Mauro

Donovan Aldridge

Tim Peterson

Aaron Loder

Nile Bayard

Caila Iszard

Olivia Moffat

Caleb Metelits

Lia Weil

Louis Bartholetti

Zach Goldberg

Kavi Palmer

Ellie Cheung

Julie Marren

Bob Lynam

Allie Lipshutz

Guston Lowe

Anya Minasyan David Harvey

Jada Gailliard

Liem Buckley

Evelyn Mandel Giza Molenaar Jessica Hobbs Pifer Kiran McCulloch Lois Ottman

James Wright George Meltzer

Lily Zukin

Max Seldin

Alice Daeschler

Lucas Cartrite Quincy Henderson Lila Kushner

OliviaWells

Akhil Kulkarni

Aaron Preetam

K w ith eeping U p the 7 th G rade

Olivia Trotto

Connor Pailas

Naseer Wilson

Elise Hocking

Sam Pancoe

Graham Arms Taryn Barrett

Peter Gard Sophy Jarka-Sellers Sully Burns

Dorothy Cary

Rachel Bradburd

Aidan Curry

Daisy Lentz

Julia Tanier

Josh Benoliel Miles Gomez-Younkin

Adam Struck

Jacob Sklar

Will McQuillan

Wiley Corlett

Andrea Regli

Natalie Harrity

Seth Jhaveri

Sofian Zapf

Marlie Golden Simon L’Tainen

Anna Nauen

Isabel Ortega

Kat Maguire

Lucy Moseley

Claire Partridge

Peter Lai

Rhonda Jones Levy

Chloe Smith-Frank Jackson Quitel Zola Wharton

Naomi Laver

Colin Smith

Anabel Silver

Jacob Sternberg-Sher

Sam Webber

Kathryn Noah Weinstein Bruttomesso-Clarke

Ayla Malefakis

Elliot Barr

Gabby Schwartz Jackson Craig

Jessica D’Oliveira Jonathan Block Michael Harrity Jack Cherubini

Jane MacRae

Sufyaan Brown

Susan Robinson

Annie Lee

James Nalle

Caleb Perline

Maggie Mushi

Gabi Godin

Gabby Penn

Isabel Kinsman

Marika Bartels

Gray Palmer

Bob Reinhardt

Raia Stern

Eli Warshal

Jeff Torchon

Thea Applebaum-Licht Zoe Smith

Seve Reitano

Noah Anninger Jesse Friedman

Cushla Standefer Bella Garrioch

Matthew Flynn

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Pierre Peters

Eliana GilbertTrachtman

Malana Li

Caleb Rudick

Levi Andrews-Hoke Claire Weiss

Henry Ziegler

Abby Gaudinier Bailey Greenwald Will Terry

Nora Furstenberg-Carroll

Jeff Fetterman

Louisa Hanson

Bella Greene

Jack Cohen

Jesse Mclhenny Julia Katowitz

Aidan Kleitz

Andy Buckley

Henry Ruger

Ezra Singler

Max Marlowe

Rachel Burnett

Ben Raufer

Ben Egner

Erin Schott Caleb Friedman-Spring Dashiell Ward

Tasso Hartzog

Tsega Afessa Maribel Carpenter

Lauryn Milbourne Vanessa Mirage

Will Hagele

Alyssa Crowley

June Gondi

Mara Choitz Tre Copeland-Ricketts Eleanor Loden Kieran Laskawy Brenden Dahl

Doulin Appleberry Ava Lazin

Paige Avery

Danny Loder

Henry Farnham

Eli Kushner Madeleine McGrath Alden Kim

Ian Felzer

Piper Coes

James Hobbs-Pifer

Lola Osborne

Ben Rosin

Justin Needles Curran McLaughlin Equi Hunter

Lights, Camera, Action !

Exemptions Top row, left to right: Anya Minasyan, Lila Kushner, Alex Pear, Marika Bartels, Isabella Garrioch. Bottom row: Jesse Friedman, Gabi Godin, Marlie Golden & Sophy Jarka-Sellers.

Cross Country

Julian Spiro

Julie Raezer

Janet Kalkstein

Charlotte Perine Kate Hamilton

Liam Kleitz

Kim McMenamin

Thomas Victor Nyna D’Oliveira Elijah Lachman

Addison Kolff

Front row: left to right: Jackson Quitel, Ben Rosin, Tasso Hartzog, Mark Cristofanilli, Lily Seldin, Meg Bigelow, Eleanor Loden and Madeleine McGrath. 2nd row: Sofian Zapf, Vanessa Mirage, Ayla Malefakis, Julia Tanier, Michael Harrity, Akhil Kulkarni, Miles Gomez-Younkin, Caleb Metelits, Elise Hocking and Samantha Goldstein. 3rd row: Coach Bob Lynam, Mara Choitz, Jack Cohen, Eli Eisenstein, Donovan Aldridge, Tim Peterson and Henry Ziegler. 4th row: George Meltzer, James Nalle, Noah Anninger, Colin Riley, Sam Mauro, Nile Bayard, Simon Rabinowitz, Graham Arms and Coach Ian Van Wert.

Rugby Katie Benoliel Maddie Goldsborough Lily Seldin

Marco Cristofanilli Meg Bigelow

Shaan Palmer

Maya Wharton Leo Kastenberg Kai Cummings

Coby Keren

Qadir Wilson Lauryn Dresnin

Jekeun Jung

Adin Esberg

Front step, left to right: Sufyaan Brown and Ben Egner.

2nd step: Ben Silver, Julian Spiro and Shaan Palmer.

3rd step: Aidan Curry, Connor Pailas, Will Hagele, Aidan Kleitz, Trebor CopelandRicketts and Coach Jeff Torchon.

4th step: Coach Jeff Fetterman, Kavi Palmer, Caleb Rudick, Pierre Peters, Max Marlowe, Luke Cartrite and Louis Bartholetti. 5th step: Ishmael Bynum, Quincy Henderson and Jack Cherubini.

Lights, Cameras, Action !

Lights, Cameras, Action !

Boys’ A Soccer

Girls’ A Tennis

Back row, left to right: Coach Brett Turner, Colin Smith, Liem Zaher-Buckley, James Wright, Max Seldin and Isaac Myran.

Middle row: Coby Keren, Addison Kolff, Elliot Barr, Jacob Sternberg-Sher and Gabe Goldberg. Front row: Sam Webber, Caleb Perline, Matthew Overholser, David Harvey, Henry Ruger. Lying down: Peter Gard.

Back row, left to right: Coach Tony Patrino, Mesgana Afessa, Caroline Kavanagh, Alice Daeschler, Jada Gailliard and Sophie Quaglia. Front row: Malana Li, Natalie Harrity and Eli Warshal.

Girls’ B Tennis

Back row, left to right: Thea Applebaum- Licht, Anna Nauen, Kathryn Bruttomesso- Clarke, Chloe SmithFrank, Gabby Schwartz and Isabel Ortega. Front row: Eliana Gilbert-Trachtman, Kat Maguire, Raia Stern and Anabel Silver.

Girls’ A & B Soccer Back row, left to right: Coach Deb Brackett, Naomi Laver, Maya Rabinowitz, Abby Gaudinier, Jessica Hobbs Pifer, Taryn Barrett, Zola Wharton, Zoe Smith, Daisy Lentz, Jane MacRae, Annie Lee, Lucy Moseley, Cassie Coale, Olivia Trotto and Lexy Pickering. Front row: Sam Pancoe, Maya Keren, Lia Weil, and Helen Ruger. Lying down: Lily Zukin, Maya Esberg.

Field Hockey

Boys’ B Soccer Back row, left to right: Coach Mohammed, Elijah Lachman, Matthew Flynn, Kiran McCulloch, Giza Molenaar, Liam Kleitz, Guston Lowe, Leo Kastenberg, Jackson Craig, Simon L’Tainen, Wiley Corlett and Coach Mike Middle row: Equi Hunter, James Hobbs Pifer, Doulin Appleberry, Eli Kushner, Jekeun Jung, Seth Jhaveri, Ezra Singler and Alden Kim. Front row: Jacob Sklar, Adam Struck and Noah Weinstein.

Back row, left to right: Coach Pam Lutz, Ellie Cheung, Olivia Wells, Tsega Afessa, Lauryn Milbourne, Isabel Kinsman, Ellie Smith, Maddie Figueredo, Zami Buggs-King and Coach Kristen Yoder. Front row: Allie Lipshutz, Julia Katowitz, Louisa Hanson, Rachel Burnett and Katie Benoliel. Lying down: Layah Taylor.

Winter Wipeout

Modes of Movement

Winter WIPEOUT Top Row, left to right: Jack Cherubini, Isabel Ortega, Raia Stern, Anabel Silver, Maggie Mushi, Julia Tanier, Samantha Goldstein, and Coach Cheryl Bruttomesso. Front Row: Lois Ottman, Zoe Smith, Jessyca D’Oliveira, Cushla Standefer, Anna Nauen and Naomi Laver, Mesgana Afessa, and Evelyn Mandel. Lying down: Eli Warshal

Girls’ Squash Top Row, left to right: Coach Kim McMenamin, Lucy Moseley, Jane MacRae, Daisy Lentz, Gabby Schwartz & Olivia Wells. Bottom Row: Claire Weiss, Vanessa Mirage, Natalie Harrity, Claire Partridge, Katie Benoliel and Kat Maguire. Missing: Ellie Smith and Lily Seldin.

Winter Track

Boys’ Squash Top row, left to right: Aidan Curry, Bailey Greenwald, Simon L’Tainen, Adam Struck, Noah Weinstein, Colin Smith and Kieran Laskawy, Middle row: James Nalle, Caleb Rudick, Coach Brett Turner, Michael Harrity, Elliot Barr, Wiley Corlett, Front row: Jacob Sternberg-Sher and Josh Benoliel. Missing: Eli Eisenstein, Sully Burns, Akshay Kulkarni, Zach Goldberg, George Meltzer, and Sufyaan Brown.

Top Row, left to right: Coach Joey, Kai Cummings, Sam Mauro, Colin Riley, Noah Anninger, and Sophie Quaglia Second Row: David Harvey, Tim Peterson, Elise Hocking, Jessica Hobbs Pifer, Caleb Metelits, Kiran McCulloch. Third Row: Jackson Quitel, Maya Rabinowitz, Levi Andrews-Hoke, Henry Ziegler, and Akhil Kulkarni.Fourth row: Alden Kim, Tasso Hartzog, Lauryn Milbourne, Lily Zukin and Taryn Barrett.

Winter Exemptions Back row, left to right: Johnny May, Anya Minasyan, Helen Ruger, Olivia Moffat, Alex Mirage, James Wright, Marika Bartels, Malana Li and Gabi Goden. Front row: Ellie Cheung, Lila Kushner, Marlie Golden, Gabby Penn, Jesse Friedman, Isabel Kinsman, Jonathan Block, Bella Garrioch, Kathryn Bruttomesso-Clarke, Abby Gaudinier and Miles Gomez-Younkin.

Wrestling Back Row, left to right: Coach Jeff Fetterman, Brenden Dahl, Aidan Kleitz, Gabe Goldberg, Ishmael Bynum, Quincy Henderson, Louis Bartholetti, Guston Lowe, and Coach Aaron Preetam. Middle Row: Leo Kastenberg, Jekeun Jung, Caleb Perline, Elijah Lachman, and Henry Ruger. Front Row: Seth Jhaveri, Liam Kleitz, Adin Esberg, Matthew Overholser, Ben Egner, and Max Marlowe.

Winter WIPEOUT

Winter WIPEOUT Top Row, left to right: Coach O’Brien Wolff, Zola Wharton, Layah Taylor, Caroline Kavanagh, Maya Keren, Jada Gailliard. Middle Row: Cassie Coale, Olivia Trotto, Lia Weil, Alice Daeschler. Zami Buggs-King, Bottom Row: Maya Esberg & Maddie Figueredo

Top Row, left to right: Coach Brandon Jones, Isaac Myran, Nile Bayard, Simon Rabinowitz, Max Seldin, Graham Arms, Coach Mike. Bottom Row: Seve Reitano, Jackson Craig, Naseer Wilson, Peter Gard, Donovan Aldridge, Sam Webber, and Connor Pailas

Boys Basketball A Faculty Girls’ A Basketball Top Row, left to right: Peter Lai, Janet Kalkstein , Buddy McKelvey, Rachel Bradburd, Ken Aldridge, Anne Hess, Kathy Paulmier, Aaron Preetam, Brandon Jones. Bottom Row: Dorothy Cary, Julie Marren, Misha Horsey, Deb Brackett & Kim McMenamin.

Girls’ B Basketball

Girls’ B Basketball

Boys Basketball B

Top Row, left to right: Coach Katie Bergstrom Mark, Thea ApplebaumLicht, Mara Choitz, Andrea Regli, Tsega Afessa, Curran McLaughlin.

Bottom Row: Louisa Hanson, Nyna D’Oliveira, Ava Charlot Lazin, Maya Wharton, Kate Hamilton.

Top Row, left to right: Will Hagele, Justin Needles and Coby Keren. Bottom Row: Will McQuillan, Caleb Friedman-Spring, Qadir Wilson, Trebor Copeland-Ricketts, Jack Cohen, Ian Felzer, James Hobbs Pifer and Ben Rosin

Eighth Grade Team

Spring Fling

Girls Softball

Spring Fling

Baseball A Back row, left to right: Coach Ian Van Wert, Liem Buckley, Quincy Henderson, Alex Mirage, Louis Bartholetti, Peter Gard, Kavi Palmer, Simon Rabinowitz & Giza Molenaar. Front row: Caleb Rudick, Jacob Sternberg-Sher, Adam Struck, Caleb Perline, Matt Overholser & Connor Pailas.

Baseball B Back row, left to right: Coaches Joe McGeary & Mike Lachman. Middle row: Noah Anninger, Aidan Curry, Jackson Craig & Caleb Rudick.

Front row: Bailey Greenwald, Adam Struck, Jacob Sternberg-Sher, Caleb Perline, Wiley Corlett, Caleb Rudick, Elijah Lachman & Seth Jhaveri.

Back row, left to right: Coaches Peter Lai, & Pam Lutz, Cushla Standefer, Maya Rabinowitz, Eliana Gilbert-Trachtman, Tsega Afessa, Cassie Coale, Naomi Laver & Coach Deb Brackett. Front Row: Honor Mackenzie, Olivia Trotto, Kat Maguire, Lucy Kerr & Raia Stern. Missing: Jessyca D’Oliveira

Spring Exemptions

Baseball 6 Back row, left to right: Ben Rosin, Max Marlowe, Justin Needles, James Hobbs Pifer, Ben Egner, Caleb FriedmanSpring, Ezra Singler and Brenden Dahl. Front row, left to right: Eli Kushner, Adin Esberg, Jesse McIlhenny, Henry Ruger & Elijah Lachman.

Back row, left to right: Johnny May, Caroline Kavanagh, Chloe SmithFrank, Luke Cartrite, Thea Applebaum-Licht, Andrea Regli, Anabel Silver, Marika Bartels, Malana Li, Lucy Moseley, Gabi Godin & Elliot Barr. Middle row,: Alice Daeschler, Ellie Cheung, Marlie Golden, Gabby Penn, Jesse Friedman, Isabel Kinsman, Bella Garrioch & Maggie Mushi. Bottom row: Noah Weinstein, Claire Weiss, Kathryn Bruttomesso-Clarke, Abby Gaudinier & Eli Warshal

Spring Fling !

Boys’ Tennis

Back Row, left to right: Simon L’Tainen, Jonathan Block, Sam Webber, James Nalle, Tim Peterson, Donovan Aldridge, Gray Palmer, Gabe Goldberg, Kiran McCulloch & Sully Burns. Front row: Eli Eisenstein, Michael Harrity, Coach Tony Patrino, Akhil Kulkarni, David Harvey & Caleb Metelits.

Track and Field

Spring Fling

Girls A Lacrosse

Back row, left to right: Louisa Hanson, Anna Nauen, Maribel Carpenter, Daisy Lentz, Jessica Hobbs Pifer, Curran McLaughlin, Jane MacRae, Allie Lipshutz, Gabby Schwartz, Isabel Ortega, Ayla Malefakis, Zola Wharton, Lola Osborne, and Coach Mischa Horsey. Front row, left to right: Annie Lee, Lily Seldin, Natalie Harrity, Lia Weil, Claire Partridge and Maya Esberg.

Girls B Lacrosse

Back row, left to right: Morven Lawrie, Anna Mackean, Pierre Peters, Talia Cieslinski, Naseer Wilson, Nile Bayard, Colin Riley, Sam Mauro, George Meltzer, Zoe Smith, Jack Cherubini, Ellie Smith, Olivia Moffat & Zami Buggs-King.

Second row: Anna Cameron, Sophie Quaglia, Maya Keren, Helen Ruger, Jacob Sklar, Liam Kleitz, Jekeun Jung, Layah Taylor & Will Hagele. Third row: Coach Jessa Agner, Erin Schott, Bella Greene, Lauryn Milbourne, Julia Tanier, Alden Kim, Shaan Palmer, Miles Gomez-Younkin, Will McQuillan, Coby Keren, Aidan Kleitz, Mark Cristofanilli, Henry Farnham, Leo Kastenberg. Fourth row: Rachel Burnett, Guston Lowe, Graham Arms, Zach Goldberg, Jackson Quitel, Henry Ziegler, Ben Raufer, Coach Brandon Nesbitt, Lily Zukin, Lila Kushner, Olivia Wells, Max Seldin, Maddie Figueredo, Anya Minasyan, & Lexy Pickering. Missing: Mesgana Afessa, Taryn Barrett, Sam Pancoe, Jada Gailliard, Isaac Myran, Jack Cohen, Seve Reitano & Suf Brown.

Back row, left to right: Coach Mischa Horsey, Mara Choitz, Julia Katowitz, Curran McLaughlin, Lily Seldin, Eleanor Loden, Maribel Carpenter, Kate Hamilton, Maya Wharton, Charlotte Perine, Louisa Hanson, Lola Osborne, Claire Partridge, Anna Nauen, Isabel Ortega, Zola Wharton & Ayla Malefakis. Front row: Madeleine McGrath & Piper Coes.

Stunt Coordinators

Faculty & Staff

Leading Man

Production Assistants

Faculty & Staff

Ken Aldridge

Classic TV

Production Manager Saku Longshore & Susie Choitz

Set Engineers

Julie Marren & Fred Brown Dorothy Cary Mike Boorse, Katie Bergstrom Mark, Maryanne Rawlings & Brandon Jones

Studio Cafeteria

Gloria Cannon, Debbie Garrett, Loraine Butler, Tin Man, John Hansell, Terry Butler, Regina Hilton & Suzanne Brozoskie.

Anne Hess, Taia Harlos, Steve Kushner, Jeff Torchon & Teri Gemberling-Johnson.

Missing: Duane Large.

Nick Dobrowolski, Bob Ricketts, Buddy McKelvey, Patrick Curtin & James Jordan. Missing: Howard McKelvey, Herb Hamilton, Jason Christensen, Wayne Hinton, Tim Hunter, & Mike Metz.

Stunt Doubles

Soundtrack

Techincal Direction Deb Brackett, Pam Lutz, Brandon Nesbitt, Cheryl Brutomesso. Missing: Brett Turner

Accounting Staff

Screenwriters

Central Casting Robin Nourie, Adam Hotek, Chelsea Koehler, Will Terry, June Gondi

Angela Purnell, Audrey Pancoe, Rudy Fabry, Cindy Powell & Mina Fader

Bob Miller, Rhonda Jones Levy,

Sarah Detwiler Jack Pope

Shira Hammerhead, Fred Brown, Laura Myran, Susan Tannian, Bernadette Geller, Nancy Burrows, Mia Gannon & Lynne Tucker.

Faculty & Staff

Location Scouts

Faculty & Staff Composer Jeff Torchon

Set Commissary

Actor Hotline

Meryl Brotman & Doreen Jones Back row: Mina Fader, John King, Deb Mateffy, Steve Kushner, Nick Dobrowolski, Kathy Paulmier, Ken Aldridge & Laura Myran. Front row: Kim Lewis, Dana Okeson Weeks, Mirangela Buggs, Sally Williams & Rita Goldman.

Special Appearance by

Acting Coach

Back row, left to right: Keith Lee, Lee Goodman, Charles Banks, Pam Richardson, Larry Wilson, Pam Richardson, Sam Suber & Deb Mateffy.

Front row: Juanita Morgan & Ed Sharp. Missing: Wendell Outerbridge.

Director of Multiculturalism Make Up Artists

Herb Hamilton

Control Room Team

Studio Security

Joanne Sharpless, Karen Barbarese, Susie Choitz, Synthia Parker, Ann Jones & Ellen Berman

Dr. Craig Steven & Amber Buller

Research Team

Script Readers

Tobi Zemsky Mirangela Buggs

Studio Head Stage Manager

Bob Reinhardt & Deb Hoffman

Marge Little, Kackie St. Clair, Renee Collier & Kathryn Murphy

Research Team

Dana Okeson Weeks

Ann Jones

Annie Hill, Lorna Rojas, Fabrice Francois, Keisha Jones, Charles Cole, Deb Mateffy & Sandy Nixon.

Missing: Tim Cleary, Schneider Didier, Nate Dorvil, Marcus Goodson, Michael Malachi, Kenyatta Petty, Johnnie MacSmith & George Harrell.

On Set First Aid Marie Larkin & Laurel Ranier

Jeff Fetterman, Aaron Preetam, Dorothy Cary & Robin Friedman.

Explosions, Fires & Special Effects

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Robin Nourie Robin’s enthusiasm each day can’t be beat!

Walking into her classes, we are always greeted with her great grin and a fun classs. Her moment of silence before teaching calms us down and help us learn better. We especially enjoy the singing and dancing and fun games. We will miss her as a French teacher, but also as a friend who is always there to help us. Not only does Robin speak Francais, she can speak English and teach it as well. What a talent! Speaking of talent, Robin we will miss your dancing and joie de vivre!. We wish you well and are so lucky that now you will be our teacher in Upper School too !

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Fred Brown

Going to Latin class or the Admission Office was always something to look forward to, no matter what kind of mood we were in. Picking up a visitor is always a highlight because Fred is there. That little squirrel of a mustache will never be forgotten. His two rules are (1) Don’t be a jerk and (2) don’t draw male anatomical parts ( for lack of a more specific word) on other people’s things! His exceptional accordion, piano, Latin, Greek, improv, acting and tissue throwing skills will always be remembered.When you are with Fred, it’s party time. Fred, wherever you end up (hopefully it will be back at GFS) they are most lucky to have you!

Alyssa Crowley

Alyssa’s happy presence in June Gondi’s classroom was one that shown through every single day. Her continual support of the students is much appreciated. We will always remember the times we spent talking about Harry Potter and wedding dresses. Her rivalries over hockey teams with Jeff never failed to put a smile on our faces and we will always remember her passion for the Rangers. Go Flyers! Seriously we had fun putting up posters representing our teams. Alyssa was amazing at making sure everything went smoothly. Her three years spent at GFS were really memorable… We all enjoyed her company as she cheered us on. We will miss her in the Middle School Adam Hotek and wish her good luck in her next adventure.

Adam Hotek always came into class with a bright smile and bubbly attitude. We will miss his extensive knowledge of the “newest fads” and especially his undying love for Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber.

We have all been inspired by his wise words and skilled teaching habits. He has taught us so much throughout all his many years as an excellent teacher. Adam will be greatly missed in the middle school.

Danielle Garrett

Danielle has been working at GFS for many years. She teaches not only the Middle School Orchestra, but the Upper School Orchestra as well. Her constant dedication to expanding our musical knowledge has helped all of her students to become the musicians that they are today. Her enthusiasm towards teaching us never failed to make us excited for Orchestra every Monday and Thursday. She always chooses repertoire that is fun, challenging and enlightening in the field of music. Despite how stuffy and hot room 314 is, Danielle always brought a smile to all of her students” faces. She will be missed greatly, and we will forever remember what she has given to the GFS community.

It’s hard to believe that Ken Aldridge is leaving Germantown Friends. He has been part of our school in many different ways, starting 17 years ago as an amazing chemistry teacher. Now he is the Prinicipal, making sure we carry out the Quaker testimonies & offering guidance.

We can always count on Ken to wear his namesake sweater vests at least once a week . We also wait to see which stylish tie he has picked out for that day. We love watching him lead the faculty student basketball game every year.

When we are walking by his office and hear his music playing it brings a smile to our faces. We will miss Ken’s wonderful sense of humor that he brings to us every day.

Even though being sent to the principal’s office is never a good thing, Ken never makes you feel bad about yourself and teaches you the way to handle the situation in the future. We miss you Ken and we love you!

“Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

Today is your day.

You’re off to Great Places!

You’re off and away!”

8th Grade would n0t have been the same without...

Mesgana Afessa’s incredible voice Donovan Aldridge’s enthusiasm and outgoing personality Graham Arms’ hair gel Taryn Barrett’s love for Swedish Fish Louis Bartholetti’s gallons of iced tea Nile Bayard’s politeness Liem Buckley’s soccer skills Zami Buggs-King’s guitar and musical talents Sully Burns’ academic skills Ishmael Bynum’s berfday Luke Cartrite’s politics Ellie Cheung’s dancing Talia Cieslinski’s Tuesdays Cassie Coale’s incredible artistic talent Alice Daeschler’s dad Teddy Daesch for the win Eli Eisenstein’s koala mating sounds Maya Esberg’s awesome skill at an instrument bigger than she is Maddie Figueredo’s pen tattoos Jada Gailliard’s knowledge of John Green Peter Gard’s dar dar slaps Gabe Goldber’s tenacity Zach Goldberg’s spelling ability Samantha Goldstein’s acting David Harvey’s singing voice Quincy Henderson’s quotes (“I forgot to fall asleep last night”) Jessica Hobbs Pifer’s love for giraffes and Leo DiCaprio Elise Hocking’s lulu lemon headbands Caila Iszard’s amazing voice and dance moves Sophy Jarka-Sellers’s kindness Caroline Kavanagh’s gullibleness Maya Keren’s ability to do anything Akhil Kulkarni’s drawing talents Akshay Kulkarni’s car obsession Lila Kushner’s mothering Allie Lipshutz’s leadership Aaron Loder’s complete wonderfulness

Guston Lowe’s spock computer Evelyn Mandel’s trip through Europe Sam Mauro’s wardrobe Johnny May’s insane musical talents Kiran McCulloch’s geographical skills George Meltzer’s tech skills Caleb Metelits’posh British accent Anya Minasyan’s love for Connor Franta Alex Mirage’s EDM Olivia Moffat’s many hats Giza Molenaar’s long hair Isaac Myran’s great sports ability Lois Ottman’s long braid Matthew Overholser’s bright red hair Connor Pailas’ solid high-fives Kavi Palmer’s plaid shorts Sam Pancoe’s ability to always walk on her tippy toes Alex Pear’s opinions Tim Peterson’s “honk”-in’ good tennis skills Lexy Pickering’s Glee obsession Sophie Quaglia’s cute sweaters Maya Rabinowitz’s niceness Simon Rabinowitz’s extensive collection of Johnny Cupcakes’ gear Colin Riley’s super speed Helen Ruger’s tennis and soccer skills Max Seldin’s laziness Ben Silver’s “fun” facts Ellie Smith’s surfing Layah Taylor’s cat eye eyeliner Olivia Trotto’s soccer and softball skills Lia Weil’s lacrosse skills Olivia Wells’ love for “1 Direction” Naseer Wilson’s “mad hops” James Wright’s puma clothing Lily Zukin’s obsession with Justin Timberlake

1. Zami Buggs-King 2. Peter Gard 3. Maya Rabinowitz 4.Caleb Metelits 5.Colin Riley 6. Sophia Quaglia, 7. Ben Silver 8. Alice Daeschler 9. Olivia Moffat 10. Maddie Figueredo 11.Anya Minasan 12. Gabe Goldberg 13. Donovan Aldridge 14. Taryn Barrett 15. Olivia Wells 16. Evelyn Mendel 7. Sam Mauro 18. Akhil Kulkarni 19. Guston Lowe 20. Johnny May 21.Ellie Smith 22. Zach Goldberg 23. Elise Hocking 24. Olivia Trotto 25. Max Seldin 26. Alex Pear 27. Nile Bayard 28. Simon Rabinowitz 29. Graham Arms 30. Mesgana Afessa 31.Sophy Jarka-Sellers 32. Connor Pailas 33. Sully Burns 34. Maya Esbarg 35. Allie Lipshutz 36. Maya Keren 37.

Eli Eisenstein 38. James Wright 39. Jessica Hobbs Pifer 40. Kavi Palmer 41.Giza Molenaar 42. Ellie Chung 43. Allie Lipshutz 44. Layah Taylor 45. Lexy Pickering 46. Cassie Coale 47. 48. Lily Zukin 49. Samantha Goldstein 50. Lila Kushner 51. Akshay Kulkarni 52. Liem Zaher-Buckley 53. Talia Cieslinski 54. Isaac Myran 55.

Ishmael Bynum 56. Jada Galliard 57. Lois Ottman 58. Caila Iszard 59. Sam Pancoe 60. Aaron Loder 61.Quincy Henderson 62. Tim Peterson 63. Alex Mirage 64.

David Harvey 65. Matthew Overholser 66. Lia Weil.

Cast of Characters

Top to bottom: Anna Nauen, Annie Lee, Jacob Sklar, Daisy Lentz, Olivia Wells, Marlie Golden, Anabel Silver, Natalie Harrity, Lucy Moseley, Olivia Trotto, Lia Weil, Guston Lowe, David Harvey, Lila Kushner, Jan MacRae, Gabby Schwartz, Elliot Barr, Jackson Craig, Lily Zukin and last but certainly not least, Alice Daeschler.