2023 Winter Beacon

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IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES Harbor Day School: A Visual Journey Through Time PAGE 04

HEAD OF SCHOOL

HDS Kind

Angi Knapp'75 Evans

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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Sparking Fun and Creativity: The Eighth Grade Elective Program PAGE 12

Always Home: The Campaign for Harbor Day PAGE 14

IN THIS ISSUE A Message from the Head of School | PAGE 03 Turkey Bowl | PAGE 09 Alumni Events | PAGE 23 Class Notes | PAGE 24 Fall Benefit | PAGE 28 Seahawks Athletics | PAGE 30 Middle School Holiday Program | PAGE 32 Lower School Holiday Program | PAGE 33 Thanksgiving Program | PAGE 34 Snapshot Stumper | PAGE 35

Noelle Becker DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

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Olivia Baumgartner Noelle Becker Angi Knapp'75 Evans Susan Johnson'88 EDITORS

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A Message from the Head of School

—————————————————————————————————— Angi Knapp '75 Evans with brothers Tommy (left) and Greg (right) on the "new" campus in 1972.

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Giving and receiving kindness are easy ways to feel good and to help others feel good too. People, organizations, and societies thrive when they are grounded in a culture of kindness.

— VIVEK MURTHY

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ith attributes such as precious, enduring, and strong, one can see how platinum was selected as the metal to represent a 70th anniversary. This year, Harbor Day School celebrates its 70th year, and precious, enduring, and strong aptly describe the state of HDS – the first independent school in Orange County.

We chose “kindness” as the theme for Harbor Day’s 70th year. Hopefully, kindness has prevailed throughout our school’s history, and we wanted to spotlight kindness this year. Our students and faculty have embraced this theme and demonstrated kindness in many ways on campus.

I particularly like that an eighth grader and a seventh grader lead the Kindness Club and serve as examples for younger students as they plan activities to spread kindness at school.

You will learn some specific activities that the Kindness Club has created in this issue of The Beacon.

Always Home: The Campaign for Harbor Day is nearing completion, and we have enjoyed reconnecting with many of our alumni. It’s always heartwarming to learn of the many ways that our alumni stay connected. You can catch up with many of them in our Class Notes section. Also, be on the lookout for a Grammy nominee and two people currently working for Google!

On the cusp of becoming alumni, our eighth graders enjoy a busy year, both making final HDS memories and strengthening their skills to prepare for high school. A feature of the

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eighth grade curriculum is the opportunity to take an elective course. In “Sparking Fun and Creativity: The Eighth Grade Elective Program,” Middle School Director Susan Johnson shares the range of electives, from handbell choir to mountain biking, available to our eighth grade students. Right now, the eighth graders are busy preparing for the Eighth Grade Musical, We Will Rock You: The Music of Queen. I can’t wait to enjoy this lively show, which will be the last one we hold outdoors. Next year, we will enjoy shows in our new 500-seat theater.

Finally, we all can’t wait to complete the new HDS campus! We already reap the rewards of the Phase 1 classroom, STEAM, library, and administrative building.

Completion of the new gym, theater, field, playground, and outdoor courts will give us a school that will be precious, enduring, and strong for at least another 70 years.

Gradatim ad Summum, Angi Evans'75 Head of School

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Students are excited to see the renderings as they arrive at their new campus in 1972 to literally break ground with shovels.

The HDS Community awaits the completion of the last phase of the new campus project. .

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By Noelle Becker CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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The St. James Day School was founded in 1952 by the Reverend Paul Wheeler.

The original site of Harbor Day School is still in operation today as an Episcopal parish.

The 1964-65 school year was the first year of the newly renamed Harbor Episcopal School with Headmaster Eric Pepper. From the outset, they were looking at plans to expand the school. This photo was taken at their location on 5th Avenue and Marguerite Avenue (now Oasis Senior Center).

A view of the front of the “new” Harbor Day School campus in 1973.

The Class of 1972 takes their graduation photo at the new campus construction site.

The first Grandparents’ Day was held in 1974. Today, nearly 500 grandparents and special friends attend this beloved annual event.

The first musical to grace The Moiso Family Activities Center was H.M.S. Pinafore.

Harbor Day joins the Newport-Mesa Junior High Athletic League, which paves the way for seventh and eighth graders to compete against other schools.

A one-to-one iPad program begins in Eighth Grade.

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Dr. Sidney I. DuPont is chosen as the school's Headmaster when John F. Marder retires after his 26-year tenure.

Dr. Daniel Greenwood is chosen as new Head of School.

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Dedicated is the recurring word used to describe the parents, students, and teachers at Harbor Day School in a fall 1973 article in The Beacon about the “new” school’s dedication ceremony. It’s no surprise that the dedication to this special place has persisted for seven decades, starting with the Reverend Paul Wheeler and a deeply committed group of parents who, in 1952, started St. James Day School out of a small parish on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach1. The school grew gradually and has undergone several transformations, but the dedication to providing quality education remains unchanged. As Harbor Day School enters a new phase, it is poised to continue its journey of excellence and growth.

The cover of the 1968 yearbook (LEFT), The Marlin, shows Harbor Day School’s name prominently on the cover. In 1975, the yearbook was renamed Spirit.

An article in the Los Angeles Times (LEFT) announces the arrival of Headmaster John F. Marder. In 1968, Harbor Episcopal School officially becomes Harbor Day School.

This photo (RIGHT) from 1968 shows Harbor Day School’s first graduating class.

The Moiso Family Activities Center-completed in 1979-held countless events & performances for decades.

The Harbor Day Families program is created.

The Linden Arts and Science Center is completed.

Mrs. Angi Knapp Evans'75 is named Head of School.

Mrs. Evans has held many roles at Harbor Day including student, faculty, parent, and trustee.

Dr. DuPont retires after a 13-year tenure as Headmaster.

Douglas E. Phelps is chosen as the new Head of School.

Construction begins on the new campus project June 25, 2020.

The HDS Community awaits the completion of the last phase of the new campus project.

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1 An April 10, 1958, article in the Newport Harbor Ensign newspaper says that St. James Parish school was started in 1952 by the Reverend Paul Wheeler.

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HARBOR DAY SCHOOL: A VISUAL JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

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CREST

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an HDS parent. It hung at the front entrance of the school but was lost—possibly in the 80’s—during a remodel.

NOW: The current design of the crest was revised in 2020.

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The Beacon—started

by John F. Marder— was originally in newspaper format.

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The Beacon is a biannual publication that is shared with our HDS community and beyond..

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PARENT COUNCIL

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THEN: A photo from

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BLUE-GOLD TRACK MEET

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The Times in 1956 shows the St. James Day School Parent Council making arrangements for a fashion show.

NOW: Our Parent Council today meets monthly, and parents chair various committees benefiting the school.

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THEN: The Blue-Gold Track Meet began in 1967.

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NOW: The tradition continues today and is one of the students’ favorite days of the year.

TURKEY BOWL

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beloved traditions at Harbor Day is the Turkey Bowl. This photo is from the 1975 Turkey Bowl.

The Blue team won 45-2 that year!

NOW: Families gather together to watch the Turkey Bowl festivities in 2022.

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The Harbor Lights literary and art magazine started in 1981.

HARBOR LIGHTS

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Harbor Lights celebrates and features the written and visual art of Harbor Day students.

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HARBOR DAY SCHOOL TURKEY BOWL 2022

THE BLUE-GOLD SCORE AS OF MARCH 14, 2023

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☛ BLUE 233 GOLD 223

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By Noelle Becker

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

This famous quote attributed to the Greek storyteller Aesop puts into the words the idea that kindness in any form creates a sense of empathy and understanding for one another.

In the 2022-2023 school year, kindness is an overarching theme at Harbor Day School.

We believe that demonstrating kindness can help create a positive and inclusive environment. And when students are inclusive, supportive, and respectful, they can foster a sense of community and belonging on campus. Middle school students at Harbor Day have been a driving force in promoting and encouraging kindness across all grade levels.

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or example, members of the Kindness Club have made it their goal to model kindness. The club— made up of seventh and eighth graders—meets every Friday during lunch recess. Student leaders on each grade-level team determine how they should spread kindness in the community. Teacher and Kindness Club Advisor Ms. Khanhvy Phan explains the club’s goal. “The students are trying to bring people together and think about others. They work to get out of their routine and be kind to themselves and others.” Colton Mossman'23, president of the Kindness Club, explains why he got involved.

“I joined Kindness Club because when I was in sixth grade, I saw the impact that it had on the community.

My favorite Kindness Club activity this year has been decorating pumpkins during Halloween. The pumpkins went to faculty members, and it was a great way to show the school’s appreciation for them.” For seventh grader and vice president of the Kindness Club Luke Bellman, “paying it forward” was something he really wanted to focus on. “There were so many There were so many times that someone was kind to me last year, and now I am in a position where times that someone I can give that kindness back to Harbor Day. In doing so, I have learned a lot was kind to me about the impact of small acts of kindness.” last year, and now In the fall, the club crafted and put into motion the Kindness Challenge, I am in a position which challenged middle school students to spread compassion across grade where I can give levels. A “chain” of kindness spread throughout the entire middle school as students carried out various kind deeds. For example, one group of eighth that kindness back graders came together and caroled from class to class (with teacher permission, to Harbor Day. .... of course). Another group aimed to get their teacher Mr. Kerr to smile. The — LUKE BELLMAN best part of the challenge was seeing the positive reactions from those who SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT received the kind deeds. Eighth grade student Campbell Kelly feels that events like the Kindness Challenge have helped spread compassion in the HDS community. “I think middle school has become a kinder place since we started the kindness activities because people have been using the skills we learned in Kindness Club and implementing them into their everyday lives.” Seventh grader Adeleine Chen also feels that the Kindness Club brought people together. “Kindness Club gave me the opportunity to talk with members that I rarely talk with, and now I know them better.”

The impact of kindness is evident in the Harbor Day School community. Luke Bellman sensibly notes that even though we are only human, we all have the potential to do better. “I think it would be foolish to say that Harbor Day is a perfect school with no flaws, but the Kindness Club always tries its best to spread kindness, and from what I've seen, we have been, in many cases, successful. However, we cannot drown out hate with hate, so we must continue to glow brighter and spread kindness.” The club’s positive message to spread compassion at Harbor Day School and in our greater community is just one small step. But it is a step toward making the world better for all. n

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2. The seventh grade Kindness Club.

3. The eighth grade Kindness Club.

4. The chain of kindness hung in the middle school hallway for all students to see and read.

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1. The kindness and love chain made by first and fourth graders.

2. Kindness posters created by middle school students in their advisory classes are posted on the walls in middle school at the beginning of the school year.

3. Students pose for a photo in front of the Kindness Wall.

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1. The Handbell Choir performing at the Lower School Holiday Program in 2021.

2. Eighth grade students Elliott Singletary and Kaitlyn Dostert work on prop making for the Eighth Grade Musical We Will Rock You. 3. Eighth grade bike elective in 2021.

4. Julia Dong and Dylan Brigulio show off their ceramic projects.

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SPARKING FUN AND CREATIVITY: THE EIGHTH GRADE ELECTIVE PROGRAM

By Susan Johnson'88

If you ask most eighth graders what their favorite class is, many will say, “Elective.”

A hallmark of the eighth grade experience, the Elective program allows students to foster an existing interest or spark a new passion. So, what exactly is it?

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tudents can explore diverse class offerings that meet three days a week for sessions that last five to six weeks during the academic year. Some examples of elective classes include: Ceramics with Ms. Courtney Zarrilli, Video Production with Mr. Derick Pikula, Yearbook with Mr. Jon Grogan, Handbells with Ms. Robyn Manion, Acting with Mr. Joel Maki, Glass Fusing or Painting with Ms. Dayna Sable, Health Education with Nurse Melissa Perez, Programming with Mr. James Gapp, or Mountain Biking with Mr. Chatom Arkin.

Students rank their options before being placed in a particular elective class. Careful consideration is given to each grouping, and most students enjoy their placement, even if it is not their first choice. While sometimes students may be disappointed they don’t get their first choice, this can also be an opportunity for students to deal with disappointment in a low-stakes situation and learn to make the most of their elective session.

Each elective class has its own objectives and skills taught.

Sometimes, an elective teacher offers a class to further their own subject matter. For example, Ms. Zarrilli says, “I enjoy teaching the Ceramics Elective because it allows the students to dive deeper into throwing or hand building and explore what is possible with clay. Having classes three times a week, the students can try new techniques, build bigger projects, and gain confidence in their ceramic abilities.”

Other times, teachers offer something they are passionate about to expose students to something entirely outside the traditional curriculum. One of the most popular electives offered at the end of the school year is Mr. Arkin’s Mountain Biking Elective. An avid biker, Mr. Arkin feels that mountain biking is an excellent way for students to learn fundamental bike safety skills while exploring the area’s surrounding beauty (no E-Bikes are allowed, and helmets are an absolute must to participate!)

As a culminating activity, the Mountain Bike Elective rides through Crystal Cove and ends up at the Shake Shack for a celebratory treat. “Elective classes allow some of our students to showcase talents or skill sets that might not have been on BEACON FALL/WINTER 2023

display in other areas. It’s great to see a kid do something well when maybe he or she hasn’t had the same success in his or her academic classes. This helps boost their sense of self and allows their peers to value them in ways they probably weren’t before. Also...they’re super fun!” says Mr. Arkin.

Some elective classes produce work that benefits the entire Harbor Day School community. The Yearbook Elective with Mr. Grogan is a perfect example of this. He says, “The Yearbook Elective is offered for two sessions. During those sessions, students create the cover, generate superlatives, and photograph school life. The ultimate goal of this elective is to allow our graduating class time to personalize their yearbook, which becomes HDS history.”

The Video Production Elective with Mr. Pikula shares their videos at the Middle School Morning Meetings to help build community. Students create the ideas, film the content, and edit the final product, and the entire middle school division looks forward to these creative productions. Also, the Handbell Elective—which requires no prior musical experience—with Ms. Manion is something that the whole community enjoys during the Lower School and Middle School Holiday Shows.

The third elective session after Winter Break is known as “Musical Season.” Eighth grade students audition for the musical, and after roles are cast, students are placed in elective classes that support the Eighth Grade Musical. For example, the lead roles in this year’s musical, We Will Rock You, are in the Core Musical Elective, and they meet with Mr. Maki and Ms. Manion to work on the music and specific scenes during Elective Class. Students who aren’t on stage help “behind the scenes” by working on the stage crew or being involved with the Prop Making Elective.

One of the best things about the Elective program is that it allows students to discover new interests they may not have known and bond with classmates outside of their regular core classes. In addition, the Elective program offers students a chance to step outside of their comfort zones and try new things, all in a supportive and encouraging environment. n 13

The fully complete campus will open September 2023.

Together we have built a campus with gifts of $49.3M to the campaign.

Thank you !

The campaign concludes June 2023.

Your gift today secures Harbor Day’s future.

OUR GOAL IS

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PHASE II Campaign Cabinet 2018-2023 ALEX AND ALAN AIRTH | Co-Chairs KERRI AND DANNY '87 SONENSHINE | Co-Chairs NICKI AND MIKE CUDZIL JENNY GROSS KATY '96 AND DOUG HANKE CHRIS SHEPHERDSON'96 | Board President AARON BARTZ | Past President WHITNEY GOMEZ | Past President ANGI EVANS'75 | Head of School OLIVIA BAUMGARTNER | Director of Development CHRISTI VEAL | Campaign Manager

Building and Grounds Team PAUL CASEY STEVE THORP BOB SEARLES ERIC OLSEN'90 THE HDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2017-2023

Architect

General Contractor

LPA, INC.

DPR CONSTRUCTION, INC.

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PHASE II

MUSIC CLASSROOMS

LOCKER ROOMS

CONFERENCE ROOM

TWO HALF-COURTS FULL-SIZE BASKETBALL COURT

THEATER

KITCHEN

GYM

STUDENT COMMONS

LOWER SCHOOL PLAYGROUND ATHLETIC FIELD

EXTERIOR Competition grade synthetic turf athletic field with a 200m track Full-size basketball court Two half-courts striped for pickleball and four square Completed student commons for lunch and gathering

INTERIOR 500 seat theater with a fixed mezzanine and retractable floor seating Lower School and Middle School music classrooms Full-size gymnasium Sport locker rooms Kitchen Board conference room 16

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Our Completed Campus 99,000 total square feet of interior educational space (from 56,000 square feet in our 1972 campus)

66,000

Nearly square feet of space in the new classroom and administration building

39 dedicated teaching spaces from lower school homerooms and middle school subject classrooms to STEAM program spaces

9 dedicated breakout spaces or co-labs 3 outdoor classroom spaces for Lower School 2 full playgrounds— Kindergarten and Lower School (Phase II)

How do I make a gift?

Call or email any cabinet member, or Director of Development Olivia Baumgartner at 949.640.1410 ext 217 | obaumgartner@harborday.org Return the envelope enclosed with a gift or pledge written on behalf of Harbor Day Endowment Corporation

Online at:

Scan the QR code to make a gift via Venmo.

Your gift helps us right now.

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Donor Spotlight:

Kerri and Danny Sonenshine ' 87

Campaign co-chairs

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aving the right people in the right place at the right time sets the stage for success. Kerri and Danny'87 Sonenshine alongside co-chairs Alex and Alan Airth, have been the right people to bring success to Harbor Day’s Always Home campaign since 2016-2017 and have cemented their place in history with the completion of the building project in 2023. Those who know Kerri and Danny recognize they are deeply reflective and thoughtful, intentional with their expression of need with great personal conviction, tenacious, and generous. At the campaign’s outset, no one was more committed to the building project than the then-president of the Board of Trustees Danny Sonenshine'87. He recalls, “in terms of the campus itself, I saw firsthand as a board member: phone calls over the summer with pipes bursting and parts of the building falling apart—the old campus was not sustainable.”

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HDS Board of Trustees. In her second year on the Board, she chairs the Board's Development Committee and serves as an at-large member on the Executive Committee. As a couple, Kerri and Danny embody the values of service toward an organization on behalf of Harbor Day and share their experiences with fellow parents. Kerri adds that they consider themselves fortunate “because we’ve come full circle: we’ve seen the impact that everybody talks about and how well-prepared our girls were for those next challenges. With our son, we’ve also seen the school evolve, and we get to do it all again and see that it’s only gotten better with technology and ways of learning— I love that it is not the same curriculum that Maggie had 13 years ago and at many schools, it would be.”

It wasn’t always a straightforward path.

For Kerri, she recalls that initially, as a product of Cincinnati public schools, she was skeptical.

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the teachers, and how as their top priorities. The first much they cared. We significant event of the campaign appreciated the extra in 2018 invited past trustees to attention the students hear the earliest plans and received and the developed a strong founcommunication dation for its success. with teachers. I Since then, the cabinet felt really lucky has been fundraising that our girls were steadily to reach its goal being challenged of $55 million. The curWe’ve seen the impact that and getting what rent total is more than everybody talks about and they needed and $49 million. “What has more.” Some of been the most amazing how well-prepared Danny’s first memothing of the whole process our girls were for those ries of Harbor Day is to see the outpouring of next challenges. included hearing his support. We have raised so '84 brother, Coby talking much and the goal is in sight.” about his first years at Harbor Day has a new future because Harbor Day, and about the of Kerri and Danny'87 Sonenshine’s leadership, infamous blue chairs, which Danny visited vision, and personal dedication. As Head of early and often. When they returned to School, Angi Evans, has said repeatedly, test their eldest child, Danny remembers “without them, it’s hard to imagine us being thinking, “Oh my gosh, it hasn’t changed where we are today and teaching in this new a bit. It was an old building when I was here, building. Their hearts are in this project.” and it hadn’t changed.”

Looking back on the 1972 campus, it was filled with memories beloved by families and One aspect of the early work was recognizing graduated nearly 2,200 alumni. The core of the need for the building project. Another was our school has always been to educate our messaging and motivating a whole community. students, and Danny captures it best in closing: Those who have served on the Harbor Day “The campus is amazing, but I go back to the board proudly recount the “working board” mission of the school, and the work that the aspect of assembled volunteers—deeply comteachers do whether you are in an old building mitted and willing to share their expertise to or a new building. They are Harbor Day—now better the school. It has been this way since we just have the building that is equal to what the founding days, and trustees have held the is happening inside of the classroom.” n longevity of the school and mission fulfillment

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Always Home: The Campaign for Harbor Day is underway through June 30, 2023.

Our goal is $55 million, and we are counting on Harbor Day’s entire community to come together with gifts to support Harbor Day’s future. On behalf of Kerri and Danny and the entire campaign cabinet, thank you to everyone who recognizes the value of Harbor Day to their children and grandchildren.

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Danny'87 and his siblings Coby'84 and Mandy'92 are Harbor Day alumni, and Kerri and Danny are parents to Maggie'16, Sarah'20, and Tobey'29.

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R E C O G N I Z E D G I F T S A N D P L E D G E S R E C E I V E D B Y M A R C H 1 7, 2 0 2 3

$5 million+ Alexandra and Alan Airth Jacqueline Badger Mars Anonymous The William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation

$2,500,000+ Cari and Chad Peets Ginger and Don Ressler Laura and Tim Vanderhook

$1,000,000+ Teresa Young and Paul Boschetto Fry Family Foundation Cynthia and Steven Fry Lindsay and Lance Jordan Stephanie Workman Mary and Richard Godber The Lewis Family Foundation Margery and Jeffrey Lewis Katy’96 and Doug Hanke Jaime and Andy Peykoff II Veronica and Evan Slavik Kerri and Danny'87 Sonenshine Jessica and Ryan'88 Steelberg The Stacy and Jeffery Stone Family

$500,000+ Anonymous Shelley'75 and Philip Belling Suzi'75 and Brian Burke The Trane and Chapman Families Marty and David Chapman Allan and Frank H. Trane Jennifer'98 and Matthew'97 Chapman Brittany and John'03 Chapman Nicole and Michael Cudzil Jessica and Matthew McCormick 20

Glenys and Jim Slavik Polly and Joseph Ueberroth Vanna Yi and CK Wong Yue Wang and Yang Yue

$250,000+ Anonymous Jody and Scott Burnham Emily and Paul Casey Debbie and Tom Foster Maggie and Jonathan Horne David L. Horowitz Family Marianne and Tom Larkin Jeri and Danny McKenna III The Ani and Reed Stoecker Family Audrey and James Sun Robin and Donald Tippett, Jr. Christine and Tony Wang

$100,000+ The Albrecht Pieter Family The Allen Friedmann Family Trust Ginger and Tony Allen Janis and Scott Allen Tracy and Steve Friedmann Suzan and Todd Anderson Anonymous (2) Karla Kraft and Anderee Berengian Cameran and Josh Davis Tamara and Jeffrey Deckey Stacy and Dana Dowers Gina and Luke Feltham Mei-Chi and Greg Flesher Joanne and Denny Geiler Ying Zhou and Jiansheng Jin Trish and Guy Johnson Iram and Zafar Khan Sally and James Knapp The Robert & Helga Pralle Family Foundation Susan and Rob Case Kim and Jason Krotts BEACON FALL/WINTER 2023

Amy Laurendeau and Christopher Lal Alison and Brett Ledger The MacDonald Family Foundation Joyce-Ann Mahoney'91 Kimberly and Farzad Massoudi Cindy and Michael McKee Jennifer and Brian Niccol Robert O Hill Kay and James Olsen Sherry and Doug Pak Jennifer and Jesse Rodriquez Peter and Mary Russo Family Foundation Marianne and Jim Nahin Suzanne and Robert Searles Sheila and Ygal Sonenshine Terri and William Stampley The Stemler Family Ayesha and Afnan Tariq Shannon and Byron Tarnutzer Stacey and Marc Thomas Jill Johnson-Tucker and Larry Tucker Mary Lynn and Rusty Turner Deena and James Warmington, Jr. Jennie and Scott Watson Candice Stack Whitten and Travis Whitten Grace Yum Zimmermann and Kent Zimmermann Annie Zhu and Davis Zhou

$25,000+ Alia and Rami Batniji Julia and Robert Beaton Aline and Santino Blumetti Nicole and Dean Camaras Michelle and Tim Danaher Laurie and Jeffrey DeSantis Reesa and Hirad Emadi Angi'75 and Peter Evans Diana and Gareth Evans Dottie and Bill Feeney Staci and Ben Francois Whitney and Michael Gomez Jenine Esmail and Samer Habbas Terry Hackett in memory of Jana Yvonne Li and Ming Hu Elizabeth and Keith Katkin

Sophie and Philip Lu Erin and Todd Meyer Nancy and Rick Muth Diane and Richard Nelson Adriana and Eric'90 Olsen Diane and Jeffrey Osborn Jamie and Jamie Shepherdson Brooke'93 and Chris'96 Shepherdson Elena'93 and Jeff Singletary Allyson and Coby'84 Sonenshine Bonnie Lee and James Sung Ellen and David Lee Alexandra and Rick'86 Taketa The Thorp Family Townes Family Foundation Sheila Swaroop and Ashok Tripathi Tina and Shep Wainwright Sandra and Ray Wirta Mandy'92 and James Wynn

$10,000+ Kathleen and Fred Allen Anonymous Apoorva Jha-Bansal and Sharad Bansal Sally'87 and Aaron Bartz Keqi Tang and Patrick Chen Anna-Marie and Brian Claassen Molly and Thomas Davin Fanny and Jan Eckermann Vicki and James Furey Amy and Chet'84 Harrison Vivien Liu and Joe Li Esther and Christopher Lopez Chelsea and Casey Lynch Laurel and John Nelligan Lisa and Terry O’Neil Helga Pralle The Sabaugh and Ukropina Families Amber and Tim Smith Debbi and Brian Stern Danielle and Phillip Talleur Yoko and Gene Tsai Stephanie and Todd Watts Liz and Spencer Williams Peggy and Mohsen Zahedi Danni Wang and Jason Zhao CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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$5,000+ Olivia and Ludwig Baumgartner Jessica and Jason Brigulio Barbara and Tad Danz Mahsa Mahmoudi and Seth Dinan DPR Construction Cait and Ross Holland Sarah Hussain Emily and Jeffrey Irwin Nicole and Steve Joseph Mina and Mustafa Kazem Ari Moshayedi and Matthew Krasinski Kimberly and Robert Lewis Kristin and Rob Pelinka Ledford Powell Tina and Ehsan Sadri Leanne Huang and Anthony Tsai Christi and Tom Veal

$1,000+ Kenneth Alston Anne-Marie Angeloff The Arkin-Horowitz Family Emily'00 and Derreck Barker Christine'90 and Glen Cawthon Katie Curci Margarita and Mark Donnelly Charlie Evans'11 Sally Evans'09 Danielle and Matthew'93 Foster Kristi and Paul Fraley Frank S. Smith Masonry, Inc. Kristen and Brian Gooding Caroline and Kevin Gray Lisa Hogan and Griffin Hoover Cindy Huang and Ted Hsu Min Cho and Brian Huang Mira and Michael Jafar Nithin Jilla Susan'88 and Sean Johnson Jennifer and Trent'99 Junkin Linda Lai LPA, Inc. Lauren and Brian Manfred Angela and Jon Margolis Andrea and Mark McCardle Nina Prasad and Ryan Murphy Miranda and Ricky'02 Nelson Trish Olson and Tim Downs Rupali and Vijay Pai Barbara and Thomas Peckenpaugh Catherine Clementine Peets'20 Emma Peets'17 Rowdie Peets'16 Sharona and Ramin Pirnazar 22

Project Development Group Cate and Dan Robinson Beth'94 and Alex Root The Sabaugh Family Antonella Castro and Bradley Schumacher Dani Gold Sellers and Edward Sellers Whitney and Grant Shifflett in memory of Lorelei Schendel Cathy Jia and Qianhui Shu Alex Stamires'86 Laurel and Scott'96 Tippett Caitlin'90 Pickart and Anil Tiwari Cara and Bradley Todd Shea Ward Jordan and Wes Webb Hanci Song and Kuan Yang Sophia and Eugene Yim Jenny and Marshall Young

UP TO $1,000 Leila Iravani and Adel Aali Melody and Frank Antilla Katie'05 and Sam Ashbrook Grace Barton Noelle and Jon Becker Meghna and Shri Bhatia Lauren Buth Violeta Cambra Megan and Chris Carter Kristen Nassif and Michael Cavner Linda and Michael Chiao Pam and Mike Coleman Rosa and Craig Crichton Vivian Dang Eric Elias Austin and Steven Ellis Jessica Escobar-Vu and Chris Vu Katy and Ted Fike Caroline and James'81 Gapp Graham Gauthier Amy and Jeff Grace Jackie and Clint Graham Jon Grogan Steve Guerrero Julie and David Hahn Freida Hall Jordan Hanna Keri Hehn Sue and Doug Hirsh Meghan and Andrew Hoffman II Casey Hogan Kristi and Bryan Hogsett Jennifer and Brandon'96 Johnson Caren'88 and Brian Kelly Justin Kerr

Lauren and Marc Kleiman Tracy and Chaz Konkle Casey Lange Taylor'98 and Brinson Lingenfelter Joel Maki Robyn Manion Sierra Matheson Dina and James Mead in memory of Janis Allen Amy and Shawn Meyer Melissa and Mike Mullane Jamie'96 and Martin Mumford Bridget Nolan Sarah Oliphant Lindsey Ensign Olson'01 and Kyle Olson Kelley Otis Sylvanda and Cesar Padilla Heather Paff and Chris Gstrein Lorenzo Panuco Angela and Alan Parkin Ady and Joshua Parks Melissa Perez Karin and Jeff Peters Khanhvy Phan and Rick Thompson Josephine Pickard Sonali and Rogelio Pier Amy and Derick Pikula Ethnea and Briggs'85 Porter Alexa and Cole Reddin Jean-Paul Rimlinger Katherine Syroboyarsky and Sean Rowe Lurie and David Royal Dayna Sable Stephanie Samudro Heather Schmid Barbara Sharkey Kristen Statton and Jatin Sharma Sarah Sonenshine'20 Leslie and Jason Stern Morgan and Lance Stern Meggen and Ray Stockstill Janell Stojkovich Moujan Walkow Sherry Wang Jessica and Eric'94 Werner Susan Wood Leslie and Robert Yagar Christine Choe and Art Yoon Natalia Sans and Daniel Zahoul Lopez Courtney Zarrilli'92 Allan Zhang Jaime and Michael Zwerling Italicized names are deceased.

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his January we kicked off a host of alumni activities, all aimed at bringing our community together as we prepare to unveil our completed campus this fall. We were thrilled to visit with current alumni parents, past parents, past faculty, and local alumni in the library for our annual fireside reception on January 19. Guests were invited to walk the hallways and enjoy the incredible artwork on display before hearing more about Harbor Day School today and for the future.

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ust 10 days later, we closed out the month with a terrific New York City Alumni Reunion, hosted by Graysen Airth'14 and Maggie Sonenshine'16. Past parents and alumni spanning four decades joined us for brunch and a special presentation on our campus project. n

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CLASS NOTES | ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT | By Olivia Baumgartner

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Reconnecting with Pat Burns'68, we dug a little deeper into some of the eighth grade ambitions and memorable classmates.

at assures us that the sports they followed were soccer and volleyball and that “rugby” must have been a good joke among friends in eighth grade. He recalls a core group of Joseph Banning, Gilbert Barnes, and Laura Jones.

The group attended Harbor Day in its earlier incarnations as St. James Parish School on Lido Island and Harbor Episcopal School under Father Edward Allen and Eric Pepper before graduating in 1968 from Harbor Day School under John F. Marder.

Pat recalls 1967-68 as the first year of the Blue-Gold Track Meet.

(Pat captained Team Gold to victory in the inaugural event.)

The decades that followed included work, careers, and stories that weave through old Newport with the feeling of a sun-bleached patina. Pat (an avid cyclist since high school) dabbled with an early career in precision machining in an aerospace machine building on Von Karman, run by a family well known to Harbor Day: the Berteas. Jack Whitmer, a friend of such longstanding that he is more of a brother than a friend to Pat, joined him in this work before the two started an export business, bringing wine down to Central America, allowing them to drive and surf their way down the coast. Passing through in 1979, they viewed El Salvador first hand at the outset of its civil war, and Nicaragua just 10 days after the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) overthrew Anastasio Somoza. The two landed in San Jose, Costa Rica for a time before returning home. Later business ventures for Pat included strawberry and vegetable growing on 350 hectares in Guadalupe, Mexico before returning stateside. He pursued A 1959 news article from coursework at Sonoma College and GLOBE HERALD and Pilot with continued in agriculture, this time a five-year-old Patrick Burns as with vineyard work in Sonoma he helps prepare name tags for St. James’ Back-to-School Night!

County. His next venture took him up to Oregon, where he spent the next 25 years of his career with a family vineyard before retiring.

Reflecting on these years, Pat shared that he had a lot of fun, took a long time to grow up, and thinks fondly of Southern California now and then. “It was such an amazing place, and I wrestle a little bit with the privilege we all had, but that doesn’t diminish the amazing accomplishments of so many people in this geographic area. There was the freedom to try something out and an unencumbered attitude that if it should be done, then it could be done, and we were the ones to do it.”

Pat’s father, Ben, was a physician who served in the Navy, and Pat was born at Camp Pendleton. Dr. Burns set up a private practice in Corona del Mar and served on the board at a critical juncture in our past. Pat remembers the move from St. James Parish Day School on Lido Island to the schoolhouse on 5th and Marguerite and recalls worrying that there might not be a school to attend. From 1963-64, “vestry members of St. James Church had voted in October to close the school at the end There was the of January. According to the Rev. John Parke, rector of freedom to try the church, the school was something out and putting too much financial 1 an unencumbered strain on the parish.” attitude that if it Pat recalls his father returning home one night and should be done, then remarking “Well, that’s done.” it could be done, For Pat, that meant continuing and we were the at the school he’d known for ones to do it. .... years. On January 9, 1964, board members of the St. James Episcopal Day School announced that the school would not close at the end of the semester but reform as a private corporation. It would operate under the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles as Harbor Episcopal School and “open” on February 1, 1964. The Reverend Edward Allen intended to remain as vicar at the school. On Thursday, January 16, the Laguna Beach Post noted newly elected officers of the Parent’s Council for the school as Mmes. Hancock Banning III, president; Robert Gurley, vice president; Benjamin Burns, corresponding secretary; D.S. Gurney, recording secretary; and C.L. Monson, treasurer. In speaking with Pat, it is thrilling to corroborate his memories with the news archives detailing his family’s involvement when Harbor Day School’s fate was as yet unwritten.

After graduating from Harbor Day, Pat went to Corona del Mar High School and then California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, where his mother, Charlotte Burns Wood, was a professor. His sister, Heather Burns, also attended Harbor Day School. Pat is the proud father of Claire, an avid horsewoman and Army reservist now working with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. n

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This photo is from the 1968 yearbook.

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80’s

Brad'01 and Clayton'99 Stone, and Eric Neff '99.

Andrew is currently senior counsel with Allen Matkins. After Harbor Day School, he attended St. Margaret’s, followed by Stanford University for his B.A. and then the UCLA School of Law for his J.D.

——————————————————— Megan Strader Meihaus '86 and family in November 2022

——————————————————— James Strong '86 with his wife, Amy, on the North Sea on the west coast of Denmark for a family wedding in Klitmøller.

James Strong'86 has been with CAL FIRE for over three years and now serves as their Forest Practice Administration Coordinator.

James attended UC Berkeley, graduating in 1994, before serving with the U.S. Army in counterintelligence. Concurrently, for more than 20 years, he worked as a forester in the timber industry before moving into state agency work with CAL FIRE. His three daughters are all attending various universities. He has been on some exciting wildfires, actively surfs, and still keeps in touch with Steve Olson from the HDS days. He is based out of Humboldt county with his wife, Amy.

90’s

Megan Strader Meihaus is currently serving as President of Avenue to the Arts (A2A), a support group at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Fellow alum Ashley Johnson Good'90 and current parent Veronica Slavik are on the board of directors with Megan. She is excited to continue the tradition of enjoying the arts with their children. Megan’s oldest daughter is currently a freshman at Santa Margarita Catholic High School, where she is part of the Talon Academy of Performing Arts (TAPA). Her two sons are in the sixth and second grades at Mission Basilica School and enjoy playing sports.

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She and her husband, Brian, will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary this year!

Megan switched gears from her professional fundraising career to focus on her health and wellness business (but actually spends most of her time as a chauffeur for her three children). Megan lives in Laguna Niguel.

She recently enjoyed getting together with Shelley Rich Manning, Nadia Dorsey Samuel, Elena Goodman Singletary, Brooke Smith Shepherdson, and Ansley Pierce, all from the class of 1993! Go Blue!

——————————————————— A 1993 mini reunion: Megan Strader Meihaus, Shelley Rich Manning, Nadia Dorsey Samuel, Brooke Smith Shepherdson, Elena Goodman Singletary, and Ansley Pierce.

Jefferson Cowart'99 and his wife, Heather, welcomed Jacob Moshe Cowart on January 19th.

Jefferson is a systems engineer at Sidepath consulting and Heather is a Global Portfolio Manager of Oral Care at 3M, based in St. Paul, MN. Andrew Wood'99 married Michelle Bagge on March 4, 2023. In attendance were his brother Bill'90 and sister Katie'94, along with

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——————————————————— Matthew Danzig and the Danzig family, including sibling Liz '98 (on the left), following her wedding this past year.

Matthew Danzig'01 is now a Managing Director at Lazard in the technology group, investment banking division. He is a graduate of Emory University and holds a J.D. from New York University, which was followed by a judicial clerkship at the Delaware Court of Chancery. He began his career at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City and turned his attention to finance, starting at Lazard in 2016. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Allison, and two children, Reece and Penn.

Jenny Danzi Elias'01 recently stopped by to see Harbor Day’s new campus while visiting family in Newport.

She is PepsiCo’s Senior Director of the Pepsi brand and Board Director for WIN: Women in Innovation, dedicated to closing the gender gap in innovation leadership. Jenny graduated from Williams College with a degree in economics and studied at the London School of Economics and Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

She resides in New York, NY, with her husband, Alex, and two sons.

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Mitch Folks'01 has been with Adobe for over four years and is currently a Group Manager, Product Marketing. After Harbor Day, he went on to Corona del Mar High School and received his B.A. in Business Administration from USD while continuing to play baseball. He worked in Chicago and Denver and married his wife, Allison, in 2019. In 2021, the growing family returned to Orange County and they welcomed their first child, Liam James Folks, in January 2022. So there’s a good chance you’ll see Mitch and his family around town either mountain biking, surfing, or riding e-bikes to the beach year-round!

Erin Grody Kingsley'01 is the Head of Global Demand Strategy & Operations for Google Cloud. In February, she connected with Harbor Day’s Director of Technology, James Gapp, to discuss Google and how some things she learned at Harbor Day helped her be successful in her various roles at the company.

Nick Gross'02 and his company, Find Your Grind, presented a panel discussion at the SXSW EDU conference on March 6.

Alongside former Chancellor of New York City Public Schools and Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools Dr. Rudy Crew and Lead Business Planner for General Motors, Tamara Gilbert (also a Find Your Grind Mentor as well as a fierce advocate for women in manufacturing), the panel discussed their own opinions and experiences on the importance of self-discovery for students and the transformative impact it can bring. For more information, visit [findyourgrind.com].

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Laurielle Hofer Russell'04 is a Product Manager at Google, and has recently relocated back to Orange County with her family. After Harbor Day, she went on to Laguna Beach High School, then Brown University, where she earned a degree in Economics and played NCAA Division I Volleyball. After Brown, she started as an analyst with Morgan Stanley in New York and then moved to San Francisco working in investor relations in private equity. She joined Google in 2016 and worked in sales and go-to-market strategy before product management.

studio Innovation Department in New York City. He is an investor with venture capital firm M13, including Ring and ClassPass, among its portfolio. A Brown University graduate with a BA in Economics and Varsity soccer player, Jack is now based in Los Angeles.

Ellery Sever'09 has taken on a new role in Private Wealth with Katten Muchen Rosenman LLP, based out of their London office. Ellery is an international private client attorney focusing on international tax matters.

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——————————————————— Arden Bronstein (center) with fellow 2006 classmates Niki Cochran and Annie Rafferty in February 2023.

Arden Bronstein'06 works for a stealth startup, Scaled Success, as their Customer Success Team Lead and is based in Los Angeles. Arden graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism and completed her Master’s in Communication Management, Lambda Pi Eta (with honors) from USC in 2019. She recently got engaged and plans on many HDS attendees for the festivities.

Nicole Carter'08 is working in New York as a Management Associate, Global Brand Strategy & Innovation at Mastercard, following her MBA completion in 2022 from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Jack Gorab'08 has returned to the west coast after working first in investment banking with Jefferies, then as a fellow with Waterman Ventures, and on to Strategy & Operations with tech-startup

——————————————————— Daphne (top row fifth from left) with UCLA students Lily Mohtashami '16 (top row third from left) and Karina Grover '16 (bottom row second from right).

Daphne Janes'10, a UCLA graduate (class of 2018) and former UCLA Dance Team Captain and member, was asked to judge the audition for the 2022-2023 UCLA Dance Team last May and had the pleasure of meeting two other HDS alumni there who were auditioning, Lily Mohtashami'16 and Karina Grover'16. Janes tells us, “this past September, I had the opportunity to work with the girls again, as I was asked to choreograph a dance to be performed on the field at the Rose Bowl during a UCLA football game. It was such a full-circle moment to come back to UCLA, work with the current team, and connect with HDS alumni!” After finishing her third season as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, she moved to Europe last fall to pursue a joint international master’s degree in Global Economic Governance and Public Affairs. She is also applying to law schools in the hopes of studying sports law, combining her experiences in the collegiate

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and professional sports worlds with her passion for social justice. Ultimately, she hopes to pursue a career as a sports agent and advocate for women and girls in sports at all levels.

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——————————————————— Jaden Kessler '19 with her father, Robert, at the First Harvard Club Meeting in Los Angeles.

Jaden Kessler'19 heads to Harvard University in the fall after attending her first Harvard Club meeting, which introduced California Early Action & Early Decision students to each other. Jaden committed that night.

——————————————————— Halland McKenna and JD Root wed in October 2022 surrounded by family and friends.

Halland McKenna'11 married James “JD” Root on October 15, 2022, at the beautiful Stanly Ranch in Northern California.

Halland has shared how special it was to be loved and celebrated by family and friends, including HDS families–two of her bridesmaids she met through HDS. Madeline VanOtten'12 is now a Global Risk Management and Audit Analyst with Capital Group based in Orange County.

She began as a summer associate in 2019 and was the first person Capital Group hired straight out of college into the Global Risk Management group.

From an Associate in 2020 to Analyst in 2022, she led the summer speaker series, interviewing the CFO and joining several panel discussions about careers at Capital.

She also mentors summer associates.

Aiden Rodriguez'15 was nominated for two Grammys this year as a songwriter and producer of the R&B album Candydrip

by Lucky Daye. Aiden is a student at USC and paused coursework during the pandemic to focus more rigorously on his passion for music.

Nicholas “Nick” Walkow'15 will graduate from Ohio State University this spring and has accepted a position with J.P. Morgan on their financial advisor track based in Chicago.

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CLASS OF 2019 NEWS* Ella Anvaripour will go to Southern Methodist University after graduating from Corona del Mar High School.

Emily Cloherty will go to the University of California, San Diego, to play water polo after graduating from Corona del Mar High School.

Reade Decker heads to Stanford University for sailing after graduating from Mater Dei High School.

Arya Emadi will go to Santa Clara University Business School after graduating from Choate Rosemary Hall.

——————————————————— Sarah '19 with her father Briggs '85, October 2022.

Sarah Porter'19 will attend Fordham in the fall and compete on the rowing team.

She has been rowing competitively at the Newport Aquatic Center since freshman year. She placed eighth in the women’s U17 8+ category at the US Rowing Youth National Regatta in May 2021 and a twelfth place finish out of 90 boats in the women’s varsity 8+ category at the Head of the Charles in October 2022. Her father Briggs'85 rowed in college (Georgetown), and HDS faculty member and Sarah’s mother Ethnea is a Fordham alumna.

Classmates will recall Annelise Rodriguez as a former student in the class of 2019, and she, too, has made her college selection.

She is headed to New York University Steinhardt School for Fine Arts after graduating from Corona del Mar High School.

Ava “A” Walkow'19 has really enjoyed OCSA in the last four years. While Covid-19 had its challenges, affecting everyone socially, emotionally, and academically, A persevered and has many options for art school through early admission responses. They plan to pursue a major in illustration and dream of one day being a graphic novelist.

Finn Genc heads to the University of California, Santa Barbara, to play water polo after graduating from Newport Harbor High School.

Jaden Kessler will go to Harvard University after graduating from Mater Dei High School.

Olivia Krotts will attend Princeton University to play water polo after graduating from Mater Dei High School.

Sarah Porter will attend Fordham University in the fall and will be on the rowing team after graduating from Newport Harbor High School.

Darian Mahdi will go to Chapman University Dodge College of Film after graduating from Newport Harbor High School.

Ryan Katkin will go to Cornell University after graduating from Sage Hill High School.

*THIS IS INFORMATION GIVEN TO HARBOR DAY SCHOOL AS OF FEBRUARY 17, 2023.

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Harbor Day Fall Benefit 2022 It seemed fitting that our new campus would host our Fall Benefit as we turned 70, went public with our capital campaign, and reflected on nearly a year of education since moving into Phase I. The reality was breathtaking, in harmony with many of our reactions to the results of this transformational phase for Harbor Day. The evening focused on our community and brought together current parents, alumni, faculty, and even grandparents for this special night.

We have so many people to thank who made the Benefit an incredible success. Our Board President, Chris Shepherdson'96, and Campaign Co-Chairs Alex and Alan Airth and Kerri and Danny '87 Sonenshine led our remarks, and Head of School Angi Evans '75 previewed the newest campaign video along with Phase II renderings and plans. The Cari and Chad Peets Family offered a challenge grant of $150,000 to galvanize campaign participation, and we easily cruised past 50% with this accelerator. In addition, a new family to Harbor Day School, Grace Yum Zimmermann and Kent Zimmermann, announced a multiyear pledge on behalf of the campaign. Attendees gifted and pledged generously to support our campaign and building project. In total, we recognized nearly $650,000 in gifts to the Fall Benefit on behalf of the campaign.

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Sponsors and underwriters helped to make the evening sparkle. We are extremely grateful to the Lu Family, the Steelberg Family, the Cudzil Family, the Sadri Family, the Davis Family, the Dinan Family, the Slavik Family, the Massoudi Family, the McCormick Family, the Werner Family, the Taketa Family, and the Ledger Family.

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ATHLETICS NEWS HDS CHAMPIONS

FALL ATHLETICS 2022

RUNNER-UP TEAMS

8TH GRADE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

5TH GRADE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS

————————————————————————————————————— The 5th Grade Girls’ Basketball Team beat Covenant 30-16 in the championship game. Congratulations to Coach Jon Grogan and the 5th Grade Girls! Go Seahawks!

Lilliana Aali Caroline Alston Cece Cudzil Dylan Davis Anya Khan Sophia O'Neil

6TH GRADE BOYS’ FLAG FOOTBALL

Chloe Olson Reese Paolone Abigail Robinson Quinn Root Paige W. Lily Zwerling

WINTER ATHLETICS 2023 CROSS COUNTRY 2023 SEASON Callie Arkin-Horowitz Cece Arkin-Horowitz Lily Badii Jacques Bergougnan Marcus Blumetti Beckham Burke Beckham Butcher Logan Doane Clint Graham Kendall Gray Emma Harrison 30

Oliver Harrison Aaron Hsu Jameson Huey Luke Huey Gabrielle Landy Ami Louis Maria Landy McCall Morgan Collins Nelligan Pax O Hill Roge Pier

Abby Robinson Nicholas Ronaghi Anton Rowe William Shu Sierra Taketa Brooklyn Tennant Savannah Turner Hendrick Van Akkeren Hudson Willliams

Dylan Young Luca Zahoul Sans Joey Zhou Jonathan Zhou COACHES: Meggen Stockstill Leslie Yagar

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HDS CHAMPIONS 6TH GRADE GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS

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The 6th Grade Girls’ Volleyball team beat Huntington Christian in three sets (25-20, 20-25, 15-6) in the championship game. The team went undefeated this season.

Congratulations to Coach Jo Pickard and the 6th Grade Girls for their incredible effort and success!

Chloe Dufty Josie Geiler Allen Leah Jindal Macie Lewis Makenzie Lewis Shea Natland Chloe Neal Emily Niccol Lila Peykoff Sarah Rosing Leela Tripathi Dylan Young

6TH GRADE BOYS’ BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS

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Congratulations to our 6th Grade Boys’ Basketball team along with Coach Coleman for winning the championship game against Mariners Christian 43-32.

Way to go, Seahawks!

Hudson Butcher Townsend Butcher Preston Decker Connor Feltham James Joseph Aidan Paolone Keagan Peters Noah Pierce

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