AROUND THE QUAD
Student Highlights ACADEMICS
The Debate Team participated in the Liberty Bell Classic national speech and debate tournament Feb. 15-16 at the University of Pennsylvania. VI Former Noah Cutler competed in Original Oratory, and VI Former VI Former R.J. Meiers in Lincoln-Douglas, along with three Public Forum teams: VI Formers Jonathan Paras and Terry Rossi, V Formers Jackson Simon and Jack Henderson, and V Formers Manav Khandelwal and Brendan Burns. All three Public Forum teams advanced to Double Octofinals – the furthest any team has advanced from Haverford, and three teams is a record for recent history. The team also competed in the Princeton Classic Debate tournament Dec. 7-8. Led by editors-in-chief V Formers Logan Atkins and Robbie Klein, Pegasus magazine received a silver crown award from The Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Crown Awards are the highest recognition given to a student print or digital medium for overall excellence. The 2012-13 Index earned a gold medal for the hybrid print/web formats from The Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The judge praised, among other areas, the breadth of the paper’s coverage and the outstanding quality of Haverford student journalists’ writing. The staff includes editors-in-chief VI Former Will Tackett and V Former Manav Khandelwal and section editors VI Former Greg Boyek, V Former Jack Henderson, V Former Brendan Burns, V Former Jackson Simon, VI Former Noah Cutler, VI 12
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Former Graham Gaddes, VI Former Sanjay Narayanan, IV Former Kenny Fitzpatrick, and IV Former Grant Yu.
National Merit Scholars Thirteen Haverford School students were recognized for their achievement by the National Merit Scholarship program. Four VI Formers – Terry Rossi, Thomas Walker, William Ye, and Alex Zhang (pictured) – were named Semifinalists and have been confirmed as Finalists. They will continue in the competition for approximately 8,000 Merit Scholarship awards worth about $35 million that will be offered in spring. VI Formers Paul Addonizio, William Anderson, Jon Block, Gregory Boyek, T.J. Cole, Leith Dennis, Matthew Larson, Will Tackett, and V Former Shane Veno were recognized as Commended scholars, placing them among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the program. Cheryl Saunders’ secondgrade First in Math® team, relic65pa, won the First in Math Card of the Day contest for October – they were one of three winners in the country! Representatives made a surprise visit to their classroom Nov. 7 to present their prize, a 24® Game Tournament Kit and six First in Math Player of the Day
VIP Passes. Sixth-grader Cameron Colucci was Main Line Student of the Week in the Oct. 20 issue of Main Line Suburban Life and the Main Line Times newspapers. Colucci, an ice dancer, has been skating since he was 4 years old. He and his partner Katherine Grosul, a sixth-grader at Valley Forge Middle School, took second place at the Challenge Cup in pattern dance and free dance in September at The Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society. As a fourth-grader at Haverford School, he received the Will Corey Positive Attitude Award. VI Former Peter Blynn was Main Line Student of the Week in the Oct. 6 issue of Main Line Suburban Life and the Main Line Times newspapers. He is the Student Body President, a Community Awareness leader, and a leader of peer counseling at Haverford. Blynn plays soccer (captain), basketball (captain), and lacrosse. He has committed to Harvard for lacrosse and was ranked the 23rd Rising Senior in the country by Inside Lacrosse.
(standing) adviser Sara Adkins, speaker Jon Smith ’12, VI Former Chris Sukonik, VI Former R.J. Meiers, VI Former Dylan Henderson (Chairman), VI Former John Zipf, V Former Robbie Klein, Headmaster John Nagl, and adviser Jamie Griffin. The Character Mentorship Program was formed to help students who have recurring Honor Council violations to reflect and get back on track. CMP members for 2013-14 are V Formers Connor Atkins, Mike Gindhart, Alex Keszeli, and Matt Grubb; VI Formers Jake van Arkel, Will Panarese (Chairman), Josh Klein, and Joe Radico. Student Council members for 2013-14 are: Student Body President VI Former Peter Blynn; VI Form Representatives Ross Tetrault and Terry Rossi; V Form President Curran Aiyer; V Form Representatives Paul Harryhill and Nick Greco; IV Form President Gabe Newton; IV Form Representatives Guy Wuollet and Andrew Lengel. III Form President Chris Delaney; III Form Representatives Caleb Clothier and Ross Harryhill.
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Honer Council induction The Haverford School’s 11th annual Honor Council induction was held Oct. 7 in Centennial Hall. Members for 2013-14 are (seated, from left) V Former Jake Pechet, IV Former Walter Paiva, IV Former Mickey Kober, V Former Major Tepper;
Matthew Chow earns spot in orchestra IV Former Matthew Chow earned a spot in the Pennsylvania Music Association District 12