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S T U D E N T S CHOL A R S R ECE I VE N AT I O N A L A CCOL A D E S Eight members of the Class of 2016 were named National Merit Finalists. Congratulations to Rehan Choudhury, Conner Chyung, Lucy Hsiao, Olivia Leoni, Molly Murphy, Blake Parsons, Russell Stewart and Nina Vendhan. These students are among the top 15,000 of all students who took the PSAT last year and are now eligible to compete for 2016 National Merit Scholar awards. Additionally, Choudhury was named a Boettcher Scholar for 2016. The fouryear award offers the state’s top high school seniors tuition, room, board and associated costs at a Colorado college or university and provides funding for international study and grants for internships and career development. The College Board named James Hueston ’16 a 2015-16 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar. NHRP Scholars are chosen based on both PSAT results and academic accomplishments.
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KENT DENVER SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE
A record number of wedding bells tolled for Kent Denver faculty last year!
Congratulations to all!
Emily Danitz, Upper School Science teacher and volleyball coach, and her husband, Matt, welcomed daughter, Hazel Charlotte, on Wed., Feb. 17. Hazel’s brother, Aiden, reportedly loves being the older sibling.
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Fa c u l t y and S taff U pdat e s
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THE D OCTO R S A R E I N Diagnosing mystery patients. Dissecting sheep lungs, eyes and hearts. “Scrubbing in” to observe a cardiologist in action or an orthopedic surgeon in his operating suite. For the 14 Middle-Schoolers in Wendy Miscall’s Young Surgeons elective, every session brings a new adventure in the world of medicine. According to Miscall, about half of the Young Surgeons have a strong interest in pursuing a medical career. The others want to learn more about the science of medicine and the human body. The Young Surgeons curriculum emphasizes both hands-on exploration in the lab and learning from practicing physicians through lectures and observations. Making the class fun, engaging and realistic is a top priority. “For our mystery patients unit, I had to figure out how to make a pregnancy test using vinegar and PH strips. I even cooked up a batch of fake vomit for students to examine for clues about a patient’s condition,” Miscall says.
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During Kent Denver’s 2015-16 theater season, Anschutz Family Theatre audiences were transported to 16th-century Spain in Man of La Mancha, whisked across the sea during the time of the ancient Greeks in Argonautika, invited to soar through the air on a magic carpet in Aladdin and introduced to Lilliput in Gulliver’s Travels. With overall direction by Kathleen Cribari, Peter Ellis and Taylor Pringle, For a full list of arts music direction by David Hodel, technical theater direction by Steve Root, events on campus, Upper School costumes by Judy Graese, Middle School costumes by Marti please visit www. Champion, outstanding performances by Kent Denver thespians and kentdenver.org/ extraordinary set design and production support by student technical theater calendar teams, this was another exceptional year for the theater arts.
Upper School math teacher, Mindy Adair, Ph.D. and Pam Adams were married on May 9, 2015. The happy couple will have been together 27 years this May.