Four Teachers Win Prestigious Awards Four faculty awards were announced at Convocation by Head of School Maureen Fonseca. These awards are funded by endowments established to provide annual recognition to teachers in designated areas across the curriculum.
EMILY ZOCCHI received the Illinois Award for Language, based on her work teaching classical languages. The Illinois Award was established by former Trustee William M. Collins of Chicago and nine other Chicago-area donors with connections to The Masters School. Mr. Collins’ wife, Louise Neff Collins, is a graduate of the Class of 1931 and their three daughters also attended Masters: Deborah Collins Pappas ’56, Judy Collins Hannestad ’59, and Kathleen Collins ’63. The Parvin Award for Mathematics went to MICHELE DENNIS, Chair of the Math Department. W. Rodman Parvin was a trustee and treasurer of the Board from 1942-1957. Mr. Parvin’s daughter, Mary Parvin Goodman, graduated in 1942 and his granddaughter, Barrie Goodman Pickering, in 1965. MARY CHAPPELL and PAUL FRIEDMAN received the Lightner History Award. In 1963, Eleanor Lightner Frazier, Class of 1912, and Margaret Lightner Billings ’39, initiated the idea of honoring their family’s legacy. Now 24 strong, the Lightner/Meads family’s legacy began with Helen Dean Lightner, Class of 1901, and was most recently represented by the first male in the line, Griffin T. Meads ’11, covering a 110-year span.
Cross Country Teams Enjoy Success at NEPSTA Championships In November, the boys’ and girls’ varsity Cross Country teams traveled to Vermont Academy to compete at the New England Prep School Division 3 Championships. In only their second year competing in the NEPSTA Championships, the Masters Cross Country program enjoyed success. Four athletes earned All-New England honors by placing in the top 20 in the varsity race. Gene Perry ’17 finished 4th, Jason McLeod ’15 finished 9th, and Chris Brakey ’16 finished 14th out of a total of 146 varsity runners. Aided by teammates Matt Donovan ’16, Jake Regele ’17, Henry Littlewood ’16, and Simon Belon-Alvarez ’17, the boys’ varsity team finished 3rd out of 22 prep schools throughout New England. For the girls, Emily Guzzardi ’17 finished 18th and along with her teammates, Julia Kane ’16, Elizabeth Mitchell ’18, Alex Limpe ’18, Aliyah Schneider ’16, Charlotte Subklewe ’17, and Michelle Shear ’16, finished 15th out of 26 varsity teams.
Zetetics Teams Rank High in National Academic Challenge Congratulations to all three Zetetics teams for their outstanding performance in the National Academic Challenge competition! Of the more than 300 schools that participated in this year’s National Academic Challenge, 50 schools (including all three Masters’ teams) were invited to take part in the finals that were held in November. Below are the team rankings: Masters Team Three: Kenneth Li, Olivia Zhang, Zengyi Wan, Alice Zhou, and Teddy Chan finished in 3rd place. Masters Team One: Tomiris Issayeva, Virginia Qian, Runlin Yao, May Zhu, and Luyi Peng finished in 10th place.
Shown above from left to right: Paul Friedman, Emily Zocchi, Dr. Maureen Fonseca, Michele Dennis, and Mary Chappell.
Masters Team Two: Tony Zhang, Sheila Wang, Iris Ye, Ji Hung, and Mia Ouyang finished in 29th place.
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