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JIBRIL SADIQ ’17 JIBRIL SADIQ is a senior and a member of the Knight Gallery staff, the Student Advisory Board and the robotics team. He’s taking Advanced Art Studio this year and plans to pursue art in college. In his free time, Sadiq enjoys drawing, writing and painting. Over the summer, he interned with Pace’s communications and advancement departments.
Before taking the helm of The Knightly News as 2016–2017 social media editor and co-editor-in-chief, senior ALEXIS WILKINS spent some of the summer interning with the Pace communications department. Wilkins is an executive service leader for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, an active member of the Gay Straight Alliance and a National Honor Society member. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, writing, cooking and dancing at Druid Hills Dance Center.
06 NEW LEADERSHIP Changes in the Middle School 08 ANDREW THOMAS U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection 09 CONNOR LAMASTRA Scholastic All-American
10 AROUND PACE A look at what's happening on campus 10 GREG KELLY The new chair of the Board of Trustees 11 NEW BOARD MEMBERS 12 NEW PACE FAMILIES
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34 GLOBAL LEADERS Highlighting students who set the pace outside of school 34 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS 36 CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND BOBBY MILLS' gift 37 FACULTY PROFILE Meet JOE SANDOE
38 CARE A partnership for good
42 WOMEN MENTORING WOMEN Building confidence and business skills one young woman at a time
44 ALUMNI 44 UPDATES
15 KEEPING PACE 16 CHARLES WELLBORN '83 Profile of a Life Trustee
51 NEW ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS
20 MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL THEATRE
52 HOMECOMING & REUNIONS
Summer trips, climate activities and ZEENA LATTOUF '12
KnightTimes | Fall 2016
FRED ASSAF
MICHAEL GANNON Head of Upper School JOHN ANDERSON Head of Middle School SYREETA MOSELEY Head of Lower School
CAITLIN GOODRICH JONES ’00 Director of Communications, Editor
49 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Author ANNE CORBITT '00
22 ICGL
Head of School
Communications Department
CONTENTS What you need to know
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06 NEWS
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54 A QUEEN OF THE CASTLE An intimate look at SALLY TINSLEY
RYAN VIHLEN Creative Services Manager, Graphic Designer LELA WALLACE Digital Communications Manager
Staff Writer LIZ WIEDEMANN Stewardship Manager
Contributing Photographers FRED ASSAF GEMSHOTS PHOTOGRAPHIC www.gemshots.com LAURA INMAN
Our Mission To create prepared, confident citizens of the world who honor the values and legacy of Pace Academy. To contribute ideas for the KnightTimes, please email Caitlin Jones at caitlin.jones@paceacademy.org.