Hillary Graham '18 College | Danika S. '31 College
WHAT WE LEARNED IN 2020 AT THE C.LAB LAUREL ADOLPHE, Head of Jr. Cobras KIRSTEN KLINGVALL, Director of Child Care & Curiosity The one thing that 2020 taught us is the importance of meaningful connection. With all of the changes and adjustments that had to be made, we felt losses and strived for ways to fill those holes. The loss of sport and after-school activities has been a significant adjustment within our community. The silver lining in all of this has come from our alumni. Our Rundle College alumni have been crucial to the success of the c.Lab after-school programming, which now includes Curiosity Camps (STEAM) as well as the continued growth in the Jr. Cobras Sport Development Program.
These responses highlight the impact alumni has directly on this program: “The coaches opened her eyes to a whole new possibility in sports activities.” “The experience level of the coaches inspired my child and motivated her to work hard.” “I think for the younger kids it allows them to connect with someone like them; that went to Rundle, and loves the sport they're playing.”
This year, we had two alumni who were prepared to make the adjustments with us and joined our Jr. Cobras lacrosse, basketball and badminton programs. Sarah Hougen ‘14 and Jules Szarko ‘20 stepped up and, following our return to school guidelines, returned to help create an engaging and supportive environment within our programs. As these alumni participated in these programs as students, they were able to contribute
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to our safe and caring environment, while continuing to build meaningful connections with our current students. The athletic and child-caring expertise that Sarah and Jules brought daily to our school community added to this year's modified, yet extraordinary programming. The Jr. Cobras Program plays an integral role in maintaining necessary connections with our alumni community, and their contributions do not go unnoticed. Upon completion of this year's fall sessions with Sarah and Jules, we received numerous emails of praise for alumni coaches.
We are happy to regroup and once again offer our c.Lab Summer Camps this July. We are excited to welcome back Hillary Graham ‘18, Sarah Hougen ‘14 and Matthew Sirianni ‘17 as coaches with this year's Jr. Cobras Sport Development Camps. Hillary will be joining us as the Head Coach of camps, and Sarah and Matthew will be joining us as Sr. Camp coaches. We are fortunate to have these alumni coaches share their expertise and we look forward to a great summer!
2021 ASCENT MAGAZINE | RUNDLE COLLEGE SOCIETY ALUMNI
