Wyvern Report Summer 2022

SUMMER 2022

Graduation

Name Change

Alumni Updates

Alum of the Year

Notes from the Head of School

On Friday, May 27, St. Francis School faculty, staff, students, and families gathered at the Bomhard Theater in the Kentucky Center for the Arts to celebrate Graduation with the Class of 2022 – the 44th graduating class of the School and the final class to graduate under the St. Francis School name.

Each year, I look forward to this joyous occasion and the opportunity it gives me to pause and reflect on each student’s journey up to this seminal moment. Every class is as unique as the individuals within it, and the Class of 2022 was no exception. Among this remarkable group of young people, we

By Alexandra S. Thurstone G’80, ’84

find beautiful singers, composers, and multi-instrument musicians; fashion designers; noodle javelin champions; ‘shark eyes’ and power lifters; cross country regional champs and mile and half-mile school record holders; three and four-sport athletes; successful streetwear designers; baseball and basketball record holders; inaugural dodgeball tournament champs; memoirists; duck callers and biscuit lovers; bolly-hop dancers; animal lovers; the Commons Room gaming crew; McDonald’s lovers; Quick Recall mavens; Planned Parenthood peer educators; activists and anti-racists; refugees and immigrants; multi-talented mathematicians and photographers; costume lovers and novella authors; Chinese scholars; contrarians; cookbook authors and foodies; movie lovers; multi-linguists; outstanding speakers and premier delegation members at KYA; zombie experts; those who have persevered through great loss; loyal and fierce friends; children’s book authors; Morning Meeting announcers; Student Court chief justices; students of business; and 28 totally unique individuals.

One of our cherished Wyvern traditions is that any student who feels compelled to speak at Graduation is invited and encouraged to do so, unedited and uncensored, and every year we are touched, humbled, and entertained by their poignant remarks and their poised deliveries. Here are a few quotes from some of the students who spoke: Henry Schneiderman ’22 expresses gratitude to the community: “For my final thank you, I am happy, no, I am proud to stand here and confidently say thanks to every last one of you. To the St. Francis School community. And although I, and I’m sure many of my peers, possess these same bittersweet feelings of moving on, I am thrilled to finally join a rich community of St. Francis School alumni and I am proud to say that I, Henry Schneiderman, am a Wyvern for life.”

Lisa Patel ’22 spoke about the community’s commitment to

As I gave the students their diplomas, my heart swelled with

diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging: “I am so glad to be

pride and gratitude for what they have accomplished over

part of this community that helped me to be the person I am. I

these past four years and the people they have become, all

grew as a person a lot, but I also formed strong relationships

while living through a pandemic, navigating social and civil

with my teachers. One of the things I like about this School is

unrest, and simply managing the normal challenges that

the appreciation for diversity and equality — everyone is

come with adolescence. While saying goodbye is bittersweet,

equally served, no matter your race, religion, ethnicity, or

we look forward to their return in the coming years to share

physical appearance.”

and celebrate the successes that we know lie ahead for each and every one of them. Please join us in congratulating the

Lily Gilbert ’22 spoke about all that the School taught her: “St. Francis School has taught me how to be compassionate and how to be respectful. How to speak the truth when it matters most. How to communicate, how to feel deeply. All of this, in the most amazing and intense way, makes me a better songwriter and makes me a better person: someone who is responsible, curious, easily-inspired. For this, I am ever thankful to every single person who has made my experience here the beautiful one that it was.”

Ellie Westfall ’22 spoke about the complex nature of building experience: “[Experience is] made of regret, hard lessons, moving forward, of hoping for better. St. Francis School itself was my experience, yet marks the beginning of my experience in the world, and shapes how I chose to cultivate new experiences. I am honored to be the last class of St. Francis School, the last to share the formative, nostalgic experience of St. Francis School that my brother, dad, aunt, and friends know. The School is transforming for the future’s sake, and so must we.”

Ayda Marshall ’22 spoke on her love of cuisine, its influence in her life, and the perspective she has gained: “I’ve grown up surrounded by different cuisines, mainly Turkish, and because of this, I’ve come to perceive the world through food. Much like my experiences trying and eating different foods, St. Francis School has encouraged me to branch out and try as many activities, sports, and clubs as I like. I look forward to watching the programs for sports, etc. … grow in the years to come and continue to provide opportunities for students to branch out. I know that I will apply this perspective on life in college and beyond.”

Rayya Metry-Bonyun ’22 spoke about identity and the journey of self-discovery: “But the thing I’m truly grateful for is that for the last four years, St. Francis School has provided me with a space where I could be confused. I could be myself, AND not know who I was. And try to figure it out, and fail to figure it out, and that was just OK. That’s what I love about this school. Not only its acceptance of my abnormality, but the embrace of it. I don’t know who I am, I’m only just starting to figure it out, and that’s fine.”

Class of 2022!

A Confident Step Forward Into Our Future Alexandra S. Thurstone G’80, ’84 Head of School

After nearly a year-long process, we are pleased to recap the results of our name change exploration with you.

sive educational philosophy; helping more Mission-appropri-

As you may recall, last summer the Board of Trustees voted

Ultimately, the name selection committee was in full

unanimously to explore the possibility of a name change. A

agreement that “Francis Parker School” most closely met

Task Force was created to research all that this possibility

all of our goals for the following reasons:

would entail, including all potential costs and benefits. A survey

• it honors our history by keeping “Francis” in the name;

and multiple listening sessions were conducted to ensure we had broad feedback from all involved with the School. The Task Force also conducted research with college admissions officers, faculty/staff search firms, and other schools and nonprofits that have changed their names.

Based on that research, in January 2022 the Task Force unanimously recommended to the Board of Trustees that we change the name of the School and the Board voted unanimously that same month to change the name. Next, we embarked on the process of determining a new name for the School. We hired a Louisville/Lexington naming and branding firm, Bullhorn, to guide us in the process. They spoke with numerous constituents from the School, examined all the research from the fall, and got to work. They presented 15 potential names to Board and school leaders, and the list was narrowed down to three finalist names: The Francis School, Francis Parker School, and The Bridges School. Those three names were then tested through surveys with internal and external audiences and further discussed in listening sessions with internal audiences.

A Name Selection Committee was formed, including the Board Executive Committees from this and next year, as well as members of the School Leadership Team. The group carefully combed through the results of the recent surveys and listening sessions in order to determine its recommendation.

One of the most significant conclusions was that it is very important to the whole community to honor the history of the School in the new name, and one clear way to do so is to maintain the word “Francis”. As such, the group narrowed down the options to two final names: The Francis School and Francis Parker School. External research gave us clear feedback on “The Francis School” indicating that the majority of respondents still believed this was a religious school.

In making our final decision, we reflected on our goals for choosing a new name for the School, which included eliminating confusion about any connection to a particular faith; communicating our Mission and connection with the Progres-

ate families find us; honoring the history of the School; and positioning our school for long-term success and sustainability.

• it does not sound like a religious school; • it names us for an educational philosophy that we espouse and helps explain who we are; • even if someone does not know who Francis Parker is nor what Progressive education means, a Google search will quickly reveal who we are; • the phonetics of the name are stronger; • it already means something positive to college admissions officers and to some potential employees who live elsewhere; • it aligns us with two other powerful Independent schools with whom we might collaborate.

The Committee then sorted out whether to add a location, what articles to include, and whether to include “School” in the name. We engaged in further discussions with Bullhorn about these questions, asking them to help us sort through the pluses and minuses of each and also take into account how each option sounds and looks. We all agreed that “School” must be included in the name, particularly due to the fact that we are not naming ourselves for a person, but rather for an educational philosophy. Having “School” in the name helps clarify that fact – we are a school that is dedicated to the progressive pedagogy Francis Parker founded. We chose not to add “The” at the beginning in order for the name to be as concise as possible. And finally, because we do feel it is important to distinguish ourselves from the other Francis Parker schools in the country, and not have two Independent schools with exactly the same name, we have chosen to add “of Louisville” to the formal name. Louisville was chosen over Kentucky for several reasons: Louisville is actually the area we serve and where our students are located, because Goshen is also in Metro Louisville and many residents of Goshen still say they live in Louisville; Louisville is more clear to those outside the area as to where we are located; we base all our diversity statistics on Louisville, rather than Kentucky; and currently “Francis Parker Louisville” is stronger for search engine optimization.

After measuring each option against the stated criteria, one

Our Good Earth 2022

name clearly accomplished all of the goals we set out to

An event like Our Good Earth is truly a team effort. Thank

achieve with a name change for the School. Therefore, the

you to our chairs, committee, sponsors, and vendors.

name selection committee made the recommendation for changing the name of St. Francis School to: Francis Parker School of Louisville. Subsequently, the Board voted unanimously to change the name of the School to Francis Parker School of Louisville in a special meeting on May 23, 2022, with the change taking effect on July 1, 2022.

We want to thank all our constituents for your participation in this process, for sharing your opinions with us, and for communicating your love of and support for the School throughout. Along with the Board of Trustees, school leadership, faculty/staff, and current students, I look forward with great anticipation to the momentum and excitement this change will bring, and most importantly for the clarity it will bring in communicating our identity to the city and attracting Mission-appropriate families to the school, all of which will serve to ensure the Mission will thrive long into the future.

We will start the next school year as the Francis Parker Wyverns! Please join our School community in celebrating this hard work and the bright future it ensures for us.

Event Chairs

Lee Middendorf Stacy Plotts Gerri Willis

Committee Members

Lindsey Brodsky Siobhan Brown Casey Compton Michelle Browning Coughlin Claire Carpenter Cox Kim Hales Terri Harrison Megan Iweimrin Chavvah Johnson Allison King Emily Kirchdorfer Stewart Lussky Andi McLeroy Deena Neimat Toks Omoruyi Vicki Owczarzak Stephanie Renner Amanda Schriber Keyonda Turner Briana Wells

Presenting Sponsor

Buffalo Construction, Inc.

Platinum Sponsor ISCO Industries, Inc.

Gold Sponsors

Pearl Medical Practices & Diagnostics Laboratory SCM True Air Technologies Stock Yards Bank & Trust

Silver Sponsors

Algood Food Company Wes & Laura Johnson MPI Printing

Wyvern Sponsors

Altman Insurance Services Health Choice Enterprises Jones, Nale & Mattingly PLC OB/GYN Associates of Southern Indiana Sterling Thompson Company Ultimate MD

Equity Sponsor

Republic Bank & Trust Company

Event Team & Vendors C&H Audio Visual Services Canvas Rental Company Maddox & Rose Menish Productions OneCause Pizzazle Ready Valet Rental Depot SkyCab Balloons VideoYeti

Annual Fund 2021-22 Thank you for your fierce Wyvern loyalty! Year after year, your Annual Fund gifts elevate teaching and learning, enrich the lives of our students, and help provide financial aid and scholarships. We are grateful for each and every gift and the thought behind it. Thank you for the vote of confidence you express through this generous support.

Thank You to Our Parent Association

Our Good Earth Recap On Saturday, March 19, we gathered on the fields of the Goshen

Campus to support the Scholarship Fund at St. Francis School. Event Chairs Lee Middendorf, Stacy Plotts, and Gerri Willis worked with the committee to create an unforgettable Our Good Earth that honored the down-to-earth yet elegant vibe that patrons have come to love, and also made the evening full of twists and surprises! The first change was the introduction of equitable ticket options — this allowed every guest to choose the ticket price that best suited their financial needs. In addition, instead of a traditional seated dinner, guests enjoyed a wide selection of farm-to-table food stations centered around a theme of the four seasons, as well as being entertained by live music and games. The evening culminated with a surprise vocal duet by 8th grader Kennedy Julian and High School Counselor Dr. TuNice Cole, followed by a spectacular live auction, and most importantly, Stand for a Student, the opportunity that allows all guests to support the scholarship fund at their chosen level.

We are forever grateful for the support of our community — our Presenting Sponsor Buffalo Construction, Inc.; our Equity, Gold, Silver, and Wyvern Sponsors; our Chairs and the entire committee; and everyone who joined together to make the event a success. Through the tremendous support of our community, Our Good Earth raised over $175,000 for the Scholarship Fund and the students of St. Francis School, making it a true celebration of joy!

The Parent Association raises funds through annual dues and fundraising activities such as the High School used book sale and fun family events throughout the year to give back to the School in the form of PA grants. For the 2021-22 school year, the School received a PA grant of $10,000 to fund the following items: An additional Wyvern mascot (so we have one for each campus, as well as a new sweater for the current mascot with the School’s new name), additional water bottle fillers for the Goshen Campus, and an outdoor block set and new trikes for the Preschool.

Questions about how to support your PA or to volunteer ask: Michelle Browning Coughlin, HS PA Chair downtownpa@francisparkerlouisville.org Bridget Morgan, Goshen PA Chair goshenpa@francisparkerlouisville.org Preschool PA Co-Chairs preschoolpa@francisparkerlouisville.org

Imagine!

Save the Date Save the Date! On Saturday, October 1, 2022, we will host our Imagine! Art Auction + Scholarship Fundraiser at the Omni Louisville Hotel. We hope to see you there!

Alum of the Year: Matt Weinberg G’89, ’93 Each year at Graduation, we have the distinct pleasure of honoring one of our St. Francis School graduates as Alum of the Year. We are fortunate to have such an amazing pool of Wyverns to choose from who continually support the School and our Mission while also demonstrating the qualities of a Wyvern years after they leave our halls. This year, we honored Matt Weinberg from the Goshen Class of 1989 and Downtown Class of 1993 as the 2022 Alum of the Year. Below is the speech that Nicole Woods, Alumni Relations and Events Coordinator, delivered to honor Matt at Graduation.

When choosing an alum, we look for graduates who have made a significant impact on the School community during the most recent school year – in Matt’s case, he has given back to the School and community in a number of ways. Matt has been an Alumni Committee member for many years, during which time he has helped connect his former classmates with the

Matt is a Wyvern through and through and has been since

School, dedicated his time to meetings, and generously gave

kindergarten. His passion for the School is evident in the

back with the hopes of providing our current students with the

many ways he supports the Mission. As a loyal contributor

same experiences and memories that he had during his 13

to the Annual Fund year after year, Matt has helped

years here.

advance teaching and learning and enriched the lives of our students. In his service as a devoted member of the Alumni Committee, he has helped lead our ongoing efforts to build a vibrant, active alumni community. As you can imagine, this was no easy task in the midst of a pandemic, but Matt has been the glue that has kept our committee together during these challenging times. He has been dependable, enthusiastic, and always ready to volunteer as an alumni representative for a variety of student and alumni activities. When we couldn’t gather in person, Matt helped with planning virtual reunions and other online gatherings to help us stay connected with our alums. He brought new and thoughtful ideas forward about how to engage our alums and how to connect them with current students, including a Lunch and Learn series and creating mentor opportunities between students and alums.

Most recently, Matt, along with other members of the committee, has created an in-depth strategic plan for revamping the committee’s work and purpose to better serve the alumni community and the School, and to build better connections between alums and students. We are forever grateful to Matt for his kind and generous spirit and his unwavering commitment to the continued success of the School.

Alum Profile: Deborah Cohen ’86 Briefly describe your path after leaving high school.

I ping-ponged from the East Coast to the West Coast, attending Harvard University for my B.A. and then University of California, Berkeley for my Ph.D. When I was a graduate student, I lived in Britain and Germany for two and a half years,

Credit: Becca Heuer

doing my research and writing my dissertation. I am currently the Richard W. Leopold Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Northwestern University.

How did your time as a Wyvern impact your career path and/or life? Really fundamentally. It taught me how to figure

What three words come to mind first to describe your

out what I really loved, and (along with my parents) the

experience at St. Francis School? Idiosyncratic, Student-

School gave me a sense that it was worth at least trying to do

driven, Joyful

just that. Also, I have never forgotten Bob Foshee’s advice that you shouldn’t break two laws at once.

Looking back at your high school years, how would you describe what makes this education unique? Do any

What are the highlights of your career thus far? One of the

specific memories or examples come to mind that illustrate

thrills of the last few years has been finishing my book, Last

this? What’s incredible to think about is the freedom we had,

Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World

both intellectually and physically. Coming into school in the

at War (Random House, 2022), available at Amazon. It’s about

morning and seeing students sprawled out on the floor in their

a brilliant group of friends (and sometimes rivals) who set the

pajamas – and talking about Stendhal’s The Red and the Black,

mold for international reporting as a profession. They got

which (astonishingly) we were reading in French! Kids with

exclusive interviews with everyone, including Hitler, Mussolini,

blue hair (me included), queer kids, kids who really didn’t fit all

Nehru, and Gandhi, and helped to shape what Americans

that well in any of the city’s other schools. Going to the

knew about the world.

downtown library and checking out Lolita, and eating way too much Taco Bell.

In time, though, they could no longer separate themselves from the crises they were reporting on, so the book’s also

Heather Love ’87, Andy Wombwell ’85, and I came up with the

about how geopolitics invades people’s private lives. This has

madcap idea that St. Francis High School needed a school

been a somewhat uncanny book to be working on these last

paper. We declared we’d call it The Broad. The fig leaf for that

eight years. I set out to see the world of the 1920s-1940s

particular provocative title was that the School’s front door

through these reporters’ eyes, and find myself increasingly

was on Broadway. I think Tom Pike came up with the money to

seeing our world through their eyes, too.

fund the paper, and so far as I remember, there was practically no supervision – no limits on what we could write about. When

How do you define success? Work, both teaching and

some teachers objected to the name of the paper, no one

writing, that’s satisfying and – I hope – repays some of what I

forced us to change it, and (again, astonishingly) I remember

gained from my teachers. Plenty of time to read and to

us arguing with the even then eminent painter Ann Stewart

garden, to travel with my family, and to talk, late into the night,

Anderson, trying to persuade her that it was a

with my friends.

tongue-in-cheek re-appropriation of the term. We must have been so annoying! I still think about those punch-drunk, very

What’s next for you? Between COVID, finishing my book,

late-night drives to the printer with the paper all laid out in

and chairing the History Department at Northwestern, I

columns.

haven’t done enough reading, gardening, travel, or talking late into the night, so those are all on the near-term agenda.

Do you recall a specific teacher who influenced you or had a

And more volunteer work and advocacy – especially on the

particular impact on you? Dean Robertson, Ron Mikulak, Kit

issue of climate change.

Llewellyn, Susan Reigler

Alumni Updates Scott Davis ’86 has spent his time traveling to the far corners of the earth as a wildlife researcher and photographer. He is a recognized National Geographic Society Grant recipient and a published wildlife biologist, and he was recently featured in ‘The Adventure Issue’ of The Voice Louisville. He is also the co-author with Wiebke Finkler of a new book that features his stunning photography: The Science of Hope: Eye to Eye with our World’s Wildlife, available at Amazon.

Stephanie (Honchell) Smith ’02 earned her doctorate in history in 2015 and, in addition to teaching at several universities, she has recently started working with TED-Ed to write and produce educational history videos. Her first video, “History vs. Tamerlane” has over 300,000 views and she has additional videos on the Mughal Empire and the Taj Mahal, with one on “Rethinking the Middle Ages” in production.

Olivia Cole ’07 is the author of eight novels for children and young adults, which include The Truth About White Lies and Cloud Parliament, both available at Amazon. Her essays, which often focus on race, whiteness, and womanhood, have been published at Bitch Media, Real Simple, the LA Times, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Gay Mag, and others.

Anna Finkelstein G’11, ’15 recently completed her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Villanova University.

Kenny Gray ’14 is a talent acquisition specialist at Stock Yards Bank & Trust and is on the Board of Trustees at the West End School, which is his middle school alma mater.

Marriages/Engagements Kinsey Morrison ’14 is engaged to Dyuce Woodson.

Griffin Cote G’08, ’12 is engaged to Catalina Reusche.

In Memoriam Wyvern Babies Caitlin Eckman ’06 and Daniel Webb welcomed their daughter Chloe Elizabeth on January 5, 2022.

Harding Ison-Bowman ’02 and his wife Mattie welcomed their twins Elizabeth Hazel and William David on May 31, 2022.

Lia Garcia ’07 and Jeremy Garcia welcomed baby Aurora Garcia on April 23, 2022.

Rajanathan (Rajah) Karalakulasingam, MD, former Chair of the SFS Goshen Board and father of Goshen alumni Jasmine G’90 and Jasper G’97 passed away on November 29, 2021. Rajah graduated from Trinity College, Kandy, in Kandy Sri Lanka and then pursued medicine at the University of Ceylon. After graduation in 1966, he took a long cruise from Sri Lanka to London to advance his medical studies at the Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom, attaining his MRCP, with a subsequent fellowship in Nephrology at St. Mary's Hospital, London. He moved to the United States in 1972 to teach at the University of Louisville, and later moved into private practice.

Rajah was very passionate about Internal Medicine and loved practicing Nephrology. He prided himself on opening dialysis clinics in areas of need across Kentucky and neighboring states. In addition to his career in medicine, he also focused on service outside of medicine, with much of that being at St. Francis School.

Alumni Committee Join the Francis Parker Alumni Committee! The overarching goal of the Committee is to support the School’s efforts to foster strong relationships between the School and its community of alumni. The Committee is composed of alums repre-

8th Grade Retrospective and End-of-Year Awards

senting every decade who work with the Alumni Relations &

The Goshen Campus Head of School Award

Events Coordinator to identify, recruit, and cultivate alumni who

Leda Beale

will work to find ways to connect alums to each other and the School in the short and long term. The Committee hopes to

The Spirit of St. Francis Award

help increase alumni engagement in all regards, including but

Molly Hales, Kennedy Julian

not limited to reunions and other events (including those in other cities), annual giving and other fundraising, and admis-

The Eagle Award

sions and recruiting, and will ensure that alumni input is

Lilly Rounsavall, Kymani Turner

solicited and considered for relevant School matters. If you have interest in joining our virtual committee meetings, contact

The Frank Q. Cayce Scholarship Award

us at alumni@francisparkerlouisville.org.

Lilly Paradis The Edward Y. Mason, Jr. Athletics Award Leda Beale, Sam Hillis, Cyra Neimat, Lilly Paradis, Micah Patrick, Charlotte Rahman, Charlie Rutherford, Kymani Turner The Russell D. Herr Art Award Elliot Hall, Lilly Rounsavall, Julia Stock The Ed Gupton Memorial Drama Award Keaton Brill, Evie Faber, Kennedy Julian, Sydney Shoemaker Goshen Campus St. Francis School Lifers Attended St. Francis School continuously from Preschool through 8th grade: Mary Jane Pierce, Charlotte Rahman, Charlie Rutherford, Sydney Shoemaker Attended St. Francis School continuously from Kindergarten

Save the Date - Alumni Homecoming & Reunion Weekend!

through 8th grade: Kennedy Julian, Micah Patrick,

Friday, September 9 is the Fall Sports Picnic/Homecoming

Lilly Paradis, Lilly Rounsavall, Dylan Saltzman

on our home fields on the beautiful Goshen Campus. There will be Middle and High School field hockey and soccer games, food trucks, sweet treats, and more! We encourage alums of all ages to join us to cheer on the Wyverns and be recognized at half-time during one of the games. This is a family friendly event, and alums will have a designated area to gather and eat as well.

Saturday, September 10 is reserved for class-specific reunions. 2023 marks the 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 year reunions for the classes of 2018, 2013, 2007, 2003, and 1998. Any classes wishing to arrange a special gathering with your class on September 10, should contact the alumni office at alumni@francisparkerlouisville.org. We are happy to help!

Andrew Snyder 8th Grade Children of Alumni

The Cassie Stevens Memorial Award (5th grader) Macy Oldham

High School 2nd Semester Honor Roll

High School Awards Day Ceremony

12th Grade

10th Grade

Nora Abugabal

Ibraheem Abugabal

Junior Book Awards Yale University (Excellence in English) Xavier Shelley

Evie Dunn

Lachlan Apple

Cameron Gant

Nora Bendl

Lily Gilbert

Mireia Cecil

Anna Hardwick-Jones

Jack Christensen

Jed Ives

Alex Frazier

Lucy Johnson

Emilia Garibay-Romero

Ayda Marshall

Ella Gordon

Ali Muse

Elliott Loewy

Rosemary Peters

Ben Manno

Blaire Prince

Ronnie Oller

Henry Schneiderman

Edward Ruzicka

Sinclaire Smith

Jack Scantland

Alison Smith

Gavin Smith

Ellie Westfall

Mar Stevenson

Students who earned all As and Bs

Esme Vaughn

Smith College (Excellence in World Languages) Amelia Gorman Harvard University (Excellence in Math) Alex Miguel Princeton University (Excellence in Science) Hayden Jones University of Virginia (Excellence in History) Jackson Sleadd Bryn Mawr College (Purposeful Person) Amillia Samuels University of Kentucky (Purposeful Person) Ja’Karri Clay University of Louisville (Community Service) Jane McLeroy

11th Grade

Ahna Watt

Natalie Campbell

El Willey

Ja'Karri Clay

Mae Wilson

Senior Departmental Awards History - Lucy Johnson

Alex Faber

9th Grade

Miles Gabriele-Burke

Amy Ashby Roma

Math - Nora Abugabal

Ellen Gorges

Vitor Azevedo

Amelia Gorman

Kawin Bista

Ella Johnson

Sloane Coughlin

Fairleigh Jones

Sarah Ernst

Hayden Jones

Eliza Frazier

Senior National Society of Arts and Letters Awards Excellence in Music - Blaire Prince

Ava Kurtz

Abby Hairgrove

Laura Lopez

Lillie Hale

Excellence in Visual Art - Alison Smith

Jane McLeroy

Brinn Ishmael

West Middendorf

Henry Johnson

Alex Miguel

Fiona Jones

Markel Olabarrieta Arrese

Nola Melhuish

Sheridan Oller

Sophie Ovechkin

Amillia Samuels

Zoë Petiprin

Ikhlas Sharif-Mohammed

Wyatt Reynolds

Xavier Shelley

Emori Rosenbaum

Jackson Sleadd

Abdi Sharif-Mohammed

Emma Todd

Jude Sleadd

Kenna Cornell

Ishai Wall Zelda Wheeler

Science - Ellie Westfall World Language - Ayda Marshall

Excellence in Photography - Nora Abugabal Excellence in Creative Writing - Blake Millwood Outstanding Student in Creative Arts - Lily Gilbert Athletic Awards Senior Athlete-Scholar Awards Ayda Marshall, Henry Schneiderman Athletes of the Year Awards Stevaun Butler, Rosemary Peters

High School Graduation Awards The Phi Beta Kappa Award

Senior Project Honors

Lucy Johnson

Evie Dunn

“Writing a Novella”

The Head of School Award

Lily Gilbert

“Writing Pop Songs in Opera Form”

Henry Schneiderman Anna Hardwick-Jones The Thomas H. Pike Award

“Cuteness Over Cruelty: The Reality of Puppy Mills”

Lily Gilbert Jason Harkins

“Learning From Loss”

Anna Hardwick-Jones

Lucy Johnson

“Walking Tour of Rabat”

The Cia White Prize Book

Ayda Marshall

“Cookbook On the Influence of Arab

The Class of ’93 Esprit de Corps Award

Evie Dunn

Cuisine/Arabic Language on Turkish and Spanish Cuisine/Language”

Rotary Club Unsung Hero Award Ellie Westfall

Blake Millwood

“Blake Writes a Memoir”

Mayor’s Outstanding Senior Award

Rosemary Peters

“The Intricacies of a Common Kroger Plant:

Ayda Marshall

Studying the Life Cycles of Succulents and Cacti”

Honors Graduates Nora Abugabal, Evie Dunn, Lily Gilbert, Anna

Alison Smith

“Becoming a Seamstress”

Ellie Westfall

“Writing a Text Edition of a Book of the

Hardwick-Jones, Jed Ives, Lucy Johnson, Ayda Marshall, Rosemary Peters, Henry Schneiderman, Alison Smith, Ellie Westfall St. Francis AP Scholars Lily Gilbert, Lucy Johnson, Rosemary Peters St. Francis School Lifers Attended St. Francis School continuously from Preschool through 12th grade: Stevaun Butler, Lily Gilbert, Ayda Marshall Graduating Children of Alumni Eli Chaffin, Rosemary Peters

Dead Spell”

Class of 2022 Enrollments and Acceptances Nora Abugabal - University of Louisville Stevaun Butler - University of Louisville Eli Chaffin - Gap Year: Firefighter Training; Transylvania University Evie Dunn - Sarah Lawrence College; Centre College; University of Iowa; University of Vermont Cameron Gant - D’Youville College Lily Gilbert - New York University; Belmont University; Loyola University, New Orleans Anna Hardwick-Jones - University of Kentucky; Bellarmine University; Bucknell University; Centre College; Denison University; Hanover College; Indiana University, Bloomington; Purdue University Jason Harkins - Bluegrass Community and Technical College Jed Ives - University TBD in the United Kingdom (summer decision dates) Lucy Johnson - Georgetown University; Bryn Mawr College; DePaul University; Grinnell College; Reed College; Scripps College; Tufts University

Ali Muse - University of Louisville Lucas Nofsinger - The Ohio State University; Arizona State University; Michigan State University; Purdue University; University of Kentucky; University of Wisconsin, Madison Lisa Patel - Middle Tennessee State University; Austin Peay State University; Tennessee State University; University of Cincinnati; University of Louisville Rosemary Peters - Occidental College; Denison University; Lewis & Clark College; Macalester College; Scripps College; Soka University of America; Transylvania University; Whitman College; Willamette University; University of North Carolina, Asheville Blaire Prince - Columbia College, Chicago; Manhattan Marymount College; Pace University; Point Park University; The University of Tampa Isaiah Robles - University of Louisville; Ball State University; Wilmington College Katy Roemer - University of Kentucky; Butler University; Indiana University, Bloomington; The Ohio State University; University of Illinois, Chicago; University of Louisville; University of Wisconsin, Madison Henry Schneiderman - Dickinson College; Centre College; DePaul University; Emory and Henry College; Gettysburg College; Hobart and William Smith Colleges; McDaniel College; The College of Wooster; Transylvania University; University of Louisville Alison Smith - Idrætshøjskolen Bosei (Denmark); California College of the Arts; Academy of Art San Francisco; University of Cincinnati; University of Louisville

Wendell Lewis - Jefferson Community and Technical College; Bellarmine University; Full Sail University; Western Kentucky University

Sinclaire Smith - Jackson State University; Texas Tech University

Ayda Marshall - University of Michigan; Sarah Lawrence University; University of California, Davis; University of Louisville

Ellie Westfall - Kenyon College; Centre College; Elon University; Smith College; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Diego; -University of Kentucky

Samuel McGee - Transylvania University Rayya Metry-Bonyun - Berea College; Earlham College; Elon College; Warren Wilson College Blake Millwood - Bard College; Allegheny College; City University of New York (CUNY) Lehman; CUNY Queens; Dickinson College; Hollins University; Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Ithaca College; Knox College; Lawrence University; Manhattan College; Rutgers University, Newark; Saint Joseph’s University; University of Cincinnati; University of Dayton; University of Louisville; University of Oregon; University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Alyx Wood - Bellarmine University Tommy Wright - University of Denver; Cleveland State University; University of Cincinnati; University of Kentucky; University of Louisville; University of Massachusetts, Boston

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