St. Luke’s School
377 North Wilton Road - New Canaan, CT - 06840
December 2009
New Fearless Leader Henry Clayton Staff Writer
Courtesy of Sam Fomon Mike Lupica, award-winning author, signs a book for Megan Flood ‘11 at the Barnes & Noble St. Luke’s Fundraiser.
Books + Music = Fun(draiser) Emily Bergmann Contributing Writer
On Sunday, December 13, St. Luke’s provided a day of music, poetry, and book signings as a means to raise money for the Parent’s Association. A portion of all of Barnes & Noble’s sales that day was given to St. Luke’s in order to fund a plethora of special programs. Any customer who presented the coupon code helped the school with all of their purchases. Other schools have used this special promotion though Barnes & Noble in the past to great success. Hopefully the event was as successful for St. Luke’s. To encourage members of the St. Luke’s community to stop by Barnes & Noble and sup-
Courtesy of Sam Fomon Take Note and Acafellas singing at Barnes & Noble. port the fundraiser, a modified coffeehouse was arranged at Barnes & Noble. The scene was not that of a typical coffeehouse. The scene was not that of a typical coffeehouse. There were no snapping beatniks. Performers were surrounded by Anne Rice novels rather than a stage. People nursed their coffee, and cars skidded on icy roads outside.
The scene was Westport’s Barnes & Noble, and the performers were St. Luke’s students and teachers. From ten o’clock until four, members of the St. Luke’s community plucked their guitar strings, sang songs, and read poetry to entertain holiday shoppers. The festivities revolved around book signings by two prominent St. Luke’s parents and authors: Mike Lupica, who just published Million Dollar Throw, and Michael J. Mauboussin, who wrote Think Twice, about the current financial crisis. Musicians of the day included Sam Fomon ’11, Emily Bergmann ’12, Joanna Bornstein ’10, Vitaly Fetissov ’11, Inna Fetissova ’10, Kamau Burton ’13, Charlie Schlinkert ’12, Conor Swanberg ’10, Andrew Veidenheimer ’10, Tommy Champion ’13, Molly Brown ’11, Spencer Jaffe ’12, and a capella groups Take Note and Acafellas, directed by Dale Griffa. There were also readings of poetry and prose by Anna Van Munching ’10, Colin McIntire ’12, Lily Holland ’11, Emily Bergmann ’12, Sam Fomon ’11, and Kelly Wendt ’10. Faculty members that participated in the event were Stephen Flachsbart, Mark Bisson, Jim Foley, and Philip Van Munching. If you didn’t get the chance to attend the coffeehouse, Barnes & Noble has been very gracious and let St. Luke’s continue to use the coupon code until Sunday, December 20th. You can go to any Barnes & Noble and give this code when you check out: 10066561. Feel free to share this code with family and friends, even those outside of the St. Luke’s community, because portions of the proceeds of all purchases under this code will benefit St. Luke’s. Keep Barnes & Noble in mind for your last minute holiday shopping- remember, a gift from Barnes & Noble is a gift for your school!
In a vast sea of darkness, one man lights the way. One man’s earsplitting cheering, witty heckling, and passionate spirit can be heard and felt above all. The Crusaders gain possession of the ball – fast break for an easy 2 points to gain the lead. From the bottom of the bleachers, he leads his followers in a unified chant: LET’S! GO! LUKE’S! LET’S! GO! LUKE’S! He is our conductor of organized chaos. This is Doug Walker. This is Our New Fearless Leader. This year, Doug Walker has become the new leader of the Sixth Man student cheering section for the St. Luke’s basketball team. Doug has taken on this role after many years of dedicated leadership from Andrew Hilboldt, who graduated from St. Luke’s this past year. Hilboldt played a major role in the founding of the Sixth Man club, and built it into what it is today. Through his years at St. Luke’s, he became widely recognized as “The
Courtesy of Brenda Meany Doug Walker ‘10 shows his passion. Sixth Man,” the embodiment of all that Sixth Man stands for. He was the one responsible for promoting all the major games, designing the awesome game day tee shirts, organizing the music to be played before and during the game, and, of course, orchestrating the very loud and enthusiastic chants during the games. Now Andrew is no longer with us; however, the spirit and passion of Sixth Man lives on, as the torch as been passed down. Doug is more than capable of taking on the task, and has absolutely no shortage of excitement.
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Holiday Gift Guide
Cheetah Woods
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