DWIGHT TODAY | INNOVATION
We extend kudos to the students who presented this year — some of whom presented at more than one event — including five students who received $2,500 scholarships for reaching the launch stage (indicated with an asterisk): Jared Foster ’18 | Instant Tennis Stephane Hatgis-Kessell ’20 | The Hephaestus Hand Vlad Kolotnikov ’23 | BackCare Maggie Lindsey ’19 | What the F4 Blog Audrey O’Mary ’25 | Ocean Explorers Harry Pomerantz ’20 | Trade7 Jonah Saltzman ’23 | The Good News Kate Schlein ’20 | Harry Potter Magazines Jorge Sanchez-Lara Alonso ’21, George Cho ’18 | Dwight Hooks Holden Bril ’18, Marcus Kapoor ’18 , Jacob Lindahl ’18 , Alexander McKillop ’18 | Business Investment Club Victoria Buendia-Serrano ’23, Amelia Gayle ’23, Vlad Kolotnikov ’23 | Redesigning Dwight’s Performing Arts Center George Cho ’18, Talya Lubit ’18, Malachy O’Hare ’20, Maya Tiwari ’18 | The Green Team Marcus Kapoor ’18, Ilan Pesselev ’18 | Spark Labs Stella Kogan ’24, Emma Regjaj ’24, Isabella Venturini ’23 | Art Spark Michelle Rhee ’19 , Madalena Teles ’19 | TimeBreak Kyra Spahn ’23, Mark Zhou ’20 | Spark Tutors Andie Valles-Fons ’21, Pepe Valles-Fons ’20 | h-haptic We bid farewell to our Spark Tank seniors, who graduated and are bringing their spirit of innovation to college this fall. We look forward to welcoming them back to share how they have taken their entrepreneurism to exciting new levels! We want to extend a huge thank-you to Dave Lindsey (David ’18, Maggie ’19, JackieRay ’21), who spearheaded the Foundation’s Spark Tank Committee as Founding Chair since we launched the program in 2015. His personal commitment to the concept and to nurturing our students’ entrepreneurial sparks has contributed so much to their success and to making Spark Tank one of Dwight’s unique calling cards. We are fortunate that Dave, who passes the baton to Committee member Nuno Teles (Madalena ’19, Maria ’22, Ines ’25), will stay on as a judge — and we look forward to the next generation of Spark Tank under Nuno’s leadership!
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