College Care Packages for Alumni By William Cracraft
Photos by Kyle Cavallarro
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arents of recent grads gathered at the end of November to assemble college care packages for the class of 2011 - our “13th graders.” Packages contained the latest issue of the Winged Post; notes from The Harker School faculty with words of wisdom, a joke or just a few words of encouragement; a note from MaryEllis Deacon, the new director of alumni relations; a Harker logo coaster; and snacks like popcorn, Hi-Chew, granola bars, Rice Krispies treats, hot chocolate, candy canes, oatmeal and Emergen-C. Parents assembling the packages had half the fun, and the other half will be in the expressions on the faces of the young alumni when they open their packages during finals!
ALUMNI AWARDS
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onya Huang and James Feng, both Class of 2010 and at Princeton University, each received special awards. Huang received the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, an annual award that honors exceptional academic achievement during freshman and sophomore years. Winners are considered for the prize based on the difficulty of their courses as well as the depth to which they engage in their respective fields of study. Feng was awarded the Manfred Pyka Memorial Prize from the Princeton department of physics (Pyka was an instructor in that department). It is awarded to students who have shown the greatest progress in one of the beginning courses in physics. “We are very excited to welcome the next crop of Harker students [to Princeton] as well,” said Huang. “Seems like Harker kids are really doing a great job here. Harker really prepared us well, and I'm so grateful for my time there!”
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Photo provided by Christine Davis, parent
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HARKER ALUMNUS
“Shining” at Stanford
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ole Davis ’10 swam for Harker during all four of his high school years, and now swims at Stanford, a valuable part of an impressive team. Davis helped the Stanford swim team win the majority of their 11 events against Centenary in Lousiana in early September. He was one on a team of four newcomers to win the 200 Neely relay, en route to the fastest times in all 11 events. Shortly after the race, Stanford noted him on their website as “one of the underclassmen who shined” at the event. Davis also won the 50free race, the same race he made the Olympic Trial cuts for over the summer. Christine Davis, Cole’s mother, who is a member of Harker’s board of trustees, spoke recently about his current success, saying, “Coach Bart Wells did an amazing job of guiding and coaching him and getting him ready for the Stanford program.” Her son is a sophomore at Stanford now, but she recalls what he said after he finished his freshman year: “Classes were easy. Swimming was hard.”