Hindsight

HINDSIGHT A YEAR IN REVIEW

July 26, 2019 York School wins Business Excellence in Education and Training award from Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. October 26, 2019 Sarah Stoker ‘21 wins “Outstanding Representation” at Lyceum Model UN.

September 27, 2019 Henriette Diouf ‘20 wins first place at the Albricias prose competition.

November 15, 2019 Leonardo Del Toro ‘21, wins Youth Philanthropist of the Year, 28th annual National Philanthropy Day.

November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019 5th TEDxYorkSchool 5th TEDxYorkSchool event: The Ripple Effect event: The Ripple Effect December 8, 2019 Leonardo Del Toro ‘21, Courtney Hand ‘21, Anna Mejia-Contreras ‘21, Kate Popky ‘21 and Gabrielle Schmidt ‘21, organized a benefit for CPY’s Youth Angel Project and raised over $3,500 for the second year in a row.

December 6, 2019 Winter Vocal Concert–first time ever at Carmel Mission.

February 28, 2020 Jupiter Berrysmith ‘20 wins Silver Key award at Central Coast Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

September 4, 2019 Start of 8th grade Toastmasters program.

November 14, 2019 Sophia Sanico ‘20 named First Team, November 21, 2019 Sam Wisner ‘20, is the Monterey Rotary “Good Citizen” essay finalist.

October 2019 Yucatán, Mexico fall field trip with Ms.Kiest.

Kevin Daliri ‘21 and Leonardo Del Toro ‘21 named Second Team, Leonardo also won the Richard Chamberlain Sportsmanship award for the 2019 water polo season.

November 18, 2019 Michael Julian ‘22

15 2019

sets winning record at CSM Crystal Springs Cross Country competition.

December 2019 Fall PCAL League Awards Adrianna Brown ‘23 Kevin Daliri ‘21 Leonardo Del Toro ‘21 Michael Julian ‘22 Myra Khieu ‘23 Sooyeon Kim ‘20 Camilla Martin ‘22 Juliet Oliver ‘22 Sophia Sanico ‘20 Alana Shapiro ‘21 Sarah Stoker ‘21 Daniel Xu ‘22 January 24, 2020 E’raya Johnson ‘20 was the keynote speaker at the Monterey County 3rd Annual Youth Violence Prevention & Intervention Conference.

2020

August 7, 2020

March 2020 Winter PCAL League Awards Nora Butler ‘20 Kaeden Ellawendy ‘20 Juan Galarza ‘20 Edwin Gao ‘20 Fletcher Gaucher ‘20 Quincy Key ‘23 Jason Khan ‘22 Celeste McGuire ‘22 Anna Mejia-Contreras ‘21 Esmie Ortiz ‘22 Cynthia Ortiz-Naranjo ‘21 Justin Vu ‘20 Stone Yang ‘20 Owen Yu ‘20

May 8, 2020 May 8, 2020 Spring Arts Festival Spring Arts Festival

March 16, 2020 Courtney Hand ‘21 and Gabrielle Schmidt ‘21 are county winners at the National History Day competition. Courtney was also a state finalist.

Virtual Alumni Reunion featuring Ibrahim Al-Marashi ‘91, Adam Brodsley ‘85 and Dr. Emily Gill ‘95.

May 20, 2020 Juliet Oliver ‘22, Alan Yang ’22, Jason Mao ‘21, and Winston Chu ’21 were awarded 1st place in state (and 2nd in the nation) at the TEAMS Engineering Essay national STEM competition.

October 7, 2020 York School’s Activism Club hosts an election forum with candidates running for U.S. Congress and State Senate.

August 25, 2020 York students begin to volunteer at the Monterey County Food Bank.

December 11, 2020 December 11, 2020 Winter Arts Festival Winter Arts Festival

Sophia Sanico ‘20 recognized as CCS Scholar Athlete of the Year from over 150 schools, and over 158,000 students in the region.

March 18, 2020 Distance Learning begins at York School.

May 12, 2020 Senior gift deliveries.

August 16, 2020 River & Carmel fires erupt. October 23, 2020 York School hosts socially distanced SAT on campus.

April 16, 2020 Jasmine Agha ‘21 receives award in the World Affairs Council Monterey Bay Global Teen Essay Contest for her paper.

July 4, 2020 Monterey County Pops! live broadcast of Fourth of July concert from York’s Gawain Family Theater.

September 14, 2020 After school cohort program begins. October 26, 2020 Camilla Martin ‘22 is recognized for her diplomacy skills as the delegate from Israel in the Disarmament and International Security Committee at UCSB’s Model UN Conference.