Titan Trail (Summer 2016)

Summer 2016

TITAN TRAIL

Fromthe Head of School It was 100º outside, and I was in a New Mexico canyon, standing beside thousand-year-old Pueblo ruins. With me on this adventure were two other educators, Trinity English teacher Francis Decker and Andy Rossburg, an International Baccalaureate (IB) Coordinator working in Outer Mongolia. As we wove our way through this beautiful canyon in the summer of 2001, we exchanged ideas and stories about what it is like to be a teacher at an IB World School. We recognized our students’ and our own fundamental needs to grow as learners. We spoke about how students feel in charge of their learning and their thought processes. Pausing for a rest beneath a shady Ponderosa Pine, we talked about how teachers extend faith and trust to students through IB projects and original research. We found common ground about the fundamental need to try new things, to think critically and to understand the fabric of logic and to appreciate free discourse. Common denominators were found in the teacher-student partnerships, the shared sense of discovery and in the way we all approach what constitutes not just good thinking skills, but great ones. Francis Decker and I were also amazed by the challenges faced by Rossburg, a gifted educator living in relative isolation, sandwiched between China and Russia. is was a person who was making a difference with young people through the IB program in a part of the world with very different needs. Coming from an independent school in a country which enjoys many liberties, I was struck by the creativity and freedom which we have at Trinity in how we implement the IB course of study. While we receive a framework of expectations and guidance from the IB program, we enjoy broad latitude in our approach. We can bring the benefits of the IB program not simply to those pursuing the full IB Diploma, but to all of our students. e Trinity mission and the IB framework have been natural partners since the day we joined in 1994. As I reflect on the first 20 years of Trinity IB Diploma Program graduates, my memories are full of rich moments, both with students here at Trinity and with colleagues from here to half a world away. I look forward to the many more memories that our students and faculty will create, experience and share in the coming years.

Mission Statement: Our charge is to challenge Trinity students to discover their paths, develop their talents and strengthen their character within a dynamic academic community.

Robert A. Short Head of School

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Brian Phillips Head of Campus Life Lee Sprague Head of Faculty Life Laura Hamlin Weiler ’00 Head of Student Life Becky A. Currier Athletic Director Laurie Hedgepeth Director of Development Margie Vaughan Snead ’85 Director of Admission Joseph Monaco Director of Operations B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e s E. G. Allen III ’84, Secretary Frank Barksdale Jr. Paige H. Bell Sheryl E. Black Bryan A. Brassington Benjamin D. Bretz ’97 Kelly Donahue, President, Trinity Parents Association Jeffrey D. Elgin, Treasurer Leesa Witty Gregory ’93 Gayle Hargett Charles T. Hill Jr. ’98 Mary Jane Hogue Marcus Jones ’00, Faculty Representative William G. Londrey ’84 Kathy Ashby Merry, Chair Rob Methven, Vice Chair Beth Loeper Nash William I. Sanderson ’94 Lynn Strader John A. Young ’83 Advisory Board J. Read Branch Jr. Otis L. Brown Milton Cerny Carol Estes-Williams Kathy Graziano Dr. E. Bruce Heilman Joseph C. Kearfott Kelly J. O'Keefe Dr. W. B. Perkinson Jr. Virginia H. Totten Dr. Henry I. Willett Jr. Richard weatt Wilson III Charles F. Witthoefft

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ON THE COVER: Artist Parks Duffey’s glimpse of the Trinity campus is taken from the original painting given to retiring Headmaster Tom Aycock in 2015. You can order your signed limited-edition print from Wendy Williams in the Titan Closet. The price is $65 each. Contact Wendy at wendywilliams@trinityes.org, or stop by the Titan Closet on campus. TITAN TRAIL

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Two decades after the first IB diplomas were conferred at Trinity, the program is thriving.

Twenty years ago, Trinity honored its first graduating class in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Just two years earlier, the school had taken the bold step of becoming the first in the Richmond area to offer the IB diploma program, a rigorous and broad course of study designed for highly motivated students in the 11th and 12th grades. In June of 1996, there were just six participants in that first IB class (out of an overall senior class of 76).

The first six Trinity graduates to participate in the IB Diploma Program gather on graduation day in 1996: (left to right) Alex Sparrow, Thabo Wolfaardt, Helen Keighron, Rob Hill, Amanda Murray and Andrew Baldwin.

Two decades on, the IB program at Trinity is larger and stronger than ever, with continued growth and development each year. Now nearly a third of students in the upper grades are seeking the IB diploma – with fully half of all students in the upper grades enrolled in at least one IB course.

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But it wasn’t as simple as slapping an IB logo on the front door. As Vivian Hiedemann, the program’s first coordinator from 1994 until her 2007 retirement, recalls, there was an initial evaluation from the International Baccalaureate Organization office in New York, which recommended things that would in fact benefit the whole school. “We needed more science equipment (this preceded the Science Discovery Center). We needed more library books. All IB faculty needed IB training, which is located all over the world,” she recalls. “Fortunately much of our curriculum already dovetailed with the expectations of IB since we had a strong AP program in place.” Andrew Baldwin ’96 was in that first graduating class and recalls that they felt more than their share of stress and uncertainty by being the “guinea pigs” in this new program. “My senior quote in my yearbook was from

Machiavelli,” said Baldwin, “‘there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.’” anks to the intrepid journey taken by that first class – and thanks to the diligence by scores of teachers, administrators and parents over the past two decades, the IB diploma program at Trinity has flourished – becoming a challenging but cherished path for hundreds more Titans. e 28 diploma candidates in the recently graduated class of 2016 represent 25% of the senior class. Next year, Marti Truman, the IB program coordinator, anticipates 33 IB diploma candidates (27% of the class of 2017). “Over the 20 years, our IB diploma pass rate has held steady at 93%, well above the global average of 80% and

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for Trinity Values that of other students in the US, which is 70%,” says Truman. She and Trinity have three things in mind when it comes to preparing students for the next step. “We want not only to get students into college, but we also want them to be successful while there, and third, to be successful beyond college,” she says. “Not just one of these, not just two, but all three.” e IB diploma program excels at preparing students for college. is is recognized not only by the colleges – who like to see that students are taking the most rigorous course available at their school – but more tellingly by the students themselves. Each fall at Homecoming, the previous year’s IB graduates return for a special ceremony, in which they receive final, official copies of their International Baccalaureate diplomas. Only a few weeks into their first semester at college, the graduates consistently remark that the Trinity IB diploma program has given them a boost in their public speaking, time management and critical thinking skills. • “It has encouraged me to do a million different things, and has allowed me to pursue multiple interests.”

The stated aim of all International Baccalaureate programs is “to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.” To focus this aim on specific outcomes for each student, the IB program lists ten ideal attributes that comprise the “IB Learner Profile,” which spurs students to be: Marti Truman has overseen the IB program at Trinity since 2007.

• “I see connections between different classes and subject areas.” • “In projects in college, I’ve gained the capabilities to lead well and work well with others in group work.” • “IB prepared me really well. I am a lot more relaxed about everything in college.” A HOLISTIC BALANCE One common question that parents and others unfamiliar with IB will ask is, “How are IB courses different from Advanced Placement (AP)?” According to a 2014 article in U.S. News & World Report, “AP courses tend to focus intensively on a particular subject, while IB courses take a more holistic approach.” e same story concluded “college admissions officers look favorably on students who take either AP or IB classes.”

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Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective

“You’ll see that some of these attributes resemble those things that are particular strengths of Trinity,” says Marti Truman – things like pursuing a balanced academic and extracurricular program, being reflective, caring and open-minded members of a community and being responsible risk-takers, an opportunity that grows out of the confidence that comes from a strong and supportive school community. “It’s the overlap between the attributes that IB is trying to develop and what Trinity has worked and had success in developing that has made it so valuable for our community and allowed us to achieve the success that we have.”

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IB students are fully engaged in the life of the school; they play sports, serve in student government, participate in the arts and lead club activities. “e IB program provides a broad, skill-based approach that allows great intellectual pursuit in all disciplines,” says Head of School Rob Short. “It’s almost that old liberal arts/specialization dichotomy. It’s one thing to be an expert in one type of microbe. at’s one way of looking at learning. But IB allows you to look at all aspects of creativity, pursuit of knowledge and a responsibility to make the world a better place.” Students who pursue the IB diploma have fairly traditional core course requirements, beginning in the 11th and 12th grades. Five required areas of study that would sound familiar to most are literature, world languages, social studies, experimental science and mathematics. e sixth course is an elective, and students can choose between the fine arts, a second science or second social studies course. But at the core of the IB diploma curriculum are three co-curricular components that truly embody the spirit of the IB diploma program and make it unique: the eory of Knowledge (TOK) course, the Extended Essay independent research project and the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) program. e signature course of the IB 4

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program, TOK, challenges students to “reflect on the nature of knowledge, and on how we know what we claim to know” and to gain “greater awareness of their personal and ideological assumptions,” as well as “an appreciation of the diversity and richness of cultural perspectives.” en there is the 4,000word Extended Essay, which every diploma candidate (and a few others) completes in the fall of their senior year. In their scholarly thoroughness, these works resemble college-level theses, with topics ranging from close readings of classic works of literature like the Great Gatsby to original scientific research experiments to primary-source historical analysis. e third core element, CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service), is at it’s simplest, a way of focusing and ensuring that students are participating and taking a leadership role in “real, purposeful” extracurricular activities “with significant outcomes.” A WIN-WIN SITUATION From the start, Trinity has recognized and prized the fact that the relationship with IB doesn’t simply siphon resources toward only those students committed to pursuing the full IB diploma. Rather, one of the program’s lesser-known assets

is how much of a boost it provides for the rest of the school. Academically, it gives even non-diploma candidates (the majority of the Trinity student body) with access to the IB approach to learning through any of 51 available à la carte courses. Within the IB visual arts courses, students can go deep and choose to explore a path that rivals some collegelevel art programs. Additionally, any Trinity student can accept the individual challenge of either the independent research Extended Essay or the extracurricular CAS portion. And perhaps the least obvious, but most enduring benefit of Trinity’s embrace of the IB diploma program is the way that it has enriched the community at large. Far from being a “school within a school” — which was an admitted fear of those examining the programs merits in the early ’90s — in fact it is quite the opposite. Rather than being isolated from the community, IB students are fully engaged in the life of the school; they play sports, serve in student government, participate in the arts and lead club activities. “Since its inception at Trinity, IB has benefited many, many students and

diploma program. Trinity now draws students from over 60 different middle schools across more than 35 zip codes, and that broad appeal has come in no small part thanks to the reputation of the IB diploma program and the demonstrated excellence Trinity has shown in guiding students through the program.

“Since its inception at Trinity, IB has benefited many, many students and teachers.” teachers,” says Vivian Hiedemann, one of those early evaluators. “e students can enroll in an IB class such as art without enrolling in the program, and the faculty can apply the skills they learned in training in their non IBclasses. It’s a win-win situation.”

at increased diversity among Trinity students fits right in with the IB’s broad aims to enable students to think globally and make connections – both across academic disciplines and across cultural divides.

SMALL SCHOOL, SMALL WORLD Lastly, IB has introduced many students to Trinity who might otherwise not have heard about the school. e school’s remarkable growth over the past two decades has occurred along with greater interest and enthusiasm for the IB

“Our world is getting smaller, and to be successful, you have to communicate with and understand people who are not like you,” says Marti Truman. “By learning about how our own cultural assumptions are built, we can better understand others.”

The scientific method at its best. The IB Group 4 projects produce original, collaborative, interdisciplinary experiments One morning every spring, small teams of IB students in safety goggles spread out over the campus conducting self-devised experiments. A collaborative, interdisciplinary touchstone of the IB diploma program, the “Group 4 Project” challenges students in four classes (IB Physics, IB Chemistry, IB Environmental Systems and Societies and IB Sports Exercise and Health Science) to conduct an experiment inspired by a common theme. This year’s theme, “food,” was chosen via a brainstorming session, first within classes and then among all science classes. One group calculated the speed of light by microwaving various types of marshmallows in a baking dish. Another tested the effect of energy drinks on athletic performance. Another tested the energy content of french fries from various fast food restaurants by measuring the change in water temperature after combustion. Through projects like these, Trinity students make connections across academic disciplines and become independent learners and critical thinkers. Elizabeth Kelley, science department head, says she often hears about how “simple” the experiments seem to be, but is quick to point out, “when they keep it simple, the experiments work.” Group 4 projects push students to be inquirers, which is one of the ten attributes of the IB Learner Profile. “’Inquirers’ is a buzz word in science for the process of designing and implementing your own lab, which is what Group 4 is about,” says science teacher Alice Phillips. “Investigating, interpreting, troubleshooting when it doesn’t work, and collaborating with other students and teachers — this is the scientific method at its best.”

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“We’re training the mind where it ought to go” —Rob Short

What Makes TOK Tick? “eory of Knowledge” course asks what do we know, and how do we know it? It’s the long period, the hour and a half right before lunch, when classes have the chance to take deep dives into their subject matter, conduct lab experiments and break into collaborative groups. Today, a group of 15 juniors are huddled in three pods of five underneath the Witthoefft Pavilion, just below the door to E Hall, each group planning their theoretical attack. e teacher, Lee Sprague, stands back and allows the students to form and test out their arguments (only intervening when someone has taken the discussion on a silly tangent). She has instructed them to imagine that they are part of an alien society that has just stumbled upon a thermometer in the desert. One group theorizes that the device contains spirits. Another hypothesizes 6

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that its power comes from either the sun or the moon. e third takes a decidedly more empirical stance. e three groups must debate and support the theory built on what their own societies hold to be true. e class is eory of Knowledge, a perennial component of the IB Diploma Program, and lifelong favorite of its graduates. Sprague co-teaches the course this year with Diane Monaco ’81. e two of them seek to arm their students with knowledge frameworks to apply across all of their subjects. “ere are eight ways of knowing,” says Monaco. “Sense perception, memory, reason, language, emotion, faith, imagination and intuition. One of the goals of the course is to help students understand how educational

IB @ 20 background and personal experience can influence how you acquire knowledge.” e alien/thermometer activity is just one of many that force students to grapple with how human knowledge is shaped by our environment, our own human senses, and learning. “We tell students that you’re not going to learn about a specific thing,” says Lee Sprague. “It’s a class that seeks to bring together what you know and consider the ways in which you know it.” Another notable TOK simulation activity is “Northlandia vs. Southlandia,” a scenario that splits the class into two warring societies forced to build peace or face certain mutual annihilation. One side has access to all the food, while the other controls all the energy.

Creativity, Activity, Service rough CAS projects, students leave their comfort zone and gain real leadership skills A major component of the IB diploma program has the completion of a CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) Leadership Project. Going forward, this will be called the new Collaborative Service Project, involving three or more students in partnership. Mentored by a faculty member, students challenge themselves to develop and implement “real, purposeful activities, with significant outcomes,” work in collaboration with others and spend time reflecting on their own strengths and areas for growth.

In order to broker a deal, the students have to engage in complex negotiations and work hard to understand the perspective of the other side and work for peace (one of the broader aims of the IB program). “e simulation encourages students to consider how to compromise, even in a seemingly impossible situation,” says Sprague. “Sometimes students realize they can come up with a solution, but other groups turn to blame or dissension. All of those outcomes are good for students to experience and understand in practice before they get to a place in life where they might have to solve real issues of strife in the world.” “ey take it really seriously. It’s one of their favorite activities,” says Sprague. “Years later, alumni can tell you if they were a Northlandian or Southlandian.” Head of School Rob Short, who personally taught the course for 20 years, loves how the course teaches what he calls “good thinking skills,” many of them derived from the great classical thinkers, like Marcus Aurelius, Aristotle, Socrates and Plato. “Our students are cautioned against hasty generalizations, or bandwagon philosophy, ad hominem, non sequitur arguments, black/white fallacies and either/or traps,” he says. “ose are the easy routes in thinking — where the mind naturally goes. We’re training the mind where it ought to go — by building a sound foundation for reasoning. So much of the world’s pain and suffering can be avoided if we just utilize good thinking skills.”

Head of School Rob Short believes that the IB program’s promotion of community service, collaboration and leadership go hand in hand with the best things about the Trinity community. “We ask our students to engage in meaningful service out of a love of the work they do,” says Short. “IB asks the same and as a community we benefit each year with the way students take leadership roles in an activity, invite the community to participate and partner with everyone to make it happen.” CLASS OF 2016 CAS LEADERSHIP PROJECTS Emma Nash Taught basic gardening to kids at Southside Development Center “I learned that to be a good community member, sometimes all you have to do is listen. I found with my experience that the simple and smallest tasks such as planting flowers with children, are often the most appreciated and are very rewarding to everyone involved.” Katie Cantone Put on a basketball clinic at Swansboro Elementary School for about 20 elementary school students on a Saturday morning. “I learned how important it is and how fruitful to go outside of my comfort zone. It’s important to go out of my way to make a connection with a community so different and has so much to offer. It just enriches your perspective so much to have an experience like that.” Owen Giordano Established several food drives for FeedMore, including one at HCA hospital; grew organic vegetables and donated them to FeedMore. “I learned that the biggest part of being a leader is being willing to take action. We often associate leaders as demagogues who know how to win over the public. While this is true, a truly great leader is willing to face a problem that needs attention.” Kate Daniel Organized and hosted “Clay Day,” a ceramics workshop at Trinity for the Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter of Richmond. “Leadership used to appear daunting; with a fear of public speaking, leading tasks has never been my first instinct. However, I have learned that overcoming that initial hurdle of reservation can be really rewarding -- as a result I am a more active leader and engaged community member because I do not let shyness limit my enthusiasm.” TITAN TRAIL

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The Golden Thread

A conversation with visual arts department head Amy Baynum Chaplin ’88 about what sets Trinity’s IB Visual Arts program apart. What makes the IB Visual Arts program unique — both as compared to other TES art classes and those elsewhere? It’s very intense and very holistic and it embodies all of the subjects. We are tackling history. We are tackling science. We are tackling math. ey have so much writing to do. I think of the arts as the golden thread. It really links all of these subjects together. And unlike art classes elsewhere, the students have two years to really immerse themselves in the art — not only in the techniques and the processes that they’re learning, but also in the content. What attributes of the IB Learner Profile does the program most deliver on? Art is all about communication. You are learning how to communicate in different ways. ey have time to figure out what it is they want to communicate. It’s interesting — some students come into the IB program knowing exactly what they want to say, but they just don’t know how. And then we have kids who come with the skills, but they’re unsure of what they want to say. at is what is interesting to uncover as a teacher. You start to learn about these kids and what is important to them.

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Risk taking is a big one too. Art is all about learning the rules and then breaking them. For the artists who have really made a name for themselves — that’s how they’ve done it. In order to be risk takers, they need to feel confidence, they need to feel supported and they need to know that it is okay if things don’t turn out the way they thought. We are asking these students to express their innermost thoughts, and so it is important that we create an atmosphere of trust and compassion so that they feel safe to put themselves out there. One student sent me a letter after taking ceramics and then IB. “I’ve never thought of myself as an artist. I never knew I had anything to say, and then I took your class, and it gave me the confidence to listen to those voices and to say what I wanted to say fearlessly.” How are the students challenged, motivated and empowered? It is challenging from an academic side — the amount of writing, reading and research. It’s challenging from a personal level too. It’s also a challenge for them to manage all of the things that they want to do here at Trinity — academics, sports, clubs and the things they are involved in outside of school. e art faculty is really empathetic to that, so we provide a lot of off-hours time for the artists to come into the studio to work.

I think they feel empowered because they are in such a supportive environment that they know how lucky they are to have these kinds of supplies, this amazing studio — and the fact that they get their very own IB tables. ere is very little that we say no to. If you want to do horsehair raku, I will get you that horsehair. Does each IB Visual Arts student really have his/her own devoted studio space? Seniors have their own table in the middle of the room. We mix the mediums up so that potters can bounce ideas off of painters and printmakers can talk to sculptors. It’s their own space — their own studio. ey also get their own personal set of tools that they can keep or donate back to the studio. It’s an effort to set them up to really feel like an artist — to have that authentic artistic experience. What is one thing you wish all parents and alumni would know about IB Visual Arts? We’re not sitting around here getting in touch with our feelings and playing with clay. is is truly academic. What we ask of these kids is a lot harder than a lot of people realize. IB Art changes the way that these students interpret their world — and it changes it for the better.

A Topic Worth 4,000 Words Just as Trinity encourages students to discover their paths, the IB diploma program encourages them to venture deep in inquiry-based learning, and nothing exemplifies this better than the Extended Essay. In no more than 4,000 words, students complete an independent, self-directed piece of research, akin to a college-level thesis. “When IB students go on to college, they often immediately recognize the benefit of doing the Extended Essay in preparing them for the number and length of papers assigned in college as well as the level of critical thinking expected,” says Marti Truman. “ey are often surprised by how many of their classmates (who were also accepted to these selective colleges) have not had similar preparation.” In what has become an annual tradition, these seniors receive official bound copies of their IB Extended Essay each spring in Morning Meeting. Two copies of each essay are published—one for the student and one for the school to keep on display for posterity. Abstracts of each senior’s essay appear in rotation on one of five different display boards around campus throughout the year.

This year’s topics included: “A Streetcar Named Change: e effects of an electric streetcar network on the development of the City of Richmond between 1890-1920” by Abe Calhoun ’16 “An Investigation into the Minimalist Movement of the Mid-20th Century and its Influence on Modern Post-Rock” by Andrew Elgin ’16 “An Analysis of Lev’s Transition from Boyhood to Manhood as Caused by Kolya within City of ieves by David Benioff” by Jackson Eliasek ’16 “An Investigation Into Minimalist Art and its Effect on Culture, Fashion, and Interior Design During the 1960s” by Bella Hargett ’16 “Raising the Veil: An Examination of Worldwide Legislation on Muslim Women’s Dress” by Charlotte Reece ’16 “e Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Allele Frequency of Tasting PTC and Free Earlobes in the United States” by Erin Reedy ’16 “e Effect of UV Light Radiation on the Percent Change of Ascorbic Acid in Solution” by Ken Stevens ’16

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A VALENTINE’S DAY SURPRISE When students arrived to school on the morning of February 14, they were surprised to see that a very thoughtful anonymous student had taped a Valentine to every locker on campus.

AT THE MOVIES This winter’s annual International Film Festival was one of the best attended ever, according to sponsor and French teacher Julie Baroody Urena ’81. “Several movies were so packed that it was standing room only,” said Urena. “The highlight of the film festival was watching our own Trinity students’ short movies at lunch.” Eight students submitted short films. The “People’s Choice” winner was “Bread” by Sydney Smith ’19, and the “Critic's Choice for Best Cinematography” went to “Warnings” by Henry Williams ’17.

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BIEN VIAJE! For the full week and a half following spring break, Trinity hosted an exchange group of 20 students and two teachers from the Colegio Logos school in Mardrid. Each guest was paired with a Trinity student, who he/she had hosted while in Spain over spring break. In addition to their time at Trinity, the group toured the Virginia State Capitol, Jamestown, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Washington, DC. This is just one of many trips sponsored each year by Trinity's Global Engagement

program, which seeks to create an environment that promotes the development of global citizens with a deeper understanding, knowledge and appreciation of our world.

Virginia and Maryland in the FIRST regional robotics competition in Haymarket, VA. They placed 18th out of 40, with a team of three Titans picked fifth for the final round of competition.

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It was a great weekend at the beginning of spring break for the “Harmanator,” the robot named in honor of Richard Harman, the late physics teacher and robotics coach. The 20 students on the Titan robotics team competed against 39 other high school teams from all over

When organizers of the third annual RVA Street Art Festival, John Mills ’90 and Ed Trask, wanted a new design idea for this year’s festival logo, they came to Trinity. After visiting classes in IB two-dimensional art, they spoke to students about creating a “digestible logo that

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taps in to the creative renaissance that is happening in Richmond and would represent the pulse of the city and this festival.” Luckily for them, two Trinity juniors were up to the task. When the 3rd edition of the festival arrived at the Southern States Silos in late April, it featured logos designed by Cameron Ferris ’17 and Lara Tomenchok ’17.

OPERATION: DODGEBALL The Operation Smile Club sponsored a Dodgeball Tournament on a Saturday in early April at Trinity to help raise money for the Operation Smile organization that provides facial reconstructive surgeries to those in need. Nine student teams and one team made up of faculty and staff competed, and awards were given for best uniforms (Team GQ), team spirit (The Ducking Wrenches) and overall champion (Team Emo).

The April 4th edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch featured a “My Life” column by Trinity English teacher Christina Grande. “While I love literature and writing,” she wrote, “my favorite things to impart upon my students are thoughts and ideas about life.” Her essay was a shining example of Trinity’s philosophy of “integrating life into learning and learning into life.”

UN-FLAPPABLE The Trinity Model UN Team attended the Washington International Relations Conference at American University over the first weekend in April. They came home with seven award winners, including two “Best Delegate” awards, won by Diana Kabbani ’16 and Mitch Calhoun ’17. “Outstanding Delegate” awards went to Noah Collier ’17 and Jack Johnson ’17.

One of the committees was cochaired by a Trinity Model UN alumnus, Kyle Schaefer ’15.

NEXT STOP, RIO! On Saturday, April 9, two teams of Titans competed against 26 other teams of area high school scientists in the Richmond Physics Olympics, hosted by the Department of Physics at the University of Richmond. Activities included dropping a ball from a second-floor ramp onto a first-

floor target along with building a suspension bridge out of rubber bands and bricks. “Our two formidable Titan teams performed exceedingly well,” said physics teacher Elizabeth Kelley. “Each of them demonstrated critical thinking skills, imaginative designs, and functioned as a team.”

BLACKOUT POETRY To mark the occasion of National Poetry Month in April, students in the Powell Library created original poems by blacking out words from recycled book pages. The result is “Blackout Poetry,” a unique combination of verbal and visual creativity. Dozens of submissions lined the walls throughout April.

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VENI, VIDI, VICI Before spring break, Trinity Honors Latin students participated in the National Latin Exam. Over 154,000 Latin students from all 50 states and 19 foreign countries participated. Earning medals on the exam were Caroline Benedetti ’19, Atesh Camurdan ’20 and Colette Creamer ’17. Honorable mention honors went to Katie Grotewiel ’18, Faith Hinton ’17, Max Halbruner ’17 and Aubrey Scott King ’18.

CLEANUP CREW The sophomore class took advantage of a beautiful spring morning to put principles of community and campus stewardship into action. Dropped off by bus at a dozen different loca-

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tions near Trinity, groups of 10th graders with parent chaperones made their way back to campus, picking up roadside trash along the way. Other groups roamed Trinity’s campus, pulling weeds and picking up stray trash. “It’s about being good neighbors,” said school chaplain Brian Griffen, who organizes the 10th Grade Community Cleanup Day each year. “It’s also a chance to show how fortunate we feel to have such a beautiful campus.”

Q: What do you get when you drop a piano on a battlefield? A: A Flat Major

CORNMASTERS Congratulations to “The Experience 2.0,” winners of the coveted Cornmaster Award, given annually to the student(s) who submit the corniest jokes at Morning Meeting each Friday. Among their winning submissions this year were such greats as:

Q: What’s the difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi? A: People in Dubai don’t watch the Flintstones, but people in ABU-DHABI-DO!

READY TO WEAR The 113 seniors of the class of 2016 made their college destinations known at the final all-school Morning Meeting of the year, processing in as a class, each wearing a tee-shirt from his/her future alma mater.

Table Captain for several Help Can’t Wait programs, Frank has set a high bar for dedicated community service.

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A PHILANTHROPIC HERO During the American Red Cross 2016 “Help Can’t Wait” Breakfast on Thursday, April 28. Frank Barksdale III ’16 was presented the Philanthropic Hero Award by the Red Cross of Central Virginia for his continued support of the Red Cross. Frank has been a donor/supporter of the Central VA Red Cross since he started his business, Frank’s Pick and Roll Trash Can Service, in 2007. By donating money from his business and by participating as

Kudos to all the performers and volunteers who made the 11th Annual Titan Jazz and Art Fest such a swinging success. For over six hours on Saturday, April 23, music fans of all ages enjoyed perfect spring weather, along with the sounds of jazz and big band classics spanning the decades. Over 200 student musicians from seven high schools around the region shared the stage with headliners the Central Virginia Jazz Orchestra. For the grand finale, Antonio Garcia, acclaimed director and head of Jazz Studies at VCU, led the VCU Greater Richmond High School Band.

Tour de Trinity After a year’s hiatus, the Tour de Trinity returned to campus on April 14. Over a dozen different four-person teams competed in a series of relay races around the Perkinson Arts Center parking lot — on children’s tricycles. This year’s winner was the Spanish Club team, who received the coveted yellow jersey (Le maillot jaune), while the Drama Queens won for most spirited costumes. A Trinity tradition since 2009, the event is sponsored by the French Club. Team entry fees go to World Bicycle Relief, an international nonprofit that provides sturdy bicycles to “improve access to education, healthcare and economic opportunity” for people in underdeveloped countries. This year’s race netted $270 for the cause — enough to fund the cost of two bikes.

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Best Hike Ever! “Best Hike Ever!” is how trip leader Michael Stratton ’02 described the five-day adventure through the Appalachian Trail over spring break, on which 19 students and eight chaperones hiked over five days through 40 miles of trails northwest of Blacksburg. “Walking 10-plus miles per day with hefty packs on varied terrain and a constantly changing climate comes with a very difficult learning curve,” said Stratton. “But I was never once worried about a mutiny because of the amazing leadership dispersed throughout the group.” Evenings were filled with warmth, open air, conversation, lounging, wind, fire and stargazing, said Stratton. “Though some of the students on this trip had never spoken to each other before now, they now have this common bond forever.”

ROCKIN’ THE JAMES Over the weekend of May 2022, dozens of Trinity students volunteered on Brown’s Island in Downtown Richmond at Dominion River Rock, the nation’s premier outdoor adventure festival. Standing in the Kanawa Canal for hours at a time, the enthusiastic Titans introduced kayaking and paddle boarding to hundreds of beginners of all ages.

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Titans were also competing all weekend in outdoor adventure sports, some of them against professional athletes and local legends. McKinley Sprinkle ’18 placed 5th for junior experts in the urban-assault mountain bike race. Christian Wood ’18 earned 3rd place in his heat of the boatercross kayaking race. George Bundy ’18 placed 3rd for juniors in the downriver freestyle kayaking competition. Nate Erickson ’17, Brandon Dysart ’17, Ethan

Hinckle ’17, Lara Tomenchok ’17, Grace DiLoreto ’17, and Molly Black ’17 all competed in the downriver SUP Cross (StandUp Paddle Board). Nate edged out Ethan for 1st place among boys, and Molly Black won for the girls.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS e darkly comedic “Little Shop of Horrors,” Trinity’s winter musical, came to life for two nights in early February in the Perkinson Arts Center eatre, presented by a dynamic and talented cast of students (and faculty). Bravo!

Junior Work Week For an entire week in late February, Trinity juniors were on site exploring potential careers with dozens of host employers throughout the region. An essential piece of Trinity’s college counseling process, Junior Work Week helps students to begin thinking about their college major and can help them make future decisions about their career paths. Whether working on the floor of the General Assembly, helping to repair jet engines, learning how to run a small business, or volunteering in elementary school classrooms—Junior Work Week gives every Trinity junior the chance to apply what they’ve learned in a real-life setting

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Titans Show the Love What do Titans love? The amazing teachers, awesome programs and the caring community, just to name a few. Over two days in mid-April, Trinity students got the chance to share what they love most about Trinity — both in school and online using the hashtag #TitansShowtheLove. Students also penned handwritten notes of thanks to be sent to donors who help make it all possible through their generous financial support. On Friday, April 15, the class of 2016 began their transition to alumni in a special ceremony where they pledged to support Trinity after graduation. Special guest speaker Conner Trebour ’11 shared why he remains a proud supporter of the school. “I really want to impress upon you how special a place Trinity is, and how much of what happens at Trinity is dependent upon alumni, parents, grandparents and friends of the school giving back,” he said.

students, Lorin Johnson ’16 and Jackson Fuller ’17, receiving honors.

TESMUNC II Trinity’s Model UN Club hosted its second annual conference (TESMUNC) over the weekend of February 19-21, welcoming over 70 students from six area schools (Deep Run, Hermitage, Mills Godwin, Midlothian, St. Catherine’s and Trinity). Participants competed in a series of academic, geopolitical simulations that emphasized public speaking, debating and team leadership. Prizes were awarded for best overall performance in each committee, with two Trinity

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The theme for the conference was “Ignite a Revolution,” with topics such as the First Continental Congress, the Russian Revolution and the modern-day regulation of cyber-warfare. “It became apparent that this year, our delegates would be dealing with the causes and consequences of war,” said Andrea Eichenberger ’17, TESMUNC Secretary General. “Our goal for the theme was to inspire them to actually take action for the things they believe in.”

On Saturday, the keynote speaker was State Senator Glen Sturtevant, who shared his passion for education and charged students with finding their own passion to ignite positive change in our community and beyond.

Trinity Welcomes…

Powers of Engineering e Rev. Moses Joshua, religion and values teacher at St. Michael’s Episcopal School, delivered a funny, engaging and personal talk at Chapel on April 4 about acceptance of and respect for others. “ere are no perfect people. All of us have faults,” he said. “So before you judge, look at yourself.”

Trinity parent Dr. Scott Armistead visited science classes on the morning of April 18 to share his experiences with medical missionary work at a Christian hospital in the foothills of Northern Pakistan, detailing the complexities and challenges of practicing medicine in a place with limited resources. “Having clean water is the most important thing a developing country can do,” he said. “Can you imagine if every time you needed clean water, you had to build a fire and boil it? is leads to other problems like deforestation and children being burned by open fires.”

In Chapel on May 12, students enjoyed an inspirational message from Dr. Eric Edwards, VP of research and development for kaléo, a Richmond-based pharmaceutical company that produces auto-injector devices for life-saving drugs like epinephrine. He urged students to strive not simply for “success,” but for “significance” in finding a calling for their lives. Edwards said this struck home for him when one of the devices he had developed saved someone’s life for the first time. “is was significance, not success,” he said. “I ask you today to think about what you are doing to build relationships and use your education to prepare you for something much, much bigger,” he said. “Success lasts a lifetime, but significance can last many lifetimes.”

Why do so many nuclear power plants have domes on top? Where does enriched uranium fuel come from? What barriers are in place to protect the public and the environment? Roger Galbraith, supervisor of engineering at Dominion Virginia Power's North Anna Nuclear Power Station, visited Trinity in early February to answer these and a dozen other questions posed by students in AP and IB science classes. At the end of his presentation, Galbraith enlisted the help of a student volunteer to don a hazmat suit and use a borescope to investigate a blockage in a heat exchange tube. “Engineering is still about the best undergraduate degree you can choose,” he said. “Even if you choose not to go into engineering as a career, if you can complete an undergraduate engineering program, people will know you’re one of the smartest people in your school.”

Powers of Words Acclaimed author, Iraq War veteran and Richmond native Kevin Powers spoke to students, faculty and guests on April 27 in the Speight Alumni Room at Trinity. After reading passages from an unpublished novel — with many historical and local references to Virginia — he shared insights into the craft of writing with students. As juniors last year, IB writing students had read Powers’ novel “Yellow Birds,” which was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. This year, they read a collection of poems, “Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting.” Both works explore the life of a contemporary American soldier. TITAN TRAIL

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Faculty News BECKY CURRIER NAMED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Currier has been part of Trinity for the past 11 years, as a math teacher and basketball, softball and golf coach. She previously served as assistant athletic director and was named interim athletic director for the 2015-2016 school year. “I love watching students compete, grow and enjoy the camaraderie that goes with being part of a team,” she said. “Trinity is fortunate to have an amazing coaching staff and a great faculty that supports the valuable role that athletics plays in the life of a school.”

NEW FACULTY Ashley Bawol will be teaching French levels 1 and 2 part time. Ashley has a master’s in teaching from VCU as well as 2nd and 3rd degree diplomas from the Universite de Nice in France. She has been a French teacher at St. Margaret's School and at Godwin High School. Christopher Cahill is joining the math department teaching geometry and pre-calculus. Chris received a BA in theology and BS in mathematics from Villanova and then went on to get a MA in education from the same university. Chris joins us after a year spent teaching in a school near Oxford, England. Ann-Mitchell “Mitch” Baroody Farleigh ’79 will be directing the new Math Lab. Mitch will be working closely with students to strengthen algebra and geometry skills and concepts. She has a BA in education from the College of William and Mary. Sarah Helwig is now an honors chemistry teacher in the science department. Sarah brings interesting experience to the department from her work at Virginia Tech where she received both a BS in animal and poultry science, minoring in chemistry and psychology, and a master’s in education. Kasie Kemp is joining the science department teaching conceptual physics and physics. She received her undergraduate degree from Bridgewater College and an MS and a PhD from Old Dominion University in physics. Her areas of specialty are experimental atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Rejoining the faculty is Maureen Mauck who will be working in the Academic Resource Center. She has a BA from Bethany College and a master’s in education from VCU. 18

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Dylan Norvell will also work in the science department teaching integrated science and assisting with IB geography, sustainability, and lab preparation. He has a BA in geology from Washington and Lee University and learned about Trinity through his work with the 8th graders last year as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation supervisor on Fox Island. Joining the performing arts department is Kimberly Ryan, who will be teaching orchestra, music fundamentals, and chorus. Kimberly received her BA in music education from VCU and has done further graduate work in the viola at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She owns and operates a violin and viola studio and performs throughout the Richmond area. Jenny McQueen, who came on for second semester this year to teach one section of photography, will be with us part time for the whole year. She received a BA in fine arts from VCU. She owns and operates a professional photography business.

TRUSTEE TRANSITION Newly elected to the Trinity Board of Trustees are Gayle Hargett and William I. Sanderson ’94. Serving a one-year term as a non-voting member is Kelly Donahue, president of the Trinity Parents Association (TPA). Leaving the board are Virginia Flemer Marchetti ’75, Keyser Glancy, Steve Hupp, Cindy Joyce, Phil Tarsovich, and Matthew Majikes, past president of the TPA. Officers for the coming year are Kathy Merry, chair; Rob Methven, vice chair; E. G. Allen III ‘84, secretary, and Jeff Elgin, treasurer.

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Rachel and Brendan Behrens welcomed Samuel Francis Behrens on May 10, 2016. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long.

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DISCOVERY AWARDS For the first time in the 12 years that the Board of Trustees has been awarding annual grants to faculty, there are not one but two Discovery Award winners for 2016: Margie Vaughan Snead ’85 and Wesley Hedgepeth. Snead was able to use her grant to travel internationally to support her daughter, Annie Snead ’16, as she trained and competed with the US Junior National Field Hockey Team. This May, the team trained for several days in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and she and Annie then traveled to Frankfurt, Mainz and Heidelberg. She described feeling very blessed to experience this moment, both as coach and as a mother. “As a coach I truly enjoyed watching the game played at an international level,” said Snead. “And as a mother, I was not ready for how much I would be affected by seeing my daughter stand on the pitch, wearing the red, white and blue, with the National Anthem playing over the speakers. It was truly amazing.” Hedgepeth travels to South Africa this summer to explore history, visit extended family in Cape Town, and explore the possibility of beginning an exchange program with Hout Bay International School, an IB World School located in Cape Town. “Teaching history is my profession because learning history is my greatest passion,” he said. “I've always wanted to go on a safari, to learn more about Nelson Mandela, to experience an African culture — now I get that opportunity thanks to Trinity. On the safari I will get to see the Big Five: the African lion, the African elephant, the Cape buffalo, the African leopard, and the White/Black rhinoceros. I also plan on visiting the Robben Island prison cell where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 years.”

Ellie Donahue Boyd ’04 and her husband ,Peter, welcomed Thomas Walker Armistead Boyd on February 16.

Christina Grande and her husband, Bryan, welcomed Charlotte Elise Grande into the world on Monday, May 16. She weighed 8 pounds.

Rick Hamlin and Austin Hamlin welcomed daughter Agatha Jane Hamlin ("Aggie") on June 18, 2016. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

Julie Baroody Urena ’81 and Bob Alley each celebrated their 25th year of teaching at Trinity in 2015-16. They were recognized at the end of year faculty party at The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing.

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PHILANTHROPY www.trinityes.org/give

Leaders in giving

Trinity honored its most generous donors May 18 at the home of Bill and Beth Nash for an evening of cocktails and conversation. The event is held annually to recognize and celebrate donors to Trinity’s Titan Society (gifts of $1,000+). We are thankful for the generosity of these leadership givers who celebrate Trinity’s past, help maintain Trinity’s present programs, and create the foundation for a successful future.

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Six SPECIAL Seniors Six of Trinity’s 2016 graduates (Kyla Coleman, Lorin Johnson, Jamaica Ross, Iyanna Weathers, Quinton Wingo and Charlotte Woods) were featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch June 5. As members of the first graduating class of Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School (AJCES), a tuition-free middle school in Richmond’s East End, they came to Trinity in the fall of 2012 ready to tackle a rigorous independent school education. More than a dozen AJCES graduates have followed them to Trinity. All six are headed to college, and all were integral parts of the Trinity community. “They come to Trinity with a strong sense of self and also with the ongoing support from AJC that enables them to thrive,” said Laura Hamlin Weiler ’00, director of student life, in the article. Part of that ongoing support comes from Mary Simpson ’08, who serves as director of graduate support for AJCES, and is a frequent visitor to the Trinity campus as she helps AJCES graduates with everything from college visits to doctors’ visits. “We are changing lives here at Trinity,” said Director of Development Laurie Hedgepeth, “And we are doing it with critical philanthropic support that makes it possible.” Trinity established the Emily Huffman McLeod Scholarship fund in 2013 to help fund tuition support. Named for Trinity’s former director of admission who worked with the initial AJCES class, the fund has grown to more than $150,000. “Donors who give to this fund recognize that they are investing in the next generation of leaders, and changing our community for the better,” said Hedgepeth. Other support has come from more than $150,000 in grants from outside foundations in the past three years. “Our strong annual giving program positions us to seek outside funding,” said Hedgepeth. “A gift to annual giving—of any size—shows that we are a healthy and successful school.” Trinity has also partnered with AJCES to encourage gifts through Virginia’s Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credit Program, which makes $25 million in tax credits available to qualified donors every program year. “A gift to the Emily McLeod fund opens doors,” said Hedgepeth. “It is a life-changing choice. We hope to continue to make good things happen here at Trinity.” For more information on how you can help support this important initiative, contact Laurie Hedgepeth at (804) 672-4899 or lauriehedgepeth@trinityes.org.

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Our School Class of 2016 stands tall, stands together

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rinity celebrates the individual, encourages the specialist, nurtures the unique spirit and makes room for the offbeat. Indeed, Discover Your Path is an individual aspiration; a mantra for students making choices that are distinct and personal. But it was the value of a shared identity and collective experience that was tangible at graduation, when the overwhelming sentiment was one of pride in the place that brought those 113 students together and bonded them into a community.

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“Trinity is not the place you’ve spent the last four years; it’s who you’ve become over those four years.” When the members of the class of 2016 processed into the Estes Athletic Center on the last sunny Saturday in May, they were full of emotions. Thankfulness for family and friends gathered in the audience, anticipation of summer and the freedoms and challenges of college, and satisfaction in what they had accomplished, just to name a few. But again and again the voices of the speakers on stage that day spoke of their gratitude for each other and for their school.

“Trinity is our school and also your school,” said Head of School Rob Short, “I say the same about the world — the world is our world and yours, not someone else’s. Don’t ever make the mistake of thinking ‘the world is out there’ someplace or that you don’t belong, the world is as much a part of you as it is of any one other person — any river or cloud. This is your world to nurture and shape.”

Salutatorian Garrett Allen ’16 asked rhetorically, “What is Trinity?” “Trinity is not the buildings, but the relationships, friendships and memories,” he said. “It’s a community that we will always belong to. We will always be a part of it, and it will always be a part of us… Trinity is not the place you’ve spent the last four years; it’s who you've become over those four years.”

Valedictorian Katie Cantone ’16 echoed the importance of community for the class of 2016, saying: “Being a part of this community has been one of the greatest privileges of this life… although I don’t often recognize how incredibly blessed we are… [to have] teachers who truly care about our success, beautiful facilities in which to play and learn… a system of core morals that allow us to leave laptops lying around… There are literally millions of high school students across the world that don’t have the security and sense of self-value that we are given here.” Science teacher Elizabeth Kelley was the featured graduation speaker, chosen by the Class of 2016. “Rest assured graduates, Trinity has prepared you… you have resilience,” she said. “In every aspect of adult life, you will face challenges. Your resilience is so much more important than your brilliance.”

“When I am asked what I miss most about engineering, I have commonly replied that I miss seeing the physical end result — whether that be a building downtown, a new roadway, or a bridge,” she said. “But that's not true, because seeing all of you graduates before me today, you are the physical end result of years of effort by an amazing institution that is full of an incredible faculty and staff. You stand taller than any building ever could.”

Kelley described what led her on her own path through what she called a “loud and dirty” career as an engineer on oil rigs, finally discovering her true passion as a teacher.

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Academic Awards SENIOR ACADEMIC AWARDS Katherine Sarah Rose Cantone Valedictorian Everette Garrett Allen IV Salutatorian Emma Hollander Blake Katherine Brooke Daniel Andrew Edward Elgin Anastasia Marie Graves Meredith Virginia Hughes Ellis Dade Mumford Cameron Elizabeth Rogers Rebecca Marie Walko SENIOR CLASS AWARDS Athlete of the Year Female – Christen Jamie van de Kamp Male – Zane Jackson Lewis Exceptional Athlete Award Anne Westbrook Snead Richmond Times Dispatch Scholar/Athlete Award Anne Westbrook Snead Zane Jackson Lewis Dale Travis Sportsmanship Award Charlotte Marie Woods Matthew Bryan Brassington Bethany Award for Service Katherine Brooke Daniel

CAS Candidate Recognition Meredith Burgess Eaheart Kristen Witten Bolinger Joseph W. Bliley III Key Club Award Phebe Elizabeth Martin Kenneth Cunningham Stevens DAR Good Citizenship Award Avery Vance Archibald

Fine Arts – Drama Steven Michael Jean Caroline Cuyler Lea Charlotte Tyler Reece Mary Amelia omas Fine Arts – Music Joshua Aaron Hemenway Fine Arts – Photography Samuel Hart Kettlewell-Sites Caroline Cuyler Lea

Bill Davies Award Emma Caroline Benedetti Virginia Maye Neal

Fine Arts – Sculpture Michael Roman Bannon

Ann Randolph Jonas Scholarship Abraham Robert Calhoun

World Language – French Cameron Elizabeth Rogers

Laura Kelley Memorial Scholarship Mary Amelia omas Virginia Maye Neal

World Language – Latin Suzanne LaPrade DiLoreto

Brad McNeer Memorial Scholarship Andrew Edward Elgin Grady Richeson Memorial Award Robert Wise Oldfield Jr. Senior Class Award Robert Wise Oldfield Jr. Francesca Marie Ross Titan Award Juliana Faith Gecker Founders Award Emma Freeman Nash

World Language – Spanish Katherine Sarah Rose Cantone Mathematics Andrew Edward Elgin Religion Kyla Alexis Coleman Charlotte Marie Woods Science Erin Elaine Reedy Social Studies Everette Garrett Allen IV ACADEMIC AWARDS

Bishop’s Award for Character and Integrity Emma Freeman Nash

Leadership Award Diana Lynn Kabbani Oliver Ryan Methven

Academic Excellence-Grade 8 Atesh Camurdan

Brotherhood-Sisterhood Award Lorin Brandy Johnson

Head of School Award Katherine Sarah Rose Cantone

Academic Excellence-Grade 9 Caroline Terese Benedetti

Civitan Award for Citizenship Everette Garrett Allen IV

2016 DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

Academic Excellence-Grade 10 Virginia Jane Allen

Trinity Community Service Scholarship James Walter Flowers

English Emma Freeman Nash

Hugh O’Brian Award Virginia Jane Allen Addie Gates Nash Aubrey Scott King

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Emily Huffman McLeod Scholarship Ephraim Chong Academic Excellence-Junior Class Caroline Chantler Bell Mount Holyoke College Book Award Emma Gwendolyn Roberts Dartmouth Book Award Matthew Brooks Nelson Randolph College Book Award Catherine Pinder Hughes Smith College Book Award Cameron Mei Ferris William and Mary Leadership Award David Michael McMurtrie

University of Virginia Jefferson Book Award Mary Elizabeth Kenzakowski

Hollins Creative Writing Book Award Colette Tolan Creamer

University of Virginia John Merchant Book Award Isabella Jane Anderegg

Williams College Book Award Andrea Kathryn Eichenberger

Rensselaer Medal Mitchell Cluverius Calhoun Sewanee Book Award Benton Mack Knight Randolph-Macon College Book Award Ian Michael Tewksbury Randolph College Classics Book Award Yanna Nicolaides St. Lawrence Book Award Faith Lauren Hinton

Richmond Panhellenic Award Anna Elise Osborne Wellesley College Book Award Lara Estrada Tomenchok West Point Leadership Award William Corish Howard F. Norton Hord Memorial Scholarship Nicole Jean Novak

JUNIOR CLASS HONOR USHERS Caroline Chantler Bell Mitchell Cluverius Calhoun Colette Tolan Creamer Cameron Mei Ferris Julia Baird Morton Jonathan Parker Nash Matthew Brooks Nelson Anna Elise Osborne Federico Parmeggiani III Bryan î “omas Wheeler INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA CANDIDATES Everette Garrett Allen IV Molly Chapin Berger Abraham Robert Calhoun Katherine Sarah Rose Cantone Carolyn Carton Corbet Katherine Brooke Daniel

Michael William Donnelly Andrew Edward Elgin Jackson James Eliasek Owen Lyons Giordano Anastasia Marie Graves Isabella Hollis Hargett Jacob Michael Hogge Meredith Virginia Hughes Claire McCray Kepley Phebe Elizabeth Martin Oliver Ryan Methven Ellis Dade Mumford Emma Freeman Nash Robert Wise Oldfield Jr. Charlotte Tyler Reece Erin Elaine Reedy Cameron Elizabeth Rogers Francesca Marie Ross Kenneth Cunningham Stevens Mary Amelia î “omas Christen Jamie van de Kamp Rebecca Marie Walko

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College Destinations of the Class of 2016* Claire Adams School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Suzanne DiLoreto Randolph-Macon College

Lorin Johnson Randolph-Macon College

Jamaica Ross Virginia Wesleyan College

Oliver Aiken J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Michael Donnelly University of Virginia

Diana Kabbani American University

Collin Sandler Virginia Commonwealth University

Garrett Allen Washington and Lee University

Kellan Dwyer Savannah College of Art and Design

Claire Kepley American University

Cole Shugart University of Portland

Jack Aprahamian Randolph-Macon College

Kate Dziedzic Virginia Commonwealth University

Sam Kettlewell-Sites James Madison University

Annie Snead College of William & Mary

Avery Archibald James Madison University

Meredith Eaheart Virginia Commonwealth University

Natalie King Elon University

Anissa Spence University of Mary Washington

Trevion Armstrong University of Nevada, Reno

Andrew Elgin United States Naval Academy

Jilly Kipers Radford University

Haley Sprenkle Virginia Commonwealth University

Michael Bannon Virginia Tech

Jackson Eliasek University of South Carolina

Jordan Kowalski Lynchburg College

Adam Starr Virginia Commonwealth University

Frank Barksdale Virginia Military Institute

Sallie Ellett James Madison University

Nicholas Kraft Virginia Commonwealth University

Ken Stevens University of Virginia

Andrew Barron James Madison University

Anne Maclin Ferrell James Madison University

Caroline Lea Hofstra University

Aidan Sullivan Washington College

Katy Benda Roanoke College

James Flowers Texas Christian University

Andrew Leon Virginia Tech

Amanda Tarkington James Madison University

Emma Benedetti James Madison University

Whitney Gallahan Virginia Commonwealth University

Zane Lewis United States Air Force Academy

Amelia omas Bryn Mawr College

Margaret Benson Virginia Tech

Juliana Gecker Old Dominion University

Allison Lyons Longwood University

Olivia ompson James Madison University

Molly Berger James Madison University

Owen Giordano College of William & Mary

Amy Maier Longwood University

Stephen Traylor University of South Carolina

Jack Bibb Virginia Commonwealth University

Connor Goodwin Virginia Tech

Phebe Martin University of Virginia

Zoe Trenz University of North Florida

Edward Blake J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Anastasia Graves University of Virginia

Matthew McQueeney Virginia Tech

Christie van de Kamp College of William & Mary

Emma Blake Davidson College

Bailey Hardy Bridgewater College

Oliver Methven Virginia Tech

Jordan Walker University of Miami

Kristen Bolinger University of Virginia

Isabella Hargett American University

Ellis Mumford College of William & Mary

Rebecca Walko Virginia Tech

Katie Bowe Virginia Tech

Sam Hatley California Polytechnic State University

Emma Nash University of Richmond

Iyanna Weathers North Carolina Wesleyan College

Blake Bowen Coastal Carolina University

Josh Hemenway College of William & Mary

Virginia Neal North Carolina State University

Elicia Wells Mount St. Mary's University

Sam Brady Radford University

Robby Hetrick Virginia Tech

Bobby Oldfield College of William & Mary

Morgan White Virginia Tech

Matthew Brassington Virginia Tech

Chase Hickman Virginia Tech

Sam Parker James Madison University

Taylor White College of William & Mary

Jake Brown James Madison University

Jake Hogge Cornell University

BB Pepper University of South Carolina

Taylor Willett Longwood University

Abe Calhoun Pratt Institute

Sarah Hood-Recant University of Mary Washington

Jordan Pepper James Madison University

Quniton Wingo Christopher Newport University

Katie Cantone University of Virginia

Meredith Hughes College of William & Mary

Charlotte Reece Savannah College of Art and Design

Harrison Wohlfarth Hampden-Sydney College

Elli Chaplin University of Mary Washington

omas Hupp Virginia Military Institute

Erin Reedy University of California, Los Angeles

Charlotte Woods Randolph-Macon College

Evan Chong John Tyler Community College

Addison Hyatt Christopher Newport University

Elizabeth Roberto Virginia Wesleyan College

Abby Zinsser Gap year

Kyla Coleman Randolph-Macon College

Allie Hyde Clemson University

Cameron Rogers Georgetown University

* As of June 15, 2016

Carolyn Corbet Northeastern University

Steve Jean University of Michigan

Alissa Rosen Richard Bland College

Kate Daniel University of Virginia

Daniel Jenkins James Madison University

Francesca Ross James Madison University

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College Acceptances for the Class of 2016 American University (4) Appalachian State University Auburn University Boston College (2) Bridgewater College (6) Bryn Mawr College California Polytechnic State University Champlain College Christopher Newport (14) Clemson University (7) Coastal Carolina University (3) College of Charleston (3) College of William and Mary (18) Colorado School of Mines Connecticut College Cornell University (2) Davidson College Defiance College Drexel University (4) Duke University East Carolina University (4) Elon University (3) Embry Riddle Aeronautical Furman University (2) Gardner-Webb University Georgetown University (3) Goucher College Hampden-Sydney College (8)

Haverford College High Point University Hofstra University Humboldt State University Ithaca College J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College James Madison University (34) Kennesaw State University LIM College Longwood University (16) Louisiana State University Loyola University Maryland (2) Lynchburg College (9) Mercer University Marymount Manhattan Maryland Institute College of Art Meredith College Michigan State University Mississippi State University Mount Saint Mary’s University New School: Parsons North Carolina State University (2) North Carolina Wesleyan Northeastern University Old Dominion University (3) Pennsylvania State University (2) Pepperdine University Pratt Institute (2)

Purdue University Quinnipiac University Radford University (7) Randolph Macon College (17) Rhodes College Roanoke College (12) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Savannah College of Art and Design (5) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Skidmore College St. Bonaventure University Syracuse University Texas Christian University Texas Tech United States Air Force Academy United States Naval Academy University of California-Irvine UCLA University of California-San Diego University of California-Santa Barbara University of Colorado-Boulder (2) University of Kentucky University of Maine University of Mary Washington (15) University of Maryland (3) University of Miami (2)

University of Michigan University of Missouri University of North CarolinaChapel Hill (3) University of North Carolina School of the Arts University of North CarolinaWilmington University of North Florida University of Oregon University of Pittsburgh (3) University of Portland University of Richmond (3) University of South Carolina (14) University of Tennessee University of Virginia (12) University of Virginia-Wise University of Wisconsin Virginia Commonwealth University (19) Virginia Military Institute (4) Virginia Tech (30) Virginia Wesleyan College Wake Forest University (3) Washington & Lee University Washington College (3) West Virginia University Wofford College

College Overview 2016 The class of 2016 stands on the points of the compass and lays claim to excellence in all its manifestations by enrolling in 49 different colleges and universities. In choosing college destinations that represent the best fit for each student, the class represents the best of the Trinity philosophy that encourages a lifelong path of discovery and learning. Trinity graduates are pursuing their passions in widely diverse ways. Zane Lewis and Andrew Elgin are attending United States service academies. Visual artists like Abe Calhoun, Charlotte Reece, Kellan Dwyer and Claire Adams are attending art schools, while other creative young adults are pursuing their craft within conventional colleges and universities. Athletes like Annie Snead, Christie van de Kamp and Emma Nash, along with a bumper crop of Titan Division I athletes from the class of 2016, will compete in college athletics. Other Titans will play for Division III teams and club teams. Dancer Abby Zinsser will take a gap year to concentrate on her talent. While Virginia schools remain popular (68% of the class will attend a Virginia institution), some students have stretched their wings and chosen to attend schools far from the Old Dominion. Erin Reedy and Cole Shugart will head to the West Coast, Jake Hogge and Carolyn Corbet have chosen New England schools, and Zoe Trenz and Jordan Walker will head to Florida. In Virginia, James Madison University remains popular, with nine students attending. Twelve will attend Virginia Tech. The College of William & Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University will each enroll eight Titans, and the University of Virginia will be home to seven. Navigating the application process continues to be a challenge, especially at top schools. College Counselor Julie Bruner said, “Our data continues to support the fact that the highly selective schools consider four factors when evaluating applications: 25% academic and testing record, 25% legacy, 25% ethnicity/diversity, and 25% recognized talent. We strive to support our students to the degree that their records allow, while encouraging them to consider other schools that will fit them and that will offer favorable decisions.” Bruner said that she and fellow counselor Chet Childress can help students make strategic choices about applying early action, early decision or regular decision. Even though an early application can demonstrate an applicant’s interest, it doesn’t always give an advantage, said Bruner. “The University of Virginia is one of the few schools that does not follow this path,” she said. “Instead, UVA encourages only the strongest students to apply early action. UVA, as well as other institutions, can deny the early action applicant, which means the student’s application will not be considered for regular decision. We are able to guide our seniors to make sure they apply to each of their schools using the correct application plan.” TITAN TRAIL

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Swimming Boys swimming completed yet another undefeated season (18-0), the second in a row, to go on to a VISAA state championship, also for the second-straight year. The girls team went 10-5, good enough for 3rd in the LIS and 5th in the state. “Our theme was ‘Swimming for the Shield: One Team. One Goal. 28

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One Shield,’” said Head Coach Alice Phillips. “Our overall goal was to make our school proud. We also strive with swimming to have unity, to be together, to build connections.” Assistant Coach Ashley Tremper credits this year’s repeat performance to strong leadership from the team’s six seniors. “All were willing to step out of their comfort zones, try new events and were willing to swim anything for the sake of the team,” she said.

For the girls, Coach Phillips said the most memorable moments came at the LIS championship meet, where they set new league records in both the 200-yd free relay (Meghan Burton ’17, Lucy Perry ’17, Zoe Trenz ’16 and Hailey Ladd ’17) and the 400-yd free relay (Burton, Alix Melton ’17, Trenz and Ladd). “The LIS champs were the girls’ best meet,” said Coach Phillips. “Everyone swam, everyone had a best time and we set two records, which we’ve never done before.” The 400-yd free relay team of Aidan Sullivan ’16, Sam Hatley ’16, Sam Kettlewell-Sites ’16 and Jacob Johnson ’17 broke the Prep League record. At the state meet in Christiansburg, the boys notched their first-ever state-level relay win from the 200-yd free relay team of Sullivan, Michael Sacks ’17, Kettlewell-

Sites and Johnson. Finally, both coaches noted the fact that over 80% of the boys team qualified for the state meet – a true high water mark.

Indoor Track “What the team lacked in size and experience was made up for in determination,” said Head Coach Marcus Jones ’00, “and they excelled in the biggest moment of the year, at the VISAA State Championships.” The boys finished 6th in the state and the girls finished 7th, both results meeting goals set by the team. The boys were led by Trevor Taylor ’17, Evan Thalhimer ’17 and Cole Shugart ’16 while the girls were led by Erin Reedy ’16, Faith Hinton ’17 and Isabella Anderegg ’17.

Highlights of the season included: • Isabella Anderegg ’17 was the LIS and state champion in the shot put. Her throw of 36’ 4.25” broke the school record. • Faith Hinton ’17 was the LIS and VISAA runner up in the shot put. In addition to shot put she also broke the school record in the 55m hurdles with a time of 9.76. • Cole Shugart ’16 was the state runner up in the 3200m, running a time of 9:46.94. • Trevor Taylor ’17 finished 3rd in the Prep League and 5th in the state in shot put. His throw of 47’ 1.5” is one of the longest in program history.

Wresting This year’s Titan wrestlers were committed to “a rigorous training effort to develop physical and mental conditioning,” along with a “willingness to compete at the highest level against far more experienced and mature teams,” said Head Coach Doug Schutte. Seven of the nine Titan wrestlers competed in the VISAA State Tournament, and the team went 5-14, finishing 27th out of 29 teams. Calvin Hurlbert ’19 started the tournament by pinning his opponent, while Jack Godin ’18 and Jonathan Celerin ’19 also pinned two of their opponents. Celerin’s was ranked 64th among 276 wrestlers in the category of “most pins in the least amount of time.”

Individual honors over the season went to Lauren Prata ’18 for winning the 113-pound class at the Cavalier Clash at Caroline County High School and placing 2nd in the 106-pound class at the Yellow Jacket Randolph Macon Academy Tournament. Jack Godin placed 3rd and Jonathan Celerin 4th at RMA. Reed Bundy ’19 and Jonathan Celerin both placed 3rd at 126 pounds and 220 pounds respectively at the Virginia Prep League Tournament. Schutte praised the team’s “positive attitude of its members upon the completion of wrestling in the state tournament and in

their common commitment to competing harder and achieving more” in seasons to come.

Girls Basketball With an overall record of 21-6 (8-4 LIS), the girls finished 3rd in the league and 4th in the state, ending the season with a loss in the state semifinals to Paul VI, a team which finished their season ranked No 2 in the country by USA Today. The team accomplished its goal of improving over last season, topping their 2015 mark by 12 wins. The Richmond Times-Dispatch essentially ranked the Titans as the area’s top independent school by naming them 5th overall, behind four large public high schools. “The girls came up with the slogan ‘Light the Fire,’” said Head Coach Anna Prillaman. “They wanted to be the team that put this program on the map both in Richmond and around the state. They knew we needed to light a fire within ourselves in order to achieve that.”

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Coach Prillaman recalls the state quarterfinal game versus St. Catherine’s as a defining moment of the season. It was the fourth time the Titans had faced the Saints in the season, having lost the three previous. Up to that point, “we had beaten the teams we should have beat and lost to the teams we should have lost to,” said Prillaman. “From the tip to the finish we played a solid game to finally beat them… It got our program over the top, and we finally felt like we had arrived. Charlotte Woods’s ’16 tenacious defense at the top of a 3-2 zone proved to be one of the deciding factors in the win.” Jaelyn Harris-Caple ’18 moved to eighth on Trinity’s all-time leading scorer list (653), as only a sophomore. Elaina Chapman ’19 led the team with 17.6 points per game, and she led the league with 3.6 blocks per game. Angel Burgos ’19 led the league in assists with 6.4 per game.

Boys Basketball With a 21-8 finish (7-5 VPL), the boys achieved their season goal of winning at least 20 games, making them the only independent school in Virginia to log at least 20 wins in each of the past five seasons. The team opened the season with a 13-1 start, their best in 20 years, and good enough for a brief stint in the Max Preps Top 100 national ranking at 76th. “Our style of play was very uptempo, fast-break basketball with an emphasis on sharing the ball,” said Head Coach Rick Hamlin ’96. “An injury to our point guard Aaron Duhart ’17 made this more difficult, but we were praised as being a very fun team to watch.”

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Hamlin said winning at Benedictine to beat the Cadets for the third straight year was a season highlight. “It was the loudest crowd of any game I’ve ever coached,” he said. “My ears were literally ringing for the next four days, and our fans were amazing.” “The most memorable game was senior day,” recalled Hamlin. “Our four-year manager, Bobby Oldfield ’16, got to put on a uniform and play for the first time. We beat the top team in the league, St. Anne’s Belfield, in OT, and Bobby (who suffers from cerebral palsy) hit the buzzer-beating shot at the end of OT. WRIC Channel 8 captured the moment, and it was the lead story on the 11 o’clock news. It was a night that no one in attendance will ever forget.” SPRING 2016

Golf 2016 was a season of ups and downs for the golf team, which finished 1-4 in their conference. Head Coach Andy Bender described the paradox of devising a team strategy for an individual sport. “What we tried to do was

pair our guys together who would positively feed off one another,” he said, “for example, Gabe Parker ’19 with Patrick Galleher ’19 and Bryson Bowen ’19 with Jackson Sheppard ’17. Our attitude towards this season was trying to stay focused on one shot at a time and see where we would finish as a team.” Despite continuing to improve over the season, the team’s postseason was cut short by a weatherrelated cancellation of the Virginia Prep League tournament. With all of the starters returning next year, Coach Bender looks forward to a strong season in 2017.

Boys Lacrosse Playing an independent schedule, the Titans logged a 3-9 overall record, an improvement over last season’s two wins. Head Coach Chris Fox said he emphasized staying competitive and focusing on what he called the “little things,” like ground balls and errant passes. “We tried to pretend like it was a game environment every day, so that when we got into tough situations, we would be prepared,” said Fox. “Every day, even in practice,

Softball With an 11-9 overall record (8-4 LIS), the girls finished the season ranked 5th in the state, the highest ranking of Christy Darlington’s tenure as head coach. Darlington said the team just missed their goal of hosting a VISAA state-tournament home game (the top four host), falling out of the top four only in the season’s final week.

the competition level was really impressive.” The team’s offensive leader was junior attackman Ben Boykin ’17, who led the team in goals. The two games versus Fork Union were the best measure of the team’s development and potential. “At the beginning of the season we lost to Fork Union by one (7-6), but we kept playing hard and trying to improve all year,” said Fox. “When we played them again, we beat them (9-4). To come back and really dominate the second game showed how much we had grown.”

“Do your job,” was the goal for each player. “Everyone has their own job to do,” said Darlington, “whether you’re on the bench or the field, on the bus or on base. If everybody does their job, we’ll be good. And they did. And we were!” Of the 15-player roster, seven of them were new to the team, including two new seniors, Amy Maier ’16 and Alissa Rosen ’16. Two alums, Becca Darlington ’10 and Carly Alford ’11, both former all-LIS players, joined the coaching staff and helped raise the level of competitive spirit and skill. The Titans placed two players, Emma Benedetti ’16 and Alexa Gillert ’17, on the All-State first team. “That was pretty amazing,” said Darlington, “and speaks to the caliber player that both young ladies are.”

At one point in the season, the girls extended their winning streak to seven games, and beat several teams twice (both home and away), only falling twice to St. Margaret’s, the eventual state champions.

Girls Soccer At 14-5-3, the girls finished 2nd in the LIS and made the state Final Four for the second straight year. The team fell just short of an ambitious goal to win both the LIS and VISAA championships, thwarted by a dominant St. Catherine’s team which has gone undefeated the past two seasons. Four of the team’s five losses came at the hands of the Saints, however in the 18 games versus all other foes, the Titans only lost once and outscored opponents 66-8. “After losing five senior starters from our state runner-up team of 2015, it figured to be a rebuilding year,” said Head Coach Rick Hamlin ’96. “Then in the first week of the season, our All-State midfielder Lucy Perry ’17 got hurt. But this year’s seniors were determined to go out with a great season. The team used tremendous defense to refuse to allow those lost players to give us an excuse, and the 2016 seniors all

stepped up to insure another great season.” Memorable wins for Hamlin included a 3-0 victory at Collegiate, a 2-1 win over STAB in the LIS semifinal and a 2-1 win over Norfolk Academy in the state quarterfinal. “We made the [VISAA] state tournament for the 9th straight year (one of only two teams in Virginia to make each of the last 9 state tournaments),” said Hamlin. “Our two four-year varsity players (Zoe Trenz ’16 and Erin Reedy ’16) recorded 50 wins in their Trinity careers, tying them for the most career wins in school history.”

Track & Field The 2016 girls and boys track & field teams had strong seasons, finishing 6th and 4th in the VISAA State Championships, respectively. The boys’ 4th place finish is the highest finish in program history. “The teams were both very well balanced with outstanding athletes who were capable of making significant contributions in the jumps, throws, sprints, hurdles and distance events,” said Head Coach Marcus Jones ’00.

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The girls were led by Isabella Anderegg ’17, who became the school record holder in the shot put with a throw of 36’ 4.25”. “Anderegg had a perfect day at the state championships, overcoming wet conditions to become state champion in both shot put and discuss,” said Jones. Faith Hinton ’17 broke the school record in the 100m hurdles in a time of 16.97, which earned her a 3rd place finish in the LIS Championship. The girls 4x100m relay team of Tolliver Mancé ’19, Kirsten Jones ’17, Morgan Williams ’19 and Charlotte Woods ’16 also set a school record with a time of 52.14. “This was Woods first season doing track and she quickly learned multiple events and went on to finish 3rd in the state in the long jump,” said Jones. “The boys had a very exciting year with several new school marks being set,” said Jones.” The 4x100m relay team of Evan Thalhimer ’17, Donavan Goode ’18, Jake Brown ’16 and Zane Lewis ’16 ran 43.33 which broke the school record in route to a 2nd place finish in the events at the State Championships. “Lewis ran the fastest 100m time for a Richmond-area high schooler this spring, recording a time of 10.76,” said Jones. “William Howard ’17 dominated the hurdles this spring, Aaron Duhart ’17 excelled in the jumps, Trevor Taylor ’17 contributed 32

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in the throwing events and Cole Shugart ’16, Steve Jean ’16 and Nick Jean ’19 paced the Titans in the distance events.”

Girls Lacrosse Ending the season 11-8 overall, the girls finished 3rd in the LIS with a 4-2 league record. They made it to the quarterfinal round of the VISAA state tournament where they fell to St. Stephen and St Agnes. “Make it count” was the team motto, said Head Coach Margie Vaughan Snead ’85. “The seniors wanted to leave a strong legacy of commitment, teamwork and success for the next generation players with the young team we had this season,” she said. Snead pointed to the season’s second win over St. Catherine’s

as a critical one for their LIS and state standings. Avenging an early-season loss to Norfolk Academy in overtime (7-6) further cemented the girls’ No. 8 seed in the state tournament. Among the season’s notable milestones, Meredith Hughes ’16 reached the 150-career-goal mark, while Elicia Wells ‘16 had 355 saves during her time at Trinity and 501 overall saves in her high school career. “We had a smaller roster this year and had to overcome some pretty significant injuries,” said Snead, “but we are proudest of how our girls stuck together and

supported each other throughout the season and became a better team because of it.”

Boys Tennis Despite a solid 4-4 record outside of league competition, the boys were 0-4 in the Prep League this season, coming in fourth among mostly larger and more experienced teams. First-year Head Coach Jay Bush said that he and his assistant coaches emphasized teaching fundamentals and tactics to a team of hard-working athletes. “We weren’t the most experienced team, but we were pretty scrappy,” said Bush. “And our physical conditioning really improved over the course of the season.” Bush added that some aggressive tactics on the doubles court and solid communication between teammates allowed them to steal a few matches from more experienced foes. Season highlights included a season sweep of Benedictine and a close loss against Highland School. Playing at the No. 2 singles position, Noah Collier ’17 had the team’s best winning percentage in singles (.500).

Athletic Honors and Accolades WINTER SPORTS 2015-2016

Boys Basketball • Armando Bacot Jr ’19: Prep League All-Tournament • Aaron Duhart ’17: All-League • Zachary Jacobs ’17: All-State (1st Team), All-Metro (3rd Team), All-League

Girls Basketball • Elaina Chapman ’19: All-State (2nd Team), All-League • Jaelyn Harris-Caple ’18: All-League

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• Isabella Anderegg ’17: All-State (1st Team, shot put), All-Metro, All-League (shot put) • Faith Hinton ’17: All-State (2nd Team, shot put), • Cole Shugart ’16: All-State (2nd Team, 3200m), All-Metro (3200m) • Trevor Taylor ’17: All-Metro (shot put)

Annie Snead ’16 was one of 10 girls to be named as a finalist for the 2016 Richmond Times-Dispatch “Sports Backers Scholar-Athlete of the Year.” A three-sport varsity athlete, she was a two-time All-Metro player of the year and state player of the year after leading the Titans to a state title in field hockey. She earned a 4.16 GPA and was secretary of the Student Government Association.

Swimming & Diving Boys: • Sam Hatley ’16: All-State (400-yd free relay), All-League (400-yd free relay) • Jacob Johnson ’17: All-State (200-yd free, 100-yd back, 200-yd and 400-yd free relay), All-League (100-yd back, 100-yd freestyle, 200-yd and 400-yd free relay) • Sam Kettlewell-Sites ’16: All-State (200-yd and 400-yd free relay), All-League (50-yd free, 200-yd and 400-yd free relay) • Andrew Nelson ’18: All-State (diving), All-Metro (diving) • Michael Sacks ’17: All-State (200-yd free relay), All-League (200-yd free relay) • Aidan Sullivan ’16: All-State (200-yd and 400-yd free relay), All-League (200-yd and 400-yd free relay) • Vincent Vivadelli ’17: All-State (200-yd individual medley, 500-yd free), All-League (500-yd free) Girls: • Meghan Burton ’17: All-State (100-yd fly, 100-yd back, 400-yd free relay), All-Metro (200-yd fly), All-League (100-yd fly, 100-yd back, 200-yd and 400-yd free relay) • Hailey Ladd ’17: All-State (200-yd and 500-yd free, 400-yd free relay), All-League (200-yd and 400-yd free relay) • Alix Melton ’17: All-State (400-yd free relay), All-League (400-yd free relay) • Lucy Perry ’17: All-League (200-yd free relay) • Zoe Trenz ’16: All-State (400-yd free relay), All-League (200-yd and 400-yd free relay) SPRING SPORTS 2016

Baseball: • Ike Fleckenstein ’17: All-State (2nd Team), All-League • Will Michael ’17: All-League

Girls Lacrosse: • Meredith Hughes ’16: All-State (2nd Team), All-League, All Metro (1st Team) • Annie Snead ’16: All-League, All Metro (2nd Team) • Elicia Wells ’16: All-League, All Metro (1st Team)

Bobby Oldfield ’16 was awarded the 2016 Richmond Times-Dispatch Sports Backers Sportsmanship Award. Oldfield, who lives with cerebral palsy and cannot fully participate in athletics, is the manager of the Titans’ basketball team. On Feb. 19 against St. Anne’s-Belfield, Coach Rick Hamlin ’96 had Oldfield suit up for the last minute of the game, during which he sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and Trinity won by 10 points.

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Jaiden Hobbs ’18: All-State (2nd Team), All-League Caroline McGonegal ’18: All-State (1st Team), All-League Ginnie Neal ’16: All-State (1st Team), All-League Erin Reedy ’16: All-League

Softball: • Emma Benedetti ’16: All-State (1st Team), All League • Alexa Gillert ’17: All-State (1st Team), All-League

Track & Field: • Isabella Anderegg ’17: All-State (1st Team, shot put, discus), All-Metro (4th place, shot put), All-League • Jake Brown ’16: All-State (2nd Team, 4x100m relay) • Donavan Goode ’18: All-State (2nd Team, 4x100m relay) • Zane Lewis ’16: All-State (2nd Team, 100m, 4x100m relay), All-Metro (1st place, 100m; 5th place, 4x100m) • Cole Shugart ’16: All-State Honorable Mention (3200m) • Evan Thalhimer ’17: All-State (2nd Team, 4x100m relay) • Charlotte Woods ’16: All-State Honorable Mention (long jump) CORRECTIONS AND OMISSIONS Football: Will Michael ’17 was selected first-team VISAA All-State in the fall of 2015 as a kicker. Field Hockey: Ella Donahue ’17 made the VISAA All-State team and Emma Nash ’16 was named to the Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro Second Team. Girls Tennis: Alissa Rosen ’16 was selected for the All-Metro tennis team (Richmond Times-Dispatch announces all tennis awards in the spring). TITAN TRAIL

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 Grandparents Day (For new grandparents only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Estes Athletic Center

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 Soccer vs. Benedictine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aycock Stadium Volleyball vs. Maggie L. Walker Governor's School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dale Travis Court Reunion Class Evening Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Commons, Academic Classes of 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 Building Oyster Roast (Ages 21 & older, please) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dunn Courtyard $40 Admission $20 Admission for Reunion Class Alumni RSVP at trinityes.org/Homecoming

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 IB Diploma Candidate Coffee Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Speight Alumni Room Open to all past IB Diploma Candidates Field Hockey vs. Deep Run High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Upper Field Trinity Parents Association Homecoming BBQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Noon-2:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dunn Courtyard Cost varies per item. Cash only. Football vs.Woodberry Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aycock Stadium Homecoming Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Auxiliary Gym

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HOMECOMING 2016, OCTOBER 14 - 15 — REUNION CLASS CHAIRS Want to help with the fun? As we prepare for Homecoming 2016, the reunion class chairs for the classes of 1s and 6s are tasked with reaching out to classmates to spread the word and excitement for Homecoming events. In the past, some classes have even planned a special off-campus event just for their year; what a great way to catch up with your former classmates and their significant others! If it is your reunion year, become a reunion class chair and help ensure this Homecoming is the best one yet! If you are interested in serving as a reunion class chair, please contact Ellie Donahue Boyd ’04, Alumni Relations Coordinator, at ellieboyd@trinityes.org or 804-327-3153. 34

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Class of 1977 Hillary Wood Grotos ’77 is finishing her 21st year at Trinty, where she is event coordinator and admission assistant at Trinity. She wrote: “my husband Karl and I are enjoying our family full of Trinity alumni: Lya Zeno Sinclair ’02, Kristen Grotos Spain ’03, Clair Zeno Carpenter ’05, Tappe Grotos ’15, Josh Spain ’00, Will Carpenter ’05 and Falor Zeno ’08 and our five grandchildren; with number six on the way, due at the end of the summer.” Wade Jeffrey ’77 wrote: “I became director of the Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation at the University of West Florida. In addition to Gulf of Mexico oil spill work, I have started working in the salt lagoons in the Atacama desert, Chile.”

Class of 1978 Cassie Price ’78 wrote: “I am the community initiatives and program manager at the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond. In this role, I connect faculty and students to community-based research projects, volunteer opportunities, and internships in ways that support and augment their academic work while simultaneously benefitting the community. In May 2012, I married Tom Kazas. We have four children: Killeen King (26); Nick Kazas ’08 (25); Kyle King (24); and Alexandra Kazas (20).”

Jo Fraser ’87 wrote: “Wes and I live in Sandy, Utah with our fiveyear-old daughter, Emma. I work for Health Catalyst as an executive assistant to the co-founder. We just got back from taking Emma to Disney World for the first time and are looking forward to spending the 4th of July in Whitefish, Montana. We love living minutes away from the mountains and enjoy skiing and hiking at every opportunity.” Lisa Steel Williams ’87 wrote: “I’m a graduate of William and Mary, where I received a BS in psychology, and the University of Virginia, where I received a MEd for curriculum and instruction/ reading. I am currently pursuing an EdD in educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Richmond. I am a reading specialist for Chesterfield County Public Schools. My husband Jamie and I have three children — one in college, one in high school and one in middle school.”

Class of 1988 David Limbrick ’88 wrote: “I am currently chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine and neurosurgeon-in-chief of St. Louis Children’s Hospital. My wife, Catherine Seltzer, and I moved to St. Louis for neurosurgery residency in 2001 after graduating from MVC/VCU. She is an English professor and expert in women’s studies, and works at a local university here in St. Louis. We have a son, Owen (11), and daughter, Lily (7), and my hobbies are theirs--kids sports and activities.”

Class of 1996 Rick Hamlin ’96 and Austin Hamlin welcomed daughter Agatha Jane Hamlin ("Aggie") on June 18, 2016. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

Lucy Vozza Massey ’96 wrote: “I married Travis Massey in April, 2014 in Tulum, Mexico. Blair Sanyour Bowens ’97 was a bridesmaid. I currently work at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals launching a new biological class of drugs for cardiology. My husband and I just bought a house in Westham and are in the process of renovating it. We are also expecting our first baby in August!”

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Trey Monday ’96 wrote: “I am the general manager and COO for Brazilian Best Granite, Inc. My wife Nicole and I got married in September 2012 and have two kids. Madelyn Rose was born in December 2014 and Autumn Mae was born in September 2015.”

Class of 1999 Catherine Fisher Roberts ’99 wrote: “I am a senior recruiter for e Intersect Group. My husband Matthew and I just welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Miles, in December. Our daughter, Sloan, is loving her new role as big sister.”

Class of 2000 Rachel Whitten Haislip ’00 wrote: “My husband, Justin, and I welcomed Brooks Matthew Haislip on May 12. He was 7 lbs., 6 oz. and 20½ inches long.” Pendleton Rouse ’00 wrote: “ I am a senior interactive designer at Blackbaud. My husband Wilson and I have two children: Ellie (4) and Tripp (11 months).”

Class of 2001 Sara Putney-Brandt Dubois ’01, art director at e Center for Effective Philanthropy wrote: “my husband and I moved to Bedford, Massachusetts from Boston last year during the worst winter in Boston history and had our daughter, Willa Gray, 7 days after moving.” Adam Hill ’01, vice president of commercial banking at Union Bank and Trust, wrote: “on August 14, 2015 my wife Ashley and I were happy to welcome our third son, Foster Chipper Hill. Foster joined older brothers Jackson (6) and Isaac (4).” Caitlin Curry Lowery ’01 wrote: “my husband Chris and I have a little boy named Nate who will be a year in June. I worked as a middle school English teacher for Chesterfield County for nine years before I left to stay home with Nate. I completed Longwood’s graduate program in school library media last summer, so I’m hoping to go back into education as a school librarian once Nate and any future siblings are in school.”

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Class of 2002 Lya Zeno Sinclair ’02 wrote: “my husband Andy and I welcomed Milo Zeno Sinclair on March 15. He joins big sister June (5½) and big brother Covi (3½). I am a labor and delivery nurse at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg. We love living in Lynchburg and having little sister Tappe Grotos ’15 nearby at Lynchburg College.”

Class of 2004 Ellie Donahue Boyd ’04 wrote: “Peter and I welcomed our son omas Walker Armistead Boyd on February 16. Walker is a happy boy who loves country living and our dog Julep. I am the alumni relations coordinator at Trinity Episcopal School and Peter works for Moran Towing Corporation on a tugboat in Norfolk. We live in Charles City, Virginia on an old plantation property that we hope to restore.” Sinclair McCary Curtis ’04 wrote: “my husband Joshua and I welcomed our first little girl, Ridley Louise Curtis, on March 15. Our son Ford is already her biggest protector and best friend. We also opened a Liberty Tax in Short Pump and will be opening several more in Richmond/Midlothian this upcoming year and are so excited! We love the company culture and it has been a great fit for our family.” Jessica Settlage McNeer ’04 wrote: “My husband, Reagan, and I welcomed our son, Bradley, on April 29. Bradley is named after his uncle, fallen firefighter Brad McNeer ’96.”

Matt Ogren ’04 wrote: “I work in DC for APCO Worldwide as a research manager. My fiance Mary Kate Cunningham works at the American Society of Association Executives as an associate director for public policy. We plan to get married in Arizona in 2017.” Emily Sydnor ’04 wrote: “I got my PhD in government last year from the University of Virginia and moved to Austin, Texas in August to start a position as a visiting assistant professor at Southwestern University. My dissertation was recently awarded the “Outstanding Dissertation Award” from the American Political Science Association’s Political Communication section.”

Class of 2005 Sean Doyle ’05 and his wife Lauren live in Washington, DC, where he is a client executive at Cisco Systems.

Ross Guedri ’05 wrote: “I got married October 3, 2015 to my beautiful wife Jennifer. We just bought a house off Robious Road which is very exciting for us. I’m working for Estes Express Lines traveling all over the United States implementing a new dock automated system for our terminals. is past year, I was the scout for the boys varsity basketball team at Trinity and I’m excited to do it again next season.” Morgan Taylor Pilkington ’05 and her husband Taylor welcomed their son, eodore ’Teddy’ Hake Pilkington, weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces and measuring 21 inches long, on January 31. Morgan is an ESL teacher at Chesterfield County Public Schools and Taylor is an associate editor for Virginia Living.

Class of 2007 Anna Daddio Bell ’07 wrote: “Currie Bell ’06 and I got married in April 2013 and currently live in Midlothian, Virginia. My brother Thomas Daddio ’06 was the best man and my sister Erin Daddio Collins ’04 was the matron of honor. Cameron Johansen ’06, Luke Phillips ’07, Chris Bell ’11 and Alexis Phillips ’11 were in the bridal party. I currently work for True Health Diagnostic Laboratory as a registered dietitian and tobacco treatment specialist. Currie works in the accounting and field operations group at e Brink’s Company. e Bell family will soon grow as we look forward to welcoming our first child, a baby boy, in August.”

Eight Titans, Two Classes, Three Decades Apart This year’s graduation day took on even greater significance for a unique group of four seniors and their parents. Emma Benedetti ’16, Jackson Eliasek ’16, Haley Sprenkle ’16, and Olivia Thompson ’16 each has a parent who also graduated together from Trinity —

Lisa Mays Benedetti ’86, Steve Eliasek ’86, Mark Sprenkle ’86 and Glenn Thompson ’86 — exactly 30 years earlier. The two parallel groups of classmates posed for a photo together, and a few of them shared their thoughts on the significance of the moment. “I look back on my time at Trinity as one of the best times of my life,” said Lisa Mays Benedetti ’86.“ As good as I thought it was back in ’86, it’s even better now. I hope it never loses its small school feel. Trinity brought out the best in Jeb and Emma. As well as a great education in the classroom, they learned so much from the teachers, advisors and coaches in everyday situations.” “The four graduates in the class of 1986 are each unique individuals,” said Steve Eliasek ’86. “We are all friends, but everyone came from a different background. Trinity is still treating people as individuals. Because we all came from diverse backgrounds — and because we are allowed to choose different paths — the school is that much stronger. And the best part is that I see that same attention to the individual that I had with my friends in 1986 being experienced by my son’s class.”

Class of 2008 Elizabeth Robertson Barrett ’08 and Mark Barrett ’07 got married on January 9. e couple reside in Richmond where Elizabeth works at RiverFront Investment Group and Mark works at the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

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Nate Cohee ’08, a graduate of Hampden Sydney College, wrote: “I married Rachel Wilkerson on May 7 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, with a reception following at e Commonwealth Club. Trinity alumni in attendance included Will Massey ’08, Chris Avellana ’08, Joanna Bolstad ’08, Christine Riedel ’10 and Matt Simpson ’03. We currently reside in Richmond where I am a client relationship manager for Retail Data LLC.”

Logan Miller ’10 married Callee on May 7. e couple reside in Richmond where Callee is the convention services manager at e Westin Richmond and Logan is a Henrico police officer.

Robert Warneford-Thomson ’08 is a PhD student at UPenn. He was recently highlighted in the “Scientist Spotlight” series by Benchling. e article noted that Robert is “conducting research on how polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is recruited to different locations in the genome; and outside of science, he speaks fluent Chinese and once completed a 1,500 mile solo motorcycle trip across western China and Mongolia.”

Conner Trebour ’11 wrote: “last year was an eventful one both personally and professionally. After graduating from CNU as student body president, I married my wife, Erica, in September 2015 and we are expecting a baby boy in June. Erica is from Salem, Virginia, and we met at CNU our sophomore year. She has been working since graduation but will be staying home to take care of our new puppy and baby on the way. Immediately after graduation I started working for a startup company in Richmond that works to break down the barriers of private capital markets.”

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Will White ’10 wrote: “I am an assistant property manager at Belvidere Management Corporation.”

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Class of 2012 Olivia Hargett ’12 is going to Georgia Tech to get her master’s in architecture. is summer she has an internship with Price Studios here in Richmond.

Tanner Brantley ’10 wrote: “ I am currently serving two years in the Peace Corps in Niambia, Africa; completing my time in October, 2017. I am working to teach English to school children. Prior to beginning my Peace Corps assignment I graduated from Morehouse College with a political science degree.” Maria Davenport ’10 wrote: “I graduated from Wofford College in 2014 with a BS in biology and sociology. Since graduating from Trinity, I have been fortunate enough to study abroad and travel to Morocco, Spain, Belize, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mexico, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England! After graduating from Wofford, I worked at Vanderbilt University in a neuropharmacology lab for two years doing research on the norepinephrine and dopamine transporters and their relation with neuropsychiatric illness. I recently moved back to Virginia and work at the University of Virginia as a Clinical Research Coordinator. I am responsible for managing the clinical trials in the hematology oncology department, where I focus primarily on thoracic oncology.” 38

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Rebecca Kientz ’12 wrote: “In the past four years at the University of Virginia, I have continued to follow my passion for languages and majored in Russian and Spanish with a minor in French. I have also studied German, Italian and Arabic. In my second year, I was initiated into the Spanish honor society, Sigma Delta Pi, and have served as secretary and vice president during my third and fourth years. is year I was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa and the Russian honor society, Dobro Slovo. Next year, I will be completing my master’s degree in Spanish in Madrid through Middlebury College.”

Arden Locher ’14 visited Trinity in May to speak to students about her experience taking a gap year between high school and college. Working with the City Year program, she lived and worked in West Philadelphia, teaching at an underserved school. She said many people asked her why she decided to take on such a challenge when all of her friends were going off to college. “I had spent 18 years doing everything for myself, and I wanted to do something for someone else.... Working with people who didn’t have all of the opportunities I had made me appreciate what I have.” Arden will be heading to VCU in the fall to pursue a degree in elementary education.

Kyle van de Kamp ’12 is studying computer science at ODU and spending his summer at Trinity working for Jose Santiago in the IT department. He visited Brian Phillips in May along with Sydney Small ’14, currently studying at Emerson College, and Ruth Blair Moyers ’14, currently studying at Washington University in St. Louis.

Class of 2013 Angie Scott ’13 was back on campus in May after finishing her junior year at VCU. She attended Morning Meeting and later visited a class to share her thoughts on leadership opportunities in college. Laura Hamlin Weiler ’00, head of student life at Trinity, wrote: “Angie is carrying a double major in craft/material studies and art education, with a minor in art history at VCU. She has also been a vocal leader on campus, earning recognition with several awards this year, including the VCU Emerging Leadership Award, the Dr. Henry G. Rhone Excellence Award, the Black History in the Making Award and the VCU Arts Crafts/Material Studies Allan Eastman Scholarship, among others. She was also a VCU Presidential Diversity Forum speaker in the fall.”

Class of 2014 Tyler Johnson ’14 attends the University of South Carolina where he is studying exercise science and pitching for the baseball team. Tyler wrote about his current baseball season; “As of right now I am 3 - 2 on the year. I earned 2 wins this past weekend in the NCAA Regional and was named to the All Tournament Team as well as Regional MVP. So far I have a 2.52 earned run average with 50 innings pitched. I lead the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for “in conference” saves as a closer, with 8. I earned 3 saves in 3 games against Alabama. I threw a complete game striking out 11 and only giving up 1 run against UNCW, the second best hitting team in the nation. I also earned a save against the Florida Gators, the number 1 team in the nation. We play Oklahoma State at home in the Super Regionals; the winner advances to Omaha.” Tyler has written ’Mauck’ on the front of his baseball cap in memory of former teacher and mentor Page Mauck.

Class of 2015 Jamie Hiegel ’15 and Mac Strehler ’13 competed in the 10,000 meter race in the NCAA/ODAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Both finished breaking the previous meet record. Mac, from Washington and Lee University, finished 2nd with a time of 31:50 and Jamie, from Bridgewater College, finished 3rd with a time of 32:14. ey were teamates on the Trinity 2012 VISAA State Championship cross country team, under the direction of coach Marcus Jones ’00.

SEND US YOUR NEWS With alumni as active and engaged as Trinity’s there is never a shortage of news to share. Weddings, births, adventures, and accompanying photos are all of great interest to your fellow alumni, so send us your news. Trinity Alumni Office 3850 Pittaway Drive, Richmond, VA 23235 Ellie Donahue Boyd ’04 ellieboyd@trinityes.org 804.327.3153 phone 804.323.1335 fax TITAN TRAIL

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In Sympathy The Trinity community offers its condolences to the families of the following people who have recently passed away. We apologize for any unintentional omissions Gladys Wingfield Harris DeBerry, mother of Diane DeBerry Krehmeyer ’87, died on December 19, 2014. Jon Watson Regen, father of Suzanne Regen Grzeszczak ’86, died on January 24, 2016. Susan Kidd Garabedian ’75 died on February 17, 2016. Henry Page Mauck, III, faculty member and father of Kathryn Mauck ’05 and Page Mauck ’08, died on March 12, 2016. Theodore “Ted” C. Link, father of Alex Link ’09, died on March 14, 2016. Stephen Lyles ’81 died on March 28, 2016. Mary Beth Morgan, mother of Jay Morgan ’11 and Will Morgan ’14, died on March 28, 2016.

Henry Page Mauck, III e Trinity community suffered a tremendous loss on March 12, 2016, with the sudden passing of Page Mauck, beloved and humble colleague, patient and encouraging teacher and passionate renaissance man. A notice in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on March 18 stated: “He attended the University of Virginia for Environmental Science and taught at Trinity Episcopal School for 32 years. Page will be remembered for his passion for teaching, coaching, mathematics, computer science, the outdoors, oysters, sustainability, his students, friends and family, and dark chocolate. He impacted countless lives in the community and was an inspiration to his students. He is survived by his wife, Maureen Stewart Mauck; daughter, Kathryn Margaret Mauck (Bryan David Conklin); son, Henry Page Mauck IV; brother, John "Jay" Waller Mauck (Katharine Kelley Mauck); mother, Janet Horsley Mauck; and numerous other relatives and friends.” On the Wednesday following his passing, students and faculty gathered with the family of Page Mauck to grieve together. Avery Archibald ’16 said: “You would have loved today. It’s warm, there’s navy blue everywhere and your family is here.” Laura Hamlin Weiler ’00, both a former student and colleague, said: “To use a river analogy, the way that Page supported students was like a life jacket, rather than a raft. He had the magic of making students believe they could do it, even if they struggled. He supported them and built their confidence, but ultimately they had to swim on their own.” Isabella Anderegg ’17 said: “Mr. Mauck is the kind of person I want to grow up to be.” On Sunday, April 24, over 600 friends, family, students and guests gathered in Dunn Courtyard to remember and celebrate his life and legacy. Classmates of Kathryn Mauck ’05 and Page Mauck ’08, were there, joining alumni who had been taught, coached and mentored by Page Mauck over more than three decades. Rick Hamlin ’96, also both a former student and colleague, said: “What made Mr. Mauck special, and the master teacher that we’ve heard about today, is that if a student did not understand something in AP calculus 10 times, he would explain it an eleventh time with the same patience and humility as the first time.” In lieu of flowers, the family requested that donations be made to Trinity Episcopal School in honor of Page, to support the programs he most valued.

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