Academic Prizes

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St. Paul’s Choir Cross and Linthicum Memorial Award for Musicality and Leadership

Cole Emmet Greeniaus Earley                                                           

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• Lower School Closing Ceremony
• Middle School Appreciation Assembly
• Middle School Closing Ceremony
• Commencement
  

Effective communication is a vital aspect of each of our missions to "seek truth, knowledge and excellence" in the world around us. Being able to share our insights with others so that we might benefit from our collective experiences is critical to becoming lifelong learners. One way in which we can engage in this process more effectively is to be avid readers and to share the questions and insights we’ve gained with others in our community.

That said, we are once again asking students to participate in the summer reading program. The book discussion group continues to be at the heart of this plan. Each student will be required to read at least one book from the list of sponsored texts and participate in the subsequent discussion group led by the book’s sponsor. The discussions will take place on Moodle, on Facebook, or in person, depending on the book. Details regarding texts, times and group leaders can be found at the online link that is included in this email. Each boy should enter the site and then follow the specific instructions provided for each discussion, and participate thoughtfully and earnestly. Students may use electronic or hard copy versions of texts as they prefer. Locally, Ivy Bookshop offers a 10% discount to students who make their summer reading purchases there; mention the St. Paul's summer reading program to receive the discount.

The books offered this summer range from poetry to memoir to new textualities like blogs and graphic novels. We are confident that each student will be able to find something that appeals to his particular tastes and stretches him as a learner. Certainly, we encourage the boys to read as many books and to participate in as many discussions as they would like, thus each additional book that a student reads will earn him extra credit in his first quarter of English.

In addition to completing one text and participating in its discussion, we will, near summer's end, be emailing links to a short, school-wide text that all students should read in order to prepare for the first piece of writing in their English class upon their return to school. On behalf of the English department, we sincerely hope that participation in this program allows your son to share with other readers in the St. Paul's community, both adults and peers. We have enjoyed this format over the last few years, and are optimistic that this summer's discussion proves equally enjoyable and thought-provoking.

Here's to a happy, rejuvenating summer full of great reading!

Link to Summer Reading Site (Select "Guest Account" IF prompted for a login, then click Login without entering a user name or password)

Sincerely,

Jennifer Bean
Upper School English Department Chair

Carl Ortman ’63 stopped by recently with a lovely pen-and-ink drawing of the front entrance gate and administration building on the St. Paul's campus on Rogers Avenue, where he spent his first year at the school before moving to Brooklandville in 1952. “Mr. [Edmonton] Hussey was the head of the lower school and a real taskmaster with the fly-back paddle,” recalls Carl. The Alumni Office thanks Carl for kindly donating this drawing to the archives. (Editor’s Note: The Lower School consisted of grades 3-5 until 1952.)

Ned Dukehart ’67 writes: “after almost thirty years as a Wall Streeter, most of which was with Alex. Brown, moved on to real estate in Palm Beach with Brown Harris Stevens. Weathered the collapse ...now witnessing a very strong recovery. Double-handed Bo Weisheit's Belgian built Etap 38 from Nassau to Baltimore in May. Bo is a great sailor and a great mate. Lots of laughs recounting STP days! We were greeted with the news of the '66 football team's induction into the HOF, a fitting end to a memorable trip.”

Following a career as a principal in Washington County Public Schools and teaching at Towson University, Roger Stenersen ’68 now directs the graduate Educational Leadership Program at Hood College, which prepares educators to be principals. His program offers both an M.S. and a certificate in Educational Leadership. His son is a rising junior at Hood. Roger lives in Boonsboro,  which, he says, “sure beats driving back and forth to Towson!” Roger did make that drive early in May when he joined classmates on campus to mark their 50^th reunion.

1970’s

Tim Cockey ’73, having published a successful series of detective novels featuring Fells Point undertaker Hitchcock Sewell, as well as three neo-noir novels under his nom de plume, Richard Hawke, gives St. Paul’s Alumni News a scoop: He’ll spend his summer going over the final draft of his first non-crime novel, a literary comedy that he hopes to have ready for publication in late 2014.

Tom Mitchell ’77 is coordinating the technical implementation of a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme in Trinidad and Tobago, through a partnership that includes the Trinidad and Tobago Health Sciences Initiative, the Ministry of Health and Johns Hopkins Medicine International.  Tom has traveled there several times in the last year.  Formal deployment of the Screening Programme is scheduled for June of 2013.

1980’s

Peter Kandel ‘80, who practices law at KANDEL & ASSOCIATES in Baltimore, tells Columns that brother Christopher  Kandel  ’78 is a finance attorney in London and has been recognized as a leader in that profession by a number of  legal publications.  Christopher has two kids and has recently remarried to an Italian businesswoman.

Jeff Finke ’87 is Principal Information Systems Engineer with MITRE, which manages federally funded research and development centers, in McLean, VA. He holds two advanced degrees from Johns Hopkins, one in Information technology and the other an MBA.  Jeff has four kids—the oldest a sixth-grader—and he’s coaching the lacrosse teams of two of his kids.

1990’s

Bryce Smith ’90 CEO of OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle-based company that sells long-term, fixed-priced power to corporate and educational institutions at competitive rates—a business model that allows the company to build solar power projects. His company is looking to work with independent schools. Bryce and a classmate once owned a beer distributorship in Virginia.

Ziad Gellad ’93 is a gastroenterologist and health services researcher at Duke.  After completing his M.D. and M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins, he went to Duke for further training and has been on faculty since 2009. His research is on quality-of-care issues in gastroenterology.  

Parker Baxter ’94 is Director of Knowledge at The National Association of Charter School Authorizers, which is dedicated to quality improvements in public education by improving the performance of charter school authorizers. Parker develops content and resources for Knowledge Core, NACSA’s new online knowledge and learning system. Prior to joining NACSA, he was Assistant Superintendent and Executive Director of the Office of Parental Options at the Louisiana Department of Education and Director of Charter Schools for Denver Public Schools. Earlier Parker was an aide to U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and a Teach for America corps member in New Orleans.

Toby Mink ’98 and his wife Nicole welcomed Elizabeth Boswell Mink into this world on April 29.  “I actually made it out for an hour and a half to the reunion and had a blast with the ‘98ers,” Toby says, referring to Blue-Gold Reunion Weekend. “Not sure how I convinced my wife that it was okay, but we only live 5 miles down the street.” 

Bob Andersson '98 writes from Marbella, Spain, where he’s lived the last decade, to point out that the school’s web site incorrectly lists the varsity ice hockey his senior year, when he was the captain. (Editor’s note: Corrections to help us achieve 100% accuracy are welcome.)  Bob works “in the premium rate sector of telecoms,” he reports, “basically managing global marketing campaigns and, more recently, designing Apps and services for smartphones.”

2000’s

Mike Rosolio ’00 has been hired as a writer for a new show on NBC this fall, “Sean Saves The World,” with Sean Hayes and Thomas Lennon, to air Thursdays at 9 P.M.  When asked to comment on this development, Mike responded with a prolonged “YES!”

Jim Gillis '00 married Ashley Valis in May.

Mike Mitchell ’01 recently graduated from the Anne Arundel County Police Academy and Mike is an Anne Arundel County policeman and this picture is from his graduation ceremony from the police academy. He’s spending his first six months on the force traveling around with a training officer.

Andrew Kerpelman ’06 has landed a legal internship at the Screen Actors Guild office in Philadelphia, an ideal position given that his interest in law is directed to Civil Litigation and Entertainment Law (Film, Music, Publishing). Andrew, who is attending Temple University Beasley School of Law and plans to graduate in 2015, is also in acting school, from which he reports that he has worked closely with, and is being mentored by, Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Stephen Lang and Tom Hanks.

Alex Griswold ’06 has signed on at his alma mater, Davidson College, as Annual Fund Gifts Officer: “My job is to meet with alumni to help raise funds and improve the school,” he says.

John Hoover ’06 is an account manager at Graffy in San Diego, “a media and marketing agency in Encinitas, CA, with our primary focus being action sports,” he writes. “We work with a lot of the surf, skate and snow brands (Oakley, Sanuk, Volcom, etc..) and handle anything from traditional media buys to full service event activations.” John reports that “about 5-10 SP alums (mostly 05-07 grads) live right around each other in San Diego, and obviously come together for all Ravens games.” John tracked us down recently via the St. Paul’s Alumni App and is glad to be back in touch.

James Saylor ‘09 graduated on May 24 from the U.S. Naval Academy with both his commission as a Naval Ensign and a B.S., with an Arabic major and a Spanish minor. His first tour starts in June, aboard the USS Russell (DDG 59), based out of San Diego, CA. 

Morgan Gerlak '10, who rows for Brown University, is one of 20 athletes invited by U.S. Rowing to the 2013 Men’s Under 23 National Team Selection Camp. He will compete for a spot on the team that will represent the U.S. at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships from July 24-28 in Linz, Austria.

Connor Curro ’11 was a member of the 2013 Stevenson lacrosse team that won the D-3 National Championship in May. He was also chosen Honorable Mention All-American as a defensive midfielder. At St. Paul’s he played on the 2010 MIAA A-Conference championship team.

The afternoon saw our sixth-graders lead campus tours and interview the award-winners for the alumni oral-history video project. Students and alumni then met at the Victory Bell, sporting banners and flags to back the lacrosse team in a crucial match against Gilman. A highlight was the resurrection of the cannon that for years fired to mark a Crusader score—“Big Bertha,” donated by Bill Beale ’63, once again boomed from the hilltop, thanks to the chemical wizardry of our Science department’s Dr. David Chalfoun.

Many alumni and their families gathered Friday evening under the tent on Hamilton Lawn, on the north side of Brooklandwood, for post-game cocktails. Saturday saw vigorous alumni tennis and the traditional alumni lacrosse game, to which all were invited to play or laugh at those who did. The shortage of players prompted your alumni director to suit up, though the only evidence of his participation is the sideline photograph that captured him looking justifiably alarmed. Bob Tarring ’64 captured the distinction of most experienced combatant, while History Dept. Chair Alec Shipley ’89 found himself futilely trying to stop his son, Jake Shipley ’10, from scoring. Dozens of panting athletes made their way up the hill to the tent for a post-game cookout, followed by a varsity baseball win over John Carroll. The weekend was capped off by our five-year reunion class dinners, on and off campus. Click here for a Blue-Gold Reunion Weekend photo gallery.

Coming off one of the most challenging seasons in St. Paul's lacrosse history with a 4-15 record in 2012, the 2013 varsity lacrosse team earned the School's 55th trip to the MSA/MIAA playoffs the old-fashioned way, with hard work and a team-first attitude. The amazing turnaround season was led by a Crusader team comprised of 13 seniors, 19 juniors, four sophomores, and a freshman. Team captains Mike Mayer, Travis Wood, and Andrew Nelson led the team to a successful comeback season throughout the tough out-of-conference and MIAA schedule.

After opening up with a win over Anne Arundel County power Severna Park 18-5, St. Paul’s rattled off 10 straight wins vs. out-of-conference opponents including Hill Academy from Canada, Cape Henry Collegiate, Haverford, Georgetown Prep, Hereford, Fallston, Cherry Creek, Cape Henlopen, Bullis, and Episcopal, among others, heading into the grueling MIAA schedule.

St. Paul's lost a tough one to defending champion Calvert Hall in the league opener 13-12, but then rolled to five straight league wins over Spalding, Loyola, Severn, St. Mary’s, and Mt. St. Joe to wrap up a playoff berth early.

Next up for the Crusies were the Big Three: McDonogh, Gilman, and Boys’ Latin. St. Paul’s traveled to McDonogh first and lost a heart-breaking 11-10 game in overtime. Gilman came to Brooklandville for Blue-Gold Day and lost an epic, high-scoring tilt to the rival Greyhounds 15-13. Lastly, #1 ranked Boys’ Latin knocked off the Crusies in the regular season finale, 13-8, in the 94th meeting between the two rivals. St. Paul’s finished the regular season with a 16-4 overall record, 5-4 in the MIAA, and a #5 seeding in the MIAA playoffs.

In the quarterfinals, the Crusaders were faced with the challenge of traveling to defending champion Calvert Hall. The Cards were led by faceoff specialist and USA U-19 Team player Stephen Kelly, who seemed to will his team to a hard fought 10-8 victory, ending the St. Paul’s season.

Season highlights included; Mikey Wynne breaking the School’s single-season goals record with 67 (and recording 90 overall points), Carter Flaig registering 82 points on 49 goals and 33 assists, Mike D'Amelio recording 267 faceoff wins to go along with a team leading 164 groundballs. Additionally, D'Amelio broke what is thought to be a School single-game record for faceoffs (25) and groundballs (22) in a victory over Severn.

Coach Brocato attributes the successful turnaround season to an outstanding coaching staff and seniors Mike Mayer, Travis Wood, Andrew Nelson, AJ Fradkin, Mike D’Amelio, Greg Louzan, Ben Linkous, Casey Larkin, Jake Carbone, Austin Butcher, Raymond Schulmeyer, Walker Sawers, and Mark Stansky, who maintained positive team spirit and chemistry, and will be sorely missed. 

Baseball

St. Paul’s Varsity Baseball completed the season with an 8-12 record overall and a 6-10 record in the A conference. St. Paul’s season included wins over league rivals Loyola, Mount St. Josephs, and Spalding. Unfortunately, a late season loss to Archbishop Curley kept the Crusaders from qualifying for the playoffs by one game. Other season highlights included their spring break trip to Fort Lauderdale where they won one of four games against some of Florida’s best high school competition. Juniors Keifer Rawlings and Jamal Wade were honored as all-MIAA selections by the A conference coaches. Seniors Austin Sutor and Jonathan Lucido were selected to play for the North Region in the MSABC Classic. Wade and fellow Junior Bennett Briante were picked to play in the MSABC’s Junior classic. Sutor, Lucido, as well as seniors Dean Philip, Jayson Brown, and Isaiah Rose completed very successful careers for St. Paul’s.

Golf

This season was an exciting one for the St. Paul's Varsity Golf team.  It became clear as the spring progressed that there were some exceptional young golfers in the Upper School with a solid balance of veteran leadership and experience.  Senior Conner Antlitz led the way at #1 and was the team's Wake Forest Cup winner, the SP Golf Program's most prestigious award.  Junior Thomas Carroll was the Spirit Award winner,  always demonstrating excellent course etiquette and a strong work ethic, leading to multiple wins throughout the season.  Junior Jordan Duke also brought valuable experience and low scoring, and sophomores Michael James and Wynn Geis returned for their 2nd seasons on Varsity, bringing great competitiveness and multiple winning rounds.  The most well represented grade though was the Class of 2016.  Freshmen Tommy Kearney, Daniel Hogge, Brett Wakeman, Campbell Shelhoss and Ben Morris all brought an outstanding energy and passion for the game which will serve the program very well in years to come.  The team had a tough overall record this year and missed the playoffs, but it was clear to the coaching staff that a championship nucleus is definitely in place for near future.  It was a successful season in that the boys made great improvements and were competitive in far more matches than their record indicated, with two being decided by just one point.  Congratulations to the team on their season and good luck to Conner as he moves on to Salisbury next year.  The future is bright for golf so be sure to stay tuned next spring!

Crew
The 2013 season for the St. Paul’s rowing team was a tumultuous one full of sacrifice, hard work, and a fairy tale ending.  The SP rowers have to contend routinely with some of the worst rowing conditions the eastern seaboard can provide, but all levels rose to the challenge once again. Despite limited training time due to the aforementioned weather, the team competed at a high level, winning races at both the 3rd and 5th Manny Flick Regattas, the Baltimore Championships, and stacked up well against their larger team counterparts in a dual meet with DeMatha, and the season’s final non-championship regatta at St. Andrew’s School in Delaware.  The team capped off their hard work and perseverance with an excellent showing at the Stotesbury Regatta in Philadelphia.  The freshmen placed 30 out of 45 teams, the junior 4 qualified for the semi-finals and ended up 8th out of 64 teams, and the senior four fought hard and placed 34th out of 56 teams. The lightweight four (Teddy Van Beek, Liam Emmart, Timmy Peters, Keegan O’Donnell, Chris Acker) claimed third place out of 36 teams via an intense push over the last 150 meters.  Their bronze medal is the first medal in the 13-year history of the St. Paul’s boy’s rowing program and provided a fantastic end to an otherwise extremely challenging season.      

Tennis (by Austin Burt '15)

After missing the team playoffs, the Crusaders looked to make some noise in the individual MIAA tournament.

In the second singles spot, junior Jack Hamed ’14 defeated his opponent from Park in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals. However, Jack would then lose to a competitor from Gilman. Senior Tommy Hauver advanced into the quarterfinals before falling. In the number one doubles spot, Sota Fukashima and Jake Hooper defeated a team from Loyola in the quarterfinals before falling in the semifinals. Hunter Ostad and Walker Halstad represented St. Paul’s in the number two doubles spot. They received a bye in the first round and then defeated competitors from Loyola in the quarterfinals. After that they defeated the team from Friends in the semifinals to go to the championship, before falling to the team from Gilman. 

This year’s inductees are:
Ham Bishop ’44
Carl Muly ’53
Bob Ruth ’61
Kirk Unruh ’66
Al Sadtler ’71
Chris Burgin ’74
Phil Bundy ’84
Davey Patterson ’80
David Blenckstone ’86
Ben Strutt ’93
Justin Singleton ’97
Walter Hill ’02
Louis Clark—Frank Meade Award for Outstanding Contribution to St. Paul’s Athletics
Don Hughes—Coach
Tom Longstreth—Coach
Howard Schindler—Coach 
1966 Football Team
1980 Wrestling Team

The multi-phase project incorporated renovation of the steps at the north end of the lawn; addition of a low site wall extending from the steps to the lawn; and removal of existing cedar trees screening Brooklandwood from the campus entrance on Falls Road that were replaced with large shade trees and shrubs. Additionally, a custom shade system was designed and will be put in place during graduation and other campus events to enhance guests’ comfort.

The Senior Parent Gift Committee, co-chaired by Michele and Bob Heacox and Gill and Clayton Shelhoss, generated support from more than 75 percent of the senior class parents and exceeded the effort’s goal of $155,000. Committee members were: Shari and Brian Nelson; Lora and Donald Peters; Kim and Ted Plass; and Kim and Tim Sauter.

 The overall plan was shaped by Jamie Brown '91, a landscape architect and present parent, who was especially concerned with maintaining the historic elements of the lawn area.

Bryan Loane '81 designed and constructed the temporary shade structure, and Ted Carter '02 oversaw plantings, while Herb Dripps, a School grandparent and the builder of Fisher Hall, provided consultation regarding work on the stairs and wall that now better define the garden at the north end of the Lawn. 

At the June 6 rededication of the Lawn, Headmaster Tom Reid recognized George Hamilton’s daughters in attendance, Welby Loane and Diane Boynton. In addition, the Committee surprised Mr. Reid and his wife, Ann, with the unveiling of a pair of teak benches. Inscribed in the Reids’ honor, the benches will overlook the Lawn from the porch of Brooklandwood.

Kinetic Sculptures are amphibious, human-powered works of art custom built for the race. Each May, the American Visionary Art Museum hosts the East Coast Kinetic Sculpture Race Championship through the streets of downtown Baltimore and across the waters of the Inner Harbor. The eight-hour race covers 15 miles—mostly on pavement, but also including a trip into the Chesapeake Bay and through mud and sand.

Students in the STEM Club have been working on the St. Paul’s entry with Director of STEM Initiatives Mick Scott since near the beginning of the school year.

“Engineering is the practical application of science and math,” said Mr. Scott, who was assisted by Middle School woodworking teacher Doug Finkel. “The STEM lab gives students real problems, where they first come up with theoretical design solutions, and then actually build and implement those solutions. It’s where the rubber meets the road – literally, with this project.” 

Congratulations to students Jackson Doughty, Adam Glinowiecki, Darby Coyne, Andrew DiFurio, and Karl Nasrallah, who built and manned the sculpture. Upper School art students from SPSG designed and crafted the Crusader Gator artwork that adorned the entry, as well as the T-shirts crew members wore.

Following the race, the kinetic sculpture has become a familiar presence around campus, turning up outside each of the schools and on the porch of Brooklandwood. Mr. Scott hopes its visibility will prompt even greater participation in STEM Club next year.