THE ORACLE A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF

Issue 28, Week of March 31

In recognition of exceptional student accomplishment: Honors Edition

Academics, Arts and Athletics are all important and vital components of our TBS

experience. We value the accomplishments of our students! We recognize academic excellence in the Middle and Upper School by awarding Honors and High Honors at the close of each trimester. In order to qualify for the Honor Roll a student needs an average

of 93 percent or above in the five core classes (math, science, language arts, social studies, Spanish) plus no non-core grade below 90 for any graded

enrichment/exploratory. For High Honors, the core class average needs to be 98 percent or higher plus no non-core grade below 93 for any graded enrichment/exploratory.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTS DISTINGUISHMENTS

High Honors: Remy Averitt Mason Connolly Haley Faucette Isabel Hudson Sagar Pandit Leigh Stanfill Molina Williams

Hand Chimes Excellence: Ellie Riddle

Most Improved: Nora Mansfield

Drama Excellence: Julia Bennett, John Stanfill

Most Improved: Ava Acton, Vivien Brown

Visual Art Excellence: Paxton King

Most Improved: Nina Byerly

Chorus Excellence: Sinny Kirk (not pictured)

Most Improved: Sagar Pandit

UPPER SCHOOL HIGH HONORS Bobby McQueen

Jack Parker

MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH HONORS Remy Averitt Mason Connolly (not pictured) Haley Faucette Isabel Hudson Sagar Pandit Leigh Stanfill (not pictured)

Molina Williams

MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS

Ava Acton Julia Bennett Vivien Brown Nina Byerly

Madison Chisholm Stella Cole

Maddie Hernandez Michael Hernandez

Sinny Kirk Sayer Kirk

Emily Leiser Bobby Oertel

Christopher Payne Sarah Richardson

Ellie Riddle Mari Robinson

Will Self Will Stadler John Stanfill

Brock Williams Mary Margaret

Woodruff

UPPER SCHOOL HONORS Julia Allison Hunter Allred Amelia Arcaro-Burbridge Martha Barefoot-Yeager Craig Beckner Kelly Bender Matthew Browning Michael Countryman Deja Cousin Jessica Fluette Taylor Fluette Alston Hill Thomas Holt Rikeah Johnson Philip Kowalski Cecelia Marmolejo-Reyes Zach Masters Emma McQueen Sarah McQueen Elena Oertel Stephen Payne Caleb Pickett Haley Ross George Schmitt Tanner Slaughter Kailey Solomon Luc Stadler Piotr Tarala

Brannin Webber

Middle School Swimming Most Improved: Calvin Barefoot-Yeager Most Outstanding: Patrick Esposito, Leigh Stanfill Coach’s Award: Ava Acton

Middle School Cheerleading Most Outstanding: Diya Parikh

Coach’s Award: Samantha Harper

Middle School Girls Basketball Most Improved: Maddie Hernandez Most Outstanding: Anna Meeks

Middle School Boys Basketball Most Improved: Will Self Coach’s Award: Michael Hernandez

ALUMNI UPDATES! The Burlington School alumni are an important group to both the past, present and future of our School. Here are just a new notable accomplishments and activities of those who have walked our halls.

John Holt ’05 (pictured left with brother

Charlie Holt ’11 and father Tony Holt) has

been accepted at NJIT and NYU thus far and is still waiting on other decisions. He has plans for pursuing a PhD! John has applied to:

Applied Math/ Math Biology -- NJIT + NCSU

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology -- NYU

Chemical Engineering -- NYU + CUNY

Biotechnology -- Columbia + WPI

Varsity Swim Most Improved: Lennox Freeman, Tanner Slaughter Most Outstanding: Piotr Tarala Coach’s Award: Martha Barefoot-Yeager

JV Boys Basketball Coach’s Award: Davis Blank Co-Most Outstanding: Trey Cousin, Jo Jeffers

Varsity Girls Basketball Coach’s Award: Riley Norton Co-Most Outstanding: Taylor Fluette, Deja Cousin

Varsity Boys Basketball Most Improved: John Meeks Co-Most Outstanding: Sae’Quahn

Rogers, Romeao Ferguson

Other notes of John’s from undergraduate tenure at Belmont University include: School of Music: one year of Guitar with a composition and arranging emphasis --

guitar/piano/music theory/composition -- all music freshman year o Biology Major, Math and Chemistry minors -- completing these

requirements in three years after one full year of intensive school of music studies

o Expected graduation Spring 2015 -- very strong academic record at Belmont

o Pursuing graduate studies in Biophysics and Biochemistry Performance and recording:

School of Music guitar recitals as a freshman Played guitar, bass, piano and drums Bass player in the Nashville group -- "Abbey and the Guise" Head baker -- Bobby John Henry Bakery -- Nashville TN -- a "boutique" bakery

serving the upscale restaurants in the Nashville area -- perfecting the art of baking

Intern -- Tennessee Center for Bioethics and Culture -- senior year

Charlie Holt ’11 is a sophomore at Sewanee – The University of the South

Proposed Major – Business /Economics Men’s Varsity Tennis Team Plays Drums Campus band – variety of musical genres – Indie Rock/Jazz/Pop/Funk Evening Sunday church services – worship band Recently applied for and was accepted to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of

Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia, but decided to remain at Sewanee instead. Still has a love for art.

Mandy Holt ’10 was a Burlington Day School student through 8th grade before

heading off to boarding school at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA. She graduated in the summer of 2014 with an impressive string of accomplishments and recognitions over her four years at EHS.

Honor Council Senior Monitor Overall Athletic Worth – Female Student – essentially top female athlete (played

three varsity sports much (all?) of her career – soccer, basketball and track) Highest Honor Recipient – distinguishing her above all other students for character

and scholarship. (highest award given) Highest Honors Academically (she may have finished #1 in her class – they voted

on their valedictorian from the highest honors group)

Robin Smith ’11

Attended Sewanee and played on the rugby team his freshman and sophomore year! Interned the summer of 2014 in London for International SOS - which is a French-based company and the world’s leading medical and travel security services company. He had a fabulous experience and hopes to work for the company after graduation in London, Houston or Philadelphia.

Hayes Cummings ’11

Appalachian State University -Expected graduation date May 2015

Bachelor of Music degree, concentration in classical guitar performance

Dean’s List or Chancellor’s List each semester to date

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society

Playing classical guitar music for App State functions such as receptions and dinner meetings

Plays classical guitar music for private functions such as weddings

Teaches weekly guitar lessons for six to eight private students, children to adults

A founding member of Bootstrap Slick , a gypsy jazz/folk band - four App State students - band has played on campus, at venues in Boone, and at Rooster Walk 2013 and 2014 (music festival in Virginia)

Future plans include teaching, performing and graduate school

Ashlyn Ross ’13

A graduate of The Elon School in 2013, Ashlyn played Varsity Volleyball for four years at both schools while also studying art with Rodney. She has continued to share her talents with friends and family by painting pieces for her nieces and nephews. Ashlyn has sold a few pieces along the way! Currently, Ashlyn is a sophomore at NCSU studying Crime and Social deviance, and is a Member Alpha Kappa chapter of Chi Omega.

Taylor Yow ’12 (a junior at

SCAD) both made the Fall quarter Dean's List! Trace Henderson ’02, an

alum who attended BDS from Preschool 4 - 8th grade, is the associate producer of the groundbreaking film I Origins. We posted about his film, which showed in

Durham, over the summer. Trace’s sister Adele BDS ’05

works in Harlem with a nonprofit called Friends of the Children of NY.

Whitt Sellers ’11 is now a senior at Sewanee (major in

economics, minor in studio art and writing). He has been elected to the Disciplinary Committee and will be inducted into the Order of the Gownsmen in October (this is an academic honorary society). He and Robin Smith traveled to Europe last summer with their World War II history professor and a group of other students and visited WWII sites in England, France Germany and

Belgium, having a great experience and earning class credit as well.

In her senior year at UNC Wilmington, Adrienne Madarasz BDS ’10 majored in

marketing and business. Adrienne’s sister Kristina Madarasz BDS ’11 is currently a

senior at UNC Wilmington and majors in biology and is preparing to take the MCAT and apply to medical school.

Ragan Riddle BDS ’05 Featured in the Spring 2015 edition of The Spear, Ragan is enjoying major success at Elon Law!

Looking for a way to get back in touch with The Burlington School? Email ajobe@theburlingtonschool.org. Did you know that the second rendition of Annie Jr. is playing this May 8, 9 and 10. The first show occurred in 2005 (Ragan Riddle ’05 is pictured left in the first rendition!)

ALUMNI ACTIVITIES DURING THE SUMMER OF 2014

Lincoln Pennington ’12, BDS ’08 did a journalism internship in D.C.

Mikaela Meredith ’12 participated in an environmental science program

Jesse Allison ’13 acted at Snow Camp theatre

Kelly Autry ’12 did summer stock in New England

Emma Holt ’12 did an internship at Angie's List

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SUPPORT THE BURLINGTON SCHOOL!

The Burlington School Annual Dinner and Auction is

scheduled for next Friday, April 10 at 6:30pm, at

Alamance Country Club! That’s just a little more than

one week away!

This Annual Auction is the School’s major fundraiser,

and all proceeds enhance the quality of education

for students that attend TBS. We gather at the

Annual Dinner and Auction not just for fellowship

with other community members but to find ever

more ways to make a positive mark on the children

and the future of this educational institution.

Visit www.theburlingtonschool.org/auction for

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