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Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Your Journey Begins Here

ach spring, with graduation approaching, Loomis Chaffee seniors 3 reflect on their journeys as students on the Island. The paths they forge here are as Eunique as the students themselves, but the common experience they share is a pursuit of the best self and the common good. Along the way their teachers, coaches, classmates, and friends celebrate their individuality, challenge their intellect, empower them to make a positive difference in their communities, and help them discover and embrace their passions. That’s the difference. That’s Loomis Chaffee.

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Michael Carter

ichael Carter is a big Loomis Chaffee Class of 2015 with me, and their confidence came thinker. A standout student Hometown: Mount Pleasant, SC through.” known for his insights, College: Stanford University When he arrived on campus as a fresh- the editor-in-chief of man, the biggest challenge for Michael Mboth the school newspaper and a stu- observes that Michael stood out “as one was the “level up” of course work from dent-written foreign affairs journal, an of the most indefatigable workers and his previous schooling. “I got my first award-winning delegate to Model U.N. most engaged true scholars I’ve seen in B ever,” he admits, “but it was not dev- conferences, a keen student of Arabic, a my career.” astating — just a reality check.” He says respected leader among his peers, and he quickly developed a more committed an engaged community member who Michael assumed leadership roles in work ethic and realized that doing so pursued his activities with purpose, many community-oriented activities at leads to a more rewarding experience. Michael took a thoughtful approach to Loomis. In addition to his leadership of Michael cites the Advanced Placement both his daily life and his overarching The Log and The World Bulletin, Michael U.S. History course, taught by Eric experience at Loomis Chaffee. For these was a prefect and resident assistant, LaForest, as a class that involved a lot and other attributes, Michael received served on the Disciplinary Committee, of work to “really get into the materi- the Ammidon Prize at Commencement, and was elected class president in his al” in order to fully participate in class given to a young man of the graduating sophomore and junior years. He was discussions. His efforts resulted in “an class who, in the judgment of the facul- active in Model U.N., the agriculture in-depth knowledge of U.S. history,” ty, has been outstanding in his concern program, SPECTRUM, and campus Michael says, and the class remains one 4 for others. sustainability efforts, and he exhibited 5 his creativity as an actor, playwright, of his most enjoyable and rewarding at In-depth thought shows in all that and director in several productions in Loomis. Michael does, even in his picks of books, the Norris Ely Orchard Theater. Rachel’s instruction and encouragement music, and travel destinations. His in AP Government and Politics class and favorite book, Jurassic Park by Michael “Michael is a terrific writer — one of through his involvement with Model Crichton, is more than a science fiction the best I’ve ever encountered in my 18 U.N. and The World Bulletin also helped story, he says: “It’s almost a philosoph- years of teaching,” notes history teacher him develop an enthusiasm for learning ical take on science and ethics.” He en- Rachel Engelke. “Lucid, creative, clever, and cultivated his passion for history, joys music by singer-songwriter Lorde … his papers were always among my fa- international politics, world events, and for its complexity despite her relatively vorites to read.” For The World Bulletin, journalism, he says. He credits all his young age, and for the way she “con- meanwhile, Michael researched and teachers for holding him to high stan- nects everyday experiences with bigger wrote articles covering nuanced topics, dards in the quality of his work, though ideas,” he says. Fascinated by both the including pieces about tensions in the clearly he has a high bar set for himself physical beauty and the culture of Ice- European Union, the aftermath of the as well. land, Michael speaks with admiration Arab Spring uprising, and the threat of about the Icelandic peoples’ “respect for ISIS. “Michael stepped up to the plate Michael collected many fond memories the natural world,” their “progressive and helped readers unpack complicated working nights and weekends under mindset,” and their strong work ethic. issues in the Middle East,” says Rachel. tight deadlines with The Log staff in the basement of Palmer Hall. “We He tethers his future plans to big ideas Loomis first attracted Michael’s interest were miserable — and it was great,” he as well. Political science is the early at a Ten Schools admissions event near jokes. “If I had to do it alone, it would be favorite as a field of study at Stanford his home in Charleston, South Caroli- terrible. But The Log staff is just the best University. na, and he planned his visit to Loomis on his tour of New England boarding group of people I’ve ever been blessed to At Loomis, Michael’s scholarship, hard schools. work with,” he says. work, commitment to leadership, and Thinking out loud of the future, Mi- choice of extracurricular programs “I chose Loomis Chaffee because when chael’s long-term goals could include that held meaning for him earned the I visited and talked to other students law school, and he might like to live respect of his classmates, friends, teach- on campus, I sensed there was a great and work in Washington, D.C., some ers, and mentors. His advisor, longtime atmosphere here,” he says. “They didn’t day, “depending on where my studies English faculty member Fred Seebeck, hold back when they were speaking take me.”

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Reinaldo Maristany

einaldo Maristany grew as Loomis Chaffee Class of 2014 resident assistant in Taylor Hall as a a scholar, an athlete, and a Hometown: New Rochelle, NY senior, he was elected by his peers as leader during his four years College: Princeton University head resident assistant this year. He also at Loomis Chaffee, seizing served as a tour guide, was a member Rone opportunity after another to tap of PRISM (People Rising in Support to select prospective students who his potential and turn his talents into demonstrate exceptional leadership, of Multiculturalism), and mentored accomplishments. outstanding academic work, and an ex- underrepresented students through the Pelican Support Network. His leader- During Commencement, Reinaldo re- traordinary commitment to the school’s ship extended to the athletics realm as ceived the Nathaniel Horton Batchelder ideal of striving toward “the best self well. He was co-captain of the football Prize, one of the school’s highest honors, and common good.” and track and field teams as a senior. which recognizes a student’s industry, As part of the LC Scholars Program’s Meanwhile, he conquered a challenging loyalty, and integrity. “Every time Rein- emphasis on service learning and inter- course load that included Advanced aldo was ready to say ‘no’ to an exercise, national travel, Reinaldo took his first Placement Literature, Advanced Place- he took a breath and said ‘yes’ instead,” trip outside the country in the summer ment French IV, Advanced Placement Head of School Sheila Culbert noted in after his sophomore year, spending Calculus AB, Globalization (a history his citation, quoting an anecdote from a two-and-a-half weeks in Ghana, a trip advanced term course), Microbiology, faculty member. funded by the LC Scholars Program and Molecular Biology, Social Psychology, When Reinaldo arrived at Loomis, he organized through an educational travel International Relations, and Death & 6 saw himself first and foremost as an ath- organization called Rustic Pathways. In Dying. 7 lete, in particular a football player as he addition to exploring the African coun- The school’s emphasis on a well-round- had played the sport since third grade. try, Reinaldo and other group members ed approach to life appealed to Reinal- He picked up track in the spring of his spent a week dedicated to community do. What he loves most about Loomis, sophomore year on the recommenda- service, helping to build a school in a he says, is that the “teachers care about tion of Adrian Stewart ’90, a football village, visiting an orphanage, and de- what the students are doing for extra- and track assistant coach. Within the livering donated shoes to middle school curricular activities and that coaches first weeks of track practice, Reinaldo students. care about what athletes are doing strained his hip flexor and was out for The following summer, Reinaldo took academically.” the majority of the season. At the end of a trip to Southeast Asia, also through the season, though, one of his team- Rustic Pathways, visiting Cambodia Although leadership seems to come mates was unable to compete in the and Thailand with a peer he had met naturally to Reinaldo, he reflects that New England Track and Field Champi- on the trip to Ghana. The trip followed he constantly had to push himself to onships, and the coaches asked Rein- a similar schedule mixing explora- realize his potential, and he continually aldo to run the lead-off leg of the 4 x tion and community service, which learned new things about himself in 100-meter relay. Having returned from again allowed for experiential learn- doing so. Talented, hard-working, and his injury only a week earlier, there he ing. Through both trips, Reinaldo not admired, Reinaldo is respected by his stood, in front of a large crowd, eyes only became more self-sufficient, but peers and faculty alike. wide as saucers, baton in hand, ready also broadened his horizons. And he Come fall, Reinaldo will attend Prince- to sprint his heart out. Nervous or not, discovered a passion for government. ton University, where he was recruited Reinaldo rose to the challenge, running “In Ghana, I was able to see firsthand to play football. In choosing where he a stellar first leg to help propel his relay the disparity between the wealthy and would do his undergraduate studies, Re- team to victory. the poor as we drove from the south to inaldo says he was looking for a commu- Taking the same approach to most the north, and I started to think about it nity similar to that of Loomis and notes things he does, athletic and otherwise, in terms of my hometown and how the that he will miss the friends that he Reinaldo awaits the next challenge government affects people’s lives.” made and everyone who helped him on and jumps in with both feet. When he Thoughtful and quietly confident, Re- his journey during the past four years. applied to Loomis, Reinaldo was one inaldo has made a mark on the Loomis “The community is what made Loomis a of seven ninth-grade applicants named community. Chosen to serve as a prefect second home,” he says. an LC Scholar, a distinction offered in Kravis Hall in his junior year and a

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Ekaterina Kryuchkova

katerina Kryuchkova prefers Loomis Chaffee Class of 2013 Linear Algebra, she earned 100 percent the unvarnished truth. She Hometown: Moscow, Russia on every test from September until laughs and shakes her head College: Brown University Winter Break in December, after which when someone tells her she she received a 97 on a test and declared Ehas determination. “I am stubborn,” she following their regular curriculum, and the streak over. Hardly a slacker, she declares, and she offers a case in point. Kath didn’t want to delay her education. maintained an A+ in the class through the end of the year. Intellect, not grades, Kath, as she likes to be called, enrolled She heard about Loomis through one of however, is the driving force behind in Advanced Placement Physics II as a her father’s colleagues whose son had Kath’s scholastic excellence. In her junior because she received credit for attended the school. junior year, for instance, she did an Physics I from her previous school back Language did present a major challenge independent study in language because home in Moscow, Russia. But the earlier for Kath during her initial months on she had completed the school’s regular course had not covered all the funda- the Island. “The first half of sophomore course offerings in Spanish. The project mentals of physics, a fact that quickly year was brutal,” she says. The first book involved comparing a short story by Co- became clear in the opening weeks of that her sophomore English class read lombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez AP Physics at Loomis. She persevered, was Grapes of Wrath, and Kath strug- in its original Spanish to a short story by however, declining advice to switch to a gled to understand the dialogue. “John Anton Chekov in its original Russian. science class more in keeping with her Steinbeck transcribes regional accents, experience. “I got the midterm [grade], and you can’t look those up,” she says. Beyond the classroom walls, Kath wrote and I said, ‘Oh, look, it’s not a failing for The Log and edited The Loomis Chaf- 8 Precalulus/Calculus proved to be a more 9 grade. I’m not switching,’” she recalls. comfortable environment in her first fee World Bulletin; served as a senior And she didn’t. “Mr. [Edward] Pond is a weeks because she could use gestures to leader at the Sophomore Retreat and a great teacher,” she adds, suggesting that ask questions or explain her ideas, much peer tutor in math; participated in the her eventual success in the class was to teacher Pam Byrne’s good-natured Foreign Policy Association and Model not due to her bootstrap determination amusement. Language and culture also United Nations; played guitar in the alone. presented a social obstacle until Kath’s Jazz Band; and helped found the Crafts for a Cause Club, whose members knit Call it perseverance or stubbornness, English fluency improved and she for charities. but Kath’s decision to stick with one adjusted to the American social mores. of the hardest courses in the Loomis At first, she says, she found it easier During her three years at Loomis, Kath curriculum did no harm to her academ- to make friends with freshmen who says she gained self-confidence and ic standing in the end. The top female were more reticent — and less talkative developed more awareness of and ap- scholar in the Class of 2013, she received — than many of the sophomores she preciation for other people. “It’s hard to the Charles Henry and Mary Chaffee encountered. believe, but I used to be really shy, anx- Willcox Prize at Commencement. In But English didn’t hinder Kath for long. ious, self-conscious too. But that’s really awarding Kath with the prize, Head of An excellent language learner — she how all 15-year-olds are,” she says. Her School Sheila Culbert described this already was fluent in Spanish as well more outward focus and acceptance of scholar as “an extraordinary young as her native Russian — Kath’s English differences among people enriched her woman [who] took advantage of every improved dramatically through immer- Loomis experience. Now, she says, “I opportunity Loomis had to offer and sion, and she thrived in and out of the just look at this other person, and I say, gave back in the process, contributing classroom. Academically, she received ‘I am just so happy that we are going to immeasurably to our community.” five departmental prizes as a junior the same school at the same time.’” Kath came to Loomis Chaffee as a soph- and four as a senior. She also earned In the fall, Kath will enter Brown Univer- omore after finding Russian schools induction into the Cum Laude Society sity, where she expects she will pursue a at home too limiting for her intellect and recognition as an AP Scholar with double major in math and — something and thirst for challenge. “The teachers Distinction. else. She’s not sure about the other half would always tell me, ‘I know that you Math is her particular academic of the double major yet because so much know it, so just be quiet,’” she says. strength among many. In the col- interests her. “That’s my problem,” she British schools would have required her lege-level course Multivariable Calcu- says. “I like everything.” And that’s the to take a year of intensive English before lus, which she took this year along with unvarnished truth.

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Paul Lee

ondering the list of classes, Loomis Chaffee Class of 2013 pal cello in the Orchestra, and winning sports, and activities in Paul Hometown: Palisades Park, NJ election as Student Council president. Lee’s life at Loomis Chaffee College: Yale University Dorm life at Loomis played a crucial role may leave you breathless. P in Paul’s development as a person and a Here’s a partial accounting of his many played in middle school but had leader. “Going to was roles as a senior: Cum Laude scholar pursued no other sports. As a fresh- one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. with three year-long AP or advanced man, he heeded the advice of his prefect, … The biggest thing I learned was taking classes along with two electives every Mike Curtin ’11, and tried . As responsibility,” says Paul, who grew term; Student Council president; resi- a sophomore, Mike’s advice led Paul up in New Jersey and whose parents dent assistant in Taylor Hall; managing to cross country. “I loved it from the and younger brother now live in South editor of The Log; member of the varsity start,” Paul confirms, and he continued Korea. As a freshman in Kravis Hall cross country, , and tennis to run every fall. During the winter of and a sophomore in the small enclave of teams; award-winning participant in his sophomore year, he tried out for Longman Hall, he watched his prefects Model United Nations; and cellist in the swim team and was cut, but he in action and applied these lessons the Orchestra (where he was principal tried out again as a junior and made when he became a prefect and an RA. cellist), in the Chamber Music Ensem- the team, continuing with that team Ever humble, Paul sees leadership not ble, and for the 8 a.m. Mass on Sundays through his senior year. The endurance as power, but rather as service and at St. Gabriel’s Church in Windsor. work improved his tennis as well, and by junior year, Paul moved up from responsibility. He listens more than he 10 Even more amazing may be Paul’s full the JV to the varsity tennis team. speaks. As Student Council president, 11 commitment to each of his pursuits and he strove to make sure every voice was his humbleness despite many academ- With each passing year and in every heard on issues under consideration. ic and community honors. He is quite realm, Paul grew into more of a leader, He also learned to put his confidence in possibly one of the nicest people you whether by example or by position — others. “I think that I grew as a lead- ever could meet. For these qualities, and often both. In the classroom, he er when I abandoned the ‘only I can his peers adore him, as evidenced by rose to the challenges of an increas- do it’ mentality,” he reflects. And he the resounding cheers of his class- ingly advanced curriculum. He counts learned to reach out to others — close mates as Paul stepped to the Com- Chemistry I Advanced with Robert friends, family members, teachers mencement stage in June to receive DeConinck in his sophomore year and — when he felt overwhelmed. Their the Nathaniel Horton Batchelder Prize Advanced Placement Calculus BC with support, he says, carried him through for industry, loyalty, and integrity. Barry Moran this year among his most a busy and fulfilling senior year. challenging courses, and he developed Paul’s broad involvement in the school deep respect for the passion that his Attached and devoted to the community overwhelmed him at times, he says, teachers shared for their subjects. His that nurtured him for four years, Paul set but this Yale-bound scholar would AP Spanish class with Courtney Carey a goal this year of meeting every per- not trade in any of his many, var- and AP U.S. History with Mark Wil- son on the Loomis campus — students, ied experiences on the Island. They liams, both in his junior year, solidified faculty, and staff — and he came close to helped him encounter new people his interest in the humanities. “Those reaching it. As he looks ahead to college and new interests, discover untapped two classes and those two teachers and beyond, Paul says he will miss the strengths, and gain confidence. were the biggest influences in shap- simple pleasures of Loomis life, like walking around campus with his friends. As a freshman, the advice of faculty ing what I want to study in college,” “Seeing familiar faces all over campus and older students rang in his ears: he says. Although it’s still early to — it really makes it home,” he says. Paul “Get involved. Try new things.” So he decide, the Ethics, Politics & Eco- is too modest to admit that he’s the one did. He ran successfully for Student nomics major at Yale interests him. who made it feel like home, for himself Council representative, joined the Beyond the classroom, Paul took on and for the many Loomis students who Orchestra, wrote for The Log. Sports more responsibility each year, serving found in him a good listener and a friend. especially offered him opportunities as news editor then managing editor to step out of his comfort zone. “Before of The Log, serving as a prefect then an coming to Loomis, I never considered RA in the dorms, moving up to princi- myself an athlete,” he says. He had

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Abby Pyne

oalkeeper Abigail Pyne never Loomis Chaffee Class of 2014 was from coach Adrian thought she’d spend her Hometown: Dixmont, ME Stewart ’90, who urged her to “be senior year on the sidelines. College: Duke University honest with everything,” whether it A player on national soccer was a workout, with her teammates, Gteams since age 12, committed to Duke in the classroom, or simply in facets of is that there are students and faculty with a scholarship to play soccer since who actually live here,” she says. “I’ve everyday life. After ignoring her body’s her sophomore year, and an All-Ameri- become so close with the faculty mem- signals and pushing her limits too far can selection as a junior, Abby was on a bers and students at this point that it prior to her surgery, she found Adrian’s non-stop track for success until a knee feels as though I have so many different advice helped her to persevere and also injury forced her to undergo intensive families.” be mindful of her limitations moving surgery with a 12-month recovery. forward. Abby had an immediate impact on the The physical demands of her position varsity soccer team, which went 13-1 Throughout her life Abby has believed had caused extensive wear and tear on during the regular season and earned a that “if you work hard, you can achieve the cartilage beneath her knee cap, she berth in the New England Tournament, anything.” Her Loomis experiences explains. She had to either give up her losing in the quarterfinals. In a testa- reinforced that belief. Whether on the life of soccer or undergo a relatively new ment to Abby’s skill as a goalkeeper, sidelines or in the midst of action, Abby surgical therapy called Carticel knee opponents scored a total of just eight continually sets her mind and stays cartilage implantation. She chose the goals against Loomis over the course of focused, determined to be her best and latter, dedicated, determined, and eager the 2012 season and post-season, com- set an example. 12 to get back out on the field. 13 pared to the 54 goals that the Pelicans An inspiration to and a positive influ- The surgery, done in two parts, first scored on their opponents that season. ence on both students and faculty, Abby took cells off the cartilage, which then That winter Abby proved her mettle on notes that many more people made her were grown in a lab for a month. Once the basketball court as well, playing a life better at Loomis than she could have aggregated, the cells were placed in a pivotal role on the varsity team. hoped to touch. membrane and fitted to the cartilage left Her injury caught up with her, however, Abby says she plans to pursue a medical under her knee, where they then would during the summer between her junior track in college and beyond, with grow with time. A large brace covered and senior years, and the first surgery the goal of becoming an orthopedic Abby’s leg for most of her senior year as took place in the fall of her senior year. surgeon, a career aspiration solidified she underwent rehabilitation. “I remem- While Abby faced a long road of rehab, through her injury. She wants to help ber the first time I was able to flex my she stayed active in athletics and ex- others who battle sports injuries as she quad muscle,” Abby reflects. “I was so celled academically, and she remained a has. For now, though, she is focusing on excited. Becoming injured really taught leader. Despite being unable to play, she her own rehabilitation and preparation me to appreciate the little things.” was elected co-captain of the soccer and for her college career. After spend- Abby also had a large support network basketball teams, and she managed the ing two weeks in Belize this summer within the Loomis community rooting boys track and field team. Her injury, working at an orphanage, she planned for her recovery. From south-central while challenging at times, offered a to begin training for the fall season at Maine, Abby came to Loomis as a junior, perspective Abby would have not have Duke in July. seeking a more rigorous academic seen otherwise. Abby says she is now experience than her hometown school “mentally stronger as an athlete and offered. While she acknowledges that hungrier than I ever was [to get back in she was somewhat nervous about the the net.]” She also has developed a more transition, she recalls now that the tactical understanding of the game of change went very smoothly. Moving soccer. Watching from the sidelines onto campus for pre-season soccer raised her awareness of the game’s in- before fall classes, Abby notes that she tricacies and cultivated her into a better quickly gained 30 friends on the soccer player, leader, and all-around athlete. team and another 40 soon thereafter in One of her favorite pieces of advice, her dorm. “What’s great about Loomis which came during her junior year,

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Lauren Horn

hen Lauren Horn was Loomis Chaffee Class of 2013 highest-level tap class, and she also preparing to perform Hometown: Windsor, CT studied jazz, ballet, and modern dance. at the White House a College: Amherst College She danced with Dance Company 2 as couple of years ago, she a junior and senior. And this year she gotW cold feet. Literally. also began studying at Studio 860 in she says with a characteristic beaming Hartford, where she focused on modern “I was so nervous before we went on,” smile. On a typical Wednesday this year, and jazz dance and joined the studio’s she recalls. “When I get nervous, my she attended classes until 12:35 p.m., hip-hop dance team. feet get cold. But I need my feet to stay spending her one free period getting a warm to tap dance.” head start on homework. After lunch, The hip-hop team traveled to New York she rehearsed with Loomis’ Dance City to try out for the television program The audience included First Lady Company 2 then parked herself at America’s Got Talent earlier this year, Michelle Obama as well as actors Forest Katharine Brush Library to do home- an experience Lauren and her dozen Whitaker and Sarah Jessica Parker work until about 6 p.m., when her mom teammates will always remember. After and other members of the President’s picked her up to take her to Hartford for taking a train to the city, they navigated Committee on the Arts and Human- two hours of dance classes. When she their way to the enormous hotel where ities. The occasion honored the Artists and her mother arrived at their home in the auditions took place. An animated Collective of Hartford, where Lauren Windsor at close to 9 p.m., Lauren ate storyteller, Lauren describes the back- studied dance, and 14 other community dinner then returned to her homework stage scene as intense. “All the other organizations from around the coun- until bed time. dance teams are there, and they’re all try. The Artists Collective was invited 14 glaring at you,” she narrates with a fur- 15 to perform at the ceremony, and the During her three years at Loomis and rowed brow. “And you’re, like, ‘Hi!’” she collective chose members of its youth her previous middle school years, Lau- continues as her face smoothens into Jazz Orchestra to play a musical piece ren says she learned to use gaps in her a perky smile. Her team didn’t make it created for the occasion and Lauren to schedule wisely, to write down every- onto the show, but the group auditioned tap dance to the lively tune. thing she needed to do, and not to pro- crastinate. “I was really nervous about well, Lauren says, and benefitted from Luckily, Lauren does not get cold feet in the planbook system and the schedule” the experience. the figurative sense. A powerhouse of when she came to Loomis, she says, but Lauren looks eagerly toward her next positive energy, she approaches every she adjusted well. She chose to attend set of adventures at college, but she day and every challenge as an oppor- Loomis because of its friendly, open knows she will miss the Loomis com- tunity. Chilly toes or not, there was no community and its inspiring class- munity, her teachers and advisor, the stopping her from putting on her tap room environment, where students are Island campus, and her Loomis friends. shoes and stepping onto the stage set up encouraged to speak up. “The teachers She also will miss the certainty of the in the East Room of the White House. treat you in a way that you want to school that became her second home Once the music started and she began learn,” she says. over the last three years. “I’m going to to dance, Lauren says she was having miss just being here,” she says, looking too much fun to feel nervous. Michelle Although literature and language draw around her. “I’m going to miss knowing Obama herself led a standing ovation for Lauren’s keenest academic interest, she what I’m up against.” the performance. says she is keeping an open mind about where she will focus her studies at Am- For this young woman who has per- Dance — tap, ballet, jazz, modern, hip herst College beginning next fall. She is formed at the White House and man- hop — takes up a large chunk of every certain, however, that she will pursue aged a daily schedule that rivals that of day for Lauren. Yet this dynamo carved a dance minor and is excited about the the commander-in-chief, uncertainty out time for full involvement in Loomis dance program at Amherst and the won’t deter her for long. Chaffee life as well, from a full load of dance opportunities in the five-college challenging courses to singing in the system of which Amherst is a member. Concert Choir, competing on the swim team, participating in the multicultural Her passion for dance dawned early in organization PRISM, and serving as a her life. At age 3, she started tap dance senior leader for the Sophomore Retreat. and then African dance at the Artists Collective. By age 11, she was in the “Time management is my best friend,”

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths “The teachers “Grades are important. treat you But they are not in a way that everything.” Joseph Hinton ’16 you want — Mairead “Maisie” Campbell ’15 to learn.”

— Lauren Horn ’13

“I chose Loomis Chaffee because when I visited and talked to other students on campus, I sensed there was a great atmosphere here. They didn’t hold “I think that I grew back when they were as a leader when speaking with me, and I abandoned the their confidence came That’s my problem. 16 ‘only I can do it’ “ 17 through.” mentality.” I like everything.” — Michael Carter ’15 —­ Paul Lee ’13 — Ekaterina Kryuchkova ’14

“[T]eachers care about what the students are doing for extracurricular activities and … coaches care about Bobby Cecere ’16

what athletes are doing Abby Pyne ’14 academically.”

— Reinaldo Maristany ’14 Robert Cecere

ake our advice: Avoid batting Loomis Chaffee Class of 2016 of camaraderie and sportsmanship. He when Bobby Cecere is pitch- Hometown: Glastonbury, CT turned to encouraging his teammates ing. His mental focus is as for- College: Yale University instead of blaming them for mistakes. He midable as his fastball, which still, however, took a passive approach to Thas been clocked as high as 90 miles per competition, which isn’t a problem unless ment in our community,” says Bobby’s hour. When he steps on the mound, his advisor, Dean of Students Nick Barker. an athlete wants to excel. emotions disappear. His face relaxes, Along with many others on campus, As a freshman at Loomis, he recognized and his mind seems to turn inward. He Nick marvels at Bobby’s skill and com- that he would have to go up against describes a feeling of invincibility and mitment. “Organizing this event is a older and bigger athletes to earn spots calm. “I’m totally at peace when I’m on major undertaking, and Bobby (did) an on varsity teams and to play for those the mound,” he says. amazing job delegating and developing teams. His days of age-group competition , however, is far from the only leadership opportunities,” Nick says. were behind him. He started to push his focus of Bobby’s attention and talent. “His dedication to Special Olympics limits and play more aggressively, and forges a legacy of his selfless spirit.” his competitive spirit was unleashed. He As far back as he can remember, he made the varsity swimming and baseball has wanted to become an orthopedic In large part because of his work with teams. He sought competition every- surgeon, combining his love of biology the Special Olympics, Bobby this spring where. “I used to try to beat everyone and his fascination with the way the received Loomis’ inaugural Matthew at everything I did,” he says. At swim body works. His all-time favorite classes Whitehead Prize, which honors practice, he wouldn’t just try to finish at Loomis were the advanced science students who create and maintain an 18 first in the workouts. He’d try to win the 19 courses Microbiology and Molecular inclusive community at the school. warmup and cooldown too, he recalls Biology. At Yale, he plans to follow a Bobby’s family has been involved in with a sheepish smile. premed course of study and major in the Special Olympics organization for cellular and molecular developmental generations. His great grandmother was His competitive nature matured as he biology. a Special Olympics pioneer in New York, became an upperclassman. Winning is still important to him, he says, but it has At Loomis, Bobby was perhaps best his aunt works for the Special Olympics a different meaning, wrapped up in what known for his central role in bringing in New Jersey, and his cousin also is the team accomplishes in the effort to the Special Olympics to campus. When involved in the organization. win and in the satisfaction of knowing he was a sophomore, he heard that the But it was playing sports with peers you did everything you could to help the Special Olympics Northern with special needs that cemented Bob- team succeed. He has more respect for Spring Trials needed a new competition by’s enthusiasm for the Special Olym- his opponents as well. Competition moti- site for track and field, swimming, and pics. vates him to better himself, he says. other events. Bobby jumped on the op- portunity, convinced Loomis to host the In the sixth grade he started playing Ambitious, accomplished, confident, event, and then took charge of organiz- Unified Sports, a Special Olympics and competitive, Bobby found a way to ing a major volunteer effort. program with co-ed teams that com- make situations that could have been all bine equal numbers of players with and about him into experiences that were all With a committee of other students, he without intellectual disabilities. He loved about community. “At the end of the day, set out to recruit what he hoped would the experience. “To see the sportsman- he wants to improve the lives of those be 70 to 100 volunteers among the ship they had was incredible,” he says. around him,” Nick says. “He seeks to lift students, faculty, and staff at Loomis to “They’re smiling because they love play- people up.” help athletes, serve lunch, coordinate ing the game.” events, run activity tables, and serve as supportive “fans in the stands.” In the Although he played town baseball and end, more than 300 volunteers stepped swam competitively from an early age, up for the May 2014 event. The Spring Bobby liked participating but didn’t Trials returned to the Island in 2015 and relish competing. “I was a sore loser,” he 2016, each year with more volunteers says. “If my teammates didn’t do well, than the year before. I’d get on them.” When he began playing Unified Sports, he caught on to the joy “This event has become a seminal mo-

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Biridiana “Biri” Guerrero

game-changer,” is the Loomis Chaffee Class of 2015 “As head e-proctor Biri was respon- fitting description of Hometown: Chicago, IL sible for communication and general Biridiana “Biri” Guerrero College: Purdue University organization of the 15 other e-proctors, offered by her college and she communicated very well and “Acounselor, Amy Thompson. A first-gen- inspired others to do good work,” says to get used to being around all these eration Mexican-American from urban people who actually wanted to get a bet- Jeffrey Dyreson, science teacher and Chicago, Biri has embraced the educa- ter education — that was a big change.” director of environmental/sustain- tional challenges and opportunities that ability initiatives. “She also managed have come her way. In making the most Biri’s willingness to accept challeng- the chicken care schedule, oftentimes of her Loomis Chaffee experience, Biri es has led to great experiences and stepping in and doing the work herself. contributed broadly to the community life-changing opportunities. With no Suffice it to say that Biri leaves behind and inspired her classmates, teachers, prior knowledge of the game of , Biri a wonderful legacy and the program in friends, and others at the school with applied to participate in the Summer great condition.” whom she made a connection. Golf Caddie Program offered through the Daniel Murphy Foundation while at As a peer counselor and a mentor in In her hometown, Biri was selected home in Chicago on summer break her the Pelican Peer Support Network, Biri from among hundreds of applicants to freshman year. Caddying was not just shared her experiences in support of receive a Daniel Murphy Scholarship a good summer job, though. Requiring her fellow students. In the dance studio — awarded to select students in under- patience, dedication, and perseverance, and on the NEO stage, Biri brought her served populations from Chicago who talent to Loomis’ dance program, espe- 20 the experience helped her develop skills 21 demonstrate academic potential and for academic and personal success and cially in the annual Dance Revue, where strong character for college prep high became an investment in her future. she was a stand-out performer. She also school scholarship. With a four-year scholarship through served as team manager for the boys varsity football and hockey teams and Biri says she had little idea about what the Western Golf Association’s Chick played on the varsity squad of the girls to expect from a boarding school other Evans Scholarship Foundation, given to golf program as a senior. than the stereotypes she’d seen on the caddies with a strong record, excellent television series Zoey 101, which takes academics, and outstanding character, Biri’s ability to forge relationships with place in a fictional California boarding Biri will attend Purdue University in In- individuals and groups from varied school. Her admissions revisit at Loomis diana this fall. She will continue to cad- backgrounds and experiences has been included an overnight stay in the dorm dy during the summer while in college, a defining factor in her success story. with Nana Minder ’14 as her host. Nana and her long-term goals include study In the scholarship organizations, the discovered that it was Biri’s birthday, so in civil or environmental engineering caddying program, her studies, and her she made posters and encouraged others with an eye toward a future career in activities at Loomis, the relationships to give Biri a warm reception on her engineering. she has built along the way have been special day. “It was so nice,” says Biri. “I The caddying experience also inspired “game-changing” for Biri, inspiring was pleasantly surprised by how friend- her to pick up the clubs herself to play her to keep pursuing opportunities for ly everyone is here.” That revisit-day on the Loomis Chaffee girls golf team. growth and development. friendship solidified Biri’s decision to Biri’s advice to incoming freshmen is to attend Loomis, and she stays in touch Biri pursued a wide range of interests take advantage of the many potentially with Nana, her friend and fellow dancer, at Loomis, and the campus felt her life-changing opportunities at Loomis, to this day. influence. She became a passionate en- vironmentalist and was one of the first as she has done, from participating in Coming to Loomis was a a big change students to receive a Gilchrist Environ- athletics to engaging in Global Studies for Biri. At first, journeys from Chicago mental Fellowship as she helped build travel. “Keep in mind, your four years to Windsor and back were filled with the fledgling agricultural program and here will go by fast, so make the most of trepidation, due to her lack of air travel worked as an e-proctor for the sustain- them,” she says. experience. Being away from home and ability program for three years. She the comfort of her family for the first received honors her sophomore, junior, time freshman year was difficult as well. and senior years in science — one of her And, she says, coming from a Chicago strongest subjects. public middle school to Loomis, “I had

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Doyle Lokitiyakul

n international student from Loomis Chaffee Class of 2015 Calculus. Microbiology, taught by Scott Bangkok, Thailand, Doyle Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand MacClintic ’82, was one of Doyle’s favor- Lokitiyakul arrived as a College: Washington University ite classes, in part because of Scott’s freshman — after a 24-hour in St. Louis “flipped classroom” method of instruc- flightA from home — unaccompanied and tion, which delivers lecture material as undaunted at the prospect of joining the video recordings for students to view community and eager to take advantage took the time to explain the game of outside the classroom as homework and of all the educational, social, and cul- to me,” he says. thus devotes time in the classroom to tural opportunities available to him at Doyle learned another early lesson in hands-on experimentation and re- Loomis Chaffee. Then, as now, Doyle is the power of collaboration when he was search, an activity Doyle enjoys. an individual concerned for the needs of uncertain about asking for help in his Doyle also tested his artistic mettle in others and the environment, a diligent studies. “I was so excited about being creative writing class, and he discov- and inquisitive student who is open to independent that I thought I should be ered that science and creativity are not new experiences and different perspec- able to do everything all by myself, with mutually exclusive. “With artistry and tives and has a positivity that inspires just my own effort,” he explains. His talent, wit and style as his constant everyone around him. advisor at the time, Aimee MacGillivray, companions, Doyle deserves high praise Early in his Loomis career, Doyle pointed out to him the many resources for his spirited compositions, showing became an integral part of the school for collaborative assistance — teachers, the endless possibilities a creative mind community, lending his leadership and peers, librarians, and the Math Depart- can find within a given structure,” 22 infectious enthusiasm to life on the Is- ment’s Quantitative Resource Center. comments his creative writing teacher, 23 land in numerous ways. As a freshman, Doyle says he came to realize that Phyllis Grinspan. Doyle was selected as a Centennial Am- “there [is ] learning that happens in a Beyond the classroom, Doyle immersed bassador along with 10 of his classmates. group, that you can’t do alone.” himself in every aspect of the Norris Ely Over the next four years, the Centennial Doyle reciprocated the support he Orchard Theater, from performing to Ambassadors shared in the planning received from others in the community. working on the tech crew. He received for and celebration of the school’s 100th His participation in the Backcountry the junior theater and dance award and year, their senior year. Program was notable for the patience, the Morris H. Brown Senior Dance & With an inquisitive and positive spirit, kindness, helpfulness, and support Theater Prize. In presenting the senior Doyle is a natural at making connec- Doyle offered to everyone involved, says award, Candice Chirgotis, head of the tions with others, even in a place as for- Pete Gwyn, a faculty leader of the pro- Theater and Dance Department, said, eign to him as the . He asks gram and an inspiring figure in Doyle’s “Doyle approaches each NEO task questions with genuine interest and a Loomis experience. An alternative to or challenge with confidence, com- clear desire to gain insights and develop interscholastic sports, the Backcountry mitment, competence, and abundant relationships. Program involves outdoor activities, in- exuberance. Reliable, enthusiastic, cluding snowshoeing, hiking, trail-blaz- trustworthy, a generous spirit, Doyle At Loomis Doyle developed a broader ing, outdoor community service, and well deserves his popularity.” relationship with his teachers than he canoe trips. Doyle says the transforma- had been able to achieve in the En- tive experience with his peers and Pete In the fall, Doyle will attend Washing- glish-speaking schools he attended “really pushed me, a city kid, beyond my ton University in Saint Louis, Missouri, in Bangkok. Teachers at Loomis are comfort zone.” That is no small praise and says he is interested in going into respected, as are those in Bangkok, but coming from a well-traveled adventurer some aspect of health care. Loomis teachers also serve as “par- who enjoys expedition trips with his Until he heads to Missouri, however, ents away from home and like friends mother to such far-flung places as Mon- Doyle is spending the summer at home, that you can have a conversation with golia, Krakatoa in Indonesia, and the returning to the elephant conservation over the dinner table. It was a pleasant Antarctic Peninsula. sanctuary in northern Thailand where surprise,” he says. Through the rela- he has volunteered for the last five tionships he developed with peers and A strong student of the sciences, Doyle’s summers. adults in the Loomis community, he senior courses included Microbiology, gained a cultural understanding of life AP Physics, and Advanced Organic in the United States. “A few people even Chemistry as well as Multivariable

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Joseph Hinton

ho is Joe Hinton? Ask Loomis Chaffee Class of 2016 History has been a keen interest all Joe this question and Hometown: Middletown, CT along. He took the demanding year-long he will tell you he is still College: Brown University courses AP European History as a soph- figuring that out. omore, AP U.S. History as a junior, and W AP Government and Politics as a senior. “I’m kind of an enigma. I’m still con- musical really helped me out, not only He talks about his fascination with the fused by myself every day,” he says. for my acting, but being able to mesh narrative of history (“It’s just a big story with a whole new group of friends,” he The Athlete: When Joe arrived at to me,” he says.) and the opportunities reflects. Loomis as a freshman, he wanted to connect themes related to historical football to be his identity. “I wanted to Joe was cast in an even bigger part this events that happened centuries apart. be the running back and score touch- winter, in the musical Young Franken- Joe made an impression on many at downs,” he says. stein. As Inspector Kemp, he played the Loomis for eschewing singular labels. Transylvania town’s zanily serious law- He played on the football team for three When the Student Council held a “town man with an eye patch, a wooden right years, gaining playing time each year hall” convocation in January 2015 and arm, and a wooden left leg. The role was and working hard over each summer to invited students to share meaningful both physically demanding and great improve his strength. But, he says, he life lessons from their time at Loomis, fun for Joe, and the audiences loved it. didn’t grow much physically or as a foot- Joe, a junior at the time, talked about ball player, and he came to realize he As a returning actor, Joe already felt the importance of following one’s in- didn’t love the game. By the end of his comfortable in the Norris Ely Orchard terests. Although he was better known 24 junior season, he had decided it would Theater this winter, and he felt a sense on campus as a multi-sport athlete, he 25 be his last. As a senior, he played varsity of unity with the Young Frankenstein told his peers, “I took my talents to the soccer. cast and crew. In sports and in the pre- NEO because I wanted to.” He encour- vious year’s musical, he says, he tended aged the other students to do the same. Joe tried a couple of different spring to focus solely on himself and his own Loomis, he told them, is a place where sports as well. He started as a baseball performance. During Young Franken- individuality is respected and fostered. player but discovered he didn’t love the stein, he watched rehearsals of scenes in sport, so in his sophomore spring he When it came time to choose a college, which he didn’t have a part to see how turned his attention to . Here Joe found himself examining his sense they were developing. “I was concerned was a sport he enjoyed and in which he of identity once again. Acceptances when other people were struggling with could improve. “I do what I can to help arrived in his inbox from Harvard Uni- something,” he notes. “I cared about the the team when I’m in there,” he reflect- versity, Brown University, and Amherst entire musical as a whole, not just my ed near the end of his senior season. He College, among others. Eventually, he own role.” was named an Academic All-American chose Brown because he felt the school’s in lacrosse this spring for his combina- The Scholar: Along with an expanded environment would best enable him to tion of academic excellence and athletic understanding of his talents and inter- continue discovering himself. achievement. ests, junior year brought an important “I’m a man of many contrasts,” Joe says acceleration in Joe’s academic growth. The Actor: Joe acted in elementary and in describing himself. He has bright An intelligent, high-performing student middle school plays, and he took acting sides and dark sides, he notes. He’s a from the beginning, he developed a classes at Loomis. While watching the romantic some days and completely passion for learning in his junior year. “I annual Student Council Benefit Concert the opposite on other days. “I think a really began to engage and like academ- during his sophomore year, he realized lot. Sometimes I’ll be walking around ics,” he says. He took the college-level that he missed performing on stage. campus, and it will seem like my mind’s science courses Microbiology and Mo- The following year he auditioned for the blank. But I’m always thinking.” lecular Biology, and he thrived. “I never winter musical, Oklahoma!, and he land- really thought of myself as a science ed the part of Cord Elam, the federal guy,” he says, but he loved the sophisti- marshal in the town. cated laboratory work and the challenge After deciding to give up football, of analyzing results and articulating being in the Oklahoma! cast helped Joe what he learned. reshape his sense of identity. “Doing the

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Mairead “Maisie” Campbell

onfident. Concerned. Unas- Loomis Chaffee Class of 2015 and nature,” says Katherine. “She has a suming. Curious. With a quiet Hometown: South Glastonbury, CT quiet way about her that opens doors for assuredness, maturity, com- College: Bowdoin College people, makes you want to ask the next mitment, and focus that belie question.” Katherine adds that Maisie Cher young age, Mairead “Maisie” Camp- was also generous with her time and sadors” to campus with their handlers bell has had a significant impact on the support for her classmates and friends from Colorado-based Mission: Wolf. Loomis Chaffee community through her in their endeavors. The organization’s traveling education scholarship and leadership. program seeks to connect people with “Grades are important,” says Maisie, The word “accomplished” also belongs nature for better understanding and “But they are not everything.” Capable among her attributes. Recipient of outcomes for both. Maisie and Jake’s of excelling in any advanced subject, the Charles Henry and Mary Chaffee impetus for the project was to edu- Maisie chose her coursework based Willcox Prize, given to the first scholar cate the Loomis community about the on what interested her, especially the among the young women in the grad- relationship between extinction and sciences, math, and French language. uating class, Maisie is a member of destroyed ecosystems and to show the Katherine marvels at the level of fluency Cum Laude Society, a National Merit effects that people’s ecological choices Maisie has reached due to her commit- Finalist, and an AP Scholar with Honor. — whether related to recycling, water, ment to learn, with only a few weeks of She received junior prizes in English, or energy use — can have on the world immersion in French. Maisie says her history, math, and science as well as the around them. favorite class was her freshman biology Chéruy Senior Foreign Language Prize, course. “It was mostly because of Mr. Maisie’s interest in the environment 26 the Donald M. Joffray Senior Mathe- Chaudhary,” says Maisie, referring to 27 also landed her in leadership roles, as matics Prize, and the J. Newfield Senior science teacher Neil Chaudhary ’05. “He president of Project Green and as an Science Prize. was so excited. I think he must have e-proctor. Her participation was instru- been a drama major or taught drama or But accolades are not what motivates mental in the development of the newly something, and he really brought that Maisie. Her inherent desire for learning, minted agricultural program at Loomis. enthusiasm to the class.” and her passionate concern for nature Beyond nature, Maisie’s compassion and and the environment propelled her to After returning to work on a farm in empathy extends to all the communities delve deeply into subjects and activities South Glastonbury for the summer, of which she is a part. She credits many related to the sciences and sustainabili- Maisie is excited to attend Bowdoin of her teachers, mentors, and coaches ty. The resulting academic achievement College in Brunswick, Maine, in the fall. for helping her achieve academic suc- came about because of Maisie’s commit- She intends to pursue a double major cess, guiding her toward her interests, ment to the learning process. in math and environmental sciences. and inspiring her to be her best self. One Longer term, she plans to take advan- Her advisor, Dean of Faculty Katherine of the most influential, she says, was Al- tage of some of Bowdoin’s internship Ballard, says Maisie has “an incredible lison Beason, who taught her math and opportunities, and perhaps continue to thirst and hunger for knowledge that coached her on the III lacrosse team. grad school. True to form, Maisie says, I have rarely seen in my career. It’s no “When I had her [as a teacher], she was “I’ll see what suits me, and take it from wonder she is a top scholar — she intrin- going through chemotherapy treat- there.” sically ‘gets it.’ ” ments for cancer,” says Maisie. Ac- Characteristic of Maisie’s pursuit of knowledging that the treatments must discovery was her involvement with have been physically challenging for the organization Mission: Wolf. Her Allison, Maisie continues, “She always curiosity about wolves was initially came to class with the best spirit. It was sparked by her sister’s affinity towards really inspirational how she handled them, leading Maisie to seek more everything.” information about wolves’ relationship Katherine says Maisie herself is an to humans and the environment. Maisie inspiration as well. “Maisie has a kind of and sophomore Jake Barbieri applied for gracefulness — a way of moving through and received a Gilchrist Environmental the world — which perhaps she gets Fellowship to bring live wolf “ambas- from her connection to the environment

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths Joseph Lee

n the J.K. Rowling novel Harry Loomis Chaffee Class of 2016 Back in eighth grade when Joseph was Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hometown: Fremont, CA deciding where to attend high school, he brainy Hermione Granger uses a College: Columbia University applied to a number of boarding schools, Time Turner to add hours to her but he chose Loomis in part because his daysI so that she can take more classes sister Elizabeth had a great experience Chemistry II, he was surprised by how than would fit in a regular day. While on the Island and thought he would love much he loved the course. “With a new the Time Turner is a figment of fiction, the school too. “It’s the way you think,” mindset, I can step back and see the it sometimes seemed that Joseph Lee he remembers her telling him. What she [big] picture and enjoy it,” he says. had discovered just such a device during meant, he says, was “here [at Loomis] his three years at Loomis. He managed Musically, Joseph discovered a passion you are encouraged to ask why and how to engage intensively in some of the through trial and error. instead of just getting the result.” most advanced courses at the school Joseph also chose Loomis because of while also devoting hours to honing his Here’s how he describes his initial expe- the opportunities to try everything that considerable musical skill, pursuing ac- rience playing musical instruments: “I interested him. His challenge at Loomis ademic and music competitions at every started on violin. Hated it. Quit. Moved was learning to balance all of his pur- turn, and thoughtfully guiding his peers on to cello. Hated it. Quit.” But he need- suits, both academic and extracurricu- as a leader in the dorm. ed an arts credit in middle school, so he decided to play the double bass because lar, and not to overcommit himself. Academically, Joseph pretty much his older sister, Elizabeth ’14, played and Joseph’s ability to balance his many exhausted the math curriculum at the family already owned the instru- commitments, including a dedication 28 Loomis by the time he graduated, taking ment. He still never practiced, he says, 29 to community life, offered a model for Multivariable Calculus as a junior and until one Wednesday in the fall of his ju- other students to follow,. “His junior Linear Algebra as a senior. He says he nior year at Loomis, when he decided he year in Taylor Hall was enough to let always enjoyed math, but during his should give practicing a sincere try. He me know that he would make a fantastic junior year, he discovered the beauty of went to a practice room in the Hubbard student leader, but I did not know just the discipline. Music Center at 12:30 p.m. Before he how much reach Joseph would have knew it, it was 6 p.m. and he had been That same year, with encouragement within a dorm full of so many different playing the double bass the whole time, from his multivariable calculus teacher, kinds of residents,” shares Andrew happily. After that, he says, he started Joseph pursued mathematical research, Hutchinson, head of Taylor Hall. “He “pretty much living in Hubbard.” leading to his entrance in the Siemens approaches everyone the same, with a Foundation Competition in Math, Last summer Joseph studied at the sincere interest in their wellbeing and a Science & Technology. Out of nearly renowned Interlochen Center for the keen understanding of how to commu- 1,800 projects entered in the competi- Arts in Michigan. And last spring, he nicate with any crowd.” tion, Joseph’s was one of 466 regional entered the Golden Era of Romantic For his part, Joseph believes the Loom- semifinalists — one of just eight from Music International Competition on is community gave him at least as much Connecticut schools — in this premier the double bass and won, earning the as he offered. “Without the community math and science research competition opportunity to play at the Weill Recital that was available to me, I don’t see my- for high school students. Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City self doing what I did,” he says. “People in November 2015. He excelled in science at Loomis as well. are on your side. They want to see you In his junior year, Joseph completed Ad- Accepted to the New England Conser- succeed.” vanced Placement Physics II and quali- vatory for the Arts for college, Joseph fied as a semifinalist in the U.S. Physics was not sure he wanted to study music Olympics. As a senior in AP Chemistry exclusively for four years. He chose in- II, Joseph earned the J. Newfield Senior stead to attend Columbia University. His Science Prize. Until this year, however, plans for the fall are still taking shape, he thought chemistry was his nemesis. but most likely he will study engineer- After receiving an F in middle school ing at Columbia and pursue music on chemistry, he says, he avoided taking the side through another program in high school chemistry for as long as New York City. possible. When he finally enrolled in AP

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths “Keep in mind, your four years here will go by fast, so make the most of them.”

— Biridiana “Biri” Guerrero ’15

“Without the community that was available to me, I don’t see myself doing what I did. People are on Purpose Lived your side. They want to see you succeed.”

— Joseph Lee ’16

“[T]here [is ] learning that happens in a group that you can’t do alone.”

— Doyle Lokitiyakul ’15

Loomis Chaffee Senior Paths The Loomis Chaffee School 4 Batchelder Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095 loomischaffee.org/admission