Volume 3 Published by the Edgemont School Foundation Fall 2015

EDGEMONT SCHOOL FOUNDATION Newsletter

Ensuring and Enhancing the Value of an Edgemont Education

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page 3 page 8 page 4 A Year in Review dgemont Goes Greener! teachers “cutting edge” as technology ’08 and Nancy Gordon at Alumni@ One of the most exciting continues to advance. edgemontschoolfoundation.org. initiatives we’ve embarked on Our yearly Summer Fundraiser took It has been a productive year, and we thisE year is the recycling program place at Sunningdale Country Club are looking forward to what comes with the Greenburgh Nature Center. and was a great success. ESF hosted next. If you are planning to return It is currently being rolled out at about 100 community members for a to Edgemont for a visit or a reunion, Greenville School with enthusiasm festive evening celebrating Edgemont. please reach out to us - we would and cooperation from parents, This year, The Foundation asked be happy to fill you in on all that is faculty and students. The amount of three graduating seniors to share a happening back home in Edgemont. trash carted out each day has been little about what makes Edgemont substantially reduced; students and special. The graduates spoke highly faculty are working together daily to of their classes, teachers, Phaedrus- Best, source out as many recyclable and Edgemont’s Alternative School, and Ellen Litt and Andrew Falk compostable materials as possible. the plethora of other opportunities “Recycling Rangers” are busy during Co-chairs, Edgemont School that exist in our community. Rachel Foundation lunchtime helping their classmates Blume, Ethan Cutler and Katie Intner sort through co-mingled materials. represented Edgemont that evening Along the same lines, water filling and are excited to begin the next step stations are being installed across in their academic journey. the district to reduce the amount of plastic water bottles being thrown The Foundation presented their Class Reunions away. first award this year at Senior Awards Night, honoring a student We would be glad to publish The San Marco Gym has taken shape, that has promoted participation details about upcoming class as our new Climbing Wall is now and leadership skills in the areas -2- installed and ready for use. Teachers reunions, assist with your of Philanthropy and Community planning or help the class in and staff participated in professional Service. Congratulations to Rachel development over the summer and Blume, our 2015 award recipient. arranging a Class gift. Our the students are anxious to begin We are excited about continuing this website will be a centralized using the wall this year during new Edgemont School Foundation location to list all reunion Physical Education. Our hope is to tradition. invite the elementary students into websites. Also, send us this renovated space to join in the Our ESF Alumni Walkway continues photos of your reunions for fun. The Foundation also supported to grow. It’s a great way to celebrate future Alumni Newsletters. a graduation, remember a loved one a grant for “Model Schools,” which Email details to alumni@ provides professional development or honor a student or teacher at our for teachers to assist in bringing schools. If interested in participating, edgemontschoolfoundation. technology into the classrooms. please contact our Alumni Relations org. This grant will help keep our Committee Co-Chairs Dylan Pyne

In This Issue ESF Review page 2 Model Schools Plus page 9 Contributors

Alumni Update page 3 Sports Winter Update page 10 Writers: Hannah Litt ‘16, Allison Domm ‘16, Ben Schwartz ’99 page 4 Sports Spring Update page 10 Aaditya Jain ‘16, Nancy Gordon P ’18, P ’20, P ‘23, Danny Bernstein ‘10 page 6 College Matriculation page 13 Ellen Litt P’16, P’18 Editor: Dylan Pyne ‘08 Go Green Edgemont page 8 Designer: Vanina Grovit

www.edgemontschoolfoundation.org Alumni Updates ernando Canepa won a branches. Music played a central role held by the road less traveled. silver medal in the 800 meter in her life. She played the oboe and Graham “Speedy” Walsh ’64 passed free style in the 65-69 age recorder and sang alto in the choirs groupF at the World Swimming on January 6, 2015 passed away on of Wellesley College, the Church of January 6 after a tragic accident. Championships in Kazan Russia. St. James the Less in Scarsdale, NY, He was a life-long resident of St. Bartholomews Church in White Scarsdale. He was known for his In Memory Plains, Christ Church in Rye, NY, positive attitude and good humor, and St. Andrews in Wellesley, MA. intelligence, EQ and sensitivity to Joseph “Joe” Davis ‘63 passed on she was a founding member of the make all those he met feel special. July 27, 2015 in San Diego after a New Choral Society of Westchester. long courageous battle with cancer. Lawrence “Larry” Rorke ’63 passed Class Notes Leslie Brotherhood Dickinson ’63 on July 12, 2015 in Bradenton, FL. Alumni, we would love to passed on June 30, 2015 at her He was 69 years old. He spent most home in Weston, Massachusetts of his adolescence in Scarsdale, hear from you! Please send after a long and valiant battle with NY and Basking Ridge, NJ before information on yourself ALS. Born on October 25, 1945, in beginning an extensive career with (employment, promotions, Caracas, Venezuela, she moved to Hilton hotels in City, the United States as a young girl marriages, life cycle events, Washington DC, and Oklahoma etc) to be published in and attended Seely Place Elementary City, OK. Truer to his being, he then School and Edgemont High School. began an impressive entrepreneurial a Class Notes Section of she graduated from Wellesley career that would extend into future Alumni Newsletters. College, where she majored in his retirement. In his retirement Send to: alumni@ Spanish and made lifelong friends. years, he could be seen in Arizona, edgemontschoolfoundation. After receiving her Masters in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia Library Science from Columbia prospecting for gold. he was keenly org. -3- University, she was a librarian known for his sense of adventure for forty years for the Yonkers and his recognition of the magnetism Public Library Will and Riverfront San Marco Gym Climbing Wall

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Donate Today To donate to the Foundation online or download a donation by check form, visit our website at www. EdgemontSchoolFoundation. org. White Oak to Hollywood: An Interview With Ben Schwartz ‘99 by Hannah Litt ‘16 Originally printed in the March 2015 issue of The Campus. Printed With Permission.

ampus sat down with an That’s the most exciting thing in the Edgemont alumnus turned universe. comedian and actor. He’s Cacted in House of Lies, Parks and When did you start acting/comedy? Recreation, and often does standup in I guess one of the first times I’ve ever New York City. performed was when I was a Senior Has your time in Edgemont shaped Class Officer and I did the Senior you in any way towards your Awards. I hosted it, I wrote jokes, we profession? did videos. Senior year of college I was very nervous to audition for the BS: It didn’t, but the only reason why improv team, because I was afraid is because, coming up, it [acting/ they were going to tell me that I screenwriting] wasn’t like a “real job.” wasn’t funny, so she [his girlfriend It was like saying I wanted to be an at the time] forced me to audition. astronaut. In high school I had no When I auditioned, I ended up idea what I wanted to do. The idea getting on the team, and I ended up of trying to pick a profession for the being one of the reasons why a lot of rest of my life when I was sixteen is people would come see us. And then I the scariest thing in the universe. It asked my parents: “Hey, if I try to do was only until senior year of college comedy, is that cool? Because I won’t [Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.] make enough money to support Ben Schwartz -4- when I started doing comedy, when I myself for a little bit.” They said: “Try realized I might be able to do this. it right after college, give it a year or we played against and were eventually two, and if it doesn’t work out, then Is there anything you miss about able to get on the house teams, and at least you tried, and you’re young living in Edgemont? I remember that moment being enough to go into something else.” so emotional and so big because I I miss my family a lot, all my friends Moments that you’ll never forget remember I tried so long. There are are there. The guy who will be the while acting? moments throughout my career when best man at my wedding, whenever I I’m acting with someone like Jane get married—he lives in Edgemont. It never feels like a secure job. Even Fonda or Jason Bateman where you Once you enter this field, you get though I’m on three shows and sold can’t even believe it—it’s insane, it surrounded by a lot of people, and it’s five movies I’m still worried about makes no sense—I’m opposite those hard to find that core group of people what my next job is going to be. people who I’ve watched in movies all that care about you. There have been a few moments the time. where I’ve been doing comedy and What did you enjoy or not enjoy it all clicked and the show went Can you walk me through a day of about Edgemont? amazing and the crowd went crazy, filming a TV show or movie (ex. House of Lies)? I really, really loved Edgemont. The and you almost get addicted to that teachers would talk to me like I was feeling because it’s so cool to be able Wake up at 5 a.m., drive to set. The an adult. The thing you don’t realize to make all those people laugh. A first thing is someone comes up to until you leave high school is that specific memory: It was me, Adam you and says that we’re rehearsing everything is there for you: a place to Pally [on The Mindy Project and first or we’re putting you through play basketball, all of your friends. In Happy Endings], and Gil Ozeri. We hair and makeup first. We go into a high school you don’t have to make had a team called “Hot Sauce” and big trailer where it’ll be me, [Don] money for yourself yet. It’s pretty we did a show where we played a Cheadle, Kristen [Bell] and Josh exceptional when your main focus different improv team and no one [Lawson] in different chairs, and is ‘I’m going to do well in school, would let us on the house teams— we’re getting hair and makeup done. but I’m also going to hang out with the teams of the theater—for some Then we’ll go and rehearse the my friends and play video games.” reason. We started beating every team scene, and the writers are there, the www.edgemontschoolfoundation.org director is there. Then go to the set, games, so I tried to be friends with What’s it like being filmed officially we rehearse, we play with it so it feels everybody because I had so much fun then going to the improv theater on good, and then we record it. We do with everybody for different reasons. a Saturday night? this all day, and we probably shoot for about 13 hours a day. Then I What’s it like doing normal I did Letterman—I was a guest star— come home, and memorize the lines activities with all of these which for me was like the biggest for the next day, and go to sleep. It’s celebrities? thing, and I was in New York, then I went to the theater either that night your life. There’s a basketball league for or the next night. It’s that moment all these different comedians on Are any of your old high school of being on Letterman then going to Sundays, and the first time I went teachers still here? UCB [the improv theater where he there, it was insane that I was playing performs] and performing for free for Mr. DiChiara: “He was one of those with all these people I look up to. nobody for 2 minutes and having the people who spoke to me like an adult. You have to not freak out. Like, if best time ever. That really meant a lot to me. George you’re doing a movie with Justin DiChiara was amazing. I loved Timberlake you don’t freak out that I wrote for the Oscars and went to math.” it’s —you try to them, and it was so early in [his time] connect with him as a human being being in LA that I didn’t have a place Any funny stories from your and a friend. to stay, so I ended up coming back experiences in your career thus far? to my friend’s house and sleeping When I first got here [LA], the first I love John Legend, and he loves on his couch. It was after this huge movie I ever got I was one of the Parks and Rec., so I was too nervous event, then coming back to sleep on a leads. It was me, Michael C. Hall, to go up to him, and then his wife couch. So strange.” —who I think is Chrissy Teigen—we were at some one of the funniest people in the What was it like being in The party—and then his wife started universe—and Rainn Wilson, and Interview and what’s your take on saying Jean-Ralphio quotes from I was thrown in the middle of all the movie? across the room to get my attention, of them as one of the leads, and I and I was like “Oh my god, I was too remember that as being super surreal. They [Seth Rogen and Evan nervous to go up to you guys” and In my life I had never met anybody Goldberg] finished the movie, and they were like “No, we’re huge fans of -5- famous, but then you get comfortable they were going to do re-shoots, and yours.” When that stuff happens it’s with it and look forward to meeting I had never met Seth or Evan before, really crazy. these people so you can work with and I get a phone call from the producer who was like, “Hey man, Any other things you miss? them. would you want to be in this movie, Giannoni’s and Candlelight. I miss “I did a movie with Robert Zemeckis, this is what it’s about, but you know Giannoni’s so much. I’m not even who did Back to the Future, which is what, I’m not as good as pitching it kidding. Any time I go home I 100 one of my favorite movies of all time, as these guys, one second.” And then percent eat Giannoni’s, and I get and to me it was a trip” Seth and Evan get on the phone and Candlelight as well. they’re like, “Hey man we love you in What’s your favorite piece of your Parks…” and I was like, “Yeah I’ll do own? I went through K–5 in Riverdale, and it whatever you want!” it was packed in one huge building. I’ve done Parks since it started, since But then you go to Edgemont, and it’s I couldn’t believe it [the controversy the second season, but because I’m gorgeous, and you feel like you’re in over the movie] was happening. All I a guest star, I only get to do 3 or 4 college. The campus is amazing. knew was my little part, so I had no episodes a year, for 5 or 6 years. But idea what happened in the movie. It throughout all of the pilots that didn’t I did every extracurricular activity. was so crazy to me that it didn’t come end up working, like Undercover, I I also photobombed all of the club out the way it should have. pictures of the clubs I wasn’t in, so always had Parks. It’s so weird for it looks like I’m in like 45 clubs if that to be ending. It’s really surreal All right, to wrap up: What’s your you look at one year’s yearbook. and sad. I filmed my last scene and favorite Nonni’s sandwich? Mathletes, cross country, basketball, I I realized I would never play that Cajun with hot sauce, sometimes I’ll may have been in the Spanish Club. I character again, and it was super sad throw away those tomatoes, and then was one of the Senior Class Officers. to me.” before that it’ll be a barbeque bacon I really, really loved high school. I I love House of Lies because I get cheddar. Unbelievable. was friends with everybody, I played to play with Cheadle and Josh and basketball but I was also in chorus, Kristen. I also improvise every week. and I was also addicted to video

Ensuring and Enhancing the Value of an Edgemont Education Danny Bernstein in Town by Allison Domm ‘16 Originally printed in the March 2015 issue of The Campus. Printed With Permission.

dgemont alumnus Danny wondered if I had any Bernstein ‘10 returns to ideas. So I was like, Edgemont to direct the school “Well, is it paid? ‘Cause Espring musical, Urinetown. I would be around and I could do it,” and How did you become so interested they said, “That’s what and invested in theater? Did it begin we were really hoping at Cornell, or did it start earlier at you’d want to do.” Edgemont? How did you choose DB: I started doing theater when Urinetown? I was nine or 10. I always thought of it as a hobby and I actually went I’ve wanted to do to Cornell to do neurobiology but Urinetown for so long! halfway through my experience at I’ve music directed Cornell I discovered that what I was it twice and both really passionate about was musical times I was sort of theater, so I started pursuing that sitting there wanting Danny Bernstein fully and now I do it professionally. to direct it myself. I think it’s so school shows have a tier system where funny and I think it’s one of the few How did your experiences working the oldest, best actors get the leads, shows optimally done in high school and the slightly younger good actors in theater when you were younger because it’s so silly and over the top help you out in college? get the supporting roles and then and sometimes when adults do it everybody else gets the ensemble. I I got to work with both good and they take it too seriously. Even with don’t really like that. I like the idea mediocre directors, so I got to college students, it can come across as that everyone on stage is cast where -6- determine what I liked and what I dry sometimes, but with high school they should be, but everyone on didn’t. By the time I got to college students I think it really works. I also stage looks really good. I made it my and starting directing several learned quickly that we had a really goal to make sure the ensemble as a productions of my own, I really knew solid cast for it from the faculty. whole, not just the people who had how to do it and what I wanted to do. What was it like working with the the most lines, did really well and that everything was tight. Who at Edgemont (faculty students? members, peers, mentors) and what It was really cool and really How did you go about casting experiences and/or classes had a interesting. They transformed a people? significant impact on your successes lot throughout the process. I think and the state of your current career? I love casting! Casting is a fun puzzle. this was probably the most serious Students can take it as a competition: Definitely Mr. Devito, he taught me a production many of them had Who’s going to be the best at lot about writing and that was pretty participated in. I introduced some auditions and who’s going to get the huge because writing changed the college level concepts especially biggest part? It can be made into a way I thought about theater from a when it came to acting technique, ranking system, but it’s more about directing standpoint. I learned about such as funnier intention, playing figuring out who fits the best where. what makes any piece of writing good verbs, tactics—how to get what you It’s like sudoku but with people. and compelling. Mrs. Morse and want on stage. A lot of physicality At the end you’ve come up with a Mr. Catoliato taught me a lot about work, gesture work, some advanced magical, perfect cast. It was tough but music. concepts that they hadn’t really it made me so happy at the end when gotten the chance to do before. people were saying how they couldn’t Why did you decide to direct a play imagine anyone being cast differently. at Edgemont? What about the show made you most proud when you saw it come How did you decide on things such They approached me! Mitch Shapiro together? as costume and set design? and Mrs. Morse had babies and neither could really stay after school, I loved how strong the ensemble I remember the set was just this huge so they were short a director. They was! That’s something so rare in high debacle just because there clearly told me that they were in a bind and school because I feel like a lot of high had never been a set designer in www.edgemontschoolfoundation.org place. It was more like whatever we can get! You know, whatever is in the B-Building basement. I said early on that I wanted levels. As a director what I try to do is express conflict visually and such a big part of the conflict in Urinetown is who has control and who has power, and I thought it’d be really cool to visually express that by placing some people above others. If you noticed in the opening, all the rich were above the poor and by the end things change. I got to Urinetown start those conversations so different because students have job. Across America, people are and everyone on the production, other conflicts like sports and they starting to realize that the arts, both students and teachers, got to need to be driven places. In college especially the visual and performing start thinking about set and costumes you can really do whatever you want. arts, are so vital and that people are as ways we can better tell the story The snow was also a huge problem. actually lacking and less competitive rather than values a show can have in the job market if they don’t have for no particular reason. Were you able to connect with the those skills. students more because you went to What experiences from college Edgemont? How do you feel about Edgemont’s helped you when directing level of involvement in the arts? -7- Urinetown? Totally! What was so cool is how much they listened to me. Whenever More people should come out for the I learned how to teach acting to a I said, “Jump,” the entire cast would musical next year! I feel like so many smart person. There are so many say, “How high?” They all wanted people missed it. Nobody had really smart people at Edgemont who don’t the show to be good and it was really heard of Urinetown, but I think that know what acting is. They think it’s clear. All the students were super on nobody regretted going. If they didn’t being able to hit the highest note or board about everything, which was go they would have literally missed memorizing your lines the fastest. great. There was no disagreement and laughing for two hours straight. All It’s more about learning how people no lack of respect. we have to do is place more of an work and trying to emulate that. It’s emphasis in the classroom on how cool to teach and watch kids who are If there was one piece of advice you important the arts are and the kids really smart—because by and large could give to your high school self, would know how important it is to Edgemont students are smarter than what would it be? come. the average student by a lot—more about acting. There came a time for Stop listening to everyone else I felt like it was a little pathetic that a every actor when it really clicked. and just do what you want to do. I bunch of teachers didn’t come see the probably wouldn’t have spent my musical. It really was something to What was most challenging about first year and a half at Cornell trying be proud of and I think as educators working on the musical? to do neurobiology and I think the the teachers would be elated to learn Edgemont culture can teach you Coming into a new environment and that their students were pushing that there are only certain jobs and themselves to do something better figuring out how to navigate a high certain fields that you should pursue school when working on a musical. than they ever have. It’s upsetting that if you want to make money, but that’s the entire school didn’t get to see it. In college it was always my closest definitely not the truth. I graduated friends and I’d always hang out with from Edgemont thinking the arts Do you think you’ll come back next them so we could rehearse into odd were a hobby. I thought they were year to work on the musical? hours of the night if we ever needed something to do in addition to what it. Sometimes the rehearsals went to you do in the sciences or something Probably, I have lots of ideas. By the 1 a.m. and that was all right. Here it’s else that will guarantee you a good way: It’s not The Producers. Ensuring and Enhancing the Value of an Edgemont Education The Greenburgh Nature Center and the Edgemont School Foundation Team Up with Community Stakeholders to “Go Green, Edgemont” by Nancy Gordon P’18, P’20, P’23

ith training and oversight Soon we will be required from the Greenburgh to sort our food waste, too. Nature Center (GNC), Edgemont is fortunate to Wfunding provided by a grant from have this opportunity for Edgemont School Foundation oversight, training and (ESF) and support from The Moses funding. We will partner Feldman Family Foundation, with our community Edgemont schools have embarked resources to engage our upon a district-wide comprehensive students in an authentic waste reduction and recycling expression of local and program. global citizenship to protect Students, staff, and administrators our environment and save at Greenville Elementary, Seely tax dollars,” said Victoria Elementary and Edgemont Jr./ Kniewel, Superintendent Sr. High School will separate their of the Edgemont School compostables, recycling and trash District. into new source separation stations Students in grades in both the cafeteria and teacher K-12, as well as faculty, lounge. Uniform trash and recycling administrators, janitorial tradition of excellence. Go Green, bins with clear signage will be staff, cafeteria personnel, food service Edgemont!” placed throughout the schools. The staff and aides will be trained by new waste reduction and recycling the GNC to participate in the new In addition to the source separation -8- program will allow Edgemont source separation program. Green systems and bins, the ESF grant students to translate their classroom Teams comprised of teachers, staff will cover 3 new bottle-filling learning on the environment into and parents are being formed at each stations at the Jr./Sr. High School, real-world action and will reduce school and will include Edgemont as requested by Edgemont’s student the schools’ waste headed for the students who have already taken groups including the Environmental incinerator by up to 75%. the lead in promoting this program. Club, FoodSync, and the Student Government. This will help to reduce “One of our strategic goals as a The PTA and PTSA will have representatives on the Green Teams the number of plastic bottles the school district is to create authentic students purchase and consume opportunities to foster students’ and will also be involved in reducing and/or improving packaging from each day. Edgemont student leaders understanding of their roles as local Zach Falk ‘15, Rachel Blume‘15, and global citizens. outside vendors. The GNC will continue to be a resource for the Allie Rutter‘15 and David Scharf Currently there are New York State Green Teams throughout the process. ‘15 describe the program perfectly, laws requiring all schools to recycle. ESF Co-Chair Ellen Litt says, “The “When students recognize how they Foundation is can contribute to their surroundings, pleased to award they will be able to make a difference a grant in support for the environment. The global of the new district trend to be more environmentally wide waste conscious is something that reduction and Edgemont wants to continue in our recycling program community. This initiative will enable given that it students to further embody the values greatly benefits of the school that help shape them to both Edgemont’s become active contributors to society schools and throughouttheir lives.” students as well as maintaining Edgemont’s

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eeping up with the times, documenting their work. The Departures technology changes rapidly training will take place over a long and Edgemont is working period of time so that teachers will dgemont said goodbye to four diligentlyK to stay on top. In have the opportunity to apply, reflect members of the community addition to the wireless network and assess what they have learned. Ethis summer. and iPad initiative the Foundation In addition, trainers will visit our has previously granted, we are classrooms to provide guidance and DJ Goldman served as both a excited to support our schools with the teachers undergoing training Physical Education teacher as well as the most recent initiative, Model collaborate with their colleagues an assistant to Athletic Director Ray Schools Plus. This grant will provide about the experience. Pappalardi. He spent 8 years working our schools with the professional For those of you that still have at Edgemont and is leaving to take on learning and technological support relatives or friends in the school the role of Athletic Director at Blind to promote creativity, collaboration, district, ask a high school student Brook High School. communication and critical thinking, to share a little bit about their use Ray Pappalardi will be stepping All-important facets in Edgemont’s of Google Apps in the classroom. down as Athletic Director at strategic plan. The program will It’s amazing to see how “living Edgemont High School after 7 years. be instructed by the Lower Hudson documents”are created and used. He was initially hired in 1999 and Regional Information Center, LHRIC. Students are using Google Apps in after leaving for unknown reasons, Studies have shown that effectiveness their daily academic schedule. This returned years later. He is now in technology goes hand in hand with grant is another example of how the becoming the Athletic Director at professional development. Edgemont Foundation supports professional Scarsdale High School. administrators and faculty are excited development enhances our schools about bringing Google apps into and keeps us cutting edge. the classroom. Groups of teachers were trained on how to develop projects using the Google Apps for Education software in the classroom. -9- Teachers will learn how to develop projects that reflect the needs of their students. For example, Google This Holiday Season Sheets can be used to gain shared Support the Edgemont understanding of theme in literature. Google Moderator can be used to School Foundation brainstorm questions in preparation by Shopping through for a field trip, taking photos on AmazonSmile the trip to answer these questions and then creating online montages

Christine Sawyer will be entering retirement after 32 years at Edgemont High School. During her remarkably long tenure, Sawyer worked in the front office with the Office Assistant Automated Systems. Lucretia Brescia is leaving Edgemont after working at the high school for 14 years. Brescia was a custodian.

Ensuring and Enhancing the Value of an Edgemont Education Sports—Winter ‘14 Update Sports—Spring’15 Update Girls Varsity Basketball of them, despite the fact that around eight seniors are graduating.” Senior Boys Tennis This 2014-15 Varsity basketball Jon Blakel, a key member of the Edgemont’s Boys’ Varsity Tennis team girls’ team ended the season with a team, reflected on his varsity career, ended a three year drought of losing 6-12 record. Although the team was “My four years on varsity were quite seasons to capture their first League unable to participate in Sectionals due a roller coaster. After my four years Championship since the Jim San to injuries and other personnel issues, have come to an end I have learned Marco era. Led by new head coach Julia Hoffman says, “I feel like our to keep my head up, focus on myself Mark Romney and a trio of senior season went well. We played together, as a player and most importantly as captains, the team went undefeated in lost together, and the best thing about a teammate. I learned to work on its regular season league play. Their the team was that we were so close my weaknesses as a player and work final match was a bitterly fought out both on and off the court. I enjoyed on ways to better my teammates 4-3 win against formerly undefeated having all these girls on my team as well. During my four years I Kaio. This victory won them the and I know that they always had my have met a lot of great guys and league championship. The team back just like I had there’s and that’s shared a lot of memories and a then sent three teams to Conference what was really important to me.” ton of laughs. Although basketball tournament play for doubles. In the Niamh Klein also added: “We had was a competitive sport it was an a lot of fun and really bonded as a opportunity for me to form new team. Although our season didn’t relationships with guys that I would quite go as planned, we did well have never thought of befriending.” and were really happy with what we accomplished. We’re really looking Wrestling forward to next year.” Senior captain Julia Hoffman earned All-League Edgemont Wrestling, one of the recognition for her play and was most celebrated and decorated awarded MVP for the team. sports programs at Edgemont, once -10- again had a great season despite the Boys Basketball fact that the team was composed of mostly first year wrestlers. Their Boys’ Varsity Basketball only lost two overall season record was 8-12. The Boys Varsity Tennis Team seniors from their previous season team finished as a top three team and retained much of their team. in the section and sent numerous conference tournament the senior- Three sophomores, Justin Shifteh, athletes to sectionals. Clifton Wang Jonathon Thom, and Charlie Miner junior pairing of Allan Xu and won another sectional title. After Aaditya captured third place while were newcomers to the team. Each advancing to the state tournament, sophomore started at least once the sophomore-freshman combo of he was only seconds away from going Charlie Miner and Lucas Chan were during the season. There were eight back to All-State before losing a seniors on the team, led by captains able to finish in the fifth position. highly-contested match. Clifton also This showing allowed both teams to DJ Chao and Jon Blakely. The team finished 7th place at the States Meet. went on to finish with a respectable move onto the Sectional Tournament, Reflecting on the season, Clifton earning them Sectional honors. Both 8-11 record despite some ill-timed says, “Overall I think we did very injuries during the season. The teams fell in the first round with Jain well for a team with a lot of first year and Xu following to the eventual Panthers eventually fell to Irvington players since we took top three in in a tough contested game in the first state champions. Senior co-captain the section and only losing by a very Ethan Cutler accredits the success round of sectionals. Senior Tamba small amount to the top teams in the Keita was awarded All-League honors that Edgemont experience to new section. Everybody expected this year coach Mark Romney: “Coach Romney for his outstanding play and was also to be a rebuilding year for us but we named MVP of the team by head created and fueled the 2015 team. We worked very hard and didn’t let that owe it all to him.” coach Joe Galgano. Looking back at get into our minds.” the season, Tamba Keita says, “The Boys Golf basketball season was great. I really enjoyed playing with this group of Edgemont’s Boys’ Golf team enjoyed boys. We went through some ups an outstanding season, finishing with and downs but I know the Edgemont a winning record and capturing the Basketball has a great future ahead league title. The team was largely www.edgemontschoolfoundation.org Sports—Spring’15 Update successful on both a team and competitive season. They finished spots with new talented players.” individual level, sending several with a 12-5 record for the regular Spring Track players to the postseason, including season and sent players deep into the team Captain Dom Pizzuro. postseason. Senior captain Christina Co-captain Alec Bieber says, “This Liu says, “The team has grown so year’s team was full of great guys much over the past four years. For and great golfers. Thanks to Coach the first time, we were in a very DiChiara, we kept consistent competitive position. We broke both throughout the season and managed to play our best when we needed to. Ending my high school sports career with a League Championship will be something I remember for a long time.” Boys Baseball Girls Varsity Softball Boys’ Baseball finally ended its ten year postseason drought after going Edgemont’s Track team has a history 10-12 during the regular season. of being a successful program and Although the team ended the season Girls Varsity Golf Team this year was no different. Led by with a losing record, it was a huge Coaches Steven Rubenstein and turnaround from previous seasons, Juan Claude Periac. The team was especially considering that they were team and individual records, and sent immensely successful during both 3 girls to Sectionals where they took the regular season and postseason. All-Section titles, and 2 of them to Izzy Puig captured the her first States where they helped Section 1 section championship for pole -11- win the State Championship. I’m so vaulting after setting a school record proud of all that we’ve accomplished of 9 feet 3 inches. Seniors John and I couldn’t imagine ending on a Blakely and Shota Nakamura were better note. Junior Melissa Nadasdi adds, “We never expected to get this far but we did and we are so proud of our team.”

Boys Varsity Baseball Girls Softball ale to win their first round playoff Edgemont’s Girls’ Softball team game. The team now looks forward to finished the regular season with a their bright future, led by sophomore 6-12 record, just barely scraping by into the Sectional Tournament. The Krishan Weber, the team MVP. Girls Varsity Spring Track Junior Paulie Langiulli notes, “It was team strung together four straight the first time we had double digits wins after a 2-12 season that allowed wins for the first time a long time. We them to make sectionals. Junior the only athletes were participated made the playoffs and won a playoff Maya Weber reflects on the season, in the Section 1 State Qualifiers. game for the first time in around 10 “We had a season that involved a Blakely placed 5th in his event while years, so we are hopefully going to do lot of learning. Our schedule was Nakamura finished 3rd. The team better next year and get deeper into packed with teams that we had never also has a bright future as evidenced the playoffs it should be fun.” played before but we were able to by freshman Sydney Gaviser’s be successful due to our younger performance in setting the school Girls Golf players stepping up. We are losing record for the 800 meter dash. Coach a lot of key players this summer but Edgemont’s Girls’ Golf Team Rubenstein says, “She’s a freshman! I look forward to the next few years I cannot wait to see what she will do enjoyed an extremely successful and of rebuilding and filling those empty Ensuring and Enhancing the Value of an Edgemont Education in the next few years!” In addition, in the second round. Senior captain Boys Lacrosse Shota Nakamura will be continuing Julie Miner eclipsed 200 goals for her his track career for the Wesleyan Edgemont Boys’ Lacrosse endured a tough season and finished with an abysmal 2-14 record. The team was hit with many unfortunate and ill-timed injuries that threatened to derail their season. However, they refused to quit and played their hearts out till the end. The team now looks forward to next season with much hope of rebuilding.

Girls Varsity Lacrosse Boys Varsity Spring Track high school career and was awarded Cardinals next fall. Sectional honors. Lili Christie says of the season, “I think overall we Girls Lacrosse had a really successful season and The Girls’ Lacrosse team finished the we got better over time. We proved season with a winning record, enough ourselves against a lot of strong to propel them into the Sectional teams, and showed our competitors tournament. They were led by Coach that Edgemont lacrosse is a program Brightenbach. They won their first that shouldn’t be overlooked.” Boys Varsity Lacrosse sectional home game before falling

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BBarnard College , Westchester Campus Tufts University Bates College and New York City Campus Tulane University Bentley University Pennsylvania State University, University at Buffalo The State Binghamton University University Park University of New York Boston University Princeton University University of California, Los Angeles Bowdoin College Purchase College State University of University of Chicago Brandeis University of Colorado at Boulder Brigham Young University Quinnipiac University University of Connecticut Brown University Reed College University of Maine Bryant University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Maryland, College Park Buffalo State College of SUNY Sacred Heart University University of Michigan Carnegie Mellon University St. John’s University - Queens University of Notre Dame Chapman University Campus University of Pennsylvania City University of New York State University of New York at New University of Puget Sound College of the Holy Cross Paltz University of Rochester Colorado College Stony Brook University University of Wisconsin, Madison Columbia University SUNY College at Geneseo Wake Forest University Concordia College - New York SUNY Oswego Washington University in St. Louis Syracuse University Wesleyan University Dartmouth College The Ohio State University West Virginia University Dickinson College Trinity College Westchester Community College Drexel University Eckerd College -13- Elon University Alumni Walkway Endicott College Fairfield University - Lincoln Center Buy A Brick, Leave a Permanent Legacy at Edgemont! Campus/Rose Hill Campus In 1998 the Edgemont School Foundation sponsored the creation Franklin and Marshall College of an Alumni Walkway which has been built with the generous George Mason University support of friends and families of Edgemont. The proceeds from Hamilton College - NY the sale of personalized bricks help fund the Foundation’s grants Hunter College of the CUNY to the schools. It consists of clay bricks which can be personalized Hofstra University to honor graduating seniors, EHS alumni, faculty, administrators, Indiana University at Bloomington and Board of Education members. Add your brick today. Find order International Christian University forms at www.edgemontschoolfoundation.org. Johnson & Wales University (North 2015 Alumni Walkway Donations were made to recognize: Miami) Landmark College EHS Class of 1964 Mark Darlington 1979 Juliana Ramos 2016 Hannah Brennan 2015 Matthew Darlington 1982 Simrin Rawal 2016 Lehigh University Savannah Brooks 2016 Caroline Darlington 1988 Sydney Schneider 2017 LIM College (Laboratory Institute of Shelby Borkenstein 2015 Elizabeth Darlington 1996 Alex Simon 2016 Merchandising) Annekka Chao 2016 Samantha Faden 2015 Drew Simon 2016 Manhattan College DJ Chao 2015 William Faden 2015 Jake Smith 2015 Gehrig Chao 2018 Zach Falk 2015 Daniel Smith 2017 Hailey Cohen 2014 Maxine Goodman 2015 Renee Stone 2017 McGill University Jordan Cohen 2014 Michael Kirschner 2016 Bridget Stone 2017 Millsaps College Remi Cohen 2011 Samuel Lewis 2015 Devin Stuzin 2016 Muhlenberg College Sandra Cohen 1969 Christina Liu 2015 Elizabeth Yam 2014 New York University Alyssa Cooperman 2016 Katherine Liu 2010 Welker Family Northwestern University Lili Christie 2015 Jason Miller 2015 ‘15/’20/’21 Nova Southeastern University Nainika D’Souza 2016 Anubhav Nanavaty 2015 Max Worobow 2016 Oberlin College Ensuring and Enhancing the Value of an Edgemont Education