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Westminster School Simsbury, CT 06070 www.westminster-school.org Saturday, May 8, 2021 Vol. 110 No. 8 2021-2022 Prefect Board Introduced COMPILED BY ALEYNA BAKI ‘21, MATTHEW PARK ‘21 & HUDSON STEDMAN ‘21 CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF, 2020-2021 Head Prefect Junior Prefect Cooper Kistler is a boarder from Bella Tawney is a day student Tiburon, CA. He is a member of John Hay, from Simsbury, CT. She is a member of Black & Gold, First Boys’ Basketball, and John Hay, Black & Gold, the SAC Board, a Captain of First Boys’ lacrosse. As the new Captain of First Girls’ Basketball and First Head Prefect, Cooper aims to be the voice Girls’ Cross Country, as well as a Horizons of everyone in the community to cultivate a volunteer, the Co-President of AWARE, and culture of growth by celebrating the diver- a HOTH board member. In her final year sity of perspectives in the community. on the Hill, she is determined to create an In his own words: “I want to be the environment, where each and every member middleman between the Students and the of the school community feels accepted. Administration. I want to share the new In her own words: “The past year has perspective that we have all established dur- posed a number of difficulties, and it is ing the pandemic, and use it for the better. hard to adapt, but we should take this as an I want to UNITE the NEW school com- opportunity to teach our community and munity." continue to make it our Westminster." Priscilla Ameyaw is a Sung Min Cho is a Margot Douglass is a boarder from Ghana. She is boarder from Westfield, boarder from Greenwich, the Co-Head of Black Affinity MA. He is the Co-Head of CT. She is the Head of the Group and a member of John Model UN, a member of the Generation News (GE News) Hay, Black & Gold, Ladies of Newspaper, a TA for Civic and next year’s Coffee House Color, Diversity Council, and Engagement and Public Co-President, as well as a Life on the Hill. As a mem- Speaking, and is a member member of Black and Gold, ber of the Prefect Board, she of Global Forum and Black the Newspaper, Dramat, and hopes to reach out to new stu- & Gold. He hopes to use his SON. She hopes to confident- dents to share the specialness energy to advocate for reintro- ly speak out for creative ideas of Westminster and enhance ducing every event and tradi- that will help students’ lives the diversity and inclusiveness tion from pre-COVID that post-COVID. of our community. students have cherished. Daniel Lurie Jamai Miller S h e l b y K e l l e n is a boarder from is a boarder from Oken i s a Seeley is a Lexington, MA. St. Catherine, boarder from day student He is the head of J a m a i c a . H e New York, NY. from Avon, Black & Gold. is the founder She is a member CT. He is a He hopes to of the Modern of the John Hay board member foster a culture Languages Club, Society, Black of SON, Eco centered around C o - H e a d o f & Gold, and Team, John a shared com- MSU, and mem- the Fly Fishing Hay, and plays mitment to each ber of the Drug Club. As a mem- First Boys’ other and con- Awareness Club ber of the Prefect Lacrosse, First tinue the many and Dramat. As a Board, she hopes Boys’ Water invaluable traditions that helped connect member of the Prefect Board, he hopes to to solve challenges by remaining patient Polo, and First Boys’ Basketball. Leading the students and faculty as a school and as become an adaptable leader that embraces and continuing to be a strong communi- with kindness and compassion, he hopes a community. change, especially in such unpredictable cator by engaging with others with steady to help fellow Martlets soar together times. confidence, strength, and open-minded- through school-wide events, activities, ness. and social gatherings. Sawyer von Benno Wurts Christian J a n e s s a Jess. is a boarder is a boarder Yalda i s a Yan i s a from Lakeville, from New York, boarder from boarder from CT. He is the NY. He is the Danbury, CT. Ossining, Founder and C o - H e a d o f He is the found- NY. She is the C o - H e a d o f Westminster er of the Middle C o -Head of Bring Change to Finance Club, as East Club, the Robotics Mind @ Westy. well as a mem- Co-Head of the Club, and a He hopes to ber of SON, Westminster member of Eco guide his peers O N E L O V E , Investing Club, Team, SW E, to grow together a nd OZ ON E . and a member of AAOFA, John by truly listen- Whether through API, MSU, Eco- Hay, Horizons, ing and understanding one another. He rallying dorm-mates to show up to events Team, Entrepreneurship Club, and Black Black & Gold, Peer Leaders, BAG, WLA, firmly aims to zealously defend the values organized by SAC, supporting younger & Gold. He hopes to provide the student HOLA, MSU, LOC, GSA, and SAC. he believes in while being open to hearing Martlets, or energizing classmates, Benno body with the willingness to understand She hopes to vocalize her thoughts and other perspectives to create positive change aims to endorse the positive atmosphere different perspectives while leading with a opinions to make each and every member in the community. and intimate community on the Hill. sense of adaptability and reliability. of our community feel seen and heard. Pictures from Westy Royale! A Farewell to Departing Faculty Spring Track & Field Season Page 2 College Admissions Equality Page 3 Page 4 Page 6 Guide to EU Travel 2021 Page 5 INSIDE 2 THE WESTMINSTER NEWS, Saturday May 8, 2021 Features Spring 2021 Track & Field Season 2021 Formula 1 Season: BY SUNG MIN CHO ‘22 NEWS & POLITICS AND LAYOUT EDITOR What To Watch For BY MICHELLE WU ‘21 The Westminster Boys’ and mileage from a short four to very Musket Trail or Firetown. Friday SPORTS EDITOR Girls’ track team has been hard respectable eight milers. These is all about pre-meet preparation, at work this spring. Of course, runs are often the most scenic, and the plan is always a course In the 2020 Formula 1 in 2021, we could see the rise of the 2021 spring season is the first and that has certainly been the jog. Afterward, the group is often Season, a year without the usual another Formula 1 driver who time in two years that the group case this spring. Daffodils are caught up deciding the team cheerings of the crowd and several would dominate the field in the has had a chance to gather togeth- blooming en masse down the side cheer for the day, which, for the teams facing pandemic-driven next decade. er. of Williams Hill, the poplar trees record, has ranged from ‘Popeyes financial difficulties, the world Sergio Perez was a veter- Every practice begins with a flower by Memorial Hall, and chicken’ to ‘sus.’ has witnessed some of the most an in Formula 1 racing, yet he half-mile, two-lap warmup. Run there are some phenomenal cherry There’s an incredible degree miraculous comebacks. From found himself without a seat after by the entire team as a group, the trees situated outside Winterset. of room for fun on the team: Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly, who Racing Point announced that warmup is promptly followed by Tuesdays are meant for secondar- group chats share running suffered from the humiliating Sebastian Vettel would replace dynamic stretching. The stretches ies, and the crew is much smaller. Tiktoks, protein shakes of varying demotion by Red Bull a year ago, are a key part of injury prevention This day is geared towards explo- quality and flavor are concoct- winning the Italian Grand Prix, and spans the gamut from fours ration, and students go branching ed and shared, and the coaches to Racing Point’s Sergio Perez, to duck walks. Of course, music out on their own, running behind surprise the squad with cookies who was on the verge of not hav- is almost always present as a part Andrews Memorial Chapel and and feeds when the team least sus- ing a seat next year, starting from of the stretching routine, and the by Pratt House or looping across pects. the last place on the first lap to team features varied artists such the upper fields. Wednesdays are The meet against Choate winning the Bahrain Grand Prix, Polo G. and Taylor Swift. In fact, the team’s workout days, and are on May 1st was the last, but the to Haas’ Roman Grosjean coming the team is proud to boast a col- invariably tense. A sample of past energy and spirit of the team will out of the fireball alive after trap- FORUMLA1.COM laborative Spotify playlist created Wednesdays includes 1k repeats, continue far beyond that, thanks ping in it for 28 seconds. At the Can Sergio Perez Evade the earlier in the season with input a 6x400 workout, and a 2x600- to the dedication and effort of time of writing this article, the Curse of the Red Bull Second from a wide range of members. 400-200-200 ladder. The team Captain Tunji Osho-Williams ‘21 2021 Formula 1 season has just Driver and Retain This On the distance side, prac- takes Thursday to recover and and the coaches, Mr.