Graduate Wore Masks As They Cheered for Students in Events That Gets Out, Walks Across a Stage, Receives a Diploma and Re- HIGH SCHOOL Seniors Are Incurable Optimists

High school seniors and their schools end shocking year with a flourish By ELAINE HESSER Catalina all enforced social distancing. Staff and faculty waits with diplomas in disinfected holders. Each graduate wore masks as they cheered for students in events that gets out, walks across a stage, receives a diploma and re- HIGH SCHOOL seniors are incurable optimists. were recorded and posted online. turn to the vehicle. A celebratory lap around the world-fa- They look forward to bright futures — jobs, internships Carmel High’s seniors got on the fast track to the future mous raceway ends the event. and college — and to stepping out into the adult world on Wednesday evening. Laguna Seca raceway volunteered the While that sounds nice, there were some longstanding their own. Parents cry, laugh and celebrate. It’s a time filled use of its track to all the schools in Monterey Peninsula senior traditions at Carmel High that couldn’t be saved this with promises, pomp and rites of passage. Unified School District, right about the time CHS princi- year. One was an off-the-grid trip to Joshua Tree Nation- This year, the coronavirus epidemic threatened to ob- pal Jonathan Lyons said he was looking for “a big place al Park — no cell phones, no cabins, no showers — just scure, if not obliterate, mile markers like proms, arts show- where nobody could touch each other.” sleeping under the stars for a week and bonding with class- cases and of course, graduation ceremonies. But creative mates. high school administrators and teachers rose to the occa- Joshua Tree and prom Pascale Montgomery, one of the school’s 12 valedic- sion, and, aided by the internet and local benefactors, have So how does a graduation ceremony at a racetrack torians, said, “The trip is supposed to be one of the final managed to make things memorable for their students. work? First, take 200 students and put them in cars with opportunities upperclassmen get to really connect with When outdoor and in-person events were held, Carm- their families in a staging area next to the track. Then, have el High, Pacific Grove High, Stevenson, York and Santa them drive, one car at a time, to a stage where the principal See FLOURISH page 13 GRAD

A lot of things weren’t “business as usual” for the Class of 2020. Sierra Brinton (left) of Carmel High’s Class of 2020 got all dressed up in her prom gown for pictures, even though the dance was canceled. Stevenson School’s seniors took a creative approach to getting a group photo by placing signs for each grad around the outdoor amphitheater (center). At York School, graduating students decked out their cars for a drive-through ceremony on campus (right).

CONGRATULATIONS To the Class of 2020, we wish you success wherever your journeys may take you. Stevenson will always be one of your homes in the world, and we can't wait to welcome you back.

Go Pirates!

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By DENNIS TAYLOR ed at their school of choice. Four recent graduates from Santa Cata- HIGH SCHOOL yearbooks will have lina, six from Stevenson, and eight from a few important pages missing for the Carmel plan to play college sports as re- Class of 2020, which was deprived of its cruited athletes — some with scholarships senior prom, its senior trip, its spring sport — during the upcoming school year, as- season, the last several weeks of on-cam- suming conditions are deemed safe from pus classes, and its traditional graduation the worldwide pandemic caused by the ceremony by a contagious virus that intro- coronavirus. duced a new phrase — “shelter in place” — to the vernacular. The lost spring Now it’s largely a waiting game for col- Athletes who competed in baseball, lege-bound student-athletes who, without softball, swimming and diving, track and exception, remain uncertain that class- ﬁeld, lacrosse, and boys golf, tennis and rooms and dorms will be open in the fall. volleyball had their high school seasons They’re also wondering if they’ll get to play the sport for which they were recruit- See ATHLETES page 16 GRAD

Congratulations KAYLA MARIE Brownlie Valdez!

We LOVE you! Good luck in college!

Love, Mom, Dad, Emily, (Clockwise from top left) The virus shut down beach volleyball this spring, leaving Menlo Col- Ashlynn, Victoria and lege-bound Dylan Cohan of Carmel High looking for ways to stay ﬁt and sane, while classmate Grandparents John & Clara Hardesty Michael Meheen, bound for Redlands University, built a pole vault pit in his backyard while sheltering in place. Abby Gunter of Santa Catalina recently had ACL surgery, so she’s been using yoga to stay in shape while she gets ready for Iowa State. And Stevenson’s Luke Driscoll, the third-leading scorer CARMEL HIGH CLASS OF 2020 in the PCAL this season, is headed to Baldwin-Wallace University in Ohio. ONE OF THE 2020 VALEDICTORIANS Helen & Lance Robert Louis Stevenson School, Class of 2020

NATURALIST. MUSICIAN. SCHOLAR. Congratulations from your Family! May the Lord bless you and keep you Congratulations Jack! at Wellesley College and Emory University!

Your talent, wit and passion will fuel your success “Down the middle of the great street of the city, on each side at UC Davis in Environmental Toxicology. of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of We believe in you! fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” (Revelation 22:2) CARMEL HIGH CLASS OF 2020 June 5, 2020 The Carmel Pine Cone 3 GRAD CLASS OF 2020 Valedictorians have things on Congratutations their minds after topsy-turvy year By ELAINE HESSER Sweet Karoline! to take a minimum number of advanced placement or honors classes and not have THE CLASS of 2020’s top students any grade lower than an A throughout are ready to face a world that’s become high school. Tyler Armstrong, Sierra Brin- much more uncertain in recent months. ton, Joaquin Carlson, Annabel Chen, Jack All of them will be going to top col- Connolly, Gracie Dean, Ella Fenstermak- leges, of course, though they have no idea er, Dante Garderet, Zoe Garderet, Pascal You’re a what their fall semesters will look like — Montgomery, Dilan Patel and Lucia Zacek and that uncertainty comes after a senior all made it. superstar in year that was disrupted in ways they could Their experiences are varied, but with never have imagined. Yet they somehow re- common threads — changed plans and every way! main models of resilience, good cheer and some disappointments. For example, Zacek even optimism. hoped to spend this summer working and We can’t Carmel High School has no fewer than saving up money for college, but now, she 12 valedictorians this year. To get there, wait to these highly accomplished students had See SCHOLARS page 14 GRAD watch you shine as you enter the next exciting chapter in life. Love, Your family

Valedictorians Jordan Goodwin (above, York), Tyler Armstrong (top right, CHS) and Lucia Zacek (CHS) say they’ve managed to stay optimistic de- CARMEL HIGH CLASS OF 2020 spite the numerous setbacks of their senior years. 4 GRAD The Carmel Pine Cone June 5, 2020 CLASS OF 2020

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Talia Agacanyan Maxim Del Toro Gianna Herrera Zoe McGowan Asher Rose Eduardo Aguilar Ramos Isabelle DeVor Lindsey Hill Jason McNally Karoline Ruiz Lauren Aiello Serenai Dincer Camille Hitchcock Mira Meckel Grace Ryan Kristen Anderson Yvonne DiGirolamo Drew Holland Michael Meheen Samuel Saulnier Sienna Anderson Alyssa DiStante Kierstin Hollrah Frederick Mehrtens William Saulnier Faye Andrus Kianna Dorantes Joseph Holt Maxton Michie Cole Sawyer Tyler Armstrong* Elijah Douwes Cole Hoyer Nathan Miglaw Sevren Scarlett Benjamin Barnes Harrison Dozier Avery Hubbard Natalia Miller Madeleine Schmidt Duke Bartholomew Christian Durand Quy Huynh Munir Mohamed Shannon Schroeder Sebastian Biggs Teresa Echevarria Jaclyn Hyles Munira Mohammed Karen Serkutan Nathan Blakely Henry Esparza Kendra Hyles Pascale Montgomery* Katy Serrano Aguilar Morgan Bonfante Svenn Eyjolfsson Gerson Infante Franco Jaqueline Morales Satchel Sherman Gabrielle Borges Cassidy Fasulo Vinni Jacobs Dakota Mornhinweg Omar Silva Tristan Bowen Alexander Faxon Jack Jarvis Eric Moseley Catherine Singler Leah Boylan Jordi Faxon Chase Jones Sarah Movahedi Isabella Sosic Zachary Brady Ella Fenstermaker* Naomi Jun Sakina Munsinger Nicholas Staehle Bryanna Brannon Bryce Fenwick Hana Kamler Chelsea Olvera Brian Sturges Sierra Brinton* Ethan Fletcher Jake Kasper Brenna Ozel Josiah Sullivan Campbell Brown Victoria Fletes Zachary Keaton Grace Parker Madison Szestowicki Cole Brushert Michelle Foley MackenzieKeller Dilan Patel* Desmond Tan Jacob Buzza Athena Fosler-Brazil Ryan Knight Robert Paul Mercedes Thompson Juliana Cardinale Ellah Foster Mia Kotelec Parker Peavey Rowan Trosky Mia Cardinale Celine Franklin Nina Krayniy Erika Pellett Sherille Tupino Steven Cardinalli Ninamarie Franklin Julia Kurz Kayla Pereira Denali Uyeda-Cordingley Adeline Carley Eliza Frey Felicia Lademan Jonathan Perez Christopher Valdez Joaquin Carlson* William Gaﬁll Libby Lambert Sima Pesic Emma Valdez Maxwell Carr Jenna Garcia Jeremiah Lamph Mia Poletti Kayla Valdez Karina Casas Dorado Dante Garderet* Megan Langley Brian Porter Kaelin Varav Arielle Castagna Zoe Garderet* Zachary Lawrence Brayden Prehn Tatiana Vargas Sandoval Savannah Chappell Christian Gebhardt Kai Lee Miles Prekoski Madison Vernon Brady Charlton Anjali Golechha Cindy Linarez Sarah Prock Charles Von Sund Haemi Chee Amaya Gomez Jaia Linden Engel Jude Quirinale Wyatt Wadsworth Annabel Chen* Enrique Gonzalez Connor Lindsey Adam Ramlawi Ava Weiman Dylan Cohan Madeline Gose Sophia Linnevers Isabella Ramos Darian Welch Schraud Jack Connolly* Manuel Gozzi Marcus Lo Samuel Rauh Blue West Quinci Cox Garrett Grifﬁn Camille Louis Connor Reding Nathan White Emma Crabbe Jacquolyn Grijalva Noah Marsh Isabel Reed Spencer White Emma Crane Makayla Head Jeremy Martin Lauren Rice Brynn Womble Jordan Crawford Hunter Heger Zully Martinez Collin Richina Kylie Yeatman Avery Cripe Joseph Heidtke Isabelle Martinez- Hanna Richmond Lucia Zacek* Kieren Daste Maximillian Heiser Cartwright Jessica Rincon Shirley Zhu Katherine Dean* Sebastian Hendricks Laura Mastrocola Itzel Rios-Ellis Cameron deBellis Harrison Herendeen Hill Olandis Mathes Angel Rocha *Valedictorian June 5, 2020 The Carmel Pine Cone 5 GRAD CLASS OF 2020 Santa Catalina grads: grounded in tradition, ready for the future

By ELAINE HESSER the ﬁne and performing arts, athletics, and extracurricular she will study engineering. activities.” “I love math and physics, and being hands-on,” she SANTA CATALINA School — which is near the fair- Perhaps that goal of a well rounded student is the rea- said. She plans to specialize in energy engineering. “It’s grounds in Monterey — has been around in one form or son the school has never awarded the titles of valedictorian the only major focusing on sustainability, and it separates another for 70 years. The school, which says it is “ground- and salutatorian. Instead, the administration there points renewable energy into its own specialty,” she explained. ed in the Catholic faith” admits boys and girls to its ele- to students like Candace Wong and Grace Deakyne, who Over the past four years, she’s studied abroad in Japan and mentary and middle schools, but its upper school is for graduated this year with academic honors and shared the completed internships at NPS and Hopkins Marine Sta- young women only, and they come from all over to attend. school’s Alumnae Award. tion. Many studies have shown that girls excel in single-sex Wong remarked that she was happy the school had a classes, and may develop more positive attitudes toward Math and physics multivariable calculus class and an upper level physics math and science. Catalina’s vision for young women is Head of School Margaret Bradley said in a May 29 class, even though they only had four and three students, success in a program “established in the classical tradition Awards Day video that this year’s prize was given on be- respectively. of the arts and sciences enhanced by vigorous programs in half of the school’s past graduates to students who exhib- She played ﬁeld hockey and lacrosse, and became team ited “quiet leadership, intellectual integrity and a mature captain in both sports. Wong said she enjoyed the robot- individual perspective,” looking to the future, but also valuing the traditions and ideals of the past. Wong’s future includes UC Berkeley this fall, where See CATALINA page 12 GRAD

Grace Deakyne, Gabriella Nagy, Soﬁa Marquez, Candace Wong and Issy Brooker (top) played lacrosse together at Santa Catalina. Wong and Deakyne (above) shared the school’s Alum- nae Award this year.

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By ELAINE HESSER won the 20th Congressional District’s first colored pencil, and depicts a black-and- His art teacher at P.G. High, Matt Kelly, prize for the annual Congressional Art white world map inside a fishbowl filled described Hays’ style as “confident” and YOUNG ARTISTS dream of seeing Competition. with colorful sea creatures. The continents said it “demonstrates more risk-taking and their works exhibited locally. Some may As a result, one of Hays’ graphic illus- are covered in multilingual translations of a wider variety of artistic intellectual depth dare to imagine having one of their pieces trations will hang in the U.S. Capitol in the word fish, with each language occupy- than the work of his peers.” in San Francisco’s de Young Museum. Washington D.C. for a year. ing the geographic location where it’s spo- Students vie for the honor within their Delson Hays, a 2020 P.G. High School The 12-by-24-inch work, “A Fish by ken. congressional districts. Second place in the grad, found a sweet spot in between. He Any Other Name,” was done in ink and 20th District went to Zixin Chen, a soph- Risk-taking omore at Stevenson School. Her work, Said Hays, “I wanted to make a piece “Dreams and Visions” will be shown in Pa- that could represent the world’s biodiver- netta’s D.C. office. The third-place finisher, sity alongside its cultural and linguistic di- Gracie Gaon, is a junior at Santa Catalina versity, as well as show the close relation- School. Her work, “Golden Skies Over The ship that often exists between the two.” Gate,” will be on display in the congress- “Delson’s piece is a reminder of the man’s local office. value of our oceans not just to the Central A special awards ceremony in D.C. hon- Coast but to people around the world,” ac- oring the winners will be held at a date to knowledged Panetta. be determined — if the virus cooperates.

P.G. graduate Delson Hays won a Congressional Art Competition among students in the 20th District. His work, “A Fish by Any Other Name,” will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year. Congratulations to our Graduating Seniors on Banners honor high school seniors Monterey Junior Cycling Development Team

By KELLY NIX Avenue. Each of the 30 customized banners, which are now flying, have the names WITH NO traditional graduation cer- of four to five graduates of P.G. High and emony for the Class of 2020 because of P.G. Community High, the alternative the Covid-19 threat, Pacific Grove parents school. have come up with a creative alternative to “Imagine the joy while driving through honor the city’s graduates. our small town and seeing the names of Dana Marshall and Pacific Grove city these amazing students who have worked councilwoman Jenny McAdams and others so hard and endured so much,” Marshall organized a project which entailed hanging 2-foot-by-5-foot banners along Lighthouse See BANNERS page 9 GRAD

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MORGAN, Congratulations ON YOUR YOUTH MUSIC MONTEREY COUNTY GRADUATION! Building the next generation through music… We are so proud of all that you accomplished! “Farewell, You have grown into a confident and beautiful Thank You, and young lady. Your family is proud of you! Congratulations!” to our graduates! Akshara Amin, Annabelle Norman, violin, Monterey HS violin, York School Lance Yang Bauer, Daisy Swanson, violin, Stevenson School violin and viola, York School Mitali Chowdhury, Justin Vu, bassoon, Pacific Grove HS violin, York School Ryan Knight, Helen Liuyi Yang, trumpet, Carmel HS viola, Stevenson School

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Cheyenne Avina Kaeden Ellawendy Rikiya Jochi Annabelle Norman Samuel Wisner Sophie Barth Wei Fei E’raya Johnson Alexa Ortiz Stone Yang Jupiter Berrysmith Yulissa Flores-Ibanez Sooyeon Kim Luke Rosenblum Owen Yu Nora Butler Juan Galarza Madison Kimball Sophia Sanico Jonathan Zhao Josefina Camacho Matthew Galloway Alexander Lin Micheal Scholis Andy Zhou Francesco Carriglio Edwin Gao Jiacheng Liu Rohan Sethi Guanjia Zhu Stuart Carruthers Fletcher Gaucher Matteo Lorenz Luke Song Hayden Concepcion-Deyo Jordan Goodwin* Tobey Malone Daisy Swanson Matthew DaCosta Jared Griffith Albert Matei Anna Veliko-Shapko Henriette Diouf Thomas Hall Nathan Nguyen Justin Vu *Valedictorian June 5, 2020 The Carmel Pine Cone 9 GRAD CLASS OF 2020 Braxton Stuntz charity seeks help AFTER BRAXTON Stuntz, a Steven- including rice, beans, and canned vegeta- son graduate, drowned at Garrapata Beach bles and fruit. “We could use sleeping bags in January 2019 at the age of 18, his fami- for many of the homeless men that are out ly established a foundation to continue the in our community sleeping in the weeds charitable work he’d been doing. During and under highway underpasses.” Congratulations the pandemic, his mother, Ruth Baltes, The organization has been distribut- said, the group has been collecting food ing items to warming shelters in Salinas. and other necessities for the homeless. Baltes asked anyone who wants to help to “We can definitely use canned and dry text (831) 521-7987 “for easy drop-off in TARAH ELENA RAMSEY goods for the Salinas homeless families Carmel.” Find more information at brax- who live in their cars and motels,” she said, tonstuntzfoundation.org. Bachelor of Arts in Communications dollars. Any leftover funds will be donated BANNERS to the PGHS PTA. at UCSB College of Letters and Science From page 7 GRAD “Merry Trucksis graciously donated some design time and the final cost will be with Honors $2,200 give or take tax, last minute design said. changes, etc.,” McAdams told The Pine McAdams, who was a graduate of P.G. Cone. High, said the total cost of the banners and Realtor “Debby Beck is sponsoring the other costs is about $3,700. A GoFundMe [city] cost to hang and remove the banners page for the effort had raised thousands of at $51 per banner.”

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Banners celebrating P.G. High’s Class of 2020 hang from light poles downtown. Some include graduates’ names (above), while others offer in- spirational or motivational messages (right).

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PINE CONE STAFF REPORT Divorced parents, even those who aren’t on the best of terms, had to ride in the same WHEN THE coronavirus shutdown car if they wanted to participate, regardless put a stop to all events, schools had to get of any emotional consequences for the creative when it came to celebrating their graduate. And since they don’t live in the graduating classes. By teaming up with same household, everyone in the car had to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, they wear face coverings. succeeded in coming up with an unforget- Only immediate family was allowed to table way to mark the milestone. But, like ride, and the number of passengers was all matters of life as of late, it did not come limited to the number of seat belts. Renting without strict rules handed down by Mon- buses or limos to accommodate more peo- terey County health ofﬁcer Dr. Ed Moreno. ple was forbidden. To participate in a drive-through grad- “We are not allowed to veer from the uation at the track, he said, no one could directives that have been given to us by the be “hanging out of cars,” so therefore, con- Monterey County health ofﬁcer,” Carmel vertible tops had to be up. Graduates had High School administrators told parents to sit in the back seat behind the driver in who questioned the rules. “All schools par- order to get out to retrieve their diplomas, ticipating in Laguna Seca graduation cere- so there was no way for them to drive. monies have the same guidelines.”

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Julia Marie Bledsoe Damiera Love Cruz Linh Yen Le Aranza Perez Valdez Hailey Rose Boe Grace Elizabeth Deakyne Hyunah Lee Tara Jiang Ragsdale-Cronin Brooke Elizabeth Borgia Lauren Rose Dean Xuelan Lin Portia Maren-Thatcher Randall Bailey Belleci Brewer Maryta Estrada Hinojos Allison Dawn Lorentz Uma Sinha Isabella Charlotte Brooker Taylor Noelle Ford Kylie Bryn Ludviksen Claire Marie Sullivan Caroline Ravenel Bulkley Armas Megan Rose Gibson Lauren Julia Marie Mansour Yushan Sun Georgina Ella Burton India Mather Gonzales Soﬁa Mikayla Marquez Emma Noel Ubertino Ellis Katherine Butler Abigail Elizabeth Gunter Ainsley Gwen Morrison Katalina Angel Villarreal Mia Sophia Campo Savannah Bryn Halvorson Gabriella Csilla Nagy Candace Hope Wong Suzett Cárdenas Kastis Abigail Hanna Jack Wallace Grayce Nichols Yiran Zhou Corinne MacDonald Christian Harriet Amelia Keys Madeleine Grace Nowak Jessica Lynn Clements Xiaomei Kong Truth Alejandra Ortiz Sarah Cooper Clements Courtney Anne Kostka Ava Elizabeth Owens 12 GRAD The Carmel Pine Cone June 5, 2020 CLASS OF 2020

Like her father, who works in money management, CATALINA Deakyne will attend the University of Virginia amid the From page 5 GRAD rolling hills of Charlottesville. She’ll study business, a subject she became interested in partly because when she was a little tyke and got scared at night, she’d crawl into ics club, as well. Like other seniors, she’s disappointed at her parents’ bed, where she’d wake up to her dad’s morning missing rites of passage, like Catalina’s Class Night, where routine, which included CNBC and the daily stock market students come together to reﬂect on the school year. numbers. “There’s no crying and hugging,” she said wistfully. “I wish I could see all my friends from abroad one more Six minutes away time.” Instead of traveling to Asia this summer, as she’d Golf is also a big part of Deakyne’s life. “I’ve been golf- planned, she’ll take the time to relax and “maybe take time ing since I was 2,” she said, adding that she’s worked as to study a bit more, prep for college.” a caddy at Cypress Point. In addition, the venerable Del Deakyne — who also planned to spend some time in Monte course is right next door to Santa Catalina. “We Asia — saw her travel plans fall through, as well. She said could walk there in six minutes,” Deakyne conﬁrmed. She she particularly missed traditions like a fundraising cake also said that she hopes to continue playing lacrosse. “It’s auction, with elaborate confections prepared by seniors a little bigger on the East Coast, and maybe better,” than it and sold to underclassmen, and the juniors-vs.-seniors is here, she mused. kickball game. In addition to her overall academic achievement and the

Grace Deakyne (top) achieved honors in mathematics and history at Santa Catalina, where students learn teamwork during events like whitewater rafting (bottom).

alumnae award, Deakyne also earned departmental honors in mathematics and history. Deakyne wanted to give a special shout-out to her mom, who she said was taking advanced chemistry at MPC. “It’s beyond what I know. She’s doing excellent and I’m really proud of that,” she said.

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March, making a virtual graduation pretty much the only FLOURISH option. From page 1 GRAD The school’s May 24 ceremony (which can be viewed at stevensonschool.org) opened with bagpiper Michele D’Avenas (Stevenson Class of ’71) playing a traditional each other beyond the superficial and often competitive prelude as he walked across the empty campus. atmosphere of high school.” Maya Forgus, student body president, recorded her re- Proms were canceled everywhere, too, but that didn’t marks in the school’s amphitheater, where a few school stop Sierra Brinton — another CHS top scholar — from officials also were filmed for the ceremony in full academ- getting gussied up and showing off her gown in a few pho- ic regalia. Forgus noted that before everyone left campus tos on the day the dance was to be held. “The dress is in my for the year, they took time to enjoy a last sunset together. closet. I’ll keep it for another occasion,” she said. “Right now, in the comfort of our own homes across Also important at CHS: The senior prank. Unnamed the world, we are still under the same sky,” she said. “We sources deep inside the Class of 2020 said the planned may not have a traditional senior spring, but we will al- tomfoolery would have involved switching places with se- ways have each other.” niors from P.G. High and attending each others’ classes, as Members of Stevenson’s graduating class were shown one student put it, “until somebody sent us home.” Jonathan Lyons Matt Bell in photographs as, one by one, their names were read. Said head of school Dan Griffiths, “It was really strange Nerf balls and stress balls to speak to an empty amphitheater. The best part of this job One other unofficial tradition at CHS that fell by the Video of the occasion on YouTube shows students reis handing the kids their diplomas.” corona wayside was Assassins. In this friendly game, ceiving their diplomas, briefly unmasking for photos in The school came a little closer to that ideal with local which often lasts months, more than 100 seniors attempt to front of an ocean wave backdrop, and walking a red carpet students, who drove through campus as faculty members eliminate each other from the competition using nerf guns on the way back to their cars. At the end, they drove around cheered, to pick up caps and gowns, diplomas and other (preferably off-campus) until only one is left standing. the track as faculty, in academic robes and coronavirus memorabilia. Pacific Grove High School was the first of the county’s masks, cheered them on. Griffiths said that although the students were “unbe- schools to head out to Laguna Seca. The graduation for Stevenson School’s 122 graduates came from far-flung lievable, resilient and so impressive,” when traditional fes- more than 130 students on May 29 was especially poignant spots (about 60 percent of students there are boarders), and for principal Matt Bell, who is retiring after decades of most of them went home after their campus was closed in See IMPROVISED page 19A service. Anxiety about the ceremony ran high enough to distract him for a while. Bell said that as the first school to take advantage of the raceway’s offer, P.G. had to make sure to get things right. “I was a stress ball all week. I didn’t want to thrash it for the other schools,” he explained. Then, he heard a student sing the national anthem to TRINITY CHRISTIAN SENIORS open the ceremony, and it hit him. “I just realized this was my last one,” he said. “This is the only career I’ve ever known. The emotional piece of this is hard, but I’m going out in a nice way.” He was referring in part to the Association of Califor- nia School Administrators’ High School Principal of the Year award, which he received this spring. “I told my students I was going out after winning the championship,” he laughed.

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choice to finish high school in three years, and just turned SCHOLARS 17 a few months ago at his family’s home near Bruno’s From page 3 GRAD Market. He said that speeding up the process wasn’t about wanting to leave Carmel High, but more of an urge to get on with whatever came next. said, “I’m not sure if that’s even possible.” “Carmel High School has made me who I am,” he said She plans to major in physics with an astronomy mi- appreciatively. nor at Cornell University in upstate New York. “I’ve al- In between packing in the credits he needed to complete ways been into science and math,” she said, adding that the high school a year early, Armstrong found time to partic- variety of atmospheric and geological features of planets ipate with the school’s moot court team. He’s planning to beyond the solar system, and the tantalizing possibility of start UCLA in the fall, where he said he’d like to major in life — like or unlike Earth’s — is “fascinating.” political science, but he hasn’t settled on a career yet. In her spare time, she said, “I draw a lot. Art is a hobby He’s thought about being an attorney, but the notion of for me.” becoming a criminal investigator is also appealing. To that end, he’ll be looking for internships at the FBI, DEA and Home to China possibly the Los Angeles Police Department. Zacek, who lives with her family near the downtown Stevenson’s valedictorian, a boarding student named post office, said she skipped prom last year — juniors at- Linda Zhang, went home to China in April, after the tend along with seniors at CHS — because she didn’t want school’s campus closed in March. The Pine Cone inter- to “pay for it twice.” This year, she planned to wear one viewed her via email. of her mother’s dresses and said, “I was so excited to be She said dealing with the epidemic was a lot tougher able to celebrate the end of my high school career with my there than it has been here. “Believe it or not, I had to be closest friends.” After it was canceled because of the virus, quarantined for 35 days, including 14 days in a Qingdao though, she realized “maybe it’s just not as big a deal” as hotel room, seven days in a Harbin hotel room, and 14 she’d thought. more days in my own house. So far, I have been tested Classmate Tyler Armstrong made the challenging negative for the virus according to six different tests,” she said. In her pre-recorded address from China, which was part of Stevenson’s May 24 virtual graduation ceremony, Zhang described the bitter cold winters of her home, and the way people made the best of them — building giant congratulations ice castles or tubing in the snow. She talked about learning English by listening to TED talks as she was growing up, and, in her high school years here, trying to distinguish among Pebble Beach roads at night. P.G. Valedictorian Mitali Chowdhury (top) gave her address at RACHEL She said braving the tangle of curving forest thorough- Laguna Seca Raceway last week, while Stevenson’s Linda Zhang fares was a good metaphor for her own path and her class- (above) recorded hers from her home in China. mates’ persistence and resilience. GOREN! Bold leaders Pacific Grove’s Class of 2020 is led by valedictorian Zhang plans to return to the United States before fall, Mitali Chowdhury. She’s a relatively recent arrival to the when she’ll enter the School of Foreign Service at George- Peninsula, having moved here from New Jersey in the mid- ~ proud Nana Rita Seger town University in Washington, D.C. “As an international dle of her sophomore year for her parents’ work. She said student, I lived in both the United States and China. For the change was a good one in many ways. me, understanding the relationship between nations and “The classes here are a lot smaller. My old school was studying the political structure of different countries re- lates closely to my own life.” Continues next page

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From previous page ed as part of the P.G. robotics team, the BreakerBots. She mony planned for Aug. 6, when the Pacific Grove resident donned a mask to give her address at graduation at La- will be able to deliver her address. very big, with 3,000 students and this is a lot better. I’m guna Seca on May 29, where she called her classmates, In addition to her stellar grades, Goodwin is proud able to know my teachers,” she said. She said she was “bold leaders who stand up for ourselves, for each other of the work she did as president of the school’s Activism somewhat surprised to learn she had achieved the top spot and for the things we believe in,” and said facing corona- Club, which raises money for worthy causes. In Goodwin’s in her class. virus made her and her classmates “stronger, braver and case, that included funds for the World Wide Fund for Na- “I liked all my courses, especially science and math,” more connected.” Her speech was met with enthusiastical- ture’s response to the Australian wildfires last year. by which she meant physics, biology and calculus. She’s ly honking car horns. She’s set to attend University of Chicago in the fall and going to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In majoring in political science and economics, possibly with addition, she hopes to spend this summer doing a virtual Waiting for August an eye toward law school. “I’m always ready to get on to internship at the Naval Postgraduate School, studying ma- At York School, Jordan Goodwin is at the head of her the next thing,” she said. chine learning. class. She said she was surprised when Doug Key, the “I’m interested in using technology in the medical head of the school, announced the honor during an online, field. There are so many problems that could be solved. schoolwide Zoom meeting. “I put myself on mute and I’m also interested in genetics, robotics and prosthetics, as ran around the house screaming,” she said. Key described Get your complete Pine Cone well as using artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases,” Goodwin as “delightful, talented and ambitious.” every Thursday night by email — she said. She called the modified rites of passage “bittersweet.” Free subscriptions at www. carmelpinecone.com Chowdhury also played the flute in the school’s march- York held a drive-through graduation ceremony at its cam- ing band, and bassoon in the concert band. She compet- pus off Highway 68 on May 23, with a traditional cere- Congratulations to our Graduates Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. ~Winston Churchill

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pate in those. ATHLETES “On the athletic side, I was really look- Helen Yang, who From page 2 GRAD ing forward to competing this spring as a led Stevenson in swimmer,” Cruz said. “I posted a couple of goals and assists pretty good early season times in my first this season, will truncated when the pandemic made social meet, so I was feeling excited about com- play at Wellesley distancing a necessary safety precaution, a peting in all of the championship meets, College in Massa- development that also closed classrooms and hopefully qualifying for the Central chusetts. and sent students home to finish the school Coast Section meet this year. It was pret- year with online courses. ty disappointing when the season got shut “On the school side of things, it was a down.” pretty sad thing,” said Santa Catalina graduate Damiera Cruz, who will start school Double whammy at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, A melancholy souvenir for Stevenson where she was recruited as a swimmer and soccer standout Helen Yang is the prom PHOTO/ STEVENSON SCHOOL plans to major in pre-law. “We have a lot dress she purchased, but never got to wear. of different traditions at Catalina in the “I actually transferred to Stevenson springtime, and we were all disappointed from Carmel going into my junior year, that we weren’t going to be able to partici- so I missed my junior prom and was really looking forward to senior prom,” said Driscoll, who will play guard next sea- Yang, who also is headed for Wellesley son at Baldwin-Wallace University, near College in Massachusetts, where she’s Cleveland, Ohio. “Their tournaments were likely to major in business. “Once things shut down, and that’s where underclassmen open up a little bit, my parents are planning tend to get noticed and recruited by col- Memories of an Incredible Clara on having some friends over for some kind leges.” of prom ceremony for my brother (also a 2020 graduate) and me, but it won’t be the The long, hot summer same.” The pandemic lockdown has felt smoth- A double whammy for Yang: She didn’t ering to some athletes who are used to sign up for Stevenson’s senior trip (can- working out regularly and need outlets for celed) because her family had alternate their energy. Some sought creative ways plans to celebrate graduation — a cruise to to stay in good physical shape in recent Italy (also canceled). weeks, while gyms and athletic facilities For Carmel pole vaulter Michael Me- have been declared off-limits, and all are heen, springtime frustration began with a trying to stay optimistic, hoping to receive severe bout of pneumonia, which kept him a green light from coaches and administra- out of track practice in the early weeks of a tors to come to campus. season he was greatly anticipating. “I actually built a pole vault pit in my “I knew the season was about to shut back yard. It’s a little bit small — I’ve hit down, so I decided to come back and com- the fence a few times — but it’s fine,” said From a tiny tot to a young woman; pete before I was completely cleared, med- Meheen, whose daily workout includes a you have been a joy! ically. 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From previous page whatever you have.” ting back in a pool so I can see where I’m at, time-wise.” Carmel High golfer Brenna Ozel, the individual medal- All of the aforementioned athletes also have received and I’ve also begun jogging on a treadmill. ist at the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division workout plans from their college coaches in recent days “My school season would have just ended, and I’d nor- championship tournament last fall, said she sat idle for and have had virtual meetings on the internet with their mally be playing travel ball right now, but I expect to be the first month of the shutdown, since golf courses were future college teammates. totally ready to play at Iowa State in the fall,” she said. closed due to the pandemic. “The lockdown has been a huge bummer — it took “That was pretty bad for me. I wasn’t swinging a club at Mysterious horizons away a lot of the things I was really looking forward to, all until my coach (Ross Kroeker) found out and sent me a Iowa State University typically plays a short softball especially volleyball, which obviously is one of the main net that I could use,” said Ozel, who is bound for Sonoma season in the fall against nearby opponents — preparation things in my life,” said Dylan Cohan, a 6-foot-6 Carmel State. “So I was able to hit balls in my garage, and putt on for the regular season, which is in the spring — and Gunt- High graduate who figures to be a middle hitter or outside my living room rug, but that stuff gets pretty boring. When er, who figures to play left or right field for the Cyclones, hitter as a freshman at Menlo College. “In a normal sum- the golf courses finally reopened, I was out there in about is holding on to hope that she’ll be on the field and in the mer, I’m waking up at 7:30 in the morning on weekends five minutes.” classroom at her new school. and headed to the beach. A lot of guys in the community Stevenson golfer Robert You, who expects to major in “The whole state of Iowa has basically avoided a com- play volleyball, but they took all the nets down, so we ha- computer science or economics at Yale University, had no plete lockdown, and they’re reopening faster than most ven’t been able to do that. Not having volleyball kind of such equipment at his home, and was surprised at how other places, so right now it’s looking like the classrooms throws everything off.” much the shutdown had affected his game by the time he at the school will be open in the fall,” she said. “I’m more was able to return to the links. excited than nervous about that. Some California schools Back on course “I definitely was rusty when I got back out there — it already have decided they’re not going to open their cam- Cohan also has relied on his own innovation to keep his was actually a little bit of a shock,” said You, whose spring puses. I’m anxious to get out and play and go to class.” conditioning level at an acceptable level. golf season was cut short by the pandemic. “But I feel like You, the Stevenson golfer, said he’s received no official “I’ve been skating and running a lot,” he said. “And I I’m getting back into form now that the courses are back word from Yale whether that campus will be open for the don’t have a weight room at our house, so I actually pulled open and things are returning to normal.” the fall semester, but the prospects might be bleak. the seat out of my car, and I’ve been using it to do squats.” With swimming pools closed, Catalina’s Cruz has sub- “From what I’ve heard, they’re leaning toward online Driscoll, a 5-foot-11 shooting guard at Stevenson, said stituted twice-weekly ocean swims with her summertime classes right now,” he said. “If that happens, my family and he’s maintained some of his conditioning by working out swim club for the conditioning she’d normally be doing. I have discussed the possibility of waiting a year before I on a rowing machine his father mail-ordered, by lifting “I feel like I’m in pretty decent shape right now, al- go to college.” weights in the garage, and by doing daily pushups and pul- though it’s been hard to keep my cardio up,” said Cruz, Ozel said all California state schools already have can- lups. who is likely to specialize in freestyle sprints and the but- “It’s not much,” he said, “but you’ve got to work with terfly stroke at Bryn Mawr. “I’m looking forward to get- Continues next page

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From previous page In the interim, her college coach has ar- already played against a lot of the people include Santa Catalina’s Jess Clements ranged online video meetings for all of the I’ll be competing with and against in col- (full-ride softball scholarship at Cal Poly celed the fall portion of their golf season, incoming freshmen. lege, and I’m looking forward to seeing San Luis Obispo) and Claire Sullivan (full- meaning she’ll have to wait until spring to “That’s been fun,” said the former Pa- some of those girls again. It’s also nice ride swimming scholarship to Malone play. Fall classes at Sonoma State also are dre, who already has ideas about earning a meeting new people, hearing how things University in Canton, Ohio), Stevenson’s likely to begin online. master’s degree in speech pathology. “I’ve have been going for players in other areas.” Courtney Bishop (soccer at Simpson Uni- Baldwin-Wallace University in Ohio versity in Redding), Robert Ortiz (soccer hasn’t yet determined whether the school at Academy of Art University in San Fran- will open for classes, but Driscoll said ear- cisco) and Callie Chen (golf at Occidental ly messaging he’s received hints that the College in Los Angeles), and ﬁve Carmel campus will be open, and coaches there are athletes: volleyball players Emma Crabbe proceeding on the assumption that the bas- and Karoline Ruiz (both recruited by UC ketball season will be played this winter. Santa Barbara), and football players Dako- “They’ve also told me that they might ta Mornhinweg (Monterey Peninsula Col- have enough space in the dorms so that ev- lege), Lavar Edwards (Hartnell College) ery person gets his own room,” he said. and Henry Esparza (Victor Valley College in Victorville). Other college-bound athletes Dennis Taylor is a freelance writer in Other local athletes who have been Monterey County. Contact him at scri- recruited to play intercollegiate sports [email protected].

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(coinciding with its alumni weekend), but that all the teachers were back together boxes contained caps and gowns, diplo- IMPROVISED in the meantime, students celebrated in a since the shutdown started in March. mas, special presents from underclassmen, From page 13 GRAD drive-through version on campus on Satur- Key called the event “reassuring and personalized congratulatory letters, and, as day, May 23. reaffirming.” He said, “Students were all is Catalina’s tradition, 18 red roses swathed Head of school Doug Key said he was honking their horns, they decorated their in white satin. tivities were canceled, “We were reminded touched “by the enthusiasm — how much cars and everyone had huge smiles.” Students who live abroad received box- how much these traditions and rites of pas- the faculty and staff care about these stu- Santa Catalina celebrated its 49 grades by mail and their roses by arrangement sage mean to students and families.” dents they’ve had a relationship with over uates with an ceremony streamed live last with international floral companies — the York School plans to hold a formal grad- so many years.” May 30 and available on the school web- school sent photos so the bouquets would uation ceremony for its 46 seniors Aug. 6 The ceremony also marked the first time site at santacatalina.org. It capped off more be just right. than a week of virtual events including an Head of upper school Julie Lenherr Ed- Evening of the Arts, in which student mu- son (Catalina Class of ’88) said that other sicians, actors and artists were honored. than going virtual, the ceremony was al- most identical to hers, which is important This is Tsunami, the Bouquets of roses to Catalina families. “Traditions run very only member of Pa- Last week, faculty, staff, alumnae and deep here,” she said. “It’s something that cific Grove’s Breaker members of the school’s board of trustees is a cornerstone of the Santa Catalina ex- Bots left unaffected hand-delivered surprise boxes to all of the perience. It’s something we promise our by the coronavirus. students who live in the United States. The families on sending their daughters here.” The robotics team’s season may have been cut short, but now the group is using technology to make protective gear for area hospitals.

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I+'@I+'@ YORK SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020 Cheyenne Avina • Sophie Barth • Jupiter Berrysmith • Nora Butler • 'LPBÄK>Ð >J>@ELÐ• #O>K@BP@LÐ >OOFDIFL Stuart Carruthers • %>VABKÐ LK@BM@FLK !BVLÐ• *>QQEBTÐ!> LPQ>Ð• %BKOFBQQBÐ!FLRCÐ• Kaeden Ellawendy • Vivian Fei 6RIFPP>Ð#ILOBP &?>KBWÐ• 'R>KÐ$>I>OW>Ð• Matthew Galloway • Edwin Gao •Ð#IBQ@EBOÐ$>R@EBOÐ• Jordan Goodwin '>OBAÐ$OFCÄQEÐ• Thomas Hall • /FHFV>Ð'L@EFÐ• E’raya Johnson • Sooyeon Kim • *>AFPLKÐ(FJ?>IIÐ• Alexander Lin 'F>@EBKDÐ)FRÐ• *>QQBLÐ)LOBKWÐ• 1L?BVÐ*>ILKBÐ• I?BOQÐ*>QBFÐ• +>QE>KÐ+DRVBKÐ•ÐKK>?BIIBÐ+LOJ>KÐ• IBU>Ð,OQFW )RHBÐ/LPBK?IRJÐ• 0LMEF>Ð0>KF@LÐ• *F@EB>IÐ0@ELIFPÐ• Rohan Sethi •Ð)RHBÐ0LKDÐ• Vianne Storrs • !>FPVÐ0T>KPLK KKRPEH>Ð3BIFHL 0E>MHLÐ• Justin Vu • Samuel Wisner • 0QLKBÐ6>KDÐ• Owen Yu • Jonathan Zhao Andy Zhou • Guanjia Zhu

Members of the York School Class of 2020 have contributed over 8,500 hours of service to the community. In addition to ﬁnancial aid, the 47 graduates were offered more than $3.5 million in scholarship and merit awards. We’re proud of them and their accomplishments, and we wish them all the best!

The Class of 2020 was accepted to 94 colleges and universities, including:

The University of Arizona California State University, Indiana University at Bloomington University of the Paciﬁc Southern California Institute Arizona State University Monterey Bay University of Iowa Pepperdine University of Architecture Boston University California State University, Northridge Kenyon College Pitzer College Southern Methodist University University of Calgary Central Washington University The King’s College University of Portland Southern Oregon University University of California, Berkeley Chapman University Lehigh University University of Puget Sound Swathmore College University of California, Davis University of Chicago Lewis & Clark College Reed College Tufts University University of California, Irvine University of Colorado at Boulder Loyola Marymount University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Victoria University of California, Los Angeles Colorado School of Mines Loyola University Chicago University of Rochester University of Utah University of California, Merced Colorado State University University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of San Diego University of Washington Unversity of California, Riverside University of Denver University of Miami Saint Mary’s College of California Washington State University University of California, San Diego Drexel University University of Minnesota San Diego State University Wellesley College University of California, Santa Barbara University of Georgia The University of Montana University of San Francisco Whitman College University of California, Santa Cruz The George Washington University Monterey Peninsula College San Francisco State University Whittier College Cal Poly University, Pomona Goucher College New York University University of St. Andrews University of Wisconsin-Madison Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo University of Hawaii at Manoa Northeastern University San Jose State University California Lutheran University Hawaii Paciﬁc University Northern Arizona University Santa Clara University California Northstate University Howard University Northwestern University Scripps College College of Health Sciences Hult International Business School Oberlin College Seattle University California State University, Chico Humboldt State University Occidental College Smith College California State University, University of Illinois University of Oregon Sonoma State University Long Beach at Urbana-Champaign Oregon State University University of Southern California

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