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SUMMER 2010 MODUS VIVENDI A Way of Life A DANGEROUS AND BEAUTIFUL LEGACY FACULTY PRofILE: BEN DALE ARTICLE TITLE ONE BRINGING OUT THE GoD-COLORS IN KENYA FACULTY PRofILE: BEN DALE FINDING YoUR MIssION IN CHRIST ARTICLE TITLE TWO THE BEAR CREEK SCHooL MAGAZINE Table of Contents Around Campus 4 Message from the Editor 5 Commencement 2010 11 Bear Creek Highlights 19 The Sailing of Intrepid 20 Student Art Gallery This page Tenth Commencement Exercises of The Bear Creek School Photo by Sini Fernandez On the cover Mrs. Dineen with students from Lakanka Hills Primary School, Kenya Photo by Colin Diamond, grade 8 Features Modus Vivendi Summer 2010 Modus Vivendi is translated as a way of life or a 22 A Dangerous and Beautiful Legacy manner of living. The Bear Creek School seeks to develop individuals for whom the classical ideals 24 Faculty Profile: Ben Dale of excellence in all things, love of learning, spiritual commitment, and self-discipline have become a 26 Bringing out the God-colors in Kenya way of life. Finding Your Mission in Christ: Life’s Ultimate Adventure Editor, Michelle Tresemer 30 Art Director, Marla Zylstra Associate Editor, Sini Fernandez Class Notes Contributors and Proofreaders Patrick Carruth, Sue Diamond, Stephen Meyer, Shannon DuBois, Vicki Kaiser, Jeff Gephart, Natalie Alumni Notes and Features Higashiyama, Linda Sheppard, Alicia Williams, Lori 33 Lee, and Heather Dunning. Editorial Board Dani Pohlman ’05, Susan Diamond, Natalie Higashiyama, Patrick Carruth, Jeff Gephart, Justin Coleman, Marla Zylstra, Blake DeYoung, Janet Jacobson, Rob Sorensen, Chad Pohlman, Karen Blankenbeckler, and Michelle Tresemer. Editorial Submissions Articles, photographs, and ideas are welcome and may be sent to [email protected]. We reserve the right to edit submissions for length, clarity, and style. Modus Vivendi is published twice yearly by The Bear Creek School. If you are interested in writing for the Modus Vivendi, or have comments or questions regarding the publication, please contact us at [email protected]. President and Headmaster, Patrick Carruth Vice President for Advancement, Justin Coleman Director of Marketing, Michelle Tresemer Director of Admissions, Christie Hazeltine Director of Development Affairs, Linda Sheppard Board of Trustees Andrea Lairson, Chair Ted Robinson, Vice Chair Kurt Maass, Treasurer Marc Mueller, Secretary Susan Diamond Curtis Kraft Patrick Carruth Fileno Alleva Thomas Miller Jamie Eppenauer The mission of The Bear Creek School is to provide a high-quality, Christian liberal arts education in a nurturing environment that will enable each student to become the individual God intends. Summer 2010 MODUS VIVENDI 3 Message from the Editor Hello Grizzlies! Stefanie is the victim advocate for Seattle sources (tuition, annual fund, and the Police Department’s Internet Crimes auction) which can vary from year-to- In this issue of Modus Vivendi, we against Children Task Force (ICAC), where year. We believe the school needs a congratulate the graduating class of 2010, she is in charge of community outreach deeper and more predictable financial travel with Bear Creek representatives to and public education. base to continue to pursue its mission Kenya, discover electricity in fifth grade, of providing a high-quality, Christian learn what a liberal arts education truly Letters to the Editor liberal arts education in a nurturing means, and much more. We hope you We are always looking for ways to improve environment that will enable each enjoy this issue and encourage you to Modus Vivendi and have introduced a student to become the individual God submit story ideas or photos of Bear Creek new “Letters to the Editor” section. We intends. life and to volunteer to write, edit, or proof welcome your letters in response to our We hope that future generations of the Modus Vivendi magazine. articles or requests for future topics. families seeking a Bear Creek education We would also like to take this Letters should be a maximum of 250 will find the school fiscally-strong, opportunity to invite you to explore new words and may be edited for length and faithful, and reasonably-affordable—still ways to interact with Bear Creek through clarity. Please tell us how you would like shining brightly on the hill! Thank you enhancements in the Communications your name to appear and email your letters again for this insightful article! Department. to [email protected]. We appreciate Ed and Cindy McCahill your help in making this award-winning Woodinville, WA Online and Interactive publication even better. Modus Vivendi has gone online! At Michelle Tresemer I love how the Modus Vivendi www.tbcs.org/modusvivendi, you will Director of Marketing continues to evolve as Bear Creek grows. find searchable articles, social media tools Kudos to the entire staff for a marvelous to share articles with friends and family, publication that gives us so much and an interactive digital magazine with LEttERS information about the students and embedded audio and video clips. teachers. I especially like the Class Notes Thank you for publishing the section. My graduate school, Columbia The Bear Facts “Imagine” article by Dr. Alan Pue in the University, does the same thing, and I Winter 2010 issue of Modus Vivendi! For events, accomplishments, and enjoy seeing where my fellow business Dr. Pue made a very compelling case important information, keep an eye out for school friends are today. Highlighting as he challenged us to think outside The Bear Facts weekly eNews each Friday the life journeys of the former graduates the box about our school’s long-term afternoon. The format has been revised of Bear Creek is helpful to current finances and community reputation. The to make it faster and easier to catch up on families, enabling them to experience examples he cited reflect universities that the campus news that matters most to you. the possibilities for their children. But committed early to clear stewardship You can also visit www.tbcs.org/bearfacts by far the award for excellence has to visions that now give them incredible for archived news items in a redesigned, go to the sections on the achievements financial and reputational stability from searchable format. of the current students. From sports, to which they can successfully attract the the stage, to math, to dozens of other Social Media students they seek to enroll, the faculty clubs, to the stories of giving back, to the they want to recruit, and provide the The Bear Creek School now has artwork—it is like a smorgasbord of the facilities to best deliver their educational its own Facebook page. Check back finest foods one can eat. The picture of programs. frequently for contests, blogs, news, events, Jamie Meyer [in the Winter 2010 edition] We have seen many wonderful and giveaways. You can find us at www. taking a shot in the State basketball families leave The Bear Creek School’s facebook.com/TheBearCreekSchool. tournament depicted the true grit of community over the years, often because We realize that social media is a Bear Creek’s superb student-athletes and the rising tuition costs eventually relatively new communication medium. excellent coaches. Modus Vivendi makes exceeded their budgets. While we are With that in mind, as part of Wholeness in us feel as if we are at all these events and very pleased that the Board of Trustees Christ Week, ParentNet will host Internet that is priceless. safety specialist Stefanie Thomas and our has significantly increased financial own Rev. Jeff Gephart for a discussion on aid recently, we are concerned that Richard D. Block, how your family can use these tools safely. the funding comes from operational father of Jordan Block, grade 7 4 MODUS VIVENDI Summer 2010 CommENCEMENT 2010 The Graduating Class of 2010 Payum Abtahi* Joshua Blake Mark Erickson‡ Robert Michael Kelley*** Sandra Joy Odom Pereira* Westminster College Gonzaga University Biola University Texas A&M University Carson Garrett Baker***‡ Sydney Elizabeth Felker*** Hui Yong Kim* Daniel Coleman Probus University of Washington University of Virginia Boston University Seattle Pacific University (Honors Program) Alexander Mackenzie Irwin Sun-ik Kim Laurie Elizabeth Robinson‡ Chelsea Marie Baker Finkelson** University of Idaho Seattle Pacific University Gonzaga University Rhodes College Cheng-Hsuan Lin* Robert Saxon Ross*‡ Ryan T. Baldwin Henry Haebler Frantz* University of British Columbia Santa Clara University The Evergreen State College University of San Diego Bethany Rose Linnenkohl‡ Collette Michele Sackman*** Kyle James Blankenbeckler***‡ Jeanine Emily Gorzalski*** Biola University Grove City College Duke University Grove City College Angela Rose Martucci Clara Jane Shands** Benjamin Aaron Brudnicki** Jacob Nelson Hamilton Gonzaga University Gonzaga University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Idaho University Brian David Matson‡ Joel Rodney-VanderWeyst Xiao Han Washington State University Smith* Dillon Tyler Camp*** Seattle Pacific University California Polytechnic State Baylor University Jacob Andrew Matthews University, San Luis Obispo Hyejine Ihn** University of British Columbia Megan Kaitlin Cheever*** University of Washington Andrew Joseph Tilton‡ Academy of Art University Tajel Yasmin Mehta* Gap Year Joy Kristine Jacobson** University of San Diego Seong Hyuk Cho*** University of California, Georgina Marie Wadhwani-Napp Purdue University Los Angeles Ashley Ann Meissner Western Washington University Seattle Pacific University Katelyn Culbert-O’Leary Yuna Jung* Anna