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
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