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Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 2 9/4/19 8:32 PM Cate is small by design, so students here are known well by faculty, administrators, and fellow students long before they graduate. In a Commencement tradition, Headmaster Ben Williams gathers observations, teacher and advisor comments, and campus lore to craft a “literary snapshot” of each senior. Read aloud during the ceremony, these citations speak to the depth and breadth of the Cate community.

ANDREW A. LULU B. Texas A&M University, Galveston Tulane University Drew is a soft-spoken powerhouse. He arrived on the Just the name tells you what you need to know Mesa from Katy, Texas with a highlight reel of his play about Lulu. She is a melody of resonant sounds, an on the football eld and the kind of commitment endearing and unique mix of consonants and vowels, and resolve that makes people great. at greatness an expression of distinctness, a true Lulu. Said one came quickly on the gridiron. An All-CIF player in faculty member, “It’s impossible to be unhappy three of his four seasons, he proved to be a powerful when she is around.” But Lulu isn’t simply sunshine. runner and a punishing defender, a resolute captain, She’s iron too, one of the foremost debaters in our and a stalwart competitor. But Drew moved things forward just as community. Lulu herself admits, “From the time I could crawl, I impressively o the eld. He has become an insightful scientist and a have been stubborn.” And she claims teachers beginning in the rst totally undaunted student. Drew’s English teacher and his math teacher grade have suggested she study law. e vehicle for her conviction described his scholarship as “brave,” both for the originality of his professionally remains to be determined, but we have discovered the thinking and his inclination to tackle the tough stu. Said his advisor character of it at Cate. We know she is compelled by the ocean and the last year, “In the larger game of life and learning, Drew will always be means to care for that resource and by the young people in the world someone you want in your huddle.” We have certainly been honored to who do not have access to opportunity. Because she is so eervescent, it have him in ours. is tempting to wonder how great it is to be Lulu; but we know that it’s even better to be with Lulu. ROVENNA A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago KATE B.* Rovenna won national honors this year in the Stanford University Scholastic Art Awards for a piece called “Acne.” Every A Cate faculty member confessed in a letter this fall, teenager’s nightmare became, in Rovenna’s hands, “Until we met her three years ago, we didn’t know an empathetic rendering and a wholly unvarnished a student like Kate existed in real life.” She has in expression of adolescence. Said one of her teachers, powerful ways forced us to re-imagine scholarship “Rovenna nds a way to communicate sincerely and at Cate. Her expressions, written and oral, ow eectively through any medium, be it the written from a well of eloquence far too deep for someone word, a paint brush, a lump of clay, or a piece of charcoal.” And we her age. Words form the basis of much that she have had the good fortune over the last four years to savor each of does on campus—Servons Speeches, our newspaper that she serves as those expressions, to be connected in our own way to the artist, and to co-editor in chief, the student book club, even No Strings Attached, learn from her insight. But Rovenna’s wisdom transcends her art. It is the acapella group she leads—yet Kate is about far more than saying equally present in her scholarship, her eloquence, and her inclination or reporting or singing. Her unprecedented eort to support the Shan to see the world through a broad historically minded lens. It’s even in people in ailand forged new ground for Cate service projects. Even her athleticism and her contributions to our soccer and track programs, her renderings on stage are epic, most recently as the hilarious and where we see the discipline that supports and propels Rovenna’s irresistible Tracy Turnblatt in Hairspray. Whatever the venture, and achievement. regardless of the diculty, Kate just sees opportunity and the chance perpetually to do something helpful and hopeful. CULLEN B. Purdue University JULIEN (JOJO) B.** Cullen never does less than his very best. In class he Stanford University is relentlessly inquisitive and thoughtfully analytical. ere is a character in Dr. Seuss’ “Horton Hears a He doesn’t rush his problem-solving, preferring to Who” who refuses to be silent or to hide from the follow the steps to the inevitable answer, but to do so world. His name is JoJo. Perhaps it is coincidence, in the right way. It’s the same if you meet him in the but our JoJo is equally demonstrative and distinctive. hallway or greet him in your home. He’ll look you in His razor-sharp mind has been carefully and the eye, extend a hand, ever polite and appreciative. conscientiously carving its way through our program. An Eagle Scout and so endearingly old school, Cullen was identi ed A lover of language, Jojo has found particular joy as a by one teacher as the occupant of the only dorm room on campus linguist, becoming especially adept in Spanish, preparing articles for our oering a steady stream of classic rock. He plays three varsity sports Spanish language magazine, and furthering his uency o the Mesa. and has done so since his freshman year, backstopping our water polo One teacher called Jojo a rock star, and not simply because of the ever and soccer teams with uncanny quickness, stamina, and mettle. He changing hues of his hair. He has committed himself broadly here, sings in the choir and this year is a section leader and a Head Student serving as a resource and mentor for younger students, guiding our Gay Librarian. Pick something generous to do or better yet identify a way Straight Alliance, contributing to our volleyball program and reminding to do things right and well, and more than likely you’ll be describing us all of the importance of our voice and the manner in which we can the Barber way. use it for the bene t of all.

Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 1 9/4/19 8:32 PM KATHERINE B. KATHERINE C. University of St Andrews Case Western Reserve University Katie is really good at too many things. She put an Katie wants to know how the world works, or why exclamation point on that statement last year when sometimes it doesn’t seem to. We see that interest she took a leave of absence in the winter to compete in our classrooms every day, in her calm solutions- in the equestrian ring with a bunch of former and based approach to complex challenges. We see it in soon-to-be Olympians. Not only did she manage her commitment to and leadership of our Model to keep up with her work on her own and enter the U.N. program and in her performance in the spring trimester in full stride, but Katie served notice sometimes heated exchanges between delegates. When to her fellow jumpers that there is a new talent in town. Even Olympic others succumb to emotions and bias, Katie becomes tactical and possibilities have not distracted Katie from her many endeavors at diplomatic, helps forge alliances from conict and understanding from Cate. She led our powerful girls volleyball team as captain this year. She disagreement. Never loud or boisterous, she relies on her generosity even caused everyone’s mouth to water with a few of her salad creations and her patience to ultimately hold sway. e same virtues dene her in the dining hall. Only Katie can make a healthy meal look that work as a Teaching Assistant in our Human Development program, appetizing. She sings beautifully in Camerata and in her spare time, where her students appreciate that Katie cares deeply about their Katie has even managed to get some of her photographs published. experience and perspective. One faculty member likened Katie to “a e breadth of her considerable talent is nearly commensurate with its captain angling her ship through the chaos.” We’re all better o with depth. her at the helm. SYDNEY B. ROBYN C. Bowdoin College Scripps College ere are certain qualities that appear consistently Robyn’s creativity and the diversity of its applications in any discussion of Sydney: her warmth, her have distinguished her two years on our Mesa. So gregariousness, her enthusiasm and her focus. One procient did she prove as a beginning ceramicist that teacher commented recently, “ ere is a lovely she went from beginner to intermediate to advanced seriousness of purpose to Sydney that makes her in a single year, producing sculpture for shows after a joy to teach.” And another suggested she is the only a few months that are simply stunning. She has embodiment of the advice given to Cinderella by her done the same with her language, nding her voice mother, “Be courageous and kind.” Sydney has been all that we have as a creative writer and merging it with a profound commitment to needed her to be at Cate and more. A gifted and compelling writer, social justice. She has even done it in the outdoors, where this avid she is our lead writing tutor this year, passing on her love of language backpacker managed to build a shelter for her podmates on the Kern to those who would love to be able to compose as Sydney does. ose trip to escape an oncoming storm with nothing but a tarp, a few watching her on the tennis court might hope to emulate her skills in straps and anything she could scrounge from the wilderness. Just as that realm as well, for Sydney has been a signicant contributor to our compelling, Robyn’s easy-going and accessible nature causes us to program. But Sydney’s greatest impact lies beyond what happens on gravitate to her and to spend time in her generous company. One the court or in the classroom and rests in an abiding connection to the faculty member called her a key “building block” for community and fortunate folks with whom she shares the journey. part of the foundation of ours.

ETHAN C. SHARLENE C. Santa Clara University Queen’s University Ethan tells a great story about walking to his rst day Sharlene’s advisor likes to tell the story of dropping of school in ailand, when he was a second grader by her room on her rst day at Cate and nding and did not know the language or the way. Somewhat Sharlene at her desk in a brilliantly laid out room lost he spotted a boy wearing the same school uniform color coding and organizing her academic schedule. as him, and tailed him to his destination. Most of Sharlene is perpetually ready or doing what is us would have panicked in that moment, but Ethan necessary to become ready. Her work ethic is as never panics. He is calm, forthright, analytical and compelling as her thoughtful nature, and she has steady. He solves problems carefully and thoughtfully and then he become something of a standard setter for resolve. She has recovered moves on. Said one of his coaches on the football team, where Ethan from a heartbreaking ACL tear during her junior lacrosse season, has been a standout performer, “Ethan loves full contact sports, yet making sure her physical therapy sessions did not interfere with the his aect is more like a Buddhist monk than a linebacker.” at very time she dedicates to tutoring local students in Carpinteria each reserve may be what gives Ethan his competitive power. He is able afternoon. And she has been one of the heads of our tour guide to maintain his composure and think practically, a skill we have seen program, serving as the ideal ambassador for those wanting to him use as thoughtfully as a prefect this year and in the classroom as understand the quality and character of this community. “Tough and we have in competition. Being Ethan just works, wherever he is and kind as they come,” wrote one faculty member of Sharlene, an unusual whatever he’s doing. combination admittedly, but a perfect one.

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Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 2 9/4/19 8:32 PM JACK D. SARAH D. University of Southern California University of Minnesota, Twin Cities It is hard to resist talking about what Jack has done A faculty member astutely observed recently, “Sarah in a Cate uniform. He is as strong and as versatile enthusiastically lives to do the hard things well.” In an athlete as we have seen, among the standout fact, she gravitates to the complex, the problem solving performers in football, soccer and baseball in each of when there are no easy solutions, the trail that is too his twelve seasons, the holder of all sorts of records, long or too steep. And yet she goes, perseveres, makes distinctions and awards. He is fast, loves competition her way. ere is something wonderfully intrepid as much as he enjoys contact, and inspires teammates about Sarah and it infuses her every act with energy, as e ectively as he daunts opponents. ankfully, Jack’s diligence in the optimism, and no apparent fear. Failure—or even the possibility of it— classroom mirrors his resolve on the eld. e quantitative disciplines does not daunt Sarah. Maybe the prospect even seems a little enticing. inspire him most conspicuously, but he is equally at home in the social “What can I make out of this?” she might wonder. A colleague imagined sciences, a truly versatile student. He is one of our head tour guides David Attenborough o ering the narration on Sarah’s story, “With her and a brilliant spokesperson for our school. One faculty member Alaskan wolf hat on and her passport in her pocket, this smart, amiable, equated Jack with Teddy Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena,” the guy who frontierswoman is the perfect blend of joy and determination.” We no matter the challenge meets it head on with energy, resolve, plenty of haven’t seen that hat, but we know those virtues, and we trust them good humor and all measure of skill. to carry Sarah beyond the current frontiers with the courage of a true explorer. MADELEINE D.* Columbia University GEORGIA D. Maddie insists that she cannot hit a golf ball. If that’s University of Virginia true, it’s the only thing we have noted in these last ere is a little known, little seen document produced four years that she can’t do exceptionally well. Our after each meeting of the Student Senate prophetically student body president this year and a delightfully called “the minutes.” Georgia took them over this year, facile leader, Maddie has placed her distinctive and suddenly “the minutes” are as eagerly awaited as imprimatur on our community. One faculty member a new season of Game of rones. We aren’t sure if noted that service comes as naturally to Maddie as the meetings themselves are all that entertaining, but breathing, a truth revealed in her generous guidance of our Student the minutes include consistent talk of impeachment, Senate. But her impact is just as profound in our classrooms where she jubilant irreverence, and clever commentary on poorly conceived has maintained a stratospheric level of performance in every area of legislation. Georgia’s Servons Speech was similarly compelling as is her academic endeavor, distinguishing herself not simply with the quality every interaction on our campus. We respond not simply to Georgia’s of her insight but the passion and conviction that propel and focus it. honesty and her humor but to her comfort with each one of us and her We see her on stage, too, whenever the curtain goes up on a play and ease with herself. She is at peace and unharried even as she tries to restrain on the squash court, vanquishing opponent after opponent. is as a her talkative hands and busy mind. “A challenger of assumptions and a young woman with no limits, and the very best of intentions. Quite a bulwark against group-think,” Georgia is the student every community combo! needs and the personality no community can forget. TESSA D. ELISABETTA (BIBA) D. University of Portland, School of Nursing Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences “I imagine walking the graduation lawn,” Tessa Biba is Emerson’s poet—that artist destined to help us said recently, “where I ran down the aisles just two all see truth or reveal divinity. We’ve seen her do it with feet tall.” In the spanning years Tessa has become a her own creations, with her language and her artwork, determined, disciplined, and inquisitive student. She with her love of human expression and the humans who has pressed steadily forward with her scholarship, create it. But Biba’s genius is about more than what she testing herself particularly in the sciences, where her creates, it’s about what matters to her and why. It was equanimity enables her full analytical power. Tessa Biba who created and led the Cate Human Rights Club. imagines a career in nursing, but she manages unwittingly to make the She leads our Women’s Forum as well and Writing Dangerously, eager fulllment of her ambitions as challenging as possible. When she opted always to get to the heart of who we are, what we think, and why. Her to get her Wilderness First Responder certication, she did it in the scholarship carries that same priority, revealing a mind and a soul that are most unwelcoming of places: the Grand Canyon in the summer. When totally immersed in the search for understanding. It was Biba, too, who she was compelled like so many of our athletes to deal with injury, came up with the artwork for the senior t-shirts, including the sleepy Tessa faced not one but two sequential ACL tears. And yet her resolve sloth that is somehow a symbol of knowledge. Ask Biba how or why, for is uninching and her spirit undimmed. Nearly 6,800 days she has like in so many situations over these last four years, only she knows. spent on this Mesa, she recalls proudly, brightening each and every one.

Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 3 9/4/19 8:32 PM ANTHONY D. CELIA F. Trinity College Bucknell University Among the standout memories from this year’s Celia loves a good challenge. Give her a tough CIF quarter nal basketball game with Carp High problem to solve or a thesis to prove and she begins to was Anthony, a stalwart member of our Blue Crew, glow with energy. Never daunted or fazed by the scale leading cheer after cheer, reveling in the contest and of the tasks before her, Celia jumps in with both feet the opportunity to give our players some portion of and works her way steadily toward accomplishment. his unfathomable reservoir of energy. Anthony is a Sometimes, in fact, she pushes herself even beyond community guy; genuine, earnest, determined, and her own physical limits, causing her to deal with a unsel sh. He loves a good debate and is intrigued by politics, where few injuries over these last four years. But even they can’t keep her his many intellectual and oratorical gifts may well be on display in down for long, if at all. A literal force in the pool in water polo, Celia the future. He is the kind of teammate we all want, generous and dominates with strength and speed. But she is far from a one-woman wholly committed to the well-being of the group. Just watch him as a show. “I prefer working with a group,” she con ded last year, “because mid elder on the varsity lacrosse team and you can see the character of working together we can solve an even greater problem.” Given her his investment, the completeness of it and its quality. “Anthony’s voice druthers, Celia would probably prefer to do her problem-solving in extends far and wide,” said one faculty member. ankfully so does his the wilderness. She loves the outdoors and seems most at home amidst impact. the physical and philosophical challenges of mountains. Fitting, for climbing to great heights is Celia’s forte. MADELINE E. New York University BAKER F.* We assumed when Maddie arrived on this campus Georgetown University that her impact here would be signi cant. A talented Baker is unusually contemplative. In a world where student, a budding artist, and a highly skilled athlete, everyone likes to express themselves in one way or she had the makings of a game-changer. And she another, Baker stands as something of a counter has lived up to those high expectations. Every one cultural counterpoint. He prefers to listen. is rare of them. She became a Prefect this year, matured characteristic has propelled Baker to incredible heights dramatically as an artist, and found that compelling at Cate. He is one of our Head Prefects this year, con dent voice in the classroom. Her lacrosse coaches con ded that the glue that holds the prefect group together. He the team is “just a better unit” because of Maddie’s captaincy. But it is a compelling scholar, known for equanimity, patience, and insight. may be that Maddie’s most enduring mark over these last four years When you listen like Baker does, knowledge and understanding are has been left on a group of elementary and middle school girls in the dominant accruals. Baker has retained this very composure amidst Carpinteria who, thanks to Maddie, call themselves the Carpinteria great personal challenge. One of our most skilled soccer players, he Flames. In sharing the sport she loves with youngsters in need not tore his ACL in warm ups before the rst game of his nal season simply of lacrosse but of someone willing to invest in them, Maddie in a Cate uniform. And he has not been able to suit up since. Such has given a generation of Carpinterians a sense of their potential and crushing disappointment surely consumed Baker, but that is not the the certainty that someone believes in them. face he showed us. Instead he has always been the generous, inquisitive, thoughtful scholar and leader we’ve needed. PETER F. Lehigh University BRADLEY G. Peter is rarely demonstrative about his many academic Washington University in St. Louis or athletic pursuits. He relies on the work to speak “What good are the novels of Wordsworth to one for itself—the quality of the writing he produces, who works in the money markets?” asks a character the intensity of his play in the pool, the character of in a well-known 80’s lm. Had he posed the question his defending on the soccer eld, or the reliability of to Brad, who has a deep interest in economics and his attack on the lacrosse eld. One faculty member entrepreneurship and started the Investment Club at observed recently, “Peter’s de ning characteristics are Cate, he might have been surprised by the answer. his honesty, integrity, and steadiness.” ose very qualities led to Peter’s For as compelled as Brad is by computational appointment this year as a Prefect and the gentle imprimatur he leaves thinking and the prospects of venture capital, there is as much art on every endeavor with which he is involved. He guides new families to in him as science. A brilliant photographer, he has earned national Cate with the same spirit as he does a homesick student, with patience, recognition for his work, and this year he served as the editor of our care, and unappable kindness. Whatever the need or the circumstance, video yearbook. Brad’s analytical eye sees the profound in any setting Peter seems to provide the answer, in part because he seems to it seems, leading faculty members in all disciplines to describe his understand what is required, but also because he is willing to put in the work as “rich, descriptive, and beautiful.” e same artistry is present time and the work; to be unsel sh so that he might be helpful. on the tennis court, where Brad is a very strong player and a disciplined competitor. Businessman he may become, but artist Brad will always be. ective, Phoebe cares for her bee hives in the same way she cares for her

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Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 4 9/4/19 8:32 PM SEBASTIAN R. MARGARET RIVERS S.*** New York University Harvard College Sebastian rarely seems rattled. No doubt he Rivers’ advisor put everything in context this fall experiences the full range of emotions we all do, but with a single sentence: “Rivers is one of the most in him they manifest more often than not in patient remarkable and impressive young women I have inquisitiveness, serenity, and a little bit of wonder. His ever met.” e data at Cate more than support that scholarship is distinguished by steady and generous assertion. Rivers has done everything well, often application of thought, so that he never misses an setting unprecedented standards of commitment or opportunity to improve or grow in some way. He accomplishment. She is one of the strongest track is perpetually curious and seemingly unworried by a setback or a athletes to wear the royal and white, holding the school record for complicated problem. He seems to know he will nd his way through. the triple jump among others. She is as decorated a student as she is In fact, we have relied on that very truth, not simply in the classroom an athlete, last year winning the Centennial Prize for “modeling the but on the football eld and the basketball and volleyball courts. A intrepid spirit that leads to robust experience and discovery.” She is contributor to three varsity programs, Sebastian in the words of one everything her symbolic name suggests, uid and powerful, lled with coach, “gives his all and does so with grit and intention.” In volleyball richness and energy but happy to meander and spend her experience in particular, as our setter, Sebastian is the guy that every play goes broadly, a giver of life building nourishment along a moving journey through, a weighty responsibility that he handles with his signature that will take her forever forward. composure. JOSHUA S. SEBASTIAN S. Gettysburg College United States Air Force Academy One of Josh’s cross-country coaches said this fall, A faculty member suggested that Sebastian as a “No one works harder than Josh or complains less.” freshman was akin to a golden retriever puppy, full of ere is, it seems, a certain divinity to the way Josh energy, optimism, friendliness, and limbs that went in approaches everything he does. He likes the work all directions. He remains as lovable as ever four years and what it requires of him, and his natural curiosity later and as kind, but he has grown and disciplined his drives him to explore topics that he may discover in mind and body in impressive ways. e game of water class but pursues relentlessly outside of it. It matters polo seemed to inspire much of Sebastian’s purpose. to him to do well, but it seems more important just to try, to learn It appealed to his aection for physical challenge and he has become something, even to miss the mark he’s shooting for. Because then a truly great player headed for a Division I program. But his work in he gets to try again, to train harder, to see what he is capable of. His the pool had a host of byproducts outside of it as well. His scholarship community presence is on the same scale of his work ethic. A prefect has taken on greater complexity and focus. e bass that he plays so in the freshman boys dorm, a brilliant dancer and choreographer, and a well in the orchestra has grown in resonance, the foundational sound captivating personality, Josh manages to enrich every endeavor of which upon which the rest of the musicians depend. And amongst all of this he is a part on our Mesa. Determined always to become his best, Josh striving, Sebastian hasn’t lost any of his joie de vivre, his humor, or his has become one of our best, and a young man we all feel truly fortunate gregariousness. It’s just that the puppy has become a very big dog! to know. ISRAEL S. CALLUM S. Wheaton College, MA Tulane University Israel can smile his way through anything—a 14-mile Not every great student or athlete begins life in day all uphill on the Kern, a particularly challenging Britain and then comes to California after a few lab report, even his Servons Speech. It’s not that Israel years in Arkansas. Yet that has been Cal’s path, and takes things lightly. He doesn’t. Just try to keep up it has helped him to forge a distinctive place in the with him on his daily workout and it becomes easy community. Perhaps his Old World roots give him to appreciate the resolve and purpose in this young his remarkable facility with language or explain his man. But Israel manages even in trying moments to aection for a good story. But Arkansas is where he keep his perspective, to appreciate each moment, and to savor them. learned to love football, barbecue and bible study. And when he came at very spirit has allowed him to evolve dramatically as a student, to Cate, he married those traditions and aections, and went about to become a teacher, in fact, in the Freshman Seminar Program, making himself ever better at the things he loves. Given his dedication, and to nd his unique voice. A member of the Hispanic and Latino it is no surprise to see him outrunning opponents on the gridiron Association and a regular supporter of our local Habitat for Humanity and even running over a few, or to hear him sing with the chorale. chapter, Israel nds ways to commit himself generously and personally Coaches and teachers alike laud Cal for the initiative he takes and to the important work of the community and its membership. at the commitment he makes. He has even taken to preparing his own very nature has made him great here in ways our founder understood barbecue, making an invitation to Cal’s grill the most coveted when he coined the phrase “spirit of this place.” of opportunities.

Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 9 9/17/19 2:52 PM ELIANA S. a path he has traveled boldly at Cate and will surely continue in the Barnard College future. Science faculty call Stefan “diligent and creative,” “highly Elle is a remarkably composed scholar. She loves a engaged and productive,” and all laud his commitment and curiosity. good discussion and has led a great many, both in As his academic pace has quickened, Stefan has also broadened his academic discourse and as head of our Black Student community interests and connections. He is a proctor in our science Union. Her relative un appability seems to speak lab and the captain of our squash team. Last year he described himself both to her skills as a listener and to her deeply as “an introvert becoming an extrovert,” an evolution that has allowed thoughtful nature. She considers ideas and expressions us to know better all the character and joy within him. carefully and responds with articulate dexterity. She is similarly facile as our Head Tour Guide, where her graciousness, poise ABHISHEK S. and insight tell an important story to any who visit this campus. And California Northstate University College of Health Sciences on the track or the basketball court she is almost uncatchable. Her Often a person’s nature is revealed in the moments long stride and disciplined play always place her ahead of would-be outside of commitments and responsibilities. opponents, and she holds records in both individual and relay events. Abhishek, at such times, is likely to be found in the Perhaps her greatest accomplishment, though, is that Elle has managed biology lab counting fruit ies or in the physics lab to make the previously unprecedented reachable, thereby sending a programming robots. He comes by these avocations powerful message to those who follow about what is possible. through a combination of profound personal interest and an inclination to do something worthwhile for JENNIFER S.** the world. Said he last year, “In life, one must have the right balance Stanford University between service and self-satisfaction. Science is a beautiful marriage Jennifer has proven to be unimaginably good at of both.” Abhishek has lived by that mantra on the Mesa, revealing everything we ask her to do. As one faculty member himself to be a deeply curious and engaged student with an aection for noted, “She is superhuman … as good at wielding substantive co-curricular work. Model U.N. and Stream Team are a few pipettes in a lab as she is at playing her violin in of his favorites, as well as the robotics club he leads. Whatever he does, Carnegie Hall.” She has earned distinctions in every Abhishek’s posture remains generous, positive, and welcoming. at, area of endeavor—math, science, art, scholarship too, is a form of service often as powerful as any type of science. in general, even citizenship. But the real genius of Jennifer emerges when she follows her own distinct path, shows her AVALON S. vivacious personality and sense of humor. We saw that clearly when Wellesley College she opened her orientation in ‘25 House as prefect this year with a Immensely curious and unwilling to settle for easy hilarious primer on what to do when your roommate passes gas. Or answers, Avalon is an intellectual explorer of sorts. when she abandoned a lifetime of classical violin for traditional Irish She likes to know things—why something happens and bluegrass ddling. Jennifer simply can’t be contained or resisted. or how something works. Her imagination is so rich A student with few equals, she shows the independence and originality that she is inclined to immerse herself in literature required to do something uniquely impactful and benecial in the and the characters that inhabit the stories she reads: world. We will all be watching closely to see what it is. a tting tendency given that Avalon herself is a memorable character. She is often exuberant, always inquisitive, happy DAH-YEON “CAROLINE” S.* | New York University to contribute to any worthwhile (or entertaining!) endeavor, and one Caroline is a phenomenal academic talent, able in of the best st bumpers on campus. She tells wonderful stories about every area of endeavor and exceptional in most. her 94-year-old grandmother who ed Lithuania on foot to escape Teachers use words like “powerhouse” and “prodigy” the Soviet Union and miraculously made her way to Canada and then to describe her. As magical as Caroline has been California. at explains perhaps Avalon’s own tendency to pick herself academically, though, she is almost more remarkable up after a setback and get right back in the game. For that very reason, in the day-to-day eorts she makes to build and a host of others, Avalon seems likely to make everyone, including community. A prefect in Schoolhouse and admittedly her grandma, quite proud. a bit of a “mother hen,” Caroline infuses every gracious act, or kind gesture, or batch of cookies with energy and aection. ough not our CLOTINE T.** most accomplished athlete, Caroline has made a career of captaining Bowdoin College JV teams and bringing her young charges along. She plays hide and Cloe was selected as one of the Head Prefects this seek on senior lawn regularly, misspells her own name with endearing year by her peers no doubt because they saw in frequency, has a host of nicknames as a result, and can be counted on her the reason and compassion required to lead always to be earnest and caring. In her Servons Speech Caroline said thoughtfully. She has more than lived up to those that she struggles with change. How tting that at Cate she would high expectations every minute since. at’s what become our constant. Cloe does best, regardless of whether the challenge is a student community in need of order and guidance, STEFAN S. a yearbook in need of editing, a Spanish language magazine that needs University of California, Merced to be published, or an elite choir that needs greater harmony. She is an Stefan has called remarkable places home—the actor as well, quick to step into the character of another and strangely Netherlands, South Korea, and Switzerland to name clairvoyant about the person she must become. Her scholarly work just a few. But it was the time he spent in Pittsburgh shows such insight and maturity, it prompted several teachers to muse as a young boy, just down the road from the Carnegie on the possibility that she might someday sit on the Supreme Court or Science Center, that seemed to have the greatest in the Oval Oce. Her prescient peers certainly made us a fortunate impact on the young man he is today. ere his community this year when they asked Cloe to lead. mind was awakened to the possibilities of inquiry,

Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 10 9/4/19 8:32 PM KAIHAO (KEVIN) T. VICTOR V. Dartmouth College Trinity College Kevin’s remarkable scholarship earned him a spot To watch Victor in the pool is to know Victor as a here as a junior, a rare entry point at Cate, and he student and a citizen. A backstroker, a water polo has more than lived up to expectations. He is an player, and a member of our fastest relay teams, elegant problem solver in every discipline and a Victor moves always with purpose, energy and poise. deeply insightful and creative student. Already he is And he has the uncanny gift of knowing where he seeking to publish in mechanical engineering journals is going without ever looking. at very intention his research and ndings on several design projects. brought Victor to Cate in the rst place, and his great But Kevin introduced himself to the broad community not so much fortitude, commitment, and belief power him still. He is generous with with his intellectual endeavor but with his art. He stepped on stage his time, serving as a tour guide for the admission oce, participating at a coee house and belted out a love song that brought the crowd in our Los Niños trips to Mexicali, and giving his all in every academic to their feet. Since then we have been entranced by his singing and area. Said one teacher, “Victor is uncomplaining about the dicult songwriting, his self-directed independent art projects, his work on jazz stu and humble about his many successes.” And another gushed, piano, and his pro ciency as a sound engineer in the recording studio. “His written work conveys a depth of thought that would bene t any Understated by nature, his endeavor speaks volumes and like him it’s conversation or deliberation.” In such ways Victor has become the always on pitch and in key. embodiment of his determination and in the midst of realizing his unlimited potential. FLORA T.* Stanford University EMELY V. Flora is about as genuine, as genuinely kind, as The University of Texas, Tyler genuinely responsible, and as genuinely brilliant as Emely came to Cate from her home in Houston, they come. Aside from her notable scholarship, which Texas, and she admitted early on the challenges of was initially focused on math and science but has that transition, her absence from family rituals, the since broadened to involve all areas of intellectual loss of the familiar, including Friday night indoor pursuit, Flora occupies a leadership role in every soccer games. So it wasn’t surprising when soccer endeavor designed to oer support to the community. proved to be her vehicle to make the Mesa home. Said She is a prefect in the freshman girls’ dorm and one of the Heads of her coach, “When Emely steps on the pitch, it’s like our Public Service Program. When given the opportunity to meet with she enters another dimension.” Soccer, too, taught her the importance business leaders on our Board, Flora elected to speak to those who of commitment and resilience, and in that way Emely pressed forward work in non-pro ts. at’s partly why it was sort of shocking to see at Cate, testing herself ever more ambitiously and building her Flora in our Spring Musical so masterfully portray a vain, self-absorbed, scholarly momentum. She has also done her best to bring some of her quasi-villain. With nothing to draw upon but her imagination and own El Salvadoran culture here, becoming one of the Heads of the her art, Flora constructed a masterful performance, revealing in its Hispanic/Latino Association and a resource for those trying to make expression all the insight and perspective that have made her genuinely a home here. One faculty member said of Emely, “She believes it is in amazing on the Mesa. her power to change things for the better.” is community is proof she is right. KATE T.* Harvard College ESTHER W.** Kate said not too long ago, “I have always been an The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art inquisitive person and feel the only way I can really Esther learns languages as a “hobby”: Chinese, learn is when I’m challenged.” Her time on the Mesa Japanese, and Spanish to complement her native has certainly revealed that intrepid nature, for Kate Korean and English, though she admits her other is all-in on every endeavor she joins. A brilliant class “hobby,” classical singing, is enticing her toward discussion contributor she is inclined to respond not the study of additional romance languages. She is to a teacher query but to an observation or assertion of animated by all manner of things, and she is a delight a classmate. e dialogue in her capable hands always grows in richness to debate, though Esther does so with a lightness and depth. Perhaps that is why the community has responded so well to of being that makes even conict feel amicable. One teacher called her leadership as a Prefect this year, for she does not shy from challenge. her, “Fantastic! A paragon of academic diligence and eort.” Yet her Kate once acknowledged that the thing she likes best about painting is motivations also set Esther apart. She does everything because she that it takes her places she never planned to go. at very courage has loves people; loves their stories, their language, their art, and their distinguished virtually everything Kate has done on the Mesa, and has engineering. In explaining her ambition to one day design prosthetic colored all of her commitments with energy and adaptability. While the limbs, Esther talks about her own siblings, both of whom are artists. future is never set, with Kate it’s always bright. “eir voices are in their hands,” she says, “and what they can create with them. I want to make prostheses so no one who relies on their hands and limbs ever loses her voice.”

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Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019_Final.indd 11 9/4/19 8:32 PM MCCARTHY W. contribution and the prescience of it that distinguishes Charles. Pitzer College It’s like he knows how to make us all sound better. He does the McCarthy is our second baseman on the diamond, same in the classroom, revealing an understated scholarship that is a loose-limbed in elder who gets to balls we don’t unusually powerful and totally insatiable. Charles is never content expect him to reach and makes the plays we need with partial truth. Much like in his art, he reaches for the roots of him to make. And though he carries himself with knowledge and understanding. He handles his prefectship in the an air of levity and casual comfort, there is never a same generous manner, and his place on the varsity tennis team, as question about his commitment or his resolve. He an opportunity to grow in experience and to oer skill, dedication has worked hard in every area of endeavor at Cate to and service to the team. become the student and the athlete and the citizen that he is. Having looked up to the seniors who helped guide McCarthy as he made his XIAO (SEAN) Z.*** way at Cate, McCarthy does the same now as a Teaching Assistant Brown University in the Human Development Program. He has also found himself Sean has been our intellectual leader, our even- compelled academically by personal areas of interest, including handed senior role model, our inspiration and our a great paper in U.S. History last year on the forces that lead to gentle genius. Able to see solutions in the quantitative incarcerations in this country. Much like he does on the baseball eld, realm that elude most of us, Sean is our reigning McCarthy is a contributor in any context and the very best kind of scholar and one of the very best quantitative thinkers teammate and partner. we have ever had the good fortune to teach. And he is inclined always to use that aptitude for the CARSON W. public good. A masterful drone pilot, Sean oered his services to the Middlebury College County last year to assist in the mapping of areas inundated by re Carson is often the rst to challenge himself and his and mudslides. He is also involved in underwater robotics and math teammates to overcome an opponent or obstacle, modeling, both endeavors with huge upside applications in the world. smacking those big hands together with an emphatic Sean is no less invested in his work as a prefect either or as a Math Lab clap and a, “Let’s go!” And then he hits the eld or proctor. Said one teacher of Sean’s particular skills and their likely the court and delivers on every unsel sh promise. He impact, “Yes, Sean can y, and we believe he has the inspiration and has taken advantage of virtually every discretionary the enterprise to take others to the skies as well.” opportunity Cate oers—outdoor trips, public service ZHIXIN (ALICE) Z.*** trips, even the chance to play the principal and the gym teacher in University of California, Berkeley this spring’s performance of Hairspray. If there is a collective eort underway, Carson will join and make it better. He just cares about ere are countless adjectives and descriptors that what he is doing, about who he is doing it with, and about what they have been used to capture the incredible quality are doing it for. Movember is as much a case in point—and his near and character of Alice’s work. One teacher called epic ability to grow facial hair—as the Kern trip, where he forded her mathematical writing and problem solving streams with pod members on his back. From Winnie the Pooh “thoughtful and wishful.” Another mused after out ts, to his energetic prefectship, to Taylor Swift adaptations and a noting her curiosity, her humor, and her “inclination lumberjack song, Carson has carried and entertained us all this year. toward meaningful connections,” she might be “the most compelling person on campus.” As much artist as scientist and KOKO W. mathematician, Alice presents a wonderful panoply of qualities to University of California, San Diego be considered. And she has her own words for what she does and Said a faculty member this Fall, “To Koko, the why. “I want to nd my voice in the things I make,” she says. As the pursuit of scholarship isn’t a companionless trudge, fortunate bene ciaries of her expressions, we see the generosity in her but rather a companionable journey.” And she is a as well as the analytical nature; we see the human and the divine; and truly inspiring partner. Just ask the Freshmen Koko we recognize in her vision the ability to see what most do not. In the guides as a Teaching Assistant or the folks she visits rendering of those moments, Alice’s voice becomes most powerful. every Wednesday night under the auspices of our JASON Z.** Public Service Program, or even her many classmates over the years whose descriptors of Koko include “helpful,” “kind,” Kenyon College and “gentle.” Teachers characterize her distinctive scholarship as F. Scott Fitzgerald once referred to personality as “a being saturated with aspiration and joy. It is strangely tting that her series of successful gestures.” By such a measure, we intellectual journey has led her to patient care and the prospect of a see Jason in his piano performance of “Georgia on career in nursing. From our own experience, every endeavor of which my Mind” for a friend’s birthday, in his inclination Koko is a part is enriched by her presence and contribution. For those to stay after class to continue a discussion on a in need or in distress, we can imagine no more welcome salve nor more particularly exciting point, in his commitment to join uplifting presence than Koko’s. our dance ensemble last winter, or his inclination to take up water polo in his junior year. Introspective, deeply thoughtful, CHARLES X.* and profoundly sincere, Jason brings an endearing innocence to his Georgetown University scholarship. His mind is as sharp as it is unencumbered, allowing him Charles plays the piano like a virtuoso and his solo to think imaginatively about what might be. Jason’s only real challenge performances are jaw-droppingly captivating. Twice is his precision. A prodigious physics talent, he studies questions he has entranced audiences at Carnegie Hall. But he endlessly, looking always for greater clarity and understanding. And seems as eager and inclined to be an accompanist, given the complexity of his own thinking, such solutions are elusive. to adjust his sound to support the ensemble, But Jason’s quest is a compassionate one, and the answers he nds will to nd a way to enrich the collective harmony. be the ones we all most sorely need. ere is something about the unsel shness of that

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Sept 4 2019 Cate Graduate Booklet 2019 Gate Fold Spread.indd 1 9/17/19 3:15 PM YUI K. ELIZABETH L.* LIAM M. LISA P. ANDREAH G. ADLAI H. BAILOR J. JEFFREY K.*** Bryn Mawr College University of California, Los Angeles Carnegie Mellon University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Notre Dame University of Colorado at Boulder Connecticut College Columbia University Yui lets her hands do most of her talking. A gifted A faculty member suggested recently Liz’s unique Liam is an Eagle Scout and an entrepreneur, a football In an attempt to capture Lisa’s uncanny focus, Andreah hasn’t met a challenge she didn’t want to Watch Adlai on the soccer or lacrosse eld and you Bailor arrived at Cate from his home in Sierra Leone Jerey makes beautiful things. He built some graphic artist and painter, Yui spends long hours nature is best captured in “Defying Gravity” from player and one of our most captivating tenors, an her patience, and her attention to detail, a faculty overcome. She just has that kind of resolve and the can’t avoid his pace and speed. He covers ground with with remarkable levels of determination and hope. A spectacular watches a few years ago, with remarkable re ning her craft, building in every piece the precision Wicked. e name is certainly apt, for there is a urbanite and an outdoorsman, a guy’s guy and Tracy member earlier this year suggested Lisa is like a growing con dence to see past the impediment to a remarkably quick stride and competes everywhere phenomenal talent on the soccer eld, he was quick faces of his own design. He makes music consistently, and keen attention to detail that distinguishes her lightness of being to Liz that suggests gravity applies Turnblatt’s mother in Hairspray. Characteristics that master blacksmith, conspicuously delivering when the the opportunities that lay waiting for her. We see on the eld. Yet encounter him o the pitch, and to have impact on our pitch, beginning a career that either with his alto sax in our Jazz band or with his vision. Even her facility with language is based on dierently to her. And while there is little outwardly might seem incongruent in others mesh seamlessly heat—actual and gurative—is most intense. Such that very conviction in Andreah’s many choices, like there is little of that unrestrained energy. His former will carry him to collegiate play and wherever he signature Fender electric guitar. Mild mannered the calligraphy that is so intrinsic to Japanese and de ant about Liz, she has and will forge her own and endearingly in Liam. ey t with his insatiable fortitude comes in part because Lisa seems to possess choosing cross country as her fall sport and working velocity gives way to an endearing calm. Said one wants thereafter. But he has been just as impactful o Jerey has a clear penchant for hard core guitar ris. Chinese, two systems of expression in addition to path, in keeping with one of the song’s lyrics in curiosity, his wide-eyed intellectualism, his artful equal portions of humility and con dence, making so hard and well she became captain this year. Or faculty member, “ere is a stillness to Adlai that is the eld, building con dence and skill as a student Only Jerey could make entering the chapel to the English that Yui has mastered. And on the golf course, where Yui is particular, “I’m through with playing by the rules of someone else’s acting, and his old school values. Liam is everything scouting requires: her simultaneously able, understated, and totally undaunted. In trying asking to move ahead a grade at Cate because she felt ready for the reminiscent of those places we go to nd peace.” In that quiet Adlai has and pursuing his many interests in medicine, anatomy and physiology, sound of Van Halen or AC/DC seem somehow appropriate. His a highly accomplished player, her hands lead the way, guiding the game.” Part artist, part scholar, and deeply compassionate, Liz is as trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, times Lisa’s sense of humor is as conspicuous as her resolve, allowing higher expectations. Her many teachers are quick to acknowledge found his scholarship, his inclination to follow his interests generously, economics, and the like. He loves the challenge of a dicult concept scholarship is no less artful or distinctive. Said one faculty member, club in a smooth arcing stroke. We have been enchanted by Yui’s adept at rendering the human condition as she is at understanding and thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. He takes his responsibilities to the her to see past an immediate challenge to the larger narrative. at is Andreah’s intellectual maturity, her commitment to her studies, and the energy that supports his inquiry. Like when he chases down an as much as he does a worthy opponent on the soccer eld. And Bailor “Jerey has his priorities ruler-straight.” He works hard but with a distinct approach to her many endeavors at Cate, to her oversight advancing it. At Cate she has led the RCCE club, which focuses on communities he inhabits very seriously, and he works hard to serve as Lisa’s unique wisdom and the source of her special charisma. It isn’t an her ever-present grit. e foundation for all were built throughout opposing player on the eld, Adlai’s mind gains momentum the more he is not afraid of setback or failure. He knows too much of life to be certain satisfaction at the opportunity to study something compelling. of the Japanese tutoring lab, her play on the basketball team, and to inclusion and understanding, and has masterfully shared in her Servons best he can, an inclination that found him playing goalie for the JV accident that folks come to her for tech help or that she is a dedicated Andreah’s young life as she fought through a series of health challenges digs into a topic. at very nature has been critical to his leadership of the concerned by such transient things. “Before me,” Bailor wrote two e last few minutes of class, a faculty member said, are always Jerey’s what one faculty member called, “Yui’s meticulous scholarship, global Speech and elsewhere the distinctive path that has helped her build her Lacrosse team for a while. But Liam is just as likely to build a computer tutor in Carpinteria. Her peers and her students know that time with to emerge undaunted. Andreah understands better than most the work Young Men’s Forum and it has helped him introduce visiting families to years ago, “my mother had given birth to four boys, but only half that favorites, because you can see him distilling it all, soaking it in. In perspective, and compassionate heart.” With so many aptitudes, Yui generous ideology. Sometimes the very best artists nd a way to tell a in his spare time or imagine a world full of personalized aircraft. e best Lisa is going to be well spent, that there will be laughter and insight, required simply to be free to pursue your dreams, and she is making the academic culture of this community. Said one colleague, “Adlai is like a number were still breathing when I arrived.” And arrived Bailor has, truth, Jerey is a rare artist, adept in every manner of expression and seems poised for a host of meaningful expressions in the future, with story with how they live as much as with the works they produce. Liz is of what has been and what might be—that’s Liam. and that any needed answers will be within reach. sure she doesn’t let a moment go unvalued. poem and a prayer rolled into one.” still in the early stages of a life he has built with courage and promise inquiry, warm in his engagements, and powerful in his potential and her heart, her head, and her hands. one of those. with a future as full of possibility and potential as he is. his purpose. JACOB N. SARAH P.* ZOE H. ANNABELLA H. LUKE L. DAPHNE M. University of Richmond Dartmouth College New York University University of Washington KAISER K.* LUCA K. University of Chicago University of Southern California Jake is unmistakable, a gentle giant with a penchant It is easy to feel a little sorry for Sarah’s opposition A good education should be in large part a journey of Bella is unstoppable when she allows her conviction University of Pennsylvania Pomona College Luke has a brilliant mind that just won’t quit. It For Daphne, living is a full contact sport. She likes to for preppy clothes and bright colors that complement on the tennis court, especially in doubles. If the identity—to know ourselves for who we are, for what to guide her. We all know what she cares most deeply Kaiser has a mantra, “You get from an experience as Luca Kim is a New Year’s baby. It’s a distinguisher he is busy in every direction at all times, giving him mix it up, to push back on a classmate in discussion, an endearingly sunny disposition. He is one of our serve comes to her forehand, the poor soul at the we love, and for where we want to go. Zoe came to about—like conservation, our oceans and beaches, or much as you put in,” which he lives up to in every says, because “I arrived when the year was fresh and occasionally an endearing absent-minded professor argue her way through a Mock Trial case, go straight most gracious tour guides and eager mentors. A net stands no chance. Sarah apologizes always for Cate on that very path, lled with talents and interests being responsible stewards of our resources—because moment, every generous gesture, every insightful bright.” And there is a resulting joy and originality aect. When he graduated from middle school, his down the hill on her mountain bike rather than try to senior Science Lab Tutor and the rst ever Teaching the pace and proximity of the passing shot to her but seemingly unsure of what mattered most to her or she has made every eort to bring us along with her analysis, every innovative idea, and every compelling to everything Luca has taken up since. A truly Headmaster gave Luke a comb, suggesting perhaps traverse, or plow through a defender on the lacrosse Assistant in the Digital Arts Lab, Jake is the guy who startled opponent, but thankfully for Cate she’ll how she wanted to contribute to our community. She when she decides to act. And she’s very convincing. interaction at Cate. It is dicult to say what Kaiser magni cent musician, Luca once said, “Most of my that Luke focus a bit on daily discipline in the years eld with a deftly lowered shoulder. We have seen is always asking how he can help. Such volunteerism hit the same winner again next time. ere is too found herself rst and foremost in her music, diving Just ask the Carpinteria Town Council who enacted a loves most, because he seems equally compelled by fellow musicians seem afraid when they get on stage. ahead. He has, thankfully. When Luke delivered her dressed as a moss covered garden gnome when ows both from Jake’s genuine and helpful nature and his aection much power and purpose to Sarah to be restrained, and too much into her work on the cello and deriving purpose and self-awareness not Styrofoam ban in town largely in response to Bella’s advocacy. Or better everything from his remarkable scholarly pursuits to But I love to share my music and perform on stage. his Servons Speech, he organized it masterfully around the concept representing the Environmental Club, as a Danger Twin when our for a good challenge. Problem solving of every sort compels Jake, and mental toughness for any opponent to expect anything but defeat. simply from making beautiful sounds but from the discipline required yet spend some time with the cross country team, which Bella leads his editorship of El Batidor to his captaincy of the swim team to his I feel very proud of all I put into each piece.” Virtuoso moments seem of tables—the ones we sit around, the ones we produce with data, community needed entertaining, and as a devoted teaching assistant any dilemma is likely to re him up. Said one frustrated student to the And yet in the community, where she serves as a prefect, or in the to build such expertise. Her teachers note the same in the classroom, and inspires with the strength of her commitment and her enduring generous and conspicuous citizenship. Business is certainly on his top to come with regularity for Luca. He is a brilliant multilingual student even the Mesa itself. His massive vocabulary, generated in part from when our underclassmen wanted guidance or a good mentor. In ever cheerful Jake about a particularly dicult chemistry problem, “It’s classroom or lab where her inquiry is thoughtful and focused, Sarah is using phrases like “a growing con dence” or “an emerging voice.” An discipline. Said one faculty member, in acknowledgement of all the ten list—Kaiser helped start the Business Club at Cate and has brought with ability in every area of study but ambitions in linguistics, and voracious reading habits, colors Luke’s every communication, from a all venues, aside from her uncanny aability, we are compelled by dierent for you. You actually like this stu.” And everybody—whether generous, gracious, and empathetic. She learns with the same intensity athlete when she arrived but hampered by injury, Zoe nevertheless aptitude Bella brings to any endeavor, “She is the go-to girl when in a number of interesting speakers—but he may be even more notable a thoroughly committed public servant—the winner of a Metherall cogent written analysis to an impromptu stump speech when he ran for Daphne’s clear-eyed logic and unsel sh priorities. Her future, Daphne they are a student artist with a design challenge or a member of the and commitment that distinguishes her sport, but the motivation is maintained her competitive spirit, pushing herself in every other working in groups.” Maybe that is evidence of Bella’s practicality. e for the contributions he has made to his peers’ experience. Kaiser is a Grant for his work building music practice and performance facilities in Student Body President. Scholarship in its many forms is what Luke’s says, is in the ght to protect this planet and its climate and she seems football, baseball, and basketball teams—wants Jake on their side. dierent, driven by an earnest interest in discovery. She has been a endeavor the way she had on the cross-country course, to arrive at this problems she is working on aren’t solved easily or by the few. But more mentor of sorts to any who would learn to communicate thoughtfully, Guatemala. He lists one of his dream jobs—after international lawyer— eager mind was built for, and the momentum he is building surely o to a great start. Totally undaunted and unlikely to step back from a He just makes every collaborative endeavor better, richer, and more model of preparation, investment, and execution in our community, moment distinct, unique, and captivatingly melodic. likely Bella enjoys people as much as her many causes, and works to consider carefully, assess empathetically, or achieve graciously, and a as “Pope,” which certainly says something about the quality of Luca’s destines him for impact in the world of powerful, meaningful, even challenge, Daphne is full steam ahead, on her bike or o. successful. and we sense she is just getting started. support both. model for how to do things right and well. faith and his desire to oer service to the world. paradigm changing thoughts. ELLA HENDRIKS CLARE M. ABNNER O. RAJA P.* Chapman University PHOEBE H. ALEX K. HUNTER K.** HUY L. University of Virginia Yale University University of Pennsylvania e focus of this year’s Welcome to Cate video, which Tulane University Brown University Columbia University Cornell University One of Clare’s responsibilities this year as co-leader of ere is always a pause before Abnner answers “One cannot know Raja without knowing his art,” Ella helped conceive and produce, is the moments A faculty member trying to capture the diversity of Teachers often remark on the quality of Alex’s calm. It Hunter is everything we want our young people to When Huy arrived on our Mesa, he was the Servons Speech program is to help her classmates a question. He is thinking about his answer, said a faculty member earlier this fall. “His work that matter. Ella knows something about those truths and traits that reveal Phoebe’s distinct and makes him a thoughtful listener and a patient scholar. be: remarkably able, wise beyond his years, in nitely approximately half his current size, unusually reserved craft and tell their stories. A gifted wordsmith and presumably, but his patience seems as much about is both intense and graceful.” Raja has particular because she delivers them with uncanny consistency wonderfully engaging nature chose, “Beekeeper He is not stingy with his own observations, but he curious, brilliantly facile, enduringly kind, unfailingly and shy, and seemingly eager to avoid too much notice a deeply contemplative scholar, Clare is the perfect respecting the question as providing a response, like aection for highly detailed pen and ink drawings, and power. A natural story teller, she has moved and scholar, lover of literature and Dachshunds, will usually wait to share them, knowing the context humble, and unapologetically principled. We have or attention. Four years later, he is one of the heads of resource for those seeking to re ne their respective he is somehow savoring the opportunity you have which require every ounce of his meticulous energy from the written word to the digital arts, revealing tenacious athlete and loyal friend.” Empathetic, brave, of the conversation and what he might see that trusted him to lead at Cate since he essentially took our Public Service Program, well known as much for voices. And all have come to rely on her maturity just given him to consider something new. Abnner’s and reveal the craftsmanship that is at the heart of this in her projects an inclination to celebrate that which determined, and ercely protective, Phoebe cares for others don’t. Language, in fact, its use and manner over the tech crew in our theater in his sophomore his humor as his humility, in possession of a distinctive of perspective, the breadth of her interests, and the tenure at Cate is lled with such generosity, with young man. He is a lover of challenge and inquiry, is special and remarkable in her subjects. e same appreciation is her bee hives in the same way she cares for her friends. of expression, is one of Alex’s special talents. Faculty year. He can manage a sound booth as adeptly as he and powerful voice, and one of our most conspicuous relative serenity of her communications. One faculty member called attention to his peers, and all manner of community and intellectual sometimes so exuberant that he admits to having to restrain himself evident on the many teams she joins and ultimately leads, water Full devotion and commitment seem to come naturally for her. And members characterize his uency with the written word as “fantastic,” can construct a set or program a light board. And though Hunter is academic performers. His teaching partner in Freshman Seminar said, Clare a consistent “voice of reason” and another noted her “originality,” endeavor. He has gravitated to our most challenging areas of study, a bit among his peers for fear they wouldn’t understand or think him polo and swimming in particular. Ella raises the level of everyone’s though she is not naturally outspoken, the things that matter to Phoebe “clear,” “insightful,” and “original.” His facility extends beyond English not afraid to set a high standard for those with whom he works, he “Huy knows how to drive the conversation and connect with the group. “enthusiasm,” and “dedication.” She is an explorer of sorts, as well, mastered three languages, become a Prefect and the Vice President of odd. Raja is distinctive in all of the very best ways. He loves to write game, not simply through the power of her own play, but through compel her. In such commitments her voice—either in person or on the to French, where Alex’s ability and inclination to share his aection for does so with an ever-present smile and an endearing twinkle in his eye. He intuitively knows when to talk, when to listen, and when to sacri ce earning one of the highest levels of SCUBA certi cation, testing her our Student Body and still manages to nd time to create Action Cat and think, share ideas and peer edit papers. He likes to work with the encouragement she oers and the example she sets. One faculty written page— nds peculiar resonance. We are drawn to her for that the language have made him a peer tutor and the two-year president A superb mathematician and scientist, and one of our most advanced time and energy for the class.” It is strangely tting that Huy has gained ideas at Model U.N. Conferences, and studying everything from Skateboards, compete on the track team, star in our musical, or mentor elementary students in Carpinteria who haven’t yet found his facility member noted, “Ella has a certain magnetism that makes her someone very reason, because she has a lightness to her and a purpose that we of the French Club. He plays tennis for Cate as well and is actively and creative programmers, Hunter has found himself in his senior year traction as much as a teacher as in his capacity as a student. He certainly medicine to writing in the summers. Said one colleague, noting Clare’s a freshman who needs a little care. ough the world around him is all with intellectual endeavor. And he enjoys an afternoon playing ultimate you want to be around.” In just that way, in endeavors and interactions enjoy and admire. We have relied on Phoebe’s memorable presence these involved in Public Service, endeavors which reveal Alex’s abiding captivated by the broad and existential questions of the humanities. has the maturity to support his work as well as the empathy to know diversity of skills and interests and her unending composure, “She’d hustle and bustle, Abnner is distinctly placid and contemplative, “like frisbee or volleyball. ere are no constraints, it seems, to the endeavors large and small, Ella has contributed, just as her video con rms, so last four years, knowing how profoundly it enriches our classrooms, interest in living a life connected to the pursuits and interests of others. Frankly, we can’t imagine anyone better suited to the pursuit of such how to mentor well. Said one colleague, “Huy speaks up for those who probably be the best person to be stranded on a desert island with. Buddha,” said one faculty member, “everywhere at once and peaceful that energize Raja, and likely no limits to what he might do with his many of our best moments. empowers our teams and invigorates our community. In so doing, he has become a compelling humanist and potentially a questions than Hunter. Said one faculty member, “He just has the soul have not yet found their voice.” Nothing rues Clare.” always.” joyful mind. profound scholar. for it.”

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