2009-2010 CAPE HENRY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

BOARD OFFICERS Mr. James H. Sparks, Chair

Mr. Dennis M. Ellmer, Vice-Chair for DevelopmentMr. Jerry F. McDonnell, Vice-Chair for Facilities

Mr. Scot N. Creech, Vice-Chair for TrusteesMrs. Katherine C. Willis, Secretary Mrs. Cheryl L. Xystros, Treasurer

Dr. John P. Lewis, Head of School/President

TRUSTEES RADM Nevin P. Carr Jr. (+)

Mrs. Carolyn A. Castleberry Mr. William H. Fuller Jr.

Mr. Michael R. Gianascoli ‘89 The Honorable Pamela E. Hutchens

Mr. Kelly L. Law ‘83 Ms. Dorothy P. Mannix ‘82

Mr. Craig L. Mytelka Mr. John C. Napolitano

Mr. Christakis J. Paphites Mr. J. Christopher Perry ‘92

Congressman Owen B. Pickett (+) Mrs. Sibyl W. Seth

Mr. Richard C. Zoretic(+) On leave of absence

FOUNDERS & TRUSTEES EMERITIMr. W. Cecil Carpenter* Mr. John P. Edmondson*

Mr. Andrew S. Fine Mr. L. Renshaw Fortier Mrs. Dow S. Grones*

Mr. Benjamin Huger, II Mrs. Grace Olin Jordan*

Mr. Bernard W. McCray, Jr. Mr. James R. McKenry Mr. Arthur Peregoff*

Mr. George G. Phillips, Jr. Mr. James P. Sadler*

Mr. William J. Vaughan*Mrs. Anne Dickson Jordan Waldrop

[*] Deceased

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Mrs. Cindee Riordan

President, Cape Henry Parents’ AssociationMr. Neel D. Desai ‘93

President, Alumni Association Board of Directors

HEADMASTERS EMERITIDr. W. Hugh Moomaw

Mr. Daniel P. Richardson

2009-2010CAPE HENRY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

ALUMNI BOARD

Mr. Neel Desai ’93, PresidentMrs. Emily Medley Robbins ’97, Vice President

Mr. Ros Willis ’82, TreasurerMs. Tammy Dail ’80, Secretary

Mr. Trent Dudley ’88, Membership SecretaryMr. Jason Wagner ‘03Mr. Repp Lambert ‘89

2009-2010 CAPE HENRY PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICERSMrs. Cindee Riordan, President

Mrs. Berkley Wheeler, 1st Vice PresidentMrs. Lea Keenan, 2nd Vice President

Mrs. Anne Burton, TreasurerMrs. Angela Jones, Recording Secretary

Mrs. Jeanine Strickland, Corresponding SecretaryMrs. Leslie Quisenberry, Past President

Mrs. Monica Purkey, Lower School RepresentativeMrs. Grace Limroth ‘84, Lower School Representative

Mrs. Cheryl Weber, Middle School RepresentativeMrs. Lori Kalfus, Middle School Representative

Mrs. Laurie Cooper, Upper School RepresentativeMr. Bob Capria, Upper School Representative

C A P E H E N R Y C O L L E G I A T E S C H O O L

2010 DOLPHIN DOUBLESR O U N D - R O B I N T E N N I S S O C I A L

THURSDAY, MAY 13VIRGINIA BEACH TENNIS AND COUNTRY CLUB

C A P E H E N R Y C O L L E G I A T E S C H O O L

2010 GOLF TOURNAMENTMONDAY, APRIL 26

CAVALIER GOLF AND YACHT CLUB

For more information regarding reservations

and hole sponsorship opportunities, please

contact Mrs. Vicki Wicher, Special Events

Coordinator, at (757) 963-8250.

For more information regarding

reservations and sponsorship

opportunities, please contact

Mrs. Laurie Cooper, Tennis Tournament

Co-Chair, at (757) 412-0209.

C A P E H E N R Y C O L L E G I A T E S C H O O L

2010 GRAND AUCTIONFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 • 6:30 p.m.

HILTON VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT

For more information regarding reservations and underwriting opportunities, please contact Mrs. Vicki Wicher, Special Events Coordinator, at (757) 963-8250 or visit community.capehenrycollegiate.org/auction.

Reaching New Heights

Through Nexus

Reaching New Heights

Through Nexus

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ON THE COVER: Senior Kelsey Bergen shares “the uni-versal language” with a child in Hmong village in Northern Laos. Kelsey and 14 other Cape Henry students were the first westerners to ever visit this remote village last spring. They were on a Nexus Senior Project trip to Indonesia to help build a school. Students also visited high schools and taught English to young monks in the World Heritage city of Luang Prabang, Laos, and during their three-day trek through the jungles, spent time on the backs of elephants as they crossed the Mekong River.

JANUARY 2010CAPE HENRY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL IN THIS ISSUE

From the Head of School 2

New Trustees 3

Annual Giving Update 4

Mid-Atlantic Philanthropy School 4

Community Service 7

Fall Festival 8

Race at the Cape 8

Laila Serpe Tree Dedication 8

Grandparents’ Day 8

CHPA News 9

The Brooks Family Spirit Store 9

Student & Faculty Highlights 10

Academic Blog 12

CHCS Welcomes New Faculty 13

Fall Athletic Awards 15

Athletic Blog 15

From the Alumni President 16

Alumni Faculty Summer Grant 17

Alumni Legacy Coffee 17

Alumni Notes 18

Everett Society ReceptionPage 5

Athletic SuccessesPage 14

Reaching New Heights

Through Nexus

Reaching New Heights

Through Nexus

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It is still thriving and strong after 85 years. One reason for the School’s continued strength is that we, as a community, are not afraid to change with the times. We realize that change is a constant in life, and if we learn not to fear it, but to embrace it and prepare for it, we will all ultimately benefit.

As we celebrate Cape Henry’s 85th year, I want to share with you how well the School has weathered the uncertainty of the past year’s economic storm. It has weathered many

storms over the years. Through the decades, Cape Henry has survived some of the hardest economic times in American history. It has sur-vived wars to “end all wars,” only to see new wars erupt a few years later. Cape Henry has witnessed Virginia Beach grow dramatically since 1924, from a small, seasonal, tourist town to the thriving, culturally diverse city that it is today. The School has not only survived changes, but has embraced them and used them for the betterment of the community and for the preparation of tomorrow’s leaders.

At Cape Henry, we are committed to researching and staying ahead of the curve in all of our endeavors. We are committed to better serving our students, fami-lies, and friends, and we have strong convictions about helping to make the world a better place by conserving our resources and teaching our students to be thoughtful and compassionate citizens. As we move into our next 85 years, our students must continue to experience a wide range of programs that expand their compassion from the local to the global level.

In every way possible, we teach and strive to conserve resources and reduce waste. As part of that commitment to serve better, and in an effort to reduce paper waste, our Soundings magazine

has been reduced in size for actual publication, but has been enhanced online. To transition into the online, electronic version of Soundings, this year, we will produce a smaller publication and will show you where to go online to find the enhanced version of this popular publication. Online you will find extended versions of articles, links to more photos, audio, and video, and even new academic and athletic blogs.

With this transition, we will be even better prepared to deliver to our students, fac-ulty, friends, staff, and families the skills and information necessary to excel in this

ever-changing 21st century.

Cape Henry is on the move!

Sincerely

Dr. John P. Lewis

From the Head of School// Cape Henry Perseveres

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Mrs. Carolyn CastleberryCarolyn is not only an Internationally recog-nized author, former co-host of CBN’s Liv-ing the Life on ABC Family Channel, news anchor, multi-faceted speaker, and mem-ber of the Cape Henry Collegiate School Board of Trustees, she is also the Cape Henry mom of Brooke Castleberry, Grade 7, Lindsay Castleberry, Grade 9, and Jack Castleberry, Class of 2003. Carolyn holds two bachelor of science degrees in busi-ness and journalism from the University of Colorado, and a master of arts degree in government from the College of William and Mary. She is part of the National Speak-ers Association and the National Association of Professional Women. Her newest book, It’s About Time: 10 Smart Strategies to Avoid Time Traps and Invest Yourself Where it Matters was published by Simon & Schuster. Her work has been featured on FOX & Friends, USAToday.com, MSN Money, Essence maga-zine, and major newspapers and radio programs in the U.S. and Canada. Locally, Carolyn anchored for WAVY-TV 10, and national-ly, her reports have aired on CNN and MSNBC. She also hosted a radio talk show for female executives on the Business Radio Network, “Women Talk Business,” which was recognized by the American Women in Radio and Television.

Mr. Kelly Law ‘83A lifelong resident of Virginia Beach, Kelly graduated from Cape Henry Collegiate School in 1983. After attending the Univer-sity of Richmond his freshman and sopho-more years, Kelly earned his bachelor’s de-gree from Old Dominion University. He is currently the Vice President of Allied Trans-portation Company in the marine transpor-tation industry. Kelly and his wife, Karen, have three children at Cape Henry, Rachel, a senior this year, Christian, Grade 9, and Carter, Grade 6.

Mrs. Sibyl SethAn alumnus of Currituck County High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sibyl previously worked in claims with American General Insurance Company and the United States Postal Service. Upon retiring from the Postal Ser-vice, she was recruited as a consultant for Norfolk State University’s pageant division, specializing in interview techniques with the Miss America Organization. While at Norfolk State University, she met and sub-sequently married her husband, Amit. They opened SAKS food, a mobile restaurant, which focused on preparation of meals for seasonal festivals and for neighborhoods without delivery services. After selling their business after September 11, 2001, Sibyl became a full-time, stay-at-home mom. A true Tarheel fan, Sibyl enjoys reading and gardening in her spare time. Sibyl and Amit have one son, Pyar, a 6th grader, who has attended Cape Henry since the First Grade.

Mr. Neel Desai ‘93A 1993 graduate of Cape Henry Collegiate School, Neel holds a master of business administration from Old Dominion Univer-sity and bachelor of science degrees in finance and management information sys-tems from George Mason University. Neel has been a Managing Partner of LTD since 1998, and most recently has assumed the primary leadership role for LTD’s Hospital-ity Management division. Neel was rec-ognized by Hotel and Motel Management magazine as an entrepreneur who has made an impact on the hotel and lodging industry. Neel serves on various committees as an advisor for major lodging companies, is a member of the Board of Directors for Heritage Bank, a member of the Board of Trustees of Old Dominion University Educational Founda-tion, and serves as President of Cape Henry Collegiate School’s Alumni Board. In addition, he received the “Young Hotelier of the Year” award given by the Asian American Hotel Owners As-sociation (AAHOA). Neel is married to Neha, and his brother, Tejal, graduated from Cape Henry Collegiate School in 1998. Neel and Tejal’s father, Dilip, is a former CHCS Board of Trustee member.

Cape Henry Welcomes New Trustees

Mrs. Carolyn Castleberry, Mr. Kelly Law ‘83, and Mrs. Sibyl Seth have been elected to their first, three-year terms of service (2009 – 2012) on the CHCS Board of Trustees. As President of the Alumni Association, Mr. Neel Desai ‘93 also serves on the Board of Trustees as an ex-officio Trustee for a two-year term (2009-2011). Their dedication to our stu-dents, faculty, and community and their professional expertise will be of great value to our CHCS community.

// New Faces Bring Wide Range of Experience to Cape Henry

TransitionsAs our community continues to grow and expand, it can be difficult to keep up with important transitions in the lives of those around us.

For that reason, Transitions highlights the births, marriages, and losses in our Cape Henry family.

By being aware of these sometimes joyous and sometimes sad transitions, we will be better prepared to empathize with our students and our community as a whole.

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Celebrating 85 years of quality education this year, Cape Henry Collegiate is building a strong academic foundation for the next generation of leaders for Vir-ginia Beach, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the United States, and the world.

Since 1924, generations of students have flourished at the Everett School and at Cape Henry. With your gift to the Annual Fund, our children will continue to thrive. Annual Fund gifts make a huge impact throughout our school and pro-vide vitally needed resources for academic programs, financial aid, equipment, computers, athletics, and the arts. No gift is too large or too small. Your support will ensure that our students and faculty have the best educational resources available.

We invite you to join in our success and help Cape Henry by making a gift to the 2009-2010 Annual Fund today! You have until June 30, 2010 to make your gift. We need every gift to make our goal.

Annual Giving// Building on a Strong Foundation

Mid-Atlantic Philanthropy School Coming to CHCS

It is Easy to Make a Pledge or Gift!

Visit the Annual Giving page

to learn more. You may even

make your gift online today.

community.capehenrycollegiate.org/annualgiving

You may also email your

pledge to Mr. Len Doran,

Director of Development, at

lendoran@capehenry.org.

For the new professional…This will be an outstanding opportunity for you to obtain a complete over-view of the basic elements of your job as you move out of the early period of your work and gain additional experience and proficiency.

For the mid-level professional…This is the time for you to review the skills you have acquired and concepts you have mastered to date. Meeting, networking, and learning from mas-ter professionals will not only allow you to consider your work with an in-tegrate approach, it will give you the confidence to move powerfully in a stormy economy.

For the senior professional…You have been there and done that and most professional meetings are a bore. This educational and networking opportunity has been crafted with you in mind. In addition to a coordinated curriculum to build on your years of experience, there is a roundtable session just for senior professionals.

MAPS offers something for every development professional!

On Thursday, June 10, Cape Henry Collegiate School, in collaboration with Len Doran, CFRE and other advance-

ment professionals, will present the Mid-Atlantic Philanthropy School (MAPS), a program designed for non-profit

development professionals. MAPS is designed to provide the true compass and direction of professional education

for individuals desirous of learning the content and skills necessary to be a successful non-profit de-

velopment professional. This program is open to all

development professionals.

There will be opportunities to network and to spend

time with other professionals and faculty in class-

room sessions, roundtables, and one-to-one con-

versations. The seasoned and well-schooled faculty,

collectively, bring more than one hundred years of

development and nonprofit management experi-

ence to this program.

For more information on the MAPS conference and for registration information, go to:

community.capehenrycollegiate.org/maps

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In celebration of Cape Henry’s 85th Anniversary, on October 8,

members of the Everett Society were invited to a reception in

The Fain Family Atrium where they were greeted by 1920s mem-

orabilia, music, menus, and monologues.

The event was to honor Cape Henry’s Everett Society members

(those who financially supported the School’s annual giving cam-

paign last year with $1,500 or more), and Cape Henry’s predecessor school, the Everett School.

As a live, jazz combo played Gershwin in the background and guests enjoyed a

carefully researched menu of sweet potato ham biscuits, fried oysters, cheese

straws, and potato latkes, a “Young” Mrs. Everett, dressed stylishly in 1924 fash-

ion, arrived in a Model-A Ford to personally welcome her guests to the reception.

Mrs. Wendy Sims, a former CHCS Trustee and parent of Amanda Lehtonen ’00

and Michael Lehtonen ’04, played the role of Mrs. Everett.

“Mrs. Helena Everett” relayed her heartfelt reasoning for starting the Everett

School and asked those gathered around to help her with enrollment and fund-

raising. She said she liked to think of her “little school” as still being around

some 80 or 85 years down the road.

Little did Mrs. Everett realize in the early twenties that her small school of eight would grow into a

thriving, academic institution of 1,000 some 85 years later, and would be recognized nationally for

its exceptional and forward-thinking programs.

Guests at the Everett Society event thoroughly en-

joyed the School’s anniversary celebration and appre-

ciated the thought and planning that went into the

evening’s preparation. The School wanted the Everett

Society members to know how much their generous

support was, is, and always will be appreciated.

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Nexus is proud to announce a new science initiative with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama.

Cape Henry students will have access to STRI facilities and their world-renowned staff who will lead our students in

neotropical field studies. The program will be divided into two parts; tropical and marine biology. Students passing this

course will receive credit and their transcripts will indicate to colleges that they participated in field studies at STRI.

This unique collaboration between STRI and Cape Henry Collegiate School puts our students on the front line of global

science. We applaud The Edward E. Ford Foundation and the Batten Educational Achievement Fund of The Norfolk

Foundation for pledging their support to this incredible program with significant grants. Once again, Cape Henry leads

in global education.

The Edward E. Ford Foundation and the Batten Educational Achievement Fund of The Norfolk Foundation Award Grants to Cape Henry Collegiate School’s Nexus Program in Panama

The Edward E. Ford Foundation has awarded Cape Henry Collegiate School a generous $50,000 endowment challenge grant for the Nexus Program and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Project in Panama.

In response to the challenge grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation, Cape Henry is pleased to announce that it has received a matching gift of $150,000 from the Batten Educational Achievement Fund of The Norfolk Foundation. This fund will establish an endowment for students of the Nexus Program in Panama.

FEATURE STORY// Cape Henry’s Nexus Program Leads in Global Education

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Nexus, Cape Henry Collegiate School’s global education pro-gram, introduces students to a wide variety of stimulating experiences that foster an awareness of the global com-munity. Students have the op-portunity to travel overseas and explore diverse cultures and varied ecosystems, or immerse themselves in the language of their choosing. Nexus seeks to plant an in-quisitive seed in the minds of students in order to create a lifelong yearning for discovery. Cape Henry’s goal is for every student to participate in at least one Nexus international program prior to graduation.

In Panama, Cape Henry students and faculty will work with the Smithson-ian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), www.stri.org, to establish a permanent, for-academic-credit course program where students will focus on neotropical scientific fieldwork, Spanish language immersion, and community service.

Although Cape Henry Collegiate has been the recipient of prior Norfolk Foun-dation grants, these gifts to endowment represent the first grants awarded to the School by the prestigious Edward E. Ford Foundation and the Batten Edu-cational Achievement Fund of The Norfolk Foundation.

The Edward E. Ford Foundation, founded in 1957, holds a strong conviction that graduates of independent schools are well trained, highly motivated citizens who contribute in many ways to the betterment of society and the Nation. The Edward E. Ford Foundation holds as its major objective “to encourage and im-prove secondary education as provided by independent schools in the United States.”

The Norfolk Foundation, founded in 1950 as the first community foundation in Virginia, remains the largest scholarship provider in Hampton Roads and

is among the largest com-munity foundations in the country. Its mission is to make grants that transform the quality of life and inspire philanthropy in southeastern Virginia. In the past 58 years, the Foundation has awarded more than $100 million in grants and scholarships to improve life in its region.

Congratulations to senior Maddie Houck who was selected as the recipient of the Charles Barker Au-tomotive Scholarship for 2009-2010.

The school community came togeth-er for a food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Southeastern Virginia and col-lected 4,128 pounds of food to feed those in need. It was an amazing effort put forth by our entire school community.

Community Service Update

Community service is such an impor-tant part of our entire school commu-nity. Our students truly understand that it is better to give than receive. A unique opportunity took place on Oc-tober 19 as Cape Henry hosted 20 not-for-profit organizations for a Com-munity Service Fair in the Alfred T. Taylor Field House. This first-ever fair was a huge success and was enjoyed by everyone involved.

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Laila Serpe

Tree Dedication in Memory of Laila Serpe On October 24 in the circle driveway in front of The Hirschbiel Center for the Arts, friends and family gathered to dedicate a lovely Dawn Redwood tree in Laila’s memory. The tree was selected by the Serpe Family and will be enjoyed by all. The Dawn Red-wood’s beautiful, fern-like foliage develops in the spring and turns a gentle gold in the fall.

CHCS Welcomes Grandparents from Near and Far

Grandparents filled the halls and classrooms of The Sims Lower School just prior to Thanksgiving, all thrilled to share in the excitement of visiting their grandchildren. Each year, the Lower School students host a Grandparents’ Day celebration to honor their loved ones and to show off their school. It is always a day filled with stories, love, hugs, and smiles. The grandpar-ents were treated to musical entertainment by a group of Middle School strings students, and the Second and Third Grade Chorus. They also enjoyed a portion of the recent student play, “Seussical Jr.”

Many grandparents appear regularly on campus through-out the year, volunteering around campus, but many make a special trip from out of town just to share this “grand day” with their grandchildren.

Fall Brings Memorable Events to Cape Henry Fall Festival: Celebrating a Beloved Tradition

On Saturday, October 24, this year’s Fall Festival fea-tured new inflatables, lots of tasty treats, a Crafter’s Corner that was hard to re-sist, and several initiatives by our Fall Festival Chairs that made the day seamless. As a result, everyone, young and old, had a terrific time, and our clubs had an oppor-

tunity to fund their activities/charities for the school year. The gym and other locales were filled with people, ac-tivities, good cheer, and lots of praise for an outstanding event! Our chairs, Noel Barry and Wendy DeTorres began planning this event last Spring and have worked tirelessly for months: we offer our thanks for a job well done. A big “thanks” goes to Keith Scott for his invaluable help. Of course, this event is only possible with the help of all of our amazing volunteers, students, faculty, and staff, so thank you, thank you for helping make this a wonderful day for the Cape Henry community!

Race at the Cape: Running for a Great Cause With blue skies and warm tem-peratures, CHPA’s Race at the Cape was a terrific success on Saturday, October 24. Over 160 runners participated and were greeted at the finish line by a large, cheering audience of sup-porters. Over 30 volunteers made this year’s race seamless from start to finish. A special thank-you goes to Kim Tompkins and Skip Brehm for their leadership in chairing Race at the Cape this year and to Keith Scott for his assistance. Thanks also to our sponsors, students, faculty and staff, parents, and Cape Henry friends who made this year’s event a healthy, fun-filled morning! A special thank-you to Cape Henry’s Operation Smile volunteers for their invalu-able assistance. CHPA will make a donation from Race at the Cape proceeds to Operation Smile in recognition of their efforts continuing an outreach tradition started by Cape Henry’s ACE Club.

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Cape Henry Parents’ Association

The Cape Henry Parents’ Association is off to a great start for the 2009-2010 school year. CHPA’s year began in August with our New Family Focus Committee working with the Admissions Office to find host families for our newest mem-bers of the Cape Henry community and with New Student Orientation. In Sep-tember, our Volunteer Coffee/Information Fair was a big success with a record turnout as we recruited volunteers to help with events and projects throughout the year! October featured three of CHPA’s main endeavors, Fall Festival, Race at the Cape, and CHPA’s Giftwrap Fundraiser, and each helped build community and spirit while providing or raising resources to enhance our school. CHPA has several new endeavors for this year. We are working with the Guidance Office to present a series of speak-ers for parents and students. CHPA hosted a Holiday Coffee in December that combined holiday cheer with community service. For 2009-2010, CHPA has added a new committee, the CHPA Fine Arts Committee. This committee will promote our talented students through events such as CHPA’s Opening Night of Seussical Jr. in November, as well as work with organizations in the Tidewater region to bring recognized artists to Cape Henry. After a year of planning, CHPA’s Booster

Club will be instrumental in creating increased spirit for our athletic programs. Finally, CHPA is coordinating car-pools to create convenience and community for our fami-lies while supporting CHCS’s mission to “go green.”

The Brooks Family Spirit Store Expanded Cape Henry families were welcomed back to a new and improved Brooks Family Spirit Store! The store doubled in size over the summer causing a great deal of excitement once school began. The grand Reopening Celebration held on October 7 was a huge success with every aisle of the store packed with customers. Many new items and concepts adorn the new addition such as reusable “grocery” bags, healthy vending options, a return of some favorites such as Tervis Tumblers and warm, hood-

ed sweatshirts, and Dunkin’ Donuts cof-fee. “Henry’s Hang-out” is a cozy area that provides wi-fi access and a place for students to expe-rience community, work on homework, and catch up with their friends.

Start Planning Your Summer at the Cape

That is right! Summer may seem a long way off, but our wonderful summer programs are right around the corner. Summer at the Cape will be offering a broad range of programs including arts, athletics, academics, and many specialty camps. Please con-tinue to check the Cape Henry Collegiate website for postings of new program information and look for our Summer at the Cape brochure to be released shortly after the New Year! Do not let the summer come and go without experiencing the excitement of the Summer at the Cape!

// News and Events

community.capehenrycollegiate.org/summer

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Student and Faculty Highlights LOWER SCHOOL

Third Grader Julia Grimson was hon-ored to have her book review published in The Virginian-Pilot’s – Bookworm’s Review.

In October, Fourth and Fifth Grades headed to the Baycliff neighborhood boat ramp to test the water where runoff from their school goes into the Bay. Scientists and engineers from the internationally renowned CH2M HILL Company provided the water quality test kits and experi-enced assistance for World Water Monitoring Day.

MIDDLE SCHOOLCongratulations to the cast and crew of the Middle School produc-tion Seussical Jr. The play was direct-ed by Mrs. Stepha-nie Fluharty and was performed by mem-bers of the 5th, 6th, and 7th Grades in November.

Congratulations to the CHCS Spell-ing Bee Champion, Aleksander Salvon-Harman. This is the second year that Aleksander has won. Sar-ah Sherwood earned the runner-up spot for the School. The 6th Grade enjoyed their recent trip to the Virginia Air and Space Center.

The 7th Grade conducted communi-ty service as well as studied science while on the annual Seventh Grade Hike to Back Bay.

Seventh grader Caroline Albert sang in the children’s chorus for Virginia Opera’s performance of La Boheme by Puccini, with performances in Norfolk, Richmond, and Fairfax. Car-oline is becoming a true veteran of opera performance, having sung in last year’s production of Carmen.

Seventh grader Madeleine Kibbey will be representing Cape Henry at the Junior District Orchestra Festival in January.

This November, 49 choral students auditioned to be part of the 2010 All-District Chorus. Congratulations Middle School Participants: Caroline Albert, Isaac Brehm, Lily Burroughs, Kate Cavallari, Nina de Vente, Su-san Donaldson, Sarah Elliott, Hay-ley Greason, Caroline Horne, Jake Kantor, Leigh Anne Kline, Morgan Lane, Haley Leach, Colleen Rogers, Emilee Vanderwerff, Jessie Wal-lace, and Lucy Willis. Middle School Alternates: Tonecia Brothers and Meaghan Woodward.

Winners of the Creative Communi-cation Spring 2009 poetry contest were congratulated on stage during a Middle School assembly. Poetry winners are: Georgia Breit, Brooke Castleberry, Max Chittenden, Kevin Cunningham, Zack Dolenuck, Su-san Donaldson, Hannah Foster, Ja-son Friedman, Blake Gershon, Alex Ghenea, Bryce Glaser, Merritt Har-rell, Meredith Jennings, Jennifer Kondas, Alex Kramer, Josie Nico-lato, Aleksander Salvon-Harman, Zoe Serratelli, Collin Smith, Maddie Spear, Halley Townsend, Brooke Weaver, and Lucy Willis.

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Eighth grader Leigh Anne Kline and her horse are ranked among the top 15 “children’s hunter” horses in the country and have qualified to com-pete in two of the most prestigious national horse shows in the country, The Washington International Horse Show and the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. They have been ranked 1st in Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-lina, South Carolina, and national Zone 3, throughout the season. Congratulations to the Middle School Sandsculpting Team for winning third place this year with a sculpture of Neptune on a roller coaster from Seaside Park. This year’s theme was “Remember when...”

UPPER SCHOOLCape Henry Middle and Upper School students were praised in the Lynnhaven River NOW publi-cation for being awarded the Pearl School Award. Helen Kuhns of the Lynnhaven River NOW organiza-tion presented both the Middle and Upper Schools with the Pearl School Award in honor of their work with and for the Lynnhaven River NOW organization.

Tenth grader Russell Sanders was selected to the Virginia Youth Sym-phony Orchestra and traveled to London and Paris over the holidays for concerts.

Keegan McLaughlin and Robert Gor-by took first place in the state Stock Market Games held in Richmond. They will be honored at the Federal Reserve in Richmond on May 7 with a luncheon.

CHCS senior Jory Bunn was featured in the October issue of Hampton Roads Gazette.

Congratulations to senior Phil Mc-Neal for once again being selected to the All-State Jazz Ensemble. They performed in November at the annu-al Virginia Music Educators Confer-ence held at the Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of the Up-per School play, The Madwoman of Chaillot. The play was direct-ed by Mr. Jim Kerbin and was performed in No-vember.

For the 3rd consecutive year, The Lighthouse has won a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for the 2008-2009 pub-lication year. As in previous years, the newspaper was lauded for its writing and editing, earning near perfect scores. In addition, the point totals for writing and graphic design were designated as “All Columbian,” the highest designation awarded. Congratulations to editors: Robert Knuth, Kate Pleasants, Eric Smith, and Sal Serpe (top editors), and Keri Bertolino, Phil McNeal, Robbie Humphreys, and Nikki Mandell. The Lighthouse Faculty Advisor is Mrs. Kerry Kisa.

Two school records were set at the Virginia Mathematics League con-test in October. Emily Pettigrew and Jamie Burke each scored a perfect six, answering all six questions cor-rectly in 30 minutes on the Virginia Mathematics League contest. In addition, our students achieved the highest team score that Cape Hen-ry has earned in the 12 years the School has participated. Congratu-lations to Emily Pettigrew, Jamie Burke, Douglas Ruetzel, Sean Pop-pen, Scotty Morris, Matt Remmie, and Graeme Wren.

Robert Knuth and Libby Bland were recognized by the Optimist Club in November at their annual breakfast for Youth Appre-ciation Week. Two students from each high school in the city were recognized by the club.

Phil McNeal has been recognized as a National Merit Scholarship Semifi-nalist. More than 1.5 million juniors entered the National Merit Scholar-ship Program by taking the PSAT in October 2008. Approximately 16,000 students were recognized as Semifinalists.

Libby Bland has been recognized as a National Achievement Out-standing Participant. The National Achievement Scholarship Program provides recognition for outstanding African-American students under the auspices of the National Merit Scholarship Program. Libby has been identified as one of the 3,100 Outstanding Participants in the Na-tional Achievement Scholarship Pro-gram.

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There are so many wonderful aspects of Cape Henry Collegiate School that are easily visible to any observer – our champion athletic teams, outstanding student musicians and actors, an energetic and involved Parents’ As-sociation, passionate and innovative teaching professionals, first-rate buildings and grounds equipped with the latest technologies, fun events such as Fall Festival and Spirit Week, successful and happy alumni, and of course, most importantly, our students!

There is one crucial element, however, that has not been quite as visible -- until now! As a college-preparatory school, Cape Henry Collegiate’s primary mission is to provide a rigorous, 21st century academic program that will ensure our graduates’ success in college and beyond. We are most certainly doing that, but ironically, it is one of the areas of the School that parents rarely get the chance to see. One of my favorite roles as Academic Dean is visiting classes to see teachers collaborating with students in unique and engaging ways. Now you can accompany me on my travels through the halls of Cape Henry Collegiate School from Prekindergarten through Grade 12 by reading my new academic blog entitled, “Come on in – class has started!”

Through the blog posts, we hope that we can share with you some of the inspiration, hope, and renewal we experience when we see curious young minds at work and play, and teachers who love their profession! Enjoy!

Mrs. Barbara Beachley,Academic Dean

Please congratulate Mac Morecock for winning a Special Merit Award and $40 in the Youth Art Show this fall. He displayed handmade string instruments including a banjo and a cigar-box mandolin.

Fifteen students who took Ad-vanced Placement (AP) exams at Cape Henry, some of whom have graduated, have been recognized by the College Board for the AP Schol-ar Award. Kaleigh Cohen, Yasemin Johnson, and Mac Morecock have been named AP Scholars for earn-ing a score of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. David Blanchard has been named as an AP Scholar with Honor for receiving an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP ex-ams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Congratulations to Paige Wheeler for signing with the University of South Carolina to play Womens Vol-leyball, to Sam Law for signing with Virginia Tech for Wrestling, and to Morgan Freeman for signing with the University of Connecticut to play Womens Volleyball. A formal “sign-ing” will take place later in the year.

Numerous team and individual Cheerleading Awards were pre-sented at Cheer Camp at Longwood University this summer. Congratu-lations to All-Americans: Courtney Cripps, Natalie Mason, and Kristin Hopkins. Team Awards: 3rd place in Home Pom Routine; 3rd place in Varsity Cheer Camp Championship; and 2nd place for Most Improved Team at camp.

Sophomore Kayleigh Reed won the 40th Virginia State Golf Association Junior Girls’ Cham-pionship for the 14-15 year old divi-sion as well as the long drive contest in July. Kayleigh

also won the Trusted Choice/Opti-mist Junior Classic (14-15 year old year Girl division) in June and rep-resented Virginia at the 15th Annual Optimist International Junior Golf Championship in July. She also won 1st place at the Colonial Junior Golf Tour Golden Horseshoe Invitational Girls Division in June.

Our Girls Volleyball Team hosted their Second Annual Dig Pink Vol-leyball match against conference opponent Norfolk Collegiate School in October. Cape Henry joined over 700 high schools and colleg-es throughout the country hosting Dig Pink matches dur-ing Breast Cancer Awareness Month each October.

“In the game with...Morgan Free-man - Cape Henry senior stands tall among the state’s volleyball royalty” was a feature arti-cle by Mike Keech which ran in The Vi rg in ian-P i lot .

COME ON IN - CLASS HAS STARTED!// Cape Henry’s New Academic Blog Has Arrived

chcsclassroom.wordpress.com

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Zack Zapatero won the Arby’s Ju-niors Open Tournament boys 16’s division held at the Princess Anne Country Club in October.

Steven Sims, Jr. “Teenage racer has mud in his blood” was a feature article in The Virginian-Pilot’s Bea-con by John Streit.

“Cape Henry play-er helps U.S. Hoop Stars to medal” was an article on Langston Pette-way by John Streit that appeared in The Virginian-Pilot.

Langston was also featured in an article in The Vir-ginian-Pilot Beacon’s GAME ON en-titled, “Langston Petteway to Youth Friendship Games.”

Congratulations to the following students for being selected as par-ticipants in the 2010 All-District Cho-rus. Upper School Participants: Ra-chel Becka, Kalan Brehm, Jennifer DeSteph, Meghan Hare, Kristin Hop-kins, Madison Houck, Jenna Knight, Jennifer Lee, Nikki Mandell, Mag-

gie McGraw, Elizabeth McNamara, Scotty Morris, Alice Shipp, Brooke Stellmach, and Kristen Vretakis. Up-per School Alternate: Keeley Deel

FACULTY AND STAFFMr. Jeff Smith performed with Bobby Rydell, Fabian, and Frankie Avalon as part of their “Golden Boys” tour at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts. Jeff also per-formed at the Sandler Center in No-vember with the Virginia Symphony and Grammy Award-winning vocal-ist Natalie Cole.

Ms. Charlotte Dettwiler, a member of Symphonicity, performed this fall at the Sandler Center for the Per-forming Arts with music by Copland, Sibelius, and Mendelssohn.

All of the faculty who traveled to Cuba last year on a Nexus Faculty trip, Mrs. Marguerite Ulmer, Mr. Jimmy Dragas, Mr. Tom Rodgers,

Ms. Michelle Frasher, Ms. Beth Buchanan, Mrs. Carol Kerbin, Mr. Jim Kerbin, and Ms. Laura Lechler ‘92, reunited for a summer evening cruise.

Mr. Jeff Warden was honored for the second year in a row by being commissioned by the City of Virgin-ia Beach to paint the 2009 Neptune Festivals Poster.

“Cape Henry’s Ingram Retires After 40 Years” was an article written by Larry Rubama and Jami Frankenber-ry for the Sports Section of The Vir-ginian-Pilot announcing Coach John Ingram’s retirement.

Cape Henry is pleased to welcome

our new administrators and faculty

for the 2009-2010 academic year.

To view their impressive bios, go to:

community.capehenrycollegiate.org/soundings

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It would be an understatement to say the 2008-2009 athletic year was a

huge success. The Dolphins competed at the highest level in all varsity

sports, and in the process they made banner hanging seem routine. In

all, there were seven TCIS Championships, two state championships, six

TCIS Coaches of the Year, one state Coach of the Year, three High School

All-Americans, and one recipient of the Chesapeake Athletic Club’s Metro-

politan Coach of the Year Award (John In-

gram). Cape Henry had championships

from field hockey (TCIS), girls volleyball (TCIS & state), boys volleyball (TCIS), girls ten-

nis (TCIS & state), wrestling (TCIS), girls lacrosse (TCIS), and boys tennis (TCIS). The

seven conference titles stand as the most the School has won in any given year, but the

goals have only increased with each success.

With the first half of the 2009-2010 athletic season almost complete, more impressive

results have been turned in. For the second straight season, both volleyball teams cap-

tured TCIS tournament championships, but unlike last year, they both earned the TCIS

regular season title, too, (the girls volleyball team claimed that crown in 2008, as well). The boys do not have a state tour-

nament to compete in, but the girls swept their way to a second consecutive state championship, making them arguably

the best team in program history. The girls tennis team finished second in the

TCIS tournament and earned a berth into the state tournament, field hockey

and boys soccer each earned berths to their respective state tournaments,

and the cross country teams competed at a high level in the TCIS meet. Each

varsity program turned in a winning season, and the combined records of the

varsity sports finished at 70-30-3, with the cross-

country team routinely finishing in the top three in

each meet in which they competed.

The excitement around Cape Henry athletics is clear. Each person under the athletic program

is committed to excellence, and each team sets its bar higher and higher. Past athletes cre-

ated a foundation of success and pride for Dolphins athletics, and current athletes are carrying

the torch seamlessly.

Athletic Successes// Building on a Strong Foundation

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRYIndividual Achievements

• David Blanchard 1st Team All-TCIS

GIRLS FIELD HOCKEYIndividual Achievements

• Ashmore Standing 1st Team All-TCIS 1st Team All-State• Megan Bradley 1st Team All-TCIS All-State Tournament Team• Amalia Riess Honorable Mention All-TCIS• Stephanie White Honorable Mention All-TCIS

BOYS SOCCERIndividual Achievements

• Peter Pearson 1st Team All-TCIS Honorable Mention All-State• Corey Mavromatis 2nd Team All-TCIS• Greg Noordanus 2nd Team All-TCIS

GIRLS TENNISTeam Achievements

• TCIS Runner-Up

Individual Achievements• Brittany Pilkington TCIS Player of the Year• Brittany Pilkington/ TCIS Doubles Team of the Year Karling Watson

BOYS VOLLEYBALLTeam Achievements

• TCIS Regular Season Champions• TCIS Tournament Champions

Individual Achievements• Max Wagner TCIS Player of the Year• Terrell Allen 1st Team All-TCIS TCIS Tournament MVP• Clarke Templeton 1st Team All-TCIS• Scotty Morris 2nd Team All-TCIS• Chris Ostrowski Honorable Mention All-TCIS• Blake Whited Honorable Mention All-TCIS• Adam Dierstein TCIS Coach of the Year

GIRLS VOLLEYBALLTeam Achievements

• TCIS Regular Season Champions• TCIS Tournament Champions• Division II State Champions

Individual Achievements• Morgan Freeman 1st Team All-TCIS TCIS Tournament MVP State Tournament MVP• Paige Wheeler 1st Team All-TCIS State All-Tournament Team• Kate Pleasants 1st Team All-TCIS State All-Tournament Team• Kinsey Gooch Honorable Mention All-TCIS

Fall Varsity Athletic Awards

Cape Henry athletics continues to make huge strides on a yearly basis. The 2008-2009 year saw unheralded success for the Dolphins, and the 2009-2010 athletic year is shaping up to be equally as impressive. As a result, we have revamped our online athletics offerings. On November 30, 2009, the start of the 2009-2010 winter athletic season,

Cape Henry unveiled its athletics blog at www.dolphinsathletics.com.

Consider the new athletics blog one-stop shopping. The blog will be the new home of daily athletic results write-ups, weekly Athlete of the Week write-ups, and video highlights of Cape Henry’s varsity teams in action. The blog will link to the current Cape Henry athletics’ webpage for important information such as venue directions, schedules, team pages, and more.

www.dolphinsathletics.com // Cape Henry’s Athletic Blog

Mr. Charlie Lonergan,Sports Information Director

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The Alumni Annual Giving goal this year is $53,000. I am

proud to report that we have already raised approximately

40% of this goal in just a few short months. We have 100%

participation from the Alumni Board, and we already have 100 alumni donors.

This is a fantastic start and I know we can reach our goal by the end of the

school year with the continued support of our vast alumni base. Fundraising is

never an easy task. On behalf of the board, I want to thank everyone who has

had the tough job of asking, as well as thank those who have graciously given.

I would also like to encourage those who have not yet given, to get in on the

action and help us reach our goal. Donations for Annual Giving are accepted

through June 30, 2010.

Volunteering your time and talent is another way to give back to the School.

Alumni Career Day, February 19, is quickly approaching. Volunteer to speak to

the current senior class and then stay for a Networking Lunch. The Networking

Lunch is a new initiative this year, and we are excited to offer this opportunity

to alumni of all ages and all spectrums of the professional working world. The

goal of the Alumni Association is to serve as an asset on many levels to all

constituents of the Cape Henry community.

As we navigate through the rest of this school year, the Alumni Association has

organized many great events, and we encourage you to participate. The Ath-

letic Hall of Fame Induction dinner will be held April 30 in conjunction with our

Reunion Weekend celebrating the graduation classes that end in ‘00 and ‘05.

We are looking for volunteers to help organize and contact classmates for this

event. This weekend is a great opportunity to reconnect with your classmates

and network with the many successful Cape Henry alumni.

In June, we will celebrate “Clean the Bay Day” where alumni, along with their

families, can join together and help contribute to our local community. People

make the difference in this world, and Cape Henry Collegiate produces some

great people.

Once again, thank you for your support, and let’s continue to make a difference

together!

Neel Desai ‘93

President, Alumni Board

mail

Alumni Office

Cape Henry Collegiate School

1320 Mill Dam Road

Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454

phone

Alumni Office: (757) 963-8208

email

alumniaffairsdir@capehenry.org

website

www.capehenrycollegiate.org

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Each year, the CHCS Alumni Associa-tion provides Faculty Grants to select-ed faculty members for the “promotion of unique opportunities for profession-al growth and personal rejuvenation.” I had heard about this exciting program during my first few years at Cape Hen-ry, had thought about how wonderful it would be to receive a grant, but I still was not completely sure where I would go and how I would tie it into my job duties. Well, luckily for me, as the con-clusion to my fifth year of CHCS ser-vice approached (which is a requirement to apply for a grant), USA Field Hockey announced that the United States would host the 2009 Junior World Cup Field Hockey Tournament. That meant that the top Under-21 National Teams from all over the world would be headed to Cambridge, Massachusetts to compete on the campus of Harvard University, the birthplace of American Field Hockey! In conjunction with the tournament, USA Field Hockey was offering top-level coaching accreditation courses, players’ clinics, and networking opportunities. This was an opportunity that I did not want to miss!

Alumni Career Day is on Friday, February 19 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

For more information or to serve as a speaker, please contact:

Mrs. Kristen Wheelerkristenwheeler@capehenry.org(757) 963-8208

- or -

Emily Medley Robbins ‘97emily.medley@gmail.com

Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2010 Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner on Friday, April 30! Remember that nominations are due by Monday, February 1!

For more information, please contact:

Mrs. Kristen Wheeler kristenwheeler@capehenry.org (757) 963-8208

- or -

Mr. Trent Dudley ’88(757) 288-6220 trent.dudley@wachovia.com To nominate an individual for the 2010 Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame, go to:community.capehenrycollegiate.org/halloffame

Save the Date! Reunion Weekend Reception on Saturday, May 1. We are looking for volunteers from the classes of 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005 to plan/promote the Reunion Weekend. For more information or to help plan your class reunion, please contact:

Mrs. Kristen Wheeler kristenwheeler@capehenry.org (757) 963-8208

The Alumni Association celebrated our growing number of legacy families dur-

ing a special Alumni Legacy Family Coffee to kick-start the school year! Thank

you for continuing the Cape Henry Collegiate School tradition in your family!

Alumni Faculty Summer Grant Program// Women’s Junior World Cup

Legacy Family Coffee// The Tradition Lives On

ALUMNI CAREER DAY

ALUMNI ATHLETICHALL OF FAME

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND

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Ed Denton ’97 Ed recently started his own busi-ness, Denton Hospitality, to provide practical, hands-on services to hotel owners, investors, and operators.

Gregory Dragas ’00 Gregory graduated from Wake For-est University in May with his mas-ter of arts degree. Gregory was also involved with the development of a website entitled www.fightingreli-giousintolerance.org. Pictured with Greg are Jimmy Dragas ‘02, CHCS Upper School Math teacher, and Annabelle Dragas ‘06, rising senior at the College of William and Mary where she is double majoring in English and theatre.

Mark Pike ’00Recently graduated from William & Mary School of Law, passed the Virginia Bar Exam, and is currently living in D.C. He is looking to begin a career in the intersection of com-munications, policy, and law.

Rachael Wagner ’00Rachael is excited to announce her engagement to Sam Abrams. Rachael is living in New York City, working in finance, and Sam is a political science professor at Sarah Lawrence College. The couple is planning to get married in Hampton Roads during the summer of 2010.

Nevin Carr ‘01Nevin married Maddie Fisher on January 24, 2009 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Leslie Leffke ‘01Leslie graduated with a master in architecture degree from Texas A&M University and was married in September to CPT Obadiah Brians. They are currently living in New Or-leans, Louisiana where her husband serves with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Fellow CHCS alumnae, Stephanie Chambers ‘01 and Bridg-et Bradley ‘01 served as brides-maids in the wedding.

Phil Medley ‘02Phil is set to graduate from Law School in May, and is engaged to Lauren Clyne, whom he met while working in Washington, D.C. The happy couple is looking to set the wedding date in fall of 2010.

Gabrielle Weisberg Cabreros ‘03Gabrielle joined Cape Henry’s facul-ty as an Upper School English teach-er this year. She also celebrated her wedding day in October!

Lindsey Hochman ‘03With a first and second place fin-ish during the US Rowing Nation-als last spring, Lindsey qualified to compete for the US National Team during the World Championships held in Poland last August. Lindsey’s team took home the bronze medal. Lindsey currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

Brandon Newsome ‘03Brandon graduated from Wake For-est, and completed an internship with the Golf Chan-nel in Orlando, Florida. Now that he is living in Vir-ginia Beach again, he plans to get in-volved with Cape Henry’s Alumni As-sociation.

Alumni Notes

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Angela Savvas ‘04Angela was the house act at Co-balt Grille in Hilltop North Shopping Center this past fall. Angela has re-cently relocated to New York City to pursue her career in music.

William Scullion ‘04Congratulations to William on his graduation from George Mason University!

Mike Timms ‘04Mike captained the University of Virginia’s men’s lacrosse team to an NCAA Final Four appearance. After graduation, he made his way into Major League Lacrosse, where he played for the Toronto Nationals. They won the MLL Championship this year!

Lisa Bateman ‘05Lisa graduated from the College of William and Mary in May and is liv-ing in Tampa, Florida, working on her Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of South Florida.

Aria Branch ‘05Aria graduated Cum Laude from Duke University in May of 2009. She completed a double major in po-litical science and African-American studies. At graduation, Aria won the John Hope Franklin Award for Aca-

demic Achievement. This summer, she is working as a summer associ-ate at the New York Office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, one of the world’s largest law firms. In the fall of 2009, Aria joined the Class of 2012 at Harvard Law School.

Tyler Brooks ‘05Tyler graduated from Ole Miss with a degree in hospitality management. He is currently living in Florence, It-aly where he is working for a travel company and managing a nightclub. Several CHCS alumni have visited Tyler, including Joe Napolitano ’05, Clay Tourault ’06, and Greg Wells ‘04 who were able to get tickets to the Florence-Liverpool soccer game! Sarah Potter ’07, who is currently in school in Lugano, Switzerland, was also able to join Tyler, Joe, and Clay for Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.

Amy Hruska ‘05Amy is living in Norcross, Georgia where she is a Faculty Fellow at a private Christian school called Wes-leyan. Amy was accepted to the Col-lege of William and Mary to pursue her master’s in education degree, secondary education science, but deferred her acceptance until this coming summer. This spring break, Amy will travel with 17 students and three faculty members to the Ukraine to work in orphanages.

Chris Kryworuk ‘05Chris achieved Dean’s List with Dis-tinction for Spring Semester 2009 for Virginia Tech’s School of Engi-neering. Chris is currently intern-ing at Clark Nexsen and recently trekked through Europe with Zach Haddad ’05.

Sean Sheppard ‘05Sean attends North Carolina Agricul-tural and Technical State University. He is majoring in chemical engineer-ing and minoring in engineering physics.

Whitney Bennis ‘06Whitney is the only female on a team of Virginia Tech engineering students working to develop the green car of the future. The ECO-CAR competition is sponsored by the Department of Energy and Gen-eral Motors; they will announce the winner in early spring of 2010.

Anne Birkhead ‘06Anne completed an internship in the Premium Sales and Market-ing department at FedEx Field for the Washington Redskins this past summer.

Drake Childress ‘06Drake stopped by Cape Henry be-fore heading back to Stanford this fall. He is majoring in English with a concentration in comparative my-thology.

Emily Jones ‘06Emily, who is a senior at Pepperdine University, is interning in Morocco and will be joining the Peace Corps in August.

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Wes Northam ‘06Wes, a rising senior at the College of William and Mary, was selected as an ALSAM Scholar for the 2009-2010 academic year. ALSAM Schol-ars are each awarded a total of $7,500 to be used for research sup-plies or research-related travel and stipend or tuition support.

Jeremy McMahan ‘06Jeremy, a senior at the College of William and Mary, spent this past spring semester in India studying the Tibetan culture through a Tibet-an and Himalayan studies program.

Kelly Timms ‘06Kelly, who is a senior at the Univer-sity of Alabama, completed a sum-mertime marketing internship with Qdoba, which is owned by fellow alumnus, Colin Kelly ’01. The CHCS career connection at work!

Lauren Turner ‘06Lauren, who is majoring in nursing at James Madison University, stud-ied this summer in Malta, an island off the coast of Italy. She worked and took classes in a local hospi-

tal. When she returned to Virginia Beach, she interned at Chesapeake General Hospital.

Lauren Cheniae ‘07Lauren was cast in her first main stage show, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, at the College of William and Mary this past fall. Lauren played a Scottish schoolgirl who was select-ed as one of Miss Brodie’s special “set.”

Emily Cole ‘07Emily, who is majoring in hospital-ity and tourism management at the College of Charleston, stopped by

to visit CHCS during her fall break. She is shown here with Bryan Goldner ‘09 (See page 21).

Stephanie Grune ‘07Stephanie, a junior at Randolph-Ma-con College, is majoring in biology and plans to be a physical therapist. Stephanie is also playing basketball for the Lady Hor-nets, who were conference cham-pions last season!

Robert Morey ‘07Robert, who was a starting pitcher for the University of Virginia during

the College Baseball World Series this past summer, was honored dur-ing the tournament for achieving the highest GPA from the ACC School represented during the CBWS.

Sarah Potter ‘07Sarah is studying in Lugano, Swit-zerland, taking 21 credit hours in less than four months! While the workload is demanding, she loves the freedom on weekends to travel

t h r o u g h o u t Europe. This picture is from I n t e r l a k e n , Switzerland.

Ally Brooks ‘08Ally thoroughly enjoyed her spring semester at the University of South Carolina! She is majoring in early education and earned a 3.4 during the spring.

Josh Collingsworth ’08 and Greer Fawley ‘09

Both Josh and Greer worked at Cape Henry this summer with the Horizons program. Josh is a sopho-more at Long-wood Universi-ty and Greer is a freshman at the University of Alabama.

Representing CHCS, Mrs. Julie Scherrer, Mrs. Kristen Wheeler, and Mr. Len Doran, hit the road and hosted dinners and lunches for our alumni who are attending Virginia Tech, Radford University, James Madison University, the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, and Christopher Newport University. There were plenty of warm memories, good laughs, and discussions regarding continuing the School’s successes and ways to improve for the future.

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Mary Flowers ‘08Mary, who is a sophomore at the University of Richmond, is majoring in marketing and playing lacrosse. The team has a new coach this year, and Mary is excited about the future of her team!

Darrian Freeman ‘08Darrian is playing basketball at Palm Beach Community College in Florida.

Lauren Papineau ‘08Cape Henry networking was in full force this summer! Lauren complet-ed a paid internship position with MCO Inc., where she worked as an administrative assistant for Margo Hunt Winan’s ’89 husband.

Emily Ahern ’09, Erin Com-erford ’09, Tyler Faubert ’09, Meggie Chicoine ’09, Brianna Gomez ’09, Katie Heilig ‘09

All of these young alumni stopped by Cape Henry to visit friends and faculty during their fall break!

Kendall Burns ‘09Kendall, a freshman at George Ma-son University, is working to declare her major in arts and visual technol-ogy with a concen-tration in fine arts as she plans to be an art teacher.

Matt Cheniae ’09 Matt, a freshman at the College of William and Mary, stopped by Cape Henry with his dorm mate during fall break.

Casey Dyckman ‘09Casey, a freshman at Sweetbriar College, is considering a “3-2” pro-gram, which delivers a physics de-

gree within three years, and then she would transfer to either Virginia Tech, Columbia, or UVA for mechanical engineering. She

is serving as Vice President of her class, and served as an assistant stage manager for the theater de-partment’s main show on Hallow-een night.

Bryan Goldner ‘09Bryan found time to stop by Cape Henry during his freshman fall break from the College of William and Mary. (See photo with Emily Cole ‘07)

Julia LaSalvia ‘09Julia has had her hands full traveling with the Top-20 Division I Stanford Cardinals field hockey team. Locat-ed in Califor-nia, much of their playing time is on the road. She says she is handling the academic workload along with the athletic workload, but admits it is challenging.

Kristen Meredith ‘09Kristen, a freshman field hockey player at Longwood University, is enjoying school and working hard to establish her spot on a very com-petitive field hockey team. CHCS faculty members, who also hap-pen to be Longwood alumnae, Kim Johnson and Julie Levine, drove up to watch a game and support their newest Lancer athlete.

Kelsey Scherrer ‘09Kelsey, showed here with Libi Hen-ley ‘07, is a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University. She was twice named the Colonial Ath-

letic Association’s Rookie of the Week for field hockey. She finished the season as VCU’s leading scorer with 11 goals and 5 assists. Her

stellar play at the center forward po-sition landed her a spot on the CAA Rookie Squad, 2nd Team All-CAA, the NFHCA Division I All-South Region Team, and just recently, to the Wo-mensFieldHockey.com Division I All-Rookie Squad.

Kathryn Van Deveer ‘09Kathryn, a freshman at the College of William and Mary, stopped by during her fall break to say “Hello” to her Cape Henry family!

Price Wheeler ‘09Price Wheeler, a freshman at Flagler College, was one of only two new surfers to make the school’s surf team. Flagler has traditionally field-ed a strong surf team; the tradition seems to be continuing as they won their first contest of the year.

Dylan Wicher ’09, Francesca Garland ’09, Hannah Duffy ‘09

The three college freshman stopped by to visit friends and faculty during their fall break.

Ben Waterbury ‘09 and Michael Joyce ‘09

Both Ben and Michael are surviving their “rat” ( f r e s h -men) year at Virginia M i l i t a r y Institute.

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THE CAST: (Left to Right) Front Row: Peter Holland, Mary Belle Gardener, Seabrell Johnson, Ann Everett, Billy Woodhouse, and Betty Dodson Second Row: Marguarite Lockwood, Scott Sterling, Nancy Parker, Dorothy Hogshire, Allen Tyler, and Ann Jeffries Back Row: Milner Ashburn, Richard Dickson, Nancy Page Rogers, Goody Tyler, and Virginia Everett

The year was 1929, the place – the steps of the Driftwood HotelMrs. Everett was a huge opera fan and each year had the students of the Everett School produce an operetta. Since her home was too small for the performance, she would hold it in various hotels and theaters in the area.

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