Parent Update: October 2011

Campus News

State of the World: Afghanistan

The Wantman Family State of the World lecture series began this fall with a lecture on Afghanistan. On October 5, Don Goodrich, of the Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation, spoke about the country’s history and politics.

Goodrich and his wife, Sally, now deceased, lost their son, Peter, during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The Goodriches traveled to Afghanistan in an attempt to understand the reasons behind the attack. The foundation they subsequently created in their son’s name focuses on building schools in Afghanistan and supporting Afghan youth who attend schools in the U.S.

The series continues on October 20 with Lia Gladstone, a poet, playwright, and filmmaker who spent a year as an assistant professor of English and drama at the American University of Afghanistan. Gladstone works with young people to create positive change through theater. She will speak about the changes occurring in Afghanistan as viewed through the arts.

To read about the lecture series, click here.

Gallery Exhibit Sets Tone for Year

College Fair News

Update from the NMH Weather Station

Matriculation Means a Signature, a Handshake, a Community

At Convocation, Advice and a Dare

91 Books in Common

Parent Giving

Annual Fund Volunteers

Kudos

Seniors Best Juniors in 85th Rope Pull

Cum Laude

Fall Rosters and Casts

September was a busy month for NMH students. As courses started up again, NMHers also looked for new opportunities beyond the classroom. In mid-September, NMH held its annual Activities Fair, where extracurricular groups met potential recruits. After a few weeks of auditions, the following fall rosters and casts were announced:

Student Congress 2011–2012

The mission of Student Congress is to improve academic and residential life at school by integrating student perspectives into the administrative process. Student Congress is elected by house and class, and day student representatives are elected at a day student meeting.

Chair of Assembly: Tucker Kavanaugh ’12

Chair of Records:Gabriella Lee ’12

Chair of Student Life: James Yu ’12

Class of 2012

President: Sarah Bravo

Vice President: Yichen Ellie Li

Treasurer: Kyra Toomre

Secretary: Adam Arsenault

Class of 2013

President: Fritz Windover

Vice President: Roxanne Maduro

Treasurer: Clement Lanusse-Broussal

Secretary: Nicholas Tassoni

Class of 2014

President: Alec Shea

Vice President: Suki White

Treasurer: Yucheng Lu

Secretary: Nawara Hammam

Class of 2015

President: Chris Ahn

Vice President: Isabelle Lotocki

Treasurer: Tim Heist

Secretary:TBD

Post Graduate Representative: Lucas Malone ’12

Day Student Representative: Grainne Buchanan ’13

NMH Dance Companies

Membership in NMH’s dance groups is coed and determined by auditions held each term. Dancers learn such styles as modern, ballet, improvisation, and jazz. The fall performance begin on Nov. 11, 7:30 pm, in the Rhodes Arts Center.

Senior Dance Company

Maggie Burr ’12

Janine Cerutti ’12

Asamaporn Chounchaisit ’13

Cherry Fung ’13

Peggy Pappas ’12

Gabrielle Rerra ’15

Alice Wilkinson ’13

Hannah Zorian ’13

Hope Rohrbach ’13

Maggie Vail ’14

Junior Dance Company

Isabel Bennett ’13

Grainne Buchannan ’13

Kinsey Crowley ’13

Tory Dobbin ’14

Olivia Enriquez ’12

Emma Flynt ’12

Hannah Greene ’14

Lily Kane ’12

Oona Kilcommons ’12

Caroline Lim ’13

Cynthia Mercedes ’13

Understudies

Harper Baldwin ’15

Vivian Pazmany ’14

NMH Pianists is a group of students who perform across campus throughout the year. Membership is by audition. The mission of the group is to use piano skills to invest in the NMH community and beyond.

Duong Doan ’15

Candy Wang ’15

Ke Liu ’15

Alison Kennedy ’12

Xingyi (Lisa) Wang ’14

Beatrice Dowdy ’15

Anne Ng ’13

Noah Gamble ’14

Siyan Hu ’13

Eric Chou ’13

Elena Korytnikova ’12

*Yunny Chung ’13

*Isabel MorganKarl ’12

*Meta Surjaputra ’12

*Danli Wang ’12

* = club presidents

The Theater Program presents a production every fall and spring. This year, the students will be performing the award-winning musical “Curtains,” Nov. 17-20, 7:30 pm, at the Rhodes Arts Center.

Lt. Frank Cioffi—Cam Woods ’12

Niki Harris—Kyra Toomre ’12

Georgia Hendricks—Jessica Marlor ’12

Carmen Bernstein—KD Lindeman ’12

Aaron Fox—Adam Arsenault ’12

Sidney Bernstein—Eddie Yankow ’13

Christopher Belling—Wylie Earp ’12

Bambi Bernet—Leah Schwartz ’13

Daryl Grady—August Rulewich ’12

Johnny Harmon—Charlie White ’13

Oscar Shapiro—David Coleman ’13

Bobby Pepper—Drew Palmer ’12

Jessica Cranshaw—Cordelia Dewdney ’12

Ensemble:
Annie Garrett-Larsen (Dance Captain) ’13

Hannah Levin ’15

Ellery Hickey ’15

Monique Roberts ’15

Anne Li ’12

Vivian Griefahn ’13

Kendra Davis ’14

Joanna Pang ’12

Anna Dokina ’12

Cora Sloan ’13

Sarah Bravo ’12

Tiffany Yu ’14

Lisa Wang ’14

Washington Wang ’14

Kevin Han ’14

Josh Levell ’13

Josh Sheppard ’15

Ben Wheeler ’13

Cordelia Dewdney ’12

August Rulewich ’12

Assistant Director—Rachel Francklyn ’13

Stage Manager—Olivia Mobayed ’12

Parent Update: October 2011

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