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have her join our faculty.
Changes: Kim Adams is the Delta Mu advisor. Michaela Boyesen
becomes a full-time faculty member. Liz Fuller is our registrar. Martha
Odhner is taking over girls Human Anatomy and Physiology. Crystal Smith
is the Director of the Doering Health Clinic and school nurse. Erica Stine is
the girls senior class advisor. Mary Williams takes over as the girls sophomore
class advisor. Erica Cantley is Theta Alpha liaison.
There are 95 enrolled students in the Girls School: 21 freshmen, 18
sophomores, 32 juniors and 24 seniors. There are 66 day students and 29
boarding students.
The theme for the year is: “Behold, I make all things new.” (Revelation
21:5) There is a sense of excitement in the Girls School about the new school
year that is invigorating.
Faculty changes in the Boys School:
We are sad that Shawn Synnestvedt, Kyle Genzlinger, Greg Synnestvedt and
Ivan Maddock are not starting the year with us, but are very happy to welcome
several new employees. Brandon Asplundh is the new Boys School Athletic
Director; Jeremy Fehon is teaching a section of Introductory Physical Science
to freshmen boys and Geometry to sophomore boys; and Cory Boyce has
returned to teach Senior Project, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, and serve as Math
Department Head.
Some internal shifts include: Eyvind Boyesen is the PE/Health Department
Head; Keith Gruber is the Visual Arts Department Head; Doug Reuter is the
head baseball coach; Cade Gurney is the head ice hockey coach; Simon Daum
is the assistant Sigma advisor and co-director of the fall play; Ty Klippenstein
is teaching Civics and Economics; Dylan Glenn is teaching Ancient History;
Rob Forster is the new Asplundh Field House Facilities Manager; and Chris
Groh is helping us as an IT support technician. Crystal Smith is in charge of
all health-related programs on campus, and we could not be more pleased with
the level of care she provides our students.
We started the year with 134 boys enrolled in the Boys School: 40
freshmen, 32 sophomores, 30 juniors and 32 seniors. We have 101 day students
and 34 boarding students.
Benade Hall Fourth Floor Renovations
This summer, thanks to very generous donations from the Glencairn
Foundation, the Class of 1975 and a private donor, we were able to renovate
the entire fourth-floor science labs, hallways, offices and storage rooms.
Our Science Department met a number of times with us to help determine
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