Faces of Excellence 2011 - Berwick Academy

Faces of Excellence 2011

Valedictorian
New Berwick Academy Mission Statement 2011
During the 2010-2011 academic school year, the Mission and Culture committee of the Board of Trustees
led the Berwick community through a comprehensive process of reviewing and revising the Academy’s
mission statement. This process was extremely inclusive in that it offered separate gatherings with
students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees. All groups were asked to reflect upon the strengths
and weaknesses of the prior mission statement while considering possible changes. Highlights include:
1) The new mission is substantially shorter, having gone from eight sentences to three.
2) The new statement includes an emphasis on relationships (students clearly drove this thrust),
technology, wellness, and leadership that was not present previously.
3) There is now a direct connection between the Core Values and the Mission Statement, and it is all
presented on one “statement of purpose” page.
Berwick Academy Mission
Adapted by the Board of Trustees, April, 2011:
Berwick Academy, founded in 1791, is a Pre-kindergarten through Post-graduate college-preparatory
day school dedicated to promoting virtue and useful knowledge among the rising generations. As one
school with three divisions, Berwick develops balanced leaders through personal relationships that
foster confidence and achievement. By engaging in a program distinguished by academic challenge,
creative expression and performance, innovative technology, ethical sportsmanship, wellness, and a
commitment to the common good, Berwick graduates become resilient citizens by living our core
values of balance, engagement, excellence, and integrity.
Jenna Maddock, the daughter of Jamie and Sue Maddock of South
Berwick, was inducted into the Cum Laude Society during her junior year.
She maintained an impeccable academic record, achieving high honors
in every marking period and having the highest class average for five
of the seven years from fifth grade on. She also received departmental
recognition awards in science and French, the Princeton Book Award of
Maine, the chemistry medal, and was a member of the National French
Honor Society. She placed first in the state of Maine and in the top ten
nationally for the past five years in the National French Exam and was a
Presidential Scholar Nominee and National Merit Finalist. She was also
the top scorer in the state of Maine for the Chemistry Olympiad as a
junior.
In addition to her academics, Jenna played seven seasons of varsity
athletics at Berwick, four in cross-country running and three in softball.
In running, she was named All-NEPSTA for all four years, team MVP, an
EIL All-Star for the past two years, and was a co-captain her senior year. She was named an EIL All-Star as a junior in softball
as well. In addition to school athletics, Jenna is a nordic skier and trains year-round for the sport. Skiing for Gunstock Nordic
Association, she has been named to the New Hampshire J2 for both years she was eligible and has been named to the New
Hampshire Eastern High School team for all four years. This past year, she was the top-ranked female skier on the New
Hampshire team and also qualified to compete in Junior Nationals in Minneapolis, where her best finish was nineteenth place.
Jenna also plays flute, performing in the Winterfest Audition Concert for three out of her four years in high school
and performing in the pit orchestra for musicals. She also played the piano at school concerts and coffeehouses and enjoys
being able to perform with other students. In addition, she was part of the stage crew for the winter musical. Jenna is currently
attending Williams College, where she will pursue a liberal arts education and ski competitively on the Nordic team.
Danny Bottino is the son of Marlane and Robert Bottino of Kittery Point, Maine. Danny
attended Berwick Academy since the sixth grade, and was inducted into the Cum Laude Society
his junior year. Having placed on the honor or high honor roll every marking period during his
high school career and on the high honor roll since the beginning of his sophomore year, Danny
completed five honors courses and six AP courses at Berwick. Other academic accomplishments
include being inducted into the National Spanish Honor Society his sophomore year, receiving
the history departmental recognition award his sophomore year, the Bausch and Lomb award
his junior year, and receiving the Cogswell award for having the highest GPA during his junior
year.
Salutatorian
Danny was a member of the Varsity Cross Country team since his sophomore year and
the Varsity Tennis team since his junior year. He won the JV tennis coach’s award his freshman
year and the MVP award his sophomore year before being promoted to varsity. He also acted in
two Upper School dramatic plays, The Man Who Came to Dinner and Arms and the Man, and he was
an integral part of the Berwick Academy robotics team and chess club since his freshman year.
Danny is currently attending Tufts University, where he plans to major in either biology
or international relations and minor in film studies.
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Cum Laude Society
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Founded in 1906, the Cum Laude Society is dedicated to honoring scholastic achievement in secondary schools. The presence of a Cum Laude
chapter at a secondary school is an indication that superior scholastic achievement is honored. The founders of the society modeled Cum Laude
after Phi Beta Kappa and in the years since its founding, Cum Laude has grown to 350 chapters, approximately two dozen of which are located in
public schools and the rest in independent schools. In addition to 2011 Valedictorian Jenna Maddock and Salutatorian Danny Bottino, ten 2011
graduates were members of the Cum Laude Society.
Elizabeth Hopkins received recognition awards in art, history, English, and French, the Harvard
Book Prize, the Head of School award, was inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society and the
French Honor Society, and was admitted into the National Art Honor Society during her time
at BA. She was an active participant in the arts, including leading roles in three Upper School
productions. Elizabeth is now a freshman at Skidmore College.
William Leach received a departmental recognition award in mathematics
and was inducted into the Spanish National Honor Society in his junior
year. He was a member of the Varsity Tennis team for four years, receiving the MVP award twice.
William traveled as a student ambassador to Italy and Greece with the People to People organization
and was active in the student government at Berwick. He is now studying at the University of
Richmond.
Katie MacFarlane received the departmental recognition award for
English and Latin, the Dartmouth College Book Award, and a Letter of Commendation in the
National Merit Scholarship Test during her time at BA. She was inducted into the National
Latin Honor Society and Tri-M Music Honor Society in her sophomore year. Katie was actively
involved in athletics as a member of the Varsity Lacrosse team. She co-founded the Berwick
Green Alliance during her junior year, and was yearbook editor during her senior year. She is now
attending Middlebury College.
Sophie Merrow received a departmental recognition award in physics and English, the Blue and
White Award, and the Hilltop Award during her time at BA. Sophie was also inducted into the
National French Honor Society as a sophomore, and the Art Honor Society as a senior. Sophie
was a three-season athlete, playing on the Varsity Lacrosse, Soccer, and Ski teams. She was a
founding member of the Peer Tutor program and served as co-editor of the Vernacular, the Berwick
Academy literary magazine. Sophie is now attending the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Brian Rawn won two Scholastic Silver Key distinctions from the annual Scholastic Art and Writing
Awards, received the English, art, and physics departmental recognition awards, the Perkins Prize,
and won the Timothy Kelliher Writing Competition during his time at BA. Brian played on the
Varsity Soccer team, the Varsity Tennis team, and was a member of the Robotics team. Brian
has been interested in architecture for much of his life, and completed a six week pre-college
architecture course at Carnegie Mellon during the summer preceding his senior year to solidify
his interest in the profession. Brian is now a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cristina Salvador received the College Board AP Scholar Award, President’s Education Award
for Outstanding Academic Excellence, the Brown University Book Award, the departmental
recognition award in history, and earned first place in the state of Maine in the Level 4 French
National Language Contest. In her junior year, Cristina spearheaded Berwick Academy’s Model
United Nations club. She performed in many drama and musical theatre productions and
participated on several sports teams. Cristina is now attending Pomona College.
Jennifer Scharff was inducted to the National Spanish Honor Society, winning three bronze
medals on the National Spanish Exam and received the departmental recognition award in
biology. In addition to being a three-season athlete for four years, Jenny was active in many
clubs, including Peer Tutoring, Lassiter Buddies, Big/Little Buddies, Berwick Green Alliance,
Math Team, and co-head of the Recycling Committee. In her junior year she studied with the
Island School in Cape Eleuthera and Sea Education Association. Jenny is now attending Colby
College.
Tucker Trimble received the departmental recognition award in science and was inducted into the French
National Honor Society. The Scholastic Art Awards also awarded one of her photographs a Silver Key. She
was active in Berwick Academy’s community service program including the School’s Relay for Life team.
Last November, Tucker performed in a reading of the play The Questions by John Hawkes at York Readers’
Theater. Tucker is now attending Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Alanna Wittet became a member of the National Latin Honor Society as a
sophomore, and received a departmental recognition award for science and the
Middlebury Book Award for her environmental work. Alanna played on the Varsity Soccer, Lacrosse, and
Cross Country teams during her time at BA. Alanna was a founding member of Berwick Academy’s Green
Alliance and co-editor of the school newspaper, The Cornerstone, contributed to the Berwick literary magazine,
and served in community outreach. Alanna is now attending Franklin & Marshall College.
Alexandra Zannos was inducted into the National Latin Honor Society her junior
year, and the National Art Society her senior year, earning several Latin metals, departmental recognition
awards, the Class of 1915 award, the Smith College Book Award her junior year, and a Woodrow Wilson
Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University her senior year. Alex was a three varsity sport athlete all four
years at Berwick and was captain of the Cross Country, Skiing, and Lacrosse teams her senior year. Alex
spent the past two summers as a research assistant at the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor, Maine. She focused on
leukemia research. The first summer, she earned a spot as one of thirty selected out of 800 applicants to the
Jackson Laboratory. Alex is now attending Stanford University.
Excellence in Facilities
Fogg Memorial Restoration
During the summer of 2011, the Board of Trustees moved forward with a comprehensive restoration of
Fogg Memorial. Home to the majority of Upper School classes and clearly the signature building of the
campus, Fogg is the one structure to which all generations of Berwick Academy alumni connect deeply. While
there had certainly been general awareness of concerns over the years in Fogg regarding water infiltration, a
particularly harsh winter led to a new level of urgency with the granite veneer of the building. After a detailed
forensic analysis by Scott Whitaker of Building Envelope Consultants, it became clear that a substantial
restoration project was needed. Rather than patching the emerging issues, a courageous decision was made to
scaffold the entire building, rebuild major sections of the granite veneer, and re-point the entire structure. In
addition, all flashing elements and roofing concerns have been addressed this summer. While the estimated
cost of the entire project is approximately $1.2 million, the Board is proud to offer the community a fully
restored structure to serve future generations of Berwick Academy students for many years to come. The
project will be funded partially through operations as well as through unrestricted endowed resources, but
the project is a compelling reminder of the costs associated with providing such an extraordinary campus to
our families. In addition, given the volume of work involved in this project, we were thrilled to open Fogg on the first day of classes,
although scaffolding will need to remain on the Academy Street side of the building until Thanksgiving. Joseph Gnazzo Company
restored the bulk of the masonry work, and we look forward to celebrating the restoration as a community.
The “Green” Bell Tower
On Earth Day of 2011, Berwick Academy was proud to announce that it would install energy efficient LED lights to illuminate
Fogg’s bell tower moving forward. Given the bell tower’s role as an icon for both the Berwick Community as well as for the local
area, shifting towards this new technology was an important message to the community: while we honor our sense of tradition,
we are keenly aware of our role as leaders in energy conservation as well. Given the combination of Efficiency Maine grants and
reduced electrical use, we expect this project to pay for itself in less than three years. Berwick Academy parent Keith Babcock from
Rockingham Electric was instrumental in introducing Berwick to the new technology, and retired Director of Facilities Pat McManus
deserves the credit for seeing the project through to completion. Berwick continues to explore new ways each year to become more
“green” as a campus and as a community.

Director of the Berwick Academy Dance Program, Sasha Randall was the 2011 recipient
of the Dorothy Green Teacher of the Year Award. Sasha has a keen ability to inspire young people
to learn and enjoy the performing arts. Many of her graduating students go on to pursue colleges
that have dance and theater programs or continue to work with local and professional performance
arts companies. Sasha sees the importance of using the universal language of dance as a tool
to help build and strengthen communities. Her professional efforts have afforded her wonderful
opportunities to support arts in education through Maine Arts Commission, Bates Dance Festival,
National Dance Educators Organization, and New England Foundation for the Arts. When Sasha
works with her students, she expresses the importance that the arts have on our communities and
tries to instill a sense of cultural ownership both in and out of the studio. For her own contributions,
she works closely with several arts advocacy programs in Biddeford, Maine and Rochester, New
Hampshire.
The Berwick Innovation Center, begun in the spring of 2009, provides
students an opportunity to explore a specific area of interest along with the support
and guidance of a mentor. Innovation projects have ranged from the in-depth study of
meteorological events to the artistic expression of teenage angst. One of the best aspects
of the Innovation Center is that it is a student-centered and student-driven program.
Students are empowered to delve into an area in which they have a particular passion,
interest, or desire to explore in greater depth. Each student is required to present on
their project and defend their research at the annual Innovation Celebration, which is
held each spring. Projects from the 2010-2011 school year included:
Excellence in Teaching
Sasha encourages her students to take artistic risks as choreographers and performers, a trait that she models with her own
company SONARdance. Founded in 2005, SONARdance presents work throughout the northeast region, creating dances that push
to explore the outskirts of reality; drawing on dream based imagery, philosophical ponderings, psychological anomalies, and physical
capabilities. Sasha has presented pieces with organizations such as the Portland Ballet, the Cassandra Project, Dance Complex, and
the City Theater. For the past three years she has been the technical director of Live and Dance Strong, a philanthropic annual event
that demonstrates the talents of choreographers throughout Maine. With New England Dance Project, Sasha helps provide venues
for student and professional dance artists to present their work to rural and urban neighborhoods.
Berwick Innovation Center
Student Name Mentor Project Title
Matthew Crawford '15 Doug Knight Creating a viable outdoor classroom at the Berwick Bog
Georgia Barlow '15 Jen Onken Education and hunger: How to make a difference
Noah Landis '15 Jon Davie Wind power on the Hilltop
Daniel Perreualt '14 Michael Glover (former parent) Free Speech
Alden Zeff '13 Laura Jaquays & Deloris White Art Hope
Remy Radkay '13
Elizabeth DuChene '12 Ted Sherbahn Words of Nature
Michael Clair '12 Peter Saliba The Other Side of Global Warming
Brian O'Day '12 John Downey Latin Language, Arts, and Architecture
Elli Penati '12 Raegan Russell Portraits and Oral Histories
Taylor Scanlon '12 Lynn Wildnauer Teenage Angst Art
Autumn Richards '12 Kellie Varano Cupcake Innovation
Taryn Decker '11
Hayley Adams '11 Wil Wesley (intern) An Exploration Through American Sign Language
Diane Hair ‘11 Cindy Briggs What We Came Here For: An Inside Look on Senior Year
The Berwick Innovation Center is open to all students in grades 5-12. Upper School students receive an activity credit for
successful completion of a project. Additional information is available in the Jackson Library or www.berwickacademy.org/BIC.
In conjunction with York Hospital, Berwick Academy hosted the “Art HOPE
Creativity Project” this past spring. The collaborative event featured musical, dance,
and narrative performances by Berwick Academy students and faculty in collaboration
with staff and cancer patients from York Hospital’s oncology department. The event
displayed a visual and narrative exhibition of community artwork organized by 2006
Berwick Academy alumnus Benjamin Blais along with the viewing of a documentary
film about creativity and wellness, as part of a Berwick Innovation Center project.
Art HOPE is a community arts program based in York Hospital’s Oncology and
Infusion Care that was created in 2004 by BA art teacher Laura Jaquays, who is artistin-residence
at the center. This inclusive process supports cancer patients and their
families with outreach programs that involve the University of Maine 4-H, Berwick Academy, and York High School. Students
volunteer to collaborate on service projects such as “Happy Art” and “Cranes of Hope”, creating art that is given to cancer
patients at York Hospital and others living with long-term illness. The “Art HOPE Creativity Project” was a culmination of
creative expressions by diverse community members working with Berwick Academy. Laura Jaquays has mentored BA students
and connected them with York Hospital oncology patients for this project over the past year.
Pictured right: Fern Brown (Maine coordinator for
Odyssey of the Mind), Emily Borkowski, Abby
Donoghue, Jess Hebert, Jason Wheeler (WCSH, Ch. 6
and a judge for OM), Zoe Albion, and Hirsh Agarwal.
Art HOPE
Friend of York Hospital, George Swanson,
sings “Mack the Knife” accompanied by Noah
Landis ‘14 on the piano.
This past May, Berwick Academy Middle School students took home the top prize at the 32nd Odyssey of the Mind
World Finals Competition, besting 38 other teams in their age division, including squads from China, India, and Mexico. The
students and their faculty and parent coaches drove ten hours to the University of Maryland during the Memorial Day weekend
to present their “Extreme Mousemobile” for competition. They joined 27 other Maine teams and 883 teams in total from all over
the world.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for
students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building
mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on
the local, state, and world level.
The Berwick team designed and built vehicles that use mousetraps as their only source of energy. For the project, the
team created a skit about saving the earth from an oil company. Their mousemobiles were made into various animals that
performed several tasks for different point values such as land in a taped off square, move trash into a recycling container, spin a
wheel, raise a flag, plant a tree, and deliver a package. The cars were required to “travel an obstacle course and complete a variety
of tasks while giving a performance” that tied
together the obstacles and the tasks.
In addition to the creative problem
solving, there is a requirement that all teams
participate in “spontaneous” problem solving,
which can be totally verbal.
Odyssey of the Mind

Student Study Abroad Program
Over the last several years, there has been a significant increase in the
number of Berwick Academy Upper School students who study abroad. At BA,
we encourage our students to pursue opportunities that may bring them diverse
cultural experiences while attending schools in other countries. In the last six
years alone, our recent graduates and current students have studied in France,
Australia, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Italy, and even Eleuthra in
the Bahamas! The creation of the Berwick Academy Student Portal, coupled
with other technological advances, have allowed these “expats” to keep up with
their classmates and the curriculum back in South Berwick while they attend
schools and live with families thousands of miles from the Hilltop. The varied
experiences these brave students share with their peers upon their return, both
in and out of the classroom, are invaluable to our community in encouraging us to have poignant and current dialogues about
other cultures.
Read on for two personal stories from students who studied abroad in 2010-2011.
Eliza Hazen ‘13 - The Island School, Eleuthera, Bahamas
This past winter I had the opportunity to live in the Bahamas for three and a half
months on the island Eleuthera. Although we were adjacent to the clear Caribbean
water and feet from the beach I have never been pushed so hard academically or
physically. It was a “challenge by choice” situation and I chose to push myself to
these limits as I’ve always done at Berwick Academy. I felt prepared for these aspects
of the program at The Island School because of how I have been brought up through
the Academy.
Molly McKay, my sixth and seventh grade social studies teacher, is a
former teacher from The Island School and she was the one who first told me about
this opportunity. She was also immediately my first supporter when I told her I was
applying and then planning to attend. Faculty support and assistance were crucial
for this process. I did have to do a lot of leg work in organizing my academics in
my absence and upon my return but all of my teachers were genuinely excited for
Eliza Hazen ‘13, center
me. My advisor, Charlene Hoyt, sat with me and step-by-step helped me fill out my
complex immigration form which was hugely helpful even though it didn’t have any
academic connection. The supportive environment I had here at my sending school
conveyed to me that this would be a positive experience and a choice that I could make and still be welcomed back later.
My peers were also excited for me not only at the opportunity to get a change of scenery but also because they
knew I was ready and prepared although I had never taken any of the classes offered in the Bahamas. The Island School and
Berwick Academy both share an interest in sustainability and community. This sparked my interest in The Island School and is
how I planned to bring my experience home. Similar to how teachers take a year for school or go on sabbatical, this was my way
to go on an adventure to not only learn from myself but bring back information for others to learn from.
A friend I met while at school goes to a large public school in South Carolina. She is receiving absolutely no credit for
the intensive work she did while in the Bahamas. Although I would have still pushed to attend, I feel utterly grateful that the
students and teachers of Berwick Academy helped me to attend this program while preparing me for it as well. It is one of the
singular best decisions I have ever made.
Katy Davis ‘12 - AYUSA Global Youth Exchange, Moguer, Spain
Studying abroad in Spain was not only one of the best ideas I’ve pursued in my high
school career, but also one of the easiest and most rewarding. Though doing these programs at
Berwick was not all that common, I knew it was possible, especially since I was determined to
make this idea a reality. Though it was my own idea, which I conceived after having become
extremely interested in Spanish; learning it, speaking it, along with the immensely rich culture
that went with it, I found it was not difficult to find others with the same thought. After searching
independently for a program online, as well as talking to former Berwick students who took
advantage of the opportunity, I found there were multiple programs specifically for semesters
or trimesters abroad for high school students. I loved to see that other young students were
anxious to explore the world, get a new perspective of high school education, and especially,
had the travel bug that I caught years ago. After completing the vigorous application process Katy Davis, left
for the American program AYUSA, I was accepted and quickly scheduled to speak with my
school’s coordinators. They were incredibly open and accepting of my desire to study abroad, and after discussing the logistics,
it became clear that this would be possible. I immediately enrolled for the fall trimester of that year.
The day I arrived came to be no less exciting than the rest; each day presenting me with something new to learn,
experience, and overcome. I met an incredible number of remarkable people who forever changed my perspective, every one
teaching me something new about themselves, their culture, and their country. I was also surprised to find how patient everyone
around me was, in my ability to speak Spanish, from my classmates to family members to friends of friends who I met in the street.
Each person contributed to teaching me, until the point where I was having so many lessons thrown at me in a day, I had to carry
a notebook with me. In each group of which I was a part, for example, my soccer team or flamenco dance class, I was included
and cared for. They all welcomed me so immensely that I felt like family. All in all, I loved everything about my time in Spain. It is
now a huge part of my life which I cherish and appreciate every day, holding on to my ties there as if it really is my second home.
World Children’s Festival
Berwick Academy was selected to represent the State of Maine at the 4th Annual World Children’s Festival in Washington,
DC, which took place in June, 2011 and was hosted by the International Child Art Foundation. After researching schools in
Maine and learning about Berwick’s art programs, event producer and chairman of the foundation Ashfaq Ishaq, Ph.D. contacted
Head of School Greg Schneider and invited Berwick Academy to participate in this unique opportunity. The World Children’s
Festival takes place every four years on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It is the world’s largest international celebration of
children’s creativity and imagination and attracts over 10,000 attendees.
Livia Ginchereau ‘18 of Cape Neddick, Maine, was selected to represent Berwick Academy
and Maine among children from the United States and nearly 100 other participating countries.
Livia’s work was selected from a group of Berwick Academy Lower and Middle School students who
participated in the opportunity. To help aid Berwick faculty with the selection process, interested
students participated in the “Arts Olympiad” lesson plan, encouraging them to draw, paint, or use
digital art relating to the theme “My Favorite Sport.” The “Arts Olympiad” lesson emphasized the
purpose of art and sports and how students can think beyond stereotypes to help build peace by
creating a meaningful connection between the two subjects.
Director of Fine Arts Deloris White commented, “Berwick Academy is honored to represent
Maine in this event and excited to be involved with the International Child Art Foundation which
not only plans this event but also engages in programs by ‘fostering creativity in children worldwide,
laying building blocks for intercultural understanding and collaborative innovation.’”
Pictured right: Livia with Director of Fine Arts, Deloris
White, and her artwork at the World Children’s Festival.

Last June the students, faculty, and staff left for the summer, charged with the expectation that they would all read books
based on Greg Mortenson’s story Three Cups of Tea. Mortenson retells experiencing the Pakistani tradition of sharing three cups of
tea. The first time a stranger enters a village, he is given bed, food, and a cup of tea; the second time he visits, he shares the tea
and is considered a friend; upon his third visit, the friend is given a third cup of tea and is now welcomed as a member of the
family.
Based on this Pakistani tradition, the Berwick Academy community came
together in fifty separate multi-age groups three times over the course of the year. The
first gathering was in the fall on the tenth day of school, and each group discussed the
book and created a quilt square that symbolized their understanding and interpretation
of this book. As strangers they shared a cup of tea and began to form relationships with
their group. An assembly followed with speeches and songs that included Mortenson’s
message of peace. The squares were gathered and assembled to make banners. Initially,
this was to be the only discussion and celebration of this cross-divisional summer
reading experience. However, after observing the success and excitement about this
gathering, the decision was made to continue again as friends and family. The Upper
School Student Government initiated a holiday assembly and asked to incorporate the
second cup of tea. Prior to the assembly each member of the community made small
origami doves, which were gathered and placed in baskets. On the day of the assembly,
the groups of friends reconnected and created large white doves and wrote messages of peace. This time they met in the blue
gym prior to the assembly and shared cups of hot cocoa with our friends.
The Earth Day Assembly presented an ideal opportunity for each group to gather together as families. This time they
celebrated by sitting on Fogg Field and listening to speeches and songs about taking care of our planet. Three trees were planted
next to Jeppesen that represent Berwick’s commitment to the environment, the three divisions of our School, and our experience
of sharing Three Cups of Tea.
On June 24, Berwick Academy student Sarah Khan ‘17 of Sanford,
Maine, sang the national anthem at the Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners game.
Sarah also sang at the Portland Sea Dogs game twice this summer - the anthem
on June 12 and “God Bless America” at the bottom of the seventh inning on July
17. The Seadogs are the minor league affiliate of the Red Sox.
Three Cups of Tea
Berwick Student Sings at Fenway
In February, 2011, Sarah earned a spot as a finalist for the “Coca Cola
Sing Your Way to Fenway” competition. An avid Red Sox fan and accomplished
singer at school, Sarah beat out many hopefuls to become one of 12 finalists
to compete at Fenway Park for a chance to sing the national anthem during a
2011 Red Sox home game. Although she did not fulfill her dream by winning
the competition, it came true all on its own when the team contacted Sarah to sing on June 24.
Sarah’s talent and passion for singing are attributed to her education and training at Berwick Academy. Since
kindergarten, Sarah has remained involved with the arts as an avid singer, dancer, pianist, and violin player. She played the role
of Jasmine in the Middle School production of Aladdin in November, 2010. She is also a member of the Pease Greeters, a group
that sings “God Bless America”, and welcomes the troops who are returning from overseas flights at Pease Air Force Base.
Visit http://youtu.be/j8HQqp3iejE to view Sarah’s performance.
In the 2010-2011 school year, eighty students completed AP courses at Berwick Academy. One hundred and fifty-six AP
tests were taken. Several students received AP Scholar Awards for their outstanding scores.
AP SCHOLAR
Granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.
Kevin Airoldi ‘11
Samantha Auty ‘11
Mary DePascale ‘12
Connor Haley ‘11
William Leach ‘11
AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR
Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.25
on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of
these exams.
Andrew Briggs ‘11
Elizabeth Hopkins ‘11
Alexzandra Lizama ‘11
Mareesa Miles ‘11
Molly Mugford ‘11
Patrick Nichols ‘11
Benjamin Siegel ‘12
Kathryn Voss ‘11
Sophia Merrow ‘11
Brian Rawn ‘11
Jennifer Scharff ‘11
Excellence in Language
engagement
National French Exam
Students who placed in the top five in the State of Maine:
Level 5: Jenna Maddock ‘11 - 1st place and 3rd in the Nation, Elizabeth Hopkins ‘11 - 5th place; Level 4: Cristina Salvador - 1st place and
10th in the Nation; Level 3: Hannah Sattler ‘13 - 3rd place and 10th in the nation; Maddy Keefe ‘13 - 4th place; Level 2: Cora Ordway
‘14 - 2nd place and 9th in the Nation
Other Top Placements in Maine:
Level 5: Elizabeth Hopkins ‘11 - 5th place, Cristina Salvador ‘11 - 6th place, Kathryn Voss ‘11 - 8th place, Alanna Wittet ‘11 - 8th place;
Level 4: Beatrice Gassner ‘13 - 6th place, Jane Merrow ‘13 - 7th place, Connor Ablowich ‘12 - 8th place, Kerry Eaton ‘13 - 8th place, Cat
Connors ‘13 - 9th place, Erin Trainor ‘12 - 9th place, Lydia Waldo ‘13 - 9th place, Laura Noerdlinger ‘13 - 10th place, Jake Woodward ‘12 -
10th place; Level 2: Sephie Bennett ‘14 - 7th place, Sarah Brodeur ‘13 - 8th place, Kaitlyn Wurzer ‘14 - 9th place, Alex Gassner ‘13 - 10th
place; Level 1: Khali Maden ‘14 - 8th place, Julia Burke ‘14 - 9th place
National Spanish Exam
Students who placed in the top five in the State of Maine:
Level 5: SILVER – Mary DePascale ’12 – 2nd place; Danny Bottino ’11 – 4th place; Level 4: GOLD – Jamie Meader ’13 – 1st place (+$200
cash prize); Katy Davis ’12 – 2nd place (+$200 cash prize); SILVER – Devon Wood ’12 – 3rd place; Win Hahn ’12 – 4th place; Level 2:
GOLD – Elizabeth DuChene ’12 – 1st place (+$75 cash prize); SILVER – Andrew Hawkins ’14 – 5th place; Chase Rosa ’13 – 5th place;
Level 1: SILVER – Jen Auty ’11 – 4th place
Other Top Placements in Maine:
Level 5: BRONZE: Jenny Scharff ‘11 – 9th place; Level 4: BRONZE: Brian Rawn ’11 – 6th place; HONORABLE MENTION: Danny
MacKinnon ’11 – 12th place; Ben Siegel ’12 – 14th place; Level 3: BRONZE: Chris Richards ’13 – 12th place; Caroline Seekins ’12 – 12th
place; Averill Daly ’11 – 14th place; Ryan Leonard ’13 – 14th place; Izzie Werman ’13 – 15th place; Level 2: BRONZE: Connor Barrett ’13
– 7th place; Phebe Miner ’14 – 8th place; Jonah Goldblatt ’13 – 9th place; Abby Martinen ’13 – 9th place; Amy DiLorenzo ’14 – 11th place;
HONORABLE MENTION: MacKenzie Levy ’14 – 14th place; Samantha Sullivan ’14 – 14th place; John Teschek ’14 – 15th place; Level 1:
BRONZE: Zach Flinkstrom ’14 – 11th place
National Latin Exam
Gold Summa Cum Laude – Level IV: Elizabeth Duchene ‘12; Level III: Lily Hahn ‘13, Amelia Hazen ‘11; Level II: Ian MacFarlane ‘14
Silver Maxima Cum Laude - Level IV: Logan Bement ‘12; Level II: Liam Bristol ‘14, Noah Landis ‘14; Level I: Matt Butcher ‘14
Magna Cum Laude - Level III: James Davis ‘13, George Henkel ‘13, Ellie Penati ‘12, Hayley Reddington ‘12
Cum Laude - Level V: Katie MacFarlane ‘11; Level IV: Matt Graichen ‘12; Level III Blake Downey ‘13, Sarah Putnam ‘13
Max Werman ‘11
Nathan Winters ‘12
Devon Wood ‘12
Alexandra Zannos ‘11
Tucker Trimble ‘11
Ryan Walters ‘11
Alanna Wittet ‘11
AP Exams and Scholars
AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION
Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP
exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Daniel Bottino ‘11
Frederick Diengott ‘11
Keith Hope ‘11
Jenna Maddock ‘11
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
Michael McGuigan ‘11
Cristina Salvador ‘11
Ian Wright ‘11
AP COURSES OFFERED AT BA
English Literature &
Composition
French Language
Physics B
Psychology
Spanish Language
Statistics
Studio Art 2-D
Studio Art 3-D
United States History

William Lambert Cogswell Prize
Grade 9 Zachary Flinkstrom
Grade 10 Jamie Meader
Grade 11 Erin Trainor
Music Honor Society Awards
Frederick Diengott and
Trestan Matel
Head of School Award
Elizabeth Hopkins and
Daniel McKinnon
Jane Andres Poetry Prize
The Honor Awards
CLASS OF 2012
Rennsselaer Polytechnic
Institute Award
Devon Wood
Brown University Book Award
Erin Trainor
Smith College Book Award
Kathryn Davis
SAT Reasoning Test Mean Scores
Critical Reading Mathematics Writing
Berwick Academy 622 615 620
Maine 469 469 453
New Hampshire 497 514 489
Nationwide 489 514 489
Elizabeth Hopkins
Applied Music
Biology
Dance
English
French
History
Kathryn Gill
Jennifer Scharff
Jordan Lachance
Sophia Merrow
Jenna Maddock
Cristina Salvador
Departmental Awards
Chemistry - Benjamin Siegel
Computer Science - Matthew Graichen
Stalwart Awards
Hayley Adams, Andrew Briggs, Averill Daly,
Kathryn Gill, Tyler Harley, Sydney Katz, Lathrop
Kelly, Jenna Maddock, Trestan Matel, Nisha Matta,
Jennifer Scharff, Halley Tower, Maxwell Werman.
Marie Donahue Award
Owen LaBrie and
Halley Tower
Senior Buddy Program Award
Nisha Matta and
Jordan Sanford
Douglas Darrah Hollis Memorial Award
Frederick Diengott
Latin
Math
Music
Physics
Spanish
Visual Art
University of Rochester:
Bausch & Lomb Award
Brian O’Day
Dartmouth College Book Award
Caroline Seekins
Harvard Book Prize
Benjamin Siegel
The Timothy Kelliher
Writing Contest
Adnan Malek
Yale Book Award
Nicole Kleinmann
SAT Results
18% of the Class of 2012 scored 700 or higher on at least one reasoning test.
Of the Class of 2012 who took subject tests, 74% scored 700 or higher on at least one test.
41% of the Class of 2011 scored 700 or higher on at least one reasoning test.
Of the Class of 2011 who took subject tests, 62% scored 700 or higher on at least one test.
Katharine MacFarlane
Jenna Maddock
Connor Haley
Brian Rawn
Daniel Bottino
Amelia Hazen
Upper School Awards
Parson Thompson Awards
Haley Salas
Brooke Moschetto
Hilltop Awards
Sophie Merrow and
Jordan Sanford
Class of 1915 Award
Alexandra Zannos
Perkins Prize
Brian Rawn
National Merit Scholarship
Commended Scholars
Jenna Maddock (semifinalist)
Danny Bottino, Katie
Gill, Connor Haley, Katie
MacFarlane, and Ian Wright
Blue and White Award – Male
Asher Siegel
Blue and White Award – Female
Juliana Blais
The Cum Laude Society
Kathryn Davis
Mary DePascale
Caroline Seekins
Benjamin Siegel
Erin Trainor
Devon Wood
Class of 2011 College Acceptances & Matriculations
The Class of 2011 earned 263 acceptances at 132 colleges in 23 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, France, England, Scotland, Ireland and
Switzerland. The number in parenthesis indicates the number of students College who Acceptances gained acceptance to that particular college. An * indicates a college to
Class of 2011
which one or more students have matriculated. The diversity of acceptances speaks to the success of Berwick’s philosophy of college counseling.
The Class of 2011 has earned 263 acceptances at 132 colleges in 23 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, France, England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.
Adelphi
American Univ. (5) *
American Univ. of Paris
Babson *
Barnard
Bates (4) *
Belmont
Beloit
Bennington
Bentley
Boston College (2)
Boston University (4)
Brandeis
Bryant
Carnegie Mellon (2)
Castleton State (2)
Central Connecticut State *
Clark (2)
Colby (4) *
Colby-Sawyer (2)
Colgate
College of William & Mary (3) *
College of Wooster (2) *
Colorado College
Colorado State Univ.
Connecticut College (4) *
Curry
DePaul
Dickinson (4) *
Drew
Drexel (2)
Durham Univ. England
Elizabethtown
WILLIAM LAMBERT
COGSWELL PRIZE
Grade 5 Amber Williams
Grade 6 Samuel Murphy
Grade 7 Ellen Lynch
Grade 8 Clayton Jacques
HILLTOP AWARDS
Brooke Downey and Lukas Linemayr
MIDDLE SCHOOL
SERVICE AWARDS
Grade 5 Spencer Hedges and
Laura Hoy
Grade 6 Derek Muse and
Samantha Saliba
Grade 7 Eric Rawn and
Page Waldo
Grade 8 Brennan Santaniello and
Emily Borkowski
Elmira (2) *
Elon (2)
Emerson (2)
Endicott *
Evergreen State*
Fairfield (3) *
Franklin Switzerland
Franklin & Marshall (2) *
Furman
George Washington (4)
Goucher *
Hartwick (4)
Hobart William Smith
Hood *
Ithaca (4) *
Johns Hopkins
Johnson State
Johnson & Wales
Keene State
Lafayette (2)
Lake Forest *
Lasell
Lehigh (2) *
Lynn
Mass. College of Art and Design
McDaniel (2)
McGill *
Merrimack (2)
Middlebury *
Moravian
Mount Holyoke (2) *
Muhlenberg
New England College (2)
LANGUAGE AWARDS
New York University
Northeastern (4) *
Northwestern
Ohio State *
Plymouth State
Pomona *
Providence College (5)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.(2)
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhodes *
Rice
Roanoke *
Roger Williams (6)
Sacred Heart (2)
Salve Regina (2)
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence *
Savannah College of Art and Design
Skidmore *
Southern New Hampshire Univ. (2) *
Springfield *
St. Anselm (2) *
St. Lawrence Univ. (2) *
(4)
Stanford *
Stonehill
Suffolk (3) *
SUNY Albany *
SUNY Binghamton
Susquehanna (2)
Syracuse (3)
Trinity College CT*
Middle School Excellence
National French Exam Top 10 in Maine
16th Place, Ashley Szczapa, 5th Place, Nathan Anderson, and 4th Place, Madison
Cassidy. French Poster Contest: Honorable Mention to: Ashley Szczapa, Madison
Cassidy, and Kaitlyn Lawson.
National Latin Exam
Introduction to Latin Exam - Grade 7
Mason Jacques - Outstanding Achievement
Lilly Hedges - Outstanding Achievement
Abby Moore - Outstanding Achievement
Gage Anderson - Outstanding Achievement
Eric Rawn - Outstanding Achievement
Meira Ruben - Achievement
Trinity College Dublin
Tufts (3) *
Union (4) *
Unity
Univ. of Aberdeen Scotland
Univ. of British Columbia
Univ. of Chicago
Univ. of Colorado
Univ. of Connecticut (3)
Univ. of Denver
Univ. of Edinburgh - Scotland
Univ. of Glasgow Scotland
Univ. of Maine Farmington
Univ. of Maine Orono (9) *
Univ. of Maryland
Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell
Univ. of New England (2)
Univ. of New Hampshire (16) *
Univ. of Pennsylvania (2) *
Univ. of Rhode Island (2)
Univ. of Richmond (2) *
Univ. of Rochester
Univ.of Southern Maine (5) *
Univ. of St Andrews Scotland (4) *
Univ. of Vermont (12) *
Utica
Wake Forest
Wentworth Inst. of Technology *
Wheaton (5) *
Williams *
Wittenberg
Worcester Polytechnic Inst.*
An asterisk (*) indicates one or more seniors will attend the college. Additionally, three students will be engaged in gap year programs.
Sarah Bryn - Achievement
Olivia Gorman - Achievement
Latin I - Grade 8
Hersh Bhargava - Summa Cum Laude
Clayton Jacques - Maxima Cum Laude
Brooke Downey - Cum Laude
National Spanish Exam - * Number in parenthesis indicates placement in the State of Maine
Grade 7 - Silver Medal: Claire Breger-Belsky (1st), Ellen Lynch (2nd); Medal of Honor:
Jessica Hebert (3rd), Katherine Reid (4th), Ian Randle (5th)
Grade 8 - Silver Medal: Emily Borkowski (3rd); Bronze Medal: Christopher Coughlan
(7th), Sarah Yanofsky (8th), Rachael McManus (9th), Maggie DuChene (10th); Medal
of Honor: Jacob Ball (14th), Lukas Linemayr (16th), Olivia Clark (17th), Brooks Jalbert
(19th), Spencer Fascetta (21st), Abigail Donoghue (22nd), Emily DuChene (23rd),
Caroline Clapp (24th), Parker Johnson (24th), Natasia Burzynski (29th), Ben Thut (30th),
Kerin Grewal (31st), Emma Brin (32nd)

Visual Arts
Amelia Hazen of York, Maine, received the Baccalaureate Award for Art for reaching the
highest level of academic achievement in the field of Visual Art for the Class of 2011.
Amelia completed an outstanding portfolio in 3D Design as an AP Art Student in her senior
year. A veteran of National Art Honor Society, Amelia has been a leader and innovator
for and within a strong community of student artists. Her impact on the culture and arts
at our school cannot be underestimated. As a sophomore, Amelia’s work was recognized
at the Regional Level at the Scholastic Art Awards where she received a Silver Key Award.
Beyond these achievements, Amelia embodies the outstanding qualities of being an artist
and making art. Her own art is richly inventive and draws from a deep wellspring of
creativity. In terms of media it is limitless, as she works in 3D design and DIY filmmaking
as naturally as she does in drawing and painting. She is a truly interdisciplinary artist and
her work resonates with her interest in science, myth, and the human experience. An
equally talented musician, composer and song writer, Ameila was a frequent performer at Berwick and local community events.
Amelia is now a freshman at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Dance
Jordan Lachance of Exeter, New Hampshire, received the Baccalaureate Award for Dance for the
Class of 2011. Jordan balances her drive and innovation with the ability to be a compassionate
leader. Her leadership skills were illustrated through her work as a choreographer and as a senior
captain for the Company Blue dance ensemble, in which she promoted discipline, creativity,
and the joy of dance. Jordan’s focus on advocacy and outreach was an impetus for working
closely with Berwick’s Gay/Straight Alliance. She created a dance that illustrated the adversity
and support that can come with being openly gay in a community, while also demonstrating the
support that people can offer one another when faced with such adversities. Jordan’s choice to
take a gap year in Southeast Asia reflects her commitment to community betterment on both a
local and global level.
Music
Excellence in the Arts
Fred Diengott of Dover, New Hampshire, is an accomplished musician and a co-recipient of
the 2011 Tri-M Master Musician Honor Award. While at BA he was selected to the Maine All-State Chorus three years. Fred also
alternated years between participating in the District 1 Music Festival Chorus and the UNH Choral Gala. Fred was active in many
of the music opportunities on campus including the Upper School musicals, chorus, and a cappella ensemble. He also enrolled in a
variety of music electives including music theory, composition and songwriting, and the eMusic, music technology class. He was a
familiar face on stage, performing in assemblies, coffee houses, and other venues around campus. In his senior year, Fred auditioned
for and was selected to sing in the National Choral Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Fred is not afraid to challenge himself and to explore new performance
opportunities. In December of 2010, Fred prepared a vocal performance
video for the Eric Whitacre choral work “Sleep.” Fred’s video was
selected to be included in the 2,000 voice, Virtual Choir 2.0 which was
premiered world-wide in March of 2011. Honing his skills in the use
of music technology, for his senior project Fred completed a one-man,
four-part a cappella performance, singing all four parts and syncing the
audio and video together. Fred was the deserving recipient of many
music accolades on campus including membership in Tri-M National
Music Honor Society. Fred is now a freshman at Ithaca College.
Hilltop Award
Sophie Merrow of Rollinsford, New Hampshire, received the Hilltop Award for Outstanding
Female Athlete for the Class of 2011. She was inducted into the Cum Laude Society as a senior.
She was the captain of all three sports during her senior year: soccer, skiing, and lacrosse. She
received the soccer Coach’s Award as a sophomore and the soccer MVP Award as a senior.
Sophie demonstrated patience, nurturing, maturity, and strength in every moment as a studentathlete.
She is now attending the University of St. Andrews in Scotland where she plans to
pursue a double major in art history and international relations and is playing Women’s Lacrosse.
2010-2011 Athletic Excellence
Kevin Airoldi ‘11 - Babson College Men’s Lacrosse
Jen Auty ‘11 - Springfield College Women’s Hockey
Andrew Briggs ‘11 - Bates College Swimming
Jimmy Collins ‘11 - Wentworth Institute of Technology Men’s Hockey
Jason Gorman ‘11 - Southern New Hampshire University Men’s Basketball
Zac Lawrence ‘11 - Ohio State University Track & Field
Jenna Maddock ‘11 - Williams College Nordic Skiing
Sophie Merrow ‘11 - St. Andrew’s University Women’s Lacrosse
Pat Nichols ‘11 - St. Anselm’s College Men’s Lacrosse
Jordan Sanford ‘11 - McGill University Men’s Lacrosse
Alex Tobey ‘11 - St. Joseph’s College of Maine Men’s Baseball
Max Werman ‘11 - College of Wooster Men’s Lacrosse
Chris Wild ‘11 - Central Connecticutt State University Men’s Soccer
Athletic Excellence
Jordan Sanford of Biddeford, Maine, received the Hilltop Award for Outstanding
Male Athlete for the Class of 2011. He made the Varsity Soccer and Lacrosse teams
as a freshman and immediately presented himself as a determined, coachable, and
impacting athlete. Jordan went on to become captain and an all league performer
in both soccer and lacrosse. Jordan’s leadership helped lead the Boys Varsity Soccer
team to undefeated in the league and an EIL championship this past fall. During
his time at BA, he was known for his dogged determination and tenacious humility.
Jordan is now attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where
he plans to play Men’s Lacrosse.
2010-2011 was another stellar year for the Berwick Bulldogs. Coming off a year of three championship-winning teams, BA
answered the challenge by earning three more championships, which included back-to-back titles for the Golf team and Girls
Varsity Ice Hockey. The third championship was earned by our Boys Varsity Soccer team, which registered an undefeated EIL
(Eastern Independent League) season and an impressive run in the NEPSAC (New England Prep School Athletic Council)
tournament. Senior forward Chris Wild captured the title of league MVP, closing out the season on a high note. We also had
a return visit to the NEPSAC Tournament for Boys Varsity Basketball qualifying for the second year in a row. Their season
included league MVP Harry Rafferty and a finals appearance in the EIL championship game. The Varsity Swim team continued
their upward trajectory with another successful season, with Andrew Briggs earning boys swimming league MVP honors. The
spring brought continued success with the Boys Lacrosse and Baseball teams qualifying for the NESST (New England Small
School Tournament.) We again had multiple Eastern Independent League Coach of the Year winners; Boys Varsity Soccer coach
Patrick Connolly, Boys Varsity Tennis coach Ted Sherbahn, and Girls Varsity Softball coach Stacey Sevelowitz.
Recent Alumni Athletes
Alex Zannos ‘11 - Stanford University Sailing
Nick Michaud ‘10 - University of New England Men’s Hockey
Chris Atwood ‘10 - Middlebury College Golf
Julia Guimond ‘09 - Brown University Diving
Aaron Harris ‘09 - Western New England College Men’s Lacrosse
Allana Sanborn ‘09 - Colby College Women’s Softball
Ian Davis ‘08 - Colby Sawyer Men’s Basketball
Keegan Mehlhorn ‘08 - Bowdoin College Men’s Lacrosse
Maddy Packard ‘08 - Dartmouth College Alpine Skiing
Kyle
integrity
Riffe ‘08 - Connecticut College Men’s Hockey

Faces of
Excellence
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