Lights the Night - Old Trail School

Cross CountryThe cross country team enjoyedbeautiful weather this season andhosted three home meets. Visitorsto our course were impressed withour location and couldn’t believethat this beautiful National Parkwas where we train every day.Another highlight of the seasonwas Old Trail School’sinvolvement in the TowpathMarathon 5K. Eighth graderswere encouraged to participate inthe 5K run, while seventh graders and a core ofsupportive parents volunteered to help run the event. James Axsonwas the top male finisher and Izzy Hanna was the top female finisher.Both winners received a first place medal and a gift certificate to alocal running store. Both teams were coached by Jeff Eason.Grade 7Alex Balli, Jonathan Boutsicaris, Andrew Domonkos, Nate Hanna, JakeHochschwender, Julianne Lavanty, and Michael PapanikolaouGrade 8James Axson, Izzy Hanna, Alix Harwood, Jack Holland, Philip Martin,Paul Meisner and Riley TobinGirls’ TennisThis was a building year for thegirls’ tennis team. Many of the girlshad never played competitivetennis before and theimprovement on this team wasimpressive. The last threematches were very close andduring the last match our girls dominatedagainst Memorial. Because our team was small we allowed sixthgrade girls to join the team. The teams were coached by Pat Mineur.Grade 6Hadiyah Ahmed, Dania El-Shaar, Sarah Forhan, Grace Hoffman,Virginia Swift and Olivia YoungGrade 7Erica Denallo, Victoria Leach, Rylee Nelson and Melanie ZmudaGrade 8Natalie Cecchini, Isabella DiSanto, Megan Gordon, Mary FrancesMcGowan, Shikha Paul, Madison Thomas and Zoe SapienzaSingles players for the team were Isabella DiSanto, Sarah Forhan, MaryFrances McGowan, Shikha Paul, Madison Thomas, and Olivia YoungThis year, James Axson set a new Old Trail School course record witha time of 11:57.Halloween HauntingsOlivia Marchetta (below right), grade 1, clowned around with Primary School Director LuannWilliams as she led the annual Old Trail School Halloween Parade through the halls and intothe gym. Students donned a variety of interesting, beautiful and scary costumes for the paradeand the walk across the stage showing off their Halloween finest. Olivia also announced thecategories of costumes for the show in the gym and led the students in singing “Happy Birthday”to her brother, Matthew (below left).The Intermediate School Advisory Council (ISAC) held its second annual Halloween CandyCollection the first week of November. Students throughout the school brought indonations of extra candy that were collected and weighed by ISACmembers. This year, 172 pounds of candy werecollected that was donated to St. Mary’sChurch in Hudson. The church then donatesthis candy to the Haven of Rest fordistribution during the winter holidays.www.oldtrail.org25