我看到茱莉亚·梅斯普莱姆德作为她的法国世界滑冰队的一员,和弗吉尼亚大学的校友一起赢得了胜利, Chloe Aurard '17; I heard Liam advocate for a friend at a difficult moment for him personally; I saw teams leave any points of view or conflicts out of their games, and give everything they had in spite of it; I saw four capstone project presentations and superior work from Mia, 安德鲁, 金, and Danielle; I watched a student-led musical on the Choukas stage – an extraordinary effort and success from Mia and the cast; I saw the boys’ soccer team leave it all on the field at the championship in the fall with 老年人 Ian Robinson, 亨特·德马科和弗赖·维利曼的精彩表演以及泰·希金斯, 凸轮Boardman, 利亚姆·卢卡斯, Dion布朗, 雷克斯·希尔和诺兰·卡鲁索为这支不可思议的球队的成功做出了贡献. 猎人德马科, 顺便说一下, scored a penalty kick in the NEPSAC semifinals with a broken collarbone; I saw a phenomenal senior art show and loved the glow that I witnessed from Jason Shapiro, 伊丽莎白·皮特, and Kalaya Hudziec as they shared their work; Kalaya and Pittsy also substituted for Ms. McNealus and taught a NARTS class (ninth-grade arts); I heard Evan Dos Santos and Lily Schlosser pitch their idea for a smoothie shop and saw them succeed in opening one in the Wildcat Den (I hope you tried one of those smoothies!). 他们是企业家! 我听说迈卡·帕奎因打网球的对手是一支装腔作势的球队, 她从不动摇自己的体育精神标准,但私下里却怀疑别人的! 我看到女子曲棍球队在这个赛季和高年级学生丹妮尔付出了全部, 莱利, Maika, 茱莉亚, 梅格春天, 在冰上发挥他们的最佳水平. 我知道沃尔夫冈主动提出开设攀岩墙课程,而安德鲁·卢西尔(安德鲁 Lussier)尽管是弗吉尼亚大学的研究生,而且还是大一新生,但还是担任了导游和监考. 我知道安德鲁·古尔德是一名主要的写作导师,也是一名鹰级童子军. 我看到玛克辛为我们正在进行的多元化、公平和包容的工作付出了她所有的一切. I saw Mia organize a flash mob in Shep dining hall to perform a scene from Standardized Testing; I witnessed Colby Casey being an incredible leader for Girls’ Varsity Basketball, 创造一种团队文化和一种不管比分如何都能做到的态度——真正鼓舞人心,值得拥有庞大的球迷基础!; 凸轮Boardman made a walk-off home run to beat Proctor, Evan Dos Santos wrote and directed his own movie; in the early winter, 利亚姆·卢卡斯(利亚姆·卢卡斯)和莉顿·杰拉蒂(Leighton Geraghty)都从感恩节假期中抽出时间来到冰场,向40-60个家庭介绍了弗吉尼亚大学的冰球项目, 展览在加拿大举行! 我听说莉奥拉·布朗很漂亮, 在春季音乐会上,她用圆号演奏了德沃夏克的作品,声音清脆,与观众分享了音乐的乐趣, 我听到了金·佩鲁索的精彩独奏和表演, 伊丽莎Asante, and Mia Hennum; I knew that Ty Higgins had created over 40 pieces of digital music through his tenure at 足球比赛下注; I knew that recently Amalia Allen had learned at least six drum patterns in the last two weeks. 最后, 你还记得年初在野猫运动会上,大一班唱晚歌,一半的大四班出来和他们一起唱,这样他们在全校面前就不会感到尴尬了吗?