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Academics Middle School Students Win Awards At Model UN Conference Episcopal’s Middle School Model UN team took home two awards from the Greater Washington Center for International Affairs 12th Model UN Conference, held at George Washington University on November 3rd. Students Charlie Kinzig (8th grade), Akaash Agarwal (7th grade), Anthony Thai (7th grade), and Peter Green (7th grade) joined 240 other students from the Northeast at the conference. Eighth graders Henry Coote, Sophia Zahan, and Allison Murdoch helped with research and contributed proposals, but were unable to attend the conference due to scheduling conflicts. Anthony and Peter participated actively in the debate sessions as Sri Lankan representatives to the World Health Organization (WHO), designing improved tsunami warning and relief systems. Akaash won Honorable Mention in his commission for his energetic work as the sole Ugandan representative to the African Union, contributing solid proposals to resolve the tragic Northern Ugandan crisis involving the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Finally, Charlie Kinzig won Best Delegate Award for participants in the inaugural Joint Crisis Committee for China and Taiwan. He skillfully portrayed the Chinese propaganda minister of the Chinese cabinet, as the cabinet tried to resolve the rapidly building crisis of Taiwanese demands for independence and Chinese and global responses. Charlie showed his ability to think on his feet and provide a voice of reason as he and his colleagues acted and reacted to such escalations as a Chinese blockade on Taiwan, Taiwanese deployment of ships to challenge the blockade, simultaneous Tibetan demands for independence, riots in the western provinces, and negative reactions of the world community. Noted African Author and George Mason Professor Visits Upper School Helon Habila, a Nigerian novelist and winner of the Caine Prize for African Literature, visited classes in the Upper School on Thursday, February 7th and Friday, February 8th. In each class, Habila read from his work and answered students’ questions about his writing, Nigerian culture and politics, and Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart. Helon Habila grew up in Kaltungo, a small village in eastern Nigeria. His debut novel, Waiting for an Angel (Norton, 2003), won the Caine Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His second novel, Measuring Time, was published in 2007 from Norton (US) and Penguin (UK). In 2005–2006, Habila was the first Chinua Achebe Fellow at Bard College in New York. He currently teaches creative writing at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The Episcopal Academy Model UN class (left to right) front row: Anthony Thai, Peter Green, and Charles Kinzig. Back row: Charles Hollinger (advisor and Assistant Head of Middle School), Akaash Agarwal, Henry Coote, Sophia Zahan, Sue Cannon (Middle School History Teacher), and Allison Murdoch. Senior Awarded Nelson Foundation Scholarship Senior Francis “Franny” Nassau has been awarded this year’s Nelson Foundation scholarship. Episcopal has a long-standing relationship with the Nelson Foundation and each year one student is nominated to receive a full merit-based scholarship to University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. This opportunity is available to students interested in pursing a business degree and to those who have been accepted into the Wharton program. Eligible students also must secure the endorsement of Episcopal’s Nelson Foundation selection committee, which is comprised of EA/Wharton alums and Nelson Scholars. 12 Connections
Merion 4th Graders Explore WWII From Two Unique Perspectives National Merit & National Achievement Winners The graduating class of 2008 includes six National Merit/National Achievement Scholarship contenders. The National Merit semi-finalists were among the highest scoring students on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMQT®) in Pennsylvania while the National Achievement Scholarship Program, also conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, recognizes outstanding Black American high school students. Pictured above are: (l to r) National Merit semi-finalists Francis Nassau, Alexander Lee, and Mark Nakahara and National Achievement semi-finalist Martin Wimbush. Missing from photo are National Merit semi-finalists Hannah Sayen and Anna Stein. National Hispanic Recognition Goes to Episcopal Academy Senior Senior AleJandro Rettig y Martinez has been recognized by the College Board‘s National Hispanic Recognition Program. The National Hispanic Recognition Program, established in 1983, is a College Board program that provides national recognition of the exceptional academic achievements of Hispanic high school seniors and identifies them for postsecondary institutions. Students enter the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) as high school juniors and by identifying themselves as Hispanic. This year, more than 196,000 PSAT/NMSQT takers nationwide identified themselves as Hispanic, and more than 4,000 of those students have been recognized as National Hispanic Scholars or Honorable Mention Finalists based upon their PSAT/NMSQT scores and their academic achievements. This winter, the Merion 4th grade classes of Nancy Haas and Caroline Doubman had the pleasure of meeting with two fantastic class visitors, each of whom shared his own unique experiences during World War II August Kaufhold, the grandfather of class member Cassie Kaufhold, spoke to the children about his own experience as child in Germany during the war. August’s father became a prisoner of war. His grandparents helped feed and safeguard a Jewish family in the next town (in an amazing twist, August’s son Peter and the grandson of the Jewish family that was in hiding, unknowingly became college roommates). He watched dogfights in the sky over his farm and he told the students how difficult life became during the late stages of the war. Likewise, Harold Wallace, the grandfather of class member Dylan Higgins, spoke to the class about his experiences as an African American member of the U.S. Army during the war. Harold shared with the class how he was born poor, lived in tenements in New York City and at age 15 dropped out of school. At age 17 he joined the Army and became part of a black regiment. He spoke openly with the children about how he and his fellow African American soldiers were not treated as well as their white counterparts. For instance they were unable to attend social functions and were given earlier curfews. He was in the European theater during the war and found transition back to life in the U.S. difficult. However, he was very proud to note that his four children graduated from college and that he too returned to school to receive his degree. August Kaufhold, who grew up in Germany during World War II, and Harold Wallace, who fought with an African American regiment in World War II, shared their unique experiences with fourth grade students at Merion. winter 2008 13
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