Watch the Varsity Football Team, both on and off the field during their recent record-breaking season.
Visit the Site for more info on their last game against Canterbury.
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"I fell in love with the campus when I first visited here," said Danielle McDonald '08. "I could definitely see myself living at The Gunnery." A native of South Orange, NJ, Danielle, was attending St. Phillips Academic, an independent junior high school, in Newark when she decided to give boarding school a try. She applied to a number of different schools in the area, but finally decided on The Gunnery based on the warm and welcoming atmosphere. "My first actual day of school was nerve- wracking," she said, "but everyone was so friendly. I hit it off right away with my roommate. We've roomed together all four of our years here."
Currently, Danielle is taking experiencing most of what The Gunnery has to offer with a full load of courses, varsity athletics, and the tour guide leadership program. Academically, she is excelling in a demanding course schedule, which includes AP Calculus, English 4, Physics, and Intro to Psychology. She is a member of the volleyball (also a captain) and softball teams, and serves as head tour guide for the Admissions Department. "This is my chance to meet the prospective students and show them around campus. I want them to feel as welcome as I was when I first toured here."
What is the most important thing Danielle has learned here? "Time management," she said without skipping a beat. "At first, the faculty really makes sure you are where you need to be, but as you get older, they step away from babying us. Basically, they allow us to grow up."
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January 31
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February
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March 10
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April 10
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Think of it as Gunnery's answer to the Harry Potter Tri-Wizard Tournament. Started last year, the Dorm Cup Challenge lets each dormitory bond together as a group during ten challenges throughout the academic year. "This is a chance for the kids to have some pride in where they live," said Director of Residence Life, Kate Merritt. "They work and interact with people they normally wouldn’t socialize with." Kate meets with the residential advisors at the beginning of the year to brainstorm each challenge.
While not as extreme as Mr. Potter's duel with the fire-breathing dragon, the challenges ask the students to work together through complex yet fun tasks. First, they were asked to design a flag and mascot for their respective dorm. Next, they turned their dormitories into walk through haunted houses. Last month, they participated in a fund raising event for diabetes (see related story below).
Hogwarts may have had the houses of Gryffindor and Slytheran, but Mr. Gunn's School has Teddy House and Bourne (and nine others). "Every challenge is gender neutral," said Kate. "It doesn't matter how old, big, or smart they are. This is simply about working together."
Updates on future Dorm Cup Challenges will be covered in the next issue of Highlander Highlights.
The Gunnery is proud to announce that fourteen of its students have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams in the May 2006 testing period.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in almost 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.
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In recognition of National Diabetes Month, The Gunnery raised $1,053.45 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Initiated and led by senior Kristina Roberts, events were organized with the support of Kate Merritt and the Residential Life Office. Kristy remembers walking around campus and seeing a lot of efforts to increase breast cancer awareness. "I knew just as many, if not more people who had diabetes," she said. "My father has diabetes. I wanted to raise money for this cause and educate the campus about diabetes and its effects." Kristy was thrilled to hear that alumnus Edsel Ford '68 offered a two for one match for the students’ efforts. Edsel's wife Cynthia is on the JDRF board. An additional $2,106.90 will be donated to the JDRF in the name of Gunnery’s students.
With the help of Dean of Students, Robert Reinhardt, and Director of Residential Life, Kate Merritt, Kristy organized two campus wide events: the Penny Ward and the Dress Down Day. A week-long dorm competition had the students scrambling to fill large jars (one for each of 10 dorms) with their loose change and add dollar bills to other dorms' jars to be subtracted from the jar's total score.
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A lively crew of both veterans and newcomers brought Larry Shue’s 1984 farce, The Foreigner, to The Gunnery stage on November 9th and 10th. The play’s premise: what happens when a group of divergent characters deals with a stranger who (they think) knows no English.
Peter MacKenna '08 is the pathologically shy Englishman Charley introduced by his friend Froggy LeSueur (Connor Reilly '08) a British military man into Betty Meeks' (Georgia Buckley '08) Fishing Lodge Resort community in Georgia, USA. To spare his friend from talking, Froggy tells the group that Charley is a foreigner and speaks no English. A devious reverend, David Lee, (Josh Johnston '09) and a southern redneck, Owen Musser (Peter Bresnan '11) have plans to defraud Betty Meeks, David Lee's fiancée Catherine Simms (Sage Bachman '08) and Ellard Simms (Brandon Rodriguez '08), Catherine’s mentally challenged brother.
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The Gunnery's Mathletes scored well and finished in a tie for third among six teams (and approximately 400 students) in the Western CT League Math Meet held at New Milford High School on December 3rd. The only independent school competing in a competition where, for example, New Milford High School fielded a team of 130 members versus The Gunnery's stalwart nine, the team had some outstanding individual scores on the test of 30 problems. Yen-Hao (Henry) Wang '09 had one of only two perfect scores and the highest score for a junior. Yuze (Michael) Sun '10 had the second highest score for a sophomore. Other participants who contributed to the team's success were: Tianyu (Allen) Li '10, Allen Chang '10, Shelby Sisco '09, Emily Bell '08, Sam Funk '09, Coco Haroldson '09, and Jung Min Park '08.
In spite of first term exam pressures, Gunnery students rally to cheer the field hockey team, which was invited to their post-season NEPSACC tournament. The girls will play Westover at Taft in a quarter-final matchup on Wednesday, November 14th. In addition, the team coaches, Kate Merritt and Jen Wasserman for field hockey learned that team captains, Lindsay Orszulak '08 and Lindsay Lincoln '08, were named all-stars by WNEPSFHA.
The field hockey team ended the regular season at 7-4-2, which put them into the play-offs as the #4 seed. Recalling the season, head coach Kate Merritt said, "Field hockey is not a play by play sport. Only if the team works together and keeps their energy up, will they enjoy the success we’ve had. This is one of the nicest teams ever! Our captains have demonstrated fantastic attitudes, leadership and commitment to the team."
Recalling their toughest opponents, Ms. Merritt singled out the Millbrook game which resulted in a 3-3 tie and the Hopkins win 4-0. Their last game against Westover resulted in a 2-2 tie.
Have you ever gone shopping for a dress with a particular image in mind? You know exactly what color you want, what style it should be, and how it should fall on you? How many hours have you spent in every Neiman Marcus, Macy's, and Lord & Taylor's across the country looking for this desired piece of clothing only to come up empty, frustrated, and in some cases, depressed (after all, isn't a size two the new size four?). Andrea Marron '04 also had this issue. Her solution? The internet-based Studio 28 Couture, Inc. "I have always had an interest in fashion and decided to start Studio 28 when I saw a trend towards customizable fashion," said Andrea. "Through our web site and by implementing an efficient system, Studio 28 is able to offer custom-made dresses to women all over at a reasonable price."
Andrea founded this company in February 2007 when she noticed big named designers such as Polo were offering customizing options on their websites. Steve Madden allows clients to design their own shoes.
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