Dear St. Andrew's Families,

If you were here last weekend you may still be exhausted, but basking in the glow of the remarkable student body. We did our best to capture the events on our Livestream channel, but we also have photos and Janice Nevin's Chapel Talk in case you missed it. Thank you all for the energy and enthusiasm you brought to the weekend.

This weekend, the V Form will carry the tradition of putting on the annual Maui Wowie dance on the Front Lawn. The day will feature contests like potato sack racing and inflatable jousting; there will be a cardboard boat race, and a few teachers will be climbing into a dunk tank. Please email Will Speers to encourage him to volunteer.

We had some sad news this week with the passing of Carol Simendinger. Carol was born and spent her life on her family farm a short walk through the fields from Founders Hall where her high school sweetheart and husband Gary still tills the land. She was a graduate of the University of Delaware and was an invaluable member of the business office for 33 years. We will celebrate her life on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in the A. Felix duPont, Jr. Memorial Chapel. All are welcome.

All the best,
Will Robinson '97
Communications

Stotesbury, State Tournament Update

The rowing teams are in Philadelphia competing at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta today and (hopefully) tomorrow. The girls lacrosse team scraped and fought their way back from a 6-1 deficit to beat Tatnall in overtime and make the 8-team state tournament. They will play #1 seed Cape Henlopen on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cape. The #2-ranked boys tennis team and girls tennis team will also compete in the state tournament starting on Saturday. You can find the brackets here.

In the Classroom — AS Environmental Science Independent Projects

Seniors in Peter McLean's AS Environmental Science class shared their independent projects on Thursday. The project topics ranged from biodiversity on campus to the water quality of Noxontown Pond.

National Latin and National Greek Exams

Twenty-two students were honored this week for their work on The National Latin Exam. Congratulations to Izzy Navarro '15, Luke Baumann '15, and Doug McLaurin '14 for earning Summa Cum Laude honors. Four students earned honors on The National Greek Exam with Bertie Miller '14 earning a perfect score on the Beginning Greek exam and Peter D'Agostino '13 scoring among the top 15 students in the country on the Intermediate Attic exam.

A St. Andrew's Moment — The Painting Train

I had no idea what this was when I took the picture through my office window earlier this week. Mollie Gillespie '13 (fourth in line) explains: "It's the painting train. Every Tuesday and Friday the wonderful students of Mr. McGiff's painting class form a train that departs break in the Dining Hall and chug-chug-chugs to the painting studio in the Arts Center. I don't remember why we do this, but it happens every week."

Full School Calendar — Athletics Calendar

Bonus Photo!

Thursday brought our regularly scheduled monthly advisee lunches in lieu of sit down lunch in the Dining Hall. The lunches offer an opportunity for advisee groups to share, laugh and connect.