Outstanding students and faculty recognized at Honors Day and Commencement
May 20, 2008
Upper School students and faculty members were recognized at Honors Day May 16 in Morris Chapel and the following day at Commencement. At Honors Day, Regester House was named winner of the 2007-08 Centennial Cup for school spirit.<br /><br />
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Faculty award recipients were:<br /><br />
<b>Dan Bishop</b> - Significant Contributions to the Darlington Community Award<br /><br />
<b>Julia Dodd</b> - Parents' Choice Award<br /><br />
<b>Brian Inman</b> - Oscar Betts '19 Master Teacher Award<br /><br />
<b>James Milford</b> - William Gordon Neville Jr. '55 House Senate Faculty Award<br /><br />
<b>Raymond Murray</b> - Excellence in Teaching Award <br /><br />
<b>Kathy O'Mara</b> - R.M. Yankee Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching <br /><br />
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Student award recipients were:<br /><br />
<b>Kathryn Lynn Aldrich</b> - Wellesley College Book Award <br /><br />
<b>Cody Miles Anderson</b> - D.M. McNaull Award<br /><br />
<b>Tyson Thomas Betts</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Korea YaHana Black</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Isabel Ashe Bonnyman</b> - E.L. Wright Award for French III, Yale Book Award, University of Rochester Susan B. Anthony Award, D.A.R. Medal <br /><br />
<b>Jaclyn Summer Brass</b> - E.L. Wright Award for English II<br /><br />
<b>Kendall Hart Brooks</b> - Walker-Smith Award for Unselfish Service, Darlington School Discipline Committee Award <br /><br />
<b>Garrett Amzi Brown</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Percussion Ensemble, McKemie-Wilkinson Steel Band Scholarship Award, George W. Awsumb Award <br /><br />
<b>Grover James Brown III</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for Georgia Natural History and Introductory Organic Chemistry, Ray Kroc Youth Achievement Award, George A. Dorsey Memorial Award <br /><br />
<b>Starla Kay Brumit</b> - Rena Patton Award <br /><br />
<b>Rachel Ashley Buckle</b> - Dartmouth College Book Award <br /><br />
<b>Elizabeth Formby Buice</b> - Alice Cooper Griffin Memorial School Service Award <br /><br />
<b>Benjamin Mitchell Cantrell</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Concert Choir<br /><br />
<b>Dave Lee Cantrell IV</b> - John Glenn Award for Great Improvement <br /><br />
<b>Zongyu Cao</b> - E.L. Wright Award for ESL III<br /><br />
<b>Spencer Clothier Carroll</b> - Xerox Award for University of Rochester Innovation and Information Technology Award<br /><br />
<b>Alexandria Marcelle Celestin</b> - Morgan Sisley Love of Life Award <br /><br />
<b>Anisha Piyushbhai Chandra</b> - E.L. Wright Award for AP Spanish Literature<br /><br />
<b>Yuelin Chen</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Pre-Calculus Honors<br /><br />
<b>Ziyang Chen</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for AP Chemistry, Graphic Design and AP Calculus AB; John Rood Cunningham Jr. Award; Phi Beta Kappa Book Award <br /><br />
<b>Mu-jung Chiu</b> - Darlington School Community Service Award, John Glenn Award for Great Improvement<br /><br />
<b>Sarah Jane Clements</b> - E.L. Wright Award for English IV, Everett E. Porter Award for Excellence in Chemistry Laboratory <br /><br />
<b>Patrick Lynn Collier</b> - The George and Betsy Awsumb Senior Art Collection Award, Sydenham Howell Award, Joe Mull Memorial Award <br /><br />
<b>Lucas Randall Cook</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Claire Catherine Davis</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for Anatomy and Physiology and AP Art History, Good Citizenship Medal, Darlington School Honor Council Award, Darlington School Director's Award<br /><br />
<b>Hunter Anderson Davis</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Spanish III<br /><br />
<b>Adewale Agaba Desalu</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Art I <br /><br />
<b>Alexandra Louise Dodd</b> - Sewanee Club Award, Kipp-Tillman Memorial Award <br /><br />
<b>Hannah Elizabeth Dodd</b> - E.L. Wright Award for AP Music Theory<br /><br />
<b>Derricus Kenyon Ellis</b> - C.J. Wyatt Sr. Award <br /><br />
<b>Lewis Matthew Flint IV</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Music Appreciation, McKemie-Wilkinson Steel Band Scholarship Award <br /><br />
<b>Rebecca Grier Fricks</b> - Chorus-Darlington Players Achievement Award<br /><br />
<b>William McKay Gilliland Jr.</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for AP Physics C, Cinema and Government/Economics; Paul J. King-R.M. Yankee Award for Excellence in Mathematics; Charles Scott Award; Randa F. Mixon Award; Barbara Ware Book Award; Darlington School Scholar Bowl Award; Darlington Medal for General Excellence; Valedictorian <br /><br />
<b>Benjamin Samuel Goldberg</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Keila Cherise Gunter</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Lauren Elizabeth Hampton</b> - E.L. Wright Award for AP Spanish Language<br /><br />
<b>Kendra Patrice Harris</b> - Barbara Ware Book Award, Coxwell-Kerr Award, Edward Nixon McKay Memorial Scholarships <br /><br />
<b>Alexandria Rose Harton</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Ladies' Chorale<br /><br />
<b>Garrett Nelson Henderson</b> - Darlington School Chorus Award, Darlington School Players Award for Acting, Alice Cooper Griffin Memorial School Service Award <br /><br />
<b>Sarah Margaret Hjort</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Shao-Chi Huang</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for Geometry Honors and Algebra II Honors<br /><br />
<b>Lucy Hightower Izard</b> - E.L. Wright Award for AP Environmental Science<br /><br />
<b>Cleveland Norton Jackson</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Gregory Brock Jackson</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Introduction to Computers<br /><br />
<b>Lucas Miller Jennings</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Spanish 2 and Ancient World History<br /><br />
<b>Jennifer Liggin Johnson</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Stephanie Alexis Kehl</b> - E.L. Wright Award for English I<br /><br />
<b>Charles Emanuel King Jr.</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Katherine McRae Knight</b> - Worth Moser Award, D.M. McNaull Award <br /><br />
<b>Chang-sup Lee</b> - A.J. Huffman '67 Memorial Award, The University of Virginia Prize, Salutatorian <br /><br />
<b>Jung Bae Lee</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Spanish I<br /><br />
<b>Kun Sun Lee</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Art IV<br /><br />
<b>Richard Darrell Legacy III</b> - Darlington School Scholar Bowl Award<br /><br />
<b>Andrew Ryan Lewis</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for AP Computer Science and AP Statistics<br /><br />
<b>Nina-Sophie Luenstedt</b> - E.L. Wright Award for French IV<br /><br />
<b>Laura Marie Lynch</b> - Geoffrey M. Horsfield Scroll<br /><br />
<b>Douglas Alexander MacKimm</b> - Wesley N. Coleman Jr. Memorial Award <br /><br />
<b>Ryan Gregory Major</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Lauren Elizabeth Mauer</b> - The George and Betsy Awsumb Senior Art Collection Award <br /><br />
<b>Ka Chun Mok</b> - Walker-Smith Award for Unselfish Service <br /><br />
<b>David Gibbens Monteleone Jr.</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Hannah Lee Montgomery</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Kosuke Morimura</b> - E.L. Wright Award for ESL I<br /><br />
<b>Claire K. Mugisha</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Catherine Mary Mullen</b> - Harvard Club Award, E.L. Wright Awards for AP Biology and Journalism, University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award <br /><br />
<b>Songkiat Nutalaya</b> - E.L. Wright Award for AP Calculus BC<br /><br />
<b>Chutimun Napombejara</b> - Godfrey Smith Family Award for General Excellence <br /><br />
<b>Kelly Redford O'Mara</b> - E.L. Wright Award for AP Studio Art, The George and Betsy Awsumb Senior Art Collection Award, The Inkslinger Adviser's Award, Edward Nixon McKay Memorial Scholarships, Darlington School House Senate Award, Thornwood Bracelet for General Excellence<br /><br />
<b>Logan Patrick O'Riley</b> - American Choral Directors' Association National Student Award, Chorus-Darlington Players Achievement Award, Darlington School Players Award for Acting<br /><br />
Maria Constanza Ospina - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Sara Louise Pate</b> - Angelyn Hollingsworth Johnson Memorial Award, Darlington School "Y" Cabinet Award <br /><br />
<b>Sneh Mahesh Patel</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Bryce Maria Pitts</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Video Production I<br /><br />
<b>Daniel Houston Powell</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Creative Writing, E.V. Regester Award, The Inkslinger Creative Award, Edward Nixon McKay Memorial Scholarships, The Williamson Prize<br /><br />
<b>Katherine Elizabeth Powers</b> - The Jabberwokk Award<br /><br />
<b>Jett Wayne Puckett</b> - Class Scholarship Award, E.L. Wright Awards for U.S. History and English III<br /><br />
<b>Kurt Maxwell Purvis</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Environmental Science<br /><br />
<b>Justin Paul Rufen-Blanchette</b> - Darlington School Director's Award <br /><br />
<b>Anna Grace Rutledge</b> - E.L. Wright Awardfor Algebra I<br /><br />
<b>Christina Marie Rutledge</b> - Darlington School Parents' Association Award<br /><br />
<b>Stephanie Michelle Schecter</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for Drama/Musical Theater and Spanish X<br /><br />
<b>Tsan-Ting Shen</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for AP Physics B and French I<br /><br />
<b>MacKenzie Denise Sidwell</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for Art III and World Religions, The George and Betsy Awsumb Senior Art Collection Award <br /><br />
<b>Esa Putri Sofian</b> - The Williamson Prize<br /><br />
<b>David Albert Stelly</b> - McKemie-Wilkinson Passion Award <br /><br />
<b>Anna Benton Stephenson</b> - Darlington School Players Award for Acting <br /><br />
<b>Caroline Lewis Steverson</b> - E.L. Wright Award for French II<br /><br />
<b>Pooja Tiwari</b> - The Jabberwokk Award <br /><br />
<b>Saket Prakash Tiwari</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Men's Chorale<br /><br />
<b>Martha Ondina Tucker</b> - Rhodes College Book Award<br /><br />
<b>Kristin Baylee Tudor</b> - The George and Betsy Awsumb Senior Art Collection Award <br /><br />
<b>Jonathan Kyle Tullos</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Computer and Robotics<br /><br />
<b>Abigail Lynn Vincent</b> - John Philip Sousa Award, Darlington School Players Award for Production <br /><br />
<b>Viola Vorbrueggen</b> - E.L. Wright Award for AP French Language<br /><br />
<b>Thomas Daniel Walsh Jr.</b> - E.L. Wright Awards for Wind Ensemble and AP Psychology<br /><br />
<b>Laura Katherine Waters</b> - Most Versatile Female Athlete Award <br /><br />
<b>Landon Elizabeth Watters</b> - Most Outstanding Female Athlete Award <br /><br />
<b>Samuel William Watters</b> - Class Scholarship Award<br /><br />
<b>Andrew John White</b> - Class Scholarship Award, Daniel P. Hanks Medal, E.L. Wright Awards for Spanish IV and Modern World History<br /><br />
<b>Andrew Thomas Williams V</b> - Bo Satterfield Spirit of Life Award <br /><br />
<b>Annie Frances Williams</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Video Production II<br /><br />
<b>Patrick Ryan Wilson</b> - American Choral Directors' Association National Student Award, Angelyn Hollingsworth Johnson Memorial Award <br /><br />
<b>Claire Frances Wyatt</b> - The Darlingtonian Award<br /><br />
<b>Dam-Sil Yoo</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Orchestra<br /><br />
<b>Ji Hea Yoon</b> - E.L. Wright Award for Art II
Alumni, parents, friends invited to join singing group
November 26, 2007
Members of the Darlington community, including faculty, alumni, parents, grandparents and friends, are invited to participate in the choral department's new choir, the Darlington Festival Singers. The group will be conducted by Dan Bishop, director of choral activities and chairman of the fine arts department.<br /><br />
According to Bishop, rehearsal dates/times and concert schedule are still in the formative stages and will be decided as soon as an enrollment survey is completed. Forty-two faculty members have already responded with interest. <br /><br />
“There is a special need for this type of ensemble on our campus and in our community,” said Bishop. “Many individuals have approached me over the past few years concerning the possibility of having such an ensemble, and I am excited to be able to fulfill this request. I would love for the ensemble to be able to begin rehearsing in January 2008.”<br /><br />
Those interested in joining the choir should e-mail Dan Bishop at <a href="mailto:dbishop@darlingtonschool.org">dbishop@darlingtonschool.org</a>. Please include your name, voice part and your tie to Darlington. You will then have the opportunity to complete an online survey that will assist in putting together a rehearsal schedule and concert dates.
In only three nights, volunteers for this year’s Fall Phonathon Week raised $134,730 for the 2007-08 Annual Fund. This puts the total amount raised at $435,497 with the Darlington community well on its way to achieving this year’s goal of $1.5 million.<br /><br />
“We aimed to raise a minimum of $100,000 at this week’s phonathons, and with the help of 30 alumni and parent volunteers I am pleased to say that we drastically exceeded our goal,” said Brooks Mathis, annual gifts officer. “We could not have done this without our dedicated volunteers. I’d also like to thank Bob Hortman (’72), chairman, for providing strong leadership to this year’s Annual Fund Board. Together, this group is achieving great things for Darlington.”<br /><br />
This week’s volunteers included Hortman, Jennifer Anderson, Justin Arpan, Caroline Seigler Brearely (’99), Ed Brewster (’61), Steve Brewster (’87), Henry Brown (’51), Larry Cagle, Ashley Clark (’99), Paula Englis, Pete (’57) and Suzy Gilbert, Ivey Harrison (’99), Scott Henson (’56), Christa Cline Jackson (’73T), Jack (’79) and Nancy Knight, Belinda MacKimm, Tim Morgan (’87), Chason Mull (’79), Lenora Santoro, Jack Smith (’98), Jo Stegall (’76), Lorie Thoms, Liz Tierney, Patty Tillery, Ed Watters (’83), Joe Watters (’80), and Steve (’73) and Ann Wilhoite.<br /><br />
“I’d like to thank each one of these people for their tremendous efforts on Darlington’s behalf,” said Mathis. “Everyone worked extremely hard to make this week a success. With this type of momentum and energy early on in the campaign, there are no limits to what we can accomplish this year.”<br /><br />
Also this month, the Middle School became the first division to reach 100-percent participation among faculty and staff, with the Lower School achieving the same goal only two weeks later. Together, these divisions donated $14,901 to the Annual Fund. The Upper School is close behind at 99 percent participation.<br /><br />
“I want to give a special thanks to our faculty chairpersons Beth Smith (’87), Susan Stout (’81) and Dan Bishop for heading up a great effort at all three divisions,” said Mathis. “These teachers have really set the precedent for faculty giving at Darlington.”<br /><br />
For more information about the Annual Fund, please contact Brooks Mathis at 706-236-0419. <a href="https://www.darlingtonschool.org/Giving/GiveOnline">Click here</a> to give online.
Darlington to host South Rome’s “Choral Celebration of Many Voices”
August 20, 2007
As part of the Rome community’s One Book, Many Voices reading initiative, Darlington will host the South Rome Redevelopment Corporation’s “Choral Celebration of Many Voices” Sunday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Huffman Center. <br /><br />
“The purpose of the concert is to establish The Phyllis Wright-Davis Scholarship Fund for honor roll students at Anna K. Davie Elementary School,” said Karen Moore, executive director of the SRRC. “As long as these students stay on the honor roll, they’ll have full memberships to the new Boys & Girls Club. Our goal is to raise $30,000.”<br /><br />
The concert will feature 300 voices from area choirs, including Lovejoy Baptist Church Choir, Greater Bethlehem Temple Sanctuary Choir, Berry Concert Choir, Shorter Chorale, Darlington School Concert Choir and the Northwest Georgia Youth Community Choir. Each choir will present three pieces during the concert. For a finale, all the groups, with participation from the audience, will sing “God Bless America.”<br /><br />
“I have chosen a folk hymn arrangement of ‘Saints Bound for Heaven,’ a gospel song titled ‘Order My Steps in Your World,’ and a spiritual, ‘Sit Down Servant,’” said Dan Bishop, chairman of Darlington’s fine arts department. “I think that our participation is important for many reasons. First off, it is a marvelous opportunity to build a sense of community within South Rome and the entire city. Secondly, it will allow our students the opportunity to hear other choirs from our area colleges and churches.”<br /><br />
Admission is $10 per person. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call 706-236-2826. Partners for the One Book, Many Voices initiative include Berry College, Darlington School, Georgia Highlands College, Rome Area Council for the Arts, Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth, Rome News-Tribune, Sara Hightower Regional Library, Shorter College and 100 Black Men of Rome and Northwest Georgia.<br /><br />
One Book, Many Voices seeks to foster literacy, encourage dialogue and build community in Rome and Floyd County. The book selected to inaugurate this annual event is Dr. Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” The project will culminate with a lecture by Angelou, an internationally respected poet, writer and educator, at The Forum at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27. For more information on this and other One Book, Many Voices events, please visit <a href="https://www.romelibrary.org/onebook.htm">www.romelibrary.org/onebook.htm</a>.
From June 8-17, the combined choirs of Darlington and Cartersville High School traveled together through England and France where they performed at four venues, ranging from the venerable Église Saint Séverin in Paris and St. Luke’s Methodist, a quaint, little church in Rochester, England.
Members of Darlington community involved in local play
July 24, 2007
The Darlington community joined forces with Sam Baltzer and Rome’s Own Musical Ensemble in a big way to present Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” July 27-28 at Rome City Auditorium. Five of the nine leads in the play were members of Darlington’s faculty, alumni or parents of alumni.
Darlington’s Concert Choir traveled to Orlando, Fla., the weekend of April 20 to compete at Festival Disney. While the group would qualify as a Single A school, they decided to compete in Triple A against schools with an enrollment of 1,201 to 1,600.<br /><br />
“The choir came away with a Superior rating and the Best in Class Award for Triple A,” said Dan Bishop, choral director and chairman of the fine arts department. “One of the adjudicators also invited them to perform at Rollins College, where he is choral director, during the 2007-08 school year.”<br /><br />
The festival series schedule included two days of adjudicated performances, where ensembles received valuable written and recorded feedback from nationally recognized music educators. At the conclusion of the event, the students took part in the Festival Disney Awards Ceremony.<br /><br />
At the competition, the Concert Choir sang “Homeward Bound” by Keen/Althouse, “O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose” by Clausen, “Amor De Mi Alma” by Stroope, and “Tell the Earth to Shake” by Walker.<br /><br />
According to Bishop, one of the adjudicators wrote in his comments: “Superb literature, quite difficult and mature for a school of your size. Glad you decided to enter in Triple A instead of Single A. You are wonderfully poised and elegant.”<br /><br />
All the ensembles received an exclusive Festival Disney Award, and each member of the ensemble received a Festival Disney Medal to commemorate their participation. Festival Disney is open to junior, middle and high school music groups. <br /><br />
The Concert Choir’s next performance will be Sunday, May 6 at 4 p.m. in Morris Chapel.
Proving that they are ready to defend their Class AA state title, the top-ranked Lady Tigers breezed to the Region 7-AA crown Friday afternoon at the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center in workman-like fashion as Darlington swept both the girl’s and boy’s championships.
