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CARAVEL ACADEMY NEWSLETTER
Founded in 1979
APRIL 2017
Caravel Theater Performs the Popular Musical, “Annie”
aravel Academy’s Theater Department delighted hundreds of adults and children who came to enjoy a performance of Annie on March 17, 18 and 19. The large cast represented students from several grades; some were experiencing their first stage performance. Mrs. Staci Garber directed the production. Senior Morgan Wallace was the Student Director; Ryan Doyle, the Music Director; and Kelly Pyle was Crew Manager. The leading roles in the cast were Annie.... Katie Doyle Daddy Warbucks.... Ryan Meredith Grace Farrell.... Natalie Orga Miss Hannigan.... Morgan Wallace Rooster Hannigan.... Ryan Marando Lily St.Regis.... Paige Vascik Additional players represented the orphans, the Warbuck’s staff, people of Hooverville, and the president’s cabinet. Morgan Wallace expressed her gratitude to all who were involved. “Not only am I thankful to have worked with such a talented group, but I am more than proud of the wonderful show we produced. I am also beyond amazed at the advances made as a whole and the personal achievements reached by everyone involved. I love you all!” The original Broadway production was directed by Martin Charnin, the music by Charles Strouse, and the book, Annie, by Thomas Meehan.
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Alumni Association Names Scholarship Winner
he Caravel Alumni Scholarship Committee awarded the George E. Glynn, Jr. Alumni Tuition Scholarship for the 2016-17 school year to Brinda Vaidya, an AP Scholar and Vice President of the Caravel CSG.
Brinda represented Caravel at the Governor’s School for Excellence before her junior year and has been active with the CSG service projects, Sending Love to Our Troops Christmas Card Project, and the Candy Grams fundraisers. As a senior, she was elected Secretary
of the National Honor Society in addition to her involvement in Science Olympiad, Academic Challenge, Elite and Women’s Ensemble, and theater productions. Last summer Brinda completed two college courses, Neurobiology and Introduction to Psychology, at Harvard University earning eight credits. During the school year, she works at Sylvan Learning Center in Newark tutoring students in math and reading and proctoring practice SAT exams. Her goal is to study Neuroscience in college and eventually go to graduate school. Questions about this scholarship program can be directed to
[email protected].
BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR LITERACY IN EARLY EDUCATION
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eachers in the Early Education Center are engaged in an exciting pilot program with McGraw Hill publishers. Two pre-K teachers have received professional training to use the new World of Wonders reading series, and our three kindergarten teachers have been trained to use the Wonders reading series. Working with the publishers throughout this pilot year will benefit the teachers and students to make the best use of the digital and print materials. The lessons are easy to integrate into other themes. Take home books are provided so that the children have weekly assignments to reinforce what is taught in the classroom. The EEC is happy to be a part of piloting the Wonders Reading Series (McGraw Hill) purchased for us by the Caravel Academy Board of Education this year. This research based reading program provides instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, writing, concepts about print, high frequency words, and listening comprehension. Instruction is accomplished through the use of authentic literature, differentiated instruction, and whole group learning. Implementation of this reading program will create an even more consistent flow of instruction between the elementary grades, as it will be in place from pre-K to fourth grade beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.
Mrs. Judi Todd Mrs. Denise Budd Mrs Laurie Lorah
Kevin Guy (seated) and Zachary Gilper practice spelling and reading high frequency words in their small-group reading center.
Follow the Progress of Writing Skills in the EEC In the Early Education Center, we work hard to incorporate writing skills into our classrooms every day. We strive to provide our students with the tools that will allow success at each developmental stage. In preschool, we encourage our students to draw pictures to tell their own stories, read books by “reading the pictures”, and recognize the upper case letters of the alphabet. The students also learn that a group of specific letters come together and “say their name.” Pre-kindergarten classrooms continue to build on the above skills by introducing our students to both upper and lower case letters as well as the sounds associated with each one.
Eshaan, one of our prekindergarten students, did a fabulous job copying the word barn onto his picture. His first name is written with the first letter capital and the remainder of the letters are lower case.
Tobey, a current preschool student, works hard on a family project to make sure the first letter of his name is capital, and the rest of them lower case. PAGE 2
The students are encouraged to focus on the first letter in their name being capital and the remainder lower case. Our children begin copying words onto paper and paying very close attention to the beginning and ending sounds of words we hear in the world around us. Students are introduced to twenty high frequency words. These are words that children learn to recognize by looking at and not sounding out. This helps them tremendously with fluency when they become writers/ readers.
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WRITING SKILLS IN THE EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2)
Kindergarten Children Write Sentences with High Frequency Words In kindergarten, many “rules” are introduced to the children as far as how a proper sentence is formed. Does the sentence begin with a capital letter? Are there spaces in between each word of the sentence? Is there a form of punctuation at the end of the sentence? Does your sentence make sense? And do the pictures match the words? Kindergarten students are taught one hundred high frequency words. This helps our young writers to formulate sentences with words that appear multiple times in the English language.
Michael recognizes the high frequency words: I, that, will, in, like, and a in order to complete the sentence properly.
Attached are multiple writing samples currently found throughout the Early Education Center. As you look outside and see the trees and flowers blooming this spring, know that our young writers of Caravel Academy are doing the same inside the EEC! Mrs. Wesley Davidson Director, Early Childhood Program
Anushka helps to decorate our Character Education wall all about self-discipline. She uses her brain to answer the question about what she would do if Dr Seus’ Thing 1 and Thing 2 tries to influence her to make poor choices.
Caleigh uses the provided rubric (in the upper right hand corner of her paper) to make sure she creates a super sentence!
FROM PRESCHOOL TO LOWER SCHOOL, FOLLOW THE LEADER
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y’rin Smack has been with Caravel since the Pre-K program. He is currently in third grade. Zy’rin’s literacy skills are evident in many accomplishments, both in school and through community service and events. One example is a story that he wrote for World Read Aloud Day, which was sponsored by United Way of Delaware. He also delivered a speech at one of Governor Carney’s inauguration events. His third grade teacher, Mrs. Jen Frazier, praises Zy’rin’s character, “He truly does his best work on every assignment and is always eager to help his classmates. He is kind, honest, and trustworthy. The thing that stands out most to me is that Zy’rin doesn’t talk about his accomplishments or want any recognition for anything. He just does the right thing each day, without expecting anything in return. He is the kid everyone enjoys being around.”
Other teachers in the Early Education Center and Lower School offered compliments. Mrs. Day appreciates the warm greetings Zy’rin offers as he attends Morning Care. Teachers are quick to mention his empathy for others and willingness to assist other children. Mrs. Weldon, Zy’rin’s second grade teacher, added, “Zy’rin is a true role model student that demonstrates real leadership qualities not just by being able to lead a group, but also by exhibiting behavior that can also “lead” others to follow. He is a faithful young man, who shows empathy for others and in that respect, is wise beyond his years!” VOLUME XXXVI NO. 3
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THE LOWER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
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he Enrichment Program offers first through fourth graders an opportunity to explore extra topics to supplement their already rich education at Caravel Academy. Students are pulled out of their homeroom class in small groups of four to six students once or twice per week, depending on the grade level, to join Mr. Mendola in activities, games, or challenges. The “curriculum” revolves around STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), dynamic problem solving skills, and critical thinking skills individually and as a group. Students are selected for the Enrichment Program based on their achievement with report card grades, ERB or other standardized test scores, and teacher observations in the homeroom class.
2nd Grade: Bridges
Mr. Thomas Mendola, Enrichment Teacher
1st Grade: Sink or Float?
Students were given the task of building a bridge out of materials that would hold a certain weight. After the STEM activity, they created a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge out of Knex!
4th Grade: Pendulums Students are given a variety of challenges and prompts to let them play with items to see whether they will sink or float in water.
3rd Grade: Computers
Students built a replica of the pirate ship carnival ride and conducted multiple experiments related to pendulums using the pirate ship.
Students are currently studying all about computer hardware and how computers work. These third graders proved that you can teach binary code to eight and nine year old kids! They have even gotten a chance to take a computer apart and examine what’s inside! PAGE 4
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ll middle school students participated in seven rounds of Geography Bee questions with their social studies teacher. From those seven rounds and tie-breaker questions, if necessary, the grade level winners for the 2017 Geography Bee are: 5th grade: Savannah Crouse, Priest Jones, and Abijith Subramanian 6th grade: Bethany Maniyatte
MUSIC BOOSTERS he Caravel Music Boosters would like to thank the Caravel parents and families for helping to make this a very successful year. The Craft Fair in December doubled in size from last year’s show. Participants enjoyed the good food and great music at our Spaghetti Dinner in January. Our Family Bingo night was a hit and helped some very talented musicians with their travel to Honor Choirs far and wide. All of this is only attainable with the assistance of our dedicated volunteers.
Priest Jones is the Caravel Geography Bee champion.
7th grade: Mary Bailey and Katie Doyle 8th grade: Mark Stallone and Nick Burch In Caravel’s school bee, that included the grade level winners, fifth grader Priest Jones answered many tough questions to earn the title of Caravel Geography Bee Champion!
We welcome everyone to attend our Music Booster meetings, which are held at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month in the band room. There are a few more events coming this spring as we prepare for the Fine Arts Festivals and Music Competitions. Consignment Sale- 6/3/17- Children grow so quickly. The annual consignment sale is a great way to put outgrown uniforms to use while shopping for the next size. More information to follow. Mrs. Kelly H. Busovsky
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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL HOSTS WINTER FORMAL
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n March 4th the seventh and eighth grade students danced the night away at the formal. The cafeteria and hallways were filled with décor and a red carpet to transform the space into Hollywood. Prior to the dance, the seveth and eighth grade students voted for the themes they would be interested in having for the dance. After the decision was made, the student council officers and homeroom representatives helped pick out decorations to embrace the theme. At the dance, students were on the dance floor dancing to current and past hits. If they were not dancing, students were taking pictures with a Hollywood backdrop created by the Art Club or with a cut out of a celebrity! The Middle School Student Council would like to thank all the chaperones who came to help set up, monitor, and help clean up. We could not have done it without you! Mrs. Meghan Graham and Mrs. Caroline Romeo, MSSC Advisors
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“HELP THE HOMELESS”
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uring the second week in March, the Upper School Sportsmanship Committee spearheaded a school wide effort to feed the homeless. After collecting a truly generous amount of food items from the Caravel community, our High School students packed 648 “TO-GO” bags. These gallon lunch bags, which will be distributed to the homeless, were filled with: a protein source, fruit, granola bar, dessert, drink, napkin and spoon. In addition to recognizing the needs of those less fortunate, students worked hard and thoroughly enjoyed packing the bags to be sent to the Newark Empowerment Center. A “BIG THANKS” to those who contributed in any way. It is very much appreciated! Mr. Mike Wisniewski
ODYSSEY OF THE MIND
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Division II and Division III Teams
aravel’s Odyssey of the Mind Division II and III teams held respectable scores for all four teams at their regional tournament, with Mrs. Zebley’s team earning a first in long-term problem solving and Mrs. Deakyne’s team earning sixth place, missing a place at the States tournament by one point out of 350 points. We were competitive. Congratulations to all.
The Division II, parent coached, Stacy Deakyne’s team prepares to perform their superhero skit: Elizabeth Chen, Mikaela Franklin, Samantha Flaherty, Zach Deakyne, and Ben Banoub.
The parent coached Division II team by Chris and Ric Brown and Pradeep Sarwadi, consists of Maanvi Sarwadi, Brahmin Brown, Samitha Vallury, Sabrina Wang, Liam Dilks, and Donovan Dixon.
O’Koye Parker, Noah Taylor and Andrew Yuhas collect some of the “TO-GO” bags.
Madison Proffitt, Gabrielle Lane, and Pooja Patel assemble the donations. PAGE 6
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aravel was well represented in Odyssey of the Mind competition for this year. Many adult coaches and judges volunteered time to assist teams to brainstorm ideas, solve technical difficulties, and encourage team communication to work together.
Primary and Division I Teams
Division I parent coach Prashanth Sukumaran and his team advance to State finals. Team members: (Front) Ashlyn Almeida, Lexi Malenfant, Maci Hood, Namah Patel, Shail Patel. (Back) Liam Boland, Aashish Prashanth, and Coach Sukumaran.
Carrie Cochran, Caravel’s sixth grade English teacher, proudly wears her crazy hat as a volunteer judge.
Thomas Mendola’s primary team, co-coached by parent Don Baker, waits their turn to perform: Devin Baker, Eesha Potireddy, Medhansh Medi, Nylah Broomer, Luke Parisi, Anaya Pinjani, Michael Campano.
Team Sukumaran members discuss how to save creativity.
Brian Garber poses with Nancy Bailey, a first grade Caravel teacher; both parent and teacher volunteered to judge the regional primary and Division I tournament.
Caroline Romeo watches her primary team set up their performance: Casey Morgan, Paulina Borland, Jack Romeo, Hannah Li, Aiden Collie, Makenna Olds, Kelsey Passwaters.
Not mentioned are parent primary coaches Monisha Batta and Rob Romeo and the parent coaches for other teams: Chris and Ric Brown, Pradeep Sarwadi, Stacy Deakyne, and Sophia Sansone.
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We also had gracious parent volunteers to judge who were not pictured: Shakaib Quereshi, Susan Carey, Becky Brooks, Dr. Brenda Roselle, Ann Baldwin, Meg Bhatt, Zack Royston, and Sriv Sanikommu, who joined our teacher judge volunteers: Carrie Cochran, Nancy Bailey, Ruth Bishop, Suzy Goldman, and Denise Budd. All of these people deserve credit for keeping the Odyssey of the Mind program alive and well in Delaware; these volunteers make creativity happen in our children.
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MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
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his past January, C a r a v e l Academy students joined their peers from across the East Coast at the Hershey Lodge for three days to find innovative solutions for the international community’s most imminent problems. The result? In a span of seventytwo hours, our nine delegates— Noah Schwartz, Allie Staman, Rachel Carlton, Amanda Stull, Zoey Webb, Benjamin Schwartz, Prithvi Arora, Akhil Rao and I, negotiated peace treaties in the Middle East that prevented World War III, created plans in Asia to move our world forward into a more sustainable age, and implemented measures in Latin America to advocate for educational equity. We gained a newfound passion for civic leadership and international affairs that will last us and drive us throughout our lives. But more importantly, in the midst of these same seventy-two hours, we also gained many precious memories and new friends.
Delegate Noah Schwartz sums it well: “When I attended MUN, I had a lot of fun, made many new friends and even got a Character Development Award.” I had the distinct honor of serving as the Youth Secretariat this year, leading the meetings and watching in amazement at how much each delegate grew and accomplished over the course of the three-day conference. Advised by Dr. Ronald Cheadle, our delegation was awarded Outstanding Delegation. Akhil Rao won the Outstanding Country Research Paper Award, and Prithvi Arora was elected as 2017-2018 Chair for the Press Corps. Our influence far exceeded our numbers, and I am truly excited to see what the future will hold. Model United Nations. Three words. Three days simply is never enough. Lasya Katta Caravel Academy 2016-2017 Youth Secretariat
TRI-M HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION
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oth the Senior and Junior chapters of Caravel’s Tri-M Music Honor Society inducted new members and honored returning members at the annual induction ceremony held on February 23rd. The guest speaker was Michaela Salemi, Lower and Middle School band teacher and the newest addition to the Caravel music family. Junior Chapter successfully completed the annual Penny Wars fundraiser, while Senior Chapter focused on its service project for Music In Our Schools Month, presenting a series of concerts featuring the Elite, Women’s, Jazz, and Wind Ensembles to show younger students the inner workings of Caravel’s high school performing groups. The Tri-M chapters plan to continue service projects throughout the duration of this school year, assisting fellow students and community members through music. Ryan Doyle, Tri-M President
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he Caravel Student Government, led by Mr. DeLaney, coadvisors Mr. Orlando and Mrs. Roarty, as well as officers Nicole Czechowicz, Brinda Vaidya, Nick Schaefer, Hayley Whiting, Jenna Whiting, and Stephen Imhoff, has been busy coordinating and executing schoolwide events. This past February, the CSG held the annual candy gram sale. Students gifted their friends, teachers, and family members with delicious chocolate roses during the week leading up to Valentine’s Day. Vice President Brinda Vaidya conducted the preparation for candy gram making and the sale of the chocolate. Co-advisor Mrs. Roarty, the CSG officers, and members of the CSG executive committee met in the cafeteria on January 30th to make the chocolate roses. Approximately 800 candy grams were delivered throughout the campus on February 13th for students to enjoy on Valentine’s Day. For the third year in a row, the CSG held its Send Love to Our Troops project, which was directed by Secretary Jenna Whiting, during the month of February. All students, from pre-school through twelfth grade, decorated and wrote thoughtful messages on pink heart-shaped valentines that were delivered to veterans at the Wilmington VA Hospital in time for Valentine’s Day. On February 5th, the CSG shipped a grand total of 878 valentines to the hospital. On March 2nd, Mr. DeLaney, Mr. Orlando, the CSG officers, and members
of the CSG executive committee took a trip to the New Castle Bowlerama bowling alley to volunteer at this year’s Special Olympics bowling event. The Caravel volunteers did a fantastic job distributing bowling shoes, gathering bowling balls, keeping score, supporting and encouraging the athletes, and handing out medals at the end of the event. Additionally, President Nicole Czechowicz is managing the preparation and execution of the annual Easter egg hunt for the Preschool and Lower School. During the CSG’s weekly Wednesday meetings leading up to the egg hunt, the CSG executive committee will fill Easter eggs with candy and decorate Easter bags for the egg hunters. On April 11th, the preschool and lower school students will search for eggs and greet the Easter bunny. Spring Spirit Week, the week of April 10th, will be organized by Sergeant at Arms Stephen Imhoff to celebrate the arrival of warmer weather and Spring Break. Coming up in April and May are the spring elections for class and CSG officers for the 2017-2018 school year, the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, finals study groups, and the Administrator Appreciation Luncheon. Brinda Vaidya, CSG Vice President
CSG officers and members of the CSG executive committee attend the Special Olympics bowling event at New Castle Bowlerama bowling alley.
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BLUE-GOLD CLUB
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he Blue Gold Club of Caravel Academy has had a great year. Over twenty students took part in the two main activities carried out by the club this year: the Pasta Dinner in December and the Wing Bowl in January. As a result of these activities, the club was able to raise more than $2000 this year, and we thank the Caravel community for helping us raise this amount.
The DFRC not only sponsors the annual Blue Gold Game at Delaware Stadium (played this year on June 17th), but also hosts a variety of events, activities, and programs to help kids with intellectual disabilities lead fun and fulfilling lives. At the Wing Bowl, we had a dance-off in which the Blue Gold club members and their “buddies” all participated. Watching everyone dance, it just looked like a bunch of kids having fun, with no distinctions. What a great moment—and it is those moments, also, that allow us to have a great year.
However, what made it a great year was what the money is being used for. The Blue Gold club supports the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens (with intellectual disABILITIES).
Special thanks go to Dr. Tony Glenn and Rob Boyd from the DFRC; Coach John Reed, our head coach at Caravel (and head coach of the Blue team this year at the Blue Gold game) and Dr. Ron Cheadle, our advisor. Special thanks also go to Liz Smith, our senior ambassador who has worked diligently for the Blue Gold club this year and last, along with our other senior ambassador, Carly Garbayo, and our junior ambassadors Tessa Laney, Ryan Marando, and Grace Walker. Dr. Ron Cheadle, Advisor PAGE 10
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MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Middle School Boys Basketball 2016-17 was another exciting season for the Middle School Boys Basketball program. All the young men who participated this past season did a tremendous job representing Caravel Academy with class, dignity and pride. The result of which led the “A” and “B” teams to finish with a combined record of 13–10.
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Middle School Girls Basketball
he MS Girls Basketball teams enjoyed successful 2016-17 seasons. The A team finished with an 11–2 record. The B team ended up with a 4–3 record. The A team played a number of exciting games that went down to the wire. They ended the season with a five game winning streak. Included in the streak were two games played in the Capital Classic Tournament.
As with previous seasons, ferocious team defense and highoctane offense were the keys to success. Forcing a plethora of turnovers, the young Bucs were able to explode offensively and convert steals into easy fast break buckets. The energy and enthusiasm demonstrated each day was infectious and showed every time the players took the floor. Great job, gentlemen!
The first tournament game was against Gauger, in which Caravel was down one point with under a minute to go, and the team scored the final six points to advance to the championship game against Beacon. Caravel won that game 39–33 in double overtime, the first double OT game in the history of the tournament.
Special thanks go out to the following:
Taylor Wilkins led the team with 25 points in the game, including two clutch free throws with six seconds left to send the game to double overtime. For her efforts, Taylor received Tournament MVP honors. In addition, Amaya Johnson and Alice Pifferi earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, and Maddie Dalton received the Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations to all the players on the MS Girls Basketball teams.
Coach Anderson who has been with the Middle School Boys Basketball program for 10 years and continues to do an amazing job!!! Our spectacular volunteers...Josh Hartzell, Tessa Laney, Brandon Rich, and Zach Wiley, all of whom spent countless hours helping out at practices, games and team meetings throughout the season and who made the coaches’ jobs so much easier!!!
Coach Peter Kemp
To all of the families who supported the program from start to finish and traveled many, many miles to cheer us on in each game!!! Courtney Johnson and Jenn Morrow, our team moms who went above and beyond in their support by ordering the team jackets and organizing the end of year celebration!!! Our season would never have been so successful without the dedication and hard work of everyone mentioned in this article. Thank you to everyone!!!!!!! Coach Mike Regan
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VARSITY SWIMMING
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Michael Anderson, Andrew Hoch, Andrew Ngo and Kyle Miller were significant contributors to the team.
his swim season was our largest team ever with 38 swimmers! Having many new swimmers, some with experience, some without, all have come a long way since the very first day of practice. They have worked hard and have proven themselves very capable in the sport of swimming. Saturday, February 25th, marked the end of the season with the DIAA State Championships. Caravel was represented by both the boys and girls by entering three relays into the meet. It was a very exciting meet for our swimmers, with several earning best times. Ninth grader Meagan Tyler competed in the finals and finished 8th in 200 freestyle and 5th in 100 freestyle in the State! Meagan was named 2nd Team All State! Other individual swimmers that competed in States were Andrew Hoch in the 100 IM and 100 freestyle, Alec Elliott in the 50 freestyle and Colleen Sheridan also in the 50 freestyle. The boys team was led by captains and high point scorers, juniors Jacob Puharic and Thomas Edwards. Senior Alec Elliott, juniors Ryan Marando, Connor Emmons, eighth graders
The girls team, which was led by captains and major point contributors, senior Amanda Ladzinski and junior Allie Staman, had a great season. Lead point scorers were also freshman Grace Li, Colleen Sheridan, Meagan Tyler and eighth grader Bridget Sheridan. Sadly, we say goodbye to our seniors. In addition to those already mentioned are Maia Meadows (manager), Alexis Paulino, Kelly Pyle, Emily Taylor, Brett Baldwin, Travis Crevasse, Chris Duarte, Dominic Martone, Ryan McNary, Josh Puharic, and Bryce Seither. Both teams worked hard and demonstrated a lot of motivation and commitment. Although too many names to be mentioned, every last member of the boys and girls teams contributed to this season. Thanks to all managers, and parents for their commitment to this team, as we couldn’t have done it without you. Coach Ringler and Coach Graham
SEVEN SENIORS SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT
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n February 1, 2017, Caravel honored seven student athletes that were ready to commit to college. In an H period ceremony in the gym, in front of friends and family, we honored the following seniors: Cole Lewis – Goldey Beacom College – Soccer Deanna Cameransi – Elms College - Soccer Keith Medley – Lincoln University – Football Jake Reed – University of Delaware – Football Curtis Linton – University of New Hampshire – Football Macie Pennington – Caldwell University – Soccer Damon Callis – Lock Haven University - Football
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LADY BUCS BASKETBALL EARNS ANOTHER TRIP TO THE FINALS
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he Caravel Girls Basketball team finished the season 17–7 and made a return trip to the state championship. As usual, the girls played a difficult schedule during the regular season against in and out of state opponents. Rufus King from Wisconsin, Damascus from Maryland, and Vincentian, Germantown Academy, and Oxford from Pennsylvania provided excellent competition to prepare our team for March. In state wins over Conrad, Concord, Archmere, Hodgson, and AI DuPont were key to our 14–6 regular season finish.
earn our third state championship appearance in five seasons. We came up short in the championship to Ursuline Academy. While this team solidified itself as one of the finest in the state, the returning players and coaching staff are motivated to take the final step and win Caravel’s first girls basketball championship. We would like to say thank you to our three seniors Grace Lange, Meghan Bailey, and Emily Sweeny. Their hard work and dedication led them to two state championship appearances in their career, and numerous state tournament games at the Bob Carpenter Center. The underclassmen and the coaching staff wish them happiness and good fortune in all that they do in the future. Coach Caldwell
We earned the #3 seed in the 2017 state tournament. We opened the 2nd round with a win over Sussex Central at Caravel Academy. In the quarterfinals, at the Bob Carpenter Center, we defeated AI DuPont 54–40. Our final four matchup was against a familiar opponent – St. Elizabeth – who had beaten us 50–49 in January. We won a hard fought game 44–36 to
BUCCANEERS EARN RUNNER-UP AT DIAA TOURNAMENT
O’Koye Parker scored 26 points against Smyrna. He earned First
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he Boys Varsity Basketball team (18–6) entered the DIAA Championship game with an eight game winning streak, but they were the underdog, seeded 19th when the tournament began. Nevertheless, the Bucs beat No. 14 Hodgson and No.3 Salesianum to get to the quarterfinals. They won the next two games against Sanford (66–56) and St.Thomas More (48–47) to advance to the final game. Caravel provided lots of thrills as they kept the game close against the height advantage of Smyna, but in the end, Smyna won their first DIAA title, 61–53. For the Bucs, from 19th seed to Runner-up is a remarkable achievement. Go Bucs!! VOLUME XXXVI NO. 3
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he High School wrestling team went 9–3 during the regular season, which is one of the best regular season records for Caravel Wrestling for some time now. With such a great dual meet season, the team qualified for Dual Meet States, the tenth time in the last thirteen seasons. This year, the Caravel wrestlers also had a great season individually. The team had eight wrestlers place top four in the conference, which qualified them to the individual state tournament. The conference champions were Colin Adams and Keith Medley. Conference runner-ups were Nick Schaefer, Joey Silan, and Curtis Linton. Other state qualifiers were eighth grader Anthony Bellamy, Luke Duarte and Harrison Dalton. Andrew Yuhas became an alternate for the state tournament by placing sixth in the conference. The team would also like to thank its managers, Kylie Lepere and Sydney Bell for all their hard work. At the individual state tournament, Colin Adams pinned his opponent in the consolation finals, bringing home the bronze medal in the 195lb weight class. Keith Medley capped off an outstanding wrestling career by winning an individual state wrestling title in the 220lb weight class. Keith also joined a select group of Caravel Academy Alumni by compiling over 100 high school career wins. This year’s team had four seniors, Nick Schaefer, Colin Adams, Keith Medley and Curtis Linton, whose entertaining personalities and great work ethic will be sorely missed; however, with the team’s core of returning starters, as well as a tough group of rising eighth graders coming up from the strong middle school program, the future of Caravel Academy’s Wrestling team is looking outstanding!!! Coach Michael Welch
Friends and family gather during Senior Night.
Colin Adams and Keith Medley win medals at the Individual State Tournament.
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Nick Schaefer fights for position. Nick goes on to win the match in overtime.
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VARSITY WINTER TRACK AND FIELD
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The Boys and Girls Winter Track and Field Teams enjoyed a great 2016-17 season. Unlike years past, the weather was optimal and our athletes were able to make the most of warm practices and great competition. The boys team was led by seniors Jayson Bak, Jacob Puharic and Nicholas Rubini. The girls were led by senior Samantha Steeman, and juniors Katy North and Jessie Ziolkowski. The Buccaneers faced competition in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York as well as qualified in all relays for the State Championship Meet. At States our team had individuals place in Pole Vault, as well as the 400, 800, 1600, and 3200 mid and distance events. The highest point scorer for the boys was Jacob Puharic and for the girls, Jennifer Armistead. The Buccaneers are a growing and talented team, who look to continue their excellence in the coming spring. A special thank you to our coaching staff for their dedication to our student athletes. Coach William Merritt
WINTER CHEERLEADING
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he Winter Competition team had an incredible year. They banded together and formed a bond that allowed them to perform in the competition arena. The team finished the season with two First Place finishes in their division, and captured a high score and Creative Dance recognition. The team was led by captains Grace Silicato and Emma Leefeldt, who provided consistent leadership throughout the season. Caravel Middle School Winter Cheerleading had several new faces this year. The team did a great job at supporting our JV basketball team, and had a fun season learning new cheers and performing during half time! Coach Trisha Ziemba
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CARAVEL THEATER PERFORMS “ANNIE”
Congratulations goes out to the Caravel Academy Theater for their outstanding production of “Annie.” PAGE 16
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