2011–2012 PawPrint - Westminster Academy

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Westminster Academy, A Year in Review 2011–2012
Table of Contents
Headmaster’s Letter to the Community ..............1
Celebrating Academic Champions ..................2–3
Celebrating Lower School.................................4–7
Awards................................................................8–9
Student Activities and Outreach ..................10–13
Headmaster
Dr. Leo Orsino
Contributing Writers
Laura Brash ’87 Bishop
Susan Gaines
Nicole Friend ’08 Miller
Claudette Pearson
Denyse Peterson
Christina Roldan ’12
Celebrating Fine Arts.....................................14–19
Celebrating the Class of 2012.......................20–24
Homecoming.......................................................25
Celebrating Athletics.....................................26–30
Graphics/Layout
Winter Court .......................................................31
Photographers
Holly Carroll, CarrollGraphics
Auction & Other Fellowship Activities ........32–33
Annual Report ...............................................34–42
Laura Brash ’87 Bishop
Melinda Faulk ’12
Carol Neal
Christina Roldan ’12
Dave Summerill
Alumni Update..............................................43–48
The PawPrint is published by the Communications Department of
Westminster Academy to communicate school news and activities to
parents, alumni, friends and interested parties.
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Westminster Academy is a Christ-centered, biblically-based college
preparatory school dedicated to equipping covenant students to
excel by using their gifts and talents for God’s glory.
Westminster Academy Accreditations and Affiliations:
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (AdvancED)
• Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS)
• Florida Kindergarten Council (FKC)
• Christian Schools of Florida (CSF)
• National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA)
• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
Ivy Scicchitano and Sariah Jeffrey
Cover photo left to right: Alana Trombino,
Luke Ferraguti, Alex Danielsen-Haces,
and Kelly Oakes.
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ethnicity, disability, or gender in the administration of its educational policies,
admission policies, financial assistance, athletics, or any other school-administered
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the deeply held religious convictions of the School or Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.
Kathleen Adkins
WA Football Players: Hunter Oman (27),
Thomas DiBucci (65), and Curtis Tucker (67)
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Dear Westminster Academy Community,
1
What is the difference between WA
and other schools?
Simply stated, Jesus Christ and God’s Holy Truth are at the
center of all teaching and learning, as well as every
program and event.
At Westminster Academy, we saturate our students in
prayer, and we partner with their parents in the love and
grace of Jesus Christ. We position our students to grow in
their relationship with Christ, and we immerse them in
God’s Truth in all areas of their learning. We teach to the
whole child, their mind, as well as their soul, and help
each of them develop a oneness of intellect and faith. We
educate and equip our students to excel, by using their
gifts and talents for God’s glory. Our students are inspired
to be extraordinary thinkers and exceptional learners.
When our students graduate from WA, they are prepared
to impact the culture for Christ and excel in their scholarly
endeavors in college.
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What you will find in three of our key
publications during the school year?
Each year, we publish three key documents that tell the
story of God’s love, blessings and miracles at Westminster
Academy. These documents are:
• Optime, the annual yearbook published in May,
• Celebrating God’s Work at Westminster Academy,
published in June,
• The PawPrint, published in the fall for the previous year.
In this year’s Paw Print, you will see how God uses WA to
disciple students to impact the culture for Christ. We are
truly blessed by remarkable students who care deeply about
learning and serving others. They are mentored and
motivated by highly qualified and credentialed faculty,
staff, coaches and volunteers who love Jesus and Truth. As
you read the PawPrint, you will see God’s love and grace at
work in the lives and accomplishments of His students and
His school ministry. I hope you enjoy this edition of the
PawPrint as much as I do.
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A Special Thank You
You may have heard me say that it takes an army of
witnesses to oversee and disciple a community of believers.
At WA, we have an amazing army of devoted disciples of
Jesus Christ who walk along side the students and the
school community every day. A special thank you goes to
all of God’s prayer warriors, students, parents, grandparents,
teachers, staff members, coaches, volunteers, PTF Board and
volunteers, Booster Club Board members, alumni, donors,
friends, pastors, church leadership and School Board
members. Your unwavering devotion to Christ and your
tireless dedication to excellence is a testimony of God's love
and grace in action at Westminster Academy.
Personally, I am humbled and blessed to serve God and
you. It is an honor and a privilege to be a WA Lion.
Praise God for His people, protection, provisions and
providential blessings at Westminster Academy.
Thank you for your prayers, love and support in the
Name of Jesus Christ,
All three of these publications can be found on the
WA website at www.wacad.edu.
What you will find in all of these publications is a
reflection of God’s glory and His providential impact
on His people at WA. Each of these publications is a
celebration of who God is and what He has been doing
in the lives of our students, learning community and
school ministry.
Leo Orsino
Headmaster
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Celebrating God’s Work in our
Champions
Criteria to be an Academic Champion:
To be recognized as an academic champion at WA, a student must
meet the following criteria:
1. Students obtaining an overall average of 4.5 or 95% or higher
will be placed on the Summa Cum Laude Honor Roll.
2. With an overall average of 4.0 or 90%, the student will be
placed on the Magna Cum Laude Honor Roll.
3. The Headmaster’s Club is awarded to all students who achieve
all A’s for the quarter of study in the middle school, semester of
study for the high school, and the school year for the lower
school (third, fourth, and fifth grade).
5. All of our academic champions receive letters and certificates,
their name will be placed on our website, and a special poster
will be placed in their respective hallways.
Academic
Middle School
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Sophia Alday*
Joshua An
Melinda Babaian*
Justin Bailey*
Emily Baker*
Alex Berry*
Gabriel Blanco*
Jamie Boros
Alessia Cabrini*
Caroline Canada*
Sophia Carvalho*
Kiersten Casey*
Sophia Cochran*
Madison Conner
Kitt Curtis*
Joshua DeAngulo*
Hunter DiGiacomo-Barnes
Daniela Ekedede*
Dawn Erlich*
James Fee
Taylor Fee
Kathryn Ferraguti*
Bailey Fleck*
Chase Foote
Taylor French*
Haley Glenum*
Kelsey Guedes*
Gillian Gulley*
Hannah Harms
Christopher Horton
Ben Hunter*
Megan Kinsella*
Daniel Klassen
Delany Klassen*
Becky Kurth*
Daniel Lafferty*
Meleah Lyden*
Adair Lyden*
Christopher MacClugage*
Luke Mansour*
Kayla McCracken*
Elizabeth Meadows*
Thomas Messer*
Thomas Neuman*
Chase Perry*
Christian Petrisko
Abby Quirk*
Cece Reeder*
Collin Renae*
Nicholas Sharpe*
Drew Shiple*
Gabriella Shyne*
Travis Singh*
Carly Spangler*
Bobby Tannhauser*
Vincent Trombino*
Reece Womick
Shannon Woodburn*
Fourth and Fifth Grade
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
SUMMA CUM
LAUDE
MAGNA CUM
LAUDE
Audrey Augiar*
Gabrielle Audet*
Brandon Beaupied*
Hannah Billings*
Tomas Blanco
TJ Boros
Julia Clemens
Mary Elizabeth Gill
Lexi Gonzalez*
Ryne Guida
Clara Harms
Trevor Hatch*
Camille Herren
Leah Michels*
Gianna Milan*
Jessica Nedry*
Martina Schapira*
Zachary Selbach
Dimitri Selimos
Sierra Sollars
Jonathan Ulrich
Isabelle Voce
Brady Walsh
Dylan Wood*
Alyssa Allen
Frank Angione
Hannah Bailey
Hannah Brown
Thomas Budd
Andrew Chiwara
Evanee Cooper
Benjamin DeAngulo
Elijah DeAngulo
Sarah Ghali
Isabella Gonyer
Bradley Hebda
Hristos Kommatas
Cole Lynch
Christopher Martinez
Leah Martinez
Megan Matthews
Abigail Miller
Franke Mistretta
Treson Scalf
Kaitlyn Scallin*
Adam Warters
Savannah Alday
Jonathan Alencar
Matthew Alexander*
Zachary Allsworth
Alex Applegate
Connor Bachan
Philip Barbar
Hannah Beard
Jordan Belcher
Rebekah Benton
Billy Bevill
Alexis Brohman
Jules Burkey
Sofia Camejo
Shyler Carlson
Glynnis Carlson
Allison Ciani
Mack Clemens
Brandon Climenhage
Gavin Cochran
Cayla Coningsby
Rochelle Crevier
Elizabeth Dobek
Tommy Dorfman
Kathryn Drake
Madison Durney
Kathryn Ford
Kevin Freeland
Anabelle Garcia
Jordan Graham
Emily Grossutti
Erika Hall
Aliyah Hannah
Cody Hatch
Andrew Hebda
Victoria Hoang
James Joannou
Emily Jones
Gilli Kalb
Gabby Kalb
John Kelley
Alexia Kinsey
Laura LaBate
Zachary Ledbetter*
Anthony Leonardi
Dannielle Lyttle
Wells Mahoney
Katelyn Maleta
Tiffany Malinetescu
Dylan McIver
Matthew Miehle
Victoria Moforis
Randi Moore
Alexis Moraitis
Jessica Nava
Katherine Nava
Natalie Navarro
Ariana Negreiro*
Nikki Newton
Camryn Pagliaro
Cammy Peloquin
Gabriella Peña
Maddie Pilch
Gabriella Pipia
Lindsey Poliak*
Aaron Pomeroy
Cary Postma
Alexis Quintana
Lia Raby
Jessica Reising
Nicole Restrepo
Trace Reynolds
Cindy RipollMartinez
Kenny Rondino
Jason Saenz
Alexandra Sampo
Jake Sasser
Daisy Scasserra
Kristen Selbach
Alexander Sharp
Brian Sharp
Stefan Smoke
Christian Soderberg
Emily Sparks
Taylor Strickland
Garrett Tunis
Fabian Webster
Amanda Wood
Mark Yoder
Brandon Zalabak
Elizabeth Zubero
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2012 Gates
Millennium Scholar
High School
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Ashley Aguiar*
Ashton Anderson*
Nikki Angione*
Haley Appleby*
Amanda Baker*
Max Bevill*
Amelia Bohlander*
Billy Braun
Daniel Burns
Will Buschmann
Deborah Caputo
David Carter
Gabrielle Crevier
Alex Danielsen-Haces
Gabriel Delgado*
Malcolm Devers*
Connor DeYoung
Kaitlyn Drake
Jake Dudas*
Cody Estebe
Jonathan Faulk*
Melinda Faulk
Zachary Ferraguti
Lucas Ferraguti*
Samuel Fowler*
Alex Fulton
Josh Geer*
Zachary Gonzalez
Tom Goodall
Alexander Griswold*
Catherine Guardabassi
Austin Guerra
Bryce Harrold
Maggie Helmholdt*
Brandon Herndon*
Christy Hess*
Peter Holt*
Sara Horne*
Elisabeth Hunter*
Briana Jacobson*
Andrew James*
Peter Jones
Alexandra Jones
Caroline Kamm*
Anne Kelley
Blake Kidwell*
David King*
Katherine Kinsella*
Joey Knight*
Karina Leon
Jordan Lopez
Ken Lu
Jessica MacClugage
Darcy Maher
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney*
Jordan Mansour*
Kailey Mansour
Christy Marcroft*
Casey McCracken
Joy Mikhail*
Stephen Miller*
Kaitlyn Moore*
Paul Mortilla*
Caroline Nava
Mark Newsom
Kelly Oakes
Jameson Offerdahl*
Brooke Oman*
Daniel Osley*
Emily Pimentel*
Jonathan Pitcairn
Bridget Revier
James Roldan
Christina Roldan*
Amy Scism
Matthew Sharpe*
Nicolas Shyne
Morgan Siedell
Micah Smith*
Georgia Smith
Arthur Soderberg
Anthony Solages
Travis Spadaro
James Sparks
Emily Stevenson
Lauren Stewart
Kaitlyn Stolley*
Brantley Taylor*
Shelby Taylor
Dominique Torres
Alana Trombino*
Chad Tucker*
Emily Tucker*
Patrick Weber*
Devyn Woolsey
Taylor Zeno*
Daniel Zubero*
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Chase Allsworth
Laurie Auld
Alissa Babaian
Rebekah Beard
Victoria Bevill
Olivia Bibbee
Aaron Bibbee
Christine BienAime
Brock Boland
Maggie Botkin
Samuel Bower
Vanessa Burnam
Circe Burnett
Robert Calhoun
Brittany Carey
Brooke Carlton
Keeley Casey
Louise Chiwara
Reid Coningsby
Kimberly Cote
Isabelle Crevier
Ryan Cruz
Daniel D’Onofrio
Thomas Davis
Devin Davis
Allison Davis
Javier Delgado
Chealsie DiBucci
Joshua Englert
Lizzie Fisher
Natalie Frandsen
Veronica Fulton
Kyle Glenum
Sean Gresham
Cody Grimm
Alex Hall
Morgan Hendrikse
David Hong
Robert Pace
Jenny Hwang
Niko Kalomeris
Lauren Klinge
Amy Kranz
Steven LaMay
Jimlyn Laurent
Carolin Weber
Taylor Malinchak
Alex Marcroft
Jonathan Merkle
Luke Miseyko
Patia Modia
Mwangi Mungai
Bianca Murillo
Caroline Nichols
Ben Noh
Alexandra Pagliaro
David Patrick
Kendra Patrick
Jazzmyne Pearson
Laura Peed
Angel Poulos
Patrick Powell
Andrew Reising
Louie Rondino
Ashley Roughen
Nicholas Rubano
Ryan Sharpe
Vino Shi
Kurt Shiple
Shelby Shuford
Jeremy Spangler
Alyssa Stevenson
Lauren Tagliola
Anthony Thomas
Zack Tilbrook
Curtis Tucker
Christopher Ulrich
Micaela Von Essen
Alex Warters
Jason Woodburn
Lauren Yoder
Brooke Zolnowski
Summa Cum Laude is Latin for “greatest praise and honor.” To achieve this recognition, a student must earn
at least a 95% or a 4.5 semester average.
Magna Cum Laude is Latin for “with praise and honor.” To achieve this recognition, a student must earn at
least a 90% or a 4.0 semester average.
* Denotes Headmaster’s Club. To achieve this recognition, a student must have all A’s.
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lex Danielsen-Haces was
awarded the 2012 Gates
Millennium scholarship because
of his strong leadership,
community service and
academic achievements. What
is especially notable is that more
than 24,000 students applied,
making this year the largest and
most competitive group of
candidates in the program’s
history. The Gates Millennium
Scholarship covers college costs,
through his masters and
possibly doctorate degrees.
Valedictorian-5.0 GPA
Attending: MIT
Alex has earned multiple
scholarships, totaling more than
$326,000.
Congratulations Alex, we are
proud of you!
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Celebrating
God’s Work In Our Lower School
Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth
All based on 2011 IOWA scores of 95% in Reading Total, Language Total, or Math Total
2nd grade
Sterling Barrett
Pauline Baxter
Jack Budd
Lydia Burkey
Kamryn Casey
Jack Ryan Connolly
Jeanna Evans
Sydney Gordon
Dawson Ritchey
Ryan Scallin
Natasha Stadler
Sydney Tomczak
Emma Weissman
3rd Grade
Amber Amos
Amanda Collins
Kyle Collins
Lily Connolly
Michael Field
Addison Fleck
Hadley Gardiner
Katherine Hanner
Hunter Kreizinger
Parker Lindsay
Ben Middlebrooks
Grace McRoberts
Molly Quirk
Kiana Stadler
Jahnya Walden
Grace Zatorski
4th Grade
Hannah Billings
Aaron Cameron
Karly Colford
Trevor Hatch
Camille Herren
Leah Michels
Jessica Nedry
Martina Schapira
Dimitri Selimos
Clara Harms
Dylan Wood
5th Grade
Gabrielle Audet
Brandon Beaupied
Hannah Brown
Thomas Budd
Bradley Hebda
Megan Matthews
Gianna Milan
Paul Miller
Franke Mistretta
Christofer Piedra
Stella Picazio
Treson Scalf
Kaitlyn Scallin
Madelyn Weissman
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Lower School Students In The News
devastated Haiti, the Lowenstein’s got
special permission to fly into Port-au-Prince
and bring their daughter home.
Jessica Nedry
Jessica Nedry, a fifth-grade honors student,
is using rubber bands, compassion and
creativity to create bracelets that help form
special bonds.
Hannah was seven years old when she came
to America. She did not speak English, the
orphanage was her only home, she had
never traveled, except to Port-au-Prince for
the adoption process.
The project “Friendly Bands,” is about
much more than something pretty to
wear. “They look really nice, are creative
and original, but can also help people,”
said Jessica.
Hannah says in her book, “In this book,
there are a lot of adventures. My best
adventure was when my mom and dad came
to pick me up and bring me home to a whole
new world.”
Jessica is using her talents to help raise
awareness for special causes with her
bracelets. She’s created many styles, each
with their own colors and name.
Especially close to her heart are the bands
that support U.S. military members and
their families. She designed two bands
that she calls “Honor” and “Hero.” A
percentage of sales is donated to the
charitable organization they represent,
“Our Heroes’ Journey” and “Our Fallen
Soldier.” “It feels good to know I am helping
them,” Jessica said.
The project got its start with a bracelet
Jessica named “Hope,” to honor a family
friend diagnosed with cancer. Determined
to help her, Jessica began creating bracelets
to sell. This lead to a partnership with the
National Breast Cancer
Foundation, which
receives 10 percent of
the proceeds from the
“Hope” bracelet.
Jessica started making
the bracelets after
school, and could
twist 30 tiny rubber
bands into a bracelet
in about a minute.
Then orders kept
coming, so now production and packaging
is outsourced. “She made 100 bracelets, and
she sold most of them,” said her mother,
Madeline Nedry. “I am overwhelmingly
proud. She is an amazing young lady.”
In the words of her mom, Susan, “Hannah
had little hope of a bright future, just about
three years ago. Now she is accomplishing
great and wonderful things.”
Hannah Yoldine Lowenstein
Hannah Has A Story is a beautiful book,
written and illustrated by an incredible
young lady, Hannah Yoldine Lowenstein a
WA fifth-grade ACE student.
When she arrived in Florida, she was
nervous and shy. Her parents enrolled her
in Tae Kwon Do for self esteem, and art so
she could express herself. Amazing things
happened. She became state champion in
Tae Kwon Do. The next summer, she took a
writing class, and Hannah wrote a book
about the story of her life, as well as a
showcase for her beautiful art.
Hannah’s journey with her parents began in
2004, when Jerry and Susan Lowenstein
started flying food and medicine into Haiti.
They met Hannah when she was 18 months
old and living in an orphanage. Little
Hannah crawled across the floor and sat on
Susan’s lap. Susan said, “It was love at first
sight! I also sensed God saying to me, This is
the daughter I choose for you.”
Hannah’s parents started the adoption
process for their daughter, but the “red
tape” of adoption made it almost
impossible. Suddenly, on January 19, 2010,
one week after the earthquake which
Kaid Jaret Olson-Weston
Kaid Jaret Olson-Weston does not have a
driver's license – he is only 8 years old. That
has not kept this third-grade student from
driving, as he is
now the youngest
mini-monstertruck driver in the
United States. A
student at WA
during the week—
he always has to
finish his
homework first,
then Kaid hits the road on the weekends,
performing around the country, at monstertruck events and fairs.
“I like doing donuts. I like going over the cars.
My favorite is doing the wheelies. My truck
has so much power,” says Kaid Jaret, known
as “Kid KJ” to his school-age fans and
followers, in the monster-truck scene. Last
May, Kaid was featured on the “Amazing
Kids” segment of 20/20, on the ABC
network.
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It was raining down
authors at WA
Bill Myers
Overall winner of the ACSI Spelling Bee,
Brandon Beaupied, with his mom Marcy
Lowe ’90 Beaupied.
Spelling Bees
At Calvary Christian Academy
Grade 1
Lucas Almeida
Makenzie Blake
Danielle Chiwara, 7th Place Overall
Jonathan MacClugage
Grade 2
Pauline Baxter
Kamryn Casey
Chris-Eliel Maurice
Erisa Papajorgji
Grade 3
Kyle Collins
Hunter Kreizinger
Jaden Powell
Michael Tatton
Grade 4
Hannah Billings
Clara Harms
Jessica Nedry, 5th Place Overall
Sierra Sollars
Scripps Spelling Bee
Grade 5
Isabella Gonyer
Grade 7
Collin Renae, 4th Place Overall
ACSI Spelling Bee (Grades 5–8)
At Berean Christan School
Brandon Beaupied, Winner Overall
Thomas Budd
Isabella Gonyer
Kaitlyn Scallin
ACSI Regional Spelling Bee
Dunedin, Florida
Brandon Beaupied
In October, award winning author Bill
Myers enjoyed lunch and conversation
with budding 5th grade authors
Abigail Russ and Brandon Beaupied.
His imaginative and enjoyable
stories continue to inspire our
young readers and authors.
Bill has written over
60 books and directed
several dozen films.
His work has earned
him over 40
prestigious awards.
Author Bill Myers with Monika Bridgers,
and Brandon Beaupied
Mr. Myers challenged all of our Lower School students in
chapel to, “Say yes to God.” as he gave his own testimony
illustrated by an effective object lesson about God’s blessings.
Throughout the day he led Young Writers’ Workshops in the
Media Center for 2nd through 5th graders, giving our students
great tips for writing that were anything but boring!
Young Writer's
Workshop
with Crystal
Bowman
Author Crystal Bowman was the chapel speaker for
the Lower School in February. She conducted writing workshops for
kindergarten, first and second grade classes in the Lower School Media
Center throughout the day.
It was easy for her to relate to the students because of her background and
love of writing that started when she wrote her first poem at age 10. In
addition to writing poetry, she has written lyrics for children’s piano
music and has contributed over 100 songs for piano lesson books. Many
early childhood picture books, such as Cracks in the Sidewalk, If Peas
Could Taste Like Candy, A Star for Jesus can be found in the homes of
Christian families.
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Grade Five
Promotion
A
s a culminating event for the fifth graders’ lower
school experience, the students dressed up and
celebrated their promotion to middle school. The students
shared stories and a slide show celebrating their lower
school experiences. Students who have received special
recognition from Johns Hopkins University and Duke
University were given their awards during the promotion.
Each student was given a certificate to display his or her
completion of the lower school objectives. The students
were excited as they ended their lower school experience
and looked forward to what God has in store for them as
they begin middle school.
Fifth grade class
ACSI
Speech Meets
This year, Westminster
Academy became a new
member of the Association
of Christian Schools
International, ACSI. We
have been blessed to assist
our students in developing
their academic talents for
God’s glory. ACSI works
with member schools to
develop opportunities for
students to compete in a
variety of student activities.
These include local, regional
and national spelling bees,
math competitions, speech
meets, science competitions,
competitions in music and
in the arts, literary festivals,
and numerous opportunities
in other areas.
At Northwest Christian Academy
Grade 1
Lucas Almeida 2—Excellent
Danielle Chiwara 1—Superior
Vytas Liktorius 2—Excellent
Jonathan MacClugage 3—Good
Grade 2
Chloe James 3—Good
Erisa Papajorgji 3—Good
Ryan Scallin 2—Excellent
Sydney Tomczak 2—Excellent
Grade 3
Michael Field 2—Excellent
Elisabeth Gonyer 1—Superior
Jordan Greene 1—Superior
Jhailynn Jacques 1—Superior
Chanel Perez 1—Superior
David Philips 1—Superior
Grade 4
Alyssa Allen 1—Superior
Hannah Billings 1—Superior
Clara Harms 2—Excellent
Camille Herren 2—Excellent
Jessica Nedry 1—Superior
Dylan Wood 2—Excellent
Grade 5
Brandon Beaupied 1—Superior
Hannah Brown 3—Good
Andrew Chiwara 3—Good
Danielle Kim 3—Good
Math Olympics
At Coral Springs Christian Academy
Grade 3
Kyle Collins
Lily Connolly
Michael Field
Hunter Kreizinger
Grade 4
Hannah Billings
TJ Boros
Aaron Cameron
Jessica Nedry, 2nd Place Overall
Computation
Dimitri Selimos, 2nd Place Overall
Reasoning
Dylan Wood
Grade 5
Thomas Budd, 5th Place Overall
Reasoning
Gianna Milan
Franke Mistretta
Christofer Piedra
Kaitlyn Scallin
WA Science Fair Winners
Grade 4
1st Place: Frank Angione
Shall We Dish the Dirt? (A study
of hydroponics)
2nd Place: Jonathan Ulrich
The Zipper Challenge (Which
plastic bag is the strongest?)
3rd Place: Mary Elizabeth Gill
Before You Eat at that
Restaurant, Read This! (A study
about germs)
Grade 5
1st Place: Adam Warters
Which Paper Towel Brand,
When Dry, is the Strongest?
2nd Place: Gianna Milan
How Does the Frequency of the
String Vibration Change as the
Effective Length of the String is
Changed by Fretting?
3rd Place: Megan Matthews
Is Reaction Time Affected by
Gender?
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Pinnacle Awards
Each school year, the Broward County Nonpublic School
Association recognizes three outstanding students from each
school in the county. Once again this year’s recipients, like
those in the past, represent God and WA extremely well. These
outstanding young ladies have excelled with their gifts and
talents at WA. Their scholarship, integrity, maturity and
leadership have set them apart from their peers.
High School Pinnacle Award
Winner: Christina Roldan
Christina Roldan is a remarkable young lady, who
captivates others with her intelligence and engaging
personality. At the Distinguished Young Women
competition in Orlando, judges awarded Christina the
title of “Distinguished Young Woman.” Her peers also
gave her the title of “Miss Congeniality.” Christina is
fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and is currently
studying German. She excels in all areas of study and
holds a place in the top ten percent of her graduating
class. Her integrity, maturity, and leadership skills have set
her apart as an example for Christ among her peers.
Because of the love God has placed in her for other
cultures, Christina plans to major in medicine and
international relations, and hopes to incorporate her gift
of music into her future career. Christina states that her
desire to care for the physical needs of others will help her
to care for their spiritual needs as well.
Middle School Pinnacle Award
Winner: Kitt Curtis
Westminster Academy is pleased to recognize Kitt Curtis as
the 2012 Pinnacle Award winner. Kitt excels in academics,
always striving to do her very best on every assignment.
Participating in her church’s youth group and interested in
children’s theatre, Kitt also extends her leadership abilities
to Student Council and the National Junior Honor Society
at Westminster Academy. In athletics, she has been a part of
the diving team, cheerleading squad, soccer team, and track
team. Her musical talents are evident in her excellence in
playing the cello. Kitt encourages others on a daily basis.
She is a friend to many, showing her faith in Christ in her
walk, as well as in her talk. Kitt Curtis embodies the
qualities which Westminster Academy declares in its motto,
“Devoted to Christ, Dedicated to Excellence.”
Lower School Pinnacle Award
Winner: Lexi Gonzalez
Lexi Gonzalez is an exceptional young lady who always
wears a smile and offers a word of encouragement. She is a
well-rounded student who is respected by her peers and
teachers. Lexi excels academically and participates in a
variety of extra-curricular activities. She has served on the
lower school Student Council as secretary and vicepresident. Outside of school, Lexi
participates in kickboxing,
gymnastics and soccer. Despite her
busy schedule, Lexi still finds time
to participate in her church’s youth
group and she hopes to volunteer as
a Counselor-in-Training this
summer. Lexi’s contributions, along
with her genuine willingness to
listen and help others, exemplify a
strong Christian character.
From left: Tracey Wood (lower school
assistant principal), Lexi Gonzalez, Kitt
Curtis, Christina Roldan and Mike Critch
(upper school principal)
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Congratulations to all
WA students who
qualified for eligibility
in Duke TIP for the
2011–2012 school year.
Lamplighter
Award Students
E
ach year, students, teachers, parents and librarians across the United States
select ten middle school level books for enduring value, demonstration of
positive goals, recognition of good versus evil, and more.
Students that have read five or more books are invited to the voting party and
those that have read 10 or more books receive a medal.
Grade Four
Frank Angione
Hannah Billings
Tomas Blanco
Aaron Cameron
Clara Harms
Trevor Hatch
Camille Herren
Nicholas Kaufman
Leah Michels
Abigail Miller
Jessica Nedry
Martina Schapira
Dimitri Selimos
Dylan Wood
ACE – Grade Four
Karly Colford
Justin Mihalko
Patrick Mills
Medal Winners (read all 10
books): John Zolnowski, Jar
ed Yu,
Ethan Hauber, Amanda Amos,
Sydney Yu, and Abigail Starley
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Grade Five
Gabrielle Audet
Brandon Beaupied
Hannah Brown
Thomas Budd
Bradley Hebda
Megan Matthews
Gianna Milan
Paul Miller
Franke Mistretta
Catherine Moraitis
Christian Perun
Stella Picazio
Christofer Piedra
Treson Scalf
Kaitlyn Scallin
Adam Warters
Madelyn Weissman
ACE – Grade Five
Michael Bean
Gabrielle DiRoberto
Middle School
Joshua An
Philip Barbar
Hannah Beard
Alex Berry
Gabriel Blanco
Abigail Calvarese
Brooke Davis
Bailey Fleck
Haley Glenum
Jordan Guadalupe
Peter Hong
John Kelley
Megan Kinsella
Ally LaLonde
Zachary Ledbetter
Christopher MacClugage
Wells Mahoney
Katelyn Maleta
Kayla McCracken
Thomas Neuman
Gabriella Peña
Collin Renae
Caitlynn Romero
Alexandra Sampo
Kristen Selbach
Nicholas Sharpe
Emily Sparks
Ace Stallings
Bobby Tannhauser
Vincent Trombino
Amanda Wood
The Duke University Talent Identification Program
(Duke TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
serving academically gifted and talented youth. As a
world leader in gifted and talented education, Duke
TIP works with students, their families, and educators
to identify, recognize, challenge, engage, and help
students reach their highest potential.
Stats: 34% of the entire 4th-grade class—14 out of 41
students, not including ACE, qualified for the Duke
TIP program. Stats: 62% of the entire 5th-grade
class—18 out of 29 students, not including ACE,
qualified for the Duke TIP program.
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Thanks to All Of Our
Sponsors For Their
Extraordinary
Support!
Primary Sponsors:
APEX Machine Company
Motorola Mobility Foundation
Westminster Academy
Corporate Sponsors:
Carnival Foundation
Commercial Builders, Inc.
Custom Precision Technologies
DGS Technologies, Inc.
Farco Plastics
HPE Automation
International Aluminum
Products, Inc.
Rand Eye Institute
Triton
Individual Sponsors:
Linda Baker
Gregg and Susie Coningsby
Chris and Sonali Garvin
Gerald and Candi Kuykendall
Ricky Miller
Ralph Osborn
Bob and Liz Perry
Robert and Mary Perry
Paul and Cindy Rondino
Paul and Holly Warters
Our Anonymous Donors
Westminster Academy
Robotics Team
Shark
Attack!
C
ongratulations to our robotics
team, Shark Attack, and
Mr. Kent Stolley, for their remarkable
accomplishments this season.
We are truly blessed by one of the
brightest and most creative robotics teams
in the nation. They consistently rank in the top group, with their innovative ideas and strategic
problem solving. A special thank you goes to Mr. Stolley, the army of mentors and volunteers, and
our student scientists and engineers.
Tempest ‘N’ Tampa
Tempest ‘N’ Tampa is a premier post-season event that was held this past September. This is
perhaps the most competitive event of its kind in the Southeastern United States. Our team won
the championship prize at this event!
Army AUSA Conference
The AUSA Conference is a national exhibition highlighting the latest military technology. Vendors
and purchasing agents for the Army meet and conduct business at this event. WA’s Shark Attack
was the only team in the nation to attend this exhibition and conference. Two Pentagon escorts
assisted and directed the team through the many exhibits and demonstrations.
Team members were awarded medallions by Dr. Freeman, lead engineer of the Army, and were
invited to demonstrate the robot for her. Team members drove military robots and met Army
personnel who design and operate these robots. Ms. Weimer of the “Space Missile Defense
Command,” also addressed our team.
FIRST Robotics Orlando – Regional Competition
Florida FIRST Robotics (FRC) Competition started in 1999 with 28 teams at the Kennedy Space
Center Visitors Center. After four years of growth, the decision was made to move the event to the
University of Central Florida Arena, in 2003. The 2011 Regional had 59 teams. The event has
become an international favorite.
Team Results:
• Finalists (2nd among all alliances)
• 6th seed after qualifying rounds
(63 teams attending)
• Winners of Exploding Bacon’s Award,
for outstanding team
National Championship in
St. Louis – Championship
FRC has been referred to as the “Super
Bowl” of the mind. Over 2,500 teams
compete worldwide in the annual
challenge. The National Championship
Event brings 400 of the best teams from
around the world—the pinnacle event of
the season.
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NHS students
make an impact
TV Turn-Off Week:
Recharge and Renew!
O
ver 250 students used the week of April 22–28 to find alternative activities to
watching television or movies and playing video games to get recharged. It
was a chance to detoxify the mind and challenge students to spend more time
with family and friends. It was a success! It was also great to see the many lower
school and even some middle school students’ exercise self-discipline.
NHS students are not only the academic elite,
they also strive to make an impact within the
community, through service projects during
the year. In addition to the regularly scheduled
activities, NHS members also prepare a
wonderful “McBreakfast” for residents of the
Ronald McDonald house, and participate in
National “Clean up the Beach Day,” where
they serve by picking up trash at the
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea beach. NHS students
enjoy spending time with patients at the
Lauderdale Lakes Alzheimer’s Center, where
they spend the day making crafts and
performing music to encourage the men and
women at the facility. They also host a blood
drive at WA, and encourage their peers to
donate blood. Faculty and staff are extremely
proud of these students and how they
represent the WA community.
Great job to all those who participated in the t-shirt design competition and to
Alex Berry and Connor Bachan of Miss Polhemus’ middle school class, for their
winning design. Funding was raised to help defer the costs of the t-shirts at the
first WA Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A, coordinated by Mrs. Sandy Smith '85 Hall. It
was a fun community-building night for our school families.
T-shirts used a world away
Another world away from
Westminster Academy where
TV’s, video games and
computers are foreign, a group
of 20 boys gladly received the
surplus t-shirts from the TV
Turn-0ff Week. The boys,
between ages six and 16, were
rescued from the slums of
Nairobi, Kenya. The shirts arrived in Nairobi with members of the summer
missions team from Fort Lauderdale, which included WA teachers Leah Polhemus
and Vicky McKay, along with alumni Elisa Reino ’12, Jaclyn Clark ’01 McKay,
John McKay ’98 (Pamoja Charity Director), and Andrew Holt ’00
(Pamoja Charity missionary).
Before being rescued, the boys had been were abandoned or orphaned and living
on the streets. By equipping and empowering African church leaders with
resources and tools, Pamoja Charity seeks to motivate and mobilize these leaders
to share the love of Christ with children in need, so they may experience true
rehabilitation, restoration and renewal.
The boys are now able to attend school daily and church and learn life skills at
the Covenant Street Ministries Home for Boys. During their yearly mission trip to
the area, the team takes shoes, clothing, school supplies and treats for the boys.
National Honor Society 2011–2012 Officers
President............................................Haley Appleby
Vice President....................................Mark Newsom
Secretaries.............................Catherine Guardabassi
and Kelly Oakes
Treasurers. .............. Ryan Sharpe and Emily Tucker
Chaplain...............................................Daniel Burns
Advisor..................................................Guy Metzger
National Junior Honor Society
2011–2012 Officers
President .................................................Ben Hunter
Vice President.........................................Abby Quirk
Secretary...........................................Katherine Nava
Treasurer...........................................Thomas Messer
Chaplain..................................................Tyler Singh
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Bienvenidos:
Hispanic Honors
Society
The Hispanic Honors Society has
been revived at Westminster
Academy, thanks to the efforts of
Spanish instructor Mrs. Liliana
Castaño. The new member
induction and fall kickoff took
place on Friday, November 11,
2011 in the Spanish classroom.
Mr. Mike Critch spoke on the
importance of using one’s gifts to
help others, specifically the gift of
a second language to build bridges
with other cultures. The
ceremony ended with every
member lighting a candle,
symbolic of using one’s abilities to
light the world. Afterwards, new
members enjoyed an authentic
“latino” lunch at Latin Bohemia
Grill to celebrate the occasion.
“Being of Hispanic descent, I have
a special tie to the SpanishBrazilian culture and am excited to
introduce more Latino culture to
our school through the Hispanic
Honors Society,” noted Society
President Christina Roldan.
President...............Christina Roldan
Vice-President .............Daniel Burns
Secretary.....................James Roldan
Teamwork Helps
Muscular Dystrophy
M
uscular Dystrophy Association is the nation’s leading voluntary health agency
sponsoring ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) research and life-enhancing services for
those affected by this disorder. Through the teamwork of students from grades 6–12,
WA was the largest contributing school in south Florida and raised the most money of
all public and private schools—$2,252.
Mortilla
gliaro and Paul
Alexandra Pa
WA is blessed to have been a part
of the MDA theme:
“Teamwork Makes the
Dream Work—One
Team, One Dream!”
Dawn Erlich, Ca
roline Canada,
Sophia
Carvalho, and So
fia Camejo
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Go to the Lord
in Prayer
Each week, the
students from the
senior class met
before class for a
time of student-led
praise and worship.
Sigma Gamma:
“Changing Girls for God’s Glory”
I
t all started with an idea to create a dynamic club—one that would not just be
another bullet point on a college resume. Sophomores Vanessa Burnam and
Jessica Madhukar were inspired to fundraise and create an organization that
would unite, through Christian outreach, more than 50 underclass girls. The
Club has inspirational monthly themes, highlight speakers and a Big Sister-Little
Sister orientation program. “We want the girls to go through high school without it
being a blur,” explained co-presidents Vanessa and Jessica.
Raising money for the American Cancer Society, sponsoring a child for World
Vision, and an upcoming baby shower fundraiser for One Hope, are a few of their
many service projects. The co-presidents hope to expand the club next year and
continue to proclaim their title, “Sigma Gamma,” literally, “to Serve God.”
Pictured above left: Helping at the animal rescue shelter.
Center: Bake Sale sponsored by Sigma Gamma to raise money for One Hope.
Right: Operation Christmas Child boxes being prepared by Vanessa Burnam.
National Day
of Prayer
WA upper school
students were found
gathered in small
groups on Thursday,
May 3, 2012 praying
for their families,
school, and nation.
This was the National
Day of Prayer, a
special occasion that
united the school in
prayer for an hour and
a half. Throughout
the morning, students
were giving thanks
and praise for
numerous blessings,
while asking for the
Lord’s continuous
protection over
themselves and
others. May God bless
WA, the student body
and faculty, and never
let us forget the
tremendous power
held in petitioning
the Almighty.
“I love being
able to pray
with my
friends,
especially
with the
upperclassmen
that lead us
boldly in
faith.”
–Alissa Babaian ’14
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Celebrating
God’s Work In Our Fine Arts Students
W
e are tremendously blessed by a Christ-honoring faculty
and staff who passionately inspire our students to excel in
the fine arts. It is a wonderful testimony of God’s forty-one
year legacy at Westminster Academy. Our award-winning
Fine Arts Department includes classes in dance, drama,
music, visual arts and yearbook. WA students receive
instruction in music, art and dance beginning in kindergarten.
This foundation, along with the dedication of teachers and
students alike, fosters students who are selected for local, state
and national ensembles and consistently receive the highest
ratings at contests. Please join us in celebrating God’s work in
the Fine Arts at Westminster Academy.
The Band
Thank you to our band for their hard work, excellent
performances, and the way in which they represent WA.
The Concert Band trip to Costa Rica was featured in the
August travel section of Teaching Music Magazine.
The Jazz Band performed at SeaWorld as a part of their
“Soundwaves” concert series. The Middle School Concert
Band attended the OrlandoFest Music Contest and
received a superior rating and Second-Place Silver Award.
A new opportunity was provided this year with Master
classes for all band members. Professional musicians from
our community came to WA and taught the band
students throughout the year.
OrlandoFest Music Competition
Middle School Concert Band
Silver, with an Excellent rating
All-County High School Band
David King
Jazz Band students at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida.
Middle School Concert Band
The Florida Bandmaster Association Solo
and Ensemble
Thomas Goodall
Superior
David King
Superior
Kaitlyn Moore
Superior
Jonathan Pitcairn
Excellent
Matthew Sharpe
Excellent
Travis Spadaro
Superior
James Sparks
Superior
Patrick Weber
Superior
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The Choir
As the choir shared their love for the Lord
throughout the community, their voices were heard
at the Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney
World, as well as three churches: Rio Vista
Community Church, Christ United Methodist and
First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale.
Districts
Honor Choir
Women’s Choir
Soloists (Superior Score)
All-State Choir
Chase Allsworth
Max Bevill
Brock Boland
Abigail Calvarese
Connor DeYoung
Luke Ferraguti
Zachary Ferraguti
States
A Cappella Choir
Honor Choir
Women’s Choir
Soloists (Superior Score)
Individual Honors
Kelly Oakes
Christina Roldan
Esther Teh
The orchestra
in Montreal,
Canada
Superior
Superior
Max Bevill
Katie Kinsella
Christina Roldan
Esther Teh
The Orchestra
Bright shining lights in
a spiritually dark and
secular city
OrlandoFest Music
Competition
Silver, with an
Excellent rating
Lizzy Fisher
Haley Glenum
Emily Grossutti
Megan Kinsella
Mark Newsom
Kelly Oakes
Gabriella Peña
Lauren Stewart
Esther Teh
The Westminster Academy Orchestra
traveled to Montreal, Canada on March 7,
2012. The trip was filled with sightseeing,
outreach and performances. Our students
had the opportunity first to visit Lake Placid,
NY, the site of the 1980 Olympic Winter
games, before continuing on to the
destination, Montreal. Upon arrival, they
experienced both the culture and history of
Montreal, viewing the gallery at the Fine
Arts Museum, attending a concert at the
Montreal Symphony Hall, and exploring
both the old French Quarter and the 1976
Olympic summer sites.
States
Straight Superior
Superior
Superior
Superior
Christina Roldan
Esther Teh
The State of Florida
Composition Winner
Carnegie Hall Honors
High School Choir
Southern Honor Choir
The orchestra had several opportunities to
serve and to perform in Montreal. They
played at St. Stephen’s at Calvary Chapel
Montreal’s Open Door’s ministry, an
outreach to the homeless, where some of the
students helped serve lunch,
and they served at a bilingual
Bible study (French and
English) in the parsonage.
The highlight performance
was the Westminster
Academy Orchestra alongside
the Calvary Chapel Montreal
worship team during the
Sunday morning services,
where they played selections
while the Psalms were
displayed on screen in
French. It reminded us of the
important role music can
play in contemplation of a closer walk with
Jesus. The students were shining lights in a
spiritually dark and secular city.
All-State Orchestra
Honors
Alissa Babaian
Melinda Babaian
All-County
Orchestra
Gold Alissa Babaian
Max Bevill
David Hong
Silver Hannah Harmes
Miami Music Project
with Conductor
James Judd
Mark Newsom
Cello
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Best In Show by Sam Moore
Madrigal Dinner
Winners for the
WA Annual Juried
Art Show
Best In Show:
Sam Moore, 12th Grade
Vino Shi, 12th Grade
Kaitlyn Stolley, 11th Grade
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Most Creative:
Ryan Cruz, 12th Grade
Ashley Alfaro, 11th Grade
Emily Pimentel, 12th Grade
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Best Technical Skill:
Katrina Phillips, 12th Grade
Kaitlyn Stolley, 11th Grade
Mia Laboissiere, 11th Grade
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Best Design Principles:
Kaitlyn Drake, 12th Grade
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Portfolio Award:
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Honorable Mention:
Zannie Jones, 12th Grade
Catherine Guardabassi, 12th Grade
Ryan Rickel, 11th Grade
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Westminster Academy held its
annual Madrigal Feast on December 5 and 6, 2011.
The magical evening started with guests
proceeding, or rather, being transported, into the
dining hall-turned-royal hall by WA students
dressed as royal servants. As the 21st century
spectators were served dinner, “Aye Milord and
nay Milady,” were answers constantly heard
accompanying the background harp music. The
festive Medieval-reenactment continued as the
Honor choirs and orchestras performed
emotionally stirring selections.
The dramatic performance followed a combination of comedy and contemporary
dialogue, while maintaining a strong spiritual and Medieval-British aspect involving
the Royal Court’s dilemma. “As I heard the proper accents, the funny jokes, and saw
such poise, I completely forgot that I was watching a high school performance and
thoroughly enjoyed a professional show,” a guest commented afterwards. Madrigal
Dinner playwright, Mrs. Laura Groves added, “It is only after I hear the beautiful choir
sing and see the radiant lights sparkle, that everything comes together. Only then does the
Christmas season arrive in my heart.” The Madrigal dinner holds a special place in
Westminster Academy’s repertoire of performance-outreach events.
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U
More than a book… Yearbook
The end of the year at WA is always busy with seniors’ anxious preparations for
graduation and underclassmen’s unrivaled excitement for the imminent
summer vacation. Yerds (yearbook nerds), however, are found diligently
revising the final drafts of soon-to-be official WA archives. The award-winning
final product arrives a few weeks later, proudly displaying the combined efforts
of middle and high school staffs’ months of writing, photographing and
editing. Below are excerpts from an exclusive interview with the yearbook staff:
Who is in the lead?
Editors-in-Chief Kelly Oakes and Darcy Maher have been on the staff five and
four years, respectively, and this year have truly “led by coming behind the scenes
and supporting the younger members,” says yearbook mentor, Ms. Carol Neal.
There are several other seniors, Shelby Shuford and Melinda Faulk, who helped
the project immensely.
What is this year’s theme?
This year’s theme was “On The Edge,” symbolic of WA students’ involved lives,
always looking forward to something else. While containing news, trends, stats
and more for the entire school year, it has also been dubbed a living document
with the Good News of Christ interwoven into each page. The value of the
book lies in its ability to withstand the test of time; when there is a class
reunion, the yearbook is certainly there.
nder the
direction of English
Department Head Mrs.
Maureen Breslin, Westminster
Academy submits literary entries garnered
primarily from the creative writing classes
and the general student body, to Broward
County’s annual Literary Fair. All the public
and private schools in Broward County
compete for recognition in this prestigious
event. Entries fall into twenty-four categories
and awards are given for each category.
This year, Allison Davis took second-place for
her cinquain, “The Waltz,” and Aaron Bibbee
won first-place for his myth entitled, “The
Shadow.”
Every year, the students of the creative
writing classes submit poems for publication
to various contests. Students who were
published this year include: Aaron Bibbee,
senior; Olivia Bibbee, sophomore; Natalie
Frandsen, junior; Zachary Gonzalez, junior;
Alex Marcroft, junior; Christy Marcroft,
junior; and Elisa Reino, senior.
Elisa Reino was further honored by having
her poem, “Soulless,” chosen from hundreds,
to compete for a $10,000 prize.
What is the yearbook philosophy?
Yearbook seeks to encompass the specialized skill of each student, whether
journalistic or technological to create a God-glorifying published product.
While an extremely independent sector, trust is essential when gathering
quotes and preparing material for the periodic deadlines. Long-lasting
friendships are formed, while helping create long-lasting archives.
Creative writing class
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T
he spring musical this year was a joyful
celebration of the Gospel, through the
production of Godspell. The exuberant cast
brought this musical to life, using many
theatrical devices such as pantomime, vaudeville,
and creative drama. The cast sang many musical
styles, ranging from folk, pop, rock, to musical
comedy. The production shared the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, and the cast made a strong impact
on the entire audience. Most importantly,
throughout the performance, our students
portrayed the reality of Jesus Christ.
Godspell Cast
Jesus....................................Luke Ferraguti
John the Baptist/Judas......Mark Newsom
Sara .........................................Kelly Oakes
Rodney ...................................Alex Fulton
Giselle............................Christina Roldan
Jamie.........................................Esther Teh
Geoffrey ...................................Max Bevill
Lori.....................................Gabby Crevier
Kristi...............................Elisabeth Hunter
Macie......................................Taylor Zeno
Lionel ..................................James Roldan
Axel......................................Kyle Glenum
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An Interview with
Mr. Richard Briggs
Signing Days
Mr. Richard Briggs is a veteran WA teacher
distinguished by peers and pupils for his
unique teaching style in the English classroom
and on the theatric stage. After 33 years of
service, Mr. Briggs will be refocusing his career
outside of WA.
Graduates from the class of 2012 who are
pursuing the Fine Arts at the next level and
received significant scholarships:
Why did you decide to
become an educator?
Catherine Guardabassi – Visual Arts
Samford University
Luke Ferraguti
Vanderbilt University
Luke is one of our Salutatorians
Leslie and Richard Briggs with daughters
Lisa (left) and Shelly (right).
I was a junior in high school when
I decided to become an English teacher;
I was inspired by my own high school language arts instructor. Later, I studied at a
teacher’s college in Massachusetts, where I majored in English and education, and
minored in drama. My interest in drama evolved with choir participation, show
organization and the combination of the two. Although I partook in acting, my true
interest grew in directing the events and helping mold the performance from behind
the scenes. For 12 years I taught Drama and American Literature as a public school
teacher in “America’s hometown,” Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Katie Kinsella – Performing Arts
Florida State University
Why did you come to south Florida?
Katrina Phillips – Visual Arts
University of Alabama
The Lord brought me and my family to Fort Lauderdale 33 years ago where an
unexpected lifetime stay yielded a wonderful legacy—with both of my daughters
graduating from WA! At the time, though, Westminster Academy was looking to
develop a drama department and an American Literature program. The Lord definitely
placed the puzzle pieces together! My wife and high school sweetheart Mrs. Leslie
Briggs was able to join me the following year. The first play I directed at WA was the
Miracle Worker, followed by the first musical, and self-written performance, Peter Pan.
Yuki Lu – Visual Arts
Savannah College of Art and Design
Adriana Malinetescu – Performing Arts
DePaul University
Kelly Oakes – Performing Arts
Belmont University
Zhuangbing (Vino) Shi – Visual Arts
Pratt Institute
Esther Teh – Performing Arts
Westminster Choir College at Rider University
What is the most marking experience you have ever had?
While teaching in the public school system, I had to take Christianity and hang it on
the coat rack before entering the classroom. Teaching and faith were like oil and water—
immiscible, until I came to WA. My teaching experience has been my mission field for
the past 33 years, as I have been able combine my expertise with what I truly believe.
Did you have a specific teaching philosophy?
Yes, the art of educating consists of 80% God-given talent and 20% training. My job as
an educator is to bring out the best in each student; to see the potential each pupil
holds as an individual. Hopefully each student leaves my English class and drama
program with “ultimate communicator” skills, speaking and teamwork aptness that will
aid him or her through life.
What are your future plans?
God has always presented me with what I’ve had to do. Although I have been teaching
some of the curriculum such as the Scarlet Letter for 45 years, I have never been bored;
students always present interesting perspectives to the discussion. Rather than a
retirement this will be a period of refocusing. I would like to continue being busy with
what I love to do.
Thank you Mr. Richard Briggs for your 33 years here at WA!
Mark Newson,
Music
Belmont University
National Merit Scholar
Recipient of the prestigious
Belmont Presidential Scholarship
Mark pictured above with Dick Briggs,
Lisa Wilson, his grandmother and parents,
Linda and Mike Newson
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Celebrating
God’s Work in Our Seniors
The Class of 2012:
Amazing!
Spiritual
Since their freshmen year, the Class of
2012 would meet weekly before school
for a time of Praise and Worship.
Leaders of the class started the site
Daily Encouragement on Facebook,
where WA students would post
Scripture, prayers, and Christian videos
to encourage each other.
Academics
The class collectively received over
$8,000,000 in scholarship offers.
Collectively, their strong work ethic and
outstanding test scores resulted in SAT
and ACT averages being higher than
any previous class graduating from WA,
there were 16 ties for the top
10 of the class.
Talented
More than 60% of the graduates
participated in one or more athletics
and/or the fine arts their senior year,
and more than 20% of the class will go
on to compete at the collegiate level in
sports or pursue majors in Fine Arts.
Servants
This class has performed more than
41,000 hours of service; averaging 357
hours per student of which more than
30% of the students had amassed over
500 hours. We look forward to seeing
how the Lord will continue to use this
outstanding class for His glory.
“You have been blessed
with the whole perspective
of being a blessing…”
– Matt Metzger ’89
Valedictorian & Salutatorians
From left: Salutatorians Alana Trombino and Luke Ferraguti; Valedictorian Alex Danielsen-Haces
and Salutatorian Kelly Oakes
Top Ten Graduates
Summa Cum Laude
Students with the top ten cumulative
GPAs:
Students who had a quarter GPA of 4.5
for the six quarters of 2009-2010 and the
2010-2011 school years:
Laurie Auld
Amelia Bohlander
Connor DeYoung
Melinda Faulk
Luke Ferraguti
Tom Goodall
Brandon Herndon
Christy Hess
Katie Kinsella
Darcy Maher
Kailey Mansour
Mark Newsom
Kelly Oakes
Christina Roldan
Alana Trombino
All A’s for eight high school semesters
Amelia Bohlander
Luke Ferraguti
Brandon Herndon
Christy Hess
Christina Roldan
Alana Trombino
Emily Tucker
Laurie Auld
Connor DeYoung
Melinda Faulk
Luke Ferraguti
Tom Goodall
Brandon Herndon
Christy Hess
Anne Kelley
Darcy Maher
Kailey Mansour
Mark Newsom
Kelly Oakes
Emily Pimentel
Christina Roldan
Amy Scism
Shelby Taylor
Alana Trombino
Emily Tucker
Patrick Weber
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Top row left: Dr. Orsino and Esther Desir
Top row center: Brandon Herndon and Christy Hess
Top row right: Christian Renae and Esther Teh
Academic Benchmarks
SAT Class Average (1600 scale) .........1207
Top 25% .............................................1243
ACT Class Average (36 scale) .................25
Top 25% ..................................................27
GPA Class Average .................................4.0
AP Scholars ..............................................22
National Merit
Scholarship Program
Commended Scholars are recognized for
scoring in the top 3% of the qualifying
PSAT test. National Merit Semifinalists
represent the top 1% of PSAT test takers.
Finalists may receive college-sponsored
and corporate-sponsored merit
scholarships to attend their college of
choice.
Finalist
Christy Hess and Mark Newsom
National Hispanic Scholar
Commended Scholar
Alex Danielsen-Haces Kelly Oakes
Sam Fowler
Amy Scism
Darcy Maher
Advanced Placement
Scholars Program
God blesses you so you
may bless others
AP Scholars are based on results from the
May 2012 exams. These exams are scored
on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the best
possible score.
National AP Scholar
(earned an average score of 4.0 on all AP exams
taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more
of these exams)
Alumni Matt Metzger ’89 spoke to the
graduates, family and friends at graduation.
He challenged the students saying, “Do you
want to take the blessings that God has given
you and use them for your own story or are
you willing to take them and place them
before God and say I want to be a part of
your story?”
AP Scholar with Distinction
(earned an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP
exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or
more of these exams)
Amelia Bohlander
Kailey Mansour
Melinda Faulk
Mark Newsom
Luke Ferraguti
Kelly Oakes
Thomas Goodall
Christina Roldan
Brandon Herndon
Amy Scism
Christine Hess
Devyn Woosley
Katherine Kinsella
AP Scholars (earned a score of 3 or higher on
three or more AP exams)
Arthur Soderberg
Aaron Bibbee
Alana Trombino
Circe Burton-Burnett
Patrick Weber
Kaitlyn Drake
Darcy Maher
Matt understands
what the graduates
have experienced at
WA because he grew
up in South Florida
and attended
Westminster Academy
from pre-school
through his
graduation. He is the
son of long-time
Westminster Academy
faculty members, Guy Matt Metzger ’89
and Margie Metzger.
After graduating from Wheaton College,
Matt served as the youth director at Coral
Ridge Presbyterian Church, for four years.
Matt has worked for Blackhawk Ministries
for over 11 years and is currently the site
pastor of Blackhawk Church Downtown,
Madison, Wisconsin.
Matt and his wife, Rachel, have two
daughters—Hannah who is 12, and Leah
who is 10.
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Highest Grade Point Average
Achievement Awards
Language Arts
2012Seniors &
Colleges Attending
Lauren Tagliola .............................British Literature
Patrick Weber...................British Literature Honors
Alana Trombino.......AP Literature & Composition
Mark Newsom ................................Best All Around
Elisa Reino .....................................Creative Writing
Mathematics
Brandon Herndon ..........................College Algebra
Alana Trombino..............................College Algebra
Haley Appleby..........Statistics & Business Calculus
Austin Guerra......................................Integrated III
Christy Hess ................................College Calculus I
Luke Ferraguti............................College Calculus II
Science
Brandon Herndon ..................................AP Biology
Alex Danielsen-Haces ..........................AP Physics B
Luke Ferraguti ......................................AP Physics B
Alex Danielsen-Haces..........................AP Physics C
Thomas Goodall ........Dual-Enrollment Chemistry
Alana Trombino.........Dual-Enrollment Chemistry
Sam Fowler ......................................Honors Physics
Christy Hess.....................................Honors Physics
Luke Ferraguti ..............................Honors Anatomy
Christy Hess .................................Honors Anatomy
Christina Roldan..........................Honors Anatomy
Joey Knight.....................Anatomy/Sport Medicine
Will Buschmann ......................Conceptual Physics
Joey Knight...............................Conceptual Physics
Catherine Guardabassi....................Marine Biology
Alex Danielsen-Haces.................................Robotics
Paul Kepinski ..............................................Robotics
Social Studies
Alana Trombino ..............................College Macro/
Micro Economics
Alana Trombino.............................AP Government
Foreign Language
Christina Roldan....................................AP Spanish
Fine Arts
Mark Newsom ................................A Capella Choir
Luke Ferraguti.................................A Capella Choir
Mark Newsom.............................................All-State
Luke Ferraguti .............................................All-State
Daniel Burns .......................................Band Honors
Christian Renae ..................................Band Honors
Thomas Goodall .................................Band Honors
Patrick Weber......................................Band Honors
Mark Newsom .............................Orchestra Honors
Melinda Faulk ....................................Drama Award
Luke Ferraguti ....................................Drama Award
Alex Fulton.........................................Drama Award
Christy Hess .......................................Drama Award
Mark Newsom....................................Drama Award
Kelly Oakes.........................................Drama Award
Christina Roldan................................Drama Award
Esther Teh...........................................Drama Award
Darcy Maher ..............................................Yearbook
Kelly Oakes................................................................
Elisa Reino .....................................Creative Writing
Haley Martha Appleby.......................
Laurie Ann Auld ................................
Aaron Oakley-Stanley Bibbee ............
Matthew Ian Binder...........................
Amelia Lynn Bohlander ....................
Virgil Henry Bolden...........................
Derek Borgeson ..................................
Margaret C. Botkin.............................
Circe Burnett ......................................
Daniel Christopher Burns..................
William Dunn Buschmann ...............
Deborah Caputo.................................
Brittany Lauren Carey........................
Brooke Nicole Carlton .......................
Luran Cheng ......................................
Zackery Christensen ..........................
Mina Chung.......................................
Reid Coningsby..................................
Ryan Cruz...........................................
Dara Michelle D’Amato.....................
Alex Danielsen-Haces ........................
Allison Briana Davis...........................
Esther Desir.........................................
Mathew Scott Deso ............................
Connor James DeYoung ....................
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Drake .....................
Jesse Tylor Dubbs ...............................
Taylor Ellis ..........................................
Cody Lee Estebe .................................
Melinda Anne Faulk ..........................
Amanda Michele Fechik....................
Lucas Taylor Ferraguti........................
Joshua Mark Fitzgibbon.....................
David Withers Ford............................
Samuel Rene Fowler...........................
Alexander Fulton................................
Kayla Kiana Gardner..........................
Thomas Jake Goodall.........................
Catherine Madison Guardabassi.......
Austin Alfredo Guerra........................
Evin Robert Hamilton........................
Heather Marie Hench ........................
Brandon B. Herndon .........................
Christine L. Hess ................................
David Paul Imber ...............................
Alexandra Jones .................................
Anne Marjorie Kelley.........................
Paul Kepinski......................................
Katherine Elizabeth Kinsella..............
Joseph Freeman Knight .....................
Andrew Steele Kuykendall.................
Maverick Leahy..................................
Rachael Marie Lenardson ..................
Furman University
University of Florida
Stetson University
Furman University
Valley Forge Military College
Florida Gulf Coast University
Oklahoma State University
Methodist University
Florida Atlantic University
University of South Florida
Palm Beach State College
The University of Alabama
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of South Florida
Nova Southeastern University
Broward College
Wheaton College Illinois
Santa Fe College
York College of Pennsylvania
Georgia Institute of Technology
Broward College
Vanderbilt University
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Southern Methodist University
South Carolina State University
Samford University
Broward College
Furman University
University of South Alabama
Florida Institute of Technology
University of Central Florida
Broward College
Broward College
Broward College
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LeRoy Schwab Christian
Leadership Award
Student has had a leadership role in one of the following
during the past 4 years: Mission Trip, Youth EE, Class
Office, Service Club, Worship Team, Chapel Team, Bible
Study, Teen Advisor, Vacation Bible School.
Luke Ferraguti and Darcy Maher
Guy Metzger Christian
Service Award
Student participated in one of the following during the
past 4 years: Mission Trip, Youth EE, Class Office, Service
Club, Worship Team, Chapel Team, Bible Study Teacher,
Teen Advisor, Vacation Bible School, Community Service
“Extra Mile.”
Brian Christopher Leon.....................
YangYang Lu.......................................
Darcy Erin Maher...............................
Amelia Maldonado ............................
Taylor Rose Malinchak.......................
Adriana Malinetescu ..........................
Victor Tomas Manrique.....................
Kailey Louise Mansour.......................
Patrice Joy McLaughlin......................
Richard Russell Miller ........................
Patia Parker Modia .............................
Samantha Grace Moore.....................
Sophia Lynn Murillo..........................
Mark Aaron Newsom.........................
Caroline Nichols ................................
Kelly Kathleen Oakes .........................
Hunter Glenn Oman .........................
Joshua Jerome Orsino........................
Kendra Celeste Patrick .......................
Tyler Scott Peterson............................
Katrina Lucille Phillips.......................
Emily Silva Pimentel..........................
Elisa Reino ..........................................
Christian Loren Renae.......................
Matthew Martins Rodrigues..............
Christina R. Roldan............................
Linwood John Ross............................
William E. Roughen...........................
Jonathan Hamilton Saenz .................
Austin Bradley Saunders....................
Amy Lee Scism ...................................
Ryan Gregory Sharpe.........................
Zhuangbing Shi..................................
Shelby Shuford...................................
Brittany Paige Singh...........................
Lauren Lucille Stewart .......................
Lauren Rebecca Tagliola.....................
Shelby Elizabeth Taylor......................
Esther Teh...........................................
Alana Bianca Trombino.....................
Emily Tucker.......................................
George Alexander Von Essen ............
Patrick Alexander Weber ...................
Alexandra Whiddon ..........................
Devyn Woolsey ..................................
Savannah College of Art and Design
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Southeastern University
DePaul University
Wake Forest University
Palm Beach State College
University of Central Florida
University of Miami
Belmont University
Belmont University
Florida Gulf Coast University
College of the Holy Cross
Valencia College
Broward College
Broward College
University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis
Stetson University
Indiana University at Bloomington
Pratt Institute
Union University
Samford University
Rider University
University of Miami
Sam Fowler and Christy Hess
WA Christian Character Award
Student has shown Christian character in many of the
following ways: has a positive influence on others; selfcontrolled in speech, emotions and actions; treats others
with kindness, honor and dignity; trustworthy;
demonstrates receptivity to God’s Word; encourages others
toward God’s Word; honors and obeys all godly authority.
Mark Newsom and Catherine Guardabassi
Meg Beaupied Memorial
Scholarship
Melinda Faulk
Richard Briggs Fine Arts Award
Connor DeYoung
Lisa Wilson Fine Arts Award
Kelly Oakes and Christina Roldan
Valley Forge Freedom Foundation
Laurie Auld
Brandon Herndon
Christy Hess
Darcy Maher
Kelly Oakes
Christina Roldan
Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale
Michael J. Grimmé II Memorial
Scholarship
Catherine Guardabassi
Brandon Herndon
October 2011
March 2012
Spirit Of National Honor Society
Award
Haley Appleby
Connor DeYoung
Emily Pimental
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Christian Service
Outreach
Students who earned more than 500
Christian service hours (as of June 1, 2012):
Matthew Rodrigues...............1,315
Luke Ferraguti........................1,298
Amy Scism.............................1,085
Haley Appleby.......................1,066
Melinda Faulk........................1,007
Jonathan Saenz ........................970
Josh Fitzgibbon.........................911
Alex Danielsen-Haces...............848
Daniel Burns.............................835
Mark Newsom ..........................832
Connor DeYoung.....................813
Virgil Bolden.............................800
Brandon Herndon....................788
Esther Teh.................................774
Will Buschmann ......................767
Devyn Woolsey ........................720
Darcy Maher.............................688
Emily Pimentel.........................676
Kelly Oakes ...............................672
Laurie Auld ...............................671
Shelby Shuford.........................661
Katie Kinsella............................651
Adriana Malinetescu ................647
Ryan Sharpe..............................632
Reid Coningsby........................617
Shelby Taylor............................594
Mina Chung.............................572
Christy Hess..............................571
Tyler Peterson...........................560
Tom Goodall.............................526
Allison Davis.............................522
Lauren Stewart..........................514
Taylor Ellis ................................507
Brooke Carlton.........................501
The Class of 2012 has collectively
accumulated over 41,000 Christian
Service Outreach hours.
2012 Scholarships Awarded
Abilene Christian University...............................$40,000.00
University of Alabama.......................................$101,800.00
Alfred University................................................$101,800.00
Assumption College.............................................$20,000.00
Baylor University ...............................................$156,000.00
Belhaven University ............................................$40,000.00
Belmont University............................................$382,200.00
Campbell University............................................$60,000.00
Carnegie Mellon University ..............................$109,400.00
Catholic University..............................................$72,000.00
University of Central Florida.............................$115,000.00
University of Charleston .....................................$40,000.00
Charleston Southern University .........................$32,000.00
Chestnut Hill College ..........................................$60,000.00
Clemson University.............................................$30,000.00
University of Colorado – Boulder .......................$20,000.00
University of Dayton ...........................................$20,000.00
DePaul University ................................................$96,000.00
Distinguished Young Women of Florida .................$800.00
Drexel University.................................................$94,000.00
University of Florida ............................................$62,500.00
Florida Atlantic University ................................$118,000.00
Florida Gulf Coast University..............................$36,000.00
Florida Institute of Technology...........................$76,000.00
Florida State University .......................................$75,800.00
Furman University.............................................$208,800.00
Gates Millennium Scholarship ...........................$78,600.00
The George Washington University ...................$60,000.00
Georgia Institute of Technology .........................$58,600.00
Gordon College....................................................$48,000.00
Hartwick College Scholarship .............................$90,800.00
High Point University..........................................$48,000.00
College of the Holy Cross....................................$56,000.00
Indiana University ..............................................$54,000.00
Indiana University–
Purdue University Indianapolis ........................$138,000.00
Indiana State University....................................$200,000.00
Liberty University ................................................$21,500.00
Louisiana State University...................................$22,000.00
Maroone Scholar Athlete Award ...........................$1,000.00
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.............$137,450.00
Mercer University ..............................................$129,900.00
Methodist University...........................................$57,000.00
University of Miami...........................................$359,400.00
University of Mississippi......................................$24,000.00
University of Mount Union ................................$32,000.00
National Merit State Farm Scholarship...............$12,000.00
North Dakota State University..........................$200,000.00
Nova Southeastern University ..........................$184,200.00
The Ohio State University...................................$52,000.00
Oklahoma Baptist University..............................$50,525.00
Oklahoma State University .................................$64,000.00
Palm Beach Atlantic University ..........................$18,000.00
Pratt Institute .......................................................$60,000.00
Rider University ...................................................$17,000.00
Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale North................$10,000.00
Sacred Heart University .......................................$20,000.00
Samford University............................................$319,000.00
Savannah College of Art and Design..................$82,000.00
South Carolina State University........................$134,460.00
University of South Carolina ............................$132,400.00
South Dakota State University ..........................$200,000.00
University of South Dakota...............................$200,000.00
University of South Florida .................................$40,000.00
Southern Methodist University ........................$317,000.00
St. John’s University.............................................$76,000.00
Stetson University..............................................$377,200.00
Syracuse University..............................................$48,000.00
Taylor University..................................................$32,000.00
Texas Christian University ................................$104,000.00
Union University .................................................$26,000.00
Vanderbilt University ........................................$183,200.00
Western Illinois University................................$200,000.00
Westminster Choir College .................................$90,200.00
Wheaton College .................................................$21,420.00
Wofford College.................................................$280,000.00
Total College................................................$7,434,955.00
Total Estimated Bright
Futures Scholarships......................................$704,280.00
Total 2012 Estimated
Scholarship Awards ....................................$8,139,235.00
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2011
Homecoming
W
estminster Academy displayed its “lion’s
pride” school spirit during the 2011-2012
homecoming week. Dr. Orsino introduced the week of
festivities by reminding the student body that it should
have fun, but retain the ultimate goal: to glorify God
through every activity. To incite school spirit, the upper
school celebrated with dress-up day themes: an
underwater wonderland for middle school and Disney
World parks for the high school. Seniors were Animal
Kingdom, juniors Magic Kingdom, sophomores Disney
Hollywood Studios, and
freshmen EPCOT.
The week started with Tacky
Tourist Tuesday, an
opportunity for students to
dress as stereotypical
vacationers. “I decided to go
for the sunburnt look, it seems
the most appropriate
Maverick Leahy
imitation,” said the red, and
raccoon-eyed senior “tourist,” Mark Newsom. The
following day gave each grade a chance to showoff
some Disney style as princesses, gorilla-men, foreigners,
and movie stars pranced the halls of WA. Beach Day
followed suit permitting the high schoolers to spend a
sunny day on the sand complete with recreation and
fun. A “spirit day” concluded the dress-up week in
preparation for the Friday night homecoming game.
The night had an early start, with an Alumni pre-game
BBQ dinner. Fans soon started arriving to witness the
spectacle. The lions held a strong lead through the first
and second quarter. As halftime approached, the long-
Josh Orsino
awaited crowning of the
homecoming king and queen
drew eyes to the enthusiastic
senior court members. At last,
Mr. Jeffery Jacques dubbed
Luke Ferraguti and Emily
Tucker the WA monarchs. A
game awaited and with a
huge fan base supporting the
WA football players from the
bleachers, Westminster Academy Varsity Cheerleaders
won an amazing 28-14 victory against
its rival, Mater Christian Academy.
Homecoming 2011 was truly a great experience
for the WA community. From the funky outfits
to the well-played game, students and faculty
alike were reminded of how God uses us to
complete his magnificent work. As servants of
His kingdom, we use the homecoming
opportunity not only for our enjoyment, but as a
chance to encourage and bond with one another
as brothers and sisters in Christ.
From left: Luke Ferraguti, Amy Scism, Connor DeYoung, Anne Kelley, Christy Hess, Jonathan Saenz, Emily Tucker
Brooke Carlton
Will Buschmann
Linwood Ross
Celebrating Our Athletes
State Champions
Kayla Gardner........100m hurdles – Track and Field
Paul Kepinski ....................................................Crew
State Final Four
Ladies’ Water Polo
Regional Champions
Ladies’ Cross Country
Men’s Cross Country
Adair Lyden.......................3200m – Track and Field
Kayla Gardner .......100m Hurdles – Track and Field
Hunter Oman ..............Pole Vault – Track and Field
Ryan Rickel.................High Jump – Track and Field
Caroline Nava.......50 free – Swimming and Diving
Austin Saunders....50 free – Swimming and Diving
Regional Runner-Up
Ashley Malinchak ..................................Ladies’ Golf
Adair Lyden.......................1600m – Track and Field
Keeley Casey...............High Jump – Track and Field
Caroline Nava.....100 free – Swimming and Diving
Austin Saunders....100 fly – Swimming and Diving
District Champions
Men’s Soccer
Men’s Water Polo
Ashley Malinchak ..................................Ladies’ Golf
Adair Lyden................1600, 3200 – Track and Field
Virgil Bolden...................Shot Put – Track and Field
Keeley Casey...............High Jump – Track and Field
Kayla Gardner ........................................Long Jump,
100m Hurdles – Track and Field
Isabella Luke.......................Discus – Track and Field
Ryan Rickel.................High Jump – Track and Field
Caroline Nava ...................................50 free, 100 fly
Swimming and Diving
Austin Saunders....50 free – Swimming and Diving
District Runner-Up
Softball
Ladies’ Track and Field
Men’s Track and Field
Westminster Academy
Booster Club Awards
Jack Mowday—Leadership Award
Ladies
Ashley Alfaro..... swimming and diving, water polo
Christine BienAime................................... basketball
Amelia Bohlander...................................... volleyball
Brittany Carey .................... cross country, soccer,
track and field
Brooke Carlton.. swimming and diving, water polo
Alex Hall................... swimming and diving, soccer,
water polo
Anne Kelley............... volleyball, basketball, softball
Darcy Maher.............................................. basketball
Kailey Mansour ........................... basketball, softball
Caroline Nichols................................ track and field
Georgia Smith.................. volleyball, track and field
Shelby Taylor..................................................... cheer
Men
Aaron Bibbee..... swimming and diving, water polo
Will Buschmann........................................... baseball
Daniel Cocconcelli..................... football, basketball
Connor DeYoung...................................... basketball
Brandon Herndon............................... soccer, tennis
David Imber .............................. football, water polo
Blake Kidwell ................................. football, baseball
David King ................. cross country, track and field
Victor Manrique .............................................. soccer
Hunter Oman ..................... football, track and field
Josh Orsino.......................... football, track and field
Matt Rodriguez ...................................................crew
Linwood Ross............. basketball, track and field
Austin Saunders ................... swimming and diving,
water polo
Ryan Sharpe.......... cross country, track and field
Harvey Martin—Spiritual Award
Ladies
Christine BienAime................................... basketball
Brittany Carey......................... cross country, soccer,
track and field
Ashley Carrie........................ swimming and diving,
basketball, water polo
Alex Hall............................... swimming and diving,
soccer, water polo
Maggie Helmholdt .......................................... tennis
Morgan Hendrikse............................................ cheer
Anne Kelley ......... volleyball, basketball, softball
Darcy Maher.............................................. basketball
Amy Scism ................................... volleyball, softball
Georgia Smith.................. volleyball, track and field
Alyssa Stevenson........................................ volleyball
Emily Tucker................................ volleyball, softball
Amelia Bohlander
Men
Max Bevill.................................. football, water polo
Daniel Burns.............................. football, baseball
Reid Coningsby ............................................... tennis
Austin Guerra.......... football, soccer, track and field
Brandon Lewis .................... football, track and field
Jordan Lopez ...................................................... crew
Tyler Peterson................ football, soccer, water polo
Adrian Ricketts ................. cross country, basketball,
track and field
Nicolas Shyne.... swimming and diving, water polo
Arthur Soderberg ................. swimming and diving,
water polo
Jeremy Spangler............................................... soccer
Carl A. Peterson—Senior Athlete-of-the-Year
Ladies
Laurie Auld.............................. cheer, track and field
Amelia Bohlander...................................... volleyball
Kayla Gardner ............................... track and field
Anne Kelley............... volleyball, basketball, softball
Taylor Malinchak............................................. tennis
Kailey Mansour ........................... basketball, softball
Men
Aaron Bibbee..... swimming and diving, water polo
Pablo Espindola ...............................................soccer
Brandon Herndon............................... soccer, tennis
Paul Kepinski...................................................... crew
Hunter Oman ..................... football, track and field
Josh Orsino..................... football, track and field
Linwood Ross .................. basketball, track and field
Austin Saunders ................... swimming and diving,
water polo
Zander Von Essen........................... crew, water polo
Carl A. Peterson—Junior Athlete-of-the-Year
Ladies
Ashley Alfaro......swimming and diving, water polo
Ashley Carrie.........................swimming and diving,
Rebekah Fitzgibbon ............................................crew
Alex Hall ...............................swimming and diving,
soccer, water polo
Caroline Israels.................swimming and diving,
volleyball, soccer, water polo
Ashley Roughen ...........................volleyball, softball
Men
Max Bevill...................................football, water polo
David Carter......................................................tennis
Daniel D’Onofrio...........................................baseball
Kevin Kroll..................................................basketball
Daniel Osley .....................basketball, track and field
Ryan Rickel...............football, soccer, track and field
Ray Sharp.....football, basketball, track and field
Arthur Soderberg ...............................swimming and
diving, water polo
Kayla Gardner
Ashley Malinchack
Carl A. Peterson—
Sophomore Athlete-of-the-Year
Ladies
Keeley Casey.............................cheer, track and field
Lindsey Cianciarulo.............................cheer, softball
Elisabeth Hunter .......................................water polo
Isabella Luke.....................basketball, track and field
Jessica MacClugage...........................................soccer
Ashley Malinchak ...............................golf, soccer,
track and field, tennis
Alex Pagliaro .......................................soccer, softball
Laura Peed.....................................volleyball, softball
Dominique Torres ...............................................crew
Men
Chris Barbar.................................football, basketball
Chris Bozeman.....................football, track and field
Weston Clemente..........................................baseball
Charlie Clemons................... swimming and diving
Sam Etter........................................................baseball
Josh Floyd ...............................football, basketball
Jacob Ford .........................................................soccer
Steven LaMay........................................................golf
Daniel Zubero .......................swimming and diving,
water polo
Carl A. Peterson—
Freshman Athlete-of-the-Year
Ladies
Ester Hyskaj.............volleyball, soccer, track and field
Amy Kranz................................swimming and diving
Koral LaStella........swimming and diving, water polo
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney....................swimming and
diving, water polo
Caroline Nava......................swimming and diving
Brooke Oman ......................cross country, basketball,
track and field
Brantley Taylor..................................................softball
Men
Andrew Carrie ................................. track and field
Andrew James ....................... football, track and field
Henry Kluger .............................................. water polo
Mwangi Mungai ................................................ soccer
Jameson Offerdahl..................................... football,
swimming and diving
Micah Smith............. football, swimming and diving
Alex Warters ............................ swimming and diving
Jason Woodburn.................... swimming and diving,
water polo
Morgen Brohman................................................. crew
Alex Fulton
Austin Saunders
C.L.A.S.S. Award—Our Highest Award
Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year
Ladies
Haley Appleby......................................................cheer
Laurie Auld .................................cheer, track and field
Amelia Bohlander.........................................volleyball
Brittany Carey.........cross country, soccer, track and field
Brooke Carlton.....swimming and diving, water polo
Ashley Carrie......................swimming and diving,
Caroline Israels........................swimming and diving,
volleyball, soccer, water polo
Anne Kelley..................volleyball, basketball, softball
Kailey Mansour .........................basketball, softball
Shelby Taylor........................................................cheer
Freshman
Amanda Baker......cross country, track and field
Jake Dudas ....................................................baseball
Jonathan Faulk ..................................track and field
Casey McCracken....................cross country, soccer
Kaitlyn Moore.........................cheer, track and field
Caroline Nava .......................swimming and diving
Jameson Offerdahl....................football, swimming
and diving
Micah Smith...........swimming and diving, football
Brantley Taylor ..............................................softball
Chad Tucker.....................................................soccer
Men
Aaron Bibbee........swimming and diving, water polo
Will Buschmann..........................................baseball
Brandon Herndon ..................................soccer, tennis
Logan Johnstone......................swimming and diving
David King......................cross county, track and field
Victor Manrique..................................................soccer
Linwood Ross .....................basketball, track and field
Austin Saunders ...swimming and diving, water polo
Ryan Sharpe ..................cross country, track and field
Nicolas Shyne.......swimming and diving, water polo
Booster Club—Servant Award
Ladies
Ashley Alfaro ........swimming and diving, water polo
Haley Appleby......................................................cheer
Laurie Auld .................................cheer, track and field
Ashley Carrie............................swimming and diving
Alex Hall...swimming and diving, soccer, water polo
Kaitlyn McCullough ...................................water polo
Mary-Margaret Schmidt ...........soccer, track and field
Amy Scism ......................................volleyball, softball
Alana Trombino..................................................tennis
Emily Tucker..............................volleyball, softball
Men
Javier Delgado ........................................football, crew
Connor DeYoung .....................................basketball
Paul Fisher.....................................................basketball
David Ford...........................................................soccer
Zack Gonzalez................................................. baseball
Austin Guerra.............football, soccer, track and field
David King ....................cross country, track and field
Joey Knight ......................................................baseball
Victor Manrique..................................................soccer
Hunter Oman.........................football, track and field
Ryan Rickel.................football, soccer, track and field
Jonathan Saenz.............................football, water polo
Ryan Sharpe ..................cross country, track and field
Nicolas Shyne.......swimming and diving, water polo
Sophomore
David Carter.................................................tennis
Zachary Ferraguti .............................soccer, baseball
Josh Geer..............................................................golf
Bryce Harrold ............................................basketball
Peter Holt....................................football, basketball
Elisabeth Hunter ......................................water polo
Laura Peed ...................................volleyball, softball
James Roldan...................................................soccer
Matthew Sharpe .....................cross country, soccer,
track and field
Dominique Torres..............................................crew
Junior
Max Bevill..................................football, water polo
Billy Braun.......................................................... golf
Blake Kidwell .................................football, baseball
David King........... cross country, track and field
Jordan Lopez ..................................................... crew
Daniel Osley................... basketball, track and field
Nicolas Shyne... swimming and diving, water polo
Georgia Smith................. volleyball, track and field
Arthur Soderberg .................swimming and diving,
water polo
Kaitlyn Stolley.........................volleyball, basketball
Senior
Laurie Auld.........................................track and field
Amelia Bohlander......................................volleyball
Connor DeYoung......................................basketball
Cody Estebe........................................................crew
Thomas Goodall ..........................................football
Brandon Herndon...........................soccer, tennis
Darcy Maher............................................. basketball
Kailey Mansour...........................basketball, softball
Alana Trombino ..........................................tennis
Patrick Weber ..........................................soccer, golf
* Scholar athlete nominations are based on overall
GPA’s in high school using all coursework taken.
Bold indicates winner.
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All-County Athletes - Fall
Alex Warters (The Miami Herald)
Jason Woodburn (The Miami Herald)
Volleyball
First Team: Adair Lyden (The Miami Herald & The
Sun Sentinel) Best time: 18:47
Honorable Mention:
Brittany Carey (The Miami Herald)
Nicole Feustel (The Miami Herald)
Caitlyn Hamilton (The Sun Sentinel)
Brooke Oman (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Kristen Selbach (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
First Team: Amelia Bohlander (The Miami Herald)
Second Team:
Amelia Bohlander (The Sun Sentinel)
Third Team:
Caroline Israels (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Caroline Israels (The Sun Sentinel)
Anne Kelley (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Laura Peed (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Third Team:
Josh Fitzgibbon (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Chase Allsworth (The Miami Herald)
Josh Fitzgibbon (The Sun Sentinel)
David King (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Adrian Ricketts (The Miami Herald)
Ryan Sharpe (The Miami Herald)
Football
First Team:
Josh Orsino (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Honorable Mention:
Jonathan Merkle (The Miami Herald & The Sun
Sentinel)
Ray Sharp (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Evan Cooper (The Miami Herald)
Andrew James (The Miami Herald)
Virgil Bolden (The Miami Herald)
Maverick Leahy (The Miami Herald)
Golf
First Team:
Ashley Malinchak (The Miami Herald & The Sun
Sentinel)
Third Team:
Steven LaMay (The Sun Sentinel)
Honorable Mention:
Billy Braun (The Miami Herald)
Mat Deso (The Miami Herald)
Steven LaMay (The Miami Herald)
Josh Geer (The Miami Herald)
Swimming and Diving
First Team:
Caroline Nava (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Austin Saunders (The Sun Sentinel)
Second Team:
Austin Saunders (50 free – The Miami Herald)
Third Team:
Caroline Nava (100 fly – The Miami Herald)
Austin Saunders (100 fly – The Miami Herald)
Aaron Bibbee, Logan Johnstone, Austin Saunders,
Nicolas Shyne, and Micah Smith
(Men’s 200 medley – The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Ashley Alfaro (The Miami Herald)
Aaron Bibbee (The Miami Herald)
Logan Johnstone (The Miami Herald & The Sun
Sentinel)
Amy Kranz (The Miami Herald)
Jessica Nava (The Miami Herald)
First Team: Anne Kelley (The Miami Herald)
Second Team: Kailey Mansour (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Lindsey Cianciaruo (The Miami Herald)
Anne Kelley (The Sun Sentinel)
Kailey Mansour (The Sun Sentinel)
Alex Pagliaro (The Miami Herald)
Ashley Roughen (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Ladies’ Tennis
Honorable Mention:
Alana Trombino (The Sun Sentinel)
Taylor Malinchak (The Sun Sentinel)
Men’s Tennis
All-County Athletes - Winter
Honorable Mention:
Brendan Abernethy (The Sun Sentinel)
Reid Coningsby (The Sun Sentinel)
Ladies’ Basketball
Track & Field
Honorable Mention:
Anne Kelley (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Kailey Mansour (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Men’s Basketball
Second Team:
Linwood Ross (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Honorable Mention:
Chris Barbar (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Josh Floyd (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Daniel Osley (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Ladies’ Soccer
Second Team: Alexia Kinsey (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Ashton Anderson (The Miami Herald)
Brittany Carey (The Miami Herald)
Caroline Israels (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Alexia Kinsey (The Sun Sentinel)
Jessica MacClugage (The Miami Herald)
Alex Pagliaro (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Men’s Soccer
First Team:
Pablo Espindola (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Second Team: Brandon Herndon (The Sun Sentinel)
Honorable Mention:
Marco Espindola (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Austin Guerra (The Miami Herald)
Brandon Herndon (The Miami Herald)
Victor Manrique (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
All-County Athletes - Spring
Overall Female Athlete-of-the-Year
Scholar Athlete
Amelia Bohlander (The Miami Herald)
Brandon Herndon (The Miami Herald)
Kailey Mansour (The Sun Sentinel)
Baseball
Second Team: Will Buschmann (The Sun Sentinel)
Third Team: Will Buschmann (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Weston Clemente (The Sun Sentinel)
Daniel D’Onofrio (The Sun Sentinel)
Softball
First Team:
Adair Lyden (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Second Team:
Ryan Rickel (The Miami Herald)
Kayla Gardner (The Sun Sentinel)
Third Team:
Kayla Gardner (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Virgil Bolden (The Sun Sentinel)
Keeley Casey (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Andrew Carrie (The Miami Herald)
Josh Fitzgibbon (The Miami Herald)
Isabella Luke (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Brooke Oman (The Miami Herald)
Hunter Oman (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Ryan Rickel (The Sun Sentinel)
Ryan Sharpe (The Miami Herald)
Coach-of-the-Year: Denise Israels (The Miami Herald)
Player-of-the-Year:
First Team:
Second Team: Koral LaStella (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Victoria Bevill (The Miami Herald)
Brooke Carlton (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
Ashley Carrie (The Miami Herald)
Alexandra Hall (The Miami Herald)
Koral LaStella (The Sun Sentinel)
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney (The Miami Herald & The
Sun Sentinel)
Emily Stevenson (The Miami Herald)
Men’s Water Polo
Third Team:
Tyler Peterson (The Miami Herald)
Austin Saunders (The Miami Herald)
Honorable Mention:
Aaron Bibbee (The Miami Herald & The Sun Sentinel)
David Imber (The Miami Herald)
Jonathan Saenz (The Miami Herald)
Tyler Peterson (The Sun Sentinel)
Austin Saunders (The Sun Sentinel)
Arthur Soderberg (The Miami Herald)
Zander Von Essen (The Miami Herald)
Jason Woodburn (The Miami Herald)
Brian Piccolo 2012 Representative
Josh Orsino (Football, Track & Field)
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Excellence
in Athletics
Maggie Botkin
Maggie was ten when she started to ride,
following in her sister’s footsteps. She began
at Millpond Farm in Coconut Creek,
Florida, which is owned and operated by a
WA family. She continued her career riding
for Jimmy Torano and finished her high
school career with Alan Korotkin at
Castlewood Farms in Wellington, Florida.
She is looking forward to continuing to ride at Oklahoma
State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. At Oklahoma
State, Maggie will be part of the Hunt Seat Team, competing
against NCAA Women’s Equestrian teams.
Taylor Ellis
Taylor was born with a love for
horses. She is a member of the South
Florida Hunter Jumper Association,
Palm Beach Hunter Jumper
Association, and the Marshall and
Sterling League—among other riding associations. She has
won numerous events and awards, but her favorites have
been from the SFHJA. In 2011, she was awarded the
“Sportsmanship Award” which was voted on by her peers.
Taylor traveled to New York, in September 2011, to
compete in the “Marshall and Sterling National Finals.”
Westminster Academy Senior and
Student-Athlete Wins First Place in State
Rowing Competition
Westminster Academy is excited to announce that Paul
Kepinski, senior, placed first in rowing in States on April
15, 2012 in Sarasota, Florida. He earned 3rd place in semifinals, then 1st place in the petite finals, making him 7th
in the state of Florida! Kepinski has been awarded a
$76,000 academic
scholarship from Florida
Institute of Technology,
where he plans to try out
for their crew team. Paul
plans to study electronic,
computer and mechanical
engineering in the fall.
Outstanding Student-Athletes
Amelia Bohlander
• First Team All-County for Broward County selected
by the Miami Herald
• Team captain
• Led the team with 267 kills, 104 digs, and 46 blocks
• Signed a Division I athletic scholarship to play volleyball
at Furman University
Kayla Gardner
• Second consecutive state champion in the 100m hurdles
• Won with a time of 14.49 seconds
• Signed a Division I athletic scholarship to run track with
Caroline Israels
• Named Second Team All-American
• Led team to State Final Four
• Miami Herald’s Female Athlete of the Year
• Named Sun-Sentinel Player of the Year for three years
• Top scorer in water polo in the state
Josh Orsino
• Top Receiver in Broward and Dade County
• Set three Broward County single season records for receiving
(most receptions, yardage and touchdowns)
• First Team All-County for Broward County as a junior and
senior selected by the Sun-sentinel and the Miami Herald
• Player of the Year for Broward County selected by the Nike
All Star Game sponsors on December 23, 2011
• Signed a Division I athletic scholarship to play football with
Linwood Ross
• Second Team All-County for Broward County selected by
the Sun-sentinel and the Miami Herald
• Led team to an 18–9 finish
• Averaged 16.1 points per game, 3 assists per game,
and 6 rebounds per game
• Signed a Division I athletic scholarship to play basketball
at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Austin Saunders
• 2011 district champion in 100m fly and 50m free
• 2011 regional champion in 50m free and
runner-up in 100m fly
• 3rd place in 100m fly at state meet
• All-American in 100m fly
• Signed a Division I athletic scholarship to swim
with Indiana University
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Signing
Days
Amelia Bohlander, Volleyball
Furman University
Kayla Gardner, Track and Field
University of South Carolina
Victor Manrique, Soccer
Maggie Botkin, Equestrian
University of Oklahoma
Josh Orsino, Football
Aaron Bibbee, Crew
Stetson University
Amelia Bohlander, Volleyball
Furman University
Maggie Botkin, Equestrian
Oklahoma State University
Will Buschmann, Baseball
Methodist University
Kayla Gardner, Track & Field
Anne Kelley, Softball
Wheaton College
Paul Kepinski, Crew
Florida Institute of Technology
Victor Manrique, Soccer
Josh Orsino, Football
Linwood Ross, Basketball
Indiana University Perdue University Indiana
Austin Saunders, Swimming & Diving
Indiana University
Linwood Ross, Basketball
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis
Austin Saunders, Swimming
Indiana University-Bloomington
Winter Court
E
very year students look forward to the Winter
Court basketball game and the Spirit Week that
leads up to it. The Spirit Week theme was “cities”;
Seniors proudly picking Juneau, Juniors as LA,
Sophomores as NYC, and Freshmen as Dallas.
Wacky dress-up days ranged from “Senior Citizen
Day” to “12 Days of Christmas.”
The festivities began over the weekend, when the
classes got together to decorate their respective
hallways. The fun continued throughout the week
with the highlight being the crowning of the Winter
Court king and queen at our basketball game against
Lauderdale Lakes Academy.
Winter Court was especially unique this year because
Senior David
Imber, Junior
David Welch
and other
students began
a spirit group
named the
“Lion Loonies.”
The group
began via
Facebook, and
it caught on
throughout the school, promoting team spirit and
hype. The entire student body began wearing
specially designed t-shirts, making signs and
supporting the Lion’s Basketball Team. The Loonies
were a small, but growing group of supporters who
were committed to spreading the word about home
games and attending every home game.
Varsity Men’s Basketball Team
Friday’s pep-rally got the whole Lion’s family ready
to defeat Lauderdale Lakes Academy! Everyone in
the stands was pumped up at the pep-rally, after the
cheerleaders performed their up-beat routine. The
crowd went wild as the Senior Winter Court
nominees endured a surprise dance-off in front of
their peers! Afterwards, the Seniors enjoyed a
relaxing Movie Night, at the West Athletic Complex.
Saturday’s basketball game finally arrived and the
Winter Court King and Queen were announced at
halftime. Congratulations to graduating seniors,
Brandon Herndon and Darcy Maher for being voted
King and Queen by their peers. To top it off, the
Lion’s Basketball Team triumphantly defeated
Lauderdale Lakes 69 to 41!
“We had such
a great turn
out at the
Winter Court
game, it
really
pumped our
team up.”
–Josh Floyd ’13
From left: Zander Von Essen, Darcy Maher, Mark Newsom, Catherine Guardabassi,
Victor Manrique, Shelby Taylor, Brandon Herndon and Deborah Caputo
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P
raise God for this year’s remarkable dinner auction—
Wild About WA. Each year, we gather together for our
annual dinner auction to celebrate what God is doing at WA.
Once again, as in years past, we were truly blessed by God’s
grace and a wonderful evening of fun, food and fellowship.
It was also an extraordinary opportunity to raise funds for
God’s Kingdom work at WA. The event was a great success as
more than $138,763 was raised for His children at WA.
The “Heart Raise” portion of our auction is being used to
enhance technology with the purchase of iPads. The cutest
auction item was our Toy Yorkie puppy, named—Romeo!
Romeo enjoyed the auction, meeting everyone, and loves his
new home.
Many thanks to our auction chair, Katy Singh, and the
acquisition chair, Wanda Alday, along with the entire
committee, who gave of their time and talents to make this
such a wonderful evening.
A special thank you also goes to our concert band and
Mr. Jeff Carroll, for their willingness to share their musical
gifts and talents, at the auction.
Left: Barbara Mahoney and Page Guardabassi enjoy winning special auction baskets.
Below, Jeff Jacques (left) and Lamar Fisher (right).
Above: WA Jazz Combo entertains
auction guests.
Left: Auction acquisition chair
Wanda Alday with Cynthia and
Pastor Larry Thompson.
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Fishers of Men
WA’s Annual Fishing
Tournament
The WA community enjoyed a great day of fishing,
food and fellowship at the WA Fishers of Men
Tournament! This event, which has become a
tradition at WA, is a fun time for fishermen (and
fisherwomen) of all ages and skill levels, to enjoy
fishing with friends and the community.
A special thank you to Denise Ellis and Katy Singh,
for organizing this exciting tournament!
Fish, fellowship
and fun.
WA Catches
the Fever
Each year Westminster holds a special Open
House called “Spring Fever”. The event is open to
current and prospective students and parents,
where they can play and tour the school. Bounce
houses, bungee jumping, carnival games and
water slides are just a few of the entertaining
activities held at Spring Fever. This year, it was in
conjunction with the Easter Egg Hunt held by
the Children’s Ministry at Coral Ridge
Presbyterian Church. The children enjoyed
playing in the pool and participated in a cake
walk. Face painting and cotton candy were a few
favorites as well! Live music along with hotdogs
and hamburgers made the day memorable, and
all of the kids had a fun-filled afternoon. Come
join us at Spring Fever this year, and enjoy the
cheerful day! We look forward to seeing you and
your family, March 23, 2013!
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“…ultimate
goal: to glorify
God through
every activity.”
–Dr. Orsino
Top photo: Patrice McLaughlin, Lauren Tagliola, Catherine
Guardabassi, Maggie Botkin, Shelby Shuford, Alex Marcroft,
and Christy Marcroft
Middle left: Katherine Kinsella, Gabrielle Crevier, and
Christina Roldan
Middle right: WA Varsity Volleyball
Bottom: Ryan Gale and Michael Field
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Annual Report
2011–2012 Annual Report
Thank you for impacting thousands of lives by blessing our school
ministry with your prayers, volunteer hours and financial gifts. For
Top row left: Megan Gill
Top row center: Clara Harms
Top row right: Melinda Faulk, Emily Bishop, Emily
Stevenson, Alex Hall, Haley Appleby, Victoria
Bevill, and Jessica Madhukar
Middle row: Samuel Bower, Jessica MacClugage,
Carolin Weber, Shelby Taylor, Ashley Malinchak,
and David Osley
Bottom row: Tyler Deslippe and Alex Baine
more than 40 years, donors have given the funds needed to provide
our students a Christ-centered foundation. From joining the
Headmaster’s Council to volunteering at the auction, our school
community has together raised over one million dollars––thank you!
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2011-2012 Westminster Academy
2011-2012
School Board Members
PTF
A special thank you to the Westminster Academy School Board
members for their insight, direction, and wisdom.
The Parent Teacher Fellowship (PTF) exists to:
• nurture relationships between the parents
and school administration
• provide opportunities for involvement for
parents
• promote Christian fellowship within the
school community
• assist in improving programs, facilities, and
the atmosphere within WA
• encourage communication between parents
and teachers.
Back row: (left to right), Russ Coningsby, Mike Pritchard, Terry McKay and Craig Peterson
Seated: (left to right), Rob Pacienza, Terrie Roughen, Brian MacClugage (chairman),
Carole Sipowski and Jeff Masters
Not Pictured: George Moraitis
A special thank you goes to the 2011-2012
PTF Board:
Presidents:
Chip & Kim Edgar
Past Presidents:
Tom & Denise Ellis
Treasurer:
Greg & Tracey Wood
School Liaison:
Matt Weissman
Secretary:
Eric & Ramona Neuman
Doug & Madeline Nedry
Jennifer Anselmo
Booster Club Athletic
Pavilion Dedicated
The Athletic Complex is one of the best facilities of its kind in the area. It
was further enhanced by the addition of the athletic pavilion.
The pavilion was officially opened following a ribbon cutting ceremony
and dedication prayer led by Pastor Rob Pacienza. Our varsity cheerleader’s
held the ribbon as Orlando and Ryan Sharpe cut the ribbon. The Sharpes’
spearheaded the fundraising efforts and construction of the pavilion. Ryan,
was in his senior year and took the time to solicit and assist his dad with
project management.
The pavilion has been a great asset to the west campus facilities providing
shelter and a great picnic space for events. Athletes and coaches from other
schools have been heard commenting on benefits of the pavilion and the
facilities as a whole.
A special thank you to the Booster Club committee and supporters for all
they have done and continue to do to support WA.
Pavilion Supporting Families: Allsworth Family, Carey Family, Hammer
Family, Israels Family, Jacaruso Family, Key Family, Kuykendall Family,
Leonard Family, MacClugage Family, Nava Family, Neuman Family,
Newsom Family, Orsino Family, Rickel Family, Sharpe Family, Storrs Family,
Welch Family.
Sponsoring Companies: ABC Supply, Alchemy Animation, AWN Design &
Consulting, EBC Construction. FLM Construction, For Pools Only, KimleyHorn, Latite Roofing, Sharpe Project Developments, WA Booster Club,
Workscapes, Broward Monument.
Orlando and Ryan Sharpe
2011–2012 Booster Club
President:
Scot Sasser
Membership
Coordinator:
Blake Peed
Orlando Sharpe
Merchandise:
Ellen Trombino
Teresa Sasser
Secretary:
Jim Welch
Special Events:
Debi Kroll
Treasurer:
Doria Yeaman-Rickel
Directors at Large: Jim Oman
Doria Yeaman-Rickel
Jim Welch
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Annual Report
2011–2012
Fiscal Year
Schedules of
Westminster
Academy
Statements of
Financial Position
2011-2012
(unaudited)
2010-2011
(audited)
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Contributions
Tuitions & Fees -Net
Student Activities
Other Revenue
Investment Income
Change in Value of Split Interest
TOTAL REVENUE
$ 1,327,046
$ 9,421,149
$ 1,034,630
$
452,836
$
70,507
$
(14,491)
$ 12,291,677
$ 1,345,475
$ 9,106,405
$ 1,199,996
$
537,485
$
326,334
$
(2,654)
$ 12,513,041
EXPENSES
Program
M&G
Fundraising
TOTAL EXPENSES
$ 10,248,465
$ 1,643,669
$
297,813
$ 12,189,948
$ 9,825,422
$ 1,763,378
$
303,520
$ 11,892,320
Change in Net Assets
Net Assets, BOY
$
$
101,729
4,915,507
$
$
620,721
4,294,786
Net Assets, EOY
$
5,017,236
$
4,915,507
Total Ending June 30
Summary of Events/Projects
Auction
Booster Club Membership
Boosterthon
Christmas Boutique
TOTAL
Raised
$ 138,763
25,905
33,985
15,525
$ 214,178
Student Enrollment
Revenue
$ 105,846
14,007
18,174
12,715
$ 150,742
Summary of Gifts
Annual Fund
Designated Gifts
Financial Assistance
In Kind Gifts
Memorial/In Honor
Planned Giving
Events and Projects
TOTAL
$ 267,141
$ 253,131
$ 40,111
$ 17,950
$ 22,155
$ 690,433
$ 150,742
$ 1,441,663
Total School Population
Lower School Population (PK-5)
Middle School Population (6-8)
Upper School Population (9-12)
Academy of Classical Education (ACE)
Teacher-to-Student Ratio
Average Class Size
934
347
216
371
54
1:11
18
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2011–2012 HEADMASTER’S COUNCIL
It is with sincere thanksgiving that we recognize these Headmaster’s Council members who have given a minimum gift of $1,500 this school
year. If you are interested in partnering with Westminster Academy through a financial contribution, please contact Development Coordinator
Heather Moraitis at 954.771.4615, ext. 2637, or at [email protected]. You may also go to www.wacad.edu to become a Headmaster’s
Council member today!
Platinum Circle
$20,000 or more
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coningsby
Edward H. Martin Charitable
Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Terry McKay
Dr. and Mrs. Leo Orsino
Joan Temple Estate
Golden Crest Circle
$15,000+
Lou Church Educational
Foundation, Inc.
National Christian Foundation
South Florida
Mansour Family Foundation
William and Pamela Malinchak
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor
Silver Armor Circle
$10,000 – $14,999
Mr. and Mrs. A. Edward Appleby
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ellis
Hank Sipowski Insurance, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Meacham
Motorola Mobility Foundation
Renaissance Charitable
Foundation Inc.
Robert J. Gregory Estate and Trust
Robert Nava Insurance Agency,
Inc.
Mrs. Joy Turner
Mr. and Mrs. James Verrillo
Anonymous—1
Bronze Lion Circle
$5,000 – $9,999
Mr. and Mrs. David Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Clemons
Mr. and Mrs. Kristian Cruz
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Eldridge
Mr. and Mrs. William Estes
Mr. and Mrs. St. George
Guardabassi
Kovack Securities, Inc.
Lillian Jean Kaplan Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Myers
Mrs. Glenda Yoder
Anonymous—1
Iron Shield Circle
$2,500 – $4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Audet
Ms. Linda Baker
Mr. and Mrs. William Breslin
Carnival Cruise Lines
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Coningsby
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Curlee
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Dorn
Elizabeth Hekman Gordon
Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foote
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jominy
Mr. and Mrs. Brian MacClugage
Mr. Alan McKay
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nava
Mr. and Mrs. John Rickel
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Weissman
Mr. and Mrs. James Welch
Headmaster’s Council
$1,500 – $2,499
Mr. and Mrs. George Barbar
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baxter
Dr. and Mrs. Bryan Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Boender
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Briggs
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Cochran
Community Foundation of
Broward
Mr. and Mrs. A. Robert Coningsby
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Couchenour
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Critch
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dawson
Ms. Kathy Duquette
Mr. Robert Ely
Ernest C. Cassill Marital Trust
Dr. and Mrs. R. William Farmer
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Faulk
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Furman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Grimmé
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grimmé
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Guida
Mr. and Mrs. David Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Art Harrold
Mrs. Jenny Hoover
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hyatt
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Israels
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kidwell
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Koffler
Kraft Foods Foundation Matching
Gifts Program
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Kuykendall
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lafferty
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Luzinski
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lynch
Mrs. Peggy Madonna
Minuteman Press
Mr. and Mrs. George Moraitis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy
Ms. Carol Neal
Mr. and Mrs. Craig K. Peterson
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Rondino
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Shyne
Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Slocumb
Dr. and Dr. Anthony Solages
Steve Botkin State Farm
Insurance
Mr. and Mrs. David Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. William Storrs
Mr. and Mrs. James Tannhauser
Thomas Family Foundation
Mrs. Shirley Uricho
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wackes
Mrs. Betty Welch
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Wietsma
Mr. and Mrs. William
Wilkerson
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Wood
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Crimson Banner Circle
$1,000 – $1,499
Advanced Exercise
Broten Garage Door Sales
Mr. and Mrs. James Carlson
Chevron Humankind Matching
Gift Program
Commercial Builders
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DiPaolo
Mrs. Esther Fike
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Fulton
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Garvin
Mr. and Mrs. Mat Gulley
Mr. and Mrs. William Haring
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kamm
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Kanell
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mansour
Dr. Ann McClintock
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKinnon
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mitchell
Dr. and Mrs. David Onstad
PM Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raab
Mrs. Yvonne Scouras
Sports Radio—560 WQAM
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wall
Mr. and Mrs. Ehren Wallhoff
Academy Club
$500 – $999
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allsworth
Mr. Boyd Anderson, Jr.
Barbar Financial Solutions, Inc.
Mr. William Bassett
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Beard
Benedetti Orthodontics
Mrs. Genevieve Bertrand
British Oak Ent. Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Michael Carey
Mr. and Mrs. Shaun Casey
Dr. and Mrs. Domingo Delgado
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fee
Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. James Galuppi
Gloria L. Walker Estate and Trust
Col. and Mrs. Alvin Goddard
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gonzalez
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hammer
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Hancock
Miss Cheryl Handwerker
Dr. and Mrs. Bob Helmholdt
Mr. Nathaniel Hite
Mr. and Mrs. H.Wayne Huizenga
International Medical and
Cultural Fdn, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Jacques
Mr. and Mrs. Crane Johnstone
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keightley
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Kelley
Rev. and Mrs. Ron Kilpatrick
Dr. and Mrs. John Kim
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kreizinger
McCollister’s
Mrs. Mary McDowell
Mr. Ralph Osborn
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Pearson
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Powell
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pritchard
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Raab
RAM Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roughen
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sampo
Mr. William Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sipowski
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Smeryage
Soto Law Group, P.A.
Target
Ms. Joan Thomas
Triton
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vick
Mrs. Ruth Wackes
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warters
William J. Rand, M.D., P.A.
Anonymous—1
Patron’s Club
$250 – $499
Mr. and Mrs. Guma Aguiar
Mr. and Mrs. James Ambrose
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Angione
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Baine
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bromley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Camejo
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Thom Dildine
Dr. and Dr. Magnus Ekedede
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Erisman
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Etter
Mr. and Mrs. David Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Fulton
Mr. and Mrs. John Greene
Mrs. Sharon Gustafson
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hatch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hendrick
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Janse
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jatoft
Mrs. Pamela Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirkman
Mr. and Mrs. Lukas Kommatas
Mr. and Mrs. John Korthals
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Kozich
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie LaMay
Mr. J. Milton Lewis
Dr. and Mrs. W. Porter McRoberts
Mrs. Gladys Nedry
Mr. and Mrs. Sean-Paul Powell
Miss Melanie Roscoe
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Selbach
Pastor and Mrs. Alex Shanks
Mr. Bryan Siddique
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Spangler
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Stolley
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Vega
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Weber
Miss Holly Wettrich
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Zei
Matt Sipowski State Farm
Insurance, Inc.
Southern Cross Aviation, LLC
Reliable Orthopaedic Consultants,
Inc.
Toptainer Container Management
and Sales, Florida LLC
Atlantic Beach Water Sports
Express Fire Protection, Inc.
Anonymous—1
Westminster Academy Friends
$1 – $249
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Adams
Mr. and Mrs. G. Luis Alday
Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalo Alday
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Alvarez
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Arciola
Mrs. Elizabeth Arellano
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. David Auld
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie and Mert
Bachan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. John Baker
Mr. James Balistreri
Mr. and Mrs. John Barbar
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Barbar
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Barbar
Ms. Elizabeth Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baur
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Beaupied
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Belcher
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Bell
Mr. and Mrs. John Benton
Mrs. Virginia Bergman
Mrs. Solange Bernales
Ms. Barbara Bihus
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Billings
Mrs. Janet Bivins
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Black
Mrs. Sandra Black
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Blake
Mrs. Susan Blake
Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Blanco
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Boariu
Mr. and Dr. Hrach Boghossian
Mrs. Roseann Boland
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Boland
Ms. Kim Boros
Mr. and Mrs. R. Stephen Botkin
Mr. and Mrs. William Bowen
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bowen
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Boyett
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brash
Mr. and Mrs. Del Brewer
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bridges
Dr. and Mrs. Deane Briggs
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Broek
Mrs. Courtney Brohman
Mr. and Mrs. William Bromagen
Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks
Ms. Nancy Brown
Mr. and Mrs. James Brown
Mrs. Trudi Brown Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Budd
Mr. and Mrs. Rocio Buechler
Miss Lolita Bueno
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burkey
Mr. and Mrs. Don Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carbon
Mrs. Barbara Carlen
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Carlstedt
Mrs. Christina Carrano
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cerrone
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Tec Clark
Ms. Michelle Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Colford
Mrs. Elizabeth Connor
Mr. and Mrs. John Copeland
Continued
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Westminster Academy Friends
Continued
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cordell
Mrs. Jackie Cork
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curtiss
Mr. and Mrs. Anoop Daswani
Mr. and Mrs. Michael De Turo
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dean
Mrs. Emily Decker
Mrs. Dorothy DeSaulnier
Mr. and Mrs. Vito DeTuro
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Devers
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell DeYoung
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth DiPrima
Mrs. Laura Dluzak
Ms. Dawn Doyle
Pastor and Mrs. Phillip Dunn
Ms. Linda Early
Mr. Jeff Early
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easley
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. David Erlich
Mr. M Eustache
Ms. Brittney Eustache
Pastor and Mrs. Darin Evans
Ms. Deborah Fechik
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fleck
Mrs. Lori Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gamb
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gamb
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gardner
Mrs. Wanda Garrison
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Gaudreau
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Giles
Mrs. Linda Giles
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gillies
Mr. and Mrs. William Gonyer
Ms. Katharine Greene
Mr. and Mrs. John Gresham
Mr. Grigelis
Mr. Devon Grimmé
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Grubb
Ms. Ana Guimaraes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gumm
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hahn
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Halick
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanna
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hartig
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Haskins
Mr. and Mrs. K. Wayne Haywood
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Henley
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Butts
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heron
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Herren
Arthur Soderberg and Anne Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hess
Mr. and Mrs. William Higerd
Mrs. Jane Holbrook
Dr. Robert Holt
Mr. John Howard
Mr. Charles Howell
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Huffstetler
Pastor and Mrs. Rick Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Janson
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jarvis
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Jean-Baptiste
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Johnson
Miss Stacey-Ann Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson
Ms. Keisha Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Jones
Mrs. Mary Ann Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Gesner Joseph
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Judd
Mr. and Mrs. David Julian
Mrs. Anne Julian
Ms. Gloria Justiniano
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kastensmidt
Miss Kristen Kelley
Mrs. Jane Kelley
Miss Kate Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Earl King
Mrs. Darcy King
Ms. Julie Klahr
Mrs. Linda Klassen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klein
Mrs. Bonnie Knowles
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kopas
Mrs. Cindy Krueger
Mr. and Mrs. Naresh Kulendran
Mrs. Linda Kurtgis
Mr. and Mrs. James Lankford
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lawrence
Ms. Amy Le Chet
Ms. Randee Lefkow
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lenardson
Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis
Mrs. Milda Liktorius
Mr. and Mrs. Darius Liktorius
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Linebaugh
Mrs. Suzie Linebaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lockman
Mr. and Mrs. T.Wood Lovell
Mr. and Mrs. James Lowe
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lowenstein
Mrs. Marion Lowry
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Lunsford
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lyles
Mr. and Mrs. David Mahoney
Mr. and Mrs. William Malinchak
Mr. and Mrs. Ion Malinetescu
Mr. and Mrs. Dumitru
Malinetescu
Dr. Diane Mann
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mannisto
Mrs. Anna Marangoni
Mrs. Virginia Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Martinez
Mr. and Mrs. David Masters
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Matthews
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McAllister
Mr. Neil McCracken
Mr. and Mrs. Michael McFall
Mr. and Mrs. Iain McIver
Ms. Candice McMullen
Mr. Phil McMullen
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett McTigue
Mrs. Raquel Medina
Mr. and Mrs. John Medlin
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meli
Mr. and Mrs. H.Kent Mergler
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Michels
Mr. and Mrs. Mongi Mikhail
Mr. and Mrs. Norberto Milan
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller
Mr. and Mrs. John Mills
Mrs. Jeanne Mills
Mr. and Mrs. Santos Molina
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moore
Ms. Dena Murges
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Nedry
Mrs. Pauline Neuman
Mrs. Jean Nevin
Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nystrum
Mr. Juan Oloco
Mr. and Mrs. Tod A. Olson-Weston
Dr. and Mrs. William Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Jody Paterson
Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick
Miss Ali Pazourek
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Peitsch
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pekic
Mrs. Victoria Peña
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Ms. Charlene Pennino
Ms. Lillian Pennino
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry
Capt. and Mrs. Michael Perun, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Perun
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Philips
Mr. and Ms. Marlon Piedra
Mr. and Mrs. John Pilch
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pullen
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Query
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Quinland
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Quirk
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ravo
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ray
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Reeder
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Regli
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Reineke
Mr. and Mrs. David Reising
Rev. Kathy Richardson
Ms. Adrianna Rivera
Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Roeder
Mrs. Mary Rolsch
Ms. Joan Ross
Briana Jacobson and Blake Kidwell
Mrs. Julie Ross
Mr. and Mrs. David Russ
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs. David Ruths
Mr. and Mrs. Rodrigo Saavedra
Mrs. Carolyn Sanders
Mrs. Rosangela Santos Fisher
Mrs. Joanna Scaduto
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scalf
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Scallin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scallin
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Scasserra
Mrs. Helena Schnell
Mr. and Mrs. David Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Searle
Mrs. Susan Selimos
Mr. and Mrs. David Shaw
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Siciliano
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Sipowski
Mr. David Skalski
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Smith
Mr. Greg Snowden
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Sollars
Ms. Maya Solomatina
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sparks
Ms. Andrea Stevens
Mrs. Laura Stevenson
Mr. Walter Stewart
Mrs. Leah Stipanovic
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Stitt
Mr. and Mrs. George Storrs
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Strickland
Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick Strong
Mrs. Dorothy Stuart
Mrs. Nancy Stump
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Summerill
Mr. and Mrs. Lance Syner
Ms. Vanda Lucia Taborda
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tennies
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tinkler
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Todoberto
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Tomczak
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Tranakas
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Trotter
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Tucker
Mr. and Mrs. William Tyrrell
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tyrrell
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ulrich
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Van Dyke
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vanden Berge
Mr. Boyd Vanderslice
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Vogt
Mr. Robert Volpe
Mrs. Patricia Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Walls
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Walsh
Mr. Gerard Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Walters
Mrs. Jean Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wheatley
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Whitlock
Mrs. Madeline Wickham
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wiley
Mr. Arthur Wiemerslage
Mr. and Mrs. Galen Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Grey Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wright
Mrs. Verda Yoder
Mr. Jaime Yordan Frau
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Yu
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zatorski
AA Affordable Seawall, Inc.
Cooper City Church of God
Coral Ridge Golf Course, Inc.
Cullasaja Club, Inc.
Demko Parking, Inc.
Diagnostic Clinic for
Gastroenterology
Dixon Transportation, Inc.
Forrester Media Direct, Inc.
Frontline Ministries of Grand
Junction DBA The Potter’s
Remnant
Gold Coast Associates, Inc.
Karin Martinez Photography
La Bamba II
Learning Express Toys Fort
Lauderdale
May, Meacham and Davell, P.A.
Oak Square
SIK Colors LLC
Triple Nickel Paving, Inc.
XL Physical Therapy and Sports
Rehab, Inc
Anonymous—3
Other Donors
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Allsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Binder
Mrs. Kathy Burkhead
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Clemens
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Coningsby
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fagley
Mr. James Giacone
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Gill
Mrs. Kim Kinsella
Mr. and Mrs. C. Glenn Leonard
Ms. Linda Lewis
Mrs. Amy Maxson
Mr. and Mrs. John Offerdahl
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Olsen
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Riedel
Mr. Lawrence Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Romney Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Diego Saenz
Mrs. Diane Showalter
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Woodburn
101 Ocean
Agape Chiropractic
All Smiles Dental
All That Shimmers Dance and
Active Wear
Animal Hospital of Fort
Lauderdale
April’s Adornments
Astrid Audet Academy of Ballet
Athena by the Sea
AutoNation
Barbara Palacios—Wallis
Enterprises
Barnard’s Martial Arts
Barton and Miller Cleaners, Inc.
Bella Berry Frozen Yogurt
Beverly Hills Café
Continued
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Other Donors
Continued
Blue Moon Fish Company
Bluefoot Pirate Adventures
Broward Center for the
Performing Arts
Busch Gardens
Butterfly World
Café Maxx and East City Grill
Café Seville
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.
Call of Africa, Inc.
Calypso Restaurant
Camp Carolina
Camp Hollymont for Girls
Cathi’s
Central Florida Yamaha, Inc.
Chick-fil-A
Collier True Value Hardware
Contour Products, Inc.
Cookie Shop
Cookies By Design of Fort
Lauderdale
Coral Ridge Country Club
Cypress Nook Restaurant
Dance Dimensions
David Denies Wingshooting
Deborah Grooms Photography
Denim Lily LLC
Diamond Strike Lanes
Diamonds and Doggies
Divine Hair and Spa
Dolphin Mooring Whips
Early Cuts Lawn and Landscaping
Elegant Child
Emery Behavioral Medicine
First Baptist Church
Florida Panthers
Fort Lauderdale Historical Society
Freeman Orthodontics PA
Gardenworks Supply Center
Gianni’s Ristorante
Glacier Ice and Snow Arena
GraceFM (90.3)
Hillsboro Club
Hugh’s Catering
Huizenga Holdings
IMACS
InSync Hair and Body Works
Jo-An’s Papers
John Knox Village Health Center
Johnson and Johnson Team
Realty
Jungle Island
Karen Kingsbury
Kilwin’s
Kofsky, Hartman, and Weinger, PA
L.A. Fitness
La Bamba III
LaVallee’s East Coast Karate
Leading Lady Fitness
Leon Loard Oil Portraits
License to Chill
Linn Osnes
Lion Country Safari
Little’s Classic American Portraits
Marlins Foundation
Miami City Ballet
Miami Dolphins
Millpond Farm
Mirasol Country Club
Miss Jane’s Music for Young
Children
Moo Moo Frozen Yogurt
Museum of Art
Muvico Theaters
Nelson’s Diner
Nova Dental, Inc.
Offerdahl’s Cafe Grill
Old Florida Seafood House
Pro-Am Dance
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Reach FM
Rocketown
S. A. Chrobak, Ltd.
Salon Bark Luxury Pet Spa
Sam Ash Music Stores
Sea Watch
Sea World
Silver Airways
Smitty’s Old Fashioned Butcher
Shop
Sport Clips - Haircuts for Men
Steven T. Short, DDS, PA
Stockton Aloe 1, Inc.
Subway at the Prado
Sukhothai Restaurant
Surf World
Sweet Sophisticates, Inc.
Tee Jay Thai Sushi
Teri Lynn Productions Inc.
Thai Spice Restaurant
The Futbol Club (TFC)
Threading Diva
Village Grille
Vito’s Gourmet Pizza
Walt Disney World Co.
Wright by the Sea
2011—2012
MEMORIALS
In Memory of Mr. Arthur F. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pullen
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Partick
Mr . Forest D. Henley
Mr. William R. Sanders
In Memory of Mrs. Doris Tannhauser
Mr. and Mrs. James Tannhauser
Mrs. Jeanne Test
Mr. and Mrs. David Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zei
Dr. Frank M. Turner
Coral Ridge Golf Course, Inc.
Cullasaja Club, Inc.
PM Foundation - Barbara Voorheis
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. David Bishop
Dr. & Mrs. Deane Briggs
Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Coningsby
Mr. & Mrs. A. Robert Coningsby
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Coningsby
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Curtiss
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hahn
Dr. Robert L. Holt
Mr. John Hamilton Howard
Mrs. Anne M. Julian
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Kanell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Klein
Mr. J. Milton Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. T. Wood Lovell
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Lyles
Mr. & Mrs. Michael McFall
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McKinnon
Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Mergler
Dr. & Mrs. William L. Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Perkins Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Query
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Ray
Mrs. Dorothy D. Stuart
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Trotter
Mrs. Joy Turner
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Vogt
Anonymous
In Memory of Mr. Mark Alan Yoder, Sr.
Bonnie Knowles
Anonymous
In Memory of Mr. John Wall
Mr. Morris R. Kent
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rozell
HONORS
In Honor of Mr. Dick Briggs
Mr. William Bassett
Mr. & Mrs. David Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brash
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Carlstedt
Mr. & Mrs. John Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gumm
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Hamilton
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Kanell
Mr. and Mrs. Earl King
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Luzinski
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Meacham
Mr. & Mrs. George Roberts
Jeff Colker ’81
As a sophomore in high school, one could
say Jeff Colker was not the prime example
of a WA student. “Teachers like Ms. Carol
Neal, Mr. Dick Briggs and Mr. Tom Fagley
knew I was struggling and would stop me in
the hallway to let me know they were praying
for me,” remembers Colker. Christ’s love
was truly revealed to Jeff in his senior year
at Westminster Academy, but even after
graduating, there was no thought of going
into church work, much less international
missions. The Colker’s lives were radically
changed in 2005, when Jeff and his wife
Pam strongly felt God’s calling to serve in
Eastern Europe. In an apparently insane
move, highly discouraged by those closest
to him, Jeff gave away his business, sold
most of his physical possessions and
bought twelve one-way tickets to Ukraine
for him, Pam, and their ten children. “We
had no clue as to why we were going. It was
after we took the step of faith that God
opened the doors,” said Colker. Soon the
purpose of their journey became clear; Jeff,
whose strengths were in chemistry, and
business, was to attend to orphans medical
and dental needs. Today, Mercy Trucks
International sends ambulances-turnedmedical units all over the world to carry
out the original intent of the Colker’s
mission. “All I had to do was be obedient.
This obedience is the same spirit of
dedication found in WA instructors. Looking
back now, I know God was training me for
missions through my education at WA,”
exclaimed Colker. To find out more about
the Colker’s missions please visit
www.mercytrucks.org.
Andrea Puskar ’87 Culliford
Dr. Andrea Puskar Culliford, has always
been interested in helping people, and with
a nurse in her family, medicine was the
inevitable route for her. From an early age,
Andrea started to volunteer once a week at
Holy Cross Hospital, where she was born.
Meanwhile, she was enrolled as a high
school student at WA, where history class
absolutely fascinated her. “I received an
excellent education at WA, where teachers
care so much about the student,” recalls
Culliford. “Although I wanted to go to a big
school at the time, my mom made the best
decision in sending me to Westminster.”
Graduating with a European History major
from the prestigious University of
Pennsylvania, Andrea went on to study
Biology in a post-baccalaureate program. Her
study experience abroad includes Oxford
University in England and anthropological
work in the mountains of Nepal. Andrea,
her husband Alfred and six-year old
daughter Grayson Elizabeth, live in New
York, where Andrea, a UM Medical school
graduate and Columbia University medical
resident, is currently the Chief of
Gastroenterology at St. Barnabas Hospital in
the Bronx.
The Beaupied family
Jason and Marcy Lowe ’90
Beaupied
Jason and Marcy Beaupied often felt the
Lord calling them to a mission. The Lord
gave them a desire to minister through the
avenue of adoption. In September of 2011,
the Beaupieds filed adoption papers through
a Russian-American agency. After much
prayer and paperwork, the Beaupieds were
blessed in March 2012 with a 14-month-old
baby girl named Evelina Meg Beaupied. “She
has a fun, adventurous personality, and is
always laughing and loving.” Their son
Brandon, loves singing and being a bigbrother to Evelina.
The Colker family
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or failure in both academics and life,” and
“to form long-lasting relationships with
them.”
Does Westminster
Academy Prepare
Students to Face
Life’s Challenges?
WA alumna
Wendy Hawkins
’91 Hermes, now a
lawyer and mother
of two, reflects on
the importance of
a grounded
Christian
foundation in a
young person’s
life. Wendy
attended
Westminster
Academy from
fifth through
twelfth grade. As
an active member
of the student body, she participated in
cheerleading, tennis, and theater.
However, her true passion was law—a love
that began at a young age when she
participated in student government at
school, “I always had a discerning sense of
right versus wrong, not to mention a desire
for justice.” After graduating from WA, she
attended Texas Christian University, where
she majored in Political Science. This is
where her true trials began. “Religion class
was the most challenging,” she recalls, “It
was a battle in every class, as liberal views
were thrown at me, but I kept strong by
remembering the Apologetics, defense of the
faith, that I was taught in my senior year at
WA. The academic and spiritual
preparation I gained at WA, were essential
in college.” Wendy received her graduate
degree at Baylor Law School, where she
met her husband. She currently lives in
Dallas, Texas, and practices part-time law
in malpractice defense. “I am truly
thankful to my parents, and my
Westminster Academy teachers, for
investing so much in me. What I learned at
WA, serves me the most in life’s
challenges.”
April Holt ’98 Knapp
“It’s still so much fun for me to go back to
WA and see the familiar faces of people that
taught me,” stated April Holt Knapp. For
April, getting the chance to return to WA
and Fort Lauderdale is a less frequent, and
more anticipated event, than that of many
other alumni. This is because April and her
family, have resided in Beijing, China for
the past six years.
From 1994 to 1998, April attended
Westminster Academy for high school,
along with her five brothers and sisters
from her blended family. April considers
Westminster a great quality school, filled
with quality people—both teachers and
students. Based off of her experiences at
WA, April encourages current students to
“realize just how much their teachers care
about them as people and about their success
Chrisy Martin ’94
Byram
Chrisy Byram and her husband
Tim, became proud parents of
Austin Cade Byram, born on
August 9, 2011 weighing
5 lbs. 14 oz.
Chrisy and Tim live in Tennessee
and maintain a relationship with
WA, as Austin’s grandparents are
Ray and Fran Martin (former
WA teacher), as well as his aunt
and uncle, Amy Martin Jominy ’94
and Tyson Jominy ’94.
After graduating from Westminster
Academy, April attended University of
Florida where she met her husband, Justin
Knapp. They married a few years later and
now have a five-month-old son named
Judah. Before having Judah, April taught
English to college students who were
planning to go abroad for their
undergraduate or graduate degrees. With
April’s interest in living abroad and Justin’s
interest in Chinese business experience and
language, they decided to relocate to
Beijing. Justin is currently working for a
large international PR company, heading
their China Outbound practice.
Since leaving Westminster and moving to
China, April’s life has been filled with new
challenges, experiences and excitement.
Through these experiences, April has grown
closer to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
“Because I don’t have my family and friend
support network from home, I’ve learned to
turn to the Lord a lot more with my daily
problems, struggles, worries and stresses.
Also, I’ve learned incredible lessons of
patience and trusting God’s timing, not my
own.” April considers it an amazing
opportunity to “truly be a light shining
before men–realizing that with every single
word or action, I have the opportunity to
reflect Christ and His character.”
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Alumni
An Interview with Alumni President
Sandy Smith ’85 Hall
Mrs. Sandy Hall is one of the many alumni who has made
Westminster Academy her home. After attending WA from
kindergarten to twelfth grade, going off to college, and becoming a
teacher, she could not be happier to be making a difference at the
same place where such a difference was made to her.
Tell us about your time at WA:
I started attending Westminster Academy when I was
in kindergarten. I had the privilege of being in one of
the first classes of lifers here, graduating in 1985. It’s
amazing to have been here since the school was just
emerging, and to see the growth and continuation of a
beautiful PreK–12 program.
Did you feel that WA prepared you for
“the real world?”
Yes, I didn’t feel like I was in a bubble, but rather was
gaining skills necessary to keep strong in the faith. I
went off to Gordon College in Boston, then taught in
the public school system and eventually returned
home to Florida. I was raised with the Bible verse taken
from Ecclesiastes 4:12, “A cord of three strands is not
quickly broken.” The chord was made up of the school’s
strong education, my mom and dad’s prayers for
guidance and the church’s healthy environment, all
vital to my walk.
How did you decide to become an
elementary teacher?
By senior year in high school I could sense that it was
my calling, and not just to teach anywhere. I knew
that I would come back to Westminster Academy and
give back where so much had been given me. The
guidance counselor, Mr. Guy Metzger at the time,
advised me well. He wisely told me to not be bound by
my longing to return, but rather to experience new
things. The Lord was aware of my heart’s desire all
along, but He knew I needed to broaden my horizons
before returning. He allowed me to be stretched from
my Floridian surroundings, meet my wonderful
husband Dave in college and then ten years ago, when
my two daughters were little, to be planted back at WA
for good.
What does it mean to have your two
daughters attend WA as well?
I’m thrilled to have Alex, in twelfth grade, and Erika, in
eighth grade, continuing the legacy here. Not only are
they following in my footsteps, but they are enjoying
their surroundings as well. It’s neat to see them playing
basketball, the sport I competed in, and to see them
learning math with the same teacher I had.
What is different about WA?
This is a unique place. I’ve been teaching for nineteen
years, and between subbing and teaching, at both
Christian and public schools, I’ve had much experience
in different settings. It is only at Westminster Academy
that I’ve had parents coming up to me absolutely
amazed that their kids are coming in as 10th and 11th
graders and are loving school. “What is it? What’s so
different?” they ask. It’s because the teachers are caring,
and nurturing individuals, but most importantly,
because teaching is a ministry, not just class. I’m
privileged to be part of that contribution and
encouraged to hear it on the other side.
Tell us about your position on the Alumni
Association and the goals of the
organization:
I’ve been on the association since it started four or five
years ago and have since been elected president. As a
group, we strive to unite all WA alumni around the
country, whether homemakers or missionaries, and we
want them to know they’re still part of Westminster
Academy. We send freshmen in college “care packages”
and pray for them. We’ve also begun “homecoming on
the road” which is a program meant to reunite alumni
living far from WA. It’s a great ministry that has been
gaining much momentum and prayerfully it will grow
and be a great tool for the Kingdom.
For more information about the WA Alumni Association, please contact Sandy at [email protected].
Connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/wa.alumni
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Alumni
Jenny Davell ’05 Dansby
Jenny Davell Dansby is a proud graduate
of Samford University. She was inspired to
influence others after attending
Westminster Academy. Jenny most vividly
recalls her “awesome” fine arts experience
at WA under the
direction of Mr.
Richard Briggs, who
challenged the “red
head” alto to sing
soprano as Anne of
Green Gables. “God
took a speech therapy
student and
transformed me into a lead role; it was
through WA musicals that I acquired the
confidence necessary for public speaking,”
reflects Dansby. Now a youth ministry
director, Jenny motivates kids everyday to
pursue their full potential for God’s glory.
Jenny is married to Elliott Dansby and
currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama,
where she uses her journalism skills in the
student ministry, at Dawson Baptist
Church.
Doug Rasku ’89 and
Scott Baugh ’92
Over the past 41 years, WA has excelled in
sending out students with a deep
understanding of the Bible and a strong
Christian worldview. For Doug Rasku and
Scott Baugh, who attended Westminster
Academy, our school played an important
part in instilling within them a desire to
pursue ministry. Scott serves as Journey
Church of Boynton Beach’s senior pastor
and Doug is the church’s executive pastor.
Doug has been married to Jacque for 19
years and they have two children, Jordan,
14, and Ryan, 11. “My experience at WA
meant a lot to me. I had very strong
relationships with many of my teachers,
some of whom are still teaching there
today!” Encouraged by his teachers and his
education from Westminster Academy,
Doug answered God’s call to ministry in
2008 when he was asked by longtime
friend Scott Baugh to partner with him in
serving Journey Church as its executive
pastor. Doug considers his involvement in
this church as “an incredible experience that
has been a huge blessing.”
Doug realizes the great impact WA has had
on his life, even after graduation. Doug
urges students not to take their experience
at WA for granted. He said that
Westminster Academy gives its students an
incredible spiritual foundation, and the
opportunity to grow in Christ. This
foundation sets them far above their peers
coming out of any other school.
Scott Baugh has been married to Raquel
for 14 years, and has two children, Robert
2-1/2, and Thomas, 2 months. Scott
believes that his years at WA were
instrumental in laying down his spiritual
and biblical foundation. “Westminster
Academy was a major part of my daily life,
until I was fifteen. This school helped to lay
the foundation of my spiritual walk and
shape my view of God!” Scott appreciates
his experiences at WA and desires that
current students
“never let the world or
hypocrisy take away
their love of God.”
John Oakes ’09
John Oakes, is
currently a senior at
Southern Methodist
University and has
been chosen as the
2012–2013 Student
Trustee at SMU. As the Student Trustee,
Oakes will be a full voting member of the
Board of Trustees. The Board consists of 41
members, including Oakes and serves as
In
Memoriam
Jahi James ’06
the governing body for SMU. Oakes will sit
on the Academic Planning, Policy, and
Management or Finance Committee, in
addition to the Executive, Trusteeship and
Legal and Governmental Affairs
Committees. Oakes will also head-up a
committee, composed of eight Student
Representatives and the Student Body
President.
“I was extremely humbled by my selection
as the Student Trustee by the selection
committee and am very blessed and grateful
for the opportunity,” Oakes said. “SMU is a
premiere university that I have loved ever
since setting foot on campus and I really
look forward to devoting my time and efforts
to serving the SMU community in my role as
Student Trustee.”
Oakes is a finance and economics major
with a sports management minor. “My
goal is to effectively facilitate
communication between the Board of
Trustees and the university community,”
Oakes said.
“The chance to take my perspective and
communication skills into interaction
with the decision makers of our university,
really excited and motivated me to be a
part of the Board of Trustees,” Oakes said.
“I am really excited to continue ushering
SMU in to the second century with the
development of issues such as the move to
the BIG EAST Conference, the opening of
the Bush Library, and the construction of
the sophomore housing. I look forward to
interacting with the other members of the
Board over these issues and others that arise,
during the 2012–2013 academic year.”
L. Jahi James passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 in
Gainesville, Florida after a tragic boating accident. He was
22 years old.
Jahi graduated from UF in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in
biochemistry. After shadowing a pediatrician at the
University of Miami Hospital for a year, he was accepted to
the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in Maryland. The
U.S. Army gave Jahi a full scholarship.
He would have officially taken up his commission as a
second lieutenant on July 25.
He is survived by his father Larry, mother Theresa, and
younger brother, Caleb.
47
Alumni
Serving in Slovenia
Javier Peña ’10
For two weeks, Javier Peña worked in Slovenia with Josiah Venture, a
non-profit organization that focuses on spreading the Gospel among
the youth of Central and Eastern Europe. With a population of more
than two million people, and with only one percent claiming to be
evangelical believers, the spiritual need in Slovenia is great.
“There’s
nothing better
than knowing
where God
wants you to
be. I thank
Him every day
for giving me
the desire and
the opportunity
to spread His
Gospel halfway
around the
world.”
– Javier Peña
During those two weeks over the summer, Javier became a part of
English Camp 2011, which focused on spreading the Good News by
teaching English to high school students, a language that is required
for Slovene students. He started out each day with a three-hour
English class in which he taught five beginning English learners.
Although challenging at first, he was able to connect and interact
with them as a teacher, and as a friend.
Javier said the biggest blessing was being able to bond with the
students through large group activities after each class, and through
small group discussions in the evenings. It was through these
discussions that Javier was able to share his testimony and show his
new friends that God loves them with an incomparable love, that
cannot be earned.
He admits that the biggest challenge came from some students’
beliefs that “good works” can get them into heaven. But with this
challenge, came a great opportunity to show them what Christ has
to offer, and the joy that He brings.
Now as a public relations junior at the University of Florida, Javier
hopes to work as a writer and spokesperson for a non-profit cause or
organization like Josiah Venture. One of his biggest prayers is to go
back to Slovenia to serve and continue sharing the free gift of
salvation with the people God has placed in his life—knowing his
efforts will sow seeds for the harvest.
Class of 1981 30th Reunion
By Joanna Chen Bryant, MD
For almost a year I had been planning my
family’s 8-hour trip home to Fort Lauderdale,
for the Class of 1981 30th Reunion. I
envisioned seeing classmates I hadn’t seen for
thirty years, catching up with what they’ve
been doing all this time, showing off my
family, seeing how the WA campus has grown,
and maybe even run into a few of my teachers.
Sandy Higerd Curran, Greg Sorensen and Chris
Baer took the initiative and started planning
our weekend on Facebook. Greg set up a group,
Westminster Class of ’81 30th Reunion.
I was nervous but excited to see everyone at the
homecoming football game! Greg Sorensen
and Nick Coppola were there with their wives.
David Lloyd, Gregg Coningsby, Mark
Kubiatowicz, Troy Zimmerman, Sally Smith,
Andrew Barbar, Kim Boals Pushkin, Steve
Smith, Jeff Runde, Jack Fleck, Jhoanna Kimbro
Lunetta, Lura Shaffer and others brought their
families. Some of us got taller (Gregg
Coningsby), some of us were ‘more prosperous’
(Jeff Runde, Greg Sorensen, David Lloyd,
Andrew Barbar), and some of us looked exactly
the same, but better (Jhoanna Kimbro Lunetta,
Troy Zimmerman, Mark Kubiatowicz).
It was fun to introduce my husband Peter and
kids to my classmates. At half time, we went on
the field for a group photo.
The next day, we met at WA for lunch and a
tour of the school. Memories of Dr. Wackes
walking the halls and Mr. DeRosa’s chemistry
experiments came flooding back. The new
computer labs are worth mentioning. We
definitely had nothing of the kind ‘back in the
day.’ They even have separate Mac and PC
rooms!
Reflecting back on our 30th reunion weekend
was invaluable. The friendships we made so
long ago have endured, and are strengthened
by social networking, namely, Facebook! Can’t
wait until our 40th Reunion!!
48
Alumni
2011-2012 Alumni
Homecoming Weekend
Alumni at the 2011 Homecoming game.
A
lumni enjoyed a special time together
at the annual Homecoming
Weekend. Alumni and their families,
faculty, coaches, and staff enjoyed
reminiscing and reconnecting during the
complimentary barbecue. “I had a great
time seeing my former classmates, and
watching our children play together! There’s
nothing like sharing old stories about our
favorite teachers and friends,” said Linda
Crockett ’81 Klassen.
alumni prevailed. “It’s amazing to see Mr.
Baker still out there playing the game and
competing so well against his former
students,” said Chase Meacham. Alumni
and faculty then shared lunch at the
school and took a tour of the campus. “It’s
great to see how some things are the same,
and other things have changed so much,”
said Marcie Voce. “Ms. Neal’s room brings
back so many memories, and I can’t believe
how hi-tech the computer lab looks.”
Alumni also enjoyed taking on the faculty
at the Alumni vs. Faculty Flag Football
Game. The teams were evenly matched,
and in the very end of the game, the
The alumni enjoyed the weekend and
look forward to continuing to re-kindle
old friendships as they develop new ones.
Ashley Briggs
"It’s always great
coming home to WA
and seeing fellow
alumni and former
teachers and coaches.
Thanks, WA, for
helping me be the
person I am today,"
– Chase Meacham ’06.
Alumni Vs. Faculty Football Game
The WA alumni and faculty enjoyed participating in a hard-fought flag football game on
Saturday, October 22, 2011. The alumni were thrilled to make a last-minute comeback to
squeak by with a win. The players and their families enjoyed a barbecue after the game,
along with a tour of their alma mater.
49
Your Prayers and Donations
Help Bridge the Gap
Each year WA enhances and improves the
teaching and learning opportunities to
inspire students to excel by using their gifts
and talents in all areas of the school ministry.
Innovative Technology for
Learning
Providing innovative technology is
important for today’s learner. With more
than 300 computers, 45 SMART Boards, 2
media centers, 5 computer labs, and a faculty
Mac program, enhancing technology in the
classroom remains a priority.
Excellent Co-Curricular
Programs
Educating and equipping students to succeed
in today’s world goes beyond learning in the
classroom. Your donations help to offset the
costs of providing the necessary equipment,
uniforms, competition fees and the overall
expenses of maintaining exceptional
programs that allow for 37 athletic teams,
21 fine arts courses, 9 performing arts
productions, and a nationally competitive
Robotics team.
Stewardship of Our Campuses
and Facilities
We all share the responsibility of being good
stewards of God’s school ministry and
facilities. God has entrusted into our care the
upkeep and improvement of His campuses.
“We are grateful to the generation who
went before us for providing a legacy of
giving. This year our goal is to raise
$1.2 million and we are committed to
continuing this legacy of giving for the
next generation. Thank you for
considering supporting the
Bridge the Gap annual fund.”
– Hank & Carole Sipowski, WA Grandparents
Each year your donations help to provide
the necessary funds to maintain, and
when appropriate, make improvements to
the campus.
Professional Development
for Teachers
Recruiting and retaining the most
qualified Christ-honoring professionals for
our students is a high priority. Through
your ongoing support, we have a
remarkable faculty and professional staff.
Because of your generosity we can provide
our faculty, staff, coaches and volunteers
an array of opportunities for professional
development. These training
opportunities are significant investments
when it comes to keeping our faculty on
the cutting edge of best practices in their
respective fields.
You can help Bridge the Gap by participating in
the following programs or events:
• Headmaster’s Council
• Catch the WAve Dinner Auction
• Brick Memorial Donations
• Planned Giving and Estate Gifts
• Financial Assistance Program
For more information or to partner with us today,
please contact Heather Moraitis, Development
Coordinator, at 954.771.4615, ext. 2637 or
[email protected]. You may also donate
online at www.wacad.edu/donate
Stay In The Know…
We hope you have enjoyed this edition of
the PawPrint. With so many exciting things
happening at WA, you’ll need more than the
PawPrint to keep up with everything. The
following are some of the communication
tools we use to share what God is doing in
and through the WA community.
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From there you will find an overview of the
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