Pelican Pride, November 13

Friday, November 13

SHOUT OUTS

Debate Success

Congratulations to advanced debaters Gaurang Goel, Yuri Kovshov, Alex Zilkha, and Laurie Zielinski for their fine showing (4-2) at the Phillips Exeter Invitational Debate Tournament. Over the course of the day, they defeated teams from St. Paul's, Exeter, Roxbury Latin and Belmont Hill and finished the day in sixth place out of 22 teams. Additionally, Gaurang was the sixth place speaker out of the 88 speakers in the advanced division.

New Episode of Pelican Scoop Podcast

A new episode of the Pelican Scoop podcast is now up! This week's episode features sophomores Olivia Tomassetti and Sam Goldfarb.

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Theater Students Consider Stage Careers

Six Loomis Chaffee students interested in studying and working in the field of theater visited The Hartford Stage in downtown Hartford last week for a Career Day event.

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NEWS TO KNOW

Farela Performance and Masterclass

"farela," a duo comprised of cellist Tanya Anisimova and pianist Pi-Hsun Shih, visited the Island on Thursday, November 12, for a performance and masterclass workshop with students in the Chamber Music class.

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Fosberg Performs "Incognito"

Michael Fosberg presented his critically acclaimed one-man play, Incognito, to the freshman class on Wednesday. Touching on issues of personal identity and race, the performance served as a capstone for the fall term of Freshman Seminars in the Common Good.

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ATHLETICS NEWS TO KNOW

Pelicans of the Week

Congratulations to the Pelicans of the Week!

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Girls Soccer Wins Sportsmanship Award

The girls varsity soccer team under the direction of head coach Carey O'Brien has won the 2015 Keith Johnson Award for sportsmanship from the Central Connecticut Soccer Officials Association.

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Water Polo Defeats Choate, Advances to NE Semifinals
The boys varsity water polo team advanced in the New England Championship Tournament on Wednesday with a 10-7 quarterfinal win over Choate.

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Volleyball Wins Founders League Title

Playing three games in four days, the girls volleyball team captured its third Founders League title in four years last Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Kingswood-Oxford.

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Boys XC Wins Back-to-Back Founders League Titles

For the second consecutive year, the LCXC boys won the Founders League Championship in a meet hosted by Loomis on Saturday.

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Girls XC Three-peats as Founders League Champs

With a stellar team effort, the varsity girls cross country team won the Founders League Championship on Saturday on the home course, marking the third Founders title in a row for the Pelicans.

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Outstanding Success for JV Soccer Teams

This fall JV soccer teams at Loomis have something to boast about. The JV girls are undefeated (13-0-1) and the JV boys have amassed an 13-1-1 record, averaging four goals a game.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

On Instagram this week:

Last Sunday these students represented LC at a SPHERE Students of Color Summit at @ethelwalker #LoomisChaffee #SoCSummit