Art Awards
Twenty-three Shipley students entered the 29th Annual Montgomery County High School Art Exhibition and Competition. Andrew Joy ’07 was awarded 1st prize in the photography category and Caroline Woodruff ’08 took home 3rd prize for her digital design submission. The exhibition runs through April 1 at Montgomery County Community College.

Nation Merit Finalists
Twelve Shipley students received a Certificate of Merit from the National Merit Scholarship Program in recognition of being named Finalists. Congratulations to Sam Burwell, Heather Ehrlich, Lauren Finkelstein, Jennifer Haas, Ted Schroeder, Eric Simpson, Brooke Stokes, Jesse Storbeck, Jennifer Sullivan, Joy Tao, Alison Thaler, and Katie Zurbach for their achievement.

Sprouts at Philadelphia Flower Show
Shipley’s Sprouts took home 35 ribbons out of 58 entries at the 2007 Philadelphia Flower Show. Particularly impressive was Louisa Raymond’s first-place ribbon for a pot of standard daffodils in a class with 11 other entries, including those of a top veteran bulb forcer. Juniors Clare Kuensell and Meghan Stevenson-Krauz placed 3rd for their miniature landscape garden, which was up against several entries from professional architects. Seniors Margot Belyea, Carolyn Brown, Camilla Carlini, Margot Hanson, and Julie Kolson received an Honorable Mention (HM) for their entry in the same class. All awards are listed below. Read more about Shipley’s Sprouts at the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Saturday, March 3
Narcissus ‘Dutchmaster’
1st   Nikki Sullivan
2nd Joanie Thompson
3rd  Kendall Roberts
HM  Louisa Raymond

Narcissus ‘Spellbinder’
3rd  Joanie Thompson

Muscari armeniacum
2nd Christin Zurbach

Scilla mischtchenkoana
3rd  Ali Piltch
HM  Sonia Richards
HM  Laura Butera

Tuesday, March 6
Miniature Daffodils
HM  Christin Zurbach

Narcissus ‘Jetfire’
1st   Louisa Raymond

Container Gardens
2nd Louisa Raymond
3rd  Kendall Roberts

Friday, March 9
Narcissus ‘Marieke’
1st   Ali Piltch
2nd Liz Owens
3rd  Sonia Richards
HM  Elinore Richter
HM  Robyn Rubenstein

Bulb Gardens
1st   Emily Meltzer, Christin Zurbach, and Tara Stokes
HM  Laura Butera, Meghan Stevenson-Krauz, Ali Piltch

Hyacinth Blue
2nd Christin Zurbach

Amaryllis ‘Floris Hecker’
2nd Ali Piltch
3rd  Tara Stokes

Narcissus ‘Jetfire’
2nd Christin Zurbach
3rd  Elinore Richter

Narcissus ‘Ice Follies’
HM  Nikki Sullivan

Narcissus ‘Tete-a-Tete’
3rd  Ali Piltch
HM  Joanie Thompson
HM  Emily Meltzer

Oxalis ‘Irish Mist’
3rd  Laura Butera
HM  Emily Meltzer

Narcissus ‘Toto’
1st   Liz Owens

Dish Garden
HM  Sonia Richards

Miniature Landscape Garden
3rd  Clare Kuensell, Meghan Stevenson-Krauz
HM  Margot Belyea, Carolyn Brown, Camilla Carlini, Margot Hanson, Julie Kolson

Shipley Honors Winter Sports Athletes
Shipley’s Upper School winter sports athletes were recognized at an awards assembly on Tuesday, March 6. Awards included Most Valuable Players, Most Improved Players, and All-League.

Varsity Boys’ Basketball
MVP, All-FSL Honorable Mention David Balderston
MIP Charles Dalrymple

JV Boys’ Basketball
MVP Max Kiely
MIP Michael Wadden

Third Team Boys’ Basketball
MIP Sam Pearce
MIP Zach Laskin

Varsity Girls’ Basketball
MVP, 1st Team All-FSL Alex King
MVP, 1st Team All-FSL Rae Goldstein
MIP, 1st Team All-FSL Brianna Ross
MIP Jill Keeney
1st Team All-FSL Alex Lennon

JV Girls’ Basketball
MVP Natalie Burman
MIP Leigh Ann Quill

Varsity Boys’ Squash
MVP Ted Schroeder
MVP Rye Biddle
MIP Andrew White

JV Boys’ Squash
MVP Robert Thompson
MVP Jon Mellinger
MIP Charles Swanson

Varsity Girls’ Squash
MVP Clare Kuensell
MIP Lara Stevenson

Varsity Girls’ Volleyball
MVP, 1st Team All-League Stevie Snyder
MVP, 2nd Team All-League Jennifer Haas
MIP Jess Stokes
All-League Honorable Mention Helen Edwards

JV Girls’ Volleyball
MVP Camilla Carlini
MIP Maddie Krick

Varsity Boys’ Swimming
MVP, 1st Team All-FSL Terrel Adams
MIP Ian Dombroski
All-FSL Honorable Mention Dan Costanza
All-FSL Honorable Mention Alex Iozzo

Varsity Girls’ Swimming
MVP, All-FSL Honorable Mention Elizabeth Maltz
MIP Natasha Harnwell-Davis
All-FSL Honorable Mention Kelly Sullivan

Varsity Diving
MIP Drew Gardner