2017 March – The Mirror

Third Quarter Honor Rolls Released

March 23, 2017 by Mirror Staff

March 23, 2017 — Jill Walker, Northwood School’s Dean of Academic Affairs today announced the Honor Rolls for the the third marking period of the 2016-17 school year.

DEAN’S LIST
(Upperclassmen (Gr. 11 & 12): Minimum weighted GPA of 4.00 with no grade below B+)
(Underclassmen (Gr. 9 & 10): Minimum weighted GPA of 3.70 with no grade below B+)

Rintaro Akasaka	Erin (Lexi) Hooper	Rachel Rosner
Will Arquiett	Su Hae (Jessica) Jang	Aleksei Rutkovskii
Alexa Barile	Rio Kauffman	Olivia Skriloff
Patrick Callahan	Hannah Kessel	Aiden Smith
Sarah Coombs	Jared Lambright	Chelsea Smith
Anthony DiCesare	Isaac Newcomb	Braelyn Tebo
Courtney Fairchild	Barrett Ott	Sidney Williams
Amanda Hinge	Joanna Rosenbluth

HIGH HONOR ROLL
(Upperclassmen (Gr. 11 & 12): Minimum weighted GPA of 3.70 with no grade below B)
(Underclassmen (Gr. 9 & 10): Minimum weighted GPA of 3.30 with no grade below B)

Tristan Baldauf	Zachary Ellsworth	Beckett Ledger
John Biechler	Julia Geraldi	Lanxin (Jessica) Lin
Yuanfei (Lisa) Chu	Drew Goldberg	Jacob Mosakowski
Madeleine Cohen	Harrison Green	Zhuoxian (Simon) Ou
Matthieu Cote	Luke Heller	Kaden Pickering
Gabrielle Cote	Lingli (Nemo) Jin	Keeley Rose
Katelinn Cummings	Viljami Kanerva	Ana Spencer
Christian DiCesare	Nicole Kendrick	Amalia Theodoredis
Kimberly Ellis	Safwaan Khan	Finlay Ulrick
Palmer Feinberg	Kylie Kroes	Tomer Vinitski
		Mia Wright

HONOR ROLL
(Upperclassmen (Gr. 11 & 12): Minimum GPA of 3.30 with no grade below B-)
(Underclassmen (Gr. 9 & 10): Minimum GPA of 3.00 with no grade below B-)

Alexander Akoundi	Abigail Hatcher	Aleksi Peltonen
Nate Boak	Alec Herman	Liwei (Charlie) Qi
Morgan Broderick	Daniel Lambert	Kevin Quinn
Yifan (Amber) Chen	Yoshi Levey	Zuqing (Issy) Ren
Kira Collins	Yuqi (Jessie) Li	Imani Rodriguez
Sydney Collins	Hanna Markel	Hanna Rose
Ashley Davis	Madison McCarthy	Lillian Silverstein
Sara Donatello	Shane McGrath	Yujun (Jax) Song
Justine Dufresne	Nick Ormon	Qianfan (Ivan) Xue
Madison Gneo		ZhengYang (Derek) Yu

EFFORT HONOR ROLL
(Attained at least three “excellent” effort grades, with no effort grade below “good”)

Rintaro Akasaka	Drew Goldberg	Barrett Ott
Alexander Akoundi	Luke Heller	Zhuoxian (Simon) Ou
Will Arquiett	Alec Herman	Kaden Pickering
Alexa Barile	Amanda Hinge	Liwei (Charlie) Qi
John Biechler	Erin (Lexi) Hooper	Zuqing (Issy) Ren
Patrick Callahan	Su Hae (Jessica) Jang	Hanna Rose
Yifan (Amber) Chen	Lingli (Nemo) Jin	Keeley Rose
Yuanfei (Lisa) Chu	Viljami Kanerva	Joanna Rosenbluth
Kira Collins	Rio Kauffman	Rachel Rosner
Sarah Coombs	Nicole Kendrick	Aleksei Rutkovskii
Gabrielle Cote	Hannah Kessel	Olivia Skriloff
Matthieu Cote	Fredrik Kristoffersson	Aiden Smith
Katelinn Cummings	Kylie Kroes	Chelsea Smith
Ashley Davis	Jared Lambright	Yujun (Jax) Song
Anthony DiCesare	Beckett Ledger	Ana Spencer
Christian DiCesare	Yuqi (Jessie) Li	Anton Tapaninen Sporre
Sara Donatello	Lanxin (Jessica) Lin	Amalia Theodoredis
Justine Dufresne	Hanna Markel	Braelyn Tebo
Kimberly Ellis	Madison McCarthy	Finlay Ulrick
Zachary Ellsworth	Shane McGrath	Sidney Williams
Courtney Fairchild	Isaac Newcomb	Mia Wright
Palmer Feinberg	Nicholas Ormon

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16U Team Falls Just Short of Nationals

March 20, 2017 by Christian DiCesare

(March 10-12, 2017) The boys 16U hockey team had a solid showing at states, but fell just short of earning a berth to the USA Hockey National Championships.

In game one the Huskies faced off against the hometown Buffalo Regals. Despite powerplay goals from Will Arquiett (Forward, 2019) and Pat Callahan (Forward, 2018) Northwood suffered a tough 3-2 overtime loss, but earned 1 point from the game.

As a result of the OT loss, game two was a must-win against a scrappy Syracuse Stars team. Northwood controlled play from the start, but had trouble beating the Stars goaltender. The Huskies continued to battle and netted two goals securing a 2-0 victory behind a Verneri Virtanen (2019) shutout.

A game three win against the Westchester Express, whom Northwood tied earlier on in the season, was another must in order to secure a trip to nationals. The Huskies came out flying and jumped on the Express early, forcing them to take penalties, but Northwood couldn’t capitalize on their power play chances. Northwood held a 2-1 advantage heading into the 3rd period, behind goals from Pat Callahan (Forward, 2018) and Sean Bunting (Forward, 2019). A Westchester goal early in the third knotted the game at two, and Westchester took the lead with less than 10 minutes to go. Northwood pushed back, but failed to score and tie up the game.

The loss meant the end of the season for the 16U team. Head Coach Trevor Gilligan said, “It was a tremendous season, with lots of mental and physical growth and development. I couldn’t be more proud of the consistent effort each member put in throughout the year. It is certainly a team, and season, that I will look back on and smile.”

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Stella! Huge Storm Closes Roads and Cancels Classes

March 15, 2017 by AJ DiCesare

Just six days before the official start of spring, a fluke snow storm named “Stella” hit the Northeast, landing particularly hard on Lake Placid, which recorded 41 inches of snowfall in just eighteen hours.

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Northwood Students Have Much to Do in the Winter

March 11, 2017 by jesperpeltonen

There is no reason for Northwood students to hibernate during a Lake Placid winter. Northwood School offers co-curricular activities such as skiing and ice climbing. The village of Lake Placid and the surrounding area provide a lot of options as well.

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Many Northwood Connections in the Peltonens’ Route to Wisconsin

March 10, 2017 by Samuel DiBitetto

Aleksi and Jesper Peltonen (both class of ‘17) are two Finnish brothers who have played on the Northwood Junior hockey team for three years. In 2014 they moved from Helsinki, Finland to Lake Placid to pursue their goal of playing Division I college hockey in the United States. With lots of hard work and patience, both brothers are set to accomplish their dream with their January 16th announcement of their commitment to attend and play hockey at University of Wisconsin in the fall of 2018. [Read more…]

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Student Safety at Center of Fire Drill Protocol

March 10, 2017 by jesperpeltonen

It’s widely known at Northwood School that we take fire safety seriously here because our buildings are made out of wood. When there is a fire drill or a fire alarm everybody has to evacuate all school buildings and gather at the assigned meeting place on the field.

The Lake Placid Club fire in 1992 is the kind of fearsome structure fire that motivates the School’s cautious fire drill procedure. (Photo: The Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society)

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Alpine Ski Racing: Empire State Games Recap

March 10, 2017 by Sarah Bennett

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Top Northwood Women Racers Super G Race 1

Sarah Bennett ‘19 in first
Sarah Coombs ‘19 in third
Lillian Silverstein ‘17 in fourth

Full Results

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Famous 1980 Scoreboard Comes Down

March 10, 2017 by Samuel DiBitetto

The famous Lake Placid scoreboard that was used in the 1980 Olympic hockey game between the powerhouse Soviet Union’s Red Army hockey team and the young United States Olympic hockey team has been taken down. February 6th was the last time that the scoreboard was in use. The scoreboard update is a part of a number of modern upgrades to the facility that the Olympic Regional Development Authority hopes will allow the venue to attract major sporting events.

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Perspective: The Four Year Survivor

March 10, 2017 by Sabryna Strack

The term “four year survivor” is used at Northwood to describe anyone that has gone to our school from freshman year to graduation. At a school where the majority of the senior class enrolls for their junior year, this is a special occurrence. In my graduating class, there are ten four year survivors. Seniority, a type of social ranking that increases the longer you’ve been at Northwood, makes being a four year survivor much better.

“Four-Year Survivors” from the class of 2016.

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Opinion: Policy on Student Center Unfair

March 10, 2017 by Sabryna Strack

Sabryna Strack ’17

The student center is a place where students spend their free time. It is equipped with a ping-pong table, pool table, foosball table, and multiple televisions. A favored way to spend free time at Northwood is by gathering in the student center with friends and watching a movie. [Read more…]