In his elementary school classroom in Beijing, a shy and timid Ming Zhu waited patiently in line for his teacher to assign him an instrument to play. Although he is now a senior, Zhu, then a nine-year-old third grader, was…
Alyssa Valverde, 20, is majoring in early childhood education and deaf education at Utah State University. She is attending classes on Zoom, but she lives with family in Utah, and has attended some extra-curricular in-person activities. Q: Why did you…
Over the past 13 years, high school students have gotten used to a few mainstays of the physics room: the bulky laptops from another era, the dusty “Conceptual Physics” textbooks and the reserved physics teacher, Glenn Mangold. However, Mangold will…
Becca Waterson, ’20, has yet to decide her major at Brown University. She is leaning toward computer science, literary arts or both. Q: Why did you choose to attend Brown University? A: Honestly, there are so many reasons. I was…
Anu Krishnan, ’20, attends Pomona College in Claremont while living at home in Sacramento. She plans to study neuroscience and mathematics. Q: Why did you choose Pomona College? A: I wanted a small and intimate community with an undergraduate focus,…
After more than a decade of teaching at Country Day, history teacher and college counselor Chris Kuipers is ready to move on to the next phase of his life in the Pacific Northwest. Alicia Perla will be taking over as…
Middle school science teacher Kelly Bornmann is leaving Country Day — transitioning from teaching students to teaching teachers. Bornmann joined Country Day in 2018 and teaches sixth grade science, is a sixth grade advisor, runs a study hall elective and…
Director of Pre-K Mitzi Mapa-Contes moved to Sacramento in 2018 and stepped onto Country Day’s campus tasked with re-imaging the Pre-K curriculum. Nearly three years later, Mapa-Contes plans to return to Singapore to teach at United World College of South…
Although he only intended to spend four years at Country Day, band director Bob Ratcliff is leaving the school after 21 years. Ratcliff, who is largely responsible for building Country Day’s music program, is returning to Boise, Idaho, to spend…
Garrett Shonkwiler, ’20, attends online classes at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is considering majoring in economics. Q: Why did you choose your college? A: I applied to schools that were strong in the subjects I was interested…
