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THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE BROWNIE Dear Reader, Obviously, this isn’t how we wanted you to receive your yearbook. But in light of a few months of turmoil and inconsistency, we have still managed to produce our yearbook. Hopefully, this year’s edition of the Brownie will remind us what school will be like when we are all together again. This book is a collection of the time that we’ve spent together (and apart) in the past school year. We hope that while flipping through the pages you’ll look back at the events of our year with fondness. It pains us that our year has been altered in such a way and that such drastic changes had to be made to our academic calendar and our yearbook, but as a result of this, the book that you’re holding in your hands is more than just any old yearbook: it’s a historical document. Someday, you’ll be able to look through the following pages and show them to others as a snapshot of what our lives at Park and the world were like at this time—both before and during the spring of this year. We commend all of your abilities to stick with it and continue learning through distance learning while our school has been shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic and we are regulated to stay at home. And thank you to our teachers and administrators who have worked tirelessly to bring a sense of semblance to this year’s spring semester. Please veiw the following pages for insight into how our lives have changed globaly and as a community as this pandemic has spread. We want this book to be a small light of normality during a time where everything feels crazy, so please, read this book and remember the parts of our year that we spent together. And of course, don’t forget to look forward to seeing each other again in the Fall. Best Wishes The 2020 Brownie Editors, Alyssa Alperstein ’21, Ben Norin ’20, Sarah Renbaum ’21 Vol. 106 The Park School of Baltimore • 2425 Old Court Road • Baltimore, MD 21208 Editors: Alyssa Alperstein ’21, Ben Norin ’20, Sarah Renbaum ‘21 Section Heads: Student Life: Alyssa Alperstein ’21 Sports: Sarah Renbaum ’21 Faculty & Staff: Ben Norin ’20 Lower School: Rachael Kaplan ‘21 Middle School: Alyssa Alperstein ‘21, Justin Ingerman ‘21 Upper School: Lilah Lichtman ’21 Clubs: Ben Norin ’20 Seniors: Aaron Sterling ‘20, Mora Perl ‘20 Staff: Abby Berkowtiz ‘21, Katey Cooney ‘21, Aylah Dhruv ‘21, Hailey Fried ‘21, Jordyn Harris ‘21, Aidan Parks ‘21 Olivia Pang ‘23, Gretchen Schwarzkopf ‘22, Julie Weinstein ‘23, Ava Zumpano ‘23 Cover Design: Ben Norin Faculty Advisor: Danielle Nekimken Special thanks to: Paul Schmitz and Schmitz Press, Brian Novotny and Advantage Book Binding, Jason Lee, Amy Weintraub Moran ’04, Pete Hilsee, Nancy Kokinakis, Becky Lichtenstein, Robin Lowe ’84 , Dia Clark ’06 , Dylan Sarubin ’20, Facilities, Irvin Simon Portrait Photographers, Tal Leming of Type Supply LLC, and the entire Park School community for supporting the Brownie staff. Table of Contents Dedications 4 Faculty and Staff 14 Student Life 38 Sports 60 Clubs 82 Lower School 98 Middle School 120 Upper School 140 Seniors 156 Senior Ads 250 DEDICATION: Ileana Imhoff—19 years I remember distinctly when Ileana announced the news to our ISLA class that she would be leaving Park. What followed was silence. It was not an awkward silence. Rather, it was a mutual understanding that the modern language department, and Park School as a whole, would be suffering a great loss. Whether you know Ileana from sitting in her classes, witnessing her impressive assemblies, or simply seeing her smile as she walks down the hall, she always brings her positive attitude and admirable work ethic to everything she does. Students will tell you what a phenomenal teacher I am fortunate enough to have had Ileana as a Spanish teacher lleana is. Her colleagues will attest to the fact that for two years. In those two years, she consistently challenged she’s an experienced pro. Students and colleagues me and forced me to expand not only my Spanish speaking alike have learned so much from her over the years. abilities, but my critical thinking skills as well. She has facilitated Lucky for us, Ileana has always been willing to us through challenging political conversations, grammatical collaborate with fellow teachers and to share with structures, and cultural investigations, all while remaining us her materials, strategies, and best practices. She invested in our well being and success. I will never forget the has co-chaired many FACA projects over the years, day of freshman year where I had to give a presentation in front including co-creating Stories from Home with Angela of my entire class, as well as (to my surprise) all of the Spanish Balcita, a FACA project that is currently in its 7th year, exchange students. Before it started, she said to me, “Lance, I and she has participated in countless others. She is didn’t tell you in advance because I didn’t want you to stress an avid reader, a gifted writer, and a true lifelong the entire weekend about presenting in front of the large group. learner. But anyone who knows Ileana knows that a But don’t worry, you have done very detailed research, and you big part of what makes her such an amazing teacher are well prepared.” This is just one of the many examples in and colleague is that she cares deeply about her which Ileana has shown immense care for her students. students and fellow human beings. Whether she’s making masks for people in Baltimore, a meal for I have absolutely no doubt that she will continue to apply her a colleague, un desayuno for her class, or hosting excellent work ethic and teaching skills at Baltimore School a farewell party or organizing a birthday caravan, for the Arts; it will not take a long time for them to realize how Ileana reminds us to think about each other and lucky they are to have her. Ileana, I will always remember the those beyond the Park School bubble. wonderful discussions, debates, and (of course) games that were held in your classes. Thank you, Ileana, for your dedication, your expertise, and your empathy these past 19 years. ¡Que estés feliz en el próximo capítulo de tu vida! Eres una Park is a better school because of you. maestra magnífica. Espero que podamos reunir otra vez pronto. <3 Jenny, Judith, Nathalie, Paul, Sofia, and Xiaomu –Lance Greenberg 4 BROWNIE 2020 Thank You Ileana! Ileana always jokes with our class that having her as our teacher for three years of high school is far too many. Our class disagrees. She made each and every class interesting, When I think about Ileana, the first word that comes and pushed us to learn. Ileana has helped us love the to mind is “generosity.” Ileana has been so generous process of learning a language, and three years doesn’t feel with her students and her colleagues. Generous with like enough time together. her time, with her ideas, with her feedback, and with her actions. Her generosity goes beyond the walls of When our Jeopardy games (a class favorite) became Park. Not only is she the most generous mother, wife competitive, she told us that t odos ganamos — we all win— and friend, but she has also given so much to the larger when we are learning Spanish. When we had to practice AP Baltimore community, often in the shadows and always essays (not a class favorite), she thoroughly prepared us with humility. Everything she does, she does with love, and reminded us not to forget the grammar we’d spent so passion and authenticity. I will miss having her as a long learning. And for every lesson we covered in class, her fellow immigrant but also as a mentor and my best love of teaching and of our class was evident. She wanted friend in the Upper School. I will miss her dedication to us to succeed, and made sure to give us the tools to do so. the profession and to the K-12 language program. I will miss her laugh and her sense of humor. I will miss her Ileana cares very much about all of her students. This intellect and her guidance. I will miss her smile and that reaches outside of the classroom as well. As a chaperone constant spark in her eyes. on the Spanish exchange trip, she made sure to sit down with each student and ask about how their time spent with Te extrañaré, Ileana –Sofia Park a host family was going. She took on some very stressful responsibilities of knowing where we all were and how our trip was going. I’m so thankful for her dedication and For me Ileana has been an amazing colleague, travelling thoughtfulness. companion, leader of the community, master teacher, curriculum designer and above all, close friend. I feel I’m also lucky enough to have had Ileana as my advisor. very lucky to have worked with her these last twelve Every week, she checked in on how we were doing, in our years because every time we collaborated, she pushed lives both in and out of school. She would ask us about me to be a better teacher. Ileana is also one of the our projects, sports games, and performances that we had most thoughtful people I know, always thinking about mentioned in past weeks. She offered us a listening ear, ways to support anyone who is struggling or suffering, thoughtful advice, homemade treats, and was always ready be it students, colleagues or friends in her immediate to defend us. It was clear to us how much we mattered community or those in the larger Baltimore area. She to her. I will definitely miss those Thursday meetings, always tries to do what is right and does not back away gingerbread house contests, and end-of-year Starbucks from controversy, but confronts injustice wherever she visits, but I know that even after I graduate Ileana will still sees it. I can't express in words how much I will miss be there for me. her because I truly consider her to be una alma gemela. Ileana, gracias por todo, y buena suerte con tu nueva aventura. –Paul Villmoare –Katie Gilbert 5 THEN CAME C O V I D - 1 9 CNN March 11, 2020 NIH.GOV March 22, 2020 6 BROWNIE 2020 March 22, 2020 U.S. now CNN has the third highest ABC NEWS May 6, 2020 Maryland schools to remain closed for the March 11, 2020 rest of academic year due to coronavirus pandemic Baltimore Sun March 21, 2020 “Hey Siri- Do I have coronavirus?” You can now ask your voice assistant for a step-by-step questionnaire CNBC 7 PARK’S 3D PRINTERS AT LIFEBRIDGE CORONAVIRUS & THE PARK SCHOOL COMMUNITY DISTANCE LEARNING SOCIALLY DISTANT GRADUATION ONLINE EXHIBITION: SENIOR SHOW 2020 8 BROWNIE 2020