Life on Himes Briefs HIGH NOTES Jesuit musicians excelled in competitions this spring. At the District event in February, Carson Sutton ’18 (clarinet), Jake Greenwell ’20 (trumpet), Freddie Brinson ’19 (marimba), Alex Good ’19 (marimba), Christopher Rodriguez ’20 (alto saxophone), and Chandler Rodriguez ’17 (snare drum) received the highest rating of Superior. And at State competition in March/April, Jordan Vivero ’18 (piano) received a rating of Superior, and Brinson (marimba, pictured at right) received the highest possible score, Superior with Distinction. JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • SPRING 2017 13 COMMUNITY HERO For his extraordinary commitment to service, notably early literacy initiatives to help children with reading, Drew Valenti ’17 was honored Feb. 4 by the Tampa Bay Lightning as a Community Hero of Tomorrow. Valenti was awarded $50,000 from the Lightning Foundation – $25,000 toward a scholarship for his future education, and Valenti chose the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County as his benefactor to receive the other $25,000. A “Book Garden” in Valenti’s name was established at the ELC facility. GOLD MEDAL ESSAYS “Letter to My Younger Self” was the topic of this year’s St. Ignatius Gold Medal Essay Contest (SIGMEC), and on March 22 and 24 the grade-level winners read their championship essays at Convocation: “Keep Your Head Up” by Marino Matthews ’20, “In Loving Memory” by Griffi n McCombs ’19, “Coloring Outside the Lines” by Christian Jung ’18, and “A Book of Life” by Brice Sewell ’17 (pictured). The upperclassmen and underclassmen SIGMEC winners were announced at the year-end Awards Assembly. FORTES PERFICIENTUR The Latin Club, under the direction of moderator Nick Werner, placed 3rd overall in the Senior Academic Division at the Region 7 Latin Forum competition in February. First-place fi nishers for Jesuit were Andrew Hanna ’19 in Reading Comprehension 2, John Robbins ’18 in Reading Comprehension Advanced, John Cullaro ’18 in Derivatives Advanced, and Grayson Maddox ’19 in Geography 2. Earning 2nd-place results were Tyler Petitt ’19, Trace Nuss ’19, Kegan Lovell ’19, Karol Piedad ’19, and Daniel Villavicencio ’18 in two categories. BEST IN STATE Greg Davis ’19 was recognized in April as the Florida State Military Youth of the Year, winning a $5,000 scholarship. Davis had previously been recognized as the Military Youth of Year at MacDill Air Force Base, and he defeated nine other Youth of the Year winners from Florida military installations for the State award. Davis established a STEAM camp for children at MacDill’s Youth Center, and he completed an extensive application process which included four 2,000-word essays, interviews, and a presentation. In June, Davis competes for the Regional title in Atlanta against seven other state winners for a $10,000 scholarship. SPRING PLAY The Jesuit Masque performed “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” Tom Stoppard’s 1966 play which expands upon two characters from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” with four shows this spring. J.P. Menendez ’19 and George Morgan ’18 starred as the title characters, Masque moderator Richard Miller directed, and other key roles included Lucas Pasquier ’17 (The Player), Riley Buchanan ’20 (Hamlet), Harrison Redd ’18 (Claudius), Landon Moody ’19 (Polonius), Jack Garthwaite ’17 (stage manager), Miles Almadrones ’17 (sound design), and Nate Snyder ’17 (lighting design).
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