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NOW
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16 Transdisciplinary
11 Mirror On the Stage
Leaders 18 MA
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NEXUS Now
Welcome to another edition
of NEXUS Now, our bi-annual
e-publication created to
complement MA’s NEXUS
magazine that is printed in
the fall.
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WHAT’S INSIDE
Click on a section
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METAMORPHOSES
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
brought to life by MA’s
05 theater department
WELCOME
To a new year, and a new
decade 20
ATHLETICS AT MA
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TLP PILOT
Highlights from MA’s fall
06 and winter sports seasons
Transdisciplinary
Leadership Program
IN THE COMMUNITY
students create change.
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Student leadership and
partnership in action 25
FROM ARMWRESTLER
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EDITOR, DESIGN & LAYOUT
TO STORYTELLER
Hervé Ernest
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We visit w/ Joshua Davis ‘92
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
to see what he’s up to, his CHASING ECLIPSES James Hughes
thoughts on his time at MA, Annie Elias
Science teacher and Cross
THEN & NOW and his “Little America” Julie Helmbrecht
Country coach, Jon Bretan, Jon Bretan
An insightful Q&A with being picked up and
takes us along on his
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alumni from different eras in adventure in Chile courtesy Marin Academy Communications
MA’s history of an EE Ford Foundation MA Athletics
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Fellowship
Nexus Magazine and Nexus Now
are produced by the Office of
Institutional Advancement at:
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VOICES OF MARIN ACADEMY
I think of all of
my teachers at
Marin Academy
with enormous
gratitude and
CREATIVE
hope they know
2019-20 Young
Alumni Concert. how much they
are valued, how
well they do their
COLLABORATIVE
job, and what a
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Miskovsky ‘18 and Timmy Stabler ‘17
lasting impact
their day-to-day
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generations.
Transdisciplinary
Leadership
Program JOSHUA DAVIS ‘92
“I have immense gratitude
to you teachers for creating
SCIENCE TEACHER LIZ GOTTLIEB
a course that allows students AND WILDERNESS STUDIES
to thrive and to create in STUDENTS
such a unique way in which
Click to hear a podcast on Liz’s new
the learning process spirals
Wilderness Studies course as part of
outward from us.”
BlendEd: a unique offering for students
to learn about wilderness ethics and
—TLP student participant
history in the classroom and to immerse
themselves in the backcountry to gain
real world experience.
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WELCOME
BY TRAVIS BROWNLEY
Head of School
Star Academy in San Rafael. I hope
you learn more about our growth and
evolution through our continuing “Then
and Now” series which shares the lived
experiences of alumni from different
eras in MA’s history, and learn more
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about our culture of generosity through
two generations of MA donors.
I am inspired by the stories of human
connection, identity, and transformation
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through MA’s opportunity for cross-
cultural engagement with The Portal,
or through learning more about the
journalistic work of alum Joshua Davis
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‘92, or the rewarding opportunity to
he spring semester at MA is work toward one of the goals of our
read about the travels and experiences
already in full swing and with Strategic Plan to transform education.
that Science Teacher Jon Bretan
joy, I welcome a new year and I invite you to discover more about this
enjoyed while watching an eclipse in
a new decade! I’m thrilled class through the eyes of our innovative
Chile, every page tells the story of how
to share with you this latest issue of students and the recent student-led
our community lives our mission and I
NEXUS Now which is filled with the exhibit and interactive experience
look forward to continuing this journey
voices of our students and alumni, centered around the global migration
together throughout the next decade.
explores our past and present and crisis.
showcases the tenacity of our student- I wish you all the best for a happy and
athletes, the creativity of our visual and As you read through this publication,
healthy start to the new year and can’t
performing arts department, and the I hope you are motivated by our work
wait to see what 2020 brings us all!
empowering evolution taking place in in the community through Community
the classroom. Action and in partnership with MAPA Warm regards,
that included participating in the
With excitement, I have watched the National Coastal Clean-Up Day,
pilot course of our Transdisciplinary supporting the Marin-SF Food Bank
Leadership Program move into its with a Thanksgiving food drive, and
@MarinAcademyHOS
second semester and continue to developing new partnerships with
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NEWS BRIEFS
IN THE COMMUNITY
BY JAMES HUGHES
Director of Community Action, English Teacher
Making an impact beyond MA
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and Partnership in
Action
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MA Community Action has been on
developing student leadership and
forging partnerships around campus
and across the community to deepen
our impact in Marin. In September,
Community Action partnered with MA
Outings to offer a hike to Tennessee
Valley and beach clean-up on National
Coastal Clean-Up Day.
Our second annual 9th Grade Family
Service Day, in partnership with MAPA,
was a huge success with nearly half
the class turning out with siblings and
parents to get to know one another as
they engaged in projects on campus for
the MA community garden, St. Vincent
de Paul, 10,000 Redwoods, Whistlestop,
and the Humane Society. Members of
the newly formed Community Action
Leadership Council (CALC) helped
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NEWS BRIEFS
to lead the volunteer projects for Thanksgiving break. The chapter will
the service day. The CALC also co- continue to organize and host events
sponsored a number of events with on both campuses throughout the year
other campus groups, including climate as this partnership deepens along with
protest rallies with the Climate Action many new friendships.
Club in San Rafael and San Francisco
and campus events and fundraising Finally, our annual Thanksgiving Food
for our newly established Best Buddies Drive proved to be an enormous
Chapter. success, providing over 3,000 pounds
of food to local individuals and families
Led by juniors Lola D. ‘21 and Audrey through Marin-SF Food Bank and St.
C. ‘21, MA has developed a Best Vincent de Paul. Many thanks to all
Buddies partnership with special needs who contributed their time, resources,
students at Star Academy in San Rafael, and leadership toward an impactful fall
hosting them for a special activity semester!
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ALUMNI STORIES
THEN & NOW
As MA moves closer to celebrating our 50th Anniversary, we continue with our ‘Then
& Now’ series providing perspectives from MA alumni who’ve experienced student
life during different eras in MA’s history.
Penny Joshua
Hillemann ‘76 Vandervelde ‘19
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District in San Francisco) and had a SWIMMING POOL!
After my first tour of Marin Academy, I remember being
captivated by its phenomenal music program, close-
And, it was tiny and new and college prep and had small knit community, and strong sports teams… but with my
classes, and it seemed like people could be who they mom I joke that what truly charmed me was the beautiful
really were there. I was going to a large public junior campus and good food.
high in the City and was intending to go to Lowell High
School. The opportunity to go to MA sounded magically Did MA have a reputation as being a certain
cool, and so it was! type of school when you were in the 8th
grade?
Did MA have a reputation as being a certain My twelve-year-old self saw MA as an artsy school filled
type of school when you were in the 8th with smiling, energetic students. During my four years,
grade? however, this reputation began to shift towards a scien-
MA didn’t open until my 9th grade year, which is when I tifically-minded school with academically focused—if still
first heard about it. I started at MA in 10th grade in 1973, happy—students.
its second year of existence, and was part of the third
graduating class as there was no graduating class the What were your favorite classes and why?
first year. As a new school, there were a lot of kids who My list of favorite teachers would far exceed the allo-
maybe hadn’t had a good fit with their previous schools, cated space for this question, so I’ll keep it short. Mark
as well as ones for whom it was just a natural progres- Stefanski’s meditation practices in freshman biology
sion. There was an experimental start-up vibe, at the taught me how a compassionate teacher can make a
same time the academic standards were high. great class. My sophomore World Music band with Chris
Detrick and Bob Schleeter taught me how to give life to
What were your favorite classes and why? the keys on a piano. Juliet Dana’s junior history class truly
I loved my three years of Spanish with Madelon DeLauff, refined my analytical writing and debating skills. And
Anthro with Ken Lueders, all the music classes, and my most importantly for my future, Jon Bretan’s Electrical
senior year art class. It was all about the teachers, who Engineering and Computer Science course gave me the
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ALUMNI STORIES
Foster Hall circa 1976 when Penny graduated. Foster Hall circa 2019 when Joshua graduated.
were energized and creative, and outstanding instruction. spark to pursue engineering after graduating MA.
In what extracurricular activities did you In what extracurricular activities did you
participate? participate?
Lots of music and behind-the-scenes stuff with the plays. First and foremost, I was a member of Peer Resources,
I played flute and guitar, so I performed some and was in the group of student facilitators responsible for hosting
the band for plays and also did make-up for some plays. Communications Evening. I could also be regularly found
Senior year I was one of the Two Ladies in Cabaret!. huddled over a laser cutter in the MA maker space, at the
golf course with the MA golf team, playing keys on the
What’s your favorite MA tradition? MA music scene, and on the field for the JV soccer team.
Can I pick two? Minicourse and hanging out on the lawn And towards the end of my high school career, I construct-
in front of Foster Hall. ed and painted giant cardboard ornaments to adorn the
BBLC’s walls.
How did you get to school?
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A school bus came out to the Sunset district. I remember What’s your favorite MA tradition?
bus drivers Chico, Gary, and Jamie. In the afternoon the I don’t know if this is technically a tradition, but Mini-
bus only went as far as the Richmond so I’d take the city course is pretty special. I really appreciated each chance
bus home from there. Senior year I was part of a car pool. to totally invest myself in a new skill over the course of
I didn’t do this (no, really, I didn’t), but it wasn’t unheard the week, and I had some really memorable experiences
finding new things I love and building new relationships.
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of for people to hitchhike to or from school if they missed
the bus. The Songwriting by the Sea Minicourse that I partook in
my sophomore year was especially a highlight.
What political events have most influenced
How did you get to school?
MA during your time here? I live in the East Bay, so my morning commute began with
Huge events during that time included Watergate and
a drowsy car ride (thanks Mom) to a designated MA bus
Nixon’s resignation; also the Patty Hearst kidnapping.
stop and concluded with a rush through the front doors
I don’t remember much political activity on campus,
of the BBLC. For my senior year, I decided to take matters
though.
into my own hands, thus battling East Bay traffic behind
the wheel.
What makes MA, MA?
For me, it was the deeply caring, gifted faculty and staff; What political events have most influenced
a small, intimate environment (I think there were only 45
MA during your time here?
people in my graduating class); and a real sense of com-
The inauguration of President Trump itself was not the
munity. You could shed the tough veneer you might have
most profound political event to affect MA, but the dia-
had to put on to deal with a big urban school. You could
logue around freedom that subsequently arose may have
hug your friends (not something I ever did before) and be
been. Concerns about new immigration laws under Trump
a little weird and still be fine. I was quite shy at that time
became the side conversation of history classes. Person-
but came to feel known and appreciated.
ally, I worried how much a president supportive of the
NRA would listen to the cries of high school gun violence
protesters. And, perhaps most notably, many republican
leaning classmates found their voices suppressed—even
silenced—by liberal peers in political discussions. As a
result, both national rights and personal freedoms were
brought into sharper focus after January 2017.
Penny Hillemann ‘76 is a graduate of Marin Academy and lives in
Minnesota.
Con’t on page 36>>
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ACADEMICS AT MA
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Academics
Every day, MA teachers
and students work side-by-
side to analyze, synthesize,
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understand our world. We
welcome and encourage
many voices, because
today’s complex issues are
best solved from a variety of
perspectives.
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TRANSDISCIPLINARY
LEADERSHIP
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Students and teachers of Marin Academy’s Transdisciplinary Leadership Program
taken.
practices in students as they navigate framework provided by all of the adult
and respond to real-world, complex experts with whom students would be
issues. The course,“Culture Shock: working.
Migration, Exile, and the Refugee
Crisis,” began with a leadership retreat Over the course of the fall, students
BILL MEYER in August that was led by Maggie explored the origins of voluntary and
Harris, the director of the leadership forced migrations over the course
History Teacher and TLP Instructor
program at the University of Minnesota. of history and into the present.
Conversations with stakeholders
The TLP has brought in a number of including local elected officials, national
stakeholders from different sectors and experts, and agencies working with
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partner organizations to MA’s campus refugee populations, along with a
n alignment with MA’s Strategic Plan to provide the framework necessary to variety of readings and documentary
and understanding that profound support students in their exploration films, have helped students build an
changes in the workplace and in of this critical global issue. TLP teacher understanding of the current migration
the social fabric call for additional Bill Meyer opened one of the earliest crisis, which impacts over 70 million
fluencies in problem-solving, creativity, sessions by saying, “This is not going displaced people at present. Through
curiosity, empathy, and global to be like any other class you’ve ever their work with transdisciplinary
citizenship, MA successfully launched taken,” explaining to students that partners like KIVA, the San Francisco-
our Transdisciplinary Leadership they would be deeply involved in based microfinance NGO that has
Program pilot this fall with the goal shaping the learning that takes place recently launched a refugee lending
of developing leadership skills and in the course with the support of the program under the guidance of MA
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alum Lev Plaves ‘06, the TLP has been modern world, but we are able to Look for updates to our community on
able to create a vehicle to transform implement this research into action. In the progress of TLP and the successful
the way kids experience school: addition to all I have learned about the completion of our first year at the end
rather than having students do solely migration crisis, I have learned how I of this academic year, along with a
best work with other people, my style
academic work in abstract disciplinary preview of our next TLP cohort and
of leadership, the value of vulnerability,
silos, they have had an opportunity to offerings.
and how to innovate and create as
tackle real problems in the real world in
opposed to imitate.”
real-time and contribute to solutionary
efforts. “Having this preparation and “I don’t think that a class discussion
opportunity to work on such important has ever made me feel so much. After
and impactful issues in high school will further reflection, my dominant feeling
help to spark a desire for students to was gratitude.”
continue the work and be active world
“I will remember TLP as my most
citizens,” says TLP teacher Carinne
conscious, exciting, interesting, and
Lemaire. At this midway point, students relevant class in MA history.”
have expressed how this course has
already impacted them: “I hope this course continues for
Having this
“This course is unlike anything I have
many years to come and becomes an
MA staple! You have been incredible
preparation and
ever taken because I feel like I am truly
being prepared for the real world after
teachers and I cannot wait to hear
about TLP growing and influencing high opportunity to
high school.”
work on such
school curricula across the country.”
“When people ask me about TLP, I tell “Thank you for this amazing
important and
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them that it’s the coolest class ever. experience. I feel truly blessed to be in
Not only are we able to research one this class.”
of the most pressing dilemmas of the
impactful issues
in high school
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spark a desire
for students to
continue the
work and be
active world
citizens.
CARINNE LEMAIRE
French Teacher and TLP Instructor
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‘Empathy Has No Borders’ event, created by TLP students
Introductory speech by Kate L. ‘20
F
irst of all, I just wanted to thank show at the beginning of a school event.
MA’s Design + Technology Lead, Sachi
all of you for coming out tonight But I realized that showing this footage
DeCou, helped develop a framework
and taking the time to join us in is not taking a political stance, but
to guide students through the process
this exhibition. simply revealing that this is our reality,
of creating a public presentation of
and these are things that other humans
their work in the Transdisciplinary As most of you know, all of us up are saying. Really we must be critical of
Leadership Program. This resulted here are part of the pilot course, everything, we must question our public
in a very powerful evening entitled, Transdisciplinary Leadership Program, authority, our government, our society,
“Empathy Has No Borders.” This this year titled: “Culture Shock: in order to empathize with people our
student-led event and exhibition was Migration, Exiles and the Refugee institutions are meant to serve. As you’ll
an interactive experience around Crisis.” We thought it would be a see through our event tonight, our
the global migration crisis that left good idea to start out this event with class really used this lens of empathy
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quite an emotional impact on the an encapsulating video, rather than a when working with these complex and
audience. While the evening had lecture or discussion. Using solely audio dynamic crises. We have really come to
several components to it, leading and video clips sourced from news and the conclusion that leading comes down
audience members through different documentaries, I attempted to portray to listening, and I attempted to convey
spaces on campus including the newly some of the toxic rhetoric around that message through this video, hoping
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installed MA Portal, it began with this immigration our class is seeing in our to shift perspective on what is needed
video below and introduction by TLP current world. At first I asked myself, to solve today’s challenges.
student Kate L. ‘20 that helped to set is this video too harsh or unsettling to
the tone for the evening.
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THE PORTAL | This amazing TLP students met with college students living in the Harsham IDP and a
opportunity for cross-cultural refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq.
engagement arrived on the Marin
Draw Paint students presented their artwork and participated in a group
Academy campus on November 4th.
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critique with the Portal in Ede Wageningen, the Netherlands.
The Portal, as it’s known, came from
Shared Studios, which “exists to Students from MA’s 3D art class met with artists, students, and members of
create meaningful human connections the community in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss murals and public art. Students
between people separated by distance from MA presented on their work for a critique while artists in Kigali spoke
and difference.” about making work in the public sphere.
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TLP students met with displaced young people in Herat, Afghanistan.
The Young Brothers affinity group hosted a unique opportunity with Lewis
students and adults in contact with
others in Portals spread over the globe Lee in Milwaukee, WI, focusing on how mental health issues affect families
using media technologies that allow in the people of color community.
participants to feel like they’re sharing
MA Crossroads program students interacted with Girlpower! in La Paz,
the same space. Since the time the Bolivia to discuss these questions: Who are some women that you admire
Portal has been on campus, we’ve and why? Is the role of women changing in society? If so, in what ways?
met with a farmer at Bonton Farms, a What are some issues that you believe are important to young women right
non-profit in a previous food desert now?
in Dallas that has tied organic urban
World Music students played for musicians in Herat, Afghanistan.
farming with job security, housing,
and health in a “once forgotten and HR professionals from Juniper Networks in Silicon Valley had one-on-one
neglected neighborhood with some meetings with juniors and seniors at Marin Academy about tips and tricks
of the most marginalized people”; an for succeeding in professional interviews. They interviewed students using
artist in Colorado Springs who is part test interview questions and provided feedback on student responses.
of Imagination Celebration, a nonprofit
“connecting people of all ages to The Portal will remain on campus through March and will be providing open
the brain-stimulating, life-enhancing, sessions during lunch for drop-ins, as well as specific upcoming events with
community-building power of creativity Justice in America students, music students, Comparative Religion students,
by inspiring artistic and intellectual sessions during Conference on Democracy, and more!
curiosity”; and more. This list to the
Contact KaTrina Wentzel, Academic Dean, with any questions.
right details more Portal moments.
14 MARIN ACADEMY Think. Question. Create. NEXUS NOW WINTER 2020VOICES OF MARIN ACADEMY
WHAT AM I?
My cultural identity doesn’t fit in a box
BY TALIA G. ‘22
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e are often asked to So I mull it over — what am I?
check boxes. On an app
on your phone, you are For me, as the child of many
asked to check the box composite and rich cultures, the lack
that says you read the user agreements. of discussion recognizing the depth
At the doctor, you are asked to check and multidimensionality that culture The fact that we
whether you suffer from asthma or contributes to identity has left me
have allowed
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migraines. Even ordering a burger, perplexed. My mother was born in New
you may be asked to check a box York to “fresh off the boat” Persians,
selecting whether you want french fries. who left an ancient Persian-Jewish boxes used for
Filling out legal forms or educational community in Iran. My father emigrated
documents, you are asked to check a from South Africa as a young boy, basic statistics
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South Africa to escape European anti- to guide the dis-
I check the box indicating I read the Semitism.
user agreements, I check “no” for
At a young age, I learned how much
cussions we have
asthma and “yes” for migraines, and I
always want french fries with my burger. these cultures play a role in my identity.
around race, cul-
But my race, my ethnicity ... that is
something I don’t know how to define Click the image below to read the full article
published in the San Francisco Chronicle. ture, and ethnic-
in a box.
ity threatens to
hurtle us down a
dark path.
TALIA G. ‘22
Student
Photo: Getty Images / iStockphoto
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The Arts
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The Arts programs at
Marin Academy cultivate
the imagination, creativity,
passion, and aesthetic
sensibility of each student,
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practice, process and
product, structure and free
exploration.
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METAMORPHOSES
BY ANNIE ELIAS
Performing Arts Department Chair, Theater Teacher
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he fall theater production skin crawl. It’s a play about love in all of disbelief, our emotions, but also our
Metamorphoses, is an its forms—the love of money, self-love, intellect.
adaptation of Ovid’s 8 AD love without faith, unrequited love,
book of the same name, and forbidden love, true love and the pain The original set involved a huge pool
was written and first famously directed of separation, unconditional love, of water. All of the action is around,
by Mary Zimmerman. spiritual love. in, under, or floating on top of the
water. For the MA production, we
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Each of the nine stories in The play also has characters (and a Q found many ways to suggest water
Metamorphoses features a and A scene) who analyze, interpret without building a pool on stage,
transformation of some kind. Some and explain the meaning of what we such as through the use of lighting
of the stories are sad or more serious, are watching. Mary Zimmerman allows effects, fabric, buckets, a bathtub,
but there is also humor and there is us to engage all parts of ourselves as wringing out a towel to create rain,
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vivid imagination and excellent acting of The amazing ensemble of actors played
the cast. everything from gods and goddesses
to humble folk, and in every setting
The imposing set was built by the from Hades to Olympus. In one scene,
Stagecraft class students, under the performed by three seniors, Bella G. ‘20
guidance of teacher and technical played Phaeton, lying in a bathtub with What we have
director Drew Yerys. The Stagecraft enormous platform shoes, pouring his
students also hung and focused the heart out after crashing Apollo’s chariot, been, or now
lights. One of the most striking aspects while Anna W. ‘20, as the therapist, gives
of the production was the gorgeous a Freudian analysis, at the same time are, we shall not
score which was designed, composed, that Eliza H. ‘20, as Apollo, sings an aria
and performed by student musicians from Cosi Fan Tutti from high above. be tomorrow.
Eric A. ‘21, Eliza H. ‘21, Josh T. ‘21, and These were the kinds of complex and
Makena B. ‘21. Vocalists Curran A. ‘22 challenging scenes, both humorous and
and Lily L. ‘22 composed a song with moving, that these committed actors
Makena B. ‘21 which the three sang. In pulled off so beautifully.
addition, Erika Z. ‘23 played a Chopin
piece on piano and Xanthe S. ‘20 played
harp. OVID
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18 MARIN ACADEMY Think. Question. Create. NEXUS NOW WINTER 2020ALUMNI STORIES
THE ARTS AT MA
MUSIC & DANCE
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his fall and early winter, our
performing artists exhibited a
love and joy of learning their
art when they took the stage.
During the dance assembly, students
were dazzled by solos, duets, and
group acts, including themes of 1960’s
psychedelia, 1980’s hip hop, 1990’s post-
modern dance, and contemporary dance
theater works exploring personal stories
and current headlines. The Taiko class
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treated their audience to an entertaining
and energetic selection of traditional,
contemporary, and original compositions.
For the winter music concert, students
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displayed their passion and creativity
as they remixed songs, old and new.
Performers were encouraged and
supported by students, who shared in the
excitement of the event.
19 MARIN ACADEMY Think. Question. Create. NEXUS NOW WINTER 2020ATHLETICS AT MA
Athletics
Congratulations to all of our
student-athletes for the hard
work they put in during the
season and academic year, as
well as all of the coaches who
support their efforts.
Being a Wildcat takes
commitment and dedication
and we appreciate the
tenacity of all of the members
of MA’s athletic programs.
Go Wildcats!
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20 MARIN ACADEMY Think. Question. Create. NEXUS NOW WINTER 2020ATHLETICS AT MA
TEAM ATHLETIC AWARDS
FALL/WINTER 2019-20
BCL-WEST/BAY AREA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Boys Cross Country: 4th Place
• Girls Cross Country: 5th Place
• Girls Varsity Tennis: 3rd Place
• Girls Volleyball: 2nd Place
• Boys Water Polo (MCAL): 5th Place
• Girls Water Polo (MCAL): 6th Place
NORTH COAST SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Girls Volleyball: NCS Division V Champions
• Girls Tennis: NCS Division 2 Quarterfinals
• Girls Cross Country: NCS Division V - 5th Place
• Boys Cross Country: NCS Division V – 6th Place
CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Girls Volleyball – NorCal Division IV Quarterfinals
• Girls Cross Country – 18th Place
NCS SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AWARDS
• Boys Water Polo: Division I
• Girls Tennis: Division II
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SIGNING DAY
Edward S. ‘20
Men’s Baseball
Penn
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On November 15, 2019, the MA Athletics Department
honored our Division I National Letter of Intent and “Likely
Letter” student-athletes. Please join us in congratulating
them for all their efforts, hard work, and commitment
to honoring the game, their teammates, coaches, and
opponents.
Jamie P. ‘20
Women’s Rowing
UCSD
Lucinda A. ‘20 Sophie B. ‘20
Women’s Soccer Women’s Rowing
Brown Georgetown
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LafayetteALUMNI STORIES
FROM ARMWRESTLER TO
STORYTELLER
We catch up with MA alumnus, Joshua Davis ‘92, and talk about his time at
MA, his views on immigration, and his new show on AppleTV+.
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our bio on the Epic
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“Matador, sumo wrestler,
impulsive drift racer,
Contributing Editor @Wired for a
decade. Davis has reported from
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inside prisons on three continents.”,
which is pretty impressive. When did
you know that you wanted to be a
journalist and how did you arrive at
that decision? One weekend in the
early aughts, I drove to Laughlin, NV
to watch the US National Armwrestling
Championship. I ended up competing
and, by a fluke, qualified for the US
National Team. I went on to represent
America at the World Championship Joshua Davis ‘92
in Poland. When I got back to my
apartment in San Francisco, I bumped
into a neighbor. He asked where I’d What is the origin story of Epic about people’s lives had long proposed
been and when I told him I had been Magazine? For much of the last ten that we join forces and try to find a new
armwrestling in Poland, he said I should years, long form narrative journalism business model to support ourselves.
write an article about my experience. has felt like a dying art. Magazines We started to have some success in
It turns out he was an editor at Wired are shuttering, newspapers are Hollywood and got a couple movies.
and coached me on how to pitch a hemorrhaging staff, and the fees paid That helped convince 20th Century Fox
story. I had never thought of becoming to writers are shrinking. At the same to back our fledgling effort in exchange
a journalist but when I realized that I time, we all still have a real hunger for for the right to adapt our articles into
could explore the world and get paid true stories. So I was kind of scratching movies. That got us started and we now
to do it, it seemed like a pretty amazing my head. A close friend of mine who have over 30 film and tv projects in the
job. also likes to write in-depth stories pipeline based on our articles.
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Epic Magazine approaches You’re currently producing a show Were you influenced by any
storytelling in a unique way with a for Apple TV that debuts in January experiences or people on campus
focus on stories that can be so wild 2020 called Little America and is during your time at MA? Very much
and engaging that they sometimes based on an Epic Magazine article of so. I often think of Jack Thompson (JT),
feel like fiction. What motivates you the same title. What was the impetus who taught Earth and Her Children,
to seek out these types of stories? for telling stories of immigration a really powerful class that expanded
MA I’m naturally curious and am drawn in this way? One Lee Eisenberg, a my thinking about the world. He was
to unusual people. When something great writer and director, asked us if such a soulful, southern gentleman.
crazy happens, I want to know why it we would be interested in working He introduced me to Faulkner, Barry
went down the way it did. And, as a together to tell the story of immigrants Lopez, and Edward Abbey. Faulkner in
journalist, I’ve learned that the best way in the US in some way. It felt important particular came to life in his classroom.
to do that is to go see it first hand. The at this particular moment given the We did an outing to Jefferson
ethos at Epic is to immerse yourself in vilification of immigrants domestically Meadows in the Sierras and I remember
a story so that the reader can feel like and internationally. So we sent our seeing him leaning against a tree just
they’re there. We often spend years reporters across the country to uncover looking out at the beauty. That made
on a story - we want to make sure poignant stories and ended up an impression for some reason. Greg
our writers have the time to do the publishing a collection of stories that Smith taught me Shakespeare and
reporting and do justice by the story. have now been transformed into the also taught me how to explore. He
AppleTV+ show. led a trip to Mt. Lassen - we were just
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By Vox Media Dec 12, 2019, 1:16pm EST
Today, Apple announced its much anticipated
forthcoming series “Little America,” adapted
from Epic Magazine, has been renewed for
a second season ahead of its season one
premiere.
The first, eight-episode season of “Little Amer-
ica” will debut in its entirety on Friday, January
17, 2020, exclusively on Apple TV+. Inspired
by the extraordinary true stories first reported
in the Epic Magazine series of the same name,
“Little America” goes beyond the headlines
to bring to life the funny, romantic, heartfelt,
inspiring, and surprising stories of immigrants
in America.
Click to watch the “Little America” trailer.
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planning to ski around the base but know how much they are valued, how
Greg and I spontaneously decided well they do their job and what a lasting
to summit the peak, which was both impact their day-to-day work has over
exhausting and exhilarating. James generations.
Shipman had a profound impact on me,
both for introducing me to aikido and Our upcoming student-led I often think of
Conference on Democracy is focused
for teaching a class on the Iran-Contra
affair and mother goddess religions on the idea of “How are we?”; Jack Thompson
how are we as a community, as a
(only at MA could you combine
those two things in one class). Patrick society, and how are we addressing (JT), who taught
global issues. With all your travels
Mourjan introduced me to French
cinema and triggered a lifelong love and investigations, how would you Earth and Her
answer that question? I suppose
of French culture. Glenn Stanfield led
a trip to work on trails in the Sierras it depends where you stand. The Children, a real-
economy is booming. Unemployment is
and was an early mentor to me. John
Hicks introduced me (and countless at a historic low. For many people, that ly powerful class
has been a real blessing. Of course,
others) to the wonder of scuba diving.
Mark Stefanski has an infectious energy it raises questions of whether we are that expand-
trading away our future for a short term
that still inspires me. He also coached
our JV soccer team and we had some gain. For decades, there seemed to be ed my thinking
some understanding that we couldn’t
great times on the field together.
We were also together for the 1989 take on too much debt. Now, we are about the world.
piling it on at a record pace. I do think
earthquake - we were playing a soccer
tournament south of San Francisco and we are facing a major transformation He was such a
in the workforce as AI comes on line.
had to make our way back to Marin
soulful, south-
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despite the fires and destruction. He But again, it’s hard for anybody to think
long term when you’re living paycheck
was a great leader that day. I think of
all of my teachers at Marin Academy to paycheck. ern gentleman.
with enormous gratitude and hope they
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Barry Lopez, and
Edward Abbey.
Faulkner in par-
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life in his class-
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JOSHUA DAVIS ‘92
Joshua Davis (2nd from left) is seen here with Marin Academy classmates circa 1991-1992.
MA Alum
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CHASING ECLIPSES
BY JON BRETAN
Science Teacher, Boys Cross Country Head Coach
Recipient of an EE Ford Fellowship, a grant provided to faculty to sup-
port travel and professional development that enhances classroom
learning, Jon Bretan shares his amazing travel experience with us.
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t doesn’t matter where, one can typically happens about once per year,
always spot eclipsers. The eclipse though since most of the planet is
t-shirts, hats, over-planned travel covered in with water, they often don’t
and camera gear give it away. cross ideal locations for observation,
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difficult-to-reach places that have
no obvious tourist allure. Their goal: The moon is about 250,000 miles
the chance to experience a serenely away; about thirty Earths fit in between
unsettling superposition of night and here and the Moon. The Moon travels
day. Umbraphile is a popular self- quickly, moving about 12 degrees of its
conferred term for these pilgrims. Last circular-ish path around the Earth each
summer, an EE Ford grant afforded me day. Since it’s far, the shadow it casts
the opportunity to journey south to is small, typically less than 100 miles
spend a few minutes in the ephemeral wide.
shadow of the Moon.
All of this means that the Moon’s
In my Astrophysics course, students shadow will be at different places
learn that a day is not exactly 24 hours, for different durations each time it
there are multiple definitions of day, happens to cast its small shadow on
month, and year and nothing is at a the terrestrial surface.
constant distance from anything else.
It is a coincidence that the Moon
There are many patterns in the sky, and
appears the same size in the sky as
when more precision is desired, the
the Sun and can perfectly block solar
patterns are more complicated.
disk. And this doesn’t always happen:
Because the Earth and Moon are Sometimes the moon is too far away
always moving, the Earth spinning from the Earth in its elliptical orbit an
and the Moon orbiting along axes annular eclipse occurs, with a ring of
that don’t exactly align, eclipses don’t Sun still visible to observers in the lunar
happen every month. An eclipse shadow. But it is not a total eclipse.
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Day does not become night. Partial, The sudden darkness that sweeps
and even annular eclipses are not total across the daylight creates an other-
eclipses. worldly orange-purple sky. The drop in
temperature. The undulating wisps of
In 2017 I traveled to eastern Oregon the solar corona extending beyond the
with my close friend and photographer black disk of the moon. We shared the I am still process-
Dave Zahrobsky. Dave has led MA 2017 experience with two MA alum:
Stargazing Outings with me to Lake Timmy Stabler ’17 and Julian Vasquez ing images from
Sonoma and has traveled across ’17 drove up last minute to join us.
all seven continents for extended the trip, and my
durations, visually documenting When calls for EE Ford grant proposals
peoples’ stories. We packed as many were solicited from faculty and staff, I visual record of
telescopes and cameras as we could ran some numbers and figured Dave
fit into his tiny Subaru and slept on a and I could do a summer trip to Chile, the experience
high school football field in Baker City, covered completely by the grant. Dave
OR (a paid camping site) and practiced is much more experienced with travel never ceases to
with our gear to capture the moments than I, and photographing such an
of totality on our digital sensors. event, as well as the night sky, is much fill me with grat-
Though I have a degree in astronomy, easier with a qualified partner. Happily,
I was astonished by the spectacle. MA seemed excited too. itude—gratitude
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nity to chase an
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while continuing
to grow at both.
JON BRETAN
Science Teacher & Boys Cross Country
Head Coach
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COMING UP AT MA
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February 24-28
| Minicourse.
Minicourses come
in many styles, but
all have as their goal the enrichment of
students’ lives and expansion of their
awareness in the world. Each course
challenges students in a variety of ways
through environmental stewardship,
community service, academic and/or
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artistic enrichment, and wilderness skills
and living experiences. Minicourse is
a time when students and faculty can
immerse themselves in an activity of
broad educational value to a degree
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A lively scene from the capoeira March 11 |
through first-hand experience and
minicourse that took place on campus Conference On
thus arrive at the end of the course
in 2019. Democracy. While
with new insights, sympathies, skills
“think, question, and
and knowledge. A major part of the
create” has become the motto of MA,
experience is the social awareness
it is the second part of our mission
fostered by working closely with a
statement—that MA “challenges each
small group of like-minded people
person to accept the responsibilities
within the atmosphere of a “project.”
posed by education in a democratic
The intensity and time involved create
society”—that inspires the Conference
the opportunity for wide-ranging
on Democracy. The Conference’s
discussion and co-operation between
origins were modest: a lunch-line
members of the group. Ultimately, the
conversation between two teachers
course should challenge the students
sparked the idea of integrating the
physically, intellectually and spiritually,
school’s mission more deeply into our
in varying combinations.
daily intellectual and social practices.
Now an eagerly-anticipated annual
event, the Conference provides a
wide array of perspectives on political,
social, economic, and environmental
issues that our communities face
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locally, nationally, and globally. This March 19 | Parent and former chief fundraiser for the
year’s COD theme is, “How are we?” Ed - Money: The Hunger Project. 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in
The idea behind this open-ended Final Frontier the Performing Arts Center. RSVP here.
theme was to have it embody the with Lynne Twist.
principles of democracy by allowing Lynne Twist will help our community
everyone to bring their own passions step through the hornets’ nest of
and interests to this year’s conference. money. She will explore attitudes
Democracy sometimes can be a little toward money and how it can be
too much policy and too little people. used to reflect a family’s values. Lynne
That’s why COD this year will provide a is a global visionary committed to
platform for everyone to get in touch alleviating poverty, ending world
with themselves and our community. hunger, and supporting social justice
How are we doing? How is life in a and environmental sustainability. She
democratic society? Read more about is the author of the book The Soul of
the events taking shape at the 2020 Money, founder of the Soul of Money
Conference on Democracy here. Institute and the Pachamama Alliance,
Alumni In the News
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Former Marin Academy star MA alumna Casey Dominguez ‘94
basketball player Kyle Roach signs hosts political podcast and releases
pro basketball deal new book
Former Marin Academy high school standout Kyle Roach, Casey (Knudsen) Dominguez, Ph.D. ‘94 is a professor at the
shown playing for Whitworth University, has signed to play University of San Diego and has co-edited a book about the
professional basketball for a team in Denmark. 2020 candidates and the election process, and also hosts a
weekly political podcast with some fellow professors at USD.
Read more>
Read more>
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April 23 | Alumni April 28 | Math
and Senior Class Night is an
Dinner. Join us for annual event that
the first-ever Alumni showcases our
and Senior Class Dinner! We hope to students’ passion for mathematics
transition and welcome the senior class and their critical and creative ways of
to the incredible world of being an applying math in the world. In addition
MA alum. We look forward to seeing to student presentations, an outside
many of our alumni back on campus to mathematician will speak about their
have the opportunity to get to know work in the field. Past presentations
this senior class, hear a little about MA have included topics such as “Optimal
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March 21 | MA today, and in return, have the students Rubik’s Cube Solution,” “Mathematics
CELEBRATES. get to know you, learn about what MA of Mirrors and Mirrored Images,”
Join us for an was like during your time, and hear and Gravity Waves and Tensors.” It
unforgettable about what life after MA can look like. promises to be a night filled with plenty
evening of bidding and mingling Thursday, April 23 in the Athletic Center of discovery and enthusiasm for math.
with the MA community at Letterman from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Look for more information in TW@MA.
Digital Arts Center in the Presidio.
Our extended cocktail reception will
feature plenty of delicious food, a
deluxe wine bar, signature beverages,
and a rousing live performance by the
MA faculty band. In support of tuition
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assistance and faculty/staff professional
development, we will have three
silent auction categories: Parties and
Gatherings, Rare and Unique Wines,
and MA Exclusives. Saturday, March 21
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and get tickets here.
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May 7 | Night of
the Arts. Come
celebrate MA’s visual
and performing
artists as they share their work with the
community. Night of the Arts kicks off
the weekend with the school’s most
complete art show. All student artists
will have work on display, and it’s a
great opportunity to see what’s going
on inside our art studios and to honor
the phenomenal work our students and
art teachers do. More info on the MA
Arts homepage ma.org/arts.
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A FAMILY AFFAIR
The Ouyangs, Philip, Lilli, Brittany ‘07, and Chloé ‘11,
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What excited you the most about boldly in the direction of their dreams,
MA when Brittany and Chloé were to think for themselves, challenge the
accepted? status quo, and to give back to the
Philip & Lilli: We were of course excit- people and institutions that shaped
ed about the first-rate education that
they were both going to receive, but
them.
MA was the most
we were also excited by the relation-
ships with teachers that they would
We are grateful for your ongoing
support! Why have you continued
impactful educa-
build as a result of the low student to
teacher ratio. We also knew that MA
to give to MA’s Annual Fund after
your daughters have graduated?
tional experience
would challenge our daughters to be
the best versions of themselves that
Philip & Lilli: We continue to give to
the Annual Fund because we believe
of my life.
they could be, and that MA would wholeheartedly in the school and its
teach them to embrace the outdoors mission.
and further their passions for the arts.
What were you most excited about
How do you think their MA expe- when you were accepted at MA?
riences contributed to the people Brittany: I was excited to not have to
BRITTANY OUYANG ‘07
they are today? wear a uniform anymore. I was also ex-
Philip & Lilli: MA taught them to go cited about the close-knit community, Alumni Board Member
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SUPPORT MA
Since the very beginning, Marin Acad-
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generosity. Financial gifts from our com-
munity enable our school to provide a
truly exceptional educational experi-
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The Ouyangs (l to r) Chloé ‘11, Lilli, Philip, Brittany ‘07
and year out. We are so grateful for the
generous support of alumni, parents,
grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends
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and to have the opportunity to grow MA taught me how to think critically,
both academically and as a person. express myself persuasively, and con-
THANK YOU!
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I was most excited about joining the the world around me.
amazing community that my sister and Brittany: MA was the most impactful
parents were already a part of. I was educational experience of my life. It
also excited to create my own expe- taught me to speak up and challenge
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for long exposures) and another with equatorial mount would track the Sun collective movements made for some
tripods and counterweights for the and the camera would take pictures at great photos.
mount. Winter clothes were squeezed pre-specified intervals and exposures.
in wherever possible. When the event happened, I did not After La Serena, we spent more time in
want to be fiddling with cameras, or Santiago, a fascinating and dynamic
We arrived a few days before the event, even looking at them. I wanted my city, to which I definitely would like to
to get the lay of the land, scout attentions skyward. return. Perched on the side of Cerro
locations and do some actual night San Cristóbol, beneath a 70-foot Virgin
photography. The southern sky is full of First contact occurs when the Moon Mary, we were joined by many other
gems inaccessible to northern appears to take a bite out of the Sun. eclipse-chaser photographers for some
observers: the Clouds of Magellan, the Unless you have a solar filter, it’s not shots of the Santiago skyline. Our eyes
Coalsack and Carina Nebulae, and Rigil even noticeable. But the daylight were drawn to both skyscrapers both
Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri), the nearest slowly changes. As totality nears, it is man-made and natural: the Gran Torre
star system to our own. noticeably darker and cooler. But still Santiago, a sibling to San Francisco’s
not total. Then a dark seam rushes Salesforce Tower and the 17,783’ Cerro
The first night in La Serena, we drove across the sky. The Sun goes black. El Plomo.
halfway across the narrow country, up Because of the sudden drop in
into the Andean foothills above Vicuña, illumination, pupils begin to dilate and I am still processing images from the
one of the towns along the well- eyes start to take in more of the trip, and my visual record of the
marked “Ruta de las Estrellas.” The surrounding environment. Stars and experience never ceases to fill me with
region, Coquimbo, is known for its planets are visible. The horizon is a gratitude—gratitude for the
astroturismo. Because of the reliably 360-degree ring of orange domed by a opportunity to chase an eclipse and to
cool and dry climate, many important deep purple sky reverse illuminating a work at a place like MA where I can
observatories have been built in the negative image of the Sun. There really share my passion for astronomy and
region. It truly is an international hub of is a reverse-illumination: a long enough photography with students will
modern astronomy. exposure of a total solar eclipse will continuing to grow at both.
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bring out detail on the surface of the
During our night of observing and Having now spent about 5 minutes in
Moon, its features made visible by what
photography, even from the side of a the Moon’s shadow, I have a slight
is called Earthshine.
dirt road across mountainous desert, I revision to Cole Porter’s lyrics:
was able to Facetime with my daughter, Then it is done, and a collective gasp is Night and Day, you are the one
then 18 months, and share in her released by everyone around. Did that Only you beneath the Moon AND
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confused by what transpired, and their
under the Sun.
After spending a day scouting dirt
roads and ideal vistas from which to
point our optics, we settled on the
town of La Serena itself. In eastern
Oregon we experienced an eclipse
from a desolate hilltop. This time, we
wanted to share the experience with as
many other travelers as we could. We
set up on the beach outside of an
apartment building where other friends
of mine were staying. We weren’t the
only ones with lots of gear, but we
definitely looked professional, and
attracted the attention of many
passersby We were more than happy to
oblige and shared in many selfies with
people of diverse languages.
I learned from the previous eclipse to
automate my gear. This means
planning for the path of the Sun and
setting cameras on regular shooting
intervals and for video recording. My
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