Rising senior Elise Thuresson is part of the 2019 company for The Old Globe Theatre’s Pam Farr Summer Shakespeare Studio, which began on Monday, July 8.

Bishop’s faculty have many professional development opportunities, including sharing their own expertise with peers from other schools locally, regionally and nationally. Here’s a summary of 10 different conferences that featured our own faculty experts.

Rising junior Jeffrey Wang’s essay “Poised for Prose: An Exploration of Popular Themes” is the current featured piece on The Adroit Journal’s website.

Jay Zhao was awarded a professional development grant by the California Mathematics Council.

On June 5, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced that Isabelle Kenagy ’19 was offered the National Merit Northwestern University Scholarship.

Two Bishop’s visual artists won awards at the sixth annual Groff Exhibition taking place in June 2019 at the San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park.

Six Bishop’s students attended the 2019 conference, with one bringing home the Gavel award.

Bishop’s English teacher Adam Davis has won the 2019 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. His manuscript “Index of Haunted Houses” was chosen by Sarabande Books in their annual competition.

Sophomore Ursula Hardianto was awarded second place and a cash prize at the 2019 Goodlin Scholarship Competition – Senior Keyboard Division on May 18, 2019.

The 2019 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) took place April 26-28 at Idyllwild Pines. Elise Thuresson ’20 was selected to participate and recently shared remarks about her experience at the La Jolla Rotary luncheon.

On April 27 and 28, 16 members of the Bishop's Model United Nations (MUN) team participated in the TritonMUN Conference at UC San Diego.

The award-winning poet and college professor came to Bishop’s for classroom visits and an afternoon reading for the community on April 17.

Fifty-two students have earned the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) in recognition of the service hours they have completed this year.

25 members of Bishop’s Class of 2019 were honored at the annual Cum Laude induction ceremony, held at St. James by-the-Sea Church in La Jolla on April 30.

Six students participated in Global Online Academy’s (GOA) fourth annual conference. Keona Lee ’19 and Sean Kim ’21 both received GOA citations; Sean also earned the Catalyst for Change Prize.

Eleven students were inducted into the Bishop’s chapter of the National Chinese Honor Society (NCHS) on Monday, April 22.

In the fourth quarter, the class is taking their knowledge of biological molecules and applying it to biochemistry. And making some tasty Kombucha along the way!

When you think of Italy, you might think of ancient history, gelato, pasta and breath-taking scenery, but do you think of American football? Played in a velodrome?

Matthew Cappetta ’14 has been selected for a Fulbright award to study in Nepal for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Fresh off her role as Fantine in Les Misérables, Zion Dyson ’19 was one of six finalists selected to perform at the 49^th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, held in Monterey, California April 5-7, 2019.

The Bishop’s School had a successful appearance at the San Diego Regional Science Olympiad tournament at the University of San Diego on March 16.

 

Miles McInerney ‘20 is in the running for an international poetry and medicine prize after submitting his poem “Seeking Cracked Boys for Clinical Trial” about his own experience waiting to see whether he would be matched for unprecedented trials.

On April 28, Aaron Liu ’19 will compete in the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) for the second year.

Sarina Krishnan ’20 works with local refugees; her efforts have garnered well-earned attention and accolades. In addition to a recent San Diego Union-Tribune profile, Sarina has won the Princeton Prize in Race Relations (PPPR).

In a first for the Bishop’s speech and debate team, Tim Kelly ’20 has earned Debater of the Year honors from the San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League (SDIVSL).

A grateful cast and crew share their appreciation of the Bishop’s community’s support of the production.

The Right Rev. Katharine Jefferts-Schori gave the homily at the Ash Wednesday chapel service on March 6. We are sharing her words with permission.

Students experience art in the local community.

We are honored to be included among such esteemed peers!

A gaggle of charming new ceramic flamingos have taken up residence along the walkway between Scripps Hall and the student center. A product of the just completed sixth-grade art rotation in ceramics, these pieces are a cheerful reminder of the great arts opportunities available to our students.

Dave Starkey was the featured speaker for the Shaffer Family Foundation Endowed Science Lecture Series on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.

Dr. Jamila Lyiscott returned to the Bishop’s campus to speak on Monday, Feb. 4 at an assembly of students in grades eight – twelve and facilitated separate grade level workshops for sixth and seventh grade students and their advisors. She also met with smaller groups throughout class periods during the day, a format similar to her 2016 visit to campus.

Eighteen students – including one eighth-grader – were honored in the regional competition, with eight students receiving Gold Key awards, giving their work the opportunity to move on to consideration for national honors.

Graham Cartwright, Kai Murray, Camden Rider and Athena Tsu learned earlier this week that they are among 4,500 high school seniors across the country named as candidates for the 54^th annual U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

An epic musical set during the French Revolution, “Les Miserables” is an ambitious undertaking for any high school theater department; however, it’s the student-designed 360-degree revolving stage centerpiece that sets The Bishop’s School’s production apart.

What has more than 1,000 lines of code, and lets you create your own scenery?

Senior Kevin Barber is one of “Five People Who Inspired Us in 2018 – and the Impact They Continue to Have.”