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St. 卢克的 校友 Artistic Achievement Award Ceremony
“St. 卢克的 has always been so special in my heart because of the opportunity that it provided me. My education 和 time at St. 卢克的 carried me so far.” -马库斯·斯莫尔斯，90年
“I think that sometimes people think everyone [at a prep school] is going to be the same 和 that’s not true. And the fact that two of us could be walking down those same hallways 和 have had a very different experience, have different personalities, but still come out just as successful in our own right is a testament to the processes that are in place at St. 卢克的 和 the people that they employ to help work on us 和 cultivate us as future leaders.” -Dominique B和oo '09
St. 卢克的 celebrated a Virtual Spring 同学会 during the weekend of April 23-24, 2021. Activities included: the 校友 Artistic Achievement Award Ceremony, the WSLX Live from the Hilltop Broadcast with WSLX Advisor 杰夫·克雷斯 和 丹·麦加81, live-streaming of athletic contests, the Class of 1995’s 25th Reunion, a conversation with Emma Powless '16, Second Lieutenant in the US Army.
This year’s 校友 Artist Achievement Award recipients are the innovative 和 accomplished 马库斯·斯莫尔斯，90年 和 Dominique B和oo '09.
An Artist in Residence/Teaching Artist for Brooklyn Academy of 音乐, 马库斯·斯莫尔斯，90年 is a teaching artist 和 youth development professional with extensive training, group facilitation, curriculum development experience. Over the past twenty years, Marcus has utilized his lifelong love of Hip Hop culture, his artistic background as a writer, 博主, 诗人, spoken word artist, to moderate creative environments which focus on themes of spirituality 和 identity. Marcus is a VONA/Voices Fiction alumnus 和 former Bronx Council on the 艺术/Bronx Writers Corps Fellow.
Dominique B和oo '09 is an apparel technical designer. She received a BS in Fashion/Apparel Design from Philadelphia University. The role of the technical designer is to work in t和em with the creative designer to build a physical garment 和 ensure the garment can perform at the desired end use. Throughout her career, Dominique has worked on lifestyle garments, 球场上的衣服, recovery garments.
Marcus 和 Dominique were introduced by their former teachers, English Teacher 吉姆•卡罗尔 和 音乐 Department Chair 戴尔Griffa, before addressing the audience. Marcus showed a video of himself reading a passage from his YA Novel The Divine Sinner Chronicles, Dominique showcased several of the garments she has designed.
Marcus 和 Dominique each discussed their time at St. 卢克的, life paths, careers before the audience had an opportunity to ask questions. Though almost 20 years separate them in age, they shared similar experiences while students at St. 卢克的. 特别是, Marcus 和 Dominique both mentioned how teachers played an important role in their time at SLS, they directly credited St. 卢克的 teachers with setting them on their current career paths. Both Marcus 和 Dominique mentioned that 上学校 Health 和 Wellness Coordinator Camille DeMarco-Havens, who attended the virtual ceremony, was a teacher they each remembered with particular fondness 和 gratitude.
We are proud to call Marcus 和 Dominique St. 卢克的 校友 和 thrilled to celebrate them as this year’s 校友 Artistic Achievement Award recipients. They join an impressive cadre of past 校友 Artistic Achievement Award recipients including 乔恩·萨拉蒙，10岁, 肯特·布卢默，1953年, Payton Cosell Turner '04, Peter Bush Swanberg '73, 约翰·汉森，86年.
St. 卢克的 School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 35 towns in Connecticut 和 New York. Our exceptional academics 和 diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual 和 ethical development 和 prepare them for top colleges. St. 卢克的 Center for 领导 builds the commitment to serve 和 the confidence to lead.
