What is the schedule of Chapel Talks for this academic year?
These talks have become a significant and beloved part of school culture over time. The senior chapel program was initiated by former headmaster Brad Hastings ’68 as an important milestone experience for members of the senior class. Seniors often realize in this learning and discovery process that it sometimes takes a task like this to reveal significant personal beliefs, experiences, hopes, and convictions. Every member of the senior class is required to deliver a short talk in front of the assembled school as a condition of graduation. These chapel talks raise our community up, remind us of what it means to be human, and challenge us to be our truest selves. Typically, each chapel meeting allows for three senior chapel talks.
Each senior develops his or her authentic ideas and makes creative decisions around the what, why, and how of chapel talks in conjunction with the faculty advisor and Director of Spiritual Life Bobby Fisher. Chapel talks are 6-8 minutes in length, lifestreamed, and recorded by the Pomfret Communications Office.
September:
Fri. 13 - Charmaine Chinodakufa | Luke Corrigan | Ella Woo
Mo. 16 - Yishen Zhao | Lily Bos | Matt McClure
Mo. 23 - Lauren Pence | Matthew Itzkovitz | Elsa Molinari
Mo. 30 - Audrey Bonaventura | Caleb White | Lauren Kim
October:
Mo. 7 - Fergus Litowitz | Magnus Read | Jessica Stolarek
Mo. 14 - Xiaoyi Zhang | Layla Pini | Sean Rhatigan
Fri. 25 - Nicholas Kocienda | Theodore Mitnick | Eva Castillo
Mo. 28 - Daisy Gooding | Kevin Clarke | Fiona Lee
November:
Fri. 1 - Sebastian Lutts | Quinn Sharfstein | Kylie Corrigan
Mo. 4 - Samantha Porres | Andrew Burnham | Katherine Beck
Fri. 8 - Shepherd Wilcox | Mila Ganias | Cole LeBlanc
Mo. 11 - Keira O’Brien | Charles Delsignore | Anna Majewski
Mo. 18 - Andreas Clerie | Kevin Si | Maryn Olinger
December:
Fri. 6 - Yuna Cho | Bryce Miller | Andy Fredericks
Mo. 9 - Zhuojia Chen | Chase Squires | Zhuolin Jin
Fri. 13 - Virginia Gooch | Adam Lee | Layla Miller
Mo. 16 - Nehemiah Franco | Ilia Eremin | Eli Bitman | Sienna Desutter
January:
Mo. 13 - Yusuf Dakane | Charlotte Festini | Nathan Kikonyogo
Fri. 17 - Duc Anh Nguyen | Sidney Sassine | Chloe Woodard
Fri. 24 - Tyler Milrad | Jionghao Wu | Zoe Lovett
Fri. 31 - Hannah McDermott | Yik Ling Deng | Calvin Matthew
February:
Mo. 3 - Amari Goin | Lachlan Warford | Marbella Becker
Fri. 14 - Calvin Wolanin | Kiet Vu | Mia McCarter
Mo. 17 - Seungyeon Choi | Ava England | Brody Interian | Yuezhou Fang
March:
Fri. 28 - Severin Harrington | Gavin Flynn | Eliana Halbrecht
Mo. 31 - Max Hausman | Isabelle Makatura | Ethan Chiweshe
April:
Mo. 7 - Samuel Evans | Emilio Ponce Baqueiro | Elizabeth McCoy
Fri. 11 - James Rice | Logan Fairbrother | Nika Horvath
Mo. 14 - Maxwell Rosenberg | Regina Rubiano | Will McLean
Mo. 21 - Tyler Bartlett | Phoenix Walker | Nylah Urquhart
Fri. 25 - Jeewon Kim | Mustafa Hassan | Timothy Russell
Mo. 28 - Aiden Blow | Ava Keeney | Manny Carvalho
May:
Fri. 2 - Kenneth Donnelly | Alexis Scherzer | James Romps | Tyler Bousquet
Mo. 5 - Edward Stettinius | Krystal Medina Angeles | Chase Parent
Mo. 12 - Carson Ames | Brody Zahansky | Ridgely Ghriskey
Mo. 19 - Paisley Lopez | Sara Gagne | Sebastian Arreola