SALISBURY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT

St. Luke's will be hosting FREE athletic physicals to student athletes on the following dates @ Coca Cola Park: Saturday, July 11th from 9 AM to 2:30 PM (more spots are now available) Monday, July 27th from 2 PM to 8 PM (new date) Athletes must pre-register here and bring their completed PIAA form (sections 5 and 6) with them. This event is rain or shine. Visit the link below! Register ASAP! https://offer.fevo.com/sport-physicals-540b3b5?fevoUri=sport-physicals-540b3b5%2F #yoursalisbury

SHS voluntary fall athletic workouts begin on Monday, June 29. Listed below are the sports who will have workouts at SHS/SMS. Only SHS students in grades 9-12 may attend the workouts for the first 2 weeks. Please review the Salisbury Athletics Resocialization Plan below for more information. Contact information for those coaches are listed below. Please contact those coaches for exact schedules and if you are interested in participating. SHS (drop off/park on the band side by the football practice field @ SHS) Football - Andy Cerco - acerco@salisburysd.org Cheerleading - Paula Douris - pdouris@salisburysd.org SMS (drop off/park on the tennis court side @ SMS) Boys Soccer - Mark Allinson - mallinson@salisburysd.org Field Hockey - Jane Brennan - jbrennan@salisburysd.org Girls Soccer - Rick Babyak - rjbb@dhuy.com Girls Tennis - Rob Benson - forehand18088@yahoo.com Please review the Salisbury Athletics Resocialization Plan before June 29 at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1crCvoyJWJmE80PHrKdfkwDM9XARb3M1PZNSNdizyq3Y/edit#gid=0 All students must submit a completed waiver one time to take part in the voluntary workouts. The link to the waiver is below. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/763744/STSD_Waiver_FINAL.pdf Any questions, please email Salisbury Director of Student Activities Monica Deeb at mdeeb@salisburysd.org or Salisbury athletic trainer Julie Nunn at jnunn@salisburysd.org. #yoursalisbury

St. Luke’s has added additional spots for the Sports Physicals on Thursday, June 25 (2pm-7:30pm) at Coca-Cola Park starting at 2:45pm. Please email jorge.perez@sluhn.org to schedule. Thank you. #yoursalisbury @mystlukes

Catching up with Salisbury graduate Christine Giordano What is your full name? Christine Elizabeth Giordano When did you graduate from Salisbury? 2001 Tell us about your life since high school. Following graduation, I attended Dickinson College and majored in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. I played basketball and our team made the DIII NCAA Tournament my senior year, which was a really special way to cap off my sports career. After graduating and realizing my professional aspirations lay outside of Psychology, I moved to Washington D.C. for a job with the Washington Mystics, which led to a job with the New York Jets and the decision to attend graduate school at NYU where I received my M.S. in Sports Business. Through my program at NYU, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to intern for the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee. The internship led to a full-time job at the company and it’s where I found my passion for Events and Experiential Marketing. We got to bring a mobile tour with, among other things, the Vince Lombardi trophy, NFL Hall of Fame memorabilia and different activities to multiple counties in New Jersey and throughout the five boroughs in New York to build awareness and excitement for the Super Bowl. It was nice to be a part of the team creating something families could visit together. The Committee was set-up to disband after the 2014 Super Bowl, but the experience I gained and the people I met was such a tremendous opportunity, I didn’t care that the job had an end date. I was just grateful for everything I learned. I always wanted to live and work in New York City, so after the Super Bowl ended, I continued to work on various freelance, event-related projects while looking for my next opportunity that would allow me to stay there. One of those projects was the Pope Francis visit to New York City, which was another event where the hours were long, but the end result was so unbelievably worth it. After that, I started my position with The Broadway League which is where I still work today. We are the national trade association for commercial theatre across the county. Among our many initiatives, we co-produce the Tony Awards and a large part of my job is centered around our partnership fulfillment and event activations for that event, which is wonderful and so important to continue the advocacy of the arts. While my career path zig-zagged a bit, I am very grateful for the people I have met and the opportunities I have been afforded. Just goes to show that to figure out where you are going, don’t be too hard on yourself if you need to take a few detours that you didn’t expect. How has the pandemic impacted you and what have you learned from it? Professionally, the pandemic has certainly impacted our industry in a substantial way. Given the nature of a live theatre experience, there is a lot of trepidation concerning when shows can reopen and what the future of the industry will look like. Furloughs have hit us hard and the uncertainty about next steps can overwhelm sometimes. In terms of my career, it is built around sports, entertainment and live events, all of which have a million question marks surrounding them right now. I’ve learned to just let myself have those moments of feeling a little down because we all need to allow for that during these times, but I also remind myself regularly that health is the most important thing, so if you have that, count your blessings. I’m fortunate that I’m able to stay home and that I can work remotely if need be. I am hopeful that everything else will work itself out and I realize how fortunate I am to think that way. Personally, so much of living in the city is about being with friends, walking outside, day-tripping to different places and socializing, that it’s impossible for the day-to-day not to change substantially. All of that said, I’ve certainly learned not to take anything for granted. This experience has really helped prioritize things. In speaking with friends, the hustle and bustle and pace of the city is part of why we love it, but there is something to be said for slowing down and making time for the things and the people that matter to you. It’s not that I was not aware of that before, but this has magnified its importance. What are your summer plans? I stayed at home for about the first ten weeks of self-quarantine until such a point as I was able to get tested. I then came back to Salisbury to stay with my family for the summer. Our hope is to manage to go on our annual trip to the beach, but otherwise, any additional plans are put on hold. Being able to spend this additional time with family is a blessing, and one for which I am very grateful. In addition to helping out around here, I’m finally prioritizing work on my photography. It’s always been a side passion that I never seem able to dedicate enough time to. I’m also hoping to coordinate with friends to do some social distancing get-togethers at some point, but given how spread out everyone is, that could be challenging. What was your favorite high school memory? Wow. This is difficult because I LOVED high school. So much so, I hated the idea of leaving for college (ironic considering how much I then loved college). One of my favorites would have to be Mr. Barna playing our AP Euro class Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ during our last week of senior year. I’m pretty sure we were all crying. Another would be when our soccer coach, tired of hearing that I still had not made a decision about which college I was attending, put my hand full of choices on pieces of paper and drew a name out of a hat one day at practice. He picked Dickinson. So we like to kid around that he is the reason I ended up there. Thanks M.A.! And I hear congratulations are in order for a happy retirement! Many, many others come from time with my teammates. I played three sports in high school and the amount of time spent on fields, courts, buses; in locker rooms and gyms; you experience a lot together. Those are just really special memories no matter what, but we were fortunate enough during my four years to have some pretty successful campaigns. So recalling our playoff and/or championship appearances in the Colonial League for soccer and basketball teams always brings a smile to my face. What is your favorite movie or TV show and why? You just want one! Impossible request. My favorite movies are My Cousin Vinny, Remember the Titans, and The Shawshank Redemption. If you haven’t seen them, I highly recommend those movies. They are fabulous. My favorite TV shows are The Big Bang Theory, Frasier and Friends. Can you tell I like sitcoms? How is your family doing? Everyone is doing okay. Keeping spirits up and focusing on the fact that we are getting to spend time together that we otherwise would not have. It’s nice to be together and I’m always grateful for my mom’s cooking! We have a large extended family and we usually end up getting together a few times in the summer for barbeques, birthday parties, etc...so it will be weird not to have those over the next two months. But fortunately there are ways to see each other virtually, so that helps. If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would you choose and why? Oh my gosh. Who don’t I want to meet?! It’s so funny. Some people can get asked this question and immediately have an answer. I have never been able to be so precise, as there are so many people that jump to mind. I prefer the ‘who would you invite to a dinner party’ question because it allows for multiple people. Admittedly, there are a lot of names on my guest list, but at the moment... Betty White. As I mentioned, I love sitcoms and to sit down and speak with a woman who has been on, arguably, two of the most successful sitcoms in television history would be fascinating. I’d love to hear how she thinks the industry has changed over the years and hear some of her stories from sets. Viola Davis. Every time I listen to her speak I am moved. Her acting talents are second to none. She encourages, she motivates and she inspires. I would be ridiculously nervous to meet her, but I’d like to believe I could muster up a few intelligent sentences. And wouldn’t it be amazing to talk with Dr. Seuss! What extraordinary gifts he left us. Who is your role model and why? Again, another question where the answer is always more than one person. I think it is because my role model would be a mixture of qualities that I admire in different people. Without question, my parents are at the top of the list. I look up to them daily for their generosity and kindness to their friends and family, in addition to my mom’s creativity and my dad’s insatiable appetite for continuous learning. They both made sacrifices so that my brother and I would have as many opportunities as possible. There is no way we can repay them for all they have done, and continue to do, for us and all the love they have provided. I always admired the compassion of my grandmother. She was one of those people who, when she asked, ‘how are you’ she really cared and listened to the answer. It was never a throw away question. She was the matriarch of a large family and she always found time for everyone. Then there are people you never met who inspire. Walt Disney for his innovation and unabashed pursuit of an idea that many people thought was not possible. The Obamas for their constant ability to always see the positive opportunities that can come out of challenging circumstances. Pretty much any Olympic athlete. I find their unstoppable ability to train four years for, in some cases, one race, unbelievably inspiring. My list could go on, but ultimately, I think it is great to have multiple people that you admire and who have character traits that you hope to emulate. There are so many fascinating people in our personal circles, and there are so many fascinating people in the world. I just think it’s important to try and meet as many as we can, hear as many different stories as we can and learn and contribute as much as we can. #yoursalisbury

Great to catch up with Salisbury coaches and athletic trainers Wednesday afternoon! Thanks to all who joined the zoom! #yoursalisbury

All spots are filled for all three dates of the St. Luke's athletic physicals at Coca Cola Park. St. Luke's will be adding another date and we will promote the date as soon as we get it. Thanks very much. #yoursalisbury

Catching up with Salisbury graduate Jason Yeisley What is your full name? Jason Gerard Yeisley When did you graduate from Salisbury? 2005 Tell us about your life since high school. After graduating, I went to Penn State University and majored in Business Management with a minor in the Legal Environment of Business. I played soccer and was very lucky to step into a program where I had the opportunity to be impactful right away in my freshman year. During both my sophomore and junior years, I sustained several injuries to both knees and feet which required surgeries and significant time away from the game for rehab. I redshirted my senior year but was able to come back for a 5th year and enjoy a final, injury-free, and successful season. I graduated in 2009 and was drafted to Major League Soccer by FC Dallas for the 2010 season. We had a great team that year and it was incredible to play with players of that caliber. I was now playing with and against players I had watched and admired growing up. Preparing for games against players like David Beckham and Thierry Henry was very surreal. That year we made it to the MLS Cup Final but unfortunately lost in overtime. In 2011, I was picked up by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and in 2012, I signed with the Richmond Kickers. Both teams play in the USL, which is the league under the MLS. While playing for the Kickers, I began coaching youth soccer. Coaching ended up being a natural transition once I retired from playing in 2016 and where I met my future wife. I still live in Richmond, Virginia and run a soccer program in both Richmond and Charlottesville for children ages 2-8. My wife, Carter, and I have two children, Beau (age 2) and Ellie (3 months), as well as a Labradoodle named Zoey and a 95lb Goldendoodle named Huckleberry (who lives up to his name). How has the pandemic impacted you and what have you learned from it? Working in youth sports, the pandemic has very much impacted our industry. With our local stay-at-home order, we have obviously not been able to have sessions. With no sessions, it means no revenue which can get very tricky for paying bills like rent and payroll. Still, there have been many things I’ve learned from it. We have zero control over it. Yes, everyone who is able to, should stay home to minimize the impact and stop the spread. However, there is nothing we can do to have everything go back to normal tomorrow—and we have to be ok with that. These are the cards we’ve been dealt and it’s our job to find the positivity out of it and make the best of the situation that we can. For me that’s meant more family time than I ever could have dreamed of over the past three months while I’ve worked from home, especially with the addition of our daughter right at the beginning of all this. So many people have lost their jobs and I am very grateful, at least for the time being, to still have a job that I love doing. I am also blessed that my family has stayed healthy when so many have not been as fortunate. What are your summer plans? It really depends on how everything plays out. If things begin returning to normal, we hope to be busy with soccer sessions and camps near the second half of the summer. We’re also hoping to take some weekend family trips to some secluded places we enjoy like the Blue Ridge mountains for some hiking and the Chesapeake Bay for relaxation. What was your favorite high school memory? Many of my favorite high school memories are soccer-related. Winning the Colonial League, districts, and team dinners we would have the nights before big games. What is your favorite movie or TV show and why? The Office. I don’t watch much TV but when I do, I like being able to turn my mind off and relax How is your family doing? We are all doing great. Beau is 2 years old and it has been such a fun age. The amount of growth and learning he does weekly is amazing. He’s gone from barely talking a few months ago to having full conversations. Ellie is 3-months old and is doing all the good things babies are supposed to do. She slept through the night from about the day we brought her home so we’ve been well rested for parents with a newborn! My brothers, Sean and Chris (also Salisbury graduates), are doing well too. Sean and his wife, Katie just recently moved to Richmond from the Washington DC area and we now live five minutes apart. We’ve been trying to convince my parents, who are still happily living in Salisbury, to move down this way too! Chris is a doctor in NYC. He typically does radiology, but he’s been working in the covid ICU since the pandemic began. He has a 2-year-old daughter, Lydia. We’re looking forward to everything returning to normal so we can all spend time together soon. Who is your role model and why? There isn’t just one person I consider a role model. I strive to be like my dad and grandfather in many ways. I also had many role models throughout my soccer career of individuals who I tried to learn from and emulate to become a better player. Role models are important but I think it is even more important to have solid moral compasses in your life and I am very fortunate to have several people who I can really lean on to ask difficult questions and get guidance. #yoursalisbury

Happy Father’s Day! #yoursalisbury

8/1 Salisbury Athletic Booster Club Clothing Drive Please note that the Salisbury Athletic Booster Club is having a clothing drive Saturday, 8/1 @ Salisbury MIDDLE School. Items may be dropped in front of SMS from 9-12 p.m. on 8/1. The truck will pick items up between 12-1 p.m. For more information on what items will and will not be accepted, please visit www.clothingdrive.net. Thank you. #yoursalisbury

Thank you Madeline!!!

Thank you PPL Corporation and City Center Investment Corp. for recognizing Salisbury’s Class of 2020! Congratulations Falcons! #yoursalisbury

Beautiful Salisbury Township Wednesday Evening Sky! #yoursalisbury

St. Luke’s Sports Physicals – Free to all St. Luke’s affiliated programs. Please click on the link below to register your spot @ Coca Cola Park in Allentown. When you open the flyer, there will be three dates to choose from. Wednesday, June 24th from 2 PM to 8 PM Thursday, June 25th from 2 PM to 8 PM Saturday, July 11th from 9 AM to 2:30 PM Athletes must pre-register (the link is below) and bring PIAA Section 5 and 6 with them.. Please complete PIAA section 5 fully ahead of time. Please complete the top of PIAA section 6 ahead of time. Students who plan to participate in a fall/winter/spring 2020-21 sport @ SMS/SHS may register and receive a physical. SMS/SHS marching band members and twirlers also may register and receive a physical. If you do not have PIAA forms (attached), extra forms will be provided on site. This event is rain or shine and will follow social distancing guidelines. All student athletes should bring and wear masks. https://offer.fevo.com/sport-physicals-540b3b5?fevoUri=sport-physicals-540b3b5%2F Any questions, please email SHS Director of Student Activities Monica Deeb at mdeeb@salisburysd.org. Thank you. #yoursalisbury

Catching up with Salisbury graduate Don Kelly What is your full name? Donald James Kelly When did you graduate from Salisbury? 1983 Tell us about your life since high school. I attended Shippensburg University graduating in 1987 with a BSBA. I worked in various IT roles at Dun & Bradstreet, Heyco, Scott Specialty Gases, Just Born Candies and I currently work as a Project Manager in the IT group at Victaulic. I got married in 1989 to my beautiful wife Jill (Heimbach), who is from Bethlehem, but I met at Shippensburg. She has worked for Aetna for over 30 years. In 1991 we moved from Salisbury to Whitehall. We have been blessed with two awesome daughters. Morgan, 28, graduated from West Chester University and is currently a 3rd Grade Teacher at Steckel Elementary School in Whitehall. Our second daughter, Madison, 24, also graduated from West Chester University and currently does Tax Accounting for RSM. I played Tri-County baseball with several SHS alum for a few years after graduating. I moved on to play slow pitch softball, which I still enjoy playing. I like to golf when there is time as well. I helped coach several girl’s’ softball teams over the years. I have been a member of the Whitehall Township Fire Department for over 24 years and am currently the Assistant Chief at the West Catasauqua Station. Tell us about your involvement in the Frank Yelinko Memorial Golf Tournament. Frank passed away in February of 2000 and Terry German approached a few of us about running a golf tournament to raise funds for the Frank Yelinko Scholarship. I am on the committee that has kept the golf tournament running for over 20 years. Unfortunately, we had to cancel the 21st Annual event this year because of the pandemic, however we will be back next year. The event will be on Saturday May 8th at Iron Lakes Country Club. This scholarship provides one male, and one female, $1,000 a year for up to four years. In addition to helping fund the scholarship, the golf outing is a great chance to get together with other alumni and catch up on what everyone else is up to. Each year we get a new face or two and always have a great time. If you would like to play, information will be posted on the Salisbury Township School District social media pages next year. What was your favorite high school memory? There were many great memories like beating Southern Lehigh in football my senior year to capture the Old Helmet Trophy, having “Beach Night” for the FS gang who cheered together at basketball games, winning the Colonial League baseball championship my senior year and all the “social” gatherings we had over the years. I made many friends and still get together with several of them for dinners and picnics. How has the pandemic impacted you and what have you learned from it? It has been nice for my family in that we have spent so much time together. We have eaten more meals together in three months than in the past several years. We play games, go for walks and just enjoy hanging out. It also has slowed the pace of life because there was nowhere really to go. No reason to rush here or rush there which has been a nice change. What are your summer plans? Growing up my family always vacationed on Long Beach Island, it became a summer tradition. While we lost both my parents, my siblings and I still bring our families down to LBI for a summer vacation together. Between the five of us we have 12 children who are now bringing down husbands, fiancés, girlfriends and boyfriends. This year we expect 28 in attendance. It is always the highlight of the summer. How is your family doing? Unfortunately, we lost my dad (Fire Chief Kelly) in 2009 and my mom Connie in 2011. As for my siblings, Anne is married with two daughters (Kelly and Katie) and she lives in Owings Mills, MD. My brother John is married and has a daughter (Erin) and a son (Matthew) and lives in the same neighborhood as me in Whitehall. Pat is married and has two boys (Brendan and Benjamin) and lives in Manassas Park, VA. Marie is married to Bob Grejda, SHS alum, and has two daughters (Abby and Maggie) and two sons (Nick and Alex). They reside in Fairport, NY. If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would you choose and why? Neil Armstrong – It would be awesome to talk to the first man to ever step on the moon. It would be interesting to talk to him about what it was like during liftoff, orbiting around the moon, seeing earth from thousands of miles away, re-entering the earth’s atmosphere and landing in the middle of the ocean. How did he feel when he left in the Lunar Module for the moon, was he worried about not getting back to the main ship? What was it like stepping on the moon and walking around on the surface? I think it would be so interesting to hear all that and more from a true pioneer. Who is your role model and why? My parents are my role models. My mom worked to help put my dad through college after he got out of the Air Force. After he went to work at Western Electric, she focused on raising five kids. She sacrificed a lot to make sure we always had what we needed. We always had clean clothes on our backs and food in our stomachs. She cooked dinner 7 nights a week, even when we went on vacation. She always provided for us. She also battled three types of cancer and was one of the toughest people I ever met. Through it all she never complained. My dad taught me so much growing up and in my adult years. My dad taught me about pride, from making sure my baseball uniform was worn correctly, to the way he ran his fire company. With the help of the crew, he always made sure the trucks were shining, clean and well organized. We won numerous trophies over the years at parades and that was something to be proud of. He also taught me a lot about leadership. He spent 33 years at Western Electric / AT&T and was well respected by those he led. One Christmas morning he went into work to thank the guys who had to be there to keep the plant running. It was all about the team. He was the Fire Chief for 36 years and helped develop a great fire department. He always led by example and was a great teacher. I have taken so much of that into the station I am at now. #yoursalisbury

The Downtown Allentown business community – led by PPL Corporation and City Center Investment Corp.– will be lighting Allentown’s skyline in school colors nearly every day in June to honor L.V. high school graduating seniors. Look for Salisbury blue on June 18! #yoursalisbury

Catching up with Salisbury graduate Mahlon Reihman What is your full name? Mahlon Reihman When did you graduate from Salisbury? 2017 I know you are attending Harvard University. Tell us about your time there. (Please talk about qualifying for the Olympic Trials and what happens/changes now that the Olympics were postponed till 2021). I will be entering my Senior year this upcoming fall, hopefully in-person. I’ve had a fantastic experience thus far. I’ve been able to meet so many bright and motivated people who inspire and motivate me to push myself. I chose to stay on campus last summer to train with Harvard’s team with hopes of qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Trials. I was extremely blessed to have gotten my cut in the 100 free last July. As with many other things, the Trials and Olympics were delayed to the summer of 2021 due to the pandemic. This was difficult for me because I was training to compete about 2 weeks from the time of this writing. I still plan to continue training and race early next summer. After you graduate from Harvard, what will you do next? Hard to say. I study Economics and History and have been trying to find an industry where I can marry these two interests. I want to live in New York directly out of college so have been thinking about starting at a global financial institution. What are your summer plans? My internship plans have been altered significantly since the pandemic hit. I will still be interning at Barclays as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst. However, our start date was delayed by 4 weeks and our 10-week program is now a 6-week one, so I won’t start until early July. What have you learned through this pandemic? I have certainly reflected on how much of my life I took for granted. With our society turned upside down, everything in my life changed. After being urgently evicted from school with four days notice, I have been home ever since. I haven’t been able to swim in about three months, which is longer than I have ever been out of the water since I started swimming competitively eight years ago. I’ve learned to cherish moments in your life that may seem mundane, routine, or even boring at the time, because you never know when they will be taken from you. What was your favorite high school memory? Hmmmm, this is a tough one. I think my favorite high school memory was states my senior year. I watched my best friend win for the first time and witnessed our team step up to a level I had never seen before. It was an exciting and proud time to be a Falcon. What is your favorite movie or TV show and why? Inception- by Christopher Nolan with Leonardo DiCaprio… Just watch and you’ll see. How is your family doing? We’ve been great! We have certainly had more family time these past couple months being home, probably more than I ever thought I’d have after going to college. There are silver linings in everything. Who is your role model and why? Easy- My parents. They’ve taught me how to be good in this world and how to treat others with respect and kindness. They also instilled in me a valuable work ethic that has helped me enormously in my life. #yoursalisbury

How great is the Class of 2020? Seniors wrote messages to staff on pinwheels and placed them on the front lawn of SHS. Such a touching farewell to their teachers!

Catching up with Salisbury graduate Amy Zamora What is your full name? Amy Dawn Zamora When did you graduate from Salisbury? 2014 Tell us about your life since high school. After high school I went to Haverford College, a small liberal arts college outside of Philly! There, I majored in mathematics and minored in biology and worked as a lab assistant in my professor’s lab for 3 years. During this time, I did a lot of internships at various labs in the US to gather more skills as well as better understand if and in what way I wanted to be a scientist. I also ran Division III track and field at Haverford and competed in the 400m and 800m as an individual and on relay teams. After earning my Bachelor’s I was accepted into a fellowship program at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, WA; where I’ve been able to mix my math and biology backgrounds to perform academic research in infectious disease. This is where I am currently! Since moving to Seattle, I’ve also picked up a love for the outdoors, and have been actively hiking, trail running, and mountaineering for the past 2 years. I’ve even run 2 ultra-marathons since finishing DIII track (50Ks). Through this, I’ve gotten involved in outreach programs for folks who want to get outside, but may not have the means to do so. How has the pandemic impacted you and what have you learned from it? As an essential worker, the pandemic has really taught me how to adjust my life when necessary. Although it took a significant toll on many people’s lives and jobs, I learned to think of it as a roadblock. I’ve seen many roadblocks in my life, and none so far have been impassable, so I took this as a chance to figure out a way to support myself in a difficult time as well as reduce my impact on others while still continuing to work. I did this by adjusting my project through its completion, finding ways to avoid taking the bus, and working from home whenever possible. I applied the same mindset to my regular life. No change was permanent or too terrible to consider, so after the first few weeks of quarantine, I set out to find new ways to interact with my friends and continue doing the things that I love. So I guess I’ve mostly learned how to adjust and approach roadblocks like the pandemic in a mindful way. What are your summer plans? I finish my fellowship as of July and am hoping to continue hiking and climbing mountains before I leave for graduate school in the fall. I’ll be attending Harvard University to get my PhD in Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology. Summer in Seattle is amazing, and I’m really wishful that the pandemic continues to slow down so I can have one last adventure summer before I leave for a while. What was your favorite high school memory? I can’t necessarily pinpoint just one, but my time with the soccer team was definitely memorable. I don’t think I ever realized what a good community of supportive people the Salisbury Soccer family was until I was gone. They defined most of my high school experience and made me really happy while I was there. What is your favorite movie or TV show and why? My favorite movie is Back to the Future (Part I), primarily because I love Marty McFly as a character who is extraordinarily dedicated to the people he loves (even when he’s the one causing turmoil). The soundtrack is also incredible. How is your family doing? My family is doing well! My brother is currently at Moravian College studying music and environmental science. My mom is still working and has just moved to a new home. If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would you choose and why? I would love to meet Killian Jornet, a famous ultra marathon runner and ski mountaineer from Spain who does the craziest and coolest adventures (including skiing down part of Mount Everest twice). He is the epitome of insane adventure running, and also takes the time to be responsible for the influence he has on young people like me who idolize what he does. Although he has a lot of fun and does cool things, he recognizes the risks involved and is truly mindful of the power position he holds. I think he would be fascinating to have a conversation with and I’d love to pick his brain about the things he does, why he does them, and how he got to where he is today. Who is your role model and why? I would really love to meet Pardis Sabeti (who I may get to work with at Harvard!!). She is one of the first responding scientists to both the ebola and coronavirus outbreak and has done amazing work to combat both diseases. Also, as an Iranian woman in science, she’s had to overcome so many obstacles to getting to her position, and I truly admire her for that. In fact, I aspire to do that as well. She’s a brilliant scientist and humanitarian who accomplishes the most incredible things. #yoursalisbury

More goodbye's at WSE yesterday. Thank you so much to our families and PTA for all of their support!!!!

Here we have some goodbye's during the WSE luncheon yesterday.