Parnassus is a home to many. Integrating disciplines like visual arts, foreign language, and English, senior Catalina Mahe ’22 is ecstatic to be one of the lead editors for the magazine. As a prospective ninth grader, Catalina saw it as an opportunity to expand her love for first language, Spanish––now learning both French and Spanish in her last year. The club allows students to explore their creativity outside of the classroom and gain exposure from peers’ experiences and writing. Meanwhile, Catalina and her senior co-editors (Sunaya Mueller ’22, Charles Spitzley ’22) spend months curating the magazine with advisor Sra. Abby Kanter. Catalina hopes that the upcoming year will inspire new writers and language-fanatics towards the magazine’s community.
“Parnassus does have a very family-club feel. I think one of the benefits of writing in another language, the most obvious thing, is just practicing the language. I’ve got to read all of the pieces in Parnassus, regardless of what language they’re in. It has inspired me to write a lot of my own pieces and to look into reading more literature in other languages. I finally got to share pieces that spoke about what it’s like being Colombian for me. I got to write about what the food, and what my family is like, and I got to express that in Spanish. “
D-E ’04
Matthew Kopko and his wife Michelle welcomed a new baby girl, Penelope Kopko, on September 18, 2018.
D-E ’06
Congratulations to William Nazarian who received the Outstanding Service Award at The Armenian General Benevolent Union’s 90th General Assembly held in Paris on February 9, 2019!
D-E ’07
Pictured (Left to Right) Cara Walden, Rachel Bruce, Michael Shilstone, Taylor Coyne, Courtney Collins and Emily Wolodiger Taylor Coyne married Michael Shilstone this past June in Palm Springs, California.
D-E ’08
Photo credit • Ira Lippke and Nathan Smith Alli Avia married Shannon Smith on February 16, 2019 at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan.
D-E ’08
Athisin “Ohm” Poolsawaddi sent in this update. “Since Dwight, I went to get my economics degree from NYU (Class of 2012), worked at Citigroup then get my MBA from Columbia Business School (Class of 2017). After Columbia, I wanted to get into healthcare/medical...
D-E ’09
Nicole "Nikki" Wilkins is a production assistant for the TV show, Good Morning America. She along with the cast of the show won two Disney's Daytime Emmy awards.
D-E ’16
Casey Danoff was recently featured in the George Washington University newsletter about her experience interning at the organization that helped track and support hundreds of women candidates running in races at every level and in every U.S. state and...
D-E ’18
Alexander Philliou was honored on April 7 by Tenafly Nature Center for his efforts in initiating the momentum for the Northern Valley Greenway which is a plan to convert a nearly 8-mile-long unused railroad line traversing six Northern Valley towns into a greenway....
D-E ’19
The Washington University in St. Louis Women's golf program announced that Emma Lee would be a member of the team.
Frost Valley
If you were at the Lower School on the afternoon of September 20th you would have seen many happy parents reuniting with happy (and tired!) children. They were freshly back from Frost Valley, a beautiful, 5,000 acre environmental center, and hopefully filled with...







