Bishop’s School presents sixth annual Scripps Celebration
The sixth annual Ellen Browning Scripps Celebration was held Oct. 23 at The Bishop’s School. The gala included dinner and dancing, plus an awards presentation, emceed this year by Kamal Assaf, class of 1988.
At the event, the Alumni Achievement Award was presented to Christiane Covington, class of 1975 (awarded posthumously); The Michael W. Teitelman Leadership Award was given to teaching veteran Dr. Melinda Hennessey; and the Ellen Browning Scripps Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to Melissa Winter, class of 1985. Winter is serving in the Obama Administration as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the First Lady Michelle Obama.
The gala was chaired by Laurel Hanson, class of 1987 and Irene Kuster McCann, class of 1988.The Bishop’s School was founded in 1909 by Ellen Browning Scripps, Joseph Horsfall Johnson and Eliza Virginia Scripps.
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- Trombonist with the Bishop’s Jazz Band
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- Dr. Melinda Hennessey with fellow Bishop’s School teachers Jeffrey Geoghegan (History) and Brigitte Kyle (French)
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- Stephen Phillips, Vivian Phillips, class of 2013, Head of School Aimeclaire Roche and Veronica Henson-Phillips
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- Dale Gottschalk, guest of the Covington Family with Kristin Davidson, class of 1997 and Bishop School staff member, and Bill Covington, brother of Christiane Covington class of 1975.
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- Cassandra Covington accepts her sister Christiane’s award
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- Dr. Hennessey accepts her award and addresses the audience
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- Melissa Winter waits to accept her award and greet the audience
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- Cassandra Covington, Dr. Melinda Hennessey and Melissa Winter. Photos Renay Johnson
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- Head of School Aimeclaire Roche
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- Cassandra Covington holds her sister’s award
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- Melissa Winter and Dr. Melinda Hennessey
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- Lindsey Sullivan, class of 1986, Pam Krepchin, Melissa Winter class of 1985, and Stacy Lopez-Bishop
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Posted by Halie Johnson
on Oct 26, 2010. Filed under Life, Social Photo Galleries.
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