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Updates and Stories from Alumni
Stay connected with your classmates, celebrate their successes, and find motivation in their journeys. Whether you're seeking networking opportunities or simply want to share your own story, our alumni news page is the place to be.
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Husky Tales News - November/December 2024
Read MoreThis month's update includes news from Lydia Bennett ’21, Charlie Edwards ’04, Shannon (Littlefield) Swierad ’08, YoungEun “Grace” Lee '09, and Sam Wadhams ’07. -
We Did It! 382 donors raised $156,911 for Gould’s GivingTuesday!
Thank you for celebrating Gould’s core values. Your contribution to the Gould Fund supports the programs, traditions, and experiences that build the core values of a Gould Education: Curiosity, Kindness, Creativity, and Courage.
If you couldn't participate, there’s still time to give. It's never too late to show your support for Gould. gouldacademy.org/give -
Huskies Claim Second in Northern New England Mountain Bike Series
Read MoreThe Gould Academy Mountain Bike Team earned second place in the Eastern Division of the Northern New England Mountain Bike Series. The Huskies showed their skills and determination, competing against teams from Maine and New Hampshire, including Chop Point, Kents Hill School, Camden Hills, Fryeburg Academy, Kennett High School, Southern Maine Syndicate, and Carrabassett Valley Academy."Our team came together in such an inspiring way this season," says Head Coach Cathy Fisher. "They each brought unique skills and strengths, and every single rider scored points for the team. That’s an incredible achievement. The energy was fantastic, right through the last week of the season. They were so eager to ride that they even wanted to stay out in the dark with lights on. Despite coming from different social circles on campus, they’ve built such a supportive, fun, and close-knit team. It’s been amazing to watch them connect and grow together as a truly cohesive group." -
National Geographic Storyteller Ronan Donovan ’01 Visits Gould
Read MoreGould’s corner of the natural world connects you to the wider world.Gould welcomed guest speaker National Geographic Storytelling Fellow Ronan Donovan ’01 to Bingham Auditorium. Ronan shared his story of growing up in Norwich, Vermont, his time at Gould, his journey to becoming a National Geographic photographer and filmmaker, and how he became a champion for the reintroduction of wolves in North America, with a backdrop of his stunning and expressive photography and film work. -
Husky Tales News - October 2024
This month's news includes updates from Alec Manning '14, Lexi Bullen ’14, Damian Dryjas ’12, Eliza van Heerden VandenBerg ’07, and Clare Adams Sahin '06.Read More -
Husky Tales News - September 2024
In this month's news, there are updates from Skye Fournier Grammas '15, Sara Velte Robinson '04, Jimmy '07 and Jorie Catlin '06, Alexandra Leff '15, Maddie Simard '16, Kathi Schick '11, and Emily MacMillan Kirby '11.Read More -
Husky Tales - August 2024
In this months news, there are updates from: JungKi "Dennis" Shin '11, ChangMin "Charles" Seok '10, JooNyun Kim '11, Ryutaro Ozasa '10, YoonSuk Kang '10, Eugene Shin '12, BumJun "Owen" Kim '11, YoungJong Lee '10, SunJong Lee '10, Yutaro Yamaguchi'16, Ward Saunders'16, James Wu'21, Shelby Aseltine '11 Liz Beebe '00, and Nate Brown'13.Read More -
Faculty and Staff Updates: New Roles and New Faces
Read MoreWe're happy to share the following staff additions and role changes for the new school year. -
Exciting Strategic Plan for Gould Academy's Future
As we approach the start of the new school year, I’m thrilled to share some exciting news about the future of Gould Academy. At the end of June 2024, our Board of Trustees approved a new and innovative Strategic Plan. This plan represents two years of thorough investigation, brainstorming, feedback, and design. It also builds upon our recently updated Mission, Vision, and Values, setting the stage for Gould to lead confidently into the next decade.You can find a link to the new Strategic Plan and Portrait of a Graduate here.This Strategic Plan is designed primarily as a roadmap, with clearly defined initiatives that will be supported by dedicated working groups and task forces. It acknowledges the ever-accelerating pace of change in today’s world and builds on Gould’s inherent strengths while fostering the curiosity and creativity necessary to adapt and incorporate new learning modalities. Our mission statement encapsulates our educational goals: “Gould Academy guides students to be creative, courageous, and resilient and to lead lives of fulfillment and purpose.”In tandem with our recently completed Portrait of a Graduate, this plan will provide valuable resources and inspiration for our faculty and staff. We’ll be using both documents at the Opening of School meetings and throughout the year to guide our professional development and curricular design.We are excited about the future and look forward to implementing these initiatives to continue preparing our students for the modern world. -
Gould Academy Announces Renaming of Kailey Competition Center to Kailey Snow Sports Center
Read MoreGould Academy is pleased to announce the renaming of the "Kailey Competition Center" to the "Kailey Snow Sports Center," effective immediately. This change reflects our commitment to inclusivity and recognizes the diverse range of snow-based activities in which our students participate at Sunday River.The Kailey Snow Sports Center will continue to serve as a hub for all students engaged in snow sports, including alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, and freestyle skiing. It will also continue to serve as the home of the Gould Academy Competition Program (GACP), a weekend program for advanced skiers and snowboarders ages 8 to 19.The new name embraces the spirit of community and inclusivity, ensuring that all students feel welcome and represented, while helping them feel comfortable in a space that reflects the wide variety of snow sports experiences at Gould. -
Husky Tales News - July 2024
This months news includes updates from Tao Smith '90, P'23,'28; Lizzy Healy ’05; Lani Malapan '04; Sara Velte Robinson '04; Meredith Gadd '04; Kian Merchant Borna '03; Robin Chace Payson '03, and Chris Gould ’02.Read More -
Husky Tales News - June 2024
This months news includes updates from Desiree Plata '99, Lesley Campbell '75, Tom Bailey '74, Christina Zhang '12, Molly Bruce '14, Andrew Gleason '01, and Dan Tutor '03.Read More -
Commencement 2024
What an amazing day under the tent on Alumni Field! Words can’t express how proud we are of this group of Gould seniors. You entered during Covid and came out stronger on the other side. You had victories on the sports fields and at the mountain; you transformed yourselves in the classrooms and on adventures with your classmates. You explored the outdoors and became stewards of the environment. Gould played a role, but you were more than up for the challenge.The relationships you built over the last four years will last the rest of your lifetime. Don’t forget to nurture them as you move forward. And remember, you will always have a home at Gould Academy. Congratulations Huskies!
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Senior Gala 2024
Gould held its annual Senior Gala at the UMaine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond. Games, activities, camaraderie, food, and fun in a stunning spot made for a fantastic evening, and the seniors learned what it means to be a Gould Alumni. Thank you, Gould Alumni!
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Celebrating the Gould Class of 2024
The Class of 2024 is nearing the end of their time at Gould, and we’re excited to highlight their outcomes. Fifty-four students submitted 470 applications to 223 colleges. Next year, they will be scattered across 19 states and five countries. Seven students were accepted to their early decision schools, six are committed collegiate athletes, and four received full-ride scholarships. Among them are a National Merit Scholar, a member of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team, four jacketed ski patrollers, and one certified EMT. These achievements reflect the hard work and diverse talents of the group.Read More -
Husky Tales News - May 2024
Included in this months news are updates from Lily Drew ’20, Keys (Caroline) Newell ’20, Taylor Mull ’20, Courtney Walsh ’89, Chris Lee '10, Troy Murphy '10, Morgan Wildermuth ’06, Thacher ’08 and Kiley Stone ’09, and Finn Donovan '05.Read More -
Husky Tales News - April
Included in this month's news are updates from Peter Geller '15, Peter Thurston '75, Bonnie Davidson Argeropoulos '75, Liz Holstein '75, Joy Sexton '75, Scott Hills '75, Eliza Roberts '75, Josh Friedman '75, Buzz '75 and Sally Bean, Grant Harris '75, Rob Casella, Woody '75 and Lee Hughes, Kim Siebert '75, David "Fuzzy" Thurston '67, Caleb McCann ’91, Luis Aguilar ’91, Sam McGee '88, C. Angus Schaal '88, Greg Renna '96, Jesse Mize '22, Andrew Gray '18, Acadia Johansongordet '18, Abbie DeMello '23 and Grace Schierwagen '18.Read More -
Happy Place Found
The Spring issue of the GAzette should arrive at the doors of current and past parents and alums this week! Read the GAzette Spring 2024 issue here -
Husky Tales News - March 2024
It's been a busy month! We have news from the following alums: Yutaro Yamaguchi '16, Boo Buie ’19, Cassie Lieblein'18, Laura Wilson'20, Caitlin Forbes-Stephens ‘09, Sam Butterfield '15, Hayli Poisson '17, Morgan Carver LeClair ’07, Donny Pelletier (Troy Murphy)'10, Zach Bouchard '15, Jameson Harding '15, Zach Hamadeh '21, Ian Tyson '21, and Mason Berlinghoff '21.Read More -
Husky Tales News - February 2024
Gould alums are out there in the world living lives of purpose and fulfillment. This month's alumni news shares updates from: Allison Stevens ’99, Cecilia Mastroianni ’18, Burke MacLeay ’22, Sam Black ’23, Troy Murphy ’10, Boo Buie ’18, Meredith Gadd ’04, Elle Burbank O’Brien ’15, Luke Paliocha ’10, and Nate Livingood ’22.Read More -
Campus Update and Gratitude for the Bethel and Gould Communities
Read MoreIt has been a challenging week in the Bethel and Sunday River area. You have likely seen the photos and videos of the devastating floods in our corner of the world. Many in the area are still without power and heat, and rebuilding has just begun. -
Gould Alum Peyton Meader ’22 on MIT All-Indigenous Rocket Launch Team
Peyton Meader ’22 is a member of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) first all-Indigenous Rocket Team in Cambridge, MA, where she is a second-year chemical engineering student. The team, Doya, recently placed second in the First Nations Launch international student competition with a blast that reached a height of 1,290 meters.Read More -
The Maine Event - Rollerskiing Races at Black Mountain
Read MoreOver the weekend, the Gould Nordic team competed at The Maine Event XCX, a NENSA Rollerski Race that was held at Black Mountain of Maine this year. Gould had a spectacular showing on the podiums. Here’s a breakdown from Nordic and Biathlon Program Director Ben Kamilewicz ’95: -
Remembering Jim Owen and his Mentorship at Gould
Gould’s best asset is its people. People build meaningful, enduring relationships here. It’s true for students but equally so for faculty and staff. Gould faculty are connected by a shared purpose and bound by decades of time-honored traditions. Experienced, innovative, and creative teachers mentor newcomers and pass on the lessons and methods they learned when they arrived. They eat meals together daily, encourage each other in the classroom and on the sports fields, have helped raise each other’s children, traveled the globe together, and ventured into the Maine woods and mountains for orientation and Four Point trips. A life at Gould is a life well lived, and seeing the familiar faces of former Gould educators on campus for former art teacher Jim Owen’s memorial service earlier this summer served as a reminder of just how much legacies live on at Gould today.Read More
Art teacher Lauren Head P’01, ’05, ’07, ’09, ’21, and former art teacher Jan Baker P’05 took the opportunity to contemplate these deep connections and recognized his mentorship’s profound impact on generations of Gould students and faculty. -
Breaking the Stigma: Catie Caggiano’s Four Point Project on Addiction Treatment
Catie Caggiano knew she wanted her senior four point project to center on the healthcare industry but didn’t know which field or where to start. She didn’t know any doctors or health care providers but knew she wanted to focus on patient care and giving back.Read More -
Three Gould Athletes Named to the U.S. Snowboard Team
Read MoreGould is thrilled to announce that Snowboardcross (SBX) racers Bri Schnorrbusch ’24, Tyler Hamel ’22, and Nathan Pare ’23 have been named to the U.S. Snowboard Team! Bri and Tyler were named to the SBX Pro Team, while Nate secured a spot on the SBX Development Team. -
Connecting Through Environmental Science: A Senior Four Point Story
During his tenth-grade year, Eli Shifrin ’23 was fly fishing in the Webb River in Weld, Maine, and witnessed a lot of pollution. It got him thinking about native brook trout and how this pollution might affect their habitat and water quality. He was taking Research Methods in Science with Peter Southam then and made water quality the focus of his research. He discovered how the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) monitors rivers, and he learned about Edmund Muskie, the Clean Water Act of 1972, and the restoration of the Androscoggin River during his research. This planted the seed for his Senior Four Point project, three years in the making.Read More -
Godomsky Returns to Gould as Director of Athletics
Gould Academy is excited to announce that Mark Godomsky will return to Gould as Director of Athletics effective August 1, 2023. As Director of Athletics, Godomsky will oversee all athletic offerings at Gould, from the school’s premiere on-snow competition program, based primarily out of Sunday River Resort as a winter satellite campus, to the top-tier mountain biking and cycling program, as well as all of Gould’s traditional field, court team sports, and co-curricular activities.Read More -
Floating Populations and Education Inequality: A Senior Four Point Project
Read MoreByron An ’23 says people in his home city of Guangzhou know about the “Floating Population” crisis in China. Still, very few people have taken action to do anything about it.For his Senior Four Point project, which has been three years in the making, Gould’s 2023 Valedictorian set out to advocate for fair access to education for “floating families” and build a more equitable education system in China. -
Gould Boardercross Athletes Competing in Junior World Championships in Italy
Read MoreFour athletes from the Gould Snowboardcross team will be representing the United States at the FIS Junior World Championships in Passo San Pellegrino, ITA on March 30 and 31. The team is made up of the six fastest males and the six fastest female racers in the country under the age of 20. In addition to the athletes the U.S. team also invited two Gould coaches, Snowboard Program Director KC Gandee and Snowboard Coach Anna Yoshie Yamada, to join the team in Italy. -
Bingham Hall Transformation
Read MoreIn the center of the Gould Academy campus lies Bingham Hall, home to both a gymnasium and auditorium. Just outside is The North Quad. This building and this outdoor space are both the literal and figurative center of campus and essential to building community at Gould. For the next year, these spaces will be transformed, thanks to several generous donations. -
Camden Conference Essay Winners
Gould faculty and students have become a fixture at the annual Camden Conference, an annual summit centered on global issues in Camden, Maine.Read More
This past year, Tommy Lowell ’22 and Burke MacLeay ’22 won 2nd and 3rd place respectively for their essay submissions to the Bill Taylor Essay Contest. These prizes come with a monetary award and their papers have been published on the Camden Conference website.
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New Director of Development: Karen Burns
We are so excited for each of you to get to know Karen Burns, Gould’s new Director of Development. She joins Gould with a terrific background in fundraising, nonprofit management, and teaching. In addition to her outstanding skill set, she is personable, thoughtful, and has an inspiring “can-do” attitude.Karen’s most recent position was Chief Leadership Officer at the Island Institute and she lived with her family on Vinalhaven. Karen and her husband Bruce have a son named Brandon in the 8th grade and a daughter named Natalie in the 5th grade - they will be relocating to Bethel at the end of the school year. Karen is a graduate of Amherst College and has a Master’s in Teaching from the University of Maine. She taught English for six years, served on several nonprofit boards, and has extensive experience managing a portfolio of major gifts prospects.Bethel, Gould, and Sunday River are not new to the Burns Family - they have a condo at the mountain. As avid skiers, her family, like so many, began to transition from “a ski family” to a “Sunday River Family” to a “Bethel Family” and we are absolutely thrilled they are now a “Gould Family”.Karen has so much to offer our community and we are so excited to have her on the team to help us grow the future of our school. -
Nordic NEPSAC Championships
The Nordic NEPSAC Championships were held at our own Pine Hill this past weekend. It was a bluebird day and the results were fantastic (Boys' 1st Overall, Girls’ 2nd Overall), but more than that, the sportsmanship and camaraderie on display between the teams was something to behold. A glorious event on all fronts! Congrats, Huskies! ❄️
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Student DEIB discussion led by Lexi Stewart '15
Students convened last Thursday night for a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) discussion led by Lexi Stewart ’15 in response to a recent GAzette article. The conversation centered around where we are as a community with our DEIB work and where we need to be in the future. While Lexi has been supporting Gould's DEIB efforts and meeting with students via Zoom calls, this was her first trip back to campus and Maine since she graduated seven years ago.Read More -
Varsity Basketball Senior Night
On Friday night, Gould honored the seniors on the varsity basketball team before their home game versus Hebron. Gould engineered an exciting comeback in the second half and held on for a big win. Lots of families and students in attendance made for an awesome evening of Husky spirit! Congrats, seniors!Not pictured with the seniors but sorely missed were Caroline ’22 and Todd Siekman!
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Gould Academy guides students to be creative, courageous and resilient and to lead lives of fulfillment and purpose.
Gould Academy guides students to be creative, courageous and resilient and to lead lives of fulfillment and purpose.
