Installation Ceremony for
Dr. Dan Griffiths
Fifth President of Stevenson School
Thank you for joining us as we came together as a community for the installation of Stevenson School’s fifth president. Our PK-12 students, faculty and staff, parents and guardians, alumni, trustees, and friends of the School gathered in the Wandke Amphitheater on the Pebble Beach campus for this special ceremony to mark and celebrate the appointment of Dr. Griffiths. We hope you will watch the ceremony coverage from this joyful day both to honor Stevenson School’s new leadership and to celebrate our remarkable community.
“Stevenson. Where the sun’s rays emerge through the glass panes of Rosen to illuminate the myriad of students and their blooming passions and ambitions.”
Michelle H. ’25
“Stevenson. Where the most meaningful connections are made in the most unexpected places like on the sun-speckled grass fields of Henry Coe State Park or stargazing on Wilson Field.”
Ko’Olina M. ’24
“There are so many big things to say—that we are a school where students and adults alike learn to be brave; that together we strive for all to belong and we work to get better at this each day; that we believe in joy and also hard, thoughtful work; the role of loyalty and love and encountering that which is to come; the way that we are nestled alongside the Pacific Ocean and perhaps the small and important way this keeps us humble and reminds us to wonder.”
Aimée Bates, head of the upper division
“If you don’t know stuff, you will learn it. You have to be kind to everyone even if you don’t play with them.”
Brody P. ’36
“Stevenson is a great community because everyone is kind, lovely, loyal, and forgiving. I’m sure that Dr. Griffiths will make Stevenson a better place than it already is.”
Scarlett A. ’30
Program
Processional
Dr. Dan Griffiths, President, and Dr. Holly Sliger
Ruan ’27 and Rosie ’31 Griffiths
David Colburn ’76, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and
Cynthia Chapman ’83, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Joe Wandke, School President 1983–2015, and
Marilee Wandke
Welcome
Jazmin Morenzi ’23 (Stevenson “lifer”) and Vivian Newhouse ’36
Carmel Campus School Prayer
Wendi Kirby
Lower Division Music Teacher
Reflections on Community
Aimée Bates
Head of the Upper Division
Molly K. Bozzo
Head of Lower and Middle Divisions
Scarlett Aeschliman ’30
Siena Braiker ’33
Nolan Brown ’35
Michelle Henaku ’25
Wyatt Kemmerer ’31
Lily Li ’25
Gibson McArthur ’31
Ko’Olina Mosley ’24
Willa Neukom ’33
Brody Pastrana ’36
Emmie Ridgley ’33
Colton Thorsen ’35
Trent Toole ’23
Quincy Qu ’25
Musical Interlude
Stevenson Band*
Framing the Moment
David Colburn ’76
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Introducing Dr. Griffiths
Cynthia Chapman ’83
Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Remarks from the President
Dr. Dan Griffiths
President
Choral Performance
“You’ll Never Walk Alone”
Upper Division Choir and Grade 4 Singers*
Pebble Beach School Prayer
Germano Diniz ’88
Upper Division Mathematics Department Chair
Recessional
Participating Musicians*
Upper Division Choir
Anjela Abanico ’24
Yoko Cabrera ’23
Julie Draxler ’25
Jean-Luc DuPreez ’23
Luca Fang ’23
Sarah Huang ’25
Leda Kendall ’26
Vivian Kou ’24
Claire Lee ’26
Alice Li ’25
Joseph Lu ’23
Annette Ma ’24
Sophia O’Gorman ’23
Noah Pope ’23
Sophia Posamentier ’26
Ansam Qureshi ’24
Kayla Russell ’23
Amber Voluntad ’23
Julie Wang ’26
Abby Yamashita ’23
Chris Yang ’26
Under the direction of
Willow Manspeaker,
Director of Music:
Upper Division
Grade 4 Singers
Airlie Andrade ’31
Theo Bates ’31
Callaghan Bitter ’31
Madden Braiker ’31
Charlotte Cabral ’31
Neri De Leo ’31
Giuliana Diniz ’31
Rosie Griffiths ’31
Madison Hirst ’31
Aly Huang ’31
Wyatt Kemmerer ’31
Idris Locke ’31
Gibson McArthur ’31
Tamzin McGill ’31
Miles Mikus ’31
Amore Oshodi ’31
Cruz Ridgley ’31
Austen Rogers ’31
Conner Rosenthal ’31
Liv Russell ’31
Dean Wasbauer ’31
Emily Watts ’31
Under the direction of
Wendi Kirby,
Music Faculty:
Lower Division
Stevenson Band
Grades 9-12 Musicians
Nguyen Bui ’24
French Horn, Mellophone
Vicky Darko ’25
Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone
Alessandro De Leo ’25 Tenor Saxophone
Aki Hill ’24
Tuba, Percussion
Jia Hai Huang ’23
String Bass
Kai Kobrak ’23
Trumpet
Steven Lai ’25
Alto Saxophone
Annette Ma ’24
Alto Saxophone, Trombone, Euphonium
George Neault ’25
Drums
Ned Nguyen ’23
Clarinet, Piano
Sophie Posamentier ’26
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Grade 7 & 8 Musicians
Julianna Cullers ’28
Trumpet
Claire Deiparine ’28
Clarinet
Ian Evangelista ’27
Flute
Meya Lin ’27
Flute
Sophie Petrocelli ’28
Alto Saxophone
Sora Petrocelli ’27
Flute
Gabi Tight ’28
Clarinet
Daniela Winterrowd ’27
Trumpet
Hamish Witten-Forsythe ’28
Trumpet
Under the direction of
Robbie Stange,
Music Faculty:
Middle and Upper Divisions
