Our "Olympians" Shine

LOWER SCHOOL - Olympic Day 2012 for our Lower School students grades 1-4 was a cold one but it didn't stop our parents and students from embracing the fun, sportsmanship, and excitement of Country Day's annual Olympic Day tradition.  A new tradition was started this year with our Class of 2012 Lifers participating in their last Olympic Day at Country Day as assistants for the coaches and teams.  Our Tiny Torreys, Jr. Kindergarten, and Kindergarten classes also braved the cold to come out and support their upper classmates.  Congratulations to…

La Jolla Palooza Rocks, Croons Campus

ALL SCHOOL -- The depth and breadth of talent that appeared during this years La Jolla Palooza was amazing. Rock bands with faculty members joining with students. Folk duos and classic rock gave way to sultry night club performances. And on the Middle School stage, a colorful homage that evoked the sound and look of My Chemical Romance. And then a string ensemble takes the stage, hooks up its wired instruments and belts out rock anthems with a classical flair and is joined by young crooners who bring the house down.

All in all a great day of music at Country…

Middle School Musicians Star In Four Flowers

MIDDLE SCHOOL -- On a day full of arts and music, the Middle School choral group and musicians performed for an audience of students, parents and staff at the Four Flowers Theater.

Torrey Times Photos By Andy…

The AP Biology classes celebrated the end of a busy year by visiting the tide pools at Tourmaline Beach.  The highlight of the trip was finding a collection of brittle stars!  There are great low tides in the morning all weekend--take some time out and enjoy the San Diego coast this weekend and go tide pooling with your friends and family!

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Community Hall, 4pm, May 25th

The 1st annual LJCDS film festival showcases and interesting selection of short videos from Middle and Upper school students. Selections range from experimental stop-motion videos to directorial debuts from US school students. The 7/8 Band & Orchestra Elective students performing a live film score for a composed trailer of the 2000 blockbuster film GLADIATOR. The performance is conducted by Liesl Hansen and Joe Rowling and will be the opening selection at the Film Festival starting at 4pm in the Community Hall. This is going to be a fun event filled with a wide arrange of narratives coming from our Country Day campus. We hope you can be a part of today's event.

Pictures from the event to come…

Middle School Field Day

MIDDLE SCHOOL - The 5th and 6th graders participated in the annual Middle School Field Day today. The afternoon was filled with jeopardy, track and field events and some basketball.  Fun was had by…

Brewster and McCallum Named Scholar-Athletes

UPPER SCHOOL -- Seniors Jonathan Brewster and Kaitlin McCallum were honored at a breakfast in Fashion Valley for the San Diego High School Sports Association’s Scholar-Athletes. Also attending the breakfast were the student-athletes’ parents and LJCD athletic director, Jeff Hutzler, photographed above with the athletes. Jonathan, who lead the Torrey water polo team to a 2010 Eastern League Championship and the 2011 men’s basketball team to a CIF Championship, carries a 4.41 GPA and will attend USC’s Marshall School of Business in the fall. Kaitlin is one of the nation’s leading pole vaulters and has also excelled in Lady Torrey cross-country, soccer and lacrosse. She…

Alum Wood Wins Collegiate Tennis Award

ALL SCHOOL -- Country Day Alum Warren Wood '11 was recently named Division III Rookie of The Year by the ITA for his exceptional performance with the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps tennis team.

Playing in his freshman year, Wood played number one singles and doubles and amassed an impressive record.

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"Doc" Takes 'A Break'

Third in A Series

By Sonia Dattaray '12

Torrey Times Student Correspondent

UPPER SCHOOL -- Dr. William Stevenson, better known as "Doc," is often described as “Jazzed,” “mellow” and “awesome'' by his colleagues, but after I concluded my interview with him, the word that comes to mind is “storyteller.”

Having taught everything from European history and world cultures to psychology and American history, it’s not a surprise to find that Doc has many historical tales to tell, but one tale, which we don’t often hear of, is Doc’s own.

And Doc’s story is not a recounting of the past several years in which I…

Ayala Dinger Leads Big Win

Country Day 12, Escondido Charter 5

UPPER SCHOOL -- The Torreys got off to a bit of a slow start giving up two runs in the top of the first inning today, but rallied very quickly as the first three hitters in the bottom half of the inning reached base safely, setting the stage for Sam Ayala's at bat.

Sammy launched his 11th homer over the concession stand in right center field hitting our first grand slam of the season. The Torreys scored one more in the first to make the score 5-2. Ian Lutz sailed through the next three innings facing the minimum number of batters (9) while the Torrey bats cooled off a little only producing one run to make the score 6-2.

Chase Merryman entered in relief in the fifth inning and was the beneficiary of six more Torrey runs spearheaded by a Jackson Volle bases loaded triple, another Ayala homer, and hits…