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With the tap of the gavel, the first Masters Model UN (MUN) conference on Saturday, November 5, was officially underway.

After capturing the program's first-ever New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) championship a season ago, The Masters School's boys soccer squad came into 2022 with a burning hunger for more.

Heading into the 2022 varsity girls soccer season, coach Juan Cobos laid out a clear and concise goal for his squad: Qualify for the Fairchester Athletic Association (FAA) playoffs.

It has all the markings of a Marvel superhero movie. The Mainstage fall production of the classic Chinese tale "Journey to the West" promises characters who turn into tigers, constellations that come to earth and battle and a character who has 20 hearts fly out of his chest. 

Whether you were sporting blue, red or both, one thing was clear. Everyone reveled in the sunshine and school spirit of Founder’s Day on Friday, September 23.

With nearly a month of school under their belts, the sixth grade class is off to a joyful start. 

Being a power for good strengthened the bond among Nataliia Kulieshova ’23, Youri Lee ’23 and Dayan Battulga ’23. Together, the friends created Signisa, a sign language learning application, to help improve communication between the deaf and hearing communities. 

Think of it as a crash course in all things Masters. During the week of August 22, teachers who joined the Masters community at the start of the 2022-2023 academic year participated in a five-day intensive New Faculty Institute (NFI) in which they explored the School’s mission, got to know school leaders and the campus, and bonded as a cohort. 

On the first day of preseason, Masters Dance Company students had an appetite to get moving. “The students returned hungry to dance and prepare for MDC’s fall dance concert,” MDC Director Shell Benjamin explained. “Preseason went extremely well this year.” 

A host of Masters' star athletes were honored during the Upper School Spring/Full Year Athletic Awards Assembly on Wednesday, June 1.

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) became a 250-acre classroom for Dana McNamee’s seventh grade science classes as students explored plant life, soil, ecosystems and composting. 

After putting the proverbial pen to paper, student poets were performance ready for the Outspoken event at Estherwood Mansion last month. The annual event is a showcase of poems written and performed by Outspoken, the student-directed spoken word performing arts group led by co-presidents Lilith Leys ’22, Dani Appiah ’22 and Finn Alexander ’22 with guidance from faculty advisor and upper school English teacher Miriam Emery.

Camille Smith ’22 rewrote the record books during last week’s track meet against host Hackley. The multi-sport standout broke a pair of school records in the 100 meters (13.2 seconds) and 200 meters (27.27 seconds), showcasing the speed that she also flashed on the soccer field this past fall.

It was a fantastic close to the season for Masters' seventh grade boys basketball team on Thursday, February 24, at the Fonseca Center. 

As Hanna Schiciano ’23 sees it, the need to start the Feeding Westchester at Masters Club was clear: “There is no vaccine to alleviate hunger.” 

Corinne Furniss '23 has had her eyes trained on the swimming records board in the Joan Smith Hamill Natatorium since freshman year.

Never forget. These two words, appealing to the world to remember the tragedy and horrors of the Holocaust, were front and center as survivor Trudy Album shared her experiences with upper school students on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

In the sport of basketball, there's nothing like a game-winning 3-pointer or a long-range buzzer-beating shot.

What does it take to become the commander in chief? That’s what students in Colleen Roche’s Political Science course asked when designing campaigns for their recent mock presidential election.