Announcing Cardigan’s 2021-22 Student Leaders

By Greg Shapiro, Teaching Intern/Apprentice

A sight for sore eyes to see. Investiture, a tradition of great significance to the Cardigan Mountain School community, was held on the afternoon of Friday, October 9. It is an annual event normally held every spring, but because of COVID, it was postponed until  this fall. The ceremony is the culmination of a lengthy process used to select the student leaders for the upcoming academic year. 

Boys are elected by their community members on the basis of how well they embrace the Cardigan Core Values. The school leader and assistant school leader were the only positions selected last spring, represented by Preston Merrick and Gustavo Struck respectively. Last week thirty boys were elected to work alongside Preston and Gus and  to carry on the long line of tradition established by each brother before them. There were 24 titled positions available, including academics assistant, athletics assistant, floor leaders, chapel leader, and more. 

When Director of Student Life Mr. Nowak completed his remarks in the chapel, Preston and Gustavo announced the names of the students who will be leading their fellow students in each specific role this year. As each new leader came forward, they shook the hand of the one before, then stood together on the steps for the remainder of the ceremony.

The following boys will serve as student leaders during Cardigan’s 2021-2022 academic year:

School Leader Preston Merrick Assistant School Leader Gustavo Struck Academics Assistant Reid Gueldenzoph Athletics Assistant Jackson Davies Banks Floor Leader Robert Burns Brewster I Co-Floor Leaders Junhyeong  “Jake” Lee Ethan Roy Brewster II Co-Floor Leaders Carter Davis Domineaq Taylor Chapel Leaders Hudson Heinemann Sanders Morris Clark-Morgan Floor Leader Jiajun “James” Liu Dewar Co-Floor Leaders Iñigo Arsuaga de Haro Zeyu “Engel” Zhang Dining Room Head Steward Binxiu “Sean” Qin Franklin Floor Leader Hudson Deck French I Co-Floor Leaders Koon Chung Hui James Willett

French II Floor Leader Jaeson Cabrera Funnell Floor Leader Su “Jack” Lin Green Key Leader Layton Glover Greenwood Floor Leader Yejoon “Leo” Sim Hayward I Floor Leader Mateo Escalante Hayward II Floor Leader Sechang “Jason” Mah Health Center Assistant Rodrigo Carrandi Garza Hinman I Co-Floor Leaders Joseph Morse Jason Jung Lee Hinman II Floor Leader Keonha “Sam” Bae Kitchen Head James Morse McCusker I Floor Leader Liam Murphy McCusker II Floor Leader Ho Seok “Ryana” Ham Student Activities Assistant Sanggyu “Jayden” Lee