Country School Alumna Isabella Bean ’14 Named CT Scholar Athlete

New Canaan Country School is proud to congratulate alumna Isabella Bean from the class of 2014 who was named a high school Scholar Athlete at the 34th Annual Connecticut Association of Schools-Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference banquet held May 7. Bella, as she is known to her friends, resides in Rowayton where she is a senior at Brien McMahon High School.

The Scholar Athlete program recognizes two high school senior student-athletes – one boy and one girl – from each Connecticut public high school "whose academic and athletic careers have been exemplary, whose personal standards and achievement are a model to others, and who possess high levels of integrity, self-discipline and courage," according to officials. The honorees are chosen by the high schools and are submitted to the CIAC.

Bella attended New Canaan Country School from Pre-K through Grade 8, where she distinguished herself in many areas including academically, as a leader within the close-knit school community, and as a member of the girls’ soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams.

“My curiosity and appreciation for both academics and athletics began at a very young age at Country School. My teachers and coaches gave me the confidence to strive to reach my fullest potential," said Bella.

“Bella's positivity and willingness to find utter delight in embracing a challenge were contagious and made everyone around her better,” said Eighth Grade Teacher Will McDonough.  “She was well known at Country School for her heightened levels of responsibility, empathy and charismatic zeal for learning.”

Bella, who has also been selected as a “Teen to Watch,” by Moffly’s New Canaan, Darien & Rowayton Magazine, will attend the University of Virginia in the fall. Her parents and siblings, also alumni of the Country School, are Christopher Bean ’83 and Jeannie Staunton Bean ’83; siblings Anna Bean ‘15 and Finley Bean a member of the class of 2017.

New Canaan Country School is a co-ed, independent day school for students age 3 through Grade 9. Located on a 75-acre campus in New Canaan, the school offers transportation to families living in Westchester and Fairfield Counties. For more information, please visit countryschool.net.

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Submitted by Norwalk, CT

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