Bishop’s Celebrates Easter in an Online Chapel

On April 19, 2020, the members of The Bishop’s School gathered together for an Easter Chapel. While chapels are usually held in the gym or in the chapel, the outbreak of COVID-19 meant that Reverend Simopolous-Pigato had to have student speakers record themselves speaking and compiled those clips into a video that advisors shared with their students over Zoom. Student speakers like Wesley Bian (‘20), Elise Thuresson (‘20), A.J. Gwathney (‘25), Sabrina Webster (‘21), Flavia Valente (‘22), Dhruvi Banerjee (‘21) and Liam Ram (‘20) read prayers, spoke about what Easter meant to them and shared messages of hope and joy. Teachers like physical education and health teacher Ms. Kayla Liptak and math teacher Mrs. Catherine Beamer shared reflections as well. Between speeches, there was also music: Giles Beamer (‘25) played the hymn Ellacombe on his trumpet and performing arts teacher Ms. Lara Korneychuk sang “When You Believe,” from the movie The Prince of Egypt with her sister, Maddy Korneychuk. The chapel is available for viewing on the Bishop’s YouTube.

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![(from left to right) Nathaniel Hendrickson (‘31), Benjamin Hill (‘31), and Cameron Sibley (‘31) are all smiles as they pet Brady, Ben’s spotted dog, who was blessed. “[Brady] was very excited and happy to be there,” he said.](https://thebishopstower.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-13-at-8.45.50-AM-600x449.png)


![Leia (‘30) and Sara Park (‘32) ended their combative performance with a yell known as a kiyap. Leia explained with a proud smile, “I realized this when I was little, but not many people see taekwondo every day. For me, it’s a daily occurrence, so it feels very normal…when I do [a performance] in public, everyone’s like ‘Wow, that’s really cool’. So it always reminds me how this isn’t a normal thing in other people’s lives and I think it’s really cool that I can share that.”](https://thebishopstower.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-2.07.47-PM-600x583.png)