Meet our Admissions Student Leaders
Want to gain insight into what it’s like being a student at Rye Country Day School? You have come to the right place! Our Admissions Student Leaders serve as tour guides, hosts for revisit/shadow days, and student leaders of admission efforts at the School. With their wide range of academic and extracurricular interests, Admissions Student Leaders are a valuable resource for prospective families.
Learn more about our 2024 Admissions Student Leaders below, and submit your own question to ask them! These students are here and ready to share their Rye Country Day expertise with you and your family.
Have a question for a parent?
Email our Parents Association at parents_association@ryecountryday.org.
Nick Arakas '25
Grade Entered: 9
Hometown: Pelham, NY
Academic Area of Interest: Music
Favorite RCDS Event: Festival Chorus Concert
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Leader of Students of Color Mentoring Club
- President of Choir
- WildScats acapella group
Fun Fact: I love to write songs and have released some of my work on streaming platforms!
Susie Geller '25
Grade Entered: 6
Hometown: Rye, NY
Academic Areas of Interest: Public Policy, Economics, Politics, and History
Favorite RCDS Events: Wildcat Weekend and the Book Fair
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Leader of Saturday Enrichment Tutoring (SET)
- Captain of Varsity Girls' Soccer
- Co-Leader of the Innocence Club
Fun Facts: I play the guitar!
Julia Heintz '25
Grade Entered: Kindergarten
Hometown: Port Chester, NY
Academic Areas of Interest: Biology and Computer Science
Favorite RCDS Event: Wildcat Weekend
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Captain of Varsity Field Hockey
- Captain of Varsity Girls' Ice Hockey
- Captain of Varsity Softball
- Bioethics Club
- Book Club
Fun Fact: I traveled to Southeast Asia with the RCDS Global Studies travel program this past summer.
Blake Jachman '25
Grade Entered: Kindergarten
Hometown: Rye, NY
Academic Areas of Interest: Humanities and Sciences
Favorite RCDS Event: Wildcat Weekend
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Captain of Boys' Varsity Lacrosse Team
- Boys' Varsity Soccer
- Co-Founder of One Love Club
- Oral Proficiency Intern (Modern Languages teaching program)
Fun Facts: I have a twin brother and two dogs, and my favorite holiday is Halloween.
Anika Kini '25
Grade Entered: 4
Hometown: Rye, NY
Academic Areas of Interest: English and Spanish
Favorite RCDS Event: Back-to-School Block Party
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Captain of Varsity Fencing
- Peer Leader
- Head Girls' Peer Mentor
- Program Leader of Adult Saturday Enrichment Tutoring (SET)
Fun Fact: I once bottle fed milk to a baby alpaca in Peru!
Julia Kroin '25
Grade Entered: Kindergarten
Hometown: Harrison, NY
Academic Areas of Interest: English, History, Math, and Psychology
Favorite RCDS Event: Wildcat Weekend
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Peer Leader
- Oral Proficiency Intern (Modern Languages teaching program)
- Stage Manager for the Fall Play and Winter Musical
- President of the Podcasting Club
- Vice President of Class of 2025 for three years
Fun Facts: I can play the guitar and the bass, my favorite color is green, and my favorite genre of music is classic rock.
Aedan Pearl '25
Grade Entered: Pre-Kindergarten
Hometown: Mount Vernon, NY
Academic Areas of Interest: English, Business, Statistics, and History
Favorite RCDS Event: Wildcat Weekend
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Captain of Varsity Boys' Ice Hockey
- Varsity Football
- Varsity Track and Field
- Volunteer at Don Bosco Community Center
Fun Fact: I can solve a Rubik’s cube in 30 seconds.
Lizzy Yepes '25
Grade Entered: 6
Hometown: New Rochelle, NY
Academic Areas of Interest: Biology and Chemistry
Favorite RCDS Events: Wildcat Weekend and Back-to-School Block Party
Campus and Community Involvement:
- Captain of Varsity Fencing
- Varsity Cross Country
- Girls' Varsity Lacrosse
- Intermediate- Level Lead Teacher of Saturday Enrichment Tutoring (SET)
- Co-Founder of Bioethics Club
Fun Facts: I lived in Colombia for 3 years, I have a twin brother, and I can wiggle my eyebrows and ears.