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News for the Allendale Columbia School Community

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3 AC’S NEW MISSION STATEMENTFEATURE: IT’S TIME FOR AUTHENTIC LEARNING5

AC TODAY: Best Fit First, The Changing Landscape of College Advising

13Commencement 201817Annual Report of Philanthropy at AC

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Alumni Happenings23

Alumna Profile: Becky Wehle ’90

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We’re just getting startedThree years ago, we set out on an ambitious path together. We committed to making a posi-tive impact in our world through a thriving, diverse community of learners who engage locally and globally. Our strategic plan to accomplish this, Making an Impact in a Global Century, is a commitment to continue to meet our students’ needs, and prepare them for this rapidly changing and complex world. June marked the end of our Impact Initiative Campaign to help realize this vision, and our community proudly exceeded the $4 million goal set as an initial benchmark. I’d like to personally say thank you to the thousands of alumni, parents, faculty,

and donors who were part of this historic invest-ment in the future of Allendale Columbia School. Thanks to your generosity, we have already launched and appointed leaders for the Center for Global Engagement, the Center for Entre-preneurship, and the Invent Center for STEM and Innovation. These centers give AC students the authentic learning experiences that will help them to build connections, master strategies for learning, cultivate their curiosity and creativity, and develop a resilient spirit that dares to take risks - all while making a positive impact. We have ex-panded opportunities for students to engage be-yond AC and into the local community, whether that’s the Rochester community or communities like Dakar, Senegal. We have also applied for and

been awarded the prestigious E.E. Ford Grant to create and develop an AC Global Hub for Social Entrepreneurship. This grant is just one of many ways we are giving students the chance to make a positive impact in the world through collaboration, problem-solving, and global empathy skill development. We have plenty to celebrate, but we’re just getting started. As we evolve we need to contin-ue planning for the future, asking these questions: What do we keep? What do we cut? What do we need to create? Through the last campaign we focused on program development, and we were successful in building new centers, with great leaders, who have created high impact opportunities for our students. Now we need to focus on retaining and attracting the best faculty and staff, and investing in our campus and endowment. We owe it to you, our students, alumni, faculty, donors, and greater community to ensure we continue our progress to meet the dynamic needs of our community. You only need to look at the Girls with Gears, our Lower School, all-girl, VEX-IQ Robotics team, to know that more hard work is needed to keep up with these amazing students.As we “prepare students for the world they will inherit,” I am humbled and eternally grateful for all you have given to AC. We understand what you are asking of us in return for your students, our community, and our world; and we are up to the task. Sincerely,

Mick GeeHead of School

From the Head of School

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As the school year kicks off with eager students buzz-ing around campus, and our broader AC community cele-brating a successful campaign focused on AC program ex-pansion, the Allendale Colum-bia Alumni Association Board is excited to continue facilitat-ing the school’s momentum

with fellow alumni. We look forward to doing everything we can to foster the relationships of our alma mater. The upcoming year will be focused on growing attendance at long-standing networking events and exploring new opportunities to engage our fellow alumni in meaningful ways across the region and remotely. The Alumni Association plans to support this work by communicating possible oppor-tunities for our AC community to get involved with current faculty and students.We hope to match interested alumni and their net-works with student and classroom needs. I particularly hope to connect current students with experienced and skilled alumni in fields of interest. There are alumni who may not understand there is a real need for their involvement. Getting involved in an AC student’s life by taking an hour to Skype into a classroom for a talk, listening to a student pitch, or offering an internship or job shadow opportunity could have a positive ripple

effect on their future. Thanks to technology, this kind of help can all be done without leaving wherever you call home. These connections will be both beneficial and fun, allowing current students to see what AC gradu-ates can become, and giving alumni first-hand knowl-edge of what our students are doing today. Our long-standing alumni traditions such as Home-coming, the Alumni Holiday Celebration, Reunion Weekend, and travel to cities around the country will continue to be events we look forward to hosting, and we hope our alumni are able to make the time to join. You can see fellow classmates, make new connections with alumni from other graduating years, and update the school on the wonderful things you are accom-plishing in the world.I look forward to meeting as many of you as I can. I want to hear from you. Send me your suggestions on how we can make our Alumni Association a stronger, more engaged organization; or, you can simply send me a quick note to let me know what you’ve been up to.Thank you again for allowing me the opportunity to serve as your Alumni Association President. I’m excit-ed about the next two years, and what they hold for us as we partner to strengthen and grow our Alumni Association.Bridgette Rivers ’81President, Allendale Columbia Alumni [email protected].

From the Alumni Association PresidentA Letter from Bridgette Rivers ’81

Charles E. Symington ’76, Chair & Treasurer

Stephen Van Arsdale, Vice ChairClaire Dubnik, Secretary

Charles F. Bradford ’99Lisa Campbell ’83Diana Clarkson ’99Mary Beth Conway C. Kieran DraperStephen Hill ’03Elisabeth W. Judson ’64Dr. Amy Rath Leibeck Gilbert McCurdy Deborah McLeanRonald MendrickTracey MorrellMauricio RiverosBridgette E. Rivers ’81Demetrios (Jim) Stathopoulos Keith WilsonJill WynnRichard Yates

ALLENDALECOLUMBIABOARD OFTRUSTEES2018-2019

Welcome New Board MembersDr. Amy Rath Leibeck is the owner of Genesee Valley Equine Clinic and is an adjunct lecturer and lab instructor at Medaille College, Rochester campus. She is a graduate of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Amy has been involved at AC since 2012, when her daughter, Riley, enrolled. She also spent three years as a middle school

liaison and has been an active member of AC’s Book Club. Amy, her husband, Stephen, and Riley reside in Churchville, New York.

Gilbert (Ken) McCurdy, retired Chairman and CEO of McCurdy and Company, Inc., is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Commerce and Finance. Ken serves as a Board Member of Writers and Books. He is a Member of the Wealth Strategies Advisory

Board at Canandaigua National Bank, and he formerly served on the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Board of Governors. For years, Ken has been an advocate and friend of AC, supporting the purchases and needs of AC’s international houses, serving as a forum judge and annual presenter of the Williams Cup Award, and as an AC parent of daughter Katherine ’05. Ken resides in Rochester, New York.

Demetrios (Jim) Stathopoulos is CEO of one of the largest glazing contractors in the United States, Ajay Glass & Mirror Co., Inc., which, in 2017, was ranked #12 in the U.S. by Engineering News-Record. Jim is also the Principal of PER Engineering in Victor, New York, and he and his wife Dori served as event chairs for AC’s 2018 Make Your Mark Gala. Jim

and Dori have three children, Rita, Ellie ’21, and Peter. The family resides in Victor, New York.


L ast year, as AC began the regularly scheduled re-accreditation process through the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS), it became evident that our mission was no longer representative of the impactful work we do everyday and why we exist as a school. Since AC’s last mission statement was launched, our programming and curriculum has expanded and evolved to meet a new set of needs in our ever-changing world. While we continue to take pride in our academic preparation for college, we also focus on helping students develop the skills and experiences needed to make a positive and lasting impact in a technology-driven, global society. “The mission guides us internally as we evolve and change to meet the needs of the students and families who walk through our doors,” said long-time AC faculty member Tony Tepedino and re-accreditation co-leader. “If [the mission] doesn’t align, then we are not able to provide a clear and unified vision and program for the families who place their trust in us as an institution.”

The mission rewrite process largely began as part of AC’s strategic plan, launched in 2014, when an outside consultant was brought in to help guide our committee through the process and to help us identify who we currently are as a school. With valuable feedback from key constituents, including administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni, and trustees, the committee was able to present a draft of the new mission to the Board for final approval.

“We haven’t lost the original spirit of the school,” said Head of School Mick Gee. “In fact, it is because of our dedication to a student-centered education and AC’s core values that we have continued to adapt and evolve as an institution to meet the changing needs of the world and the way we prepare our students for life outside these walls. Our students aren’t learning science; they’re learning how to become scientists. The lessons our students learn here at AC extend beyond the walls of our classrooms, and it is our responsibility to prepare them for the world they will inherit.”

5 BEYOND THE BIRCHES FALL 2018Students frequently explore the AC Nature Trail and surrounding woods during class.


FEATURE STORY

It’s Time for Authentic Learning

Life doesn’t come at you one subject at a time. Deciding which car to buy or how to budget a paycheck for the month, or pitch-ing a way to increase sales at work require complex thought pro-cesses. These are not just math, or English, or history problems. The solution is not in any one of those textbooks. Instead, we are researching, analyzing alternatives, problem-solving, collaborating, summarizing, and communicating. If this is our daily reality as adults, why would we teach our children any other way? A 2017 survey by the National Associ-ation of Colleges and Employers found that the “ability to work in a team” was the most commonly desired attribute of new college graduates. The survey report, The Value of Soft Skills in the Labor Market, went on to say that in today’s economy workers must be able to solve complex problems in fluid, rapidly changing, team-based settings. Bari Walsh noted in his ar-ticle for the Harvard Graduate School of Education, “It’s what computers can’t do that employers most want.” As a nursery through grade 12 school, what can Allen-dale Columbia do to prepare students for this postsecondary world?

Making Meaningful Connections An integrated, multidisciplinary, and au-thentic educational model helps students develop important, transferable skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and analysis that transcend subject matter and provide a foundation

for success. The authentic learning model in place at Allendale Columbia School builds the curious and confident minds needed to succeed in college and careers. Authentic learning is generally defined by four main themes:1. Students engage in an activity that involves real-world prob-lems and that mimics the work of professionals; the activity

involves presentation of findings to audi-ences beyond the classroom.2. Students use open-ended inquiry, think-ing skills, and metacognition.3. Students engage in collaborative dis-course and social learning with others.4. Students direct their own learning in project work.Authentic learning doesn’t just flip the classroom; it disrupts the entire struc-ture that has been in place for more than a century. Everything in the classroom is re-evaluated from the teaching style to the way the desks are arranged and the books that are used (or not used). Harvard Graduate School of Education economist David Deming notes the change in today’s classrooms stating, “Children share re-sources and experiences with each other and move flexibly between tasks and roles. Learning is immersive and often implicit – even for ‘hard’ skills like math and liter-acy.” Stephanie M. Jones and Jennifer Khan from the American Federation of Teachers wrote on the intertwined nature of learn-ing today saying, “We know that the quality and depth of student learning is enhanced

“This is the best time for people who have the right skills and right education

because there are tremendous

opportunities. It’s also the worst time in history for people with ordinary skills

and education.” —Nick van Dam, global chief learning officer at McKinsey &

Company


when students have opportunities to interact with others and make meaningful connections to subject material.”Meaningful connections with subject material was evident on every corner of Noun Town, a fictional place created by AC’s second-grade class. A unit on parts of speech turned into a music video with the skillful guidance of Jenn Truong, AC’s Virginia and Fred Gordon Chair in Elementary Educa-tion. After learning about nouns, verbs, and adjectives, the class created “Noun Town” on paper, labeling all the nouns in town, all the fun things you could do in town, and even added the proper noun for Allendale Columbia School. But the class didn’t stop there. Students embodied the defi-nition of authentic learning by directing their own music video. Noun Town came to life after weeks of collaboration in songwriting, learning about rhyming and beats, drafting storyboards and then filming, singing, and editing their ode to Noun Town. The final video was presented to the entire school and shared on social media. Visit allendalecolumbia.org/nountown to check out the video.May Term is another way AC breaks the educational mold. It’s not a capstone or final project. It’s a unique, once-a-year opportunity for students to engage their interests, learn outside the classroom, and deepen their connection with the material. At the end of spring semester the usual cur-riculum ends and students in Middle and Upper School have the opportunity to pursue two open-ended inquiry projects that they choose or define. It fosters discovery, encourages collaboration, and gets students involved in real-world issues. In 2018 alone, students explored more than twenty topics ranging from starting a beehive to ex-ploring the science of cooking to learning about the law. The students discussed their projects in the annual May Term Exhibition Night, further reinforcing their multidisci-plinary skills in researching a topic and then presenting it to an audience.As part of a collaboration between the Center for Global Engagement and the Center for Entrepreneurship, Middle and Upper School students spent eight days in west Africa in the spring, working with Senegalese students to evalu-ate social and infrastructural problems, develop solutions to address those needs, and pitch solutions to a panel of judges. They built business models of their ideas and ad-vocated for the merits of their solutions to the broader community. As a result, everyone learned how to analyze, assess, and collaborate with someone from a different cul-ture and some even received internships and funding to pursue those ideas.

An authentic investment Despite growing acknowledgment of the value this type of learning provides, the investment needed to make it a reality isn’t small. Teachers must spend more time with stu-dents, engage a wider array of tools and technologies, and

Students remove one of the layers at the AC Beehive to check for honeycomb.

Eliza Nicosia ‘22, Mary Cotter ‘22, Liz Cotter ‘20, and Piper Wilson ‘22 help build homes with the 4 Walls Project in Nicaragua.


allow time for students to explore and learn at their own pace. Inde-pendent schools have the unique ability to adapt and invest in this methodology now, knowing that the future could hold any number of possibilities. AC’s new Center for Global Engagement, Center for Entrepreneurship, and Invent Center for STEM and Innovation are examples of investments AC is making to provide multidisci-plinary, authentic learning that impacts all grades, nursery to 12. The centers have been developing new courses, curricula, and part-nerships within and beyond the AC campus to foster experiences and competencies that prepare students for the world ahead.As Tony Wagner and Ted Dinter-smith point out in the book Most Likely to Succeed, “Our choice is stark. We can continue training

kids to be proficient at low-level routing tasks and to memorize content they won’t remember on topics they’ll never use. Or we can embrace the reality that much of what school is about today can be ‘outsourced’ to a smartphone, freeing up time for kids to immerse themselves in challenges like learning how to learn, communicating effectively, collaborating productively and effectively with others, creative problem-solving, managing fail-ure, effecting change in organiza-tions and society, making sound decisions, managing projects and achieving goals, building persever-ance and determination, leverag-ing your passions and talents to make your world better.” Ordi-nary skills are no longer enough; nor is an ordinary education.

“The impact of innovation on

education isn’t in using technology to deliver

education experiences. It lies in understanding

what skills students need in the innovation era, and constructing

classroom experiences that promote skills

that matter.” —Tony Wagner and Ted

Dintersmith, Most Likely to Succeed

Allendale Columbia students visit Dakar, Senegal as part of an eight-day entrepreneurship program created by the AC Center for Global Engagement, the AC Center for Entrepreneurship, and Baobab Consulting.


Liza Cotter ‘20 helps tutor a young student at a school in El Sauce, Nicaragua.

Emily Atieh ‘18 presented on her development of a global mindset at TedxAllendaleColumbiaSchool.


Second graders pose with the “Noun Town” they created as part of their unit on parts of speech. Check out their music video at www.allendalecolumbia.org/nountown

AC students head out in canoes at Camp Pathfinder.

A. Seshadri ‘18 and Liza Cotter ‘ 20 learn to weave baskets in Nicaragua.


Sharing the Legacy of Five Generations

A Conversation with Pat and Becky WehleIf you ask students and their par-ents what they like most about Al-lendale Columbia, you’ll often hear that it “feels like a family”-- a place where every person is known, cherished, encouraged, and sup-ported. AC appreciates all who make up the school family, and for some, school and family have be-come deeply intertwined, to the benefit of both.Take the Wehle/Hallock family. They’ve been a part of AC for five generations, in various roles as students, alumni, parents, grand-parents, volunteers, and trustees. Their long history, fondness for the school, and view of an en-couraging future inform their role as benefactors to help the school flourish and offer the benefits of an AC education to students who might not otherwise be able to attend.“My daughter Eliza ’22 and my son Henry ’20 are fifth generation AC students,” began Becky Wehle ’90, a recent Trustee. “My sister Carrie ’93 and I both graduated from the school and were there from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so we were the fourth generation. My father John L. “Ted” Wehle, Jr. ’64 and his two brothers Chipp ’65 and Duff ’68 also came here, as well as his mother Marjorie Strong Wehle ’39 and her three sisters, Nancy Strong Mangan ’42, Sarah Strong Clapp ’46, and Ann Strong Garrett ’46.” (Nancy and Sarah also sent all of their children to AC.) “Then, my great-grandmother Marjorie Hall Strong. Then, on my mother’s side…”“My cousins, or, rather, my grandfather’s cousins,” chimed in Becky’s mother, Pat Wehle. “In fact, they were the oldest living alumni of Co-lumbia School for years. Adelia 1917 and Mariana 1918 Hallock lived well into their 90s. So, it comes down from both sides of the family. In fact, I think we probably have 30 alumni from Allendale Columbia in the five generations that we have been there.”

Because of their long family history at AC, the Wehles wanted to do something to honor their family and support the school. They followed their values, as do most people con-sidering the legacy they’d like to pass along to their children and grandchil-dren. They decided to establish the Wehle/Hallock Family Scholarship Fund for Summer LEAP students. This is an endowed scholarship to support tuition assistance at Allen-dale Columbia for Rochester City School District students with need who have been through the Sum-mer LEAP program. “The school was embarking on the Impact Initiative campaign,” Becky explained. “We believe strongly in [Head of School] Mick Gee’s lead-ership and what he’s done for the school, and we wanted to be able

to support that. We thought a scholarship in particular is a great way to do that because it allows students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to experience all the great things about Allendale Columbia the ability to go there. And, of course, we believe that the school has given our family a lot of opportunities; we wanted to be able to say thank you by giving back.”“And the other thing is,” added Pat “we wanted to honor Becky’s father, my husband, who died in 2000. He was an alumnus, and he was on the board for a long time. I wanted to create a schol-arship in his honor.”Pat continued, “A couple of years ago, we learned about the Summer LEAP program at AC, and we

were very, very impressed with the program’s ability to help reduce summer learning loss and provide academic enrichment for students from Enrico Femi School No. 17 and other schools within the Roch-ester City School District. The thought of providing bilingual educa-tion, field trips, and good nutrition in a caring environment, and then retaining that cohort through high school, will make a difference.”

PROFILE

“ Summer LEAP is a six-week enrichment program that seeks to close the opportunity gap for low-income students from the

Rochester City School District by offering

high-quality summer learning experiences.”


“Summer LEAP takes so many of the parts of AC that are great – as we’ve experienced as a family for five generations – and gives those opportunities to kids who wouldn’t typically be in that environment,” Becky explained. “The teachers, the dining commons, the facilities – it feels great to share that with kids who otherwise wouldn’t have access.”“We toured the classrooms and saw everybody in action, and it was wonderful,” Pat exclaimed.When asked what they thought was so impactful about an AC education, Becky said, “It starts with the community. The teachers know you on a personal level and an academic level and really push you to become a strong student and a good person. I firmly believe that they are doing that with my kids now, and I think they did that for me. I went from Allendale Columbia to Middlebury College in Vermont, and I didn’t miss a beat being able to tackle the work and know exactly what I needed to do to be successful there. I think AC is a large part of that.”“One thing I liked about AC was that they made me write,” Pat asserted. “And no matter whether you’re an accountant, or a scientist, no matter what you are, if you can’t commu-nicate, you’re just not going anywhere. I still think that’s very important.” “I think that AC continues to produce well-rounded, well-ed-ucated, kind students who are able to contribute to society, both when they are at this school and when they get out as well,” Becky continued. Our family has a very long history of community involvement, at the local and state level,” Pat added. “It’s just something we’ve always done. That tradition of participating in the Allendale Columbia community has gone back for many generations.”

Becky is the third generation of her family to serve on AC’s Board of Trustees, as both her father and grandmother were on the Board. “But it definitely is something that, as a larger family, is important to us. We have been very lucky to have lived here for generations, and it’s up to us to make sure that Rochester continues to be as successful as it can.”Asked to reflect further on their motivations for their involve-ment and their gift to the school, Becky concluded, “I was ac-tually on the search committee that brought Mick to AC. He really is a remarkable leader and has done great things for the school. That was the most exciting part of my nine years on the Board, seeing the impact of that now and in the coming years. And that’s why we made this gift. The school needs our support, and it’s a great time to do that – to help Allendale Columbia continue to grow. We are grateful for everything the school has done for our family and look at this as a chance to give that opportunity to other students in the future.”

Kneeling: Justin Andre ’91, Carrie Wehle ’93, Mieke Coe Ulrop ’90, Mindy Mangan, Jennifer Fox Jackson ’90, Heather Culbertson ’90. Standing: Kris Andre, Peggy Garrett Jeffries, John Garrett, Diana Bump ’90, Alec Schumacher ’90, Ed Nicosia P’20, ’22, Becky Wehle ’90, Cathy Mangan Clapp, Griff Mangan, Rick Garrett, Ned Nicosia P’17,’19.

John L. “Ted” Wehle Jr., father of Becky Wehle ’90, husband of Pat Wehle.

Make an Impact, Leave a LegacyHave you been thinking about how you might pass along your values and leave a legacy for future generations? If a quality education is among those values, there are many ways that Allendale Columbia School can support your intentions. Whether that’s endowing a scholarship, as the Wehles are doing, making a planned gift through your will or a trust, making a major gift to the Endowment for future generations, or boosting you annual giving, we can help you decide on appropriate ways for you to honor your family and leave a legacy for the future. Go to allendalecolumbia.org/giving for more information, or call Karen Higman at 585.641.5313 or Kayla Himelein at 585.641.5288.


Imagine if George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln could return to see the nation they helped found. All three drove significant developments in America’s educational landscape: Washington focused on faith and liberal arts, Jefferson emphasized workforce skills, and Lincoln ensured land was donated and developed for our colleges and universities. What would they think of the state of education today? What would they advocate for or against? How would they advise today’s students to prepare for the current job market?In the hundred-plus years since then, a lot has changed about college and how to best prepare our young adults for the real world. For a start, there are now more options than ever before. According to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, postsecondary programs of study more than quintupled between 1985 and 2010--from 410 to 2,260 programs--a response to changes in the workplace over the

past 60 years. Similarly, the number of occupations available to college graduates grew from 270 in 1950 to 840 in 2010. Now when children are asked the age-old question, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” the answer is increasingly, “my job doesn’t exist yet.” Deciding which college to attend, therefore, is even more difficult.Big name schools still grab the headlines and the attention of young high schoolers eager to impress, but the college experience is more than the name on your shirt. Now, more than ever, society pressures our children to get into the “right” colleges, have the highest GPAs, and pursue advanced degrees. Increasingly, however, students graduate with what seem like the right credentials but lack the competencies needed to be thoughtful, engaged citizens. The most important name on the college acceptance letter is your child’s name and everything else should revolve around that.

Best Fit First:The Changing Landscape

of College Advising


When students do decide on a school, tuition continues to be an area of concern. College costs have gone up significant-ly, relative to the cost of living index, and following the Great Recession it’s been harder to pay back those student loans than in previous gen-erations. The practice of graduating in three years is gaining momentum, and online universities are growing in pop-ularity as they offer flexibility to study and pursue passions outside of school. There is no longer a single clear path for postsecondary education so it’s important to find a school that is the right fit academically and financially.Allendale Columbia collaborates in-ternally and externally with partners to prepare our students for the world they will inherit. Part of that prepa-ration includes our comprehensive college advising program to help stu-dents choose a college/university that matches their interests and goals, and that will ultimately have the best pos-sible return on investment for their pursuits. AC’s full-time college advisor, Kristin Cocquyt, is focused on supporting, guiding, and advising AC students and their parents through the college search and application process. She has been in the field of education for 14 years, visited more than 200 col-leges, and helped over 500 students through the college search and appli-cation process. The college advising program at AC embodies a “fit first” approach where we work with stu-dents one-on-one to understand their specific interests and the community they are looking for after they leave our campus. “The students [who] thrive within to-day’s education systems are achieve-ment driven, rule-oriented, compliant, linear, singular in focus. The world of work today requires future leaders to be relationship or collaboration driv-en, rule-defining, creative and innova-tive, lateral and polymathic in focus. The gap is huge and, sadly, I see only

a few progressive schools really stepping up to the transforma-tion required to match that of our businesses.” - Annmarie Neal,

Former Chief Talent Officer at Cisco Systems and author of Leading From the Edge.

At AC, we know a successful college application process is not just about knowing where you want to go – it’s also about academic preparation and making intelligent choices to get there. For this reason, Kristin introduces the college advising program in 6th and 8th grade through the Knowledge for College Program. This is intended to provide an overview of the college planning program, well in advance of when families need to start taking action. Phil Schwartz, Head of Upper School, is also is also involved and oversees the course selection pro-cess for all students starting in 8th grade to ensure they are building a strong and compelling transcript. Each year, more than 70 colleges and universities visit the AC campus, al-lowing our students to learn about the colleges and programs that may or may not be in the headlines but may be the right fit for their interests. AC juniors are prepared for these visits through the College Workshop, a free program that includes college essay writing, application preparation, and mock interviews. Additionally, our college advisor organizes more than 15 evening programs and workshops throughout the year and meets indi-vidually with students and their fami-lies to help them make the most of the AC Upper School experience and college search.Our main goal is to arrive at a man-ageable and balanced list of poten-tial colleges and universities (see the Class of 2018’s college list on page 17) that are good matches for the student’s individual interests and pref-erences, so each student’s college ap-plication process results in desirable college options.

At Allendale Columbia, we understand the landscape of higher education and the

workplace has changed and will continue to change. As leaders

in education, we will continue to do what is best for students and

evolve our offerings to meet the changing needs

of the world, without losing focus on each

student being known and challenged. Students are able to make informed decisions about their

futures and are prepared to think critically when they leave our campus

for their next step toward higher education

and the workforce.

To learn more about the college advising process at AC contact:

Kristin CocquytCollege Advisor

[email protected]


As our children grow up, they demand more and more choice over their lives. What to wear, what to eat, and how late to stay up become regular negotiations. In this particu-larly challenging time for tweens, teens, and parents, school requirements can quickly add to the fray. Instead of fighting this natural growth, Allendale Columbia embraces the curi-ous and creative minds in our classrooms and continuously develops ways to give students more freedom and choice during the school day. Through abundant elective options, opportunities to be challenged by a wider array of classes, and self-directed study, AC students stay excited, engaged, and confident at school.Starting in Middle School, students have the opportuni-ty to take elective courses as part of their daily schedules. Throughout the school year, students can choose from over 30 different courses that range in topics from FIRST® LEGO® League to Ceramics to Entrepreneurship and Intro to Rock Band. This opens the door for students to pursue their interests and advocate for their own path without compromising a high quality education. AC recognizes that high quality education comes from both inside and outside the campus. In the Science Research and Writing course, students work with a mentor outside of AC to pursue a topic they are interested in. The mentor is often a local college or university professor who works with the student throughout the full-year course. At the end of the school year, students present their research at a symposium

hosted by St. John Fisher college and their undergraduate students. The course is a practice in scientific research and individual initiative as students select their own topic, identify a mentor, and lead the execution of their work.For students excited about (or dreading) the sciences, there’s a new approach to dissecting that frog: half-year sciences. Since adopted in 2015, Allendale Columbia has been able to expand its offerings to classes that even parents would be excited to enroll in. Courses like Ecology and Evolution-ary Biology, Forensics, and Anatomy and Physiology join the tried-and-true courses of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Students can also take electives in Analytical Chemistry, 3D Modeling, Biochemistry, Biomimicry, Electronics, Engineering

and Robotics, Hydrogeology, and Environmental Science and Sustainability. These courses change year to year to give stu-dents a broader exposure to science topics and disciplines. The classes help meet (and spark!) interests and prepare students for future classes and careers. AC graduate, Ade-laide Flood ’18, commented on how this exposure helped her select the right path for her future as a Physician Assis-tant. “I think the science courses offered at AC set me apart from many other students applying to PA programs. During the interview phase of the selection process, I was able to talk with other students and many did not have the range of science classes that I was able to take, such as Anatomy and Physiology, Biology of Human Disease, Astrophysics, and Biochemistry.”The end of the year can be particularly challenging to get and keep students’ attention. As a result, the school launched a program called May Term where students can pursue their personal interests and direct their own learning paths for the last three weeks of the school year. Now entering its fifth year, the program has proved to energize students and pro-vide new opportunities for collaboration and unique course offerings that students may not otherwise experience. Past May Term course offerings have included The Science of Cooking, The Buds and the Bees, Innocence and Guilt: Learn-ing about the Law, and Building, Flying and Using Drones for

CHOICE: THE ULTIMATE MOTIVATIONALTOOL

Tommy Duver ’23 shows off the fish he caught in his May Term course “Life Underwater.”

“Allendale Columbia embraces the curious and creative minds in our classrooms and continuously develops ways to give students more freedom and choice during the school day.”

AC TODAY


WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?If you were an AC student in Middle School this year, you’d be able to choose from the following electives:Digital Literacy

Music Foundations

Drama Foundations

Art Foundations

Health

FIRST ® LEGO ® League

Ceramics

Youth Storytelling

Intro to Rock Band

Entrepreneurship: Business and the Entrepreneurial Mindset

Acting Out

Digital Art

Adventure Bound: Taking Physical Education to a Higher Level

Music in the Movies

Computer Science Discoveries

Mixed Media

Modes of Persuasion

Study Skills, Time Management, and Work Organization

Ukulele

Photojournalism

Make a Difference: Agents of Change

Media Production. Students also took on the role of teacher, offering student-led workshops they invented, proposed to a panel, and ultimately co-planned and co-taught with a faculty member. Recent mini-courses included The Money Game: Rat Race and Investment, How To Build Your Very Own PC, Beginners American Sign Language, and Cupcake Wars. May Term allows students to work in mixed-age groups on projects that interest them and that impact the larger community. This creates an enriching experience that goes beyond the traditional curriculum and routine.AC faculty still maintain high academic expectations in foundational curriculum for each grade to ensure students have achieved key milestones. It’s within this framework that the school has also created these ways for students to take risks and develop the connections, learning strategies, and resiliency that is needed for col-lege and the real world. Students, courses, and self-directed study topics change every year, but the opportunity to learn in different ways, use critical thinking skills, and pursue one’s indi-vidual passion stays the same. Through this choice, AC students can control their education and their future, even if Mom and Dad still set the curfew.

May Term students learn about the new AC honeybees and begin to set up the hive.

AC’s “Human Impacts on the Environment” class collaborates with the “Global Environment” class from World of Inquiry School to assess the health of the Genesse River.

Marlin Bassett ’21 works on his genome project during May Term.


Emily Atieh Emily Atieh Gap Year,

then Brandeis University

James Bourtis Columbia University

Lauren Browning Gettysburg College

Lila Campbell Skidmore College

Jason Coupal Syracuse University

Madison DeCory Ithaca College

Tingyan Deng Vanderbilt University

Sion Dorancy St. John Fisher College

Adelaide Flood Rochester Institute of

Technology

Danielle Fuller New York University

Rotsirohawi Galban Harvard University

Lennon Green Duquesne University

Alan Johnson University at Buffalo

Catherine Kennedy Professional Musical Theatre

Training

Indiia Maring University of Rochester

Giovanni Marino West Virginia University

Victoria Marino High Point University

Rebecca McQuilken Oberlin College

Caroline Mealey Providence College

Brandon Medina High Point University

Kenneth Mogauro Nazareth College

Evelyn Newman Pace University

Catherine Pappas New York University

Hannah Dora Patterson Hobart and William Smith

Colleges

Corwin Perry Monroe Community College

Francesca Quatela University of Rochester

Kennedy Robinson Pace University

Aditi Seshadri University of Rochester

Anjana Seshadri University of Rochester

Jaden Sowell Ohio University

Connor Surkau-Parkinson St. John Fisher College

Grant Turner Rochester Institute of

Technology

Nathaniel Wood St. John Fisher College

Jordan Wynn New York University

Nathan Yax Carleton College

Lianyuan Ye Pepperdine University

Alison Zell Le Moyne College

Hanlin Zhang The Pennsylvania State

University

Rui Zhou University of California,

Berkeley

Congratulations to the Class of 2018


Gordon Smith AwardLila CampbellThe Robert Moore AwardCaroline Mealey and Nate WoodTucker Gosnell ’77 Prize in EnglishLennon Green Ménendès-La Flèche French AwardJames BourtisElizabeth Coffin Bynum ’78 Award Misha ZainPablo Neruda AwardChristina YeChurchill-Yager Mathematics AwardHanlin (Henry) ZhangClass of 1978 Science PrizeAlison ZellBausch & Lomb Science PrizeNoah LevineCatherine Nevius PrizeConnor Surkau-ParkinsonThe Edwin “Ted” Atwood Prize in HistoryJames Bourtis Kevin Stein Class of 1982 Art PrizeYiming (Tom) TangBob Stata Instrumental Music AwardDanielle FullerVocal Music AwardRebecca McQuilkenDramatic Arts AwardEvelyn NewmanSherman Farnham, Jr. ’62 & Anne Morris Farnham ’64 Community Service AwardMarissa Frenett Della E. Simpson Memorial AwardBill LiUniversity of Rochester Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony AwardMikayla GrossRensselaer MedalAlvin ShenBowdoin College Book AwardNoah Levine

Dartmouth College Book AwardAnna Mihalyov Williams College Book PrizeLulu Gao Williams College CupLila Campbell Columbia School Community Service AwardAdelaide FloodRay Hickok, Jr. AwardBrandon MedinaAthletic Association AwardCaroline MealeyGannett CupIndiia MaringHeadmaster’s Prize in Memory of Peter Schwartz by the Class of ’54Lauren BrowningJohn Harrison Alumni AwardAlison Zell

MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOGNITIONCEREMONYCygnet AwardIsabella SchoepfelNicholas Milella Memorial AwardLilah CostanzoMiddle School Merit AwardMargot QueenanChris Hickok Award Lola WilmotHelen Monroe AwardMarcus FrassettoGrade Six Writing ContestCaitlin VellaGrade Seven Writing ContestEllie FeindelGrade Eight Writing ContestSean LiNational Spanish Exam WinnersMary Cotter

AC UPPER SCHOOL HONORSCONVOCATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

Mick Gee presents the 2018 Carl L. Stevenson Award to teacher Pam Vogel.

Emily Atieh, Madison DeCory, Indiia Maring, and Kennedy Robinson prepare for Commencement to begin.

Boys in the senior class pose for a pre-Commencement photo together.

Head of Middle School Tina Duver smiles for a photo with Aditi Seshadri, Anjana Seshadri, and Danielle Fuller.

“Look towards the world of tomorrow and, like our forebears have, leave here today with relentless and full hearts. Never forget from whence we came, but do not look back too fondly. There is more work to be done, and it lies ahead.”

—Rotsirohawi Galban ’18Student Commencement Speaker


On May 18th, Oak Hill Country Club was transformed for Allendale Columbia’s Make Your Mark Gala. The theme, “Make Your Mark,” highlighted the importance of, and Al-lendale Columbia School’s commitment to, inspiring stu-dents to make an impact by giving them innovative ways to engage in the world they live in, so they can change the world they will inherit.After a robust silent auction while guests mingled over cocktails, everyone headed to the outside tent for the main event. Head of School Mick Gee welcomed everyone, and began by thanking the 2018 Gala Event Chairs Jim and Dori Stathopoulous P’21. Along with committee leadership, the Stathopoulous’s worked to ensure event expenses were covered through sponsorships, and all funds raised at the event would go toward crossing the finish line of our $4M, three-year Impact Initiative Campaign goal.The Balderston Family, Ann and Biv Balderson and their children, Sarah Quinn ’04, Maggie ’07, and John ’10 were honored for their commitment and long standing dedica-tion to Allendale Columbia. Ann and Biv have both served on the AC board, and of the 14 years Ann served, she spent three of them as Board Chair. Even years after their children graduated, they are committed to moving the school forward.Since the Balderston family joined the AC community de-cades ago, they have truly embodied the AC vision and have worked tirelessly to play an integral part in AC’s jour-ney to become a thriving, diverse community of learners who engage locally and internationally to create opportu-

nities to design, imagine, learn, and make a positive impact. Mick spoke about the Balderstons, saying, “There’s no question we are a stronger AC community because of the shoulders of giants on which I stand -- and Ann and Biv are among those giants. And, for those of you who don’t know Ann and Biv personally, they were devoted, supportive, and joyful parents for nearly two decades (and Ann still quietly pops into AC every December to deliver her homemade peppermint bark)... While few people have dedicated more of their lives to AC than Ann and Biv, many people dedicat-ed much of their lives to AC because of Ann’s dedication, her devotion, her charismatic spirit, and her undying love of AC.”Mick also highlighted the importance of the evening’s theme. He said, “TONIGHT - and every time we get to-gether - We celebrate what it means to be in the life-chang-ing business. Whether you have a direct connection to AC or you are here with an AC family, you are now part of a community of people who are devoted to leading the way in educating our youth – regionally and globally. As I look out at everyone tonight, I see many of you who have been supportive of AC for decades prior to my ar-rival, and for the subsequent years since -- and I am deeply grateful for this loyalty to AC. Your loyalty has allowed us to continue doing what we al-ways did well -- and I promise you we are still sending students to colleges, universities, and the workforce with some of the best writing and analytical skills anywhere.”The event raised over $180K in one night.

Make Your Mark Gala

Honorary Chairs - Ann & Biv Balderston and their children, John ’10, Maggie ’07, and Sarah Quinn ’04.


Kristin and Eric Rorapaugh P’22

Honorary Chair Maggie Balderston ’07 and former Athletic Director Bob Moore

Maruico and Bess Riveros P’23, ’25, ’27Event Chairs Jim and Dori Stathopoulos P’21 welcome everyone to the gala.

Brendan and Jen O’Hara P’32Tracey and Jeff Morrell P’19

Tom Anderson and Jen Newman P’18, ’22 chat with Doug Emblidge and Duffy Palmer.


Creating K-12 entrepreneurship opportunities, partnerships, and courses so AC students can develop their own business plans and take their ideas from

inception to full development.Impact at Work: Selling

handmade baskets and organic coffee and partnering with a nonprofit in Nicaragua and a locally-based

Rochester nonprofit.

AC is fostering global empathy and a resilient global mindset among its K-12 students.

Impact at Work: Expanding meaningful trip opportunities to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico,

Madagascar, Senegal and China; increasing language options in the N-12 curriculum; and hosting the annual Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program.

for STEM and innovation

Empowering AC students to actively shape scientific and technological developments locally and globally.Impact at Work: Launching authentic learning opportunities to engage students of all genders in STEM with Robotics in Lower, Middle, and Upper School; a Makerspace; a Bee Colony; and a Maple

Sugaring Shack all on campus.

Continuing to improve the campus in order to support the ongoing evolution of our programs.

Impact at Work: Initiated and redesigned a sharable place for students to design, create, and learn in the new

Bruce B. Bates Design & Innovation Lab and created a campus master plan.

Supporting deserving students in the Rochester community who would

benefit from an AC education.Impact at Work: With over $1M

committed, AC is able to support 300+ eligible students and offer an

additional $7.5M in financial aid.

summerA L L E N D A L E C O L U M B I A

P R O G R A M

Utilizing the expertise of the AC community to help be a part of the educational solution in Rochester.Impact at Work: Currently

serving 362 students from the RCSD to reduce summer learning loss by 90% while distributing 1,800 books;

serving 12,400 meals; hosting 37 community speakers; and taking 60

field trips.


In 2015, AC set out to identify and address the next set of opportunities for our school community through the launch of our three-year strategic plan, Making an Impact in a Global Century: The Allendale Columbia Endeavor and its supporting fundraising campaign, The Impact Initiative. Together, over the past three years, parents, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of AC came together from more than 40 states, 10 countries, and 765 unique zip codes to raise more than $4 million in support of the critical areas of growth outlined in the strategic plan. For a full list of Impact Initiative supporters, see pages 44-53.There is extraordinary momentum at AC today. These critical areas of academic growth have already challenged our students to think and work in new ways to better prepare them for the world they will help shape, and lead. They have reinforced the importance of community engagement and life beyond these walls.There is still work to be done, but it’s time to celebrate the incredible work we’ve accomplished so far as a community!

$1.8M Unrestricted

gifts to the campaign

$346K Centers

$617K Summer

LEAP

$1.7M Annual Fund

$179K AC Now

Scholarships

$267K Endowment

We Did It!Together, we are making an impact.


Alumni Happenings

Recent alumni also joined the holiday celebrations! Pictured: Gavin Flood ’16, Catherine Bartlett ’16, Xinyuan (Tom) Yi ’16, Anne Pinkney ’16, Alexander Frenett ’14.

Outgoing Alumni Association President Peter Gregory ’03, with John Mealey P’18, P’19, Amy Mealey ’82, P’18, P’19 (current 1st grade teacher), Mick Gee, Head of School enjoying the Alumni Holiday Celebration at Via Mina in December.

Columbia graduates meet for “Ladies Who Lunch.” Clockwise from center: Mick Gee, Head of School, Susan Chandler Hill ’71 P’03 ’08, Linda Riordan ’68 P’93, Agnes Griffith ’49, Clarie Curtis ’47 P’71 ’74 ’76 ’80 ’83, Arlene Clarkson P’99, P’03.

Nancy Northrup ’87 and Rita Hoard ’88 enjoy the Cornell Club in NYC with fellow alumni and friends in October.

San Francisco Bay Area Alumni Reception. Standing: Betty English, Matt English ’89, Tony Tepidino, Schuyler Routt, Margaret Tait ’10, Peter von Bucher ’02, Mary Magellen ’02, Brian Duford ’01, William McMullen ’82, Bill English, Karyn Vella, Jonathan Bagg ’60 Seated: Nancy Steele ’67 and Jocelyn Forsyth-Vick ’69

Allendale Columbia has been happily exploring the world this year! The hospitality of our east coast, west coast, and southern alumni and friends has been overwhelmingly generous. They have welcomed current faculty and staff into their new homes, showed us their favorite spots, reminisced about their time at AC, and asked great questions about where Allendale Columbia is headed.


REUNION2018On Saturday, June 16th, more than 250 AC alumni, parents, faculty, and friends came together in the Birches Courtyard

to celebrate milestone years at the Annual All Alumni Cocktail Party as part of Reunion Weekend. It was a gorgeous summer day, the evening proved to be a memorable capstone to an exciting school year!

Save the Date! Reunion Weekend 2019For those who will celebrate a reunion in late spring (classes ending in “4” and “9”), now is the time to get involved! We welcome your help in planning events for your class reunion. Email us at [email protected].

Save the date for Friday, June 14th and Saturday, June 15th, 2019.

Caroline Hill ’06, Stephen Hill ’03 (current board member), Charles Clarkson ’03, Peter Gregory ’03 (former board member), Ken Gregory ’05, Emily Gregory

Richard Smith P ’83 GP ’18 ‘20 and Bev Smith ’59 P ’83 GP ’18 ’20 toast another sunny reunion.

Chuck Hertrick P’04 (former Head of School), Joan Gerrity, Elizabeth Bishop ’79, P’06 (former board member), Wendi Plenge ’78

The class of 2008 surrounding the bench named in honor of their classmate Mark Von Bucher ’08 (1989 - 2010) Front: Sandy Castiglia (Casey), Mary Sullivan (Clark), Brie Alexander (Boden), Lauren Eichelberger, Rose Ruckert, Shelby Hill, Gabriela Palacio, Akira Stata, Lawrence Amico Back (left to right): Derek Corbett, Sam Zito, Eric Duford, Alexandra Miller, Matt Vander Horst, Rick Marron, Aubrey Bodary

Natalie Campbell - Kircher ’80, Charles Horton Baldwin III ’85, Ryan Grimes ’14

Want to see more photos from the festivities? Visit AllendaleColumbia.org/reunion


50th Reunion: 1968 Columbia School and Allendale School GraduatesOur Class of 1968 celebrated their 50th Reunion this June. The weekend was filled with joy as we celebrated with a wonderful weekend thoughtfully planned and executed by class agent Linda Hellebush Riordan and her classmates Deborah Kuehl and Holly Hall Jacobstein … even Deirdre Wilson Garton helped plan all the way from Wisconsin!

Bon Voyage on the Erie Canal.

Columbia and Allendale graduates enjoyed a presentation and thank you from Summer LEAP Director, Lindsey Brown, for their class gift supporting AC’s partnership with RCSD School 17 to combat the summer learning gap through the AC Summer LEAP program.

The Class of 1968’s weekend name tags were appropriately adorned with throwback senior yearbook photos. Pictured: Christina Skowronska Stoufer, Ruth ‘Pip’ Merrick, and Linda Hellebush Riordan

Members of the Class of 1968 gather for their milestone picture at Allendale Columbia in the Birches Courtyard.


Distinguished Alumni Award

Gay Pepper ’60“The school which gave me roots to ground and wings to fly”

T he 10th Annual Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to Dr. Gay Pepper ’60 in front of friends, family, peers, and fellow alumni at the Country Club of Rochester in June 2018. The Distinguished Alumni Award honors alumni for outstanding achievements and contributions to society after graduation.Gay’s association with Allendale Columbia School began in 1956 when she enrolled at the Columbia School. After her years at AC, she went on to attend Stanford Uni-versity, graduating with a B.A. with Distinction. After earning a master’s degree in Modern European Histo-ry from Washington University in St. Louis, she completed her doc-torate at Teachers College, Colum-bia University. She has led a long career in edu-cation and has spent her life do-ing what is best for students. As a former Dean in Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, she was awarded the Benjamin Frank-lin Medal for Outstanding Service to the University and its students. Gay has been dedicated to guiding and mentoring high school students for decades as a Head of College Counseling, an academic dean, and a history teacher at three leading independent schools around the country. More recently, she has started her own consulting firm to offer comprehensive col-lege and career counseling for students and their families. In addition to her many accomplishments beyond Rochester, NY, Gay is committed to making a positive impact locally, here in Rochester. She has run the Finger Lakes Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, participated in the Teach College Program for Rochester Scholars at the University of Rochester, and most recently, she helped launch AC’s new tradition, Ladies Who Lunch, which invites Columbia grad-uates to come back to the Allendale Columbia campus to celebrate mentors and memories together.

It is because of Gay’s leadership, wisdom, insight, and inspiration that we were able to have a special La-dies Who Lunch dedicated to re-membering and honoring Miss Nell Skillin, the former Associate Head of the Columbia School, who in-spired Columbia students in count-less ways for nearly three decades.“Miss Skillin would love the quest for innovative learning that is hap-pening at Allendale Columbia to-day,” remarked Gay in her accep-tance speech. Like many of her Columbia class-mates, Gay attributes her success to the mentorship and lessons learned from Miss Skillin. “As deep-ly honored as I am to receive this award, the person who inspired me and set me forth into the world de-termined to make it a better place was Miss Nell Skillin,” Gay recalled. “Miss Skillin taught me to look at problems in a new way--to exam-ine the premise to determine if the programs in place were really ad-

dressing the needs of students. If they were not, it was time to scrap them and begin anew… Miss Skillin would be fas-cinated by the new strategies for learning and cutting-edge technologies that are being implemented and used in the Invent Center for STEM and Innovation.”“Looking back, some six decades in my case,” Gay said, “Miss Skillin laid a strong foundation for this magnificent growth… It has been wonderful to be reconnected to a school which had given me roots to ground and wings to fly.”

“She has led a long career in education and has spent her life doing what is best

for students.”


MARY LU CLARK ’50, MARY KAY LAWLESS KIDD ’50, and SIS SEYMOUR BYNUM ’50 met for lunch at The Highlands.

ERNEST GREPPIN ’55 has more or less been retired since 1996 but is going strong and very much enjoying life. A big surprise; his sister-in-law Sarah Krug and her husband Dr. Ernest Krug retired to Cobbs Hill Drive less than 1,500 feet from where Ernest spent his early childhood. Ernest’s brother JOHN ’55 died last fall, but his writings and friendships remain.

MALCOLM “TINK” TAYLOR ’55, now fully retired (sic), is heavily involved in NH politics. As a member of the 1965 Mt. Kennedy/Yukon Expedition for National Geographic he has been part of this year’s 50th year observance of Robert Kennedy’s assassination. A movie on this mountain climb has just been released.

WENDY WEBBER ’61 is President of the Bethlehem Garden Club for the next two years and is busy keeping both her home and the various little gardens around it in tip-top shape. She recently enjoyed the company of her sister, Sally, who was visiting from Minneapolis. Both Wendy’s “boys,” Jason and Charlie, are happy and living in Minneapolis, MN and Austin, TX.

DOUGLAS STALKER ’65 has been retired for more than a dozen years now, but he is still keeping up with academic things in his field, writing, and reading all the books he ever wanted to but never did.

JANE TAYLOR ’66 retired from full-time legal practice as Claremont, NH City Solicitor and became Of Counsel to a Lebanon, NH law firm, Gardner, Fulton & Waugh PLLC.

HOLLY JACOBSTEIN ’68 attended her 50th Reunion with classmates from Columbia. From the onset of reunion planning, she wanted it to be FUN, and that mission was accomplished. The

area of Nevada for a western adventure with their children. ALEX ’08, after earning a PhD in Electrical Engineering, is living in Boulder, Colorado working for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He is specializing in Neuromorphic Photonics. He was recently engaged to Victoria Liu. MARGARET ’10 was married to Schuyler Routt, son of DEBBIE COOK ROUTT ’73, on August 18th, 2018. They are living in San Francisco. Margaret is working for private equity firm, TPG, while Schuyler is with Google.

After working many years as a CPA and tax accountant, HOLLY KENNEDY ROBERTS ’79 has now embarked on her passion and second career in music. She is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Check back soon for an upcoming EP!

LUKE CORNELIUS ’81 received tenure in the spring of 2017 at the University of North Florida. He created and became program director for a Master’s Degree of Science in Higher Education Administration. Students who complete this program become college administrators.

LOUISE BORDEN ’84 is now working at Best Fit Edu. in the Los Angeles, California area.

BECKY BRAFF KAETZLER ’92 lives near Frankfurt, Germany and her kids are now 3 (Isabella), 6 (Hannah), and 7 (Max). She works mainly in France, England, and Germany and gets back to the US about six to eight times per year. If any AC alumni are in Europe, please reach out!

LUCIEN HOLMES ’95 spent many years living in the Czech Republic and traveling to numerous foreign places. Lucien has accepted a teaching position at Bridges Academy in Studio City, California where he will be the humanities teacher.

BEN HEFFRON ’98 earned an MBA in October 2017 while in the military and helping to raise his three small children.

ALUMNI NOTES:weekend was filled with Friday ladies dinner, laughter, memories, singing, maypole, boat ride, AC tour, AC cocktail party, dinner at Columbia, fireworks, and brunch. Together, the Class of 1968 raised money for the Summer LEAP program at AC, and while they missed classmates who couldn’t attend, everyone was in their thoughts.

LINDA BURNHAM LAMONT’S ’68 youngest daughter Kate is getting married in September 2018. Her other two children, Jen and Tim, each have two boys, for a total of four grandsons under age four! She and her husband are busy and happy grandparents.

ANDREA GUILLET ’69 is retired after 36 years of teaching K-1 students with learning differences, as well as kindergarten and first grade. Andrea’s husband has a few more years to work, but together they are traveling, traveling, traveling! This July they headed off on a three-week Viking Baltic cruise. Their son, Brad, is now a licensed architect and is living and working in Charlotte, North Carolina. Andrea is excited to see everyone at her 50th reunion next year!

LYNDA ROBESON ’69 is on the Foundation Board of the Newark-Wayne Community Hospital and is organizing a huge Next to New Sale to raise money for the “BECAUSE CARE MATTERS” campaign. She is also Chair of the social committee at the Sodus Bay Yacht Club, which is in its 125th year on the Bay.

TILLY CALDWELL ’71 recently retired from the U.S. Geological Survey after 38 years of working in the geomagnetism program. She is still doing some of the same work as a volunteer a few hours a week.

LISA CLARK ’72 had a recent solo exhibition of her paintings near Bar Harbor, Maine, and also enjoyed a trip to Cuba.

BOB TAIT ’75 and Amy are relocating to the Reno/Lake Tahoe

KATHERINE KAUFMAN SPENCER ’99 has two daughters, Cora (3) and Hazel (2), who are both doing well. As of one month ago, Katherine opened her own storefront with a business partner in downtown Morgantown. Spencer and Kuehn Fine Jewelry Studio will feature jewelry all designed and made by Katherine and her partner.

MATT ZELLER ’00 and his wife, Liz, met with Afghan President Ghani on September 20th, 2017 because of Matt’s leadership of “No One Left Behind.” On January 24th, 2018, the City of San Diego proclaimed the day “Matt Zeller Day” because he “fights every day for interpreters who fought for our country.”

After being involved in the Rochester radio scene at Jazz 90.1 FM for 15 years, ALEX NG ’00 moved to Cleveland to become a corporate officer for Constantino’s, a local family grocery store.

ROB RICHARDSON ’01 has a new baby and a new job. He is Assistant City Manager at the City of Canandaigua. In January, he and his wife Bethany had a baby girl, Maddyx Dalila. In his spare time, he still coaches for HAC.

WHITNEY G-BOWLEY ’02 returned to Rochester during the winter holiday to be assistant director of the new musical, “The Other Josh Cohen,” which played at Geva last winter.. She oversaw the dancing and musical parts of the performance.

SUMANGALI (SUMI) SOMASKANDA ’02 currently lives in Germany with her husband. Senora Rabe helped translate for her husband’s family at their wedding.

ADELE BLAKE ’03 married Matthew Havens-Plante during the summer of 2016, and in the summer of 2017 she started her job in the molecular diagnostics lab at Upstate Medical Hospital in Syracuse, NY.

ANDY COHN ’04 received his doctorate in veterinary medicine from UC Davis this past May.


ESTHER REYNOLDS ’06 currently lives in Boston where she works as the Assistant Food Editor at John Brown Media, an international media company, where she develops and edits recipes for a few small publications daily. Esther says this is her dream job, and she couldn’t have done it without having grown up with such a strong AC education and teachers who pushed her to follow her passion.

CAROLINE BISHOP HILL ’06, MBA, transitioned her financial advising and wealth management practice to Sage Rutty & Company, Inc. at the beginning of 2018. She is also enrolled in an executive program through the School of Management at Yale University: Investment Management Theory & Practice.

ROSE GOODING ’09 was awarded 2018 Best Intern of the Year at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, and she is continuing there as a resident in General Surgery.

On September 20th, 2017 DANIEL BAUER ’11 received a Master of Science Degree in Molecular Medicine from Charité, Berlin, Germany.

After graduating from Harvard with a degree in chemistry, ROBBIE COOPER ’11 went into the hospitality business. For the summer of 2017, he returned to The Sagamore not as a summer guest, which he had experienced for years, but as a manager. For the winter, he went south to St. Petersburg, Florida to help run the Treasure Island Beach Resort, a boutique hotel that he enjoys. He certainly has a different “skill-set” from his earlier education.

EMILYN KENNEDY ’12 graduated from Boston College in 2016 where she was a Slavic language major, taking Russian and Bulgarian. She is now a Lieutenant in the Army specializing in military intelligence.

DANIELLE VANDER HORST ’12 graduated from the University of Rochester this past May, after completing a Take 5 Scholar

year, with a BA in Classics and Archaeology, Magna cum Laude, Highest Distinction, and with Honors in Research (research which won her the Dean’s Award at UR). She spent the summer digging in Italy (Southern Tuscany) on a site called the Marzuolo Archaeological Project. In the fall, she moved to Ithaca to pursue an MA in Archaeology at Cornell University.

CAITLIN WISCHERMANN ’12 graduated from Cornell in 2016 and began working for luxury hotel firm Montage International in Southern California. There Caitlin was on a team creating their new company Pendry Hotels. After two years, she is now moving back to New York to pursue her MBA at Columbia University and will continue to work for Montage on their future growth plans.

AAMIR ZAINULABADEEN ’14 earned a degree in Computer Science from Princeton and is moving to Chicago. He will be a software developer for McMaster-Carr.

WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTSTwo days after Thanksgiving, DOUG BOSS ’81 married Mychale Dawn in Dallas, Texas on November 23rd, 2017.

MATT WIER ’88 married Michele Starry on August 26th, 2017 in Portland, Oregon.

JOSH BRANDT ’00 and Pia Kristiansen were married May 6th, 2017 in St. John, US Virgin Islands. They live and work in Boston.

On June 23, 2018, GEOFF CLINE ’01 married Delaram Davari on the rugged, windy coast of Monterey, California. Geoff ’s new brother-in-law officiated the marriage.

DANIEL SZABO ’04 is engaged to Rike Friede Sgro.

In August 2017, MELISSA MOCK ’05 married Joshua Hughes.

On September 16th in St. Louis, COLBY COOMAN ’07 married Laura Theby. AC community members were well represented with brother, CARSON ’00, and faculty CHUCK FUJITA and ARTIE CRUZ.

In September on a trip to Boston, EVE EFRON ’07 became engaged to Chris Murray. On Memorial Day, 2018, they were married at Lake Mohawk Country Club. Five AC classmates attended: JESSIE AND HANNAH ATKIN, NATALIE HSIANG, KALIA JACKSON, and JULIANNE HUNN.

JAMES LEWIS ’07 married Adrienne Tuttle on September 9th, 2017. Classmate AARON RUBY was a groomsman at the wedding.

MARY CLARK ’08 married Charlie Sullivan on April 21, 2018. The couple just moved back to Rochester.

SHAINA FREUND ’08 married Anthony DePaul, Jr. on June 23rd at St. Louis Church in Pittsford and the reception was at the Country Club of Rochester. Two AC classmates, SHELBY HILL and AKIRA STATA, were bridesmaids with classmates MARY CLARK SULLIVAN, ALEXANDRA MILLER, and REBECCA SEGAR SCHMELZ attending. They currently live in NYC where Shaina is a pediatric critical care physician assistant and Tony is a project manager at Hunter Roberts Construction Group.

In October 2017, KEELEY PECK ’08 became engaged.

BRAD TAYLOR ’08 married Nadine Coupard in Virginia on June 23rd, 2018. They live in Fairfax, Virginia, and both are high school teachers. Brad teaches math and Nadine is an English teacher.

JEANETTE KATHRYN SCHRAMM ’12 became engaged to Justin Rueb on September 22nd, 2017.

BIRTHSEBEN ANDERSON ’96 and his wife, Amanda, moved to Alabama from NYC in April of 2016 and have been there since. They were married in Hawaii last year and welcomed their first child, Margot, on July 11th, 2017.

KRISTIN RYAN-ELIAS ’96 and husband Ben had a new baby, Penelope, in August 2017. She is adored by mom, dad, and her two older sisters, Madeleine and Hannah.

Josh Brandt ‘00 and Pia Kristiansen

Margot Anderson

Brad Taylor Nadine Coupard


ABHI SOMASKANDA ’00 and her husband, Balamuralee Mahathevan had a son born on September 17. Their son’s name is Dhivyan Balamuralee.

MCLEAN QUINN ’01, his wife Ev, and their 2 1/2 year old son, Spencer, celebrated the birth in spring 2016 of a little girl, Sperry.

ERIC JUSTIN LEVINSON ’01 and Marine Lormant Sebad celebrated the birth of their baby on June 8, 2017.

PAUL FILERI ’02 and his wife, Kanara Flagg, had a baby boy born on September 25. His name is Francis Jay Fileri Flagg, but they will call him Frank.

On October 11, 2017, Avery was born to SARAH FOLEY ’03 and her husband, Eugene Tanner.

PETER J. GREGORY ’03 and his wife, Kaleigh, welcomed a baby girl in June; Charlotte Stella Gregory. Charlotte means petite, and Stella means star. She is their little star!

In July, ROBYN OTT ’97 had a second daughter, Imogen, to join her one year old daughter, River.

ESTHER BRUMMER GABEL ’98 gave birth to Georgiana on September 24, joining her two older brothers, John (5 1/2) and Edward (2 1/2).

JESSICA ZEINER GATES ’98 and her husband Tim welcomed Beckett Lochlan Gates into the family on July 19, 2018. He joins very excited big brothers, Carter (5 1/2) and Hudson (3). Everyone is happy and healthy and getting used to being a family of five!

BRONWYN HEISS’S ’98 baby, Roman, was born on September 1, 2017.

ALAIN LAMARQUE ’98 and Endia had a baby boy, Owen, born on September 6, 2017. They live in Durham, North Carolina.

Hannah Rose was born on April 4 to Kelsey and BRIAN MURPHY ’98.

CAROLINE S.S. BONIN BAYER ’00 and Nick James Bayer welcomed their first child, Charles Knight Bayer, on December 29, 2017.

Dhivyan Mahathevan

Logan Harris

LINDSY CROOP BENNAGE ’04 is expecting her second child in September of this year. She also has a three year old, Olivia.

AMANDA SOULE BUCK ’04 gave birth to Winnifred (Winnie) on October 24. Amanda has one other daughter, Charlotte (Charlie).

Former headmaster, CHUCK HERTRICK, was thrilled to become a grandfather with the birth of Beckett Renzo on May 3. Beckett was born in Tokyo where his parents, Scott ’04 and Olivia, are teaching.

Baby Samara was born in Rochester in May 2017 to GEOFF ZEINER ’04 and his wife, Tracey.

LILLY VON BUCHER KESNER ’05 and Matt are thrilled with the birth in October of their daughter, Raya.

ZACH LOCKHART ’05 and Laura were thrilled with the birth of a second son, Lachian, on January 14, giving his older brother, Lincoln, good company.

MARIKO FUJITA ’06 and her husband, Mike Wong, on October 19 had a daughter, Tomoe.

ADAM HARRIS ’06 and Kimberly had a son, Logan Ignatius, on February 2. Logan is named after his grandfather.

Charlotte Stella Gregory

River Ott

Imogen Ott

MARY (GOODING) PAPASTERGIS ’06 and her husband Manolis Papastergis welcomed Michael Gastone Papastergis on January 22 at the Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, weighing in at 6 pounds and 14 ounces! Those attending this year’s Reunion met mom and baby Michael proudly wearing his Class of 2036 lanyard. Mary and family are making their home in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

BOOKSDAVID TAYLOR ’78 recently published a book entitled Dream Think, a series of short stories and scripts that are Twilight Zone/Stephen King/Douglas Adams based.MATT MICROS ’85 was named the new Head Women’s Soccer Coach at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut this past April. His newest novel (his 8th), The Untold Tale of Shady Badesso, will be released in December of 2018. SEBASTIAN MEGENS-SEDOR ’15 works at the Department of Defense, where he published a defense technology paper on USFP towards post-conflict Afghanistan. Following that, he published a chapter within Charles Tilly’s book on Social Movements, writing a historical narrative on Catalonia, which incorporated the basis for their calls to self-determination. Finally, Sebastian is working on a book through a program at Georgetown which focuses on the intersection of blockchain technology and the financial industry, forthcoming February 2019.

ERIN MCCUE ’03 could not attend her 15 year AC reunion because she and her husband, John Workman, stayed home to take care of their recently born son, Hugo Martin. Hugo’s birth date was April 23.


John Anderson †September 16, 2017

Joan August P’68November 3, 2017

Ruth Balderston P’76, ’79, GP’04, ’07,’10September 14, 2017

Diana “Danny” Bishop P’71, GP’06October 15, 2017

Warren A. Bishop P’71, GP’06February 26, 2018

Sue Brairton P’82 ’85, ’87November 26, 2017

Wendell Castle P’91January 20, 2018

Hetty Hellebush Cramer ’57February 13, 2018

Tyrrell “Terry” Dryer ’40October 6, 2017

Anne Fitch Foulkes ’52 †November 21, 2017

Ann Strong Garrett ’46 +S, P’75, ’71, ’70; GP’95, ’98, ’99, ’00, ’01March 4, 2018

Newton “Ned” Green ’44May 2, 2018

Ralph “Pete” Harter +, P’88, ’91, ’21August 24, 2017

Barbara “Barb” Jandrokovic §February 11, 2018

Anne Hale Johnson ’41January 18, 2018

John Langdon ’45September 6, 2017

Karen Miltsch S P’93, ’95, ’00October 23, 2017

Thaddeus Selby “Terry” Newell III ’53 †January 20, 2018

Daniel Pettee P’82May 24, 2018

Frances Clarke Rae P’69, GP’03April 21, 2018

William “Bill” Robinson ’51June 11, 2018

Kathleen Meehan Soults P’84March 15, 2018

David Tait ’49, P’75, ’78; GP’08, ’10February 16, 2018

Lisa DeBree Tucker ’88, P’26, ’24July 30, 2017

Richard “Dick” A. Mahar ’54July 28, 2018

Robert Rae Sr. ’46August 9, 2018

IN MEMORIAM

† former trustee§ former faculty/staff

20+ Years of Dedication to our MissionEvery day, hundreds of students walk through the doors at Allendale Columbia School. Many of them spend their earliest years with us and graduate as AC “lifers”. Regardless of the time these students spend here, our faculty and staff are dedicated to ensuring each student receives an education that prepares them for the world they will inherit. Most of our colleagues have spent five or more years of their careers at Allendale Columbia School, while others have been here for more than 30 years! These long-term members of the AC family have evolved alongside our school, and our leaders recognize how important their dedication and service is to our community.We are very lucky to have 14 faculty and staff who have given 20 or more years of service to the AC community and have joined us in 2018-19 for another year on our campus.

Do you or your children have a special memory of, or teachable moment from, one of these special people? Send your story to [email protected]!

From left to right: Laura Reynolds-Gorsuch, Shari Ellmaker, Stephanie DePaul-Pragel, Kristen McKenzie, Donna Kwiatkowski, Tammy Crowe, Randy Northrup, Lorraine Van Meter-Cline, Ted Hunt, Diane Broberg.Not pictured: Chuck Fujita, Brooke Harter-Wheeler ’88, Tony Tepedino, Judy Van Alstyne ’88.



THE LEGACY LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

The Legacy Leadership Circle celebrates members of the Allendale Columbia community who make a planned gift through their wills or living trusts, designate the school as the beneficiary of a life insurance

plan or a retirement plan, or fund a life income gift for the benefit of the school. Legacy Leadership Circle members share a desire to make it possible for their support to extend beyond their lifetime to have a lasting impact on the AC community.

Your planned gift has a lasting impactThroughout our history, planned gifts to Allendale Columbia School have helped to create life-changing endowed scholarships for deserving students, funded new buildings, supported professional development opportunities, and helped to shape AC into a diverse community of learners who strive to make an impact locally and globally. A planned gift you set up today will help to provide extraordinary possibilities for the unscripted future and ensure the school’s strength and long-term success.

You can make an impact on the lives of Allendale Columbia students for generations to come by crafting your own thoughtful legacy. AC offers a variety of mutually beneficial planned giving tools that can match your priorities and provide different benefits, including lifetime income, capital gains tax savings, and income tax deduction.For example, you can:• make a planned gift through your will that costs nothing

during your lifetime. • give appreciated securities and realize greater tax savings

than with a cash gift. • receive income for life in return for your gift.• donate real estate, such as a house, and receive a tax break.• donate your required distributions from your IRA tax free. For more information about planned giving or the Legacy Leadership Circle, please see https://allendalecolumbia.org/giving/plannedgiving/, or contact Kayla Himelein at 585.641.5288 or [email protected].

Make a gift, leave a legacy

Leadership Circle

Legacy

Legacy Leadership Circle MembersThis list represents the alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, and friends who are members of the Legacy Leadership Circle. Their legacies will have an everlasting impact on Allendale Columbia School, and we are grateful for their generosity. Thank you!

AnonymousAnonymous §Quintus and Sondra AndersonBarbara AndrewsJane Arnoldy ’35 ‡Kathleen Ballard §Lynette † and Jim BlakeJohn Bush, Jr. ’52 ‡Lisa Campbell ’83 †Thomas CarterErnestine ChandlerRealto E. Cherne ‡Donald R. Clark, Jr.Mary Whipple Clark ‡Marjorie Cleveland ‡Dortha Coakley †Cathy Cole ’63 ‡Agnes Curtis ’19 †‡Deborah Curtis ’71 ‡Ted ’47 ‡ and Claire ’47 CurtisBarbara Dana ’43 ‡Justin P. Doyle ’66 †Lala Eisenhart ‡

Anne Foulkes ’52 ‡†§Thomas Frey † and

Jacqueline CadyRichard J. ’46 †‡ and

Ann ’46 †‡ Garrett, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard J.

Garrett, Jr. ’70 †§Mr. and Mrs. Fred H.

Gordon, Jr. ‡Georgia Gosnell ’47 ‡Philippe ’96 and Shannah ’96

GouvernetDiane Holahan Grosso ’52 ‡

and Frank GrossoJanet GuldbeckHenrietta Ann Hamilton ‡Chuck Hertrick § and

Joan GerrityStephen ’03 † and

Caroline ’06 HillEric Hoard, Jr. ’46 †‡Christopher and

Joanna Hodgman §

Mrs. Hugh Hunter ’58 †Christine Wassdorp

Hurtado, MDRaymond P. Hylan ‡Elizabeth Jackson-RennerEbets Judson ’64 †§Paul and Judy ’69 † LinehanNancy ’42 and James Mangan ‡Dorothy O. Marsland †‡Warren Marsland ’54 §Sally N. McGucken ’58 ‡

and John McGucken ’53 §‡Mary Meyer ’45 ‡Eleanor Morris ’36 †‡Thaddeus ’53 †‡ and

Sherley ’57 † Newell, IIINancy Northup ’77Mary PhillipsJames B. Reveley ‡Mary Reveley †Henry Rohrer, Jr. ‡Jon L. ’55 † and Katherine T.

Schumacher §

Patricia Allen ShellardCarol Slocum Siebert ’44 ‡

and Thomas Siebert ’45 ‡Janice and Robert ’42 †‡ SilverDella Simpson §‡Wylie J. Small ’79 †§Ann Smith ’53 ‡Jean Hagen Smith ’39

and William Smith ‡Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stern ’63Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tait II ’75 †Elisabeth Vaughan ’35 ‡Erik and Judy † von BucherJane Hunter Walsh ’85Gary WarrenJessica Warren ’44 †‡Alfred Wedd, Jr. ’45 ‡Cathy Westerfeld †Jin XiaoDr. Mohammed Ziauddin


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Annual Report of Philanthropy at AC TOTAL GIVING 2017-2018Allendale Columbia would like to thank and recognize donors who contributed or made

new commitments to contribute over $1,000 in combined giving from July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018. Thank you to everyone in the AC community who made an impact through a meaningful leadership gift this year. Outright gifts and multi-year pledges recognized here strengthen our ability to be a thriving, diverse community. As we continue to raise the bar for excellence in teaching and learning, these leadership donors deserve special recognition for also raising the bar for philanthropy at AC. Thank you!

Key: † Trustee | § Current and Past Faculty/Staff | ‡ Deceased



Total Giving of $100,000+

Ursula Burns and Lloyd BeanEstate of Georgia P. GosnellSusan Hunter and Doug WatsonUBS Donor-Advised Fund of National Philanthropic Trust

Total Giving of $50,000-$99,999

Anonymous (2)Ashley Family FoundationStephen and Janice AshleyThe Davenport-Hatch Foundation, Inc.Summers Foundation Inc.United Way of Greater RochesterThe Wegman Family Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Total Giving of $25,000-$49,999

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Garrett, Jr. ’70 §Susan Golemb Garrett ’57Thaddeus ’53 ‡ and Sherley ’57 Newell IIIRochester Area Community FoundationRochester City School DistrictDeborah Cook Routt ’73Robert SykesRobert D. Ward ’85Wilson FoundationMrs. Joseph C. Wilson

How did you reflect on your AC experiences in your college applications?

“One event I talked about in an essay was Jamir Avery Night with the basketball team my junior year. We rallied from 18 points down against a Class B state contender Marcus Whitman and nearly won. But we were playing for so much more than just a game. I included that story because it reminded me why I dedicate myself to more than just my schoolwork.”

— Lucien “Luke” Nicosia ’17, Dickinson College ’21


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Total Giving of $10,000-$24,999Ajay Glass Co.Chip Bradford ’99 †Lisa ’83 † and Paul Campbell Community Foundation of Collier CountyClaire G. Curtis ’47Erwin and Gertrude Davenport

Private Foundation Estate of Anne Foulkes §Estate of John L. and Janet R. Langdon

Charitable Remainder UnitrustFirst Unitarian Church of RochesterJames ’51 and Janis GleasonGreater Rochester Summer Learning

Association Inc.Susan Chandler Hill ’71 James S. and Janis F. Gleason Charitable FundTom ’63 and Ebets ’64 †§ JudsonDeborah J. McLean † and William D. EggersMelvin & Mildred Eggers Family Charitable

FoundationDr. and Mrs. Senthil NatarajanPaul Klingenstein Family FoundationGreg and Colby PreviteThe Rorapaugh FamilyBeverly ’59 and Richard SmithDoris and Jim StathopoulosMr. and Mrs. Charles Symington ’76 †Alexander Tait ’08Margaret Tait ’10Patricia H. WehleMrs. Marie G. Whitbeck ’59William and Sheila Konar Foundation

Total Giving of $5,000-$9,999Tina and Craig AlbrightAudi of AmericaBurton August Jr. ’68 FamilyBrown & Brown of New York, Inc.Kevin and Suzanne CoomanMr. and Mrs. Albert Crofton ’55Ralph and Colleen DandreaMary Beth Conway and Kenneth DensDixon SchwablJewish Community Foundation of San DiegoKen McCurdy †Jennifer Jaeger NewmanJudson Foundation The Pike CompanySteve and Kate PolozieMauricio † and Bess ’96 RiverosWylie J. ’79 § and Stuart P. SmallMartha S. Staniford ’69 and Matthew K. MyersBob ’75 † and Amy TaitThe Judson FoundationErik and Judy von Buche

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