Your School, Your Community | Winter 2024
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Celebrating Growth, Community, and 60 Years of Excellence Dear Derryfield Community, Welcome to this issue of Derryfield Today, where we reflect on both our enduring legacy and our exciting future. As we celebrate the School’s 60th anniversary, we are reminded of the strength and vibrancy of our community. This issue focuses on the successes of our Strategic Plan Refresh, which was built around four central pillars: Belonging, Leading, Elevating, and Building. These goals shaped new initiatives and expanded campus facilities, all enriching the student experience in meaningful ways. The successes in Belonging pay tribute to our commitment as a community where every student feels seen, heard, and valued. In Building, we’ve created new spaces that serve our students’ needs now and in the future. The Matarese Commons, Carter Center for Science & Innovation, and Athletic & Wellness Center stand as beacons of progress, enhancing the daily life of our students and providing cutting-edge environments for learning, collaboration, and well-being. As we look at Leading and Elevating we celebrate our commitment to preparing students for 21st-century citizenship through our Portrait of a Graduate program and expansion of the Breakthrough Manchester program.
DERRYFIELD TODAY The official magazine of The Derryfield School Dawn Lohmann, Editor Andi Leary, Designer Elaine Loft, Writer
Thank you for being part of this remarkable community. As we honor our past and look forward to the future, I am excited to share these stories of growth, achievement, and belonging with you.
The Derryfield School is a coeducational, non-sectarian, college-preparatory day school serving students in grades 6-12 from over 50 communities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. If you note errors, please notify us at 603.669.4524, or send an email to marcom@derryfield.org.
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Message from the Head of School
Memories and Milestones
Decades of Growth
Memorable Moments
Celebrating 60 Years
Strategic Plan 2014-2024
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A Remarkable Journey
Your Campus News NOTEWORTHY ON RIVER ROAD Athletics, Highlights and Shout-Outs.............................. 4 Arts...................................................................................... 6 Breakthrough Manchester.............................................. 12
PHILANTHROPY AND LEADERSHIP Messages/Andy Chappell, Head of School and Susan Rand King, Chair, Board of Trustees.................. 24 Board News...................................................................... 26
2023-24 ANNUAL REPORT................................... 28 ALUMNI NEWS Alumni Profiles................................................................. 40 Births and Marriages....................................................... 46 In Memoriam.................................................................... 48
What began in 1963 as conversations among a small group of families eager to improve public secondary schools transformed through the vision of thirty-nine pioneering families into the opening of The Derryfield School in September 1965. Sixty years later, Derryfield stands as a vibrant community dedicated to nurturing bright, motivated students into compassionate, curious, and engaged global citizens. In this issue, we celebrate the evolution of Derryfield with stories from alumni across six decades, reflections on service to the community, and a timeline capturing our journey, past and present.
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Memorable Moments
Message from the Head of School, Andy Chappell
The Talent Show serves as a microcosm of life itself. Mistakes happen, and things don’t always go as expected. But in an environment like Derryfield, these hiccups are met not with criticism, but with applause and encouragement. Our students are given the space to experiment, try new things, and even fail—we know this is how they build resilience and develop grit. Parents, faculty, and peers fill the auditorium not simply to see polished performances, but to witness moments of vulnerability, bravery, and community. This willingness to take creative risks and push beyond comfort zones is a hallmark of a Derryfield education, and it’s what makes the Talent Show such a special experience. As the curtain falls and the audience rises in a standing ovation, it’s clear: the show’s real success lies not in flawless execution, but in the lessons learned and the bonds strengthened through shared, imperfect experiences.
As we approach the midpoint of the 2024-2025 school year, our 60th as a School, I look back on the first few months with pride and joy. There were many memorable moments, including inspiring presentations and performances at Community Meeting, hard-fought athletic contests under the lights, fun-themed days for Spirit Week, the Junior Talent Show, the Fall Play and Concert, and so much more. What all of these moments have in common, of course, is that they provide a chance for Derryfield students to showcase their talents and to learn something about themselves in front of their peers, teachers, and families. For me, there were two signature events this fall that stood out. The first was the sold-out and student-led Talent Show, which featured twenty different performers who offered their talents to a packed house of supportive and adoring fans. There were some spectacular and winning acts, including the Irish dancers who performed with grace and precision, the cellist who delivered a flawless performance, and the diablo specialist who wowed the audience with his moves. But there were also plenty of performances that didn’t win an award. Those performances are what I love most of all about our annual Talent Show because they make the show authentic and heartfelt. They are a reminder that true growth often comes not from perfection, but from the courage to step onto the stage in the first place.
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The Talent Show is a celebration of our students’ growth— not just as performers, but as young adults learning to navigate life’s twists and turns with humor, resilience, and a willingness to keep taking the stage. The second moment from the fall that stands out was the Fall Play, The Laramie Project, which tells the stories of real people who lived at the epicenter of one of the nation’s most heinous anti-gay hate crimes, the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. The cast and crew did an amazing job of telling this story— the script is in fact transcribed interviews with actual residents from the town of Laramie—and challenging the audience to look inward and reflect on who we are and what we believe. They reminded us that while The Laramie Project was born out of a tragedy, the play is really about how a community comes together to heal; it’s ultimately a story of hope. Bill Westenberg, our talented director, helped our students tackle this play and bring it to life at Derryfield, allowing our community to lean into a difficult topic and to give to our students the opportunity to actively and intentionally think for themselves about real-world issues in a community where they felt supported to do so. The Laramie Project, in a different but just as important way than the Talent Show, once again allowed our students to be vulnerable and brave by exploring not only a powerful story of hate and discrimination but also a story about people who are willing to stand up against injustice. In this way, the fall play gave our community a chance to live our mission and core values: to inspire bright, motivated young people to be their best and to provide them with the skills and experiences needed to be valued, dynamic, confident, and purposeful members of any community.
Madi Hartley ʼ30 performs comedy at the 2024 Junior Talent Show.
The Talent Show and the fall play are just two of the many moments when Derryfield students learn that “All the world’s a stage,” as William Shakespeare reminds us in his play “As You Like It.” Gold Standard Projects for Advanced Topics classes, Model UN conferences, athletic contests, plays, musicals, and concerts are just a few of the many “stages” we offer our students to try something, to put themselves out there, and to know that their teachers, peers, and parents are there to support them when all is said and done. Trying something new and leaning into real-world topics, of course, has been a part of the Derryfield ethos since our founding sixty years ago in 1964. Our founders made an investment, took a chance, and put themselves out there to start a school. From that moment, we have been trying things and innovating ever since. Most recently in 2014, the Board of Trustees adopted a Strategic Plan, which put us on a bold path that has transformed our campus and programming. We built new buildings, designed and implemented a new Academic Vision, and refined our systems and structures. All of this would not have been possible were we not to put ourselves out there and try so that we could learn and grow as a school and community. I am happy to share that we are actively working to develop a new strategic plan which will guide us over the next 5-10 years. A strategic plan working group—made up of students, faculty, staff, alumni, current and past parents, and trustees—has met throughout the fall to examine where we have been and where we hope to go. Focus groups have also met to provide feedback to the working group and we plan to have a new strategic plan adopted by the Board of Trustees in May 2025. Planning for our future by collaborating with multiple constituencies and looking beyond our walls to identify the trends and signals that are emerging in the world that Derryfield students will inherit, we are poised to turn the page and write the next chapter for Derryfield. In the pages that follow, we celebrate much of what has been accomplished over the first 60 years of Derryfield’s existence with a particular focus on the last 10 years. There is much to share in the pages to follow. As you read, I hope you feel the same pride and joy that I have for all that we have accomplished as well as excitement for what is to come. Enjoy!
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Highlights & Shout-outs
Athletics
In the sports industry, dreaming big and embracing the journey is what it’s all about. Reflecting on his own journey, Adam Spinella ʼ10 recounts the pivotal moments and mentors that inspired him on his path to becoming a video scout for the Philadelphia 76ers. 4
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project to make a few extra bucks, and ultimately led to getting an offer to be a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers,” he explains.
Adam Spinella ʼ10, video scout for the Philadelphia 76ers. Dreams in Motion When Adam Spinella ʼ10 was growing up, working in an NBA Front Office was always a pipe dream and never the actual career plan. After graduating, he devoted nearly a decade to teaching and coaching at the high school and college levels. His passion for coaching was sparked by Derryfield varsity basketball coach Ed Meade. “I still remember latenight chats with Coach Meade in the Derryfield parking lot about coaching tactics and the plays we ran, and he deserves a lot of credit for igniting my passion and curiosity to learn the game in a way that has opened doors to my current career,” he recalls. Spinella also credits Coach Meade for instilling in him the importance of service and giving back to others. His experience as a manager for his college basketball team further developed his basketball IQ, but it was a side project that truly altered his trajectory. During the pandemic, he created and launched his own scouting service called The Box and One, initially as a means to supplement his income while earning his master's degree at Georgetown University. “That scouting service started as a COVID
Spinella describes his job as both rewarding and demanding. A typical day involves evaluating up to five basketball games, compiling reports, and preparing for extensive meetings leading up to the NBA Draft. “I'm on the road up to 90 nights a year, traveling the country and sometimes internationally to evaluate potential professional basketball players," he shares. This commitment is a testament to the dedication required in the fast-paced sports industry. He emphasizes the value of hard work and adaptability, particularly for current high school athletes aspiring to enter the field. “The best way to learn is by doing. I got into an NBA front office by running my own scouting service, and publishing it online, so I'd encourage students to embrace creating their own pathway, even if it hasn't been traveled before,” he advises. As for his future goals, Spinella aspires to contribute to a championship team and hopes to one day become a general manager. “I’m living out my childhood dream, and I trust that the next opportunity will come when the time is right,” he reflects. For current students, he believes that some of the most invaluable life lessons are often learned through sports. “Being part of a team teaches hard work, teamwork, and resilience—traits that serve you well beyond the field,” he states. Spinella's journey illustrates that with persistence, ingenuity, and a positive mindset, anything is possible.
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Lucy Licata ʼ21, Derryfield alumna, excels as a collegiate lacrosse player at
Colgate University.
Athlete in College Balancing the dual demands of academics and athletics at the collegiate level is no small feat, but for Lucy Licata ’21, the challenge has shaped her into a stronger and more resilient person. Now a standout player on Colgate University’s women’s lacrosse team, Licata reflects on her journey and the lessons she’s learned along the way. One of the biggest hurdles she’s faced has been the toll of multiple injuries over the course of her athletic career. “Injuries are inevitable in a contact sport, but they can be physically and mentally exhausting,” she admits. Watching from the sidelines was tough, but it also ignited a renewed sense of determination once she could finally rejoin her team. Through these setbacks, she learned resilience, a quality she values not only on the field but also in life. Beyond athletics, Licata has embraced the academic side of collegiate life with the same level of dedication. Currently pursuing a double major in sociology and film and media, she was initially drawn to the latter after creating highlight videos for herself and her teammates in high school. “I wanted to expand on that skill set,” she says.
“Sociology caught my attention after an introductory course, and I found it insightful in helping me better understand the world.” Her course of study has also helped her fine-tune the strong reading and writing skills she developed at Derryfield. A natural at managing her time, Licata relies heavily on her calendar to juggle her rigorous schedule as a student-athlete. “Balancing both academic and athletic demands is a learned skill,” she explains. “I’m super organized, sometimes to a fault, but it’s what allows me to manage my course load and athletic commitments without getting overwhelmed.” This meticulous approach has helped her navigate both the pressure of finals week and the intensity of Patriot League playoffs. While Licata is still exploring her post-college path, her experiences have already shaped her professional outlook. After a marketing internship in New York City last summer, she realized she thrives in more hands-on environments. Though she’s unsure of her exact career direction, the skills she’s gained as a collegiate athlete—such as work ethic, teamwork, and leadership— will undoubtedly serve her well in whatever field she chooses.
Reflecting on her time at Derryfield, Licata is quick to credit the School for preparing her exceptionally well for both college academics and athletics. “The rigorous academics made the transition to Colgate smoother, and the leadership skills I cultivated there helped me step into my role on Colgate’s lacrosse team.” One of the most valuable lessons she learned at Derryfield was time management—a skill she relies on every day as a student-athlete. She also cherishes the fun memories from Derryfield’s unique traditions, like Winter Carnival and Head's Holiday, which taught her the importance of enjoying the high school experience. “It sounds crazy, but those little traditions were impactful. They reminded us that school should be fun too,” she says with a smile. For current Derryfield students aspiring to play sports in college, her advice is clear: focus on building a strong work ethic both on and off the field. “Success comes to those who put in the effort,” she emphasizes. “Push yourself academically, athletically, and socially while you're at Derryfield—the habits you build now will be the foundation for your college experience.” Lastly, she highlights the importance of relationships. “I’m so grateful for the connections I built with my teachers and friends at Derryfield,” she says. “That community is so special, and I’m lucky to still have some of my best friends from high school in my life today.” As she continues her journey at Colgate, Licata is poised to take on whatever challenges come next, both on and off the field. With her resilience, determination, and a solid foundation from Derryfield, she’s ready to thrive. derryfield.org 5
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Worldbuilding Joe Acone
Arts Department Co-Chair Whether you read books, watch films, or play video games, fictional worlds are a huge part of our culture. Lord of the Rings, Marvel, and Star Wars are a few of the best known franchises. Joe Acone, Arts Department co-chair, notes that the concept of his Worldbuilding course was born out of his desire to provide space and time for him and his students to unpack their shared passion for fictional worlds. “The core challenge of this course is to attempt to collaboratively build a ‘world,’ and then draw upon the fictional setting, story, and characters as inspiration for the creation of subsequent art and writing. Through this process students come to better understand how fictional worlds are created.
“The group collaborations were a lot of fun. Working with others helped to add things that you didnʼt expect.” –Connor Keenan ʼ26 6
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Perhaps when we practice the ability to imagine fictional worlds and examine how they are created, we develop the ability to imagine new possibilities and learn how our world is constructed around us?"
The Process: The process starts with the class deciding upon, as a group, the basic premise of their fictional world. Mr. Acone functions as a sort of referee in supporting the integrity of student ideas while inviting new, unexpected contributions. Next, students contribute to their timeline, using flashcards with headlines that define a span or an event within a specific period of their fictional world. Group members frantically jot down their ideas while they wait their turn to jump in, listening to, and often being inspired by, their peers’ contributions. Once all the contributions are resolved, individual students carve out an aspect of the world they wish to create. The artistically inclined students often opt to focus on things like character/creature concepts, technology blueprints, or setting/ building design. Students who are more interested in writing begin to develop character Scan the QR code to see more examples of the results from last year’s courses.
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Subway mutant dweller concept by Sunny Romilla ʼ24
Kettle Bug creature concept by Emma Branch ʼ26
Underground skyscraper 3D model by Theodore Truebe ʼ27
backstories, or the history of major factions in the world. One half of the class evolves into a sort of writers’ room, where they freely collaborate to develop a cohesive narrative. "This course is more about process than product," Acone elaborates. "We try to step back and let the ideas develop. Then we take the time to explore the ideas further through art and writing. Many students take it as an opportunity to try something completely new to them. They often become immersed in their designs—to the point where they have consistently lamented not having more time."
Cole Sieper ʼ24, creator of Vita Vine, an evil corporation
“I’m always doing worldbuilding both inside and outside of school. I both help run and play in the Dungeons and Dragons during the D & D Exploration Block in which we need to develop and contribute to worlds there. I also use worldbuilding a lot in my writing process as well. I used it to help develop ideas for my creative short story in English Honors.” –Georgio Tournas ʼ27
Background artwork: Character design with underground city backdrop by Lilli Orkwis ʼ25.
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CELEBRATING 60 YEARS
Memories and
Milestones
1960s 1964
The Derryfield School founded
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10-acre North River Road property purchased
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School moves to North River Road campus First Headmaster’s Day
1968
First Commencement held at the Currier Museum of Art on June 12 with 24 graduates
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Vol. 1, No. 1 of The Lamplighter published
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1970s 1971
First Accreditation: School accredited by NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges)
1973
Groundbreaking held for the Center for Student Activities, later known as “the gym”
1976
All-School Assembly tradition begins in October with a self-defense class
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Boys’ basketball team wins Derryfield’s first state championship
1985
First Grandparents’ Day
1989
Performing Arts Auditorium added
2006
1990s 1991
Summerbridge Manchester founded
Annual Habitat for Humanity trip established
2008
Turf field built Mission and Core Values established
1997
72 acres acquired from New Hampshire College
1998
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New Middle School building, athletic training room, technology center, and Lyceum constructed
1999
Sixth grade added
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2010s 2012
Derryfield named recipient of Malone Scholars Program endowment
2014
Board of Trustees adopts an ambitious Strategic Plan that leads to the transformation of the academic program and construction of new buildings
2018
June 13: Groundbreaking for Athletic & Wellness Center and Science & Innovation Center
Academic achievement without compassion and concern for others is meaningless.
2019
Derryfield Academic Vision implemented in fall of 2019: block schedule, Explorations, Advanced Topics courses, LEAD, required STEAM courses
60 Years–A Testament to Unwavering Commitment to Service Susan Grodman Former Assistant Head for External Affairs “What have you done for others today?” A simple, but powerful question that Derryfield founder Selma Deitch was fond of asking others. Dr. Deitch was a pediatrician who dedicated her life to providing medical care to underserved individuals in Manchester. Sixty
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years ago, our founders understood that cultivating kindness, caring, and empathy was just as important as teaching academic subjects. A portion of Derryfield’s Statement of Philosophy reads, “Academic achievement without compassion and concern for others is meaningless.” Perhaps this is not surprising coming from a group of
local families who already had strong commitments to making this world a better place through the Civil Rights Movement, improving access to health care, and many other aspects of the community. It appears that altruism was built into the DNA of Derryfield. Early on, Ellie Cochran ʼ69, Director of Community Relations (1994-2004), inspired by her daughter Sarah’s involvement in Special Olympics of New Hampshire (SONH), got Derryfield students connected to
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◀ Derryfield seniors cheer on cross-country skiers at the 2024 Special Olympics Winter Games in Waterville Valley.
2020s 2020
Derryfield School receives largest gift in School’s history, $2.5 million, to launch The Commons campaign
2021
The Derryfield Board of Trustees initiates and approves the creation of the Amoskeag Scholars Fund—providing free tuition for bright scholars from historically underserved communities
2023
The Matarese Commons, dedicated to Marie T. and Joseph H. Matarese, opened on October 30
this organization. Over 20 years later, Mimi Coombes, the School’s longest serving faculty member, still brings a group of 30-40 students each winter to Waterville Valley. This event has become a beloved tradition for Derryfield, and also for Special Olympics. Another cherished tradition, started by Derryfield’s fourth Head of School Marc Hurlbut, is the Thanksgiving basket project; an annual initiative in which each advisory puts together a Thanksgiving basket. These baskets, overflowing with food, toys, and books, are then donated to local families in the greater Manchester area. Hurlbut was also the Head who brought Summerbridge (now Breakthrough Manchester) to
Derryfield, and the Manchester community. Breakthrough Manchester, still hosted by The Derryfield School, now serves 88 middle school students each year, landing them on a path toward college.
Applying theoretical knowledge to real-world challenges Service learning, the concept of connecting volunteer work with curriculum, has successfully been incorporated into various projects and classes over the years. Many of these projects brought the world to our campus; and at the same time students started getting out into the world to volunteer. Middle schoolers have partnered with new Americans at local elementary schools and through adult English language classes, simultaneously learning about geopolitics and the challenges of coming to a new country, through sixth grade geography and eighth grade World Justice classes. Over the last 15 years middle school students have helped protect sea turtles in Costa Rica, taught English to elementary school students in the Dominican Republic, and assisted with marine biology projects on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera. An annual Upper School Habitat for Humanity trip to North Carolina is going into its 18th year. Upper School students have also gone global through volunteering at a school in rural India and trekking to remote villages in Nepal to bring medical and school supplies.
fulfilling outcomes. Ipeksu Yucel ’25, was part of a Derryfield program in which DS students tutored elementary and middle schoolaged Afghan refugees. Yucel notes, “The refugee children were not the only ones who learned from the experience. If anything, in our short time together I learned more from these children than I could have possibly in a classroom: the value of education.” A question that has been posed many times over Derryfield’s almost sixty years is, “Should a minimum number of service hours be part of our graduation requirements?" The answer emerges from the School’s long commitment to the community, and to the cultivation of kindness, compassion and empathy. This work has been built into the fabric of Derryfield from day one; each student builds these characteristics through a myriad of volunteer opportunities, service learning in and out of the classroom, global experiences, and leadership programs. We do not need a crystal ball to know that service will remain a core component of the Derryfield experience. Programs will evolve and change, but the concept that “academic achievement without compassion and concern for others is meaningless” will endure as Derryfield heads into its next sixty years. Members of the junior class assemble food kits at Fueled by Kids, one of the twelve nonprofit organizations that were part of the 2024 Day of Service.
Cultivating deeper connections Service learning experiences at Derryfield are "symbiotic" shared Abby Stark ’23—leading to mutually-
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WITH BREAKTHROUGH MANCHESTER'S
RAINFOREST THEME
OF "BRANCHING OUT" FOR OUR 33RD SUMMER!
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Our 88 middle school Scholars and 24 college-aged Teaching Fellows were excited to teach, learn, and embrace new experiences together. We packed a lot into six weeks! Breakthrough Manchester (BTM) strives to expose Scholars to cultural, educational, and outdoor experiences. We explored: The Browne Center at UNH, • participating in outdoor
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activities to foster individual and team growth. arvard, MIT, Northeastern, H Mass College of Pharmacy, SNHU, Nashua Community College, and Rivier University! We ensure each student visits a minimum of two colleges.
Star Island on the Isles of Shoals, • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MIT Technology Museum, and Harvard Museum of Natural History
Literature discussions looked at the • world through a social justice lens making connections with students' worlds through reading: The Other Wes Moore, Raisin in the Sun, Farewell to Manzanar, and The Arrival.
In writing classes, students • composed “This I Believe”
essays laying the groundwork for upcoming college essays.
There was lots of algebra and • geometry—even calculus!
Teaching Fellows shared their students’ growth, highlighting students who started the summer quiet and shy and grew to take on leadership roles. Everybody lived the Students-Teaching-Students model and we ALL learned from one another! We played, we laughed, and on the last day of the program, we even cried a bit. We had a LOT of fun and built an amazing, caring community.
Experience the spirit of Breakthrough as captured in our summer video! In April, Breakthrough Manchester at The Derryfield School and Southern New Hampshire University was honored with the President’s Community Partner Award “In honor of your service and commitment to the communities of New Hampshire… Your exemplary leadership has translated into a lasting impact on the community.”
SCAN ME!
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THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER COOPERATED
But what about the learning? A favorite moment was the animal heart dissection in 7th-grade biology. Some students were squeamish about touching the hearts. Another student embodied our BTM norm of “stepping up and stepping back.” He started the cutting, then encouraged his lab partners to try, before circling back to do it again if they weren’t ready.
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Gretchen Hirschfeld ’22 (right) at morning cheers.
Sparda Gurung ’25 (fourth from right) at cultural fashion show.
Gretchen Hirschfeld ʼ22, BTM Teaching Fellow, 2023, 2024 summers
Clark Cayer ʼ25 BTM Teaching Fellow, 2024 summer
Sparda Gurung ʼ25, BTM Teaching Intern, 2023-24, 2024-25 school years
Gretchen began her Breakthrough journey in 2022 during her DS Independent Senior Project. As she learned more about the program and we got to know Gretchen better, we knew how impactful a summer as a BTM Teaching Fellow would be for her. We encouraged her to consider joining us as a Teaching Fellow after her first year of college and were so excited when she applied!
“Upon hearing about Breakthroughʼs Teaching Fellowship in my junior year, I had a good feeling that I wanted to take part. Having had access to education my entire life, I wanted to provide others with the same opportunities that I had been given. Breakthrough provided the perfect outlet for this desire.
"I applied to become a school-year Teaching Intern at Breakthrough Manchester because of my profound connection to this incredible community. My older sister was a Breakthrough student, and as a firstgeneration student, I saw firsthand how much this program supported her college journey, opening doors to opportunities and guidance we didnʼt have. Though we moved away during my 6th grade year, preventing me from attending Breakthrough, I always wanted to be a part of the program. I am glad I returned as it has been such a fun experience getting to know all the students and teaching them the fun lessons we create each month. My favorite moment was the cultural fashion show we hosted during a community block one Super Saturday! I believe that everyone should give it a chance and apply!"
Breakthrough’s Teaching Fellowship is a great opportunity for growth, and Gretchen has grown so much these past two summers. “One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned at Breakthrough is how to lean into discomfort (one of our BTM Norms), and simultaneously how to lean into joy. BTM has really pushed me out of my shell and taught me that it's okay to jump around, dance, and put your whole heart into things.”
"My summer as a Teaching Fellow left me with a newfound appreciation for the role of educators in shaping the lives of students and an understanding of the diverse challenges students face in different educational and social environments. In all, my experiences as a Breakthrough Teaching Fellow not only provided me with an opportunity to make a significant impact in my community but also gave me a greater awareness of the world around me.”
Clark Cayer ’25 (below front, center) with his advisees.
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STRATEGIC PLAN: 2014-2024
Decades of Growth Since the launch of Derryfield’s Strategic Plan, the School has made remarkable strides in achieving the ambitious goals set forth under the four pillars of Belonging, Leading, Elevating, and Building. These guiding principles have not only shaped the direction of Derryfield’s programs but have also strengthened the community’s commitment to fostering inclusivity, developing future leaders, elevating academic excellence, and building a strong foundation for the future. In this feature, we celebrate the successes and milestones that have brought Derryfield closer to realizing its long-term vision.
Belonging Unify the Derryfield family by strengthening connections with our extended community, including alumni, alumni parents, and retired faculty and staff.
Cultivating Networks By Jenna Bee Wolf ’05 Director of Parent Education Over the past five years, students and young alumni have deepened connections across and outside of the Derryfield community through job shadowing and internship opportunities. Across Southern New Hampshire, Northern Massachusetts, and beyond, students and graduates have explored a wide range of fields from medicine and finance, to art, architecture, and even mechanical engineering.
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Cultivating Networks Our Independent Senior Project (ISP) program has evolved steadily since becoming a mandatory graduation requirement in 2019. The program brings to light the power of community connections in developing 21st century skills in our students. Our students begin to explore the possibilities for their Independent Senior Project in the spring of their junior year at an experiential ISP Pathways Day. In 2024, students learned from professionals at several local organizations, including ProCon (design-build firm), the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (minor league baseball), and the Elliot Hospital. At each location, students heard from people with various roles and were encouraged to envision possibilities for their ISPs and beyond.
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The brainstorming process for ISPs includes using Derryfield Connect, a digital platform launched in 2021 to facilitate connections between DS alumni and students. Students create profiles on Derryfield Connect as early as their junior year, and through the platform they can search our alumni network by location, by field, and by what participating alumni are willing to offer (i.e. internship opportunities, general career advice, introductions and networking, college advice). Beyond ISPs, the platform is also designed to facilitate connections between alumni at all stages of their careers. While some students choose their ISP to explore a career they hope to pursue, others dive into passion pursuits. At this year’s ISPalooza, presentations showcased original play writing, the creation of video games,
compiled multicultural recipe books, and redesigned iconic buildings. Some students worked with local land conservation groups and others supported Manchester schools. Derryfield alumni, friends, and neighbors are integral to this process, serving as mentors, offering feedback, and sharing their stories. Alumni Connections If you are a Derryfield Alum, please scan the QR code to join Derryfield Connect–it’s Derryfield’s focused LinkedIn! And, if you are a parent or member of the community who would like to support an ISP or internship for a Derryfield student, please email lburdette@ derryfield.org, Director of Research and Opportunity.
First Annual ISP Explorations Day: Juniors tour the Fisher Cats complex and participate in a Q&A with Fisher Cats administration.
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Building Unity: Commitment to Community By Alex Pratt ’10, Director of Admission In today’s rapidly changing world, the importance of fostering unity within any community cannot be overstated. Under the leadership of former faculty member Laura Russell and now Anela Kruščica, Director of Equity and Belonging, The Derryfield School approached, and continues to approach, this work with ambition, humility, and strong intention. Our goal is to embed the values of belonging and empathy into the daily experiences of our students, faculty, staff, and community members. By prioritizing these principles over the past five years, Derryfield has enhanced the educational experience and cultivated a community where every individual feels valued and connected. Laying the Groundwork What does an inclusive Derryfield community look and feel like? This guiding question launched Equity and Belonging initiatives during the 2019-2020 academic year. In the summer of 2020, we engaged Dr. Liza Talusan to help us address this question. Dr. Talusan, an educator, facilitator, and strategic change partner for schools and organizations, played a pivotal role in supporting the development
of skills in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and leadership amongst all faculty and staff. Her sessions equipped employees with foundational knowledge of implicit bias, inclusive classrooms, and how to navigate difficult conversations. Since then, all new hires have participated in mandatory online training on these critical topics. Establishing a Stronger Foundation Aligned with Dr. Talusan’s work, the School turned its focus to the student experience. We asked ourselves: How can we be considered inclusive if many feel our community is inaccessible? To address this concern, in June 2021, the Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Amoskeag Scholars program. This program provides bright, motivated applicants from historically underserved communities with a tuitionfree Derryfield experience. Simultaneously, we recognized the need to support the experiences of our current students. To assess these needs, the administrative team collected data on students’ and families’ sense of belonging. As a result, we initiated the following key change:
Color (BIPOC) affinity group. These formations empowered student leaders to create spaces for minority students to share their lived experiences and raise awareness about different cultures and issues. Events such as the annual Multicultural Student Fashion Show and Potluck Dinner provide opportunities for students to showcase their heritage and foster community. Expanding Our Horizons As we expanded extracurricular offerings, our academic programming also grew. Under the guidance of our academic team, Derryfield’s curriculum now includes more diverse texts and perspectives, further embedding inclusion in our educational approach. Dr. Brandon Gauthier, Director of Global Education, actively sought opportunities to bring external speakers to our community, magnifying our students' world views. Guests have shared their diverse
experiences, whether that be fleeing war-torn countries or acclimating to the United States. Today, the Portrait of a Derryfield Graduate, introduced in the fall of 2023, proudly identifies “Cultural Awareness” as a key skill for our graduates. Derryfield students are tasked with appreciating their own unique identity and perspective, as well as those of others in their local and global communities. Looking Ahead While Derryfield is proud of the progress made thus far, much work remains. The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) visiting committee reminded us that prioritizing E&B is a collective responsibility, and should not solely be the task of our Director of Equity and Belonging. Ensuring that every Derryfield student and family share a sense of belonging is a commitment that requires active participation from every member of our community.
Students sample the authentic tastes from around the world at the Multicultural Student Union potluck.
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Leading Continue to be a regional and state leader in educational excellence and innovation.
Who is the Derryfield Graduate in the 21st Century? By Ryan Tanner-Read Dean of Academics Who is the Derryfield graduate? Perhaps we think of a peer that we encountered in our own time on campus (“bright and motivated” as Derryfield’s Mission Statement describes them) or of a specific graduate that might have been a child or grandchild or friend (developing their “unique qualities of mind, body, and spirit” as the School’s founding Philosophy imagines). Perhaps we think of the many alumni who return to DS yearly to visit our classrooms (building the “community” lauded by our Core Values). But, how did those “bright and motivated” students develop the skills and qualities imagined by our founders and leaders?
Defining the Derryfield Graduate To answer these questions, we needed a concrete sense of what so many of us could easily imagine, but so few could put into words: What makes Derryfield graduates unique and distinctive? This was the question that Derryfield sought to answer with the launch of the 2014 Strategic Plan. As the plan was being developed in 2014 and “refreshed” in 2019, discussion swirled around skills. What were the essential skills required for students to become that Derryfield graduate? Just as importantly, how did our picture of that graduate need to change for the modern world? After all, the 21st century fundamentally differs from the middle of the twentieth when Derryfield was founded. So, what skills did our graduates need to thrive in this world?
Students in 11th grade Environmental Science class test water samples from five locations around campus.
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A Year of Inquiry As we teach our students to do, faculty began the process of answering these questions by looking at the best research available. In the summer of 2016, all Derryfield faculty read 21st-Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times by the scholars Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel to launch a “Year of Inquiry,” exploring what it would look like to teach and learn in “our times.” During that year, words and phrases like collaboration, creativity, and information literacy bounced around our meeting rooms as faculty began to imagine the skills their students would need in the modern workplace.
Merging Tradition with Innovation As former Head of School Mary Carter was fond of saying, Derryfield has always built its program by combining “the best of what’s new with the best of what works.” With this in mind, faculty delved into the existing Portrait of a Derryfield Graduate and the Portrait of a Middle School Student. The work of the next five years, with some brief interruptions.—the launch of a new Academic Vision, a global pandemic, etc.—refined a version of the Portrait of a Derryfield Graduate to best position students to lead in a cuttingedge era.
As good researchers, Derryfield faculty weren’t satisfied with accepting the claims of Trilling and Fadel at face value. They went on to interview recent graduates and alumni working across a wide range of industries. From this feedback, faculty built a robust picture of the modernistic skills the leadingedge Derryfield graduate would need.
Today, every classroom at Derryfield is decorated with a poster depicting the ten standards in the Portrait of a Derryfield graduate: Belonging, Civil Discourse, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, Problem Solving, Research, and Self Advocacy. Some of these skills—Communication and
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Belonging
Civil Discourse
Collaboration
Communication
Creativity
I take action to help both myself and others to belong in any community.
I engage in respectful discussion and appreciate diverse perspectives with a desire to learn.
I work with others: listening, compromising, and contributing toward shared goals.
I use the most effective tools to share my ideas with clear purpose.
I use a number of different strategies to generate new, original ideas.
Critical Thinking
Cultural Awareness
Problem Solving
Research
Self-Advocacy
I interpret, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to challenge my own and others’ assumptions before drawing conclusions.
I appreciate my unique identity and perspective as well as those of others in my local and global communities.
I know how to break down complex, real world problems and design creative, compassionate solutions.
I ask meaningful questions and form conclusions using credible resources.
I know what helps me learn, when to ask for help, and how to find support and resources.
Research, for example— would have been as familiar to the graduates of the 1960s as those of today, but others— Collaboration and ProblemSolving—represent the unique requirements of the latest world. These “Portrait Standards” provide students and teachers a common vocabulary to discuss the goals of a given assignment. Systematically-gathered data about their usage allows Derryfield’s academic leaders to map the development of these skills across courses, departments, and grade levels from sixth through twelfth grade.
Faculty as Innovator Over the last ten years, Derryfield faculty have demonstrated the relevancy of the Portrait of a Graduate by applying the same skills towards the development of the program. They researched to learn what others were thinking and doing, worked collaboratively to develop rubrics, problemsolved when faced with implementation challenges, and communicated their expectations clearly to students. Today, faculty are spending the year making plans to integrate the identified standards more fully into the curriculum by focusing assessment on the specific skills described in the Portrait of a Graduate. This collaborative process will lead
to clearer, more specific, and improved assessment. More importantly, it will continue Derryfield’s commitment to its students. Derryfield: A Convener in Present-Day Education When academic leaders attended the “From Vision to Reality” conference at Miss Porter’s School in Connecticut this summer, it became clear that Derryfield is much closer to the “reality” of a contemporary program than most independent schools nationwide. The clarity and substance of our Portrait of a Graduate and the integration of that Portrait into our academic program from sixth through twelfth grade makes Derryfield one of only a few leaders in the world of modern education.
Our strategic planners were prophetic when they placed developing a Portrait of a Graduate and our 21st -Century Skill strands under “Leading” in the 2014 Strategic Plan. Little did they know ten years later how transformative those goals would be to teaching and learning at The Derryfield School.
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Elevating Raise our profile in the state to sustain enrollment and ensure long-term financial strength.
A Framework Defined By Pete Brandt, Assistant Head for Academic Affairs Over the last several years Derryfield has engaged in extensive program and facilities development. We focused on enhancing both the teaching and learning experiences, as well as fostering a stronger sense of community. Staying true to our founding philosophy of purposeful involvement in the world, we aimed to ensure that our students not only thrive academically but can also apply their skills to realworld challenges. At the heart of this transformation is the Portrait of a Derryfield Graduate. Our teaching methods, such as project-based learning, student-centered instruction, and backward design, put the students at the center. They are involved in their education: making decisions, collaborating, and solving real-world problems through hands-on experiences. Students use technology and other resources to engage
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deeply with material rather than passively learning about solutions. Raising Our Profile One of the hallmark changes during Phase I was the transition from Advanced Placement (AP) courses to our self-designed Advanced Topics (AT) courses. These capstone courses, taken by upperclassmen, integrate the academic content students have acquired over the years with the critical thinking and problem-solving skills that set Derryfield apart. In these courses, students don’t simply study advanced subjects like biology or economics—they actively engage in real-world projects. For example, students might develop prototype vaccines using monoclonal antibodies in the AT Biology course or design and code a stock market portfolio tool in AT Investment Math. The early feedback from students and alumni has been overwhelmingly positive, with many citing specific AT courses as pivotal to their academic and career decisions. Alumni have noted that their experiences in these courses mirrored
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the rigor and depth of their collegiate studies—equating to confidence and ease tackling college-level studies. Recognizing that students need longer periods to fully engage within this educational model, we introduced a block schedule in 2019. Replacing the previous model of seven classes per day, we now have four 70-minute periods, with 10-to-30-minute breaks between classes. This shift allows for deeper engagement with class material and provides time for students to decompress and reflect. The breaks are also used for extra help, community activities, and pursuing passions through clubs, academic teams, and affinity groups. The new pace of the day has significantly changed the learning environment, allowing students to delve deeply into their studies while fostering a sense of balance and well-being.
The development driven by Phase I of our strategic plan is positioning Derryfield as a leader in innovative education. With projectbased learning, advanced courses, cutting-edge facilities, and the Portrait of a Graduate guiding students’ growth, Derryfield is creating a dynamic and cohesive educational experience. Our students are thriving academically and developing the skills needed to succeed in life beyond school. The energy on campus is palpable as our students immerse themselves in learning, collaboration, and community. Derryfield is more vibrant than ever, and we are excited about the promising future ahead.
Students collaborate during a 6th Grade Academic Skills Class Debate. A survival scenario had students debating whether they should head to the mountains or to the beach.
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Breakthrough Manchester: An Element of Success in Derryfield’s Strategic Plan
Better Together! Thank you to The Derryfield School and Southern New Hampshire University for providing a home to Breakthrough’s 6-year college access program for Manchester students from marginalized communities on their path to college while inspiring emerging leaders in high school and college to be the next generation of educators and educational equity advocates.
By Deb McLoud, Executive Director of Breakthrough Manchester As Derryfield reflects on the achievements of its most recent strategic plan, the initiatives related to advancements within the Breakthrough Manchester (BTM) program have made an impact. Embedded in the heart of Derryfield’s mission to provide meaningful educational opportunities, BTM continues to have a transformative effect on students, teachers, and the greater community. Expanding Philanthropy and Fundraising To ensure the longterm sustainability of Breakthrough’s mission, the program has focused on expanding fundraising sources beyond Derryfield’s immediate community. Under the leadership of the Director of Philanthropy and Communications, Alice Handwerk (appointed in December 2019), Breakthrough has achieved remarkable success in this area, with an impressive 91% increase in revenue. Corporate support has increased from 6% to 9% of total revenue, and our signature fundraising event, “Are You Smarter Than a Breakthrough Student?”
raised over $45,000 this past year. Philanthropic efforts have also fueled growth in Breakthrough’s endowments. The Elkin Teaching Fellowship Endowment received a major boost with a generous $350,000 gift from Pauline Elkin, helping to provide financial support for college students serving as summer Teaching Fellows. The Joel Vargas Fund continues to support scholar learning and opportunities beyond the classroom. Elevating Visibility and Recognition One of the key goals in strengthening Breakthrough Manchester has been to increase its visibility— locally and nationally. Through strategic outreach
and participation in local coalitions, Breakthrough’s presence in Manchester and beyond has grown significantly. The program’s impact has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the 2023 NPEA/Cooke Award for excellence in educational equity and the Presidents’ Community Partner Award from Campus Compact for New Hampshire. Derryfield students continue to play an integral role in Breakthrough’s success. Through Super Saturday teaching internships, Independent Senior Projects, and other service opportunities, Derryfield students actively engage in Breakthrough’s mission. This past summer, an impressive 7 of 24 Teaching Fellows were either current Derryfield
seniors or alumni, highlighting the ongoing commitment of the Derryfield community to support and strengthen the Breakthrough program. Breakthrough and Derryfield: A Powerful Partnership As Derryfield celebrates the successes of its strategic plan, the growth and achievements of Breakthrough Manchester stand out as a shining example of what can be accomplished through commitment, partnership, and community engagement. With a shared vision and ongoing support, Breakthrough and Derryfield are better together, working hand in hand to provide lifechanging opportunities for students and future leaders.
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Building Create a first-class campus to complement our premier educational program.
A Position of Strength and Pride By Kathleen Rutty-Fey ’87, Assistant Head for External Affairs and Anna Moskov, Director of Philanthropy & Engagement Derryfield’s 2014 Strategic Plan and the 2019 Strategic Plan Refresh both outlined ambitious goals to transform the campus. The development of a master facility plan served as a critical roadmap to implement these goals. With tenacious leadership and passionate support, the campus experienced tremendous growth, placing the School in a position of strength and pride as we celebrate our 60th anniversary.
The Athletic & Wellness Center In the summer of 2015, in preparation for the groundbreaking of the new Athletic & Wellness Center, faculty and staff read Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. In Spark, John J. Ratey, MD, shares “It turns out that moving our muscles produces proteins that travel through the bloodstream and into the brain, where they play pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes.” While Derryfield’s long-standing, two-sport requirement was adopted under this scientific principle—an active body equates to an engaged mind—the School’s facilities had limited the access and breadth of exercise options.
The Makerspace within The Carter Center for Science & Innovation provides ideal open space for cooperative learning.
The new Athletics & Wellness Center remedied these shortfalls. The benefits have been numerous, from accommodating multiple teams on campus in a single day, to having indoor spaces for rainy days. The strength and conditioning, cardio, and movement rooms allow faculty and students to enjoy a wide range of wellness activities including off-season sports conditioning, yoga, and Zumba!
Students unwind after the school day in the lobby of the Athletic & Wellness Center, where interactive activities like foosball and table tennis are available.
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When COVID hit in 2020, the three court spaces provided ample square footage for social distancing—allowing the School to open safely in the fall of 2021. Post-COVID, the vision of the space as a hub of student activity was realized: from festive Halloween assemblies to Commencement, PFA events, and Winter Carnival dodgeball. An alumni-led fundraising initiative successfully raised $1,000,000 to name the first wood court in honor of longtime faculty member and basketball coach Dennis Holland. The Carter Center for Science & Innovation The School’s existing gym was transformed into a new hub for the sciences. Returning alumni often step into the space and pause, looking around as they try to imagine the old gym underneath this bright, open space.
NOTEWORTHY “The basketball hoop was here,” they say as they try to get their bearings. Now, students design roller coasters and fly drones through obstacle challenges. The Inspiration Loft, quickly established as a trendy space to study and socialize, provides students with a birds-eye view of the Makerspace below. The Center also boasts three “wet lab” classrooms, and rooms dedicated to STEAM, robotics, and media arts. In 2021 the space was dedicated to honor Dr. Mary Halpin Carter’s service to Derryfield, as Head of School for nine years. The Berk Tennis Complex Building the 48,000 s.f. Athletics & Wellness Center required relocating our six tennis courts across River Road—facing the Turf Field. The new complex provided the perfect opportunity to honor Bruce Berk. As a beloved coach, teacher, and mentor to countless alumni, students, and faculty, Bruce constantly gave back to Derryfield–even stepping up multiple times in his retirement. In spring 2020, the fundraising spearheaded by Jimmy Rich ’92, and supported by countless others, launched the opening of the Bruce Berk Tennis Complex. Athletes and coaches alike have already celebrated victories on these courts and the complex has allowed us to extend goodwill to Friends of Derryfield including The Chabad Center of NH and City Tennis - NH Summer Camp.
The strategic plan also realized the aspiration for a “loop road” behind the new athletic center, eliminating the need to drive onto River Road to move around campus. The Matarese Commons A secondary phase of the strategic plan included the creation of a dining facility which led to research on potential nutrition programming, communitybuilding events, and auxiliary revenue opportunities— ignited by the largest gift in the School’s history of $2,500,000 from the Matarese family, the new dining commons opened in October of 2023. The open-timber communal dining room, adorned with a stone fireplace, and ambient lighting provides a bucolic place to gather. Faculty, staff, and students intermingle around family-style tables enjoying the nutritious and delectable dishes of the day. You can feel the energy and warmth as you enter the space. Beyond meals, The Matarese Commons serves as a hub for celebrations including the Multicultural Student Union potluck, ISPalooza, Fall Philanthropy Kickoff, Lunar New Year celebration, alumni reunion, the PFA Spring Event, and many more. These expansions and renovations have allowed us to enhance our programs— greatly elevating the student experience. The bricks-andmortar accomplishments
also helped us obtain other goals related to increased community engagement, awareness, and auxiliary revenue. Our multiple gyms are rented nearly year-round in the evenings and during the summer, and local businesses and partners like Eckman Construction, the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, The Elliot Hospital, and the NH Jewish Federation have hosted holiday parties, networking events, reunions, and more. The campus has truly become a hub for both Derryfield and community engagement. Commitment to Sustainability Much has been accomplished over the past decade to improve Derryfield’s facilities—aesthetically and functionally—paying special attention to sustainable practices. The incorporation of solar power has been an important aspect of each building project. As a result, over 779 solar panels were installed on the roofs of the Athletic & Wellness Center, Benson Building, Nancy S. Boettiger Theater, and
The Matarese Commons, collectively producing approximately 312,000 kilowatt-hours of power annually. These solar projects were made possible through philanthropic support and power purchase agreements (PPAs.) Beyond solar, energy savings have been realized in numerous LED conversion lighting projects throughout campus including the Lockwood Lyceum, middle school parking lot, and turf field. Funding for the projects was achieved with assistance from local energy companies, including Eversource and Prism Energy Services. These initiatives pay homage to Derryfield’s sustainability mission which reads in part, “Cognizant of the limits of natural resources and mindful of the interconnectedness of life, we seek to meet our needs while enhancing the ability of future generations to meet theirs. Our school’s 70+ acres serve as an example of sustainability, incorporating environmentally-responsible practices and technologies.”
Sarina Punjabi ’27 readies her serve at the Berk Tennis Complex.
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779 SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED
42,000 sq ft
NEW CAMPUS BUILDINGS
Athletic & Wellness Ctr.
PRODUCING OVER 312,000 KILOWATT-HOURS ANNUALLY
ELEVATING >>> 200%
%
ESTABLISHED
100
2GROUPS
AFFINITY
Of MS Students complete coding, design-thinking, and financial literacy courses
ACADEMIC VISION
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
100%
of Faculty & Staff completed Cultural Competency training
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BUILDING
BELONGING
STRATEGIC PLAN: 2014-2024
12,000 sq ft
The Matarese Commons
$2.5M GIFT SECURED Largest in School's history
$19M+ RAISED IN CAPITAL AND
INCREASE IN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS ANNUAL FUNDS
LEADING COURSES ADDED
STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN
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ISP
20+
OF SENIORS COMPLETE AN
EXPLORATIONS
397
100%
PROGRAM ADDED
OFFERED EACH TRIMESTER
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ADVANCED TOPIC
LEAD
The results of our most recent Strategic Plan reflect a transformative period for The Derryfield School, as evidenced by the impressive statistics shown here. From initiatives that deepened our commitment to belonging and elevated student experiences, to building state-of-the-art facilities and fostering leadership skills, our community has made incredible strides. Now, we turn our eyes to the future as we embark on the next Strategic Plan. The planning phase is well underway, and we are gathering valuable input from a wide range of voices— administrators, faculty, students, parents, and alumni. Together, we look forward to charting the path for the next decade of growth and innovation.
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PHILANTHROPY and LEADERSHIP increased by 6% and raised a total of $588,473 to support our students, faculty, and staff. The total number of donors for The Derryfield Fund grew by 27% over the prior year, with current parents leading that growth with 60% participation, alumni increasing their overall participation to 10%, our faculty/staff confirming their belief in the Derryfield mission with 96% participation, and the Board of Trustees leading the way with 100% participation. At the same time, we also made tremendous progress toward completing The Commons Campaign, raising $725,658 to support this transformative capital project. Whether your gift was $1 or $100,000, every contribution was vital to this significant growth in philanthropic support of DS. Thank you!
Dear Derryfield Community,
S
ixty years ago, Derryfield opened its doors for the first time. As we reflect on all that we have accomplished, and the hundreds of students and families we have served during that time, it is not an understatement to say that Derryfield is at a unique inflection point. At the end of the 2023-2024 school year, we wrapped up the strategic plan that was laid out in 2014 and led to the reimagining of our academic schedule and program, transformed our campus, and positioned us well for both today and the future. There is so much to reflect on and celebrate from the last decade, and at the same time as school leaders, we are also always looking to the future. This past year provided the Board with an opportunity to prepare for the next strategic plan, strengthen the Board’s policy and procedures, and meet our shared fundraising goals. As always, one of the most important roles of the Board for any non-profit is to manage financial stability and sustainability, which includes overseeing operating budgets, and participating actively in fundraising. As we reflect on the last fiscal year, we recognize the tremendous philanthropic support we received from the DS community in a myriad of ways. There is so much to celebrate as a community! The Derryfield Fund
This year the Board also engaged in important work to plan for the next strategic plan. We enlisted the work of Steve Brown with The Futures Collaborative to lead us in this process. He led the trustees through a “Horizon Scan” to get us thinking about big picture trends and opportunities. Throughout the year the Board was then joined by an expert in three major content areas. The first in January 2024 was Steve Johnson, who presented us with “Imagining AI’s Transformative Role in Independent Education,” followed in February by Lisa Drake who discussed the impacts of climate change, and finally faculty member Ryan Tanner-Read presented “Democracy in America” in April. These conversations positioned the trustees well as we, in partnership with many constituencies, will soon develop and launch the next strategic plan for Derryfield. As we prepare for the future, and reflect on the past, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to all those who invested time, talent, and treasure to Derryfield this past year. Quite simply, Derryfield could not be the school we are today, nor the school we aspire to be, without the invaluable contributions of parents, alumni, and friends. Your philanthropic support is not just a donation but a powerful investment in the future of our school. On behalf of the students, faculty, and staff–your beneficiaries–we thank you for your support. Warmest regards,
Andy Chappell, P ’24 Head of School
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Susan Rand King ’81, P ’20, ’22 Board of Trustees, Chair
REVENUES
THE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL Endowment Fund Balances as of June 30, 2024
Other (3.1%) Auxiliary (3.2%)
(after 2023-2024 Spending Policy distribution)
ENDOWMENT FUND NAME FY2024 General Endowment...........................................................................................$749,891 Faculty Enrichment Fund................................................................................$511,620 The E. Charles Sanborn Visiting Fellow Fund..............................$412,427 David G. and Barbara J. Stahl Fund......................................................$385,260 Muriel and Edward Broad Endowment Fund...............................$165,572 Matthew Lawrence Young Memorial Scholarship....................$114,171 Simeon Kass Award for Writing and Humanistic Inquiry..... $58,692 The Peter S. Freedman Founders’ Scholar Fund......................... $48,028 The Clifford R. Nyquist Memorial Scholarship............................... $42,085 Visiting Writer Literary Fund........................................................................... $28,276 Pagliocco Fund for the Performing Arts............................................$128,321 Global Citizens Award.......................................................................................... $37,705 Jackson MacKenzie Fund...............................................................................$108,802
Philanthropy (4.3%) Net Tuition (86.4%)
EXPENSES Debt Svc's (4.4%) Utilities (2.8%) General (9.3%) Outside Svc's (9.2%)
$2,790,849 FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF FINANCIAL AID The Malone Scholars Program..............................................................$3,141,012 Financial Aid Endowment.........................................................................$1,785,213 Summit Packaging Endowment for Financial Aid....................$531,743 Peter Carlson Financial Aid Fund............................................................$915,869 Bailey Milne Endowment Fund..................................................................$242,107 Amoskeag Scholars.............................................................................................$753,984 $7,369,928 FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF BREAKTHROUGH MANCHESTER General Endowment......................................................................................$2,004,344 Elkin Teaching Fellowship Fund..........................................................$1,154,569 Joel Vargas Achievement Fund................................................................$193,333
$3,352,246
Employee (69.2%)
THE DERRYFIELD FUND
781
$588,473
Number of Donors
TOTAL COMMITMENTS
27%
ENDOWMENT TOTAL .............................................................................. $13,513,022
Overall increase in participation
The Derryfield Fund–Noteworthy Impacts Students went on field trips to The Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), Bear Brook State Park, Manchester Millyard Museum, Currier Museum of Art, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and more. 25 students completed 13 capstone projects for AT American Public History. 1,829 books were checked out of the Milne Library, and an additional 184 were circulated through Interlibrary Loan. 28 students had a total of 78 pieces receive recognition from the 2024 New Hampshire Scholastic Art Awards, 18 were awarded Gold Key.
Parents 60%
Alumni 10%
Faculty/ Staff 97%
Trustees 100%
431 donations were made on the Day of Giving in 2024. 93 Pizzas were served on opening day of The Matarese Commons.
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Board News
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2024-2025
Departing Steve Johnson P’21, ’23 Team White Board Member: 2019-2024 (5 years)
Front Row (L-R): Lauren Hines, Susan Rand King ’81, Andy Chappell Middle Row (L-R): Dr. Karen Wu, Dr. Cecilia Clemans, Dr. Sal Malik, Dr. Sheila DeWitt, Liz Larson, and Joel Rozen Back Row (L-R): Sally Green, Neal Winneg ’78, Richard Critz, Brent Powell, Bill Kelsey, Dr. Saurabh Ullal, and Bob Grunbeck (Not pictured: Lisa Drake, Kelly Lewis, and Steve Sideris ’00)
As a deeply creative thinker, Steve Johnson found numerous ways to help us think outside the box. His expertise and boundless capacity as a learner has been invaluable as we move forward on strategic planning. Johnson helped us to imagine a world 15 years in the future, and how to prepare our students for that future.
Departing Jim Lamp P’09, ’11, ’12, ’15 Team Maroon Board Member: 2015-2024 (9 years)
Harold Losey P’22, ’24 Team White Board Member: 2018-2024 (6 years)
Steve Carter Team White Board Member: 2017-2024 (6.5 years)
As the Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, Jim Lamp was instrumental in developing several landmark projects that have redefined our campus landscape—The new Athletic and Wellness Center, Carter Center for Science and Innovation, Berk Tennis Complex, The Matarese Commons, and more! He was an incredible steward of our land and facilities. We are profoundly grateful for his nine years of service, his passion and vision, and his unwavering dedication to our mission.
When Harold Losey was nominated to the board, he was described as honest, humble, and trustworthy. This was proven to be true over and over again as a thoughtful contributor to the Finance & Audit Committees. He was a supportive and creative analyst when evaluating the School’s finances, and his experience helped guide 10-year models, investment committee decisions, and audit reviews. We are grateful for the time and the wisdom he shared with DS.
Steve Carter came to DS when we urgently needed an interim CFO, and quickly became a valued team member with his caliber of experience and expertise. He immediately got to work building out 10-year construction and operating models, and these models allowed us to plan and execute with confidence. Once Derryfield hired a full-time CFO, it was clear that retaining Carter for his broad knowledge was a priority. Derryfield has benefited greatly from his Board tenure.
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PHILANTHROPY AND LEADERSHIP
New Members Kelly Lewis P’26 Team Maroon
Steve Sideris ’00 Team White
Liz Larson P’26, ’28, ’31 Team Maroon
Kelly Lewis has 20+ years of successful sales and business development experience in the software industry. She has a proven ability for developing creative solutions to customer and market challenges, and possesses strong negotiation, consensus-building, and team-leadership skills.
Steve Sideris is a New Hampshire native and a Derryfield Class of 2000 alumnus. With two decades of experience in cross-border transaction advisory, he is a leader in Ernst and Young (EY) LLP’s international tax practice.
Liz Larson is a native of Weston, Massachusetts and attended high school at Milton Academy. She received her BA in Economics cum laude from Wellesley College, and is a certified financial planner.
After beginning his career in Boston, and serving multinational organizations across diverse sectors including life sciences, technology, consumer products, and financial services, Sideris relocated to the West Coast in 2015 to grow EY’s practice in Los Angeles, where he focused on serving technology, telecommunications, and media and entertainment sector clients. Sideris returned to the East Coast in 2022, to oversee strategic growth initiatives and transformational service offerings. He currently divides his time between Boston and New York City.
Larson began her career in the Boston office of Robertson Stephens, a technology investment bank as a corporate finance analyst. Next, Larson moved to San Francisco and then Chicago for her work at Citadel Investments. She then moved to New Hampshire to be closer to family, and joined Fidelity Investments. She took some time away to focus on raising her four children and recently returned to work in financial planning at Edward Jones.
Lewis was born and raised in Southern California, where she started her career in product management driving product planning efforts, including developing user experiences, product requirement documents, use cases, market justifications, and competitor analysis. After the company was acquired, she relocated to Silicon Valley, where she took on the business development responsibility of establishing new accounts and channels of distribution for network server products. Lewis joined Adobe in 2000, where she continues to drive new areas of revenue opportunity between Adobe and its largest licensees, and managing activities across multiple business units working with executives and senior management, within the marketing, sales, engineering, finance, and legal teams. Along with her husband Chris, Lewis made the decision to leave California in 2007 for the beautiful state of New Hampshire (where Chris is from), to pursue a work-life balance surrounded by family. Lewis, her husband, and their son Jack (Class of 2026) live in Hollis, NH with their two dogs.
Mentoring and people development have always been a passion for Sideris. He previously served as a tutor for ABCD Learning Works, and is actively involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of NH. Sideris is a leader of various national recruiting, training, and education programs at EY. Sideris earned a BA in economics from Trinity College and an MBA in finance and operations from Boston University. He holds certifications in taxation (Bentley University), Six Sigma (Boston University), and executive leadership (Harvard Business School).
Larson is passionate about her community work. She is currently a trustee at the Amherst Town Library and has been a long time "Friend of the Library," serving as both chair and treasurer of that organization, and serves on the board of: The Amherst Town Library, NH Jump$tart, Souhegan Valley Interfaith Housing Corp., Hampshire United Soccer Club. Liz and her husband Matt live in Amherst, New Hampshire. All of their four children are enthusiastic Derryfield students: Max (Class of 2026), Chloe (Class of 2026), Jake (Class of 2028) and Phoebe (Class of 2031).
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Derryfield Today / Winter 2024
The foundation of Derryfield’s fundraising efforts is The Derryfield Fund. Gifts to The Derryfield Fund enable the School to offer students the best possible overall experience. Derryfield Fund dollars support essential initiatives, including the development of academic and extracurricular programs, faculty salaries, and financial aid. Listed on the following pages are generous donors who have made gifts to The Derryfield Fund between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. These lists have been prepared with care. If your name has been listed incorrectly or omitted in error, please email Anna Moskov at amoskov@derryfield.org so we may update our records.
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LEADERSHIP GIVING CLUBS Visionary $20,000 +
Sandra Eng-Caulfield and Thomas Caulfield Sheila H. Dewitt and Joseph Dewitt ■ Deb and Fritz Morgan ■
Head’s Circle $10,000-$19,999
Anonymous Margaret and Jason Barreto Brooksley and Jeffrey Belanger Linda and Brad Benson ʼ78 ■ Joyia Rich Fazelat ʼ96 and Ahad Fazelat ■ Jennifer and Bob Grunbeck ■ Lauren and Michael Hines ■ Susan Rand King ʼ81 and Bill King ■ Kristen and Harold Losey ■ Susan Worthen and Carrie W. Gagnon Carrie and Douglas Yakola
Founders $5,000-$9,999
Anonymous Cecilia Clemans and Jeanne Bailey-Clemans ■ Jennifer and Chip Baker Caryl (deceased) and Barry Brensinger ■ Ellie Goodwin Cochran ʼ69 and David Cochran ■ Kristina Isakovich and Richard Critz ■ Lisa and Erik Drake Renee and Scott Dudley ■ Norene and David Farr Tamatha and Steve Johnson ■ Lea and Bill Kelsey ■ Terri Pastori and Richard Labbe ■ Laurie and Jim Lamp ■ Kristen and Mark Lande ■ ■ Rosamond and David Lockwood ■ Romana and Sal Malik Shannon and Doug McGinley ■ Jamie and Jamie Pagliocco ■ Marnie and Mike Plage ■ Wendy and Brent Powell ■
Lynette and David Snow ʼ72 Margaret Wheeler and Garvin Warner ■ Karen and Andrew Wu Michele and Bill Zorn ■
Benefactors $2,500-$4,999 Nicole and Jason Allen Matthew Butterick ʼ88 ■ Adela and Stephen Carter ■ Kate Hurlbut Chappell ʼ93 and Andy Chappell Chris and Michael Cikacz ■ Tiffany and Daniel Cohen Amy and Burnham Gaff David Grosso ʼ78 Holly and Robert Hartshorn Marc and Marie Hebert Elizabeth and Jeremy Hitchcock Newton H. Kershaw Jonathan Kfoury ʼ94 ■ Kelly and Christopher Lewis David Alexander Lockwood (Sandy) ʼ15 Sarah and Jimmy Rich ʼ92 Julie and Joel Rozen ■ Fran Winneg ■ Clea and Neal Winneg ʼ78 ■ Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation
Lamplighters $1,500-$2,499 Amherst Orthodontics, Dr. Diane Shieh Anonymous Rupsa and Matt Boelig ʼ02 Kristen Geiger Cochran ʼ02 and Andrew Cochran ʼ01 Cross Insurance Katie Albert Garos ʼ01 and Chris Garos ʼ00 ■ Jaye R. and Charles S. Goodwin ■ Susan Grodman and Steve Epstein ■ Barbara and David Haight ■ Mary Halpin Carter and Christopher H. M. Carter ■ Cohen Investment Advisors Lauren and Paul J. Leyden ■ Tori and Brett Lucas Kelly and Scott McPherson ■
■ 5 or more consecutive years of giving
Anna and Boyan Moskov ■ New Hampshire Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Kasey and Lee Ormiston Orr & Reno Professional Association Robert and Roseann Rivard Audrey Augun and Jim Steiner Chris and Tom Stevens ■ True Storage The VanArsdale/Dewey Family Kathryn Lemmon and King Warburton ■
Maroon and White $1,000-$1,499
Anonymous James and Sarah Beuerle Siyu Rain Chen ʼ23 Sheila and Christopher Chiodo Alison and Justin Crotty Hannah Dahar and Sy Dahar ʼ85 Christy and Mark Dell ʼOrfano Kerry and Charles Desfosses ■ Sara Dewey ʼ03 and Noah Walker Sue and Bill Dunlap Matthew Galvin ʼ85 Gigi Georges Oxman and Jeff Oxman Amy and Russell Kellner Erin and John Kerwin Rebecca and Bruce Krasnof ■ Judith and Anton Kurtz Mary Beth and Philip Lange ■ Michael and Jane Lovett Patrick Magnus and Lisa Tilluckdharry Brett McLarnon ʼ05 ■ Kenna and Ross McLeod ■ Nicole D'Auteuil Mutnick ʼ91 Moni and Tung Nguyen ■ Jason and Megan Oliviero Carin and Nathan Rogers Sharon Rohlfs ■ Kathleen Rutty-Fey ʼ87 and Erik Fey ■ Nicolle and Jay Small Cindy and James Tenn John Van Hooser ʼ85 ■ Crystal Wang and Mark Zhang Nancy Stahl Wilsker ʼ73 ■
Patron $500-$999
Anonymous (5) Lee Barger ʼ91 Kerry and Rick Barto ■ Natalie Berger and Erik Saunders Becky and Bruce Berk ■ Jason Boyer ʼ83 ■ James Breen Michael Broad ʼ69 Katie and Steve Burke Megan and Stephen Cairns Macy and Kanin Chu Safana Mushtaq and Muhammad Chughtai Tara and Graham Chynoweth Cleve Cogswell ʼ75 Anthony and Noel Correnti Deborah Lack and Ryder Daniels Shideh and Erik Deurell Domino's Manchester Graham Duck ʼ00 ■ Anne Lucas Durham ʼ02 and Tyler Durham Thomas Flahive ʼ03 ■ Anne and Mitch Gagnon ■ Benedicto and Hwasun Garin Mary Gartner Boyd ʼ86 Hansi and Bill Glahn ■ Judith Rutty Godfrey and Jay Godfrey ■ Sally Green ■ Alice J. and Brian K. Handwerk ■ Susan Stahl Hardy ʼ70 ■ Erin and Robert Henderson Marie Hilliard ʼ03 Sue and Bruce Howard Allison and Jon Howe Silvia Huang-Yue and David Yue Pat and Marcus Hurlbut ■ Nicole and Sam Jackson Betty and Tom Jipson ■ Nancy Johnson ʼ76 ■ Ellen and Derek Jolie Lori and Paul Kfoury ʼ88 Margarita Kouzi and Louis Tournas Tracy and Bill Kramer Winnie Loeffler Lerner ʼ87 Lindon Garlic Farm Shannon Linn ʼ99 and Mike Boggs Joshua Lucas ʼ00 ■
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ANNUAL REPORT Tracy and Joe Matarese Tina and Jeffrey McCabe MFO Capital Management Jennifer D. and Gregory J. Melkonian ■ Jenny Carlson Mullins ʼ86 and Jay Mullins Catharine and Mason Newick ■ Meaghan and Robert Proulx Betsy and Michael Purvis Barbara and Hobe Rand Leitha and Wade Reilly ■ Peggy and Jon Richardson Davis Richmond ʼ86 ■ Michelle and Jim Roberge ■ Lori Salzman ʼ84 Tim Sattler Missie and Dave Schroeder Matthew Scotch ʼ94 Steve Sideris ʼ00 William Skladony ʼ75 ■ Stacy and Jesse Smith ■ Kim and Mathew Solso Nancy Stearns ■ Michelle and Daniel Taffe TFMoran Inc. The Big Forks Ashley and Shawn Thrasher Robert Valliere ʼ73 ■ Krithi Ramesh and Vikas Veeranna September and Doug Voss ■ Marla and Matthew Walsh
Supporter $250-499
Anonymous Kathy and Greg Abate ■ Barbara and Kirk Abbott ■ Gwen and Paul Adams Austin Memorial Foundation John Arnold Shannon and John Best ■ Jackie and J. Ryan Bielagus ʼ94 Barbara and Kirk Abbott ■ Lynne and David Bishop Chris Bissonnette ■ Tracy and Mark Blaisdell ■ Amy Decker Brar ʼ92 and Harry Brar A.J. Capowski ʼ79 ■ Alexander Chan ʼ95 ■
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Kathy Chappell Michelle and Wayne Cole Cara Coleman and Alan Steward Michelle and Brian Coombes ■ Tyler Critz ʼ20 Eleanor Dahar ʼ80 Molly Cikacz Day ʼ08 ■ Casey and Jonathan DeYoung ■ Amanda and Lionel Edmonson Susan Fanburg and Stephen Hanlon Lyn Fisher Rampersad and Shiva Rampersad David Flagg ʼ98 ■ Maria Giakoumakis and Paul Foden Kelley and John Gage ■ David and Deborah Gerson Pamela Pappas Goode ʼ69 John Griffith ʼ82 ■ Hang Nga T. Ha and Tan Nguyen Taylor Ferry Hindle ʼ92 and Raymond Hindle '89 Grace Howe ʼ28 Brant Hughes ʼ93 Rachel Daum Humphrey ʼ87 Kathryn Van Der Beken Hunter and Preston Hunter ʼ98 Cynthia and Chris Induni Amy and Matthew James Hannah Kelsey ʼ16 ■ Monica and Art Kingsbury ■ LCB Senior Living - The Residence at Salem Woods Kevin Lane ■ Lauren Marshall Tim Mattison ʼ69 Scott McAuliffe ʼ95 ■ Gayle McGinnis ʼ76 Laurel and Tom McLain Linda Mackey Mitchell ʼ91 ■ Jen Moeckel ■ Tina and Tim Moore Nicole and Richard Nelson Emily Newick ʼ97 and Steve Gaughan ■ Seth Pitman ʼ01 Barbara Novak Platt ʼ69 Amy and Marc Roy ■ Patrick Rutty ʼ84 ■ Wendy and E. Charles Sanborn ■
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Sandra Woods Sattler ʼ80 Lara Shilling Debbie and David Smith Dave Smith ʼ74 ■ John Stahl ʼ79 Andrea and David Stevenson ■ Agnes and Mark Vaughn ■ Mary Ann and Alex Vazquez ■ Shelley and Bill Westenberg ■ Wei Wu and Dan Li Xiaoyan Yu and Honghai Zhang
Pillar $1-249
Anonymous (15) Emma Abate ʼ20 Ryan Abood ʼ97 Trudy and David Abood Joe Acone Carolyn Adie ʼ16 Mediha and Sedin Ahmetovic Lori Evans Alderin ʼ00 Stefanie and Joshua Alfonso Deb and Nancy Allen ■ Sonia Almeida and Peter Vellis Erika and Mike Alusic-Bingham Dylan Amazeen Heather and Jonathan Ambriano Marcia and Steve Anderson ■ Angela Pitrone and Robert Angus Annika Armstrong ʼ24 Shannon Cain Arnold ʼ99 and Ryan Arnold Judy Ashton ʼ72 Regina Assetta and Brian Lynch ■ Erin Wright and Matt Bagley ʼ97 Brooks Baker ʼ29 Lauren Saidel-Baker ʼ07 ■ Susanna Barger ʼ17 Theresa Barger Albert and Peggy Barkafski Kathleen Flahive Baron ʼ99
David Baroody and Bethany Silva ■ Becky and Chris Barsi ■ Vanessa A. Bazalgette ʼ10 Kim and John Beekman Tiernan Benoit Chris Benson ʼ17 Ariel Berger ʼ27 Deborah and Jeremy Berger Ariel Berk ʼ10 Linda Bessette Sherry and Gary Best Jessica and Justin Bethune Rebecca and Brian Bettencourt Athena Moutsioulis Bevan and George Bevan Anne Marie Kenny and Tom Birch ■ Rosalie and Charlie Birlem Elizabeth Crisp Blake ʼ75 Mary and Timothy Blake Geoff Blanding ʼ04 ■ Connie and Bruce Blight Mary and Matthew Bobotas Jenny Boesch and Timothy Dining ■ Glen Boisvert Tony Bonjorno ■ Carrie and John Bouton Laura and Jeff Boyce Leslie Thomas and Steve Bracy Emerson Bracy ʼ20 Carolyn and Joseph Bradley Attessa and Keith Bradley Lauren Bradley ʼ09 Annie and Rich Branch ■ Molly and Pete Brandt ■ Debbie and Josh Bremberg ■ Katie Bulk Louisa and Todd Burdette Mark Burkush ʼ70 Ashley Stearns Burr ʼ94 and Andrew Burr
ANNUAL REPORT Maxilia and Marc Butera Kathleen and Keith Butler Laurie and Rich Byron Annie and Daniel Cabot Jordan M. Cady ■ Sarah Capps Polly Carter ʼ16 Elizabeth Casas Garcia and Carlos Garcia Pat Cassell Amy and Richard Cercone Dom Cercone ʼ27 Gretchen and Jean Cesar Christine and Vince Chambers Luke M. Chapdelaine ʼ16 Hilary Chaplain ʼ74 ■ Samantha E. Chappell ʼ24 Courtney Cheetham Mallory Rinker Chumas ʼ08 Scott Clutterbuck ʼ12 Skylar V. Cohen ʼ23 Jonathan Cohen ʼ75 Karen Colby Susan and Richard Conway ■ Christopher Cook ʼ95 Reaghan Cook-Moore Chris Coppinger ʼ10 Joseph B. Costa ʼ16 Jeff Cousineau Lauren Cowan Cathleen Grotton Craven ʼ87 Patrick Critz ʼ15 Katherine Davis Crook ʼ99 Mickey Cunliffe ʼ09 Cooper Cunliffe ʼ05 Kathy and Bill Cushing Wendy Athey Dairman ʼ90 ■ Katherine and John Daly Lane Daniels ʼ24 Frankie DeIeso-Frechette ʼ16 Farrah Desrosiers ʼ04 Jaclyn Devine Leah DeWitt ʼ12 Richard Dibble Kate Weber ʼ04 Lan Doan ʼ11 Michael and Amanda Dolan ■ Madison Donahue ʼ25 Debbie and Dick Donnelly Karen Drum Krisha and Brian Dubreuil ■ Mia M. Dudley ʼ24 Nathan L. Dudley ʼ21
Paige and Robert Duncan Amily Dunlap ʼ93 ■ Brinie Dunlap '00 and Rob Childs Debbie DuPont ʼ87 Gabe Duran ʼ05 Colleen Dwyer Sean and Sharon Dyer Shannon and Ryan Earley Molly Egger Mia and Brad Ek ■ Ken Eluto ʼ71 ■ Katherine and Shawn England Page Fairman Rich ʼ92 ■ Donna and Jay Fallon Jacqueline Fanburg ʼ25 Suki and Walter Fawcett Ross Feitlinger Abby and Brian Fernandes Leigh and Michael Ferrantino Parker Fey ʼ21 Miles Fey ʼ17 Melanie Fillios ʼ92 Molly Zink Finocchiaro ʼ02 and Francesco Finocchiaro ʼ02 Taylor Fitzgerald Shane Fitzpatrick Kamie and Sean Flanagan Cary Fleisher ʼ79 Tate Flint ʼ23 Ann and Steve Foster ■ Jonathan Foster ʼ94 Kim Frederick ʼ89 Bennett Freeman ʼ70 ■ Diane Friedman Amanda and Tyson Gagne Heidi and Matthew Garceau Melissa and William Gardner Kathy and Mike Garfield Candace Gatzoulis Aimee Gaudette and Michael Von Oeyen Atlanta McIlwraith and Tim Gaudreau Brandon and Phoebe Gauthier Shelli Gay ■ Nancy and Glenn Geiger Rory Germain Brooks Glahn ʼ91 Samantha Glidden Drake Glover ʼ28 Pat Gomez Noah Gonzalez ʼ19 Daniel Graf
Jill and Eric Graham Richard Green ʼ72 ■ Mitch Green ʼ13 Kathleen and Jeffrey Gregor Mitchell K. Grunbeck ʼ26 Michael Grunbeck ʼ24 Tammy Gruntarod The Gupta Family Foundation Laxmi and Top Gurung Christina Hancock ʼ99 Marilee and Keith Handwerk ■ Sue and Barry Hantman ■ Ashley C. Hardner ʼ23 Jeannette and Gary Harper ■ Susan Milne Haydock ʼ80 Jason Haynes Edward and Suzanne Hazard Adam and Nancy Heard Melanie Hebert ʼ02 Chris and Lauren Hettler ■ Jan Hicinbothem Caroline E. Hines ʼ20 Samuel M. Hines ʼ23 Isabelle and Steve Hodgman Hunter Holbrook ʼ11 Cathy and Ken Hopf ■ Elizabeth and Joshua Horan Zackary Horton ʼ20 Hannah Arnold Howard ʼ99 and AJ Howard ■ Aran Hubbell ʼ11 ■ Brendan Hughes ■ Karen and Ken Hull ■ Matthew Hurlbut ʼ92 Berna and Murat Inalpolat Eneida and Mirsad Islamovic ■ Richard Jardine ʼ71 Joy Jaworski ■ Michael and Molly Jenkins David Jensen ʼ00 ■ Drew Johnson ʼ16 Kevin Johnston ʼ84 ■ Erin Jorgensen and Rory Jorgensen ʼ97 Kim Kamborian ʼ84 Kelsey Kanik ʼ09 Meryl Levin and Will Kanteres Ranya E. Kapellakis and Anastasios Karatzoulidis Catherine Thomas Kaplan ʼ85 Lily Karlin ʼ13 Becca Karp and Anik Cote ■ Max Karpawich ʼ19
Derryfield's Commitment to a Greener Future This year Derryfield was thrilled to add a new solar array on The Matarese Commons with the support of the Lockhart Vaughan Foundation. With a vision for the reduction of carbon emissions, the Foundation was a tremendous partner in developing and executing this project. In total 114 panels were installed in the spring of 2024, and the array was switched on June 3rd. This array will produce approximately 48,000 kilowatt-hours annually. With the funding provided, 100% of the cost savings provided through the consumption of solar energy will be passed on to Derryfield to reduce our electric bill. To complement this new installation, in the corridor outside the Carter Center for Science and Innovation a monitor was installed to highlight solar production on campus. This live feed provides an opportunity for our students to learn more about solar production, and see the impact of the many solar arrays on campus. derryfield.org
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ANNUAL REPORT Peter Keeler ʼ99 Ranya E. Kapellakis and Anastasios Karatzoulidis Daniel Kelly Nate Kelsey ʼ18 Annie Kenney Sami King ʼ20 Nate King ʼ22 Rebecca and Todd Kosakowski Alice and Don Kosiarski Rachel Rudd Krackov ʼ79 and Warren Krackov Jack Krasnof ʼ24 Samuel Krasnof ʼ28 Linn Girolimon Krikorian ʼ72 ■ Arthur Krogman ʼ13 Heidi Kroll ʼ88 Anela and Selvedin Krušcica Sasha Kuftinec and Mark Schwartzberg Daneil Copertino Kuftinec ʼ87 and Robert Kuftinec ʼ87 ■ Heather Newton Kyemba ʼ92 Mitchell Labbe ʼ29 Aiden LaCroix ʼ21 Kim and David Lacroix Nicole and Kerry-Lynn LaFlamme Grace Laliberte ʼ25 Barrett Lamp ʼ11 Greg Lange ■ Elisabeth and Matthew Larson ■ Marcella Lavras Amanda and Jonathan Lawrence Amanda and William Laws Alexandria Le Blanc Andi Leary and Tom Desrosiers Carolyn Goodwin Leary ʼ05 and Mike Leary Keleigh LeBlanc Juliane Katz Leckey ʼ04 and Matthew Leckey Sarah and Ken Ledoux Courtney Ledoux and Jeremiah Totten Jodie Leen ■ Laura Mackey LeGower ʼ95 and Don LeGower Judy and Ed Lemire ■ Sadie Leonard ʼ09 Daniel Levenson ʼ99 Andrea and Keith Levesque
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Debbie and Bob (deceased) Lievens ■ Charles Lister-James ʼ08 Elizabeth and Christopher Little Mike Litvin ʼ71 ■ Elaine Loft Dawn Lohmann ■ Nancy Lord ʼ70 ■ Kazu Loreman ʼ24 Jennifer Lorrain ■ Emma Losey ʼ22 Terri Lynch ■ Mollie Mattuchio MacDearmid and Cameron MacDearmid ■ Amy Mackay Sandra and David Mackey Kristiana and Rae MacWilliam Kristen Dahlmann ʼ93 and Neel Madan ʼ93 Julie Maglathlin Maeghan Maguire Fred Manheck ʼ70 Anja and Adrian Markusic Josie Martin ʼ73 Corinne and Joe Martin Donna and Robert Martin Caitlin and Nick Martinez Cylvia and Marco Masoni Sharon and Eric Maxwell Ryan Maxwell ʼ27 Jill and Allan Mayo Stacey Starner McAllister ʼ99 Marty McCormick ʼ11 Andrea Schwartz McCullough ʼ01 Stephanie Solms McCusker ʼ84 and David McCusker ■ Quinn McGinley ʼ24 Kristin and Terry McGovern ■ Debra McLoud ■ Sidney McLean McNab ʼ84 Katharine A. McNaughton Shilpi Mehrotra and Amit Singh Morgan Melkonian ʼ00 and Matt Jerome ■ Mary Merkel and Chip McGee Jayne and Ted Merkel Karin and Ryan Messmore Suzanne Meyer and Peter Meyer ʼ74 Sarah Michaels-Cassidy ʼ03 Cindy and Dave Migliori Jennifer Militello and Kieran Clyne
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Mary Pollock Matthew Milne ʼ13 Judith Nelson Minzel ʼ69 Kristin and Nader Moavenian Taylor Moon Kelly C. Moore Tyler Moore Alexander Moore ʼ26 Philip Moore ʼ26 Griffin D. Moore ʼ26 Christopher Morash Colby Morgan ■ Blake Moskov ʼ27 Sharon Pozner Moulis ʼ98 and Daniel Moulis Colby Muise ʼ21 Frederick Murdock III ʼ83 Ellie and William Murphy Caroline Murphy Alexander Murray ʼ24 Brian and Dawn Myers Kathy and Pat Myers Ursula and Steven Nadeau ■ Tony Nenopoulos ʼ71 Ry and Chonbury Neth ʼ99 Kate Newick ʼ00 ■ Susanna Woodbury Newsom ʼ90 Julien Nguyen ʼ13 James O'Brien ʼ15 Tracey Moylan O'Malley ʼ85 and Mike O'Malley Cheryl and Erik Olsen Jeffrey and Tamara Orkwis Mark Ostergren ʼ70 Lori Palacios and Regan Richard George Papanicolaou ʼ99 Peter Paquette ʼ68 ■ Bill Partlan ʼ69 Aman Patel ʼ17 Mary Jane Peabody ʼ68 Maria Segovia and Damazo Perez Mary and Justin Perkins ■ Griffin Phaneuf ʼ14 Adam Pignatelli ʼ96 ■ Haskel Pim ʼ19 Janet and Don Plant Anthony Popeo ʼ08 Danny Pouliot ■ Alex Donovan Pratt ʼ10 and Kevin Pratt ■ Bob and Tina Proulx Shilpy and Raj Punjabi Logan Purvis ʼ24 G. Forrest Quimby ʼ72
Shannon and Larry Quinlan ■ Anna Quinn ʼ20 Wendy and Mark Rapaport Evelyne Caron and Richard Read Laura Reis ʼ99 Kelly Steele Reis ʼ97 Susan Resnicoff ʼ87 ■ Laura Reuland Milagros Reyes and Ramon Vargas Judy and Kyle Reynolds ■ Elizabeth Richey ʼ03 ■ Hannah Will ʼ08 Gill Roberts ʼ99 Andrea and John Robinson ʼ86 Penny Rogers Lauren Rohlfs ʼ17 Holly Rohlfs ʼ19 Charlotte Rohlfs ʼ21 Amy and Mario Romilla Angela Romilla Kimberly and Joe Romo ■ Brianna Rourke Keith Rousseau ʼ95 Maxwell Rozen ʼ29 Laura Russell and Frank Moltz ■ Kathleen Ryzewski Serena Saitas Regina Salmons ʼ14 Mireya Torrez Lugo and Norberto Sanchez Rubio Hugo Sandoval and Elizabeth Arbelo Fernando Sandoval ʼ25 Juan Sandoval ʼ26 Jacob Scholten ʼ20 Carolyn and Patrick Scholten Paula Leonard-Schwartz and Steve Schwartz ■ Rachel Scott ʼ92 Ginger and Bob Searle Justin Shaka ʼ00 ■ Tom Shanahan ʼ78 ■ Kristin Marzloff Sharpe ʼ85 Stacey and Steve Shula Sarah and Rich Sigel ʼ81 ■ Kathy and Paul Silvio Shantya Singh ʼ26 Lee Sipes ʼ17 Jenna Sirkin '00 and Rampal Chopra '00 John Slefinger Joanne and Forrest Small Ellie Small ʼ21 Chris Smith ʼ85
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Erin and Jason Smith Max Smith ʼ21 Amy Howell and Carson Smith Wendy and Bob Snider Michael Spector ʼ93 Talia Sperduto ʼ17 Sarah Stahl ʼ76 ■ Elizabeth Standow ʼ76 Liz Stefany ʼ98 Nevin Stevens ʼ12 Ryan Stevenson ʼ12 Reina Stimpson ■ Kathleen Stull ʼ08 ■ Christopher L. Sweeney ʼ84 and Christine B. Crabb ■ Nathalie and Mark Szal Ali Goldstein and Ryan Tanner-Read Sarah Duffley and Chris Taylor Jill Teeters and David Lamothe ■ Molly Timmins Kate and Mike Tith Meredith Leyden Topol ʼ11 and Marty Topol ʼ06 ■ Deb Townsend Sandra and Eric Truebe Ben Truebe ʼ25 Theodore Truebe ʼ27 Amy Turcotte ■ Elisa and John Turner Ryan Tuttle ʼ93 Sarah Umberger ʼ06 Akash Vadalia ʼ08 Kevin Van Dam Mindy Nenopoulos Verenis ʼ75 ■ Emma Wagner ʼ17 Lynne and Derek Wagner Lindsey Wagner ʼ19 Mrs. Diane Wall Barbara Kaegi Walls ʼ91 ■ Alexa Warburton ʼ05
Mimi Gredy and Gerret Warner Mary Ann and James Watt ■ Sherry and Wray West Andrea and Tyler White Joyce White Scott Wight Siri Wilbur Thomas Wilder ʼ96 Suzanne and Eric Will Stacy Denham Willenbucher ʼ93 Kristine and Joshua Willett Adam Willett ʼ28 Jake Willett ʼ24 Dianne and George Williams George Wilmot William Stonaker and Patricia Wilson Caroline Wilson Jenna Bee Wolf ʼ05 and Tyler Wolf ■ Justin Wu Kristen Pearson Wydom ʼ96 Steve Young ■ Huilin Ren and Xiang Zhan Sarah and Roger Ziegler Phyllis and George Zioze Gabi and William Zolla Tyler Zorn ʼ14 ■
FACULTY AND STAFF GIVING Participation Rate 97% Joe Acone Dylan Amazeen Regina Assetta ■ David Baroody ■ Jason Barreto Becky Barsi ■ Tiernan Benoit Shannon Best ■ Chris Bissonnette ■
Mark Blaisdell ■ Tracy Blaisdell ■ Jenny Boesch ■ Glen Boisvert Tony Bonjorno ■ Pete Brandt ■ Debbie Bremberg ■ Katie Bulk Louisa Burdette Laurie Byron Jordan Cady Sarah Capps Andy Chappell Courtney Cheetham Michelle Coombes ■ Jeff Cousineau Lauren Cowan Jonathan DeYoung ■ Michael Dolan ■ Karen Drum Molly Egger Mia Ek ■ Thomas Eng Ross Feitlinger Taylor Fitzgerald Shane Fitzpatrick Amanda Gagne Candace Gatzoulis Brandon Gauthier Rory Germain Samantha Glidden Tammy Gruntarod Alice J. Handwerk ■ Jeannette Harper Chris Hettler ■ Allison Howe Karen Hull ■ Chris Induni Joy Jaworski ■ Michael Jenkins Lily Karlin ʼ13
Becca Karp ■ Rebecca Kosakowski Anela Kruščica Kevin Lane Greg Lange ■ Andi Leary Mike Leary Keleigh Leblanc Jodie Leen ■ Elaine Loft Dawn Lohmann ■ Tori Lucas Terri Lynch ■ Robert Martin Caitlin Martinez Terry McGovern ■ Debra McLoud Scott McPherson ■ Taylor Moon Christopher Morash Anna Moskov ■ Caroline Murphy Ellie Murphy Andy Myers ■ Mary Perkins ■ Danny Pouliot Alex Donovan Pratt ʼ10 ■ Laura Reuland Judy Reynolds ■ Gill Roberts ʼ99 Angela Romilla Brianna Rourke Kathleen Rutty-Fey ʼ87 ■ Kathleen Ryzewski John Slefinger Andrea Stevenson ■ Reina Stimpson ■ Ryan Tanner-Read Jill Teeters ■ Amy Turcotte ■ Elisa Turner Alex Vazquez ■ Lynne Wagner Diane Wall James Watt ■ Mary Ann Watt ■ Bill Westenberg ■ Scott Wight Caroline Wilson Jenna Bee Wolf ʼ05 ■ Steve Young ■
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ALUMNI GIVING-10% 1968 - 12.5%
Peter C. Paquette Mary Jane Peabody
1969 - 28%
Michael Broad Ellie Goodwin Cochran Pamela Pappas Goode Timothy D. Mattison Judith Nelson Minzel William L. Partlan Barbara Novak Platt
1970 - 11.9%
Mark P. Burkush Bennett Freeman Nancy J. Lord Frederick C. Manheck Mark E. Ostergren
1971 - 14.29% Kenneth Eluto Richard Jardine Michael Litvin Tony Nenopoulos
1972 - 15.63%
Judith W. Ashton Richard S. Green Linnell Girolimon Krikorian G. Forrest Quimby David B. Snow, Jr.
1973 - 9.68%
Josephine C. Martin Robert J. Valliere Nancy Stahl Wilsker
1974 - 11.54% Hilary Chaplain Peter A. Meyer David B. Smith
1975 - 27.78%
1978 - 16% Bradley N. Benson David L. Grosso Thomas G. Shanahan Neal S. Winneg
1979 - 10.26% A.J. Capowski Cary Fleisher Rachel Rudd Krackov John S. Stahl
1980 - 12.5% Eleanor Dahar Susan Milne Haydock Sandra Woods Sattler
1981 - 6.25%
Matthew C. Butterick Paul R. Kfoury, Jr. Heidi L. Kroll
1989 - 10.53%
Anonymous Kimberly F. Frederick Raymond Hindle Sarah Silverman
1990 - 7.14%
Susan Rand King Richard Sigel
1982 - 2.94%
1991 - 13.51%
John W. Griffith
1983 - 7.69% Jason Boyer Frederick Murdock III
1984 - 17.5% Kevin Johnston Kimberly Kamborian Stephanie Solms McCusker Sidney McLean McNab Patrick M. Rutty Florence Salzman Christopher L. Sweeney
1985 - 29.17% Sy Dahar Matthew D. Galvin Catherine Thomas Kaplan Tracey Moylan O'Malley Kristin Marzloff Sharpe Chris Smith John O. Van Hooser
1986 - 9.52%
1976 - 16%
1987 - 25%
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1988 - 6%
Wendy Athey Dairman Susanna Woodbury Newsom Alexandra Loeffler Prothero
Elizabeth Crisp Blake W. Cleveland Cogswell IV Jonathan I. Cohen William P. Skladony Mindy Nenopoulos Verenis Nancy K. Johnson Gayle McGinnis Sarah Stahl ■ Elizabeth M. Standow
Robert Z. Kuftinec Winifred Loeffler Lerner Susan L. Resnicoff Kathleen Rutty-Fey
Mary Gartner Boyd Jennifer Carlson Mullins Davis L. Richmond John D. Robinson Cathleen Grotton Craven Debra DuPont Rachel Daum Humphrey Daneil Copertino Kuftinec
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Lee Barger Brooks L. Glahn Linda Mackey Mitchell Nicole D'Auteuil Mutnick Barbara Kaegi Walls
1992 - 17.02%
Amy Decker Brar Page Fairman Rich Melanie A. Fillios Taylor Ferry Hindle Matthew Hurlbut Heather Newton Kyemba James T. Rich Rachel A. Scott
1993 - 21.62%
Kate Hurlbut Chappell Kristen Dahlmann Amily Dunlap Brant J. Hughes Neel Madan Michael K. Spector Ryan M. Tuttle Stacy Denham Willenbucher
1994 - 12.2% J. Ryan Bielagus Ashley Stearns Burr Jonathan Foster Jonathan N. Kfoury Matthew Scotch
1995 - 11.36% Alexander L. Chan Christopher M. Cook Laura A. Mackey LeGower Scott C. McAuliffe Keith L. Rousseau
1996 - 12.2% Joyia Rich Fazelat Newton H. Kershaw Adam B. Pignatelli Thomas G. Wilder Kristen Pearson Wydom
1997 - 14.29% Ryan D. Abood Matthew C. Bagley Dylan Cruess Rory E. Jorgensen Emily R. Newick Kelly Steele Reis
1998 - 11.76% David D. Flagg J. Preston Hunter Sharon Pozner Moulis Elizabeth A. Stefany
1999 - 35.14% Shannon Cain Arnold Kathleen Flahive Baron Katherine E. Davis Crook Christina N. Hancock Hannah L. Arnold Peter C. Keeler Daniel F. Levenson Shannon M. Linn Stacey Starner McAllister Chonbury Neth
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2007 - 2.5%
2000 - 20.37%
Mallory K. Rinker Chumas Molly Day Charles Lister-James Anthony V. Popeo Hannah Will Kathleen E. Stull Akash J. Vadalia
Lori Evans Alderin Rampal Chopra Graham Duck Sabrina E. Dunlap Christopher W. Garos David H. Jensen Joshua P. Lucas Morgan Melkonian Catharine N. Newick Justin G. Shaka Steven J. Sideris Jenna T. Sirkin
2001 - 7.55% Andrew Cochran Katie Albert Garos Andrea Schwartz McCullough Seth Pitman
2002 - 13.33% Matthew M. Boelig Kristen Geiger Cochran Anne Lucas Durham Molly Zink Finocchiaro Francesco Finocchiaro Melanie Hebert
2003 - 10.42% Sara V. Dewey Thomas C. Flahive Marie Hilliard Sarah Michaels-Cassidy Elizabeth A. Richey
2004 - 8.33% Geoffrey T. Blanding Farrah Desrosiers Katherine E. Weber Juliane Katz Leckey
2005 - 10.71% Cooper M. Cunliffe Gabriel L. Duran Carolyn Goodwin Leary Brett A. McLarnon F. Alexandra Warburton Jenna Bee Wolf
2006 - 5.09% Eric D. Spierer Martin Topol Sarah A. Umberger
Lauren S. Saidel-Baker
2008 - 14.29%
2009 - 6.67%
Lauren A. Bradley Mickey M. Cunliffe Kelsey I. Kanik Sadie E. Leonard
2010 - 6.67%
Vanessa A. Rodanas Ariel S. Berk Christopher J. Coppinger Alexandra C. Donovan Pratt
2011 - 10%
Lan Y. Doan Hunter P. Holbrook Aran K. Hubbell Barrett J. Lamp Martin A. McCormick Meredith K. Leyden Topol
2012 - 7.14%
Scott W. Clutterbuck Leah T. DeWitt Nevin R. Stevens D. Ryan Stevenson
2013 - 8.93%
Mitchell J. Green Lily W. Karlin Arthur O. Krogman Matthew R. Milne Julien Nguyen
2014 - 3.85%
Griffin A. Phaneuf Regina A. Salmons Tyler B. Zorn
2015 - 4.55%
Patrick I. Critz David A. Lockwood James K. O'Brien
2016 - 10.29%
Carolyn A. Adie Polly Carter Luke M. Chapdelaine Joseph B. Costa Francesca H. DeIeso-Frechette Andrew B. Johnson Suzannah F. Kelsey
2017 - 9.88%
Susanna F. Barger Christopher N. Benson Miles F. Fey Aman S. Patel Lauren M. Rohlfs Lee A. Sipes Talia B. Sperduto Emma M. Wagner
2018 - 1.49%
Nathaniel S. Kelsey
2019 - 6.76%
Noah P. Gonzalez Max C. Karpawich Haskel Pim Holly C. Rohlfs Lindsey A. Wagner
2020 - 10.53% Emma F. Abate Emerson T. Bracy Tyler I. Critz Caroline E. Hines Zackary Horton Samantha F. King Anna M. Quinn Jacob A. Scholten
2021 - 8.45% Parker I. Fey Aiden LaCroix Colby J. Muise Charlotte Rohlfs Ellie Small Max Smith
2022 - 3.77% Nathaniel King Emma L. Losey
2023 - 7.14%
Siyu Rain Chen Skylar V. Cohen Tate Flint Ashley C. Hardner Samuel M. Hines
TRIBUTED GIVING In Honor of
Ryan Abood ʼ97 (Trudy and David Abood) Brooks Baker ʼ29 (Rosalie and Charlie Birlem) Bruce Berk (Ariel Berk ʼ10) Lauren Best ʼ25 (Sherry and Gary Best) Athanasios Bevan ʼ27 (Carter Bevan and Athena Moutsioulis Bevan) Harper Bobotas ʼ26 and Noah Bobotas ʼ25 (Mary and Matthew Bobotas) Mark Blaisdell (Lucyann and Rick Zeller) Parker Blaisdell ʼ16 and Sarah Skafidas ʼ12 (Tracy and Mark Blaisdell) William Blanding (Geoff Blanding ʼ04) Jenny Boesch (Leitha and Wade Reilly) Thiago Butera ʼ27 (Diane Friedman) Charlie Butler (Kitty and Keith Butler) Liam Cesar ʼ26 (Gretchen and Jean Cesar) Class of 1969 55th reunion (Ellie Goodwin Cochran ʼ69 and David Cochran) Class of 2020 and 2023 (Kathy and Greg Abate) Class of 2021 (Nathan Dudley ʼ21, Renee and Scott Dudley) Class of 2024 (Mia Dudley ʼ24, Renee and Scott Dudley) Class of 2025 and 2026 (Hugo Sandoval and Elizabeth Arbelo) Flynn Cohen ʼ27 (Daniel and Tiffany Cohen) Caden Cole ʼ23 (Anonymous) James Collins ʼ24 (Sue Worthen) Mimi Coombes (Judy and Ed Lemire) Dudley Cotton (Alexa Warburton ʼ05) Robert Dahar ʼ30 (Eleanor Dahar ʼ80) Don and Dru D’Auteuil (Nicole D'Auteuil Mutnick ʼ91 and Ian Mutnick)
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ANNUAL REPORT Brady Doldo ʼ25 and David Schroeder ʼ25 (Missie and Dave Schroeder) Alex Drake ʼ24 (Lisa and Erik Drake) Faculty and Staff (Mary and Chris Carter) Taylor Fitzgerald (Kathy and Bill Cushing) Addison Foden ʼ30 (Paul Foden and Maria Giakoumakis) Future Artists and Entrepreneurs (Sarah Umberger ʼ06) Elizabeth Gagnon ʼ19, Jeremy Gagnon ʼ21, Noah Gagnon ʼ24 (Anne and Mitch Gagnon) Lillian Handwerk ʼ24 (Alice and Brian Handwerk) Adam Henderson ʼ25 (Erin and Robert Henderson) Henry Howard ʼ24 (Sue and Bruce Howard) Maeve Jackson ʼ24 (Nicole and Sam Jackson) Elizabeth Jipson (Cathy Thomas Kaplan ʼ85 and Dan Kaplan) Tasos Karatzoulidis (Ranya E. Kapellakis and Anastasios Karatzoulidis) Susan Rand King ʼ81 (Linda Benson and Brad Benson ʼ78) John Kramer ʼ24 ('Tracy Kramer) The Lamp Family (Marcella Lavras, Becky and Bruce Berk) Ryan Maxwell ʼ27 (Wendy and Bob Snider) Nella Mitchell ʼ27 (Linda Mackey Mitchell ʼ91 and Brendan Mitchell, Sandra and David Mackey) Logan O'Leary ʼ26 (James Breen) James Otey ʼ07 (Shelli Gay) Philanthropy and Engagement Team (Jennifer Lorrain) Reese Proulx ʼ29, RJ Proulx ʼ25, Ryder Proulx ʼ29 (Bob and Tina Proulx) Mason Rampersad ʼ30 (Shiva Rampersad and Lyn Fisher Rampersad) Samantha Rapaport ʼ24 (Wendy and Mark Rapaport) Sophia Rivard ʼ24 (Robert and Roseann Rivard) Lucas Roberge ʼ24 (Michelle and Jim Roberge)
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Denis Roberts, Marcie Roberts, Shaylen Roberts ʼ04 (Gill Roberts ʼ99) Charlotte Rohlfs ʼ21, Holly Rohlfs ʼ19, Lauren Rohlfs ʼ17 (Sharon Rohlfs) Murray Rothbard (Tracy and Joe Matarese) Kathleen Rutty-Fey ʼ87 (Colby Morgan) Chuck Sanborn (Katherine and John Daly) Alyssa Shula ʼ23 (Stacey and Steve Shula) John Steward ʼ24 (Cara Coleman and Alan Steward) Liam Taffe ʼ24 (Daniel and Michelle Taffe) Teachers (Julie Maglathlin) Meredith Leyden Topol ʼ11 and Charlotte Leyden ʼ16 (Lauren and Paul J. Leyden) Jeremiah Totten (Courtney Ledoux) Sol Totten ʼ30 (Ken and Sarah Ledoux) Nikash Ullal ʼ28 (Renu and Kedar Gupta) Diane Wall (Wendy and Chuck Sanborn) Sadie Walsh ʼ27 (Marla and Matt Walsh) Marissa Wu ʼ28 (Karen and Andrew Wu, Justin Wu) Olivia Wu ʼ30 (Karen and Andrew Wu) Steve Young (Michelle and Jim Roberge) Elaine Zhan ʼ24 (Xiang N. Zhan and Huilin Ren) William Zhang ʼ27 (Crystal Wang and Mark Zhang)
In Memory of Richard Crafts (Lucyann and Rick Zeller) Richard Eaton ʼ78, Cathy Havinga ‘78, Mark Younger ʼ28 (Clea Winneg and Neal Winneg ʼ78) Dennis Holland (Mary Chan and Alex Chan ʼ95) Elizabeth Kelsey (Hannah Kelsey ʼ16) Emmie Lamp ʼ12 (Lauren Marshall, Marcella Lavras, and Ryan Stevenson ʼ12)
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W. Blake Marston ʼ01 (Marie Hilliard ʼ03, Andrea Schwartz McCullough ʼ01 and John McCullough) Thomas Martin ʼ72 (Josie Martin ʼ73) Albert Miller (Lauren and Paul J. Leyden) L. DeWitt Newton ʼ89 (Heather Newton Kyemba ʼ92 and Henry Kyemba) Steven Novak ʼ72 (Barbara Novak Platt ʼ69 and Michael Platt) Brenna O'Leary Reagan ʼ90 (Austin Memorial Foundation) Douglas Peabody ʼ68 (Mary Jane Peabody ʼ68) Vince Perron ʼ79 (Dave Grosso ʼ78) D. K. Piatt ʼ82 (Dana Griffith and John Griffith ʼ82) Jennifer Reilly ʼ76 (Gayle McGinnis ʼ76, Elizabeth Standow ʼ76) Barbara Stahl (Sarah Stahl ʼ76 and Harry Foster)
THE MATARESE COMMONS Sonia Almeida and Peter Vellis Anonymous Jennifer and Chip Baker Kim and John Beekman Linda Benson and Brad Benson ʼ78 James and Sarah Beuerle Adela and Stephen Carter Alex Chan ʼ95 Rosa and Tom Chan Kate Hurlbut Chappell ʼ93 and Andy Chappell Chris and Michael Cikacz Cecilia Clemans and Jeanne Bailey-Clemans Ellie Goodwin Cochran ’69 and David Cochran Cogswell Benevolent Trust Tiffany and Dan Cohen Kristina Isakovich and Richard Critz Melissa and Philip Damiano Sheila H. Dewitt and Joseph Dewitt Lisa and Erik Drake Renee and Scott Dudley Susan and Stephen Eldridge Susan Grodman and Steve Epstein Norene and David Farr
Joyia Richa Fazelat ʼ96 and Ahad Fazelat Bonnie and Terry Flahive Flik Independent School Dining Jonathan Foster ʼ79 Amy and Burnham Gaff Kelley and John Gage Matt Galvin ʼ85 The Giving Tree Charitable Foundation Jaye R. and Charles S. Goodwin Dorothy M. and David P. Goodwin Family Fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Sally Green Grunbeck Family Foundation The Gupta Family Foundation Kate and Matthew Halvorsen ʼ88 Sue Milne Haydock ʼ80 Lauren and Michael Hines Sue and Bruce Howard Samuel P. Hunt Foundation Tamatha and Steve Johnson Lea and Bill Kelsey Newton H. Kershaw Erin and John Kerwin Susan Rand King ʼ81 and Bill King The Krasnof Family Terri Pastori and Richard Labbe Barbara and Paul Labonte Laurie and Jim Lamp Elisabeth and Matthew Larson Kelly and Christopher Lewis David Alexander Lockwood (Sandy) ʼ15 Kristen and Harold Losey Lindley Shutz and Michael Lynch Romana and Salman Malik Tracy and Joe Matarese Stephanie ʼ87 and Dave McCusker Shannon and Doug McGinley The McIninch Foundation Laurel and Tom McLain Kenna and Ross McLeod Gigi Georges Oxman and Jeff Oxman Parent Faculty Association Lucy S. and Daniel C. Potter Wendy and Brent Powell Sarah and Jimmy Rich ʼ92 Julie and Joel Rozen Kathleen Rutty-Fey ʼ87 and Erik Fey
ANNUAL REPORT Nicolle and Jay Small Kim and Mathew Solso John Van Hooser ʼ85 Marla and Matt Walsh Marty and Jack Wentz Kristine and Joshua Willett Clea and Neal Winneg ʼ78 Fran Winneg Karen and Andrew Wu Xiang N. Zhan and Huilin Ren Crystal Wang and Mark Zhang
PARENT GIVING-60% Mediha and Sedin Ahmetovic Stefanie and Joshua Alfonso Nicole and Jason Allen Angela Pitrone and Robert Angus Cecilia Clemans and Jeanne Bailey-Clemans ■ Jennifer and Chip Baker Theresa Barger David Baroody and Bethany Silva ■ Margaret and Jason Barreto Kerry and Rick Barto ■ Elma and Sejo Becirovic ■ Kim and John Beekman Brooksley and Jeffrey Belanger Deborah and Jeremy Berger Natalie Berger and Erik Saunders Shannon and John Best ■ Jessica and Justin Bethune Rebecca and Brian Bettencourt Karen and David Bishop Mary and Timothy Blake Mary and Matthew Bobotas Laura and Jeff Boyce Leslie Thomas and Steve Bracy Attessa and Keith Bradley Carolyn and Joseph Bradley Loretta and Brian Brady Annie and Rich Branch ■ Amy Decker Brar ʼ92 and Harry Brar Debbie and Josh Bremberg ■ Maxilia and Marc Butera Annie and Daniel Cabot Megan and Stephen Cairns Evelyne Caron and Richard Read Elizabeth Casas Garcia and Carlos Garcia Amy and Richard Cercone Gretchen and Jean Cesar Christine and Vince Chambers Kate Hurlbut Chappell '93 and Andy Chappell
Macy and Kanin Chu Muhammad Chughtai and Safana Mushtaq Tara and Graham Chynoweth Tiffany and Daniel Cohen Michelle and Wayne Cole Cara Coleman and Alan Steward Anthony and Noel Correnti Alison and Justin Crotty Hannah Dahar and Sy Dahar ʼ85 Deborah Lack and Ryder Daniels Christy and Mark Dell ʼOrfano Shideh and Erik Deurell Jaclyn Devine Casey and Jonathan DeYoung ■ Lisa and Erik Drake ■ Sarah Duffley and Chris Taylor Paige and Robert Duncan Amily Dunlap ʼ93 ■ Colleen Dwyer Sean and Sharon Dyer Shannon and Ryan Earley Amanda and Lionel Edmonson Katherine and Shawn England Susan Fanburg and Stephen Hanlon Norene and David Farr Joyia Rich Fazelat ʼ96 and Ahad Fazelat ■ Abby and Brian Fernandes Leigh and Michael Ferrantino Lyn Fisher Rampersad and Shiva Rampersad Maria Giakoumakis and Paul Foden Amy and Burnham Gaff
Anne and Mitch Gagnon ■ Carrie and Jeffery Gagnon Heidi and Matthew Garceau Melissa and William Gardner Benedicto and Hwasun Garin Aimee Gaudette and Michael Von Oeyen Atlanta McIlwraith and Tim Gaudreau Gigi Georges Oxman and Jeff Oxman David and Deborah Gerson Jill and Eric Graham Kathleen and Jeffrey Gregor Jennifer and Bob Grunbeck ■ Laxmi and Top Gurung Hang Nga T. Ha and Tan Nguyen Alice J. and Brian K. Handwerk ■ Holly and Robert Hartshorn Edward and Suzanne Hazard Erin and Robert Henderson Elizabeth and Jeremy Hitchcock Elizabeth and Joshua Horan Sue and Bruce Howard Allison and Jonathan Howe Juan Hu and Ke Li Silvia Huang-Yue and David Yue Berna and Murat Inalpolat Debbie and William Irving Eneida and Mirsad Islamovic ■ Nicole and Sam Jackson Amy and Matthew James Michael and Molly Jenkins Ellen and Derek Jolie Meryl Levin and Will Kanteres
Ranya E. Kapellakis and Anastasios Karatzoulidis Kristin Keenan and Timothy Keenan Amy and Russell Kellner Newton H. Kershaw Erin and John Kerwin Lori Kfoury and Paul Kfoury ʼ88 Rebecca and Todd Kosakowski Margarita Kouzi and Louis Tournas Tracy and Bill Kramer Rebecca and Bruce Krasnof ■ Judith and Anton Kurtz Terri Pastori and Richard Labbe ■ Kim and David Lacroix Nicole and Kerry-Lynn LaFlamme Grace and Gary Laliberte Kristen and Mark Lande ■ Elisabeth and Matthew Larson ■ Amanda and Jonathan Lawrence Amanda and William Laws Alexandria Le Blanc Courtney Ledoux and Jeremiah Totten Andrea and Keith Levesque Kelly and Christopher Lewis Shannon Linn ʼ99 and Mike Boggs Kristen and Harold Losey ■ Kristiana and Rae MacWilliam Patrick Magnus and Lisa Tilluckdharry Anja and Adrian Markusic Corinne and Joe Martin Tracy and Joe Matarese Sharon and Eric Maxwell
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ANNUAL REPORT Tina and Jeffrey McCabe Shannon and Doug McGinley ■ Laurel and Tom McLain Shilpi Mehrotra and Amit Singh Mary Merkel and Chip McGee Jennifer Militello and Kiernan Clyne Linda Mackey Mitchell ʼ91 and Brendan Mitchell ■ Kristin and Nader Moavenian Tyler Moore Kelly C. Moore Anna and Boyan Moskov ■ Sharon Pozner Moulis ʼ98 and Daniel Moulis Athena Moutsioulis Bevan and George Bevan Andrea and John Munoz Brian and Dawn Myers Nicole and Richard Nelson Moni and Tung Nguyen ■ Jason and Megan Oliviero Jeffrey and Tamara Orkwis Lori Palacios and Regan Richard Maria Segovia and Damazo Perez Meaghan and Robert Proulx Shilpy and Raj Punjabi Betsy and Michael Purvis Krithi Ramesh and Vikas Veeranna Wendy and Mark Rapaport Milagros Reyes and Ramon Vargas Robert and Roseann Rivard Michelle and Jim Roberge ■ Carin and Nathan Rogers Amy and Mario Romilla Amy and Marc Roy Julie and Joel Rozen ■ Mireya Torrez Lugo and Norberto Sanchez Rubio Hugo Sandoval and Elizabeth Arbelo Helen and Robert Schroeder ■ Nicolle and Jay Small Stacy and Jesse Smith ■ Erin and Jason Smith Kim and Mathew Solso Vanessa and Robert Stewart Nathalie and Mark Szal Michelle and Daniel Taffe Jill Teeters and David Lamothe ■ Cindy and James Tenn Ashley and Shawn Thrasher
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Sandra and Eric Truebe Ritu and Saurabh Ullal Melissa Umpierrez Mary Ann and Alex Vazquez ■ Michael von Oeyen and Aimee Gaudette Lynne and Derek Wagner Marla and Matthew Walsh Crystal Wang and Mark Zhang Andrea and Tyler White Kristine and Joshua Willett Karen and Andrew Wu Carrie and Douglas Yakola Huilin Ren and Xiang Zhan Xiaoyan Yu and Honghai Zhang Sarah and Roger Ziegler
CONSECUTIVE GIVING 30+ Years Deb and Nancy Allen Becky and Bruce Berk A.J. Capowski ʼ79 Ellie Goodwin Cochran ʼ69 and David Cochran Bennett Freeman ʼ70 Hansi and Bill Glahn Barbara and David Haight Susan Stahl Hardy ʼ70 Nancy Johnson ʼ76 Rosamond and David Lockwood Nancy Lord ʼ70 Stephanie Solms McCusker ʼ84 and David McCusker Jennifer D. and Gregory J. Melkonian Catharine and Mason Newick Susan Resnicoff ʼ87 Carolyn Richmond Patrick Rutty ʼ84 Kathleen Rutty-Fey ʼ87 and Erik Fey Wendy and E. Charles Sanborn Sarah and Rich Sigel ʼ81 William Skladony ʼ75 Sarah Stahl ʼ76 Nancy Stearns Christopher L. Sweeney ʼ84 and Christine B. Crabb Nancy Stahl Wilsker ʼ73 Clea and Neal Winneg ʼ78 Fran Winneg
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25 Years
Marcia and Steve Anderson Chris Bissonnette Tracy and Mark Blaisdell Annie and Rich Branch Matthew Butterick ʼ88 Chris and Michael Cikacz Molly Cikacz Day ʼ08 Kerry and Charles Desfosses Ann and Steve Foster Helen Gemmill ʼ96 Alice J. and Brian K. Handwerk Betty and Tom Jipson Laurie and Jim Lamp Walt Milne ʼ82 Morgan Melkonian ʼ00 and Matt Jerome Mary and Justin Perkins Adam Pignatelli ʼ96 Wendy and Brent Powell Elizabeth Richey ʼ03 Lucyann and Rick Zeller Michele and Bill Zorn
15 Years
Barbara and Kirk Abbott Anne Marie Kenny and Tom Birch Molly and Pete Brandt Mary Halpin Carter Ph.D and Christopher H. M. Carter Thomas Flahive ʼ03 Shelli Gay Susan Grodman and Steve Epstein Chris and Lauren Hettler Daneil Copertino Kuftinec ʼ87 and Robert Kuftinec ʼ87 Lauren and Paul J. Leyden Joshua Lucas ʼ00 Shannon and Doug McGinley Kate Newick ʼ00 Davis Richmond ʼ86 Lauren Saidel-Baker ʼ07 Lindley Shutz and Michael Lynch John Van Hooser ʼ85 Mindy Nenopoulos Verenis ʼ75 September and Doug Voss
10 Years
Kathy and Greg Abate Rose-Lynn and Steve Armstrong Linda and Brad Benson ʼ78 Sue and Bill Birchard Geoff Blanding ʼ04
Jenny Boesch and Timothy Dining Alexander Chan ʼ95 Kristina Isakovich and Richard Critz Dylan Cruess ʼ97 Sheila H. Dewitt and Joseph Dewitt Jenni and John Devine Krisha and Brian Dubreuil Renee and Scott Dudley Amily Dunlap ʼ93 Mia and Brad Ek Joyia Rich Fazelat ʼ96 Kelley and John Gage Anne and Mitch Gagnon Sally Green John Griffith ʼ82 Sue and Barry Hantman Hannah Arnold Howard ʼ99 and AJ Howard Aran Hubbell ʼ11 Karen and Ken Hull Pat and Marcus Hurlbut David Jensen ʼ00 Kevin Johnston ʼ84 Lea and Bill Kelsey Monica and Art Kingsbury Susan Rand King ʼ81 and Bill King Linn Girolimon Krikorian ʼ72 Mike Litvin ʼ71 Dawn Lohmann Terri Lynch Scott McAuliffe ʼ95 Kristin and Terry McGovern Brett McLarnon ʼ05 Linda Mackey Mitchell ʼ91 Colby Morgan Deb and Fritz Morgan Anna and Boyan Moskov Emily Karmen and Andy Myers Emily Newick ʼ97 and Steve Gaughan Jamie and Jamie Pagliocco Peter Paquette ʼ68 Judy and Kyle Reynolds Page Fairman Rich ʼ92 Sharon Rohlfs Laura Russell and Frank Moltz Sue and Pete Powell Paula Leonard-Schwartz and Steve Schwartz Justin Shaka ʼ00 Tom Shanahan ʼ78
ANNUAL REPORT Lara Shilling Debbie and David Smith Meredith Leyden Topol ʼ11 Robert Valliere ʼ73 Agnes and Mark Vaughn Mary Ann and Alex Vazquez Barbara Kaegi Walls ʼ91 Shelley and Bill Westenberg Margaret Wheeler and Garvin Warner
THE 1964 LEGACY SOCIETY Community members who have made provisions to benefit The Derryfield School through their estate planning. We thank those who have remembered DS in their estate plans, making an impact for generations to come. Lori Evans Alderin ʼ00 Ditty Steele Bannon ʼ99 Becky and Bruce Berk Annie Branch Barry Brensinger Steve and Katie Burke Mary Halpin Carter, Ph.D Danielle Chandonnet Michael and Christine Cikacz David and Ellie Goodwin Cochran ʼ69 Molly A. Day ʼ08 Michael B. Ekman ʼ69 Mary-Ellen Goodspeed ʼ72 Sally Green Alice J. Handwerk James D. Hendrix ʼ77 Carol-Ann Jane Steven Joy ʼ68 Nancy G. Kane Tom Kelsey Lea and Bill Kelsey Laurie and Jim Lamp David and Rosamond Lockwood David J. and Stephanie Solms McCusker ʼ84 Jennifer D. Melkonian Don Monson ʼ96 Anna Moskov Alexandra Muskat ʼ15
Sam Muskat ʼ17 James F. Richardson ʼ90 Janice Romanowsky E. Charles Sanborn Virginia P. Searle Craig N. and Cary N. Sellers Lara Shilling in honor of Gavin and Miranda Shilling Truda Bloom and Bob Spiegelman Nancy W. Stearns Sheila Steele Pam VanArsdale and Bob Dewey Frances Winneg
In Memoriam
Caryl Brensinger William Ferry Trust Hilda W. Fleisher Elenore Freedman Dennis Holland William B. Pfeifer Liz Kelsey Drs. Barbara J. Stahl and David G. Stahl Jean and Bill Tallman Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Richard Winneg
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Adobe Antares Capital Automatic Data Processing, Inc. BAE Systems Fidelity Foundation Matching Gifts to Education Program FP Worthen Foundation Gartner, Inc. GE Foundation McMaster- CARR Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison LLP Public Service of New Hampshire Salesforce
IN-KIND
RESTRICTED AND ENDOWMENT In addition to The Derryfield Fund, members of the DS community also contribute restricted gifts for specific purposes or endowment funds. Endowed funds ensure the School remains in excellent financial health for years to come. Restricted
Anonymous Kristina Isakovich and Richard Critz
Endowment Kathleen Rutty-Fey ʼ87 and Erik Fey Susan Resnicoff ʼ87 Susan Stahl Hardy ʼ70 Amy Howell and Carson Smith Deb and Nancy Allen Genny and Scott MacKenzie Nancy Marston
SANBORN SOCIETY The Sanborn Society recognizes donors who make ongoing monthly contributions to The Derryfield Fund. Luke M. Chapdelaine ʼ16 Anne Lucas Durham ʼ02 and Tyler Durham Sally Green ■ Judith and Anton Kurtz Barrett Lamp ʼ11 Sidney McLean McNab ʼ84 Alex Donovan Pratt ʼ10 and Kevin Pratt ■ Kathleen Stull ʼ08 ■ Tyler Zorn ʼ14 ■
Faculty and Staff Sanborn Society Members David Baroody Shannon Best Mark Blaisdell Tracy Blaisdell Jenny Boesch Tony Bonjorno Pete Brandt Debbie Bremberg Mimi Coombes Jeff Cousineau Jon DeYoung Michael Dolan Shane Fitzpatrick Chris Hettler Karen Hull Michael Jenkins Kevin Lane Greg Lange Michael Leary Dawn Lohmann Terry McGovern Deb McLoud Scott McPherson Anna Moskov Andy Myers Mary Perkins Judy Reynolds Kathleen Rutty-Fey ʼ87 Reina Stimpson Amy Turcotte Alex Vazquez Mary Ann Watt Bill Westenberg Jenna Bee Wolf ʼ05 Stephen Young
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Alumni Profiles
ALUMNI NEWS
Joni Taube ʼ69
60s
Joni Taube came to Derryfield in September 1965—before there was a campus on River Road, when classes were convening at the Manchester Institute of Arts and the Boys Club. She was there at the beginning of a brave venture that is now marking its 60th year. Reflecting upon her school experience, Taube
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credits Derryfield with helping her to become an independent thinker, and a self-confident individual.
because I had already learned how to analyze problems and think for myself.”
“I think my parents were nervous about the public school system, and they worked hard to find a way to send me to Derryfield. I had a few friends who were going, so that sort of inspired me. There were other people who really did not want to go—it was a real mix of people back then—some who wanted to be there (at Derryfield) and some who didn’t want to be there. Some had no choice—their parents didn’t give them an option.”
After college, the basic tenets she gleaned from Derryfield were also helpful as Taube moved through her career.
Soon after the school year started, Taube realized she was in a much different place. She felt like the teachers and administrators and students were all working together to shape Derryfield, to determine what it would become. “I think the fact that we had to start from scratch, it gave you more opportunity to see what you could do. If you were interested in something you went to a teacher and said ‘Can we start a club?’ We were allowed to be much more creative (than at public school), rules were just starting to take place. I think I probably became a little more independent. I learned how to think things through.” Taube graduated in 1969, and headed to Boston University. She credits Derryfield with preparing her for both the rigors and uncertainties of college. “I had been exposed to a real mix of students (at Derryfield). My class in particular happened to be very bright—six or seven (out of a class of 28) went to Ivy League Schools. In some ways it was rigorous. I think it prepared me to manage at BU,
“I never felt I had any restrictions regarding what I could do moving forward in my life. When you go to a school like Derryfield, which was so open and new, you assume that’s the way it’s going to be in the outside world. I love the fact that it taught me to be an independent thinker, and pretty self-confident. I felt that if I failed it was okay—it was the process that was important. I wasn’t going to just fall in line as a follower. I thought it was really important that the teachers forced you to go beyond academics. That’s what makes you a whole person. Not just someone who is academically strong.” Taube’s two daughters (Jenna Sirkin ʼ00 and Kayla Sirkin ʼ06) also attended Derryfield. They are part of her dream for the future of the School. “My hope is that Derryfield remains an independent, free-spirited educational experience, where students can learn to foster their personal development. Derryfield was broad enough to successfully help each of my children differently, to make them the strong women they are today.” Joni Taube is the owner of Art 3 Gallery in Manchester, NH.
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Tom Sadler experienced Derryfield during the 1970s, a time of turbulence, change and unrest in the United States, and much of the world. In the summer of 1969, leading up to his freshman year, three momentous events occurred: a police raid took place at the Stonewall Inn in New York City; Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon; nearly a half-million music fans converged on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. Sadler observed that although the battle cry of his generation was “question authority,” Derryfield already knew the value of critical thinking. “The teachers were always pushing us to answer the question, ‘Why are we doing this?’ They were developing our ability to think independently.” Like many students, Sadler came to Derryfield because his parents thought it would be a good match for him. “It was the 70s, so there was interest in having more direct parental involvement in my education. There was initially talk around the dinner table about Exeter or St. George’s, because of family ties, but eventually it was decided it would be better if I went to school nearby—and Derryfield became an easy choice for them.” Sadler entered a school where all the male students were wearing “blue blazers, ties and white shirts.” Although the dress code eventually loosened to a
“wear whatever you want” policy, the academic standards remained rigorous. “The level of complete interest in students (by the faculty), and clearly it is continuing, was foundational in my life. It probably kept me from doing a lot of stupid things! The message was, Hey, you’re smarter than that, so don’t do that. The small class size is such a benefit, because you get a lot of attention from extremely talented people doing their job—which is nurturing emerging citizens.” Unlike nearly all his classmates, Sadler wasn’t interested in attending college. “College was not a primary goal for me–I actually wanted to be a smokejumper. My junior year my grandfather said, ‘Give me a year of college, and we’ll talk about that. My father said, ‘At least apply.’ Sadler was driving to a hike in the Whites, and decided to pull off the road and check out Plymouth State, primarily because it was close to mountains. “So I wound up at Plymouth for a year. I was so well prepared by Derryfield, that I was made a TA in my film class. Steve Thomas and Jack Bailey (English teachers) really educated the hell out of us. I did it for a year, and it was so freaking easy. This is ALL a tribute to Derryfield— not to me. Against all odds the teachers at DS managed to cram information into my cranium.” Sadler then left Plymouth for UNH, where he was “definitely more academically challenged.” His life has taken him many places—he currently lives in Washington, D.C., where he is a lobbyist. He credits much of his success in his career to his years at Derryfield.
“They did a terrific job of preparing us for life, and for what we wanted to do—to develop us as a person–and to give us the foundation and guidance to get there. Although I wasn’t going for a traditional career—I wanted to spend a lot of time outdoors–my teachers instilled in me that I should still be able to communicate with people. I took zero writing classes in college, but I write a lot. It has everything to do with the training and experience I got at DS.” "I hope Derryfield continues to do in the next 60 years what they did in the first 60 years, which is build good humans. That DS experience—it's the secret sauce. For me, the switch from blue blazers to blue jeans was an indicator to me of the values of the people running Derryfield. It wasn’t about uniformity, it was about creativity. It was about developing the person inside the clothes, rather than the clothes.” Tom Sadler says, “Most of my professional life has been spent playing Doc Holliday to the Wyatt Earps of the fish and wildlife conservation world.” He is the Deputy Director of the Marine Fish Conservation Network.
2025 Save the Dates Young Alumni Community Meeting Performances & Breakfast Monday, January 6, 2025 Boettiger Theater & Matarese Commons Washington, DC Area Alumni Reception Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Hilton Garden Inn Arlington/Courthouse Plaza 1333 N. Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA New York City Area Alumni Reception Monday, March 24, 2025 Fitzpatrick Manhattan 687 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY Alumni Weekend May 16-17, 2025 On Campus
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ALUMNI PROFILES
Winnie Lerner ʼ87
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Winnie (Loeffler) Lerner grew up in Bedford and was a student at Derryfield for three years. “My parents thought I could get a better education at Derryfield, and so they transitioned me to DS starting my sophomore year. I came to Derryfield with one of my best friends, Deb Dupont. We certainly knew some people, but I will tell you, it was a tough transition! We had a lot of friends at West. It was hard at first—many people had been at Derryfield since seventh grade. It was so different from West, so small.” Lerner’s years at Derryfield were marked by many momentous events, from the Iran Contra affair, to the Live Aid and Farm Aid concerts, to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Certainly the most significant for NH residents was the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle, which carried Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe. Lerner recalls, “It was a huge coming of age experience for all of us. It was pre-internet and computer, so it was a very different time, we communicated differently, there was a lot of in-person time.” It didn’t take long for Lerner to settle in, primarily because Derryfield was small, which allowed her to quickly to make connections. She played some softball, and was in the ski club, and in her senior year, was the co-editor (with her friend Deb Dupont) of the Derryfield yearbook,
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Initium. “I had a great class–there were only 40 of us, so we were tight. It was what high school was supposed to be–a place where you could grow and mature and think about the things that are important to you–the things you are interested in. Derryfield helped us to become ‘social beings,’ and prepared us for college.” After Derryfield, Lerner headed to Connecticut College. “I definitely felt I was very prepared for college. Derryfield offered a broad curriculum, and you could take classes in many different things. I took at least one class on the Vietnam War—it was kind of unusual for a high school to offer something like that, something so contemporary. The teacher, Cathy Smith, was great. Her class was so impactful, so different. The war was brought to life. We watched movies and read books that showcased the real on-the-ground experiences of the soldiers. Because I had that breadth of education, across many different categories, I was able to enter college with a much broader understanding of what I wanted to do, and what was meaningful to me.” Reminiscing about her time at Derryfield, Lerner offered, “I do really think that all of us grew a lot as teenagers, as human beings, socially, developing our preprofessional interests. Because we were in a small environment, we were able to develop our own interests. If I had stayed at West, I wouldn’t have received as much individualized attention. That’s the advantage of a private school. Derryfield gave me a level of confidence and self awareness that would have been really hard to achieve at a public school.” Winnie Lerner is the Co-CEO of FGS Global for North America.
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Vanessa (Gorczyca) Cooke, like many middle school students, enrolled at Derryfield because her parents thought it would be a better experience for her. “I think my mom wasn’t so keen on the public junior high, and she thought I might thrive in a smaller environment. I did the whole shadow day. I came for an interview and spent the day with a DS student. Afterwards I thought, ‘Why not?’ Honestly, you don’t have a whole lot of say in 6th grade! But frankly, it was a fantastic decision on the part of my parents.” In the years Cooke was at Derryfield, the yearbooks were filled with images (only in black and white) of predominantly preppy wardrobes. Friends was on the television, Titanic was on the screen, and the “World Wide Web” was an infant. Marc Hurlbut (1982-1994) was Head of School. Under his guidance, the School greatly expanded its facilities. A new library, new classrooms, a fitness and training room, and the theater all sprang into existence. While at Derryfield, Cooke was on the ski team. “I was obsessed with skiing—I think I learned to ski before I could walk.” Her senior yearbook page shows her standing next to her car plastered with ski stickers, with a license plate that reads, VGSKIS, as well as a photo of her with Alberto Tomba, the famed Italian ski racer. Cooke was also on the softball team,
ALUMNI NEWS and gave chorus a try. “Mr. Crafts my advisor, thought I could sing. Looking back, I really couldn’t.” When asked how she now views her time at Derryfield, Cooke remarked, “I look back and think it was such a wonderful and special education. You had opportunities to try everything— the classes were really, really good. When I got to college others were struggling, but I found I had been so well prepared, starting back in 7th grade with Mr. Keiner, who made us use a binder where we had to keep everything super organized. For me, foundationally, for the rest of my life, this has been super important. I have been writing things down since 1989. When you grow up you eventually come to appreciate these habits you learned at such a young age.” Teachers were always available for extra help. Your teachers were also your coaches, so I felt I had really strong connections with my teachers. Having that close relationship with adults really teaches you how to advocate for yourself, and how to relate to adults.” Of her “biggest takeaway” from her years at Derryfield, Cooke said, “The world is not like Derryfield— when you are a student, you don’t understand what a wonderful place it is. Honestly, there is nothing like it. I felt the sense of community was rare and special. I was really lucky. One shouldn’t take it for granted. When you are in your teenage years, you may not appreciate it.” Looking ahead to the next sixty years, Cooke offered, “I hope that Derryfield continues to be such an awesome place. I hope that no matter how large it gets to be, it will still keep its sense of community.” Vanessa Cooke lives in Switzerland. She works in program management for the United Nations.
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Akash Vadalia came to Derryfield in seventh grade, in 2002. During his tenure, there were three Heads of School— Randy Richardson (2002-06), Jennifer Melkonian (interim, 2006-07), and Craig Sellers (2007-12). Outside the confines of Derryfield, there were several momentous events, including the ongoing "War on Terror", following the 9/11 attacks, and Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Despite the turmoil, Derryfield remained on course. Vadalia knew from his initial visit that Derryfield was going to be the place for him. His senior yearbook page reads, “It feels like yesterday when I drove by Derryfield with my family to have a first look at it, and somehow I fell in love with it—during my six years I was blessed to know many awesome individuals.” Vadaliaʼs love of Derryfield, especially the people, has remained with him throughout the years.
His yearbook entry went on to read, “The Derryfield students are fortunate to have a caring, dedicated and enthusiastic faculty.” In a recent interview, Vadalia elaborated on his earlier thoughts. “Looking back, Mr. Berk, my tennis coach, provided more than tennis guidance, he offered a lot of life lessons—he was a very dedicated teacher. The late Mr. Holland definitely had an impact on me, especially in my later years. He was very passionate about math. He also supervised the teams that competed in the Granite State Challenge (on NHPBS). As a member of one of those teams, I came to appreciate Mr. Holland as both a tutor and a mentor.” The lessons Vadalia learned at Derryfield carried forth into his college years. “I think Derryfield did a great job at what it is designed to do—prepare you for college. Some of the electives I took in my last two years, especially in English and history, allowed me to learn things ahead of my peers. In particular, I recall an English class where we had a really stimulating and energetic discussion about Utopias. As a science major at (Continued on page 44)
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Brandeis, I would not have had time to take those kinds of electives. Those discussions with my (Derryfield) classmates really made me question what was going on in the world.” Regarding how Derryfield shaped him for the future, Vadalia says, “Little things from the dress code to being surrounded by classmates who really cared about education, and sports—just in terms of overall success—helped to guide me to become a better person. The smaller class size allowed me to receive more attention not just from my teachers, but also from my peers. The small size gave me the opportunity to have conversations with my peers about what life was going to be like (after Derryfield—what career paths people were going to pursue in the future. When I went to Brandeis, it wasn’t much larger, but it made me realize the importance of a small, close knit teaching environment, where you can ask more questions, where you can’t hide. It helped me to grow into more of an adult, in terms of my thinking.”
in everything from the classroom to sports. Derryfield allowed me to flourish–to explore new options. I don’t know if I would have had the same opportunities in a public high school. That fostering, that growth that I experienced at Derryfield, is definitely a big takeaway for me. It allowed me to pursue things I didn’t think I would pursue.” When asked about hopes for Derryfield’s next sixty years, Vadalia mused about how technology might play an ever larger role in the future of education. “How much will Derryfield continue to invest in technology?” Perhaps not a surprising answer from a person who was a senior in high school when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the world! Akash Vadalia is a geriatric psychiatrist, managing a psychiatric unit, at an organization affiliated with Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH.
Overall, Vadalia feels that Derryfield played a real part in shaping his persona. “The one thing that changed a lot about me—I became generally more effervescent—more vocal. I had the opportunity to express myself
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Since the creation of the international student program in 2010, Derryfield has welcomed thirty-six students, primarily from the People’s Republic of China, through a partnership with a coordinating agency. The agency matches a host family with a student, and ideally these students stay with the same family until graduation. Kate (Zhiqiao) Jiang came to live with the Matthews family in the fall of 2015. She traveled to New Hampshire alone, having never visited the US. “I grew up in Hangzhou China, which had a population of nearly 12 million people. I always knew I wanted to come to the US for college, and maybe stay to get a PhD. It was recommended to us that I should start with high school to get used to the U.S. education system. I had two choices—the Northeast or California. I chose the Northeast because I wanted to be someplace further from home—to see new things and meet new people. ” Language and customs aside, the American education system is markedly different from the system in China. Jiang shared her first observations of Derryfield.
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“For one thing, Derryfield is tiny compared to the schools I attended in my hometown. In Hangzhou, my middle school had about 400 students per grade. In high school there were
ALUMNI NEWS about 600 students per grade—so my Derryfield class, with only 59 students, was the first big change for me. In China everyone has to take the same classes. High school here in the US was completely different. I learned you get to choose (for the most part) the classes you are going to take. So Derryfield seemed more like a college in terms of the choices we got to make.” When asked about her experience at Derryfield, Jiang recounted, “I learned a lot in my humanities classes at DS, which is something that really impacted me in my college years. I liked the balance of taking STEM classes, but also being able to engage in conversations about philosophy, art, and literature. That is something that DS helped me to learn—to appreciate other courses of study. My chemistry teacher and advisor, Mr. Bradley, was amazing. I can’t believe I got to take a trimester of organic chemistry in high school! When I came to Derryfield, I was really an introvert–I had a very hard time speaking up in seminar classes. I wrote my Founders’ Day speech about how much I had changed during my three years at Derryfield. Eventually I became more comfortable in sharing my ideas and thoughts in a group discussion setting. This skill carried into my undergraduate and graduate work— by speaking up you share your ideas, your own unique perspective.” In terms of preparation for college, Jiang says of Derryfield, “My education at DS helped me decide on the direction I would take in college. Also, other Chinese students who did not attend Derryfield, struggled with reading and writing especially during the first two years of college. Thanks to all the English and history classes I
took at DS, it was a much smoother transition for me.” In looking ahead to the future, Jiang offered her views on what the School can continue to offer its students. “When I was at Derryfield, we were often encouraged to ‘Find Your Passion’—that definitely resonated with me. I also appreciated the inclusive community that helped me to achieve my goals. I hope
Derryfield continues to be an inclusive and supportive community, one that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, where people can appreciate different perspectives, and learn from one another. That is what I experienced at Derryfield, and I hope it continues for the next 60 years.” Kate Jiang is a PhD candidate in Materials Science Engineering at Stanford University.
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Births and Marriages
Jesse Grodman ’08 and Zahava Grodman's baby, Yehoshua, was welcomed on August 14, 2024.
Will Keller ’10 married Lexi Schupp on September 3, 2023 at Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough, NH.
Hunter Holbrook ’11 married Lauren Ellman on August 23 at the Red Maple Vineyard in West Park, NY.
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Victoria Starr ’05, Tory Starr, and Joe Rothwell welcomed Rooney on July 29, 2023. Older sister, Tessa (3), is thrilled for the new arrival.
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Matt J. Halvorsen ’88 and Kate Halvorsen are delighted to share the arrival of Wesley Stephen Halvorsen, born February 2024. He is adored by his big brothers, John and Erik.
Curtis Lamp ’09 and Samantha Lamp welcomed their baby, Cooper James Lamp, on August 24, 2024.
Grace Mikol ’18 and Jonathan “Scooty” Devine ’16 were married on September 28. James O'Brien ’15 was Scooty’s Best Man with Owen Leonard ’16 and Jon Lencki ’14 as groomsmen. Isabell Plotsker ’18 was Grace’s Maid of Honor, with Grace Feigl ’18 as a bridesmaid.
Ashley Travis ’05 married Trey Mosier in a private ceremony on Boreas Pass in Colorado. Letters from friends and family, including Jenna Bee Wolf '05 and Alexa Warburton '05, were read by the couple on the day. derryfield.org
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In Memoriam Emmie Jean Lamp ’12, passed away in her home in Encinitas, CA on Monday, March 18 at the age of 29. She made a heartbreaking decision in an effort to pursue peace. Emmie was born on June 4, 1994 in Nashua, NH. Following Derryfield, she graduated from the University of Virginia in 2016 with a degree in Mathematics and Art History, and was later employed by Fannie Mae as a financial engineer. Emmie enthusiastically embraced the challenge of growing up with three brothers and her life was full of exceptionally wonderful friends who
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remember her for her fierce loyalty. Anyone who knew Emmie was treated to large doses of laughter, warmth, candor, and her excellent taste in music. Her happy place was in the sand and surf of Oahu, HI, Encinitas, CA, and Wells Beach, ME. The ripples of her spirit touched so many and will remain in our hearts forever.
Una MacDonald Murray (Gross) ’68, peacefully passed away on June 5, 2024 in New London, NH after a lengthy battle with endometrial cancer. She was born August 25, 1950 in Manchester, NH. In 1968, Una was one of twenty-four students in the first graduating class of The Derryfield School. She was involved in both the Outing Club and Drama. Una graduated from Cazenovia College and the University of New Hampshire with English degrees. She founded and was President of UnaVersal Sales Leads, a company that generated sales leads for national and international corporations. Natalie Duncan ’15, age 27, died by suicide on August 2, 2024. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Natalie grew up
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in Concord, NH. After a gap year in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Natalie attended the University of Puget Sound, and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2021. Natalie spent time living, volunteering, and working in New Hampshire, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Seattle, and Albuquerque. Natalie felt emotions with depth and weight, and experienced life as a swirling part of creation. Despite her love for others, she found it difficult to accept help for her mental struggles. Her family wants readers to know that help is available, and that it can make a difference.
Raymond R. Provencher, Buildings & Grounds, 2000-2022 Raymond died on May 25, 2024 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 6, 1951 to George and Blanche (Pepin) Provencher. He was a lifelong resident of Manchester, and worked at Layton Machinery and Swanson Dyes prior to his employment at Derryfield. He was the biggest New York Giants fan, never missing a game, traveling across the country to watch his team play, and even winning a Giants
trivia contest in New York. In addition to following his Giants, he loved spending time with his family, working out at the YMCA, watching sports, and going to the beach. His last wish was for his loved ones not to be sad, but to remember all of the good times that he had with them.
Caryl S. Brensinger, Former Trustee & Board Chair, Alumni Parent, and DS Grandparent, passed away peacefully on April 21, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of concern for others, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to her values. She was born on January 19, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts. Caryl graduated from Berlin High School in 1969 and the University of New Hampshire in 1973. She went on to earn a master's degree from Boston University School of Nursing in 1975. Caryl taught nursing at Fitchburg State College and later, Lamaze classes at the Rimmon Street School in Manchester, NH. When her children (Cameron ʼ94 and Aissa ʼ99) attended Derryfield, she became deeply involved, eventually serving as the chair of the Board of Trustees. Caryl embodied her family motto, Memento Vivere, "remember to live," with a rare intensity, devotion, and talent.
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