MISSION STATEMENT Vistamar School empowers students, preparing them to contribute and excel in higher education and in life, and commits to: • A broad and balanced program that challenges and engages students, building their individual skills and inspiring a passion for learning. • An intimate atmosphere that fosters initiative, responsibility, knowledge of self and connections to others. • Diversity of thought and culture that encourages authentic exchange of perspectives, mutual respect and a mature understanding of the world. In their studies, in their work, and in their communities, Vistamar students will embrace lives of learning, integrity, and purpose.
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message from
BOARD CHAIR
2016-2017
Board of Trustees Mike Armitage, Board Chair Kris Rone, Board Vice Chair Carla Buck, Board Secretary Annmarie Atain David Betanzos Michael Burke Derrick Butler Ilene Eskenazi Gary Horwitz Eli Lieber John Liu Rod Parsley Sheba Posnansky Martin Sarafa Lucy Solar Justin Toner Tate Tuckman ‘08 Marty Westreich Jeffrey Williams
As I sat down to write this letter for the Annual Report, I had the opportunity to reflect with pride on what our school community accomplished this past year, with the completion of the Creative Commons. We took important steps towards full enrollment by building our last set of classrooms and greatly enhanced our ability to deliver expanded arts and multi-media curriculum in modern, versatile “maker space” facilities that would be the envy of many people in the entertainment industry. In so doing we also put in place infrastructure for what will be our most ambitious capital project to date – completing our campus with the construction of a new state-of-the-art gymnasium. But perhaps most importantly, from the Board’s perspective, we raised the funds necessary to complete this past year’s project by relying heavily on a new generation of Vistamar donors. So on behalf of my fellow trustees, I want to especially thank each of you that stepped up and supported these efforts. We are also extremely proud of, and grateful for, everyone’s dedicated involvement in the search for Vistamar’s next Head of School. This was just completed with the appointment of Chris Bright as Vistamar’s third Head of School, who starts in July 2018. As the saying goes, we couldn’t have done it without you, and we appreciate the deep level of commitment from so many members of our community during this important process. Looking ahead, the Board is deeply involved in its governance role (in collaboration with faculty and staff) in transition planning for onboarding the next leader of our school community, while at the same time partnering with Karen Eshoo to make her final year at Vistamar a successful one. I also want to take this opportunity express the deep gratitude of the Board to Karen for her excellent stewardship of the school these past seven years, as well as her tireless dedication to serving all members of our community and being a true champion of our school’s mission. I know each of you will join us in thanking her for her leadership of the school, and wishing her the greatest of success in the next stages of her career. As excited as we are for the next steps in Vistamar’s journey under Chris Bright, so too must we acknowledge how deeply missed Karen will be by the Vistamar community. We are fortunate to have had her guidance in helping lead Vistamar into its second decade. Sincerely,
Mike Armitage Chair, Vistamar Board of Trustees
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HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Vistamar communityAs a historian, I love looking backwards in time to analyze events that help us make better sense of our world now. As Head of School, I also love to engage in visioning processes that allow us to see the myriad versions of our world as it might become. We continue to design new programs and ways of being that will best prepare our students for those possible futures. This Annual Report is a look back at an incredible year that, once again, defined Vistamar School as the nimble, forward-thinking school we were born to be. It is also a celebration of the milestones that position us for the next chapter in our history, one that will continue to be marked by innovation, inclusion, and success. With the summer construction of the Creative Commons, our academic campus is now complete! This project was the result of the hard work and generosity of so many members of the Vistamar community. This demonstrated the pride we all share in the accomplishments of our stellar Visual & Performing Arts program and our confidence that this program will continue to impact our community. When you come to campus for arts events, you will see how students and teachers have embraced the opportunity to create in these professional-level studios. Walk back to the Creative Commons to see all of the amazing work born each day. As I reflect on nearly seven years of leadership here, I am proud to have partnered with colleagues, trustees, parents, students and alumni on these and other initiatives that defined Vistamar as the school that challenges the status quo, and that provides an education that is different and better than any other high school in Los Angeles. Our entire program continues to develop and thrive thanks to the innovative and visionary leadership of my colleagues. I am most grateful to be a member of a community that understands the need to examine and sometimes change what we do in order to preserve our deepest values and remain truly Vistamarian. In the coming years we will see more program innovations, stronger enrollment and alumni connections, and a major remodel of our gymnasium. Thanks to all of you, Vistamar is ready for these challenges. Your unwavering support for the soul of this institution advances our commitment to providing a transformative experience for each and every student who walks through our doors. All of us should be rightfully proud of what we’ve accomplished together. I, for one, cannot wait to see what comes next! Sincerely,
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Dr. Karen E. Eshoo Head of School
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274 34%
STUDENTS
STUDENTS
in the Moderated Tuition program
from
52
ZIP CODES
and
70
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
94%
50%
ACADEMIC EXPENSES
6%
40%
MUSIC CLUB FEMINIST CLUB ASIAN CLUB RAP CLUB AFRICAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE WRITING INC. HIKING CLUB PRE-MED CLUB CHALK CLUB HOPE ON THE MOVE ROBOTICS INTERACT VISTAMAR VIEW ASL CLUB VISTA SOCCER CHESS LATINO STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
33 CLUBS
Vistamar Fund Participation
95%
CLASS OF 2018
96%
CLASS OF 2019
92%
CLASS OF 2020
91%
EXPENDITURES
66%
MODERATED TUITION
CLASS OF 2017
4%
FACILITIES
TUITION & FEES
20%
VISTAMAR FUND PARTICIPATION BY GRADE:
DEPRECIATION & AMORTIZATION
NON-ACADEMIC EXPENSES
27%
UNRESTRICTED
GIVING BY FUND
27%
DONATIONS
53%
CAPITAL AND RESTRICTED
7%
OTHER
REVENUE
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VISTAMAR FUND These unrestricted annual gifts allow the School to direct funds to areas of greatest need. They are the first and most important gifts we ask of current and past parents, alumni, trustees, employees, and friends. It is with much gratitude that we acknowledge those who made gifts to the Vistamar Fund this past year.
Anonymous (7) Kotra Ajir Pedro Alonso The Alvarado Family American Honda Motor Co., Inc Lori & Mark Andrade Monica Bell & Marco Andrade Laurie & Dan Angress
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Karen & David Anthopoulos Mike Armitage Sabrina Armitage The Arndt Family The Artigas/Etchegaray Family The Atain Family The Barksdale Family Sandra McNeill & Cooper Bates Teryn Bentley Natalie & Kim Bergman The Bernard Family Robin & David Betanzos Doug Biedenweg Kathy & Alastair Binks Mickey Blaine
Boeing Gift Matching Program Gail & David Bromberg The Broussinos Family Abbey & Doug Bruce Mary & Michael Burke The Burns Family Gayle & Derrick Butler Adele Cadres Suzanne Thomas & Richard Caloca Johanna Cameron ’14 Lorena Campos The Carranza Family Silvia & Jose Carrillo The Altshule/Caspar Family The Castillo Family The Chabner Family Lupe Chacon Mirta & Mario Chacon Oscar Chavarria The Cheung Family Dr. Deb Robertson & Tom Chwalek Kasey & Keith Cohen
The Connor Family Covington Captial Management The Coyle Family Monica & Gary Craig Julie Crum Sandi Levin & Tom Crunk Kim Surfus & Mike Cullen Robyn D’Angelo Pam Davis The Dawson Family The de Waart Family The Del Greco/ Lyubomirsky Family Pablo Delgado Diane & Patrick Dempsey Jayne & Rick Devenuti Duquesne Di Mauro & Joe Lewis The Dobak Family Doing Good Marketing Sydney Donahue Andrew Drennen Jim Drennen Lindsay Drennen The Dunlap Family Antonieta Edwards The Emerson Family Dr. Karen E. Eshoo The Eskenazi Family Courtney Federle Laura Feigelmuller Valerie & Hugo Fernandes The Ito/Fisher Family The Flynn Family Loretta Gamboa & Reuben Franklin Tricia Stoddard & Bruce Friedman
Richard Furlan Mark & Caroline Galanty The Gamboa Family Stephanie Garcia Ghennet Afeworki & Yohannes Ghebrehiwot Dalia & Roger Gilbertson The Glassberg Family Elizabeth & Vitaly Glozman Maria & Ricardo Godinez Rosalva Nava & Francisco Gomez Elizabeth Gonzalez The Graves Family The Greenhouse Family Jason Gregory Minhua Gu Lori & Jerome Haig Morgyn-Britney Hall ’09 Clare Hansen Cecille Hayes The Head Family Tess & Paul Hechmer Graciela & Luis Hernandez The Herrera Family The Hoffman Family Lily Hoffman Brian Hollis Mary Hooper Avigal & Michael Horrow Kamala & Gary Horwitz Eileen Decker & Keith Jacoby Elvira Gutierrez & Luis Jimenez Dierdre Harrington & Erich Joiner Erin Keller
Min Kim The Kinney Family Bernadette Kirkpatrick The Kissick Family Stefanie Knutson & Tom Sourbeer The Krantz/Liberson Family Karma Kumar Linda & Kraig Kupiec Lisa & Brad Kurtz Chris & Tom Lane The Lange Family The Lastition Family The Lavery Family The Leake Family Guillermina Leon Kim & Andy Leserman Grace Levee ’12 Romayne & Tom Levee Carla Buck & Jack Levy Stephanie & Richard Levy The Lewis Family Howard Liberson Jennifer Liberson Alina Lieber ’09 The Lieber Family Wendy Carson & Michael Lindsey Norma & Edward Lopez The Garcia/Lopez Family Darcie Wolfe & Santos Lopez Avianne Louie-Smith Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace Zita & Brian Macdonald The Marchetti Family The Marcial Family Cheryl & Michael Marino
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The Markgraf Family The Matsumoto Family The McCarthy Family Ryan McDaniel The McIntyre Family The Mearns Family The Medvene Family Diana & Francisco Mejia Sonia Mercado & Sam Paz Lorena Barrientos & Mark Merritt The Miatti Family Ana Mickle Olivia Mora Linda & Gil Morales The Morrison Family Magee Mudge The Muschett Family Laurie Naito & Greg Nakahira Zev Nathan & Neal Mazer National Instruments Nicole & Davon Naylor Christie & Michael Newman Guadalupe Nickell Janet Niimi Roy Nyberg Donna & Paul Nystrom Ellen O’Loughlin-Villa Elisabeth Bentley & Arge O’Neal Sarah Older Aguilar Tiffany & Ahkim Olugbala Kevin Ordonez ’18 The Padilla Family The Papouchado Family The Paris Family Danielle Parrott
Rod Parsley The Pearson Family Angelica Giangregorio & Brian Pelletier Sal Perez Grace & Drew Petersen Ann Petit David Pham Moss Pike David Polett The Prado Family Demian Pritchard The Pulliam Family Raytheon Matching Gifts for Education Program The Ready Family Hayley Reiner ’15 Sydney & Paul Reiner Millicent Rolon & Doug Richardson Helen Ristani Lisa Ristani Michele James-Roberts & Kenny Roberts Maria Saldaña & Juan Rodriguez Silvia & Rodrigo Rodriguez The Rodriques Family Margarita & Vladimir Rodzai Kris Rone The Roque Family Becca Rosenberg ’14 Helena & Charlie Rosenberg The Rubin Family Ziba Mansouri & Mehrdad Sadat The Sadilek Family
Maria Ruiz & Lorenzo Salas Leticia Sandoval The Sarafa Family Michael Scheer Macie & Jay Scherick The Schwartz Family The Gaudio/Schwedock Family The Seal Family The Shore Family The Shugar Family Lance Siegel, MD Emily Sigler Jeannine Vanian & Craig Silvers Tina & Travis Slocumb Cindy Lee Smet & John Smet Jack Smet ’13 Anne & Davis Smith Lucy Solar Mariana & Ricardo Solar Moira & Sandy Solowitz The Stenson Family Mimi & Philipp Stephanus Sarah & David Stoker The Storr Family The Sully Family The May/Suzuki Family Shanon Tabata Debra Tang & Madileine Tremblay Ericka Taylor ’11 Cynthia Teele The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Ashima Mahna & Benny Thomas
Nikki Tolt & Aaron Tolt ’12 Maggie & Justin Toner Lucy & Nelson Torino The Totzke Family Dena & Peter Tragus The Trief Family Gretchen Stipec & Cedric Tuck-Sherman Tate Tuckman ’08 The Posnansky/ Tunnell Family The Urbina Family Annie & Chris Valle Stefanie Gluckman & Jeroen van Meijgaard Sophia Verdin Kelly & Lars Viklund Dawn Vincent Maria Monroy & Ruben Virgen Angela Volpicelli Debbie Shevlin & Ian Waller Namasha & Robert Walls Adora Reyes & Jerry Wang Daisy Wang The Washington Family The Weiss Family Ruth Kahn & Gerald Wells
Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift program Connie & Bob Werle The Westreich Family The Wheeler Family Amy Williams Charlette Williams Cindy & Dmitri Williams Dawn & Jeffrey Williams Elle Wong The Wong/ Ehrhard Family The Yakura Family The Yamada Family Ruby Morimoto & Norm Yamamoto Z Gallerie The Leon/Zalzman Family Joe Zeiden Leesa & Bob Zelken The Zino Family
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OUR GRADS Arizona State University Barnard College Berklee College of Music Boston University (2) Brandeis University Cal Maritime California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2) Claremont McKenna College Clark University (3) Colgate University Columbia University Dartmouth College DePaul University Fordham University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Hawaii Pacific University Indiana University at Bloomington
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Kalamazoo College (2) Lafayette College Marist College Middlebury College New York University (2) Northeastern University (2) Pomona College Regis University Saint Mary’s College of California Santa Monica College Scripps College St. Olaf College Suffolk University Syracuse University Tulane University (3) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Cruz (2) University of Colorado at Boulder University of Denver (2) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Oregon University of Richmond University of Southern California (3) University of Texas, Austin
University of Wisconsin, Madison Virginia Tech Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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BUILDING A FOUNDATION OF
LEADERSHIP The Posse Foundation, founded in 1989, partners with colleges and universities nationwide to provide four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships. Each ‘Posse’ (multicultural teams of about 10 students) provides a built in support system resulting in high success and graduation rates. Posse Scholars are active student leaders who meet regularly with university faculty and administration to discuss issues like education, race, and social responsibility. They contribute to the overall diversity of thought and culture at their colleges and universities - integral cornerstones of a Vistamar education. Vistamar graduated 12 Posse Scholars since its first graduating class in 2008. Thousands of candidates in Los Angeles undergo a rigorous selection process with college and university admissions’ representatives to secure a spot at an Posse partner institution of their choice. Los Angeles Posse partner institutions include: Bucknell University, Dickinson College, Grinnell College, Hobart and William Smith College, Kalamazoo College, Middlebury College, Northwestern University, Pepperdine University, Tulane University, University of California-Berkeley, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. “By simply attending Vistamar I was prepared. Vistamar allowed me to grow not only academically but socially,” said Ericka Taylor ’11 on how Vistamar prepared her for the Posse selection process. “Posse is a merit based leadership scholarship and by the time I was a senior at Vistamar, I was already the editor-in-chief of the yearbook, a leader on Student Events and Activities Club, founded a dance team, and created VistaCrew with my senior class”
VISTAMAR SCHOOL’S SCHOLARS: Steven Rodriguez ’10 Dickinson College
Abu Iyob-Tessema ’14 Bucknell University
Derrick Butler ’17 Tulane University
Vanessa Ceja ’11 Dickinson College
Kiavanne Williams ’14 Kalamazoo College
Denise Jackson ’17 Kalamazoo College
Ericka Taylor ’11 Tulane University
Khalil Muhammed ’15 Pepperdine University
Trevor Loduem-Jackson ’17 Kalamazoo College
Ric Tennenbaum ’14 Grinnell College
Anthony Soria ’16 Kalamazoo College
Regina Solar ’17 Tulane University
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At Vistamar we foster our students’ creative habits of mind by affording them experiences in the arts as doers, creators, makers, and consumers. Our faculty of “working artists” emphasizes the process of creativity, rather than simply the product of the endeavor. This feature alone distinguishes Vistamar, and the fortunate benefit of this approach, is that every student—in some way or fashion—considers himself or herself to be creative. The summer of 2017, Vistamar built the Creative Commons in the southwest quadrant of campus, creating a home for the visual and performing arts disciplines. This new space will help further plans for our emerging technology, robotics, broadcasting, and filmmaking programs. Our plans include state-of-the-art features which will enable Vistamar to ‘leap frog’ competing programs. This space includes the 2-D Visual Art Studio, the Music Studio, and the Digital Media Lab. We appreciate the support from the Vistamar community that made it possible for our students to develop inventive habits of mind, utilizing best educational practices in the most inspiring creative spaces possible in a high school setting.
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2016-2017
CAPITAL AND RESTRICTED As enrollment at Vistamar School continues to grow, so does the need for improved and expanded facilities to provide our students with the environment they need to learn, to create and to grow into global citizens. This year we finished construction of the new Creative Commons, Vistamar’s new art classrooms. We gratefully acknowledge the participation of individuals, families, corporations and foundations for their generous gifts directed toward Vistamar School’s capital expansion projects. Anonymous (2) Mike Armitage The Artigas/Etchegaray Family Audio School House, LLC Kathleen Briscoe Karen Broudy Mary & Michael Burke The Coyle Family Donna & Andrew Dietz The Dunlay Family The Escalona Family Dr. Karen E. Eshoo The Eskenazi Family The Fishman Family Friends of Golf, Inc. The Glassberg Family Tess & Paul Hechmer
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Higgins Family Charitable Foundation Twanda Hogans Kamala & Gary Horwitz John H. & Cynthia Lee Smet Foundation Dierdre Harrington & Erich Joiner Erin Keller The Kinney Family Janet & Larry Kronenberg Karma Kumar Chris & Tom Lane Kim & Andy Leserman Romayne & Tom Levee Carla Buck & Jack Levy Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace
Zita & Brian MacDonald Allison Maguire The Marchetti Family The Marcial Family The Nakagawa Family Sarah & Avner Papouchado Patty Gibson & Jon Ralph Sydney & Paul Reiner David Rone The Gaudio/Schwedock Family The Shugar Family Andrew Smet ’08 Mariana & Ricardo Solar Lucy & Nelson Torino Katherine Tsai
2017 Saturday, May 6, 2017 RITZ-CALRTON, MARINA DEL REY
Sheba Posnansky & Jonathan Tunnell The Virgen Family The Walt Disney Company Foundation The Westreich Family The Yakura Family
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This year’s event included a silent and live auction, a Fund-A-Need opportunity to support the new Creative Commons, casino games and live entertainment from Haute Chile. A truly remarkable team of staff, faculty, parent volunteers and community support came together to make Blue & Gold 2017 a memorable event. We raised over $275,000 to support Vistamar School. A special thanks to our Blue & Gold 2017 co-chairs: Tess Hechmer and Stephanie Glassberg.
Live Auction Item Donors Karen Eshoo Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace Julie Hoheb The Burke Family The Westreich Family Kim & Jim Marasco Love & Salt Grace & Drew Peterson
Table Sponsors Mary & Mike Burke Ilene & Phil Eskenazi Pamela Haering & Randy Freer Kamala & Gary Horwitz Laila & Marcus Kollmorgen Rica Leon & John Liu Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace Dr. Deb Robertson & Tom Chwalek Tina & Marty Sarafa Cindy Lee Smet & John Smet
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Supporters Lisa & John Adams Lori & Mark Andrade Anonymous Mike Armitage The Artigas/Etchegaray Family The Barksdale Family Abbey & Doug Bruce Carla Buck & Jack Levy Mary & Michael Burke Lupe Chacon Dr. Deb Robertson & Tom Chwalek Edith Cohen The Connor Family Julie Crum Pam Davis Lorin & Doug Dust Margaux Erilane The Escalona Family
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Dr. Karen E. Eshoo The Eskenazi Family The Fitzgerald Family The Flynn Family Darlene & Sy Fountaine The Glassberg Family Pati PineiroGoodenberger Pamela Haering & Randy Freer Lisa & Garry Handelman Traci & Brendan Harrington Tess & Paul Hechmer Carla & Brian Hoffman Julie Hoheb Kamala & Gary Horwitz Dierdre Harrington & Erich Joiner Laila & Marcus Kollmorgen Lisa & Brad Kurtz
Chris & Tom Lane Romayne & Tom Levee Rica Leon & John Liu Darcie Wolfe & Santos Lopez Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace Kathleen Waters & Stuart MacFarlane Yvette & Rudy Mangual Rosette Manio Lisa McNamee Prissi Cohen & Michael Morrisette The Papouchado Family The Pearson Family The Posnansky/Tunnell Family The Pulliam Family Lisa Ristani Kris Rone The Sadilek Family
The Sarafa Family Karen Sharp-White & Dan White The Shugar Family Lance Siegel, MD Emily Sigler Jeannine Vanian & Craig Silvers Cindy Lee Smet & John Smet Mariana & Ricardo Solar Moira & Sandy Solowitz Kim & Dan Stillwell Sarah & David Stoker Justin Toner The Totzke Family Angela Volpicelli The Weiss Family Ruth Kahn & Gerald Wells Connie & Bob Werle The Westreich Family Christina Scataloni-White & Ted White Cindy & Dmitri Williams Elle Wong The Bryce Yamada Family The Zino Family
Fund A Need Lisa & John Adams Pedro Alonso Anonymous Mike Armitage Sabrina Armitage The Arndt Family The Artigas/Etchegaray Family
Robin & David Betanzos Mickey Blaine Gail & David Bromberg Abbey & Doug Bruce Carla Buck & Jack Levy Mary & Michael Burke Gayle & Derrick Butler Lupe Chacon Debbie & John Charlton Oscar Chavarria Dr. Deb Robertson & Thomas Chwalek The Connor Family Julie Crum Pam Davis Chris Di Mauro Stephanie & David Dreyer Lorin & Doug Dust Dr. Karen E. Eshoo The Eskenazi Family Nathan Fenderson The Fitzgerald Family The Flynn Family Marty Frame Jason Gamer The Glassberg Family Daniel Glober Pati PineiroGoodenberger Jason Gregory Lisa & Garry Handelman Traci & Brendan Harrington Tess & Paul Hechmer The Herrera Family Carla & Brian Hoffman
Brian Hollis Mary Hooper Kamala & Gary Horwitz Lisa & Brad Kurtz Kristine Lastition The Leake Family Shannon Lee Kim & Andrew Leserman Romayne & Tom Levee The Lieber Family Rica Leon & John Liu Darcie Wolfe & Santos Lopez Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace Kathleen Waters & Stu MacFarlane Rosette Manio Judy & Robert McGuire Prissi Cohen & Michael Morrisette Matilda Morrison ’09 Laurie & Greg Nakahira Christie & Michael Newman Roy Nyberg Elisabeth Bentley & Arge O’Neal The Papouchado Family The Pearson Family Angelica Giangregorio & Brian Pelletier David Polett The Posnansky/Tunnell Family The Prado Family The Pulliam Family
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Millicent Rolon & Doug Richardson Lisa Ristani The Rodriques Family Kris Rone The Sadilek Family The Sarafa Family Victoria & Michael Sekits Karen R. Sharp-White & Ted White Lance Siegel, MD Emily Sigler Jeannine Vanian & Craig Silvers Cindy Lee Smet & John Smet Mariana & Ricardo Solar Moira & Sandy Solowitz Kim & Dan Stillwell Sarah & David Stoker The May/Suzuki Family Miko Toma Justin Toner The Totzke Family Ellen O’Loughlin-Villa The Weiss Family Ruth Kahn & Gerald Wells The Westreich Family Christina Scataloni-White & Ted White Cindy & Dmitri Williams The Bryce Yamada Family The Zino Family
Auction Item Donors 23rd Street Jewelers Ablon Skin Institute AMC Theaters Anonymous Beach Cities Volleyball Club The Behrens Family Robin & David Betanzos Brandy & Rob Blake Board of Trustees Broadway Gymnastic School Brooks Shoes for Kids Bubbles Pet Spa Mary & Mike Burke Gayle & Derrick Butler Lorena Campos Captain Kidd’s Cheesecake Factory Tiffany Chiu Tracy Coe Comedy & Magic Club Discovery Cube Domenico’s Italian Restaurant Sydney Donahue El Segundo Family Chiropractic The Escalona Family Dr. Karen Eshoo The Eskenazi Family Patricia Artigas & Lucas Etchegaray Eyes on Redondo Optometry
Courtney Federle Laura Feigelmuller Cindy & Jon Fitzgerald The Flynn Family Fresh Brothers Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Richard Furlan Gable House Bowl & Laser Storm The Glassberg Family Great Expectations College Prep Minhua Gu Hangar 18 Rock Climbing Gyms Harmony Yoga Heal Hennessey’s Julie Hoheb Avigal & Michael Horrow Becca Horrow Jessica Horwitz Howl at the Moon The Huntington Library IN N OUT Beth Jones Kat Monk Photography Kate Arnold Kathy Fisher, Grow Lisa & Brad Kurtz Chris & Tom Lane Laurel Glen Vineyard Learning Period Lesham Loft Carla Buck & Jack Levy Rica Leon & John Liu
Los Angeles Lakers Love & Salt Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace Yvette Mangual Manhattan Beach Animal Hospital Manhattan Beach Dermatology Manhattan Bread & Bagel Rosette Manio The Marasco Family Marina del Rey Sportfishing MB Watch Repair & Vintage Watches Rob & Judy McGuire The Cohen/Morrisette Family Mulligan Family Fun Center Laurie & Greg Nakahira Paradise Cove Beach Cafe Danielle Parrott Paul Martin’s American Grill Katie & Kevin Pearson Perfect Day Surf Camps Grace & Drew Petersen David Pham David Polett Teri Polo Barbara Pomykalski Promenade Ice Chalet Yolanda Reyes Lisa Ristani
Pamela & Jesse Samaniego Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza & Grill Tina & Marty Sarafa Kendra Scott Shoot 360 Shugar Soapworks Lance Siegel Six Flags Magic Mountain Ethan Smith Splash Cafe Michael Stars The Strand House Dr. Sarah Sweatlock Toyota Sports Center Trendy Eyes Optometry Universal Studios Julie Vasquez
The O’Loughlin-Villa Family Wahoo’s Fish Tacos The Waller Family Wendy Walsh The Walt Disney Company Waterleaf Interior The Westreich Family Christina Scataloni-White & Ted White The Williams Family Wondertree Kids Vicki Ishida & Mike Yakura The Yamada Family You Can Dance Studio The Zalzman Family
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MODERATED TUITION AND FUNDED AWARDS
Vistamar School is committed to ensuring access to families from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Moderated Tuition is available to qualified students based on demonstrated need. By lowering financial barriers to attend, Vistamar fosters the diversity of thought and culture vital its mission of authentic exchange of perspectives, mutual respect, and a mature understanding of the world. We gratefully acknowledge the support of those who made gifts towards Moderated Tuition. Andern Educational Research Sean Carey Pam Davis Chris Di Mauro Jason Gamer Pamela Haering & Randy Freer Brian Hollis Houlihan Lokey
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KIPP Academy of Opportunity Alicia MiĂąana & Rob Lovelace Janet A. McKinley Sonia Moir The Pipkin Family Julie and Richard Schweitzer Sarah & Luke Sweatlock
The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation Ric Torres Erin Tyner Egloff The Windsong Trust
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2016-2017 PARENT ALLIANCE FOR VISTAMAR EDUCATION We gratefully acknowledge the extraordinary volunteerism and support of the PAVE Council whose efforts have made such an impact on our students’ lives and the Vistamar community as a whole. We also recognize the efforts of ALL Vistamar Parents who have been an integral part of what makes Vistamar such a special place. We truly appreciate the time, enthusiasm and talent you share with the School. not in photo: Julissa Arce, Teresa Lieber, Valerie Loduem, Laura Markgraf, Maria Saldaña, and Mimi Stephanus
PRESIDENT Lisa Kurtz (Harrison ’18) VICE PRESIDENT/ VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Paula Barksdale (Ellie ’18, Ethan ’19) SECRETARY Maria Saldana (Alexis ’15 and Gabriel ’19) LANGUAGE, CULTURE & COMMUNITY Valerie Loduem (Trevor ’17) Laura Markgraf (Sophia ’19)
12TH GRADE REPS Gail Bromberg (Mason ’17) Laurie Angress (Bella ’15, River ’17) 11TH GRADE REPS Prissi Cohen (Tillie Morrisette ’18) Frank Mejia (Francisco ’15, Celest ’18) 10TH GRADE REPS Christine Escalona (Brandon ’19) Sophia Verdin (Lucy Berg ’19)
9TH GRADE REPS Cindy Fitzgerald (Sidney ’20) Robin Betanzos (Owen ’20) Julissa Padilla (Demetrius ’20) ALUMNI REPS Mimi Stephanus (Alex ’11, Kate ’13, Natalie ‘15) Teresa Lieber (Alina ’09, David ‘12, Sam ’15)
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VISTAMAR CONNECTS COMMUNITY
“Vistamar connect might be one of the best things our community has done in a long time! I’m so happy and humbled to be a part of this group. If anyone needs life advice, mathematical advice, or hospitality advice, I’m here for you,” — BEN LITTLE ’12 ON VISTAMAR CONNECT
Last Fall, Vistamar introduced Vistamar Connect to the Vikings’ community. This new online platform allows members to connect with one other, with the hope of providing mentors, internship opportunities and job opportunities. And if you are a current senior, ask questions about college. This resource allows current seniors and alumni to start constructing their own business network. A form to seek advice, the goal of Vistamar Connect is to provide multiple resources to help prepare Vikings for when they leave the academic world. We are always looking for more members of the Vistamar Community to join and be resources for our students and alumni. Your support is greatly appreciated. Sign up at VistamarConnect.org.
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