Spring 2016 Global Exchange by Atlanta International School

GLOBAL EXCHANGE Spring 2016

T H E A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E O F AT L A N TA I N T E R N AT I O N A L S C H O O L

Global Exchange

International Mindedness SPECIAL EDITION:

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ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL School BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2015-2016 CHRISTIAN FISCHER, CHAIR VERNA JENNINGS CLEVELAND, VICE-CHAIR DEB SUDBURY, TREASURER WENDIE HAYLER, SECRETARY

MEMBERS CHARLIE BOSTWICK

SCOTT BRITTON

WENDY CLARK

SUSIE COGAN

SHELLEY GIBERSON

ROLAND JOHN

JEAN KHOURY

ARNDREA KING

DENNIS LOCKHART

TRISH MARCUCCI

MIKE MCCARTHY

SUSAN MORRIS

CECILE NOZIERE

KEVIN O’HALLORAN

SUSANNAH PARKER

SHEFALI PATEL

BARBARA QUIROGA

CLAIRE STERK

FRANK THOMAS

BENNY VARZI

ADOLFO VILLAGOMEZ

CHIARA VISCONTI-PERVANAS

GINA VITIELLO

EMILY WILLINGHAM

LAURA WINCHESTER

JOYCE YAMAATO

EX OFFICIO KEVIN GLASS, HEADMASTER GERRY HULL, TRUSTEE EMERITUS OLGA PLAUT, TRUSTEE EMERITA ROY PLAUT, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS MONIQUE SEEFRIED PH.D., TRUSTEE EMERITA

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION 2014-2015 HEADMASTER KEVIN GLASS HEAD OF CURRICULUM & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RACHEL HOVINGTON HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL SANDY MACKENZIE HEAD OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CAMILLE DU AIME HEAD OF ADMISSION, FINANCIAL AID & MARKETING REID MIZELL HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT KENDYL MOSS HEAD OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE PAUL SAEGER HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION YOLANDA RAMIREZ UPPER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TAMBI TYLER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KEVIN ONABIYI UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ALAIN POIRAUD LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LYNDA SARELIUS EARLY LEARNING CENTER COORDINATOR MARIA VOUTOS

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Swoop’s adventures continue with stops in Ontario, Canada, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and stateside in the San Francisco Bay area. Photos by Charé Brown, Paul Moodie and Timothy McMahon.

MANAGER, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS & DESIGN LAURA STIDHAM PUBLIC RELATIONS & MEDIA MANAGER KRISTI HOVINGTON MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR CHERISE RANDLE

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT KATHRYN BANKS ALUMNI & PARENTS OF ALUMNI COORDINATOR SANDY FERKO DEVELOPMENT DATABASE RESEARCH COORDINATOR APRIL CASTRO SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR NICOLE DANCZ

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Letter from the Board Chair & Headmaster

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Welcome, New Principals

International Mindedness at AIS

The Trail to Sustainability: a Day on the BeltLine

10 Anatomy of an Altar: Día de los Muertos 12 Robotics & Coding: More than Computer Science 14 ELC: I Was a Scientist When... 16 Upper School Students Slash Their Way Through Sweeney Todd 17 Students Tackle Injustice Through the Performing Arts 18 Journey Back to Merry Old England 19 Fall & Winter Athletics Round-Up 22 Students Pilot First Bilingual Version of Out of Eden Learn 24 A Cultural Journey Through Chinese Opera GLOBETROTTER

Globetrotter 26 Climbing the 50 States’ High Points 28 Students Transform Houses to Homes 30 Dual Taste of Language & Medicine in Argentina 31 Learning on the Go

Staying Connected 32 Alumni Spotlight: Francesco Checchi ’94 Will Stoll Secondary Science Faculty Page 26

34 Alumni Parent Organization 35 Alumni Reunions 36 Class Notes SPECIAL EDITION:

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EDITOR

DESIGN BY SANDY FERKO

VANENKA MOSQUEIRA

MARIA GALINDO

GARY PATERSON

ANTHONY GILLETT

SHELLEY PAUL

ANNALEE HIGGINBOTTOM

PEACHTREE PORTRAITS

CONTRIBUTORS

RACHEL HOVINGTON

CHERISE RANDLE

JOHN AMOSA

GREG HUCKS

WILL STOLL

KATHYRN BANKS

MAANIT MADAN ’20

ROB WARREN

EMILY BISHKO ’16

REAGAN MAHONEY ’20

SHERRY WEEKS

FRANCESCO CHECCHI ’94

BRETT MITCHELL

NAVID YAVARI

LAURA STIDHAM

ASSOCIATE EDITOR KRISTI HOVINGTON

TWEET DESIGN

Message from the AIS BOARD CHAIR AND HEADMASTER

Dear AIS Community:

CHRISTIAN FISCHER Chair of the Board of Trustees

KEVIN GLASS Headmaster

The challenges our students will face in the future will require a Global Mindset – within the IB curriculum this is described as developing “international mindedness.” Our world has never been so interconnected in terms of politics, technology, economies, health issues, and climate. The ability to collaborate cross-culturally and appreciate a sense of other is an integral part of the learning experience at Atlanta International School. As part of our efforts to focus on international mindedness, we are proud to incorporate the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development both into our curriculum and our community. The 17 goals aim to do three extraordinary things over the next 15 years: end poverty, combat climate change, and fight injustice and inequality. This past fall, our students presented the goals at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, marking the official kick-off of the initiative in Atlanta. The IB curriculum is based on the belief that to develop international mindedness and cultural competence, one must first understand one’s own culture. As an urban school, our local neighborhood and community are important parts of who we are. As we plan for the future of our campus, we are very thankful for the support of Garden Hills, Buckhead, and the city of Atlanta. The collaborative efforts of all parties have helped us move forward with Phase One of our Think Forward campaign, allowing us to improve our physical campus with a new athletic field and much-improved carpool system which will reduce traffic in the neighborhood. This is a win for AIS and a win for the community. As we look toward the future we also have been making great strides on our next strategic plan; students, faculty, staff, parents, the board, and alumni have all provided valuable input. We are pleased with the direction the plan is taking, centering around five main theme areas where we will set school-wide priorities for the next few years:

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Building on our leadership in Language Acquisition Learning for Action and Impact Striving for/Achieving Greater Inclusion and Social Innovation Improving Organizational Capacity Optimizing our Physical Campus

Our strategic plan is focused on our desire to continue to enhance the preparation we give our students to approach their future with confidence, and one of the most rewarding parts of our job is to see the work our students and alumni are doing to help make the world a better place. As a community, we’ve helped produce engaged, informed, and internationally minded individuals which make us very proud. In this issue, you’ll read about a few of these students and alumni who are bettering their communities, from volunteering in service projects, to cross-cultural collaborations with Out of Eden, to working in Sierra Leone to help Ebola patients. In closing, Atlanta International School has, from our humble beginnings 30 years ago, set a hugely ambitious mission for itself. We are unashamedly idealistic about this mission. Our students are and will become those extraordinary individuals who shape the rest of this 21st Century. Yours sincerely,

Kevin Glass, Headmaster

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Christian Fischer, Board Chair

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Welcome New LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL and UPPER SCHOOL PRINCIPALS By Laura Stidham, Global Exchange Editor

Tambi Tyler Upper School Principal

Tambi joins AIS from Des Moines, Iowa where she worked as a Vice Principal of an IB MYP school. She served with Des Moines Public Schools for over 18 years and held multiple leadership roles such as Teacher, Dean, School Improvement Leader and Interim Human Resources Director. Tambi holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Grand View University as well as a Masters in Education Leadership from Drake University. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree with the University of Northern Iowa. She enjoys travel and spending time with her children.

Lynda Sarelius Lower Primary School Principal

Lynda joins us from Vienna International School where she was the Deputy Principal of the Primary School. She holds a Diploma of Teaching, a Bachelor of Education, Primary Teaching at Charles Darwin University, a Master of Education, Leadership and Management from The Open University, and a certificate in International School Leadership from the Principalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Training Centre, London. Lynda, a native Australian, and her daughter Rachael (Grade 9) are very excited to join the AIS community. They look forward to exploring the United States after an amazing eight years in Europe. 5

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INTERNATIONAL

MINDEDNESS at AIS By Gary Paterson, IB Coordinator and Rachel Hovington, Head of Curriculum and Professional Development

It’s taken for granted that being an international school automatically confers international mindedness upon its inhabitants, but this assumption is not necessarily accurate. Why is international mindedness important, what are the benefits, and what is AIS doing to encourage a global mindset? We asked two members of faculty to share their thoughts with us on the subject.

“The International Baccalaureate (IB) defines international mindedness as “an attitude of openness to, and curiosity about, the world and different cultures. It is concerned with developing a deep understanding of the complexity, diversity and motives of human actions and interactions.” The aim of all IB programs is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better world. “International-mindedness is not acquired by some instinctive process of osmosis. It requires specific interventions; a carefully designed programme of educational activities. It is taught, not caught.” George Walker - former Director General of the IBO

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Grade 6 students collaborate in a transdisciplinary unit, AquaVitae (Water of Life), to prototype aqueducts for different regions around the globe GARY PATERSON IB Diploma Coordinator It’s easy to see why international mindedness is a critical component of this school’s mission anytime you turn on the news or read a paper. War. Refugees. Climate Change. Pandemics...at AIS we call these “wicked problems.” The world is full of wicked problems that don’t have ready solutions, and it’s our responsibility to produce future leaders who have the capacity to solve them. With language acquisition, a rigorous IB framework, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion as the three key pillars holding up everything we do here at AIS, we are uniquely positioned to ensure that our students have the empathy, awareness, and willingness to tackle and hopefully solve some of these wicked problems. More than anything we do here at school, helping our students learn to think critically about the world around them, consider a global perspective, and collaborate to solve big problems is the most important thing we do and benefits everyone.

Grade 4 students visit sacred places, part of their “WhoWe Are” unit of study; an inquiry into the nature of the self, beliefs and values, communities and cultures, rights and responsibilities—what it means to be human

We have students at AIS who, were they not here, might never have the opportunity to work side by side with someone from Nigeria or Taiwan. Simply by proximity, what happens in these places become relevant and important to them. With over 90 nationalities represented at AIS, we have ample opportunities for this to happen! From our youngest students learning how one piece of trash on the side of the road eventually ends in the ocean, to our sixth graders solving complex water access problems through their MYP Aqua Vitae project, we create many opportunities for our learners at all ages to embody a global mindset. Nelson Mandela said, “education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” He was absolutely correct, and based on my experiences teaching in international schools, I would add that international education, in particular, can change the world by encouraging empathy and understanding. These are two traits the current generation will need an abundance of to create the changes that are needed to create a more peaceful and safe world. 7

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Middle school students collaborate in a Interdisciplinary Unit using Design Thinking and MYP Global Contexts to prototype ways to build respect for school, self and others.

Upper school student presents resolution on Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration of Child Soldiers at The Hague International Model United Nations in the Netherlands.

RACHEL HOVINGTON Head of Curriculum and Professional Development At AIS, we are charged with developing extraordinary individuals who will shape the 21st century. That’s no small task, but we know how to achieve it and international mindedness is a key component of how we’ll get there. A common misperception among some is that when you have a diverse community, high levels of second language acquisition and an internationally focused curriculum, you have “checked the box” on creating an internationally minded environment. Our response to this is to imagine one of our students: she may speak two or three languages, have extraordinary skills to navigate international boundaries in business, and have a great understanding of global issues--necessary skills, but is not sufficient for true international mindedness. Without empathy, without collaboration, and without including a desire to address the world’s most serious issues, we only help develop global competence--we have to go beyond that. Our aim is to develop global citizens who genuinely want to make the world a better place. We have set a bold course to design educational programs that educate students for action and impact. Solving problems in a collaborative manner is becoming a critical skill for the next generation of internationally minded citizens. We can teach our students a second language and a global perspective, but what are the benefits of those things if they can’t solve problems? Creating lasting and sustainable solutions to the wicked problems of the world that Gary cites begins with defining the problem and then working together to solve it. Plenty of action and negative impact has happened when individuals haven’t exhibited the intercultural competence, empathy, collaboration and time to identify problems before jumping quickly to solutions. Last year, the middle school teachers created teams of students, grades 6-8, to work on interdisciplinary projects of their choice for four days. They identified problems on the AIS campus and worked through the design cycle to solve them. They took time to empathize with those

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affected by the problems, and those who might be involved in solutions, using empathy and engagement strategies. Once they defined the problem, they came up with ideas to solve the problem and prototyped their solutions. After their solutions were tested, they went back to redefining the problem, coming up with new ideas and refining their prototypes. Design cycle problem solving takes time, and most importantly, resilience and perseverance. There are rarely simple solutions to real world problems. This year, one of the groups of students tackled the (oft-maligned) secondary school class schedule to find time in the day to focus on homework. The students came up with a great solution and we prototyped their schedule for two weeks in February. The feedback from this prototype will then inform further iterations until we get it right. Solving the problem of our class schedule isn’t in itself going to change the world, but the skills these students learned are the same skills they will need as the problems they face become more complex and nebulous. What we’re trying to do is empower learners to uncover, care about and solve problems now, so that they will seek out and tackle even larger problems in the future. At AIS, we have made the United Nations Global Goals a major focus, helping us create an even deeper sense of international mindedness within our community. Ratified by 123 countries at the United Nations in September 2015, these 17 goals form an ambitious 15-year to-do list for the global community and our students. Collaborative and creative problem solving will be key to tackling these goals, as well as entrepreneurship and innovation. We are unashamedly idealistic about the idea that we will send students out into the world to solve problems like inequity, poverty, and responsible consumption and production. The Global Goals are strategically important for AIS moving forward, creating a framework for us to develop the next generation of global citizens.

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The Trail to Sustainability: A DAY ON THE BELTLINE By Anthony Gillett, Humanities Group Leader The Atlanta BeltLine, one of the most wide-ranging urban redevelopment programs currently underway in the United States, is a sustainable network of parks, trails and transit along a historic railroad corridor. It will ultimately connect 45 neighborhoods, increase green space in the city as well as increase growth in regional transportation, housing and public art initiatives. In December, Humanities students from grades 8-10 engaged with their local city by visiting the Eastside Trail, the first completed section of the Atlanta BeltLine. Students met with Kevin Burke, the Senior Landscape Architect for the Beltline, in order to find out how the development is trying to achieve environmental sustainability. In addition to meeting with Burke, students surveyed members of the public about the economic and social benefits - as well as problems - connected with the development of the BeltLine. When interviewed, some people found the BeltLine to be a significant improvement in both green and social spaces, while others worry about a decrease in diversity in the area. Almost all noted an increase in safety since the opening of the Eastside Trail. Through these conversations with the public, students were able to make connections to their classwork evaluating the process and effects of gentrification. In addition to the surveys, they gathered images and environmental assessments. All the data collected was then used for each student to produce an individual investigation into the sustainability of the BeltLine project.

ANATOMY OF AN ALTAR: Day of the Dead

By Cherise Randle, Marketing and Communications Coordinator

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Día de los muertos, also known as Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican holiday celebrated from October 31 to November 2. Families and friends gather together to remember their deceased relatives by dedicating altars to their departed loved ones. Altars are created in cemeteries, homes and even schools. A variety of offerings are placed throughout the altars such as photographs, papel picado, sugar skulls, candles, flowers, pan de muerto, memorabilia of the deceased, water and fruit

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Papel Picado Papel picado is colorful tissue paper with reliefs, such as skulls, hearts, animals or flowers, cut out of it. It is commonly used as decoration at the top and bottom of the altars. Sugar Skulls Just like the living love candy, so do the spirits. Day of the Dead altars are decorated with sugar skulls so that returning souls can enjoy a sugary treat. However, many sugar skulls are for decoration only and not for consumption. Candles Lit candles are placed throughout the altar to guide spirits back to the land of the living.

Fresh Flowers The vibrant scent and color of fresh flowers, traditionally marigolds (cempasúchiles), help guide the spirit to their altar.

Pan de Muerto Known as “bread of the dead,” pan de muerto is a traditional Mexican sweet bread eaten during the Day of the Dead. Loaves are often shaped to resemble the bones of the dead, and offer nourishment for travel weary spirits.

Photographs Photographs are placed throughout the altar as a dedication to the deceased as well as to invoke their spirit’s presence within the altar.

Memorabilia Memorabilia is placed throughout the altar to remember the things the deceased loved. Fruit Like the sugars skulls and pan de muerto, seasonal fruit provides additional refreshment to spirits after their long journey returning home to their loved ones.

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ROBOTICS & CODING

More than Computer Science By Shelley Paul, Head of STEAM 3K-12 and Annalee Higginbottom, Head of Instructional Technology 3K-12

When you ask an AIS student to tell you about their favorite part of the First Lego League, you might hear about the excitement of building a robot, the challenge of programming, or the thrill of competing in a tournament. What you don’t expect to hear is ‘Core Values’. “They’re not rules to follow,” explains fifth grade student Grace, “Core Values are guidelines that help you to prioritize and work together, like ‘Gracious Professionalism’ and ‘Cooperation’ (displaying unqualified kindness and respect in the face of fierce competition). We need to cooperate so we can work together to program and build on what we already know about the robot. We just have to help each other and identify each other’s strengths.” Her fourth grade teammate, Jack, agrees. “We worked as a group and we did everything we could to make the best robot to play in the games.” He also mentioned that robotics is a great way to apply classroom learning such as geometry and language skills. FIRST Lego League (FLL), a robotics program for teams in grades 4-8, was launched this year at AIS by primary school STEAM Coach Ronnie Thomas and secondary school teacher and Robotics Coach Rao Olayeye. Each year FLL releases a challenge based on a real-world AIS GLOBAL EXCHANGE • Spring 2016

scientific topic. Each challenge has three parts: the Robot Game, Project and Core Values. “The competition is not just about the technology,” said Ms. Olayeye. “The research project this year was around the theme of trash and recycling—a significant problem in the world—and students had to bring innovative solutions to figure out how to address the problem. Students were given the opportunity to present their solutions in the format of their choice--one of our teams created a music video.”

“What we learn is more important than what we win.” “It’s an opportunity for ‘out of the box’ thinking,” explained Mr. Thomas, “I like FLL because it allows students to develop important soft skills that will prepare them for all areas of life, both in and out of school. What we learn is more important than what we win.” The pressure of winning certainly didn’t seem to be on the minds of seventh grade students Billye and Katie at the competition held at Grady High School in early December. They endeavored to complete a timed mission when disaster struck: “We had two minutes for our robot to complete certain missions,” they explained, “but the claw attachment, which was very complicated, came off and the robot ran over the arm then fell on its side. It was so funny—we had to laugh. We got so many penalties for having to rescue our robot!” Their resilience was impressive and their peers cheered them on from the front row.

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“You can’t be perfect all the time but you want to make sure you are the best you can be at the things you can do.” Billye shared the importance of perseverance and self-directed problem solving in FLL. “I had a problem with the mission I was trying to complete,” she recounts, ‘‘and Ms. Olayeye told me I had to figure it out on my own. I could have admitted defeat but through a lot of trial and error I was able to solve it. I felt so proud of myself.” At the start of the 2015-2016 school year, AIS Headmaster Kevin Glass reminded faculty that an environment in which students can feel comfortable learning from failure helps them develop ‘Perseverance and Resilience,’ one of our five Think Forward values and skills. FLL offers that and more. As Katie explained, “You can spend hours working on a problem and it be not quite right. We learned to prioritize. We learned that you can’t do everything, especially with so many missions—we really had to focus on what we could do first. It’s like school; you can’t be perfect all the time but you want to make sure you are the best you can be at the things you can do.” All of these students are keen to continue robotics in the future, building on their experiences and successes of an exhilarating first year.

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UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS SLASH THEIR WAY THROUGH Sweeney Todd By Rob Warren, Director of the Arts K-12

“Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. He served a dark and a vengeful God. To seek revenge may lead to hell... but everyone does it, and seldom as well, as Sweeney.” We could have worked on Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street for the whole school year and still not uncovered all its mysteries and marvels. However, for the first production of this year’s Theatre Season, the Atlanta International School Players stepped up for the challenge to present Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece of musical theatre. The production was a glorious pastiche full of contradictions: it was a penny-dreadful melodrama that was both camp and full of Grand Guignol, but it was also a social commentary full of vehement feeling and insight. The students did a wonderful job with some of the most

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sophisticated music ever composed for the musical theatre stage. The chorus tackled the shows operatic scope with great commitment and energy, whilst the other actors gave intimate and heartfelt performances of their characters. I was extremely proud of everyone involved with this challenging musical. For me as a theatre maker, it is about the power of collaborative storytelling that makes this art form so unique, and I was very proud of everyone’s enthusiasm, care and commitment to this endeavor.

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STUDENTS TACKLE INJUSTICE Through the Performing Arts By Sherry Weeks, Secondary Theatre Faculty AIS hosted the International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA) Middle School Festival in November—the very first in the Americas. We chose the title for this Theatre Festival from a Martin Luther King, Jr. quote: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” It was so exciting to host this festival at AIS, knowing that the students would enjoy this enriching experience and take away new inspiration and understandings to engage with peers at their own schools. We hosted students and teachers from Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, United Arab Emirates and the United States. Our families enjoyed taking students into their homes and showing them Atlanta as well as learning about the students’ culture and schools. A team of artists flew in from the United Kingdom, Jamaica and from around the United States prior to the festival to collaborate and brainstorm ideas to use with the students when they arrived. Over the three-day weekend festival, students worked in small groups with their ensemble artist as well as together as a whole group. On Friday, they spent the day at the Center for Civil and Human Rights Museum, where students collected information and worked in groups to create tableaus of scenes from the Civil Rights Movement that resonated with them. On Saturday, we invited three local Atlanta artists to come AIS and give master classes to our students; they worked in movement-based storytelling, puppetry skills and African dance and drumming. With Martin Luther King, Jr. as our inspiration for this festival, the students explored how the arts can become a force for fighting and exposing injustice in the world. The students examined how they, as young people, can take steps to tackle the injustices they see in their own lives. For “faith,” as MLK put it, “is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” We were honored to have Martin Luther King III agree to join us as our special guest speaker. The students were captivated by his words about his father. Students discussed what theatre and the arts can do to tackle injustice. Some problems can feel overwhelming, but history is full of people who took small steps to make big changes. This was a fantastic opportunity for our students to interact with others from around the world and consider different points of view. Students across the middle school grades were collaborating, discussing, learning and actively creating together in a trans-disciplinary way. The Festival culminated with a sharing and presentation of their work on the last day where faculty and AIS parents were invited to be their audience. Our students formed friendships and memorable experiences that will last for years to come; additionally, they learned that they can be activators of change and informed participants through theatre. 17

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Journey Back to

MERRY OLD ENGLAND By Greg Hucks, Director of Choruses

By Rob Warren, Director of the Arts K-12

The Music Department hosted its biennial Madrigal Feast last December, transporting over 240 guests back to merry old seventeenth century England. The evening featured over 130 student musicians supported by guest musicians as well as numerous faculty and staff to present an evening filled with music, merriment and feasting. AIS alum Arsalan Akhavan ’11 revelled as the Court Jester while our senior leadership team held court as hosts for the evening. The students and court were meticulously costumed in period dress by our Theatre Department’s own Sherry Weeks. Her eye for detail and the visual impact of the costuming provided so much of the atmosphere, harkening us back to days of yore. This event was designed to provide our student musicians the opportunity to have an elevated performance experience while offering our community the chance to gather, share a meal and bond all while enjoying the beautiful performances offered by the many choirs and instrumentalists. It is by far the most elaborate event AIS GLOBAL EXCHANGE • Spring 2016

produced by our music department. The concert portion featured songs from England and Scotland and culminated in a grand finale featuring all of the choirs singing a hauntingly beautiful and ethereal arrangement of Auld Lang Syne. His Majesty the King, Kevin Glass, shared a few final words of parting followed by a final sentiment from the choirs in a premier performance of a Celtic Christmas Blessing. This piece was commissioned specifically for this occasion and composed by our own Diane Robertson. Diane is the choral accompanist and has been an active member of the performing arts staff for six years. We are so fortunate to have such a gifted and caring musician and composer as part of our staff. The text is a traditional Scottish blessing performed in dedication to our native Scotsman Sandy Mackenzie, Head of Secondary School. The next Madrigal Feast will be in December 2017; mark your calendars now!

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Fall & Winter

SPORTS WRAP-UP By John Amosa, Athletic Director and Brett Mitchell, Assistant Athletic Director

VOLLEYBALL MIDDLE SCHOOL:

The A Team notched a win against the future conference champions during the regular season. Things are looking bright for the future! The B Team finished the year with an impressive overall record of 14-2 and a second-place win in the tournament. The C Team dominated with an undefeated season! VARSITY: Boasting mostly

freshman and sophomore players, the team ended the season with an 11-19 record. Senior Nieja Crawford was selected as an All-Area player.

JUNIOR VARSITY: The team rallied

well throughout the season, participated in the first area playoff tournament for JV and ended the season with an 11-15 record. Coach Romero was impressed with the progress of the team which saw three players move between the Varsity and JV teams.

SOCCER MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS: The A Team

finished with an overall record of 14-4 and made it to the finals of both leagues in which they participate. The B Team finished with a respectable 6-1-1.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS & GIRLS: The team saw a huge increase in popularity this year with upwards of 20 members for the boys and girls teams. They competed in the Metro Atlanta tournament with a seventh place finish.

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CROSS COUNTRY

VARSITY GIRLS: The team had an outstanding season finishing fourth in Georgia. Junior Helen Audrey Williams had an excellent season as an individual finishing first at the regional meet and second at the state meet.

VARSITY BOYS: They finished their season strong, qualifying for

the state tournament with fourth place in the region. Freshman Hugo Levisse had a breakout season, finishing sixth at regionals and then third at the state tournament.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS & BOYS: The girls finished third and the boys fifth in the MAAC conference.

SWIMMING

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VARSITY: The Varsity Swim

team had a standout year. They had a multitude of state qualifiers with Satoshi Abe becoming the first AIS swimmer to be part of the state meets in each his four years of swimming varsity. Satoshi and Mhairi Mckenzie have qualified to become Academic All Americans. Nicolas Goudie, a freshman, finished 16th in the state in his event (no mean feat!). Ben Lonial, Christian Porter and numerous relay teams qualified for the state meet and represented AIS with pride.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS & BOYS: The middle school swim team had a stellar season with great performances in numerous meets. They finished fourth overall in their final meet and had 20 individual top-ten finishes.

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BASKETBALL MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS: The A Team had a

highly successful season and made it all the way to the semifinals of the tournament. Coach Ashcraftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expertise will be missed next year, but we wish him well in Vienna. The B Team showed a lot of improvement under the leadership of Coach Berezowski. They competed hard in the end-of-season tournament, but eventually fell short in two close games. The C Team had a lot of fun while learning the fundamentals of basketball.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS:

The A Team showed a lot of improvement throughout the season, and with quite a few young players on the team, the future looks bright. The B Team competed hard all season, showing vast improvement over the course of the year. Many of the players look forward to making an impact as they move to the A Team. Making his return to coaching at AIS, Coach Baudry helped the C Team learn the fundamentals of basketball. VARSITY BOYS: Coach Horton loved watching them develop and grow as players. They competed throughout the season and are looking forward to competing throughout the offseason as well.

VARSITY GIRLS: The girls completed an especially solid season with senior Nieja Crawford finishing her upper school career with 1,766 points, 800+ rebounds, 600+ assists and 300 steals. An amazing achievement for one of the key leaders on this team. Varsity girls basketball was a young team (outside of their two seniors) with two freshman and a sophomore in the starting five.

JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS: The team picked up momentum under the tutelage of Coach Orlando. The season finished strong and the team is excited about playing through the offseason and into the new season next year.

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Students Pilot First Bilingual Version of OUT OF EDEN LEARN By Vanenka Mosqueira and Maria Galindo, Secondary School Spanish

AIS opened their Grade 6 Spanish classroom to Out of Eden Learn, an exciting learning community and initiative of Project Zero, a research organization based out of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Out of Eden Learn partnered with American journalist, photographer, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Salopek on his current project, Out Of Eden. For this project, Paul, sponsored by National Geographic, will walk for seven years (2013 to 2020) around the globe, following the pathways of the first human migration. Like our ancestors, he began his journey in Africa and his path will take him to the Middle East, through Central Asia to China, and north into Siberia. He will then travel by boat across the Bering Strait to Alaska, from where he will walk down the west coast of the New World until he reaches Patagonia, Argentina, where, as he states, “our forebears ran out of horizon.” As he walks, Paul writes dispatches from each location about the biggest issues facing our time, such as mass migration and climate change, through the lens of the people his is visiting. He is trying to understand today’s world from a “foot-level” perspective. AIS GLOBAL EXCHANGE • Spring 2016

“He aprendido de otros países y lugares en todo el mundo. He aprendido mucho sobre la vida de otras personas en otros países. (...) También es muy interesante que antes de Out of Eden yo ya sabía que muchos niños no tenían acceso a cosas necesarias y realmente no me interesaba mucho sobre este tema, pero cuando empecé a usar Out of Eden empecé a preocuparme mucho por ellos.” Gray Mollenkamp “I have learned about other countries and places in the world. I have learned a lot about other people’s lives in other countries. (...) It is also very interesting that before Out of Eden I already knew that many kids didn’t have access to necessary things but it wasn’t something I really thought about, but when I started using Out of Eden, I started to worry a lot.” Gray Mollenkamp

Around AIS As part of their Language and Literature class, grade 6 students joined the first Spanish language walking party Out Of Eden launched Viaje de Aprendizaje Central Parte 1 (Core Learning Journey Part 1). Following Paul’s lead, they completed a series of activities called “footsteps.” The central concept of this project is “slow learning” by looking closely, listening to others, making connections with them, and revealing more about our human story. These “slow learning” activities invite students to pause for a while to gain new perspectives both on the world and themselves. Using Out of Eden’s social media platform, students connected with other students in Argentina, India, and Colombia to share their “footsteps”— to interact globally in a multicultural and collaborative environment. Our students’ reflections, after being exposed to this first bilingual version walking party, demonstrate how AIS is preparing them to become global and competent digital citizens. You are invited to experience slowing down and observing your surroundings. Are you ready to connect this Project Zero and National Geographic initiative with your own life? Are you ready to extend this “slow-down” philosophy to your close ones? Are you ready to challenge yourself to slow looking and listening to others? For more information about Out of Eden Learn visit learn.outofedenwalk.com.

Footsteps “Decidí compartir esta foto porque es algo interesante y único sobre mi barrio. Mi barrio está localizado a poca distancia del Jardín Botánico de Atlanta, y ahora hay un exhibición de luces. En esta foto, puedes ver parte de la exhibición, se llama diosa de la tierra.” Leona Anbari “I decided to share this picture because it is something interesting and unique about my neighborhood. My neighborhood is located at walking distance from the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and now there is a light exhibition. In this picture, you can see part of the exhibition, it’s called Earth Goddess.” Leona Anbari

Moving from the known to the unknown … becoming global and competent digital citizens. “Out of Eden Learn me ha enseñado a parar y mirar a mi alrededor y ver todas las cosas maravillosas que hay en este mundo. Solo tienes que mirar con más atención y verás un mundo nuevo, no el mismo mundo que ves cada día.” Christina Davoudpour “Out of Eden Learn taught me to stop and look around me, and to see all the wonderful things in this world. You only have to look more attentively and you will see a new world, not the same one you see every day”. Christina Davoudpour

“Yo tomé esta foto porque no vas a poder encontrar esta escultura en ningún otro centro de arte o parque y porque es única, bonita y oxidada.” Tahlia Pemberton “I took this picture because you will not find this sculpture in any other arts center or park; it’s unique, beautiful and rusty.” Tahlia Pemberton 23

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A Cultural Journey through CHINESE OPERA

IB Learner Profile IB programmes aim to develop internationally minded people who are striving to be:

Inquirers We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research.We know how to learn independently and with others.We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.

Open-minded We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others.We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.

Knowledgeable We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines.We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.

Caring We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.

Thinkers We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyze and take responsible action on complex problems.We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.

By Maanit Madan ’20 and Reagan Mahoney ‘20 Last November, middle school Mandarin students took a trip to Kennesaw State University to take part in a fascinating exhibition about Chinese opera. Students from all over the state gathered to explore Chinese culture as expressed through opera. The exhibition included photography, props, presentations and live performances. Two students, Maanit Madan and Reagan Mahoney, share their perspectives. MM: The exhibition taught us about the form, strength, language, movement, props and aesthetics in the various styles of Chinese opera. We also had the opportunity to meet Peking Opera artist Linghui Tu from the Confucius Institute at Binghamton University. RM: Upon arrival, we were introduced to the style of Peking Opera, the largest opera form in China. There were many distinctive characteristics: actors wear face paint, minimal props, dramatic and exaggerated gestures. One of the most unique features is that the actors use giant silks to create atmospheric elements that the set cannot show. For example, to show the ocean, the actor would wave the silk across the stage. There were many performances showcasing the unique parts of the Peking Opera. My favorite was when one of the actors changed his mask in the blink of an eye. Everyone was mesmerized by this trick. MM: The trip to the exhibition allowed me to learn and experience opera in a way that I could not in the classroom. Viewing the exhibition gave me a better understanding of Chinese culture and context to the stories choreographed in the opera performances. I loved being able to touch the prop swords and try on the costumes – to be really experience part of the art form. RM: All in all, this field trip was a great experience. Before the trip, we did not even know China had its own opera forms. The presentation was engaging and interesting even for those that have not studied Chinese culture. The arts are only one part of Chinese culture that we will experience this year. Our whole class is excited for the journey to China that lies ahead! AIS GLOBAL EXCHANGE • Spring 2016

Risk-takers We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies.We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.

Communicators We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways.We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.

Balanced We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives—intellectual, physical, and emotional—to achieve wellbeing for ourselves and others.We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.

Principled We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere.We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

Reflective We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience.We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.

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JOURNEY TO THE TOP:

Climbing the

50 STATES’ HIGH POINTS

By Will Stoll, Secondary Science Faculty

HIGH POINT #49: 17 days of living on a glacier

If you took a U.S. map and placed a pin near the least populated section of each state, the resultant pattern would closely resemble the U.S. state high point map. The geographic high point of each state, ranging from the miniscule 345 foot Britton Hill, Florida to the lofty 20,310 foot Denali, Alaska, has been my strange quest.

the 46 major peaks of New York’s Adirondack Mountains), they slowly started adding up. A cross-country trip to Albuquerque, NM in the summer of 2006, where I summited eight peaks, was the first intentional focus on climbing them. After that trip, I started interweaving the climbs into trips around the U.S. The more I climbed, the more the shadow of Denali grew. In 2010 I journeyed to Alaska and saw it firsthand, dominating the landscape with clouds constantly encircling it. A picture from that trip became my computer desktop. Over the last five years, as I began working on a doctorate, my eyes would drift to that picture and I would imagine what it would take to climb it.

I never set out to climb the high points of each state. Different experiences found me on the top of many of them. Whether it was a winter backpacking trip of the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains or trying to be an ADK 46er (climbing

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In the summer of 2015, I decided to find out. I signed up for a guided climb of Denali, emptied my bank account, and started buying really cool gear. On June 24, I boarded a ski plane in Talkeetna, Alaska and less than an hour later was flying through the rock and ice skyline of the Alaskan Range to a landing strip on the Kahiltna Glacier—home to Denali basecamp. A few hours later, wearing a massive backpack and towing a loaded sled, I began the slow journey up Denali with four other climbers and three guides. A week later found us at 14,200 feet above sea level at camp three. There the weather closed in on the upper mountain and we rested for five days. With a brief weather window, we moved to the highest camp at 17,200 feet. Trying to sleep that night, I wrestled with the realization that the following day was going to be my only shot at summiting. Our summit day awarded us with blue skies and perfect conditions. A final push up a snow corniced ridge ended

at a small plateau with a metal marker and a view from the top of the world. Denali’s Summit, 20,320 feet above sea level! (Recently, a new geographic survey lowered this number by 10 feet.) My 20-year cross-country journey came to a close with an eightday trek with friends. Our hike was focused on helping our friend, Chuck Johnston, achieve his dream of completing Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness before his 75 birthday. It was the perfect ending to my quest. Looking back, it has all been about the journey and not the peaks. Many peaks were obscure, forgettable places.Yet, none of the journeys to them were. The people I met, the land traversed, the personal struggles and triumphs is what made them memorable. My lesson learned from this quest was an old one, life itself is an adventure and one that is to be enjoyed.

HIGH POINT #50: Eight days of hiking to help my friend achieve his dream of completing the 100-Mile Wilderness in Maine

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Students Transform HOUSES TO HOMES By Virginia Ferandel, Language B Group Leader

Creativity, Action, and Service (CAS) are central parts of the well-rounded IB student. This past July, a group of AIS students, along with alumni and former students, was able to engage in both Action and Service by journeying to Guatemala to build homes for impoverished families through the organization From Houses to Homes. From Houses to Homes is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the poor in Guatemala by providing new homes, education, and healthcare. In the impoverished areas of highland Guatemala, improper building materials, a lack of appropriate resources, and unsustainable architectures turn houses to rubble in the blink of an eye. Many indigenous families live in makeshift homes that are constructed of nothing more than cornstalk or cardboard walls with dirt floors. Living in these conditions strips families of their dignity and hope, while fueling chronic health problems. Over the span of six days, the group from AIS was able to build seven homes for families who desperately needed them. The students who participated had an extraordinary opportunity to engage directly with the community they were impacting; working side-by-side with the Guatemalan families further enhanced their international mindset and empathy by providing a hands-on experience in another culture. AIS GLOBAL EXCHANGE â&#x20AC;˘ Spring 2016

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“Building a house for a family and helping them receive the access to healthcare and education they need is a very rewarding experience. I think that many of us tend to take a lot of things for granted, such as receiving an education and being able to go to the doctor when we get sick, even having a solid roof over our heads. In other areas of the world and in other communities, many people do not even dream of getting up early in the morning to go to school, or getting a checkup every six months or coming home to a safe environment at the end of everyday. Working with From Houses to Homes is an eye-opening experience, especially because you get to see how much the work you put in changes these family’s lives.” – Kitty McCarthy, Grade 11 Due to the success this trip has had over the years, an official CAS group was formed this past fall in which students will organize clothing drives and fundraisers to further aid the families in Guatemala. This year, the group will travel to Guatemala July 18 - 22. For more information about visit www.fromhousestohomes.org STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED:

Gisele Ferandel ’11 Charlie Geddes ’11 Christopher Ferandel ’13 Christopher Jordan ’13 Sammy Levine ’13 Matias Ferandel ’15 Alexander John ’15 Sidney Williams ’15 Tadeo Yelos ’16

Hannah Branch ’17 Isabella John ’17 Rayya Khuri ’17 Gabe McCarthy ’17 Kitty McCarthy ’17 Adriano Cerbino Lucia Geddes Julika Schmidt 29

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Dual Taste of Language & Medicine IN ARGENTINA By Emily Bishko ‘16

This past summer, thanks to the aid of the Class of 2015’s Legacy Scholarship, I was able to travel to Córdoba, Argentina to participate in Projects Abroad’s two-week high school program, Medicine and Spanish in Argentina. To say the experience was incredible would be a massive understatement--the cultural immersion, the medicinal experience, and the language study proved invaluable. When entering my junior year, I had to make a difficult choice between continuing my Spanish language studies or taking a second science. I chose to study chemistry to potentially pave the way for undergraduate studies in pre-med. However, I wanted to spend some time in a Spanishspeaking country to maintain my language skills, so I leapt at the chance to immerse myself in Spanish language in Córdoba while exploring the field of medicine. While in Córdoba, I spent my afternoons in Spanish lessons and my mornings shadowing doctors at a variety of different hospitals in a twohour radius of Córdoba; I shadowed doctors in pediatrics, kinesiology, physical therapy, and surgery, as well as a veterinarian. While I mostly observed the doctors, I was able to actually help out frequently-much to my surprise considering I hadn’t even finished IB Biology yet. Everyone I interacted with was very patient and helpful. They answered my plethora of questions, let me talk to the patients, showed me how to use stethoscopes, and helped me to understand the EKGs. I was even able to stand in the operating room with the surgeons as they removed a cyst from a four-year-old’s lung. Amazing as the experiences were, it was challenging to understand all that the doctors were attempting to explain to me; medical vocabulary is perplexing in English, let alone in a third language! Still, I learned what it meant to practice medicine and my Spanish improved by leaps and bounds. AIS GLOBAL EXCHANGE • Spring 2016

Besides the language and medical studies, this program was an astounding cultural immersion. It was my first time in that region and I knew next to nothing about Argentinian culture prior to my arrival. I stayed with three other girls in the program in a homestay. My host family was welcoming and wonderful. Through them, I was able to see Córdoba through the eyes of the locals rather than as a tourist. What I found most surprising about my trip were the unexpected benefits that aren’t listed on Project Abroad’s website. I came to Córdoba expecting to experience an Argentinian city, learn about medicine, solidify my Spanish, and immerse myself in the Argentinian culture. I was not expecting to learn about Che Guevara through the eyes of his birth country or see the beautiful Argentinian countryside, but I am thankful for these experiences nonetheless. Even more remarkable was the cultural mix found just in the program itself. Like international schools, international programs draw internationallyminded, fascinating participants. Whether I was conversing with a Parisian peer in French about our two mutual friends (small world!) or sharing experiences of being an American living abroad, I was still learning about different cultures in addition to the one I had come to visit. Despite our vastly different backgrounds, we all ended up on this journey together. Needless to say, I loved the trip. I loved the dulce de leche I would put on my crackers each morning. I loved sharing mate, an Argentinian tealike beverage, with my Spanish class. I loved playing soccer and learning to tango with the seventeen other foreign high school students on the trip. Most of all, I love that I experienced the realities of medicine, solidified my Spanish, and sampled life in the so-called “Heart of Argentina.”

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LEARNING on the Go

Grade 4 students take learning beyond the stratosphere as they suit up for a simulated space mission at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville.

Grade 7 students takes a walk on the wild side with an up close encounter with nature at High Harbour.

Students hang out with the natives in the Galapagos Islands.

Student delegates put their international-mindedness to work as they lobby for the African Union and NEPAD at The Hague International Model United Nations in the Netherlands.

Grade 8 students put their empathy to work as they recreate history in Savannah.

Grade 10 students work on their collaborative posing in Washington, D.C.

Grade 6 students bond with collaborative watersports at High Harbour.

Grade 12 students put service into action as they build a house in New Orleans.

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT:

FRANCESCO CHECCHI ’94 By Sandy Ferko, Alumni Coordinator

Francesco is an epidemiologist who specializes in public health assessments and infectious disease control in crisis-affected populations. He has previously worked for Médecins Sans Frontières, Epicentre, the World Health Organization as well as an honorary senior lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His work has taken him to such countries as Liberia, Uganda, Sudan, Angola, Thailand, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Nepal, Afghanistan and Malawi. Currently Francesco is the senior humanitarian health adviser at Save the Children in London, where he leads a team of technical staff who support Save the Children’s health programs in emergencies worldwide.

HOW ON EARTH DID I GET MYSELF INVOLVED WITH THAT SORT OF BUSINESS?

WHAT DO I DO NOW? I work at the London headquarters of the global charity Save the Children, coordinating a team of (often frighteningly) motivated public health specialists who support the organisation’s emergency programmes in places like Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. We try to restore quality health services for children and families affected by disasters and armed conflict.

WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS DURING MY TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AT SAVE THE CHILDREN? Being chased by BBC cameramen while I pursued a confused Ebola patient who had walked himself out of the Sierra Leone treatment centre we had just opened an hour before. Possibly not our finest moment in hospital management or media relations! Our organisation had never even remotely attempted running such a high risk medical operation; we were grossly underprepared, but tried to hold our nerve while opening up boxes of what in normal life would seem to most people like extremely odd supplies to hold in bulk – boots, zip-up suits, goggles, hoods, anti-fogging spray. In the end, the treatment centre managed to deliver a very high standard of care.

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Largely through a chain of chance events, misunderstandings, and vague inspirations. After graduating from AIS, I intended to study literature in a liberal arts college (something Mrs. Ferko, as usual, pulled out all the stops to facilitate). However, at the last minute I opted for a science degree at Georgia Institute of Technology. That decision began to feel colossally wrong from about minute three of lecture one (calculus 1011) – it was an excruciatingly painful experience. In junior year, to break up the sadism of three successive inorganic chemistry quarters, I took an elective on African history and politics. This consisted entirely of Professor Edmun Richmond showing us slides of himself and his dog travelling through West Africa in the 1980s. He’d show us these grainy shots of dust roads in Gambia at sunset and mouldy post-independence capital buildings in Malian cities: to me those pictures were windows into a compelling horizon. I felt that I was going to have to go there. Over the last 16 years I have worked in 19 countries, mostly for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), the World Health Organization, and as an academic at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in addition to my current job. I have also trained in public health and epidemiology. Along the way, I’ve managed to squeeze in a spot of thinking while staring out of this or that bumpy Toyota Land Cruiser. People seem the same everywhere, the same depths of callousness and virtue. Humans make humanitarian assistance a grim necessity. Like many, I probably started in this field intoxicated by a heady mix of inane do-goodism and self-glorification. However, I’ve learned that, as in most other jobs, there is no substitute for unrelenting professionalism and technical excellence.

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HOW DID AIS CONTRIBUTE TO DETERMINING MY PROFESSIONAL PATHWAY? By infusing my outlook with a constant sense of possibility; reducing my discomfort in the presence of people of different backgrounds; and giving me the sort of Language B High Level confidence in German to know that die Elfenbeinküste is, in fact, simply the Ivory Coast by any other colonialist name.

Save the Children staff and patients at the therapeutic feeding unit, Bambari Regional Hospital, Central African Republic, 2014. Picture courtesy of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

WHAT DO I DO OTHER THAN WORK? It turns out I’m not made for travel: I get easily home-sick, suffer from intense arachnophobia and have a wimp of an immune system that always ends up getting bullied by tropical pathogens. I wouldn’t undo any of my trips, but I prefer most of all a long stretch of time at home and the privilege of being boring and predictable at my favourite local restaurant, as in yes of course I will peruse the menu in excruciating detail, it is absolutely imperative that I do so, in order that I may yet again circle in upon the grilled halloumi.

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Alumni PARENT ORGANIZATION By Sandy Ferko, Alumni Coordinator

Rene andVirginia Ferandel speak with Susan Bartsch

Dr. Hajjeh speaks with Jumana Rosshandler and friend

The AIS Alumni Parent Organization got off to a powerful start last September when 50 parents met at the home of Michael and Susan Bartsch to enjoy each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company as well as conversation with Dr. Rana Hajjeh, director of the Division of Bacterial Diseases at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC. Dr. Hajjeh had just returned from West Africa and was able to discuss all that was being done to improve the Ebola crisis. Dr. Hajjeh was awarded the Federal Employee of the Year Medal for leading a global vaccine campaign estimated to save the lives of millions of children by 2020. Our thanks to alumni parents Jumana Rosshandler, Emily Sanders, and Patty Webb for hosting the wonderful evening. Our closing event, to be held April 29 at the home of alumni parents Louise and Jim Geddes, will feature Derreck Kayongo, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Mr. Kayongo has won much recognition for the Global Soap Project he began after coming to the U.S. as a refugee from Uganda; to date, the project has distributed 30 million bars of soap in 100 countries. Invitations with details will go out late in March. Of course, our two annual theatre parties are always big hits as alumni parents are eager to support the theatre department. And look for our first annual Fun and Silly Game Night in the fall!

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Clare and Andrew Jones catch up with Sandy Ferko and Belinda Brady

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Alumni CLASS NOTES 1995

REED THODESON married Nadine Klein

on November 21, 2015 at the home of his parents - in attendance were old AIS friends TRISTAN ANDERSEN ‘99 and his wife, TONY ANTHONY ‘99 and his wife, DANIEL FRYSH ’99, and JOANNA JOHNSON ‘99. Classmate COLSON NUNNELLEY ’99, who has a Universal Life Church pastoral license, performed the service.

MEGAN LENTZ SEVERS and her husband welcomed son Wesley Severs to the family on November 25, 2015.

2002 KEVIN RYU, friend of the Class of 2002, is working in New York City at Evercove after earning his MBA from the University of Chicago.

2000 TAREA COTTON DOTY and husband

Colter, who live in Texas, welcomed baby boy Asa Doty to the family.

1996 BOBBIN SINGH and his wife Julia welcomed the arrival of Grace on December 6, 2015. The Singh’s live in Portland, Oregon.

1998

LINDE RICKERT TASSELL and her

husband Paul announce the birth of their second daughter, Mabyn Ruth Tassell, on December 15, 2015.

2001

BETH KYTLE CHANDLER welcomed a daughter, Clara Alexandria Chandler, to her family on April 6, 2015.

LYDIA TOOMER married fellow AIS alumni DIPO POPOOLA ‘01 last May.

They had both an American and African wedding celebration.

SARA MIZELL TOWNE and husband

Justin are happy to announce the birth of their son Bobby.

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2003

JEREMY HIRSCH welcomed son Adam

William Hirsch to the family on September 24, 2015.

STACY RYU, friend of the Class of 2002,

JENNY MORRELL LILLEY and husband

Tom are parents to daughter Lexi and are living in London.

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received her PhD in immunology two years ago and is completing her postdoctoral research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She will join her fiancé in Connecticut when her research concludes.

NICOLLE KURITSKY married Colin Gray in Washington DC last May. MICHELLE O’BRIEN SCHMIDT is living in Kenya with her husband who is affiliated with Mpala Research Centre. VANESSA HAYES WASHBURN and husband Zach welcomed their fourth child, Claire Sawyer Washburn, to the family on October 31, 2015. They live in Corvallis, Oregon.

STAYING Connected Robin and son Moses, GEORGE BRANCH ‘04, NINA ROUHANI ‘04, ANNE MULLIEZ NIXON ‘01, THOMAS MULLIEZ ‘99, and JUSTINE MULLLIEZ ‘07. After living in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, they hope to stay in Costa Rica for a while in case anyone is looking to come visit.

EVA IMBSWEILER taught primary school in Germany for several years and recently accepted a primary school faculty position at Shu Ren International School in San Francisco. Eva teaches 5K and first grade, in addition to tutoring second grade MYP classes.

MARTINA MUSTROPH completed her CARLA WEEKS finished a four-month road trip around America after working as a designer for Anthropologie for six years. While visiting Atlanta, she dropped in to help out with mask designs for the MS production of The Lion, theWitch and theWardrobe.

PhD in Neuroscience and recently began her third year of medical school at the University of Illinois. She will graduate in 2017.

2005 ALEX ACKER continues to sell real estate

in the Miami area.

2004 WILLIAM HAYWARD begins his final year

of medical school at Georgetown University this year; he is researching aphasia, the loss of language. After he completes medical school, he will start a four-year residency in neurology with a two-year fellowship in cognitive neuroscience. ALBERT MELAMED attended the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal in support of his film, Lady Psycho Killer. He relocated to Los Angeles in October to work on other projects with his company, Red Clay Productions.

BRIAN MCELHANEY and his dad, Marc,

recently traveled to Nepal as part of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project; he was part of the team that helped build 100 homes in five days.

CHRIS MISCHAIKOW married Katie

Aldrich in New York on October 17, 2015.

BRITTANY PAVON married Steven Chaitoff in New York City last May. The couple met while studying Arabic at Columbia University. MIRJAM GRUNENFELDER ‘08 served as Maid of Honor. Many members of Brittany’s AIS family were in attendance including KELLY CARSTENS ‘05, ANNA COLLURA ‘05, JAYLENE SINGER ‘05, EDEN SMITH-PARKS ‘05, and Brittany’s sister GLENDA PAVON ‘00. CORLEY THOMAS married Corbin

Pendleton on April 25, 2015. The Thomases currently reside in Garden Hills, very close to AIS.

2006 PHILIP BULTERYS received his Bachelor

AUDE MULLIEZ is pursuing her masters

degree in Gender and Peace at the United Nations University for Peace. Even though she eloped two years ago with Bertrand Debar, whom she met in West Africa while she was working for Tostan, they were married again on October 3, 2015 in France. In attendance from AIS were: VICKI ROKHLIN

‘04, CATIE WARNER ‘04, ALEXANDRA PANZER ‘04, ARMAND LEBLOIS ‘04, JERRY TOLOCHKO ‘04 with wife

of Science at Stanford and is now in his sixth year of an MD/PhD program at UCLA. His research is focused on discovering new antibiotics for emerging bacterial pathogens.

ARIA CURTIS’ story, Birds of Paradise,

was selected as the winner of New South Journal’s 2015 Writing Contest. Aria is completing her MFA at Arizona State University where she is teaching some writing courses and is the International Fiction Editor for Hayden’s Ferry Review. She recently accompanied her mom, Roya, on a trip to Iran where Aria met relatives for the first time.

KYLE SMITH published his first comic

book, Empress of All Silence, in 2015.

2007 ALICE HAYWARD, friend of the Class of

2007, completed her education degree at McGill and spent over two years teaching in Montreal and then Vancouver. She recently embarked on an epic Vespa journey with her boyfriend. They spent two years traveling the Americas, where Alice taught school while adventuring. She was able to reunite with her brother WILLIAM HAYWARD ‘04 and family for Christmas before flying to Australia.

STAYING Connected 2008 ANDRES (ANDY) GUTIERREZ received

a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and is currently working on a Masters in Computer Graphics at Cornell with an interdisciplinary team of engineers, architects, and computer science majors. CHRISTIAN MUSTROPH is in his fourth

year of medicine at Emory University and is working at the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC this year. Christian will graduate in 2017.

AMY O’HALLORAN worked as a policy

intern in the office of the First Lady at the White House after graduating from George Washington University in May 2015. She now works at the U.S. Department of State as a program office manager in the Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement.

2012

GILES GEDDES ‘12 helped EMMA IMBER ‘11 move apartments in New York City; after

the move was completed, Emma treated Giles to a thank you drink and ANA PAULA SHELLEY ‘11 joined in the fun.

SABRINA NEUMANN married Daniel Brautpaar at Castle Stettenfels in Germany on September 25, 2015. AIS classmate ALLISON LENZ ‘08, currently living in Boston, was able to attend the wedding. BENJI SCHUTTLER is currently in Atlanta recuperating from a terrible automobile accident. We all wish him a complete and speedy recovery as he makes plans to attend graduate school in the fall.

2010 DANIEL GOMEZ received a Bachelor of Architecture at Southern Polytechnic State University in June.

DEREK HIRSCH made the highly competi-

tive cut for aviation training. He will be active duty and stationed at Fort Rucker, Alabama after graduation. Pictured above with ALEX HIRSCH ‘03, JEREMY HIRSCH ‘01 and the Hirsch Family.

2014

IAN HILL graduated from UC Berkeley and

was offered an internship at Hulu, where he was part of the marketing team for Hulu’s first Golden Globe nominated original series, Casual. After completing an internship with Zenith in Los Angeles, he was offered a full-time position with the company.

SIMON THALER and his wife Savannah married on May 17, 2015 and are living in Athens, Georgia.

2011 GISELE FERANDEL completed the co-op

program at Georgia Tech and graduated in December 2015. She will be working for CapGemini in Texas as a consultant.

AIS GLOBAL EXCHANGE • Spring 2016

KEANU MITANGA won the Conservatory Music in the Mountains Concerto Competition in 2015 and returned to Rice University. We were happy to see him last year when he stopped by AIS!

Dr. David

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Message from the HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

Assuming the role of Head of Development last May has been a deeply rewarding experience, both personally and professionally. As a longtime parent in the AIS community, it has been an honor to work with so many faithful volunteers that care so much about AIS and its wonderful community—Thank You!

KENDYL MOSS

The 2014-2015 Annual Fund push for 100% parent participation showed great success reaching 75%—a special congratulation to Grade 4 for reaching 100%. Growth in leadership giving through The 1984 Club increased, including new members—many of whom were new parents to the school. Gifts to The 1984 Club traditionally make up 84% of the total raised in the Annual Fund.

Head of Development

Additionally, through increased community participation in the Georgia Financial Aid Tax Credit Program, AIS awarded $452,202 in scholarships in 2015 for the school’s financial aid program. Since 2008, we’ve been able to raise over $2 million for student scholarships at AIS and we look forward to continuing this program for our students. We are so appreciative and grateful for all the parents, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, parents of alumni, grandparents, friends and organizations who supported AIS in the 2014-15 school year. Without the amazing generosity of our community, we could not have raised $862,437 through the Annual Fund at Atlanta International School. Please know that your gift makes a difference at AIS every day. We are thankful for your participation and couldn’t carry on without your support. We are AIS!

Kendyl Moss

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015

FINANCIAL REPORT 2014-15, ENDING JUNE 30, 2015

Charitable Contributions 6%

Other Income .7% Auxiliary 1.3%

OPERATING REVENUE Tuition and Fees $23,161,208 92% Charitable Contributions (net) $1,477,743 6% Other Income $167,558 .7% Auxiliary $309,854 1.3% Tuition and Fees 92%

Total Revenue

$25,116,363 100.0%

Educational Materials and Supplies 6%

Administrative 9%

OPERATING EXPENSES

Depreciation and Amortization 8%

Salaries and Benefits $18,518,831 72% Buildings and Grounds $1,270,812 5% Depreciation and Amortization $1,937,842 8% Administrative $2,215,640 9% Educational Materials and Supplies $1,491,118 6%

Buildings and Grounds 5%

Salaries and Benefits 72%

2014-15 GIVING Unrestricted Restricted Total Annual Fund $791,299 $71,138 $862,437 Spring Benefit (gross) $313,907 $189,213 $503,120

$1,105,206 $260,351

Total Expenses

$25,434,243 100.0%

Financial Aid TAX CREDIT 2015 FINANCIAL AID AWARDED $452,202 2015 FUNDS RAISED $340,889

$1,365,557

AIS ANNUAL GIVING / AIS ANNUAL FUND Atlanta International School / 2014-2015 Annual Fund

All contributions raised through the Annual Fund go directly into the operating budget to help fill the gap between tuition revenue and our operating expenses. Contributions help underwrite the expenses for all areas of the school including teacher training, technology upgrades, financial aid scholarships and improvements to the classrooms. To accomplish our goals, it takes the support of the entire community: parents, trustees, faculty and staff, alumni, alumni parents, grandparents and friends. In 2014-2015, AIS raised over $860,000 through the Annual Fund. Annual Fund Participation The AIS community continued on its mission to reach 100% parent participation in the 2014-2015 Annual Fund--we would like to congratulate Grade 4 on reaching the 100% goal! 3K came in a close second at 90%. This year, across all grades, 75% of our parents participated with a contribution to the Annual Fund. Faculty and Staff and the Board of Trustees held their long-standing tradition of 100% participation. The 1984 Club In 2014-2015, there were 196 members in our leadership giving society, The 1984 Club, named in honor of the year the school as founded. Their gifts raised 84% of the Annual Fund total!

2014-2015 PARENT PARTICIPATION BY GRADE

77%

The 1984 Club Committee Heidi Deringer, Chair Shefali Patel, Chair Susie Cogan Dawn Michel Rakhee Parikh Susannah Parker Deb Sudbury Roxanne Varzi

80% 76%

3 4

Faculty Chairs Early Learning Center Anne Williams Lower Primary Anna Bartlett Upper Primary Carol Hoffmann Secondary School Roya Curtis Administration Staff Liz Smithgall

100% 84%

85%

78%

76% 75%

66%

65%

62%

Parent Annual Fund Volunteers George & Constance Heery

81%

Board Development Committee Chair Christian Fischer

90%

A special thanks to our parent, alumni and board volunteers who gave their time to make phone calls and send emails on behalf of the school

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Parent Volunteers Ellen Bender Carolin Binder Heather Brooks Jacqueline Chavez Michelle Decouflé Brad Gerdeman Gordana Goudie Constance Heery George Heery Catherine Koura Steven Koura

Dawn Michel Sarah Milla Martin Neary Kimberly Nottingham Sandra Pitman Teri Proctor Deslie Quinby Julie Simon Lucy Soto Giselle Swann Rob Turner Robert Watkins Kalinda Woods Stephanie Wren Class Agents Trace Hawkins ’93 Ianna Reid Briggs ’95 and Tiffany Richter ’95 Emmanuel Blanco ’96 Rob Raville ’98 Travis Stabler ’99 Linde Rickert ’00 Paul Seefried ’01 Claire Reeve ’02 Arvand Khosravi ’03 Carina Box ’04 and Jerry (Tracy) Tolochko ’04 Brianna Carbonell ’05 and Corley Thomas ’05 Eva Imbsweiler ’06 Cassie Huntley ’07 Christina Theodore ’08 Ciara O’Halloran ’09 Amy O’Halloran ’11 Laetitia Butler ’12 and James Ratchford ’12 Brice Williams ’13 Charlotte Goguillon ’14, Neeki Memar ’14 and Sarah Stebbins ’14,

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015

AIS ANNUAL GIVING JULY 1, 2014 - JUNE 30, 2015

Mr. Kevin Reimer & Ms. Elizabeth Fisher Dr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Richardson Mr. Todd Schaffner & Mrs. Amelia Pane Schaffner Mr. & Mrs. Alan Starling Mr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane Kamenz Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ward Ms. Sue Wooldridge Mr. Brent Yamaato & Mrs. Joyce Pascual Yamaato

Total Giving Contribution Formula (Contributions made between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015)

To fully acknowledge the valuable contributions our supporters make, this formula is used by the Development Office to calculate each donor’s total giving contribution and is used to determine membership in our leadership giving society, The 1984 Club. Gifts of Cash or Securities to Unrestricted or Restricted Annual Fund + Matching Gifts from employers* + Special Event participation (less any goods or services received)** + Special Event item purchases (less the fair market value) + In-kind gifts for the school’s operations (according to fair market value) + Auction item donations (according to their original fair market value once they are sold) = Total Giving Contribution for the year * Individuals must give a minimum of $1,984 personally in order to receive Spring Benefit tickets. ** Your Annual Fund pledge is a separate commitment from any Spring Benefit participation. Every effort has been made to include all contributors and to verify the correct listing of donor names. If your name has been omitted or listed incorrectly, we apologize and would appreciate notification. = Development volunteer

Founders’ Council ($20,000+) Dr. & Mrs. W. Perry Ballard III Dr. Mark F. Baucom & Dr. Anne Baucom Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Branch Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. John Mr. & Mrs. Dean W. Morris Martin & Kim Neary Mr. & Mrs. Nils T. Swann Ms. Chiara Visconti-Pervanas ’95 & Mr. Angelos Pervanas Ambassadors’ Society ($10,000 – $19,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. John Bender Dr. Peter Z. Guan & Ms. Vivian Wong Mrs. Marianne Halle Mr. & Mrs. Gerry G. Hull Dr. Nicholas Hume & The Reverend Dr. Janice J. Hume Mr. & Mrs. Willis E. Lowe III Mr. & Mrs. Kevin T. O’Halloran Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd Schüttler Mr. & Mrs. Benny Varzi Mr. & Mrs. John O. Winchester Consuls’ Circle ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Ziad Abou Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham Adair Dr. Laurent Adler & Dr. Deblina Datta Dr. & Mrs. Kelly J. Ahn Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bostwick

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cain, Jr. Mr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley Giberson Mr. & Mrs. John R. Charman Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr. Dr. William & Verna Cleveland Mr. & Mrs. Milo S. Cogan Mr. & Mrs. Miles R. Cook Mr. Christopher J. Decouflé & Mrs. Michelle T. Caruso-Decouflé Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dimitroff Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Dyson Mr. & Mrs. P. Foster Finley, Jr. Mr. Marc J. Fleury & Ms. Nathalie Mason-Fleury Mr. & Mrs. David A. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gambardella Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Dr. & Dr. Jeffrey Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Günther Mr. Laith Elias Haddadin & Mrs. Manka Kaur Haddadin Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hayler Mr. & Mrs. Neil R. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Steven Koura Dr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer Culley Ms. Emily C. Sanders & Mr. Jon M. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthy Drs. Federico & Sarah Milla Dr. Thinh Nguyen & Dr. Han C. Phan Mr. & Mrs. Mark F. Padilla Mr. Jon Paton-Smith & Mrs. Willa Paton-Smith Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Dr. Vivek Rajagopal & Dr. Melissa Babcock Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Ratchford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Reardon

Mr. & Mrs. Noel Khalil Drs. Fadlo & Lamya Khuri Mr. & Mrs. Martin L. King III Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Klaus Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Leblanc Mr. Armand G. Leblois ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin Loudermilk Dr. Jamie MacKelfresh & Mr. Richard MacKelfresh Dr. Grace Wu Marhic & Mr. Ronan Marhic Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Mazzawi Dr. Bernard J. McGuinness & Shutze Guild Dr. Úna M. Casserly McGuinness ($1,984 – $4,999) Mr. Iain McLaughlin & Anonymous (3) Mrs. Caroline McLaughlin Dr. Volkan Adsay & Dr. Jeanette Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Arnaud P. Michel Mr. Karim Ahmad & Mr. Philip Mills & Dr. Jill Mills Mrs. Pia Sabharwal Ahmad Mrs. Karen Mitchell Dr. Farooq Ashraf & Mrs. Reid P. Mizell & Dr. Bernadette Wang Ashraf Mr. Bernard van der Lande Mr. & Mrs. David M. Atkinson Darden & Larry Mock Mr. & Ms. William Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Joshua K. Moffitt Mr. & Mrs. Simon Bartlett Ms. Lisa Mohr Mr. & Mrs. Jon G. Bartnick, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Neil Morrell Dr. & Mrs. Demir Baykal Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mulligan Mr. & Mrs. Alan Box Mr. Per B. Normark & Mrs. Cynthia A. Price Tracy & Scott Britton Mr. & Mrs. Prescott L. Nottingham Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Brown III Mr. & Mrs. Eric Noziere Mr. Thomas Brown & Ms. Ciara O’Halloran ’09 Mrs. Danielle Drapeau-Brown Dr. Babatunde Onasanya & Ms. Carolyn Salas Ms. Stephanie Brun de Pontet Dr. Roberto Pacifici & Dr. Monica Rizzo Mr. & Mrs. W. Andrew Bruner Mr. Michael D. Page & Ms. Paula V. Pardinas Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Center Dr. & Mrs. Shatul Parikh Mr. & Mrs. David Christman Mr. & Mrs. Chris Parker Mr. Matthew Clouser & Ms. Monica Alarcon Dr. & Mrs. Manish Patel Mr. & Mrs. Peter Coffman Dr. Jennifer Pendergast & Mr. Glenn Cohen & Mrs. Lynn Pattillo Cohen Mr. Douglas Pendergast Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cooney Mr. Pablo Perella-Berdun & Ms. Paula Holfeld Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Crawford Mr. Dominique Petitgenet & Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Curnyn Mrs. Sylvie Dardoise Mr. & Mrs. James P. P. Dirr Mr. & Mrs. William Propst Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Dotts Mrs. Catherine Reimer Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Doyle Mr. Volker J. Reinert & Dr. Astrid A. Fontaine Mr. Ravi Durairaj & Dr. Anissa Durairaj Mr. & Ms. Joel W. Richardson III Dr. & Mrs. Alec N. Elchahal Mr. & Mrs. Werner S. Richter Mr. & Mrs. Safwan A. Elchahal Ms. Remedios Rodriguez Dr. & Mrs. Mikhael Elchami Dr. & Mrs. Gamwell A. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy C. Faa Ms. Cheryl Rolley Mr. & Mrs. Miguel Fernandez de Castro Mr. & Mrs. Sumeet Sanghani Mr. & Mrs. James W. Floyd Dr. Juan M. Sarmiento & Dr. Patricia Yugueros Mr. William G. Foglesong & Mr. & Mrs. Mirko Schueppel Mrs. Heidi E. Deringer Mr. Benjamin C. Schuttler ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Fowler Mr. Willem A. Schüttler ’11 Dr. & Mrs. Tim Fox Honorary Consul General Ferdinand C. Mr. Doug Furnad & Ms. Miriam Falco Seefried & Dr. Monique B. Seefried Ms. Kim Gallagher-Valeri Mr. & Mrs. Scott J. Smith Mr. Thomas Gebhard & Mr. & Mrs. Rick S. Snider Ms. Bettina Koenigstein Mr. Ty Speed & Dr. April Speed Mr. & Mrs. James W. Geddes Mr. & Mrs. Winburn E. Stewart III Mr. Brad Gerdeman & Mr. Sinan M. Sutcu ’04 Mrs. Carolina Menezes Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. ten Lohuis Mr. & Mrs. Patrick F. Goguillon Mr. & Mrs. Stefan J. Terwindt Ms. Susan Grant Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Thomas III Mr. Juergen Grimm & Mrs. Angela Ruehle Mr. William T. Tompkins Mr. & Mrs. Avinash Grootens Mr. & Mrs. Rhett L. Turner Dr. & Mrs. Parmeet Grover Mr. Richard van Nostrand & Mr. Bharat Gupta & Mrs. Darlene van Nostrand Ms. Tiyash Bandyopadhyay Mr. & Mrs. Didier M. Viala Mr. & Mrs. Aaron T. Hackett Mr. Adolfo Villagomez & Mrs. Veronica Roldan Mr. James A. Harvey & Ms. Gina Vitiello & Ms. Jacqueline Chavez Dr. Lilia Cuesta Harvey Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Waid Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Hawkins Mr. Robert C. Watkins III & Mr. Trace Hawkins ’93 & Mrs. Emily Hawkins Ms. Stewart Lathan Mrs. Rebecca Messina & Mr. & Mrs. D. Andres Weaver Mr. Derk Hendriksen Mr.Yue-Zhong Wen & Mrs. Hai-Rong Liu Mr. & Ms. Darren K. Howard Mr. Elliott Williams & Ms. Tiffany Mawhinney Dr. & Mrs. Scott Isaacs Mr. Alan Wilson & Mrs. Moira Wilson Mr. Rick Jernigan & Ms. Nelda Mays Mr. & Mrs. Albert Woodroof III Dr. Ajay K. Joshi & Dr. Richita C. Surana Dr. Kevin E. Woods & Dr. Kalinda D. Woods Mr. Pankesh Kadam & Mrs. Alka Patel Dr. Daniel Zdonczyk & Mrs. Cynthia Fleck

AIS ANNUAL GIVING / ANNUAL FUND JULY 1, 2014 - JUNE 30, 2015

Atlanta International School sincerely appreciates those individuals who have generously supported the Annual Fund. Donors listed below made gifts to the 2014-2015 Annual Fund between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. Anonymous (57) Dr. & Mrs. Sadique Abdul-Mateen Mr. & Mrs. Evan Adler Mr. & Mrs. Lang Adler Ms. Kimberly Aguirre Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aibel Mr. Temitope Tosin Akinbosoye & Mrs. Devrim Ozlem Zaimoglu Akinbosoye Mr. Andrew Katz & Mrs. Karen Albright Mr. Ido J. S. Alexander ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Karim Ali Mr. Amir Alibaksh & Mrs. Sophie Michel Alibaksh Dr. Bahaaldin Alsoufi & Mrs. Rama Tamimi Mr. Márcio Amazonas & Ms. Natália Ferreira Mr. John Amosa Mr. & Mrs. David Anbari Mr. & Ms. Bradley S. Anderson Mr. Christopher Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Anderson Dr. Vinicius C. Antao & Dr. Germania A. Pinheiro Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Anthony Fred & Catalina Aranas Mr. & Mrs. Chris Archer Mr. Molham Aref & Dr. Ihsen Ketata Mrs. Rosemary Armstrong & Mr. Jay Burton Mr. & Mrs. Simon Arpiarian Mr. & Mrs. Khoury N. Ashooh Mr. & Mrs. Ron G. Aube Mrs. Edith P. Aubin & Mr. Dmitri G. Chtchekine Mr. & Mrs. Philippe A. Audibert Mr. & Mrs. Opher Aviran Ms. Elisabeth A. Ayres Dr. & Dr. Idelberto Badell Mr. Brad A. Baer & Mrs. Tosha L. Hays Ms. Benita Baird Ms. Carmen Baker Mr. Markus Baker Ms. Sarah Ballew Mr. Stan Ballman & Mrs.Christiane Buehler Mr. Mark Balte Ms. Zana Barner Mr. Kirk A. Barnett Mr. & Mrs. C. Keith Barringer Mr. Peter G. Barrio & Mrs. Elena Barrio Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barron Mr. & Mrs. Simon Bartlett Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Bartsch Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. A. Basford Dr. Rahul C. Basole & Dr. Anita P. Basole Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. Bauer Dr. Raymond F. Beach & Dr. Genette Ashby-Beach Mr. & Mrs. John Beadles Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Beale III Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Becker Mr. Douglas Beebe & Ms. Tijen Cirig Mrs. Lucie Behrendt-Wright Mr. & Mrs. Stefan Beiten AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015

Mr. David Bell Mrs. Stephanie Bell Mr. Graham C. Belton ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Blair N. Belton Ms. Siri E. Belton ’08 Mr. Nathaniel Ben Haiem & Ms. Shayne Walsey Mr. Gerard P. Benech & Dr. Irene Benech Mr. & Mrs. Francois Berland Mr. & Mrs. Noorudin Bhanvadia Mr. & Mrs. Brooks W. Binder III Ms. Kristin A. Birkness Mr. & Mrs. David Bishko Mr. & Mrs. Gilles Bloch-Morhange Ms. Linda Blount Mr. & Mrs. Troy Bohanon Dr. George Bokuchava & Mrs. Nino Doijashvili Mr. C. Philip Bolin Ms. Kristina J. Bond Dr. Angelo Bongiorno & Dr. Elisa Riedo Mr. & Mrs. Jamal Booker Mr. David T. Borland Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Borra Mr. Christophe Boudard & Ms. Thi Thu Thao Tran Mr. Jerrie Bowen Ms. Carina A. Box ’04 Ms. Lisa F. Box ’01 Mr. Stewart Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bradley Ms. Belinda A. Brady Prof. Oliver Brand & Mrs. Claudia H. Brand Mr. Anthony J. Braniff & Ms. Heidi Baltes-Braniff Mr. Gregory M. Braunfeld ’03 Mr. Christian Brennholt & Ms. Anja Pelzer-Brennholt Ms. Patricia Brewer Mr. Robert W. Brinson & Ms. Michele L. Howard Ms. Cornelia Brock Mr. & Mrs. William K. Brodnax Mr. & Ms. Anthony Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Donald Brown Mr. & Mrs. Trevor A. Brown Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Bruner Mr. Juan P. Bueno & Mrs. Ana M. Neira Mrs. Taylor Butkus Mr. Darrell Butler & Mrs. Kenyatta Taft-Butler Mrs. Kathryn Bachman Cagle Mr. Harvey S. Cain & Mrs. Michelle Williams Ms. Lisa N. Calderon Mr. Gabriel J. Callol & Ms. Josette Beaupré-Callol Mr. & Mrs. Brant Campbell Ms. Brianna R. Carbonell ’05 Mr. Joaquin R. Carbonell ’06 Mr. Rigoberto Cardenas Dr. Emmanuel Carrier & Mrs. Bich Ngoc Nguyen Dr. Dimitri Cassimatis & Mrs. Sudie Nolan-Cassimatis Ms. Fabienne Cetran Mrs. Nadine J. Chamseddine & Mr. John Lutz Ms. Daniella Chandler Mr. Pablo Chapa & Mrs. Barbara Quiroga-Chapa

Dr. Zack Charkawi & Dr. Shereen Timani-Charkawi Mr. & Mrs. Minh Chau Dr. Alfonso Moreira & Mrs. Tiphaine Chauvel Mr. James Cheeks & Ms. Wendy Gutierrez Dr. Jack Chen & Ms. Angela Hsu Mr. Lee Chern Mr. & Mrs. Roberto Chiappetta Dr. & Mrs. Chol-yoo Choi Mr. Juan Carlos Cisnado-Hadlow & Mrs. Caroline Cisnado-Davis Ms. Christina Clark Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clayton, Jr. Mr. Francisco Cline & Mrs. Anali Cabrera Cline Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Coble Mrs. Helga B. Colella Mr. & Mrs. Darrin L. Collins Ms. Anna K. Collura ’05 Mr. & Mrs. Julian Colvile Mr. Cameron Connerty ’05 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh H. Connerty III Ms.Yanaëlle Cornez Mr. John R. Couvillon & Dr. Jacqui Fisch Ms. Marcia Cowan Mr. Danny Cox Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Cox Mrs. Lanie Cox Ms. Lorena Craighead Ms. Chantal Credolawson-Darras Mr. Timothy Cronin & Mrs. Veronica Kirk Mr. Gustavo A. Cueto & Dr. Katia Castillo-Cueto Mr. & Mrs. Lon C. Cunninghis Ms. Aida C. Curtis ’08 Ms. Aria C. Curtis ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Curtis Mr. Robert L. Dale Ms. Nicole Dancz ’11 Mrs. Monique Dangla Mr. & Mrs. John L. Daniel Mr. Thierry Darlis & Mrs. Elyse Bashman-Darlis Dr. Suman Das & Mrs. Nabiha Megateli-Das Ms. Candice L. Davis Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Davoudi, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. David Davoudpour Ms. Dorothy A. De Lorme Mr. John Deacon & Mrs. Caroline Makokha-Deacon Mr. & Mrs. Clark H. Dean Ms. Nikkia C. Deane Mr. & Mrs. G. Dear Dr. Jonathan D. Dear ’99 Mr. Guy Debbaudt & Mrs. Marga Gabarret Debbaudt Mr. Alberto W. Dent & Mrs. Alejandra Dent Mr. & Mrs. John Dettingmeijer Dr. & Mrs. James H. Dew, Jr. Mrs. Maria C. Diaz Keber & Mr. Leopoldo Keber Mr. Michael E. Diaz & Ms. Glianny Fagundo Ms. Heike Dick-Bergmann Ms. Suzi DiPietro Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Dismuke Ms. Raquel G. Dominguez Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Dorsch Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Doster

Mr. Kourosh H. Doulkhani & Mrs. Linda Doulkhani Mr. & Mrs. George Dowling Ms. Alexis Doyle Ms. Margaret S. Dozier Mrs. Dagmar Droege Mr. & Mrs. Eric Drummond Ms. Camille Du Aime Ms. Leigh Dunlap Mr. William DuVall & Ms. Jamie Everman Bob & Mary Ann Dylewski Ms. Leslie Eastman Mr. Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh ’11 Ms.Yelinee Echemendia Mr. Farhad Eghtesadi & Mrs. Faranak Aldashi Mr. & Mrs. Todd Eichhorn Mr. Ahmad Eidizadeh & Mrs. Saily Eidizadeh Mr. & Mrs. Markus Engel Mr. Ira H. Epstein & Mrs. Susanna M. Freer Passburg Mr. & Mrs. Stefan Erdmann Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio Escoto Mr. Anthony G. Esparza & Ms. Zayda M. Forero Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fabbrini Ms. Jodi Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fenninger Mr. & Mrs. Rene J. Ferandel Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ferguson Mrs. Sandy Ferko Dr. & Mrs. Marco Fernandez Ms. Beverly G. Fetter Dr. & Mrs. Norman Firchau Ms. Karen Flanders-Reid Ms. Johanna M. Fleisch ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Flower Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Floyd Ms. Carla Fonseca Ms. Luz E. Forero Mr. & Mrs. Jason Foss Mr. Randall Foster & Ms. Vicki Strull Mr. & Mrs. David Fournier Ms. Courtney Fowler Ms. Jessica Frank Ms. Rosa Frey Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Fritz Mrs. Maria Galindo Dr. & Mrs. Lionel Gall Ms.Yvonne Gallon Ms. Maria Gamarra Ms. Isabel Garcia-Falcon & Mr. Francisco Falcon-Alicar Mr. Humberto Garcia-Sjogrim & Dr. Lucienne Ide Ms. Lindsey R. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Gasser Mr. Marsal Gavalda & Mrs. Jiaxing Weng Mr. Julius Gebhard-Koenigstein ’09 Mr. Charles O. Geddes ’11 Mr. Giles H. Geddes ’12 Mrs. Mandy Gee Ms. Caroline E. Geiger ’08 Mr. Marco Gentili & Mrs. Martina Johansson Mr. & Mrs. Guillaume Georges-Picot Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Gillett Mr. Levent Giray & Ms. Deniz Oktar-Giray Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Giuressi Mr. & Mrs. Willi Goetz Mr. & Mrs. Adam Goldsmith Ms. Victoria E. Gómez Patiño

Mr. Joaquin Gonzalez Varela & Mrs. Rina Saborio Mr. Gerardo Gonzalez & Ms. Celina Acosta Ms. Maria G. Goodall Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Goudie Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Gould, Jr. Prof. Arash Grakoui & Dr. Holly Hanson Dr. Damien Grattan-Smith & Dr. Ashley Hayes Dr. Marc Greenberg & Ms. Susan Glatt Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Gregor Ms. Kathryn Gregurke Mr. Manuel L. Grünenfelder ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Guillot Mr. Joshua Gunnemann ’98 & Mrs. Cindy Gunneman Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir Gusavac Ms. Arianna A. Gutierrez ’05 Mr. Arndt Hafele Mr. Woodrow A. Hall & Dr. Glennda M. Hall Ms. Afrah Hamed Mr. Peter Hamer-Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Nabil F. Hammam Mrs. Terri Harrington Ms. Valerie Hartman Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hayler Mr. & Mrs. George T. Heery, Jr. Mrs. Silke Heinrici Ms. Jessica Heneghan Mr. & Mrs. Carsten Hesse Ms. Erika Hibbert Ms. Michelle Hibbert Ms. Annalee Higginbottom Ms. Amanda Hill ’04 Mr. Ian L. Hill ’10 Mrs. Carol B. Hoffmann Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Holcomb Mr. Thomas Holdsworth Mrs. Tiffany Holland & Mr. Christopher Holland Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Holmann Mr. & Mrs. Hayden S. Horne, Jr. Mrs. Rachel E. Hovington & Mrs. Kristi Hovington Mr. Brian Howard Ms. Corina Howell Mr. & Mrs. Dean Howell Mr. Greg Hucks Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Hughes, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Huitt Mr. Tyler J. Hume ’98 Mrs. Deidra Ritcherson Hummings & Mr. Martin Hummings Ms. Patricia Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Huntley Mr. Samuel F. Huntley ’05 Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Husken Ms. Jackie Isbell Mr. Richard Isenberg & Dr. Holly Sternberg Mr. David Israelite Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Israelite Mr. Robert Ivanier Dr. Wissam Jaber & Mrs. Jamilah Sbeih Dr. Michael Jacquorie & Mrs. Alicia Gonzalez Iglesias Mr. & Mrs. Bruno G. Jactel Ms. Rebecca Jean Mr. & Mrs. Harlyn A. Jerrold Ms. Cuya Jian Ms. Maria P. Jimenez Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Jimenez

Dr. & Mrs. Ahmad Jingo Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie M. Johns Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Johnson Mrs. Korrin Hume Johnson ’92 & Mr. Brian Johnson Ms. Bridget Jones Mr. Clarkson Jones & Ms. Laura E. Stevenson Mr. & Mrs. Douglas A. Jones Ms. Vicki L. Jones Ms. Bethan Jones-Evans Dr. Robert L. Joseph & Sharon Simpson-Joseph, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. JC Jouve Mrs. Alicia Junca Dr. & Mrs. Andro Kacharava Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. James M. Kane Mr. & Dr. Thierry Kartochian Mr. & Mrs. KC Gazi Kasikci Ms. Natalie Keen Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Keith Mr. Alan J. Ketzes & Mrs. Susan J. Mitchell-Ketzes Mr. & Mrs. Aamir K. Khan Mr. & Mrs. Wadih Khayat Dr. & Mrs. H. Jean Khoury Mr. & Ms. Ibrahim Kilinc Mr. Neil J. Kinkopf & Ms. Emily D. Pelton Mr. Craig B. Koch & Mr. Vern C.Yip Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Koehler Mrs. Arielle Garber Kohan ’01 Mr. Simon Kolbert ’08 Ms. Martha E. Korgi Dr. Gregg Koval & Mrs. Linda Heaviside Mr. & Mrs. Jorrit Kraus Dr. & Mrs. Venugopal Krishnapura Mr. Henrik Kristensen & Mrs. Anja Boye Kristensen Mr. Mark Krotov ’04 Mr. Paul W. Kvinta & Ms. Becky A. Kurtz Ms. Beth Kytle Chandler ’98 & Mr. Zeb Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Lacombe Mr. & Dr. Andrew M. Ladd Dr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Lancaster Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Langer Mr. Adam Lapish Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Ms. Stacey M. Lathem ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lawrence, Jr. Ms. Suzanne Lawton Ms. Heidi E. Leithleiter Ms. Emily Lelacheur Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Marc Lemaitre Mr. & Mrs. Georges Lemieux Mr. Benjamin Lemoine ’01 Mr. Valentin D. Lemoine ’98 Ms. Allison A. Lenz ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Philip T. Leopold Mr. & Mrs. Stéphane Leudet de la Vallée Mr. Raymond Leung & Ms. Judith Cox Ms. Michelle Levin Dr. Elliot L. Levine & Dr. Rosana S. Levine Dr. William C. Levine & Dr. Sunisa Levine Mr. & Mrs. Michel E. Levisse Mr. Jamal Lewis & Mrs. Isabel Coto Mrs. Leonie C. Ley-Mitchell & Mr. Jonathan N. Mitchell Mr. Tony Locke & Mrs. Sarah V. Locke Mr. Dennis P. Lockhart

Mr. & Mrs. Reid Lockwood Dr. Richard C. Lodise & Dr. Valerie J. Jagiella Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lohmann Ms. Meredith Lowe ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Lugo Ms. Sara Luttrell ’04 Ms. Karla Ly Dr. & Mrs. Nathan Lytle Mr. Toni Maalouf & Dr. Julia Massaad Ms. Eleonore Mabouka Mr. Stephen Macauley & Ms. Luz Soto Mr. & Ms. Ian R. Macdonald Mrs. Guadalupe Machinandiarena ’93 Mr. Sandy Mackenzie Mr. & Mrs. John P. MacMaster Mr. & Mrs. Manish Madan Mr. & Ms. Gilbert Madrid, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Mahoney Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Maldonado Ms. Fay L. Mann Dr. Keith Mannes & Dr. Catherine Dekle Ms. Eliza Mantyh Mr. Markus Marfurt & Mrs. Petra Blickisdorf Marfurt Dr. Laurie Marion & Mr. Richard B. Marion Mrs. Helen Marquès Shayne Mr. & Mrs. Neil Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Martin Mr. Marco A. Martinez-Obregon & Mrs. Ana Maria Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. John L. Mays Mr. Mauricio Maza Fernandez & Mrs. Maria A. Scarazzini Mr. Patrick McAndrew ’95 & Mrs. Marzena Godlewska Mr. & Mrs. David McCarney Mr. & Mrs. Chandler McCormack Mr. & Mrs. John McCusker Mr. & Mrs. Dennis McDaniel Mrs. Veronica Plaut McDaniel ’97 & Mr. Mark McDaniel Mr. Ricardo McFarlane Ms. Kathryn McGinn Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell H. McGirt Mr. Timothy McMahon Mr. & Mrs. John J. McNally Mrs. Sabine Meister Mr. & Mrs. Asghar Memar Ms. Neeki Memar ’14 Mr. Charles Mendels & Mrs. Elaine Rosenblum Mr. & Mrs. Eugenio Mendez Mr. & Mrs. Randy G. Merrill Mr. Troy Merritt & Dr. Ashley Merritt Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Luc Michel Mr. & Mrs. Eric Mikan Dr. Petra Milde Dr. Federico Missale & Mrs. Federica Silva Mr. Brett Mitchell The Honorable & Mrs. Ceasar C. Mitchell Mr. Jason B. Mitchell ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Mitchell Mr. Carrick Mollenkamp Mr. & Mrs. Marc-Olivier Molter Ms. Françoise Monier Dr. Eduardo Montaña Mr. Paul Moodie Ms. Nubia M. Moody Dr. Robert Moore & Dr. Eva Lathrop Moore

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Morris Ms. Pia Morris Mr. Rodrigo Tobar de la Fuente & Mrs. Vanenka Mosqueira Mr. & Mrs. Cory Moss Mr. Fasil Muche ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Gustav M. Mueller Ms. Sondra Mullenax Ms. Martina Mustroph ’04 Mr. Jake I. Nadjmazhar & Mrs. Petra Mazhar Mr. Burkhard Nagel & Mrs. Ina Nagel-Schweigert Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Napoli Mr. Albert L. Nasser & Mrs. Laura Shamp Mr. Alok Nath & Dr. Sharon Nath Mr. & Dr. Virgis Naujokas Mr. & Mrs. Akbar Nayani Dr. Luminita Neacsu Mr. David M. Newman & Mr. Edward J. Sullivan Mrs. Anne-Constance Nixon-Mulliez ’01 & Mr. Jeffrey Nixon Ms. Olga Nobleton Mr. & Mrs. Felipe M. Nunez Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Nystrom III Ms. Silvia Obispo Ms. Nicole O’Brien Mr. Kemdi Okparaocha Dr. Iyabo Okuwobi Mr. & Mrs. Glenn O’Leary Ms. Lauren T. Olens ’08 Mr. Mikael Öman & Mrs. Ana Maria Barona-Öman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Or Mr. & Mrs. Hasan Orlovic Mr. Antonio Di Pelino & Ms. Ilse Ortega Ms. Marina L. Osorio ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Joe Owens Ms. Caryn Oxford Dr.Yesim Ozbarlas Mr. Matt D. Padula & Mrs. Barbara Brockway Dr. Seung-Joon Paik & Ms.Youn Young Choi Ms. Paula Palazzolo de la Maza Mr. Johannes G. Palsson & Mrs. Hyeyoung Kim Dennis & Jane Panzer Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Pardy Mr. & Mrs. W. Mason Parker III Dr. Miro Pastrnak & Ms. Gloria G. Griessman Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata Patel Dr. & Mrs. Ketan G. Patel Mr. & Mrs. Pankaj D. Patel Mr. Thomas Patton & Dr. Jenelle Foote-Patton Ms. Brittany M. Pavon Suriel ’05 Mr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina Alazraki Mr. Tomás Pérez-Zafón & Dr. Courtney G. Pérez Mrs. Karen B. Peters Mr. Mark Peterson & Mrs. Sophia Herbert-Peterson Mr. Serge Petitpre & Ms. Martha Petitpre-Harris Ms. Christine Pettitt-Schieber ’05 Ms. Lucy Pettitt-Schieber ’08

AIS ANNUAL GIVING / ANNUAL FUND cont. Dr. Bryan Philbrook & Dr. Susan Palasis Dr. & Mrs. Torsten M. Pieper Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford Mr. & Mrs. Sven Pitman Mr. Flavio Piwowarczyk & Mrs. Karyna Mathias Piwowarczyk Dr. Victoria Plaut Bartlett ’92 & Mr. Robert Bartlett Mr. Pawel Pliszka & Mrs. Renata Cichocka Mr. Monte G. Plott & Ms. Patricia G. Etheridge Mr. Robert Poels & Ms. Brynan Hadaway Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Poffenberger Dr. Catalin N. Popescu & Dr. Andreea Popescu Mr. & Mrs. David Porter Mr. John A. A. Porter ’04 Dr. John G. Porter & Dr. Lucy Axtell Ms. Katherine A. Porter ’09 Ms. Dianne Potdevin Mr. & Mrs. Olivier Poulard Mr. Alan Preis & Mrs. Kate Preis Dr. Maxwell Prempeh & Dr. Ngina Jemmott Mr. Stephen M. Prockow ’04 Dr. & Mrs. James Proctor Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Quinby Mr. Amir Rahbar & Ms. Farima Mostofi Ms. Rachel K. Ramsay ’06 Ms. Cherise Randle Dr. Alfonso E. Rea & Mrs. Jennene Cheshire-Rea Mr. Jacob A. Redd ’02 Ms. Amanda C. Reeve ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Reeves Mr. David Reiling & Mrs. Barbara Reiling Ms. Grace Rembert Dr. Marcus Remmers & Mrs. Jaquelinne Contreras Garcia Mr. David G. Reuckel ’01 Kathy Reynolds Mr. Michael J. Rhim & Mrs. Laura Murvartian Mr. James E. Rice & Ms. Eva C. Gil Mr. & Mrs. John P. Richard Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Willie C. Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rieker Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Sanchez Mrs. Marianne Robbiani & Mr. Fernando A. Paulete Ms. C. Denise Roberts Mr. & Mrs. David C. Roberts Mr. Brian W. Robertson ’05 Ms. Aliza Robinson Mr. Eliot Robinson & Ms. Liane Schleifer Mrs. Nicola Robinson Ms. Manuela M. Rodriguez Dr. Peter Rogatz & Mrs. Marjorie Plaut Rogatz Mr. Brandon Rogers & Dr. Melissa King Rogers Mr. Darren L. Rollins Mr. & Mrs. Horacio Romero Mr. & Mrs. Damon A. Rose Ms. Ann Rosenberg Dr. Joseph M. Rosenfeld & Mrs. Esther S. Rosenfeld Mr. & Ms. Alexander N. Rothman Mr. & Ms. Joel Rubensohn Mr. Thomas W. Rudderow ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Shrikant V. Saboo Mr. & Mrs. Paul Saeger Mr. Reza Safarkhani & Ms. Semiramis Mansouri

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015

Mr. Adam Sahib Mr. & Mrs. Rohit Saigal Mr. Wael A. Salama & Ms. Drelin C. Williams Ms. Stella Salazar Ms. Carmen Samanes Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Sanborn Mr. Enrique C. Sanchez Riomana ’06 Mr. Carlos F. Sanchez & Mrs. Guiomar Obregon Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Sandys Dr. Jean-Louis M. G. Sankale & Dr. Jyothi Rengarajan Mr. Richard Santiago & Dr. Madelyn Baez-Santiago Ms. Maria Sarmiento Dr. Jodok Schaeffler & Ms. Carmen Lehner Mr. Ricardo M. Martinez & Mrs. Jutta Schlicker-Martinez Ms. Jule Schmidt Dr. Thomas J. Schmitt & Dr. Melinda Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen Ms. Elizabeth Schwarz Dr. Stephan Schwarz Mrs. Gioconda Secchi-Rossini Mr. Paul Seefried ’01 Dr. & Mrs. Hatem Sellami II Mr. & Mrs. Todd Semrau Mr. Thad B. Servi & Mrs. Barbara Vazquez Ms. Urmilla Sethuraman Dr. & Mrs. Cameron Shahab Mrs. Shaakira Shamsid-Deen Dr. Philip Shayne & Mrs. Helen Marqués-Shayne Mr. Thomas C. Sheeran & Mrs. Anna P. Marcucci Mrs. Chinequa Shelander Ms. Alexandra S. Shver ’05 Mr. Antonio R. Silva & Dr. Gabrielle Sabini Ms. Catherine Hibben Silvo ’04 Mr. Liam Simkins-Walker ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Josh M. Simon Ms. Julie Simon Mrs. Mayte Simpson & Mr. Aristides J. Brene Mr. Jairaj Singh ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Kaizer Siraj Mr. Rajiv Sivaraman & Mrs. Binitha Rajiv Mr. Mark Skeete & Dr. Karen Dudley Ms. Adrienne Slater Mr. & Mrs. Garrian B. Sledge Dr. & Mrs. Robert Slosberg Ms. Eden M. Smith ’05 Mr. & Mrs. Francis Smith Ms. Alexi Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Mr. & Mrs. James T. Snoddy Mr. & Mrs. David Sockel Dr. Alan Sokoloff & Dr. Michele Casper Mr. Maximilian Sonntag ’14 Dr. Ioanna Skountzou & Dr. Panagiotis Sparis Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. St. Paul Mr. & Mrs. John Stabler Mr. Travis J. Stabler ’99 & Ms. Marta Polo ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Manfred F. Stanek Mr. & Mrs. Erik H. Steavens Ms. Sarah A. Stebbins ’14 Mr. & Ms. Mark C. Stedina Mr. & Mrs. Wolfgang Steinwender Mr. & Mrs. Cristian E. Stelea Ms. Kelsey Stiakakis

Dr. Bruce S. Stiftel & Dr. Janet E. Kodras Mr. & Mrs. Mark B. Stiles Ms. Karla Stinehour Dr. M. Christine Stock & Dr. Stuart R. Stock Mr. Will Stoll Mr. Thomas Stoupis & Mrs. Antigoni Themistokleous Mr. Iwan Streichenberger & Mrs. Lorna Street-Streichenberger Mr. Stefano Striuli & Ms. Maria Del Pilar Guzman Nieto Mr. Joseph Strong & Mrs. Florence Wetterwald Dr. & Mrs. N. James Strull Prof. Gordon Stuber & Ms. Alana Raylyan Ms. Emily Suber Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sussman Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Sutton Mr. Turner Swicegood ’05 Mr. Mario Sylvander Ms. Alexandra Szilagyi Mr. Chee K. Tan & Mrs. Lan T. Chiem Mrs. Linde M. Rickert Tassell ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Tausche Mr. Martijn H. ten Lohuis ’08 Ms. Stefanie D. Tessler Mr. Reed D. Thodeson ’99 Mr. Alexander C. Thomas ’12 Mr. Chris Thomas Mr. Corley Thomas ’05 Mr. Matt S. Thompson & Mrs. Myrna Antar-Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Guerry R. Thornton, Jr. Ms. Mary E. Thurlow Mr. & Mrs. F. Edward Toledano III Mr. Jerome J. Tolochko ’04 & Mrs. Robin Tolochko Mr. Giorgio Torresani Mrs. Katrin Trietsch ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Tuff Mr. & Mrs. Tim Tuff Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Turner III Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Ufer Mr. & Mrs. Ameesh P. Vakharia Dr. Mark Vakkur & Dr. Susan Wang Mr. Matthew L. Valdez & Ms. Jennifer P. James Mr. & Mrs. Martin Valkysers Mr. Dominicus Van Asten & Mrs. Marie-Luce R. Van Asten-Lerat Mrs. Judy van Heiningen Ms. Elizabeth G. Varner ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Angelo D. Vasilescu Ms. Poonam Chawla Vats Ms. Reni Vaughn Dr. Milena Mihail & Dr. Vijay Vazirani Ms. Elvira C. Vega Machado Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Vincent Mr. Oleg Volkov & Ms. Veronika Volkova Mr. & Ms. Detlev von Platen Mrs. Maria Voutos Mr. & Mrs. Terence A. Waites Mrs. Claire E. Ramsay Wan ’99 Ms. Chuan Wang Mr. Hanjiao L. Wang & Mrs. Lily Zhao Dr. Catherine A. Warner ’04 Mr. Robert J. Warren Mr. Isaac T. Washington Mrs. Marioara Watkins Ms. Margaret S. Watts Mr. & Mrs. James Wayt, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Weeks Dr. Rasmus Wegener & Dr. Cornelia Wegener

Ms. Ursula Weibert Mrs. Margaret M. Weichert Mr. & Mrs. Johann Weissenburger Ms. Marilyn Wells Mr.Yamba-Yamba Mitanga & Mrs. Herrad S. Welp Mr. & Mrs. Nils S. Wendik Ms. Melanie T. Wenige ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Hal West III Ms. Amy Whaley Mr. & Mrs. Roger C. Whigham Mr. & Mrs. Christian Wichert Mrs. Thelma J. Wilke Ms. Anne Williams Ms. Hope Williams Mr. & Mrs. J. Todd Williams Mr. Jan J. Williams & Dr. Karen R. Mills Mr. Brian L. Coleman & Mrs. Lisa M. Williams-Coleman Ms. Suzanne B. Wilner Ms. Abasiemek Wilson Mr. Eddie Wilson & Ms.YanTing Song Ms. Whitney A. Wilson ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Witte Ms. Lin Wong Mr. & Mrs. Tin Choi B. Wong Michele Woodroof Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Wren Mr. Mark Wright & Mrs. Sara Yeglin Mr. & Mrs. Navid Yavari Mr. Jeffrey L.Yeates & Dr. Becky Brock Ms. Lara Yegenoglu ’05 Mr. Miguel Yelos San Martin & Mrs. Patricia Janiot Mr. Guran Yet & Mrs. Ozben Iyigun Yet Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J.Young III Mr. & Mrs. C.J.Young Mr. & Mrs. Michael Zachner Mr. Armand Zakarian & Ms. Zoya Dimitrova Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Zaller Ms. Elena Zapico Mr. & Mrs. Kouros Zarrabi Dr. Ramsey Zein & Dr. Abeer Moanna Parent of Alumni Gifts (Classes 1992 – 2015) Anonymous (10) Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham Adair, P ’10, ’14 Mr. Márcio Amazonas & Ms. Natália Ferreira, P ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Philippe A. Audibert, P ’11, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Opher Aviran, P ’15 Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. Bauer, P ’10 Dr. Raymond F. Beach & Dr. Genette Ashby-Beach, P ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Blair N. Belton, P ’04, ’06, ’08 Mr. Gerard P. Benech & Dr. Irene Benech, P ’15 Ms. Kristin A. Birkness, P ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bostwick, P ’12, ’14 Mr. Christophe Boudard & Ms. Thi Thu Thao Tran, P ’13, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Alan Box, P ’98, ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bradley, P ’15 Ms. Belinda A. Brady, P ’03 Prof. Oliver Brand & Mrs. Claudia H. Brand, P ’14 Mr. & Ms. Anthony Brooks, P ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Trevor A. Brown, P ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Miles R. Cook, P ’13, ’15 Ms. Marcia Cowan, P ’13, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Curtis, P ’06, ’08 Ms. Dorothy A. De Lorme, P ’08, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. G. Dear, P ’99

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Dismuke, P ’15 Ms. Raquel G. Dominguez, P ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Doyle, P ’08, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Drummond, P ’14 Ms. Leigh Dunlap, P ’15 Mr. Farhad Eghtesadi & Mrs. Faranak Aldashi, P ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Rene J. Ferandel, P ’11, ’13, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ferguson, P ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer, P ’12, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jason Foss, P ’12 Mr. Thomas Gebhard & Ms. Bettina Koenigstein, P ’09, ’11, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Geddes, P ’11, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick F. Goguillon, P ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Gould, Jr., P ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Günther, P ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Hendricks, P ’14, ’15 Dr. Nicholas Hume & The Reverend Dr. Janice J. Hume, P ’92, ’98 Ms. Patricia Hunt, P ’10, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Huntley, P ’03, ’05, ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Bruno G. Jactel, P ’11, ’13, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Jimenez, P ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Neil R. Johnson, P ’13 Dr. & Mrs. Andro Kacharava, P ’14 Dr. & Mrs. H. Jean Khoury, P ’12, ’14 Drs. Fadlo & Lamya Khuri, P ’14 Dr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Lancaster, P ’09, ’11 Dr. Elliot L. Levine & Dr. Rosana S. Levine, P ’13 Dr. William C. Levine & Dr. Sunisa Levine, P ’09, ’11 Mr. Ricardo M. Martinez & Mrs. Jutta Schlicker-Martinez, P ’06, ’15 Mr. Konstantin Mischaikow, P ’04, ’06 Mrs. Leonie C. Ley-Mitchell & Mr. Jonathan N. Mitchell, P ’10, ’12, ’14 Mr. Tony Locke & Mrs. Sarah V. Locke, P ’13 Dr. Richard C. Lodise & Dr. Valerie J. Jagiella, P ’12, ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Willis E. Lowe III, P ’09 Mr. Markus Marfurt & Mrs. Petra Blickisdorf Marfurt, P ’12, ’15 Ms. Emily C. Sanders & Mr. Jon M. Margolis, P ’05 Mr. Marco A. Martinez-Obregon & Mrs. Ana Maria Gonzalez, P ’13 Mr. & Mrs. John J. McNally, P ’09, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Asghar Memarzadeh, P ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Luc Michel, P ’14 Mrs. Karen Mitchell, P ’12 Mrs. Reid P. Mizell & Mr. Bernard van der Lande, P ’02 Ms. Lisa Mohr, P ’14, ’15 Ms. Françoise Monier, P ’04, ’06 Mr. Burkhard Nagel & Mrs. Ina Nagel-Schweigert, P ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Noziere, P ’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Hasan Orlovic, P ’15 Mr. Matt D. Padula & Mrs. Barbara Brockway, P ’14 Dennis & Jane Panzer, P ’01, ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Pardy, P ’10 Mr. Pablo S. Patiño & Ms. Victoria E. Gómez Patiño, P ’09 Mr. Serge Petitpre & Ms. Martha Petitpre-Harris, P ’10 Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut, P ’92, ’97 Mr. Pawel Pliszka & Mrs. Renata Cichocka, P ’10 Dr. John G. Porter & Dr. Lucy Axtell, P ’04, ’09 Ms. Dianne Potdevin, P ’10 Dr. & Mrs. James Proctor, P ’12, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Ratchford, Jr., P ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Reardon, P ’09, ’13

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Richard, P ’12 Mr. Eliot Robinson & Ms. Liane Schleifer, P ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Sanchez, P ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Sanborn, P ’08, ’09, ’11 Dr. Thomas J. Schmitt & Dr. Melinda Wharton, P ’11, ’13 Honorary Consul General Ferdinand C. Seefried & Dr. Monique B. Seefried, P ’96, ’98, ’01 Ms. Urmilla Sethuraman, P ’12 Mr. Antonio R. Silva & Dr. Gabrielle Sabini, P ’15 Mr. & Mrs. John Stabler, P ’99, ’03 Dr. Bruce S. Stiftel & Dr. Janet E. Kodras, P ’15 Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd Schüttler, P ’08, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. ten Lohuis, P ’06, ’08, ’10, ’12 Mr. William T. Tompkins, P ’15 Mr. Dominicus Van Asten & Mrs. Marie-Luce R. Van Asten-Lerat, P ’04, ’06 Mrs. Judy van Heiningen, P ’14, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Benny Varzi, P ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Didier M. Viala, P ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Terence A. Waites, P ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Weeks, P ’03, ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Johann Weissenburger, P ’14 Mr.Yamba-Yamba Mitanga & Mrs. Herrad S. Welp, P ’13, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Roger C. Whigham, P ’03 Mrs. Thelma J. Wilke, P ’11 Ms. Suzanne B. Wilner, P ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Witte, P ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Wren, P ’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Navid Yavari, P ’14 Dr. Daniel Zdonczyk & Mrs. Cynthia Fleck, P ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Zurbuchen, P ’15 Grandparent Gifts Anonymous (2) Fred & Catalina Aranas Grandparents of Katherine A. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Beale III Grandparents of Aubrey J. Bohanon Mr. C. Philip Bolin Grandparent of Amanda R. Bolin Ms. Patricia Brewer Grandparent of Julian G. Sandys Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Bruner Grandparents of Margaret P. Bruner, William P. Bruner & Wesley S. Bruner Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Byers Grandparents of Olivia S. Herndon Mr. & Mrs. George Dowling Grandparents of Charlotte G. Huck Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Dyson Grandparents of Finn D. Cogan & William S. Cogan Mr. & Mrs. James W. Floyd Grandparents of Hugh M. Floyd & Lily C. Floyd Mr. & Mrs. Hayden S. Horne, Jr. Grandparents of Lucas N. Moffitt & Sascha L. Moffitt Mr. David Israelite Grandparent of Kira L. Israelite Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Grandparents of Bonnie C.Watkins & Gray Mollenkamp

Ms. Suzanne Lawton Grandparent of Jett J.Valdez Mr. & Mrs. Dennis McDaniel Grandparents of Lana B. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Larry Mercer Grandparents of Sydney Q. Huitt Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata Patel Grandparents of Josh-Pablo M. Patel, Sativa M. Patel & Lakshita M. Patel Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Grandparent of Lana B. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Francis Smith Grandparents of Mackenzie A. Jerrold Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Grandparents of Bonnie C.Watkins Dr. & Mrs. N. James Strull Grandparents of Tate D. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Tausche Grandparents of Andrea J.Tausche & Charlotte A.Tausche Mr. & Mrs. Tim Tuff Grandparents of Finley B.Tuff Matching Gift Companies & Foundations The Allstate Foundation American Endowment Foundation American Express Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. AT&T Foundation Baird Foundation, Inc. Bank of America Foundation Cisco Systems Foundation CLC Foundation, Inc The Coca-Cola Foundation James M. Collins Foundation The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta GE Foundation The Goizueta Foundation Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program The Home Depot Foundation The Warren & Augusta Hume Foundation IBM Corporation Illinois Tool Works Foundation In Trust For All Foundation J.M. Huber Kimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc. Knobloch Family Foundation McKesson Foundation Microsoft Corporation Morgan Stanley National Christian Foundation Novartis Foundation Novelis Inc. Once For All Trust Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Salesforce Foundation Sprint Foundation Matching Gifts SunTrust Bank Atlanta Foundation SunTrust Banks, Inc. Time Warner Foundation Turner Foundation, Inc. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Verizon Foundation Viking Global Foundation, Inc. Voya Financial Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program Wiggle Bug Foundation Women in Technology Foundation

Honor & Memorial Gifts In Honor of Julia Balte Ms. Cindy Balte In Honor of Courtney Fowler & Stewart Lathan Ms. Margaret S. Dozier In Honor of Pablo & Elian Fabbrini Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fabbrini In Honor of Aranza Grootens Mr. & Mrs. Avinash Grootens In Honor of Jack & Levi Howard Mr. & Ms. Darren K. Howard In Honor of Andrea G. Hunt Ms. Patricia Hunt In Honor Lola Mays Mr. Rick Jernigan & Ms. Nelda Mays In Honor of Luca Macdonald Mr. & Ms. Ian R. Macdonald In Honor of Sophie & Clara Mannes Dr. Keith Mannes & Dr. Catherine Dekle In Honor of Nelson Mendels Mr. Charles Mendels & Mrs. Elaine Rosenblum In Honor of Ethan, Lucien, & Theo Michel Mr. & Mrs. Arnaud P. Michel In Honor of Deb Sudbury Mr. & Mrs. Kevin T. O’Halloran In Honor of AIS Teachers Mr. John A. Porter ’04 In Honor of Skyler Quinby Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Quinby In Honor of Isabella Rodriguez Ms. Remedios Rodriguez In Honor of Olga Plaut Dr. Peter Rogatz & Mrs. Marge Plaut Rogatz In Honor of Eva & Harper Schoen Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen In Honor of Nickolas Stüber Prof. Gordon Stuber & Ms. Alana Raylyan In Memory of Bonnie Barron Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barron In Memory of Keith Weal Ms. Marcia Cowan In Memory of Nil Kadam Mr. Pankesh Kadam & Mrs. Alka Patel In Memory of Maggie Baillie Ms. Neeki Memar ’14 In Memory of Keith Weal Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut In Memory of Marie Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Frank E.Thomas III In Memory of Ed & Eve Kirk Mr. Richard van Nostrand & Mrs. Darlene van Nostrand In Memory of Lisa Woods Washington Mr. Isaac T.Washington

FINANCIAL AID TAX CREDIT

Through the Financial Aid Tax Credit Program, eligible taxpayers may redirect a portion of their Georgia tax liability to support financial aid for the school of their choice. Since 2008, the Financial Aid Tax Credit Program has provided AIS with over $2 million in financial aid funding. These funds compose a significant portion of the AIS financial aid budget, supporting students who dually qualify under the state guidelines and the school’s need-based qualifications. By redirecting your taxes (up to $2,500 filing jointly or $1,000 filing single), you will receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit at the state level against your Georgia income tax liability while providing scholarship assistance to incoming AIS students who are currently enrolled in public schools. Individuals who receive pass-through income, such as a partnership in an LLC, can contribute up to $10,000 and C-corporations and trusts with a tax liability can redirect up to 75% of their state tax liability. In 2015, the state of Georgia set aside $58 million in tax credits and the AIS community was able to apply over $450,000 towards student scholarships through this program. Thank you to the following individuals who participated in 2014-15 to benefit Atlanta International School:

2015 Participants Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham Adair Mr. & Mrs. Evan Adler Dr. Volkan Adsay & Dr. Jeanette Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aibel Mr. & Mrs. David Anbari Mr. & Mrs. Paul Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Khoury N. Ashooh Mr. & Mrs. Philippe A. Audibert Ms. Elisabeth A. Ayres Dr. & Dr. Idelberto Badell Dr. David A. Baker & Dr. Christine Berthelin-Baker Dr. & Mrs. W. Perry Ballard III Mr. Franjo Bartolek & Mrs. Arijana Boras Dr. Ezra Barzilay & Dr. Christopher Papahalarambus Louisa & Armando Basarrate Dr. Mark F. Baucom & Dr. Anne Baucom Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Becker Mr. Graham C. Belton ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Troy Bohanon Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bostwick Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bradley Prof. & Mrs. Oliver Brand Mr. Robert W. Brinson & Ms. Michele L. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Brown III Mr. Thomas Brown & Mrs. Danielle Drapeau-Brown Ms. Stephanie Brun de Pontet Mr. & Mrs. W. Andrew Bruner Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Byers Mr. Harvey S. Cain & Mrs. Michelle Williams Mr. & Mrs. Brant Campbell Mr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley Giberson Dr. Emmanuel Carrier & Mrs. Bich Ngoc Nguyen Mr. & Mrs. David Christman Mr. Juan Carlos Cisnado-Hadlow & Mrs. Caroline Cisnado-Davis Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Coble Mr. & Mrs. Milo S. Cogan Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore W. Collura Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Crawford Dr. Christopher R. Cunningham & Dr. Solveig A. Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Curnyn Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Nitin Dalvi Mr. & Mrs. Francois Darmayan

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015

Mr. Christopher J. Decouflé & Mrs. Michelle T. Caruso-Decouflé Mr. & Mrs. John Dettingmeijer Mr. Antonio Di Pelino & Ms. Ilse Ortega Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Dorsch Mr. Ravi Durairaj & Dr. Anissa Durairaj Mr. & Mrs. Guy R. Dutcher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Dyson Mr. & Mrs. Todd Eichhorn Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fabbrini Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fenninger Mrs. Sandy Ferko Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Floyd Mr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. Deringer Mr. & Mrs. David Fournier Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Fowler Mr. & Mrs. David A. Fox Ms. Jessica Frank Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Fritz Mr. Brad Gerdeman & Mrs. Carolina Menezes Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Goudie Prof. Arash Grakoui & Dr. Holly Hanson Dr. Damien Grattan-Smith & Dr. Ashley Hayes Dr. Peter Z. Guan & Ms. Vivian Wong Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Guillot Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Hawkins Mr. Trace Hawkins ’93 & Mrs. Emily Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hayler Mr. & Mrs. George T. Heery, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Greg Hiebert Mrs. Tiffany Holland & Mr. Christopher Holland Mr. James E. Honkisz & Ms. Catherine Binns Mr. & Ms. Darren K. Howard Dr. Eric A. Hunter & Dr. Susan Allen Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Hutchings Mr. Eric Issa & Mrs. Kathrin Koppe Mr. Robert Ivanier Mr. & Mrs. Ron Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. John Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William Johnson Dr. Ajay K. Joshi & Dr. Richita C. Surana Mr. & Mrs. Kirit Kanakiya Mr. Leopoldo Keber & Mrs. Maria C. Diaz Keber Ms. Natalie Keen Dr. Reza Kheirandish & Dr. Shabnam Mousavi

Drs. Fadlo & Lamya Khuri Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Koehler Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Lacombe Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Dr. Richard S. Leff & Mrs. Debra Kantorowitz-Leff Ms. Heidi E. Leithleiter Dr. William C. Levine & Dr. Sunisa Levine Mr. & Mrs. Michel E. Levisse Mr. Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lichtman Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. N. Litré Mr. Tony Locke & Mrs. Sarah V. Locke Mr. Dennis P. Lockhart Mr. and Mrs. Reid Lockwood Dr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer Culley Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin Loudermilk Mr. & Mrs. Willis E. Lowe III Dr. Jamie MacKelfresh & Mr. Richard MacKelfresh Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Manidis Dr. Keith Mannes & Dr. Catherine Dekle Dr. Grace Wu Marhic & Mr. Ronan Marhic Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Mazzawi Mr. & Mrs. David McCarney Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Chandler McCormack Mr. Charles Mendels & Mrs. Elaine Rosenblum Mr. & Mrs. Larry Mercer Mr. & Mrs. Randy G. Merrill Mr. Alfredo M. Mesa & Mrs. Elizebeth K. Ellison Drs. Federico & Sarah Milla Mr. & Mrs. Dean W. Morris Martin & Kim Neary Dr. Thinh Nguyen & Dr. Han C. Phan Mr. Per B. Normark & Mrs. Cynthia A. Price Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Kevin T. O’Halloran Mr. & Mrs. Glenn O’Leary Mr. Michael Oken & Ms. Alla Tsitsior Mr. Johannes G. Palsson & Mrs. Hyeyoung Kim Mr. & Mrs. Chris Parker Drs. Jagdish & Hemlata Patel Mr. Jon Paton-Smith & Mrs. Willa Paton-Smith Mr. David Pemberton & Dr. Adina Alazraki Mr. & Mrs. Sashidhar Pemmasani Dr. Bryan Philbrook & Dr. Susan Palasis The Physicians’ Spine & Rehabilitation Specialists of GA, PC Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Mr. Pawel Pliszka & Mrs. Renata Cichocka

Mr. Robert Poels & Ms. Brynan Hadaway Mr. Alain E. Poiraud & Mrs. Carine Poiraud-Bouton Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David Porter Dr. John G. Porter & Dr. Lucy Axtell The QUIKRETE Companies, Inc. Dr. Alfonso E. Rea & Mrs. Jennene Cheshire-Rea Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Reardon Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Redwine Mr. Kevin Reimer & Ms. Elizabeth Fisher Dr. Marcus Remmers & Mrs. Jaquelinne Contreras Garcia Dr. & Mrs. Gamwell A. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Rutledge Mr. Reza Safarkhani & Ms. Semiramis Mansouri Mr. & Mrs. Sumeet Sanghani Dr. Jodok Schaeffler & Ms. Carmen Lehner Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen Mr. Robert Shaw-Smith & Dr. Geraldine Higgins Mr. & Mrs. Josh M. Simon Ms. Alexi Smith Mr. & Mrs. Scott J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. James T. Snoddy Mr. & Mrs. David Sockel Mr. & Mrs. Alan Starling Mr. Will Stoll Mr. Iwan Streichenberger & Mrs. Lorna Street-Streichenberger Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury & Dr. Heinz-Bernd Schüttler Mr. & Mrs. Colin C. Tamsett Mr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane Kamenz Mr. & Mrs. Mark Towery Mr. & Mrs. Benny Varzi Ms. Reni Vaughn Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Vincent Mr. Theodore Wadley & Ms. Regina Imbsweiler Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Wagner Ms. Chuan Wang Dr. & Mrs. Michael Wasserfuhr Mr. Robert C. Watkins III & Ms. Stewart Lathan Mr. John Weitnauer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard White Mr. Eddie Wilson & Ms.YanTing Song Ms. Sue Wooldridge Ms. Jie Wu Mr. Armand Zakarian & Ms. Zoya Dimitrova Dr. Daniel Zdonczyk & Mrs. Cynthia Fleck Mr. & Mrs. Barry Zurbuchen

ALUMNI DONORS

AIS LEGACY GIFT

Your generous participation in the annual fund is a strong statement that YOU SUPPORT AIS AND ITS FUTURE STUDENTS. The Class of 2004 dominated the AIS Alumni Annual Fund Challenge ending the Class of 2005’s three-year winning streak. Congratulations Class of 2004! Who will take the trophy next year in the battle of the classes? AIS is proud to host an array of events throughout the year for alumni including the annual Back-to-School Picnic, local, regional and international reunions, and holiday gatherings. The support of our alumni demonstrates their belief in the school and the education they received during their time at AIS. Stay connected with us through our alumni Facebook page. Class of 1992 Mrs. Korrin Hume Johnson Dr. Victoria Plaut Bartlett Class of 1993 Mr. Trace Hawkins Mrs. Guadalupe Machinandiarena Mr. Fasil Muche Class of 1994 Mrs. Martina Striedinger Parker Class of 1995 Mr. Patrick McAndrew Ms. Chiara Visconti-Pervanas Class of 1997 Mrs. Veronica Plaut McDaniel Class of 1998 Mr. Joshua Gunnemann Mr. Tyler J. Hume Ms. Beth Kytle Chandler Mr. Valentin D. Lemoine Ms. Marta Polo Class of 1999 Mr. Ido J. S. Alexander Dr. Jonathan D. Dear Mr. Travis J. Stabler Mr. Reed D. Thodeson Mrs. Claire E. Ramsay Wan Class of 2000 Mrs. Linde M. Rickert Tassell Class of 2001 Ms. Lisa F. Box Ms. Johanna M. Fleisch Mrs. Arielle Garber Kohan Mr. Benjamin Lemoine Mrs. Anne-Constance Nixon-Mulliez Mr. David G. Reuckel Mr. Paul Seefried Class of 2002 Mr. Jacob A. Redd

Ms. Amanda C. Reeve Class of 2003 Mr. Gregory M. Braunfeld Ms. Whitney A. Wilson Class of 2004 Anonymous (2) Ms. Carina A. Box Ms. Amanda Hill Mr. Mark Krotov Ms. Stacey M. Lathem Mr. Armand G. Leblois Ms. Sara Luttrell Ms. Martina Mustroph Ms. Marina L. Osorio Mr. John A. A. Porter Mr. Stephen M. Prockow Ms. Catherine Hibben Silvo Mr. Jairaj Singh Mr. Sinan M. Sutcu Mr. Jerome J. Tolochko Mrs. Katrin Trietsch Ms. Elizabeth G. Varner Dr. Catherine A. Warner Class of 2005 Ms. Brianna R. Carbonell Ms. Anna K. Collura Mr. Cameron Connerty Ms. Arianna A. Gutierrez Mr. Samuel F. Huntley Ms. Brittany M. Pavon Suriel Ms. Christine Pettitt-Schieber Mr. Brian W. Robertson Ms. Alexandra S. Shver Ms. Eden M. Smith Mr. Turner Swicegood Mr. Corley Thomas Ms. Lara Yegenoglu Class of 2006 Mr. Graham C. Belton Mr. Joaquin R. Carbonell Ms. Aria C. Curtis

Ms. Rachel K. Ramsay Mr. Thomas W. Rudderow Mr. Enrique C. Sanchez Riomana Ms. Melanie T. Weniger Class of 2008 Ms. Siri E. Belton Ms. Aida C. Curtis Ms. Caroline E. Geiger Mr. Manuel L. Grünenfelder Mr. Simon Kolbert Ms. Allison A. Lenz Ms. Lauren T. Olens Ms. Lucy Pettitt-Schieber Mr Benjamin C. Schuttler Mr. Martijn H. ten Lohuis Class of 2009 Mr. Julius Gebhard-Koenigstein Ms. Meredith Lowe Ms. Ciara O’Halloran Ms. Katherine A. Porter Class of 2010 Mr. Ian L. Hill Class of 2011 Ms. Nicole Dancz Mr. Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh Mr. Charles O. Geddes Mr. Willem A. Schüttler Class of 2012 Anonymous Mr. Giles H. Geddes Mr. Jason B. Mitchell Mr. Alexander C. Thomas Class of 2014 Anonymous Ms. Charlotte F. Goguillon Ms. Neeki Memar Mr. Liam Simkins-Walker Mr Maximilian Sonntag Ms. Sarah A. Stebbins

It has become an AIS tradition for each graduating senior class to give a Legacy Gift to the school. The gift is divided into two different initiatives: the Legacy Scholarship and the Legacy Gift. The 2015 Legacy Scholarship award went to Emily Bishko ’16 who joined Projects Abroad, a New York-based nonprofit that organizes student project trips. She spent two weeks studying medicine and Spanish in Córdoba, Argentina. The AIS community would like to thank the Class of 2015 for their generous contribution back to AIS. Ms. Noa Aviran Mr. Julian Marfurt Mr. Jackson Bradley Ms. Kai Brooks Ms. Connar Brown Mr. Jordan Brown Mr. Alex Choi Ms. Hallie Lonial Mr. Farrell Dunlap Ms. Elena Mesa Ms. Lauren Valeri Mr. August Gebhard-Koenigstein Mr. Wesley Howell Ms. Sophia Jactel Mr. Sean Khan Ms. Amela Orlovic Mr. Nicholas Oxford Mr. Victor Petitgenet Ms. Olivia Pilmore-Bedford Mr. David Robinson Ms. Isabella Silva Ms. Gabriela Rivera Ms. Cristina Sanchez Ms. Laura Schweigert Ms. Justine Stiftel Ms. Keira Waites Ms. Tessa Weal Ms. Sydney Wilke Ms. Sara Wren Ms. Sarah Zurbuchen

The Legacy Gift Committee decided to purchase a customized clock and lectern for use during school assemblies. 49

SPRING BENEFIT 2015

Passport to

MEXICO

On April 18, 2015 Atlanta International School hosted the 29th Annual Spring Benefit, Passport to Mexico. Guests were transported from cityscapes to mountaintops to the Riviera Maya of Mexico as we as explored the cultural richness and diversity of this wonderful country. Attendees were welcomed by the Pepe Lopez Mariachi Band, entertained by Aztec dancers from Danza Azteca San Jose, and wowed by a live wine painting demonstration from artist David Quiroz. Primary school students performed a musical number led by Karen Peters as well as vibrant traditional Mexican Hat Dance led by Rocio Fabbrini. A very special thank you to alumnus Saurav Bhandary ’12 for sharing his journey from a small village in Nepal to AIS graduate. Such a memorable evening! This year’s Spring Benefit raised more than $500,000 for Atlanta International School—The Stand & Pledge campaign for financial aid, which took place after the live auction, raised an unbelievable $189,213. This amazing night in Mexico was all made possible by the dedicated Spring Benefit Council. We would like to thank Myrna Antar, Alison Newton Bartnick, Scott Britton, Linda Bruner, Lorraine Charman, Tosha Hays, Rakhee Parikh, Rupal Romero, Julie Schoen and Morgan Stewart. The Spring Benefit began in the late 1980s to support AIS’s mission of providing the increasingly global Atlanta community with an outstanding independent school. All proceeds from the Benefit contribute towards financial aid scholarships, faculty development programs and continued preservation of the historic campus buildings AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015

AIS Recognizes the Generosity of Our CORPORATE SPONSORS DIAMOND SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

NICKEL SPONSORS

Copper Sponsors Medilag Pediatrics, P.C.

Friends of AIS

Live Auction Donors Mr. & Mrs. James Barber Mr. & Mrs. C. Keith Barringer Mr. & Mrs. Simon Bartlett Dr. Mark F. Baucom & Dr. Anne Baucom Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Britton Mr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley Giberson Mr. & Mrs. John R. Charman Dr. & Mrs. William H. Cleveland II Mr. Matthew Clouser & Ms. Monica Alarcon Delta Air Lines Delta Vacations Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer Mr. & Mrs. David A. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Art Franks Mr. Thomas Gebhard & Ms. Bettina Koenigstein Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Dr. & Dr. Jeffrey Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. John Mr. & Mrs. Martin L. King III Live Aqua & Fiesta Americana Hotels and Resort Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthy Mexico Tourism Board Drs. Federico & Sarah Milla Mr. & Mrs. Joshua K. Moffitt Mr. & Mrs. Dean W. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Martin Neary Mr. & Mrs. Eric Noziere Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Resort to Laura Madrid Mr. Duncan Sandys Ms. Mary Brown Sandys Mr. Todd Schaffner & Mrs. Amelia Pane Schaffner Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen Mr. Ty Speed & Dr. April Speed Mr. & Mrs. Nils T. Swann Turner Enterprises, Inc.

Ms. Chiara Visconti-Pervanas ’95 & Mr. Angelos Pervanas Tim & Patty Webb Dr. Kevin E. Woods & Dr. Kalinda D. Woods Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J.Young III In-Kind Donors Anonymous 101 Concepts Actor’s Express Agave Restaurant Alliance Theatre Company Mr. & Mrs. John U. Amosa Anis Café & Bistro Applerouth Artiko Stones LLC Mr. & Mrs. Khoury N. Ashooh Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta History Center Atlanta International School Atlanta Lyric Theatre Atlanta Movie Tours, Inc. Atlanta Rocks! Indoor Climbing Gym Atlanta Shakespeare Company Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Babcock Dermatology, PC Mr. Brad A. Baer & Mrs. Tosha L. Hays Ms. Benita Baird Barefoot Mountain Farms Barking Hound Village Barnsley Gardens Resorts Dr. Rahul C. Basole & Dr. Anita P. Basole Dr. Mark F. Baucom & Dr. Anne Baucom Mr. David Bell Mrs. Stephanie Bell Beth Bristow Tutorial Services Bill Packard’s Magic Man Entertainment Blabla Kids Body Revolution Pilates Studio Bonjour Atlanta Tutoring Cafe Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Britton

Broadway in Atlanta Brookhaven Children’s Dentistry Mr. & Mrs. W. Andrew Bruner Buckhead Handwriting Buckhead Theatre Buckhead Uniforms Mr. Juan P. Bueno & Mrs. Ana M. Neira Cabot Creamery Cooperative Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Capital Genealogy Carithers Flower Shop Mr. Ronald Carmichael & Mrs. Shelley Giberson Cason Photography Center for Puppetry Arts Mr. & Mrs. John R. Charman Chateau Elan Winery & Resort Chattahoochee Nature Center Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr. Mr. Matthew Clouser & Ms. Monica Alarcon CNN Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Foundation Corrective Chiropractic Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Creative Discovery Museum Dance Fight Play Darrah Photo Fine Portraiture David L Wise Art Direction & Design DBA Barbecue Delta Air Lines Delta Vacations Diggin Active Inc Diptyque Doc Chey’s Noodle House Donlan & Greenbaum’s New York Prime Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Dotts Dry Bar Ms. Camille Du Aime Mr. & Mrs. Bob Dylewski Evergreen Marriott Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fabbrini 51

Farm Burger Fat Matt’s Rib Shack Fernbank Museum of Natural History Firehouse Subs Frolic Boutique Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gambardella Garden Hills Pool & Park Association Mr. & Mrs. James W. Geddes Georgia Aquarium Georgia Grille German Consulate General Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Global Imports BMW Harold Alan Photographers High Museum of Art Historic Oakland Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Israelite J. Hillburn Ms. Rebecca Jean Jewels by Julie Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. John Mr. & Mrs. KC Gazi Kasikci Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company KidKraft Mr. & Mrs. Martin L. King III Mr. & Mrs. Steven Koura L’Occitane en Provence Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Learning Rx Lightnin RV Rentals Live Aqua & Fiesta Americana Hotels and Resort Local Three Mr. Tony Locke & Mrs. Sarah V. Locke Dr. Sagar Lonial & Dr. Jennifer Culley Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin Loudermilk Marty Thornberg Designs Massage Heights - Buckhead Mathnasium of Buckhead Max Lager’s Wood-Fired Grill & Brewery Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthy Dr. Bernard J. McGuinness & Dr. Úna M. Casserly McGuinness Mr. Charles Mendels & Mrs. Elaine Rosenblum Metrotainment Cafes Mexico Tourism Board Michael C. Carlos Museum Monday Night Brewing Mr. & Mrs. Cory Moss Nancy G’s Cafe & Neighborhood Bistro No Mas Cantina North Georgia Canopy Tours Mr. & Mrs. Eric Noziere Outerwall Dr.Yesim Ozbarlas Dr. Roberto Pacifici & Dr. Monica Rizzo Dr. & Mrs. Shatul Parikh Peachtree Hills Animal Hosptial Philips Arena Pig N Chik BBQ Mr. Alain E. Poiraud & Mrs. Carine Poiraud-Bouton Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Red Bandanna Pet Food Dr. Marcus Remmers & Mrs. Jaquelinne Contreras Garcia Resort to Laura Madrid Kathy Reynolds Dr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Richardson Road Atlanta Mr. & Mrs. Horacio Romero Rosa Mexicano Saltyard Mr. Duncan Sandys Ms. Mary Brown Sandys Mr. Todd Schaffner & Mrs. Amelia Pane Schaffner Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen Serenbe Playhouse AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015

Ms. Adrienne Slater Smoke Ring BBQ Sophie’s Uptown Southern Sitters & Nanies Mr. & Mrs. Winburn E. Stewart III Stonewall Creek Vineyards Mr. & Mrs. Nils T. Swann Synchronicity Theatre Mr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane Kamenz Tax Centers of Georgia Tennessee Aquarium Tennessee Valley Railroad Thai Chili The Atlanta Falcons The Essential Theatre The Inn at Serenbe The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead The Varsity Inc. Theatrical Outfit Thomas Fallon Photography Mr. Matt S. Thompson & Mrs. Myrna Antar-Thompson Tophat Soccer Total Wine & More Tower Wine & Spirits Turner Enterprises, Inc. Uber Universal Tennis Academy UrLife Verde Taqueria Mr. & Mrs. Didier M. Viala Mr. Adolfo Villagomez & Mrs. Veronica Roldan Ms. Chiara Visconti-Pervanas ’95 & Mr. Angelos Pervanas Mr. & Ms. Detlev von Platen Wag-A-Lot Walt Disney World Warby Parker White Oak Kitchens & Cocktails Ms. Anne Williams Willy’s Mexicana Grill Within Reach Educational Consultants Mr. Miguel Yelos San Martin & Mrs. Patricia Janiot Mr. Vern C.Yip & Mr. Craig B. Koch Yoga Collective Your Pie Zoo Atlanta Stand & Pledge Donors Anonymous Mr. Dixon Adair & Mrs. Emily Willingham Adair Mr. & Mrs. Lang Adler Mr. Karim Ahmad & Mrs. Pia Sabharwal Ahmad Mr. Amir Alibaksh & Mrs. Sophie Michel Alibaksh Mr. & Mrs. Chris Archer Mr. & Mrs. Simon Arpiarian Mr. & Mrs. David M. Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Jon G. Bartnick, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. A. Basford Dr. Mark F. Baucom & Dr. Anne Baucom Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. Bauer Mr. & Mrs. John Bender Bestar, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Alan Box Mr. Christian Brennholt & Ms. Anja Pelzer-Brennholt Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Britton Ms. Stephanie Brun de Pontet Mr. & Mrs. W. Andrew Bruner Mr. Juan P. Bueno & Mrs. Ana M. Neira Mr. & Mrs. David Christman Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Clark, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William H. Cleveland II Mr. & Mrs. Milo S. Cogan Mr. & Mrs. Julian Colvile

Mr. & Mrs. Miles R. Cook Mr. Christopher J. Decouflé & Mrs. Michelle T. Caruso-Decouflé Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dimitroff Mr. & Mrs. James P. P. Dirr Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Dorsch Dr. & Mrs. Alec N. Elchahal Mr. Ira H. Epstein & Mrs. Susanna M. Freer Passburg Mrs. Sandy Ferko Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. Christian Fischer Mr. & Mrs. James W. Floyd Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Floyd Mr. William G. Foglesong & Mrs. Heidi E. Deringer Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Fowler Mr. Humberto Garcia-Sjogrim & Dr. Lucienne Ide Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Garrett Mr. Thomas Gebhard & Ms. Bettina Koenigstein Mr. Brad Gerdeman & Mrs. Carolina Menezes German American Cultural Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Glass Mr. & Mrs. Patrick F. Goguillon Mr. Gerardo Gonzalez & Ms. Celina Acosta Mr. Juergen Grimm & Mrs. Angela Ruehle Mr. & Mrs. Avinash Grootens Dr. & Mrs. Parmeet Grover Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Günther Mr. Trace Hawkins ’93 & Mrs. Emily Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hayler Mrs. Rebecca Messina & Mr. Derk Hendriksen Mrs. Rachel E. Hovington & Mrs. Kristi Hovington Mr. & Ms. Darren K. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Gerry G. Hull Mr. Robert Ivanier Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Johnson Dr. Ajay K. Joshi & Dr. Richita C. Surana Mr. Pankesh Kadam & Mrs. Alka Patel Drs. Fadlo & Lamya Khuri Mr. & Mrs. Steven Koura Mr. Jamal Lewis & Mrs. Isabel Coto Mr. Toni Maalouf & Dr. Julia Massaad Dr. Jamie MacKelfresh & Mr. Richard MacKelfresh Mr. Sandy Mackenzie Mr. & Mrs. John P. MacMaster Dr. & Mrs. James M. Mazzawi Mr. & Mrs. Eugenio Mendez Drs. Federico & Sarah Milla Mr. & Mrs. Joshua K. Moffitt Mr. & Mrs. Dean W. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Cory Moss Mr. & Mrs. Glenn O’Leary Mr. Michael D. Page & Ms. Paula V. Pardinas Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Pardy Dr. & Mrs. Shatul Parikh Mr. & Mrs. Chris Parker Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Paton-Smith Dr. Bryan Philbrook & Dr. Susan Palasis Mr. Roy Plaut & Mrs. Olga Gomez Plaut Dr. Vivek Rajagopal & Dr. Melissa Babcock Dr. Marcus Remmers & Mrs. Jaquelinne Contreras Garcia Dr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Richardson Ms. Remedios Rodriguez Ms. Cheryl Rolley Mr. & Mrs. Damon A. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Schoen Ms. Deborah A. Sudbury &

Dr. Heinz-Bernd Schüttler Dr. & Mrs. Stephan Schwarz Ms. Urmilla Sethuraman Mr. & Mrs. Winburn E. Stewart III Mr. & Mrs. Nils T. Swann Mr. James Tausche & Ms. Jane Kamenz Mr. & Mrs. Stefan J. Terwindt Mr. Richard van Nostrand & Mrs. Darlene van Nostrand Mr. & Mrs. Benny Varzi Ms. Reni Vaughn Ms. Chiara Visconti-Pervanas ’95 & Mr. Angelos Pervanas Mrs. Maria Voutos Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Wagner Mrs. Margaret M. Weichert Mr. & Mrs. Alan C. H. Wilson Ms. Sue Wooldridge Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J.Young III Dr. Daniel Zdonczyk & Mrs. Cynthia Fleck 2015 Spring Benefit Committee

Spring Benefit Council Myrna Antar Alison Newton Bartnick Scott Britton Linda Bruner Lorraine Charman Tosha Hays Rakhee Parikh Rupal Romero Julie Schoen Morgan Stewart

Advisory Council of Mexico Jacqueline Chavez Jaquelinne Contreras Garcia Rocio Fabbrini Patricia Méndez Barbara Quiroga-Chapa Veronica Roldan-Villagomez Rina Saborio

Committee

Sophie Alibaksh Felicia Arpiarian Elisabeth Ayres Christiane Buehler Jennene Cheshire-Rea Helen Connolly Isabel Coto Maura Daniel Ashley Floyd Krista Fowler Géraldine Goguillon Maria Goodall Ingrid Hackett Dawn Hawkins Yvonne Jacobs Yen Jouve Nicole Kaiser Susanna Lockwood Laura Madrid Ana Maria Gonzalez Sarah Milla Ana María Neira-Bueno Kimberly Nottingham Amy Richardson Reme Rodriguez Eileen Rose Richita Surana Patricia Tamsett Matt Thompson Alice Turner Reni Vaughn

Message from the PARENT ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT

I was recently asked a question by a prospective parent during WorldFest, our Parent Organization’s largest annual event—“Why choose AIS?” Rather than

explaining the International Baccalaureate curriculum or raving about all the wonderfully committed teachers who have shaped my children’s lives, I took a moment to really think about the question. While these factors are important qualities for a school to have, there must be other influences that allow a community to thrive.

NICCI DOZIER President

Surrounded by all the unique smells and the colorful expressions of cultural heritage and diversity of WorldFest, the answer became clear. It was easy to articulate why this rich fabric made of so many distinctive threads is a tapestry any family would want to weave itself into. I then asked the prospective parent to take a full, slow spin around at that very moment— there were 20 different countries represented, promoting their native foods and wares, but the most important component of this festival was that it was entirely put on, from start to finish, by parent volunteers. Our headmaster, Kevin Glass, once commented that we have the “Cadillac” of Parent Organizations. This is true because of our parent volunteers who can always be counted on to lend their time and talents to any cause—various cultural clubs, teacher appreciation luncheons, or parent presentations that bring unique world perspectives directly into the classroom. From our signature events like WorldFest and the German Christmas Market, to the smaller events like a parent coffee or a Parent Program book club, these functions ensure that we, as a community, stay connected. One of the most important roles of the Parent Organization is continually finding ways to invite families to become engaged in the school. Parent involvement is crucial not only for our children, but for us as well. As we guide our children through this sometimes-messy maze of life, this task is made easier with the support of our fellow parents. Studies consistently show that students whose parents are involved with their educational environment perform better academically. They are more likely to go on to higher education and possess higher self-awareness and confidence. Schools with dedicated parent involvement are vibrant places where teachers and staff feel supported, and students benefit from the attention of so many caring adults. Our school embraces the age-old African proverb “It takes village to raise a child.” I am grateful to be part of the AIS village and privileged to support the Parent Organization.

Executive Council

President Nicci Mackey Dozier President-Elect Mark Hayler Secretary Silke Heinrici Treasurer Isaac Washington School Representatives

ELC Jamie MacKelfresh

Lower Primary Cheryl Rolley Upper Primary Susan Hyde Brown Middle School Ale Dent Linda Pak Bruner

Arts Alliance Danielle Drapeau-Brown Rachel Gordon Parent Programs Linda Pak Bruner Sports Boosters Robert Watkins

Upper School Sylvia Williams Laurie Jacobs

WorldFest Myrna Antar Bob Brinson

Committees

Nourish Robyn Bishko

Ambassadors Christina Crawford

Cultural Clubs

Amigos Jacqueline Chavez Karen Málaga Asian Culture Club Tiyash Bandyopadhyay Lara Zaller Ensemble

Hermine Morrell Deutsch Connection Michaela Gregor Harambee Debbie Bryant Stephen Bryant

IMPACT REPORT Hola Hallo

YEARS OF INNOVATION IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

1,160+

270+ FACULTY & STAFF

IB PARTICIPATION PYP, MYP, IBDP

60+

LANGUAGES

PURPOSE

ALUMNI AT A GLANCE

GLOBAL LEARNING

100 %

NATIONALITIES

WORLD CLASS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

113

GRADES 3K & 4K STUDENTS IN FULL IMMERSION

418

1,222

LIVING IN

20+

ALUMNI

COUNTRIES

GRADES 5K-5 STUDENTS IN DUAL IMMERSION

NUMBER OF LANGUAGES STUDIED GRADES 6-12

LEARNING EXCURSIONS

TO FRANCE, GERMANY, COSTA RICA, CHINA, NETHERLANDS, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS AND ICELAND

CO-CURRICULAR 3K-12

STEM SUBJECTS OFFERED AT IB LEVEL

100

PARTICIPATION IN THE HOUR OF CODE GRADES 3K-12

CLASS OF 2015 AT A GLANCE

MCGILL

THEATRE PARTICIPATION FROM GRADES 6-12 IN 6 PERFORMANCES

AIS GRADUATES MATRICULATED TO 49 DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES IN 5 COUNTRIES

90%

EARNED IB DIPLOMA OF WHICH 34% WERE BILINGUAL DIPLOMAS

AVERAGE IB DIPLOMA EXAM SCORE

EARNED WORLDWIDE 81%

WORLD AVERAGE 30

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015 WITH 29% BILINGUAL

60% 40+

MUSIC ENSEMBLES WITH 9 PERFORMANCES

CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY, SERVICE (CAS) STUDENT GROUPS IN GRADES 6-12 WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY

70% VISUAL ARTS PARTICIPATION GRADES 3K-12

ATHLETICS TEAMS FROM GRADES 4K - 12

Information as of 2015-2016 school year.

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German Christmas Market

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Our Mission To meet the challenges and opportunities of our interdependent, fast-changing world as responsible citizens, young people require flexible intellectual competence, self-discipline, and a global outlook. To achieve these goals, they need rigorous academic preparation and a passion to become the best they can be. To thrive in and contribute to this world, they must have a solid sense of self and respect for others—as individuals, as members of a group, as citizens of their nations, and as members of the global community. Extraordinary individuals will be called upon to shape the 21st century. The mission of Atlanta International School (AIS) is to develop such individuals. To fulfill this mission, AIS commits itself to the following goals: – to sustain and grow the exemplary level of teaching and learning that has earned it a world wide reputation for excellent standards in international and multilingual education within the framework of the International Baccalaureate; – to develop each child fully by helping each one to live our core values: the joy of learning and purposeful effort as well as mutual respect and understanding in a diverse setting; – to maintain an optimal size and composition of faculty and students to maximize the opportunities for learning and shared understanding that are necessary for a healthy community; – to help shape and improve local and global communities through the committed participation of its multilingual students, alumni, parents, faculty, and staff.

Our Core Values What We Believe Is Fundamentally Important We believe that encouraging each student to discover the intrinsic joy of learning and purposeful effort will help each one to set and achieve high academic standards. Furthermore, we believe it is vital to nurture mutual respect and understanding among all members of our community. Together we cultivate a spirited sense of hope in human potential. We believe the diversity of our community provides an extraordinary opportunity to enable our students to communicate, create, and collaborate in order to build a peaceful future. The joy of learning and purposeful effort We want our students to experience joy in their intellectual, physical,social, and emotional development. At AIS we will create a safe, stimulating educational environment, promoting the wonder and curiosity that motivate a student to explore learning in and beyond the classroom throughout life. We believe that achievement derives from sustained, purposeful effort and that our potential is best developed by learning to think critically, debate confidently, and push our limits. Ours is a community that nurtures and celebrates disciplined and myriad intelligences, and we approach teaching with the expectation that every student will be successful. Mutual respect and understanding in a diverse community We believe that every human being is valuable and deserves respect. We further believe that respect springs from understanding and that the best way to understand others is by learning to see the world from other points of view. Since each language reflects the values, history, and way of thinking of those who use it, learning another language is a particularly effective means of understanding and respecting others. We believe that a cohesive community of students, faculty, staff, and parents from many backgrounds—socio-economic, ethnic, racial, linguistic, national, and religious—provides an ideal setting for the development of respect and understanding and helps prepare students to thrive in a diverse, interdependent world.

AIS Non-Discrimination Statement Atlanta International School practices a full non-discriminatory policy in all school-administered programs and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or gender preference in all of its admissions, educational and employment policies, programs, and practices.

2890 North Fulton Drive / Atlanta, Georgia 30305 USA / 404.841.3840 / www.aischool.org

AIS ANNUAL REPORT / 2014-2015