BA Today Winter 2011 by Berwick Academy

Winter 2011

Fall varsity sports captains observe the American ﬂag during Sarah Khan’s ‘17 rendition of the national anthem for the turf ﬁeld dedication on September 25.

In This Issue: TEACHER FEATURE - Peter Lassey

TURF FIELD IMPACT

ALUMNI WEEKEND PHOTOS and more

Creative Director: Kellie Varano ’89 Layout and Design: Tracey Kelly Copy Editor: Janet Miller Photography: Jenni Franco ‘03 Shanlee Linney Ginchereau ’87 Tracey Kelly Marilena Sanborn The faculty and staff who carry cameras and capture Berwick moments as they happen. Printing: MPX Changes of address or other communication regarding this periodical should be directed to: Berwick Academy Alumni and Development Office 31 Academy Street South Berwick, Maine 03908 207.384.6303 kvarano@berwickacademy.org For parents of alumni: If this issue of Berwick Today is addressed to your son or daughter who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, kindly notify the Alumni Office with the correct mailing address. Please either email Kellie Varano at kvarano@berwickacademy.org or call 207.384.6303 to make changes. Alumni and Development Office: Jedd Whitlock, Director of Advancement Kellie Varano ‘89, Assistant Director of Development Kathryn Strand, Assistant Director of Development and Annual Giving Jenni Franco ‘03, Development Associate Tracey Kelly, Assistant Director of Communications

Table of Contents

Berwick Today is published two times per year, once in the winter and once in the summer, by Berwick Academy. It is mailed to all alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends of the School.

Welcome from Greg Schneider Faculty Proﬁle: Peter Lassey BA Athletics Timeline

2 4 6

FEATURE - TURF FIELD

WELCOME New Trustees New Faculty and Staff

14 16

BPC COMMUNITY BENEFIT

Athletics Update Arts Update Professional Development: Kyle Ridgway Semester Snapshots

20 24 26 27

ALUMNI NEWS Alumni Weekend Alumni Day Awards Interview with an alumnus: Chris Esposito ‘90 Alumni Art Archives: Who, What, When, Where Alumni Class Notes In Memoriam Planned Giving

35 38 39 40 41 42 51 52

Special thanks to the students in Ms. Russell’s Advanced Placement Art class whose artwork appears in various locations throughout this magazine. Pastel landscape by Mike O’Day ‘11

Board of Trustees 2010-2011 President: Mark Tay Treasurer: Matthew Friel Secretary: Eric Katz ’84 Alex Auty Nina Binnie Phil Cavanaugh Jameson French Kate Glasson Robert Hoy James Jalbert Caroline Levine Holly Malloy Peter Martin Lucas Merrow ’81 Susan Noerdlinger Michael Schafer Greg Schneider, Head of School

Fred Seigel Malcolm E. Smith, III Margaret Talcott Karen Walsh Lesli Friel, ex ofﬁcio Ginger Mathews ’94, ex ofﬁcio

Trustee Emeriti John Armacost Charles V. Clement, III C. Dennis Fink ‘44 O.P. Jackson, Jr. Joan R. Jarvis Russell W. Jeppesen Kennett “Skip” Kendall, Jr. Michael “Mitch” Ramsey Raymond “Ray” Ramsey Richard “Hap” Ridgway

Marla and Eric Katz ‘84, Trustee and Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, stand proudly with Head of School Greg Schneider and President of the Board of Trustees Mark Tay for the Turf Dedication Ceremony on September 25. For more on this story see page 13.

Mary Z. Schleyer Claire deTarr Smith Owen R. Stevens, D.V.M. ’48 Joan Trimble

Kate Ordway Salvati ‘77 Karyn Scharf Morin ‘87 Jonathan Sevigney ‘95 Mark Svenson ‘95

Alumni Council 2010-2011

Greg Schneider, Head of School Kathryn Strand, Assistant Director of Development and Annual Giving Jedd Whitlock, Director of Advancement

President: Ginger Mathews ‘94 Vice President: Robert Howie ‘72 Secretary/Treasurer: Sharon Fogarty ‘82

Charles Andres ‘70 Ruth Brown Boston ‘52 Chuck Clement ‘00 Bob Gagne ‘57 Melissa Gagne ‘03 Elizabeth Henkel ‘59 Chad Kageleiry ‘78 Larry Littleﬁeld ‘65 Rebecca Oliver-Palanca ‘01 Stephanie Robillard ‘89

Honorary Council Member: Richard ”Hap” Ridgway Berwick Academy 31 Academy Street South Berwick, Maine 03908 www.berwickacademy.org

Dear Berwick Community, Our students were blessed with an incredible addition to our campus this past summer. When it first became clear that Berwick had a small group of donors who wanted to make a turf field project possible, I immediately knew there would be dozens of practical benefits: practice time, drainage, dealing with our climate, and maintenance were among the appealing aspects of this project. Now that we have experienced a full season on this field, I know that I vastly underestimated the intangible and unexpected benefits this initiative would offer in the areas of school spirit, school pride, and institutional confidence for the future. Suddenly our students seem to be turning out in record numbers for athletic contests, and this fall we enjoyed a spectacular undefeated EIL run by our Boys Varsity Soccer team on this immaculate new “home of the Bulldogs.” Their results were inspirational, but how they chose to play the game was far more noteworthy. During the current academic year, our community is now deeply engaged in our NEASC accreditation selfstudy process, which focuses on the Berwick mission with razor-sharp acuity. This has spurred our trustee Mission and Culture Committee to review our mission with virtually every constituent in the school. Not surprisingly, these conversations lead us quickly back to the founding concepts of Berwick Academy, which include an unwavering commitment to “virtue and useful knowledge.” The first group that this committee chose to engage was the students, and it was heartening to hear how deeply they seemed to cherish this notion of virtue at BA. Within minutes of engaging our trustees in a conversation about what virtue means at Berwick Academy today, the students quickly turned to the realm of athletics. These students were uniform in their clarity that, at Berwick, issues surrounding character and sportsmanship were so much more critical than our wins and losses. In their minds, athletics also taught them critical lessons about resiliency, dealing with disappointment, and learning how to be competitive in a very public arena.

As Head of School, I can recite several situations during my four years at BA that have stood out in this regard, many of which I have written about in other places. A few years ago, our Boys Soccer team chose to forfeit a critical soccer game because they believed the referee had awarded them a goal that was undeserved. Last year, I watched our golf captain grit his teeth and accept a truly unmerited, or at least unsportsmanlike, penalty for grounding his club in a hazard. He had tripped on a rocky crag on his way to find his ball, and the club he was carrying had touched the grass inadvertently. Just this year, our girls cross country captain forfeited a race she ran as soon as she realized that she had made a wrong turn out on the course. When one considers the typical stories that are routinely covered by the media regarding sportsmanship, I believe these annual examples truly say something special about Berwick. While I am committed to making sure that athletics is always placed in proper balance with our other programs, I am also unapologetic for its critical role in fulfilling our mission. Certainly in my own life, I learned many hard lessons on the athletic fields. Chief among them may have been some version of “Hard work does not guarantee success, but without hard work there is no chance for success.” The obvious message in that statement about “practice makes perfect” is fairly obvious to us all, but the acknowledgment that there would be moments when one works harder than others and still finds less success has been a more important pill for me to swallow. Athletics is an area where we are all aware of the confluence of practice, talent, and even luck. This blend is neither predictable nor always fair at first glance. When considering the overall mission of the school, another reason I cherish athletics is the public nature of its assessment. Very similar in this way are music and drama , which I wrote about extensively in our last BA Today issue. There is nowhere for students or coaches to hide while out on those fields as there is an audience who is often all too ready to judge the nuances of the performance. Teachers and students in the academic classroom rarely get forced into this sort of arena, where the quality of the enterprise is put on display for everyone to

judge in such a public way. Coaches by definition have to find ways to make their athletes actually demonstrate and apply what they know; it is completely ineffectual for coaches to impart knowledge about athletics out of context. Sports are constantly practiced and refined through application. Again, this sort of forum is rife with pedagogical lessons for all in the community. And so the addition of these fields has in fact done so many things for this community. It has certainly created an incredible arena for our athletes to compete, and it has sent a powerful message to the Seacoast about the role of athletics in “promoting virtue and useful knowledge for the rising generations” as the Academy’s founders envisioned. While it is quite likely that no Berwick student will end up in professional athletics, they will all be forced into environments where they need to collaborate, compete, and rebound from disappointment, even when it is not fair. And while most K-12 day schools drift away from the traditional independent school model that asks teachers to also coach, Berwick clings to this challenged tradition. We know that adults working with students in varied environments add traction to the teacher/student relationship in new ways. Our adults are forced to model their own work ethic, competitiveness, and response to disappointment in critical ways. So I close by once again thanking the group of donors who made these fields possible. As others who are reading this issue may be wondering what kind of impact a major gift to the Academy could mean, remember this particular story. The choice to impact change at Berwick transforms our students in practical ways for sure. Perhaps even more exciting to consider as a donor are the layers of impact that these projects have in modes that are unexpected and unanticipated. I know the experience of this particular project has me wondering what next surprise might be awaiting our students in the future. Thanks for your continued support of BA.

Sincerely yours,

Gregory J. Schneider

Save the

Date!

Upper School Musical: Beauty and the Beast Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. BPC Community Beneﬁt Saturday, April 30 Grandparents Day Friday, May 6 Dance Performance Friday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 7 at 3 p.m. Spring Concerts May 17, 24, and 26 at 7 p.m. Senior Arts Night Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. Woofstock Friday, June 3 at 4 p.m. Commencement Saturday, June 11 at 10 a.m.

Acrylic painting by Alex Zannos ‘11

Faculty Proﬁle: Peter Lassey

by Trestan Matel ‘11 and Fred Diengott ‘11

Throughout time, there have been millions of people living in America under the influence of perhaps one of the most intriguing ideas in history: the American Dream. As reality has its way, however, many people are inevitably let down after pursuing that dream with such high hopes. There are those, though, who live their American Dream every day, right in their own surroundings, rather than setting off in search of the dream. Among them is Peter Lassey. Born in Montana but raised in Bow, New Hampshire since the age of two, Mr. Lassey came from humble beginnings. The youngest of three, he was raised in a rather conservative household with a truly inspiring history of its own. His father’s side of the family lived through the Dust Bowl and liberated a concentration camp in World War II before moving west to California to make a living. On his mother’s side were Irish and French immigrants in the late 1800’s. His great-grandmother left France as a young woman after experiencing German atrocities in the 1870’s and came to the U.S. with all of her belongings in a single trunk. His parents met in Germany during the height of the Cold War, where his father was stationed in the army and his mother was teaching English after finishing a three-month tour of the U.S. in a VW camper in the mid1960’s. Young Mr. Lassey had a rather typical adolescence at a Concord public school. It is fair to say his parents brought their experiences home, not only with artifacts dating to the 1800’s, but also with their political views. His family background clearly influenced Mr. Lassey’s interests and sculpted his individual outlook.

In the classroom, Mr. Lassey is a man of business. He maintains a healthy level of necessary sternness while maintaining a comfortable atmosphere. These qualities came out particularly in B period U.S. history class, consisting of nearly a dozen young men, who at one moment might be wild with energy and the next be as drained as their tablet batteries can be. Teaching has never been a struggle for him simply because he takes such great pleasure in it. He teaches, hoping that students will “ﬁnd a personal connection to history because it has a profound effect on who we are - as a nation and as individuals.” Peter Lassey is a man with deﬁnite passions. After loading up his high school schedule with history classes, he continued to pursue this interest in college as he majored in political science and international affairs at the University of New Hampshire before earning a master’s degree at Plymouth State. The subject not only fascinated him but

also allowed him to examine his own understanding of political issues. In addition to his academic interests, he joined the lacrosse and cross-country skiing teams, and by senior year he discovered his talent on the harmonica. Upon graduation, the idea of expressing his passions within a strong community steered him towards becoming a professor. He made his teaching debut at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he held a position for nine years. It was here that he first learned of Berwick Academy through athletic competitions. He participated in the lacrosse program full stride, coaching for eight of his nine years there, as well as coaching cross-country skiing for the last four. But the boarding school experience didn’t quite measure up to the life he longed to have with his wife Lisa and his two daughters, Carly and Samantha. Humble and quietly self-confident, Peter Lassey is nonetheless outspoken. Joining the Berwick Academy Upper School faculty in 2007, he did not hesitate to take over a coaching spot for the JV Lacrosse team with Christopher Mansfield or to take the lead in running the JV Soccer program, a sport in which he had never previously participated. It became clear that he applies the same work ethic in athletics as he does in academics.

who can blame him? The earliest memory of his life he recalls from a pit stop taken one night during his family’s relocation to New Hampshire. Opening his innocent eyes, Mr. Lassey gazed up at the faces of the American greats carved into Mount Rushmore as they illuminated the sky, forever leaving an impression on him. With his strong work ethic, it is evident that he creates his own destiny. He learned not only from what school and history courses had to offer, but from art and literature as well. In particular Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand gained his utmost admiration “for changing the way people think in the middle of the century” despite having some arguably outdated opinions by modern society’s standards. He believes in what Ayn Rand has to say: “to be true to yourself, to be an individual, and not blindly follow like a sheep.” Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Peter Lassey is living proof. It would be an understatement to say the Berwick Academy community would be lacking without him. Coach, advisor, teacher, peer, musician, father, he does it all.

Mr. Lassey says he likes to think of himself as “destined to teach the classes I teach at Berwick.” And Graphite drawing by Brian Rawn ‘11

coming fall 2011

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Berwick Academy Athletics: a timeline “The trustees believe that athletics in the schools are a practical means of teaching ideals of honorable dealings with other men.” (1933 Berwick Academy Catalog) The Berwick Academy Athletics Program has a long and rich history, ranging from beanbag calisthenics to a nationally ranked ice hockey team. Like most programs at BA, the programs reﬂect the size of the student body and the structure of the school at the time (high school / boarding school / country day school).

Gymnastics and calisthenics with beanbags and music played on a piano were introduced by 1855. They were practiced on the top ﬂoor of the newly built 1853 Building.

Baseball is the oldest varsity sport at Berwick Academy. It was started in 1866 by Dr. Barrows. The earlier teams had to travel by trolley or train for some of their away games. Girls played tennis on the Burleigh Davidson tennis courts in the 1860’s and by the late 1880’s started to participate in track meets between the grades. The 1893 football team was the Academy’s original football team and the ﬁrst in Maine on the schoolboy level. Men from town were invited to play on the team. Opponents included Portsmouth High School, Lowell Textile Institute, and the NH Agricultural College at Durham, now UNH. Football was played at BA until 1981.

The Berwick Academy Athletic Association was founded in 1896 to raise funds in an unsuccessful attempt to convert the 1853 Building into a gymnasium. BA would not get its own gym until 65 years later in 1960. The Girls Basketball team started in 1903, and the Boys Basketball team started a few years later. The Girls Athletic Association was founded in 1907 and, as did the boys, charged entry fees to their games to raise funds for uniforms and equipment.

The first field hockey team started in 1927. The girls had to share the sticks and provide their own uniforms for the games. They won the very first interscholastic field hockey game to be played in York County. They disbanded in 1952 but were revived 57 years later, in 2009. The Ski team started as a club during the winter of 1938 when students skied at Bauneg Beg Ski Region.

Girls softball started as a club in 1939 but didn’t become an interscholastic team until 1949. The team disbanded during the boarding school era and started again in 1976.

Cheerleading started at Berwick in the fall of 1943 and ended in 1966.

Big changes in athletics were made during the boarding era between 1957 and 1970. Participation in athletics was expected, and more varsity teams were formed, including hockey, wrestling, lacrosse, cross country, and skiing.

The Wrestling team was formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1970.

The Boys Ice Hockey team was formed in 1959. During the first year, the team found ice time between Knight’s Pond, “The Muck” (the Bog), the UNH hockey rink, and finally, a make-shift rink on the football field. The school’s first gymnasium was built in 1960. Prior to that, the basketball teams played their home games in the town gym at Central School. The boys’ locker room was in the basement of Fogg, and the girls changed in the girls’ bathroom.

in 1969 but was never used for competitive rowing. It was sold in 1975.

The change from boarding school for boys with the additions of a middle school (1971) and a lower school (1977) brought many changes in the sports offered to girls and boys.

There were many ﬁrsts between 1974 and 1982: First Boys Golf team (1974) First Girls Baseball team (1975) First Girls Basketball team (after stopping in 1950’s) First MS Hockey team (1975) First Girls Soccer team (1976) First MS Boys Baseball team (1976) First MS Boys Basketball team (1976) First Girls Intramurals in tennis, skating, x-country skiing, lacrosse, softball (1978) First Co-ed Tennis team (1979) First Girls Lacrosse team (1979) First Girls Tennis team (1982)

Many Middle School students played on Upper School junior varsity teams until the ﬁrst Middle School-only team started in 1975 with boys ice hockey. Other Middle School-only teams started in 1987, but most teams were better developed by 1990 including soccer, baseball, basketball and cross-country.

The Swim team started as a club in 1994 and became a varsity team in 1995.

The Boys Lacrosse team was formed in 1965.

Golf was a club until it became a team in 1974.

During the mid-1960’s, a faculty member tried to start a crew team at BA. A four-oar shell was donated

The Girls Ice Hockey team was formed in 1995. A few Berwick girls played for the boys Middle School team and the JV Hockey team during the 1980’s and 1990’s, but there was not enough interest in girls ice hockey to ﬁeld a team until 1995.

The next level of play: Our new turf ﬁeld The clang

of a cowbell, the bang of an empty bucket, and the excited cheers of Bulldog fans were some of the most electrifying sounds on the Hilltop this fall. These sounds could be heard from the sidelines of many athletic contests this season, and although not new, they are perhaps more energetic, vivacious, and just plain thrilling than ever before.

the perimeter looks amazing. As we continue to work towards ﬁelding one of the strongest athletic programs in the area, this ﬁeld will accelerate that goal.”

What is the cause for all this new energy and enthusiasm? It is the brand new, state-of-the-art, synthetic turf athletic ﬁeld.

The ﬁelds were made possible thanks to the generous contributions from a small group of anonymous donors who were committed to adding these new surfaces to our beautiful campus. During the turf ﬁeld dedication on September 25, Head of School Greg Schneider expressed his sincere gratitude to this group of people:

Installed behind the Jeppesen Math and Science Center this past summer, the new turf has created an air of excitement for our fans, our athletes, and our coaches. It has even brought on praise from the opposing teams. Overall, the new turf has been an incredible addition to the Hilltop. The 120 x 75-yard turf field is lined to accommodate soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse and features a 40-foot bulldog graphic in the center of the field. It will accommodate softball and baseball players during field practice, as well as BA’s physical education classes. “The field is phenomenal,” says Athletic Director Rob Quinn. “The blue border around

A mini-turf was simultaneously installed between the Lower and Middle Schools to replace the “dust bowl” playground for the younger students.

“Their generosity has allowed us to capitalize on an incredible opportunity to construct this ﬁeld at a fraction of the expected cost based on the economic environment. Their collective decision to invest in Berwick in such a visible way sends such a powerful message to our internal and external community about the strength and future of this school. I was also proud to see this project evolve into a true K-12 initiative, as we were able to add a mini-turf for our Lower and Middle School

Senior forward Jordan Sanford prepares to attack the ball during the ﬁrst ofﬁcial game on the turf vs. Pingree. The Bulldogs took home a 6-1 win.

students to enjoy in the center of campus during recess time. Being a K-12 family school is essential to Berwick’s DNA, and I am grateful to our donors for recognizing this. I certainly would like to ask all of you to join me in saying thank you for the philanthropic support that made such an amazing opportunity for our Berwick student-athletes.” He went on to recognize one person in particular for his extraordinary efforts to make the ﬁelds possible:

“The turf changed our intensity level this year and has really allowed us to play at

varsity

the level of a team.” - JV Field Hockey player Shannon Farrell ’12

Berwick hundreds of thousands of dollars through his work. When you consider all of the details before you in terms of colors, fencing, netting, infrastructure, the vision is a result of Eric’s passion and desire. Although Eric’s leadership on this project has been extraordinary, we should not be surprised, as he has led major renovations of the Lower and Middle School previously. His wife, Marla, has been an equally positive force for Berwick as an ambassador of Berwick throughout the Seacoast area. She has also

“It was Eric Katz who ﬁrst had the courage to ask ‘why not?’ when it came to this project. Eric is an alumnus and trustee of Berwick Academy. His father, Arnie Katz, was an extraordinary President of the Board here, and Eric has also had three children attend this school. Needless to say, the Katz’s have been one the most transformative families in the 220-year history of this Academy. Eric possesses an extraordinary tenacity when he sees an opportunity, and every time a challenge emerged in this project, he found a way to overcome it. I simply cannot describe how heavily I have leaned on his expertise in the construction industry to make this ﬁeld a reality. Whether it has been the bidding process or the hundreds of aesthetic choices that we have made, Eric’s wisdom has not only made this incredible project a reality, but he has saved Lower and Middle Schoolers are thrilled with the addition of the mini turf which 9 sits between the Kendall Lower School and Clement Middle School.

“The total transformation of the campus that has taken place from the time I attended the school never ceases to amaze me. I am thrilled that our student-athletes now have the chance to play on the same quality of ﬁeld the pros use.” - Eric Katz ‘84, Trustee and Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee

contributed so much of her time to furthering the mission of this school through her volunteerism and generosity. I am keenly aware that this ﬁeld is a result of their combined passion and support for Berwick Academy.”

has had an amazing season, and even though it’s mainly the players and the coaches that have gotten us there, the new turf has made it all the better. It’s so exciting having the opportunity to play on the turf my senior year and to go undefeated on that surface,” Sanford says.

CHAMPIONS ON THE TURF

Rob Quinn agrees that the turf can enhance the experience of our athletes during practices and games, which “will translate into BA becoming even more competitive within the Eastern Independent League and NEPSAC.”

The Boys Varsity Soccer team brought their “A game” the entire season, going undefeated in the Eastern Independent League and ending their regular season with an impressive 19-3 record. Of course, the hard work and dedication of the team and its coaches played an enormous role in the team’s success; however, there are those who give some credit to the turf. Boys Varsity Soccer Coach Patrick Connolly feels that the size of the turf gave BA a distinct advantage. “I think the large size of the turf played to our strengths as we were a sizable, fast, and mature team that had a reasonably deep bench. Consequently, we were able to wear down a lot of teams, particularly in the second half,” says Connolly. Senior soccer captain Jordan Sanford also sees beneﬁts to the new surface. “Just being on the turf makes it feel as if we’re even more ready for the game. Our team

JV Field Hockey coach Stacey Sevelowtiz added, “When the girls field hockey team had time on the new turf field, whether for games or practice, they absolutely loved it. You could feel it in their energy level, their intensity in drills and their overall positive attitudes about being outside in the sunshine on a surface meant for a field hockey ball. They worked harder and felt special for being given such an opportunity. Field hockey is more fun on turf, and the girls figured it out immediately!”

SOMETHING FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS The smaller of the two ﬁelds sits between the Middle and Lower Schools and has become the hot spot for recess and afternoon activities for our younger students.

“The turf field has definitely brought our school’s community closer. School spirit and commitment to support our sports teams has increased to a level none of us would have imagined two years ago. Its been a very strong and meaningful addition to our community.” - Girls Varsity Soccer captain Lyndsay Brattan ‘11 According to Middle School Director Rosemary Zurawel, “The mini-turf supports the twice daily soccer games that the younger students love to play. This new play surface is one of the best and most used gifts we have received for our students.” Rosemary went on to praise the “big field.” “The Middle School teams have all had a game on the new, large turf field, and they love it!”

“Student and parent attendance at our athletic events have never been higher, and the

energy and enthusiasm

generated by

this project has been amazing” - Greg Schneider, Head of School

being large enough to accommodate two teams practicing simultaneously.

TURF: WHAT IS IT REALLY? The ﬁeld on the BA campus is made by Shaw Sportexe, using a product called PowerBlade HP+ 2.5, a sand/ rubber inﬁlled system, which is designed to maximize player speed and performance, according to the company. Although it is 100% synthetic, the turf looks and feels like real grass.

BEYOND MOWING: THE ADVANTAGES OF TURF

“The girls felt a sense of pride and excitement every time they stepped onto the turf. You could never question their effort or intensity while they were playing on it.” - Rich Weinrebe, Girls Varsity Soccer Coach

One of the most obvious benefits of the new artificial field is the reduced maintenance that eases the burden on our hard-working buildings and grounds crew. Our teams will not experience problems like overgrown grass or unsafe depressions. The turf can even be snow plowed to give athletes playing spring sports early access to the playing surface. The field’s size also makes team practices more efficient,

Thanks to the superior drainage capability of the turf, teams are able to play games even when the weather becomes inclement. Soccer Coach Connolly knows this ﬁrst-hand. “Against Dexter and again against Landmark, we were able to host our games when much of New England was forced into postponements. This kept us from having to play make-up games later in the season,” says Connolly.

SHARING THE TURF

Athletic Director Rob Quinn is looking forward to hosting Seacoast United Soccer Camps again this summer and giving those participants access to the turf. Other summer camps offered by BA will also have opportunities to play on the

new field. Additional community groups may also have a chance to use the field. “Once we have gone through a complete year with the turf, we can see where we have down time and possibly rent it out,” says Quinn. The two new turf fields have made an extraordinary impact on the community in just a few short months. Not only have the fields enhanced the look and feel of the campus, but they have also enriched the lives of our students and athletes in so many ways, now and for years to come.” Head of School Greg Schneider, “We knew that the turf field was going to be an incredible addition to the athletic experience at Berwick Academy. Having enjoyed competition on this surface for a full season, I can say that we underestimated some of the less tangible benefits. Student and parent attendance at our athletic events have never been higher, and the energy and enthusiasm generated by this project has been amazing.”

Turf Dedication Ceremony September 25, 2010 Eric ‘84 and Marla Katz

On Saturday, September 25, Berwick Academy held an inspiring turf dedication ceremony. Head of School Greg Schneider recognized trustees Mark Tay and Eric Katz ‘84 for their leadership and support of the project and soccer captains Sophie Merrow ‘11 and Jordan Sanford ‘11 spoke to the audience about their excitement and enthusiasm for the new ﬁeld. To conclude the ceremony, Middle School student Sarah Khan ‘17 sang the National Anthem before the soccer team kicked off their game. Sarah Khan ‘17 (left and below), AD Rob Quinn, Head of School Greg Schneider, President of the Board of Trustees Mark Tay

Soccer captains Sophie Merrow ‘11 and Jordan Sanford ‘11

New Trustees Welcoming New Trustees to The Board Lesli Friel

joins the Board of Trustees as an ex-ofﬁcio member in conjunction with her role as President of the Berwick Academy Parents Association. She will serve as President of BAPA for a two-year term and will attend board meetings in that capacity. She lives in Rye, NH, with her husband, Matt, and daughters, Kieran, Kate, and Maggie (currently in grades six, three, and kindergarten). Lesli has been an active member of BAPA over the last seven years, serving as class representative, Auction Co-Chair, Annual Fund parent caller, team leader, leadership level caller, and as a campus tour guide for prospective families through the Admissions Ofﬁce. She is a four-year member of the Seacoast Women’s Giving Circle, a group of women committed to improving the quality of life in the region through collective giving and grassroots action. Prior to moving to the Seacoast area, Lesli lived in New York City where she earned a BA in marketing from The Fashion Institute of Technology. She was then employed in the area of worldwide product development for Estee Lauder Companies for ten years.

Kathryn Ann Glasson (Kate) was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and grew up in Pennington, New Jersey. Kate received her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Miami University. After her undergraduate studies, she attended Boston University, where she received an M.S., with distinction,

in speech language pathology from Sargent College. Her graduate studies focused on the evaluation and treatment of Aphasia and Dysphagia, acquired neurological conditions caused by traumatic brain injury or stroke. Prior to beginning her professional career, Kate decided to serve a two-year term as a consultant to Boston Head Start, working as an educator and language specialist for disadvantaged pre-school children in Roxbury and Dorchester, MA. She then joined Spaulding Hospital Cambridge in Cambridge, MA, as a speech language pathologist specializing in stroke/neurology rehabilitation. Kate also consulted as a brain-injury specialist for the oncology program of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Following her move to Maine in 2001, she managed rehabilitation departments in Portland and Kennebunk for Kindred Healthcare. She’s currently a stay-at-home mother. Kate lives in York with her husband, Todd Glasson, and their three children, Will (currently in the third grade at Berwick), Brooke, and Meredith. She and her family spend their weekends and holidays during the winter alpine and nordic skiing in Jackson, NH. Kate is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club President’s Society, York Harbor Reading Room, Agamenticus Yacht Club, Christ Church of North Conway, and St. George’s Episcopal Church in York Harbor. She currently serves on the board of Brixham Montessori Friends School, where Kate has spent the past ﬁve years focusing on fundraising efforts for the school.

Robert Hoy has been a Berwick Academy parent since 2004. He and his wife, Paula, have two children, Laura in grade five and Conor in grade three. He has served on the School’s Development Committee, chairs BA’s Investment Committee, and is a member of the Board of Trustees Executive Committee. Robert is Managing Director in the Private Wealth Management Division of UBS in Boston. Over the last 19 years, he has provided corporate finance advice and investment management advice to corporations, institutional money managers, private equity firms, and affluent investors in the U.S. and abroad. He began his banking career as a financial analyst in the Mergers and

Acquisitions Department at The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and then spent two years as an associate at a Mergers & Acquisitions specialty ﬁrm in New York called Dougherty Capitman & Company. In 1994, Robert joined Lehman Brothers in New York, where he spent the next 15 years serving clients and growing into senior roles in the Institutional Capital Markets and Private Investment businesses of the ﬁrm. Robert, Paula, and their three children reside in York Harbor, Maine. Robert has been actively involved in the local community since their arrival in York in 2004. He is a Trustee at The Museums of Old York and serves as Chairman of their Investment Committee. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the York Harbor Reading Room. From 2004 to 2009, he served as a Trustee at The Maine College of Art, where he was a member of the college’s Governance Committee and helped lead the Strategic Planning Task Force. Robert has been active with the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the York Land Trust in York, Maine. He enjoys coaching his children’s skiing and lacrosse teams. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College in economics and religious studies. He is a graduate of The Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island.

new fitness center Berwick Academy is thrilled to announce the installation of a brand new workout room in the Athletic Center. Thanks to the generous donation of gym equipment from the Grondahl Family and Planet Fitness, our students, faculty, and staff now have an exciting new place to work out. The donation included four treadmills, free weights, and several weight machines. In addition to the equipment, the room has a new rubber floor, which is ideal for working out. Athletic Director Rob Quinn commented, “We are so thrilled and excited to have this generous gift from the Grondahl Family and the good people at Planet Fitness. Not in our wildest dreams had we imagined this Fitness Center to look as impressive as it does now.”

This project could not have been put together so quickly without the Planet Fitness staff who coordinated the move, which was organized by John Craig, Bill Reed, and John Ober. We would also like to thank Eric Katz ‘84 for lending his expertise in coordinating the new floor installation. Our facility staff here at the Academy did a wonderful job painting the walls and preparing the space for the upgrade. It is our hope that the new facility will help promote the School’s commitment to wellness while bringing the BA community together in new ways. Additionally, the upgraded equipment offers our athletes an ideal atmosphere for training and preparation for their sports seasons.

New Faculty and Staff

Welcome

Karen Chiang School Nurse

Karen is a graduate of Yale University School of Nursing and comes to Berwick from Rochester Hill Family Practice. As a licensed nurse practitioner, she brings a new level of training and skill to keep our students healthy and safe. She joins our Support Service team at a moment when major initiatives are underway to make our records electronic and clarify a number of medical protocols campus wide. In addition to her roles in interfacing with teachers and coaches, we are excited to watch Karen evolve into teaching roles across campus as our K-12 wellness program continues to grow. She represents a great resource for all sorts of health-related topics for this community.

Jenni Franco ‘03 Development Associate This summer we welcomed one of our own back to campus. Jenni joined our Development Office as a Development Associate. A graduate of Berwick (’03) and Simmons College, she has been successful in event planning and catering at the Wentworth By the Sea Hotel in New Castle, NH, for the past three years. In this role, she has garnered important technological and interpersonal skills that will serve her extremely well in the 1791 House. While at Berwick as a student, Jenni was an exceptional dancer and active member of this community in so many ways. She brings an incredible charisma, passion, and familiarity to the School that will be huge assets as we work to reconnect with our recent alumni and consider creative new technologies in this office. Her excitement for Berwick’s mission is contagious, and she began her work in our Advancement Office July 1 of this year.

Maguerite Genest Lower School Academic Support Coordinator Marguerite joins us as our new Lower School Academic Support Coordinator. A graduate of Elms College, she also holds master’s and doctorate degrees in educational psychology from American International College. For the past eleven years, Marguerite has worked at the Curtis Blake Day School, which is associated with AIC in Springﬁeld, MA. Curtis Blake is a small, independent day school that caters speciﬁcally to students with different learning challenges. Marguerite brings an incredible capacity to work with students, parents, and teachers as we strive to meet the learning needs of every Berwick student. In addition to her work with literacy and academic challenges in our Lower School, she will also assist us with emotional counseling needs for our youngest students. She becomes another critical new member of our K-12 Support Services team. Marguerite also harbors a deep passion for portrait and landscape painting, and we want to welcome her to the Seacoast.

Marielle Johnson Upper School English Marielle Johnson joins us in the Upper School this year as a one-year interim replacement in the English department for Andrew Kasprzak, who is pursuing his graduate degree at Columbia University this year. Marielle graduated summa cum laude from the University of Indianapolis and completed her master’s degree from the University of Vermont this summer. Her passions for literature, writing, and adolescents are equally compelling. She has taught in a number of classroom environments, most recently at Montpelier High School, where she co-taught a number of upper level English courses. She is a poet whose work has appeared in Etchings Literary Magazine and in Wild Onion Review and was also displayed in downtown Montpelier, VT, in honor of 2010 National Poetry Month. She is an accomplished singer, and we look forward to hearing her talents in this capacity throughout the year. Marielle relocated from Burlington, VT, to Saco, ME, this summer.

Amy Trueworthy Teaching and Library Staff Amy joined us as a part-time employee this year, teaching two sections of Spanish in our Upper School while offering needed additional stafﬁng in our library. She will also use her talents as a passionate runner to assist our students in coaching cross country. While holding undergraduate degrees from UNH in both English and Spanish, she is currently completing her master’s degree in Spanish. She serves as a graduate teaching assistant at UNH, teaching undergraduate courses while integrating her passions of literature and the Spanish language. A native of Rochester, NH, Amy brings an exceptional intellect and love of language to this new role.

Linoleum cut print by Sam Auty ‘11

Paper pulp sculpture by Amelia Hazen ‘11

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Save t he Date!

Berwick Academy Community Beneﬁt The Red Barn at Outlook Farm South Berwick, ME April 30, 2011

Fund-A-Need, announcements of rafﬂe winners, delicious food and drink, dancing, fun, and more surprises await you on April 30! We look forward to celebrating with you. For further information, please feel free to contact the Community Beneﬁt Co-Chairs. Andrea Bristol malted92@comcast.net

Jean Jarvis jean.jarvis1@myfairpoint.net

We hope that you will join us in celebrating the community that is Berwick Academy. Funds raised from our Community Benefit will enable the Parents Association to continue its support of enrichment and social activities in all three divisions, in addition to beautification projects on campus. There are many ways to participate in our Benefit: corporate and individual sponsorships; bid or donate to our online auction (which will run from March 27 to April 15) and our live auction (April 30); purchase a ticket to our wine raffle; sponsor-a-teacher. Be sure to attend! 2010 Community Benefit A live auction, the chance to raise your paddle for our

2010 FUND-A-NEED The 2010 Community Beneﬁt, held last April raised nearly $80,000 for the Fund-a-Need project. The result was the construction of a beautiful walkway and granite staircase leading from the parking lot between the Kendall Lower School and Commons Dining Hall. At the base of the staircase lies a stunning engraving of the Academy’s seal. Thank you to all those who supported this project.

This entryway was constructed over the summer of 2010 by the same company that installed our new turf ﬁelds.

The Berwick Parent Community

continues to raise funds to enrich our community. Thank you for your

continued support. Some examples of support for this ﬁscal year include: Multi-media digital lab

Studio piano for practice rooms

Upgraded audio mics

HD video cameras

Baritone saxophone

Projection system

Poet in residence

Security equipment

...and much more!

Interactive whiteboards

Pre-K classroom materials

Risers and podiums

Upgraded art room

Athletics Update Fall Sports: Season of Signiﬁcance by Rob Quinn, Athletic Director

You could feel the excitement in the air this fall on the campus of Berwick Academy. The new turf ﬁeld complex was a much anticipated project, and the students were anxious to both play on it and watch games. The coaches were thrilled to run practices and prepare our student-athletes for the season ahead. The parents were excited to come and watch this all unfold on the Hilltop. On September 25, our Blue and White weekend, we held a memorable turf ﬁeld dedication in front of our students, faculty, parents, and trustees. This marked the beginning of a new era in Berwick Athletics.

The Golf team

picked up right where they left off last season, starting fast as they won the ﬁrst ﬁve matches of the season. The only team that was able to beat our squad was Portsmouth Abbey, and they registered a hole-in-one

to accomplish that victory. Our Bulldogs ended up in a three-way tie for the regular season championship along with Portsmouth Abbey and Pingree. The championship tournament held at Myopia Club in Hamilton, MA, was a dominating performance by our team, pulling away from Pingree and finishing with a nine-stroke victory. Leading the way was Max Linemayr, who won his flight with a score of 78. The next four of six players from BA all won their flights: Jonny Malloy, Mike Keefe, Nick Saulnier, and Connor Haley. This year’s Coach’s Award was given to Mike Keefe. Last year Mike was shooting in the 50’s and an occasional low 60. But by the start of this year, he brought his game down to a consistent and very respectable mid 40’s range. These are admirable improvements for an athlete trying to understand the game of golf. But, more importantly, he has, through his own effort, done what he had to do to become a true necessity for the success of this team. Coach Downey had high praise for his MVP Max Linemayr: “This young man has been on the team for two years, and he is both well known and admired throughout the league as a wonderful example of a varsity athlete and an excellent ambassador for our school. His contributions to team unity were ever-present with words of encouragement and genuine and playful camaraderie. In match play, Max is a man of composure. He is confident of his abilities while at the same time he is willing to take risks.” This season was a true example of a team effort, and all players contributed to the regular season and tournament championship. This is the second year in a row the golf team has won the championship.

The Boys Varsity Soccer team registered the best regular season in the program’s 45-year history. This historic run included an undefeated EIL record of

15-0 and an overall record of 18-3. The Bulldogs won the EIL championship, which hasn’t been accomplished since 1991, a time before any of this team’s members were even born. Along the way the Bulldogs registered a rare victory over Bowdoin College JV Men’s Soccer. They entered the NEPSAC boys soccer tournament as a three-seed and defeated the Wheeler School in a first-round home game, 3-2. The atmosphere at the game was electric, as were all of the home Boys Varsity Soccer games played on the new turf field. They never lost a game on the surface the entire fall. The squad went on to play in the semi-final game against The Millbrook School and came up on the short end. Despite the loss, the Berwick boys truly gave BA a fantastic season. Berwick Academy has not seen the likes of this squad before and will be lucky to find its match in future years in terms of skill, to be sure, but, more importantly, in terms of heart, class, courage, and camaraderie. The athlete chosen for the Coach’s Award was the only four-year member of the squad and, arguably, the heart that drove the Boys Varsity Soccer team. Jordan Sanford’s run through the program has been marked by his exceptional effort to get the most out of his teammates and himself and by his unflagging pursuit of success. It has also been marked by his exceptional play. As a junior last fall, he was the team’s leading goal scorer, and he was elected by his teammates as the most valuable player for the season. This year’s MVP team was one of those players that only comes along once in a while. Chris Wild was a special player who dazzled us all this fall. He came to the Hilltop as a post-graduate, looking to improve his academic profile and gain another year of soccer in a competitive program. Chris made an impression right from the start, scoring a hat trick in his first game against rival Pingree in a 6-1 romp and never looked back. He went on to have 10 multiple-goal games, leading all New England Prep Schools with 30 goals. He is an avid player, whose passion for the game was entirely contagious. Chris left an undeniable mark on this program that will be felt for years to come.

Girls Cross Country

had one of their strongest seasons yet. Coach Russell knew from the early days of August pre-season that this would be no ordinary team. They also welcomed their new assistant coach, Amy

Trueworthy, to the team. The girls were led by captains and veteran runners Jenna Maddock and Alex Zannos, who modeled the finest qualities to the younger runners. They taught them motivation, perseverance, humor, care, and support of each other each and every day at practice. Jenna and Alex struck that fine balance between fun and challenge in every practice. They both modeled great running skills and the ability to push harder in training. The returning seniors, Katie MacFarlane and Kathryn Voss, were key finishers in all-league races and ran their best times this year. Alanna Wittet joined the team and played an essential role in determining the outcome of every race she ran. Tucker Trimble joined the team without any prior running experience and met her own personal goal of successfully completing the NEPSTA Division V race. Together these seniors created a culture

of mutual support and motivation that provided great mentoring and leadership for the younger runners on the team. The team’s EIL record was 5-5, and they placed fifth in the League Championship race at Franklin Park, one of the best EIL race rankings in several years. They finished the season very well with a strong race at the NEPSTA Division V Championship race, where they placed second in New England. The team voted Jenna Maddock as their MVP. In every league race, Jenna Maddock was the team’s lead runner. Jenna’s list of wins and times is impressive. She has not only come in first for BA in every race but one, but she finished eighth at the EIL Championship race. Her placement in the EIL race, with a time of 21:24 at Franklin Park, earned her EIL All-League status for this season. To say one is among the top ten runners in the EIL truly means something in this league. It is competitive, and the teams against which BA races have deep rosters of

talented runners. In the NEPSTA Division V race, Jenna scored sixth overall with a time of 21:34, thereby securing her place as a New England All-Star. The Coach’s Award winner was Emily Fitzpatrick. Emily was the team’s second runner in for every race this season. Her individual improvement has been remarkable as her times dropped all season. Emily received an EIL All-League Honorable Mention for her performance as a top EIL runner. She went on to ﬁnish eleventh in the NEPSTA Division V Championship race, with a time of 22:41, thereby earning New England All- Star status. Emily is a competitive racer who can pass runners at critical moments. In practice, Emily is willing to take on extra mileage and to do an extra interval to develop herself as an exceptional runner, all with a patient and positive attitude. Steady progress is the characteristic that deﬁned the

Boys Cross Country team’s season.

The 15 runners included four freshmen, four sophomores, five juniors, and two seniors. This group began the season relatively inexperienced, but the returning runners picked up from where they had left off last season, and they were quick to jump into the rhythm of their typical week. The team trained Monday and Tuesday, raced on Wednesday, and trained on Thursday and Friday. The first few weeks are a period when injuries are anticipated as the runners increase the intensity of their running. They weathered this period quite well. The team had mixed results in their races, but the results were consistent with the level of experience, compared to this year’s EIL juggernauts, Beaver, Concord, and Portsmouth Abbey. More importantly, almost every runner steadily trimmed seconds off his finishing times every week, and the final race of the season (the NEPSTA Championships) was the team’s best result. Only two runners will be lost to graduation, and the prospects for next year are very bright. During most

seasons in cross country, one would expect the MVP Award to be given to the runner with the best results in the races over the course of the season. That is important, but so is the intensity of a runner’s efforts in his daily training. The award winner this year combined both of these, and it is exciting for the program that this year’s recipient was a freshman. Charles Stine experienced a great rookie season, emerging as the most competitive runner. He was a talented and patient runner this fall and ran determined. Charles is destined to make his mark in the Eastern Independent League. When Coach Davie looked up and down his roster this fall, he saw many examples of great individual improvement. Nevertheless, in the eyes of his coach, Peter Whelan’s progress this year stood out, earning him the Coach’s Award. At every practice Peter pushed hard, and in every race he shaved more seconds off his times. Peter has two more years of running ahead, and he will make the best of it. From an outsider’s perspective, it might seem as though the

Girls Varsity Soccer program had a difficult year. Their win to loss ratio was not ideal and they had a difficult time scoring goals. However, from an insider’s viewpoint, the Girls Varsity Soccer team had an exciting and energizing season. There were a number of new faces on the roster that, as time passed, created exciting changes on the field. Truly, their growth from the start to the end of the season was remarkable. The team’s last two games, played against The Hyde School and Concord Academy, were both decisive wins. More importantly, they were games where the Berwick squad played enthusiastically, confidently and, most importantly, as a team. A large portion of the growth that the Girls Varsity Soccer team achieved this season must be accredited to the leadership of Sophie Merrow. Sophie was one of the two captains this fall and the only senior. When one is an active leader, it isn’t uncommon for a difficult season to be even more challenging. At times, it can be hard to separate the performance of your team from your own as a leader. Though for some this may be difficult, for Sophie, it seemed almost natural. She is one of those truly selfless leaders who observe the intangible achievements of a season as important as the tangible. She truly embodied and cultivated them. Sophie demonstrated patience,

nurturing, maturity, and strength in every moment this fall. While these are each important attributes to have in any leader, with a younger program they are even more essential. Sophie is truly one who leads by example. With her continued support Sophie helped her teammates develop and gain conﬁdence individually as players, and thus helped the entire group grow and achieve greater success together. Sophie’s inﬂuence on her team this season cannot be measured and she truly earned the team’s Most Valuable Player award with her leadership. As the coaches continue to look towards the future, they feel very fortunate to have gained the personality of Molly Lapointe. As their stopper she is unstoppable; Molly is aggressive, spirited and hardworking. However, what her coaches appreciate most is her desire; her enthusiasm to compete is simply contagious. Molly was chosen as the coaches award honoree and as she is only a sophomore; the team looks forward to her bright future on the team.

The JV Field Hockey team

wrapped up an incredible second season with a record of 6-1-4, defeating two varsity teams along the way. The program grew from a meager 13 players last year to 20 players

strong this season. (Last season was a re-birth of the ﬁeld hockey program, bringing the sport back to the Hilltop after a 57-year hiatus.) This fall nine freshmen joined the team, which was exciting. The most memorable game would have to be against Gould Varsity on the turf. The teams were tied at the end of the regulation, 1-1, so the coaches decided to play varsity rules by going into overtime with a 7 v 7 format. After a nail-biting 9:30,

junior Captain Shannon Farrell found an opening and sped up the field with an unbelievable break-away, passing off to sophomore Rachel Ikegami. Rachel took a quick shot on goal, and when the goalie blocked it, she put in a second effort and rebounded off the goalie’s pads, putting the ball into the back corner of the cage. The entire team rushed the field in celebration. It was one of the most exciting moments this young team has experienced in just their second year of competition. The team was excited to have the opportunity to practice and play on the new turf field, where they are undefeated after the first season. The squad won their last game against Philips Exeter, 2-1. This was especially rewarding since they beat BA 3-1 last year. The team is excited to move up to varsity next year. The coaches were excited to see Emily Keech recognized by her teammates as the team MVP. Emily was consistently practicing as hard as she played, something that the coaches truly appreciated. During games, Emily always stepped up to the ball, put in a second and third effort, and communicated with her team. In addition to being an outstanding athlete, Emily was always willing to learn from her coaches and her teammates, and her positive attitude was constant and refreshing. The Coach’s Award recipient for the team went to Jenny Scharff. Jenny was always on time for practice and often stayed late to work on her dodges and flicking. She inspired her teammates and coaches everyday to work harder and longer to improve. While Jenny came to the sport of field hockey late in her high school career, she managed to become one of the most skilled athletes on the team, thanks to good oldfashioned motivation and dedication. As we look back on another fall season in the books, we can reflect on the experience our student athletes are gaining by participating in sports. Athletics offer one of the best chances outside the family for young people to learn respect, responsibility, integrity, leadership, and sportsmanship. We are so proud of our students here at Berwick Academy, and it’s nice to see our coaches and athletes working together to achieve success.

Arts Update Fall Arts Review by Deloris White, Director of Fine Arts DAVID COFFIN AND MUSIC FROM THE KINGS COURT Professional musician David Coffin (pictured right) visited the grade four recorder students on October 2 as an introduction to their study of the recorder. David Coffin’s annual visit to Berwick in the fall is a highlight for students learning to play this instrument. His residency is always lively, educational, entertaining, and comical. What a wonderful combination for learning! In his program, “Music from the King’s Court,” David Coffin demonstrated his collection of early wind instruments while explaining the history of the recorder from the early ocarina to the recorders of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Students learned about the sound each instrument makes as well as the science of sound that encompasses vibrations, wave lengths, and pitch through demonstrations with bottles, drinking straws, and instruments. David engaged students in interactive conversations by asking questions, asking for student assistance, or responding to their reactions. He kept the students riveted throughout the class. In addition to our third grade violin classes, recorder studies are a prerequisite to our performance-based Middle School ensemble classes and an excellent way to engage all our students in instrumental music.

MASTER DRUMMER SAEED ABBAS Master Ghanaian drummer Saeed Abbas visited the Berwick African drumming classroom in November. Saeed was the featured performer at Berklee’s annual African Music Concert earlier in the fall, a fantastic concert attended by our Upper School drummers, so we were thrilled to have him join Berwick for the day! We started the day playing a show for Mrs. Minihan’s ﬁrst grade class in the Lower School Rioux Room with Saeed and the Upper School group. Saeed demonstrated his wonderful atenteben (ﬂute)

playing for the students and led the group in a spirited Kpanlogo beat, while dance teacher Sasha Randall led the first graders in a special dance. Saeed signed many autographs for the students. Later in the morning, Saeed worked with the fifth and sixth grade African Ensemble, refining their kpanlogo playing. After lunch, he was able to help the eighth grade group with playing a tricky piece called Sikyi. It is one thing to play African music, but it is another thing altogether to play it with a master. Saeed will be returning periodically throughout the year. In telling his story about growing up in Ghana and discovering his passion for drumming as a five-year-old, Saeed described his first drum as one he had made from clay and newspapers. Because of his passion for drumming and his expertise as a Master Drummer, Saeed Abbas indicated he has performed for the President of Ghana, Queen Elizabeth, and President Clinton. Now, he can add Berwick Academy to his extensive list of performances.

KELSEY WALKER, MINNESOTA BOUND Fourth grade student Kelsey Walker was awarded a place in the Organization of American Kodaly Educators’ National Conference Children’s Choir. Kelsey worked with Lower School music teacher Maria Isaak, who is a Kodaly Specialist and a member of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, and Upper School Chorus Director Brenda LaForce. Kelsey made an audition tape in October as part of her preparation for this experience. The National Children’s Choir is open to choral students in the fourth and ﬁfth grades. Students selected nationwide will rehearse and perform in Minneapolis, MN, on March 19, 2011.

Master Drummer Saeed Abbas poses with Miss Minihan’s ﬁrst grade class and Mr. Baldwin’s Upper School African Drumming students.

BERWICK TO CARNEGIE HALL

HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTIONS

Senior Frederick (Fred) Diengott has recently been accepted into the Honors Choir for the 2011 American High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. He will spend ﬁve days in New York during February and have an opportunity to learn from Dr. Eph Ehly before the Honors Choir performance on Saturday February 19, 2011. Music teacher Stephanie Sanders nominated Fred for this opportunity, for which he completed an extensive application that included an audition tape. Fred’s letter of notiﬁcation states, “Your acceptance to this elite group is a direct result of the talent, dedication and achievements demonstrated in your application.”

Nine Upper School students were inducted into the National Art Honor Society, and two students were inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society during a symbolic ceremony on Thursday November 4, in the Commons. These organizations recognize students who not only achieve success in visual expression or music performance and academic achievement, but also contribute to the increased awareness of the ﬁne arts at Berwick Academy. Berwick Academy has maintained a chapter of these two national honor societies since the 1990’s.

NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES MAINE ALLSTATE FESTIVAL Frederick Diengott also just received notiﬁcation that he has been selected by audition to perform at the Maine Allstate Festival in May 2011. This is a highly competitive process, where students across the State audition from public and private schools.

FESTIVAL NEWS Eight Berwick Academy musicians were accepted by audition to participate in the Maine District I High School Honors Music Festival this year: Olivia Berger, Matt Butcher, Mary DePascale, and Katie Gill were selected to participate in the chorus. Justin Koppstein and Tristan Dardani will play violin, along with Amy Rawn and Asher Siegel on viola in the orchestra. Asher will be principal viola for the orchestra this year. Each one of these accomplished musicians auditioned before a judge in October at Thornton Academy as part of the adjudication process to determine their selection.

The following students epitomize the dedication, commitment, and artistic vision to warrant membership in the prestigious National Art Honor Society. Seniors included are Katie Gill, Whitney Pasternak, Sam Auty, Sophie Merrow, Brian Rawn, and Alex Zannos. Juniors selected are Juliana Blais, Ellie Penati, and Katie Towey. Tri-M Music Honor Society Inductees—The Tri-M Music Honor Society welcomed the following new members: Juniors Stephen Garabedian and Nick Saulnier. These students were recognized for their musicianship, scholarship, cooperation, leadership, and service to school and community.

Wet process photograph by Haley Adams ‘11

by Kyle Ridgway ‘00

Faculty Professional Development

groups we discussed themes such as gender, diversity, socioeconomics, and privilege in independent schools. While it is somewhat impossible to articulate what we uncovered in these diversity groups, our objective generally was to discuss what we had absorbed from our readings and general sessions and the ways we might apply these ideas in our classrooms and schools. It was the fall of 2008 when I applied to the Klingenstein Summer Institute. The process was nerveracking, exciting, and intimidating. When I received my acceptance, they informed me that the language program only ran every other year and that my acceptance was for the summer of 2010. I was uncertain as to whether or not I could or should wait. However, when I asked colleagues, the response was overwhelmingly supportive. I also remember my father’s exact words, “You don’t turn down Klingenstein.” I understand his resolution perfectly now. I was surrounded by an incredible group of colleagues and teachers; the experience was truly humbling.

Each summer,

Columbia University offers a program called the Klingenstein Summer Institute at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey for roughly 75 early career independent school teachers. Last summer I had the great fortune to attend “teacher camp” with an amazing group of educators from all over the world, all in the beginning of their careers. While I expected the work to be enlightening, challenging, and rewarding, I could never have anticipated to what extent. Our typical day would include sessions with our knowledgeable master teachers, authors from the academic ﬁeld, and renowned educators. We read information from the presenters each evening and wrote responses in the form of journal entries. Additionally, we had two breakout discussion groups based on curriculum and diversity. My language curriculum group consisted of Latin, French, and Spanish “fellows.” We discussed our disciplines, schools, and students. We collaborated over our methodologies, assessment, curricula, and trends that we see in our classrooms. Our diversity groups consisted of a mix of Klingenstein fellows from every discipline. In these

Klingenstein opened my eyes to so many new ideas and perspectives that I might never have explored. I left the experience feeling reafﬁrmed that I work in such a supportive environment and feeling grateful for my position at Berwick. As our September start date approached, my excitement to implement what I had learned was completely heightened by my renewed appreciation for everything that we have here with our colleagues, staff, and especially, our students.

Semester Snapshots

Tenth Day Assembly September 20, 2010

The Tenth Day Assembly presented a School-wide opportunity to focus on another of the Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Core Values--stretching through engagement. As the entire student body gathered in the Athletic Center to the beating of African drums, students from all divisions shared their music, dance, and song and creatively illustrated the many ways they live this core value on campus and beyond.

Blue and White Day September 25, 2010 Blue and White Day helped kick off the school year with all the usual fanfare of athletic games, ﬁeld day games for the Lower School kids, and a BBQ. This year the “Dog Days” Carnival was added and brought with it much spirit and joy for the youngest members of our community! This fun-for-all event saw members of the faculty and administration taking turns in the dunk tank, students eating donuts off strings, and playing in the bouncy house.

Art Boosters Variety Show October 15, 2010

Berwick Store

The Multi-Drink offers 2 different functional ways to drink out of with a twist-off closure or pop-out straw. BPA free. $15.00 Tie-Dye is back! 100% preshrunk cotton. Youth sizes. $18.00

Champion 12 oz. reverse weave hooded sweatshirts in royal or oxford gray. Crew neck also available in gray. $50.00

In stock by popular demand! Made in the USA from Vineyard Vines. A high quality piece and beautiful ďŹ nished look...itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a musthave! Fabrics: Tote canvas trimmed with 100% imported silk with our custom BA bulldog print! $65.00

Add some school spirit with these custom Berwick bulldog patches! $2.00

Adult and Youth Sizes! Baby Items Too! click on Berwick Store from the Community drop-down on www.berwickacademy.org or visit the physical store in the Lower School

Halloween Parade October 29, 2010

Please Remember the Annual Fund

Please Remember to Give Berwick needs your support. Pledges can be paid anytime until the fund closes on June 30. Participation in the Annual Fund is important every year, in fact, to the very operation of the School. If you have not done so yet, please consider a gift or pledge. For more information contact the Alumni and Development OfďŹ ce at 207-384-2164 x 2304 To make an Annual Fund gift online visit: www.berwickacademy.org/giving

Upper School Play: The Diary of Anne Frank October 29 & 30, 2010 Jane Merrow as Anne Frank chronicles her family’s experiences.

Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank (far left) greets James Davis as Peter Van Daan (far right) when they prepare to go into hiding. Also pictured are Abigail Fitzpatrick as Margot Frank and Nate Winters as Otto Frank.

Members of the Frank and Van Daan Families, from left to right: Cristina Salvador, Nate Winters, James Davis, Ian Wright, and Molly Mugford welcome Breandán Haley as Mr. Dussel, who joins them in hiding. Elizabeth Hopkins as Miep Gies (far right) looks on.

Breandán Haley as Mr. Dussel prays as the air raid sirens sound the alert.

Nate Winters as Otto Frank gives an unexpected Hanukkah gift to Christina Salvador as Edith Frank, his wife.

Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank (left) conﬁdes her worries to Elizabeth Hopkins as Miep Gies.

Jane Merrow as Anne Frank takes delight in the pair of high heeled shoes she has just received as a present from Miep. Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank (left) and Ian Wright as Mr. Van Daan look on.

Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank comforts Jane Merrow as Anne and Abigail Fiztpatrick as Margot when they are discovered by the Nazis.

The Franks, Van Daans and Mr. Dussel have been betrayed by Nazi sympathizers. From left to right: Nate Winter, Cristina Salvador, Molly Mugford, Ian Wright, and Breandán Haley. Noah Landis (far right) as one of the Nazi ofﬁcials.

Tempers erupt in conﬁned quarters when Ian Wright as Mr. Van Daan engages in a heated exchange with Molly Mugford as Mrs. Van Daan.

Middle School Musical: Aladdin November 19 & 20, 2010

Narrators Tilly Burzynski, Page Waldo, and Jess Hebert attempt to interview a non-communicative Jafar (Ben Thut) while townspeople Kaitlyn Lawson and Caroline Jacobs look on.

Aladdin (Kenny Berger) and Jasmine (Sarah Khan) realize they are hemmed in by a crowd of townspeople as they try to stay “One Jump Ahead.”

In the cave where he has been imprisoned by Jafar’s henchmen, Aladdin (Kenny Berger) discovers many treasures, including a magic lamp.

Spencer Fascetta as Iago and Ben Thut as Jafar hatch an evil plan to rewrite the ancient laws of Agrabah to force Princess Jasmine to marry Jafar.

Emma Hambright, Sammie Gaudette, Kaitlyn Lawson, Caroline Jacobs, and Katherine Reid sing along as part of the chorus that the Genie magically causes to appear to help her sing “Friend Like Me.”

Aladdin (Kenny Berger) marvels at the magic carpet that the Genie (Blaine Stevens) has summoned to help them escape from Jafar’s cave.

Thanks to the Genie’s magic, Aladdin is transformed into Prince Ali Ababwa (Kenny Berger). Here, Prince Ali makes his grand entrance into the Sultan’s palace in his attempt to win the hand of Princess Jasmine.

Disguised as Prince Ali, Aladdin (Kenny Berger) shows Princess Jasmine (Sarah Khan) a “Whole New World” by ﬂying her high above Agrabah in his magic carpet.

Guards Tucker Sullivan, Will Hebert, and William Hetz, are joined by Razoul (Matt Crawford), Iago (Spencer Fascetta), and Jafar (Ben Thut) as they prepare to belt out the reprise of “Why Me?”

As Jafar attempts to make himself the ruler of Agrabah, his guards (Jake Donoghue, Henry Henkel, Grant Tischner, William Hetz, Nicholas Noerdlinger, and Will Hebert) arrest Prince Ali (Kenny Berger) and the Sultan (Peter Scharer) while the astonished townspeople look on.

With Jafar safely forced into the magic lamp, all is well, and the happy ensemble joins together to sing “A Whole New World.”

Alumni News

Alumni Weekend 2010

Gorgeous fall weather and dozens of campus activities welcomed alumni on the last weekend in September. Alumni from dozens of states joined the festivities, traveling from Florida, New York, Virginia, Wisconsin, California, Nebraska, Maryland, and Indiana. Nearly 30 classes were represented, spanning 70 years. Alumni spent the day on Friday in Upper School classrooms, lunching in the Commons and taking a historical campus tour with BA Archivist, Rachel Saliba. Alumni from the 70s held impromptu jam sessions at various times during the weekend. Exhibits of alumni art and Academy archives were on display in the Jackson Library throughout the weekend. On Friday evening, Greg and Amy Schneider opened their home for a cocktail reception to the Class of 1960, celebrating their 50th reunion, and the Class of 1965. Saturday brought beautiful fall skies and perfect conditions for a morning of student athletic contests, followed by a barbeque lunch on Fogg Field and the dedication of the new turf ﬁeld. (See Cover Story.) Young children of alumni enjoyed the “Dog Days Carnival,” including a bouncy house, face painting, and an opportunity to send the Head of School into the dunk tank. Rachel Saliba conducted an afternoon campus tour and then hosted members of the Class of 1965 in an oral history recording, preserving their BA stories in perpetuity.

acknowledgement of Zana Hasty Littleﬁeld and Ginny Swasey Folley, Class of ’35, the most senior reunion class represented. Former Head of School Hap Ridgway and his wife, Susan, joined the alumni for dinner, and Hap addressed the group. Several alums had not seen each other since high school. The record goes to Doris Flynn Grady and Alta Clifford Zinchuck, Class of 1940. Alta moved away right after graduation, and the two girls had not seen each other until the banquet when Doris walked up to Alta and said, “I think I know you.” Russell Grant and Bob Hersom, both Class of 1945, had not seen each other since Bob left BA to join the service in 1942. Russell made his way from Santa Claus, IN, to meet his old friend, who came down from Camden, ME, with his wife, Bessie. Following dinner, many of the alums made their way over to Fogg Memorial for desserts, music, and more socializing. The last of the alums drifted away close to midnight, tired but happy. Huge thanks to the wonderful Alumni Weekend Committee: Doris Flynn Grady ’40, Gloria Flynn Roberge ’45, Irma Simpson Rose ’50, George & Simone Gorman ’60, Charles Andres ’70, Brigit Ordway ’75, Douglas Sweet ’85, Seth Hurd ’90, Sarah Whitely D’Ercole ’90, and Stephen Dow ’95.

2011 Alumni Weekend: September 23-25. See you there!

Over 150 people gathered on Saturday evening for the traditional banquet. Highlights included a special

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spanning seven decades joined their classmates on the Hill for a weekend of food, fun and BA memories. Classes ending in 5 and 0 celebrated reunions. The Class of 1960, commemorating their 50th, came out in force. Photos from the event are posted on BA’s website in the alumni portal. Go to “Alumni Events Photo Album” and click on “Alumni Day 2010.” All photos can be downloaded to your computer and printed. Look who was there! 1934 1935 1935 1940 1940 1942 1944 1944 1945 1945 1945 1945 1948 1950 1952 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1963

Theresa Parent Gagnon Ginny Swasey Folley Zana Hasty Littleﬁeld Doris Flynn Grady Alta Clifford Zinchuck Edna Young Kenney Dennis Fink Albert Roberge Cy Chase Russell Grant Bob Hersom Hazel Warren Jones Owen Stevens Joan Gough Garnett Ruth Boston Theodore Atkinson Bill Currier Patricia Flynn George Gorman Annabelle Goodrich Hayes Leslie Locke Delores Watkins Lothrop Judith Hussey Moses Paul Roberts Diane Cofﬁn Turcotte Bob Acheson

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Glenn Michael Greg Michael Peter Arakelian Jon Kellogg David Ammerman Jonathan Foster Larry Littleﬁeld Robert Perkin Joel Gagnon Charles Andres John Flynn James Austin Steve Canty Tom Eastman Chip Growney Mark Holmes Martha White Freddie Catalfo Russ Desmond Gary Hawksley Karen Goldberg Higgins Daniel Kenney Deidre Lawrence Link Lisa Gagnon Brigit Ordway Nicholas Pesarik

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1990 Kelly Worster 1990 Stephen Coolidge 1990 Anne Donaghy Cordero 1990 Chris Dayton 1990 Sarah Whitely D’Ercole 1990 Kelly Mullen 1990 Nicole Fortin Strangman 1995 Steve Dow 2000 Patrick Muth 2000 Kyle Ridgway 2000 Chuck Clement 2000 Emily Taylor 2003 Jenni Franco Faculty Jim Sullivan Former Faculty Razel Kallberg Former Faculty Lynne Gass Former Faculty Hap & Susan Ridgway Former Faculty John Herrick Former Faculty Elliot & Dawn Payzant Former Staff Laura & Dick Adams

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1985 The Class of 1990 had a special mission to accomplish at their 20th reunion. They were tasked with directing their Class Fund, established at their graduation, to a speciﬁc purpose. In the end, the group decided to split the Fund evenly among the three options— ﬁnancial aid, campus preservation, and professional development— and did so in honor of former Head of School Hap Ridgway, who attended the banquet that evening.

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Alumni Day Awards Alumni Awards were presented at this year’s Alumni Banquet, held on September 25. Three outstanding alumni were applauded for their personal and professional achievements.

Outstanding Achievement in One’s Field of Endeavor Glenn Michael ’65 Since leaving BA in 1965, Glenn Michael has spent a lot of time in the air. Glenn left BA in 1965 and entered the Air Force ROTC program at UNH in what would prove to be the beginning of an extensive relationship with that branch of the military. He graduated in 1969 with a BA in business and went on to spend six years on active duty in the Air Force, ﬂying C-141 and F-4 aircraft. He had one combat tour of duty in Vietnam. For the next 20 years, Glenn was a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserves and ﬂew combat airdrop missions in Panama. Since 2007, Glenn has been the Manager of International Operations for the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, whose goal to improve the safety record of commercial air travel, both in the U.S. and abroad. So the next time you board an airplane and land safely at your destination, say a quiet “thank you” to a man who helped to make that journey possible, Mr. Glenn Michael.

Outstanding Achievement in One’s Field of Endeavor Gregory Michael ’65 Greg Michael has taken his love of ﬂying, his passion for service to his country, and his talented legal mind to achieve amazing personal and professional heights. Like his twin brother Glenn, Greg graduated from BA in 1965 and attended UNH, where he enrolled as a four-year ROTC cadet. He went on to receive his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston. After graduating, he went on to active duty providing defense services for military personnel as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Department at McGuire AFB in New Jersey. He received numerous commendations and awards during his time in the Air Force. Upon completion of his active duty in 1977, Greg was assigned to the Air Force Reserves and worked as a military trial judge worldwide. In his civilian life, Greg is an attorney and Special Justice for the Merrimack District Court. He has served as a member of the board of governors of the District Court Judges Association as well as a member of the District Court Judicial Education Committee. He has also served on the boards of several regional nonproﬁt organizations and has been a business law instructor at Daniel Webster College. We at BA are very proud to present the Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement to Mr. Greg Michael.

Outstanding Achievement in One’s Field of Endeavor George Gorman ‘60 George joined the South Berwick Fire Department in 1966, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a member of the Rollinsford Fire Department. George’s own son Patrick has followed in his father’s footsteps and is a lieutenant on the South Berwick Fire Department with over 25 years of service. George began his service career after graduating from Berwick Academy and joining the U.S. Air Force. He spent four years in the military, returning to South Berwick to work at a local shoe factory and later at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, both repairing submarines and serving on the Shipyard’s fire department. Taking a friend’s suggestion, he joined the South Berwick Fire Department, and he has been there ever since. Not only has he been at the helm for forty years, but he has inspired and led a staff that has served nearly as long. It is this loyalty and leadership that earned George the 2009 Firefighter of the Year for Public Service by the York County Firefighters Association. These same qualities have earned him this alumni award for Outstanding Achievement.

Interview with an alumnus: Chris Esposito ‘90

A Passion for Politics

You were at BA from sixth through twelfth grade. When did your interest in politics begin?

Are you already gearing up for 2012?

I have been fascinated by politics since I was very young, but I didn’t get involved in my ﬁrst campaign until I was 20 years old.

What do you like most about organizing campaigns?

How did you get started in politics? My ﬁrst campaign was volunteering for Deborah Arnie Arnesen during her 1992 run for New Hampshire Governor. She needed someone to drive her to an event one day, and I was available. I eventually became her frequent driver, along with other responsibilities. I worked on a few more campaigns before I joined with my business partners to form The Dover Group.

I got off the phone about an hour ago with a candidate who will be running for election in 2012.

What keeps me doing what I do is the enigma that exists at the beginning of the campaign— trying to understand the candidate and why he or she wants to be elected. You invest a lot of time and energy into the campaign effort, and you don’t know if you are right or wrong until Election Day.

And your least favorite part of the job? The worst moment is always when I have to sit a client down and say, “You need to do this or you won’t win.” Usually it involves a painful choice.

The tagline for your ﬁrm, The Dover Group, states, “We build campaigns.” Can you elaborate? Campaigning is an organic process. There are no two candidates or districts that are exactly the same. The issues of the day change from year to year, so all campaigns are different. We work with the candidates, their spouses, and their staffs and friends to create the right kind of strategy and structure for the best position. We create the budget, messaging, and advertising. We use qualitative and quantitative research and decide what is relevant to the voters. Finally, we try to get supporters to the polls. Essentially, it’s like building an entire company, one that exists for only a year or two.

What would you say to a BA student who was interested in running for public ofﬁce? I encourage everyone to get involved in politics at some level. If you sit on the sidelines, other people wind up dictating your lot in life. I suggest starting out, as I did, volunteering for a small, local campaign where you can potentially get a lot of responsibility. If you like it, go to work for a candidate running for your state Senate or House.

Do you have any interest in running for ofﬁce yourself? Zero.

What were you doing during the November midterm elections? Our ﬁrm managed between ﬁve and ten campaigns all across the country for the midterms. We estimate we will do about the same number in 2012.

Chris is a Partner in The Dover Group www.doverstrategygroup. com. They have ofﬁces in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Kansas City. Chris is based in Boston.

Alumni Art Eight very talented and creative alumni participated in the Alumni Weekend Alumni Art Exhibit in the gallery in Jackson Library. The artwork included pottery, sculpture, oil and acrylic paintings, photography, and needlepoint. Artists included Caitlin Chandler ’02, Jenni Franco ’03, Doris Flynn Grady ’40, Lisa Haedrich ’03, Ben Blais ’06, Elizabeth Ferris ’05, Olivia Waterhouse ’10, and Matthew Lawrence ’08.

• Dennis Fink ’44, oil paintings

Dozens of art lovers enjoyed an amazing selection of artwork by Berwick alumnus Ben Blais ‘06 (below) while on exhibit in the Jackson Library Gallery October through December. On November 29, BA faculty, staff, students, and other guests were treated to an intimate gathering with the artist, who spoke to the group about his technique and inspiration for his work. Among the artwork was a collection of four drawings titled “Metastatic,” which Ben described as a commentary on how cancer arises from the modest origins of the DNA of one cell and how this cell consequently loses its identity to become enemy to the host. Ben graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, in the spring of 2010, where he studied cell and molecular biology and studio art. He is currently living in Eliot, ME, and is in the process of applying to medical school for the fall of 2011.

Who, What, When, Where: Whitman Stained Glass Window design covers for their books.

The Sarah Wyman Whitman stained glass windows in Fogg Memorial Library have been the subject of much scholarly research, but no one has been able to determine the meaning of the above window. If you are interested in researching the answer to this riddle, the following is some background about Whitman and the meanings of the symbols she used in the proximate windows. Sarah Wyman Whitman (1842–1904) was a leader in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Boston at the turn of the century. She was the first woman to do stained glass professionally and gain important commissions, including Trinity Church in Boston, the Central Congregational Church in Worcester, MA, and Harvard’s Memorial Hall. Whitman was also the first professional woman artist to be regularly employed by publisher Houghton Mifflin to

Through her work for Houghton Mifflin, she befriended Berwick Academy alumna and author Sarah Orne Jewett. It is believed that their friendship led to Whitman’s involvement with the interior design of Fogg Memorial and the creation and production of the stained glass windows in Fogg Library and the Civil War Memorial Window in Ms. Mansfield’s classroom. According to Whitman scholars, Whitman believed that windows in schools should open young minds to new ideas and that society could be uplifted through art. Every piece of stained glass she created had a meaning behind it, usually involving messages of morality or names of great authors and thinkers. Some of the Fogg Library windows were left clear to allow for light and a view of the surrounding area. The names of great thinkers and writers were used throughout Fogg to inspire and educate students and to honor those to whom we owe gratitude. The window in question is located at the top of the windows facing Academy Street. It is next to the following windows: a quatrefoil, “St. Albans,” the shield of rhetoric, “Caxton,” and another quatrefoil. St. Albans is where the first draft of Magna Carta was written. Caxton was an English printer who printed the first dated book in English. If you know what the symbol means or if you have any insights or questions about its meaning, please contact Archivist Rachel Saliba at rsaliba@berwickacademy.org or by phone at 207.384.6330. Thank you for your help!

Class of 1950 Left to right: Robert Whalen, Norman Gordon, Meredith Richardson Ernie, Irma Simpson Rose, James Miller, Beverly Cheney Frazier, Rene Van de Meulebroecke, Doris Cleary Maxﬁeld, Dorothy Robinson Gaudette, John Leonard, Lucille Pinkham Labonte, Priscilla Paul Hersey.

Alumni Class Notes

1946

and miss traveling! I still have contact with my two dear friends from BA, Kathy and Pat.

Joyce Pray Borkowski:

I have little class news as my classmates and I are now in our eighties and spread out over the country. I still live in the shadow of Fogg Memorial on Academy Street. My amazing daughter, Kristen, Class of 1984, is a supervisor at the US Visa Center at Pease Tradeport. She, husband Gary, grandsons Ryan, 11, and William, 8, live next door to me in my parents’ former home. They are all a joy and a blessing in my life. My son, Tim, and family are nearby in York. My grownup grandchildren, Heather (world traveler, natural foods specialist, boat builder, sailor, musician) and Jesse, (a Berklee College, Boston, development specialist and ﬁlm maker, creative writer, former college instructor, and now holder of his MBA degree), both often visit in York. I am so fortunate to have them all. For those who remember my aunt Laura Chick Lawry, class of 1927, she is 101 years old and in an assisted living facility. She was a favorite teacher of mine and many former Central School students still inquire about her. As for me, I serve on a library board, tend to home and gardens, read, do genealogy, attend family events,

lives in Somersworth with her husband, Tom, close to children and grandchildren. They recently attended the lovely fall wedding of their granddaughter, Kate Keelty, in Portsmouth, RI. Kate is the daughter of Kevin Keelty, Class of 1967. Kevin’s son Chris and wife’s baby daughter made Kevin a grandfather and Kathy and Tom great-grandparents.

Pat Gilley Linscott lives in Adams, MA, near her daughters, Heather, a teacher, and Robin. Pat has a fondness for music and sings with three local choral groups plus occasionally others. She snowshoes in winter, walks daily, and does volunteer work. She manages to keep in close touch with grandson Collin, who is studying photography, and granddaughter Jill, who is studying music. We keep in touch, seeing each other as circumstances permit, and when we get together, the years fall away and we’re again the close friends we always have been since BA days.

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Ardis Emery:

Ronald Cousins:

Retired in June 1991, after 40-plus years of teaching. I’ve moved back to my home place at 310 Emery’s Bridge Road, South Berwick, in June of this year.

1954 Douglas Krebs:

Enjoying retirement after 39 years at General Electric. Fishing in York, ME, and St. Pete Beach, FL. Currently on a roll with three tournament wins: ﬁrst place 40” striper in Maine; third place 45” striper in Kennebunk contest; second place Trash Fish Tournament, St. Pete Beach, FL. Grandson Nick’s Pop Warner team went 10-0 and won Rochester, NH League Championship. Granddaughter Maddy won Dover, NH American Idol singing contest. Life is good!

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Kathy Hussey Keelty

Enjoying my retirement. I am a woodcarver, and I do Christmas ornaments in the fall and winter.

Retired and living in Kentucky where my wife is a professor at the dental school. Enjoying travel and raising/training golden retrievers.

1960 Anita Schoff Gagne:

Dear Classmates, Bob and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary as well as our 50th class reunion in 2011. How neat is that! Fifty years later, a daughter, a son, ﬁve grandchildren and still living in South Berwick, ME, is something to be thankful for. Life has been good to us. There is, however, one goal in my life that I was not able to achieve…becoming graduate alumni of Berwick Academy. There were four classes who were once fortunate to walk up that long, tarred walkway to the Hilltop of BA. Many of our relatives did the same. We all remember how we fell short of getting a B.A. diploma and joining the ranks. Just to let you know, I have been working with BA alumni development ofﬁcials in hopes of bringing us back home

to BA, a school where we will be able to participate in their many events for years to come. We presently do not have our South Berwick High School as it has changed its name a few times through the years. Somehow we are lost out here, so being considered an honorary graduate of BA would be a privilege we all missed out on. Hang in there. We need your support as well to make this happen. Our goal is to have a place to call our alma mater: Berwick Academy, the way we believed it would be. Maybe some of you will be writing in the BA Today. It’s a long time coming and how great to share your comments with other classmates. We are like a family you know.

Kim Reynolds:

Looking forward to seeing you all at

the 50th.

Kinloch C. Walpole:

Hope all is well. I continue as the abbot of the Gateless Gate Zen Center in Gainesville, FL. I am in the process of planning a loop around the country on my motorcycle next summer in the July to September time period. The trip is from here to San Diego, Anchorage, Bangor and back to Florida. Expect to do it in 60 or fewer days. The intent is to raise awareness of mothers and babies in the prisons and jails of the nation. I have a one-hour talk with a PowerPoint that is loaded with photos. My hope is to be able to give 15 talks in the bigger cities along the way, to build a residential Zen center specializing in the process of re-entry for mothers and their re-unification. Have been doing the prison thing for about 15 years now and volunteering in a women’s prison for about eight years. There I teach an average of seven classes a week and lead a five-day meditation retreat in the Zen tradition once every three months for about 80 to 100 women per retreat. I will also be holding a second hand out to get money to help me finance the trip. Will start test riding 600 miles a day followed by talks in Miami, Atlanta, and Pensacola starting in February to see how this old body is holding up. Saw the doctor today, and she said that the body is up to it, but she is not so sure of the sanity. Will be coming through New England towards the end of August. Yours in the Dharma.

to start and run a business, write a business plan, create a marketing plan, and start and run a farm stand. It is a great program. I am also part of MSU’s Greening Institute as a member of the Metro Ag Team. Our mission is to promote urban, suburban agriculture in Wayne, Oakland, and Genesse Counties (the I-75 corridor). It all keeps this old guy busy, and I still grow neat things on my land. To all, have a great holiday, and don’t let the silly season get to you. Farmer Bill.

Stanton Allaben:

I live on Hilton Head Island, SC, and own a bicycle rental business with a friend. I am also an artist working in oil and watercolor. My web site is www.allabenﬁneart.com Prior to moving south in 1995, I owned and operated a cross-country ski area in southern Vermont with my brother Lee. I also had a construction company, building custom and spec homes on Stratton Mountain in the ‘80’s. Life has been a variety of endeavors, and I wouldn’t change a thing if I could. I will never retire, because I can’t stand boredom. I keep active and stay healthy.

Giles (Gary) Lauren: I have just approved the proof copy for my book: The Stoic’s Bible & Florilegium for the Good Life. It will be available online at Amazon and elsewhere by early December. Plans for 2011 include a series of essays from a stoical perspective with emphasis on politics, law, and government. The object is to compare modern America with western civilization. In the autumn, (after 23-25 September), a tour of Magna Grecia archaeological sites, and late in the year a corrected and expanded edition of the Bible. Back when I had a job, I had time to waste! Bob Bogardus:

Went to his 50th reunion at Weston, MA High School, and is looking forward to our 50th get together at Berwick.

Bob Wilson: We as a class had a large turnout at our last reunion. Let’s show everybody what the class of ‘61 was about and have all of us show up for our 50th. Bill Pioch:

I am still in the growing game, but I have changed roles. I am now with Michigan State University Extension as the Program Coordinator for the Youth Garden and Farm Stand Program. It is a 4H program for youth development including four season gardening, nutrition, and entrepreneurial development. The kids learn how to grow and use healthy vegetables year-round using season-extending techniques. They also learn how

Charcoal drawing by Elizabeth Hopkins ‘11

1962 Herbert Porch:

Retired ﬁve years ago, but still active

in three companies.

1963 Jim Harvey: Jim invites classmates to join him on the banks of the North Edisto River near his new home at 2986 Landing Way, Orangeburg, SC 29118.

Raytheon Company after 34 years. My wife, Judy, and I have lived in Plaistow, NH, for the past forty years. We have one son and two grandchildren. This past summer while on a mission to North Berwick, my wife and I visited BA, and we were very impressed with the facility. I think she was a little surprised I had graduated from such a ﬁne institution. I happened to see a picture of David Porter in the BA magazine. He still has a full head of hair. I never liked him anyway. He lived in the Varney House with the likes of John Devlin, Wayne Paradis, Nick Wyeth and numerous other characters. It was well recognized that the good guys were from the Davidson House. Well, good luck to the class of ‘63.

Mary-Hale “Toni” Andres:

I ﬁnally retired from Cornell after 29 years and am enjoying each day! In October of 2009, I became a grandmother of two beautiful twin boys. I wish they were living a bit closer. They are in Evergreen, CO where my son, Christopher, is a nurse in ICU and his wife, Molly, is studying to be a physician’s assistant. I certainly hope to make it to the next reunion!

Don Winkowski:

Hello, class of 1963. I retired from

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Paul Ahlgren:

Daniel Kenney:

I have not heard anything on the Boarding School Era Reunion for June 2011. Maybe it will occur the following year. So many people look forward to that. I recently visited my daughter Sarah and her husband in San Diego, CA, and had a great time playing touch football on the beach. I hear from Al Keen and Larry Martineau, and they are both doing well. I would like to hear from others in the Class of 1964 and to ﬁnd out how all are doing. I still continue to work doing credit and collections at AirGas company and have for the past six years.

1965 Rob Perkin: Still involved with the development of the James Burton Music Studio in Shreveport, LA. I would like to extend my best wishes to all my classmates and the Berwick community for continued success in all that you are doing.

1973 Ronald Sorem: in ’72-73.

Bill Tarmey: retired last February and now plays more golf. He does volunteer work for the Agency on Aging, facilitating an Intro to Medicare seminar once a month plus counseling for folks on, or about to go on, Medicare. He also continues to do a little flying. Part of that is volunteer work with an outfit called LightHawk. Volunteer pilots fly non-profit environmental groups to get a birds-eye view of various ecological or wildlife areas of interest. Bill is looking forward to our 50th reunion.

Hello to all those at BA

Not long after leaving Berwick in 1975, I began to work as a carpenter. While the realities of the economy and a bunch of career choices have taken me in new directions, I continued to learn ﬁne woodworking. I’ve also been interested in guitar music since I can remember, so in the past couple of years the two passions have come together, and I have been learning lutherie from a master luthier named Erik Marzak, who happens to be my neighbor. While career pursuits in the technology consulting space keep me very busy, lutherie “scratches my creative itch” and provides a center that I can get back to as a counterbalance to the fastpaced business world. I don’t get a lot of time to build guitars (pictured left); mine take a long time to build and are done in small stages, but it is the connection to using my hands to create something from a pile of wood that gives me a kick. I’ve been studying classical guitar with a teacher named Harry George Pelligrin for about a year and can ﬁnally sight read music. I’ll never perform at Carnegie Hall, but it sure is satisfying and fun! I’m now

working on three guitars, the fourth, ﬁfth, and sixth from my shop, and will begin a seventh that will be a big, old, country jumbo guitar that would make a country player smile. It was great to see the happy faces of so many friends from the class of ’75 at the reunion, not to mention once again appreciating the enormous impact Berwick has had on so many lives!

for anyone who lives out of the area, if you come back for a visit, please let me know, and I will set something up for our class to get together.

1989 Heather Fera Pepper:

Brian Nelson: I continue to enjoy playing hockey ten months per year with the Pondrats every Wednesday night at Pingree in Hamilton, MA.

1983 Kristen Borkowski Long was recently awarded the U.S. Department of State Contract Manager of the Year Award for her work at the Pease facility.

1985 Doug Sweet: Thank you Julie Erickson, Zack Harmon, Jennifer Moores, Dave and Anne Myers, Peter Mullaney, RJ Lamb, Brian Blake, Sean McCarthy and Bryan Wentworth for helping make our 25th reunion weekend a nice one. It was great to see everyone. I can’t say enough what it meant to see all of you. And thanks to those who wanted to come but wrote back saying they couldn’t. I know it’s ﬁve years away, but if anyone has any ideas on what they might like to do for our 30th please let me know. As for me my family is doing well. Stacey is working right in town at her alma mater, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, and loves it. Darin will be eight in February and is in second grade and doing well. He enjoys participating in baseball, basketball, skating with the possibility of some hockey lessons, and now wants to try his hand at karate. My stepson, Dalton, is now 12 and in seventh grade where he made honor roll the ﬁrst term. He’s also involved with the Lego Robotics team at school. As for me I’m still going strong at Perkins Agency, Inc. in Newmarket, NH, a family insurance business started by my grandfather in 1948. If anyone is traveling through or around Newmarket, please stop in and say hi. In Northwood I sit on the board of directors as the vice president of the Northwood Softball Baseball Association and volunteer for the recreation department with their basketball program. Hope all is well with the Class of 1985. If you didn’t get a chance to come to the reunion, please send me a quick email or drop a letter in the mail to let me know how you are doing. I am still planning on having some occasional get-togethers, but

On October 10, 2010, I got married to Bryan Pepper (pictured left) in San Francisco. Nikki Chaikin ‘89 was able to make the trek out to help us celebrate our big day. Hope all my former classmates are doing well, and I’m looking forward to our next reunion!

Stephanie Kendall Jaggars: Hi, Class of 1989! I hope you are well. The Jaggars family is great. The twins, Reese and Kendall, turned six in November and absolutely love kindergarten. Wilson is 19 months and full of endless energy and laughs. He adores his sisters, and they all love to play together. We had a great fall, and we look forward to a great winter of skiing and playing in the snow with the kids and the doggies, Bridger and Pemi. I hope you all have wonderful 2011.

Catie Clarke Coolidge:

For the last few years we had no major things to report or update for the class notes. But this year we wanted to let everyone know that we have a beautiful, healthy daughter to add to our family. She was born June 21, 2010, weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. We named her Elizabeth Ann Coolidge after family, but call her Izzy most of the time. Our other two children, Emma (10) and Joshua (7), just adore her and are huge helpers. It was a little shocking going back to the baby stage after being out of it for several years. But we are all adjusting well and feel as if Izzy has always been part of the family. We have been fortunate to get great hand-me-downs from Stephanie Kendall Jaggars, which we so appreciate! Also, Dede Christensen Frothingham babysits Izzy for me on Thursdays while I am at work. So it is great we are able to see each other more often now. I recently was able to have lunch with Roz Akin. Unfortunately, her dad passed away this past spring, so she was in town to pack up his home. But it was great to see her. She continues to live in Brooklyn, NY, and works

at an art museum in NYC. I continue to work part time as a nurse practitioner and full time as a mom. Steve continues to work at Fidelity Investments in Merrimack, NH. Overall, we feel very blessed and have many things to be thankful for this year. Wishing everyone a good 2011.

1991 Eric Royal:

Was recently honored with induction into the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame (pictured right). Following a stunning hockey career at Spaulding High, Eric attended BA and played for Coach Charlie Holt. He led BA to a 17-3 season with 41 goals and 40 assists. Eric went on to play four seasons at UNH and later played four years in the East Coast Hockey League and one year in England. Today Eric coaches the Marshwood High School/Traip Academy co-op team. He and his wife and two daughters live in Berwick, ME.

Izzy, Emma, and Joshua Coolidge

1992 Wylie Herzberg:

Taking a leave from the golf profession (after 13 years) to pursue sales. Maybe head south for baseball profession (private pitching instructor). In constant touch with John Drake ’92, Matt Genest ’93 (Sanford, ME), and Jim Duston, reminiscing about our baseball championship! Hi to Class of ’92 – 20 years coming up!

1993 Jo-Ann Gates Beltre: Baby Javi arrived December 2, 2010, at 11:47 p.m. He was 7 pounds, 14 ounces, 19 inches, and joins his three-year-old sister, Marley (pictured left).

1995 Jason Fernald: My wife, Gwen, and I welcomed our daughter, Kaia Lizabeth, to the family in May 2010. Kaia joined her older sister, Chloe, at home in Portsmouth.

Mark Svenson:

Tammy and I are so blessed to welcome Piper Flynn Svenson (pictured right) to our family, born September 9, 2010. We are all doing wonderfully and excited to celebrate our ﬁrst Christmas together. We would like to say hello to all fellow Berwickians.

1998 An update on us 98’ers has been long overdue. Jon Rioux and Todd Goldenfarb are still the class representatives, so please contact them if you have any news, questions, or concerns (tjg1@hotmail.com) or (jonrioux@gmail.com). Also, you can ﬁnd them both on Facebook. We are also pleased to announce our new class page on Facebook (BAclassof1998@groups. facebook.com), so please look to connect there as well. Remember, no one is too cool for school!

have to change… so others can remain the same.” That is a great slogan! We don’t know exactly what he’s doing, but it sounds important.

Caitlan Eschevers is still living in Caracas, Venezuela, with her husband and beautiful children. She is Global Accounts Manager at Helms Briscoe in hospitality. According to Mike Bartner, she still comes up to Maine quite a bit in the summer. We have yet to acquire a full update on Chris Battis, (pictured left) but we know he caught a monster tuna this past summer with Peter Foster ‘02!

Alex Roberts is married, living in Boston, and loving it! She now goes by Alex Roberts Higgins. She received her MBA in ‘08 from UMass with a concentration in Sports Management and is currently working at Cymfony, a Kantar Media company specializing in Market Inﬂuence Analytics.

Alex Steigrad is living in New York City after graduating with her master’s in journalism from Northwestern and is currently working for Women’s Wear Daily. Also, like so many classmates of ours, Alex is a Daft Punk fan. On a side note, her Facebook page has the Friedrich Nietzsche quote “There are no facts, only interpretations,” which we think is remarkably applicable to Class Notes.

Chris

Gibson

is married and believed to be living in Connecticut, working on his MBA at UConn. He also likes that show How I Met Your Mother.

Liz Hurt is still living in Chicago and is engaged! We believe she works in marketing, but that has yet to be conﬁrmed. Liz Nesher is living in Palm Beach, FL, and got married

Alexis Grifﬁn got married to Chris Collins this past summer in Victor, ID, in a beautiful western-themed wedding! It was a gown-by-Vera and a boots-by-Stetson wedding, and according to attendees, it was a bootstompin’ good time. The happy couple lives in Utah, Idaho, or Wyoming.

Allison Dailey is living in Cambridge, MA, attending Harvard University’s School of Landscape Architecture. Her birthday is September 26th.

Anna Greenglass is now ofﬁcially Anna Greenglass Dixon! She got married this past summer in Maine and is currently living in Portland and working in interior design.

Brandon McKenna (B-MACK) is living in Hellerup, Denmark, and is married. For the past two years he has been working for Topso Fuel Cell (http://www. topsoefuelcell.com/), and their slogan is, “Some things

this past year to Kenneth “Ken” Elliot. She works as a Web Developer for HedgeCo Networks, and “boo-yah,” she voted this past November. Which reminds me, fellow 98’ers, please get out and vote! This past election cycle we had one of the highest voter participation of any alumni class save the Class of ‘95 (of course), but until that last vote is cast, we can always do better. Below is a photo of Liz with 2010 Cy Young Award Winner Roy Halladay in Palm Beach, taken during spring training.

Emily Paul

is living in New York City working as an attorney in the Criminal Defense division of New York’s Legal Aid

Society. She still loves running and reading.

slowmoney.org). Mike and Jon Rioux got together this past August at a Red Sox game.

Gwen is ofﬁcially Gwen Garban and is living in Boston and working as an RN in a VA Boston Healthcare System.

Jessica Miner Remacle is living in Lee, NH, and has a son named Noah. She also recently got her master’s in Social Work from UNH.

Molly Rowland is living in Chicago and likes horror movies, but unfortunately that’s all the information we have currently garnered.

Patrick “PB” Boyle Jon Rioux

is living in Maine and working in real

estate.

Katie Phillips

is now ofﬁcially Kate Colby and is living in Portland, ME, working for the Department of Health in the Maine CDC. She also recently celebrated her birthday (December 9).

got married this past summer and is living in New York, attending the MBA program at Baruch College. Pat and his wife, Jaiﬁ are pictured right.

Piera Gelardi is living Kate Jackson is married and living in Cambridge, MA. We had the pleasure of meeting her ﬁancé at the time at our ten-year class reunion. She is working at Harvard University on her post-doc and recently visited the Biltmore Mansion in Asheville, NC, where it looks as if she had glorious weather.

in New York and is still “workin’ it” at Reﬁnery 29 (www.reﬁnery29.com).

Rebecca Olney-Starratt is living in North Vassalboro, ME, working for TPNA in pharmaceutical sales.

Katie Jurevic now lives in Stamford, CT, after recently graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles (Yes, that is where the girls from The Hills went), where she majored in Apparel Manufacturing Management. Based on our intel, we believe Maria Pettersson to be in Stockholm. We are certain, however, that she still likes to run and listen to Buddha Bar. Further updates will hopefully arrive by the time the next BA Today goes to print.

Megan Bristow is now ofﬁcially Megan Patten after marrying Brett Patten ‘00 this past summer. The happy couple currently lives in Kittery Point, ME.

Mike “Michael” Bartner (pictured right) married Evangeline Thibodeau in a beautiful seaside ceremony this past Labor Day weekend. They live in Boston where Mike/Michael is the Associate Director for Slow Money. Their slogan is “Investment Strategies Appropriate to the Realities of the 21st Century” (www.

Tom Keller October 26th. movies.

is living in Boston, and his birthday is Strange Brew remains one of his favorite

Tiffany Arel is recently engaged, living in Kennebunk, ME, and we believe she works at a bank. As well, Tiffany remains active in politics supporting Jimmy McMillan’s run for New York Governor this past fall (http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0).

Todd Goldenfarb

is living in Miami Beach and

working in real estate. After a long stint in F-L-A, Whitney Silberblatt is back in the Seacoast area and, according to our contacts, is living and working in Dover.

Rob Brady is back east after extended tours in Colorado and Hawaii. Although no longer a competitive extreme skier, Rob still enjoys the outdoors with reckless abandon. He has spent the past fall traveling throughout the islands of Micronesia in a

Dhow boat and says that, although he misses the life as a mariner of South Pacific, he is overjoyed to be back on terra firma in Seacoast NH. Right is a picture of Rob with Chris Battis, Rob Wilich ’02, and Peter Foster ’02 cheers-ing their victory at the Annual Muddy River Tea and Trivia Challenge this past year. That is all the news that’s fit to print to this point, fellow 98’ers. Please join our Facebook page and stay in touch!

2000 Hello, Class of 2000! Patrick Muth, Chuck Clement, Tim Armenta, Kyle Ridgway, and Emily Taylor missed you all at the ten-year reunion last month. We had fun catching up and enjoying a fall afternoon and evening on campus. A few updates from classmates who couldn’t make it:

Devon Rodonets:

After spending the last year in Aspen, CO, I’ve recently relocated to Washington, DC, for a position in Public Affairs and Communications at the Aspen Institute.

Matt Gould: I am currently employed by the Institute for Wildlife Studies and contracted by the U.S. Navy to study the sage sparrow population out on San Clemente Island. This is my second year working out on the island and living in San Diego. While it has been fun and interesting work, I am deﬁnitely anxious to get back to the East coast for a while. I’ll be heading back to North Carolina for a little while, where my parents moved in October, and then I’ll be heading back to Ecuador for the second year in a row to assist a friend of mine with his bird research up in the Andes. I wish I could be home for the reunion to catch up with folks in person. My best to everyone at BA, and hopefully I’ll get back soon to visit.

Marina Donovan:

wonderful wife, Tara Connell (now Hicks!). We have been married for the past four years, and we owned a sporting goods company that distributed rowing and cycling apparel for the Scandinavian market. Tara is South African, and we have been traveling back and forth there quite often. Our hope is to move there in five years or so with a nest egg that we are saving up. After the global recession, (and frankly the cold climate!) we figured that it would be better to work for the company directly; so we have sold our business there and have moved to Huntington Beach, CA, to work in the head office of the design company for which we were the reps. I am glad to be back in America and speaking English again, and Tara is really excited about all of the new possibilities in the States. I’d love to hear what other people are up to in the class. My new address is: 6551 Warner Ave. Apt. 93, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. My email address is hicks.jordan@gmail.com. Check out our company: www. JLRacing.com.

Sarah Miner: My children are now four and a half and ﬁve and a half (Cade and Camden). I am still the co-director of a local early learning center. Actually Lara Davis’s (now Lara Vanasco) son attends my school, so it is fun to get to see her often as well!

I’m employed now as the civic engagement analyst as well as a team leader for an educational non-proﬁt called Citizen Schools.

M a r i s a MacNaughton Meloski: Is the director of styling and sales manager at Second Time Around and also a stylist with Stilista Boston. She is living with her husband, Mike, in Brookline, MA.

Jordan Hicks: I have just moved back to America from Helsinki, Finland, where I have been living for the past four years with my Members of the Class of 2000 with former faculty member Lynne Gass at this year’s reunion.

Jessie Davie:

Is living in Arusha, Tanzania, Africa and working for Tanzania Natural Resource Forum as a Communications Advisor.

Andi Roberts: Was married to Tim Boorman in June in Kennebunk, ME. They are living in Dover, NH.

Chuck Clement:

Recently became engaged to

girlfriend Enid Patten.

2009

Tim Armenta: Was married at the end of September.

Ryan McCann:

Patrick Muth: Is working as a paralegal in Washington, DC.

Kyle Ridgway:

Continues to teach Spanish in the Upper School at Berwick and also recently completed a summer program at Columbia University’s Klingenstein Center for teachers.

Emily Taylor: I am working as the program director at Nantucket Community Sailing. Hope to see many of you in the Northeast around the holidays!

2001 Heather MacDowell Fleming:

Hi all! I live in California with my husband, Mark, and our two daughters, Sophie and Nova (family pictured right). We adopted our ﬁrst daughter, Sophie, who is seven years old and in the second grade. Just this past year, I gave birth to Nova, who is now 11 months old! I am currently taking time off to raise the two little ones but will eventually get back into the marketing world.

2003 Lindsey Johnson:

I currently live in Washington, DC, and work for the Department of Homeland Security. I am also pursuing a masters degree from Johns Hopkins University. I hope my classmates are well, and if you’re in the DC area, be in touch!

2005 Emma Bobst:

Here is a quick update on my life after BA. I graduated from UConn in 2009 and joined Stanley Black & Decker in Connecticut as a member of their leadership program. So far, I have worked with

the accounting department and pricing group within the company. Outside of work I enjoy staying active, giving back to the community, and catching up with friends. I always look forward to running into a lot of BA classmates and teachers over the holiday season. I hope everyone is doing well, and please feel free to reach out to me on Facebook or LinkedIn.

Received the 2010 Student Ethics Scholarship Award from Better Business Bureau of NH. Judges selected Ryan as one of four state ﬁnalists in response to his written position statement regarding ethics in business. He was selected based on his academic achievements, school activities, community service, and work experience. Ryan continues his leadership at Trinity College (Hartford, CT) as freshman class president. A student-athlete, he is a member of the varsity swim team participating in the New England Small College Conference in backstroke, ﬂy, and freestyle sprint events. Earlier this month the team participated in the Hour of Power Relay event to support cancer research. Ryan has been a member of Dover’s Seacoast Swimming Association for six years.

In Memoriam Former Trustee Paul R. Beswick (2003-2009) July 15, 2010

Class of 1936 Ethel M. Boston Johnson Irving October 2, 2010

Former Staff Richard (Dick) Wilson (Business Ofﬁce~2005-2010) August 25. 2010

Class of 1941 Anita Norman Buckley September 5, 2010

Class of 1931 Anna May Flynn Smith December 2010 Class of 1932 Bernadette Roberge Garvin August 1, 2010

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Class of 1945 Gloria A. Flynn Roberge October 12, 2010 Class of 1947 Edwin Q. Morgridge September 27, 2010 Class of 1962 Tyler B. Brown July 17, 2010

Class of 1934 Carey Horr Raitt October 16, 2010

Attention, Boarding Era Alumni! We are talking about moving the 2011 Boarding Era Reunion from June to September, to coincide with Alumni Weekend. This will give alumni a chance to take advantage of all that Alumni Weekend has to offer, including interacting with today’s students, cheering on our student athletes at games, and networking with alums from other eras.

www.facebook.com/berwickacademy Find school news, alumni event information, photos, and more! Become a fan and stay connected. Alums, be sure to join the BA Alumni Group as well!

If you would like to be a part of this conversation and help to plan the 2011 Reunion, please contact Kathryn Strand at 207-384-6307 or kstrand@berwickacademy.org.

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Alumni Weekend 2011 2011 Alumni Weekend will take place September 23-25 and offer numerous activities for alums and their families. Classes ending in “1” and “6” will celebrate reunions, but everyone is welcome. Join the Alumni Weekend Committee to help plan the event. Contact Kathryn Strand in the Alumni Ofﬁce at 207-384-6307 or kstrand@berwickacademy.org.

www.linkedin.com Get connected! Join BA’s LinkedIn group and beneﬁt from our online professional network of alumni, current and past parents, faculty, and staff. Go to LinkedIn.com and search for Berwick Academy under Groups to get started.

For questions or suggestions contact: Tracey Kelly tkelly@berwickacademy.org

Planned Giving A Bequest to Foster Creativity Nancy Fort is remembered by many as a bright and creative woman with a compassionate and free spirit. Nancy drew on her background as an elementary school teacher as she continually encouraged her four children to participate in the arts, whether it was at-home crafts, summer arts camps at Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH, or weekly ceramics classes in Exeter, NH. All of Nancy’s children attended Berwick Academy: Jeff ’87, Ali Maglieri ’89, Tucker ’93, and Elizabeth ’02, where they happily engaged in the arts program. The energy spent by BA and Nancy fostering the children’s creativity was well spent. Ali went on to minor in art in college, and Tucker received his master’s degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute in New York and currently works as an industrial designer in Manhattan. Following her death in July 2009, Nancy’s trust ensured that her creative spirit would live on for generations of Berwick students. Her bequest to the Academy funded a state-of-the-art music technology lab. Course work designed for this lab reaches traditional as well as non-traditional music students. Knowing how to play an instrument or how to read music is not a prerequisite. All that is required, according to music teacher Stephanie Sanders, is “that creative spark.” Students will use their own laptops along with portable peripheral devices, such as 25-key piano controllers, wave drums, synthesizers, and ampliﬁers. The

The Fort children (from left to right): Ali, Jeff, Elizabeth (on Jeff’s shoulders), and Tucker.

Philanthropist Nancy Fort music can be downloaded to the laptop and manipulated or “composed” with computer software and then combined with digital images and video. Essentially, the lab enables students to have a recording studio on their computers. The course work is done independently, with each student experiencing music production ﬁrst-hand. Students proceed at their own pace with a goal to develop soundtracks just as an English composition student would create an essay. “There is no limitation on what the students can compose,” said Ms. Sanders. No limitation—a ﬁtting tribute to a woman whose creative spirit knew no limits.

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Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as

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Jordan Sanford ‘11 works with music teacher Stephanie Sanders in the music lab.

Anthony Chartrand ‘13 composes an original musical piece using his guitar and additional sounds from the piano controller.

Chadborne-Thompson Society Members Bradley Damon ‘63 Marie A. Donahue ‘37 Aurora Dube ‘25 Preston N. Eames ‘65 C. Dennis Fink ‘44 Nancy Fort Adolph Geyer ‘31 Russell Grant ‘45 and Marty Grant Doris Dixon Grifﬁth ‘39 Seth A. Hurd ‘90 Alberta Morrill Johnson ‘28

Kennett and Patricia Kendall Mary Jacobs Kennedy 1908 Perley D. Monroe ‘48 Olive Purington Moulton ‘22 Victor Perreault ‘33 and Helen Hasty Perreault Richard and Susan Ridgway Anna May Flynn Smith ‘31 William R. Spaulding Owen Stevens ‘48 and Margaret Stevens Ella Estelle Geyer Stonebraker ‘29 Roger Thompson ‘25 and Theresa Thompson

Berwick Academy’s 2010-2011 Planned Giving Committee is creating and implementing strategies to inform alumni, parents, and friends of Berwick Academy about the beneﬁts of planned giving. Committee members include the following: Sean Clarke ‘88, Chair, Dennis Fink ‘44, Skip Kendall, P ‘89, Owen Stevens ‘48, Kathryn Williams, P 2009, Eric Robb, P 2010 Sam Reid, P 2012, 2016 If you would like more information about becoming a member of the Chadbourne-Thompson Society, please contact Kathryn Strand at 207.384.6307 or kstrand@berwickacademy.org.

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Alumni Association Reaching Out

Alumni Regional Gatherings

BA is always looking for new ways to give our alumni a better experience and a deeper connection to the Academy. Toward that end, we have improved on some alumni activities and created several new ones. Contact Kathryn Strand in the Alumni Ofﬁce for more information.

Alumni Regional Gatherings make it easy for alumni and other friends of the Academy to get together. This year BA is planning some new, exciting events in various locations throughout the Northeast. We will be in touch via mail, email, Facebook, and BA’s website with more information as we ﬁrm up our plans.

- Ambassador Program connects established, professional alumni with college juniors and seniors who are exploring various career paths. - Classroom Speaker Series enables alums to share unique experiences with the current BA student community. - BA Volunteer Opportunities, through the strong, vibrant Alumni Council and its committees, helps guide and strengthen the alumni program.

Alumni Hockey Games December 23, 2010 Dover Ice Arena