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FEATURES 7. Campus Construction Update 14. Meet the Head Master, Mr. Andrew Holmgren 18. A Tribute to Vicki Strand 19. Adventures in Shakespeare’s Italy 23. Young Alumni Give Back 24. Saying “So Long” to Dr. Martire ’83 27. Bitter Sweet: Parents Reflect Upon Their Time at Calvert School
DEPARTMENTS 4. Words from the Head Master 6. Message from the Chairman 8. Calvert Welcomes New Trustees, Faculty, and Staff 10. Faculty and Staff Awards 11. Graduation 2013 46. Memory Lane 48. Class Notes 57. In Memoriam 66. Calvert Leader Board
ON THE COVER Head Master Andrew Holmgren
EXTRAS 28. Voices from the Class of 2013 32. Parents’ Association 36. Cash Cab: Calvert Edition 38. Alumni Association 44. Supporting Calvert School
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words from the Head Master I would like to thank the entire Calvert community for the kindness that has been shown to me and my family as we settle into our life in Baltimore. In my attempt to know and understand Calvert, I have met with alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and students. Much to the credit of the school, these different constituencies have all painted a similar picture of Calvert; and though I still have much left to discover, I have learned a great deal about my new home. I have learned that ours is a school built on tradition, committed to academic excellence, and dedicated to providing the best elementary and middle school education possible. It is an education grounded in the fundamentals, from arithmetic and basic reading and writing skills in our early years, to the organizational skills and critical thinking that become so important during the middle school years and beyond. We know that a foundation laid at Calvert based on mastery and academic curiosity will produce independent learners and a lifetime of purposeful leadership. I have learned that Calvert is a school that values relationships and prides itself on knowing each and every boy and girl as an individual. These relationships are the cornerstone of any good independent school, and help to create a classroom environment that is both nurturing and challenging. They are relationships that allow faculty and parents to show students that knowing is only the beginning of an education, and that knowledge devoid of compassion and humility is often empty and without purpose. When I meet our boys and girls and hear of their accomplishments within and beyond our walls, it becomes clear to me that Calvert students learn these lessons well.
Finally, I have learned about the strength of the Calvert community. Not simply from the kindness that they have shown to me and my family, but from the tremendous support that the community has given to the school as we continue to provide our students with the facilities and program that they deserve. Much has been accomplished this past year, from the new Middle School Assembly Hall, where students will continue Calvert’s long tradition of public speaking, to the new Hopkins Wing, where generations of Calvert’s youngest boys and girls will have a beautiful and spacious new place to grow and learn. In addition, our continuing Capital Campaign will enrich the endowment and help further our commitment to providing our students with the best faculty possible. None of these enhancements would be possible without your greatly appreciated and continued support. I have often witnessed in my life that there is nothing more powerful and noble than a community dedicated to the education and betterment of young boys and girls. Calvert stands as example of that power and nobility, and I am honored to be a part of it. Very truly yours,
EDITOR/DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Stephanie L. Coldren EDITORIAL STAFF
Elisa D. Chelius Assistant Director of Development Kerry S. Johnston Director of Development Grace E. Rochfort Communications Coordinator Andrew W. Rutledge Development Database Manager Carly M. Slagel Director of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving CONTRIBUTORS
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Andrew B. Holmgren HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL
Edward M. Trusty, Ed.D. HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
F. Matthew Buck ’87 ACADEMIC DEAN
Pamela A. Ossmus DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION & ENROLLMENT SERVICES
Nicole H. Webster DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Kerry S. Johnston DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS
Joseph P. McGraw DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Denise D. Fiorucci
Andrew Holmgren Head Master, Calvert School
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Craig L. Luntz
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2013-2014 2010-2011
message from the Chairman
Carville B. Collins ’73, Chairman James William B. Stradtner, S. Harrison, Vice-Chairman Treasurer William Janet E.S.McHugh, Harrison,Secretary Treasurer Mark A. Dewire, Secretary Gina Z. Adams David GinaW. Z. Allan Adams’57 Curtis David H.W. Campbell Allan ’57’83 Heidi H. Ward Kenny-Berman Classen ’71 Curtis FredH. C.Campbell C. Crozier’83 H.Mark WardA.Classen Dewire’71
I am pleased to report a second consecutive year of meaningful progress in implementing the School’s Strategic Plan, a plan for advancing excellence at Calvert School. Excitement abounds throughout our campus as the centerpiece of our Strategic Plan, Phase I of a master campus plan, reaches completion this month with the opening of our new Lower School Wing, on the heels of the opening of our new Middle School Assembly Hall last spring. We anticipate that these new facilities will create important advantages and opportunities for our students and faculty, now and for many years to come. The Lower School addition, to be named the Hopkins Wing, in honor of retired Lower School teacher, Nancy Hopkins, is the new, state-of-the-art home for our Fifth and Sixth Agers. Not just our youngest two classes of students will benefit, as the Hopkins Wing will open up new spaces for the entire Lower School and for the creation of an ideallylocated new home for the School’s Office of Admission. While engaged in extensive construction activity for the Hopkins Wing this past summer, we concluded that it was also prudent to add, for the first time in the entire Lower School, central air conditioning. The forward progress of the School is also apparent from our announcement, in April of 2013, of the Building on Strength Campaign. Only the third capital campaign in the history of Calvert School, the Building on Strength Campaign has concluded its silent phase and progressed into its public phase with an announced fundraising goal of $20 million. While the Campaign is supported by an exceptional group of volunteers and leaders and has made substantial progress to date, support during the 2013-2014 school year remains crucial to its overall success. The purpose of the Campaign is to fund the Strategic Plan.
While many of us were dedicated to launching the School’s capital campaign, many others were devoted to reaching a milestone for Calvert in 20122013. For the first time in Calvert’s 116-year history, and led by another extraordinary group of volunteers and leaders, the Annual Fund raised $1 million. The Calvert Board of Trustees joins me in thanking all those who have helped make our Annual Fund and our Building on Strength endeavors profoundly successful this past year. The implementation and funding of our Strategic Plan will again be our priority in 2013-2014, as we must continue to stay the course to realize our ambitious goals. However, an equally important focus for the new school year will be our welcoming of Calvert’s seventh Head Master, Andrew Holmgren. Andrew comes to us from the Collegiate School in New York City, where he was head of the Middle School for the past five years, and before that, served as a teacher, coach, advisor, academic dean, and admissions director at the Fairfield Country Day School in Connecticut. Andrew brings a wealth of experience in teaching and administration from these two independent schools that share Calvert’s timehonored values. I ask everyone in the Calvert community to welcome and work with Andrew to help ensure a smooth transition and another successful school year.
Very truly yours,
Carville B. Collins ’73 Chairman, Calvert School
Franklin Fred C.W. C.Foster Crozier’70 Joseph FelixC. J. Dawson Haberman Wesley Edward N. G. Finnerty Hart III’83 FFranklin . Barton Harvey W. Foster III ’70 ’61 Priscilla Alex FS.. Gibson Hoblitzell ’90 ’73 Joseph David C.S.Haberman Knipp F. Barton Lee H.Harvey Riley III III ’61 David Amy S. T. Knipp Seto Kevin JamesA. B.McCreadie Stradtner Matthew LeeW. H.Wyskiel Riley IIIIII ’81 Amy T. Seto Matthew W. Wyskiel III ’81 TRUSTEE EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO Andrew D. Martire ’83, Ed.D. Andrew Jean B. C.Holmgren Halle
TRUSTEE EMERITI Timothy L. Krongard ’76 John A. Luetkemeyer, Jr. ’53 Robert J. Mathias E. Robert Kent, Jr. Decatur H. Miller ’44
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n April 18, 2013, Capital Campaign Co-Chairs Sana Naylor Brooks ’79 and Bart Harvey ’61 publically launched Building on Strength The Campaign for Calvert School. For the past two years, Sana & Bart have quietly led a group of over 50 volunteers in an effort to raise $20 million for Calvert School. As of July 2013, gifts and pledges to the Building on Strength Campaign total $14,794,744. Only the third capital campaign in Calvert School’s history, the Building on Strength Campaign is the result of the Board of Trustees’ 2010 Strategic Plan, which outlined the School’s key priorities for the next decade. In order to make these priorities a reality, additional resources were needed. Funds raised from the Building on Strength Campaign will be used to bolster faculty excellence, make Calvert more accessible to a more diverse group of families, and expand the facilities to keep up with the demands of the 21st century. In support of the School’s ambitious goals, the W. P. Carey Foundation, under the leadership of Carey Family members Frank Carey ’38, Wendy Bond, and Tim Burdette ’82, stepped forward and offered Calvert a gift to help reach its $20 million goal. The W. P. Carey Foundation awarded Calvert a $3.5 million Challenge Grant to spur on additional support for the Campaign. The Carey Family gift will match all new gifts made to Calvert School, dollar for dollar, up to $3.5 million. The results of the Calvert community’s exceptional generosity are already being seen and felt around campus. Completed in April, the Middle School Assembly Hall was immediately put to use by Middle School students and teachers. The new Hopkins Wing, named in honor of retired Calvert teacher Nancy Hopkins, opened on the first day of school and is the new home of the Fifth and Sixth Age classrooms. Additionally, The Clapp Fellowship, a one-year teaching internship position, was created as a result of the generosity of Harvey Clapp ’51 and his family. The Clapp Fellowship provides prospective teachers the opportunity to learn the “Calvert Way” prior to starting their teaching careers.
To learn more about the Building on Strength Campaign and how you can participate, please visit www.calvertschoolmd.org and click on the Building on Strength icon.
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new trustees, faculty & staff
introducing... New Trustees
Heidi Kenny-Berman Heidi Kenny-Berman has been an active parent since her children started at Calvert three years ago. She received her B.A. in International Studies from American University and J.D. from the University of Baltimore in 2001. She currently owns her own law firm and volunteers for a number of organizations in the area. Heidi also co-chaired the Leadership Gifts Committee for the Building on Strength Capital Campaign at Calvert. In addition to serving as a Trustee this year, Heidi will also be co-chairing the annual CSPA Corks for Calvert event. Heidi and her husband, Steve, live in New Freedom, Pennsylvania and have two children at Calvert, Benjamin ’20 and Ava ’22.
Alex Gibson ’90 Alex Gibson is a 1990 graduate of Calvert School. Following Calvert, Alex attended Loyola Blakefield and Bucknell University, graduating in 2000 with a degree in engineering. After college, he spent 10 years in technical and engineering services before co-founding GS Consulting, a consulting company that provides technical services to the Federal Government. Alex currently serves on Calvert’s Academic and Program Excellence Committee which focuses on the school’s academic and extracurricular activities. Alex lives in Ruxton with his wife, Caitlin, and their three boys, Owen ’22, Wes, and Jake.
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New Faces In The Halls We are pleased to welcome new faculty and staff to the Calvert community. This talented group enhances our exceptional team.
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Andrew Holmgren joins Calvert as Head Master. Serving most recently as Middle School Head at Collegiate School, Mr. Holmgren received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.A. from Fordham University. Read more about Mr. Holmgren on page 14.
John Babcock joins Calvert as the Middle School Music Teacher. Mr. Babcock comes from the United States Naval Academy Band where he was the trumpet and brass section leader. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Master of Music, both from Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
Nicole Jones joins the Lower School as the Art Teacher. Previously, Ms. Jones was the Art Teacher for Pre-K through eighth grade at Abrakadoodle. She earned her B.S. in Art Education from Towson University.
Nathaniel Barnes joins Calvert as a Lower School Small Groups Teacher. Mr. Barnes was most recently a first grade teacher at Church Lane Elementary School. He holds a B.S. in Elementary Education and an M.S. in Literacy Education from Medaille College in Buffalo, NY.
Rick Norton joins the Middle School as a Latin Teacher. Most recently, Mr. Norton was a Latin and Geography teacher, intramurals coach, and club advisor at Gilman School. He earned his B.A. from the University of Virginia.
Wendy Faraone joins the Lower School as a Fifth Age Teacher. Previously, Mrs. Faraone was a longterm substitute at Gilman School. She earned her B.S. in Early Childhood Education from James Madison University and an M.A. in Leadership in Teaching from Notre Dame of Maryland University.
April Slavin joins Calvert as a Fifth Age Teacher. Miss Slavin comes from the Bryn Mawr Little School where she was a Preschool/Toddler Teacher. She earned her B.A. in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University and an M.Ed. from Towson University.
Ann Gibson joined Calvert in November as the Middle School Administrative Assistant. Before starting at Calvert, Mrs. Gibson was the office manager at Hallaton, Inc. She holds a B.A. from Indiana University.
Jason Till joins the Lower School as the Ann and Harvey Clapp III ’51 Fellow. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Villanova University. Mr. Till recently received his M.Ed. from DePaul University.
Lindsay Goodman is a familiar face to Calvert; she was a long-term substitute last year and will now be a Sixth Age Teacher. Mrs. Goodman attended Towson University where she earned a B.S. in Elementary Education.
Timika Tyson joins the Lower School as a Small Groups Teacher. Ms. Tyson previously worked at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School where she was a Kindergarten teacher. She earned her B.S. in Secondary Education from Millersville University and an M.Ed. from Kutztown University.
Liz Hazen joins the Middle School faculty as an English Teacher. A published poet, Ms. Hazen comes from Maryvale Preparatory School where she was an English teacher and moderated multiple clubs. She holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University.
Brian Vaught joins the Middle School as a Physical Education Teacher. Previously, Mr. Vaught was the middle school health and P.E. teacher, athletic trainer, and a coach at St. Paul’s School. He earned a B.S. from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. in Athletic Training from West Virginia University.
Eric Heng is another familiar face at Calvert. Mr. Heng joined us in 2012 as an accounting intern and will now serve as the Human Resources and Finance Assistant. He recently graduated from Towson University with a B.S. in Accounting and Management.
Eboni Zook joins Calvert as a Fifth Age Teacher. Most recently, Mrs. Zook was a third grade teaching fellow at Friends School of Baltimore. She holds a B.A. from University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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New Positions Assumed Erin (Lacy) Hollander Sixth Age Teacher Jennifer Reinhardt Small Groups Teacher Alison Waters Eighth Age Teacher
Faculty & Staff Awards The Deborah Dorsey Albert ’44 Award Tenth Age Homeroom Teacher, Margaret A. Szczerbicki, was the recipient of The Deborah Dorsey Albert ’44 Award. Established in 1995, this award is given annually to the faculty member who has “made an outstanding contribution to the life and mission of Calvert School.” Generally, the selection process gives particular consideration to those faculty members who have provided long-term service to Calvert. Peggy is caring, and collaborative. She is always upbeat, smiling, and full of warmth. Through her oversight of our new teacher mentoring program, she ensures that the Calvert Way is perpetuated. She is a mentor, a team leader, and an outstanding teacher and is one of only two teachers to win both the Apgar and the Albert Awards.
The Apgar Award for Excellence in Instruction Fifth Grade Teacher, Katherine C. Liotta ’79, was recognized as The Apgar Award for Excellence in Instruction recipient. This award is given annually to a faculty member who “has demonstrated the ability to motivate students’ interest, curiosity, and love of learning and the willingness to propose and apply new teaching concepts of methods that expand students’ horizons and potential.” Kathy is a team-leader and a mentor. She serves on many committees, co-leads our Student Government, and in the classroom, she combines the right touch of tradition and innovation, rigor and warmth, and pencil and paper and laptops. Kathy is an excellent teacher, a strong communicator, and a great colleague.
The Matthew ’06 and Abigail ’10 Young Memorial Award Eighth Age Boys Homeroom Teacher, Patrick J. “Shep” Shepherd, was awarded The Matthew ’06 and Abigail ’10 Young Memorial Award. Established in 2008, the award is given to that member of the faculty or staff who “contributes significantly to many areas of School life, displays care and concern for all members of the Calvert community, and possesses the intangible spirit that made Matt and Abby so special.” Shep has been focused on the Calvert community for over 20 years, in both public ways and behind the scenes. Through Family Fun Nights, offering free hockey skates, organizing camping trips, teaching mythology to the whole grade, dressing up in costumes to make learning come alive for his students, leading the faculty and staff in pre-Track and Field Day games, and most recently, spearheading a Red Cross Blood Drive, Shep is truly full of the spirit that made Matt and Abby so special.
The Class of 2006 Staff Award Assistant Director of Development, Elisa D. Chelius, was presented with The Class of 2006 Staff Award, which was established in 2005 and is given annually to the staff member who has provided exemplary service to Calvert School. Elisa is highly professional, organized, skilled at her craft, and team-oriented. Her efficient and effective behind the scenes work with volunteers and donors has been a key driver behind our record-breaking Capital Campaign.
Service Award Recipients
25 Years
20 Years
10 Years
Mary Alice Lears
Denise Dryden Fiorucci
Julie M. Finnegan Brian J. Mascuch Anne C. McGraw Kimberly K. Miles Sandra E. Sachar
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graduation
graduation class of 2013
Class of 2013 High School Choices Alexander R. Anderson McDonogh School
Joseph I. Crawford V Friends School of Baltimore
Rhane D. Jones St. Paul’s School
Timothy J. McGraw Loyola Blakefield
Spencer G. Shattuck McDonogh School
Georgia P. Barnes McDonogh School
Maeve A. Curran Bryn Mawr School
Juliette L. R. Knapp Roland Park Country School
Madison J. Moore The Park School
Zachary G. Sydow The Park School
Elena L. Benassi Notre Dame Preparatory School
Hunter L. Davis Friends School of Baltimore
Alexander B. Krongard Woodberry Forest School
Zinna R. I. Moore St. Timothy’s School
John T. Taylor St. Paul’s School
Jackson D. Davis Friends School of Baltimore
William D. Lacovara McDonogh School
Brian R. Nelson Gilman School
Madeline P. Unger Bryn Mawr School
Rhett J. Dawson Friends School of Baltimore
Bethany E. Lally McDonogh School
Maria A. Ostendorf Bryn Mawr School
Nathan S. Vandiver Friends School of Baltimore
Emma P. Donahue McDonogh School
Olivia E. Liang Bryn Mawr School
Walker G. Phillips McDonogh School
Nicholas S. Vincent Gilman School
Augusta P. Campbell Garrison Forest School
Margaret K. Giblin Friends School of Baltimore
Isabella M. Litrenta Roland Park Country School
Eve M. Plank Baltimore School for the Arts
Isabelle N. Webster McDonogh School
Cameron A. Corse Bryn Mawr School
James C. Hebert Gilman School
William T. Little IV McDonogh School
Haley E. T. Reitz Bryn Mawr School
Cole B. Zaharris St. Paul’s School for Girls
Caroline L. Cortezi Bryn Mawr School
Jeffers A. Insley McDonogh School
Paige M. McDonald The Park School
Abel Sapirstein The Park School
Emilie A. D. Berman Bryn Mawr School Margaret J. Brody Roland Park Country School
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Eighth Grade Honors & Awards Reflection Speech Walker G. Phillips
The George A. Whiting Athletic Trophy for Girls Bethany E. Lally
The Hillyer Award Olivia E. Liang
The Girls’ Sportsmanship Award Paige M. McDonald & Madison J. Moore
The George A. Whiting Athletic Trophy for Boys William T. Little IV
Citizenship Award Alexander R. Anderson & Augusta P. Campbell
The Jay France ’37 Sportsmanship Award Spencer G. Shattuck
The Bolton Arts Award Eve M. Plank
The Banner Award Isabelle N. Webster
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Castalia Presentations 2013
The Isaac H. Dixon Award for Girls Emma P. Donahue The Edward W. Brown Academic Award for Boys Jackson D. Davis
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Reid Anderson.......The Evolution of Rock Climbing Georgia Barnes......The Radio City Rockettes Elena Benassi.........Dr. Seuss: A Man with Imagination Emilie Berman.......Collages Meg Brody.............The History and Impact of the Nail Polish Industry Price Campbell......Seeing-Eye Dogs Cameron Corse.....The Implications of Title IX on Women’s Sports Carly Cortezi.........Castalia House Jay Crawford.........Computer Construction Maeve Curran........Roller Coasters Hunter Davis.........Sleep Deprivation Jackson Davis........And the Oscar goes to… (The History of The Academy Awards) Rhett Dawson........FIFA Emma Donahue....Scandals and Conspiracies of Ancient Egypt Maggie Giblin........The Evolution of Pinball Clayton Hebert......The Greatest Man Hunt in History and Seal Team 6 Jeffers Insley..........Nuclear Energy and Disasters Rhane Jones...........Lehman Brothers: Too Big to Fail Juliette Knapp.......Sleep Walking—Fact or Fiction? Alex Krongard.......Motorcycle Design Dexter Lacovara.....The History of the National Hockey League Bethany Lally.........Interior Design & Trends Olivia Liang...........Marie Antoinette: Life of a Teenage Queen Bella Litrenta.........Elements of Photography William Little........Bakery Businesses’ Success and Failures Paige McDonald....Vogue: Fashion Forward Tim McGraw.........The Evolution of Nintendo Madison Moore.....The Evolution of Dolphins Zinna Moore..........Psychological Effects of Trauma Brian Nelson.........Watch Hill Yacht Club and Watch Hill 15 Maria Ostendorf....The Evolution of Roller Skating/Blading Walker Phillips......Lady Gaga: Performer, Fashion Icon, and Philanthropist Eve Plank..............A La Food Trucks Haley Reitz............Psychological Theories and Insight into Dreams Abel Sapirstein......Canadian Birchbark Canoes Spencer Shattuck...The Art of Watch Design Zach Sydow...........Electronic Music Production Jack Taylor............Jiu Jitsu Maddy Unger........The Evolution of Scuba Diving Nate Vandiver........The Danger and Excitement of War Corresponding Cole Vincent..........Effects of Concussions in Football Players Isabelle Webster....Foodscapes: An Edible Art Cole Zaharris.........The History of Sign Language and Culture of the Deaf 13
Holmgren’s first job as Head Master is at prestigious Calvert School Reprinted with Permission from the Baltimore Sun, July 24, 2013 | By Larry Perl
Former football player hits the ground running after meeting the movers
A moving truck was parked outside the Head Master’s house as Andrew Holmgren started his new job as leader of the prestigious Calvert School on July 16. “I’m a firm believer in doing things when you’re ready,” said Holmgren, 40, who is a Head Master for the first time in his career. “I’d be foolish if I wasn’t a little nervous.” Formerly head of the middle school at the Collegiate School in New York, Holmgren becomes the seventh Head Master of the 116-year-old Calvert School in TuscanyCanterbury. He succeeds Andrew Martire, a 1983 Calvert School graduate, who was Head Master for nine years and left to become Head of School at the Kinkaid School in Houston. Holmgren was chosen unanimously from several hundred applicants and three finalists in February after a national search, according to the board of trustees. “As a result of this process, Mr. Holmgren emerged as the clear choice for Calvert’s future,” Carville B. Collins ’73, Chairman, Calvert School Board of Trustees, wrote in a February 7 letter to the Calvert School community. Originally from Brockton, Massachusetts, Holmgren graduated from the Roxbury Latin School, in Boston, where he played
football and baseball and was captain of the Foxes football team. He coached football, among other sports, at the Collegiate School and Fairfield Country Day School in Connecticut, where he was dean of academic affairs and director of admissions. He previously taught Latin at Fairfield. Holmgren graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in medieval studies and earned a Masters of Arts degree from Fordham University. Unlike his predecessor, Holmgren has no personal connection to Calvert School or to Baltimore. Before he got his new job, he had never been to Baltimore other than passing through on his way to Washington for field trips with students from previous schools where he worked. But he said he knew of Calvert School by reputation and that very few pre-kindergarten through eighth grade schools are nationally known. “Calvert School is one of them,” he said. Calvert was also internationally known for its distance learning business, Calvert Education Services, which it sold early this year to a Baltimore-based private equity firm. Holmgren said Calvert School is a lot different than the K-12 Collegiate School, which is located in a high-rise on the upper west side of Manhattan.
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“We were literally on top of one another,” he said. A closet at Calvert “would be a classroom at Collegiate.” And since there are no athletic fields near Collegiate, sports teams played at Randall’s Island in the East River, or in Central Park, he said. Now, at Calvert, his office is a short walk from the school’s athletic field. “You can walk out the back door and you’re watching girls play softball,” he said. “That’s a dynamic I’m very much looking forward to getting back to.” However, both Calvert and Collegiate emphasize rigorous academic programs, a dynamic Holmgren said he also likes. Though he described himself as “a stickler for fundamentals,” he doesn’t want to be an overbearing educator and sees himself as laidback, not button-down. “Some schools take themselves too seriously,” he said, wearing a tie, but no jacket. “I never lose sight of the fact that I’m dealing with little boys and girls. They’re allowed to make mistakes.” He likes being at a Pre-K—8 school, where Calvert’s 607 students can grow and “reinvent themselves,” without seeing the same students from kindergarten through 12th grade. FALL 2013
His goal for students is to “I’m a very lucky “take responsibility for your own learning,” he said. He doesn’t person, I’m coming want to throw his weight around too much and promised to into a school “not get worked up about little that’s on very things.” “If I can be invisible in terms solid footing and of the day-to-day operations, fantastic,” he said. is turning out Holmgren was already good kids.” involved at Calvert before his official start date of July 1. He attended an open house April 1 and spoke to parents in the school’s new Middle School Assembly Hall. In June, he held a three-day retreat for administrators in St. Michael’s on the Eastern Shore. “It was an opportunity for them to educate me,” he said. Even so, he has no major changes planned in the immediate future, and said, “My priority right now is to get to know the school.” 15
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The Holmgren family: Peggy, Andrew, Aiden ’15, Owen ’17, and William ’21
take themselves too seriously,” he said, wearing a tie, but no jacket. “I never lose sight of the fact that I’m dealing with little boys and girls. They’re allowed to make mistakes.”
Mr. Holmgren addresses parents during a campus visit last spring.
Continuing a longtime Calvert School tradition, Holmgren and other administrators will shake each student’s hand as they walk into school each day. Holmgren comes to Calvert at a time when the school is winding down an expansion program in recent years and expects to open a new lower school early education wing in time for the start of school August 28. The school is in the midst of a $20 million capital campaign, its first in a decade and third in its history, called Building on Strength, to increase its endowment, student financial aid, and professional development for teachers and pay for recent construction projects. The campaign has raised $14.7 million so far, spokeswoman Stephanie Coldren said. “I’m a very lucky person,” Holmgren said. “I’m coming into a school that’s on very solid footing and is turning out good kids,” most of whom go on to other independent high schools in the area, including Gilman, McDonogh, Bryn Mawr, Friends, Park School, Roland Park Country, and the Baltimore School for the Arts, according to Calvert School placement statistics. The former football lineman hit the ground running July 16, even after staying in the Colonnade Hotel on University Parkway the night before with his wife, Peggy, their sons, Aidan, 12, Owen, 10, and William, 6, and their dog, Max, a 2-year-old labradoodle. “We met the movers today,” he said, adding that he spent the morning at home and then came into work. He is looking forward to being a Baltimorean, including following the Orioles, although his heart is with his home teams, including the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins. “I like the Orioles,” he said. “I’m very happy to see them do well. I’ll root for them to be a wild card team in the playoffs.”
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A Tribute to
Vicki Strand After 35 years of service to Calvert School, Vicki Strand retired at the end of the 2012-13 school year. She started at Calvert in 1978 and taught in the Lower School, helping the youngest students develop a love of learning. Her constantly upbeat demeanor and care for our students will be greatly missed.
Best wishes for a wonderful retirement, Mrs. Strand!
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Adventures in Shakespeare’s Italy: What I learned about Italian history, Italy’s impact on literature, children’s unique perspectives, and myself. BY ERIN GILLIN MERRICK
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grew up traveling to England in the summers in order to study the works of the Brontë sisters, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Byron, Charles Dickens, and John Clare. I recall visiting Brontë parsonage and standing out on the moors in Haworth, England, feeling the power of their rugged, lonely beauty. When I got to high school, I read Wuthering Heights and experienced the book as if I had lived it, because the setting was so vivid in my mind. In college, the power of William Wordsworth’s descriptions struck a chord with me because I had hiked the actual mountains he had hiked in Grasmere, England and seen the landscape he described in his work. There is no better way to experience literature than by traveling and seeing an author’s backdrop firsthand. It is the reason I am passionate about British literature and the reason I teach English. During travels to England in the past, I had visited Stratford, Shakespeare’s house, and the Globe Theater. Drawing on this experience as I began background reading in preparation to teach Romeo and Juliet, I was elated to discover The Shakespeare Guide to Italy. The book lays out a very compelling case that the story of Romeo and Juliet is rooted in truth and that Shakespeare had, in fact, been to Italy. The author goes about meticulously proving this point by point. The more I read the guide book, the more I wanted to visit Verona. Just as I had been immersed in the settings of British literature, I wanted to explore the Italian setting of Romeo and Juliet. As I researched the trip, I discovered that Shakespeare wrote 10 plays of fiction set in Italy. In fact, many of the Italian plays were set in in the North, near Verona. Determined to explore these settings, I designed a Shakespeare trail in Northern Italy, and thanks to the generosity of the Garret Grant program, was able follow it. I wanted to know more about the lives of Italians during the Middle Ages and Renaissance in order to better understand the context of the literature I teach. I arrived in Italy with my six-year-old daughter, Olivia ’21, and her stuffed Calvert Bee in tow. As we walked through Venice Marco Polo Airport, it was obvious that she was still on a high from the “sleepover” she got to have on the plane. We waited in line to pick up our rental car, and Olivia’s eyes widened before she froze in amazement. “Mommy, it’s a little bit hard, but I actually understand Italian!” She was referring to the Hertz representative who was speaking to me in English with a thick Italian accent. In spite of what the guide books recommended, I made the decision to rent a car in lieu of traveling by train. I felt that it would allow me to travel off the beaten path and explore with greater depth. After a few confusing loops in the first round about, I found the A4 and traveled to a little town outside Padua, on the Brenta River, 19
created an itinerary and didn’t want to get off track, but my hosts asked me to join them for coffee—espresso, actually, with a splash of milk. She poured Olivia a demitasse, a small cup, and, to Olivia’s delight, added about six packs of sugar to the inch of coffee in her cup. We sat and chatted over coffee about the differences between American and Italian traditions. My host reflected that Americans seem like they’re always in a rush—taking coffee to go, or eat and get the check and go. As we were talking, I noticed that my foot had been tapping on the floor because in the back of my mind I had a lot of things I wanted to check off my agenda that day. It hit me suddenly that this experience was just as important as any kind of sightseeing I would do! I had been so focused on looking for bits of Italian history, I hadn’t realized that, sitting Erin and Olivia dine right where I was, I was actually experiencing it through the with a view of the eyes of someone steeped in the area’s rich background! So… I Roman Arena asked for another espresso (this was really helping my jet lag). We continued to sit and chat about the history of the area named Dolo. The Brenta River was once considered by some to be an while Olivia played with their dogs with increasing intensity as her extension of Venice’s Grand Canal. coffee/sugar shot kicked in. I had chosen to stay in Dolo our first night because of its proximity Human connection—I hadn’t put that on my itinerary—I suppose to the airport and because of the significance of the Palladian villas perhaps this served as a much needed wake-up call. Human peppering the area. The one that interested me most was Villa Foscari, connection is a vital part of our humanity. Sometimes it is the home to Portia in Merchant of Venice. Portia traveled from Villa Foscari connection you make with someone over a simple cup of coffee that (referred to in the play as Belmont) to Venice via the Brenta River. On can bring the most dimension to our lives. It is something that, in this our way from the airport to our bed and breakfast in Dolo, we made digital age—when most of my connecting with friends takes place on a pilgrimage to Villa Foscari. This was the perfect place to start the my car’s Bluetooth, tends to get overlooked. journey along my Shakespeare trail. We arrived in Padua feeling renewed. We wandered the winding The bed and breakfast, Villa Tron Mioni, built in the 17th century, streets, taking time to visit the ancient university that was home to was breathtaking. The house had been in the owner’s family for Galileo and Casanova and served as part of the setting in Taming of the hundreds of years and they had old photographs and paintings of Shrew. Eventually, after much walking (and a gelato stop), we came his ancestors living in Villa Tron. The owner’s wife asked me about upon Saint Anthony’s Basilica. Inside, we admired the frescos, and Baltimore. She had heard of Johns Hopkins and was curious to learn Olivia (and Calvert Bee) received a blessing from a priest. As we exited about the history of Baltimore. During our conversation, she laughed the church, we walked smack dab into a massive gathering of people pleasantly and remarked, “my house is older than your city!” She is dressed as medieval knights. I stopped in my tracks and looked right—and that put things into perspective. around. More and more people wearing Middle Ages and Renaissance I intended to drop our bags at our B&B then to head to the ancient garb were gathering in front of the Basilica. Without realizing it, we city of Padua, the setting for Taming of the Shrew. I had painstakingly had walked into the starting point of a Middle Ages/Renaissance parade! The costumes were stunning, and I was in awe. We took a seat along the wall of the Basilica and waited for the parade to begin. It was as if every character from a Shakespeare play had come alive right here in front of us. In my mind, I saw Romeo and Tybalt; I saw Juliet and her nurse; I saw Prince Escalus, Petruchio, Biana, Baptista, Portia, and Nerissa. I needed to get a better look at these costumes, so we watched the parade and then followed it through the narrow streets of Padua. History had certainly come alive! Finally, the parade ended in a park where there was a Middle Ages/Renaissance festival. I couldn’t believe it. The festival was set up like a little village, where everyone was also in full costume. We stopped at one “shop” and Olivia and I learned how to paint a fresco into wet cement. I came to Padua to learn a little bit about the time period of Shakespeare’s plays and ended up becoming part of one— talk about experiential learning! While I do not believe that in order to be a good teacher you have to experience everything Verona you teach first hand, I do believe that experiencing your 20 REFLECTIONS
material first hand ignites a passion within you that will spread to your students. My passion was certainly ignited. Still on a high from my time travel into the Italian Renaissance, I stopped at a little café to sit down and take in the day’s event. Having studied Italian using Rosetta Stone prior to arriving in Italy, I was filled with false confidence that I would be able to “get by” with my new Italian. My assumption was quickly proven wrong. When the waiter came to the table, I ordered a latte. For the second time since I’d been in Italy, this waiter, too, seemed confused by my order. “Caldo?” he asked. Being very confident in my three weeks’ worth of studying the language, I was very proud of myself for knowing that caldo means hot. “Si, grazie,” I answered with a smug smile, feeling very Italian and high fiving myself in my mind. I had noticed over the last two days that Italian lattes were much creamier than American lattes. Everyone had warned me that Italian coffee was so strong. I found espresso to be strong (but delicious), yet I found the lattes to be very light and smooth—the milk in Italy was just creamier I supposed. The waiter delivered my drink in a clear juice glass. “Prego,” he said as he placed it down on the table. This was a first—coffee in a clear glass. “How European,” I thought to myself and daintily took a sip, pinky up. The drink was pure white, but tasted just like the other lattes I had been drinking in Italy. Then, it dawned on me… The Italian word for milk is latte. I’d been ordering hot milks! We returned to Dolo for dinner. Our hosts recommended their favorite dinner spot right on the Brenta. The town of Dolo is not a touristy town and we were the only Americans in the restaurant. The people in the restaurant were lingering over their drinks and pasta—no one seemed rushed, no one was on their cell phone, not one person so much as glanced at their phone to check a text. In fact, I didn’t even see people’s phones out on the table. I noticed that several tables had been finished for quite some time, but they still sat and chatted. People seemed to view dining as a chance to connect. To share a meal didn’t mean to eat a meal than race out; it meant conversation, laughter, family—things I had grown up with, but perhaps had lost sight of their value. The next day was the day I had been eagerly anticipating—Verona! We arrived at our bed and breakfast, Musella Winery and Relais. It was located in Ferrazze, a town just outside of Verona. The walls surrounding the bed and breakfast were from the 1300s. Over the years, the buildings had undergone many changes. What had once been stables had been transformed into beautiful guest rooms. The lush green courtyard had a group of olive trees in the middle, and there were potted lemon and kumquat trees around the perimeter. During the car ride from Ferrazze to Verona, Olivia seemed to be overly excited to be learning about the lives of Romeo and Juliet. It became apparent through some more conversation, however, that she was under the impression that we would be researching Gnomeo and Juliet. This is an animated movie starring a garden gnome named Gnomeo. Slight miscommunication. Before the trip, I researched the story of Romeo and Juliet extensively. It turns out that in 1302, to be exact, there were Cappelletti (Capulet) and Montecchi (Montague) families who lived under the rule of Prince Bartolomeo della Scalla (Prince Escalus, which is Latin for della Scalla). When we got to Verona, I practically ran towards Via Cappello, the sight of Juliet’s house. I stood in the courtyard and looked up at the balcony, entered the house, which was furnished with pieces from the FALL 2013
Middle Ages/Renaissance parade in Padua time period, and stood on the balcony with Olivia. The balcony scene that we are all so familiar with is actually something that was created by directors and not Calvert Bee enjoyed the the playwright. In the text of the play, parade from a lemon tree Shakespeare never writes that Juliet is on a balcony, only that Romeo hears her at her window. The balcony scene doesn’t exist in the play! In fact, the balcony of Juliet’s house in Verona was added in the 1930s for effect. Although perhaps a bit hokey, standing on the balcony of Juliet’s house and looking down at the courtyard got me in the spirit of things. So there I stood on the fake balcony of Juliet’s house looking down into the crowded courtyard. We left Juliet’s house and went out in search of Romeo’s. According to Shakespeare’s Guide to Italy, Juliet’s house relies on Veronese tradition for its authenticity. By way of contrast, Romeo’s house is the historically documented house of the Montecchi family, most of which has been turned into little shops, but part of the house still remains. I was surprised to note how close the Capulet and Montague houses were to one another. As we walked through many of the piazzas, I imagined the fights between Tybalt and Benvolio. In Piazza dei Signori, which lies between Juliet’s and Romeo’s houses, is a statue of Dante Alighieri who was exiled from Florence and lived in Verona during the early 1300s. Dante was in Verona around the same time as Romeo and
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Juliet. In fact, he actually wrote about the two families in Canto IV of Purgiotiro: Vieni a veder Montecchi e Cappelletti,…uom sanza cura… Come—you who pay no heed—do come and see Montecchi, Cappelletti, sad already Had Dante actually witnessed the fighting between the families? Had he known about Romeo and Juliet’s deaths? I couldn’t believe that I was walking in the actual places that Shakespeare described. I could see his words playing out in front of me and was completely engrossed in the setting and plot. We spent several days exploring Verona and learning everything I could about the play and life during the 1300s. As we stumbled upon the Roman Arena, Olivia was very frustrated that Italians didn’t “take better care of their buildings.” It took a lot of convincing to get to her to appreciate the age of the ruins and why it was so special to even be able to see parts of them. I could sense a glimpse of curiosity as I overzealously explained just how old the ruins were. “So, they’re even older than Great Grandma?” she asked. That was the oldest person she could think of; if this building were older than Great Grandma, then it must be really old. Though a touch more impressed with the age of the buildings we’d seen, she remained steadfast that Italian people must like broken buildings. Whether it’s the different culture or time period, the palpable difference between our world and Verona really came through. Olivia’s ideas crystalized this for me. Through her six-year-old perspective, I got a deeper understanding of the magnitude of time and that children’s frame of reference is limited to what they already know. The oldest person she knows is 90 years old, which served as a concrete idea of our difference in perspectives. My realization of her experience led me to speculate how I could indicate the uniqueness of a time period to my students in a tangible way. Shakespeare’s world isn’t our world; while there are some commonalities, there is uniqueness to that time and culture. It was because of my personal experience here in this place that I will now be better equipped to contextualize ideas that will resonate with my students. The myriad of experiences I had during my visit to Italy were too numerous to detail in a short essay. It is my hope that the encounters I have shared serve as a summary of the varied richness and range of experiences that were part of my trip. After 10 days exploring Shakespeare’s Italy, the time finally came for us to return home.
Piazza dei Signori with the statue of Dante
Juliet’s balcony After spending so much time looking at castles and ancient ruins, Olivia’s interest had been ignited. I discovered this as we made our way from the Philadelphia airport to Baltimore. Screams came from the back seat, intense enough for my stomach to jump up to my heart. “Mommy! Pull over! Pull over! Look!” My heart raced as I pressed the brake pedal. “There is a new castle over there! Look at the sign! Pull over!” I caught my breath as I realized that Olivia, a proud new reader, had seen the sign for Newcastle, Delaware. Even as I relayed the disappointing news to her that it was the name of a town, not an actual castle, I smiled to myself because I could see that her interest had been piqued. This is a direct translation of what I hope my personal experiences in Italy will bring to my classroom teaching. My trip was a journey, and the journey the learning took me on taught me the greatest lesson—this is education in its purest form. No matter how educated, inspired or enlightened we may feel, there is always room to grow. As a result of this trip, I am filled with a passion for learning as much as I can about Shakespeare’s Italian plays and the history that surrounds them. I have learned much about the importance of enjoying the moment and being fully present. It was an important reminder that there are other perspectives out there other than American ones and other than adult ones. It’s important to remember that the way I see the world may be vastly different than the way someone else sees it. There is a world outside of Baltimore; I’ve traveled before, and I’m well aware of that, but being aware of it and actually experiencing it serves an important reminder. I was once told that you are an average of the five people with whom you spend the most time. If this is true, I know I want my child surrounded by teachers who are motivated by their love of the subject they teach. It is hard to become stagnant as a teacher at a place like Calvert. Teaching is not only about the nuts and bolts of subject area, it is about inspiring children and modeling for them the love of being a life-long learner. Calvert’s commitment to the professional development of their teachers showcases this better than anything else. It exemplifies that the school understands that a top notch education comes from inspired teaching, a type of teaching Calvert clearly supports and promotes. Aside from the multitude of knowledge I gained about Shakespeare and the Renaissance, I gained valuable insight about my life as well. Calvert’s investment in me as well as all the other teachers who have been fortunate enough to receive Garrett Grants is something that I can only repay them through passionate teaching…something they obviously value highly and encourage. Grazie, Garrett family and Calvert School!
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ical teenager. She akayla Gilliam-Price ’12 is a typ on the debate team, earns good grades in school, is —oh yes—started her own participates in Model UN, and r to raise money in order to nonprofit organization last yea ving Girls to Greater Power give back to the community. Mo la’s initials), has a mission or MGGP for short (also Makay Makayla explains, “I believe of empowering young women. y important. I can relate that female empowerment is ver owered woman, and I have to wanting to be a strong, emp help me see what a strong great role models in my life to woman truly is.” draisers as early as Makayla began doing small fun volunteered because it was seven years old. “I have always ll fundraisers to raise important to me. I would do sma I was fortunate and w money for people in need. I kne I was given.” wanted to give to others what ising projects through One of her most recent fundra $2,000 to Calvert School MGGP led to the donation of kayla specifically asked that during her graduation year. Ma l aid, saying, “I recognize the the money go toward financia gave me a foundation, and significance of education. Calvert ent that same opportunity.” I want to help give another stud test or orating on the When she isn’t studying for a h School, Makayla Hig debate team of Baltimore City ng girls about female you to volunteers her time speaking make a difference, just trying empowerment. “I’m trying to to make a change.”
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Calvert School thanks Sinead ’99, Aoibhinn ’05, and Makayla ’12 for their significant contributions to the School and our community.
Three Calvert School Alumni demonstrate their compassion, dedication, and selflessness, and best of all, give students in need the chance to experience a Calvert education.
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lowers, a leather po rtfolio, perhaps a pr etty piece of jewelry or some co ld hard cash… thes e are all typical gifts that students receive at graduatio n. However, the Ny sisters had a differen han t idea. In lieu of gif ts, the girls asked friends and family attending their grad uation party to mak donations toward Ca e lvert School’s finan cial aid program. Sinead Nyhan ’99 received a Bachelo r of Arts in Biology from Colby College in 2009 and gradua ted from the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of M ed icine in the spring. Her younger sister , Aoibhinn Nyhan ’05 , ea rned a Bachelor of Science in Public He alth from George W as hi ngton University, also this spring. Sinead and Aoibhi nn’s parents, Daniel and Alma, were strong role models for giving back to th e co mmunity. As a result, the girls we re involved in thes e typ es throughout their liv of activities es. Sinead voluntee red her time tutorin junior high student g s, helping a rape cr isis hotline in colle and providing free ge , medical care to un derserved commun at the Baltimore Re iti es scue Mission’s med ical clinic in East Baltimore. Aoibhinn kept herself busy wo rking to promote children’s literacy wi th First Book, actin g as a volunteer Emergency Medica l Technician in the DC ar ea breakfasts to the ho , and delivering meless with the Gr ate Patrol. When asked why Sin ead and Aoibhinn chose to give back to Calvert Scho ol in this way, their an swer was simple: “We feel very grate ful for the exception al educations and opportunities that we have received at Calvert, Bryn Maw Colby, GW, and St r, ritch. We also reco gnize that most pe are not so lucky.” ople
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SAYING “SO LONG” TO
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Mr. Michael E. Paul My favorite memory of Andy Martire was being his Ninth Age teacher when he was a student at Calvert. I was thrilled when Andy brought his Ninth Age folder to school to share it with me when he became Head Master.
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Dr. Martire is the face of Calvert School. When the Head Master of the entire school knows your name and asks how you are doing, it makes such a difference. Whenever Dr. Martire shakes my hand in the morning or in the hallway, I feel like I am being noticed and am not considered just any Calvert student. Dr. Martire has been the only Head Master during my years at Calvert, and I am so thankful for that. With his strong leadership, I have loved every second of my time here at Calvert.
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s Dr. Martire bid a fond farewell to the Class of 2013 at the graduation ceremony in June, he was also saying goodbye to Calvert School. Last August, it was announced that Dr. Martire was leaving Calvert at the end of the 2012-13 school year to assume a new position as Head of School at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas. With 17 years of time spent at Calvert—eight as a student and nine as our Head Master—it was bittersweet for everyone to say goodbye to him that day. Incoming Student Government President, Kendall Kurlander, spoke at a farewell ceremony in May, saying that Dr. Martire would be remembered for “allowing students to wear leggings instead of itchy tights.” While that is true, he will be also be remembered for much more than dress code changes. His tireless work ethic, commitment to excellence in all areas, and love of the Calvert School community will be hallmarks of his time at the School. We will miss Dr. Martire and his family and wish them all of the best as they ride off into the sunset. Given that he is an alumnus, we are certain that this is not truly a “goodbye,” rather a “so long for now.”
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Madison Moore ’13 My favorite memory of Dr. Martire was the 2013 Fine Arts night in May. I was singing a duet with Reid Anderson and he recorded the whole song with his cell phone. This made me feel special and cared for.
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Supporting Calvert’s Future Aurelia Garland Bolton ’47 My life at Calvert School began in September of 1940, as did Calvert’s new Head Master, Mr. Edward Woodman Brown. I have always believed that he held a special place in his heart for the Class of 1947 in spite of the fact that his own daughter, Jean, was in the Class of 1948! I walked to school from Highfield Road, and later from Charlcote Place, with assistance from my father at the busy crossroads. He then boarded the trolley for town. At the entrance to Calvert, the first sight was of Mr. Brown at the top of the staircase. Shaking his hand every morning was a treat for me, not only because my parents and Browns were good friends, but because he was the leader. He set the tone: be friendly, be happy, but do as you are told and enjoy learning. Our teachers were all very professional. They expected their students to listen to directions and to carry them out—to memorize so that you learned your grammar rules, arithmetic tables, and dates, because in so doing, you gained the confidence to ask questions in class and also to speak from the assembly stage. These were the war years when families moved around to accommodate fathers assigned to army and naval bases or overseas. A few children came into Calvert then, not accustomed to its discipline and expectations. Our teachers always took an interest in
those students, cheering their unexpected successes. We learned a lot about patience and acceptance. As John Waters ’58 said in his interview, Calvert prepared him for the rest of his life. So it has for all of us. But we also had fun! For example, on Field Day, after the high hump and long jump and regular races were over, there was the best race of all! Those of us who were not fleet of foot ran in the “Fatty Race”! Eight to ten competed to the cheering and laughter of all the students, coaches, and parents! As strict as Calvert was, it had a wonderful sense of humor. During our class reunions—40th, 50th, and 65th, we never failed to have a Fatty Race photograph taken. Four of us have remained plump and four of us have become lean as sticks. Two of our children, Aurelia Bolton Peterson ’73 and Charles S.G. Bolton ’78 joined me in a family gift to the Continuing the Tradition Campaign in 2004, underwriting classroom 7-1. To be honest, I thought we had done our share, however, no institution has meant more to me than Calvert. Its stress on integrity and discipline then and now is amazing, and unfortunately very rare in most schools today. Calvert’s strong leadership through the years has convinced me, once again, to support its future by contributing to the Building on Strength Campaign as a member of the Hillyer Society.
The Hillyer Society is Calvert’s recognition society for those who have included Calvert in their estate plans. For more information on how you can become a member of the Hillyer Society, please contact Kerry Johnston, Director of Development, at 410.243.6054, ext. 141 or kjohnston@ calvertschoolmd.org.
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Andrew, Lorrie, Olivia ’13, and Horace Liang at Graduation on June 6, 2013.
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Parents Reflect Upon Their Time at Calvert School by Horace and Lorrie Liang
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n June 6, 2013, our family sat on Castalia lawn and celebrated from day one. These students learned life-long skills that will the graduation of the Calvert Class of 2013. After the prepare them well for their future not only in high school but into college and adulthood. They learned to prepare and perform well ceremony, the hugs, smiles, and picture taking, our daughter Olivia on standardized tests, but that overall academic performance tells requested to walk the third floor of the Middle School just one last the story of their ability and success. Through the time. She descended the staircase alone with tears Castalia project, they learned project management, welling in her eyes. The realization that she was a skill many adults have not yet mastered. They leaving the only school that she had known since learned through the Mountain Institute that she was six years old, the one that had taught her The “sweet” for the reaching beyond their comfort level at times has Calvert Script, Algebra 2, and squash, was now significant reward. They recognized that friendships hitting her hard. It was in these halls and classrooms Liang family is that we require acceptance and recognition of one another’s that she made life-long friends, learned how to study, strengths and weaknesses. As parents, we marveled have enjoyed all that write, manage a project, and think critically. It is at how the class celebrated each other, supported where she connected with teachers and classmates Calvert School has each other, and stood by each other in all things in and learned the joys and responsibility of friendship, and out of Calvert. respect, and learning. to offer. We’ve loved We often would hear parents question, “Should The Eighth Grade was a year of anxiety, hard work, we keep our child in Calvert through Eighth Grade and celebration. All three consistently overlapped every year and every or depart early before the ‘crunch time’ when high throughout the year. A few of the questions Olivia minute. The “bitter” schools really become competitive?” We never asked sometimes asked herself out loud were: “Will I find a ourselves that question. We knew that the rewards of high school that I will like? Will they want me? What is that now we must staying at Calvert through Eighth Grade were rich. will I put on my CV?—I’m only 13. Do I really have The “sweet” for the Liang family is that we have to go to the Mountain Institute? What will I share in leave and move on. enjoyed all that Calvert School has to offer. We’ve my reflection speech? What will my Castalia project loved every year and every minute. The “bitter” is be? What will our Eighth Grade fleeces look like? that now we must leave and move on. In reflection, What really happens at the Dixon Dinner? Will I find isn’t that what we desire for our children, to learn, the right white graduation dress?” grow, advance, and excel? Thanks to Calvert we’ve done – correction The Eighth graders were celebrated from the first day of school – our daughter has done all the above. through graduation. They were supported, nurtured, and challenged FALL 2013
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The greatest lesson I am taking from Calvert is to trust in myself. I will always strive to be the greatest I can be and to have integrity and compassion in what I do. ~Georgia Barnes
What I am going to miss most about Calvert are my friends. At any school you can get an education, but at Calvert I got more than that. Calvert has given me friendships that I hope never end. I thank Calvert for the time of my life and my friends.
Calvert has taught me to love learning and knowledge, to be motivated to want to know things, and how to keep my eyes open to new possibilities. Thanks to Calvert, I am excited to go to school each day and learn new things. ~Emilie Berman
~Brian Nelson
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The greatest life lesson I learned at Calvert was to study for exams weeks before the test instead of trying to cram it in the day before. This has helped me to relax while I test. ~William Little
Calvert has taught me many lessons that have made me the person I am today. I have learned to stay true to myself, even with the world around me changing. I have learned to be a leader and voice my opinion. Finally, I have learned to enjoy every day at school and cherish the friends and the memories I have made here at Calvert.
At Calvert, I learned the importance of friendship. I will miss how close our entire class is. ~Jeffers Insley
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The greatest life lesson that I learned at Calvert is to be respectful to all of my peers and treat others the way I would want to be treated. ~Cole Vincent
Calvert has become my second home and family. Because the school is so small, it is easy to make close relationships with peers, younger and older, along with adults in the community. It is so hard to leave this loving environment that has made me who I am today. I have all my teachers and mentors to thank, because without them, Calvert would not have been such a wonderful place.
I learned the importance of honesty and how to give a firm handshake! ~Dexter Lacovara
~Olivia Liang
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The greatest life lesson I learned is to be yourself. When I first arrived at Calvert in Fifth Grade, I was very self conscious. I was scared that people did not like me, but now that I am graduating from Eighth Grade, I have learned to show people my true self. ~Madison Moore
I’ve learned to always take the initiative on life. Live every day like it’s your last. ~Hunter Davis
The greatest life lesson I learned at Calvert is that you’re never alone. Calvert academics are not always easy. I have struggled a lot, but with the help of teachers and classmates, I’ve always been able to push myself. I am grateful for all the people that have helped me do just that.
Calvert allows you to form your own opinions in whatever you are learning. They never let your voice go unheard. ~Nate Vandiver
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GRANDPARENTS’ DAY 1 Hadley Bausman ’21 leads her classmates in
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Amir Whitehead, Taylor West, Charlie Niccolini, Capp Reynolds, and Talbot Troy, all from the Class of 2017, perform in the Thanksgiving play.
4 Heath and Blake Otenasek ’17 with their grandparents after the Tenth Age production
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5 Grandparents’ Day Co-Chairs Cristina Niccolini and Pamela Russell 6 Edward Lowe ’19 completes a classroom activity with his grandmother. 7 Grandparents and other audience members enjoy the Tenth Age Thanksgiving play. 8 Lauren Steer ’19 completes a worksheet on her grandparents’ laps.
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CORKS FOR CALVERT 9 Amy Dassoulas, Caroline Johnson, and Louisa Wilson Murphy ’79 greet guests. 10
Corks for Calvert Co-Chairs Janine Robinson and Kathy Davis with Director of Communications Stephanie Coldren (center)
11 Suzumi Yasutake, Clemmie Miller ’81, and Fawn Manning
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12 Goldisse Fazeli and Mehdi Zamani pause from looking at the Class Gift Raffle.
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14 Rick & Rhonda Jones with Debra & David Nelson 15 Franklin Staley, Jim Hebert, and Jim Lemken enjoy the wine tastings. 16 Dino & Georganne Mallas with Andy Brooks 17 Dale & Sue Waters celebrate their winning bid at Calvert’s live auction.
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2 Alice Cootauco with daughter Meaghan Cootauco ’22 3 Kate Powell reads the description that daughter Anna Powell ’22 wrote about her. 4 Zaire Garrus ’22 displays his drawing of his mom, Kafi Garrus. 5 Julia McAllister ’22 gives her mom, Julie Martin McAllister ’86, a hug.
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FATHER’S DAY COFFEE 14 The Class of 2022 sings to their fathers. 15 Jack Mashaw ’22 with his grandfather 16 Bria Hicks ’22 smiles with her dad, Tyree Hicks. 17 Jackson Angulo-Bartlett shares a snack with his dad, Josh Angulo-Bartlett. 18 Graeme Woodworth uses the coffee mug daughter Ellie Woodworth ’22 made for him.
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“Red Light” Challenge The wooden lockers in the Lower School each contain a symbol. Name five of the thirteen symbols on the lockers.
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SEVENTH ANNUAL CALVERT GOLF CLASSIC 2 Alumni Association Secretary, Rachel Arnot Rockwell ’91; Vice President, Brooke Wheeler Rodgers ’91; and past President, Patty McCormick Klein ’86 help with registration.
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COLLEGE SENIORS EVENT 10 The Class of 2005 celebrates their reunion at Red Star in Fells Point.
WASHINGTON, D.C. REGIONAL EVENT 11 Rick Snyder ’73, Andy Martire ’83, and
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Legacy Chase Event Saturday, September 28, 2013 Shawan Downs – Finish Line Box
Kieran Fox, Esq. ’79, President Brooke Wheeler Rodgers ’91, Vice President Rachel Arnot Rockwell ’91, Treasurer/Secretary MEMBERS
Hill Michaels ’51 Pete George ’66 Skip Howe ’77 Clemmie Miller ’81 Lisa Dowling Costello ’83 Julie Martin McAllister ’86 Lexie Rich Mills ’90 Stas’ Haciski ’94 Cara Shepley ’94 Matt Novak ’95 Dale Waters ’10
PAST PRESIDENTS
2010-2012............. Patty McCormick Klein ’86 2008-2010............. Curtis Campbell ’83
Eighth Annual Calvert Golf Classic Monday, October 14, 2013 Hayfields Country Club
2006-2008............. Hill Michaels ’51 2005-2006 ............ Susie Quarnguesser Amiot ’79 2004-2005 ............ Matt Wyskiel ’81
High School Alumni Event Sunday, November 17, 2013 Calvert Middle School – Black Box Theater
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REUNIONS
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5 College Seniors Reunion Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Red Star Bar & Grill General Alumni Board Meeting Thursday, February 6, 2014 Middle School Atrium Calvert Alumni “Day at the Yard” April 2014
Alumni Regional Events will be scheduled throughout the year. To see if we’re coming to your city or to learn more about our alumni events, visit www.calvertschoolmd.org and click on ‘Alumni Association.’
Alumni & Reunion Weekend Friday, May 16 – Saturday, May 17, 2014
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ANNUAL FUND KICK-OFF PARTY 1 2012-13 Annual Fund Chairs Dino & Georganne Mallas 2 The Head of Lower School, Dr. Trusty with Matt Novak ’95
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THE BUILDING ON STRENGTH CAMPAIGN LAUNCH & BANNER SOCIETY RECOGNITION DINNER
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memory lane ~ Favorite Head Master Memory
Ned Murray ’33 I remember Mr. Hillyer asking me if I could tie my shoes and I told him, “My father is going to teach me tonight!”
Mary Lynn Marburg Brett ’37 When I was in Tenth Age, a snowball with a stone inside hit me in the mouth and loosened a tooth which bled. No one was in the infirmary, but Mr. Goodrich saw me and wiped up my mouth, had me lie down while calming me, and called my mother to come get me. He was so kind and sweet. He even stayed with me until mother came to pick me up! From then on, he held a special place in my heart.
Custis Wright ’36 The most vivid memory I have of Mr. Hillyer is when my parents were undecided about which hand I should use to learn to write. I was essentially ambidextrous. In Mr. Hillyer’s Office, he said “Eleanor Custis – point to that picture on the wall.” I pointed with my right hand. Thus, I learned to write with my right hand.
Eleanor Zell Weaver ’50 I remember that Mr. Brown seemed like a giant to me as I climbed to shake his “big” hand. What I learned as I got older was what a wonderful and gentle “giant” he was.
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Charlie Albert, Sr. ’42 My father had no interest in football. Mr. Brown took pity on Tolly ’41, my older brother, and me. He took us to see Navy play various teams at Memorial Stadium. My brother and I were fascinated. We spent a good bit of time listening to his analysis after each play – who pulled and blocked well/ who made a mistake, etc. Mr. Brown was more interested in the individual performances than in the score. He was so interested in the integrity of actions and of life. What a man!
Harvey Clapp III ’51 I remember in December 1950, Mr. Brown gave me my only Red Seal for neatness of my Calvert Career.
Marie Clark Drinker ’63 I just had a wonderful 50th reunion and laughed with one of my long time dearest friends about an incident that we experienced in Eleventh Age – 49 years ago! Miss Potts (our classroom teacher) had stepped out of the room for a moment. Kathy Brune ’63 and I were thrilled with our new Sheaffer ink cartridge pens and were well aware that a flick of the wrist could send ink flying. Before you know it, we were flicking ink at one another with great gusto at the exact moment Miss Potts walked back into the room! Observing that we were covered with peacock blue and green ink spots, she was horrified and, of course, sent us to Mr. Brown pronto! We both had to meet with him separately and we each remember how he gently chastised us and then called our mothers to pick us up at the front of the school, trying with little success to hide the smile on his face while he was attempting to be very serious. It was the most grievous infraction that either of us incurred while in school together for 13 years. Amazingly enough, we both survived adolescence and are now “mature adults” who laughed like a bunch of 11 year olds at our reunion.
Hobie Fowlkes ’53 After beating Gilman’s football team we stopped on the way back to school, and Mr. Brown bought each boy an ice cream cone. How could a boy not remember that?!
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Dwayne Peterkin ’09 I remember when Mr. Hall read the Cajun Christmas book before Christmas break to us.
Charlie Thomas ’08 Each morning as I shook Mr. Hall’s hand on the way into school, I greeted him, “Good morning, Professor Dumbledore” and he would respond, “Good morning, Harry” as part of our inside reference to Harry Potter.
Kelly Finney ’76 It was Tenth Age football, and early on I showed a lack of interest, and therefore talent. I was put in as kick returner, I suspect to build some confidence or as a last resort, who knows. The ball was kicked to me and I actually caught it and took off down the field. I distinctly remember faces like Michael Phillips ’76, Jay Dugan ’76, Tim Naylor ’76 and others running at me, so I did a “U” turn and ran back to the end zone. Bill Kirk was less than pleased but it still makes me laugh today!
Anna McGinnis ’12 Dr. Martire was such a great Head Master. My favorite memory was that every April Fool’s Day he would call us all the wrong names. It was always so funny to see what he called us and our friends.
Meg Brody ’13 My favorite memory of Dr. Martire is seeing him cheer us on from the sidelines at games. Also, watching him deliver countless speeches to the school with poise and enthusiasm was always a special treat.
Clayton Hebert ’13 My favorite Dr. Martire memory was at Calvert Day when I was in the Lower School. I ran up and pushed the button and he fell into the water in the dunk tank.
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Former faculty members pose with Andy Martire ’83 and Carville Collins ’73 during the Former Faculty Luncheon held in the spring
class notes former faculty............ Ann Dahl writes, “thirty-two years ago my daughter, Elisabeth Morrison Dahl ’81, received the Isaac H. Dixon Academic Award for Girls at her graduation from Twelfth Age. She also received the French Prize. On June 6th, his fourteenth birthday, my grandson, Jackson Dahl Davis ’13, received the Edward W. Brown Academic Award for Boys. He also received the French Prize. Like mother, like son, indeed!”
Bardelle Offutt spends most of the year in Boynton Beach, Florida, and the rest of the year in Broadkill Beach, Delaware. She is only in Baltimore for a few weeks a year and still enjoys playing golf and walking every day. She adds, “I love being on the beach.” Mike Paul and his wife, Betsy, are cruising the ICW and the Bahamas on their 36’ traveler, Godspeed. They plan to make their new home somewhere in Florida. Betsy is writing poetry, and Mike is writing book four of the “Adventures of Tiller & Turnbuckle” series.
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take classes as auditors, partake of campus entertainment, and use their indoor swimming pool, gym and golf course. It is called “The Woodlands” and is brand new.”
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Ned Murray has retired from sheep herding and has turned the farm duties over to his sons who now raise Christmas trees. Life is much easier.
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Harri Sayre Noyes is living in a retirement community in an independent living apartment and is busier than ever. She takes exercise class daily, walks, and is on innumerable committees. She still volunteers a day a week at Hartford Hospital Surgical Waiting and Recovery Room, Meals on Wheels, and is the president of book club. She spends summers at her Westport house and loves the beach and ocean. Her daughter Candy lives in Kentucky and Phyllis in Massachusetts. Her husband, Dick, died in 2002 and daughter Molly in 2011. Her Grandson is a surgeon marrying a surgeon in June, and she has three great grandchildren in Buffalo, New York. Custis Broyles Wright is still very busy with golf (including lessons), travel, family gatherings, and three book clubs.
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Butsy Lovelace is happily a resident of a long term retirement facility in Essex, Connecticut. His wife Jean died in 2011, and all four of his children live nearby.
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Mary Lynn Marburg Brett is happy to report that her granddaughter, Margaret Childs Mudge, was married on April 20th to Ian Woods on the lawns of the Evergreen House in Baltimore. They went to the Greek Islands on their honeymoon. They live in Columbus, Ohio where Margaret operates on horses and Ian is a nurse in the emergency room of the Columbus hospital. Posey Johnson Randall writes, “we had two celebrations this spring—Peter’s 90th birthday and our 65th Wedding Anniversary. We spend the summer months in Rhode Island, but feel lucky to be able to come back to the Foulkeways, the first (Quaker) retirement community on the East Coast.”
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Mary Lina Strauff Kosicki shares, “I have moved to a retirement facility that is on the campus of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina where us ‘oldies’ can mingle with the students,
Mary Lynn Marburg Brett’s ’37 granddaughter, Margaret walking down the aisle with her father, Ted Mudge ’57
Charlie Reeves ’35 enjoying the “Remember When” Luncheon during Alumni Weekend
Terry Lacy just faced another birthday and she can hardly believe it herself. She is still translating Icelandic into English and writing two bilingual dictionaries, one business and the
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Terry Lacy ’38 at estuary
other a legal dictionary. She traveled to Southern Morocco in March, looking for birds. “The country is at peace now, the weather was sunny and warm, and the people very friendly—but we did have to dredge up French until we got to the coast at Agadir, where they prefer English.” Fifi Marburg Peck writes, “as many have said, ‘old age is not for sissies.’”
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Dr. Gaylord Clark, Jr. and his wife, Gery Wolf Clark ’43, are resident owners and managers of Carriage House Farms in Stevenson/Greenspring Valley. They raise chickens and sell their eggs locally in markets, privately, out of the barn, and in other venues from Washington D.C. to the Pennsylvania border. Gaylord Clark III ’70 is a commercial fishermen in the North Pacific. Jennie Clark Worthington ’74 lives in Randallstown, and Margie Clark Sheppard ’72 lives in Vail, Colorado with family.
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Dr. John Bergland III shares, “I am living in a beautiful area on the ocean in
Westport, Massachusetts. I retired from internal medicine in May of 2012 after 50 years of clinical practice.”
beautiful in each day. Today the thought of you is beautiful.”
Phoebe Albert Driscoll writes, “Crosslands, a retirement home adjacent to Longwood Gardens in Chester, Pennsylvania, is where I want to be and need to be for my life’s last chapter. The transition from 51 years of Tunnel Farm to here has certainly been the most psychologically difficult time of my life. Friends, family, Ray and Susan helped me cross this threshold. The fact that I no longer have to make major decisions for myself and others gives me a slight feeling of irrelevance. I know this will pass as I slowly wade into the myriad of opportunities here. And most fortunately for me, Phoebe lives nearby on a most beautiful farm with horses, dogs, pigs, gardens, four wonderful children and husband. Being part of their lives adds great richness and continuity to mine. I even ride my granddaughter’s pony across this gorgeous countryside. Also I am now free to travel and be part of Lee’s, Patrick’s and Py’s family’s lives. Everyone here is friendly and has led interesting lives. They are supportive of each other and reach out to newbies like me. We have all lived through the same slice of history so we have much in common. Connections are constantly being discovered and any help I need is only a holler away. My nest is feathered with the things that Lee and I accumulated that I love and that bring back wonderful memories. Pictures of friends and family are everywhere. Tunnel Farm is now owned by a horse lover, and Ray, Susan, and Linda continue to work there. The Weeders, my Garden Club, has documented in detail my garden for submission for inclusion into the Garden History Archives at the Smithsonian Institute, a present that is priceless. As every passing moment becomes more precious, I try to live in the present and find something
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Dr. Lewellys Barker, his wife Eileen, daughters Robin and Lily, son Colin, and grandchildren Olivia, Ruby, Lily, Caroline, Cody, Colin & Madeleine are all doing well. He still works in medical research on TB and finds time for interests such as biking, kayaking, and travel—France last year and China this year.
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Dr. Talbott Huey’s class celebrated their 65th reunion on October 26, 2012. After a morning tour of the school they gathered at the home of Relie Garland Bolton for dinner. Others in attendance were Susan Stinson Deering, Mary Holman Miller, Charlotte Ober Goodwin, Diana Russell Deacon, Brooke Taliaferro Wagner, Tom Perkins and wife Sarah, Craig McLanahan and wife Jan, Bill Eaton and wife Louise. “We’re looking forward to our 100th in only a few decades!”
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Kittie Frick Beyer has had a year full of nice surprises. She went to Japan to visit a friend and stayed in her house, so it was a real taste of Tokyo. It was hot, but the Japanese festival season was going on, and she was amazed to see very elaborate shrines being carried through the streets. She is still painting
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keep us moving! The only downside to this time of life is the losing of loved ones and friends. Don’t believe the Golden Years are so golden— tarnished yes.”
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Kittie Frick Beyer ’48 with a young Japanese dancer that she took to the Diaghilev Ballets Russes show at the National Gallery
and won a Merit Award in one of her shows. Kittie writes, “I was gratified that, helped by an athletic young artist, I had an exhibition in an office building and sold quite a few paintings. Probably most noteworthy was, upon idly turning on the television, I was electrified to see our dear classmate, Kitsie Scarlett Burnett, ushering us, the audience, through Whitehall on a program called Great Homes on the Chesapeake (or something like that). An addition to my current ventures is opening a “shop” on Etsy.com, called CatherineFrickBeyer, with miniature paintings. One granddaughter is at Cornell and one at the University of Vermont.”
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Georgia Carrington still plays tennis as often as possible and loves to be outdoors in the garden. Another favorite weekly activity is reading with elementary school students in Danbury and giving homework help to students in a tennis and enrichment program.
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Anthony Brennan is semi-retired and working with a commercial realtor for sales of businesses. Pickett Randolph shares, “I have had a year of highs and lows and highs. Last year, Foxcroft School awarded me its highest honor – The Anne Kane McGuire Distinguished Service Award. What was so wonderful was it was a complete surprise and included my brother, Elliott Randolph ’54, and his daughter Allison Randolph King ’84 in the conspiracy. The low came this winter when I was diagnosed with and had surgery for colon cancer. I won’t bore you with the details of the chemo, but it has not been fun. The highs returned this spring with an award from the National Gallery of Art for 20 years as a school docent.” Eleanor Zell Weaver returned home with her husband Al after living in North Carolina for seven years. She enjoys reading, knitting, and needlepoint. Eleanor writes, “We have two corgis who
Harvey Clapp III and wife Ann proudly watched their son, David Clapp ’81, be awarded a PhD by the Johns Hopkins School of Education this spring. “My life has taken a marked turn for the better the past 18 months since he has joined me in trying to nurture almost a dozen small start up businesses to profitability. I was very fortunate to have my April cardiac arrest at BWI, where CPR and a Defibrillator were immediately available. After a little maintenance at Hopkins, I seem to have avoided any permanent damage. Jim Young has enlisted a few classmates to help him plan a 75th birthday party for the Class of 1951 in the spring of 2014. Although I see Baltimore classmates frequently, it would be fun to have a significant turnout from the out of towners. Jim is planning this independently from Calvert, and there will be no fundraising directly or indirectly.” Dr. Francis Gluck, Jr. has been retired for three years and recently rebought a second place in Sandestin, Florida. He spends equal amounts of time in Florida and Nashville. He writes, “Medicine was fun and very gratifying, but nice to know that there is life after medicine. And, I am following the Orioles closely!” Jim Young reports that he and some classmates are sponsoring a collective 75th Birthday Party for all Calvert classmates, to be held in Baltimore next April. This is not a fundraiser, though Calvert has
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and Bobby Harrison. I enjoyed a vacation in the Dominican Republic in April, and Beverly and I are planning a trip to Australia next spring. We are active in our church; I will be licensed shortly as a Lay Reader in the Anglican Church of Canada.” Fayne Kayser Farrar is looking forward to sailing her Alberg 30 on the Chesapeake Bay.
Anne Luetkemeyer Stone has an interest in art of all kinds, but mostly painting and sculpture. She loves going to Martha’s Vineyard and keeping in touch with old friends, but is delighted to see that new friends are possible at any stage of life.
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Jim Young ’51 and his sister Betsy Young Fenhagen ’42 with their military escort, a Mayan warrior, as they braved the perils of margaritas and kidney-shaped swimming pools in Cancun last January
graciously offered us dinner space. Look for Save-the-Date notices and details to be mailed in the fall.
Hobbie Fowlkes shares, “I enjoyed having the 60th reunion party at my house. A total of 23 people attended, and I think we all had a good time talking about old times at Calvert. I have two grandsons who will be starting at Calvert in September, and I’m looking forward to assemblies, gym drills, etc.” Ellie Riggs Hopkins lives in Florida. Her two children are doing well; Nellie lives in Savannah and has twin girls (11) and a boy (5). Her son Bobby has eight-year-old twins.
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Bartie Riggs Cole enjoyed a Viking Cruise from Paris to Normandy Beaches and hiking in Switzerland in August. Page Dame III is happily retired after 30 years in banking and 17 as an independent school business officer. Based in northern Vermont, he and wife Beverly spend a lot of time at their all season cottage in North Hatley, Quebec. Page shares, “during a visit to Baltimore in mid May, while en route to my 50th reunion at Virginia, it was wonderful to reconnect with classmates Ken Marty, George Michaels, Woody Woodward,
Lawrie Pitcher Hall writes, “Trevor’s Parkinson’s is finally catching up with him, so we have moved into the Mayflower Retirement Center. Our new neighbors are delightful, and I am participating in joint courses with Rollins College. Downsizing with four generations of family heirlooms, my own, and Trevor’s holdings has been an interesting and challenging project. I am now editor of the monthly newsletter.” William Morton is a broker for Sotheby’s Realty in Boca Grande. Mason Moss Smith and husband Ham are in the process of downsizing and moving to a condo. She shares, “it is back breaking work after 45 years in the same house. But it’s a freeing experience. We’re enjoying our four grandchildren: a boy and a girl each almost five and twin girls almost 10 months. We’re still in good health, so we continue to stay active. I’m a master gardener, so that keeps me busy outside. I’m also in a book club and a knitting group. Life is good, for which I am grateful.”
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Susan Baker Powell ’53 & Anne Dobbin Balliere ’53 share a secret at their 60th reunion
Jim Garrett shares, “I had a very interesting and educational experience this school year serving on the Alumni Committee for the Building on Strength Campaign and on the
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School. He is also active with student recruiting and Dean’s Advisory Council at Vanderbilt Law School. He has three children with varied lives: the oldest is in MLP financial analysis; the second is about to graduate from Missouri Journalism School; and the third is a modern dancer at Loyola Marymount University.
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“T” Tall and family at his cottage in northern Ontario
Advisory Committee of the Head Search Committee. I am really looking forward to getting to know Andrew Holmgren and his family in the coming year.” Roth “T” Tall, Jr. has become a “professional” volunteer in his retirement. He is the chair of a Habitat Building Committee which dedicated a new house and simultaneously broke ground on a new one – not bad for a town with a population of 1,110! “When not Habitating, I am still active with Rotary International. In 1988 there were 350,000 new cases of polio worldwide. Now we’re down to only 33 new cases thanks to a massive immunization program jointly sponsored with the World Health Organization and funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. My wife Cy now runs Beau Ties, Ltd. of Vermont. I’m extremely proud of her.” Rick Williams is just ending his term as President of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston leading the 8,000 HBS alumni in greater Boston in an extensive educational and social program. He is also working hard to get his sailboat Chariad in the water for the
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Van Wolf, Jr. changed law firms in July 2012. He is still practicing environmental law full time and teaching part time at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor Law
Lisa Purnell Raffetto shares, “I was working in real estate the last 20 years in Chestertown, Maryland and business is improving. My husband Ed is retired; son Charles teaches theater at a boarding school in Easthampton, Massachusetts; and son John is a lawyer for Goodwin Proctor in D.C. I have one grandchild. I enjoy gardening and church, and I love living in the land of pleasant living.” Chris Scarlett attended his Gilman School 50th reunion for the class of 1963 in May and there were twelve of
Richard Williams ’55 and crew on his sailboat, Chariad, beating up wind off of Marblehead, MA, in the Hospice Regatta, which they won
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45th reunion at Duke, and in May, we traveled to Memphis for a family wedding. In June, we went back to Durham to sing in the Duke Chapel for the installation of a bishop. We both sing in the church choir and I play hand bells so we are on the go during the year. We may travel to Baltimore in October. We hope that anyone who visits our fair city will let us know so we can show you around.” Twelve members of the Class of 1957 celebrate with other Gilman classmates at a reunion in May 2013
Chris Scarlett ’57 and wife Beth at the ninth hole of the Tryall Club Jamaica
the twenty six guys in their Calvert class of 1957 in attendance: Chris Scarlett, John Shaw, Eddie Supplee, Jake Slagle, Bill Oster, Tom Chase, Craig Woodward, John Dunning, Bill Legg, George Scarlett, Ted Mudge and Jerry Nelson. Eddie Supplee, Jr. traveled to 116 countries and cooked exotic foods for about 38 dinner parties last year. “I enjoy walking 5-15 miles each week and managing my miniature financial empire. I am very busy—before I used to have a job and no life, now I have a life and no job!”
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Susan Anderson Mason writes, “Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina. I am now a lady of leisure having retired from St. John’s Episcopal Church at the end of January after 30 years as the Parish Steward. Graham and I celebrated with a trip to Aruba in February and then to Savannah and Florida in March. April was my
Ed Supplee ’57 and wife Sally in Rio de Janeiro at the top of Sugarloaf Mountain
Susan Grose Rioff shares, “I still think of Calvert as my favorite school and remember the name of every teacher I had while I was there. As I get older (yes, it’s true), I find that Art (Mr. Huey), Music (Ms. Wright), and Arts and Crafts (Ms. Mooney) stay with me the most, along with the shows we did at assembly with Mrs. McCleary. As my three children have moved along to their own independent lives, adding three grandchildren to my life, I sing with the Back Bay Chorale in Boston, volunteer in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at a Boston hospital, and make rustic furniture from fallen tree branches and discarded lumber scraps. My website is www.rustica-sgr.com. Any contact with Calvert friends would be wonderful.”
Susan Grose Rioff ’58 making one of her wonderful rustic wooden chairs
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Steve ’59 & Audrey Thomas with their children, Alex ’95, Stasia ’93, and Steven ’00 at a Ravens game Susan Anderson Mason ’58 and husband Graham after singing at the Duke University Chapel
Dr. Daisy White is the Co-Founder of Women’s Leadership Council of United Way of the Low Country. She advocates women’s leadership in all facets of her life. Her favorite read is Women Lead the Way by Linda Tarr Whelan and her favorite watch is A Seat at the Table by six students at Miss Halls School.
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was married on December 31, 2012 to Matthew Nardangeli from Toronto. Matt is the Marketing Director for Phillip’s Corporation, a global supplier of manufacturing technology products. Alex ’95 is also an attorney with a Masters in Public Health. She practices Healthcare law for Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, primarily out of their Los Angeles Office. Steven ’00 spent a year in Thailand on a Fellowship from Princeton and a year working in Berkeley, California for an early stage internet marketing company. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at New York University.
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Steven Thomas is actively engaged in the practice of law at Thomas & Libowitz, P.A. where he is the Managing Director. He also sits on the Healthcare Board and Finance and Quality Committees of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and on the Baltimore County Revenue Authority Board. He and Audrey have been married for almost 35 years. They enjoy traveling, golf, spending time at their house in Fenwick Island, and spending time with their children. Stasia ’93 is an attorney. She works with her dad at Thomas & Libowitz, practicing primarily in the Corporate and Transaction areas. Stasia
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Elizabeth McCleary Primrose Smith is continuing to enjoy retirement. She shares, “I have lots of time to travel and play with my grandkids. I cruised the Adriatic Sea with stops in Croatia and Italy – very beautiful part of the world. I also went on a small ship cruise from Santiago, Chile up along the coasts of Chili, Peru, Ecuador and through the Panama Canal to Florida. I am still taking clogging classes once a week and
belong to a book club, knitting guild, and local women’s club, all of which keep me very busy. No one told me that I’d be this busy as a retiree!”
Elizabeth McCleary Primrose-Smith ’60 in Venice
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Bruce Eason has been married to Cynthia Gillespie for 40 years, has two grown children – Cassie is a teacher and Kirk is an attorney at his own practice. He also has three grandchildren: Taylor, Lauren, and Grace. Lucy Michaels plans to retire this year from Physical Therapy and pursue
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another vocation. Eventually, she will move to Bethany Beach, Delaware. Brad Peabody coached his National Moot Court Competition Team from the University of Baltimore Law School to a Top 5 ranking out of 196 teams in the U.S. this past year.
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Susan Barnes Waldrop lives on the Vineyard and is working to establish her Photography business. “I am also marketing my new creation—still sort of a secret! I am involved in the Healing Ministry at the Federated Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts and will be an Interfaith Minister next year.”
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Hacky Clark IV shares, “I have never written a class note to any school I’ve attended, be it Calvert, Gilman, or Brown, but I have been blessed recently by such a momentous event, I feel compelled to share it. On May 4th, after much campaigning and with the help and support of the citizens of Maryland, my partner of 20+ years, Peter Dubeau, and I got married. If nothing else, this
Hacky Clark ’63 & partner Peter Dubeau
happy event teaches us all to dream big, for with time and effort nothing is impossible.” Walter Dandy III just stepped down as Vice Chair of the Board of Colorado Calvert Academy. Colorado Calvert is a public online charter school serving K-8 throughout Colorado. Walter shares, “It was a challenge, but a privilege, to serve on the founding board navigating the regulatory and political complexities in getting accredited and operational. At the risk of flattering a younger class, I must say the Board was incredibly ably lead by Laurie Chambers Duke ’68.”
Claire Smith Inayatullah volunteers with the Walters Museum Development Office. She enjoys painting, cooking, entertaining, gardening, and her dogs.
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Dr. Howard Baetjer, Jr. shares that his book, Free Our Markets: A Citizens’ Guide to Essential Economics was published this past July.
Marie Clark Drinker shares, “I have been a nurse forever, went to Garrison Forest and the University of Pennsylvania, and still remember ‘Six fuzzy beavers quickly jumped the narrow gap’ – I’m sure all Calvert alumni know this sentence!” Jack Harvey has left the practice of law but remains active in and around Baltimore. He spends considerable time with two private schools in the area as a trustee and member of the Executive Committee. Jack writes, “I travel for fun more frequently, try to see my four daughters more often, and still play interclub tennis and interclub paddle tennis. My four children span a long period of time – from Georgia at 17 to Gillian at 34. Now there are two grandchildren – Tiffin (8) and Arlo (4). Three of my children attended Calvert. Gillian ’91 lives with her husband Charles and their two children in Asheville, North Carolina. Charles is a member of a bluegrass band, the Steep Canyon Rangers, that has become quite popular. The band was awarded a Grammy in February of 2013 for the best bluegrass album of the year. Both Cassie ’96 and Isabel ’04 are living and working in New York City and love the “Big City.” Georgia is a junior in a local high school and the only child who resides in Baltimore.”
Howard Baetjer ’64
Bucky Rulon Miller writes, “given the numerous times I’ve sailed to and through the French West Indies islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin and St. Bartholomey along with the times spent climbing and skiing in the Alps, I can’t tell you how grateful and fortunate it was to have been exposed to a native born French speaker, Mdm. Gunning, at a young age. Some of it actually managed to penetrate my thick skull.”
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Dr. Charles Carroll IV and his wife Bean continue to live in Winnetka, Illinois. Their two older girls Brook
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In Memoriam
The following Calvert School alumni passed away between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. We continue to remember them in our hearts.
Mark Marcoplis ’65 playing ‘60 Year Blues’ at his birthday bash
(29) and Emilie (27) are married and live in Nashville and Baltimore respectively. His son Charlie is a senior at Dickinson College and plans to move to the Baltimore/ Washington area. “We travel back and forth from Deleplane, Virginia where we have a second home. I continue practicing hand and orthopedic surgery at Northwestern University. Best of all, my wife is studying to be a certified financial accountant at Northwestern.”
Ms. Nancy H. Bissell ’61
Miss Ann McIntosh ’52
Ms. Roberta M. Boykin ’75
Mr. Richard F. Ober ’27
Mrs. Charlie Townes Carter ’31
Mr. Kirk Osborn ’69
Mrs. Camila McRoberts Colao ’41
Mr. Griffith F. Pitcher ’50
Mr. Wesley H. F. Everett ’77
Mrs. Dorothy Ridgely Thomas ’43
Mrs. Anne Pitts Imrie ’23
Mr. James M. Webster, Jr. ’49
Mrs. Patricia Michel Maloney ’44
The Rt. Rev. Huntington Williams, Jr. ’37
Mr. Peter Y. Martin ’60
Margie Garland Whitman ’69 with her children, Elizabeth, Ben, and Robbie ’10
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The father/daughter team of Greg Pinkard ’68 and Katherine Pinkard Bowers ’95 showcase their Pinkard Properties gear
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Ross McKenrick recently left Microsoft after eight years as a project manager in the consulting group and now he is a project manager at Sapient Corp, a consulting company based in Boston. “Much less travel! All three children have graduated from college and are living on their own. Scott (29) and
Chuck (27) are living and working in Crested Butte, Colorado and Mida (25) is living and working in Cowallis, Oregon. My wife, Christina, is a math teacher at School One in Providence, Rhode Island.” Margie Garland Whitman continues to work at Calvert as the school nurse and thoroughly enjoys her job. Her daughter, Elizabeth, teaches Spanish at
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a Pre-K—8 all boys’ school in New York City. She loves it. Ben (21) is a rising senior at Denison. Robbie ’10 is a rising senior at Episcopal High School in Virginia.
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Dr. Tara Lumpkin runs an online community platform, Izilwane – Voices for Biodiversity, which shares conservation oriented stories from people around the globe. The nonprofit’s mission is to awaken people to the tragedy of the sixth great extinction caused by humankind and to arrest biodiversity loss. The team is entirely volunteer-based. She resides in Taos, New Mexico, with her husband and cat and is an avid conservationist, hiker, skier, river runner and do gooder. To participate with Izilwane, go to: www.izilwane.org. Geraldine Nager Griffin shares “our oldest daughter Eliza has graduated from the Pine Point School after starting there as a three-year-old and is now at The Berkshire School for 10th-12th grades. Deep down, I hate the boarding school option, but there are not many choices in Stonington, Connecticut, unlike Baltimore, where there are endless great schools! So off she goes. Claire (11) remains at Pine Point as a sixth grader. Anyone passing through Connecticut, feel free to call.”
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Joyce Boatwright Cole works hard for Johns Hopkins International and enjoys walking her Spinone Italiano and reading. Her children, Trip ’06 and Madison ’09, will both be at Washington and Lee University next year.
Charlotte Harvey headed back to Buenos Aires in April for a film festival. She also worked last spring in northern Italy on six short educational videos written by students of the rural Trentino Adige area. “I most loved seeing the Caravaggio still life magnificently sitting in the center of Milan. I celebrated Cairo Open City on April 30th last year and will try to make that again to encourage my friends living there through a difficult time. I’m planning to get to Toulouse in May for the inauguration of a restored 50-foot Buckminster Fuller Fly’s Eye Dome.”
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Bill Atkins writes about his sister, Elizabeth “Beth” Atkins Schroeder ’76. “She will soon graduate with a nursing degree. Many years ago (too many to calculate), she got a B.A. and an M.A. but those had to do with business and economics. Now she follows in her father’s footsteps and joins the medical profession. Nicely done!”
house just outside of Carbondale and doing most of the work themselves. Free time is spent rafting, hiking and back country & cross country skiing. Kelly Finney’s daughter, Rebecca ’09, graduated from Roland Park Country School in spring 2013; son Scott ’11 has begun working on his Eagle Scout Project and is currently Senior Patrol Leader in Troop 828. He is a Junior at Gilman. Eva ’16 is now a sixth grader at Calvert and loves it.
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Mollie MacKenzie’s daughter’s name is Samantha Ann MacKenzie.
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Jack Buchanan continues to enjoy living in Jackson, Wyoming. Jack is an accomplished mountain climber and is very skilled with a canoe and kayak.
Dr. Carol Graham shares, “I work in and have helped run the oldest and biggest think tank in the U.S. (and the world). I am a behavioral economist and am involved in a National Academy of Sciences effort to change the way we measure and collect welfare data, with a focus on well being in addition to income. And I have spent much of my career in developing countries trying to design market friendly poverty interventions. I teach PhD students at the University of Maryland.”
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Karin von der Goltz Beuter lives in Carbondale, Colorado. She was married April 8, 2013 and has a landscaping company. They are building a strawbale
Ella ’22 and Jackson, the children of David ’81 and Allison Clapp, in the lobby of the Hershey Hotel for Ella’s sixth birthday
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his wife, Selina, daughter, Eloise, and dog, Haley, live in Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Sackett Cook is presently with Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn, an investment firm in New York City. Sackett is a research analyst focusing on international equities. He and his family enjoy occasional visits to Baltimore where he enjoys seeing Calvert classmates.
Sandy Colhoun ’81 and Charlotte Riggs ’84 at the Washington, D.C. Regional Event
Dr. Mark Cooper lives and works as a doctor in Alabama with his wife and three sons. Mark runs his own family practice, which is so popular that it has as many families as he can handle.
Dr. David Clapp lives just north of Baltimore with his wife, Allison; daughter, Ella ’22, and son, Jackson. David is enjoying working with his father in their family businesses. He enjoys golfing, playing fantasy football, and socializing with many members of his class.
Liam Culman lives with his wife and daughter in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood above his wife’s art gallery, the Marianne Boesky Gallery. Liam is the managing partner of Bigelow Sands LLC, which is involved in the art world, and he stays active playing squash.
Sandy Colhoun is the Director of Development at the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire. He and
Elisabeth Dahl had a great time speaking to the Calvert Middle Schoolers in late April about the
process of getting her first book, Genie Wishes (Abrams, 2013), published. She also spoke to the Ninth and Tenth Age girls and the Fifth Grade. In June, her son Jackson graduated from Eighth Grade. “It’s been a great year altogether, and I’ve loved spending more time with today’s Calvert students.” Joby Gardner is an Assistant Professor at DePaul University teaching curriculum studies. Joby is married to a Williams College classmate of Matt Wyskiel’s. Doug Godine, Jr. is a partner in the High Net Worth Group at Brown Advisory in Baltimore. He enjoys coaching his children in various sports such as lacrosse, basketball, and football. Eric Harlan is a Partner at the Baltimore law firm of Shapiro, Sher, Guinot & Sandler. Eric focuses on complex commercial disputes, labor & employment; domestic (divorce and custody matters); personal injury; and products liability. Eric is the co chair of Programming for the Trial Evidence Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation. D.B. Hebb III is a doctor at Kent Hospital in Connecticut where he lives with his family. DB, Sandy, and Brent enjoy getting together when their schedules allow it. Alex Hoehn Saric is the Deputy General Counsel for Strategic Initiatives at the United States Department of Commerce.
Elisabeth Dahl ’81 speaking to Calvert Lower School students about her recently published book
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Lucy Randolph Liddell shares, “sadly, my mother died in November. However, it is a true testament to the longevity of Calvert friendships that six of the girls from my Calvert class attended her funeral: Sarah Neer Breck, Tracey Lankford, Lisa Shapiro, Carolyn Ewing Woods, Catherine Nes Gatchell, and Catherine Thomas Burnett.”
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Andrew Meredith is a First Vice President at Merrill Lynch in Baltimore. He works with his dad.
life in Baltimore. In June 2012 we spent one month in Italy with our adopted Italian daughter and her family. Wow, what an experience. We loved swimming in the Ligurian Sea, eating the delicious fresh fish and pasta, and learning Italian. We look forward to returning in 2014.”
Brent Powell, his wife and two daughters and son live in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Brent is head of the Upper School at the Derryfield School in Manchester.
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William Spencer is living in San Francisco. Bruce Taylor is the Global Brand Marketing Director at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He leads the school’s marketing strategy and initiatives in the United States and abroad with a focus on China, India, and Brazil. Rusty Ward and his wife and their children live in the Greenspring Valley house that Rusty and brother Pete grew up in. Rusty works for UBS as an investment advisor. Pete Ward, Jr. and wife Lea Craig ’80 and their two young boys live next door to Rusty. Pete works for Ward Bolland Associates. Clark Wight, his wife, two sons, and daughter are living near Perth, Australia. In recent summers, Gilman classmates, Liam Culman and Matt Wyskiel, have enjoyed seeing Clark on Nantucket when their schedules line up accordingly. Stocky Williams is a Principal with HR&A Advisors, which is an industry leading real estate, economic development, and energy consulting firm. Stocky and his family live in Washington, D.C. Matt Wyskiel lives near Calvert with his wife, daughter, and son; they walk to Calvert every morning. Matt heads Skill Capital Management, the investment management firm that he started five years ago. In his free time, Matt helps children with their education either on a 1:1 basis or through non profit organizations like Children’s Scholarship Fund Baltimore, which provides partial scholarships to about 300 children of low income Baltimore families so that they can attend the school of their choice.
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Molly Eversmann ’17, daughter of Tori Duke Eversmann ’82, with John Cavanaugh ’17 at Tenth Age Closing Exercises in June
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Tori Dukehart Eversmann is the proud mother of Molly ’17 who recently finished Tenth Age. She writes, “I enjoyed the auspicious occasion of the lower school closing ceremony where Molly was the tallest in her class. There were aspects of the morning that were exactly the same as my graduation, such as the handing down of the banner to the youngest class, the speeches, and the diplomas. Much at Calvert has changed, but many of the wonderful traditions remain the same. I can’t believe she will be in Middle School—an experience I didn’t have, so I will no longer walk the halls seeing reminders of the time that I spent at Calvert. We are excited for the middle school experience and pleased that Calvert has remained a place with stellar values. I recently went to my Garrison Forest reunion and saw classmates Deborah Dorsey Blue, Wendy Merrick Doak, and Eleanor McMillan Clark. I thought, ‘wow, I went to school with these three since Anne Bonds’ nursery school. Now we are all mothers and wives.’ We are so happy with Calvert. As a family, we are doing very well enjoying
Cary Berkeley Kaye’s daughter Louise is four and shares, “We are expecting another girl in August.” Her husband Nigel just received tenure teaching civil engineering at Clemson University, and she is working part time as the managing editor of an academic journal. Annie Salisbury Staley’s son, Walton ’22, is in Sixth Age. Annie shares, “I am so enjoying seeing Calvert through his eyes and sharing his experience.”
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Andrew Coyle, his wife, Andrea, and son, Ryan, currently live in Valdosta, Georgia, where he is a practicing Emergency Medicine physician. Andrew shares, “We are expecting a new addition to the family in August. I’ve been around since leaving Baltimore in 1991 after graduating from Gilman. I spent my college years at the University of Pennsylvania, then working for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for ten years in Biomedical research. Since leaving Philly, I spent a year in Lusaka Zambia, then a year in Houston, followed by three in New Orleans. I completed my residency in Jacksonville, and we have since settled in Georgia. The move here is temporary and we expect to move back north in a year or so.” Sarah Mumford Peacock writes, “It’s hard to believe we’ve lived in Fort Collins
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pound rescued black lab, Duke, into the mix. I am still in practice as a pediatrician in urgent care as well.”
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Andrew Coyle ’85, wife Andrea, & son Ryan at Deep Creek Lake
for six years now – biking, hiking, gardening, and raising two energetic boys. I am still teaching Spanish part time at the boys’ elementary school; my husband, Doc, continues as a brewer. We recently came back to Baltimore in July to see lots of family. Also, I’m VERY excited that my nephews now attend Calvert!” Dr. Eleise LaPorta Weisberg is still living in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, with her family. She and her husband, Rick welcomed their third child, Rosalie Sloane on January 26, 2012. “Big brothers Carter (5) and Ben (4) are thrilled with their little sister. We’ve also added a 100
Dabney Neblett Bowen has temporarily relocated to Portland, Oregon and is enjoying the amazing scenery and incredible food. Her daughters Wesley (5) and Leighton (3) have embraced the outdoor life in Oregon, and her two dogs are in heaven with endless miles of hiking trails and rivers. They are keeping their roots in Connecticut and will continue to spend their summers in Nantucket where they always enjoy bumping into old friends from Calvert. Betsey Swingle Hobelmann shares, “this year was very busy with three children at Calvert – Anna ’17, Caroline ’19, and James ’22. I’m still doing a lot of volunteer work at Calvert, Roland Park, The Baltimore School for the Arts, and now helping to open an all boys charter school in 2014 called Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys. I also continue to assist at Whitney Wasson Photography, and I gave two solo cabaret performances at German’s in Little Italy in February & March.”
Dorsey Stone & fiancé Becky Gennaro
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Erika Moravec Jaeggli lives with her husband and two children in Dallas, Texas. She works as a professional artist and had two gallery shows during Spring 2013 in Dallas. Dorsey Stone is looking forward to marrying Becky Gennaro on Nantucket this September. Dorsey is a lawyer in Boston but misses Baltimore and wishes all his old Calvert friends the very best.
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Dr. Dave Chalmers lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife Margie, boys Jack and Eli (both 3), and girl Louisa (1). Dr. Allison Michels Pettinelli lives in Westchester County, New York working as a physiatrist. She lives with her husband and two children, Leo (5) and Ana (3).
Carter, Rosalie, and Ben, the children of Eleise LaPorta Weisberg ’85
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Rachel Arnot Rockwell shares that, “things have been happily rolling along without too many bumps for our family this year. Hannah has turned five and enjoyed her first year
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technology. In September 2013, Ryan will marry his fiancé, Erin Carter, in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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Left: Jack and Eli, the sons of David Chalmers ’91; Right: David with daughter Louise
at Calvert. Oden is one and a half and a handful of joy. Life is good, and Calvert is still a big part of it. All of us are having a ball raising a new flock of chicks! We are daydreaming about lemonade/ vegetable/egg stands on Stevenson Road in the years to come. For now, we are having fun digging in the dirt and chasing chicks.” Sarah Oglesby Slomkowski married David Slomkowski in November 2012. They live in the county, and she has two wonderful step daughters, Hannah and Sophie. “We are working together with a non-profit organization called Athletes Serving Athletes.”
Grady Edward Meech, son of her sister, Sarah Passano Meech ’95.
Annabelle & Grady Meech, children of Sarah Passano Meech ’95; Abby, Cate & Emma McDonnell, children of Catherine Passano McDonnell ’88; and Ellie & Courtney Wiggs, children of Tammy Passano Wiggs ’91 – all are the grandchildren of Mac ’55 and Helen Passano
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Ryan Littlefield just accepted a new position with Ciena Networks, which is a global supplier of fiber optic Sarah Oglesby Slomkowski ’91 with husband David and step-daughters Hannah & Sophie at their November 2012 wedding
Chris Turnbull welcomed his second daughter, Hannah, into the world on February 17, 2013. Tammy Passano Wiggs welcomed her second daughter into the world! Eleanor Kirby Wiggs was born October 23, 2012, nine days before her cousin,
Ryan Littlefield ’92 with his fiancé Erin
Katie Swiss King and her husband Kyle celebrated their first anniversary in November 2012. Kyle started a new position with intuitive surgical and was away for training while she was pregnant late last fall. “Things in the King (Swiss) household got a bit more exciting with the birth of our first born, Delaney Smith King, born February 28th. I celebrated a baby shower with many classmates from Calvert in late January including Whitney Jamison, Stasia Thomas, Betsy Gaines, and Brooke Kirby Buppert. I can’t wait to be back in the 7-2 classroom and have Delaney attend Kiddie Calvert!” Polly Bartlett Offutt and her husband Matt celebrated the birth of their daughter, Ellinor Lane, on January 15, 2013.
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Cara Shepley got married to Genshi Ezawa, who she met in Japan when she taught English there after college, on December 12, 2012. Cara shares, “the judge I clerked for, Judge Benson Everett Legg ’59 married us in a small, intimate ceremony in his courtroom – only my family attended. Also, in January, I started a new job as an associate at Hogan Lovells US LLP, in Baltimore.” Courtney Kirby Weir was married on Mustique to Matthew Weir in 2009 and they now have two beautiful daughters. Brooke was born August 15, 2011 and Katherine was born February 20, 2013. They live in Washington, D.C.
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next spring in Baltimore. Additionally we bought a house in Lutherville and have been working hard to fix it up!”
Courtney Kirby Weir ’94 with husband Matthew and their two children
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Julia Bainbridge shares, “I am working in New York City and loving it!” Katherine Pinkard Bowers founded Pinkard Properties, a woman owned commercial real estate company serving the Baltimore Metropolitan area with her father, Greg Pinkard ’68. She stays busy with the new business and finishing her MBA. Katherine also enjoys spending time with her husband Chris and their Greater Swiss Mountain dog, Hank. Courtney G. Brent writes that, “this past year has been full of new events for us. I am about to begin a new job in wealth management at Schiff Wealth. My fiancé and I are planning to get married
Blaire C. Hagan has moved to Fells Point and just wrapped up performances of “Murdercastle”, performed by the Baltimore Rock Opera Society. “I was one of the six dancers in the movement team for this performance, and another Calvert alumnus, Will Gee ’89, worked on the performance with me doing lighting and other set work.”
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Napoleon Sykes shares, “on April 19, 2013 my wife, Christy, gave birth to our first born, a boy, Bodhi Cole Sykes. He was 7lbs 12oz! Mom and the baby boy are healthy, and he’s a big dude!”
Bodhi Cole Sykes, son of Napolean ’96 and Christy Sykes
and another two in private equity (at Oak Hill Capital Partners), he spent the last year working at a healthcare start up. This fall, he will be pursuing his MBA at Wharton.
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Michael Cromwell IV has been living in New York the last five years, where he has been working in finance. After two years in investment banking (at Lehman/Barclays)
Michael Cromwell ’98 and Virginia Cromwell ’00 at the Super Bowl in February
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The Thomas family celebrating the marriage of Stasia Thomas ’95 and Matthew Nardangeli on December 31, 2012
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Nina Rawtani graduated from medical school at George Washington University in May. She also completed her first Olympic triathlon in
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Hawaii in March. Her next step is her residency at Georgetown University and Washington Hospital Center specializing in Anesthesiology. Nina encourages her Calvert friends to visit her in D.C. if you are in the area! Hope Wiles is currently living at the Jersey Shore with her fiancé and is planning for her September 2013 wedding. She is working as a master’s level social worker for Fresenius Medical Care helping dialysis patients and families manage the trials and tribulations of End Stage Renal Disease.
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John Williams shares, “In July 2013, I completed my service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Suriname where I lived and worked in the Saramaccan village of Ligorio for two years. My experience ranged from creating a rice milling business and training youth in basic life skills to learning to build a dug out canoe and fishing for piranha.”
product development manager for a nanotechnology company. She’s working with companies like Pfizer and Under Armour to bring new generations to the consumer market and travels to places like Germany and France to work with clients and promote the technology at international conferences. Miranda Hall is finishing up her second year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. After a year of volunteering in Anchorage, Alaska, she moved to Missoula, Montana, where she’s been serving kids in a domestic violence shelter. This fall, she will return to Baltimore for a playwriting residency at Center Stage.
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Mike Cianos formed a company called B’More Clean, LLC in 2011 – a college services company in Baltimore and now Washington, D.C. They are a pick up and drop off laundry and summer storage service for students at area universities. They are currently servicing well over 100 students per year and are just in their second year. Just recently, Mike became a part of a team working to design a new clothing line of luxury sports apparel, Seven Swells, which is scheduled to release in the next 18 months.
Paige Hanson ’06 with the Women’s Lacrosse Championship trophy
Departmental Honors and, as of June 3rd, is working for the Brooklyn Nets in the front office.
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Justin George is a member of the Duke University lacrosse team that won the 2013 NCAA Men’s Championship.
Ryan Gisriel graduated from the University of Notre Dame with Justin George ’07 (right) posing with the Men’s Lacrosse Championship trophy
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Louise Brooks is living in D.C. and working as an engineer and
Alix Gresov ’06 at the Cornell-Yale homecoming game in fall 2012
Brooks Goodweaver attends Bard College. He writes, “I am gaining theater experience – trying to learn how to make it in the field, and learning carpentry from my dad.”
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Charlie Thomas writes, “in high school I was the captain of the tennis team and still enjoy playing when I can. I am currently a Presidential Scholar at Wake Forest and am a Communications major. I participate in Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Marching Band through Wake Forest. When I have a slow weekend at school, I enjoy getting away to work on the family ranch.”
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Kirsten Adams, Zoe Bilis, Molly Danko, and Kyle Stewart graduated from Bryn Mawr School in June. Zoe writes, “after 13 years of school together, we are all going our separate ways.”
Josh Khuvis ’09, Robby Vint ’09, and Peter Cooke ’09 posing for the camera
country runner, Captain of an undefeated wrestling team, which set the state record, and a musician who plays the viola. I also enjoy exploring foreign cultures.”
Chris Thomas writes “today I am a high school senior looking back on a challenging and exciting education, and looking forward to one even more so. Academically I am fascinated by the Classics and hope to pursue International Studies and diplomacy. I am a cross
Kirsten Adams ’09 posing with her UNC gear
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James Banta plays lots of rugby. Nat Raum attended MICA pre college for photography. She is gearing up for her first one woman show at Bryn Mawr.
Kyle Stewart ’09, Kirsten Adams ’09, Zoe Bilis ’09, and Molly Danko ’09 graduating from the Bryn Mawr School
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John Emmett IV plays Division II NCAA Golf at Franklin & Marshall. Jamie Roth attends the University of Maryland, College Park and will also be starting a marketing internship with the Rams Head Group in Annapolis. She spent the summer working and living with her best friends in Ocean City.
Hewitt Harchick ’09, Peter Cooke ’09, Danielle Pineda ’09, and Peter Vaselkiv ’09 spent time at Calvert while completing their Senior Project this past spring
Mary Bryan Owen won her second straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) golf championship. Her goal is to win all four individual titles during her high school career. She has been undefeated in individual matches over the past two years. She won last year’s IAAM title by 12 strokes. She made the Maryland team last summer that combined with Virginia to compete against North Carolina and South Carolina in the Mid Atlantic Girls’ Challenge. Graham Warnock enjoys participation in Gilman’s a capella group – The Traveling Men. His new passion is rowing – he rows for a club team, Baltimore Rowing Club.
Members of Class of 2012 heading off to ‘Snowball’ at Bryn Mawr School
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calvert leader board Kirsten Adams ’09 Bryn Mawr School
Member of the Cum Laude Society; elected All School Captain
Zoe Bilis
Member of the Cum Laude Society
’09
Bryn Mawr School
Christopher Chasney ’11 St. Paul’s School
Youngest student to ever be elected to the Service Learning Honor Society at St. Paul’s School as a sophomore after amassing over 150 hours in his freshman year. Member of the Service Learning Council.
David Clark
Member of the It’s Academic team
’09
Gilman School
Eli Clemens ’10 Gilman School
Recipient of the Harry Hardie Anglo-American Prize – St. Edward’s Exchange
Isabel Cooke ’12 Friends School
One of two freshman to have a leading role in Friends School’s spring musical Anything Goes; one of four freshman to be elected for the 2013-2014 Senate.
Peter Cooke ’09 Gilman School
Cum Laude Society; recipient of the Donald Hoffman Memorial Cross Country Cup; recipient of the Margaret V. Perin Swimming Award.
Kevin Devine
Gilman School
Recipient of the Frank W. Andrews, Jr. Golf Trophy
Michael East ’09 Gilman School
Member of the Cum Laude Society; recipient of The Squash Award
Liam Emmart ’11 St. Paul’s School
Member of the Service Learning Council; member of the Varsity Lightweight 4+ boat in the Stotesbury Regatta in PA, the largest high school regatta in the country, which placed third overall.
Alexis Emmett ’11 Roland Park Country School
Runner-up at the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland golf championship
Nora Feinberg
’12
Roland Park Country School
Sophomore Class President for 2013-2014 school year
Rebecca Finney
’09
Roland Park Country School
Member of the Cum Laude Society
’10
Weezie Foster ’10 Friends School
Co-President of the senior class for 2013-2014 school year
Justin George ’07 Duke University
Member of the Duke University Men’s Lacrosse team that won the national championship
Max Greene
Recipient of the Tyler Campbell Lacrosse Cup
’09
Gilman School
Paige Hanson ’06 University of North Carolina
Recipient of the John W. Harden Scholarship awarded by the School of Journalism; member of the UNC Women’s Lacrosse team that won the national championship; winner of the prestigious award for the Final Four team member with the highest GPA
Thomas Hebert
’11
Gilman School
Junior Class Vice President for 2013-2014 school year
Todd Iodice
’11
Gilman School
William S. Thomas Scholarship Prize
Frankie Kelly
’06
University of North Carolina
Finalist for the Yeardley Love Unsung Hero Award
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Josh Khuvis ’09 Gilman School
Member of the Cum Laude Society; recipient of a Faculty Award
Garrett Knipp ’09 St. Paul’s School
Successfully completed the International Baccalaureate program
Cole Lacovara ’11 St. Paul’s School
Elected to a two-year term for Honor Council at St. Paul’s School.
Sam McGee ’07 University of North Carolina
Member of the UNC Women’s Lacrosse team that won the national championship
Ashley Mitchell ’10 Garrison Forest School
Member of the Cum Laude Society; winner of the American Guild of Organists’ (Baltimore Chapter); received the Young Organist Scholarship in Fall of 2012; performing research on scleroderma at JHU through Garrison’s Women in Science & Engineering (W.I.S.E.) program.
Katie Mitchell ’05 College of William & Mary
Competed on the IR club team at the World Model U.N. Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Her team won the conference.
Ellie Murphy ’07 Sewanee University
Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week; named Second Team all-league by the SAA (chosen by coaches) and helped her team capture their first SAA Lacrosse Tournament Championship.
Palmer Murray ’07 Dickinson College
Member of the Dickinson College lacrosse team which went undefeated through the regular season and won their conference championship.
Mary Bryan Owen ’11 Roland Park Country School
Girls Athlete of the Week for the week of May 8, 2013; won her second straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland golf championship.
Wylie Rice
’10
Gilman School
Recipient of the Cleveland Essay Prize
Tom Riley
’10
Gilman School
Member of the Cum Laude Society
Zach Sachar
’09
McDonough School
Member of the It’s Academic team
Nick Shepherd ’08 Dickinson College
Member of the Dickinson College lacrosse team which went undefeated through the regular season and won their conference championship.
Booker Smith
’09
McDonough School
Member of the It’s Academic team
Kyle Stewart
’09
Bryn Mawr School
Scholar Athlete
Robby Vint
’09
Gilman School
Member of the Cum Laude Society
Joe White ’09 Gilman School
Member of the Cum Laude Society; alternate for the It’s Academic team; recipient of the Edward T. Russell Latin Prize
Syd Woodruff ’09 St. Timothy’s School
Recipient of The Spanish Medal; nominee for the McCormick Unsung Hero
Peter Zouck ’05 Dickinson College
Member of the Dickinson College lacrosse team which went undefeated through the regular season and won their conference championship.
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TOMORROW’S LEADERS ARE COMING.
The valedictorians. The leads in school plays. The captains of athletic teams. The class presidents. They all have one thing in common.
They got their start at
Come visit us for a Considering Calvert Day. RSVP: 410-243-6054 ext. 106 Thursday, October 17th 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Wednesday, November 6th 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Tuesday, November 19th 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Congratulations to the Class of 2013! The 43 members of the class received a total of 133 acceptances to the schools to which they applied. Seven schools accepted nine or more Calvert applicants. The Class of 2013 will be attending: Baltimore School for the Arts Notre Dame Preparatory School *merit scholar Bryn Mawr School Park School Friends School Roland Park Country School Garrison Forest School St. Paul’s School *Kinsolving Scholar Gilman School St. Paul’s School for Girls *Wagley Scholar Loyola Blakefield St. Timothy’s School McDonogh School Woodberry Forest School An independent lower and middle school for boys and girls. • 105 Tuscany Road, Baltimore, MD 21210 • www.calvertschoolmd.org
class of 2009
class of 2009 college choices
Class of 2006 College Choices Kirsten M. Adams University of North Carolina
Michael T. East Princeton University
Stephen P. D. Kelly University of North Carolina
Jameson E. Roth University of Maryland
Bruno P. Babij Stanford University
John M. Emmett Franklin & Marshall College
Joshua Khuvis Princeton University
Zachary Sachar Carnegie Mellon
Paul A. D. Berman University of Maryland
LaShea M. Felder Widener University
Garrett S. Knipp Wake Forest University
Albert M. Schmickel University of California, Berkeley
Zoe Bilis George Washington University
Katharine R. Finney Wake Forest University
Lillian C. Lancaster Williams College
John C. Simms Middlebury College
Maquira A. Brock Undecided
Ana Garcia-Moreno Bowdoin College
Stan A. Lawera Undecided
Booker H. Smith George Washington University
Claudia L. Buccino New York University
Henry S. Goetz University of North Carolina
Evan C. Martinez Boston College
Sophia K. Springer Franklin College Switzerland
Elizabeth L. Cahn Roger Williams University
Jeong S. Ha Undecided
Leonidas J. Newton Davidson College
Kyle M. Stewart Bucknell University
David Clark University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Hewit H. Harchick Loyola University
Christopher K. T. Nguyen Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Stuart M. Sutley Elon University
Peter V. Cooke University North Carolina
Devon P. Horine Western Reserve/United States Naval Academy
Molly C. Danko University of Denver
Audrey T. Kamauff University of Virginia
Kaitlin M. Palmer Guilford College Dwayne Peterkin II Wake Forest University Katherine C. Phillips University of Virginia
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