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The Compass is published by the Chadwick School communications office for alumni, parents and the greater Chadwick Comminuty.

Jonathan Tufo Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations Laurie Hanley Director of Communications, Editor Sal Paniagua Online Communications Manager Amanda Hammond Graphic Designer Photography: Alex Jones, Doug Morgan, Sal Paniagua, Frances Pullara, and community members.

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MISSION STATEMENT Chadwick, a K-12 school founded in 1935, is dedicated to the development of academic excellence, exemplary character, and selfdiscovery through experience. We live in accordance with our core values of respect, responsibility, honesty, fairness, and compassion.

Through active participation in a diverse school community, students prepare to contribute meaningfully to their local, national, and global communities. Talented and caring faculty and staff cultivate in each student the joy of learning, self-confidence, well being, and the individual gifts that each possesses. By living and learning in an atmosphere of integrity and trust, students come to expect the best of themselves and others.

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Founded in 1935, Chadwick School is a nonprofit, nondenominational independent day school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges as a kindergarten through twelfth-grade school.

Chadwick School does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or national origin in the employment of any staff, or in the administration of any school programs, policies and privileges, including admission, financial aid, scholarships, academics, athletics and extracurricular activities.

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Cover: Liliana Flam ’14, Montana Morgan ’13, Emily Robertson ’14, Susan Wang ’14, Sierra Zwarg ’14, and Jessica Hale ’16 at The Library of Ephesus, Ephesus,Turkey.

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From Headmaster Ted Hill

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From Board Chair John Miguelez ’81

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Welcome, New Trustees

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Chadwick Students Shine on National Stage

10 Other Honors for Chadwick School 11 Student Leadership Spotlight

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Young Round Square Conference

Model UN heads to Istanbul 14 Honoring Our Educator of the Year: Tom Clauset 15 Faculty Profile: Bruce Poch 16 At the Heart of the Village:

Community Service Update

19 Alumni Spotlight: Reuben Chen ’96 20 Technology Matters with Chadwick’s

Deborah Levy

21 Alumni Spotlight: Nick Miller ’00 22 From 2012-13 CI Headmaster Jeff Mercer 24 The Power of Collaboration 28 Outdoor Education Program Marks

30th Anniversary

30 Dolphin Athletic Update

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The Alumni Office is launching a new platform to manage interaction between our alumni, parents, students, and faculty and staff called the Chadwick Exchange. The purpose of this online network is to create a unified place where all members of the Chadwick community can both contribute and benefit from a pool of jobs, internships, mentoring relationships, college connections, and other opportunities. This system will work with your existing portal log-in to the Chadwick website/portals.

Look for the debut of this system during the fall of 2013. More information will be available soon!

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Dear Chadwick Community Members, This year marks the 30th Anniversary of Chadwick’s “official” outdoor education program — one of the defining programs of the school and a national exemplar. In fact, this program was one of the most important factors that led my family and me to Chadwick in 1998.

Outdoor ed at Chadwick began as a series of loosely associated outdoor activities before growing into the more formalized program we have today. Under Commander Joseph and Margaret Chadwick, who recognized the intrinsic value of outdoor experience, students enjoyed skiing in Yosemite each winter, horseback riding, car camping, and hiking in the Palos Verdes hills.

In 1977, former Middle School Director John Fiske and former Upper School Director Jerry Martin expanded the outdoor ed program, offering optional trips with the Boojum Wilderness Institute. It was not until 1983 that Chadwick offered its own trips specifically designed for Chadwick students and appointed Todd Trautner as Outdoor Education Director. Rick Alexander, who served as full-time Outdoor Education Director from 1984-90, led Chadwick’s effort to establish formal learning outcomes and requirements.

One cannot discuss the history of Chadwick’s outdoor ed program without remembering former Outdoor Education Director Max Lyon (1990-97) and former Outdoor Education Instructor and Interim Assistant Director Karl Mueggler (1991-97), who died much too young in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing vacation in 1997. Under the leadership of Max and Assistant Director/Interim Director Margaret Hancock Sullivan (1992-96), Chadwick’s outdoor education program received full accreditation from the Association of Experiential Education (AEE), one of only seven such high school programs in North America and a major milestone. Max and Karl were remarkable teachers, and reflective and compassionate human beings who were both beloved and respected members of the Chadwick Community.

Today, under the leadership of Alan Hill, Director of Outdoor Education since 1997, and Deb Powers, Associate Director of Outdoor Education since 1998 and an instructor since 1992, outdoor ed at Chadwick has grown into a carefully calibrated and focused program for students in Grades 3-12. Beginning with annual week-long trips in Grades 3-6 and progressing through mandatory week-long backpacking trips in Grades 7-11, Chadwick students advance their backpacking, rock climbing, leadership, interpersonal, navigational, and survival skills through increasingly ambitious wilderness courses. The program culminates in the Senior Trip, a three-week wilderness backpacking trip at the end of senior year that is remembered by many as a powerful rite of passage.

Chadwick was extremely fortunate to find Alan Hill and Deb Powers, both remarkable people and educators of the highest caliber. Their deep belief in the importance

of outdoor ed to the mental, emotional, and physical development of Chadwick students, their dedication, and their integrity have allowed the program to thrive. In addition, they have helped to launch an outdoor ed program at Chadwick International in Songdo, South Korea.

As many of you know through your own experience as a participant or a parent, not every student warms up immediately to the outdoor ed experience. It may take several trips (or even years) for them to understand the value of their wilderness adventures in their lives. For these students, perhaps even more than others, outdoor education can be a powerful learning experience as they develop forbearance in the face of discomfort, perseverance in the face of difficulties, and courage and trust in the face of fear and anxiety. Others who thrive on the physical activity inherent in outdoor ed may need to develop skills in communication or interpersonal relationships. All must learn to feel comfortable in the role of either leader or follower, depending upon the needs and best interests of the group.

These character traits and life skills are among the most important benefits of a Chadwick education — benefits that keep accruing long after college has come and gone.

Whether they loved outdoor ed from the first trip or worked hard to like it at all, Chadwick alumni often refer to their outdoor ed trips as some of the most powerful experiences of their lives — life lessons that taught them to push beyond their perceived limitations, to appreciate the natural world, and to work in close cooperation with others.

It takes visionary leaders to create and sustain an outstanding program for several decades, and Chadwick is fortunate to have had such people leading outdoor ed through the years. I hope you will join me in remembering Max and Karl, congratulating such leaders as Alan Hill, Deb Powers, John Fiske, Jerry Martin, John Nordquist, Rick Alexander, Margaret and Pat Sullivan, John Farmer, and the many exceptional outdoor ed instructors (including several Chadwick alumni) on the 30th anniversary of Chadwick’s outdoor ed program, and in thanking them for the crucial roles they have played in these unique learning opportunities for our students.

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Board of Trustees 2013–14 Headmaster Frederick T. Hill Officers John M. Miguelez ’81, Chair Christopher J. Hutchison, Vice-Chair Lynn Hopton Davis, Treasurer Michael S. Lebovitz, Secretary Members Kenneth J. Baronsky Linda M. Calhoun ’79 Philip Chen ’90 Kurt R. Gibbs Frederick “Ted” Hill, Ex Officio Angela Lewis Houle Peter Huh Matthew F. Jacobson Martine Jago Ruth MacFarlane Todd Mihm Lisa A. Petrie Nick Richardson Jennie Robertson Lynne Rosenberg ’81 Michael P. Trapani Mark Woodruff Permanent Trustees Joseph Chadwick ’41 Robert Roessler ’40 Trustees Emeriti William Davidson ’63 Gladys Quinlin (deceased) William Pascoe, III (deceased) Dodd Young ’45 (deceased)

Dear Chadwick Community Members, On behalf of the Roessler-Chadwick Foundation Board of Trustees, I would like to welcome all of you to the 2013-14 school year.

Whether it’s your first or fortieth year as a member of the Chadwick Community, I hope that you are as excited as I am to watch our students embark upon a new year of academic excellence, exemplary character, and self-discovery through experience. The Board and I plan to spend time with our senior students this year through a new Board initiative called “Adopt a Senior” so that we can get to know their wonderful talents and personalities firsthand. Students remain the primary focus of our school, and I believe that getting to know them on an individual level will help me and the other trustees better serve our community.

The charter of the Board is to ensure that Chadwick School does its best to fulfill its mission through a number of important responsibilities including: • Hiring, supporting, and evaluating the headmaster • Ensuring the long-term financial stability of the school • Long-range planning, development, and supervision The Board of Trustees consists of alumni, current and former Chadwick parents, and other members of our community. I hope that you will join me in thanking members of our Board who completed their service at the end of the 2012-13 school year. Past Chair Rick Learned ’62, Heidi Lipman Huchberger ’60, Jason Moskowitz, Paul Westhead ’85, John Nendick and Matt Jacobson are to be commended for their dedication. We are very grateful for their support.

This year we are pleased to have added five new trustees of varying constituencies and perspectives. Please read about their backgrounds in the following pages. I encourage you to meet them in person at a game, performance, or social gathering sometime soon.

Ted Hill, our Headmaster, has done a terrific job at building a strong senior management team, including the recent appointments of Deborah Dowling (Assistant Head for Academic Affairs), John Kjenner (CFO), Bruce Poch (Dean of Admission and Executive Director of College Counseling), and Jonathan Tufo (Executive Director of Advancement and External Relations).

Each brings not only a strong skill set, but also a strong commitment to Chadwick.

The Board is committed to supporting the school’s mission with a long-term approach, always working hard to anticipate and prepare for the needs of our future students and community.

I am privileged to work with the exceptional group of dedicated and talented individuals that makes up our Board of Trustees. I hope that you and your family have a rewarding school year, and I welcome your input and feedback.

Sincerely,

John Miguelez ’81 Chair of the Board

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Jennie Nash Robertson Jennie Nash Robertson (also known as Jennie Nash) is a Torrance-based author, public speaker, UCLA Extension Writer’s Program teacher, and private writing coach. Her publications include seven novels and non-fiction titles, as well as numerous articles in leading national magazines and newspapers. Her second book, “The Victoria’s Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming and Other Lessons I Learned from Breast Cancer,” was named a Lifetime TV Bookshelf Pick and translated into German, Korean, and Russian. Robertson has also partnered with Ford Motor Company and J. Walter Thompson Detroit on national women’s health and educational outreach campaigns.

Robertson holds a Bachelor’s degree with honors in English from Wellesley College. Prior to launching her writing career, she worked in the editorial departments of New York Woman Magazine and Ballantine Books, a division of Random House.

Robertson and her husband, Rob, are the parents of current Chadwick student Emily ’14 and Amherst College senior and Chadwick alumna Carlyn ’10. During her years as a Chadwick parent, she has served as Spirit Rep for the girls’ water polo team, Grad Night organizer, and on the Dolphin Booster Club Board, including two years as president.

According to Robertson, she is passionate about the Chadwick mission and looks forward to promoting it throughout the community and to attracting enthusiastic students to the school. She believes that her experience in crafting compelling narratives and marketing them both in print and online will allow her to contribute in a lasting way as a Chadwick trustee.

Says Robertson: “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to give back to an institution that has given so much to my family, and to join a Board that is comprised of such passionate and talented individuals. It’s a very rare thing to have a school that is dedicated to education in the purest sense rather than simply

“achievement,” and such dedication doesn’t come cheaply or easily. As a current parent, I am well aware of exactly how much a Chadwick education costs and what kind of sacrifice it takes to afford it. I will encourage all efforts to build the school’s financial health and keep Chadwick as accessible as possible to families of all kinds who believe in what we are doing.”

In addition to her volunteer positions at Chadwick, Robertson served on the vestry of Christ Episcopal Church in Redondo Beach for three years. In her free time, you’re likely to find her walking with friends on the beach or in the hills, working in her garden, or practicing yoga.

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Peter Huh Peter Huh is president and CEO of Pacific American Fish Company, Inc., a family-owned global seafood distribution and manufacturing company with purchasing and manufacturing offices in North America, Latin America, and Asia. An international businessman for more than 35 years, Huh has deep experience in strategic planning, sales, organizational development, product development, and construction.

Huh and his wife, Past Trustee Jihee Kim Huh, are the parents of two Chadwick alumni, Amanda ’09, Amherst College ’13, and Christopher ’10, a current Amherst student. Huh is himself a graduate of Amherst, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1982.

Huh looks forward to giving back to the school his children attended and the Chadwick community.

“Chadwick School has been a big part of my life,” says Huh. “I have many fond memories of our children’s years there, and Jihee and I developed many enduring friendships with parents through Chadwick. Personally seeing the growth and transformation of

Martine Jago, Ph.D. Martine Jago, Ph.D. is Associate Dean of Pepperdine University’s Education Division, a tenured faculty member of the Pepperdine Graduate School of Education and Psychology, and the chair of Pepperdine’s Master of Arts in Education program. She holds a doctorate in early years education from the University of Kent (U.K.), and both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees with honors in modern languages from Oxford University. Dr. Jago was honored with Pepperdine’s Howard A. White Award for excellence in teaching in 2009-10.

A resident of Irvine, Dr. Jago has extensive curriculum development and elementary and secondary teaching experience, particularly in the teaching of foreign languages. The author of numerous research papers and presentations, she holds 7-12 Foreign Languages, K-6 Multiple 8

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Chadwick kids from Village students to college graduates reaffirms the importance and impact of a Chadwick education.”

Huh will bring his global experience to bear as he works to advance Chadwick School. According to Huh, both his children benefitted immensely from their Chadwick experience, growing to be independent, conscientious, and thoughtful citizens. He shared that the thing he treasures most about Chadwick is its emphasis on good moral character, adding that he would like to continue to build on this base and help equip students to be good global citizens.

“Being involved in international business for over 35 years, I know firsthand how valuable a good education is in this competitive world. Chadwick does a great job in preparing our children, but the world is getting flatter and closer than ever before,” says Huh. “Chadwick International in Songdo gives Chadwick School in Palos Verdes an advantage by exposing our children from an early age to an international perspective and connections on a daily basis. I hope to help Chadwick to use this unique opportunity to its fullest for the benefit of our students, both in Palos Verdes and Songdo.”

Huh currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. He is a past trustee of the Torrance YMCA, where he was a member of the finance sub-committee responsible for overseeing the financial planning and budgeting for the second largest YMCA in North America. His primary philanthropic interests lie in the areas of education, public media, and the arts, and he is an avid supporter of Southern California Public Radio, Disney Concert Hall, and college scholarships in support of underserved minority students. In his free time, Huh enjoys studying East Asian history, horseback riding, traveling, and playing golf.

Subjects, and K-5 teaching credentials.

Dr. Jago serves on the Pepperdine University Academic Council, as well as the Graduate School of Education’s Executive, Academic, and Administrative councils.

“I am delighted to be selected to the Roessler-Chadwick Foundation Board of Trustees,” says Dr. Jago, “and I look forward to serving in this role.”

In addition to her passion for education, Dr. Jago is an accomplished dancer and dance teacher, and has an ongoing interest in religious studies. She is certified in religious studies (Catholic Bishops’ Conference, England), teaching of exercise to music (Royal Society of the Arts), and professional dance education (National Association of Teachers of Dancing). Her wide-ranging interests, multiple languages, and expertise in curriculum development no doubt promise to provide a wealth of advantages to Chadwick and its students.

Nick Richardson Manhattan Beach resident Nick Richardson is the co-founder, president and CEO of Solartis, Inc., a software and outsourcing company serving the global insurance industry. As such, his responsibilities include developing business strategy and managing corporate operations in India and the United States. Prior to founding Solartis, Richardson was a senior vice president at ePolicy, Inc.; a national director of Medicare insurance at Kaiser Permanente; and an associate principal at McKinsey & Company, Inc., providing management consulting in the insurance, outsourcing, finance, healthcare and communications industries.

A graduate of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in physics, Richardson began his career as a geophysical engineer with Halliburton, Inc. He worked on oil exploration crews in remote desert and mountain environments in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

Richardson next traveled to the U.S. to attend the Harvard Business School, graduating with a Master of Business Administration in 1990.

With his wife, Pamela, Richardson is a current Chadwick parent of twins Emily and Rebecca ’15, as well as an alumni parent of Katherine ’13, now a student at Georgetown University. He served as co-chair of the Annual Fund in 2010-11 and 2011-12 with brother-in-law and fellow Chadwick parent Paul Wolf.

Richardson says that he was excited and honored to accept a position on the Roessler-Chadwick Board because he believes that Chadwick has an important mission and set of values that need to be nurtured and shared widely.

“Through our family’s involvement with Chadwick in the past seven years, we have seen how the school is able to help shape students into young adults with integrity and purpose,” says Richardson.

In fact, hearing from a group of Chadwick Admirals at a home reception hosted by the Chadwick Admission Office was what led the Richardsons to seriously consider Chadwick for their daughters.

“We looked into Chadwick when we were exploring middle and high school options for our daughters,” says Richardson. “We really liked the concept of smaller class sizes and thought the campus was fabulous. But when we went to the Manhattan Beach reception, the Admirals who spoke truly impressed us. They were extremely poised, intelligent, and articulate. When we left, Pamela and I basically turned to each other and said, ‘Can we have one of those?’”

When asked about areas he’d particularly like to contribute to in his new role as a trustee, Richardson named both diversity efforts and the expanding role of technology in the classroom.

Says Richardson: “I am a strong believer that prejudice can be overcome by exposure to others at the individual person level. I hope to encourage Chadwick’s efforts to create these opportunities for both students and faculty. Diversity comes in many forms and my goal is to help Chadwick explore the myriad ways that we can cultivate understanding and acceptance across countries, cultures, socio-economic groups, political parties, physical and mental abilities, races, religions, and creeds.”

On the technology front, Richardson believes there is tremendous potential for educational innovation due to advancements in cloud computing, distance learning, and the increased use of mobile devices. He looks forward to contributing the expertise he’s gained running Solartis, a cloud technology company.

As hobbies Richardson enjoys modernist cooking and cocktail mixology. He’s currently intrigued by the technique of “sous vide,” a method of cooking food sealed in airtight plastic bags in a water bath for longer than normal cooking times. He also enjoys skiing and running in his free time.

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2013-2014 New Trustees

Mark Woodruff Chadwick School is proud to welcome Chadwick past parent Mark Woodruff to the Board of Trustees. Woodruff is a senior executive in the energy industry with more than 30 years of diverse experience. He is the founder of MLW Energy Ventures, LLC, a consulting and investment firm focused on energy, infrastructure, and related emerging technologies companies.

Prior to founding MLW Energy Ventures, Woodruff was Executive Vice President of The AES Corporation and was most recently based in Singapore as Managing Director for Business Development and President of Asia and Middle East Region for the Company.

He brings deep experience in project development, finance, operations, and organizational leadership to the Chadwick Board.

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With his wife, Lyn, Woodruff is also the parent of two young alumni, Alex ’02 and Mike ’04, giving him a close-up look at the ongoing value of a Chadwick education. Daughter Alex graduated from Rice University with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2006 and Stanford University with an M.Eng. in Environmental Engineering in 2008.

She works for an engineering and consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass., and lives nearby with her husband, Patrick Doody. They are expecting twins this fall. Son Mike is a graduate of University of Arizona (2008) with a B.A. in Planning and Design; he will complete his studies with a M. Arch. from Southern California Institute of Architecture this September. Mike resides in Los Angeles, where he is hoping to begin his professional practice.

In reflecting on his new role as a trustee, Woodruff says, “Chadwick was a great experience for both of our children for many reasons, and I wanted to help in any way I could.

When they were attending, Lyn and I co-chaired the Booster Club, which was very rewarding and a great deal of fun. Despite this, I was quite busy and traveled a lot and thus had limited additional time to help at the school.

I’ve kept up on progress at the school and thought that working with the current trustees to help Chadwick would be terrific.”

After living and working extensively overseas, Woodruff looks

forward to leveraging that experience for the benefit of Chadwick. He also wants to “help Chadwick students learn and understand the global changes that are shaping the world that they will live and work in, no matter what they do or where they reside.”

Woodruff is a Managing Director and Venture Partner with ISquared Capital, a global infrastructure investment fund. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of Asian Genco, Ltd., a Singapore-based power generation company with operations in India. Woodruff is also Senior Advisor to The Advect Group, a Dubaibased development construction and engineering firm, and he served for 10 years on the Board of Clean Energy Systems, a zero carbon, combustion technology company based in Rancho Cordova, California.

Originally from southern New Jersey, Woodruff holds a B.Eng. degree from the University of Delaware in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and has completed postgraduate studies at the Von Karman Institute in Brussels, Belgium, and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf at Palos Verdes Golf Club, biking, swimming, reading, and leading a men’s fellowship and study group at River Church of the South Bay, and he is very much looking forward to spending time with his new grandchildren.

Chadwick students shine on national stage Congratulations to two Chadwick students who recently received national recognition for their outstanding contributions to the dance and creative writing.

Chadwick senior Daisy Jacobson ’13 was among 141 students across the United States to be named a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar.

Jacobson joins 20 other winners of the national distinction for achievement in the arts and is one of only three dancers selected in 2013.

The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by President Barack Obama, selects honored scholars annually based on their academic success, artistic excellence, essays, and school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of community service, leadership, and demonstrated commitment to high ideals.

The Presidential Scholars were honored for their accomplishments in a medal ceremony on June 15 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. On June 17, Jacobson

joined other Presidential Scholars in the Arts in “A Salute to the 2013 Presidential Scholars: An Evening of Performances by the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts,” a public performance held at the Kennedy Center.

Says Jacobson: “I was surrounded with so many amazing artists and bright minds at Presidential Scholars week. It was such an honor to be a part of the performance at the Kennedy Center, but what I loved most of all was meeting my peers. I felt as though all of the artists bonded instantly, and I loved being surrounded by such wonderful musicians, actors, dancers, and singers.”

Jacobson was trained at South Bay Ballet in Torrance, where she is a principal dancer, and she has been a key member of Chadwick’s dance program. She also spent several summers studying classical ballet

Top: Daisy Jacobson ’13 in South Bay Ballet’s “Cinderella”; Middle: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan with Daisy Jacobson ’13.

Bottom: Daisy Jacobson ’13.

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as part of the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Program. Now that she has graduated from Chadwick, she continues to pursue her dance ambitions as a student at Juilliard.

Congratulations also to Chadwick junior Emily Robertson ’14, who was recognized with one Gold Medal and one Silver Medal at the national level in the 2013 Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards, in the short story and poetry categories, respectively. As a gold medalist, Robertson was honored at the Scholastic Arts and Writing 90th Anniversary Awards Ceremony at Carnegie Hall on May 31.

Actor Sarah Jessica Parker, designer Zac Posen, and musician Usher served as presenters at the event.

The Gold Medal is the highest level of recognition in the prestigious arts competition, which counts writers and artists such as Joyce Carol Oates, Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, Andy Warhol, Robert Redford, and Richard Avedon among its alumni.

More than 200,000 works of art and writing were submitted this year, with 7-10 percent earning regional Gold or Silver Key awards.

Of those, 5-7 percent go on to win national Gold or Silver Medal recognition.

Robertson qualified for national award consideration based on her three regional Gold Key awards in the short

story, flash fiction, and poetry categories.

She also garnered two regional Silver Key awards. This is the fourth year that she has participated in the competition.

Says Robertson: “The ceremony at Carnegie Hall was the end of a long journey for me. I first submitted to this contest in eighth grade, and since then have been slowly climbing the ranks of awards in pursuit of the national gold medal. For the past year up until the ceremony, I had a picture of Carnegie Hall and the Scholastic gold medal on my bulletin board. My favorite part of my experience in New York was getting out of a taxi and seeing Carnegie Hall above me just as I had looked at it so many times on my bulletin board.”

The annual Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards program is widely considered to be the premier national writing and fine arts competition for student writers and artists.

Submissions are accepted in multiple categories ranging from fiction, memoir, and poetry to painting, sculpture, and photography.

“Being at the ceremony … inspired me to try to bring more awareness about the awards to Chadwick,” says Robertson. “So many Chadwick students deserve that kind of recognition, and I was so grateful to have the experience.”

Scan here to view a video of the Scholastic awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall or go to www.artandwriting.org/ carnegiewebcast2013/

Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards Gold Medalist Emily Robertson ’14

And other honors for Chadwick School

Palos Verdes Chamber recognizes Chadwick School with Excellence in Business Award Each year, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce recognizes a select number of member businesses and organizations for outstanding achievements in their field. This year, Chadwick School was proud to be selected as one of just six area recipients.

Selection criteria for the award included innovation, growth, customer service, community involvement, social responsibility, economic development, use of emerging technologies, and more.

This is the first year that the nominating process was open to the entire Chamber membership. Other winners included

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Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Guaranty Escrow, and DCH Toyota & Scion.

Winners were recognized at a special “Salute to Business” Awards Dinner on March 14. Headmaster Ted Hill graciously accepted the award on behalf of Chadwick faculty and staff.

“It is a tremendous honor to be recognized not just for our educational philosophy, but for the contribution we are making to the greater Palos Verdes community,” Hill says. “I look forward to continuing that tradition in the years to come.”

Chadwick celebrates back-to-back “Best of the Beach” awards For the second year in a row, Chadwick School was named the best private school in the Beach Cities in the Easy Reader newspaper’s “Best of the Beach” awards.

Some 90,000 readers from the Beach Cities, Palos Verdes, and El Segundo are invited to vote for the “Best of the Beach” winners in multiple categories each spring. We’re tremendously grateful for the honor!

Student leadership spotlight

Young Round Square Conference 2013

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“The administration at Chadwick put their trust in us and gave us the courage

and drive to

pull it off. You can watch someone lead, but you don’t know how to do it until you do it. This was true experiential

learning.”

– Sara Baronsky ’14

Conference song “Almost 8,000 Miles Away” Composed by Sarah Lindstedt ’10 Performed by Sarah and Francis McCarthy (Australian Round Square student) National anthem Sung by Marisa Esposito ’04

Organized by Sara Baronsky ’14 Rachael Chait ’15 Kyle Civale ’16 Bri DiMonda ’14 Zoya Khalil ’15 Catherine Kurtz ’13 Emily Newton ’13 Alex Nguyen-Phuc ’14 Rebekah Roberts ’14 Anand Shankar ’16 Margot Zuckerman ’14

Scan the QR code to watch the YRS Conference slideshow.

Sidebar: Young Round Square Conference Co-chair Emily Newton ’13 and Alex Newton ’16; Top left: Conference participants package meals for Haiti; Top right: Attendees enjoy ocean activities at Point Vicente.

Some 80 middle school students from 23 schools in six nations visited Chadwick School this spring as part of the Young Round Square Conference, an annual event aimed at providing meaningful global experiences for students in grades 7-8 at Round Square member schools. The overall theme of the event was “Set Sail on the Leadership,” focusing on the Round Square IDEAL of leadership. Chadwick Middle School students chose to focus their conference activities on topics like hunger, homelessness, gang violence, and beach cleanliness — global issues that hit especially close to home for residents of Southern California.

Visiting students were greeted with an all-campus carnival, replicating the iconic Chadwick spring tradition. Throughout the week, they engaged in a wide variety of activities throughout the region, including a beach clean-up event, a visit to historic Olvera Street in Los Angeles, and a speech

by Father Greg Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries works to provide hope and job training for formerly gang-involved or incarcerated men and women. The students also visited Homegirl Cafe and listened to a homegirl speak about her experience with Homeboy Industries as they ate boxed lunches prepared by Homegirl Cafe.

Later in the week, students headed to Camp Whittle, near Big Bear Lake, where

they enjoyed outdoor activities including boulder hikes and ropes courses, and learned more about healthy cooking, composting, and careers in social justice. They also performed a number of service projects, from building bikes for local children to reclaiming wood for local use.

Following the conference, students were encouraged to put their learning into action, creating service plans for their schools back home. Inspired by Chadwick’s beach cleanup event, students from Bermuda committed to launching an annual beach clean-up in their home city, while students at both Chadwick and Chadwick International chose to focus on officially establishing Young Round Square service programs on their home campuses.

Members of Chadwick’s Upper School Round Square program played a key leadership role in making the conference a success, handling everything from student registration, to making reservations, and plotting the full itinerary. They met each month for an entire year in preparation for the event.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more impressive manifestation of student leadership,” says Chadwick School Director of Global Opportunities Chad Detloff. “Their positivity and energy were an inspiration to all of our students and visitors alike.”

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Above: History Department Chair Natalie Johnson discusses the history of the Library of Ephesus with Chadwick’s Model UN delegates; Top right: Liliana Flam ’14, Jessica Hale ’16, Susan Wang ’14, Montana Morgan ’13, Sierra Zwarg ’14, David Moon ’16, Emily Robertson ’14, and Aaron Rapaport ’16 at the Travertine Pools of Pumakkale, a World Heritage Site in Turkey.

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Debating global issues

in Istanbul

Eight members of Chadwick School’s Model United Nations team recently made the trek to Istanbul to participate in a global Model UN conference at Robert College. Some 950 delegates from 25 countries participated in the event; Chadwick was one of only two U.S. schools represented.

Model UN allows students to learn about real-world current events, policymaking, diplomacy, and compromise through simulation and role-playing.

Chadwick’s Model UN Club was relaunched four years ago with just eight members. Today more than 60 students actively participate in the group, attending 8-10 competitions each year.

“The growth of the program is a clear indication of our students’ interest and passion for international issues,” says faculty adviser Patrick Wallace, who organized the trip.

“The students themselves launched the program, and their commitment is what keeps it going strong.”

The conference host, Robert College, was founded in 1863 and is recognized as the first American high school established outside the borders of the United States. This year’s theme focused on the boundaries of global market extension, including

the political, social, and economic outcomes of diversification of goods and services. Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, was the keynote speaker.

Though the conference itself lasted just five days, Wallace chose to craft a two-week itinerary that would allow students to learn more about the region’s rich culture. During their stay, students spent three days in Greece and 11 days in Turkey, where they visited archaeological sites and museums, hiked, sailed, and participated in marbling and candymaking projects. Students also visited a Turkish school to learn more about the Turkish education system.

“Traveling is one of the most impactful experiences one can have in the high school years,” Wallace says.

“My goal was to create an itinerary that would provide both lasting memories and an enhanced worldview.”

“The two weeks I spent in Greece and Turkey had a huge impact on me, from sailing across to Aegina Island, to discussing views on American imperialism at the headquarters of socialist newspaper Aydinlik, it was an eye-opening experience that gave me a new understanding of both Western and Eastern cultures.”

Junior Model UN at the United Nations

Middle School students head to New York City as part of Junior Model UN Upper School students aren’t the only ones on-the-go as part of Model UN this past spring.

Twelve Chadwick Middle School students in Palos Verdes, and 16 from Songdo, Korea, attended the Junior Model UN Conference in New York City in April. The one-week conference welcomed 1,500 students from 14 states and nine countries, and covered topics as varied as gender and science, biological diversity, and Palestine. Students even had the honor of attending opening ceremonies at UN Headquarters.

There is currently no official Junior Model UN program at Chadwick School, but Wallace provided students with six weeks of preparation prior to the event to gear them up for the global diplomacy experience.

“It’s never too early to instill a passion for international issues,” Wallace says. “I’m hoping our students can continue to attend the Junior Model UN conference in years to come.”

– Chadwick MUN member Susan Wang ’14.

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Honoring innovation in teaching 2012-2013 Chadwick Educator of the Year

Tom Clauset

Congratulations to sixth-grade science teacher Tom Clauset, who was named the 2012-2013 Chadwick School Educator of the Year by the Rotary Club of Palos Verdes Peninsula. Clauset was honored in a special ceremony November 7, 2012, at the Palos Verdes Golf Club.

According to Village School Director Pam McComas, Clauset is a teacher whose work inspires students because of its inventive, hands-on, minds-on approach.

With three decades of experience in education, he continues to grow and stretch as an educator so that he can draw out the best from his students.

“Tom ignites passion about science and learning,” McComas says. “He challenges his students to think hard, collaborate, and use technology wisely and well. The result is that science comes alive for them. It is so exciting to see.”

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as “flipping,” wherein, rather than presenting course information in class, he films himself talking about an upcoming topic so that his students can watch and learn at home. They then come to school ready to discuss and act on the learning from the night before. He also encourages students to create “living” research projects known as inquiry circles by using online pin boards like Evernote and Pinterest (see page 20.)

“Tom is constantly working to find new and innovative ways for our sixth-grade students to learn and connect with course material,” says Headmaster Ted Hill.

“His innovation has inspired not just our students, but his fellow faculty, as well.”

In one such example, Clauset created a dunk dank in the classroom to help students learn about buoyancy and displacement. Students who volunteer get into the tank while their classmates measure how much water is displaced when they submerge themselves. The

now-annual tradition of the Float Your Boat Race is also a Clauset innovation, requiring students to invent, collaborate, test, and build a floatable device while applying all that they have learned about buoyancy in class. It’s just one more way he has worked to bring learning to life.

“When I learned that I had been chosen as the Chadwick Educator of the Year, I was both surprised and humbled,” Clauset says. “I love trying new activities and strategies with students, and especially incorporating technology into the science program. Chadwick provides a nurturing environment for students and for teachers alike. I have loved being at Chadwick and would like to thank the teachers and administrators who have encouraged and supported me along the way.”

Clauset holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Carolina and a Master’s degree in education from Bank Street College.

New Dean of Admission and Executive Director of College Counseling Appointed

Bruce Poch In a move addressing both edges of the spectrum of the student lifecycle, Chadwick School appointed Bruce Poch as the Dean of Admission and Executive Director of College Counseling, overseeing efforts in both offices.

Poch joined Chadwick last year partway through the school year in the Office of College Counseling as one of the directors of college counseling.

Bruce Poch’s impressive background adds thirtyfive years of experience, skills, and relationships at the college level in various roles including Vice President and Dean of Admissions at Pomona College and Associate Dean of Admissions at Wesleyan University.

Bruce’s other professional affiliations include various positions serving on the National Association for College Admissions Counseling, the US News and World Report College Advisory Board, as a former member of the College Board SAT Committee, a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Student Opportunity, a senior advisor to the Global Leadership Incubator, and a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for QuestBridge. His writings have been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Newsweek, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Poch’s media appearances include The Today Show, NPR, and Bloomberg TV and Radio.

In addition to this change, Alicia Valencia Akers came aboard as the Associate Director of College Counseling. Ms. Akers has served as the Associate Dean of Admissions and the Associate Director of Student Services at the USC Marshall School of Business. Ms. Akers also served as the Associate Director of Admission at Scripps College, as well as the Assistant Director and Director of the Scripps Summer Academy. Ms. Akers holds a Bachelors degree in social welfare with a minor in education from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. in education from Stanford University. She is fluent in Spanish and has worked in admissions and counseling with both U.S. and international students. She comes to Chadwick from Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit organization where she served as the Associate Director, and then Interim Director, of the MBA Prep Program.

These changes will provide many benefits directly to students and the broader school, including additional collegiate admission experience, leveraging existing relationships with colleges, more resources for the admission office, and a unique perspective to the school’s senior administrative team.

Office of Admission

Office of College Counseling

Judy Wolstan Director of Admission

Carol Bernstein Director of College Counseling

Milton Mitchell Associate Director of Admission

Marian Hersh Director of College Counseling

Jacquie Muniz Associate Director of Admission & Director of Financial Aid

Vivian Ham Admission Office Manager

Bruce Poch Dean of Admission & Executive Director of College Counseling

Alicia Akers Associate Director of College Counseling

LaToya Stallworth Assistant to the Directors of College Counseling

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Left: Mia Felt ’21 enjoys reading.

Lauren Brandmeyer ’21 shares a book with a new friend.

Faces are blurred to protect the privacy of Clinton Elementary School students.

Faces are blurred to protect the privacy of Clinton Elementary School students.

At the heart of the Village ...

One of Chadwick’s most inspiring service projects is also one of its newest. The Heart of the Village program pairs Village School students in Grades 2 through 6 with fellow students at Clinton Elementary School in nearby Compton, California, to participate in joint literacy and service programs in the local community.

The project was initiated

by Chadwick parents Anne Severns and Martha Gilabert, who worked with Community Service Director Becky Noble and fellow parent Kanika White to launch the program. White is also the principal of Clinton Elementary School. At right, she shares her thoughts on the project’s impact to both Clinton and Chadwick students.

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Why did you feel that the program would be important — both for Chadwick students and students at Clinton Elementary?

engaging their student listeners. That kind of support is empowering for the students on many levels.

The Heart of the Village has afforded children from both Chadwick and Clinton the opportunity to work collaboratively toward goals that are important to both schools. Building strong literacy, and teaching children early on the importance of servant leadership, are sustainable principles that can have a lasting impact on the lives of everyone. Additionally, all of our children have learned that demonstrating kindness and compassion toward others, through service, can be fun and empowering.

The support we have received from both schools has been tremendous.

Parents are making time to chaperone students on the monthly trips to Clinton, and parent groups like FOL have organized book drives for our events. FOL has even coached our students on reading aloud and

What’s the biggest change you’ve seen in students since implementing the project?

Leadership development and collective responsibility are the most obvious changes I have observed within students at Chadwick and Clinton, respectively. Students who were seemingly unsure if they could guide a group of younger students through child-led literature and community service, rose to the occasion.

Additionally, groups of younger students who likely had minimal exposure to organized service projects, embraced the spirit of “pay it forward.”

What surprised you most about the project?

The positive way in which students at both schools interact with one another is quite remarkable. Chadwick students

Brock Brandmeyer ’21 and Christopher Wilson ’21 draw a crowd.

Faces are blurred to protect the privacy of Clinton Elementary School students.

The Cat in the Hat visits on Dr. Seuss’s birthday.

Faces are blurred to protect the privacy of Clinton Elementary School students.

likely hadn’t had much exposure to such a large concentration of inner city, ethnic minority students. Equally, many Clinton students had not interacted closely with such a diverse group of children as Chadwick students.

However, students seemed to be impacted minimally and seemingly saw only an opportunity to participate in a program that is fun and different from the “regular” school day. Consequently, students from both schools understand the importance of literacy and seem to enjoy the great feeling of demonstrating kindness.

Clinton students and teachers surprised me when they decided to write thank-you letters to their Chadwick “buddies.” This added touch was “icing on the cake” for me as a principal since I want children to become self-motivated to practice their learned skills and become overall great citizens. A nice “thank you” was a fantastic place to start.

A school-wide circle of support Each month, Village students in Grades 2-6 visit Clinton Elementary to participate in literacy and service projects. The following are examples of the projects they undertake together.

Grade 2 Chadwick’s second-graders organized a book drive for Clinton students, later delivering the books in person and reading them aloud for students to enjoy.

Afterward, all students worked together to make bookmarks for Wilmington Free Health Clinic and enjoyed some outdoor play.

Grade 3 Next year, third-grade students will read a book about the city of Los Angeles to first-graders. They will work together using Legos to create ideas for cities of the future.

Grade 4 Fourth-grade students helped second-graders at Clinton celebrate Veterans Day, reading them a military-inspired book and writing letters together to soldiers in support of Operation Gratitude.

Grade 5 Fifth-graders will use Village Bake Sale dollars to buy Dr. Seuss books for every child in Clinton’s third grade class in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2. Chadwick students will write personal messages in each book, and the children will package candy together to support a local retirement home.

Grade 6 Sixth-grade students organized a reader’s theater event for Clinton’s fourth graders. Once the lines had been assigned and practiced, students donned their costumes and performed their rendition of the story for their peers.

The presentations were videotaped to become inspiration for younger readers.

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In other service news ...

Paving the way in Vietnam Chadwick students recently traveled to Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region as part of a two-week service project aimed at improving transportation systems for local people. The Mekong River ends as a lush and fertile delta, which often floods and becomes un-navigable. To help, students poured some 200 meters of cement to create a stable path for transportation and use by local tradespeople.

During their stay, students also toured Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) and visited an orphanage for children and grandchildren of victims of Agent Orange. “The orphanage was the highlight of the trip for me,” says Taylor Jackson ’14. “Seeing the beautiful smiles on the children’s faces while we did various activities with them was priceless.”

Upper School students weren’t the only ones who got involved in the orphanage project. Village School first-graders drew pictures of Los Angeles landmarks and created coloring books for children Front row, left to right: Kevin Ulman ’15, Michelle Geller ’15, Vanessa Contratto ’14, Kelly Ouye ’14, Nic Thomson ’16, Ridge Winokur ’16, and Grace Memmo ’13. Back row, left to right: Jake Radeski ’13, Ramon Gomez ’13, Dylan in care. Students also donated clothes and other Morrissey ’15, Taylor Jackson ’14, Ariel Odlum ’14, Shan Desai ’16, with their Vietnamese guide. hygiene products for the orphaned children.

According to Community Service Director translate all of the content into Vietnamese in order to have the Becky Noble, the experience was not only rich books cleared by government censors. for students, it also taught them a lot about Communist politics “I chose this project because it would be fulfilling both for our and government organizations. For instance, all activities and students and those we are serving,” Noble says. “The learning is in gifts incorporated into the service trip had to be cleared with the experience.” the Vietnamese government. In the case of the Village-created coloring books, Chadwick parent Hien Trinh volunteered to

Students represent Chadwick School at

National Service Learning Conference

Left to right: Andie Conlon ’13, Vanessa Contratto ’14, Naomi Tutu, and Juan Zamudio ’13.

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Three student leaders, Juan Zamudio ’13, Vanessa Contratto ’14, and Andie Conlon ’13, attended the 2013 National Service Learning Conference in Denver, Colorado. The annual event is the world’s largest gathering of youth and practitioners involved in service learning, drawing more than 2,200 attendees from across the United States and many other countries each year.

During the event, Chadwick’s student ambassadors presented on the school’s Salinas Project, a program that allows students to spend time in day labor camps in Salinas, California, working with the children of migrant workers and gaining a firsthand understanding of the itinerant lifestyle.

“I really enjoyed presenting our project because we got to share our hard work with others and really show the outside world what Chadwick Community service is and does,” Contratto says. “Also, I feel like we gained insight into things about our project that we can work to improve or incorporate to make it even more successful.”

Other speakers at the event included Naomi Tutu (human rights activist and daughter of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu); Gov. John Hickenlooper (Colorado); Kelita Bak (CEO of National Youth Leadership Council), and Steve Culbertson (President and CEO of Youth Service America).

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When East meets West An adventure in medicine with Reuben Chen ’96

Back row: Reuben Chen ’96 and wife Katie; Front row, left to right: Ariana ’25, Corban, and Elena Chen

Reuben Chen, M.D. ’96 is not your ordinary doctor. In fact, at his clinic in Torrance, California, you’re just as likely to see him leading a weight loss clinic or performing acupuncture as you are to see him prescribing medicine or checking one’s blood pressure. That’s because Chen’s clinic, Sunliving Health and Wellness, incorporates what many ordinary health clinics don’t: Eastern medicine.

Chen grew up in a household where medicine was doubly revered. His mother was a physician; his father was a specialist in Chinese medicine. And throughout his life, he learned to appreciate the merit of both methods of healing. So much so that when he headed to medical school at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, he found the lack of Eastern methodologies in his coursework to be unnerving.

“By and large, the mention of alternative therapy was completely absent,” Chen says. “I knew I had to supplement my learning elsewhere.”

Chen decided to extend medical school by spending a year in Taiwan,

learning about Chinese medicine. He continued to earn a range of acupuncture certifications and study the science of herbal supplements. He then launched his own kind of clinic — Sunliving — which has already garnered numerous awards for its approach to patient wellness. Part health clinic, part medical spa, it’s a place that treats the whole patient — not just the parts that are ailing.

“All of our patients undertake a fitness assessment, and all incorporate exercise and nutrition into their wellness regimes,” Chen says. “It’s not just about fixing what’s wrong at the moment. It’s about improving every single patient’s overall quality of life.”

It’s one thing to succeed in medical school; it’s quite another to succeed in launching an innovative medical practice model. Chen says he credits a lot of his success to the education he received at Chadwick School.

“So many of my friends in college struggled because they weren’t used to taking notes, writing papers, or managing their time,” Chen says. “Chadwick made

college easy for me because I had already been doing all of those things for years.

That, in turn, helped me get the grades I needed for medical school, and gave me the confidence I needed to find success later in life.”

In addition, Chen says, Chadwick offered lots of leadership opportunities he may not have had elsewhere, such as serving as photography editor of the “The Mainsheet” student newspaper and the yearbook, and starting his own Martial Arts club, all while playing violin in the orchestra and participating in the school musical. It was those experiences that made him choose Chadwick for his own children’s education; his daughter, Ariana ’25, started kindergarten in the 2012-13 school year.

“I just kept coming back to Chadwick and how much it helped me in college and my career,” Chen says. “I want all three of my children to have the same opportunities.”

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Technology MATTERS Chadwick Technology Integration Specialist Deborah Levy discusses technology’s growing presence in the classroom — and why it’s a good thing for Chadwick students In 1990, Deborah Levy was teaching English at Santa Monica Montessori School when she made a discovery: kids love computers.

“We had a few old Apples in the classroom, and the kids couldn’t stay away from them,” Levy says. “I asked for permission to create a mini computer lab in the hallway. It wasn’t long before my own love for teaching computers was born.”

Levy loved them so much, in fact, that she went on to earn her Master’s degree in Technology in Education from Harvard University in 1993. At that time, she says, technology as we know it was still in its infancy. For instance, e-mail was still used only within academic circles, and the ability to actually use a computer was not a requirement of her Master’s program. Instead, she says, the program focused primarily on the theoretical concepts of access equity, and the ways in which technology might impact the ways in which people learn — all issues that remain relevant some 20 years later.

Levy went on to work at SIRS/ProQuest and Mathblaster, creating educational games for children. But when she became a mom, she decided it was time to return to her first love: teaching. She joined Chadwick School in 2005 as the school’s technology integration specialist, and now helps teachers learn the best and most productive ways to utilize technology in their classrooms.

“A student’s world is very different today,” Levy says. “The skills they need to learn to be successful in this world are very different, as well. I work to guide teachers in embracing that fact so that — ultimately — we can serve our students even better.”

While it’s easy to equate “technology” with access to iPads or the Internet, Levy says technology in learning goes a lot further. In sixth-grade science, for instance, teacher Tom Clauset is using popular online applications like Pinterest and Evernote to bring inquiry circles to life. Inquiry circles have become a popular teaching tool in recent years because they allow students to actively participate in 22

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the learning process.

Online pin boards like Pinterest provide an avenue for students to gather and share their research in real time — something that not only increases learning and comprehension, but student engagement as well.

“When students are more interested in what they’re learning, or how they’re presenting their learning, they spend more time on their studies,” Levy says. “They’re also more willing and interested in sharing their learning with friends and faculty members.”

In the Upper School, teachers — and students — are getting just as creative. In Upper School history, for instance, teacher Rob Evans asks students to write songs and create interactive “choose your own adventure” videos to research and present issues discussed in class. And in Chadwick language courses, teachers are using audio recording technology to improve their critiques of students’ pronunciation and speaking skills.

“The teacher-student relationship is still essen­tial in a technology-driven world,” Levy says. “Discussion and real-world experience are still central to a Chadwick classroom.

Technology enhances those relationships in real and dynamic ways.”

Chadwick’s second campus in Korea, Chadwick International, provides a wealth of opportunity for technological collaboration, as well. Outside of video conferencing, Middle School students are using things like Google Apps and Skype to compare notes regarding books they’re reading

simultaneously, and creating websites relating to shared topics. The goal is to increase the amount of real-time sharing and meaningful exchange between the students.

Still, students aren’t the only ones benefitting from the use of technology in the classroom. In Kindergarten, says Levy, teachers are using iPads and iPhones to provide parents with an instant snapshot of their child’s school and social lives. If a parent has a specific concern about their child’s interaction on the playground, for instance, teachers can use photos and videos to capture specific experiences and show — rather than tell — what they’ve observed.

“It all goes back to enhancing the educational experience — not just for students, but teachers and parents, as well,” Levy says.

Though the use of technology in all Chadwick classrooms is not required, Levy says faculty members are committed to creating a collaborative teaching environment where it’s safe to share new ideas and to seek help whenever needed. Faculty members are also taking cues from students who continue to evolve with today’s modern technological landscape.

“Technology at Chadwick is smart, planned, and supported,” Levy says. “We recognize that the educational sphere is changing, and we continue to invest and integrate technology in the best possible ways for our students.”

Recommended Resources Some of Deborah’s favorite apps for students and teachers are: Pages (for creating beautiful documents), Notability (for annotating PDFs), Evernote (for taking and organizing notes), My Script Calculator (for performing really cool, handwritten calculations), Explain Everything (for showing and sharing your work), CamScanner (for creating PDFs with your device’s camera), OSnap (for creating stopmotion animation movies), Drawing Pad (for free-hand drawing),

Book Creator (for making your own books), Inspiration (for idea mapping), Stack the States (for a fun geography game), Math Doodles (fun math games and practice), Dragon Dictation (for dictating into the device and having it write the words you say for you), Scrabble (because Scrabble is the best game ever), Slacker (for streaming music customized to your tastes), and finally, Apps Gone Free (for a daily check of apps that are free for that day).

From robots to rocket ships Nick Miller ’00 on his passion for robotics and launching a career in space technology

The next time you find your child tearing apart your flat-screen, don’t panic. You might have a future engineer on your hands. At least that was the case for Nick Miller ’00, whose mechanical prowess was evident from a very young age.

“I was the kid taking apart my TV at home every night,” Miller says.

“I always knew I wanted to create things hands-on.”

Miller followed his passion for building and engineering to the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. There, he earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in robotic technologies under the mentorship of Red Whittaker, a world-renowned roboticist. In the course of his career, Whittaker has created robots suited for a vast number of projects, from inspecting and performing repairs at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, to building machines to search for fallen meteorites, and exploring the terrain of Mars. According to Miller, Whittaker’s passion was a major influence in shaping his own career.

“What is so inspiring about Red’s work is that he creates technology that can help humanity now,” Miller says.

“Not just theoretical concepts that might come to fruition 10 years down the road.”

While at Carnegie Mellon, Miller worked with Whittaker to build an autonomous robotic SUV, winning 1st Place in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge, and garnering a $2 million prize to support Carnegie Mellon’s robotic research. When Whittaker’s passion turned to space — in particular, building robots to find ice on the moon — Miller’s own love for space robotics grew, as well.

Eventually, Miller decided to return to Southern California, and thought SpaceX would be the perfect place — quite literally — to launch his career. Indeed, in May 2012 SpaceX became the first private company to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, and in August 2012 won a $440 million NASA Space Act Agreement to develop a rocket that would transport humans into space.

And SpaceX has plans to one day get humans to other planets. Miller made a few phone calls, and buoyed by the large number of Carnegie Mellon alums already working at the Hawthorne, California, headquarters, Miller quickly found himself at home.

“Passion is the ground level at SpaceX,” Miller says. “Everyone there loves what they do. I knew instantly it was the right place for me.”

Now, Miller serves as one of the company’s integration and test engineers, working with a wide range of specialists to build and test the integrity of unmanned vehicles heading to outer space.

Though there was no robotics team when Miller attended Chadwick, he credits teachers like former science faculty member Dr. Doug Biedenweg for supporting and instilling a passion for hands-on, practical learning. He also credits the overall comprehensiveness of the Chadwick curriculum with affording him such

a wide variety of experiences growing up — from performing in musical theater and orchestra, to playing on basketball and baseball, and even serving as quarterback on the school’s football team.

“It’s amazing how many different facets of the world one is exposed to at Chadwick School,” Miller says. “My love for science never stopped me from exploring all of the other aspects of who I am.”

In fact, Miller’s advice to current students is simple: find your passion — whatever it happens to be. Love your work, and put 100% of yourself into making it successful.

“The folks who are at the forefront of this field are the ones who pursue adventure, are self-driven, and put everything they’ve got into their creations,” Miller says. “That’s advice we can all follow — no matter where our lives lead us.”

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From 2012-13 Headmaster Jeff Mercer

Chadwick International It is amazing to me that I have just completed three years

students, and parents

of service at Chadwick International, including the past

who are committed to

two years as Headmaster. It seems like yesterday that

the Chadwick vision,

Ted Hill approached me to see whether I’d be willing to

which makes all of

do a year stint as Assistant Headmaster, which involved

this possible. It is my

traveling between our two campuses every three weeks

belief, however, that it

in an effort to bring the Chadwick culture to Songdo

is the less tangible and

and Chadwick International. In time, the one-year

more affective aspects

commitment became three, and while it was not the

that make Chadwick

original plan, I could not have imagined a more fulfilling,

“Chadwick,” and these

interesting, engaging, and challenging endeavor.

things are alive and well

I learned so much in my time at Chadwick International,

at CI. We see it when students present their Exhibition

and I am extremely proud of all that we accomplished

topic in the fifth grade, speaking with passion, authority,

together at CI during this span.

and confidence to parents, classmates, administrators,

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In my mind, our most important accomplishment

and faculty members about a topic that interested and

is that we established the Chadwick culture at Chadwick

engaged them; when Middle Schoolers create games

International, which means that some of the tangible

of chance and demonstrate their understanding of

and intangible elements of a Chadwick education in

probability while teaching Village students to play; and

Palos Verdes have taken root in Songdo. Of course,

when Upper Schoolers set up their mids in the rain on

the philosophy behind “one school, two campuses”

their outdoor education trip. We see it when a student

necessitates having the same mission and vision, so

makes eye contact and says “hello” in the hallways or

the focus on academic excellence, the development

helps a friend in need or mentions the core values while

of exemplary character, and self-discovery through

making an impassioned point.

experience, a commitment to developing core

competencies in our students, and a strategic plan that

of the physical plant, or the makeup of the student

both campuses follow are necessary and vital. Other

and parent bodies, Chadwick International “feels like

tangible aspects of the Chadwick education are present

Chadwick.” We heard this from Palos Verdes ninth-

at CI: an Honor Code in all three divisions; a deep

graders when they spent three weeks in Korea in the

and rich visual and performing arts program; service

spring and reflected on their experiences at CI; from

learning, athletics, and outdoor education. From a

Bob Roessler ’40 when he traveled to Korea in May with

pedagogical perspective, Margaret Chadwick’s belief in

his grandson, 73 years after his graduation from Chadwick;

a student-centered approach that emphasizes “learning

and from Lauren Robles, currently an art teacher at CI

by doing” is a hallmark of the Chadwick International

from Chadwick’s Class of 2006, when speaking at a faculty

education. Like Palos Verdes, Songdo has a remarkably

meeting. It is this “feeling” that makes me the most

talented, hard-working, and deeply committed collection

proud, and it is a clear indication that we have established

of faculty members, equally impressive and capable

the Chadwick culture at Chadwick International.

In spite of the differences in geography, or the design

There were many highlights during the 2012-13

outdoor education program into the Upper School; sending

school year, and some notable ones include receiving

CI students to Palos Verdes and hosting students from Palos

authorization for the Primary Years Program of the

Verdes; tremendous accomplishments in the visual and

International Baccalaureate; gaining entry into the Korean-

performing arts, from art shows to outstanding concerts;

American Interscholastic Activities Conference (KAIAC),

and, of course, all of the great teaching and learning that took

the pre-eminent athletics and activities league in Korea;

place inside and outside classrooms throughout the campus.

successfully opening the Middle and Upper School building

It was a great year!

and sending our first group of ninth-graders through the

Upper School; running the ninth-grade “BOOM” trip in

a great deal, and the people I met will always hold a special

the fall in the southern city of Namhae; hosting authors

place in my heart. I look forward to my visits this next year

Adam Johnson, the 2013 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for

and beyond.

I will miss Chadwick International, Songdo, and Korea

“The Orphan Master’s Son”; and Daniel Tudor, the Korea correspondent for the Economist magazine and author of

Sincerely,

“Korea: The Impossible Country”; bringing mural artist Dave Loewenstein to CI, who worked with our students to complete a spectacular mural in Songdo’s Central Park; sending our ninth-grade VEX Robotics team to California to compete in the world championships after winning the

Jeff Mercer

competition in Korea; initiating our community service

2012-13 Headmaster, Chadwick International

program in the Upper and Middle Schools; bringing the

2013-14 Director of the Middle School, Chadwick School

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The power of

collaboration

How our two global campuses are working together to create one amazing experience for our students

During the 2012-13 school

with CI teacher Kim Roman

year, Chadwick faculty in

to build an even stronger

the United States and Korea

math program for Chadwick

continued their quest for

students.

meaningful collaboration

While students on both

and exchange as part of the

campuses are technically

school’s global education

learning the same math

initiative. According to Siri

concepts and skills, Kelly

Fiske, director of cross-

says, traditionally, they’ve

campus collaboration, the

each had different strengths.

increasing partnership has

Palos Verdes (PV) students

a multitude of benefits for

have long held a strong

both campuses, including

abstract understanding of

not just cultural exchange

mathematical concepts,

but an increasingly forward-

while Songdo students have

thinking, technologydriven curriculum, as well.

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Students from Chadwick’s Palos Verdes and Songdo campuses joined forces for outdoor education in Korea.

“The two campuses

shown an impressive knack for numeracy, math facts, and formulas. By working

complement one another in valuable ways,” Fiske says.

together, the teachers are able to incorporate new aspects

“Songdo is a cutting-edge city, with fresh ideas about

into the math curriculum to ensure that both sets of

education and curriculum design. It’s a wonderful

students excel across the board.

balance to the academic history and traditions that we

have built over the past 75 years in Palos Verdes.”

problem-solve and offer new ideas helps me constantly

evaluate and improve my teaching methods and

Indeed, Chadwick teachers have been working closely

“Having a colleague across the ocean who can

with their Songdo counterparts to share insights, and

approach,” Kelly says. “Even though our students are

adopt new perspectives of their own. For instance, in

very different, we all benefit from the shared expertise

sixth-grade mathematics, teacher Caren Kelly is working

and knowledge.”

Left: Cold heads, warm friendships; Center: Welcome to Songdo! Right: A spotted frog heads for cover.

Chadwick is also working hard to build a strong

then worked to create a shared website about the book,

foundation for experiential education and service at

focusing on cultural issues and how they differ across

Chadwick International, despite the fact that they are not

the ocean.

traditionally part of the Korean educational landscape.

Chadwick Community Service Director Becky Noble

“These projects are allowing students to connect

is working closely with CI Director of Service Learning

with one another in deep and meaningful ways,”

MinJoo Cha to get the school’s nascent service program

Fiske says. “They’re learning about the world

off the ground. Meanwhile CI’s outdoor education

first-hand from those who live there, and they’re

program also continues to flourish. This past spring,

gaining a strong sense of empathy by seeing the

Chadwick Middle School students traveled to Songdo

world through someone else’s eyes.”

to celebrate CI eighth-graders’ spring outdoor ed trip, welcoming a new era of experiential learning in Songdo’s

Still, no matter how different they are culturally, the

Middle School program.

fact remains that children across the globe are just that:

children. As such, they find joy in many of the same

And of course, students on both campuses continue

to benefit from ongoing cultural exchange, sharing ideas

things, be it the excitement of a televised book quiz

and perspectives they would not experience otherwise.

competition in Grade 4, or the joy of sharing photos

and stories about themselves through their All About

“Today’s students need to build global competencies

in order to succeed in the modern workplace and

Me poster projects in Grade 6 — a Chadwick tradition

understand our changing world,” Fiske says. “Most

that recently went digital, thanks to the insights of one

students don’t experience those things until college. At

CI faculty member and the interactive poster website

Chadwick, they’re building a global perspective in the

glogster.com.

most formative years of their lives.”

will feel as close to the students at CI as they feel to

In the Middle School, for instance, students at Palos

“My goal is that when our students graduate, they

Verdes and Songdo both read the book “A Step from

their classmates here in Palo Verdes,” Fiske says. “We’re

Heaven” about the experiences of a young Korean

creating one truly international school experience, and

child who moved to Los Angeles with her family. They

it’s a very inspiring thing.”

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Chadwick students from both campuses enjoy spring in Songdo, including a special visit from Chadwick Trustee Bob Roessler ’40, a member of Chadwick’s first graduating class.

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Chadwick School and Rotary International

Launch New Interact Clubs Dong Kurn Lee of Seoul, Korea, past president of Rotary International and current chair-elect of the organization’s billion dollar world-wide foundation, was the guest of honor Sunday, May 26 at a reception celebrating the formation of student Interact Clubs at Chadwick School’s campuses in Palos Verdes and Songdo, Korea.

Lee is also the president of the Bubang Company and Bubang Techron, Ltd. manufacturing corporations in Korea. After serving as president of Rotary International in 2008-09, Lee was named a goodwill ambassador for his country by the president of the Republic of Korea.

More than 120 Rotarians, students, parents, and guests attended the Sunday afternoon event held at the home of H.U. and Michelle Moon in Rolling Hills. Rotary guests included Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor pro tem Jerry Duhovic, Rotary District Governor Lew Bertrand of Rancho Palos Verdes, District Governor Nominee D.J. Sun of the Koreatown Rotary Club, and Past District Governors David Moyers and Rick Mendoza, both of Rancho Palos Verdes.

Chadwick was represented by Headmaster Ted Hill, Community Service Director and Interact Club faculty advisor Becky Noble, the inaugural members of the Chadwick School Palos Verdes Interact Club, and several Chadwick parents, trustees, and past trustees.

The culmination of a yearlong project called “Bridges to Songdo,” sponsored by the Rotary Club of Palos Verdes Peninsula, the

new intercontinental relationship is believed to be unique among the more than 34,000 Rotary clubs throughout the world. The local Rotarians worked closely with Noble and CI Service Learning Director MinJoo Cha to establish clubs on each campus, with the PV club receiving charter approval in February.

The PV Interact members traveled to Korea in March to collaborate on a community service project with their counterparts.

“We saw an opportunity to create a unique partnership that included sponsoring Rotary Clubs both here and in Korea, two sister Interact Clubs and two campuses of the same high school,” said Greg O’Brien, president of the RPV Rotary Club. “We look forward to an active relationship among the sponsor and student clubs in international service projects in such humanitarian fields as water sanitation, disease prevention and treatment, and basic education and literacy.”

In commenting on the project, Chadwick Headmaster Ted Hill said, “We recognize that our students need to be prepared to take the initiative in forming productive relationships across nations, ages and cultures in the future. We also believe strongly that they must acquire the habit of using their developing abilities to serve others. This partnership of our two campuses with the Rotary and its mission of ‘Service Above Self’ will provide truly extraordinary opportunities for our students as they prepare to lead in their careers and communities.”

Top: Palos Verdes Rotary Club President Greg O’Brien and past Rotary Club International President D.K. Lee Middle: Chadwick PV Interact Club charter members (left to right) Patty Jeon ’14, Anige’r Oriol ’14, Ellen Furgis ’15, Alison Sim ’15, E.K. Smith ’15, Juri Watanabe ’14, and Emily MacQuarrie ’15 Bottom: Left to right: Steve Zimmerman, host and hostess H.U. and Michelle Moon, and Palos Verdes Rotary Club President-elect Suzy Zimmerman

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And plenty of

outdoor life ...

Members of Chadwick’s in-house Outdoor Education Program reflect on the past, and celebrate for the program’s 30th Anniversary Left photo: Outdoor Education instructors, past and present; Middle photo: Paul Elia ’89, Meghan Fuchs Elia, and their children; Right, bottom: (left to right) Rick Martin, Outdoor Education Director, 1984-1990.

“There is a huge sense of community among outdoor education instructors.

We share an intense personal experience with our students that spans some of the most formative years of their lives. For many of us, spending time together can feel like coming home.”

– Associate Director of Outdoor Education Deb Powers

Ever since Chadwick School opened its gates some 75 years ago, “plenty of outdoor life” has played a prominent role in the lives of Chadwick students. In 1983, the school officially launched its own in-house outdoor education program, ushering in a new era of self-discovery through experience for the Chadwick Community. This past spring, current and former instructors reunited in Joshua Tree in anticipation of the program’s 30th anniversary. The event helped honor the many men and women who have nurtured the project since its infancy.

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have been more than 300 instructors who have worked with Chadwick Outdoor Education since the program launched.

Forty of those instructors and their families joined together for the reunion event.

Attendees spanned generations and included current Outdoor Education Director Alan Hill (1997-present) and Rick Alexander, former director of the program (1984-1990).

Others included Dave Corkett, who worked with Chadwick for some 20 years (19842003), and several Chadwick alums who have instructed for the program, including Steve Elia ’86, Paul Elia ’89, Adam English ’90, Scott Ammons ’92, and Josh Neff ’03.

Powers credits school founder Margaret Chadwick, former school administrators like John Fiske and Jerry Martin,

Roll call!

The following instructors attended the outdoor education reunion event.

Drew Aaron (2011-present) Rick Alexander (Director, 1984-1990) Scott Ammons ’92 Kelly App (2008-Present) Heather Berry-Lane (1990s) Erin Browning (2011-12) Cori Callahan (2008-13) Dave Corkette (1984-2003) Stephanie Dashiell (2004-09) Paul Elia ’89 Steve Elia ’86 Adam English ’90 Rachel Fristedt (2007-11) Anders Fristedt (2004-12) Meghan Fuchs (1999) Lisa Galterio (2006-09) Ella Goodbrod (2005-09) Mark Gomez (2002-04) Alan Hill (Director, 1997-Present) Jenny Kane (2011-12) Mike Lane (1990s) Roddy McCalley (2005-11) North Moench (2009) Josh Neff ’03 John Nordquist (Faculty, 1990-2012) Kirsten Owens (2006) Deb Powers (Associate Director, 1998-Present) Steve Rasmussen (2000-09) Tom Riedy ’92 Melody Schmid ’96 Jor-El Zajatz (2008-13)

Top, left: Alumni instructors and brothers Paul Elia ’89 and Steve Elia ’86; Middle, left: Snack time! Bottom, left: Lisa Galterio and son Thomas; Top, right: Cori Callahan and Jor-El Zajatz; Middle, right: (Left to right) Current Outdoor Ed Director Alan Hill with Charlie ’22, Grace ’18, Jack ’15, and Cathy Hill; Bottom, right: Tom Riedy ’92 (far left), Josh Neff ’03 (far right) and families.

Alumni instructors not in attendance include Lynne Westerfield ’96, Vanessa Herrera ’96, Colin Randau ’97, and Danny St. Lawrence ’04.

During the reunion, Deb Powers, associate director of Chadwick’s outdoor education program, interviewed Dave Corkett (instructor from 1984-2003). To listen to the interview in its entirety, scan the QR code or go to http://www. chadwickschool.org/page.cfm?p=8138.

Got memories? Share them!

Headmaster Ted Hill, and members of the school administration with believing in the importance of outdoor education and its ability to empower and ground students during adolescence.

Outdoor ed draws enthusiastic support from parents as well. Members of Chadwick’s Friends of the Library plan to celebrate the anniversary by designating a related book fair theme, inviting visiting authors, and selecting books that speak to the value of self-discovery through

experience. Other events incorporating students, alumni, faculty, and administrators also will take place throughout the year.

“So many people work behind the scenes to provide these experiences for our students,” Powers says. “We want to recognize their dedication in supporting and building a program that was clearly ahead of its time in so many meaningful ways.”

In honor of the Outdoor Education program’s 30th Anniversary, Chadwick School is asking former students to share their memories of their most meaningful outdoor education experiences, and the instructors who made an impact on their lives.

To share yours, visit the link below. http://www.chadwickschool.org/ outdooredmemories

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Sports Round-up

Fall 2012/Winter 2013

Go, big BLUE! Our student-athletes have had a wonderful year, and we’re extremely proud of their accomplishments. The following is a brief round-up of fall and winter action, provided by Athletic Director Tom Goodspeed.

Fall Girls Volleyball. The girls varsity

volleyball team won the Prep League Championship with an undefeated record and earned a 26-3 overall record. The team also took 2nd Place in the CIF Southern Section playoffs and competed in the first round of the state regional playoffs. Sarah Lucenti ’13 was named Prep League MVP. Sarah Gurbach ’13, Abbe Holtze ’13, and Lucenti made the first team all-league, and Emily Newton ’13 and Kristen Parks ’13 secured second team allleague recognition.

Tennis. Chadwick’s girls varsity

tennis team took 2nd Place in the Prep League and ended the season with a 9-6 overall record, making it to the first round of CIFSS playoffs. Montana Morgan ’13 was named first team allleague singles, and Isabelle Garbanne ‘16 and Kate Paulsen ’13 were named first team all-league doubles. Alex Bauer ’15 made the second team all-league singles.

Cross country. The girls cross

country team took 3rd Place in Prep League competition and 10th Place in the CIF Southern Section Finals.

Lauren Ouye ’13 was named first team all-league, and Melissa Shadden ’13 was selected second team all-league.

Ouye also took 10th Place in the CIF Southern Section Finals and made second team All-CIF Southern Section.

Golf. In a rebuilding phase, girls golf finished the season 0-8 overall and look forward to a more successful year in 2013-14.

Fall Boys Football. All of Chadwick’s boys

fall teams finished in 3rd Place in the Prep League. The football team tallied a 5-5 overall record and a 1-3 Prep League record. Peter Mavredakis ’14 (offensive back) and George Cullen ’13 (defensive linebacker) were named first team all-league. Jordan Lucier ’13 (offensive line) and Conor Range ’15 (defensive linebacker) were named second team all-league.

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Water Polo. With a 6-4 Prep League record, the boys varsity water polo team also took 3rd Place in Prep League. The team had an 11-15 overall record and made it to the first round of CIF playoffs. J.B. Anderson ’14 and Bryan Renslo ’13 made first team allleague. Wesley Rivelle ’13 made second team all-league. Goalkeeper Rivelle also set a new Chadwick School record for saves in a single season with 337 saves, besting a record set in 1995.

Cross country. The boys varsity

cross country team took 3rd Place in the Prep League, 5th Place in the CIF Southern Section Finals, and 9th Place in state competition. Matt Freeman ’15 made first team all-league, and both Peter Biedenweg ’13 and Will Behenna ’14 were named to the second team.

Winter Boys Basketball. The boys basketball

team finished with a 10-13 record overall, and were 1-7 in League play.

They qualified for the CIF Southern Section competition and lost in overtime in the first round. Kevin Doi ’14 made first team all-league.

Soccer. The boys finished 9-2-5 overall, with a 4-0-4 record in Prep League play, earning 1st Place in Prep League. They made it to the semifinals in CIF Southern Section after beating Thacher School, Environmental Charter, and Jurupa Hills. They eventually lost to Animo Leadership High School in the semis after a nail-biting double overtime and shootout! Conor Range ’15 (League Defensive MVP), Thomas Nendick ’13, Sam Sheridan ’14, and Kevin Ulman ’15 made first team all-league. Carter Chillingworth ’14, Justin Lee ’14, and Howard Pyo ’14 made second team all-league.

Winter Girls Soccer. The girls’ team finished strong with an overall record

of 5-6-3, and a record of 3-4-2 in league play. Andie Conlon ’13 and Nkem Iregbulem ’16 made first team all-league; Leslie Bruni ’14 and Elizabeth Haile ’15 made second team all-league.

Water Polo. The girls had an amazing year, finishing 14-5 overall, and 10-2 (2nd Place) in the Prep League. They lost in the second round of CIF Southern Section playoffs against Palm Desert. Christi Lane ’14, Emily Robertson ’14, and Jenna Solberg ’13 made first team all-league. Emily Richardson ’13 made second team all-league.

Basketball. In a rebuilding year, the girls worked hard and finished with an overall record of 2-17, and 0-12 in Prep League play.

Equestrian. Some 49 public and private schools from the

South Bay to Orange County competed with Chadwick School in the 2012-13 season in the Interscholastic Equestrian League.

Nine of Chadwick’s 10 team members competed in the Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity (Jumping) Divisions, and one rider showed in Dressage. Overall, with points totaled from every division, Chadwick placed 8th out of 49 teams.

The small team remained competitive even though they were not represented in every division. In the Freshman Division, Chadwick took 5th Place out of 20 schools, and in the Varsity Division, Chadwick placed 8th out of 19 schools. A highlight for Chadwick in the Varsity Division was when team captain Alex Klaassen ’14 qualified for the Varsity Medal jumping final. She rode a borrowed horse in the challenging class at the last show and placed 4th. (Alex’s horse unfortunately sustained an injury at a prior show.)

Spring athletic results will appear in the next issue of The Compass

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Sports Round-up

Pressing on to

greatness An interview with professional soccer player Christen Press ’07

During her years at Chadwick School, Christen Press made major waves on the soccer field, helping the Dolphins win two California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division IV titles and scoring some 128 goals in the process (including 38 her junior year alone — a school record). She was a two-time Southern Section Division IV Offensive Player of the Year, and four-time Prep League Offensive MVP. Oh, and she also lettered in track and tennis.

Still, Press was more than an athlete. Following graduation, she went on to study psychology and communication at Stanford University, where she was the all-time leading scorer for Stanford’s women’s soccer team and the recipient of the prestigious Hermann Trophy in 2010. She currently plays on Stockholm’s professional team, Tyresö FF. Recently, Press took time to share some thoughts on what she learned at Chadwick, how it has changed her life, and why it’s important for student athletes to stay grounded — on the field, and off.

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How did Chadwick prepare you for a future in competitive athletics?

My education at Chadwick taught me more about how to think and how to live. At Chadwick I learned to trust my instincts, question everything, stand up for myself, and to reach for the stars. These lessons have been invaluable in my career.

What kind of foundation did Chadwick give you for succeeding in life?

I know a lot of alumni who would agree when I say that my high school curriculum was even more challenging than my college courses. I was very prepared to tackle the college workload and to put in my full effort in life.

What are some of your favorite memories of your time at Chadwick, or people who made your experience there special?

I definitely found my love for writing at Chadwick under Ms. Stern and Mr. Ramos, and I remember vividly writing essays on the classics. I cherished the Chadwick soccer experience, as I was able to play with my sisters (Channing ’10 and Tyler ’05) and friends, which was such a fun opportunity to share my passion with the people around me. And of course, I remember my friends, who I am still close with to this day.

Any advice for Chadwick athletes hoping to compete at the collegiate or professional level?

As Chadwickians and elite athletes, it’s pretty easy to lose yourself in the competition. I urge young athletes to keep everything in perspective and enjoy the journey. If you’re not enjoying it, you’re not doing it right!

Outside of soccer, what other career paths have you considered?

I would love to find a job after soccer that allows me to help fight for opportunity equality in this country. And, I’d like to stay connected to soccer. I also enjoy writing, so who knows where these passions will lead me?

To follow Christen’s adventures in soccer online, visit her blog at footballschristenpress.blogspot.se

Christen Press ’07 on Commander Field

Lindsay Davenport ’94 Selected to CIF-SS

“100 Athletes for 100 Years”

Left: Lindsay Davenport ’94 with Girls Tennis Coach Carolyn Leach; Top right: Lindsay in Pascoe Pavilion Gym with trophies; Bottom right: Lindsay with Chadwick tennis players Kate Paulsen ’13, Alexandra Ngyuen-Phuc ’14, and Montana Morgan ’13.

Chadwick alumna and professional tennis player Lindsay Davenport was recently honored as one of the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section’s list “100 Athletes for 100 Years,” a list representing the inaugural CIF-SS Athletes Hall of Fame. The list, celebrating Southern California athletes from the early 20th Century to the present, was developed as part of the 100th anniversary of CIF-SS. Athletes were selected by a committee including sportswriters, producers, on-air personalities, local historians, and past and former members of the CIF-SS staff and Executive Committee. Other athletes on the distinguished list include Jackie Robinson, Tiger Woods, Billie Jean KingMoffitt, Jamaal Wilkes, Pat Haden, Misty May Treanor, and Landon Donovan.

Davenport returned to campus last spring to film a biographical video for Fox Sports West. While at Chadwick, she generously shared her time and advice with 2012-13 Chadwick girls tennis team members. She also reunited with her former coach, current Girls Tennis Coach Carolyn Leach, as well as Upper School Director Mark Wiedenmann.

Asked about her famous student, Coach Leach said, “Lindsay was one of the finest young ladies, both as a person and an athlete, to attend Chadwick. It was a true pleasure to work with her in physical education in the Village School, as well as to coach her on the tennis team in the Upper School.”

Davenport attended Chadwick from kindergarten through 10th grade before turning pro following a family move to Rancho Murrieta. During her sophomore year (1991-92), she led the Chadwick girls varsity tennis team to its first-ever CIF-SS Championship, after the team finished second in CIF-SS a year earlier.

Davenport went on to win gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, as well as three Grand Slam singles championships. She is also a four-time world’s season-ending #1 singles player. Now the mother of three children, Davenport is a Tennis Channel analyst and World Team Tennis (WTT) competitor. During the 2012 WTT season, she teamed up with Martina Hingis to win the Women’s Invitational Doubles at Wimbledon.

“Lindsay was one of the finest young ladies, both as a person and an athlete, to attend Chadwick. It was a true pleasure to work with her in physical education in the Village School, as well as to coach her on the tennis team in the Upper School.”

– Coach Carolyn Leach

Scan the QR code to watch the Fox Sports West video here, or go to http://bit.ly/14YM5QO

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Homecoming Hundreds of alumni, faculty members, family, and friends returned home this past year to celebrate the 2012 Homecoming and Alumni Weekend, held October 20-22.

Attendees enjoyed Homecoming game festivities, including a rousing half-time show, barbecue lunch, and the presentation of the 2012 Homecoming Court. The Dolphins had a phenomenal football day, beating Southlands Christian School 53-0.

Alumni football players in attendance were also recognized in a special introduction before the game. On Saturday evening, Upper School students turned out for the Homecoming Dance, while alumni enjoyed the Alumni Awards Dinner on campus.

& Alumni Weekend 2012

Top of page, from left to right: Jung Min Moon ’16, Austin Welch ’13, and Jared Kramer ’13, George Cullen ’13; Above: Dance Team shines; Left: Cheerleaders take the field.

Scan to view a video and see more photos from the Homecoming Week festivities or go to chadwickschool.org/page.cfm?p=5178

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Cameron Bartlett ’14

Throughout the week, current students enjoyed themed spirit dress, with themes like “Villains and Heroes,” “Young and Old,” and Class Colors Day. In accordance with Chadwick tradition, students also decorated Vanderlip Lawn, and competed in the widely anticipated annual Chadwick tug-of-war contest. The Class of 2013 won the tug-of-war, as well as the arm-wrestling and apple-bobbing competitions.

Top, left: Toga Day; Top, right: Hike! Second row of photos, left: Alumni Football Players Chris Radeski ’03, Bill Foltz ’79, Bob Nutt ’77, Craig Williams ’77, Steve Barrett ’77, Ron Rosso ’77, Peter Sibbison ’75, Don Lee ’70, Dezri Smith ’70, and Hobby Coale ’68; Third row, left: Tom Speroni, Samantha Speroni ’13, and Jake Radeski ’13; Third row, center: George Cullen ’13 takes on Conor Range ’15; Bottom row, center: Daniel Frazier ’13 and Mother LaChina Brooks; Bottom, right: A full crowd turned out for the Homecoming game.

2012 Homecoming Court Congratulations to the following students for being named to the Chadwick School Homecoming Court.

Freshmen Prince and Princess • Jack Johnson and Katherine Pratty Sophomore Prince and Princess • Bobby Abrahamson and Kate McEvilly Junior Prince and Princesses • Marcus Fidel, Becky Lytle, and Emily Robertson Senior Princes and Princesses

• George Cullen and Abbe Holtze • Ramon Gomez and Kristen Parks Homecoming King and Queen

• Jake Radeski and Samantha Speroni

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Honoring Distinguished Alumnus

Lance Bowling

(Left to right) Hobart Cress, Mitzi Bowling Cress ’72, Mickey O’Connor, Dandi Cress O’Connor ’93, Distinguished Alumnus Lance Bowling ’66, Headmaster Ted Hill, Devan Cress ’95, and Courtney Cress.

Each year, Chadwick School presents the Distinguished Alumni Award to one person whose life experience embodies the core values of a Chadwick School education: compassion, fairness, honesty, respect, and responsibility. With nominations from alumni, faculty, and former faculty, the Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to this person in a special ceremony during Homecoming and Alumni Weekend.

See page 40 for remarks and memories shared by Lance Bowling during the induction ceremony.

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Cultural historian Lance Bowling ’66 is the founder and president of Cambria Master Recordings, an independent, two-time Grammy® Award-winning record label specializing in historical music of the Americas, and of California in particular.

During his 40-year career in the record business, Bowling has produced over 300 recordings for the domestic and international markets. In addition, he has been a producer of documentaries for NPR, American Public Radio, the BBC, and German Public Radio. Because of his specialized knowledge and experience, he has been in high demand as a consultant. Bowling has advised universities, libraries, and museums concerning the preservation and restoration of their audio archives and has been an appraiser, not only of these organizations’ rare musical memorabilia, musical manuscripts, and related materials, but also of such collections owned by motion picture studios and musical estates.

Bowling has established his own independent archive of Southern California cultural memorabilia including a vast collection of correspondence, concert programs, periodicals, historical photos,

oral histories, rare recordings, broadsides, holographic scores, silent film scores, and sheet music dating back to the 1860s.

Bowling attended Chadwick School for threeand-a-half years. He received the Piano Award and was involved in operetta and Science Club.

He received his Bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Pepperdine University in 1970 and a Master of Public Administration degree in 1973, also from Pepperdine. Bowling’s sister, Mitzi Bowling Cress, graduated from Chadwick School in 1972.

In 1986, Bowling established the Chadwick School Archives, which continue to be an outstanding resource supporting the school’s enviable heritage. Bowling was instrumental in coordinating both the 50th and 75th Anniversary celebrations for Chadwick School. He also presented a slideshow and presentation on “Chadwick School Through the Lenses of Ansel Adams and Cedric Wright” during special photography exhibits for our constituents in the South Bay and San Francisco.

A tribute to a beloved teacher and friend

Middle School building dedicated to former faculty member

John Fiske More than 100 current and past trustees, parents, faculty and staff members, and alumni turned out on October 20, 2012, for the dedication of John Fiske Hall in honor of retired Chadwick administrator and teacher John Fiske. Originally hired as a teacher in 1977, Fiske led the Middle School for 30 years and served as interim headmaster and interim director of development during times of transition at Chadwick before retiring in June 2008.

Fiske is responsible for establishing and reinvigorating many of the programs that make Chadwick such an outstanding school, most notably our nationally recognized outdoor education program, the ongoing Chadwick Canyon restoration and garden, and the boys and girls golf programs. In addition to coaching both boys and girls golf, John coached both Upper and Middle School soccer while at Chadwick.

A passionate advocate of Chadwick, its mission, and its educational programs, John was always willing to assume any role that would benefit Chadwick School.

Most importantly, he was, and continues to be, a friend and mentor to countless Chadwick students, parents, colleagues, and alumni.

Speakers at the event included Roessler-Chadwick Foundation Board Chair John Miguelez ’81, past Board Chair Rick Learned ’62, Headmaster Ted Hill, Director of the Upper School Mark Wiedenmann, and alumna and former faculty member Jenn Chou ’96. The Upper School Chorus performed a touching rendition of the song “For Good” from the musical “Wicked.”

“John’s patience, quiet wisdom, and dedication to the common good have enriched all of us who have had the good fortune to know him,” said Headmaster Ted Hill.

“I am grateful for his ongoing friendship and his commitment to Chadwick School.”

Even the audience got into the act as Chadwick Improvisers (ChImps) founder Chou ’96 had the crowd shout out words describing Fiske and their favorite memories of him. “Funny,” “kind,” and “wise” won the popular vote, while outdoor education adventures dominated the memories.

“I was touched and honored that so many people came to the dedication,” says Fiske. “I only wish I had more time to talk with each person individually.

Every time I turned around, I saw another special person from my years at Chadwick.”

Top: Honoree John Fiske; Middle: The crowd honoring Fiske spanned the decades; Bottom: John Fiske with his wife, retired faculty member Patsy Fiske, and daughter Jackie ’03.

“John’s patience, quiet wisdom, and dedication to the common good have enriched all of us who have had the good fortune to know him.” – Headmaster Ted Hill

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Driving funds to Chadwick!

4th Annual Chadwick School Golf Tournament

Congratulations to the following winning teams and/or individuals, each of whom had a wonderful day of golf:

1st Place Team Michael Carney, Parker Bennett, and Pansing Singahseni, Austin Wang ’04 2nd Place Team Robert Leff, Greg Markman, David Binkley, and Greg Davis 3rd Place Team Ed Myers, Kevin Leach, Ashvin Syal, and Leland Smith Clockwise from top left: 1) John Fiske, Grace Memmo ’13, Ethan Leff ’13, Tyler Young ’13, Riley Eggers ’13, and Golf Coach Steve Norberg; 2) Left to right: Parent volunteers Sangita Mody and Ann Horner; 3) Left to righ: Parker Bennett, Austin Wang ’04, and Pansing Singhaseni; 4) Putting contest; 5) Left to right: Chadwick parents Stephen Doty, Lori Doty, Dina Lew, and Edward Lee

Closest to the Pin Tom Goodspeed Longest Drive Men — Joe Lenihan Women — Elizabeth Echternach Putting Contest Mark Tall and David Binkley Golf Tournament Co-chairs Ken Baronsky and Brian Horner

Thank you to our Hole-in-One Sponsor: Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.

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The 4th Annual Chadwick School Golf Tournament was a wonderful success, with 130 golfers and 160 guests. Chadwick students, parents, grandparents, alumni, past-parents and friends all turned out in force for this wonderful event, which included a dinner and live auction.

For the first time, an opportunity drawing was also part of the fun, offering a chance to win a Shadow Creek Golf Package for four, including Aria Resort hotel stay, dinner, and limo service. It was won by Chadwick parent Rick Smith. Other items up for auction included a VIP visit for two to FOX NFL

Sunday, LA Lakers box seats, and a trip for two to the Masters Tournament!

While it was an incredible day of golf, friendship, and community, the most wonderful outcome is that our tournament generated funds to support the numerous programs at Chadwick.

On behalf of all the students and teachers who so richly benefit from your generosity, thank you once again for your enthusiastic support.

A special thank you to Co-chairs Ken Baronsky and Brian Horner, who shared their time and talents to make this event such a success!

Athletic Hall of Fame

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thletics have been an integral part of Chadwick School’s educational philosophy since the school was founded in 1935.

It was when the school moved from its founding location in Commander and Mrs. Chadwick’s San Pedro home in 1938 to the current campus that competitive team sports programs began.

Today Chadwick fields 60 varsity and junior varsity teams in 15 sports for boys and girls in grades 7-12. Students in the Village School enjoy a full physical education program that allows them to participate in 15 sports, as well. Chadwick’s athletic facilities include Pascoe Pavilion Gymnasium, Commander Chadwick Athletic Field, a swimming complex, a baseball field, a softball field, two soccer fields, a weight room, and a rock climbing wall.

This year, Chadwick welcomed two new members of the Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. These inductees exhibited excellence both on and off the playing field.

Joanne Pacillo Foreman ’79 celebrates a win.

Joanne Pacillo Foreman ’79 Joanne Foreman entered Chadwick’s third grade at age 7. She remained here until her graduation from high school at the age of 16. As a youngster, Foreman was active in ballet, gymnastics, riding, and volleyball.

Foreman grew up playing golf in Southern California. She played nationally every summer beginning at age 12, competing in some 250 tournaments. After winning many junior titles, including the Junior World championship, Foreman attended Stanford University on a full scholarship. She was a Collegiate All-American, a Pac 10 Conference Champion, and a pre-med/biology major. Foreman graduated in 1983 at age 20 and went on to become the 1983 U.S Women’s Amateur Champion, 1984 Western Amateur Champion, and a 1984 Curtis Cup Team member.

Foreman qualified for the LPGA Tour on her first attempt and competed for the next five years on the LPGA, European, and Japanese tours. In 1990, she expanded her LPGA affiliation to become a Teaching and Club Professional Member and began her coaching career at Sahalee Country Club in 1991.

A decade later, Foreman founded Pure Impact, a performance coaching company, and is passionately dedicated to helping clients put the pieces together for peak performance in sports, business, and life.

Jeff Lepape ’77 in action

Jeff Lepape ’77 Jeff Lepape came to Chadwick in the fifth grade. He graduated in 1977 with his sister, Jeanne Lepape Wiener. At Chadwick, Lepape was a football star. He played on the varsity team from 1974-1976. He was named an All-League running back in 1975, setting the record for yards gained. He would likely have gone on to play football in college, were it not for a serious knee injury.

While at Chadwick, Lepape also played junior varsity basketball, ran cross country, competed in track and field, and wrestled for Chadwick. In addition, Jeff wrote for The Mainsheet and served as student body president.

Following his years at Chadwick, Lepape attended Stanford University and Whittier School of Law. He worked as an attorney for Caltrans.

In 1987, Jeff was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and, sadly, passed away in 1988. His sister, Jeanne Lepape Wiener ’77, accepted the award on his behalf.

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Distinguished Alumnus 2012

Lance Bowling ’66 shares memories Cultural historian and Grammy Awardwinning producer Lance Bowling ’66 received Chadwick’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Below is an excerpt from his acceptance speech, in which he reflects fondly on what made his Chadwick education so rewarding.

After 72 graduations and some 3,622 graduates, what is the sum and substance of the Chadwick experience? What is the DNA of Margaret Chadwick’s “Adventures in Education” as she described it years ago?

The simplest answer is written on the two bronze plaques at the entrance to the school and now somewhat obscured by the patina of age.

First penned in 1938 and cast in bronze during the California Centennial in 1950, one of the credos states “the school strives earnestly to discover and develop the special gifts which each individual possesses.” With regard to my own life experiences, I think the school succeeded in that goal. Many of my classmates feel the same way about their own experiences here, as well.

I arrived at Chadwick in the summer of 1963, the product of a then-competent Los Angeles City School District. Transitioning to Chadwick was actually fun. The classes were smaller, the teachers more engaging, the subjects explored in greater depth, and the campus, then consisting of some 135 acres, buffered with empty canyons and near vacant land. No other school existed like this in Southern California at the time. It wasn’t an island paradise, but entering the gates at the bottom of the hill reminded you that it was very unique.

I was assigned Miss Daniels for English. Better known as “Danny,” you immediately recognized that her standards were far beyond the high school level. In fact, after leaving Chadwick in 1970, she became an editor for a prominent Boston publisher.

Quite often, she would read to us during class. Danny also stressed the importance of reading poetry aloud, noting that poetry was “condensed orange juice,” and the reader had to add the water for the interpretation. Those simple ideas have influenced my techniques in producing vocal recordings through the years. It is amazing how many concert singers never read the words aloud before they study or perform the work in public.

The composer Eugene Hemmer arrived at Chadwick as a summer replacement in 1959; he remained for the next 10 years.

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By age 30, his symphonic works had already been performed by major orchestras, and he had been awarded two MacDowell Colony residencies and three Huntington Hartford Foundation Fellowships.

Possessing a marvelous sense of humor, I learned from Gene that there were many languages of music and it would take a lifetime to master just a few of them. He also explained the proper techniques on how to practice. Reading a musical score away from an instrument and hearing the work in your head was just as important as practicing on an instrument. Of course, that worked if your musical technique was in order. The most memorable precept I learned from Gene, however, was that although it was

important to perform the musical masters, it was equally important to promote American music, past and present, taking special care to embrace the best of contemporary music - the music of your time.

That philosophy has stood me well throughout my professional career.

Today the memories are like “sound bites.” Much of the faculty smoked, the older male teachers wore hats, lunch in the cafeteria with assigned seating and a teacher at each table, John the Cook, students playing bridge on the main lawn, signs warning you to remain on the trail and beware of snakes while walking down the hill to gym, the school’s prominence in basketball and swimming in those days, the tedium of rehearsing for the annual “Drama of the Ages” pageant. A new headmaster, with a penchant for bow ties and a tendency to quote from Robert Frost excessively. He really stirred things up with several innovations: a new grading system, an experimental “new math” program, and disciplining students by having them polish the brass doorknobs in Roessler Hall.

One of the most powerful memories from my first year was the Kennedy assassination. A typical Friday, just before lunch (world history with Mr. Bullin). A student opens the door and yells, “Turn on the radio, Kennedy has been shot!” Within a few moments it is confirmed that the President is dead; then silence as the announcer attempts to recap what has happened.

Adjourning for lunch, you notice that someone has already lowered the flag to half-mast on the main lawn. You perceive the grief and uncertainty on the teachers’ faces as a somber student body walks into the cafeteria, stands behind their assigned seats, awaiting the gong to begin the daily prayer offered

by Mr. Ellis. Teachers didn’t always have the answers, and words couldn’t make the situation better.

The school library, a room with recessed bookcases designed more for looks than practical use, was well-stocked with books on American and English literature. In fact, most of the Hemingway novels, the Fitzgeralds, the Steinbecks, and Faulkners were first editions. I particularly enjoyed reading the back issues of Life Magazine. In earlier days, Mrs. Chadwick, true to her occasional Victorian nature, insisted that the National Geographics were to be kept in the library closet — too many naked pictures.

Upon opening the librarian’s desk drawer, Gene’s vocalist wife Martha had discovered an envelope addressed to “The Future Librarian of Chadwick School.” Inside was a short note: “If you think you are going to write the great Chadwick novel, don’t — I have already begun.”

The class of 1966 consisted of 61 graduates. At the time, the day students represented perhaps 75 percent of the student body. I always felt that the boarders (other than seniors) had a pretty severe regimen: supervised evening study halls, curfews, daily chores,

etc. It all looked good on paper, but I assure you there were lots of hi-jinks. The teachers (much like today) knew just how much rope to give us. Many of my classmates perceived me as shy, which was not the case. I was more focused on my interests, just like several others classmates who were interested in the arts. I was the first in my class to be accepted to a college. I submitted an application in early October and received an acceptance letter the following week.

How naïve; maybe I should have applied to a few other places.

Last November, after recording sessions in Northern California, I drove east on I-80 past Elko, Nevada, to a small town named Wells. In 1915, Margaret Lee arrived on a westbound train at Wells and was driven some 12 miles northwest to a company town called Metropolis. She had been appointed principal of the K-12 public school in this poor Mormon farming community. Her “adventure in education” had begun.

Today, Metropolis is long forgotten and is not on a map, but the basement of the school and the first floor survive. (You can read all about Mrs. Chadwick’s experiences in Metropolis in her autobiography. It merits a screenplay.) What I learned out of this pilgrimage was that Mrs. Chadwick was a real pioneer, a trailblazer, an improviser, and in her earliest days at Metropolis — a social worker.

Perhaps the Chadwick outdoor education program will someday make a trip to Metropolis and place a plaque nearby.

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ALAZON ance Bowling is one of my best friends from the Class of ’66. I think we met in September 1964, in Leland Mothershead’s English class, days after my

enrollment at Chadwick. Lance was a day student and I was a boarder, but we shared — and still do — an irreverent sense of humor and a passion for the arts.

Professionally, Lance and I have pursued artistic interests: he as a Grammy-winning producer of recordings, and yours truly as a historian. Over many decades we became devoted to (or entrapped within) a broader cultural endeavor: documenting and interpreting 20th Century modernism, particularly on a local level.

While focusing on Southern California, Lance also became an expert on Chadwick history: rediscovering what most alumni long forgot or never knew.

In February of 2012, I didn’t quite know how to respond to Lance’s report about exploring ghost towns in northeastern Nevada. He reminded me that in 1915, as a new Stanford alumna, Margaret Lee (later the wife of Commander Joseph Chadwick), had become the principal of Metropolis Grammar and High School. He also reminded me that in her autobiography, “Looking at the Sunset Upside Down” (published in 1976), Mrs. Chadwick (189344

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1984) described her friendship in Wells with four Jewish brothers. I don’t know if I was Lance’s first Jewish friend, but in our days on “The Hill,” there were few Jewish students, so this fact interested me.

Mrs. Chadwick, a daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, had been reared in the crossroads of Spanish Fork, Utah. She says in her book that the Badt family of Wells were the first Jews she encountered. As a determined but lonely person in the Nevada wilderness, she would probably have enjoyed the embrace of almost any family. But at the Badt home, 20 miles from Metropolis, she also felt an ambience of learning — elevated conversation, and knowledge of literature, music, art, and San Francisco. Perhaps it was inevitable that Margaret would develop romantic attachments to two Badt brothers, Herbert and Milton, and they for her.

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attracted to Milton, the second man she met on her first day in Nevada. He not only drove her from the train station in Wells to Metropolis, but later arranged for her to have weekly French lessons at his office in Elko. Both her mother and his were adamantly opposed to even the consideration of intermarriage.

Despite her autobiography’s candor, Margaret never mentioned further contact, if any, with the Badts of Wells. Yet, if five years of teaching in that barren, windswept terrain eventually provided a lesson for Chadwick School, it was likely that prejudice was hurtful. If positively stated, every child mattered. (Didn’t the plaques affixed to Chadwick’s gateposts say as much?)

Given Lance’s overture and my considerable research and writing about American Jewish history, I was eager to learn more about the Badt family. A few hours spent surfing the Internet yielded many surprises. Not the least of which was Milton’s renown as chief justice of Nevada. Born in San Francisco in 1884, he was the ninth child of Morris Badt and Lina Posener, immigrants from a German principality or Polish Prussia (Posen).

Following the discovery of gold in 1859 and silver in 1862, Jews, including Levi Strauss, began settling in Nevada Territory.

Morris arrived in Elko County as early as 1866, and he became an entrepreneur: a merchant and a banker in Wells (50 miles east of Elko) and a rancher on its outskirts.

He died of cancer in 1899. His family

maintained a home in or often visited the Bay Area, quite possibly to participate in its large and prosperous Jewish community.

After attending grammar school in Wells, Milton graduated from San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School in 1902 (two years after Rube Goldberg, who became a cockamamie cartoonist).

Milton earned his Bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley in 1906 and prepared for the bar at San Francisco’s Hastings College of Law. Admitted to practice two years later, he did not settle in Elko until 1914. Milton, considered a brilliant advocate, specialized in mining, grazing, and water law and represented the Western Shoshones in grievances against the federal government.

He journeyed often to Wells to visit family and probably Margaret Lee, who taught for two years in its schoolhouse.

Unable to find a Jewish bride, however, Milton eventually received permission from his mother to marry Gertrude Nizze, a gentile, in 1927. They had a daughter and a son. A do-gooder, he was active in such organizations as Boy and Girl Scouts, Elks, Rotary, and the local school board.

In 1945 Milton became district judge of Elko County. Two years later, a Democratic governor appointed him, a Republican, to fill a vacancy on Nevada’s Supreme Court. Having moved to Carson City, Milton remained on the court until retiring in 1964. He served six years as chief justice between 1951 and 1963. Following his death in 1966 at 82 years of age, former colleagues characterized him

as a “beloved” lawyer and as “a modest and retiring man, who was equally at home with the prince and ordinary citizen.”

In 1921, perhaps with the goal of finding a suitable mate for her daughter (and a way of forgetting Milton), Mrs. Lee encouraged Margaret to take a voyage around the world.

In Chefoo, China, she fell in love with Lieutenant Joseph Chadwick, her brother’s best friend and Navy colleague. Margaret, who considered herself a “hopeless romantic,” was not swayed by Joseph’s shortcomings: a previous marriage and responsibility for a child. After a wedding in the Philippines, Margaret and Joseph lived together in many places but were often separated. In 1935, while residing in San Pedro with their three young children, the Chadwicks — dreamers with a missionary spirit — embarked on their greatest adventure and gave us the school we now know today.

To learn more about Chadwick School founder Margaret Lee Chadwick’s time in Wells and Metropolis, read her autobiography, “Looking at the Sunset Upside Down,” available in the Chadwick School library.

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Donor Spotlight

Dede Norman Schumann ’63 Last December, Chadwick School received an extraordinary gift to the Alumni Endowment Fund from Chadwick alumna Dede Norman Schumann ’63. Following the lead of Kia Rode Westhead ’87 and Paul Westhead ’85, who established the fund in 2010, Schumann’s incredibly generous gift will be used in perpetuity to provide annual support for the school’s highest priorities as established by the Headmaster.

Just like the Johnson Legacy Society, a gift to the Alumni Endowment Fund is a way to make an investment in the long-term growth and stability of the school. The Alumni Endowment Fund pools alumni endowment contributions into an invested fund. Each year, a percentage of the fund is used to provide support for the school, for priorities determined by the Headmaster. The balance is reinvested so the fund can continue to grow and yield more income for the school each year.

When asked why she decided to make a major gift to Chadwick School, Schumann shared that in 2005 after undergoing serious lung surgery, she was sitting at her desk reflecting on her life and realized that she was simply grateful to be alive. It was at that moment that she decided to name two institutions as beneficiaries to her estate: Huntington Hospital, where she had undergone surgery, and Chadwick School, where she had spent her teen years. Indeed, although it has been many years since she graduated from Chadwick,

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Schumann remembers the school and the teachers who mentored her with deep affection.

“I’m just very grateful to Chadwick for the solid foundation that it gave me,” she says. “Chadwick did more for me educationally than any other institution. These were exceptional teachers that allowed me to pursue my interests, gave me the freedom to express myself, while at the same time providing direction and heartfelt encouragement.”

Having entered Chadwick in ninth grade, Schumann recounts that her class was “very eclectic” and filled with many personalities. She feels that it was the interesting mix of students that ultimately made for a very enriching experience. In fact, some of her former classmates include Rocky Brynner ’63, son of Yul Brynner, and Jann Wenner ’63, founder of Rolling Stone Magazine.

“Chadwick was also filled with inspiring teachers who captured and kept your interest,” she says. One of those teachers, according to Schumann, was drama teacher Marvin Burke.

“Mr. Burke saw something very special in me, and he believed in me,” she says. “In turn, that gave me the confidence to do something that I otherwise would not have done.”

Another inspiring teacher was Gladys Quinlan, or Quinny as she was known. Schumann shared that Quinny’s biology class was fabulous because she found a way to make biology so interesting and fun — even dissecting frogs! Of course, she says, another Chadwick favorite, P.G. Lee, also left a lasting impression on her.

After leaving Chadwick, Schumann went off to Briarcliff College, returning to California just a year later to complete her education at the University of Southern California, where she earned a degree in Sociology.

She then went on to work in the real estate business and had a very successful career managing commercial properties over the next 20 years.

Schumann has lived in a beautiful condominium complex overlooking the Rose Bowl since 1982, which happens to be where she met her husband, Dr. William R. Schumann. The couple married in Hawaii in 1996; they were happily married for five years and two days before Bill passed away in 2001.

These days, Schumann and former classmate Nancy Brandel ’63 can be found attending cultural performances at the Center Theater Group, the Pasadena Playhouse, or the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The two are passionate patrons of the arts. Schumann just celebrated her 50th Reunion at the end of June and enjoyed seeing many people that she had not seen in years.

“I hope that Chadwick remains strong for generations to come and does for others what it did for me,” she says. “I want Chadwick to continue to provide a solid foundation for its students for many years.”

Johnson Legacy Society We thank and honor the following people who have named Chadwick in their estate plans:

The Johnson Legacy Society recognizes the generosity of the Johnson Family and the many others who have included Chadwick School in their families’ estate plans. Along with the Johnsons’ original gift, it continues to be one of Chadwick’s most important revenue sources, supporting the very foundation of our school and ensuring Chadwick’s strength and stability for generations to come.

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Frances Jamison Johnson

Estate of Evelyn Adkins

Charitable Lead Trust

Estate of Rainer Arnhold ’42

Douglas Jones ’56

Nancy Fifer Black ’56

Randy Kiyabu ’77

Elizabeth and Scott Calfas

Stephanie and Brewster Knight

Tim Casey ’60

Jill and Roger Laverty

Estate of Alice Virginia

Richard Learned ’62

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Constance Lee

Blair and Anthony Contratto

Marilyn and Harry Lepape

Sandra and William V.

Estate of Jeanne

Davidson ’63

Estate of Sigrid Arnhold

Bette and Donne Moen

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Quinlin Lilley ’47

Heidi Lipman Huchberger ’60

Kathryn Forte

Estate of Bonnie Joy Morse ’59

Michael Gleason

Melanie and Frank Poturica

George Goodwin ’66

Frances Pullara

Gretchen and James Greene

Robert Schuchard ’70

Kaaren Ingebretsen

Ann Steiner ’66

Hoffman ’58 and

Betty Field Strauss

Erica and Tony Vickers

Bruce Hoffman

Karen and Christopher

Richard Warmington ’60

Hutchison Estate of Dorothy and

James Ingebretsen

For more information about making a planned gift or other gift to Chadwick, please contact Anna Lucier at alucier@chadwickschool.org or 310-377-1543, ext. 4033.

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In Memoriam Peter Breitenstein ’65 Peter Breitenstein died of gastric cancer at his childhood home in Rolling Hills on October 11, 2012. Born on February 1, 1947, to George “Kim” and Myrtle “Pixie” Breitenstein, he lived in and around Palos Verdes all of his life. He graduated from Chadwick School and El Camino College. During the Vietnam War, Breitenstein was a forward observer for the Army’s 11th Infantry Brigade and was awarded the Purple Heart. He worked at Wilmington Iron Works and the Unocal Refinery in Wilmington before leaving the workforce to become “Mr. Mom.”

William Harrison Leisk Jr. ’41 Inaugural Member, Chadwick School Athletic Hall of Fame

William “Bill” Leisk passed away on March 12, 2011. Bill grew up in and around the harbors of San Pedro and Avalon. His father was a port pilot, and a tugboat and steamship captain. As a child, Bill worked as a deck hand on the Blanch W. and sold snacks on the S.S. Avalon and S.S. Catalina. He also worked as an extra in the films “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” and “Pecks Bad Boys,” starring W.C. Fields. After grade school, Leisk attended military school and graduated from Chadwick School in 1941. A strong swimmer, he worked for the City of Los Angeles as a lifeguard in Santa Monica. During World 48

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A naturally adventurous, knowledgeable, and curious man, he was a pilot, sailor, surfer, cyclist, four-wheeler, climber, welder, mechanic, master woodsman, gardener, chef, and guitarist. Breitenstein was a gifted craftsman, and he could often be found in his garage workshop making furniture, leather goods, candles, and toys for his family. He said that his greatest accomplishments in life were his three sons, whom he loved to take camping and backpacking in the Sierras.

An active supporter of his local Boy Scout Troop 783, he was immensely proud that all three of his sons attained the rank of Eagle Scout, an achievement none of them

War II, Leisk served as an enlisted man in the Coast Guard before entering the Navy officers training program. After his commission, he was a gunnery officer on the USS Iowa.

In 1948, Leisk married Elaine Carlson and entered submarine school in New London, Connecticut. After graduation, he was stationed in Pearl Harbor and San Diego, serving on the Queenfish, Cabazon, Blackfin, and Remora, and as skipper of the Capitaine.

Retiring from the Navy in 1964, Leisk worked in real estate and oceanography, taught at Mesa Junior College, ran the N.O.A.A. Calibration, and worked in yacht financing and insurance. Governor Wilson appointed Leisk to the Boating and Waterways Commission, where he served for several years. As a member of the San Diego Yacht Club and all-around waterman, Leisk was an accomplished paddler, body surfer, diver, power boater, fisherman, and sailor. In 2006 Leisk was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of the Chadwick School Athletic Hall of Fame. He was the unofficial ambassador at large for Santa Catalina Island and will be missed by many. He is survived by wife Elaine, sons William and Stuart, and grandchildren Jean, Lily, Cammi, and Lauren.

could have realized without his profound guidance. His spirit of independence, handiness, and curiosity about every natural and manmade phenomenon lives on with his boys, who affectionately refer to him as “The Dobian.” Breitenstein is survived by his wife of 25 years, Susan, and their children, Ryan Kimbrough, Scott, and Steven.

Shauna Jean Malone ’88 Shauna Jean Malone died suddenly January 30, 2013, of pneumonia.

Born in Redondo Beach in 1970, she later traveled around the world for a year. After graduating in 1988, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 1992, including a year spent studying in Spain and Russia. Next she danced and sang around the world with Up With People, then helped women prisoners in Lutheran Volunteer Corp in Baltimore. She obtained her MSW at University of Maryland, then worked at Kennedy Krieger Family Center. In 2000, she moved to San Francisco, working as a family therapist at Eden Children Services in Alameda County. In 2007, Malone married Andreas Kemp, a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Labs, and welcomed their wonderful daughters, Mara Clare (born 2008) and Carly Ann Lillie (born 2010) Kemp Malone into their family. She is survived by her sister and best friend, Molly Malone (San Francisco), and parents Tom and Mary Malone (Palos Verdes Estates). With her deep faith in God, she actively served at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Donations can be made to Bread for the World, Lutheran Volunteer Corp, Delancy Street, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, and Richstone Family Center.

Diane Blanche “Dee” Jergins ’49 After an extended illness, Diane Blanche “Dee” Jergins passed away quietly at her home in Santa Fe on Monday, January 27, 2013. She was known for her gentle strength and her loving, generous heart.

Jergins was born on March 22, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, where she grew up. She graduated from Chadwick School and then Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1954. She moved to Santa Fe in 1978, where she established her home and businesses.

Jergins spearheaded the evolution of the Guadalupe Street Business District

Molly Harrington ’86 Manhattan Beach native Molly Harrington passed away Thursday, May 2, from breast cancer at the age of 45. Harrington was christened Mary Catherine when she was born on Feb. 27, 1968, but was known throughout her life as Molly, a name friends said fit her bright spirit. She grew up in a busy Manhattan Beach household with parents Tom and Dianne and older siblings Bridget, Michael, and Maura.

Summers were spent at the beach and on camping trips to the Kern River, where she learned to ride a motorcycle

when she opened her store, Cookworks, in 1981. She went on to open three more stores in the area, leaving an indelible mark on what would become one of the city’s most thriving business communities.

Jergins believed strongly in giving back to her community and supported many Santa Fe-based charitable organizations throughout her life, including The Santa Fe Opera, The Lensig Theater for the Performing Arts, AIDS Foundation of New Mexico, The New Mexico Museum of Art, The Wheelwright Museum, The Boys and Girls Club of New Mexico, The Chamber Music Festival of Santa Fe, and many others. She was preceded in death by

her daughter, Daphne Dreyer, of Palm Springs, California, and her life-partner of 35 years, Betty Gardner-Meyers, of Santa Fe. Jergins is survived by her best friend of 32 years and her husband of two-and-a-half years, Wade Wilson of Houston and Santa Fe. Jergins’ burial was held privately with a small graveside service in keeping with her wishes. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in memory of Diane B. “Dee” Jergins to the Santa Fe Opera.

when she was six. Winters brought long, snowed-in weekends at the family’s cabin in Mammoth, putting on plays and skiing.

Her siblings became her best friends in life, and the road trips, concerts, and parties that followed became legend.

She was, as her husband, Chris, put it “unfairly smart.” She received the Headmaster’s Award from Chadwick School in 1986, a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 1990, and a law degree in 1995 from USC, where graduated near the top of her class. While at Georgetown, she spent a year abroad in Seville, Spain, where she became an ardent fan of Real Madrid and learned the proper hour to drink sherry and when to clap during flamenco performances.

After law school, Harrington moved to the Bay Area and worked at the Oakland law firm of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli, and Brewer, where she represented clients in wrongful termination, personal injury, and product liability cases. Her success with the firm led to an invitation to become a partner in Orinda-based Balamuth Harrington.

In 1998, she married Chris Hartney.

They soon adopted Stella, a headstrong Pembroke Corgi. In 2002, their son Riley was born, followed by Finn in 2005.

Together with her sister-in-law Meg, the family was known as the BLU (Berkeley Love Unit).

She adored her husband, was in awe of her amazing boys, and was grateful every day for her sister-in-law Meg and the love and support she gave.

When Harrington was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2006, she and her husband dove into understanding the disease and finding treatments.

Courageous is not a strong enough word to describe how she lived her life under these conditions. She never allowed cancer to define her life. She faced it straight on and truly lived.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Susan G. Koman Foundation, Walk with Sally, Richstone Family Center, Bay Area Legal Aid, or the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood.

Chadwick School also received notice that the following alumni have died, although no obituaries have been received.

Wallace Anthony “Tony” Barnes ’53 Sadly, Chadwick Past Trustee Vince Esposito died on July 1, 2013.

The Compass will publish a memorial for him in our next issue.

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class notes Jan Cosgrove Day ’58 and family

1947 Courtney Kempe Campbell writes, “I would love to know if there are any of my classmates around. Please give me a heads up if you ever get to the DC area for the cherry blossoms!”

1949 Diane Tingle Walker shares, “Sad news to report: Diane Jergins (DJ while in school, or later Dee) has died in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My brother, Ralph Tingle, who also lives in Santa Fe, sent me a news clipping from a Santa Fe newspaper in January. It described Dee’s active community life, her high-end cookware store she ran for many years, and her active philanthropic support for various organizations. Class members will remember her good humor, athletic skills, academic achievement, and that she won Chadwick’s Citizenship Award. She was a good friend during our Chadwick years.

We enjoyed a California visit in 1962 at Disneyland, another brief get-together in 1993 in Santa Fe, and we continued oncea-year contact until last year. I’m sorry she’s gone.” (See In Memoriam, page 47) 1954 Tiberio Lizza (Chadwick’s first “WOW”) writes, “I always spend the winter at my home in Mammoth Lakes. I am still skiing almost every day. We moved to Mammoth so that my children could spend more time on the Mammoth Race Team; now my

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grandchildren, who live in Mammoth with their parents, can be on the race team. Skiing for the last 60 years has transcended my entire family. This all started with the Chadwick ski trips to Yosemite every mid-semester.”

1956 Christina Crawford (See 1962) 1957 Rick Wilson writes, “For anyone who cares to note, I am making my first recollected response to repeated requests for updates from this former alumnus. After graduating Chadwick, I attended Stanford and graduated in 1961. In 1962 I met the girl of my dreams, Patty, married her, and have been living happily ever-after (a somewhat rare occurrence these days). Business wise, I have been in the retail packaging business for 50 years. I was a part-owner of a company for 35 years and have stayed on with the company that we sold to. I have been involved in and on the boards of two charities: The Music Center Leadership Council and the Harmony Project. Both deal with helping young people achieve their goals in music, singing, and dance. My interests continue to be family (two sons, four grandchildren), movies, theater, tennis, and travel.”

1958 Jan Cosgrove Day asks, “Is anyone interested in getting together this year to celebrate our 55th anniversary? It would

Top: Courtney Kempe Campbell ’47 Bottom: The house of Tom Rucker ’59

be fun to have dinner on Saturday night during alumni weekend!” If so, please contact the alumni office at alumni@ chadwickschool.org.

Maureen Reagan (See 1962) 1959 Tom Rucker has been a resident in the United Kingdom for the past 40 years, which has more or less left him out of direct contact with Chadwick. However, he says, “That is not to say that I have not been paying attention, and I would welcome the opportunity to meet visiting students or alumni if by the vicissitudes of wind and tides they should find themselves in the lovely North Cotswolds. If we are here, the doors of Lower Farmhouse are always open to friends both old and new from around the world. (We’re in Upper Slaughter Gloucestershire GL54 2B England.)”

1962 An update from Cheri Myers Langdell: “Hi, I’m still teaching undergraduate classes in English and the humanities at East LA College in Monterey Park, and graduate classes in English at National University. I can’t imagine retiring. I think I’d be bored. My British husband, Tim, who teaches at Cambridge, is simultaneously becoming an Episcopal deacon, a Zen hospital chaplain, and studying for his M.Div. at Claremont.

Anna and Sebastian Langdell, son and daughter-in-law of Cheri Myers Langdell ’62

Our daughter Melissa is an ordained Episcopal priest with her own church, All Saints, Oxnard. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa while our son Sebastian is finishing his Ph.D. at Oxford University, where he’s teaching at both Bailliol College and St. Edmund Hall. On June 30, 2012, Sebastian married Anna, whom he met their freshman year at Vassar. They are settling in to life in Oxford, where it’s been a very cold winter. In September, Anna landed a fabulous job as a research officer for the British Council, so she’s currently on a business trip to Dubai.

We live in Pasadena, and have two cats, Chloe, a beautiful blue-eyed white cat, and Itty Bitty Kitty, a tabby, both very lively 17-year-olds. I know that unless you’re Judy Reynolds (Newell), Ilonka (Thomas-Benvie) or Diane Cudahy, you won’t remember me, as I was at Chadwick from first to fourth grades. I was a very shy boarder my four years there, but I clearly remember dear Pierre, who I at first believed didn’t know any English at all; Mrs. Fehrling, who taught me to add just about anything in my head; taking care of my own rosebush in first grade; and Christina Crawford ’56, and Maureen Reagan ’58, who kindly wrote my letters to my mother for me as she was traveling around the world as a lamps, gifts, and mirrors buyer for J.W. Robinson’s. I lived in the Cottage. Of course, I remember Ronald Reagan visiting the Cottage, too, and Jane Wyman and Joan Crawford.

Carolyn Schwartz ’78 and twin brother Mike Schwartz ’78

Top left: James Danky ’66; Top right: Rick Wilson ’57; Bottom: Edward Mangan ’63

Then-cowboy actor Reagan took me out on Sundays with Maureen because my mother was often away and couldn’t come visit me.

I remember his buying me a chocolate soda at that little soda shop not far from campus on the main road, which doesn’t seem to be there anymore. I loved Chadwick, but when my mother remarried when I was in fourth grade, she whisked me off to live in Hawaii, and I attended Punahou, where I did not meet President Obama (it was several years too early).”

1966 The University of Wisconsin recently announced that the Danky Fellowship honoring retired Wisconsin Historical Society librarian James Danky has been permanently endowed. Danky specialized in collecting publications produced by marginalized communities and facilitating research in such materials. Launched in 2008, the fellowship is given annually to support research on mass communications, print history, and related topics in the Society’s collections. Recent Danky Fellows have investigated 20th-Century prisoners’ newspapers, 1960s Freedom School newsletters, and Vietnam soldiers’ anti-war publications.

“Besides helping young scholars break new ground,” Danky observed recently, “we hope this will be an example to other people who would like to support research in their own areas of interest. We’d love to see an entire suite of research fellowships available through the Society.”

During his 35-year career, Danky raised more than $3 million in grants for the Society. He also taught journalism at the University of Wisconsin, won a Fulbright Fellowship, and produced reference books for Harvard University Press and G.K. Hall — all while adding more than 30,000 periodical titles to the Society’s library.

1963 Following a campus visit with Chadwick Archivist Fran Pullara, Edward Mangan writes, “Returning to Chadwick for the first time since graduation in 1963 was like coming home! I am so impressed with the fantastic campus changes and the excitement in the students’ eyes.

Chadwick, you have come a long way since my days of boarding there in the ’60s. We were able to reminisce about the joyous aspects of my days there and the great basketball successes of our times. It was so nice going through the yearbooks and seeing all of the faces that went through school at the same time. The best to those who had the opportunity to enjoy the 1963 era and the classes before and after that time. Chadwick left me and all of us a great legacy for many days to come.

Save t he da t e!

Class of 1966 Reunion July 8-10, 2016

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Laurie Chandler ’85 and fiancee.

Shari Koss ’85 with one of her medals.

1969 Cindy Clark Ruesamen retired in 2010 after teaching high school for 37 years.

She married her college sweetheart in August 2012!

1978 Carolyn Schwartz, Sc.D., is a behavioral scientist doing quality-of-life research at DeltaQuest Foundation (www.deltaquest. org). She is an Adjunct Research Professor of Medicine and Orthopaedics at Tufts University Medical School, and co-editorin-chief of the peer-reviewed professional journal “Quality of Life Research.” Her work involves clinical research studies that examine patient factors related to better outcomes. At present, her work focuses on people with multiple sclerosis, as well as people who have undergone spine surgery. She works with collaborators internationally, particularly in research on response shift (i.e., adaptation) effects on the measurement of treatment outcomes. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, Dave (a polymer scientist), and children Avi (13) and Ariel (11). She enjoys walking in the woods, swimming, cooking, playing the piano, and gardening in the warmer months. She is shown in the photo with her twin brother, Mike Schwartz ’78, at a family event in June 2012. If any Chadwick alums who overlapped in time at Chadwick find themselves in the greater Boston area, please contact her at carolyn_ schwartz@yahoo.com.

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Andrew Greif ’98 with wife Shenade, son Brogan, and daughter, Kaylee Jayne.

1985 Laurie Chandler writes, “I am getting married in September in a Redwood grove at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. I live within a block of my sister Karen ’89 and a mile from my sister Christy ’87. I love spending time with them, their husbands, and my three little nephews! I am a marriage and family psychotherapist intern seeing clients in San Francisco. No horses in my life at the moment!”

Shari Koss reports, “In 2012, I ran my first half-marathon over Labor Day weekend at Disneyland and then flew to Walt Disney World in November to run another, earning the additional Coast to Coast Challenge medal. I’ll be running the Disneyland 10K and Half Marathon this year (over Labor Day weekend) and will earn three medals as a participant in the Dumbo Double Dare challenge. I have set a goal to run a Half Marathon every month in 2014 — I’m in it for the bling (and I’m looking for sponsors)!

I still live four miles from Universal and still spend my weekends driving the Monorail at Disneyland.”

1987 Christy Chandler (See 1985) 1989 Karen Chandler Cain (See 1985) 1993 Charles Morton shares a photo (right) of his son, Chase, showing his Chadwick spirit.

Andrew Nystrom and family moved from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon, in January 2013. Andrew left Red Bull Media House to join Nike, Inc., where he’s the Global Social Media and Community Lead for Football (soccer). His wife, Morgan, and their sons, Maximo (5) and August (3), are very excited

Laurie Snyder-Berkowitz ’95 and husband Paul with her Chadwick classmates.

Aggie Noble Shwayder ’99, Mark Shwayder ’98, and son Henry

Center photo, from left to right. Bill Broome ’98, Joanne Garduno ’98, Greg Crum ’00, Zakir Rangwala ’98, Ellika Healy ’06, Jana Freeman ’01, Zoe McKinney ’06, Justin Wachs ’01, Jassim Latif ’01, Luke Lombardo ’01, Nick Healy ’02, Jeff Lombardo ’98, Morgan Hale ’03. Missing: Brett Karas ’98, Chris Press ’01.

about the prospect of spending time in Brazil for the 2014 World Cup. 1995 Laurie Snyder was married to Paul Berkowitz on December 15, 2012, in Palm Springs, California. Other 1995 classmates who attended the wedding included Holly Snyder-Feller, Holly Taylor-Norton, Sarah Parsa-Nguyen, Tara GoldbergSchimmel, Rebecca Cannom-Doessant, Paula Thorrington-Cronovich, Debbie Rosenberg, Devan Cress, Wesley Shive, and Derrick Lee. 1998 Bill Broome (See 2001) Joanne Garduno (See 2001) Andrew Greif writes, “I just wanted to share some news for the upcoming Compass. My wife, Shenade, and I, along with our 2-year-old son, Brogan, welcomed a new addition to our family. Our daughter, Kaylee Jayne Greif, was born on March 30, 2013. Everyone is doing great, and we are extremely excited to have the latest addition to our family!”

Brett Karas (See 2001) Jeff Lombardo (See 2001) Zakir Rangwala (See 2001) Mark Shwayder (See 1999)

Ignatius “Nash” Lin ’00 shares a frame from his film, “The System Is Broken”.

1999 Aggie Noble Shwayder and Mark Shwayder ’98 welcomed son Henry Michael Shwayder on June 7, 2012.

Peter Zuckerman published “Buried in the Sky.” According to Norman Ollestad, best-selling author of “Crazy for the Storm,” it’s a compelling account of the men who have literally shouldered the rest of the world’s mountaineers up K2.”

For as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalayas, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when 11 climbers lost their lives on K2, the world’s most dangerous peak, two Sherpas survived. They had emerged from poverty and political turmoil to become two of the most skillful mountaineers on earth. Based on unprecedented access and interviews, “Buried in the Sky” reveals their astonishing story for the first time.

Peter and his cousin, Amanda Padoan, explore the intersecting lives of Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, following them from their villages high in the Himalaya to the slums of Kathmandu, across the glaciers of Pakistan to K2 Base Camp. When disaster strikes in the Death Zone, Chhiring finds Pasang stranded on an ice wall, without an axe, waiting to die. The rescue that follows has become the stuff of mountaineering legend.

At once a gripping, white-knuckled adventure and a rich exploration of Sherpa customs and culture, “Buried in the Sky” re-creates one of the most dramatic catastrophes in alpine history from a fascinating new perspective. It includes 16 pages of color illustrations and eight maps. Available at amazon.com or in the Chadwick Library.

2000 Greg Crum (See 2001) Ignatius “Nash” Lin writes, “After some success with short films, I’ve embarked on making my first feature film called “The System Is Broken.” It is based on my experience as a presidential campaign volunteer registering voters door-to-door in Latino and neglected communities in Orlando. I hope this movie will inspire more people of all political leanings to vote. In this populist spirit, we’re going to ordinary people like you and not the big studios for support. Learn more at www. facebook.com/TSIBMovie, twitter (twitter. com/systemsbroken), and the film’s website, www.thesystemisbroken-movie.com.”

David Pearl spoke just prior to President Obama at a rally on October 25, 2012, before 8,500 people in Tampa, Florida. He had been in Tampa working on voter protection since August. David lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Joanna.

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Asian languages, I’ll be beginning a two-year post-doctoral fellowship this August at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at Harvard University, where I hope to turn my dissertation on the history of Afghanistan during the Cold War into a book and come up with new ideas for new projects on contemporary history. Still trying to find a way, however, to get back to more Californian climes ... !”

Sheena Chandran ’01 and husband Samir Ranade

Kelly Condon Waggoner and Ryan Waggoner are happy to announce the birth of Riley Rose Waggoner on September 25, 2012.

2001 Sheena Chandran wed Samir Ranade, a financial litigator based in New York City, on August 25, 2012, at the Terranea Resort. The couple live in Manhattan, where Sheena is currently in the third year of her orthopedic residency.

Luke Lombardo opened a gallery in San Francisco called Gauntlet Gallery. Several Chadwick alumni attended the grand opening, including: Bill Broome ’98, Joanne Garduno ’98, Greg Crum ’00, Zakir Rangwala ’98, Ellika Healy ’06, Jana Freeman ’01, Zoe McKinney ’06, Justin Wachs ’01, Jassim Latif, Nick Healy ’02, Jeff Lombardo ’98, Morgan Hale ’03, Brett Karas ’98, and Chris Press ’01.

Chadwick “WOW” Greg Resin and his wife, Gisela, are proud parents of Gia Danielle Resin, weighing in at 6 lbs., 6 oz. on March 8, 2013.

2002 Nick Healy (See 2001) 2003 Morgan Hale (See 2001) Timothy Nunan writes, “All is going well, and I’m looking forward to returning to (slightly) United Kingdom completing my doctorate in history. After a summer in Arizona and Samarkand, Uzbekistan, studying Central 54

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2006 Ellika Healy (See 2001) Zoe McKinney (See 2001) 2007 Jessica MacFarlane continued her work in HIV prevention research in the Duke Global Health Institute and was fortunate to travel “home” to Cape Town, South Africa, to initiate two NIH-funded studies of HIV risk behavior. Jessica will be pursuing a Master of Public Health degree at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health starting in fall 2013.

2009 Dartmouth College has awarded former Chadwick football star Garrett Wymore with the Alan Hewitt ’34 and Robert Hewitt ’40 Award as the player who best epitomizes athletic performance with academic achievement. Thanks to a 3.9 GPA and 38 tackles, Wymore, Dartmouth ’13, was selected to the Capital One Academic All-District I first team and was a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star.

2011 Breanna Madrazo writes, “I’ve had a great first season playing basketball here at the University of Rochester. After messing up my knee during my time at Chadwick and taking my college freshman year off, I’ve been able to work my way back. Our team finished 20-7, winning 2nd Place in the UAA behind Emory University. I’ve received All-UAA Honorable Mention Team and AllUAA Academic Team. I finished 2nd on the team in scoring with 8.4 points per game. I was awarded UAA Athlete of the Week and joined the Division III Team of the Week in February after scoring 20 and 21 points

against Chicago University and Washington University in St. Louis, respectively in one weekend. We lost early in the playoffs, but it’s great to be back!

The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences honored Lauren Stoneburner with the Anita Brown Wilson Scholarship Award, which is earmarked for outstanding environmental studies majors. Lauren also was awarded a scholarship from the Tyler Environmental Prize Fund. Both awards provided funds toward an environmental studies course held in Micronesia in May and June. During the course, a select group of students and faculty studied ecosystem management at some of the world’s most diverse and well-protected coral reef sites.

2012 Letetsia Fox made the cheerleading squad at Dillard University.

Allegra Levy, Bryn Mawr ’16, was honored by the Centennial Conference soccer coaches as an All-Conference Honorable Mention recipient. “This is a great honor for Allegra and for the whole team,” stated seventh-year head coach Erin DeMarco. “She’s a skillful player and with this, represents how hard our team worked for some of the best results we’ve earned in conference play to date.” Levy becomes the third freshmen in soccer history to be named All-Conference and the first since 2007. She is the 19th person in program history to be named All-Conference. She is also the second person in as many years to earn honorable mention status.

Jacqueline Stoneburner was named to the University of Notre Dame’s First Year of Studies Dean’s List for outstanding scholarship during the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters. Students who achieve Dean’s List honors at Notre Dame represent the top 30 percent of students in their college.

Breanna Madrazo ’11, #24, and the University of Rochester basketball team

Alumni Event Round-up

Dolphins Reunited!

This past year saw many Dolphin reunions, with alumni flocking back to the South Bay to spend quality time with friends, family, and faculty alike. The following classes celebrated major milestones in 2012.

50 years: Golden memories

20 years: Double the fun

Originally a cluster reunion for the classes of ’61-’63, this reunion, held June 23, 2012, became a class of 1962 gathering, with a few representatives from the other classes.

A luncheon picnic was held on Chadwick’s Vanderlip Lawn, followed by dinner and drinks, and a campus tour.

Thirty alumni and friends were able to attend.

The class of 1992 celebrated their 20th anniversary with two events: a reunion dinner at Chadwick School during Alumni Weekend and a brunch at the home of Tim Lesser and Kavita Lesser in Palos Verdes Estates.

Members of the Classes of 1961, ’62, and ’63 with spouses.

Front row, left to right: Belinda Fu, Stephanie Wong, Danielle Harvey, Buffy Wise, Max Sloves, Andrew Werts, Cary Beeson Berry, Chris Gordon, and Vijay Dhaka; Middle row, left to right: Chris Caras, Jillian Sparling, Kristin Martin, Julie Randau Carr, Patty Cho Ostrowski, Danielle Steinhauser Zabala, Doug Griffith, Russell Davidson, Tim Lesser, and John Boyt; Back row, left to right: Scott Ammons, Mac McKinnie, and Tom Reidy

30 years: A family affair

The Class of 1982 (with many children in tow) celebrated their 30th reunion with a luncheon on Vanderlip Lawn on June 24, 2012. More than 40 classmates and family members joined in the fun.

10 years: Awesomeness to spare

The class of 2002, winners of four Chadwick spirit week tug-of-wars, were determined to reestablish their “awesomeness” by throwing the best 10-year reunion ever. Spearheaded by Lucy Brown, Jess Mandelbaum, and Kristen Shultz, they succeeded with a fantastic holiday event at Shark’s Cove in Manhattan Beach. More than 45 alums returned for the fun.

25 years: Go big!

The class of 1987 celebrated their 25th in a big way at Trader Vic’s in Beverly Hills. The following day, several alumni and their children enjoyed a pool party and Red Onion barbecue at Chadwick School.

5 years: The first of many

Our young alumni from the class of 2007 celebrated their first major milestone at a holiday reunion at Hennessey’s Tavern in Hermosa Beach. More than 50 members of the class gathered for the event.

Left: Robin Koss Curtis, Priya Agarwal Desai, Carrie La Londe Burrell, and Stephanie Dixon Killum; Right: Carrie La Londe Burrell, Chris Wong, Veronica Smith, Chris Prodromides, and Jeff Kaufman Left: Kareem Khulusi, Christen Press, and Erika Hernandez; Right: Brad Head and Jacob Colman.

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Alumni Event Round-up

Dolphins on the move!

Alumni Athletic Day 2012

More than 100 alumni, faculty, students and former parents attended the 6th Annual Alumni “End Your Year with a Cheer” Athletic Day. Events included friendly round-robin games of basketball, soccer, water polo, and volleyball, followed by a hosted lunch.

Torrance Turkey Trot Fun Run

For the ninth straight year, the Chadwick alumni office, in conjunction with the departments of community service and athletics, sponsored the Thanksgiving morning Torrance Turkey Trot Fun Run.

And don’t miss these other ongoing opportunities to connect with your former classmates: Alumni Basketball (Weekly)

This pick-up game occurs every Wednesday evening from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Pascoe Pavilion Gym.

Chadwick Professionals (Quarterly)

“CP,” a networking breakfast series for business professionals, brings together a diverse group of Chadwick alumni and parents to promote new business leads and collaboration among its members. The group meets quarterly in El Segundo.

Chadwick Alumni Network (Ongoing)

Chaired by Steven Barrett ’77, the Chadwick Alumni Network (CAN) meets on campus several times throughout the year to cultivate and build relationships among Chadwick Alumni and strengthen their relationship with Chadwick. Please join us for future events! For more information about any of these programs, please contact the alumni office at alumni@chadwickschool.org or 310-377-1543, ext. 4023.

Dolphin Alert!

Regional dinners are coming soon to a city near you! Keep your eyes out for information about upcoming reunion opportunities in Boston and New York.

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Faculty and Staff Notes Chadwick Technology Integration Specialist Deborah Levy teamed up with Village Spanish teachers Jessica Kyle and Carmen Karlsgodt to participate in Great Urban Race April 20-21.

Says Levy, “It’s like a mini Amazing Race, solving clues and challenges around L.A., either walking around the city or using only public transportation.” The race raises money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Village Math Specialist Megan Holmstrom presented a workshop at the Spring Educators Conference presented by Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools (NESA), a three-and-a-half day conference for educators of all grades and disciplines held in Bangkok, Thailand, from April 5-8, 2013. The workshop highlighted the work of Chadwick teachers in Grades 4 and 5 (including Matt Risk, Jessica Nelle, Michelle Gallagher, and Samantha Inglis).

History teacher Casey Quirarte married Joey Sarantos of Michigan on December 14, 2012, at a private estate on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

Welcome, Baby Dolphins!

Third Grade teacher Leah Lorenzana and husband Ricardo Lorenzana welcomed their new son, Noah, on April 4, 2013. Noah weighed in at 8 lbs., 4 oz. and was 19.5 inches tall.

Baby Noah

Becky Noble with her grandson

Community Service Director Becky Noble and her husband, Mike, are the proud grandparents of Henry Michael Shwayder, born on June 7, 2012. Henry is the son of Aggie Noble Shwayder ’99 and Mark Shwayder ’98, and shares his birthday with his aunt, Martha Noble ’04. The Shwayders live in Burlington, Vermont, where Mark is a resident in pediatrics.

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Dates!

Upcoming Admission Events 2013-2014 Applications for the 2014-15 school year are available on the Chadwick School website. If you would like more information about Chadwick’s admission process prior to our upcoming events, please call (310) 377-1543, ext. 4025 or email admission@chadwickschool.org. You may reply online at www.chadwickschool.org/visit.

Application due date, Grades K-12 Friday, January 17, 2014

Village (K-6) Tours Wednesday, November 13 Thursday, December 5 Thursday, January 9 All tours from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Upper School Tour Monday, November 11, 2013 8:45 a.m.

Kindergarten Open House Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:00 p.m.

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Campus Preview for the Middle and Upper Schools Sunday, December 8, 2013 1:00 p.m.

Sixth Grade Information Night Wednesday, January 8, 2014 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Thank you On behalf of the students and teachers whose lives are touched by your generosity, we thank you.

We are forever grateful to the parents, grandparents, alumni, and friends of Chadwick School who have so generously offered their time and financial support as part of the 2012-2013 Annual Fund. Together, you have contributed more than $1.28 million*, all of which will be used to further advance Chadwick’s mission, and the programs and people who bring it to life. The Chadwick educational experience is priceless, yet it is your gift to the Annual Fund that truly makes it possible. *As of June 30, 2013.

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Save the Dates!

Upcoming Admission Events 2013-2014 Applications for the 2014-15 school year are available on the Chadwick School website. If you would like more information about Chadwick’s admission process prior to our upcoming events, please call (310) 377-1543, ext. 4025 or email admission@chadwickschool.org.

You may reply online at www.chadwickschool.org/visit.

Application due date, Grades K-12 Friday, January 17, 2014

Village (K-6) Tours Wednesday, November 13 Thursday, December 5 Thursday, January 9 All tours from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Upper School Tour Monday, November 11, 2013 8:45 a.m.

Kindergarten Open House Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:00 p.m.

Campus Preview for the Middle and Upper Schools Sunday, December 8, 2013 1:00 p.m.

Sixth Grade Information Night Wednesday, January 8, 2014 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

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