Gratitude Report 2023-2024

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

As I look back on the 2023-2024 school year and my first year as Head of School, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you, the members of this community, for your unwavering support of Chandler School. It was an extraordinary year full of time-honored traditions, cherished milestones and tremendous growth for our students, employees and alumni.

The impact of our collective generosity is illustrated in the 2023-2024 Gratitude Report. From your thoughtful participation in our fundraising programs and CFA events to assisting our teachers in the classroom, this community shows up for each other. Your support and kindness are the hallmarks of what makes Chandler School such a special place.

Our faculty and staff, who are the champions of our students, continue to be a guiding light. Our teachers care deeply about the children in their classroom, and they challenge them to reach ambitious learning goals. Moreover, they are committed to their craft, regularly participating in professional development opportunities, attending and presenting at conferences and modeling lifelong learning. Chandler employees nurture each student's strengths and utilize a differentiated approach to instruction to ensure the needs of every student are met.

It is my honor to lead our school community and I look forward to many more warm connections as we celebrate Chandler’s 75th Anniversary together.

Sincerely,

Emily Brown Head of School

Although the 2023-2024 school year may already feel like a distant memory, it’s always rewarding to reflect on what we accomplished together as a community. I want to take a moment to recognize the collective effort of the entire Chandler community in making a meaningful impact on the lives of our students. Faculty, staff, administration, parents, grandparents, friends, alumni, and trustees all played a crucial role in supporting our mission throughout the year. Thank you for your dedication and commitment.

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

A key milestone this year was the installation of Chandler School’s fifth Head of School, Emily Brown, and the successful completion of her first year in the role. It has been a privilege to work alongside someone as dedicated and talented as Emily. During her first year, we celebrated several significant achievements, including the completion of the Student-Centered Campus Redesign, the public launch of the WE ARE Chandler Campaign, the creation of the Leading Together Fund, and the strategic acquisition of two adjacent properties.

Beyond these incredible accomplishments, 2023-2024 saw:

• Continued efforts towards Chandler’s Strategic Plan, Leading Together

• Chandler’s Annual Fund hit 91% parent participation and raised over $1.3 million from all constituencies.

• Alumni participation remains strong with alumni engaged in school and alumni activities. This is a testament to the strength of Chandler’s Alumni Council and their commitment to inspire alums and their families to maintain a lifelong connection to the school.

• The WE ARE Chandler Campaign has $1,811,278.

• The highly successful Gala raised over $295,000. A big thank you to co-chairs Zoe Regan, Chika Roulet and Cristina Yamakawa for creating a wonderful celebration for the entire Chandler community. Thank you to CFA President Jenny Kaw for her fantastic leadership throughout the year.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2023-2024

This year has been bittersweet for me, as it marks my final year as Board President, a member of the Board of Trustees, and as a parent at Chandler School. My daughter graduated from 8th grade this June, completing her journey as a "lifer" at Chandler. Over the years, I’ve watched her grow academically, emotionally, and socially, and I am deeply grateful for the strong foundation Chandler has provided. As an alumna of Chandler myself, it has been especially meaningful to share so many of these experiences with her. As both she and I move on to new opportunities, we are excited about the future ahead.

What stands out to me is the unwavering dedication of Chandler’s faculty, staff, and administration. They are constantly focused on learning, growing, and adapting to meet the needs of our students. Despite Chandler’s rich history and legacy of academic excellence, the school has never stopped improving. With Emily Brown’s leadership I’m excited to see Chandler’s bright future unfold.

As we reflect on the 2023-2024 school year, we are deeply grateful to everyone in the Chandler community whose support is highlighted in this report. Our success is made possible by the continued involvement of our families and your steadfast support. On behalf of the entire Board of Trustees, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for your generosity and commitment to shaping the future of both our school and our students.

Khalilah El-Amin ’91 President, Board of Trustees

Baker, Chelsea

Michael J. Regan, Dr. V. Wendy Setiawan, Deborah Snyder, Steven Wilson, Lily Wu not pictured: Sharon Merrow Cuseo, Sarah C. Johnson, Matthew Lawler ’95, Jeanette Lomboy

Erin

Dickerson, Senthil Durairaj ’92, Khalilah El-Amin ’91, Dr. Jared Franz, Dr. Tara A Gomez-Hampton Mari Hsu, Shelan Joseph, Dr. Irvin H. Kaw, Dr. Christopher Jay Lee ’92, Zahirah Mann, Allison Morgan

Maggie Zhong is a businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is the owner and manager of Zhuang & Zhong Los Robles, LLC- a real estate company in commercial real-estate and property development. Maggie received her M.B.A. from Johnson & Wales University.

Kelsey Szamet ʼ96 is a Partner at the law firm Kingsley & Kingsley. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California San Diego and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Child Educational Center. She is an alumna of Chandler School Class of 1996.

Jessica Cavic is the Board Vice President for the Circle of Friends at Kidspace. She earned her undergraduate degree at Harvard and her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. Jessica was a litigation associate at O’Melveny & Myers and a law clerk for Judge Christina A. Snyde.

Jay Chiang is a member of the Seed Fund Executive Committee and the Life Science Entrepreneur in Residence of the Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships Department at Caltech. He has a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate degree in chemistry from Scripps.

WELCOME NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2024-2025

Parag A. Shah, M.D. is a practicing nephrologist with Nephrologist Kidney Consultants Medical Group. Dr. Shah graduated from Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University) and completed a residency at University of Florida Health. Dr. Shah also specializes in Internal Medicine.

John Schreiber is a corporate attorney at Winston & Strawn. John is chair of Winston & Strawn’s Los Angeles Litigation Practice and the Hiring Partner for the firm’s Los Angeles office. John received a B.A. from the University of Kansas and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Luon W. Peng, D.O. is a nephrologist who also specializes in Internal Medicine. Dr. Peng received his medical degree from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens and completed a residency at University of Nevada School of Medicine.

CHANDLER COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN

Thank you to the dedicated community of donors who have generously provided the resources needed to continue to build our campus and our children’s future through every milestone in Chandler’s history. Donors to the campaign help to secure a bright future for our students through their support of faculty enrichment, financial aid, programs and capital improvements. Your support has made it possible to advance Chandler’s mission. Together, WE ARE Chandler School!

LEADERSHIP GIFTS (AS OF 7/31/2024)

GIFTS OF $500,000 AND ABOVE

Anonymous

The Andrews Family Foundation

S. Allan Johnson ’51† and Marguerite L. Johnson

GIFTS OF $300,000 TO $499,999

Sarah and Dan Rothenberg

Qiongsheng Zhuang and Changni Zhong & Chong Family

GIFTS OF $250,000 TO $299,999

Anonymous

Chloe Yan and Lingku Meng

Zack and Debbie Snyder

Karl and Kathy Swaidan

Nick Tao

The Xia Family

Dr. Edward and Mrs. Annie Xu

The Yang Family

GIFTS OF $200,000 TO $249,999

Martin Ding and Jasmine Chen

The Fitzberg Foundation

The Hu Family

David, Windy, Ethan & Lina Park

The Vargas Family

The Waldheim Family

Rick and Xuhong Fiona Wang

John Wilcox and Joanne Sy

GIFTS OF $150,000 TO $199,999

Jeremy and Erin Baker

Ashley and Brad Barrett

CEIA Education in Action Foundation

Nevin Cheung & Amy Liu

The Ding Family

Drs. SK & Jana Durairaj, Mr. Senthil ’92 & Novialie Durairaj, and Dr. Alex ’82 Durairaj

Andrew and Mariko Hsu

Hongmei Tang and Yong Jin

Joe and Samira Mallinger

Ted and Lori Samuels

Qixin Shi and Yan Yuan

Dr. Victor Shi and Ms. Lili Sang

Willa and Chloe Wang

Jiahuan Xia and Huiming Angelina Lin

GIFTS OF $100,000 TO $149,999

Anonymous (2)

The Bindra Family

The Catherine Chen Family

Jason and Patty Chen

The K, Iwankee, Allfa, and Kffa Chen

Family Foundation

The Cotte Family

James Ding and Janet Xu

Wende and Jon Headley

Christine and Christopher Lee

Jing and Song Liu

Rick and Jennifer Madden

Shannon, Doug, Patrick, and Kathleen McGuire

Shon and Alli Morgan

Dr. Luon Peng and Mrs. Hannah Kim

John and Shannon Quinn

Nina and Parag Shah

Hubert and Lea Shen

Steven Wilson and Georgina Fernando

Shanshan Michelle, Hongsheng Tim, Hou Alyssa and Jayden Xie

Zhan (John) Xu & Kelly Deng Family

CAPITAL ENHANCEMENTS

INNOVATION BUILDING

Anonymous (4)

Bonnie Anthony

Asian Pacific Community Fund

Jeremy and Erin Baker

Ashley and Brad Barrett

The William Bingham Foundation

Blossom Family

CEIA Education in Action Foundation

Jason and Patty Chen

Rebecca Hu and Robert Cheng

Crossroads Foundation

Martin Ding and Jasmine Chen

James Ding and Janet Xu

The Ding Family

The Falk Family

Vince and Betsy Farhat

FACULTY ENRICHMENT

Anonymous

The Bindra Family

V. Wendy Setiawan and Alfred Chan

The K, Iwankee, Allfa, and Kffa Chen

Family Foundation

Betty Cotte

Kristen and Austin DeArman

Leon Liao and Lily Wu

Joseph and Kristie Lin

Nick Tao

Mike Tatsugawa and Joyce Mitamura ’80

Shanshan Michelle, Hongsheng Tim, Hou Alyssa and Jayden Xie

Rick and Xuhong Fiona Wang

Qiongsheng Zhuang and Changni Zhong & Chong Family

THE CATHERINE CHEN FAMILY FACULTY FUND

The Catherine Chen Family

PROGRAM SUPPORT

Martin Ding and Jasmine Chen

Ishmael and Khalilah El-Amin ’91

Charanya Ram Kumar and Ram Kumar Subramanyan

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ENDOWMENT FUND

The Fitzberg Foundation

Sarah and Dan Rothenberg

The Fitzberg Foundation

Jean and Alan Fohrer

Jim and Claire Fonteno

The Hu Family

Andrew and Mariko Hsu

Hongmei Tang and Yong Jin

The Luan Family

Rick and Jennifer Madden

Shannon, Doug, Patrick, and Kathleen McGuire

Chloe Yan and Lingku Meng

Fred Mueller and Claire Glidden

Dr. Luon Peng and Mrs. Hannah Kim

Deborah E. Reed

Kelly and John Rouse

Mark Schmidt

Hubert and Lea Shen

Qixin Shi and Yan Yuan

Dr. Victor Shi and Ms. Lili Sang

Dr. Matthew Smith and Tirza Castellanos

Zack and Debbie Snyder

Nick Tao

Rick and Xuhong Fiona Wang

Willa and Chloe Wang

John Wilcox and Joanne Sy

Steven Wilson and Georgina Fernando

Mr. Nywood Wu and Dr. Meriel L. Wu

The Xia Family

Jiahuan Xia and Huiming Angelina Lin

Dr. Robert Xiao and Ms. Yvonne Xie

Dr. Edward and Mrs. Annie Xu

Zhan (John) Xu & Kelly Deng Family

Qiongsheng Zhuang and Changni Zhong & Chong Family

THE DURAIRAJ FAMILY ENDOWED FACULTY AWARD IN MEMORY OF MR. VERNON L. HILL

The Durairaj Family

THE JON & WENDE HEADLEY FAMILY FACULTY AWARD

Wende and Jon Headley

MALLINGER FAMILY ENDOWED

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

Joe and Samira Mallinger

THE SARAH AND DAN ROTHENBERG ENDOWED FACULTY AWARD

Sarah and Dan Rothenberg

THE VARGAS FAMILY ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUND

The Vargas Family

THE ZACK & DEBORAH SNYDER FAMILY FACULTY AWARD

Zack and Debbie Snyder

KARL AND KATHY SWAIDAN FAMILY ENDOWED FACULTY AWARD

Karl and Kathy Swaidan

THE WALDHEIM FAMILY ENDOWED FACULTY AWARD FUND

The Waldheim Family

MAX & VIVIAN YANG ENDOWED FACULTY AWARD

The Yang Family

FINANCIAL AID

Anonymous

Kristen and Austin DeArman

Drs. Maurice and Dawn Hale

S. Allan Johnson ’51† and Marguerite L. Johnson

Peter and Olivia Moore

Shon and Alli Morgan

Vernon Patterson, Esq. and Shelan Joseph, Esq.

John and Shannon Quinn

ANDREWS FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT IN MEMORY OF THOMAS A. CHANDLER

Andrews Family

BINDRA FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Bindra Family

THE CATHERINE M. ROSE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Marc-Andrew Aguilera ’79

Sarah Horton Anderson ’72 CHS ’75

Anonymous (3)

Eric Ashton ’79

Lisa Curry Austin ’74 CHS ’78 and John Austin

Kim Austin ’13

Margaret Rose Badger

Bree Barnes

Carolyn A. Barnes

Earl Barr ’72 CHS ’76

Catherine Bayer ’66

James Boswell ’66

Aimee Bahng Boyer ’89

Laura Brown ’74

Melinda Burns

Whitney Chandler ’66

Paul and Joy Chiu

David Crane ’77

Charles Crowe ’69

Louise Rose Curcio ’79

Henry R. Curwen ’64

William Cushman ’66

Debra Danner ’74

James Demetriades ’77

Cameron L. Dewey ’04

Paige C. Dewey ’06

Ishmael and Khalilah El-Amin ’91

Carey E. Jones Eskesen ’71

The Falk Family

Katie Kelley Frederick ’00

The Haskett Family

Kathleen Shea High ’80

Tehmina Jaffer ’88

Jennifer ’94 and Ryan Johnson

Jonah M. Lee ’20

Grace Pak and Kenneth Lee

Sayre Macneil ’68

Christine Matsuda-Rios

Zachary H. May ’18

John McCarty

Michelle Wu ’95 and Ryan McDonell

James McInerny ’69

Kate McInerny ’67

Melina Montoya ’75 and Phillip Montoya ’06

Allison A. Paddock ’68

Anna Pehoushek ’80

Bruce Riffenburgh ’68

Stephen Riffenburgh ’65

Joseph Rios ’04

Laura Rios ’06

Mimi Rios ’09

Cathy Rose

Halaine and Joseph Rose

Rebecca S. Rose CHS ’76

Andrew M. Rosenfeld ’15

Michael and Bettina Rosenfeld

Theodore Rosenfeld ’12

Katherine Horton Safford ’74 CHS ’78

Reverend Timothy Safford ’73 CHS ’77

Gerald Salseda

Laurel Feland Schuster ’74 CHS ’78

Edmund and Mary Shea Family Foundation

Tim Shea ’79

Cass Stimson ’73 CHS ’77

Ted Sullivan ’69

Dan and Nicole Swingle

Monie Wheatcroft Tenbroeck ’74

Bradford Thiel ’69

Brent C. Tufeld ’74 CHS ’78

Sidney Tyler ’74 CHS ’78

Heather Bohr Unterseher ’81 and Thomas Unterseher

Van Buren Family

Carmen and Noe Villanueva

Virginia Bergman Wailes ’72

The Waldheim Family

Sandra Weller ’66

Kathleen Wheaton ’71

Matt and Marianne Wright

Ashley Wu ’14

Raleigh Renick Young ’77

ANDREW AND MARIKO HSU ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Andrew and Mariko Hsu

THE JAMES F. ROTHENBERG ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Anonymous

Jeremy and Erin Baker

Gordon Crawford

Wendy and James Drasdo

Deborah and Richard Fagen

Aileen and John Finch

The Fitzberg Foundation

Carl Martignetti

Tom ’92 and Caroline Rose

Sarah and Dan Rothenberg

Ben Samuels ’05

Robert Samuels

Ted and Lori Samuels

Roger W. Stephens

Trevessa and James Terrile

Karen Skinner-Twomey and Scott Twomey

Katie Rothenberg Wei and Alex Wei

THE NINA, PARAG, SOFIA, & DILLON SHAH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Nina and Parag Shah

LEADING TOGETHER FUND

The Leading Together Fund provides unrestricted support to advance Head of School Emily Brown’s vision and the key initiatives in the Leading Together Strategic Plan. This flexibility is crucial, allowing us to adapt to the school’s evolving needs while advancing our long-term goals.

As leadership donors, you play a vital role in shaping Chandler’s future. Your support helps ensure the continued delivery of our mission and core values, while also preserving the legacy of strong leadership that has been at the heart of our school for decades. By setting the example for others, you inspire further contributions that will sustain Chandler’s growth and success, ensuring that our mission of academic excellence, character development, and service remains a guiding force for generations to come.

Established with a generous $500,000 lead gift from anonymous donors, this fund honors Chandler’s legacy of strong leadership, including past Heads of School and Emily Brown. It reflects the donors’ commitment to empowering our current head of school, ensuring she has the support needed to bring her vision to life. With built-in flexibility, the fund enables Chandler to adapt to evolving needs and advance its strategic goals.

To give to the Leading Together Fund as part of the WE ARE Chandler Campaign, please contact Joan Bravo in the Advancement Office at jbravo@chandlerschool.org.

Anonymous

Nevin Cheung & Amy Liu

CEIA Education in Action Foundation

The Ding Family

Ingrid and Jared Franz

Tyron Hampton and Tara Gomez-Hampton

Marguerite L. Johnson

Kaw Family

Christine and Christopher Lee

Jing and Song Liu

David, Windy, Ethan & Lina Park Family Fund

Christine Muller and John Swanson

Ping Wang & Hsinhui Chiu

Guoliang, Haiwen and Annie Xu

Sophia Xu's Family

Congratulations! Congratulations!

CHANDLER CLASS OF 2024

CHANDLER GRADUATES HEAD TO TOP SECONDARY SCHOOLS!

EF Academy

Flintridge Preparatory School

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

Grand Arts | Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts

Harvard-Westlake School

La Cañada High School

La Salle College Preparatory High School

International School of Los Angeles

Loyola High School of Los Angeles

Maranatha High School

Mayfield Senior School

Notre Dame High School

Phillips Exeter Academy

Polytechnic School

San Marino High School

Sequoyah School

St. Francis High School

Westridge School for Girls

Xavier High School, Connecticut

THE 2024 CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

presented to members of the Class of 2024

Arthur L. P. Brown Award for Scholastic Progress

Emma Tuanh Glover

HONORABLE MENTION: Vivienne Catherine Kopcho

Clyde E. MacQuoid Award for Best Girl Athlete

Jamie Lee Chung, Keira Yoonah Sarte Kim

Jefferson C. Stephens, Jr. Award for Scholarship

Lucy Jer-Mei Bo-Mi Tsai

Robert T. McInerny Award for Outstanding School Service

Amira Jeasmine Shamsi

HONORABLE MENTION: Joshua Robert Chien

Thomas A. & Catherine S. Chandler Award for Best All-Around Students

Lorelai Williams Thorell, Samuel Caius Wilson

Vernon L. Hill Citizenship Award

Lucy Jer-Mei Bo-Mi Tsai

Visual Arts Award

Roger Talley Chatterton, Victoria Dai

Will Salmon Performing Arts Award

Amira Jeasmine Shamsi, Elise Camille Lamond, Crystal Chong

HONORABLE MENTION: William Louis Ortiz

William Wilson, Jr. Award for Best Boy Athlete

Brandon Akira Hsu, Nelson John-Carl Rising

Fifth Grade Promotion

Chandler Class of 2027

The Class of 2027 marked the conclusion of their Lower School journey with a memorable ceremony attended by their teachers and families. During the promotion ceremony, students expressed their heartfelt appreciation and shared nostalgic Lower School moments.

Congratulations to the Class of 2027 for their achievements. Welcome to Middle School!

ANNUAL GIVING HONOR ROLL

We are pleased to acknowledge the Chandler community who helped make the 2023-2024 Annual Fund a success. Each year, your generosity and commitment advances Chandler’s mission, creating an immediate and enduring impact on the lives of our students. Thank you for your ongoing support.

This Annual Giving Honor Roll includes annual fund gifts received during the fiscal year starting August 1, 2023 and ending July 31, 2024. Gifts received after July 31, 2024 will be acknowledged in next year’s Gratitude Report. The Advancement Office has made every effort to ensure that all information is correct. If any errors or omissions are noted, we offer our apologies and ask that you notify the Advancement Office at advancement@chandlerschool.org.

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

GIFTS OF $20,000 OR MORE

Ahmanson Foundation

Barrett Family Foundation

Windsong Conlon and David Park

Sarah and Dan Rothenberg

The Vargas Family

Drs. Nicky and Tina Wadiwala

The Zhuang Family

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE

GIFTS OF $15,000 TO $19,999

Jeremy and Erin Baker

Auston Cheung Family

Senthil and Novialie Durairaj

Douglas C. Gregg, Jr. ’62

Jing and Song Liu

SHAMROCK CIRCLE

GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $14,999

Asian Pacific Community Fund

Kristen Carlson

Yangli Zhu and Haotian Chen

Martin Ding and Jasmine Chen

Ding Family

Ingrid and Jared Franz

Katharine and Kristopher Good

Raquel and Jaime Henriquez

Michele and Eliot Hayes

Michelle and David Kahng

Christine and Chris Lee

Joe and Samira Mallinger

The Morgan Family

Pak Family Youth Foundation

Dr. Luon Peng and Hannah Kim

The Rivas Family

Zachary and Deborah Snyder

Christine Muller and John Swanson

Max Wang and Vivian Yang

WHH Foundation

John and Joanne Wilcox

Mr. Nywood and Dr. Meriel L. Wu

Shanshan Michelle, Hongsheng Tim,

Hou Alyssa and Jayden Xie

Wenkan and Yun Yu

HEAD OF SCHOOL CIRCLE

GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $9,999

The Ambrose Family

Blossom Family

Jessica and Gregory Cavic

Joe and Wendy Chang

Mike and Monica Chen

The K & Iwankee Chen Family

Guanhua Wang Chen and Xiaoyi Chen

Simon and Ling Chen

Nick and Jenny Conrad

Crossroads Foundation

Kristen and Austin DeArman

Brandon ’96 and Chelsea Dickerson

James Ding and Janet Xu

Ben and Carrie Dougan

Jean and Alan Fohrer

Grant Gelberg and Maureen Eagle Gelberg

Kevin and Karen Gordon

Violette and Zachary Gray

Peter Ha and Jenny Shen Ha

Trey and Jessica Harrison

Handy Hioe and Anita Handojo

Andrew and Mari Hsu

Emilia Huh Family

Naveen and Amy Jeereddi

Hongmei Tang and Yong Jin

Kaw Family

Dr. Steve Kim and Gerianne Sarte

Jane and Douglas Krech

Hana and Eric Lai

Lapsi Family

William Lee, Joanna Chan, Kendrick & Zachary Lee

The Wu and Liao Family

Nadia Fakoory and Daniel Liffmann

Stanley Liu and Yuen Fang

Wellsen Liu and Sissi Xu

Eddie Ma and Julie Lin

Amy Tran and William Ma

Ted and Betsy Merchant

Greg & Alison Molinelli

Daniel and Jane Moon

Peter and Olivia Moore

Catherine and Edward Ornelas

Natasha Thomas and Jay Patel

J.J. and Catherine Perry

Shannon and John Quinn

John, Alyson & Liam Schreiber

Kimberly Yu and Sean Sinnette

Casey Zuber Solomon ’00

Annsley and George Strong

Cristina Yamakawa and Ken Stupak

Sung Family

Randy and Emily Tang

Richard and Yuan Tang

Tsutayo Ichioka and Satsuki Nakao

Charitable Foundation

Chris ’81 and Lena Waldheim

Willa and Chloe Wang

Sarah Johnson & Josh Weintraub

Steven Wilson and Georgina Fernando

Drs. Kin and Michelle Wong

Eric and Lynn Wu

Catherine Chen and Ken Wu

Xiaomin Xia and Jing Liu

Dr. Edward and Mrs. Annie Xu

Guoliang, Haiwen and Annie Xu

Kelly Deng and John Xu

Mr. Zhirong Xu and Ms. Kitty Lo

Roger and Jessica Yeh

David Yeremian and Sylvie Khayat

Stanley Yiu Family

Eric Yu and Sue Zhao

Shirley and Robert Yu

Howard and Stephanie Zee

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE

GIFTS OF $1,950 TO $4,999

Anonymous (3)

The Abourjeili Family

Aakash and Richa Agarwala

Lawford Anderson and Jean Morrison

Sarah M. Anderson

Arcadia Park Pharmacy

Brenda Dieck and Payam Ardestani

Mr. and Mrs. Rostom and Frida Baghdassarian

Darren and Amanda Baker

The Bellino Family

Ramit Mizrahi and Justin Bois

Barry Borowitz and Lisa Shapiro

Joan and Walter Bravo

Stacey and Andy Brisbois

Michelle and Justin Brossier

J, Emily & Eloise Brown

The Cannizzo Family

Sean and Kelly Cauvel

Wendy Setiawan and Alfred Chan

Chen's Family

Chen Family

Lily Guan and Perry Chen

Steve Chen and Angela Lin

David Chao and Connie Chang

Kai Cheng and Chengling Chu

Charles and Kathy Chien

Laura Reardon and Ken Childs

Jason Chung and JiJi Park

Aaron and Blanca Cohen

Betty Cotte

The Cotte Family

Sharon and Vince Cuseo

Drs. Dale Daniel and Sharon Yee

The Davis Family

Karle and Rick Dickerson

Daniel Dietz and Amritha Vaz

Patrick Dougherty ’62

Kay & Alex Durairaj

The El-Amin Family

Kyle Francis & Shigemi Pang

Sean and Cindy Gao

Gevorkyan Family

Giang Family

Goyal-Khurana Family

Gutierrez Family

Tyron Hampton and Tara Gomez-Hampton

John & Young-Gi Harabedian

Dan and Melissa Harper

Cassidy Harrison

The William H. and Mattie Wattis Harris

Foundation

Sonya and Patrick Hsieh

Andrew Hung and Jennifer Huang

Todd Hutton and Paige Seidel

Ingraham Memorial Fund

Babak and Sammie Jafarnia

Majia Jafarnia and Suedabeh Yazdi Jafarnia

Shuaishuai Jiang, Jiatong Li, Brooklyn Jiang

Silho Jin

Farina-Kastanas Family

Jaidev Kavety

Pallavi Kavety

Gene and MinHee Kim

Tammy and Markus Koller

The Kopcho Family

The Lathrop - Ono Family

Phillip and Susie Lau

Matthew and Hannah Lawler

Phuong Le and Erica Yen

Joanne and Eddie Lee

Drs. Lucy Won and Jae Lee

John Lee and Michelle Kim

Nora Fang and Kwanho Lee

Joyce Wong and Reginald Lee

Derek Li & Family

Dr. Joseph and Dr. Kristie Lin

C. Jason Liu and Benita Tamrazi

Yong Lu, Wen Qi, Owen Lu

Luan Family

Wenting & Gangzheng Lyu

Zahirah and Gregory Mann

The Melkonyan Family

Michelle Wu ’95 and Ryan McDonell

Emily Chiong and Douglas McElheney

Andrea Kassar and Timothy McKenna

Beth and Keith Monda

Kristy and Joe Narens

Luisa Fernanda Rengifo and Luis Navarro

Almara and Artin Nazarian

Gia and John Norian

Shelan Joseph and Vernon Patterson

Cameron, Tori, Mackenzie and Claire Pinckney

Henry Posada and Rodin Rooyani

Queena Wei and Alan Quan

The Richart Family

The Vicky and David Rogers Family

Tiffany & Peter Rota

Jan T. Sakonju and Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Karen and Jose Sarabia

Parag and Nina Shah

Elise and Nathan Shen and Family

Victor Shi and Lili Sang

Orit and Steve Srour

Peg and Jeff Stephens

Karl and Kathy Swaidan and Family

Kelsey and Dave Szamet

Daniel Tang and Nadia Chan

Nick Tao

Kirk and Brooke Thorell

Trivedi Family

Amy and Bryce Tsai

Hsinhui Chiu and Ping Wang

Michelle Sun and Harry Wang

Karrie Wei Swan Day Spa

Darren Wong and Amy Wang Family

John Wong, Teng Li, and Victoria Wong

Wilfred and Elaine Wong

Wei Zhang and Juan Xiong

Sarah Soifer ’90 and Cameron Yamaguchi

Yuanyu Lin and Ting Yan

Xichun Yang and Jie Li

Wanting Ai and Bin Ye

Ron and Lily Yee

Maggie Ying and Callie Lu

William Young

Leon Yu and Tiffany Feng

Brian Zhang, Shuyu Yang, Yi Zhang

Michelle Wu, Ker Zhu and Mason Zhu

Thank you to each and every donor, volunteer and family who is listed in this 2023-2024 Gratitude Report. This report of giving shows the immense generosity of the Chandler community. Your contributions in both time and resources have an immediate and lasting impact on our students. The success of Chandler’s fundraising programs such as the Annual Fund, CFA, Endowment, PFS!, WE ARE Campaign and more are a testament to the loyal commitment of the entire community.

CHANDLER CHANDLER

Return of Field Trips!

ENRICHING HANDS-ON LEARNING IN LOWER SCHOOL

Field trips have made an exciting return to Chandler School, bringing back cherished experiences and introducing new ones to expand students' learning beyond the classroom. These trips offer handson opportunities to connect classroom concepts to real-world environments, fostering curiosity, collaboration and a deeper understanding of the world.

K indergarteners delighted in seasonal fun at Cal Poly Pomona’s Pumpkin Patch and engaged in interactive play-based learning at Kidspace Museum.

First graders explored sustainability and creativity at the reDiscover Center, another revived trip, while a new adventure to the Los Angeles Zoo introduced them to animal conservation and ecosystems.

Second graders enjoyed hands-on learning at Underwood Farms, where they deepened their understanding of agriculture and ventured to the California Science Center, experiencing exhibits that sparked their curiosity about science and technology.

In third grade, students reconnected with local history through a visit to the Chumash Museum, diving into Native American traditions and storytelling.

Fourth graders traveled to Sacramento, immersing themselves in California’s rich history and state government.

Fifth graders explored environmental science and sustainability with trips to Sarvodaya Farms and the California Science Center.

Field trips are a vital component of our curriculum, offering students transformative experiences that complement and enhance their classroom learning. As they explore farms, museums and historical sites, students develop problem-solving skills, grow their appreciation for the world around them, and deepen their love of learning. The return of these trips reflects our commitment to providing dynamic and engaging educational opportunities for every Chandler student.

HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS

CURRENT PARENTS

92% Total Parent Participation

KINDERGARTEN

CLASS OF 2032

100% participation!

Anonymous

Darren and Amanda Baker

Brodkowitz Family

Kristen Carlson

The K & Iwankee Chen Family

Simon and Ling Chen

Mike Chen and Monica Dong

Auston Cheung Family

Laura Reardon and Ken Childs

Brandon ’96 and Chelsea Dickerson

Martin Ding and Jasmine Chen

Ingrid and Jared Franz

Leslie Parry ’93 and Joe Gerdeman

The Greer Family

Peter Ha and Jenny Shen Ha

John & Young-Gi Harabedian

Trey and Jessica Harrison

Joanna & Blake Hill

Andrew Hung and Jennifer Huang

Shuaishuai Jiang, Jiatong Li, Brooklyn Jiang

Tammy and Markus Koller

Hana and Eric Lai

Matthew and Hannah Lawler

Nora Fang and Kwanho Lee

Phuong Le and Erica Yen

Wellsen Liu and Sissi Xu

Lauren and Joel Lofton

Amy Tran and William Ma

Emily Chiong and Douglas McElheney

The Mehta Family

The Midland Family

The Nabhani Family

Natasha Thomas and Jay Patel

Cameron, Tori, Mackenzie and Claire Pinckney

Alexis Sutcliffe Smith and Patrick Smith

Randy and Emily Tang

The Tu Family

The Wainess Family

Shanshan Michelle, Hongsheng Tim, Hou Alyssa and Jayden Xie

Kelly Deng and John Xu

Yuanyu Lin and Ting Yan

Eric Yu and Sue Zhao

Howard and Stephanie Zee

Brian Zhang, Shuyu Yang, Yi Zhang

FIRST GRADE

CLASS OF 2031

100% participation!

Barrett Family Foundation

Stacey and Andy Brisbois

Michelle and Justin Brossier

Isaac and Cassandra Campos

Guanhua Wang Chen and Xiaoyi Chen

Ben and Carrie Dougan

Senthil and Novialie Durairaj

Melissa Wu and Andrew Firchau

Giang Family

Goyal-Khurana Family

Jessica Weinberg and Rylend Grant

Matthew and Karina Graves

Hawkey Family

Raquel and Jaime Henriquez

Arcadia Park Pharmacy

The Hu Family

Naveen and Amy Jeereddi

Jaidev Kavety

Pallavi Kavety

Gene and MinHee Kim

Dr. Kezia Gopaul-Knights and Alex Knights

Lapsi Family

William Lee, Joanna Chan,

Kendrick & Zachary Lee

Drs. Lucy Won and Jae Lee

Toni Chen and Jamey Levin

Nadia Fakoory and Daniel Liffmann

C. Jason Liu and Benita Tamrazi

The Liu Family

Edward and Catherine Ornelas

Dr. Luon Peng and Hannah Kim

Michael and Zoe Regan

Victor Shi and Lili Sang

Yan Yuan and Charles Shi

Kimberly Yu and Sean Sinnette

Kelsey and Dave Szamet

Daniel Tang and Nadia Chan

Richard and Yuan Tang

The Vargas Family

Drs. Nicky and Tina Wadiwala

Yi Lu and Joseph Wang

Michelle Sun and Harry Wang

The Warner Family

John Wong, Teng Li, and Victoria Wong

Catherine Chen and Ken Wu

Wanting Ai and Bin Ye

Ron and Lily Yee

Roger and Jessica Yeh

Howard and Stephanie Zee

Albert Zheng's Family

SECOND GRADE

CLASS OF 2030

100% participation!

Anonymous

Aakash and Richa Agarwala

J, Emily and Eloise Brown

Jessica and Gregory Cavic

Yangli Zhu and Haotian Chen

Trideev Dasgupta, Ami Desai & Rayna Dasgupta

Kristen and Austin DeArman

Martin Ding and Jasmine Chen

Emily and Adam Farabee

Sean and Cindy Gao

Leslie Parry ’93 and Joe Gerdeman

Giang Family

Kevin and Karen Gordon

Gutierrez Family

Hawkey Family

Ryan and Catherine Holmes

Emilia Huh Family

The Hungund Family

Jennifer ’94 and Ryan Johnson

Jones Family

Patrick Laverty & Michaela Deneen

Phuong Le and Erica Yen

Dr. Joseph and Dr. Kristie Lin

Jing and Song Liu

Mang Family

Dana Sarbeck & Michael Marshall

Michelle Wu ’95 and Ryan McDonell

Andrea Kassar and Timothy McKenna

Jamie and Sharleen McLaughlin

Peter and Olivia Moore

Diana Moore

The Nabhani Family

John and Gia Norian

Charlie Ren

Nikia and Lester Robert

Tiffany & Peter Rota

John, Alyson & Liam Schreiber

Max Wang and Vivian Yang

Darren Wong and Amy Wang Family

The Zhuang Family

THIRD GRADE

CLASS OF 2029 | 96% FAMILIES

Anonymous

Darren and Amanda Baker

Barrett Family Foundation

Julie Lai Beswick and Kyle Beswick

The Blossom Family

Joan and Walter Bravo

Lily Guan and Perry Chen

Auston Cheung Family

Brandon ’96 and Chelsea Dickerson

Daniel Dietz and Amritha Vaz

Gevorkyan Family

Katharine and Kristopher Good

Matthew and Karina Graves

Peter Ha and Jenny Shen Ha

Raquel and Jaime Henriquez

The Hu Family

Naveen and Amy Jeereddi

Michelle and David Kahng

Jaidev Kavety

Pallavi Kavety

Dr. Kezia Gopaul-Knights and Alex Knights

Tammy and Markus Koller

Matthew and Hannah Lawler

William Lee, Joanna Chan, Kendrick & Zachary Lee

Fang Hou and David Lee

Nadia Fakoory and Daniel Liffmann

Maggie Ying and Callie Lu

Frederik Luhur

Amy Tran and William Ma

The Martens Family

Daniel and Jane Moon

Kristy and Joe Narens

Cameron, Tori, Mackenzie and Claire Pinckney

Queena Wei and Alan Quan

Ben and Kathryn Queen

Michael and Zoe Regan

Chika and Peter Roulet

The Shupper Family

Cristina Yamakawa and Ken Stupak

Kelsey and Dave Szamet

Daniel Tang and Nadia Chan

Familia Villanueva

Drs. Nicky and Tina Wadiwala

Michelle Wu, Ker Zhu and Mason Zhu

FOURTH GRADE

CLASS OF 2028 | 95% FAMILIES

Anonymous

Jeremy and Erin Baker

Chen Family

The K & Iwankee Chen Family

Yangli Zhu and Haotian Chen

Jayne and Jordan Paige Chiang and Family

The Davis Family

Melissa Wu and Andrew Firchau

Grant Gelberg and Maureen Eagle Gelberg

Bonnie McLean, Michael Goldstein, Hank Goldstein, Lucy Goldstein

Tyron Hampton and Tara Gomez-Hampton

John & Young-Gi Harabedian

Dan and Melissa Harper

The Hermez Family

Handy Hioe and Anita Handojo

Kaw Family

Phillip and Susie Lau

Joanne and Eddie Lee

Toni Chen and Jamey Levin

Brent and Jacqueline Lewis

Eddie Ma and Julie Lin

Zahirah and Gregory Mann

Roger and Susie McKee

Pak Family Youth Foundation

Rui Pang & Yiqiong Yao

Windsong Conlon and David Park

Luon Peng and Hannah Kim

Sarah and Dan Rothenberg

Parag and Nina Shah

Elise and Nathan Shen and Family

Nick Tao

Max Wang and Vivian Yang

Karrie Wei Swan Day Spa

The Weideman Family

John and Joanne Wilcox

Wei Zhang and Juan Xiong

Dr. Edward and Mrs. Annie Xu

Roger and Jessica Yeh

Wenkan and Yun Yu

FIFTH GRADE

CLASS OF 2027 | 95% FAMILIES

Anonymous (2)

Heather and James Achor

Brenda Dieck and Payam Ardestani

Barrett Family Foundation

Julie Lai Beswick and Kyle Beswick

The Blossom Family

Ramit Mizrahi and Justin Bois

Peter Carlson and Jill Bergeron

Jessica and Gregory Cavic

Chen Family

Sandy Wu, Ching Chiao, and Preston Hunter Chiao

Kristen and Austin DeArman

Roxy and James Escudero

Andrew and Gita Harris

Andrew Hung and Jennifer Huang

Babak and Sammie Jafarnia

Naveen and Amy Jeereddi

Hongmei Tang and Yong Jin

Gene and MinHee Kim

Lapsi Family

Christine and Chris Lee

The Wu and Liao Family

Lauren and Joel Lofton

Luan Family

Andrea Kassar and Timothy McKenna

Daniel and Jane Moon

Olivia and Peter Moore

The Morgan Family

Kristy and Joe Narens

Luisa Fernanda Rengifo and Luis Navarro

Michael and Michelle Ortiz

Karen Fukushima and Matt Polen

Henry Posada and Rodin Rooyani

Queena Wei and Alan Quan

Nikia and Lester Robert

Tiffany & Peter Rota

Victor Shi and Lili Sang

The Shupper Family

Zachary and Deborah Snyder

Sowers Family

Christine Muller and John Swanson

Sarah Johnson & Josh Weintraub

Dr. Edward and Mrs. Annie Xu

SIXTH GRADE

CLASS OF 2026 | 94% FAMILIES

The Abourjeili Family

Christina and Thomas Acker

Sarah Hussain-Ahmed and Omar Ahmed

The Ambrose Family

Juan and Brienne Arroyo

Jeremy and Erin Baker

Barry Borowitz and Lisa Shapiro

The Cannizzo Family

Jing and Sherman Chan

Joe and Wendy Chang

Robert and Sibyl Chavis

Simon and Ling Chen

Benjamin and Marisa Demers

Brandon ’96 and Chelsea Dickerson

The Edwards Family

Kyle Francis & Shigemi Pang

Annette and Roland Guzman

Jim and Julie Heine

Andrew and Mari Hsu

Naveen and Amy Jeereddi

Coomy and Nerin Kadribegovic

Phillip and Susie Lau

Joanne and Eddie Lee

Jamie and Sharleen McLaughlin

Greg & Alison Molinelli

Beth and Keith Monda

Almara and Artin Nazarian

Pak Family Youth Foundation

Pearlman Family

Jordan and Catherine Perry

The Richart Family

Selassie Family

Shahab & Nadia Shamsi and Family

Elise and Nathan Shen and Family

The Solomon Family

Nick Tao

Trivedi Family

Villanueva Family

Hsinhui Chiu and Ping Wang

Willa and Chloe Wang

Steven Wilson and Georgina Fernando

Wilfred and Elaine Wong

Drs. Kin and Michelle Wong

Guoliang, Haiwen and Annie Xu

Xichun Yang and Jie Li

Roger and Jessica Yeh

SEVENTH GRADE

CLASS OF 2025 | 92% FAMILIES

Anonymous (2)

Yolanda Barker

The Bellino Family

Lisa Demidovich and Jeremy Berzon

Lawrence Chang, Caroline Chan, Katherine Chang, and Steven Chang

Steve Chen and Angela Lin

Chen Family

Kai Cheng and Chengling Chu

Jayne and Jordan Paige Chiang and Family

Calvin & Destin Cleveland

Aaron and Blanca Cohen

Nick and Jenny Conrad

The Davis Family

Ding Family

Catarina Lam and Matthew Ediger

Bonnie McLean, Michael Goldstein, Hank Goldstein, Lucy Goldstein

Violette and Zachary Gray

Gutierrez Family

Melissa and Dan Harper

Cassidy Harrison

Sonya and Patrick Hsieh

Sihou Jin's family

Farina-Kastanas Family

Kaw Family

Rand and Ashley Laird

John Lee and Michelle Kim

Joyce Wong & Reginald Lee

Brent and Jacqueline Lewis

Derek Li & Family

Eddie Ma and Julie Lin

Tiffany Marshall

Rosalind and Thomas McEntee

Luisa Fernanda Rengifo and Luis Navarro

Almara and Artin Nazarian

Herime and Edward Novshad

Windsong Conlon and David Park

Shelan Joseph and Vernon Patterson

Pickett Family

Ben and Kathryn Queen

Sarah and Dan Rothenberg

Clarissa and Victor Salgado

Selassie Family

Sowers Family

Brooke Strong

Jianling Ji & Chao Sun

Sung Family for Isabella Sung

Christine Muller and John Swanson

George Tellechea and Jenny Azahar

Bryan and Courtney Thomas

The Tindle Family

Cevat and Ozge Ustun

White Family

Wilfred and Elaine Wong

Eric and Lynn Wu

Xiaomin Xia and Jing Liu

Shanshan Michelle, Hongsheng Tim, Hou Alyssa and Jayden Xie

EIGHTH GRADE

CLASS OF 2024 | 81% FAMILIES

Anonymous (3)

The Abourjeili Family

Phet and Andrew Adashek

Mr. and Mrs. Rostom and Frida

Baghdassarian

The Cannizzo Family

Wendy Setiawan and Alfred Chan

Chen's Family

Charles and Kathy Chien

Jason Chung and JiJi Park

The Cotte Family

Roxy and James Escudero

Glover Family

Michele and Eliot Hayes

Andrew and Mari Hsu

Todd Hutton and Paige Seidel

Janet and Jay Iinuma

Michelle and David Kahng

Dr. Steve Kim and Gerianne Sarte

The Kopcho Family

Bruce Lamond and Yuni LaFontaine

Yan Niu and Jun Liu

Yong Lu, Wen Qi, Owen Lu

Carrie and Rob Luce

Wenting & Gangzheng Lyu

Joe and Samira Mallinger

Roger and Susie McKee

The Melkonyan Family

Finnian, Emily, Roan and Sibeal Murray

Galidan and Maria Nauber

David and Sarah Newhall

The Ngo Family

Michael and Michelle Ortiz

Deena Otto

Kimberly Knopf and Nicolas Ravon

Nikia and Lester Robert

Jan & Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Clarissa and Victor Salgado

Karen and Jose Sarabia

Shweta and Nirav Shah

Noah Shamsi

Trevor Spicer

Orit and Steve Srour

The Svihovec Family

Kirk and Brooke Thorell

Amy and Bryce Tsai

Steven Wilson and Georgina Fernando

Mr. Zhirong Xu and Ms. Kitty Lo

Sarah Soifer ’90 and Cameron Yamaguchi

David Yeremian and Sylvie Khayat

Stanley Yiu Family

The Zhuang Family

EIGHTH-GRADE

CLASS GIFT

Members of the Class of 2024, along with their families and friends, raised funds for an annual Chandler School tradition - the eighth-grade class gift! Chandler is grateful to the Class of 2024 for their contribution of $20,000 to support the following initiatives: the purchase of new athletic equipment for the P.E. Department and the purchase of new Lavalier microphones for the Performing Arts Department.

Anonymous (4)

The Abourjeili Family

Christina Abrahamian

Mr. and Mrs. Rostom and Frida Baghdassarian

Aziz Berjis

Jenna Berke

Dawne and Larry Blazevich

The Cannizzo Family

Rico Chan and Shirlin Cheng

Marina Chatterton

Charles and Kathy Chien

Jason Chung and JiJi Park

Eric Cotte

Derrick and Jhinezka Dancer

Sy Dardashty

Sylva Dayian

The El-Amin Family

Anais and Joshua Escudero

Golshan Gang

Tyron Hampton and Tara Gomez-Hampton

Sima Hartounian

Michele and Eliot Hayes

Andrew and Mari Hsu

Todd Hutton and Paige Seidel

Jennifer ’ 94 and Ryan Johnson

Tamar Kaloustian

Patti Kaplanjian

Nicole Kasukabe Lee

Dr. Steve Kim and Gerianne Sarte

Bruce Lamond and Yuni LaFontaine

Ruth and Steve Lavaeddin

Dr. Joseph and Dr. Kristie Lin

Wenting & Gangzheng Lyu

Carrie and Rob Luce

Joe and Samira Mallinger

Mang Family

Ramin Melamed

David and Sarah Newhall

The Ngo Family

Deena Otto and John Eilers

Judy and Earl Otto

Erin Torneo and Sascha Paladino

Taline Porichis

Anna-Christine and Christopher Rising

Lester Robert Jr., Selah Robert

Chika and Peter Roulet

Jan & Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Lucas Salgado

Arben Santo

Patti Sargassum

Lisa Sarkissian

Peter and Vicky Sarkissian

Dalia and Fred Sassounian

Irene and Randy Setiawan

Alexis Shakelian

Shahab & Nadia Shamsi and Family

Trevor Spicer

Shylee Srour

Vartouhi Tavoukjian

Kirk and Brooke Thorell

Bob and Shari Thorell

Amy and Bryce Tsai

Carlos Watson

Mr. Zhirong Xu and Ms. Kitty Lo

Sarah Soifer ’ 90 and Cameron Yamaguchi

The Zhuang Family

GRANDPARENTS OF STUDENTS & ALUMNI

Myrian Aguilar

Leonardo Henriquez ’29

Aiden Henriquez ’31

Robert and Kristine Beswick

Pierce Beswick ’27

Owen Beswick ’29

Dawne and Larry Blazevich

Kaiden Thorell ’24

Lorelai Thorell ’24

David Brain

Katherine Tindle ’25

Karen and Garth Chan

Katherine Chang ’25

Steven Chang ’25

Dr. Philip Chan and Pheabe Chan

Milo Tang ’29

Elin Tang ’31

Rico Chan and Shirlin Cheng

Mikayla Chan ’22

Alister Chan ’24

Yuh-Wey and I-Hung Chiang

Jayne Chiang ’25

Jordan Paige Chiang ’28

Mr. and Mrs. Gus A. Christopoulos

Thomas Christopoulos ’12

Alyssa Christopoulos ’17

Vanessa Christopoulos ’18

Nicholas Christopoulos ’21

Betty Cotte

Marissa Cotte ’20

Alison Cotte ’24

Penny Daniels

Germany Seuell ’25

Karle and Rick Dickerson

Barrett Dickerson ’26

Reid Dickerson ’29

Paul and Jan Dietz

IrisVaz-Dietz ’29

Marlene and Kenneth Dobbs

Ethan Greer ’32

Mo and Charlotte Ediger

Sophia Ediger ’25

Roger and Michele Engemann

Mia Pippert ’17

Callie Pippert ’19

Genevieve and Jacob Fakoory

Henry Liffman ’29

Katherine Liffman ’31

Ruth Lawler-Ficklin

Matt Lawler ’95

Gregory Lawler ’03

Penelope Lawler ’29

Phoenix Lawler ’32

Jean and Alan Fohrer

Isabelle DeArman ’27

Harrison DeArman ’30

Eleanor Gerst

Daniel Gerst ’17

Michael Gerst ’21

Samuel Heine ’26

Susan R. Harper

Henry Harper ’25

James Harper ’28

Philip and Dena Hawkey

Philip Hawkey ’30

Alesso Hawkey ’31

Susan Heine

Samuel Heine ’26

Mary Fauvre and Robert Holmes

Thomas Holmes ’30

Majia Jafarnia and Suedabeh Yazdi Jafarnia

Cyrus Jafarnia ’27

Mr. and Mrs. H. Stanton Jones

Henry Harper ’25

James Harper ’28

Vicky Joseph

Leilani Patterson ’25

Janet and Richard Kassar

William McKenna ’27

Cecily A. McKenna ’30

Bill and Priscilla Kennedy

Roan Murray ’23

Sibeal Murray ’24

Hong and Sung Kim

Annalise Moon ’27

Julianne Moon ’29

Pam and Raj Kirpalani

Cole Mallinger ’20

Connor Mallinger ’22

Ava Mallinger ’24

Betty Lee

Sebastian Lee ’25

Stan and Dee Liffman

Henry Liffman ’29

Katherine Liffman ’31

Paulino Lomboy

Oliver Blossom ’27

Milo Blossom ’29

Dr. Charles and Barbara Metzger

Charlie R. Warner ’31

Judy and Earl Otto

Seth Spicer ’24

Susan and David Parry

Pearl Farabee ’30

David Gerdeman ’30

Kelley and Dr. Mark Purnell

Sheridan Good ’29

Shannon and John Quinn

Halen Morgan ’27

Pat and Richard Schnetzer

Jonah H. Gelberg ’28

Peg and Jeff Stephens

Eric Korn ’95

Evan Korn ’96

Brian Korn ’98

Sara Jane Stephens ’10

Charlotte Stephens ’12

Annsley and George Strong

Noah Thomas ’19

Addison Thomas ’22

MacKenzie Thomas ’23

Jamen Thomas ’25

Davis and Karen Thompson

Mackenzie Pinckney ’29

Claire Pinckney ’32

Bob and Shari Thorell

Kaiden Thorell ’24

Lorelai Thorell ’24

Carlos Watson

Derrick Dancer ’24

Juleza Dancer ’28

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Wong

Abbey Wong ’25

Sophia Wong ’26

Mr. Nywood and Dr. Meriel L. Wu

Matthew Firchau ’28

Wyatt McDonell ’30

Mia Firchau ’31

Felix and Mildred Yip

Hudson Shen ’24

Ella Shen ’28

Shirley and Robert Yu

Quinn Y. Sinnette ’31

the Impact of Chandler School

A CONVERSATION WITH DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

DAN MCINERNY ’73 CHS ’77

At Chandler School, memories are not just moments but milestones in life’s journey. In a recent interview with Dan McInerny, ’73 CHS ’77, a successful entrepreneur and former athlete, the profound impact of Chandler School on personal and professional growth became vividly clear.

Dan reminisces about his early years at Chandler, describing it as more than a school—it was a second family. The nurturing yet challenging environment set the stage for a life guided by passion and purpose. His parents’ connection and friendship with the Chandlers inspired an award in his father’s name - the Robert T. McInerny Award for Outstanding School Service - a testament to the School’s lasting impact.

Reflecting on his time at Chandler School, Dan spoke fondly of teachers who shaped his academic and personal journey. Mr. Mac, Ms. Rose, Mr. Hill and Tom Chandler were not just educators but mentors who instilled a love for literature, language and sports. The School’s fields and lunchtime camaraderie created a sense of belonging that stayed with him.

Middle School at Chandler unfolded as a canvas of exploration. Dan’s love for science and the environment was expressed through camping trips and sports. Visits to JPL/ NASA sparked his curiosity, and playing multiple sports with friends fueled his competitive spirit.

Dan’s path to success intertwined with his love for baseball. From Blair to Berkeley, where he played and excelled, to being drafted by Cleveland, his journey blended athletics and academics. Joining Quiksilver marked a pivotal shift, leading to entrepreneurship and the creation of OluKai. OluKai has become one of the most successful footwear giants in the retail marketplace. Since its inception, OluKai has made a point of giving back to the community and supporting Hawaiian culture.

Central to Dan’s success were principles of integrity, trust and the Aloha spirit. Building a brand wasn’t just about products but about people and values. Meeting his wife, Suzy, through work and consulting for renowned brands like Patagonia reflected his commitment to quality and authenticity.

Dan’s leadership style mirrored his upbringing—grounded in empathy, communication and giving back. He emphasized the importance of mentorship, guiding his sons and leaving a legacy of integrity and environmental responsibility.

For Dan, personal fulfillment meant aligning passion with purpose, prioritizing family, and staying true to oneself amid life’s challenges. Work-life balance wasn’t a compromise but a conscious choice to nurture meaningful relationships and make a positive impact.

Dan had the opportunity to visit Chandler School in June to share his experiences with the next generation, his story resonates as a testament to the transformative power of education, community, and unwavering values.

“Chandler represents everything that’s good in life - it’s like coming home. It’s about the quality and character of the faculty and, most importantly, graduates like you, who go on to be amazing stewards in our community, making a difference in the world.”

Dan McInerny’s journey encapsulates the essence of Chandler School—a place where dreams take flight, values are nurtured and legacies are forged. Congratulations to Dan, 2024’s Distinguished Alumni.

“ Chandler represents everything that's good in life - it’s like coming home. It’s about the quality and

character

of the faculty and, most importantly, graduates like you, who go on to be amazing stewards in our community, making a difference in the world.”

- DAN MCINERNY, ’73 CHS ’77

PARENTS OF ALUMNI

Anonymous

Sara and George Abdo

Louis and De Le Abel

Phet and Andrew Adashek

Sarah Hussain-Ahmed and Omar Ahmed

J. Kevin and Esmeralda Akins

Lauren Craig ’85 and Michael Albrecht

The Alonzo Family - Leo, Elaine, Lauren, Matthew & Natalie

Dr. Jane Amling Heiken

Katherine and Jack Anastasia

Lawford Anderson and Jean Morrison

Mrs. Scott G. Anderson

Anonymous (5)

Dashiell Anthony ’21

Dan, Jane and Cristy Armel

Lisa Curry Austin ’74 CHS ’78 and John Austin

The Ball Family, John, Gayle, Taylor, Griffin and Regan

Yolanda Barker

Christine C. Benter

Barry Borowitz and Lisa Shapiro

Mark and Carole Boyles

Scott, Denise, Madeline ’09 and Jillian ’13 Brady

Genevieve Beauvais & Brandon Burns

Cadena Family

Kristen Carlson

Raymond and Marta Castro

Sean and Kelly Cauvel

Wendy Setiawan and Alfred Chan

Dr. Philip Chan and Pheabe Chan

David Chao and Connie Chang

Travis Chatham

Diane Chavez

Robert and Sibyl Chavis

Jennifer and Kevin Chen

Tony and Lynnette Christopoulos

Mr. and Mrs. Gus A. Christopoulos

Jason Chung and JiJi Park

Victoria Guagliardo and Gary N. Clark

The Cleaves Family

Dr. Susan B. Clifford

Aaron and Blanca Cohen

The Cotte Family

Mr. and Mrs. David Cruce

Rusty and Trina Cundieff

Drs. Dale Daniel and Sharon Yee

John and Gena Delbridge

Karle and Rick Dickerson

James Ding and Janet Xu

Ding Family

Kay & Alex Durairaj

Michael and Audrey Egan

The El-Amin Family

Roger and Michele Engemann

Genevieve and Jacob Fakoory

Julia and Alex Falk

Vince and Betsy Farhat

Farina-Kastanas Family

Kira Farmer

Kyle Francis & Shigemi Pang

Ingrid and Jared Franz

Louis and Suzanne Fulps

Marc and Christy Futernick

The Gerst Family

Eleanor Gerst

Stephanie and Charles Ginn

Ms. Bing Wang and Mr. Shaun Gong

Barbara and Roy Goto

Violette and Zachary Gray

Loring and Amal Guessous

Toby Harder ’59

Joanna and Wayne Hartigan

Douglas Harvey and Mary Grant

Haskett Family

Philip and Dena Hawkey

Wende and Jon Headley

Michael Healy Family

John and Nancy Heil

Tomas Hernandez-Zapata ’17

Lynette and Stephen Heydorff

Handy Hioe and Anita Handojo

The Hiyake Family

Emily Hsiao Class of ’21

Sonya and Patrick Hsieh

Jennifer ’94 and Ryan Johnson

Lynda Johnson

Karianne and Scott Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. H. Stanton Jones

Coomy and Nerin Kadribegovic

Marie H. Kidd

Dr. Steve Kim and Gerianne Sarte

The Kopcho Family

Jane and Douglas Krech

Allan and Heather Labrador

Chiman and Jashu Lad

Rand and Ashley Laird

The Lathrop - Ono Family

Chuck and Sandra Law

Mr. Gary Lee and Ms. Linda Chang

John Lee and Michelle Kim

Grace Pak and Kenneth Lee

Dr. Ellen L. Leggett

Dr. Joseph and Dr. Kristie Lin

Yan Niu and Jun Liu

Stanley Liu and Yuen Fang

Justin Lucas and Wesley Lucas

Peter and Patsy Ly

Mrs. Lynn MacQuoid

Drew Maddock and Marilyn Okano

Dr. Steve and Kathy Magel

Joe and Samira Mallinger

The Mandevilles

Dr. and Mrs. Charles March and Izzy

Stacey and Matthew May

James E. McInerny

Steve Mermis and Catherine Pearman

Barbara Harder Michaels

Connie Mohandesi

Julio and Moira Moline

Beth and Keith Monda

Steve and Meg Morrison

Finnian, Emily, Roan and Sibeal Murray

David and Sarah Newhall

Eni G. Njoku and Mary K. Brand-Njoku

Herime and Edward Novshad

Sara and Edward Nowak

Leigh and Harry Olivar

Michael and Michelle Ortiz

Joan Aarestad and David Oswalt

Jean B. Owen

Gregory and Carole Paddock

Susan and David Parry

The Perez Family

Pickett Family

Penny Plotkin

Candy and Randy Renick

The Rivas Family

Robson Family

The Vicky and David Rogers Family

Tom W. Rose ’92

Rob Roy and Kazue McGregor

Robert and Sandra Ryan

Will † and Vicki Salmon

Gerald Salseda

The Schionning Family

Tomoko Schmidt

Janice Schumacher

Parag and Nina Shah

Dr. Matthew Smith and Tirza Castellanos

Sharick Smyser-O'Keefe

Zachary and Deborah Snyder

Carol Standing

Jim and Teri Stein

Priscilla Stephens

Phillip and Leslie Stewart

Annsley and George Strong

Allen and Alise Stutin

Poyu Su and Alice Wang

The Svihovec Family

Karl and Kathy Swaidan and Family

Nancy and Peter Tamny

Chuck and Robyn Tapert

Joyce Mitamura and Mike Tatsugawa

Bryan and Courtney Thomas

Davis and Karen Thompson

Alison and Harlan Thompson

Bob and Shari Thorell

Carol and Vicente Timiraos

Heidi Xue and Chris Ting

Irene Tong

Trivedi Family

Carol and Bud Tufeld

John B. Ulmer

Alice & Adiel Vasquez

Villanueva Family

Chris ’81 and Lena Waldheim

Victor and Paula Waluch

ALUMNI GIVING

1950’S

Ned Loos ’54

Harry Andrews ’56

Stephen Nash ’57

R. Bruce Pruitt ’58

Dianne R. Sullivan ’58

Toby Harder ’59

Larry Lisle ’59

1960’S

Edward Freutel ’60

Cort Farmer ’61

Patrick Dougherty ’62

Douglas C. Gregg, Jr. ’62

Eric Winter ’62

Gail Morgan-Rockwell Farmer ’63

Ted Merchant ’63

Roger Riffenburgh ’63

Michael Dougherty ’65

Catherine Bayer ’66

Kate McInerny ’67

Allison Paddock ’68

Marshall Seaborn ’68

James E. McInerny ’69

1970’S

Gregory Paddock ’71

Daniel McInerny ’73 CHS ’77

Lisa Curry Austin ’74 CHS ’78

Charles and Ann-Marie Weinstein

Sarah Johnson & Josh Weintraub

Lynne and Bill Westphal

David, Frances and Hayden Wheatley

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wheeler

Jennifer Williams

Matt and Marianne Wright

Mr. Nywood and Dr. Meriel L. Wu

Xiaomin Xia and Jing Liu

David Yeremian and Sylvie Khayat

Felix and Mildred Yip

Laura M. Brown ’74

Debra Danner ’74

Lind Gee ’74 CHS ’78

Jon M. Haskett ’74 CHS ’78

Laurel L. Schuster ’74 CHS ’78

Brent C. Tufeld ’74 CHS ’78

Matthew G. Wright ’74 CHS ’78

Randy Renick ’78

Paula McCullough Bown ’79

John Ramsay ’79

1980’S

Katie Shea High ’80

Joyce Mitamura ’80

Anna Pehoushek ’80

Eric Anderson ’81

Robert G. Burrows ’81

Mary G. Herms ’81

Heather Bohr Unterseher ’81

Chris Waldheim ’81

Duane Zobrist ’81

Trevor Anthony ’82

Megan Browne ’82

Alex Durairaj ’82

Julianne Gerst ’83

Maya Alvarez-Galvan ’84

Maureen Madsen Short ’84

Lauren C. Albrecht ’85

Tony Christopoulos ’85

Taylor Yoshida ’13 and Timothy Yoshida ’16

William Young

Ellen and Kwang-I Yu

Leon Yu and Tiffany Feng

Sam Zanetta ’08

Tina Zapata

Bob and Patty Zuber

David Gerst ’86

Justin S. Chang ’87

Gena Delbridge ’87

Joe Mathews ’87

Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Kevin Vick ’87

Reed Anderson ’88

Giancarlo DiMassa ’88

Amy Hathaway ’88

Naveen Jeereddi ’88

Kirk Thorell ’88

Noel D'Angelo ’89

Melissa Jones Harper ’89

Richard T. Mandeville, Jr. ’89

Jessica Tornek ’89

1990’S

Taylor Ball ’90

Paul McCullough ’90

Sarah Soifer ’90

David Abdo ’91

Khalilah Heshimu El-Amin ’91

Griffin Ball ’92

Senthil Durairaj ’92

Rachel Foullon ’92

Chris Lee ’92

Michael Ortiz ’92

Tom W. Rose ’92

Nadia Fakoory ’93

Jeannette Park ’93

Leslie Parry ’93

Courtney Strong Thomas ’93

David Bradley ’94

Adam Copeland ’94

Michael Dempsey ’94

Susan Z. Dutra ’94

Jennifer Sells Johnson ’94

Claire Marco ’94

Justin Waluch ’94

Ryan Foullon ’95

Brian Huskey ’95

Sunjay Lad ’95

Matthew Lawler ’95

Emily Parry ’95

Michelle Wu ’95

Brandon Dickerson ’96

Jay Harder ’96

Erin Kaneko ’96

Brandice Thompson Lane ’96

Richard Lang ’96

Kevin Mang ’96

Keisuke Nakagawa ’96

Eszter Neuman ’96

Evan Otero ’96

Dan Rothenberg ’96

Amit Sura ’96

Kelsey Szamet ’96

Travis J. Young ’96

Laura Waluch Solomon ’97

Erica Yen ’97

Tori Thompson Pinckney ’98

Matthew Sclafani ’98

Nick Timiraos ’98

Cristy Armel ’99

Nadia Chan ’99

Alexis Sutcliffe Smith ’99

Tyler Stutin ’99

2000’S

Regan Ball ’00

Kate Kelley ’00

Stephanie Masek ’00

Devon Dickerson Midland ’00

Laura Reardon ’00

Casey Zuber Solomon ’00

Andrew Westphal ’00

Alex Engemann ’01

Justin Lucas ’01

Trey Massar ’01

Kelly Murphy ’01

Tony Myint ’01

Jennifer Seto ’01

Annika Stutin ’01

Whitney N. Westphal ’01

Gillian Heydorff Sutton ’02

Wesley Lucas ’03

Cameron L. Dewey ’04

Hayden Wheatley ’04

Wesley Yip ’04

George Hakimeh ’05

Justin Liu ’05

Ben Samuels ’05

Andrew Davis ’06

Paige C. Dewey ’06

Emily Law ’06

John F. Haskett ’07

Anonymous ’08

Samuel L. Zanetta ’08

Sarah Anderson ’09

Madeline Brady ’09

Michael Chen ’09

Catherine Pearson ’09

Tyler S. Fong ’10

Kyle Law ’10

Victoria Peng ’10

Laura Thompson ’10

Lauren Alonzo ’12

James Anderson ’12

GREEN & WHITE CIRCLE

GIFTS FROM YOUNG ALUMNI CLASSES OF 2013-2023

Kim Austin ’13

Jillian Brady ’13

Elly Hong ’13

Jewelyn G. Pickett ’13

Olivia N. Vandergriff ’13

Taylor L. Yoshida ’13

Thelonious J. Cundieff ’14

Sarah Johnson ’14

Andrew S. Lathrop ’14

Nadina Wu ’14

Matthew Brian Alonzo ’15

Nellie Ayala ’15

Caitlin Fong ’15

Kenneth Hiyake ’15

Carson Michael Yu ’15

Yumi A. Balthazar ’16

Emma S. Cadena ’16

Kira Farmer ’16

Kaito Austin Robson ’16

Angelica Sih ’16

Lance Tam ’16

Ryan C. Waldheim ’16

Timothy T. Yoshida ’16

Alexander M. Albrecht ’17

Simone C. Cundieff ’17

William Farhat ’17

Tomas A. Hernandez-Zapata ’17

Charles W. Johnson ’17

Marcos E. Moline ’17

Natalie Kate Vandergriff ’17

Eliza J. Williams ’18

Colin E. Cruce ’18

William W. Lanstra ’18

Isabella R. March ’18

Zachary H. May ’18

Takaji R. Robson ’18

Sunday Labrucherie ’19

Emma L. Newhall ’19

Carson Schionning ’19

Natalie M. Alonzo ’20

Luis S. Cadena ’20

Marissa Cotte ’20

Christopher J. Headley ’20

Cayenne T. S. Lee ’20

Jonah M. Lee ’20

Yueran Liu ’20

Everett W. Williams ’20

Margaret V. Albrecht ’21

Dashiell Anthony ’21

Morgan C. Burns ’21

Paola S. Ceja ’21

William R. Cleaves ’21

Andy Falk ’21

Emily Hsiao ’21

Sage D. Kim ’21

Isabella D. Lanstra ’21

Anya May ’21

Lars Schionning ’21

Penelope Smith ’22

Miles Q. Adashek ’23

Raul G. Ceja ’23

Hadyn A. Cundieff ’23

Aidan Epstein ’23

Benji Falk ’23

Cole J. Francis ’23

Michael D. Johnson ’23

Max J. Kim ’23

Matilda Labrucherie ’23

Baker Laird ’23

Amelia L. Lee-Doulis ’23

Catalina G. Smith ’23

Noemi R. Villanueva ’23

BIG GREEN GIVEBACK

On this annual giving day, alumni and parents of alumni raised more than $53,000 to support Chandler students. With matching gift opportunities courtesy of Naveen Jeeredi ’88 and Amy Hathaway ’88 , parents of Walker ’26 , Rhoades ’27, Baron ’29 and Cosette ’31; Jane and Doug Krech, parents of Max Krech ’18; Stanley Liu and Yuen Fang, parents of Justin ’05, Ethan ’14 and Sean ’16 ; Candy and Randy ’78 Renick, parents of Riley ’12 , Dexter ’15 and Lucie ’18; Danny ’96 and Sarah Rothenberg, parents of Morgan ’25 and William ’28 , and the support of a dedicated group of alumni and parent of alumni volunteers, nearly 140 gifts were received to support Chandler’s financial aid programs through the Thomas A. Chandler Scholarship Fund, the Catherine M. Rose Endowed Scholarship Fund, the Paul Korn Memorial Scholarship Fund, the Vernon L. Hill Memorial Scholarship Fund, and in Memory of Mr. Mac.

THANK YOU to our generous donors and committed volunteers for making the Big Green Giveback a huge success.

CURRENT FACULTY & STAFF

Anonymous (4)

Joe Alexander

Katherine Anastasia

Raymond Arebalo

Ivan Ayala

Hillary Blunt

Joan Bravo

Emily Brown

Paul Camargo

Jennifer Cardenas

Peter Carlson

Heather Castle

Travis Chatham

Megan Collins

James Connor

Rob Evans

Rosemary Felber

Alicia Finley

Rachel Finn-Lohmann

Cara Gancedo

Jazmin Garcia

Eric Glover

Simon Guerrero

Juan Guzman

Melanie Hampton

Laura Heany

Stephanie Ho

Andrew Hulm

Jennifer Sells Johnson ’94

Donald Kincey

Ashley Laird

Jessica Leyva

Timothy Lind

Oscar Lugo

Jose Luna

Gretchen Lurie

FRIENDS & FORMER FACULTY/STAFF

Anonymous (3)

Peter and Molly Bachmann

Jill Bergeron

Aziz Berjis

Jenna Berke

Sy Dardashty

Andrew Davis ’06

Sylva Dayian

The Martens Family

Donna Dretzka

The Edwards Family

Stephanie Fiedler

Garth Flint

Ms. Kate Kelley

Golshan Gang

Bill and Evelyn Gustafson

Sima Hartounian

Lynette Heydorff

Sandy Hume

Bev Jacobson

John Jourdane

Tamar Kaloustian

Nicole Kasukabe Lee

Marie H. Kidd

Glenn Maravilla

Stacey May

Julianna Mendoza

Connie Mohandesi

Shelby Montevirgen

Diana Moore

Natalie Morales

Scott Nancarrow

Sarah Newhall

Jihyun Oh

Jorge Ojeda

Carly Oost

Kelly Orellana

Catherine Pearson

Rosa Ramirez

Laura Reardon

Mateo Reyes

Cynthia Rodriquez

Sharon Laird

Ruth and Steve Lavaeddin

Lynn MacQuoid

Karen Mayeda

John McCarty

James E. McInerny

Ramin Melamed

Steve Morrison

Ms. Teresa Orth

David Parry

Cathy Rose

Will Salmon†

CORPORATIONS/FOUNDATIONS/MATCHING GIFTS

Ahmanson Foundation

Andrews Family Foundation

Anonymous

Asian Pacific Community Fund

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation

CBRE

CEIA Education in Action Foundation

Chanel

Crossroads Foundation

Digital Realty

The Walt Disney Company Foundation

eBay

The Fitzberg Foundation

The Jean and Al Fohrer Charitable Foundation

Google

Tsutayo Ichioka and Satsuki Nakao Charitable Foundation

Ingraham Memorial Fund

Johnson & Johnson

JP Morgan Chase

Levi Strauss

Lumen

Kyle Rubalcava

Krystian Rutledge

Ian Schuler

Miriam Sepulveda

Maureen Madsen Short ’84

Shelbi Smith

Trevor Spicer

Carol Standing

Heather Tallman

Amanda Valenzuela

Marie Valenzuela

Olivia Vandergriff ’13

Amanda Vasquez-Alcazar

Katie Villanueva

Ms. Warner

Ashley Weideman

Brandi Williams-Moore

Patti Sargassum

Lisa Sarkissian

Dalia and Fred Sassounian

Sara Skrip

Vartouhi Tavoukjian

Lynne Thomas

Martin and Briana Voss

Lynne Westphal

Whitney N. Westphal ’01

Jeff Stephens

Microsoft

Morgan Stanley

NY Life Insurance

Oaktree Capital Management

Olivar Charitable Fund

Oracle

Pak Family Youth Foundation

Paramount

Pasadena Community Foundation

Rivas Sports Inc.

Spotify

Stone Tapert Insurance Company

Thrivent

UHG

United Way

US Bank

Robert & Shirley Yu Charitable Foundation

The William H. and Mattie Wattis Harris Foundation

Western Asset Management

Westmount Asset Management

WHH Foundation

Alumni Reunion & Family BBQ

On April 13, the Chandler community came together on campus for the Alumni Reunion and Family BBQ to connect with families, alumni, faculty and friends. The Class of 2014 reunited to open their time capsule and enjoy a blast from the past. The Class of 1974 also celebrated their 50 year reunion with a special anniversary dinner at Mijares, with longtime faculty Cathy Rose in attendance.

We welcomed back alumni in high school on February 3 for a special luncheon to reconnect with classmates and earn community service hours to benefit CFA’s Big Service Day and support local organizations.

Off to College Reunion Off to College Reunion

On May 3, alumni and parents of alumni of the class of 2020 reunited for their Off to College Reunion, enjoying a chance to reconnect with classmates, parents, faculty and administrators.

Alumni Visiting Week

Chandler’s Alumni Visiting Week brought a spark of inspiration to campus with alumni speakers returning to campus on April 10 and April 15 to share their unique journeys beyond Chandler. Through classroom visits, alumni connected directly with current students, offering a firsthand glimpse into how their Chandler foundation shaped their futures. From sharing career experiences to life lessons, alumni provided thoughtful perspectives that sparked curiosity and ambition among our students. This year, alumni experiences ranged from creating an engaging career in music to training guide dogs, from starting a nonprofit to working as a Michelin-starred pastry chef and more! The connections formed during these visits are a testament to the enduring strength of our Chandler community.

WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE ALUMNI SPEAKERS WHO PARTICIPATED:

Sebouh Bazikian ’10

Monique Chan ’05

Isamu McGregor ’03

Dan McInerny ’73 CHS ’77

Vikki Ashford Mele ’72 CHS ’76

Jenny Seto ’01

Adam Stout ’02

Hayden Wheatley ’04

We congratulate the Chandler School Class of 2020 as they head off to the following colleges:

ArtCenter College of Design

Barnard College

Boston University

Bowdoin College

Brown University

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Duke University

The George Washington University

Georgetown University

Johns Hopkins University

Loyola Marymount University

Northeastern University

Pitzer College

Tulane University

University of California, Berkeley

University of California,

Los Angeles

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

University of San Diego

University of Southern California

Yale University

ENDOWMENTS & SPECIAL GIFTS

THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION FACULTY ENRICHMENT ENDOWMENT

JEFFERSON C. STEPHENS JR. EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION ENDOWMENT

Peg and Jeff Stephens

Priscilla Stephens

Allen and Alise Stutin

PAUL KORN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Anonymous

Alexander M. Albrecht ’17

Katherine and Jack Anastasia

Nellie Ayala ’15

David Bradley ’94

Robert G. Burrows

Justin S. Chang ’87

Michael Chen

Mr. and Mrs. David Cruce

Colin E. Cruce ’18

Rusty and Trina Cundieff

Thelonious J. Cundieff ’14

Simone C. Cundieff ’17

Hadyn A. Cundieff ’23

Andrew Davis ’06

Benjamin and Marisa Demers

Michael Dempsey ’94

Donna Dretzka

Genevieve and Jacob Fakoory

Caitlin Fong ’15

Ryan Foullon ’95

Ms. Kate Kelley

Marc and Christy Futernick

Glover Family

Ms. Bing Wang and Mr. Shaun Gong

George Hakimeh

Michael Healy Family

Oliver and Avery Hu

Brian Huskey ’95

Charles W. Johnson ’17

Marie H. Kidd

Sunjay ’95 and Bhavini Lad

Rand, Ashley, Baker ’23 and Harper ’25 Laird

Richard Lang ’96

Amelia Lee-Doulis ’23

Trey Massar ’01

Scott Nancarrow

David and Sarah Newhall

Emma L. Newhall ’19

Jeannette Park

Susan and David Parry

Charlie Ren

The Reyes Family

Jan & Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Ashley Sakonju ’24

Chris Sakonju ’24

Will † and Vicki Salmon

Tomoko Schmidt

Sara Skrip

Jim and Teri Stein

Peg and Jeff Stephens

Annika Stutin ’01

Tyler A. Stutin ’99

Heydorff/Sutton Family

The Tam Family

Lynne Thomas Villanueva Family

Andrew Westphal ’00

Whitney Westphal ’01

David, Frances and Hayden Wheatley

Nadina Wu ’14

Felix and Mildred Yip

Carson Michael Yu

IN MEMORY OF KATHLEEN KANEKO

Erin Kaneko ’96 and TJ Young ’96

IN MEMORY OF MR. MAC

Mrs. Lynn MacQuoid

Daniel McInerny ’73 CHS ’77

THE EDGAR RIVAS SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF EDDIE RIVAS

Stacey and Matthew May

The Rivas Family

SOUTH CAMPUS PLEDGE PAYMENTS

pledge payments received (8/1/2023-7/31/2024)

James Ding and Janet Xu

IN MEMORY OF MR. VERNON L. HILL

Megan and Michael Browne

Kay & Alex ’82 Durairaj

Naveen ’88 and Amy Jeereddi

Claire ’94 and Darren Marco

Lind Gee and Mark Murray

Gerald Salseda

Laurel Laine Schuster

Sarah Soifer ’90 and Cameron Yamaguchi

GIFTS IN KIND

Yolanda Barker

FabulessEvents

Gary and Julie Pantiskas

The Wu and Liao Family

LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION SPONSORSHIP

We are grateful to the following families for hosting the Employee Lunar New Year Lunch:

Anonymous (5)

Alister Chan

Clarice Chan

The Chang Family

Cathy Zhu & Haotian Chen

The K & Iwankee Chen Family

Jayne and Jordan Paige Chiang

Charlene Chu

Jason Chung and JiJi Park

Kelly Deng

Guanhua Wang Chen and Xiaoyi Chen

Martin Ding & Jasmine Chen

Catarina Lam & Matthew Ediger

The Gao Family

Ethan Gordon’s Family

Harabedian Family

Andrew & Mari Hsu

Jenny & Irvin Kaw

Erica Yen and Phuong Le

William Lee, Joanna Chan, Kendrick Lee & Zachary Lee

Shuaishuai Jiang and Jiatong Li

Lily Wu and Leon Liao

Jason Liu and Benita Tamrazi

Jing and Song Liu

Eddie Ma & Julie Lin

Amy Tran and William Ma

Cheryl and Kevin Mang

Olivia & Peter Moore

Luon Peng and Hannah Kim

Aidan Quan Ayla Quan

Jan & Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Victor Shi and Lili Sang

Su family

Isabella Sung

Calvin Tang

Hongmei Tang and Yong Jin

Lucy Tsai and Family

Yumi Tu

Lucas Wang

Amy Wang & Darren Wong

Michelle, Tim, Hou Alyssa and Jayden Xie

Dr. Edward & Mrs. Annie Xu

Helen Xu

Sophia Xu's family

Max Yang & Vivian Wang

Callie Lu & Maggie Ying

Stanley Yiu

Wenkan Yu & Yun Yu

Eric Yu and Sue Zhao

Annie Yuan

Albert Zheng’s Family

Maggie Zhong

Mason Zhu

Establish an Endowment Fund Today!

An Endowment Fund provides a permanent source of income to Chandler School and is designed to function in perpetuity, making it possible for you to ensure long-term financial support and sustainability. Once established, anyone can make additional contributions to the fund. You may choose to support an existing endowment fund, start your own named fund, or establish a fund to honor or memorialize friends, family or other loved ones.

To support Chandler’s endowment please contact the Advancement Office at (626) 795-9990.

Leading the way, thank you to the donors who recently established endowment funds through the WE ARE campaign:

Andrews Family Foundation Scholarship Endowment in Memory of Thomas A. Chandler

Bindra Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Endowment Fund

The Durairaj Family Endowed Faculty Award in Memory of Mr. Vernon L. Hill

Andrew and Mariko Hsu Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Joseph & Kristie Lin Endowed Faculty Fund

Mallinger Family Endowed Professional Development Fund

Catherine M. Rose Endowed Scholarship Fund

James F. Rothenberg Endowed Scholarship Fund

Sarah & Dan Rothenberg Endowed Faculty Award

Karl & Kathy Swaidan Family Endowed Faculty Award

The Nina, Parag, Sofia & Dillon Shah Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Waldheim Family Endowed Faculty Award

Max & Vivian Yang Endowed Faculty Award

Maggie Zhong & Qionsheng Zhuang Endowed Faculty Fund

pasadena unified chandler

mayfield junior polytechnic westridge

ADVISORY BOARD

John W. Bracker Board Chair, Partnership for Success Head of School, Polytechnic School

Emily Brown Head of School, Chandler School

Dr. Tara Gómez-Hampton Scientist and Community Advocate

Andrea Kassar Head of School, Westridge School

Julianne Reynoso Student Wellness and Support Services Pasadena Unified School District

Carmie Rodríguez Founder, Partnership for Success

Joe Sciuto Vice Chair, Partnership for Success Head of School, Mayfield Junior School

Katie Wei Westridge School Faculty Member

Joyce Ybarra Director of Grant Operations, Weingart Foundation

Founded in 1990, Partnership for Success (PFS) is a collaboration between the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) and four local independent schools—Chandler, Mayfield Junior, Polytechnic, and Westridge. Each summer, PFS offers an intensive, five-week academic enrichment program to over 400 Pasadena public-school students, starting from the summer after 4th grade through the summer after high school graduation. Notably, 100% of PFS graduates are accepted to college, and many return as program interns. With the generous support of those listed below, PFS continues to benefit hundreds of public-school students each year, offering extraordinary learning opportunities, authentic connections, and college access.

This transformative program is made possible through the generous support of our donors, whose contributions enable PFS to create extraordinary learning opportunities, foster meaningful connections, and ensure college access for hundreds of students each year. We extend our heartfelt thanks to all who make this impact possible.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Anonymous

Giselle and Craig Arteaga-Johnson

Flora and Andrew Birdzell

Rachel Countryman and John Bracker

Emily Brown

Cindy Chiang

Pao Chiu

Joie and Alvin DelaLlana

Pilar Diaz

Martha Doerr Toppin

Rocele Estanislao

Robert Farrar

Maureen Gelberg

Beth Gertmenian

Roderick Giron

Beverley Goldin

Jose Gomez

Suzanne Greenberg

Cindy Gutierrez-Yamada

Tiffany and Marc Harris

Andrea Kassar and Tim McKenna

Kate and Kevin Kohorst

Ruel Macaraeg

Steven Madison

Michaela Mares-Tamayo

Elizabeth and Ian McGregor

Eric Medina

Sara Montrose

Wendy Munger

Jessica Pérez del Toro

Eddie Pickett

Carol and Glenn Pomerantz

Sheila and Eric Potter

Kim and Stuart Posin

Mateo Reyes

Julianne and Alfonso Reynoso

Carmie and Rod Rodríguez

Alan Sahussanun

Leticia Sanchez

Marcie Gilbert and Joe Sciuto

Stephen Shar

Stephanie and Kaoruhiko Suziki

Megan Sweeney

Trevessa and James Terrile

Dindy Weinstein

Frances White

Richard White

Teri Wilde

Joyce and Joe Ybarra

Jaime Zadra

COMPANIES & FOUNDATIONS

Anonymous

Ahmanson Foundation

Ann Peppers Foundation

California Credit Union

Capital Group Companies

Edmund and Mary Shea Foundation

Fitzberg Foundation

H.N. & Frances Berger Foundation

Hoffman Foundation

Liberty Hill Foundation

Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation

Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Rose Hills Foundation

Weingart Foundation

Westridge Parent Association

To learn more about Partnership for Success, visit at www.pfspasadena.org. To the best of our abilities, this report reflects all gifts received between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.

ADVANCEMENT VOLUNTEERS

Erin Baker

Marisa Demers

Senthil Durairaj ’92

Khalilha El-Amin ’91

Young-Gi Harabedian

Jessica Harrison

Mariko Hsu

Sarah Johnson Irvin Kaw

Jenny Kaw

Matt Lawler ’95

Allison Morgan

Cameron Pinckney

Emily Tang

Amy Wang

Jessica Wethington-McLean

Lily Wu

ALUMNI COUNCIL

Danny Rothenberg ’96, President

Lauren Craig Albrecht ’85

John Berger ’88

Adam Copeland ’94

David Gerst ’86

Sameer Hansen ’95

Bev Jacobson, Past Faculty Liaison

Erin Kaneko ’96

Ashley Laird, Faculty Liaison

Matt Lawler ’95

A SPECIAL

TO ALL VOLUNTEERS 2023-2024

Thank you to the following parents, alumni and parent of alumni for their time and dedication in making the Annual Fund a success; and to the alumni and parents of alumni for their meaningful contributions to the school and students during the Admissions Open House, College Connection, Chandler and Beyond, Alumni Speaker Series, Big Service Day, Middle School Debate and more.

Chris Lee ’92

Stephanie Cobb Masek ’00

Devon Dickerson Midland ’00

Joyce Mitamura ’80

Evan Otero ’96

Catherine Pearson ’09

Victoria Peng ’10

Candy Renick, Past Parent Liaison

Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Will Salmon† , Past Faculty Liaison

Jenny Seto ’01

Casey Zuber Solomon ’00

George Tellechea ’95

Chris Waldheim ’81

Travis Young ’96

ALUMNI & PARENTS OF ALUMNI

Lauren Albrecht ’85 and Michael Albrecht

Ryan Almond ’21

Christina Angeles

Bella Balogun ’20

Sebouh Bazikian ’10

Farah Bhatti

Ethan Castaneda ’23

Linda Chang

Monique Chan ’05

David Chao

Lucas Chatham ’20

Liam Chatham ’22

Brandon Cheng ’21

Hadyn Cundieff ’23

Melissa Dalie

Maddie Delbridge ’22

Susan Dutra ’94

Nadia Fakoory ’93

Yuen Fang

Cole Francis ’23

Pammi Ganguly ’20

Ani Garikian

Jennifer Giancola

Jon Headley

Mason Hong ’22

Sonya Hsieh

Lily Huang ’22

Sonali Jandial

Arjun Jandial ’21

Michael Johnson ’23

Susan Kam

Max Kim ’23

Kelsey Kim ’20

Sage Kim ’21

Max Kim ’23

Heather Labrador

Baker Laird ’23

Matt Lawler ’95

Elia Lee ’22

Chloe Liao ’20

William Lin ’22

Sean Liu ’16

Jack Livingston ’22

Yanling Ma

Isabelle Mandeville ’22

Declan Mansbridge ’22

Cynthia Mansbridge

Declan Mansbridge ’22

Leslie Maxfield

Stacey May

Isamu McGregor ’03

Dan McInerny ’73, CHS ’77

Vikki Ashford Mele ’72, CHS ’76

Devon Dickerson Midland ’00

Joyce Mitamura ’80

Reza Mohammed ’21

Marcos Moline ’17

John Mueller ’20

Sarah Newhall

Thomas O’Brien

Caden Ouh ’22

Victoria Pearson ’08

Keisari Penman ’23

Ross Piken ’23

Susan Pippert

Parker Plurad ’23

Jonathan Potter ’15

Natalia Pradhan ’21

Callum Rangan ’19

Candy Renick

Ben Sandman ’23

Tomoko Schmidt

Jenny Seto ’01

Sofia Shah ’22

Catalina Smith ’23

Holden Smyser ’22

Scott Smyser

Adam Stout ’02

Kelsey Szamet ’96

Grace Towner

Taylor Trauber ’23

Gracie Valenzuela

Irene Van Blerkom

Noemi Villanueva ’23

Nathan Wang ’21

Hayden Wheatley ’04

CHANDLER FAMILY ASSOCIATES 2023-2024

The primary mission of the Chandler Family Associates (CFA) is to build strong relationships among students, parents, faculty and staff, fostering a vibrant community at Chandler. This dedicated group of parents hosted a myriad of events, including campus events and new services projects that benefited not only our school, but the local community.

CFA BOARD MEMBERS

not pictured: Jon Blossom, Chika Roulet, Joanne Sy

Debbie Nesbit Volunteer Excellence Award

It is our pleasure to announce the 2024 Debbie Nesbit Volunteer Excellence Award Recipient Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87

Congratulations, Joyce! Thank you for your outstanding volunteerism, leadership, dedication and service to the Chandler School community.

Your participation of the CFA Book Fair, Gala, Hot Lunch, Scrip and Shamrock Shoppe supported the Student-Centered Campus Redesign, Parent Education Series, faculty professional development opportunities and campus safety enhancements.

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

DONATION TO SCHOOL $280,000

IMPACT OF YOUR SUPPORT:

$165,000 - Student-Centered Campus Redesign

$75,000 - Campus Security

$20,000 - Learning Together Parent Ed Series

$20,000 - Faculty Professional Development

This award is given annually to a departing eighth grade parent who over the years has demonstrated a true volunteer commitment, a person who gives selflessly of themselves to benefit the Chandler community. The award was established to honor Debbie Nesbit for her countless hours of volunteer work during her time at Chandler.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

Joyce Wang Sakonju ’87 2024

Helen Lee-Doulis & Kim Perez 2023

Jennifer Madden 2022

Chris Waldheim ’81 2021

Claire Glidden 2020

Jeehyun Lee 2019

Candy Renick 2018

Jennifer Walston Johnson 2017

Daisy Rivas 2016

Yuen Fang 2016

Marion Fong 2015

Amanda McCarthy 2014

Maggie Chang 2013

Marianne Wright 2012

Lucia Logan 2011

Kate Jacobs 2010

Karen Deacy-Russell 2009

Kelly Rouse 2008

Barbara Goto 2007

Elise Chow 2006

Stephanie Magsarili 2005

Leslie Comras Aiken 2004

Shelley Allen 2003

Julie Ambrose, Crystal Amezcua, Jeremy Baker, Jenny Conrad, Kristen DeArman, Jenny Kaw, Hannah Kim, Susie Lau, Joanne Lee, Cheryl Mang, Olivia Moore, Zoe Regan, Jerry Shen, Elaine Wong, Melissa Wu, Annie Xu, Cristina Yamakawa

Chandler School transformed into a cozy campground for the Camp Chandler, Read S’more Book Fair & Fall Festival

On Saturday, October 14, our community came together to celebrate the joy of reading and the great outdoors. Attendees tested their climbing skills on Mt. Shamrock, competed in Campfire Cupcakes, interacted with Camp Critters, and got creative at the Camp Crafts station. Campers were also able to meet their favorite authors, discovering a world of stories!

The Lower School Sports-A-Thon was a spectacle of athleticism and spirit this past spring. This beloved event has evolved into a highlight of spring, fostering a dynamic athletic program. The campus is abuzz with excitement, from students sprinting the 50-yard dash to leaping for new personal bests in the high jump. Beyond physical feats, the event celebrates sportsmanship and joy, where every participant, reluctant or eager, discovers the thrill of competition and the pride of surpassing their limits.

On May 4, 2024 at the iconic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown Los Angeles, the Chandler community gathered for the Chandler in Bloom Gala. Led by Gala Chairs Zoe Regan, Chika Roulet and Cristina Yamakawa, and supported by a dedicated team of parent volunteers, the Gala raised essential funds for the school, students and faculty while highlighting the vibrant community spirit that defines Chandler School. Symbolizing Chandler’s enduring leadership and growth as it nears its 75th anniversary and beyond, the Gala exemplified the school’s commitment to excellence and innovation that has been a hallmark of Chandler School.

Chandler in Bloom Gala Patrons

Clover patron

The Baker Family

Brad and Ashley Barrett

Matthew ’95 and Hannah Lawler

Cristina Yamakawa and Ken Stupak

Sarah and Daniel Vargas

Dr. Edward and Mrs. Annie Xu

Ms. Ada Zhang

R ose patron

Irvin and Jenny Kaw

Joanne Sy and John Wilcox

Maggie Zhong, Qiongsheng Zhuang and Chong Family

L ily patron

Mrs. Jasmine Chen and Mr. Martin Ding

The Khurana-Goyal Family

The Harrison Family

Willson Hu and Family

Christine and Christopher ’92 Lee

Joanna Chan and William Lee

The Wu and Liao Family

Joe and Kristy Narens

Michael and Zoe Regan

Kimberly Yu and Sean Sinnette

Christine Muller and John Swanson

The Xia Family

Sophia Xu’s Family

Angela Ye and Angel Ye and Family

Jasmine

patron

Arcadia Park Pharmacy / Mrs. Yue and Mr. Ho

Kyle and Julie Beswick

Catherine Chen’s Family

Senthil ’92 and Novia Durairaj Lucas Li and Family

The Liang Family

Veronica Luan

Amy Tran and William Ma Family

Vanessa and Jamal Nabhani

Dr. and Mrs. Luon Peng and Hannah Kim

Tiffany and Peter Rota

Chika and Peter Roulet

Kelsey ’96 and Dave Szamet

Michelle Hu, Tim Xie, Alyssa and Jayden Xie

Kelly Deng and John Xu Family

Stephanie and Howard Zee

Tulip patron

Ahmadi Family

Rostom and Frida Baghdassarian

The Bellino Family

Jessica and Gregory Cavic

Coco Wang and Andy Chen

Iwankee and the K Chen Family

Lily and Perry Chen Family

Amy and Nevin Cheung

Hayley and Steve Chung

Kristina and Dustin Davis

Chelsea and Brandon ’96 Dickerson

Hayley English

Feng and Liting Gao

Maureen and Grant Gelberg

Dr. and Mrs. Hakop and Audrey Gevorkyan

Karina and Matt Graves

Jenny Shen Ha and Peter Ha

Tara and Tyron Hampton

Dan and Melissa Harper

Annie Fehrenbacher ’98 and James Harrison

Raquel and Jaime Henriquez

Mari and Andrew Hsu

Coomy and Nerin Kadribegovic

Hana and Eric Lai

Erica Yen ’97 and Phuong Le

Nadia Fakoory ’93 and Daniel Liffmann

Benita Tamrazi and Jason Liu

Sophia Liu

Sissi Xu and Wellsen Liu

Emily Chiong and Douglas B. McElheney

Gia and John Norian

Catherine and Edward Ornelas Patel Family

Petite Pebbles Pasadena

Kathryn and Ben Queen

Jeiran Lashai and Shervin Samari

Karen and Jose Sarabia

Alyson and John Schreiber

Nadia and Shahab Shamsi

Yan Yuan and Charles Shi

Nadia Chan ’99 and Daniel Tang

Emily and Randy Tang

Yuan and Richard Tang

Yuquan Liu and Wenbin Tao

Anthony Tu and Liting Wang

Amy Wang and Darren Wong

Catherine Chen and Ken Wu

The Xia Family

Ting Yan and Yuanyu Lin

Vivian and Max Yang

Michelle Wu and Ker Zhu

Mark Your Calendars!

Chandler’s Family Fair & Alumni Reunion

Join us at the “Shine Bright” Family Fair, celebrating Chandler School’s 75th Diamond Anniversary. Get ready for a day of fun, festivities, and reconnections as we kick off our 75th Anniversary celebrations. We’re inviting all alumni back to campus, especially those celebrating milestone reunions from the Classes of 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. We can’t wait to celebrate Chandler with you and relive your Chandler memories. We hope to see you there!

IN MEMORY OF

It is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of longtime Chandler teacher, Will Salmon, who passed away in June 2024. Mr. Salmon dedicated 27 years to teaching music at Chandler, inspiring students with his boundless creativity and passion for musical expression. In retirement, he proudly served on the Chandler School Alumni Council, continuing to nurture connections between alumni and the school.

Head of School Emily Brown shared, “Will was one of the first teachers to welcome me into his classroom when I started at Chandler. He regularly led students to their music classes while playing his recorder, and he invited anyone eager to sing, dance and create to jump into line and join the fun. A dedicated educator and dear friend to everyone at Chandler, he will be missed.”

In May 2024, the Performing Arts Award was named to honor Mr. Salmon’s enduring legacy, by his friend and colleague Brandi Williams-Moore, Performing Arts Chair.

The Will Salmon Performing Arts Award recognizes students who embody the passion, dedication, artistic expression and collaboration exemplified by Mr. Salmon during his time at Chandler.

Brandi Williams-Moore shared, “Will was not just a colleague; he was a mentor, a friend and an inspiration to everyone who had the opportunity to work with him. Whether as a singer, actor, composer, dancer, puppet maker, clown or public speaker, Will sought to cultivate and inspire the love of creativity in all his students, and every collaboration with him was pure joy. Let us all honor Will by continuing to share the music and love he generously gave to us all.”

“Will saw the artist, the musician, the actor in every student. Thanks to him, students found their voices.”

-Former Head of School John Finch

Leave YourLegacy at Chandler!

MARIPOSA SOCIETY

Jennifer ’85 and John ’88 Berger

Robert G. Burrows ’81

John and Pamela Craig

Marita Estell-Hancock

R. Christian B. Evensen

Joyce and Allen Greif †

LeAnn and Michael Healy

Vernon L. and Jan Hill †

Mr. and Mrs. F. Stephen Nash ’57

Nathaniel and Katherine Paschall †

Jan and Joyce Sakonju ’87

Trevessa and James Terrile

Lena and Christopher Waldheim ’81 † deceased

The Mariposa Society was established to recognize individuals who have included Chandler School in their estate plans or through other deferred gift arrangements such as charitable remainder trusts, life insurance policies, retirement plan assets and real estate. Thank you to these members of our community who are honoring the vision set forth by Tom and Katie Chandler.

Please contact the Advancement Office at 626-795-9990 for more information regarding planned giving.

As we serve the greater community, we recognize that as much is given to us, much is expected from us. Join the Chandler community with an investment in our school’s future, honor the legacy of past leaders and celebrate a history of excellence as Chandler celebrates its 75th anniversary.

CHANDLER SCHOOL’S COMPREHENSIVE CAMPA IGN

Inspired by our community’s commitment to excellence, and in alignment with Chandler’s Strategic Plan, we have embarked on a campaign to provide the financial resources that will help to enhance our programs, create innovative approaches to learning and prepare Chandler students to thrive as scholars, citizens and empathetic leaders in our global and interconnected world.

FACULTY ENRICHMENT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS FINANCIAL AID

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Your ongoing commitment strengthens our School and demonstrates who we are as a community: united, excellent and committed to making a mark on our beloved school so that our students can make their mark on the world.

TOGETHER, WE ARE CHANDLER SCHOOL!