News for Collegiate School Families and Friends
Fall 2014
Quality Time
New schedules designed to enhance student experience
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.here are, on average, seven hours in every school day. How we divide up that time has everything to do with the daily student experience. For the last 20 years, we’ve divided the day in the same way while the ways we teach and learn were changing. To ensure that our daily class schedules best supported these evolving teaching and learning trends, over the past two years, the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools evaluated their daily schedules. Each school considered options for improvements and created new structures for the 2014-2015 school year. The new schedules are designed to increase productive classroom time and opportunities to implement projectbased, collaborative and crossdiscipline learning experiences. Increased time to differentiate instruction and encourage more critical and creative thinking will also be benefits of the new schedules. The new schedules were developed with a great deal of thought including the expertise of Independent School Management (ISM), a well-known and well-respected independent school consulting firm. This work was designed to both support our challenging academic curriculum and to enhance the overall student experience. “We believe our new schedules better support these important goals by using time a bit differently,” says Interim
Academic Dean Debbie Miller. “We are excited about the increased and different types of student learning opportunities that the new schedules will afford us. “For example, our new Lower School six-day and Middle and Upper School eight-day rotation schedules allow for fewer and longer class periods each day. This important change decreases lost time due to students changing classes, increasing teacher/student contact time. Over the course of a school year, this
gained time is meaningful. In summary, our students will be in class more in 2014-15 than in 2013-14,” says Miller. For a number of years, the Collegiate schedule has included approximately six to seven “Late Arrival” days. These days have served as important professional development and collaborative working opportunities for our faculty. This time is designed to strengthen instruction, benefitting every student in the school. Because our new daily class schedules are different and present new instructional possibilities, our faculty need this time to expand and enhance their repertoire of teaching strategies, methods and activities. As a result, we have included nine additional “Late Arrival” days for the 2014-15 school year. For students who need to arrive on campus at their normal times on these days, plans will be in place to allow them to do so. “As we get into the year, I am looking forward to sharing with our community about what the faculty are learning during the new professional development times as well as the creative and innovative ways longer class periods are being used,” says Mrs. Miller. “We are aware that this is a period of adjustment, but we believe that the benefits for both students and teachers will be substantial.”
From the Head of School Dear Collegiate Families,
Welcome to the 2014-15 School Year! Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your warm welcome and support. Although these past few weeks have been quite busy, I have greatly enjoyed the opportunities that I have had so far to meet many of you and to begin the process of making Collegiate School my home. For me, the opening days of school are exciting and I look forward to immersing myself in this wonderful community.
The Collegiate Spirit On July 29, we hosted on campus the annual Town School Tea. As many of you may know, the Tea is a lovely tradition that dates back many, many years and honors those alumnae who are a part of our Town School heritage. Fittingly, we kicked off our time together in the Saunders Family Library, which was made possible by Ann Lee Saunders Brown, Class of 1936. Our guests chatted excitedly with fellow classmates and studied with enthusiasm the wonderful collection of memorabilia from the Julia Williams Archives. It was evident that there was a strong and enduring connection among these delightful ladies. There was also no doubt that they truly loved their school. As I shared recently with our faculty
and staff, this tradition reminded me once again of how important the bonds are that connect the past to the present. In my very short time here, I have learned one thing very quickly. The Collegiate spirit of living together as engaged and caring citizens is the heart and soul of who we are. Not surprisingly, in 1919, Miss Helen Baker, the school’s founding headmistress, set the stage. “... Above everything else, I would have you live for humanity’s sake, I would have you good citizens in the widest sense.” Her call to citizenship has proven to be a timeless core value. Arguably, it is this Collegiate spirit that is the lifeblood that sustains our school and connects one Collegiate generation to the next. I cannot think of a stronger foundation from which to build.
Looking Ahead I have been asked often what my vision for Collegiate is. It is a fair question but asking it now is perhaps a bit premature. I believe the first step in developing an appropriate vision is to invest the time in understanding your school community well. Every school is different because every school culture is different. As a result, I have spent my initial weeks at Collegiate listening, observing and learning. I will continue to do so. From there, I believe that we can craft together an exciting
vision, one that is sustainable and tailored for Collegiate School. In the meantime, we will continue to embrace and to invest in several important strategic initiatives. These initiatives include: • Enriching students’ K-12 learning experiences in the areas of civic engagement-global education, service learning, economic education, entrepreneurship and diversity. • Maximizing project and inquiry-based learning opportunities. • Increasing collaborative possibilities in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and math). • Implementing the new daily class schedules for all three divisions. In addition and as many of you know, 2015 will mark our Centennial year. As the school year progresses, you can expect to receive updates on our key initiatives as well as our Centennial celebrations. Your support of Collegiate School is very much appreciated. I look forward to a great 2014-15 school year. Sincerely,
Steve Hickman Head of School
Shopper Rewards Programs Help Collegiate Stocking up on school supplies … choosing a special gift … buying groceries. Shopping is sometimes a chore and sometimes a delight, but did you know your everyday shopping can also give money back to Collegiate? Here are four ways to do it:
Martin’s A+ School Program: Have a Martin’s Bonus Card? Martin’s will give a portion of your store purchases to Collegiate. You can sign up in your store, at collegiate-va.org/schoolrewards, or at signup sheets found at the business office or at the front desk at each school division. Remember to re-enroll your card every school year.
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Target’s Take Charge of Education: Target RedCard holders can direct 1% of their Target purchases to the school of their choice. Better yet, once you enroll, you don’t have to again. Target gave Collegiate almost $3300 in August and has given our school a grand total of $36,000! Sign up in store, online or at Collegiate’s School Rewards tab on the Parent’s page.
Amazon Smile: This foundation donates .5% of the price of eligible purchases on their site to the charitable organization of your choice. Just start by going to smile.amazon.com, search for The Collegiate School and choose. You’ll still be using your current Amazon account!
iGive: This program helps hundreds of retailers support non-profits. To start generating donations by shopping at over 1400 popular online stores, go to iGive.com/CollegiateSchool. You’ll also find special promotions just for iGive members. It’s amazing how much money can be donated to Collegiate through these free and easy programs! If you want to know more, please contact JoAnn Adrales Ruh at jadralesruh@yahoo.com.
Campus Conversation 50 Years of VGF!
Plans are underway for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Village Green Fair! Who remembers Mrs. Cougar’s Candy Shop? Did you win a pony in the raffle? Did you buy something you loved at the White Elephant Sale? Tell us about a pet you adopted at the SPCA truck! What was your favorite Lip Sync Song? We are looking for your favorite memories, stories and pictures from VGF through the years. Please send them to vgfmemories@gmail.com! All stories and memories appreciated!
Upper School Fall Musical Set for October
The Collegiate Players will present Cole Porter’s classic musical-comedy Anything Goes on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday,
Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Oates Theater. Tickets will go on sale on Oct. 1 and can be purchased through the TicketLeap website ... the link will be sent in the Monday Message on Sept. 29. Bring the family and join the passengers and crew aboard the S.S. American on a madcap transatlantic voyage from New York to London. The year is 1934 and along for the ride are a determined and lovelorn young clerk, a wealthy debutante and her starstruck British fiancé, a gangster (Public Enemy #13) and his moll, a temporarily sight-challenged and slightly tipsy Wall Street executive, and a notorious and party-minded evangelist turned cabaret singer. Cole Porter’s classic score is one of the best-loved in all of musical theatre and includes such beloved standards as Friendship, You’re the Top, De-Lovely, All through the Night, and of course the title song, Anything Goes. Add to that the
hi-jinks and hilarity of P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton’s screwball comedy and you’ve got a rollicking celebration of style and glamour suitable for all ages. Join us for the wit, romance and sophistication of the 1930’s where Anything (and everything) Goes! – Steve Perigard, Drama Director
College Counseling Information
Erin Breese, Associate Director of College Counseling, has started up a social media stream of postings about the college application process. It includes tidbits from publications, photos and videos from tours of various college campuses. Twitter: @cougarsapply Instagram: @cougarstour YouTube: http://bit.ly/1vfyOyk
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A Note from the Parents’ Association President
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elcome back to Collegiate! We have an exciting year in store with our new Head of School, Steve Hickman, on board and Collegiate’s Centennial celebration beginning January, 2015. Our Parents’ Association is one of Collegiate’s distinctive features, and it contributes materially to the school’s success. As a parent or guardian of a Collegiate student, you are automatically a member of this vibrant community. The PA’s purpose is to promote the advancement of our school, and we strive to do this through a strong commitment to parent involvement and education. Among the benefits of this parent involvement are opportunities to enrich your time here and to meet fellow parents in all grades K-12. The Parents’ Association has been busy preparing for this year, with our committee chairs working diligently over the summer to plan quality programming and events for all Collegiate parents. Our Parent Education programs offer current,
impactful topics which we hope will enlighten you as parents and also promote healthy discussions within your families. Special events like ’Tis the Season and Village Green Fair (VGF) offer community-building experiences while also raising funds which are contributed back to our school. In 2013-2014, our fund raising events enabled the PA to make a $97,000 gift to Collegiate, supporting many valuable areas at Collegiate such as substance abuse awareness, college counseling, and faculty professional development. As you can see, our students, families and faculty directly reap the benefits of the PA’s collective efforts. I recommend each of you visit the Parent Volunteer Page, www.collegiate-va.org/ volunteer, regularly and consider being involved in the life of our school. Whether you like to help in the art or music departments, work a shift in the lunch tent at VGF, plant flowers around campus, or bake goodies for Parents’ Night, we have any number of opportunities for you
to help out. You’ll find volunteering with the PA to be fun and rewarding and a great way to connect with other parents. You can easily stay tuned to all the up-to-date information for the PA on the “Parents” section of the website, www.collegiate-va.org/parents. You can locate a variety of information including event details, committee contact information, and registration forms for holiday events and VGF. In addition to the website, look for event details and immediate volunteer needs on the Monday Message. I wish your family a smooth and easy transition into the school year. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. I am happy to assist you in any way I can.
Kim Johnson President, 2014-2015 Parents’ Association aggiekim90@gmail.com Fall 2014 | 3
Faculty and Staff Summer Activities Classes, trips and preparing for new curriculum units are just a few of the ways faculty and staff spend the summer break. Many received Alumni, Brinkley, Class of ’74 and Julia Williams grants to do their professional development. Our students will ultimately benefit from these activities as their teachers implement what they have learned. In July, Lower School teachers spent a full week being trained on campus by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education in a teaching approach that gives teachers in grades K-4 additional strategies to better teach phonics, spelling, reading and writing to their students. This training gave teachers one more tool in their toolbox to implement the Lower School’s balanced literacy program. Participating were Anne Gray Siebert, Kate Featherston, Carolyn Villanueva, Kim Smythe, Dani Mendonsa, Lauren Brown, Samantha Huber, Karen Pickett, Sarah Williamson, Kathyrn Oden, Emily Oney, Debbie Lappen, Eileen Beane, Pamela Lowe and Molly Revere.
In June, College Counselors Erin Breese and Kim Ball traveled to Tennessee for an ACCIS (Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools) Conference. “Not only did we have meaningful conversations with college counselors across the country about issues and challenges facing our profession, but we also toured Sewanee, Belmont, and Vanderbilt,” says Kim. “In addition, Erin toured Rhodes College and University of Mississippi. She has uploaded videos of many of these college visits on our Twitter page. I believe she also recently toured UNC, NC State, and Elon, and she taught classes at Duke University’s application bootcamp that attracts students from across the globe. Aaron Fulk, our new Associate Director of College Counseling, traveled to Baltimore, Maryland for a colloquium sponsored by the same organization. He also toured Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Goucher College, and Loyola University.
In light of the adoption of a new Middle School schedule, Maria Benson and Daniela Guzman were awarded a grant to examine and work on resources and sites for teachers and students to explore with extra time for French and Spanish 4 | Paw Print
Middle School learning specialists and teachers Ruth Webb and Megan Hunt traveled to Cambridge, MA this summer to attend Harvard’s Project Zero Classroom. During this week-long institute, they participated in collaborative inquiry to explore ways to encourage creative and critical thinking, deepen student engagement, teach for deep understanding, and find ways to “make thinking visible” in the classroom. They are excited to bring back all that they learned to the Collegiate community!
Teresa Coleman, Middle School art teacher, visited the O’Keeffe Museum while attending a conference in Santa Fe.
classes, particularly in grades six and eight. Their focus was on Maximizing use of longer class periods (50 minute bins), homework for the off days, how to maintain spoken target language in extra time, assessments, and tools to enhance reading proficiency. “I spent a week at The Glen Workshop and Conference in the magical land of Santa Fe, NM,” says Middle School art teacher Teresa Coleman. “The conference, organized by Image Magazine, was a spiritual gathering of artists, poets, writers, songwriters and musicians. In between sessions, I tried to squeeze in as many possible tourist activities as I could, especially visiting the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Seeing this icon’s actual sketches, paintings and photos of her living spaces — which also were juxtaposed with another smaller exhibit by Ansel Adams — was inspiring in myriad ways. I feel some art lessons coming on … I got this opportunity thanks to one of the professional development grants. I feel grateful and renewed.”
“I attended the Bates Dance Festival Professional Training Program in Lewiston, ME this summer,” says dance teacher Kara Priddy. “BDF is a three-week long intensive that brings together choreographers, performers, educators and students in a cooperative community to study, perform and create new work. The festival offers a supportive atmosphere aimed at fostering a creative exchange of ideas, encouraging exploration of new ground and providing opportunities to experience a wide spectrum of dance/movement disciplines. Artists, students and audiences share their knowledge and inspiration through daily classes, workshops, jams, discussions, informal showings and performances. “Attending this festival allowed me to immerse myself in an environment that cultivated much innovation and experimentation. The knowledge I gained about myself as a creator, teacher and performer was invaluable. Collaborating with and learning from such distinguished and highly respected dance artists has inspired and refreshed my own art and practice. Dance is an ever-evolving art form and I can’t wait to share my discoveries with my students!”
For her creativity and innovation in the classroom, senior seminar teacher Rhiannon Boyd was selected as a National Association of Independent Schools “Teacher of the Future” and invited to attend their program at Episcopal High School this summer. The 35 member 2014-2015 NAIS cohort focused on four themes for the year as they relate to independent schools: blended and online learning, student assessment, student health and well-being, and accreditation. Rhiannon will serve as a leader for NAIS on the theme of student assessment, framing the central challenges, developing essential questions, outlining a path of exploration and learning, and identifying outcomes to share with the educational community. Her leadership role on the student assessment team aligns closely with her goals at Collegiate, as the Senior Seminar team collaboratively seeks to advance authentic, effective project-based assessments. With a strong commitment to the school’s emphasis on civic engagement in Senior Seminar, she has developed courses and experiences aiming to facilitate the teaching and assessment of content with a special eye towards developing skills for the citizens of the future: communication, collaboration, cultural and social intelligence, thinking and design mindset, and interdisciplinary sense-making.
“I was fortunate to receive a grant to make the choral library electronically searchable. (the previously used database provider went out of business),” says Pamela James, choral director. “The 1200+ pieces of music had to be searched on paper!! Needless to say, this will save me oodles of time, resulting in more time to prepare the music rather than search for it.”
Jill Hunter, Head of Lower School, and Laura Fields, Assistant Head, visited our partner schools, George Washington Academy, in Casablanca, Morocco and St. Denis in Loches, France. “We plan to set up Lower School exchanges with our and their teachers. We learned so much by being in both of these schools and had an opportunity to immerse ourselves in the culture of both schools and countries.”
George Wickham surveys the territory on the camino in Spain.
Upper School English teacher Bart Thornton taught two sessions of summer
Spain. “We took the Portuguese Way, starting in Porto. It was an amazing trip, and I’m sure I will incorporate the history I learned along the way into my own teaching.”
school — “Fiction Workshop” and “DisUnited Kingdom.” “I also wrote the paper I’ll deliver at an international conference on the writer David Foster Wallace in Paris in September.”
Middle School math teachers Karen Cribbs, Laurie Goode, Jennifer Keiper and Christy Foster traveled to MSU in June for the
Middle School English and history teacher George Wickham hiked the “camino” to Santiago de Compostella in
“Getting to Know CMP3” conference. “We were there for a week, working as students on the problems presented in the Connected Mathematics units. We also experienced first-hand the practices described in Ron Ritchhart’s Making Thinking Visible. Attending this conference not only gave us better insight regarding the latest revision of CMP, we also found ways to promote thinking and communicating among our students.”
Most of the Middle School math department took an online class through Stanford University. The course is called “How to Learn Math” and offers “new research ideas on learning, the brain, and math that can transform students’ experiences with math. The course is primarily for teachers and parents and others who may help students with math.”
Dr. Hunter and Ms. Fields rode camels while visiting our partner school in Morocco.
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Faculty and Staff Summer Activities (cont.) Italian painter of mythological paintings such as Diana and Actaeon and Danae. In addition, Tyler Boyd and I received a summer grant to update the Latin Foundations curriculum for use with the Google Chrome App Hapara.”
Laura Zyglocke attended a course at the VIMS Eastern Shore Lab in Wachapreague, VA. Middle School science teacher Laura Zyglocke was chosen as one of 16 teachers from the Commonwealth of Virginia to attend a week-long teacher’s field course on “Coastal Change and Coastal Ecology” given by William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science. “It was held at the VIMS Eastern Shore Lab in Wachapreague, VA. We studied the effects of sea level rise and coastal change on the habitats of coastal Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay.”
Upper School chemistry teacher Alice Dixon attended a POGIL conference (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning). “This is a project based pedagogy that shifts the classroom from a lecture-style approach to one where students tackle concepts in groups. The data about the value of this style of learning vs. the more traditional style is compelling! I plan to implement this in my chemistry classroom this year, shifting from a 75% lecture format to a 75% POGIL format. I am very excited to see how the collaboration of the students increases their engagement and their retention of the material.”
In June, Middle School Latin teacher Amy Leibowitz attended the American Classical League’s annual conference at William and Mary. “I travelled to Boston to view the Greek and Roman art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts. I was fortunate to visit Washington DC’s National Gallery of Art’s extensive collection of Titian, 6 | Paw Print
Heidi Knapik, Lower School Spanish teacher, traveled to Santa Barbara, CA for a teacher seminar at UCSB, specifically attending a session for “Project-Based Learning in the World Language Classroom.” “It was awesome! … I plan to work on a PBL assignment for 3rd Grade with my Lower School world language colleagues. I am very grateful for the opportunity this summer grant offered me for professional development and am very inspired and excited to see my students participate in these new assignments!”
In preparation for this coming year’s 8th Grade play, which will celebrate Collegiate’s Centennial, Middle School drama teacher Jenny Hundley held four workshop days in July with a total of 13 students involved. “We started the day working in the theatre, touring all areas and playing acting games on the stage. Then we spent time looking at materials from the archives like photos, year books, textiles, medals, trophies, etc. Then we used their creative responses to those materials to devise scenes to perform for each other. I use an approach to devising called Viewpoints (a contemporary technique to creating new work) and I was able to introduce the vocabulary to them. “They improvised the dialogue but had
time to structure a sequence of action. They used props, costumes, set pieces and very little time to pull things together. Each workshop was a stand alone event but many of the students came back for a 2nd or 3rd time and that built stronger connections for them. Their work was creative and fun and gave us a great opportunity for discussion about how they see the production taking shape. The students with a legacy loved seeing their relatives in the yearbooks and yet the students with no history enjoyed it too.” Participants included Lucy Thornton, Will Hutchins, Mason Dennis, Anne Claire Quindoza, Karl Abrahamsson, Laura Fairlamb, John Fernandez, Maddy Watkins, Chandler Pettus, Mitchell Pettus, Narmeen Rashid, Jensen Richardson and Bailey Andress.
Middle School teacher Charlie Williams spent the summer as the Director of Camp Virginia “which provided innumerable opportunities to sharpen my skills working with students on issues of all sorts. I was also accepted into VCU’s Counselor Education Program which ought to do the same!”
This summer 33 students from 15 high schools around Richmond, including 10 rising Collegiate seniors, participated in Collegiate’s Cochrane Summer Economics Institute. For four weeks they spent time with professionals in a wide range of business areas ranging from La Difference, a Richmond-based furniture retailer, to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. They assisted with tasks and learned more about how work is done at law firms, medical offices, car dealers, stock brokerages, non-profits, real estate firms and many more operations. Juniors are encouraged to contact Cathy Melton, Director of Economics Education, for information about next summer’s program.
Summer Travels with Collegiate Upper School Trips Turkey • June 9-25
Nicaragua • June 8-16
Washington, DC
Trip Leader: Brad Cooke
Trip Leaders: Erica Coffey, Toby Desch
Youth Service Opportunity Project. In
Students: Grant Willard, Hart Johnson, Nigel Groce-Wright, Allie Smith
Students: Ellie Fleming, Mark Brizzolara, Price Withers, Riley Williams, Blair McLarin, Griffin Speight, Sydney Stein, Nash Wiley, Sean O’Neil, Jack McCracken, Aven Jones,
June, 12 rising sophomores along with Collegiate faculty Jamie Britto and Andrea Miller spent six days in Washington, DC with the Youth Service Opportunity Project (YSOP). The group spent the week learning about issues revolving around homelessness, hunger and poverty through education and hands-on service opportunities with various non-profit organizations serving those in need. Two service teams spent each day at a different organization, such as DC Central Kitchen, So Others May Eat, Parks and People, Martha’s Table and Unique Residential Care Center. To read first-hand from the students about their daily experiences visit http://ysop2014. blogspot.com. The highlight for some was spending an evening preparing a meal and sharing it alongside 40 guests who were either homeless or in need of a hot meal. The evening was filled with
Cultural Immersion and Study Tour. In summer of 2014, as part of a group tour hosted by the Global Education Benchmark Group, four students and one faculty member from Collegiate, along with students and faculty from Cape Henry Collegiate School, Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Hathaway Brown School, Ravenscroft, and Head Royce, traveled through many diverse areas of Turkey — from Istanbul to Cappadocia to Ephesus to Troy to Gallipoli — with many stops in between. During their visit, students were exposed to both the modern Turkish state and its place in the world, as well as the rich Roman and Ottoman history of the region. The program began with an exploration of Ottoman palaces and mosques, traversing the old bazaars, and then a homestay experience with students from Robert College, a private secondary school in Istanbul.
Liz Vaughan
Global Service Learning Trip. Students and faculty traveled to San Marco to work with orphaned and abandoned children who receive services from our partner organization, Los Quinchos. The participating students spent a semester meeting weekly to learn more about the challenges facing these boys and girls. They also explored the underlying causes of child abandonment and orphanhood, both in Richmond and Nicaragua. At Los Quinchos, Collegiate students assisted and mentored the children as they completed their schoolwork, and worked alongside them in their vocational tasks, which stem from Los Quinchos’ farm, restaurant and bread-making enterprises.
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China • June 10-21 Trip Leaders: Peggy Chan, Zhangyi Shi Students: Hatcher Chukker, Cole Eck, Berkley Geho, Jasmine Harper, Rob Sheehy, Sam Cuttino, Travis Reifsnider
Cultural Immersion and Study Tour. The trip began with a three-day stay in Beijing, visiting the historic sights of The Forbidden City, The Great Wall and Tiananmen Square. The group traveled to the cities of Yangzhou and Changzhou to visit Collegiate’s two Chinese partner schools, Beijing New Oriental Foreign Language School at Yangzhou and Changzhou Senior High School. They lived with host families and visited classes, and explored the smaller cities that are full of both history and modern growth. While in Washington, DC with YSOP, Collegiate students helped prepare a meal for those in need. Fall 2014 | 7
Summer Travels (cont.) conversation, playing games and sharing life experiences. On the trip were Alex Britto, Ellie Casalino, Matthew Gelozin, Willie Hunter, Anna Johnson, Christopher Johnson, Austin Jupe, Gillian Laming, Scotty McCracken, Julia Mitchell, Nick Morrison, and Quinn Schebell.
the group’s time in Bermuda, they lived onboard, and the schooner functioned as a museum for local visitors to come and learn about Virginia maritime history with our students as guides.
Bermuda
Trip Leaders: Allen Chamberlain, Elizabeth Cogar
Trip Leader: Karen Albright Students: Andrew Wyatt, Peter Mahoney
Students: Deborah Afolayan, Catherine DeVoe, Andrew Roupas, Troy Roupas, Stephanie Webb
Three Cougars joined faculty and students from Cape Henry Collegiate and St. Stephens and St. Agnes schools for a 17-day sailing trip in June. The group traveled on a traditional schooner to Bermuda and back. Onboard Schooner Virginia, the group was led by a captain and crew from the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation as they learned the mathematics and physics behind traditional navigation and sailing. During
Our students were invited to attend the Lebone II Leadership Festival at the Royal College of the Bafokeng in Phokeng, a village two hours northwest of Johannesburg. The conference offered opportunities to learn about leadership, topics pertaining to Mandela, and how South Africa is healing post-apartheid. While there, they visited the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg and the Apartheid Museum and Mandela’s home
South Africa • July 5-15
Upper School students visited the former Soweto home of Nelson Mandela while in South Africa.
in Soweto as well as a game reserve where they were able to see elephants, giraffe, zebra, rhino, hippo, wildebeest, cheetah, monkeys, birds and more. The students spent three nights with homestay families after the conference concluded.
Middle School Trips
Middle School students prepping a deck before staining it.
Dungannon, VA Service Trip Trip Leaders: Beth Kondorossy, Craig Ely, Matthew Richardson, Laurie Goode, Ryan Hart
“This was our ninth year traveling to this area. The trip began in 2006 with the vision and organization of Kathy Wrenn and then continued under the leadership of Mary Margaret Ryan. As we began this year’s trip, nearly 200 Collegiate students have had the opportunity to participate in this experience. Over the years, we have helped a countless number of individuals and made a significant difference in their lives. Throughout the week, the children help others in need, and grow to learn more about themselves and each other. We work hard but play hard too — enjoying the beautiful Appalachian. We are lucky to share this time together as Collegiate Cougars.” – Beth Kondorossy
Students: Karl Abrahamsson, Clay Coleman,
Walker Cummins, Elka Cuttino, Laura Fairlamb, Eli Gee, Alec Greenberg, Talmadge Hope, Maya Jackson, Libby Johnson, Lucy Johnson, Annie Mahoney, Narmeen Rashid, Anne Mason Ruth, Tucker Surgner, Lucy Thornton, Ann Ross Westermann, Tyson Wittmann The Middle School’s annual summer service trip to Dungannon, VA gives 20 rising 8th Graders and five adult chaperones the opportunity to reach out and help others who are less fortunate. 8 | Paw Print
Meade A. Spotts, Kelsey Stratford, Ben Tavenner, Will Thexton, Zach Thomas, Hayden Vassey, Charlie Willingham, Claire Wilson, Garrett Wilson, John Woodward, Jack Wyatt Collegiate rising 9th Graders enjoyed a tour of some of the highlights of the American West, including Red Rocks Natural Area, Amargosa Opera House, Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Golden Canyon, and Manzanar, the WWII Japanese American internment camp. They also visited Yosemite National Park where they hiked Lambert Dome, experiencing Tuolumne Meadows, the Sequoia Grove and the Giant Redwoods. In all, they traveled from Death Valley to Yosemite to Lake Tahoe to San Francisco.
High Sierra Adventure Trip Leaders: Paul Lupini, Deborah
Andersen, Christine Waldron, Dan Bell Students: Ellie Angle, Evan Clark, Brad Cooke, Kieran Cottrell, John Diemer, Lila Donahue, Brett Glover, Spencer Gorsline, Brad Grainer, Katie Hayes, Haley Kell, Logan Little, Anna Martin, Maya Mehta, Jack Montague, Ashray Namala, Sam Roberts, Owen Scher,
Students spent a day rafting on the American River while touring the West
In the Upper School
This year we welcome two students as part of our international exchange student program. Carlos Orueta comes to us for a year from Madrid, Spain as a sophomore. He is living with the Cuthbert family, has begun to play JV soccer and looks forward to playing tennis for Collegiate. Bara Srbova will be a junior with us for the fall semester from Prague, Czech Republic where she attends the Porg School. Bara is already part of the cross country team and is looking forward to her English elective courses. She is living with the Mendelson family.
Upper School Fall Dates
New Upper School Faculty/Staff Elsie Bustamante – Upper School Spanish BA in Spanish, University of California, Irvine; MA in Spanish literature, University of California, Irvine. She has taught for 15 years in colleges and community colleges in Southern California and the Richmond area where she has trained and worked in high schools in Chesterfield County, including the Spanish Immersion Specialty Center at Manchester High School and as a longterm substitute at Midlothian High School. She will be teaching Spanish I and Spanish III.
Jamie Durling – E. E. Ford Teaching Fellow – Economics BAs in history and philosophy, Davidson College. A graduate of St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., at Davidson Jamie ran varsity cross country and track, worked in residence life as a hall counselor and building manager, and served as the president of the Gay-Straight Alliance during his junior year. During his summers, Jamie has worked with high school students through residential academic programs at Princeton, Cornell, and St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. He will be teaching micro and macroeconomics this year.
David Fahey – Upper School Biology
Parents’ Night
BS in wildlife and fisheries biology, MS in biology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. David taught all levels of biology at Lafayette High School in Williamsburg for 19 years where he also served as department chair and served on various committees including the faculty council of the National Honor Society. Prior to becoming a teacher, David worked as a researcher and educator for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Woods Hole, MA, and as a laboratory technician for the EcoScience Corporation in Amherst.
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Aaron Fulk – Associate Director of College Counseling
9/11/14
Parent Education: Cyberbullying
9/21/14 Junior Class Parent Social: Roupas Home
9/23/14 Bagels with Ben
9/29/14 Navigating the Upper School
10/5/14
BA in English, Washington & Lee University; MA in policy, organization, and leadership studies, Stanford University. After graduating from W&L, Aaron worked in the admissions office at his alma mater for two years specializing in diversity recruitment and athletics. While at graduate school, Aaron interned at a research firm and programs focused on postsecondary access for low-income students like QuestBridge while also learning design thinking techniques at the d.school. Aaron spent a quick year working for a start-up non-profit organization at a community college while reading applications for Stanford before working as associate director of college counseling at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, CA, where coached baseball and served on several committees.
Jeff Gadette – Upper School Mathematics
Conference Day
BA in mathematics, University of Utah; MBA, University of Utah. Jeff has taught a variety of grades (6th through 12th) and courses including AP Calculus, AP Economics, and FST (Functions, Statistics and Trigonometry) for 18 years at Rowland Hall in Salt Lake City,UT and in independent schools in Los Angeles, Raleigh, NC and Portland, OR.
10/19/14
Mark Andrew Hall – Upper School French
Freshman Class Parent Social
10/9/14
Sophomore Class Parent Social
10/21/14 Fall Parents’ Association Meeting
10/23/14 Bagels with Ben
BA in French literature, Wake Forest University; MA and PhD in French, University of Wisconsin-Madison. After college at Wake Forest, Mark spent a year teaching English in Dijon, France, then returned to the United States to pursue graduate studies in Wisconsin. He taught at the college level in Georgia and New York before coming to Collegiate. His wife is alum Liz Berglund Hall ’91. continued on page 15 Fall 2014 | 9
In the Middle School Middle School New Middle School Faculty/Staff Fall Dates Ken Miller – Middle School History and English
9/8/14
8th Grade Community Service Coffee
9/12/14
5th Grade Time Out
9/19/14
6th Grade Time Out
9/21/14
7th Grade Parent Social: Lynch Home
9/28/14
6th Grade Parent Social: Stoever Home
10/5/14
8th Grade Parent Social: Hanson Home
10/16/14
7th Grade Parent Education: Bringing Balance & Sanity to the Second Half of Middle School
10/20/14
Harvest Book Fair
10/21/14
Fall Parents’ Association Meeting
B.A. (English), Washington and Lee University; M.S. (educational administration), Johns Hopkins University. Ken will begin his 37th year of teaching in the fall of 2014, having previously worked at independent schools in Baltimore, Charlottesville, and Richmond. A native of Baltimore, Ken enjoys running, photography, and music.
Sandy Ting – Middle School Learning Specialist BS in health sciences and English, James Madison University; MSEd in special education, Long Island University. Born in Taiwan, Sandy taught in Brooklyn, NY public schools for seven years. She enjoyed a creative and exciting career at MTV prior to teaching, and happily continues to invest her energies in media and the arts. Sandy loves to share stories, ride bikes, and is most often found backpacking all over the globe.
Chris Winer – Middle School Intern BA in Political Science, Johns Hopkins University. Originally from Farmington, CT, Chris was a Bloomberg Scholar and Phi Beta Kappa at Johns Hopkins, graduated in May and spent the summer as a Resident Assistant at The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth in Haverford, PA. He also has worked at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington and interned for Senator Joseph Lieberman. Chris will be interning with John Coates in the Middle School.
Kimberley Nance Zandler – Middle School Reading and English BS in political science, Davidson College; MAT, Queens College; post-graduate work in reading, University of Virginia. Kimberley has taught 4th through 7th Grades at Salisbury Academy (NC), 5th Grade at St. Francis Episcopal Day School (MD), 5th Grade at the Langley School (VA), 4th Grade at Greensboro Day School (NC) and 3rd and 4th Grades at Hunter Country Day School (Goochland). Along the way she also taught 4th Grade and coached the girls’ varsity tennis team at Collegiate. Her children Matthew ’27 and Caroline are Cougars.
10/22/14
Book Discussion with Sally Chambers
10/26/14
5th Grade Parent Social: Riopelle Home
10/30/14
Conference Day
11/7/14
5th–7th Grade Parent Education: Brenda Conlan presents Drug & Alcohol Education 101
11/12/14
Lifestyle Risk Reduction Workshop 10 | Paw Print
5th Grade teacher Rives Fleming meets with his new advisory on Orientation Day.
In the Lower School New Lower School Faculty/Staff Lower School Fall Dates Elizabeth Albrecht – 2nd Grade
Lower School Parents’ Night (1st – 4th Grades)
BA in Elementary Education, Purdue University; MA in education, the University of Connecticut. Beth has 11 years of teaching experience in North Haven, CT where she earned the town’s 2001 Teacher of the Year award, at Ashley River Creative Arts Magnet School (Charleston, SC) and at Evergreen Elementary School (Midlothian) where she served as third grade team leader.
10/1/14
Ansley Gift – 1st Grade Assistant
9/4/14
Cougar Pawlooza
10/10/14 IELC Cultural Fair (3rd & 4th Grades)
10/16/14 Stone Soup
10/21/14 Fall Parents’ Association Meeting
10/30/14 Conference Day
11/7/14 1st Grade Play
11/18/14 LS Parent Education: Technology
BA in English, Mary Baldwin College. Ansley taught for more than nine years at Reveille Preschool and St. Mary’s Episcopal Preschool. She has been a frequent substitute in the Lower School and has served as a long-term sub as well. Her son Jimmy graduated in 2004 and daughter Ann Hammond is in the Class of 2016.
Lizzy Gehr Marchant ’04 – 2nd Grade BS in elementary education, University of Alabama; working toward her completion of MA in curriculum and instruction with a focus in gifted education, University of Richmond. After studying at University of Alabama, Lizzy completed her teacher internship in Melbourne, Australia. She then taught 2nd Grade at The Langley School for four years before beginning graduate school.
Sarah Pruitt Smith – 1st Grade Assistant BS in psychology and counseling, MSEd, Old Dominion University; post-master’s degree in administration and supervision, Virginia Commonwealth University. Sarah has taught elementary school in Hampton Roads and Richmond where she served as grade level chairperson, administrative intern, family literacy coordinator, and was honored as Teacher of the Year. Upon completion of her post-graduate work, Sarah began her new role as a school administrator for Henrico County Public Schools. Her children are two very proud Cougars, Walker ’24 and William ’26.
Sonya Smith – 3rd Grade BA in speech communication/elementary education, University of Richmond. Sonya taught 5th Grade for three years at Providence Elementary in Chesterfield and was awarded the Sallie Mae First Year Teacher of the Year award before moving to South Bend, IN where she taught 7th and 8th Grade math and social studies. Back in Richmond, Sonya taught pre-K at Mt. Pisgah Preschool and at her home church, West End Presbyterian Church, before teaching 4th Grade at Bon Air Elementary School where she was awarded Teacher of the Year for her school in 2012.
Beth Wilson – 1st Grade Assistant BA in education, University of Richmond. Beth has taught kindergarten in Chesterfield County, Greenville, NC and at Collegiate. She has been a frequent sub in the Lower School for the past few years.
Mary Damon, Lower School Receptionist, greets a student and his mother. Fall 2014 | 11
New Kids on the Block
Please welcome the following new students in Grades 1–12:
1st Grade Vihaan Krottapalli
Richmond Montessori School
2nd Grade Kaelyn Crosthwaite Jai Spicer Alexander Tan
Richmond Montessori School Mary Munford Elementary School The Harley School (NY)
3rd Grade Ashwin Aggarwal Sydney Gallagher Eniya Henderson Bradley VanRoekel Jewel Yarney
Kaechele Elementary School St. Bridget School Victory Christian Academy Steward School Steward School
St. Bridget School Goochland High School Steward School St. Michael’s School Orchard House Anna Julia Cooper Tuckahoe Middle School Chickahominy Middle School
10th Grade Adam Bowes Adam Kimbrough Carlos Orueta Tess Perry
St. Christopher’s School Steward School Madrid, Spain (international student) Oregon Episcopal School
11th Grade
5th Grade Coley Alvis Taylor Gardner Emani Henderson Diamond Lightfoot Keaton Rahman Amanda Tan Joshua Warner Ryann Zaun
Pierce Norman Tierra Morris Madison O’Neil Claire Powell Polly Sommers Xa-Deayah Taylor Vaden Reid Taylor Ryckman
St. Bridget School Bettie Weaver Elementary School Victory Christian Academy Victory Christian Academy Mary Munford Elementary School The Harley School (NY) Homeschool St. Bridget School
Bara Srbova
Prague, Czech Republic (international student)
6th Grade John Ballowe Ashley Davis Trystan Fogg Leah Kaplan Marianna McComb Jenna Raggio Cami Villanueva Nora Willett
St. Christopher’s School Sacred Heart School (CA) St. Michael’s School Shady Grove Elementary School Kaechele Elementary School Nuckols Farm Elementary School Maybeury Elementary School Richmond Montessori School
7th Grade Gilbert Deglau Daisy Norman Naima Orr Latané Reid Sadie Woodhouse
Short Pump Middle School St. Bridget School Albert Hill Middle School Tuckahoe Middle School Tuckahoe Middle School
8th Grade Annie Edwards Margaux Gaeser Kate Johnston Chandler Pettus Mitchell Pettus Lew Rice Matthew Zamecnik
Short Pump Middle School Steward School St. Michael’s School Moody Middle School Moody Middle School Aylett Country Day St. Mary’s Catholic School
9th Grade Zach Cohen Reilly Gallagher Amy Kaplan 12 | Paw Print
Steward School St. Bridget School Moody Middle School
New Upper School students and their Cougar Pals chat with Beth Kondorossy, Associate Director of Admission, during Orientation.
New Administration Steve Hickman – Head of School
BSS in psychology, Loyola University; JD, George Mason University; MS in business/finance, The Johns Hopkins University; MEd, Brenau University; Peabody Summer Fellow, Vanderbilt University. Steve is an independent school graduate who spent a successful decade in the business world before entering the field of education. He has extensive leadership experience, having served as a head of school for 13 years prior to coming to Collegiate. He was most recently Head of Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock, AR, and prior to Episcopal, he served as head of school at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, SC. Steve is a native of Memphis, TN, and he and his wife Mary, whose family lives in Richmond, have three grown children — two sons and a daughter.
Andrew Hickman – Business Office Intern
BS in business administration, University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business. Andrew is interested in learning more about independent school finance and business operations as a possible career path and in further honing his business and finance skills. To this end, Andrew will have exposure to human resources, accounting, budget, construction & facilities management, security, auxiliary enterprises, financial aid coordination, risk management and general financial and administration activities). He will also coach cub football.
This Summer on Campus
Summer Quest had a record number of registrants this summer. Over 2,700 total spots were filled!
No doubt the highlight of this 2nd Grader’s summer was running into Russell Wilson ’07 one afternoon on campus while Russell was in town for his Passing Academy. Russell stopped for a photo and displayed his Super Bowl ring proudly. Go Hawks!
The College Counseling Office has moved to new digs on the north end of South Science Building. They’re still putting the finishing touches on the space, but they welcome you to stop by anytime. Fall 2014 | 13
New Upper School Faculty (cont.)
Campus Conversation (cont.)
Joshua Katz – Upper School English
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BA in English and creative writing, University of Richmond; MA in English – research, Virginia Commonwealth University. At University of Richmond, Josh won the English department’s 2009 Norman English Award and served as the assistant technical director at the Modlin Center for the Performing Arts for three years. In Portland, ME, worked as a professional film critic; Josh has written articles from CHUD.com, Richmond. com, SWITCH Magazine, the Portland Press Herald, and Blu-ray.com. At VCU, he was a teaching assistant for four sections of undergraduate humanities and English courses, worked in the Writing Center, and helped redesign Stand Magazine’s website. He is teaching three sections of 10th Grade English and a modern drama elective, as well as coaching winter track.
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Role Shifts
The following faculty/staff have new roles this year:
Lower School Debra McKercher 2nd Grade Assistant Kindergarten Assistant Mary Williams Kindergarten Assistant 2nd Grade Assistant
Condolences Robert “Bert” Musick, husband of LS teacher, Katie Musick, and father of Ann Virginia ’26, and, Robert Musick, Jr. ’27, died March 19, 2014. Dr. Rene Dirk Koun, Jr., father of Melinda Smith, and grandfather of Addison ’20, Ellie ’22 and Perry Smith ’25, died March 29, 2014. Dr. Roger A. Glover, Jr., father of Roger Glover, and the grandfather of J.T. ’13, Matt ’15, Brett ’18, and Mia Glover ’21, died April 11, 2014. Joyce Johnson Hester, mother Jerry Hester, and grandmother of Mac ’20 and Reynolds Hester ’22 died April 16, 2014. Elizabeth R. Harrigan, mother Elliott Harrigan, and grandmother of True ’09, Elise ’11 and Ravenel Harrigan ’14, died April 19, 2014.
Tori O’Shea 3rd/4th Grade Assistant Math Specialist and 4th Grade Assistant
Donald Bly, father of Julie Cole, and grandfather of Amanda ’12 and Jack ’15 Cole, died April 22, 2014.
Clara Pettus 1st Grade Assistant Assistant to Lower School Head
Ronne Jacobs, mother of Andy Jacobs, and grandmother of Alex ’14 and Olivia Jacobs ’17, died April 29, 2014.
Buddy Finkelstein, father of Karin Stratford, and grandfather of Kelsey ’16, Grace ’18 and Alfred Stratford ’21, died April 24, 2014.
George C. Clarke, father of Caroline Boggs, and grandfather of Kendall Boggs ’24, died May 11, 2014.
Middle School Cindy Cargas 5th Grade girls advisor 5th/6th Grade science, math Meagan Hunt Middle School Academic Services 5th Grade advisor, English and reading, Academic Services Elisabeth Jacobs School Receptionist/Admission Assistant Middle School Receptionist Lindsey Melvin 7th Grade history Assistant Head of Middle School - Student Progress Matthew Richardson Intern, advisor 7th Grade history, advisor Mindy Romanosky 6th Grade advisor 7th Grade English, advisor Laura Zyglocke 6th Grade science 7th Grade science
Upper School Joel Nuckols College Counseling/Latin Latin (full-time) Elizabeth Cogar handing Yearbook/ Journalism over to Rhiannon Boyd; both are Senior Seminar teachers.
Bob Weston, father of Amy Devoe, and grandfather of Mary Weston ’14 and Catherine Devoe ’16, died May 11, 2014. Lydia Thomen, mother of Lower School teacher Ellen Clore ’70 and grandmother of Sarah ’01 and John ’04 Clore, died May 15, 2014. Jerry Roach, father of Elizabeth Mason Roach ’90, and grandfather of Mason Anna Dennis ’19, died May 17, 2014. Joseph Badger Shelor, father of Wiley Hunnicutt and grandfather of Zack ’19 and Lily Hunnicutt ’21; and father of Natalie Sinclair, and grandfather of Mackenzie Sinclair ’24, died May 28, 2014. Debra J. Angstadt, wife of Curt Angstadt, and mother of David Angstadt ’16, died June 3, 2014. Kay “Joy” Hunnicutt Hardy, mother of Philip Hunnicutt, and grandmother of Zack ’19 and Lilly Hunnicutt ’21, died June 21, 2014. John Hun Bauhan, father of Johnny Bauhan, and grandfather of Pender ’21 and Abby Bauhan ’23, died June 22, 2014. Juanita Franklin Herring, mother of Mike Herring, and grandmother of Destana ’17, Selam ’19, and Zehma Herring ’22, died June 22, 2014. Jean Bell Posey Hargrove, mother of Lower School teacher Blair Chewning, and grandmother of Craig Chewning ’94 and Cameron Chewning Stockner ’97, died June 23, 2014. Richard L. Sharp, father of April Garnett ’91, and grandfather of Beck Garnett ’23; and father of Donna Suro, and grandfather of Bowen ’23 and Camden Suro ’25, died June 24, 2014. Catherine Lee Collins ’94, sister of Janet Deskevich ’88, and aunt of Emily ’22 and Caroline Deskevich ’26, died July 10, 2014. Rives Fleming, Jr., father of Fine Arts assistant Kate Fleming Parthemos ’71 and grandfather of Chris Parthemos ’06; and father of Middle School teacher Rives Fleming ’83, and grandfather of Ellie ’16, Katie ’18, and Mary Grace Fleming ’20, died July 14, 2014. Norman Henry Schnell, father of Diann Ducharme, and grandfather of Dorsey ’18 and Katherine Ducharme ’22, died July 14, 2014. Hugh P. Dibbs, father of Janet Dibbs, and grandfather of Gillian ’17 and Stephen Laming ’19, died July 22, 2014. Frank Leslie Jennings, Jr., father of Gary Jennings, and grandfather of Justin Schruijer ’17, died July 27, 2014. Francis LeBaron Church, father of Lili Boyd, and grandfather of Helen ’18, Grayson ’21 and Vivian Boyd ’24, died August 3, 2014. Fall 2014 | 15
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Steve Hickman, Head of School Phyllis Palmiero, Vice President-Finance and Administration Amanda Little Surgner ’83, Vice President-Advancement Ben Rein, Head of Upper School Charles L. Blair, Jr., Head of Middle School Dr. Jill Hunter, Head of Lower School Debbie Miller, Interim Academic Dean Karen Doxey, Director of Athletics PAW PRINT is published multiple times throughout the year. Elizabeth Cogar ’77, editor phone : 741-9781 e-mail : ecogar@collegiate-va.org Beth Flippo Hutchins ’88 and Marguerite Bostic, Parents’ Association Correspondents PAW PRINT may be read online at www.collegiate-va.org Collegiate School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin in the administration of its educational, admission, scholarship or employment policies, or any other programs administered by the school.
The Quest Begins … To learn more about all of these afternoon programs for students, visit www.collegiate-va.org/Page/Extra-Programs/After-School.
Middle School Quest New!
It is a big step for our students to move from the Lower School to Middle School. Collegiate School understands, and that is why we are proud to announce Middle School Quest, the after- school program just for Middle School students. Snack, study hall and free time will allow our students to unwind, get homework done and socially interact with each other in the newly renovated Reeves Center. There are several options available including study hall only until 4:45pm as well as 3, 4 or 5 day choices until 6:00p.m.
Cougar Quest
With the move of our Middle School students to Reeves Center, Cougar Quest has a few more after school care spaces available for the youngest Cougars in the Lower School. Study hall, clubs, games, arts, crafts and social time make for a great after school experience. Options abound as we invite you to find the one that is just right for you.
Activity Quest New!
Previously called Cougar Quest PLUS and originally offered only to Lower School students, Activity Quest after school enrichment is now available to both Middle School and Lower School students. Some of the old favorites like chess, swimming, soccer and Legos will be offered as well as many new classes that focus on science, architecture, engineering, art and sports.
Activity Quest has something for everyone grades K-8. Session 1 activities will begin on Monday, Sept. 8, so don’t delay in exploring the world of after school enrichment by reading the attached descriptions—one for Lower School and one for Middle School classes. If you have questions, please contact Carole Kahwajy at 740-6477 or email at ckahwajy@collegiate-va.org.