Spark - Fall 2024

SPARK

THE MAGAZINE OF COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

The Power of Invitation

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All Float On, Alright There’s academic rigor in those rafts. Sometimes an immersive education means flying down our ropes course to learn about geometry. At other times, an immersive education means students will be floating down the James River to learn more about the city they call home. That’s balanced education at work.

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SPARK ON CAMPUS / ARTS / ATHLETICS

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Infectious Smiles

Through small acts of kindness, Dwayne Jackson and the Morale Team spread positivity around campus.

16 Expansive Perspectives As part of a professional development experience, Collegiate teachers Teresa Coleman and Monica Melton traveled to Ghana.

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Affirming Passion

Collegiate School’s Oates Emerging Artist grant gave Rachel Peck ’25 the opportunity to refine her artistic talents.

20 Mutual Understanding of Integrity Signed annually by all Upper School students, the Honor Code does not create or enforce Collegiate’s values, but rather acts as a written reflection of the values we already hold.

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FEATURE

REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

38 The Power of Invitation With more than three decades of experience in education, new Head of School Jeff Mancabelli is well positioned to embrace and uphold the values and traditions of Collegiate, which will set the School up for future prosperity.

ALUMNI NEWS

44 Report On Philanthropy Supporting any of the School’s philanthropic endeavors transforms the educational experience for everyone in the Collegiate community.

84 Alumni Reunion Weekend Whether it was celebrating the Distinguished Alumni Award recipients and the Athletic Hall of Fame inductees or catching up with fellow classmates, Cougars brought the green-and-gold spirit for Reunion Weekend.

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LETTER FROM THE

HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Collegiate Community, As Head of School, I have the unique privilege of witnessing Collegiate through many lenses. I am thrilled to share my excitement about the successful opening of this academic year and how our students continue to develop minds that seek and hearts that serve. The initial months of school have been filled with energy, enthusiasm, and a sense of renewal. Our students have returned with eager minds, embracing new challenges and opportunities for growth. I have been particularly impressed by the leadership of our Seniors as they work diligently to foster Cougar pride in every aspect of our School community.

To our alumni who continue to cherish their time at Collegiate, I invite you to take pride in the remarkable accomplishments of our current students. They are not only raising the bar but also embodying the core values that are at the center of our community. Their dedication, creativity, and resilience inspire all of us.

Throughout this magazine, you will read about our students’ achievements and the impact of our faculty. Their commitment to excellence and your unwavering support are the foundation of our School’s success as they continue to inspire, innovate, and invest deeply in the lives of our students.

In our Report on Philanthropy we highlight the collective commitment to our mission and vision through the generosity of our donors. This annual report — and the stories packaged within it — articulate some of the many opportunities your support makes possible for our students and teachers. Your support both enriches the educational experience at Collegiate and gives students the opportunity to study forensic science at Columbia University and learn about emergency medicine at Georgetown University. It also allows for teachers to constantly refine their craft and helps provide them with all the necessary resources. Your support, in short, strengthens our entire community.

Thanks to your contributions — whether through donations, volunteer hours, or simply being present to support our students — we have enhanced our curriculum, improved our facilities, and created new opportunities for growth.

We have seen firsthand how your support translates into tangible results. From innovative classroom projects and capstone experiences to athletics, the arts, and extracurricular activities that promote teamwork and creativity, your generosity has made a profound impact on our students’ development.

As we look ahead, I encourage each of you to continue your involvement with our School community. Your support helps us maintain the high standards of education and care for which Collegiate is known.

Thank you once again for your support and belief in our mission, sustained by the generosity of others since our founding in 1915. Your contributions are invaluable to our success, and together, we can foster an environment where all our students flourish. I am excited for what we will continue to accomplish together in the coming year.

Sincerely,

Jeff Mancabelli Head of School

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Collegiate School Administration: Jeffrey W. Mancabelli, Head of School Sarah M. Abubaker, Director of Strategic Communications Mike Boyd, Director of the Arts Jeff Dunnington, Head of Middle School Patrick E. Loach, Head of Upper School Deborah I. Miller, Head of Lower School Phyllis Palmiero, Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Stanley, Athletic Director Antenette Stokes, Ph.D, Director of Inclusion and Belonging Dave Taibl, Director of Admission and Enrollment Management Tung Trinh, Dean of Faculty Kristen O. Williams, Chief Development Officer

Board of Trustees 2024-25: W. Hildebrandt “Brandt” Surgner P ’11 ’14 ’17 ’19, Chair of the Board Carter M. Reid P ’16 ’18, Immediate Past Chair Kenneth P. Ruscio P ’08, Vice Chair the Board Neelan “Neely” A. Markel ’96 P ’27 ’30, Secretary Ellen Bonbright ’86 P ’24 ’26 Callie Lacy Brackett ’95 P ’22 ’24 Patty S. Chang P ’26 ’29, Parents’ Association President Mason Chapman ’84 P ’22 Mayme Donohue ’03 Wortie Ferrell II ’88 P ’24 ’27 ’31 Christopher P. “Peyton” Jenkins Sr. ’00 P ’31 ’34, Alumni Association President Malcolm “Mac” S. McDonald P ’87 ’88 Morenike Kassim Miles P ’24 ’25 Meera Pahuja ’97 P ’30 ’32 ’34 J. Cheairs Porter Jr. P ’27 ’29 ’32 John H. Rivers Jr. P ’25 ’28 JoAnn Adrales Ruh P ’16 ’18 ’21 Julious “Jody” P. Smith III ’86 P ’20 ’22 ’25 Wallace Stettinius P ’77 ’79 ’84, Trustee Emeriti Wallace “Gray” Stettinius ’79 P ’07 ’10 ’12 R. Gregory Williams ’69 P ’01 ’04, Trustee Emeriti

Alumni Association Board 2024-25: Ben Adamson ’98 Lauren Makhoul ’10 Brink Brinkley ’76 Graham Mandl ’08 Beth Watlington Marchant ’72 Wilson Cecil ’15 John Daniel ’70 Lee Moreau ’85 Ernie Dettbarn ’94 Rishi Pahuja ’04 Stuart Farrell ’03 Chris Pearson ’02 Gray Fain ’07 William Roberts ’65 Dominique Meeks Gombe ’09 Amrik Sahni ’06 Giselle Shaw ’22 Muffy Greenbaum ’04 Missy Herod ’72 Beth Anne Shelly ’83 Ginny Hofheimer ’96 Tyler Negus Snidow ’80 Angie Hutchison ’90 Chas Thalhimer ’97 Nash Wiley ’15 Peyton Jenkins ’00 Devon Kelley ’05 Elizabeth Dolan Wright ’01 Toby Long ’98

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TEACHING RESIDES WITHIN US.

Every Cougar has a lesson to offer. Rooted in a lifelong love of learning, our alumni have the unique potential to share with the next generation the values and lessons that were instilled within you during your time at Collegiate. As alumni know well, our faculty do more than teach; they become mentors and leaders, fostering the ambition and character present in every Collegiate student.

Explore what kind of teaching opportunities are available at Collegiate and see what lessons you can instill in our students at

collegiate-va.org/careers.

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Infectious Smiles Through small acts of kindness, Dwayne Jackson and the Morale Team spread positivity around campus.

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ALKING TO DWAYNE JACKSON is similar to the

experience of placing your palms around a warm cup of tea. Relaxed, soothing radiance emanates, and you can’t help but smile.

Jackson, who heads what he calls the Morale Team, a cohort of four staff members that operate out of the Facilities Office, deals in joy. His currency is happiness — specifically other peoples’ happiness. “We find pockets of happiness,” he explains, “and our goal as the Morale Team is to extend those little bits of happiness to others, making a positive work environment for everyone.”

Jackson, who, last year, transitioned from working as a Collegiate bus driver to Facilities Admin Assistant, bursts with enthusiasm for Collegiate and the work he does in service of helping the School operate as smoothly and as well-polished as possible. “I love talking to people and I love helping people,” he says. “That’s what makes me happy: the people here at Collegiate. And if I can make others happy, that’s another form of service to me.” In establishing the

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Morale Team, he wanted to extend that joy and connect colleagues across divisions and departments.

The idea of the Morale Team began simply, with a muffin and a small button bearing a yellow smiley face. How do you facilitate a connection with a peer you haven’t met? You bring them a sweet treat.

Each month, the team — consisting of groundskeeper and horticulturist Robyn Hartley, bus driver Tonya Hunt, maintenance technician Thomas Jones, custodian Arlean Johnson, and Jackson — selects new faculty and staff members to connect with and deliver their muffins and buttons to. It’s a small act, but it carries weight. It’s about energizing the space that exists between two unfamiliar people. “It’s a format that’s basic. There aren’t any bells and whistles, but it’s major,” Jackson says. “You can’t see someone wearing a smiley button without smiling yourself. You can’t eat a muffin with a frown. It’s about encouraging people to be kind, to smile, and love each other. That’s what it’s all about: bringing people together with a smile.”

Sometimes the smallest gestures have the greatest influence. Jackson hopes that by spreading positivity among faculty and staff, the joy within the overall educational environment spikes. “The people who work in the Facilities Office — who also make up the Morale Team — operate behind the scenes. We change the light bulbs. We move desks. We drive the buses. We rake the leaves. We’re the heart of moving things and making things happen around campus,” Jackson says. “We operate outside of the most important aspect of our campus: the students. But by helping keep our teachers happy, we hope to keep our students happy.”

In his explanation, he leans in, giddy, grinning, and says, “Smiling makes other people smile. So from way up here in facilities, we’re able to pour some joy into the cups of teachers, which supports our ultimate goal of helping students. It’s going to be an infectious, positive movement that goes from person to person to person.”

With more than 400 full- and part-time faculty and staff helping facilitate the mission of the School on a day-to-day basis, Collegiate is a large community. It takes effort to connect with colleagues one might not see regularly. The Morale Team supports that effort with joyful conviction. Walking around campus, you begin to notice the small smiley face buttons pinned on dress shirts and jackets. And Jackson is right: you can’t help but smile. Suddenly that small tug of face muscles begins a conversation between two people.

Some kind of warm energy is stimulated, and that’s the work of the Morale Team. “The Morale Team is about bridging the gap between two strangers,” Jackson says. “This is about opening a conversation. This is saying, ‘Hey, have a good day.’ That’s what this is about — connection and spreading joy.”

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ENDLESS SUMMER FUN At Collegiate, with the help of Summer Quest, the summer months offer Richmond-area students of all ages a chance to grow and thrive outside traditional classrooms. There are the games played with friends on Grover Jones Field, the miles traveled on bikes, the engineering and robotics instruction, the countless pages of books read, the pruned fingers from spending a day at the pool. All of this is part of Collegiate’s Summer Quest, which, this year, offered more than 200 camps during the summer, each catered toward discovery.

THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS, REIMAGINED

COUGARS IN THE OUTFIELD

In July, eager to grow as inquisitive thinkers and future business professionals, rising Seniors in the Richmond area came to Collegiate to participate in the Cochrane Summer Economic Institute. During the course of the monthlong program, rising Seniors work with business professionals and local organizations to learn about both the past and current state of Richmond, a connection that gives students the chance to establish themselves in a professional setting and explore the complex systems of a business. Working closely with specific organizations, students are challenged to identify ways in which we can prepare our community for the future, a process that ultimately elevates students’ understanding of economics.

It was a warm night in early July, and Carter Mitchell ’25 found himself on the mound at The Diamond, home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, a minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, preparing to throw the ceremonial first pitch. The first of many green-and-gold events that night, Carter’s toss signaled the beginning of Collegiate night at the Richmond Flying Squirrels, which also served as the first official event for faculty and staff with the new Head of School, Jeff Mancabelli. To conclude the night in spirited fashion, Cougie helped Nutzy and Nutasha, the mascots for the Flying Squirrels, set off the fireworks at the end of the game.

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Shouting our Spirit Cougars brought the green-and-gold spirit for Homecoming Weekend. From the Pep Rally to the football game against Norfolk Academy, the weekend offered a time to celebrate the Collegiate community.

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ENDOWMENTS IN ACTION Rhett Anderson ’25 deepened her passion for theater stage management and design after attending a summer program funded by endowment support.

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HETT ANDERSON ’25 was apprehensive: She had

never operated an electric saw by herself before. It was an afternoon in a series of rigorous summer days spent at a five-week long stage management and technical design program held at Northwestern University, and one of her ongoing projects was styling and building a set design for the play Treasure Island. She had experience with set design from her time working in Collegiate’s theater productions, but the manual labor of building the set herself — crafting art from the raw materials of wood and nails and paint — was new to her.

This was the first in a series of discoveries for her. Granted a portion of the Samuel D. Jessee Endowment for Leadership, Rhett was able to explore her passion for technical theater. Each summer, as part of Collegiate’s commitment to promoting a challenging and supportive educational experience, the School awards grants to Upper School students, allowing Cougars to explore meaningful areas of study in their chosen subjects of interest. This past summer, 17 Upper School students pursued enrichment experiences, ranging from programs such as Rhett’s to intensive financial literacy courses, funded by en-

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dowment support. “It’s amazing that Collegiate is willing to support students in this way,” Rhett says.

“This kind of support shows the School’s commitment to helping students grow and the donor’s true investment in learning.”

When Rhett is up in the catwalk — whether at Oates Theater or elsewhere — her mind is moving at a controlled, feverish pace. It’s an arena for her to sink into, fully engrossed. As with any art, she’s interested in nuance, how minor adjustments can change the bigger picture. Change the stage lighting just slightly and it imbues a scene with a particular shade of emotion. Everything hinges on light and shadow, and that thrills Rhett. “Theater has so many subtleties,” she says. “By just tweaking the angle of light or adjusting the color, everything can change. Lighting is so essential to any production.

It allows you to see and highlight certain emotions.”

At Collegiate, Rhett had always been interested in theater, but the stage didn’t suit her interests. It wasn’t until she was introduced to the intricacies of what goes on behind the scenes, through a theater production course she took, that she fell in love with the artform. The huge, complex wall of ropes and pul-

Rhett Andersen ’25 speaking to donors, faculty, and peers about her summer program.

Endowments play a vital role in allowing students to explore their passions and interests, which better prepares them for future success.

The following are the Upper School students who participated in this summer’s engaging endowment programs. leys, all of it weighted and hanging mystically, just off stage, responsible for the magical movement of lights and scenery on stage, fascinated her.

This, she realized, was where she thrived. “Through classes at Collegiate I was able to discover the aspects of theater I really enjoyed,” she says. “Before, I didn’t realize that students were the ones involved in the technical side of productions. Once I realized that my entire perspective changed.”

Rhett saw the summer program at Northwestern as an opportunity to fully explore this perspective. During the program she dove deeper into the world of theater than she ever had before. She worked with a new kind of lighting, she built sets manually, she collaborated with like-minded peers. She was able to take what she had learned at Collegiate and channel it into her productions at Northwestern. Each day began with three hours of acting and voice movement — courses that challenged her but enhanced her appreciation for the craft. As someone working behind the scenes to serve the actors, Rhett found new admiration for what actors have to do. In the afternoons, Rhett would delve into the set design, spending hours working with lights, costumes, and stage orchestration. She was given a world to explore.

In addition to her work on the production of Treasure Island, she was given a poem that she was asked to design three tableaus for, each of which were crafted to encapsulate the particular mood and theme of the poem. Again she was engrossed in every aspect of theater, and again her mind hummed like a bee circling a flower, happy and free.

The intricacies of these large-scale projects surprised her, but the responsibility she carried gave her confidence. In giving stage direction and dictating when to adjust lighting and set pieces, she found a composure and verve she didn’t realize she had. Now, as stage manager for Collegiate’s production of Hadestown: Teen Edition, the 2024 Upper School’s fall play, Rhett is able to apply herself with more refinement and aplomb. “Working and collaborating with people I wasn’t familiar with — and sharing my work with them — showed me how capable I was, which really boosted my confidence,” she says. “Dictating when to take breaks, tracking the locations of props and actors — these were roles I wasn’t comfortable performing initially, but because I was pushed out of my comfort zone I was able to discover new levels of confidence.”

The programs Collegiate offer serve to open students up to what can be done both in and outside a classroom. So when Rhett was adjusting costumes for a play at Northwestern or manipulating an electric saw, she was taking everything she’s been taught at Collegiate and channeling it into beautiful period pieces. All of her interests have become focused on this one study — history, art, design, acting, theater.

“One moment when I felt fully immersed was when I had to curate costumes, lighting, sound, and scenery for three tableaus all inspired by a poem,” she explains. “In this moment, I truly felt that everything I had learned throughout my time at the program came together, allowing me to create the best design I could.”

William “Bill” Reeves Renaissance Student Award: Izzy Rigby ’25, Brown Leadership Institute: Social Entrepreneurship Copeland Thornton ’25, Service and Hiking in New England Mary Parker Moncure Vaden Endowment for Citizenship and the Arts: Olivia Bowman ’25, NYLF Advanced Medicine, Johns Hopkins Anne Ford-Hall ’25, American Musical and Dramatic Academy Mary Geyer ’25, UVA Advance Summer Program Maddie Hough ’25, Architecture at Savannah College of Art and Design Claire Lareau ’25, Mathematical Elements of Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University Samuel D. Jessee Endowment for Leadership: Rhett Anderson ’25, Stage Management and Technical Design at Northwestern’s High School Institute Mary Mason Ingold ’25, Forensic Science at Columbia University Cameron Jones ’25, Georgetown Emergency Medicine Program Harper Murphy ’25, Forensic Science at American University Izzy Rigby ’25, Brown Leadership Institute: Social Entrepreneurship Soham Saxena ’25, University of Chicago Pathway in Economica Program Elizabeth Seward ’25, Aquatic Ecosystems and Sustainability in Lisbon, Portugal Jai Spicer ’25, 21st Century Museum: Ethics of Studying Curation and History of Art Alexander Tan ’25, Summer Culinary Camp, Austin, Texas The Roger “Doc” Hailes Student Athlete Award: Alex Reavey-Cantwell ’25, Chess Tutoring at the YMCA Aanika Sethi ’25, Kids Summer Squash Clinic John R. Lower Memorial Endowment: Copeland Thornton ’25, Service and Hiking in New England

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COLLEGIATE HOLDS ITS 26TH CONVOCATION Like a light post our traditions allow us to better see who we are and where we’re going. The calendar turns and a new year begins, and we change and grow with the year, but the annual return to a beloved event allows us to recalibrate ourselves by both looking back reflectively and forward confidently. We are centered by a collective spirit of a moment, grounded in our diligent actions and traditions.

So as Collegiate’s collective spirit — passionate, loud, emblazoned with green and gold — emanated from the student body that gathered on Grover Jones Field for Convocation, the 26th in the School’s history, Collegiate officially kicked off the new academic year, together, continuing a tradition that began back in 1999 and now persists with Head of School Jeff Mancabelli, the tradition’s newest steward.

WELCOME NEW COUGAR FAMILIES

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIEND

From our youngest Cougars joining us in JK and Kindergarten to our new students in Grades 1-12, we are so excited to welcome our tremendous group of families. In September, shortly after students started classes, parents gathered for coffee on Robins Campus to meet Head of School Jeff Mancabelli, members of the Administration Team, the Parents’ Association, Collegiate staff, and other fellow new Cougars.

In September, Seniors of the Class of 2025 connected with their Kindergarten buddies for the first time, beginning an enduring relationship. This beloved Collegiate tradition emphasizes intergenerational relationships and cross-division programming. They will meet throughout the school year, and the Seniors will serve as the Kindergarteners’ role models.

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Collegiate Faculty Recognized for Excellence At the All School meeting for faculty and staff held in August, just before the 2024-25 school year commenced, 10 exceptional faculty and staff members were celebrated for their tremendous talents and contributions to the School. Division heads shared remarks highlighting each of the employees while Head of School Jeff Mancabelli helped present the awards. Please head to our website to read more about each teacher’s award.

MIRONDA STARKE 2nd Grade Teacher Lower School Craigie Endowment for Teaching Excellence

NICK SBERNA Middle School English Teacher Middle School Craigie Endowment for Teaching Excellence

ALICE FRUTH 1st Grade Teacher Lower School Hamill Award

TARA CONNOR Middle School Math Teacher Middle School Hamill Award

COURTNEY SCHWEICKART Upper School History Teacher Upper School Hamill Award

ELSIE BUSTAMANTE Upper School Spanish Teacher Ann Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching

BRENT MILLER Upper School History Teacher Andrew Jackson Brent Award

JULIE MILLER Upper School Administrative Assistant Anne Jones Staff Award

LISA ANDERSON Lower School Art Teacher Clarence B. Williams Award

KIM SMYTHE Lower School Science Teacher Martha Elizabeth Schwarz Award

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Expansive Perspectives As part of a collaborative professional development experience, Collegiate teachers Teresa Coleman and Monica Melton traveled to Ghana to build relationships and explore artistic practices.

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Teresa Coleman and Monica Melton with GIS faculty.

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ACK IN MAY, Middle School art teacher Teresa Coleman was in the Ashanti region, in Ghana, sitting at a loom roughly 100 years old, learning the craft of Kente cloth weaving from a master of the trade. It’s a technique borne out of various traditions, some of which existed before the formation of the Ashanti region itself, and through the diligence of countless apprenticeships has been passed down for centuries, through networks as complex as the patterns woven in silk, making its way to Coleman.

The deeply rooted tradition of Kente cloth weaving found its way to Coleman through the support of Collegiate’s professional development programs. Made possible by philanthropic support, a number of faculty members embark on projects each year that focus on enhancing the School’s educational experience through a variety of professional development offerings. In partnership with Director of Global Engagement Monica Melton, Coleman traveled to Ghana to connect with the Ghana International School (GIS), a Collegiate partner school, and explore artistic practices in Ghana.

Collegiate teachers make discoveries in ways similar to Collegiate students — through experiential learning. In addition to hosting Collegiate teachers abroad, GIS travels to Collegiate’s campus annually for the International Emerging Leaders Conference, creating a reciprocal relationship of intellectual expansion for both schools and their educators. It’s an experience that removes the boundaries of campuses and countries to focus on the future of education. “It’s so powerful to be welcomed into another community in this way,” Melton says about the partnership with GIS, a school that has 1,300 students from four to 18 years old. “At the end of the day, we have the same goals for what skills we want our students to have.

Each one of us is focused on how we can best support our students to develop self advocacy, civil dialogue, and other necessary skills that are important for any student to be healthy and successful.”

Observing the overlaps of how a teacher in Ghana might approach a certain subject is invigorating, but noting the nuanced differences can prove to be equally fruitful. Sometimes, learning something new requires you to step outside of your conditioned environment. “Opportunities to connect with other teachers increases perspective and ultimately creates empathy,” Melton says. “The realization that you’re connecting across differences creates curiosity and new possibilities for how to approach a classroom.”

Life is about discovering more of yourself in the process of living. It’s experiencing new moments, meeting new people, learning new ideas. This is what opportunities like this one are founded on.

These experiences foster true growth through deeply immersive learning. “I feel that this trip expanded me,” Coleman says. “The practice of learning to appreciate other people and learning from

Teresa Coleman in Accra, Ghana, observing the fabric dyeing technique batik.

them and their lives helps you appreciate your own experience and puts it into context.”

In Coleman’s own classroom at Collegiate, students practice techniques of printmaking. Traveling to Accra, Ghana, to observe how a fabric dyeing technique called batik is practiced, expands what is possible to bring to a classroom art setting. “To see workshops such as the ones in Accra takes the action and the activity and even the product out of the realm of theory and into the realm of reality,” Coleman says. “Once you can have the real experience of doing something, of seeing it put into practice, makes the connection deeper and makes for a more immersive experience.”

These professional development opportunities, in turn, enhance students’ education; the techniques Coleman has learned can be applied in the classrooms at Collegiate.

Perspective — that particular elucidating insight that brings us all closer together — is an important aspect of growth. No matter the age, we all need to learn and grow. Collegiate recognizes that, and this kind of professional development helps fulfill a yearning for learning.

When teachers grow, so do students. “I’m always trying to figure out how I can teach a lesson better, and working with other teachers is such an important part of that learning,” Coleman says. “In our work we aim to show students their world outside of a prescribed path that they might not have considered,” Coleman says. “Experiences like these help me do that. It has connected me with another part of the world — one that I can hopefully bring back to students.”

To see workshops such as the ones in Accra takes the action and the activity and even the product out of the realm of theory and into the realm of reality.”

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AMPLIFYING CONVERSATION The Speech and Debate Team at Collegiate highlights the power of young voices and minds, striving to elevate civil discourse on and beyond campus.

By James Galgano ’25

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walking through the front hallway of the Upper School, you can hear the murmurs of impassioned speeches escaping from classrooms. Enter one of these havens, and you will find students learning the expanse of their language — rehearsing monologues, running debate rounds, giving feedback to teammates.

These are the practices of the Speech and Debate Team.

“There’s no better place to use your words than in Speech and Debate,” Club President Jai Spicer ’25 explains. The team encourages students to find their individual voice, performing in competitions with a plethora of events and displaying different talents. Each member can find a way of building their speaking in a manner that fits them, simultaneously learning that there is no one mode to convey their thoughts.

However, the students are only half the equation; none of these efforts would be possible without the help of the faculty coaches Shannon Castelo and Laurel Maughan, two teachers in the Upper School who lead the debate and speech portions of the team, respectively. Castelo describes the team’s start just four short years ago as “the perfect storm.” When she came to Collegiate during the pandemic, she voiced her hope to continue the Speech and Debate program she had founded at her previous school. Serendipitously, two students had already expressed

interest in such a program, so with the support of the Head of Upper School, Patrick Loach, the team began.

From there, the only path was upwards. Membership began doubling each year, the number of events that students competed in vastly expanded, and close-knit bonds formed between the members and the coaches. One such debater, Senior Cameron Jones ’25, voices this connection: “This team has become more than a team to me — it’s become a family, a culture, and a passion.” When cooped up together in hours-long practices or anxiously waiting between rounds of competition, members become one collective force to push through challenges, building an environment that is not only rigorous but encouraging.

Those who join the team find a sub-community inside Collegiate which both drives them and guides them to a higher level of communication.

Student members not only find comradery within the team but in the larger world of Speech and Debate. Competitions, while a prime method to practice honed skills, are also a place to expand their worldview. Speech Lead and Collegiate Junior Hollyn Borich ’26 expresses, “Everybody has a different story to bring to the table, and it’s always important to hear other people’s identities and perspectives.” Speech events are exceptional spaces to hear these stories. In contrast to the pre-assigned topics of debate, speech members choose and pre-

pare their own pieces fitting into specific categories, thereby combining the practice of aligning a pre-set tone with personalized experiences and topics of passion. Creativity flourishes here — establishing a space where students can use themselves and their peers as inspiration.

The path toward improvement is one paved in this practice of sharing ideas. Communication, Castelo argues, is a necessary life skill for college and beyond. In the modern day “having the confidence to speak up in a way not just steeped in emotion but in reason” is a vital tool in expressing one’s ideas.

Speech and Debate is the stepping stone in building a generation of great communicators who are able to converse with the respect and ability to see other perspectives. If students will not speak up out of fear of being “canceled” for their ideas, then important conversations are lost. With Speech and Debate, they persist.

Both in and outside of the team, educational efforts center around promoting civil discourse. Out of this notion sprung the idea of hosting debates in front of the entire Upper School during Assembly. The goal of these events are twofold — both to encourage new members to join and to provide a contrasting view of social debate apart from the hostile and misinformed voices often perpetuated by social media. Castelo believes that because of these heated exchanges meant to evoke strong

reactions online, “school debate gets a bad rap.” What’s important, however, is how Collegiate chooses to approach debate: “dedicated to making the debate space better” through behaving as we wish every speaker would.

To win a debate, these model events hope to prove, it is not necessary to stoop down to personal attacks or misinformation; true winning comes from the ability to both express and understand, crafting an argument that attempts to interact with the opposing viewpoint instead of antagonizing it.

I was particularly inspired by the goal of educating students beyond the team, and volunteered to participate along with Speech member Maytal Zasler ’25. Together, we worked to create a conversation about social media censorship to debut to the School. The feeling as we walked out on stage was a burst of nerves, slight dread, and a large sense of hope for what we could accomplish. Ultimately, we both wanted to leave the au-

dience with a level of uncertainty they may not have had going in; with complex issues like the ones we brought in front of the School, each student should be able to identify with points on both sides. Through this complexity, the team brought forth a crucial lesson that these issues are not black and white, and to think about them in such a manner is counterintuitive to their understanding. To build a true stance, you must struggle with every standpoint instead of deciding on instinct.

The second iteration of this tradition came this October, when the team modeled a partner-style debate on another politically-relevant issue: student loan forgiveness. This debate was the culminating part of a trilogy of election education for Upper School students, beginning with a guest speaker on civil discourse and a musical history lesson on the importance of compromise. Voting is the first step in building civic engagement, which is at the

heart of the Speech and Debate world. Here, the lessons in communication were more vital than ever. Castelo views the exercise as a progression in scope: “we aim for impacts not just in Collegiate but going forward in our country — equipping students to be ideal citizens of the world who will forge a path in a positive direction.”

The ultimate goal of the program is application. Speech and Debate, Castelo articulates, is “providing students tools in a toolbox that they can draw on for whatever situation they find themselves in.” The impacts of the team are not limited to one career field or one type of student; whether a student finds themselves defending their client in the courtroom or presenting to a boardroom of prospective investors in their company, these skills matter. The values of confidence, connectivity, and understanding bridge into all facets of individual success. Castelo summarizes neatly, “this is the power of Speech and Debate.”

Everybody has a different story to bring to the table, and it’s always important to hear other people’s identities and perspectives.”

Editor’s note: With every story we publish, our intention is to celebrate the experience of Collegiate. As part of that ongoing effort, we have been working with Upper School students, publishing stories in their own words. This piece is one such student narrative.

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Editor’s note: With every story we publish, our intention is to celebrate the experience of Collegiate. As part of that ongoing effort, we have been working with Upper School students, publishing stories in their own words. This piece is one such student narrative.

MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF INTEGRITY Signed annually by all Upper School students, the Honor Code does not create or enforce Collegiate’s values, but rather acts as a written reflection of the values we already hold. By Claire Lareau ’25

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hile Collegiate has taught me many things, it has fallen short in one important realm: After nearly thirteen years of daily instruction, I remain miserably incapable of using a padlock. One might think that many parts of my daily routine would require me to learn this simple task. My phone and 569 others sit, unattended, in Pitt Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m., and my prized belongings rest, unsecured, in my backpack outside of Oates Theater during each assembly.

These items, along with many others, would typically be locked up in a public setting to ensure they don’t “walk off.” At Collegiate, however, we rely on something far sturdier than a lock to safeguard our belongings: the Honor Code.

Its governing body, The Honor Council, was initially formed in 1917, comprised of the seven most responsible girls in school.

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within the student body. Forty-one years later, under the guidance of Mrs. Louise Coleman, the Honor Council of 19581959 drafted the Honor Code we follow today. While its technical goal is to prohibit lying, stealing, and cheating, its effects extend far beyond these prohibitions. It forms the foundation of integrity for the entire student body, establishing a culture of mutual trust and respect, creating a community where honesty is not just encouraged, but expected.

Each September, every student attends the Honor Code signing assembly. We dress up and listen to speeches from Head of Upper School Patrick Loach and the Honor Council Co-chairs.

Afterward, each student signs the Honor Code in front of their peers, showcasing their commitment to uphold Collegiate’s values. These signed copies of the Honor Code then hang in Pitt Hall for the remainder of the school year as a visual and daily reminder of this commitment.

What I find most interesting about the Honor Code is how infrequently it is discussed beyond the formal moments. Aside from reading through our syllabi and writing a short pledge on assessments, students rarely, if ever, mention it in conversation, and teachers almost never bring it up in class. Yet, we constantly follow it. There is an unspoken trust — a mutual understanding of integrity — that has become second nature. In my mind, the Honor Code does not create or enforce these values, but rather acts as a written reflection of the values we already hold.

As Honor Council Co-chair Harper Murphy ’25 explains, “It [the Honor Code] has propelled me to live my life with values that are bigger than myself. I am a better member of my community because of it.”

The Honor Code is deeply embedded into our lives in and out of school, and I believe that we will carry these values with us far beyond Collegiate.

Although there are penalties for violating the code, it is not the risk of penalty that compels students to follow it.

Rather, it would feel unnatural to act against the Honor Code.

The act of stealing or cheating feels alien in an environment where I have grown up trusting my classmates so deeply. I leave my belongings scattered around campus as I would at home –– sometimes forgetting I can not do the same at a public library or coffee shop.

When I finally learn how to use a padlock, I suspect my pride in mastering the newfound skill will be outweighed by the sadness of leaving a community where locks were unneeded.

In a world where locks are the norm, Collegiate is a community where trust holds things together. Our collective commitment to the culture of the Honor Code is what makes Collegiate truly feel like a community.

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Affirmation of Passion Collegiate School’s Oates Emerging Artist grant gave Rachel Peck ’25 the opportunity to refine her artistic talents.

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HE ACT OF CREATION is a practice of patience; it takes time, diligence and space. And for young artists, as they begin to understand the virtues of their talents, having room to explore is essential.

For Rachel Peck ’25, who was selected to receive funding from the Oates Emerging Artist grant to attend a summer art-intensive course of her choice, finding that creative space proved to be beneficial to her development as both an artist and student. Her talent as an artist progressed at Collegiate but, when her summer course began, she found herself expanding on what she had already learned.

Upon hearing she was awarded the grant, Rachel enrolled in Boston University’s Visual Arts Summer Institute, an intensive, four-week long visual arts program designed to help high schoolers build exceptional portfolios and get a taste of the higher education art school experience. The program presents a sampling of practices — ranging from sculpture work to 2D drawing and printmaking —

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through studio instruction and lectures. With deferential preference for the flatter but equally dynamic space 2D painting and drawing creates, the program challenged Rachel to think about approaches to art differently. “I have always known that I preferred drawing and painting — simply because that’s how my imagination creates images in my head,” she says. “I don’t think upwards the way you need to with sculpture, which was a challenge in this program. I do feel though that being encouraged to think in this 3D way can now be worked into my painting and drawing.”

Rachel speaks with a casual humility when discussing her work, but, beneath that, there ripples a current of confidence, something that says, I can do this. She’s aware of where her skills as an artist are strongest, which is something she credits to the art program at Collegiate and which she recognized with newfound gratitude during her time in Boston. “Part of the reason why I felt so comfortable in this program and that I

can really pursue art is because of the great teachers and programs here at Collegiate,” Rachel says. “Mrs. Sutherland had already taught me so many of the techniques we were discussing in the summer program. Part of art is learning your own style and taste, and Collegiate has really helped me develop my style so that when I was at BU I already knew what I liked to do.”

Her first memories of falling in love with art began with doodling in her mom’s office.

She would sit and draw Disney

characters, noting the way the original artist approached the contours of the figure and facial features. Later, in Middle School, with the help of Collegiate teachers and programs, she realized that art, for her, transcended the practice of a hobby. She began diligently studying other artists’ approach to the craft — still with a predilection for hyper-realistic animation in the style of Marvel comics. Her work has progressed from her time in Middle School and now features deftly drawn figures that pose as

I can’t live without art.

I want to have art in my life forever.”

if they’ve been given life. Her work often plays with light and color, finding dollops of joy resting within shadow and shade.

During her four weeks in Boston, Rachel found herself immersed, thinking about art constantly.

Each day, after listening to elucidating lectures from speakers on the craft of artmaking, she was challenged with exploring new forms of the craft. The program helped limber her artistic sensibilities and improve her productivity. Each day was a new experience, but each day

she rose to the occasion. “The program really helped me be more of myself and lean into what I am strongest at,” she says. “I wasn’t afraid to hide who I was as an artist.”

Artistic skill is a key that gives the artist a unique way of seeing the world, and Collegiate’s Oates Emerging Artist grant is intended to encourage that way of seeing, better preparing them for the future. Like a mindless doodle that over time becomes a refined artwork, Rachel’s time at BU solidified an inclination. Her passion for

artmaking, once a nebulous hobby, back in Middle School, has now materialized into a tangible career aspiration. Collegiate helped shape her into the talented artist she is today, but the summer program intensified and affirmed her focus.

“Going to the program has reaffirmed my trajectory,” she says.

“It has helped me realize that I want to work with art. I’m not doing it for a hobby. I can’t live without art. I want to have art in my life forever.”

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BEAUTY IN THE DETAILS Great art draws you in. It tunes you to a finer, subtler frequency of detail. It’s the piece that, upon looking, encourages you to step closer to the frame, examining the singularity and distinction of the little intricacies humming like the gears in a watch. A small detail, looked at in isolation, always has more than one thing on its mind: direction, velocity, contour, composition. We thought we’d bring some of that thrill to the readers of this magazine, selecting student artwork from all three divisions and photographing the tiny, exciting details within the pieces.

To view each artwork in its entirety, the summation of the small details, use the QR code on this page, which will direct you to Collegiate’s website.

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MAKING IT YOUR OWN A new art display case in the Lower School reveals students’ eclectic eccentricities and the vastness of their talents.

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o make a house homey — to feel comfortable in it — you dress it up with personality. You add the flair of your own quirks and tastes. Paint the walls. Install flavorful furniture. Hang your favorite art. Appeal to your own inclinations of warmth and joy.

Lauren Patton P ’32 ’34, a parent of two Collegiate students, took a similar approach when curating student art to be showcased in the Lower School. She wanted to make the Lower School, which is already a haven of joviality and love, an inviting space that highlights student artwork created outside the classroom. She got the idea last year, when her two children, Ridge ’32 and Red ’34, participated in the Maker Faire. Overwhelmed with the binge of creativity on display — all of it produced by the Collegiate community — Patton went to Lower School art teachers Lisa Anderson and Heather Bruneau with the idea of somehow showcasing more student talent.

“I just thought it would be great to encourage the students to share some of the art they made at home,” Patton says. “We have so many talented students with amazing personal interests. I wanted to encourage students to create more and to celebrate what they make at home during their own time.”

Anderson, Bruneau, and Patton decided to make use of the display case positioned just opposite the welcome desk in the Lower School, asking parents of Lower School students to collect any artwork their children make during their free time.

Just before the 2024-25 school year began, Patton collected all the art submissions and arranged them, with the help of Anderson and Bruneau, in the display case. The expressive result of the curation reveals the students’ eclectic eccentricities and the vastness of their talents. Students of all ages boast their skills — from Junior

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Kindergarteners to 4th Graders. Walk into the Lower School now and you are greeted with a hospitable surge of soulfulness. There is a painting of a cat riding a rainbow, a brilliantly bright paper mache mask, a pink sculpture of a unicorn, a collage of yarn different in color and size, a reclining animal with hearts floating around it. “It’s a free, open space for students to show where their heart is leading them,” Patton says of the exhibit. “It’s great to see what the kids are coming up with, and I’m glad they get to share that with their teachers and peers. I think they really enjoyed the experience of showcasing their work with the community.”

The rationale for the display’s creation is immediately felt: the space bursts with student expression; it is less a sanitized classroom and more of an exciting space of personality. “This display creates an opportunity for students to invest in their campus and turn it into a more personal space — the same way you turn your house into a home,” Patton explains. “You’re investing in your community and making it your own, and in that way you make it more inviting for everyone.”

In the process of artmaking the creator discovers herself through expression, and the display case helps articulate the range of thoughtful expression from the Lower School students. There is ownership in that expression, too; it’s a way of vocalizing that they belong, that they can leave their own mark on this community. “This empowers their personal uniqueness,” Patton says. “It also lets students know they have an impact on the Collegiate community. Whatever form that may take, encouraging this expression lets students know they are contributing positively to Collegiate.”

ORPHIC THEATER Collegiate School’s theater, dance, and music programs presented Hadestown: Teen Edition this fall. Captivating the eye, ear, mind, and soul, the School’s adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony Award-winning musical offers a contemporary, jazz-infused take on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Told entirely through music, song, and dance, Hadestown is a powerful story of love, hope, and sacrifice. This Upper School cohort of artists displayed a lyrical potency that rivaled Orpheus’s own superhuman musical might.

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The refurbished drum used during the Homecoming football game.

Photograph courtesy of Alyssa McDaniel ’20.

Beating the Same Drum Director of the Arts Mike Boyd and Band Director Karl von Klein spent the summer restoring a marching bass drum used by Collegiate in the 1960s.

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here’s an oft-quoted adage attributed to Mark Twain about history not necessarily repeating itself but rhyming.

For Karl von Klein and Mike Boyd, who over the summer refurbished a drum used by Collegiate students in the 1960s, history has the same beat.

In its more halcyon days, the green-and-gold striped instrument was used as a marching bass drum, practiced in the style of the 1960s and ’70s — with its huge, mawkish cylindrical weight hanging around the neck of the drummer. When it wasn’t being used in the marching band, students would use the drum at pep rallies and football games, its deep, persistent peals a spirited Cougar rallying sound.

But for the last 25 years, the drum has been sitting on a shelf, in the band room, in the Hershey Center for the Arts. The drum showed the wear of history

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and time. Its head, the surface a drummer raps, had been patched with duct tape from constant beating; a matted bath towel, presumably used as a neck strap for the drummer, was tied to tension rods on the instrument; rust collected on the screws from days played in the rain.

Boyd, Director of the Arts, decided it was time to polish the instrument and restore it to its previous condition. He recruited von Klein, Middle and Upper School Band Director, to help him with the ambitious summer project. Their intention was to maintain the integrity of the drum’s history while making it functional for today’s students.

They learned that the drum was made by Slingerland, a United States drum manufacturer founded in 1912 that went out of business in the early 1980s. Each drum has a special plate glued to its shell that

signifies when the particular instrument was crafted. Looking at this one, they learned it was manufactured between 1963 and 1969.

“Knowing all this, we set out looking for parts that would match those used by the manufacturer during that era,” Boyd says. “We wanted to restore it to look as though it was just purchased in 1963.”

Securing funds from the Darr-Davis Investment Advisory Board, Collegiate’s investment club and fund, Boyd and von Klein found the equipment they needed to complete the project. They spent the summer taking the drum apart and polishing its pieces. To create a deeper connection to Collegiate’s past, Boyd and von Klein worked with the Communications Office to craft a design for the new head. They decided to use the “CS” logo that was used

on athletic uniforms during the days at the Town School. The ‘c’ perfectly hugs the twisted ‘s’ on the drum’s head, and the drum’s shell, still wrapped in sparkling green and gold, holds the spirit of when the drum was first used.

“It shows Collegiate’s history,” von Klein says. “We’ve taken something from the past and have brought it back with love and care. I hope that it becomes a symbol of our School’s spirit.”

Boyd and von Klein intend to use the drum across divisions, helping teach students about the School’s history while giving technical instruction on the instrument. “This is a way to honor the tradition of the School,” von Klein says. “It’s a way of showing that some of the things we do — and the instruments we play — throughout our history have remained the same.”

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Photography courtesy of Maggie Bowman ’23.

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FIGHT & SMILE Since 2017, the phrase “Fight & Smile,” frequently usedby Coach Alex Peavey, has embodied Collegiate’s collective ethos. By Weldon Bradshaw

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and powerfully in memory, was as stunning as it was emotional.

Collegiate’s varsity boys lacrosse team had just defeated St. Stephen’s-St. Agnes 9-8 at home on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, and Coach Andrew Stanley’s guys were ecstatic about their victory over the perennial VISAA power.

Their excitement was tempered, though, by the somber awareness that Alex Peavey, one of Stanley’s assistants and the School’s mindfulness guru, had recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer and was waging the fight of his life.

Though Peavey’s coaching focus had been basketball, he had given heart and soul to lacrosse, and the team and his colleagues looked to him for leadership, guidance, Yoda-like wisdom, and mentorship. Now, through no fault of his, he was absent in body but not in spirit and facing an uncertain future.

Following the postgame handshakes, the Cougars returned to the west end of the Grover Jones Field as Stanley huddled briefly with his staff.

Then, as he walked over to address his team, two text messages appeared on his phone in rapid succession.

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The first read “Next Up Wednesday.” It was a reminder to savor the win but use it as a springboard to greater achievement. The second read, “Fight with a smile because you love what you’re doing, and good things will happen.” The “sender” of both was Alex Peavey.

“That’s Alex, coaching and teaching every chance he gets,” says Stanley, now Collegiate’s Director of Athletics. “He immediately set the tone. He captured that group. What he was able to do was very succinctly package what he had been trying to convey his whole career.”

At the moment Stanley read Peavey’s words to his team, “Fight & Smile” entered the collective Collegiate consciousness.

The Sharpie-inscribed message began to appear on shoes, on tape affixed to helmets, sticks, and other athletic gear, and on wristbands and clothing.

It became a rallying cry for everyone, the endeavor notwithstanding, who bought into the notion that fierce competitive spirit and joy are in no way contradictory in an athletic context.

“It was a very organic, honest, natural way to capture what coaching at its core should be,” Stanley says. “There’s no question that the coaches who built

Collegiate’s program expected the most from their athletes and found meaning in coaching because they knew that challenges were good for them. Fight & Smile is what we’ve all tried to convey. We’ve always cared about competing from a place of love, passion, and joy while testing our limits and growing from the experience.”

Fight & Smile was a fundamental precept of the Peavey Project, a non-profit co-founded three years ago by Jake McDonald and Collin McConaghy, who as highly trained, certified instructors teach mindfulness to teams, businesses entities, and community organizations.

“Fight & Smile is our tagline because they’re our controllables,” says McConaghy, Collegiate’s head varsity football coach. “Every day, we get to control our effort, our attitude, and our responses. We want to give [each endeavor] everything we have and do it with enjoyment, enthusiasm, and love because that’s when we normally perform our best.”

There’s a much bigger picture, of course.

“Sports are a great arena to put this philosophy into practice, but it extends well beyond the playing field,” McDonald says. “It’s the ability to empty every ounce of yourself into a purpose that’s greater than you.

That’s what it means to fight.

It’s not to beat someone up.

It’s not you versus somebody

Fight with a smile because you love what you’re doing, and good things will happen.”

Coach Alex Peavey, pictured here with Collegiate students.

else. It’s tapping into everything within you and emptying it into the demands of the situation with purpose and joy. If you make that a practice, you’re more resilient and healthier so you can be in greater service to others. That’s Alex. He has the ability to help people be their best for others. Fight & Smile allows that to come to life.”

Peavey began the 2017 lacrosse season on the field but stepped back when his health became an issue and entered the VCU Medical Center on Friday, March 17. He learned quickly that his prognosis was dire and underwent three surgeries early the following week to stabilize his condition.

A life odyssey that would test his limits and reveal his character had begun.

He was discharged March 24 and was at home, heavily medicated and bedridden but following the Cougars on social media the afternoon they played SSSA. “I’d had this scare where,

multiple times, it was literally, Can we get you to tomorrow?”

Peavey says. “What I found was this deep-seated clarity of everything being about the people you’re surrounded by, whether that’s your family, your teammates, or whoever happens to be with you in a hospital room.

“I wanted to be with the team, but I was so happy for them from afar. I don’t fully recall sending the message. I do remember the sentiment of whether it’s me in the hospital or them playing their toughest opponent, it’s about the fight.

If you love what you’re fighting for and who you’re fighting with, then the fight can be joyous. For me, it was life or death.

For them, it was a life experience of beating a top team.”

He cited a quotation attributed to the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche: “He who has a Why to live can bear almost any How.” “To me, Fight & Smile is the answer to How,” Peavey says.

“From the standpoint of the lacrosse team and the standpoint of what I was experiencing, it was the acknowledgment of loving what the fight is for and loving who you’re fighting with.

With every team I’d been part of, the priority has been the person to your left and to your right.

That becomes your Why, so when you’re having a bad day, get outside of your own skin by doing what you can for the person next to you. The foundational element of every team I’ve been on is that it’s not about you.”

As Peavey’s journey continues, he travels it with uncommon courage and grace.

“Cancer is all over my body, but fighting cancer is not about me,” he says. “It’s about the opportunity to live another day with my wife, my kids, my family, and my friends. It becomes achievable the moment I don’t make it about me, which is an interesting counterintuitive approach to a problem which is very specifically about me.

When you apply [that mindset] to a team, it creates an unbelievable momentum that lifts the whole entity.”

There’s more grist for the mill, of course, as he approaches year eight since his diagnosis.

“The important thing is communicating that Fight & Smile is not false positivity,” Peavey says. “It doesn’t mean only good things happen. It’s acknowledging that there are tears, there are hard days, there are frustrations. To smile in the face of adversity doesn’t mean that I’m denying the adversity. It means that I’m choosing a path through it that’s joyous.

“You’re allowed to be sad.

You’re just not allowed to stay there. There’s a phrase that I love from Thich Nhat Hanh: ‘No mud, no lotus.’ The mud is the fight. The lotus is the smile.

Sometimes, it takes someone else to pull us out of that. We have to go through the emotional part to get to the smile part.”

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Back in Action

By virtue of one unfortunate injury, Celie Shield ’25 shifted her focus from encourager on the field to encourager from the sideline.

By Weldon Bradshaw

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HE INJURY CAME AT the absolute worst possible moment.

It’s not that any injury, especially one requiring reconstructive surgery and subsequent down time, is all that convenient, but this one, a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Celie Shield’s ’25 right knee…

Man, what a bummer.

It was June 10, 2023, not long after Celie finished her Sophomore year at Collegiate, that she was competing with her Yellow Jackets South lacrosse team in the Live Love Lax Summer Festival for OneLove in North East, Maryland.

She had played the sport since Lower School, always looking to improve her skills,

and hoped to draw the attention of at least a few of the myriad college coaches on hand because the summer before junior year is prime recruiting time and she had her heart set on taking her talents to the next level.

“In the first game of the tournament, I was going to goal, and a girl stepped on my foot,” Celie recalls, noting that she still scored on the fateful play. “My right leg got wrapped around her leg, and I fell really weirdly on it.”

She sat out the remainder of the half as a precaution but returned after the break and scored two more goals. Afterwards, her knee swelled up, and she had it checked out. The initial diagnosis was a sprain or perhaps meniscus damage. Nothing serious, she hoped.

Then, an MRI told the tale.

On June 28, she underwent surgery.

Recovery time was estimated to be nine months. There would be no field hockey or basketball, but lacrosse in the spring was a possibility if all went well.

“At first, I was really, really upset because I had worked so hard for lacrosse my whole life,” Celie says. “I was about to miss my whole recruiting summer, and I was also sad about field hockey and basketball.”

A positive person by nature, she didn’t remain upset for long, nor did she feel aggrieved or alone.

“I had a lot of friends by my side,” she says. “My basketball team came and hung out with me. My field hockey team brought me a big poster they had signed. And once you tear your ACL, it’s crazy how many people talk to you and tell you they’ve torn theirs too.”

There’s much about sports that Celie has always enjoyed: the competition, the camaraderie, the physical exertion, and the opportunity to test her limits and grow. Now, by virtue of one unfortunate misstep, she shifted her focus from encourager on the field to encourager from the sideline and

channeled her competitive instincts to many months of physical therapy. She earned top marks in both endeavors.

“I liked rehab,” she says, “because there were other people there who were also recovering from ACL tears. I could see other people in the rehab who were almost recovered. That motivated me because I saw that I could come back. Rehab was definitely my sport at the time.”

There was never a question that she would stay connected with her Collegiate teammates.

“I went to almost every game and practice for field hockey and basketball,” she says, “but it was tough to watch because I went from starter to the sideline, and I thought I could really help sometimes.”

That said…

“I really liked watching our team grow and watching players get better,” she adds.

“I’ve always been a positive person, and I stayed pretty positive throughout and had a chance to learn more about myself.”

She returned to lacrosse last spring albeit initially in a limited role.

“At the start of the season, I was only allowed to play one quarter, then progressively two, then three, then finally the whole

game,” she says. “Even then, I wasn’t allowed to play midfield (her customary position). I had to play attack. I’m not running around as much like I am when I play midfield, and I learned to be a better attacker.”

Though Celie missed her recruiting summer, University of Rhode Island coach Jenna Slowey, who coached her on a travel team several years ago and had seen her play for Collegiate, offered her a chance to join the Rams’ program. She verbally committed and will sign her letter of intent on Nov. 13.

First things first, though.

It’s hockey season, and it’ll be up to her and fellow captains Maris Smutz and Katherine Rausch to set the tone for a top-tier team that lost highly decorated stalwarts Heidi Albrecht ’24, Mary Katherine Brost ’24, and Callie Rogers ’24 to graduation. Challenge accepted, she said.

“Not only am I super excited to be back,” Celie says, “but I’ve noticed so much growth in my teammates. I’m really excited to see how my teammates and I will fit into the roles of those [graduated] players and how we’ll continue to grow.”

Celie will anchor the defense from her left back position.

“Her awareness on the field, conditioning, athleticism, and presence have been really big difference makers through pre-season,” says Coach Kelsey Smither. “We’re very excited to have her back. She has a fantastic attitude, and she’s a great teammate. Her focus is building other people up and getting them excited.”

Celie is back to playing, Smither noted, with palpable vigor, zeal, and joie de vivre.

“Tearing your ACL, rehabbing, and coming back really makes you appreciate sports a lot,” Celie says. “This will be my last season of hockey. I’m just so happy to be back. I remember when I was a Freshman and people cheered for me. I want to be the person who does that. Somebody told me once that people who have torn their ACL will always have something nobody else will ever have, which is the motivation, that push and that gratitude to be back on the field.”

Photography courtesy of Maggie Bowman ’23.

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POWERFUL PRESENCE Xay Davis ’25 is no longer the aspiring youngster. He’s now The Man.

By Weldon Bradshaw

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Davis ’25 was the up-andcoming young athlete, prodigiously talented, possessed of uncommon speed, power, and agility, and eager to make his mark in three varsity-level sports at Collegiate.

He was astute enough to know, though, that he wouldn’t achieve success in football, basketball, or track with physical ability alone, so he sought out

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role models who set the tone and provided positive examples.

In the fall of 2022, one was Wyatt King ’23, a starting running back until a leg injury ended his season and Xay, who played JV the year before, stepped into the breach.

“After he got hurt, he taught me how I could improve,” Xay says. “He broke down film and showed me what I needed to do.

I really appreciated that.”

In the winter, it was J.B. Bell ’22 and Jalen Pierce ’22, both of whom went on to play college basketball, Bell at Marymount and Pierce at Millersville. In the spring, it was Krystian Williams ’23, a sprinter/jumper par excellence who went on to play football for Virginia Tech.

As Xay enters his Senior year, the tables have turned.

He’s no longer the aspiring youngster. He’s The Man.

“I just want to make an impact on Collegiate,” he says. “If I teach people what I’ve learned, they can start further along than I started.”

That, friends, is Xay Davis at his best, for he’s committed not just to achieving personal excellence but to leading as he has been led.

“Athletically, Xay is like no other player we’ve ever had since I’ve been here,” says Collin

Photography courtesy of Maggie Bowman ’23.

The team loves him. They feed off him. They know they’re OK having him by their side.”

McConaghy, Collegiate’s head football coach. “He’s our jack of all trades, our Swiss Army knife.

He has the ability to run, jump, catch, cut and do everything you need a running back/receiver to do. What’s special about him is that he’s such a humble kid. He’s continued to work to get better.

He encourages those around him. His leadership ability has gone through the roof.”

As a Junior, Xay, who’s 5-11, 195, rushed 72 times for 408 yards as a running back and caught 50 passes for 496 yards and four touchdowns as a slot receiver. He also averaged 20.2 yards on kickoff returns and 24.7 yards on punt returns. His accomplishments earned him All-VISAA honors as both an athlete (first team) and receiver (second team). He was also cited as honorable mention All-Metro.

Suffice it to say that he’ll pull yeoman’s duty in the offensive backfield this fall. He’ll also continue to return punts and kickoffs and will move into a starting role at middle linebacker in the Cougars’ base 4-3 defense.

“Xay is too special not to have him on the field whenever we can as long as we can manage him and make sure he’s finishing the game and not cramping up,” McConaghy says. “He has the ability to impact every single play, and he can do it from literally any position. He’ll play everywhere we need him, and he’ll be more than happy to do that to help his team.”

A three-star recruit, Xay drew considerable interest from college recruiters. In late April, he verbally committed to play for the University of Virginia.

“I got the offer going into my Junior year two weeks after I went to camp there,” he says. “I just really loved the atmosphere at UVA. I’ve been to a couple of games. I got to know the coaches and players and really enjoyed

being with them. I feel like that’s where I fit in best.”

That said, the recruiting has continued, and he’s received two more offers since he made his announcement. Though he can’t sign his binding letter of intent until Dec. 4, Xay is a man of his word.

“I feel like before I make a commitment, I want to know if that’s what I want and where I really want to go,” he says, “so when other opportunities come along, I know I won’t switch.”

When Xay heads off to Charlottesville next summer, he’ll leave basketball, his favorite childhood sport, and track and field behind. Before he goes, though, he’ll complete his high school career in both.

“This [winter] will be my last time playing organized basketball,” he says. “And track…I really like track. My friends are on the team. It’s really fun to hang out with them and do something I love.”

Xay has played varsity basketball the past two years. As a Sophomore, he came off the bench. As a Junior, he started at guard.

“Xay is one of the most athletic and versatile defenders in the Prep League,” says Del Harris, who stepped down following the 2024 season after heading the Cougars’ basketball program for eight years. “He’s willing to play any role asked of him and often played bigger than his size and out of position.

He’s a selfless teammate and a joy to coach.”

Xay began varsity track in the 8th Grade as a sprinter and jumper. He’s recorded personal bests of 11.15 in the 100, 24.33 in the 200, 22-3.75 in the long jump, and 42-9.5 in the triple jump. Last spring, he placed second in the league and third in the state in both horizontal jump events.

Despite his dedication to and enjoyment of his three sports of choice, Xay’s focus this summer was football. He’s trained intensely and intently at Onyx Elite, with running back trainer Daniel “Bullet” Jenkins, and with his Collegiate teammates at open gym workout sessions.

He’s also spent time strengthening his relationships with Senior quarterback Jack Callaghan ’25, a University of Richmond commit, and other Cougar receivers.

“Xay and I have grown to be really close both on and off the field the past four years,” Callaghan says. “Being able to challenge each other [in a positive manner] in practice has been amazing. He’s a great resource for me. Being next to him in practice and games, talking through plays on the sideline in the middle of the game, and knowing that we’re always on the same page helps a lot.

“Xay is a super athlete. He’s a guy you can rely on because he always does the right thing.

He’ll run his routes at the right yardage. Our minds are synched up. I know where he’s going to be. He understands what I’m thinking and what I’m seeing.”

The Cougars began team workouts in earnest on Aug. 5 with their five captains (Xay, Callaghan, Blake Ingold, Jack Dooley, and Adam Sulanke) setting the tone. They open Aug. 30 with a home game against Armstrong, which reached the VHSL Class 2 state semifinals last fall.

Their plan is to improve on their 4-6 record a year ago. Xay, of course, is integral to that plan.

“The team loves him,” McConaghy says. “They feed off him.

They know they’re OK having him by their side. He gives everybody more confidence not just from what he says but by his presence. I couldn’t have better things to say about him. I’m glad he’s a Cougar.”

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THE FUTURE IS NOW While on paper it might look like an almost-back-to-the-drawing-board situation for the girls varsity tennis team, hope reigns supreme, and the future could very well be now. By Weldon Bradshaw

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EPLACING FOUR SENIOR starters who

led Collegiate’s varsity girls tennis team to three state and two league championships in the post-Covid years might appear to be a daunting task.

Not so much, said Coach Allyson Brand.

Sure, Elizabeth Mendoza ’24, a four-time All-League of Independent Schools and AllVISAA and three-time All-Metro performer, who twice earned state and metro player of the year honors, now competes for Virginia Tech.

Sure, Sophie Sands ’24 (No. 4 singles, No. 1 doubles), McKenna Boardman ’24 (No. 5 singles, No. 3 doubles), and Abby Rosenstock ’24 (No. 6 singles, No. 3 doubles), all highly decorated, also headed off to college in August.

The tennis cupboard isn’t bare, however.

Not by any stretch of the imagination.

Returning are last year’s No. 2, Rita Taylor ’26, and No. 3, Caroline Lee ’28, who also comprised the Cougars’ No. 2 doubles team, and a supremely talented group of 8th Graders, many of whom could have played at the varsity level last fall if 7th Grade participation was allowed under league and state guidelines, has moved up.

While on paper it’s an almost-back-tothe-drawing-board situation, hope reigns supreme, and the future, actually, could very well be now.

“This year is different,” said Brand, who’s heading Collegiate’s girls tennis program for the fifth season. “We haven’t had much change in our starting lineup [the past three years]. It’s fun to have the new energy. Just from the first matches, the younger players are ready. We definitely have great potential.”

Caroline, a Freshman, has claimed the No. 1 singles spot, Rita, a Junior, plays No. 2, Freshman Kishori Vohra ’28 No. 3, and 8th Graders Ellie Purcell ’29, Jaya Agarwal ’29, and Sloan Sullivan ’29 Nos. 4, 5, and 6, respectively.

The doubles teams, at least for now, are Caroline and Rita at No. 1, Vohra and Agarwal at No. 2, and Sloan and 8th Grader Ella Williams ’29 at No. 3.

“Our doubles lineup is very fluid since we have so many new players,” Brand said.

“We’re trying to find the best combinations of styles of play and chemistry on the court.

I have confidence that we have a deep team and am comfortable playing lower in our singles and doubles ladder if and when needed.”

Coaching young players untested at the varsity level who will square off with opponents as much as five years older presents challenges, but they’re good challenges.

“We stay positive with them,” Brand said.

“We encourage them and [let them know] that they have the shots and they have to believe they can execute when they’re out there. We always start out with team goals.

What we really try to focus on are the daily habits. We’re not necessarily thinking long term yet.”

In training sessions, the Cougars break into two equal teams. The purpose, albeit subtle, is to heighten competitive spirit with the hope that when tournament time arrives, squad members, young and seasoned, will defend the program’s legacy of excellence with passion, confidence, and excellence without apprehension.

“Here’s an example from yesterday,” Brand said one afternoon as she sat in the team room in the Williams-Bollettieri Tennis Complex and waited out a weather delay. “On one court, we were doing one drill.

We put two girls from one intra-squad team against two from the other. Then we did rotations. On another court, we did a doubles drill and a volley drill on another and a serve drill on another. When we rotated, I kept track of how many points they earned for their team. Once we started adding up points, it’s interesting how it raised their intensity level.”

So far, so good.

“The younger players are ready for singles matches,” Brand said. “That’s what you play first when you’re younger. They haven’t played as much doubles that you see at a higher level. Every day in practice, we’re getting them to play against girls that have been on the team so they can see the harder balls and the variety [of shots]. We want them to see that it’s OK to make mistakes.

The important thing is to learn from them, where to go from them, and how to grow from them.”

Four seniors, Betsy Clarke ’25, Carly Barnes ’25, Annie Reed ’25, and Perry Smith ’25, serve as captains. Their primary role is to serve as positive role models and inspirations for the younger generation.

“We definitely have a lot of new and young players, but, honestly, they all fit in, which is awesome,” Betsy said. “It really doesn’t feel like we have a wide variety of ages. It almost feels like we’re all the same age. The captains aren’t even in the [regular starting] lineup, so our job is to bring the team together and make sure everyone feels like they’re contributing. The younger girls contribute with wins on the court. The older girls contribute because they’re mentors.”

With a younger lineup, are the expectations for championships lower?

“We don’t feel that way at all,” Betsy added. “This year, there’s almost more of an expectation to win. People are more excited about the new players and their potential and what they can add.”

In the annual day-by-day grind, the question, then, is: Can this new-look Collegiate tennis team deliver yet again?

“Every year is different,” Brand said. “It’s usually not until a month or six weeks into the season when you’ve played every team once and see how you do. That’s when you’re thinking, Is this a possibility?”

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The Power of Invitation With more than three decades of experience in education, new Head of School Jeff Mancabelli is well positioned to embrace and uphold the values and traditions of Collegiate, which will set the School up for future prosperity.

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Jeff Mancabelli believes in the power of invitation. If half of life is about showing up and being present, then the other half is about being welcomed in — whether that is to a conversation, classroom, or opportunity — and bringing as many other people along with you in the process. Mancabelli does both with an encouraging warmth.

“Much of my personality revolves around welcoming others and truly getting to know them,” Mancabelli says as he reflects on a career that has ultimately led him to Collegiate, where he serves as the new Head of

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School. “This deep sense of connection has profoundly shaped who I am and continues to inspire my journey.”

Mancabelli’s career began, back in 1991, when a mentor of his invited him into the field of education, encouraging him to apply as a Residential Prefect to Georgetown Preparatory School. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Scranton, Mancabelli moved to Washington, D.C. During the day, Mancabelli worked in employee relations for Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). At night, shortly after he clocked out at NCIS, he took care of 25 freshmen in the international boarding program at Georgetown Preparatory. As a Residential Prefect, he had to wear the many hats of an educator — the instructor, the disciplinarian, the father, the advisor, the friend, the counselor. He learned the importance of connection in education and the importance of being invited to connect with students.

A year later, in 1992, he became a full-time educator when he was in-

vited to apply to the position of Assistant Dean of the Resident School at Georgetown Preparatory. His duty became fully engrossing himself in the daily currents of education. “My life became intertwined with the ebb and flow of the school and its students,” Mancabelli explains. “A significant part of my interactions involved inviting students to share their stories and experiences, while also being open to being welcomed into their lives.”

After serving eight years at Georgetown Preparatory — his final post as Dean of the Resident School, a position he held for five years — he was invited to explore St. John’s College High School. In 1999, Mancabelli accepted the post of Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs/ Middle School Head. Similar to his immersion in all things Collegiate — its history, its traditions, its core values, its people — Mancabelli, having been welcomed in by St. John’s leaders, became engrossed in the history and culture of the school. Mancabelli has an enthusiasm for the history of institutions, and he leans on the

foundation of schools to continue fulfilling the mission and growing the educational atmosphere.

In 2010, Mancabelli became the president of St. John’s and, one year later, completed a comprehensive campus master plan and began laying the groundwork for the first of two capital campaigns. With more than three decades of this kind of plan-specific experience in education, Mancabelli brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Collegiate that will set the School up for future success, especially when putting our Strategic Plan into action. “In just a few short months, Jeff has exhibited love of the Collegiate community and great respect for the School’s history and core values,” says Brandt Surgner, Chair of the Board of Trustees. “He’s not only a proven leader in independent school education, but even more importantly he understands that building and maintaining strong relationships throughout a school community is the foundational fabric of a successful institution. For Jeff, everyone is known, everyone has a name, and everyone is valued.”

Serving as president at St. John’s for the last decade, Mancabelli wasn’t looking for work when an old friend invited him to discover Collegiate by way of a conversation with alumna Susie Benson ’62. The two sat across from each other as Benson reveled in her memories of the institution that shaped her. “She was telling me these stories as if they happened yesterday,” Mancabelli recalls. “One of the things that I remember her talking about was the joy and excitement of her time at Collegiate. She spoke about the relationships she made as a young girl in 2nd Grade that she still holds to this day. The longevity of those connections speak volumes to the community she grew up in.

“I was so moved with her stories of what this community is — and what her memories were — that after three hours of speaking with her I applied to Collegiate because I wanted to be part of this community.”

In his first year as Collegiate’s Head of School, the 18th leader in a line of great leaders, Mancabelli is embracing the School’s history while

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Our strength is rooted in our mission. To sustain our success, it is crucial that we make decisions through the lens of that mission. I am truly honored to be the next steward of this incredible community.”

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He’s not only a proven leader in independent school education, but even more importantly he understands that building and maintaining strong relationships throughout a school community is the foundational fabric of a successful institution. For Jeff, everyone is known, everyone has a name, and everyone is valued.”

also anticipating what is next for Collegiate’s future. “Collegiate has thrived for 109 years because we have embraced the core values upon which our institution was founded in 1915,” he says. “Our strength is rooted in our mission. To sustain our success, it is crucial that we make decisions through the lens of that mission. I am truly honored to be the next steward of this incredible community.”

He speaks deliberately and without patent hurry, always at great pains, in his delivery, to get across a simple message. It’s fulfilling the mission of the School that matters, it’s embracing the values and traditions that have upheld us since the School was founded.

Fulfilling that mission involves knowing each student, each faculty member, and each family individually.

His educational ethos hasn’t changed

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since he began his career in teaching.

The fact that Collegiate shares the same approach to education — that every student is known and cared for as an individual — is what excites him about joining the Cougar community. “Seeing that personal interaction between teacher and student is special,” he says. “There’s a phrase I use regularly, which is that students need to be noticed, named, and known. If there’s one thing that you can say unequivocally about Collegiate it’s that when you walk around this campus, and you talk to anyone who works here, you realize that the students are known very well and deeply cared for. At Collegiate you’re known as an individual and you’re supported by the community.”

One of the first people Mancabelli came to know when he was hired as Head of School, in May 2023, was Upper School librarian and archivist Ben Lamb. It was a connection that opened the door to Collegiate’s rich history. In their initial conversations together, Mancabelli learned about Collegiate’s five core values and their

rootedness in every aspect of school life. Since Collegiate’s founding, the core values, which were codified in 1993 and became a formal part of the School’s character, have been ingrained in all facets of the institution’s being. If you spend any time talking to Mancabelli, you quickly realize that honor, love of learning, excellence, respect, and community are deeply rooted in him, too. These aren’t just words to him; they are the foundation of the School, a philosophy of character that allows Collegiate to fulfill its mission.

“These values are embodied by the students who walk these halls every day,” he says. “From the moment they step on campus until the day they receive their diplomas, our faculty and staff not only teach these values but exemplify them in everything they do.”

To both embrace the core values of the School and get to know each student, Mancabelli is spending time in each division, beginning in the Lower School, which he says is one of the best places to see the love of

learning in action. On the coffee table in his office, Mancabelli has stacked a tall pile of children’s books that he plans on reading to Lower Schoolers.

His favorite book to read so far has been Frank and Bert, by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, about two friends who learn that friendship is more important than winning. His face becomes a full, bright smile talking about his Lower School readings.

One of his intentions for the year is to highlight the joy he sees in every aspect of school life and recognize all the great work by the faculty and staff, reinforcing a love of learning.

The School’s greatest strength is understanding the needs of each student and responding to those needs.

It starts with the small interactions.

This is the path forward: attuning ourselves to the little moments of connection while simultaneously expanding on the School’s history. Invitations in education come in many forms — whether it’s teachers welcoming students into the learning environment or fostering meaningful interactions between the Head of School and a class

of Lower Schoolers. Both create sparks of joy, connection, and discovery.

Towards the end of the first day of school, a Senior, as she was driving home on North Mooreland Road, rolled down her window to ask Mancabelli how his first day went. “There was no better way to end my day,” Mancabelli says. It was yet another form of invitation — one of welcoming Mancabelli to Collegiate. A student’s education is built on moments of invitation. “The students at Collegiate embrace these opportunities with confidence,” Mancabelli says of the interaction. He’s equally as excited to be part of this community, getting to know everyone’s own unique and distinct story. “I gladly accept that invitation. There’s so many great things that we can do together here.”

The Mancabelli family: Nick, Tracie, Leah, Alexa, and Jeff.

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LETTER FROM THE

Chief Development Officer

Dear Collegiate Community, As I watched my twins graduate from Collegiate this past May with 139 of their classmates, I thought back to the many opportunities that were offered to them at Collegiate that set them on the right path, helping shape them into the young adults they are now.

I was filled with gratitude for their opportunity to enjoy the full Collegiate experience.

They sampled a variety of athletic offerings.

They dove into the rigors of our many service-learning programs. They explored the complex fun of our robotics team. Both of them enjoyed enriching, enlightening travel experiences. Every opportunity they have been lucky enough to have here has prepared them for the world beyond Collegiate.

During Commencement, I also reflected on the number of people who cared for my children along the way. Every teacher at the School, every coach, every counselor, every academic service advisor — each one of them invested not only in my children, but in every one of our students.

Every person at Collegiate benefits from the generosity of our community. Our students are able to have these — and many other — transformative experiences because they are made possible through generous

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support of endowments, which are created by family and friends of Collegiate. Fundraising helps our students grow and succeed.

Gifts to endowments and the Collegiate Fund allow teachers to grow, too. Because of philanthropic support, teachers are able to pursue faculty professional development, enhancing their skills and passion for education, which directly translates to the quality of education our students receive.

No matter the experience — whether a student is able to enroll in a summer program at Harvard to learn about the mathematical elements of artificial intelligence or a teacher travels to Ghana to learn the traditional craft of Kente cloth weaving (see pages 12 and 16, respectively, for more in-depth stories on these experiences) — these opportunities, big and small, are driven by your ongoing commitment to Collegiate.

We extend sincere gratitude to our alumni, parents, and friends, who consistently prioritize Collegiate. Your support strengthens our community and the experience for all of our students.

With gratitude, Kristen Williams P ’24 ’24 Chief Development Officer

MEET THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

MARIA COBB P ’28 ’31 Associate Director of Development

FRANCES COLEMAN ’92 P ’19 ’22

MAVORA DONOGHUE ’96 P ’28 ’30

SAMANTHA HUBER ’03 P ’33 ’35

Director of Parent/Family Relations

Assistant Director of Collegiate Fund

Director of Collegiate Fund

ALEX NEILSON ’14

EMILY RINEHARDT

ANNE GRAY SIEBERT ’97 P ’27 ’29 ’31 ’34

Development Assistant

Director of Special Events

Director of Alumni Engagement

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Bristow 1986 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Brizzolara Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Broadbent, Jr. 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Broaddus Mr. and Mrs. William G. Broaddus Mr. Matthew Alan Brock 1998 Mrs. Peggy Talman Brockenbrough and Mr. Austin Brockenbrough III Mr. and Mrs. David Brooks Mr. Scott Carrington Brooks 1986 Gail and Gray Broughton Mr. and Mrs. Turner A. Broughton Ms. Angela H. Brown Mr. Charles D. Brown 1984 Mrs. Grace Wallace Brown 1948 Mr. Haskell C. Brown III Ms. Kathrin Schwarzchild Brown 1965 Mrs. Lloyd Hall Brown 1964 Ms. Mary Mason Brown 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Brown Dr. and Mrs. Michael H. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Orran L. Brown, Jr. Dr. Shantelle L. Brown and Mr. Robert W. Brown Ms. Tangee S. Brown Mrs. Nancy Kennon Bruchbacher 1975 Nancy Bruchbacher Charitable Fund Mrs. Amanda Johnson Brumbaugh 2011 Ms. Heather Bruneau Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Bruni 2010, 2009 Mr. Bruce D. Bruning and Ms. Lisa D. Barnett Mr. Lee Brunjes and Dr. Danielle Gong Mr. and Mrs. T.W. Bruno Ms. Blanche Bruns The Bryant Foundation Emily and Gray Bryant Tori O’Shea Bryant 2008 and Taylor Bryant Ms. Margaret S. Bryson 1962 BSN Sports Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Buckingham IV 1970 Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Buhrman 1972 Ms. Katherine M. Bulifant Mr. and Mrs. I. Gerald Bullock 1988 Mrs. Tauchanna Bullock Ms. Alexandra Clark Burfeind 2009 Ms. Madison Leigh Burfeind 2013 Ms. Sara Anne Burford 1972 Ms. Elizabeth Madison Burger 2016 Ms. Tara R. Burgess Mr. and Mrs. Laurance G. Burke 1968 Ms. Sarah Addison Burke 2016 Mrs. Emily Bland Burkitt 2015 Mr. Trip Burnett and Mrs. Erin Burnett Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Burr, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Margraf Bussard 1963

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Mrs. Elsie Bustamante Mr. and Ms. Timothy Butcher Mr. Christopher LeBaron Butler 1994 Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Butler Mr. and Mrs. David A. Byford Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Byrd III 2002 Mr. James Alexander Byrd 2014 Dr. Peter Byron and Dr. Siân Byron Dr. Rhiannon Kate Byron 2010 Eda H. Cabaniss Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cabaniss, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cabaniss III 1988 Mrs. Sarah Austin Cain 2013 Mrs. Susan Stokes Call 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Callaghan Mr. and Mrs. Javier Calle Camp Mont Shenandoah Mr. Carroll Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Campbell 2000 Ms. Margaret H. Campbell 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Carley Carmax Foundation Mrs. Christina Merchant Carpenter 2005 Mr. and Mrs. James Carr Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Carter 1977 Mr. James M. Carter and Mrs. Domica W. Winstead Carter Ms. Ramsey Katherine Carter 2008 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Carter 1974, 1974 Mr. and Mrs. W. Hall Carter, Jr. 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Cary 1956 Ms. Shannon Castelo Dr. and Mrs. Michael Catoggio Mr. and Mrs. John D. Catterton 1976 Ms. Alexa Elizabeth Cochran Cecil 2012 Mr. Wilson Randolph Strother Cecil 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Chambers Mrs. Anne Ratcliffe Chamblee 1980 Dr. and Mrs. Nevan N. Chang Mrs. Jill Harthun Chao 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Mason T. Chapman 1984 Mr. and Mrs. Page Chapman IV Mr. William H. Chapman, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Ann Rodriguez-Chapman Mrs. Christine Thexton Chappell 2011 Mr. William Bates Chappell, Jr. 1990 Mrs. Sharon L. Charles Dr. and Mrs. Peter Charvat Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarke Chase Ms. Sarah Massie Chase 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Chasen

Wayne and Nancy Chasen Family Fund Mrs. Mary R. Chavent Mr. and Mrs. M. Deane Cheatham III 1984, 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Cheek Drs. Stephen and Victoria Davis Chen Mr. and Mrs. J. Cabell Chenault IV 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Yuriy Cherepnya 2008 Mrs. Elizabeth Everett Cherkis 1986 Cherry Grove Foundation Mrs. Molly Lawson Childress 1997 Mr. and Mrs. William Childrey 1968 Mrs. Kimberly Frazier Childs 2003 Ms. Missy McGurn Chiles 2003 Ms. Kristine Chiodo Dr. Suzzette F. Chopin Mrs. Elizabeth Rosebro Chriss 2009 Jamie and Jenny Christensen Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Christian 1977 Dr. and Mrs. James T. Christmas Citizens Charitable Foundation Ms. Deborah A. Clabo Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton S. Clark III Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Miles H. Clarkson Mr. David T. Clary 1984 and Mrs. Michaela J. Clary Mrs. Lindsey Reames Claud 1987 Ms. Sydney Claud Ms. Julie Clay Mr. and Mrs. David J. Clemans Ms. Catherine E. Clements Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Clements Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Clevenger Ms. Ellen Clore 1970 Mr. George Saffer Cobb 2028 Mr. Henry Thornton Cobb 2031 Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Cobb Louise B. Cochrane Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cocke 1957 Ms. Elizabeth H. Cockriel 1971 Erica and Kevin Coffey Ms. Katherine Meyers Cohen 1969 Mrs. Katherine Tompkins Colavita 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Cole III Mr. John B. Cole 2015 Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D. 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Clay M. Coleman 1989, 1992 Mr. and Mrs. Custis Lansing Coleman, Jr. 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Ron O. Coleman Collegiate School Parents’ Association Mr. H. Guy Collier 1968 Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Collins III Mrs. Jean Nickel Collins 1964 Collins Deskevich Family Foundation

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY

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t’s a Tuesday in late October, four days before Homecoming, and Ernie Dettbarn ’94 P ’36 and Meredith Carr P ’33 ’35 ’37 have been speaking to Collegiate friends all morning. Dettbarn and Carr, along with a handful of other dedicated alumni and parents, sit jovially around tables in Centennial Hall, as part of the School’s phonathon, giving the Collegiate community a call with the intention of connecting them back to the School. It’s a beautiful day on campus: Sunlight filters through weightless clouds and splashes with warmth on the first few students out for recess at Fort Cougar. The windows of Centennial Hall sparkle with light. Those operating the phones smilingly glide through their calls, happy to be part of this effort they feel is bigger than themselves. “It’s such a gift to come back here and reconnect with some of the people I know that I went to Collegiate with,” Dettbarn says. “Of all the things I have to do as an adult, coming here — whether it’s to read to my daughter’s class or hand out coffee to parents or call fellow alumni — is the best thing I do all day. This is such a fun, joyful place.”

Holding that joy and offering it up to others in the community is part of the charge Dettbarn and Carr have taken on as Class Connectors, a group of Collegiate alumni and parents who share the goal of bringing people together in the spirit of philanthropically supporting the School. Both bear smiles that invite warmth and both speak of their involvement with the School in terms of enthusiastic pleasure, not of burdens. “The reason why I volunteer and give back to Collegiate is because every single morning my children are excited and happy to come to school here, and that enthusiasm is contagious,” Carr says. “Collegiate instills in my kids this love of learning and curiosity that you cannot make up. So giving back in any way is my means of saying thank you.”

For the Class Connectors, their time and efforts are gifts they give out of gratitude — all in the name of making Collegiate a more vibrant educational community. Their duty is bringing people together, and they exact their mission with a sense of pride and urgency to sustain the School. Dettbarn reflects fondly on the experiences Collegiate gave him as a student here, and it’s his intention to pay those gifts forward. “For me, I’ve realized as I’ve gotten older that Collegiate is greater than the sum of its parts,” Dettbarn says. “It’s more important than any one person or class. It’s about sustaining its mission in perpetuity. I want to see the institution thrive not just for my children but for the entire community.”

It’s because of the beauty of a Collegiate education that they give back and encourage others to do the same. Dettbarn and Carr witness the magic of Collegiate firsthand through their personal experiences and through their children’s growth. So when they’re speaking to Collegiate friends during a phonathon, running into them in the local grocery store, or chatting at a football game, the message the Class Connectors deliver is clear: this is a magical place, so come join us in supporting that magic.

“Last year, when my son was going into 2nd Grade, I asked him who his favorite Collegiate teacher has been so far,” Carr explains.

“He then proceeded to name every single one of his teachers. The teachers are showing up for our kids and nurturing them and making them happy. So as a community I see it as our job to help maintain that effort and support the faculty and staff. Ultimately, I support Collegiate with my time and any financial resources because I feel it’s my duty and obligation to give back because of how much they give me and my children.”

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Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Comess 2003 Mrs. Patricia S. Comess Commonwealth Foundations Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Condyles 1980 Ms. Helen Virgini Congdon 2036 Mr. Jeffrey Whitefield Congdon III 2034 Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitefield Congdon, Jr. 2002, 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Ian R. Conner Ms. Mary Maxwell Conner 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Connor Mrs. Adrienne Gould Constine 1955 Ms. Jo Ellen Constine 1987 and Mr. Robert M. King Mr. Jack Edward Cooke 2015 Shayna and Brad Cooke G. Dallas & Betty C. Coons Trust Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Copeland Mr. Andrew Henry Cornell 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Will Cosby 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Cosby 1976, 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Dana T. Costin Mrs. Anne Walker Cotton 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Wellington W. Cottrell IV 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Coulbourn

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Ms. Christy Counts Mr. and Mrs. Noel Counts Mr. and Mrs. James B. Cowperthwait Ms. Laura H. Cowperthwait Mr. and Mrs. Peyton F. Cox 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Crabill Ms. Keller Craig Mrs. Lisa Craig Mrs. Beese D. Craigie Craigie Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bryan S. Cram Mrs. Teresa Yancey Crane 1975 Ms. Bonnie L. Crater 1980 Mrs. Gretchen Loree Crawford 1987 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Cribbs Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Cribbs, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cricchi Mr. William Coleman Cricchi 2014 Mr. and Mrs. L. William Cropper III Mr. Bryan Page Crosby 2001 Mr. and Mrs. E. Bradley Crosby 1978, 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Crosthwaite

Mrs. Peggy Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Beverly L. Crump Mr. Sangesh S. Cudhail and Ms. Angela K. Bilkhu Mrs. Annie F. Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Cullen Cullen Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Cullen 2003 Laura and Richard Cullen Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Cullum Mrs. Julie Heiner Culp 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cumbo 2004 Ms. Kathryn E. Cunningham and Mr. Stephen J. Billings Mr. William Rives Curdts 1966 Ms. Hannah M. Curley Mr. and Mrs. Josh S. Curtis Mrs. Cary Dabney Dr. and Mrs. T. Todd Dabney, Jr. 1979 Mr. W. Taylor Dabney IV and Ms. Julia E. Pfaff Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Daly 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Tayloe M. Dameron Mr. Tayloe Murphy Braxton Dameron 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Dandridge, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. John M. Daniel III 1970 Mr. Joshua Philip Daniels 2007 Mr.* and Mrs. Edward C. Darling Dr. Tejwant S. Datta and Dr. Inderpreet K. Datta Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Daub III Mr. and Mrs. William H. Daughtrey III 2000 Dr. Akshay Dave’ and Ms. Norma Radvany Mr. Carlos Davenport Mrs. J. Sidney Davenport IV Mrs. Anne Coleman Davidson 1962 Mr. Richard M. Davis, Jr. Ms. Stacey Davis Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. De Witt 1991, 1993 Ms. Claire McKenzie Deal 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Dealto Mr. and Mrs. W. H. deButts III 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. DeCamps 1968 Mr. Christopher Duff DeCamps 2001 Mr. and Mrs. J. John DeGuenther Mrs. Jane G. Dematteis Mrs. Paula Brown Demosthenes 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Allan DeNiro Allan J. and M. Elaine Deniro Family Charitable Giving Fund Marie G. Dennett Foundation, Inc. Ms. Mason Anna Dennis 2019 Mr. William Tessin Derry 2003 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Desch 2006 Janet 1988 and Duane Deskevich Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Dettbarn III 1994 Mrs. Amy W. DeVoe Mr.* and Mrs. James A. DeVoe 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. DeVries, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Layfield Dewey 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Jason D. Di Gregorio Mrs. Courtney Carrell Diamond 2001 Mr. and Ms. Edward Lee Dickinson 2000 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dickinson Dr. Meredith Leigh Diehl 1995 Dr. Denise Margaret Dietz Mr. and Mrs. S. Preston Dillard 1991 Ms. Eleanor Catherine Dillon 2016 Mrs. Lyanna DiNardo Mrs. Elaine McCandlish Dinos 1999 Mr. Joseph Dise and Mrs. Virginie Henry Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Dobson Mr. Frank Heindl Doherty 1981 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dolan Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Domalik Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program Dr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Domson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Donahue, Jr. 1975 Donahue Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. David Donofrio, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Donoghue 1996 Mr. Brendan C. Donohoe and Dr. Krista L. Donohoe Mr. Brooks Callan Donohoe 2034 Ms. Mayme Donohue 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Dooley Mrs. Laura Austin Dormuth 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Douglas 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Doxey Mrs. Ashley Massie Doyle 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan P. Drake Mr. Coleman Patrick Drennan 2012 Mr. Ian Charles Drennan 2014 Mr. Stanley F. Druckenmiller 1971 Mrs. Lee Williams Drummond 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dudley Mr. and Mrs. James G. Dunn 1979 Ms. Sarah A. Dunn 2009 Ms. Tammy L. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Dunnington 2001 Ms. Susan W. Durham 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn T. Duty, Jr. Mr. Noah James Dziedzic 2014 Mrs. Jennifer G. Earle Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eastep Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard J. Eberl Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Eck III Mrs. Melissa Goodman Eckman 2003 Mr. David C. Edmonds 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Edmunds, Jr. Mr. Hugh G. Edmunds III 1989 Mrs. Nancy Page Hall Edmunds 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Edmunds II Mrs. Virginia Edmunds Mr. W. Holt Edmunds IV The Edmunds Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Edwards 2004 Mrs. Hillary Ross Einwick 2001 Mrs. Kristen Ekey 2001 Mr. Robert Gareth Ellis 1996 Mr. Craig T. Ely Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Ennis Mr. Brian Enroughty and Mrs. Michelle Williams Mr. and Mrs. Gil Entzminger Mr. Tom Epps Erda-Mahler Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Escalante Estee Lauder Companies Estes Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Neil Etheridge Mr. and Mrs. Sandford G. Etherington III Etsy Mr. Henry Allen Evans 2012

Mr. Jay C. Evans and Dr. Wendy C. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Evans Mrs. Margaret Evans Mr. and Mrs. Michael Everett Mrs. Sarah B. Everett Exxon Mobil Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Brendan T. Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Failon Mr. and Mrs. Grabille S. Fain 2007 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fain 1974 Ms. Laura Courtney Fain 2001 Fain Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Fairlamb III 1973, 1982 Ms. Emily C. Fano Ms. Ellen Faris Mr. and Mrs. Peter N. Farley Mr. and Mrs. Neil P. Farmer 1974, 1976 Mr. William Page Farmer 2005 Mrs. Anne Garland Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Farrell 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart T. Farrell 2003 Mrs. Joseph C. Farrell Farrell Family Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Farren IV Mrs. C. Aubrey Featherston, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Featherston III 1987 Mrs. Amanda Lannon Featherstone 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh M. Felton IV Mr. Braden Kemper Felts 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Felts Mr. and Mrs. John D. Fergusson 1981 Dr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Fergusson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ferman Ms. Alexandra Frances Ferrell 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Leavenworth M. Ferrell II 1988 Ms. Susan Farley Ferrell 1964 Mrs. Joan McCormack Ferrill 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ferry Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ferry, Jr. 1996 Mr. George B. Field III 1971 Ms. Laura L. Fields Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fierro II Mrs. Marie Achtemeier Finch 1977 Mrs. Frances Mullen Fink 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Finnegan Mr. and Mrs. James I. Finney III 1978 Ms. Parke Finold 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan R. Fisher 1993 Mrs. Carolyn Rivers Fitzgerald 2012 Mrs. Frances Craigie Fitzgerald 1981 Ms. Anne Garland Fitz-Hugh 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Fleming 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Rives Fleming III 1983 Mrs. Elizabeth Conner Flippen 1967

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2024 SPRING & PARTY AUCTION SPONSORS HIGHEST BIDDER Wortie Ferrell, Davenport & Company LLC Frontier Investment Group of Raymond James Joyner Fine Properties Page Auto Group SERVPRO of Richmond

BID IT UP 3Chopt Investment Partners Capital Dental Design Children’s Dentistry of Virginia Colonial Veterinary Hospital Estes Express Lines Noah Greenbaum, Canal Capital Management Harris Williams HJC Family Foundation KDW Home Lingerfelt McGuireWoods River City Veterinary Hospital RVA Allergy, LLC Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville Real Estate Stanwix Plastic Surgery Stoever & Palmore Investment Group VSC Fire & Security Inc. Williams Mullen

RAISE YOUR PAW Abilene Motor Express Anton Paar, USA, Inc. Branch Builders Tim Call, The Capital Management Corporation CSC Leasing Company C.T. Purcell, Inc. Endodontic Partners Gardner & La Rochelle Orthodontics James River Construction James River Family Dentistry Marsh & McLennan Agency Master Electrical Services, LLC Drs. Miller & Beitz Moran Reeves Conn Truist Dr. Kelley A. von Elten and Mr. Alexander S. von Elten

OPENING BID Doswell Orthodontics Drs. Duff & Richardson F.G. Pruitt, Inc. Fancy Sprouts

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TICKET SPONSORS Most Wanted Jana and John Barnes P ’23 ’25 ’26 Camma and Scott Myers P ’26 Roma and Audrius Petkauskas P ’26 Desperado Duo Melissa and Brad Jiulianti P ’29 ’31 Amber and Ryan Leggett P ’34 ’36 Lia and Chris Mooney P ’28 ’31 Carrie and Thayer Montague P ’23 ’25 ’27 Akta and Vik Mukherjee P ’28 ’30 Penny and Billy Peebles Liz and Will Perkins P ’31 ’37 Ginnie ’01 and Chris Price P ’35 ’37 Leah and G.C. ’93 Robinson P ’24 ’26 Elizabeth Dolan Wright ‘01 and J.D. Wright P ’33 ’35

2024 SPRING PARTY & AUCTION HOST COMMITTEE Crishawn and Twann Atkins P ’26 ’28 ’31 Hayes and Joe ’99 Blackburn P ’27 ’29 Lori and Tommy Clements P ’32 Aalya and Adam Crowl P ’25 ’28 ’31 ’34 Amanda and Jeff ’97 Galanti P ’28 ’29 ’33 Trisha Krause and Sanjay Bhagchandani P ’31 Emily and Kyle Laux P ’32 ’34 Lia and Chris Mooney P ’28 ’31 Liz Mountjoy and Brian Voss P ’29 ’31 Akta and Vik Mukherjee P ’28 ’30 Liane and Nick Pace P ’23 ’26 ’30 Margaret ’90 and Ben Pace P ’22 ’24 Liz and Will Perkins P ’31 ’37 Christa and Brandon Santos P ’28 ’30 ’35 Kelley and Alec von Elten P ’31 ’33 ’36 Michelle Williams and Brian Enroughty P ’29 Sarah and Madison ’89 Wootton P ’22 ’27 Ericka and Alvaro Zeballos P ’21 ’23 ’23 ’25 Decorations: Kristen Harris P ’26 ’28 Nicole Holland P ’26

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entle sunlight breaks through rain, bathing the 141 Seniors of the Class of 2024 in a blanket of warmth on their graduation day, and Kathryn and Jason Angus ’93, watching their son Walker participate in this significant event, radiate with admiration. For the last 13 years, Walker has grown and learned under the diligent tutelage of a Collegiate education, and now, enrolling at Hampden-Sydney College, he’s off to continue down the path Collegiate set him on. Each year, students graduate, and that moment is the culmination of an entire community’s effort to foster responsible citizens of the world, and the Anguses realize getting to this moment takes a village.

It’s why, upon Walker’s graduation, the Anguses decided to give back to the School as an articulation of thanks for everything the School has given them. “Education can make the biggest difference in a student’s

life,” Jason says. “We have benefited from that, and I believe there is a responsibility of carrying that forward.”

Their support is a representation of appreciation, and it’s all in the name of furthering Collegiate’s impact on other students. From the time Walker entered Kindergarten at Collegiate, Kathryn and Jason noticed the careful attention each of Walker’s teachers gave him. It came in the form of a detailed, unique teaching approach. He was recognized, they realized, as an individual and embraced by the entire community. “Collegiate’s education is more than just a good academic experience,” Jason says. “It’s the overall community that Walker was surrounded by. That holistic approach every student and every family received leads to a much more successful educational outcome. It built a strong foundation for Walker for the rest of his life. ”

It’s because of the attentiveness of a Collegiate education that they give back. It’s about helping sustain a community that has provided them with so much. “Just because you graduated doesn’t mean that you’re suddenly separate from the community,” says Jason, who also benefited from an education at Collegiate. “No matter where you go, you’re still connected, and we want to make sure we invest in and support the community in the long run. We just had a sense of responsibility and gratitude to give back as a way of saying thank you.”

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Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Flynn Mr. Malcombe Rust Foley III 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Follansbee Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Fonville Mr. and Mrs. P. Mahood Fonville, Jr. 1988, 1988 Mr. and Mrs. George Foote Mr. and Ms. Joseph A. Forchione Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.C. Ford 1991, 1988 Mr. Stuart C. Ford 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Foster Mrs. Elizabeth Mason Foster 2009 Ms. Hannah Foster Dr. Kerwin Crayton Foster and Mrs. Faithea Flowers Foster Mr. Philip R. Foster and Ms. La Marr R. Daniel Ms. Helen Jane Fourness 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Fowler Mr. Edward Jordan Fox III 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. P. Fox 1986, 1986 Mr. and Mrs. R. Leigh Frackelton, Jr. 1973 Ms. Harriet A. Franklin 1961 Mrs. Winifred Fratkin Mr. and Mrs. John William Frazier

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Mr. and Mrs. Zachery R. Frederick Mrs. Elizabeth Levey Freeman 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Frei Mrs. Pearson Moore French 2005 Mrs. Anne Day Friddell 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm P. Friddell, Jr. 2002 Mr. Robert Day Friddell 2009 Alice 1997 and Alex Fruth Karen B. Frye Ms. Ling A. Fung-Wu Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Gaeser Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gaffney Mrs. Cheryl H. Gahagan Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Galanti 1997 Dr. Kimberly M. Galgano 1986 and Dr. Robert C. Galgano Dr. and Mrs. William C. Gallahan Ms. Caroline D. Gallalee 2011 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Drewry Gallalee 1973 Mr. Martin E. Galt, III Dr. and Mrs. Lee G. Gammon Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Gardiner 2005 Ms. Patricia A. Garland

Anna and Fleetwood Garner Family Mr. Thomas F. Garner, Jr. 1965 Mr. William Vaughan Garner 1967 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Garnett Mrs. Cornelia Whittet Garrett 1961 Mr. W. Clay Garrett and Ms. Charlotte P. McAfee Garrett Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Garson Ms. Clara Gaul Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gayle, Jr. 1967 Gayle Family Fund Mr. Mont D. Gaylord 1973 Ms. Lucy Quinn Gee 2036 Mr. Timothy Gee and Mrs. Ashley Tyler-Gee Mr. Berkeley Martin Geho 2017 Mr. Charles Langhorne Geho 2020 Mr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Geho 1983, 1982 Mrs. Anne Wesley Gehring 1997 Genentech, Inc. Mr. Robert S. N. Gentil 2001 Ms. Sarah Pilcher Gentry 1989 Genworth Foundation Matching Gifts Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Gerczak 1996

Dr. Zachary Gertz and Dr. Jessica B. Gertz Mr. and Mrs. Rory Geyer Mr. Constantine J. Giavos and Mrs. Rachel H. Lamel Mr. and Mrs. James M. Gift Mr. and Mrs. Stuart G. Gilchrist Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gill Mr. and Mrs. James Christopher Gilman 1982 Ms. Elaine Gines Mrs. Amy Girard Mrs. Teresa Alvis Given 1982 Mr. and Ms. Ryan A. Glasgow Mr. and Mrs. Greg Glatt Mrs. Lauren Hurst Glazier 2004 Dr. and Mrs. Daran G. Glenn Ms. Johanna Carey Godwin Mr. and Mrs. James M. Goff II Mr. and Mrs. James T. Goggins, Jr. Ms. Blake Goldsmith Dr. and Mrs. Alvin I. Goldstone 1964 Ms. Dominique Meeks Gombe 2009 Mrs. Ann Winfree Gooch 1962 Ms. Dee L. Goodbody Ms. Caroline Olivia Goode 2014 Mr. Jonathan Scott Goodman 1997 Dr. and Mrs. Peter L. Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Goodwin 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. Goodwin 2003 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Goodwin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel J. Goodwyn Google Ms. Melanie Karen Gorsline 1974 Ms. Martha Clark Goss 1967 Mr. Benjamin Cobb Gottwald 2034 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gottwald 2005, 2008 Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Gottwald 1999 Ms. Margaret Addison Gottwald 2010 Mrs. Mary Darden Gottwald 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Gottwald 2002 Dr. and Mrs. William M. Gottwald 1966 Dr. Rachel W. Gow and Mr. Stephen D. Gow Mr. Charles McClain Graeber 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Graeber 1979 Mr. Thomas C. Graeber 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Grammer Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gray III 1997 Gray Holdings, LLC Mr. James D. Green 2032 Mr. and Mrs. John V. Green Ms. Zoe Anne Green 1971 Mr. Benjamin L. Greenbaum 1965 Mr. Erik S. Greenbaum 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Noah C. P. Greenbaum, Sr. 2003, 2004 Mrs. Carter Judkins Greendyke2001 Mr. and Mrs. Jeroyd W. Greene III 1986

Ms. Kathy Gregg Mr. and Mrs. David K. Gregory II Mr. James Burgess Gregory III 1997 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Gregory III Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Gremer Brian and Sara Griebel 2004 Ms. Finley Cabell Griffin 2016 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Grinnan 1986 Ms. Cheryl Groce-Wright and Mr. Richard C. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Gross Ms. Martha Estes Grover 1979 Mrs. Susan Hughes Grymes 1977 Dr. Atul Gupta and Dr. Reena Gupta Dr. Marci Guthrie and Mr. Michael Guthrie Mrs. Robert H. Hackler III Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Hagan 1984 Dr. Morgan Swanstrom Hagen and Mr. Benjamin Hagen Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Hager Dr. and Mrs. Chiwon Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hahn Mrs. Deborah E. Hailes Mr. Scott R. Hairfield 1997 Mr. Jack Hale Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hall III Dr. Mark Andrew Hall and Dr. Elizabeth Berglund Hall 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Hall IV Ms. Leigh Baird Hall 1985 Mr. and Mrs. A. Coke Hall 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. W. Hall Mr. and Mrs. D. Lee Hallberg 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Marc D. Hallberg 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Hallett 1999 Mrs. Patsy B. Hallett Estate of Brenton S. Halsey, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. A. William Hamill Ms. Stephanie L. Hamlett Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hamner 1981, 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hampton Mr. and Mrs. R. Shawn Handley Mr. and Mrs. George Hann Ms. Chanda Hannah Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Harbour Ms. Kieran Elizabeth Harbour 2031 Molly 1988 and Robert Hardie Dr. Ashley A. Harman and Mr. Rilee C. Harman 2006 Mr. Judson B. Harmon 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Elliott M. Harrigan 1977 Mr. and Mrs. John Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Harris 1997 Dr. and Mrs. Barton Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Harris 1978, 1985 Ms. Virginia Lee Harris 2016 Mrs. Anne Gordon Dickerson Harrison 1961 Mr. Arthur W. Harrison III 1986 Mrs. Emma Hines Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T. Harrison II Dr. Natasha N. Little-Harrison and Mr. Robert N. Harrison Ms. Sarah Maxwell Harrison 2005 Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph Harrison 1978, 1978 Harrison Family Foundation Mrs. Constance Kennon Harriss 1959 Mr. Philip Edward Hart 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hart 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Armin R. Hartmann 1988 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Haske Mr. and Mrs. E. Livingston B. Haskell Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hatfield Mr. and Mrs. Johnny E. Hatfield Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Haug Mr. and Mrs. Christian A. Haug Mr. Michael D. Havranek and Mrs. Asha R. Kays Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheppard Haw III 1975 Mr. and Mrs. George E. Haw III Mr. Michael J. Hawkinson and Mrs. Esperanza Soria-Nieto Ms. Anne Katherine Hawthorne 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Vernon Hawthorne 1978 Mr. William Cole Hawthorne 2007 Mrs. Anne F. Hayes 1988 Ms. Margaret Ann Hazelton 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Merle C. Hazelton HCA Healthcare Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Headley Mr. Jonathan Miles Headley, Jr. 2014 Dr. David Headly Ms. Joan Hedgecock 1967 Laurie and Dennis Hedgepeth Hedgepeth Family Fund Mr. Wesley E. Hedgepeth Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Hedges Mr. Benjamin P. Heidt 1993 Mrs. Kathryn W. Heidt 1994 Mr. Charles L. Heiner 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Franklin B. Heiner 1966 Mrs. Alexis Beck Henry 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Henry 2003 Dr. Donna M. Hepper and Dr. Clifford T. Hepper Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hepper The Herndon Foundation Ms. Carol W. Herod 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Michael N. Herring Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter Herring

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A COLLECTIVE REFLECTION OF SPIRIT Support of the Collegiate Fund transforms the educational experience for every student and teacher.

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IRECTOR OF THE COLLEGIATE FUND Samantha Huber ’03,

formerly a 2nd Grade teacher at Collegiate, had a project in mind. It involved fun, out-of-the-classroom exploration and rigorous, hands-on research. It was the kind of learning Collegiate thrives on, the kind that sparks curiosity and drives students to look outside of themselves and towards the broader community. The class was studying the Chesapeake Bay watershed and its importance to Virginia. Huber wanted to make the learning more tangible, more hands-on.

The only issue, though, was a matter of logistics: How can we make this happen on a budget?

Enter the Collegiate Fund, the School’s annual fund, which supports all aspects of the School’s educational experience.

With support from the Collegiate Fund, 2nd Graders learned about sustainability through their yearlong service learning project with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Throughout the fall and winter, the students would grow grass seed and then transplant the seedlings at The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center, in Virginia Beach, in the spring. These are the kinds of experiences that support of the Collegiate Fund make possible.

“We needed to buy the actual seeds and the soil to place the seeds in,” Huber explains. “We needed planting pots. We needed grow lamps. Because of the Collegiate Fund, we were able to make this program happen for the students.”

These experiences and opportunities — both big and small — are made possible through a steadfast commitment to Collegiate.

From books and subscriptions in each of our three libraries to petri dishes in the science lab, contributions to the Collegiate Fund give the School resources for our students to become responsible citizens, inquisitive thinkers, and compassionate leaders.

There is a misconception regarding where the magic of a Collegiate education comes from. Tuition only covers roughly 87% of the cost, and funding from the Collegiate Fund helps cover some of that difference. Huber, who transitioned from her role as a teacher to Director of the Collegiate Fund in 2023, understands firsthand the importance of that additional support. “The Collegiate Fund supports the operating budget; it supports the magic of a Collegiate education,” Huber says. “Everyone’s support of the Collegiate Fund is one of the things that sets us apart. Covering that difference really allows teachers to have the resources that they need and gives the students the best experiences they can.”

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A 2003 Collegiate graduate, Huber first began teaching in North Carolina, but her intention was always to find her way back to North Mooreland Road.

In 2013, she took up her post as a Collegiate 2nd Grade teacher, which is when, she says, she began to notice the true excellence of the Collegiate experience. It was the little things: the endless supply of construction paper, the appropriate supplies for arts and crafts. The materials, in short, that are often overlooked but nevertheless absolutely essential to making a teacher’s day easier and a student’s growth excel.

Not every school has the ability to give those essential items to every teacher in every classroom.

But it’s the little things, supported by the Collegiate Fund, that have a big impact. Seeing the importance of sustaining the Collegiate Fund and other fundraising efforts, Huber joined the experts in the Development Office. “I think of teachers as artists, and I consider teaching an art form.

How you teach and operate a classroom is very personal,” Huber says. “A large part of being a great teacher is responding to the needs of your students. That can be something as little as getting a wobble stool for a student who needs to move around a lot. The Collegiate Fund gives teachers what they need to refine their art and make the best decisions in the moment in their classroom.”

The Collegiate Fund gives teachers what they need to refine their art and make the best decisions in the moment in their classroom.”

Funding drives change.

That’s embodied in the level of care the School attends to each student and teacher at Collegiate. “Your money is going to faculty and staff and students,” Huber says about contributions to the Collegiate Fund. “This really puts us over the top as far as providing an excellent education.” What that funding looks like in action is full, spirited support of all aspects of a Collegiate education — from academics, athletics, performing arts, financial assistance, faculty professional development, experiential learning opportunities,

outdoor learning spaces, and so much more.

The multitude of possibilities and opportunities experienced by each student are a direct result of collective giving. In the 2023-24 fiscal year, 1,927 people supported the Collegiate Fund.

That kind of support illustrates the belief in the School’s mission and enables Collegiate to directly enhance the student and teacher experience, helping the community continue to thrive.

“The Collegiate Fund is a collective reflection of the Collegiate spirit,” Huber says. “It’s a vehicle that helps transform lives.”

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Mr. and Mrs. F. Robertson Hershey 1966 Ms. Kathleen T. Hershey 1995 Mr. and Mrs. William R. B. Hershey 1994 Mrs. Frances Friddell Hewitt 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan C. Heyward, Jr. 1998 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hickey, Jr. Mr. John Hickman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Hickman Mr. and Mrs. Corey W. Hill 1985 Mrs. Ann Keller Hillsman 1977 Mrs. Mary Buford Bocock Hitz 1959 The Hoak Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Josh Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Hofheimer 1995, 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hofheimer 1991 Mr. and Mrs. W. Barry Hofheimer Dr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hogan Mrs. Jeni Hoggan Ms. Anne Hogge Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Hogsed 2001 Gina and Tom Holden 1963 Holden Family Fund of The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Mr. Luke Aaron Holdych 2027 Mr. Ryan Phillip Holdych 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Holdych Mrs. Jennifer Holloway Mr. and Mrs. W. Daniel Holly III Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Holzbach Mr. Scott C. Hook and Ms. Margaret M. Fogarty Ms. Anna Marshall Hoover 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Hopkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hopper Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hornbeck Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bryan Horner IV 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Horner III Mrs. Carson Stettinius Hortenstine 2010 Mrs. Dora Williams Hoskins 2005 Dr. Elizabeth Dorset Hospodar 1993 Mrs. Rebecca Masters Hottman Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Hough Mr. Nicholas Stanley Hough 2029 Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Hourigan Mr. Michael Edward Howard 2012 Mr. Keith F. Howe and Ms. Helen Coulson Mr. Bin Hu and Mrs. Yu Xiao Mrs. Daisy Hu and Mr. John F. Cale Mr. and Mrs. Justin T. Hubbard 2001 Mr. Hunter F. Huber 2002 Mrs. Louise Galleher Coldwell Huber 1982 Mrs. Samantha Price Huber 2003 Captain R. Kent Hudgens, USN 1973 Mr. Houlder Love Hudgins 2014 Ms. Josephine F. Hughes 1981

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Ms. Kerri Hughes Ms. Christienne Ruddy Hulcher 1977 Dr. Byron C. Hulsey Family Fund Mrs. Brooke Stallings Humphrey 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hundley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hunt Mr. Timothy* and Dr. Jill Hunter Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter Dr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter, Jr. 1980, 1980 Dr. James Warren Hunter 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. Hunter 1997 Mrs. Paige Crosby Hurlbut 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Carroll D. Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Hutcheson Mrs. Elizabeth Flippo Hutchins 1988 and Mr. William M. Hutchins Mr. and Mrs. Scott Huzek Mrs. Jane Baird Hyde Dr. Amanda L. Ijames and Mr. Matthew W. Ijames Mr. Blake Stewart Ingold 2025 Mr. and Mrs. James V. Ingold Ms. Mary Mason Ingold 2025 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ingold Ms. Tamara Ingram Mrs. Alice Derry Innes 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Innes 2005 Allan D. Ivie IV 1979 and Page Boinest Melton Ivie 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Iwashyna Mr. Nathaniel I. Jackson Mr. Alexander H. Jacobs 2014 and Ms. Madeline M. Nagy 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Jacobs Mrs. Tina Jadhav-Parikh 2003 Mr. Spurgeon R. James, Jr. Mrs. Susan Macon Jamieson 1983 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Jamison II 1989 Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Janney 1999 Mr. J. Michael Jarvis, Jr. 2006 Mrs. Kathryn Conner Jarvis 1968 Mr. Zachary Milstein Jecklin 2014 Ms. Mary Garland Jefferson 1961 Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott Jenkins 1994 Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Jenkins 2000 Anne Gail 1988 and Gary Jennings Dr. and Mrs. E. Forrest Jessee, Jr. 1967 Mrs. Janice K. Jesse Mrs. Melissa Preston Jessell 2003 Dr. Alice N. Jesudian Dr. Arun Benjamin Jesudian 1997 W. Richard Jeter Mr. Bryce D. Jewett, Jr. 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Bryce D. Jewett III 1993, 1994 Ms. Amelia Ann Jiulianti 2031

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley W. Jiulianti Mr. Tyler Jiulianti 2029 Dr. Christopher P. Johnson 1996 and Dr. Lynn H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Johnson Mrs. Gabrielle Chasen Johnson 2007 Mr. Jimel Johnson and Mrs. Tanisha Haynes-Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie W. Johnson, Jr. 1972 Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds Johnston 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Joiner 2003 Mr. Alan K. Jones, Sr. Ms. Anna Leary Jones 2012 Ms. Cynthia Jones Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones Mr. and Mrs. James R. Jones Dr. Kathryn S. Jones and Dr. Aaron M. Jones Ms. Melissa Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thomas Jones Mrs. Misty D. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Noah W. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Reginald N. Jones Ms. Virginia Ann Jones 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Brady Jones, Jr. 2003 Dr. Jay H. Joseph Mr. Jonathan M. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Chad L. Joyce Ms. Meredith Lee Judkins 2005 Mr. William B. Judkins Mr. and Mrs. John B. Jung, Jr. Jung Family Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Justice 1985 Dr. Barbara Kahn and Mr. Peter J. Stutts 2002, 2002 David and Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Inc. Dr. Navreet K. Kallar 1989 and Mr. Zaid Hamid Mr. and Mrs. Christian A. Kantner 1995 Ms. Emily Rose Kantner 2023 Mr. and Ms. Nicholas J. Kaplan Mr. Sahab Kasiri and Dr. Anisa Kasiri Mr. Andrew Evens Kastenbaum 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Kastenbaum 1974 Dr. and Mrs. Marc R. Katz Dr. Claire C. Kaugars Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kave Mr. John Franklin Kay III 1978 Ms. Sarah Doddridge Kay 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. Keeney Mr. and Mrs. Carter T. Keeney 2004 Mrs. Norma A. Keeping Mrs. Mary Harrison Keevil Mr. and Mrs. David F. Kehlenbeck 2003 Carroll B. Keiger Mr. Kirk David Keil 1988 Mrs. Retta Leigh Perel Keil 1963 Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Kell 1987

Dr. Kevin E. Kelleher and Mrs. Lori Mitchell-Kelleher Mr. Devon George Kelley 2005 Ms. Shannon M. Kelley and Mr. Michael E. Mendelson Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Kelly III Mr. John Tyler Kemeny 2012 Mrs. Page Robinson Kemp 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Kerr Mr. Steven Vaughan Key 1987 Dr. and Mrs. W. Wayne Key, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Duncan Kilpatrick 1981, 1981 Mr. John Kimenhour Mr. Austin Christopher King 2020 Dr. and Mrs. E. Davey King 1966 Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas King 1966 Mrs. Julia Scott Wall King 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Ralston C. King 2007 Mrs. Ryan Leavitt King 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Waverly G. King III 1968 Mr. Wyatt Richard King 2023 Ms. Coretta Kingston and Mr. Gerard Williams Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Kirchmier 1983, 1984 Mr. George Clifford Kirkmyer III 1969 Dr. Elizabeth McKenney Kiser 1980

Mr. James Whitlock Klaus 1982 Mr. Philip W. Klaus, Jr. Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Leighton A.C. Klevana 1987, 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan R. Knight 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Knisely Reverend Patricia Dykers Koenig 1972 Dr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Kondorossy Mr. Otto W. Konrad and Ms. Denise C. Daly Konrad Mrs. Elizabeth Garson Koteles 2005 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Krusen III Mr. and Mrs. Eric C. Krutz Dr. Wendy Frances Kuhn 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Kulp 1984 Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Kulp 1988 Mrs. Susan Kemp Kump 1967 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kurtz 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kyte Mrs. Benjamin R. Lacy IV Mr. Tyler H. Ladner and Ms. Noopur N. Garg Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Laferriere Mr. Benjamin R. Lamb Mrs. Mary Frances Lambert

Mrs. Paula Lamel Carolyn LaMontagne and Daniel Hefko Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lancaster Mr. T. Leitch Lancaster, III Mrs. Katie Hurst Langemeier 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Ben Langley Mr. and Mrs. Barry O. Lanneau, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David A. Lanning Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Lansing Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Lansing II 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Lareau Mr. and Mrs. Kyle A. Laux Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. B. Lawson 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. T. Gaylon Layfield III 1969 Dr. Susan B. Leahy Mr. David W. Leary 1962 Mr. Derek Leathers Mr. and Mrs. James E. C. Leavitt III Mr. Michael Leber Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Lecky 1968, 1968 Mr. Mason Lecky 1994 Mr. Robert Parke Lecky, Jr. 1967

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Mr. and Mrs. H. Pettus LeCompte 1971 Mr. David Lee and Dr. Kristina Lee Mr. David R. Lee 1971 Mr. Paul Everett Lee 2001 Mr. and Mrs. T. Ryan Leggett Amy Becker Leibowitz 1988 and Seth Leibowitz Mr. Jordan Becker Leibowitz 2019 Ms. Taly Anne Leibowitz 2021 Mr. Brian E. Leipheimer and Dr. Vienne K. Murray Mrs. Mary Lou Leipheimer Mr. and Mrs. Chaffraix A. Lelong, Jr. 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Leonard III Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Leonardelli 2001 Mr. Richard K. LeRoy Mr. David D. Leshner 1990 Dr. Jon M. Lewis and Mrs. Rachel E. Burday Dr. Leigh Lewis and Mr. Burke Lewis Mr. Shepherd F. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd F. Lewis, Jr. 1996 Suzanne and Bolling Lewis Mr. and Mrs. William Benton Lewis, Jr. Lexington Independents Wen and Yaling Lin

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Mrs. Susan B. Lindeman 1980 Ms. Jennifer Lindner and Ms. Annie Richards Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lindner Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Lingerfelt Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore Linhart 1965 The Linhart Foundation Ms. Linda Ann Linkins 1973 Dr. Richard A. Linkonis and Dr. Nicole M. Kelleher 1993 Mrs. Anne Patteson Litt 1984 Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson Litterini 2001 Ms. Elizabeth A. Little 1981 Mr. Lewis R. Little, Sr. 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Little, Jr. 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. T. Preston Lloyd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Loach Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Logan 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lombard III Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Long, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Long III 1998 Mr. and Mrs. James G. Lott Ms. Blair Elizabeth Loughrie 2003 Ms. Leigh H. Lovett

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lowe 1953 Mrs. Richard R. Lower Lower School Parents Night Fall Library Book Fund Mrs. Roberta G. Lublin Lublin-Hurowitz Charitable Trust The Luck Companies Foundation Dr. and Mrs. David W. Luckey 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Chetanand S. Lungut Mr. and Mrs. Adash Lutchman Mrs. Millie DuBose Lynch 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Lynch Mrs. Ashly Maag Mr. Philip Simpson Mabry 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mackell 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Madison Mr. and Mrs. David Mahler Mr. Kevin G. Mahon Peter and Mimi Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mailey Mrs. Lauren C. Makhoul 2010 Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Mallonee, Jr. 1967 Mr. and Mrs. Courtney M. Malveaux 1986 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Mancabelli

Mr. Graham Keane Mandl 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mangin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Manson 2005, 2005 Mr. and Mrs. J. Reilly Marchant 2003, 2004 The Honorable and Mrs. William R. Marchant 1971, 1972 Ms. Neelan A. Markel 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Markel 1966 Steve & Kathie Markel Family Fund Markel Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Jon W. Markiewicz Mr. and Mrs. John C. Markowitz 2001 Marks-Hofheimer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Marlow Sandra L. Marr Marsh & McLennan Companies Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Marshall IV Mrs. Attelia Blackard Martin 1980 Ms. Courtney Martin Mr. and Mrs. John I. Martin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Martin 1978 Mr. and Mrs. Lane P. Martin 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Martin, Jr. Mr. Lee Whitworth Martin 2001 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Martin III 1994 Mrs. Clara M. Martin-Pettus and Mr. Randall Pettus Mr. James D. Mason IV Mr. and Mrs. Winston R. Mason III 2005 Ms. Karen A. Massey 1970 Massey Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Mastroianni Ms. Kaitlin Brooke Mastropieri 2010 Mr. S. Kirk Materne Mr. and Mrs. David H. Mathews 1972 Mr. David H. Mathews, Jr. 2002 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Matson Mrs. Laurel B. Maughan and Mr. David J. Janosik Ms. Sarah Maxwell 1995 Ms. Robin Jane Mayer 1978 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mayfield III 1992 Ms. Alexandra Maynard Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Mayr Mr. and Mrs. Nick Mazzenga 2005 Mrs. Virginia Layfield McAndrew 2007 Ms. Carolyn Anne McCandlish 2003 Ms. Bettina Barrington McCarthy 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron McClung Mr. and Mrs. Stanton J. McComb Stanton and Molly McComb Charitable Fund Ms. Anne L. McCorey Estate of Mrs. Alfred McCormack, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Craig D. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. McDaniel 2000 Mrs. Mary Kennon McDaniel 1961*

Mrs. Rennie Goodykoontz McDaniel 1989 Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. McDermott Mr. and Mrs. John E. McDonald III 2007, 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. McDonough Mr. Quinn Ravi McDonough 2014 Mr. Charles Howard McFall 1998 Mrs. Karen McFall Mr. and Mrs. David M. McFarland 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. McGee III 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. McGeorge 2001, 2006 Greg and Jeannie McGeorge Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. James L. McGeorge, Jr. 1991 Karen McGill Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. McGrath Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. McGrath Dr. and Mrs. David J. McGroarty McGuire’s School Foundation Ms. Boodie Wiltshire McGurn 1971 Mr. Frank A. McKenney 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Brian B. McKercher McKesson Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Martha Gray McFall McKinney 1994 McKinsey Mr. and Mrs. D. Christopher McLellan 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. McLoughlin, Jr. 1993 Mrs. Claire Gentil McMahon 2006 Mr. James Moore McMahon 1974 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McManus Mrs. Lindsay L. McMenamin Mr. and Mrs. Grayson C. McNeely 1990 Mrs. Catherine Summerson Mealor 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Meli II 2005 Mrs. Katherine P. Melton 1993 Mrs. Monica J. Melton Ms. Alexandra Mendez-Zfass 2004 and Mr. Sean Bielawski Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Mendoza Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Merchant Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Messick 2001 Mr. Jeffrey C. Meyer, Sr. MFS Investment Management The Micawber Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David R. Michelow, Jr. Mr. Aarik Mickens-Dessaso and Mrs. Chiquita Whitaker Microsoft Middle & Upper School Parents Night Fall Library Book Fund Mr. Samuel B. Middleton 2007 Mrs. Margaret Ownby Milby 1974 Mr. Richard C. Milby Brandon and Morenike Miles Benita 1976 and Michael Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Brent I. Miller 1998 Cliff Miller Family Endowment Mr. Conway C. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Miller III Mr. J. Clifford Miller III and Ms. Lucile Miller Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Miller, Jr. Mrs. Kaitlyn Miller Mr. Kenneth C. Miller III Ms. Lindsay M. Miller 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. William L. Miller, Jr. Ms. Sarah Joy Mims 2012 Ms. Christine Mingus Mrs. Elizabeth P. Mitchell 1964 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mitchell Ms. Julia Fontaine Mitchell 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Modisett 1978 Mr. and Mrs. John Mohrmann 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Moncol Mr. John Moncure, Jr. 1974 Mr. Amasa E. Monroe Mr. and Mrs. D. Reilly Monroe 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Monroe III 1977 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Monroe 2005 Mr. Aaron Montgomery and Mrs. Nimisha Parikh Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Mooney Mrs. Beverly Britten Moore 1971 Dr. Blake W. Moore and Dr. Jaime E. Moore Ms. Emily Rives Moore 2010 Mr. Ethan James Moore 2032 Mr. and Mrs. Frederic P. Moore IV 1998 Mr. Jon D. Moore Mrs. Portia Moore Mr. and Mrs. T. Justin Moore III 1975 Mr. William F. Moore, Jr. 1984 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Moran Mrs. Anne Nelson Morck Mr. Wesley Chambers Morck III 2006 Ms. Lee Levering Moreau 1985 Ms. Anne Ritchie Morgan 2014 Mr. and Mrs. James Morris Dr. and Mrs. W. Philip Morrissette III 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Morse Ms. Cheney Gray Mosby 2029 Ms. Taylor Jane Mosby 2026 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mosby Mrs. Brandon Jacob Moss 2001 Dr. and Mrs. Jon H. Moss 1964 Ms. Wendi A. Moss Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Mostrom 2005, 2005 Ms. Patricia P. Mottley Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr. 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle III 1983

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Ms. Tamatha Patterson Mr. and Mrs. James D. Patton V Ms. Sarah T. Paxton 1984 and Mr. A. Andrew Thornton Ms. Susanna Payne Dr. Kathleen T. Pearson and Mr. Christopher G. Pearson 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Pearson Pearson Family Foundation Mr. Gabriel Bradstreet Peaseley VII 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Alex Peavey 2001 Mr. David Peck Dr. Suzanne K. Peck 1996 and Mr. Joshua S. Peck Ms. Barbara J. Peco Ms. Sheryl Pedigo Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Peebles 2006 Mrs. Nancy H. Peebles Mr. and Mrs. William S. Peebles IV Mrs. Laura Yancey Peery 1980 Pelican Fund Mrs. Kathleen Pender Dr. Joseph D. Pennington and Ms. Elizabeth A. Magness Mr. Travis L. Perdue Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Perel 1967 Mr. Stephen M. Perigard Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Perkins, Sr. 1975, 1976 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Perkins Mrs. Jasmine Turner Perry 2011 Mr. Ronald Oswin Pessner, Jr. 1988 Mr. and Mrs. D. Kevin Peterman 1989 Mr. Michael Peters Mr. Johan M. Petersson and Dr. Rajanya S. Petersson Mr. and Mrs. James A. Pettit, Jr. Mrs. Maria Pettit Pfizer, Inc. Ms. Laura Philips Mrs. Lisette Christ Piccillo 1976 Ms. Bethany Pitassi Mrs. Catherine R. Plageman 1982 Ms. Christine K. Plant Christine Kane Plant Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Plucinski 1999 PNC Financial Corp Mr. and Mrs. Derek T. Podolny Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Pollard IV Estate of Nelson C. Pollard 1969 Mrs. Suzanne Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Popps Mr. and Mrs. J. Cheairs Porter, Jr. Ms. Leilani Ann Porter 2016 Ms. Nancy C. Porter and Mr. Ross R. Noe Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Porter Mr. William S. Portlock and Ms. Nancy L. Raybin Potomac River Running, Inc. Mrs. Anne Riker Purcell Powell 2001

Supporting Future Educators S

tep into any space at Collegiate and it’s easy to feel the magic. It begins with the School’s excellent teachers, who possess a quality of expertise unparalleled among educators.

To help instill and teach that special degree of excellence, Collegiate established the Fellows’ Program, which, thanks to philanthropic support, welcomed its first cohort of four Fellows at the beginning of the 2024-25 school year.

The Collegiate School Fellows’ Program is a one-year fellowship designed for early career teachers and for anyone changing careers to work in an independent school. “The purpose of the Fellows’ Program is to provide aspiring educators with the mentorship, classroom experience, and pedagogical background necessary to become a lead classroom teacher or independent school professional,” says Dr. Leah Angell, Collegiate’s Director of the Fellows’ Program. “In keeping with the School’s core values — respect, love of learning, honor, excellence, and community — the Fellows’ Program strives to foster and support each Fellow’s lifelong journey in the field of education.”

The program offers a thorough introduction to a career in education. This year’s cohort of four Fellows — Jason Archbell, Maisie

Harper, Lat Peak, and KJ Rodgers ’19 — receive personalized mentorship, preparation in pedagogy and instructional design, cultural competency training, extensive professional development, and job placement assistance throughout the 2024-25 school year.

As Collegiate teachers mentor these future educators, the School will retain these Fellows through the program. Because of the community’s support of the Fellows’ Program thus far, the School is able to provide a paid, one-year internship opportunity, available to educators in each division and one administrative office. As part of the program, Fellows observe classes, meet with department chairs, attend weekly workshops, participate in other professional development and coaching opportunities, and eventually practice teaching.

In turn, the Fellows bring a wealth of new perspective and expertise to the community, from which everyone benefits.

It’s an endeavor that, supported by the community, could have a wide effect on the entire country. That’s the spirit of Collegiate in action.

Across the country, teachers are leaving the classroom at higher rates, and the pool of candidates is not big enough to replace them.

Emerging out of the School’s 2023 Strategic Plan, the Fellows’ Program is designed to grow that pool of new teachers, and, whether the Fellows are given the opportunity to stay at Collegiate or go elsewhere at the conclusion of their fellowship, they will be approaching their students with the quality of a Collegiate education. Because of the Fellows’ Program, education everywhere improves, and the magic of a Collegiate education spreads.

“I think we can all agree that all children deserve great teachers,” Angell says. “How could we not train teachers to be able to succeed wherever they are while also benefiting from all the Fellows have to offer? Our Fellows’ Program participates in a higher calling. We’re engaged in the business of helping people have a career in valuable and enriching professions, and these new teachers can say that their careers began at Collegiate.”

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Mr. and Mrs. Brandon E. Powell Mr. Earl Bryson Powell, Jr. 1998 Mr. and Mrs. E. Bryson Powell 1969, 1969 Mr. Hunter S. Powell 2001 Dr. Priscilla W. Powell 2001 and Mr. James T. Alexander IV Mr. and Mrs. Tanner E. Powell 1998 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Preston, Jr. 1966, 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Price Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Price, Sr. Mr. Jonathan Roy Price, Jr. 2006 Ms. Lee Marshall Price 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Price 2001 Mr. Tate M. Price 2031 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Price II 2006 Mr. Thomas Winston Price 1995 Ms. Carol Gertrude Prince 2010 Ms. Jill E. Prince Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Prince Mr. and Mrs. David J. Privasky Mr. and Mrs. Steven Proffitt Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Proutt, Jr. 1998 Proutt Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Pruitt 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Pruitt 2002 Mr. W. Keith Prusek Publix North Carolina Dr. Allison Purcell and Mr. John Barry Purcell 1992 Mr. and Mrs. C. Tupper Purcell 1994 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Quinby Ms. Anne-Claire Quindoza 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Gerry C. Quindoza Mr. Ian Timothy Quindoza 2022 Mr. Miles Cannon Quindoza 2029 Jeff Qureshi 1988 Mr. Joseph Edwin Rackley 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Rader Mr. and Mrs. Duane H. Ragsdale Mr. Samuel Cowan Ramage 1998 Mr. Stephen Garrett Ramsey 2003 Mr. Marco Antonio Randazzo 2015 Mr. Matteo Randazzo 2011 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Randolph, Jr. Ms. Monica Anke Ranniger 1981 Dr. William M.S. Rasmussen 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Ratcliffe III Ms. Monica F. Rawles Mr. S. Waite Rawls III Mrs. Ashley Reynolds Ray 1991 Raybin-Portlock Family Fund Mrs. Julia Shannon Raynor 1972 The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. Brian Reames 1983 Dr. John F. Reavey-Cantwell and Dr. Jordana Kron Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Redmond, Sr.

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Ms. Sarah Redmond Mrs. Christie Dunnavant Reed 1989 Mr. David Andrew Reed, Jr. 2015 Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Reed, Jr. 1992 Mr. Harry Davenport Reed 2029 Mr. Laird Scott Townsend Reed 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter Thomson Reed Mr. Shawn F. Reed and Ms. Paige A. Tinney-Reed Peter and Tayloe 1998 Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Reeves Ms. Savannah Reeves Ms. Elizabeth G. Regan 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rehme Ms. Dona E. Rehm-Robles Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Reid III Ms. Katherine Carter Reid 2016 Mr. Robert Williams Reid 2018 Mr. John Lawrence Reifsnider 2016 Mr. and Mrs. J. Aaron Revere 1994 Mr. J. Sargeant Reynolds, Jr. 1980 Mr. and Mrs. R. Austin Reynolds 1994 Mrs. Amy Staples Ribock 2005 Mrs. Robbie Rice Mrs. Drucilla A. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Crit T. Richardson 1975, 1976 Dr. Kirk Richardson and Dr. Linda Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Richardson 2007 Mr. Robert Turner Richardson 2010 The Richmond Forum Amy and Bill Rider Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Riethmiller Ms. Christine E. Rigsby Ms. Caroline Riina Ms. Christiane Rimbault Dr. Margaret Barton Rinaldi 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. Ritsch, Jr. 1964 Mr. Bryce Owens Ritter 2017 Dr. Evan M. Ritter and Dr. Amanda H. Ritter Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ritter 2000, 2000 Maj. and Mrs. Brian V. Riva Mr. and Mrs. John Rivers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Rives Ms. Elizabeth Mason Roach 1990 Mr. Lee Harris Roberts 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Matson L. Roberts Mr. Matson L. Roberts, Jr. 2011 Ms. Sally Meriwether Roberts 2015 Mrs. Stuart Chapman Roberts 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Roberts III Ms. Tyler Elizabeth Roberts 2014 Mr. William L. Roberts 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Robertson Greg and Libby Robertson Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. John T. Robertson 1965, 1969

Mrs. Martha L. Robertson Dr. Thomas C. Robertson and Dr. Cynthia S. Ryan Dr. and Mrs. William A. Robertson Ms. Michelle Robey Mr. and Mrs. E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. Mr. Gregory C. Robins 1983 Mr. and Mrs. Hubel Robins III 1977 Mr. Justin Hubel Robins 2008 Rich Robins 1986 Ms. Sheryl A. Robins 1985 Mr. William Palmer Robins 2015 Mr. and Mrs.* W. Randolph Robins 1964 Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph Robins, Jr. 2001, 2009 Robins Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Grover C. Robinson IV 1993 Ms. Helen Christian Roddey 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Stewart M. Roddey 1982 Ms. Jan D. Rodgers Mr. Charles L. Rogers 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Rogers Mrs. Courtney Goode Rogers 1964 Dr. Sameer Rohatgi and Dr. Anjali Varandani Mr. and Mrs. Eric G. Rohr 1993 Ms. Emily Roig Mr. and Mrs. Asher B. Rolfe Mr. David Andrew Romer 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Romer Mr. Hartwell Heath Roper, Jr. 1996 Mr. Paul Hamilton Roper 1998 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rosebro 1978 Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Rosell 2007 Mr. Robert Rosenkranz Mr. James Rosenstock III Judy, John and Suzanne Rosenzweig Mr. and Mrs. Zachary N. Roski Mrs. Melanie M. Roupas Mr. Nicholas A. Roupas Mrs. Margeaux F. Roush 1996 Ms. Hope Daniel Rowland 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Zach Rudegeair Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ruehling Mr. Michael Wickliffe Ruehling 1999 Ms. Cameron Anita Ruh 2021 Mr. Colin J. Ruh and Mrs. Joann Adrales Ruh Mr. Ethan James Adrales Ruh 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Rusbuldt 1985 Mr. Christopher Wayne Rusbuldt, Jr. 2012 Dr. Kenneth P. Ruscio and Ms. Kimberley A. Ruscio Kenneth P. and Kimberley A. Ruscio Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Russell, Jr. Ms. Anne Mason Montague Ruth 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ruth

Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Ruth 1991, 1990 Ms. Kaitlyn Marie Ryan 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Ryland S&P Global Foundation Penelope de Bordenave Saffer Mr. Amrik Singh Sahni 2006 Mr. Vincent Tuller Saladino 2012 Salesforce.org Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sam Salhab Mr. and Mrs. W. Jerrold Samford 1972 Mr. Charles R. Samuels 1994 and Ms. Krista M. Mathis Mr. Henry Charles Samuels 2029 Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Sanders Mr. Arthur N. Sanderson 1969 Ms. Carole Sandy Ms. Nisha Sanjay Mr. Andy Santalla Mr. and Mrs. Brandon M. Santos Mr. and Mrs. Carter Santos Mrs. Mary Seaman Sarkes 1980

Mrs. Elizabeth Sauer and Mr. Bryan Moody Ms. Heather Sauls Mr. and Mrs. J. Brock Saunders 2002, 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Jason L. Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Saunders, Jr. 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Will F. Saunders Dr. Daniel F. Savage III 1973 Ms. Elizabeth Savarese Mr. and Mrs. H. Kent Savedge Dr. Conway Fleming Saylor 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Sberna Mr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Schaaf 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Schaaf 2000, 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Schaaf III Mr. and Mrs. F. Behle Schaaf 1972 Dr. Harriet Schanzer and Mr. David L. Raine, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. James J. Schebell Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Scher 1983 Mrs. Virginia Howard Schiffner 1980 Mr. and Mr. Zachary R. Schmitt

Mrs. Barbara A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. James M. Schnell Mrs. Brooke Vaughan Schroeder 1992 Mr. Zack Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. William H. Schultz The Schultz Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Schutt Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Schutt Mr. and Mrs. Marshall P. Schutt 1998 Ms. Catherine Janvier Woodward Schwarzschild 2020 Mr. Harrison Tate Schwarzschild 2016 Kathryn and W. Harry Schwarzschild Fund Mr. William H. Schwarzschild III 1966 Mr. David and Ms. Courtney Schweickart Mr. and Mrs. George L. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Hunter C. Scott 1999 Ms. Judith B. Scott Mrs. Marian M. Scott Mr. and Mrs. R. Strother Scott Scott & Stringfellow Educational Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William H.S. Seegar Mr. and Mrs. James S. Seevers, Jr.

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Devyani Sen Mrs. Barbara Briesmaster Sensabaugh 1971 ServiceNow Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy Sexton Mrs. Faulkner Bagley Sgro 1988 Dr. Anish and Mrs. Mona Shah Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Sheehan Mr. Joseph B. Sheppard 1980 Dr. and Mrs. Christian E. Shield Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Shield II 1991 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Shields Dr. H. B. Showalter, Jr. Mrs. Julie Shudtz Ms. Alice Ambler Shuford 2002 Mr. and Mrs. David G. Shuford 1971 Dr. Christopher Thomas Sica 1997 Mr. Ramandeep S. Sidhu 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Erik S. Siebert 1997 Ms. Vivian Angell Sievers 2023 Dr. Lauren N. Siff 2002 and Mr. Christopher Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Evan Silverstein Evan and Christie Thalhimer Silverstein Charitable Fund Mr. Radu I. Siminiceanu and Mrs. Valentina Robila

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Mr. Craig Simmons Mrs. Elizabeth Yager Simpson 1973 Mr. Samuel E. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sinkler Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Sinnott III 1986 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Slater 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Slater, Jr. 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Chad Smalley Dr. and Mrs. A. Gordon Smith Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith 1965 Mrs. Barbara Amole Smith 1949* Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Smith IV Ms. Charlotte Brooke Smith 2022 Mr. and Mrs. Clinton D. Smith Mr. David Smith and Mrs. Beth Vetrovec Smith 1990 Ms. Emily Massie Smith 2019 Mr. and Mrs. George L. Smith III Dr. Julia Perkins Smith 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Julious P. Smith, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Julious P. Smith III 1986 Ms. Kelly R. Smith Mrs. Linda C. Smith Mr. Mark Smith

Mrs. Maxine Matthews Smith 1970 Mr. Rob Smith and Ms. Sarah Pruitt Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Smith Mr. Stephen Hayes Smith 1989 Ms. Kelsey Smither Mr. and Mrs. Shane R. Smutz Ms. Kimberly T. Smythe Mrs. Susanne Williams Snead 1960 Mrs. Tyler Negus Snidow 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Chris H. Snow The Snow Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson M. Sommers 1980 Mr. Samuel Jefferson Sommers 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Yoon S. Song Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Southard Mr. and Mrs. James C. Southworth Mr. Richard Pinkney Sowers IV 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Spain Mrs. Betsy Jo Viener Spence 1960 Mrs. Alice Spilman Ms. Austin Elizabeth Dare Spivey 2012 Ms. Mary Moncure Mackenzie Spivey 2015 Mr. Timothy A. W. Spivey 1982

Ms. Elizabeth St. Clair Spotts 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Spradlin Mr. and Ms. Eric A. Sprehe Dr. Sam Sprehe Mrs. Margaret Rosebro Sprewell 2006 Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Squire, Jr. Mrs. William L. Stagg III Mr. Thomas J. Stallings Mr. and Mrs. William C. Stallings Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Standing III Mr. and Mrs. J. Snowden Stanley Meaghan and Andrew Stanley Dr. Jessica Stanwix and Dr. Matthew Stanwix Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Staples Mrs. Mironda B. Starke Mrs. Karen Paul Stauffer 2001 Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Steadman 1971 Mrs. Lucy Fitzgerald Steele 1962 Mr. and Mrs. L. Mark Stepanian 1989 Mark and Maureen Stepanian Family Fund Ms. Megan Tucker Stepanian 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Stephens 1980 Mr. Sidney L. Stern II 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stettinius Mr. and Mrs. W. Gray Stettinius 1979, 1979 Mr. William Stanwood Stettinius 2007 Mr. Larry B. Stevens and Mrs. Xuan Zhang Stevens Mr. Tyler M. Stevens Mr. J. Clay Stiles III Mr. and Mrs. William L. Stinson 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Brude D. Stoever Ms. Antenette Stokes Mr. Andrew Stone and Ms. Robin Cooper-Stone Mr. William W. Stone Mr. Michael J. Stott and Dr. Crystal Polatty Julie and Peter Stott Mrs. Suzanne Smith Stovall 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Straske II Straske Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Stratford III 1985 Mrs. Ann Robins Strickler 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Strickler Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Stringer Mrs. Kay Rucker Strohl 1962 Ms. Martha Wynne Stuart 1972 Ms. Liza B. Stutts 1999 Ms. Jelena Subotic Mr. and Mrs. Aaron P. Sullivan Ms. Eleanor Marie Sullivan 2013 Mr. and Mrs. W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. 1983 Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Sutherland Mrs. Pamela Anderson Sutherland Mrs. Barrie Miller Sutton 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Kasey D. Sutton

Mr. Vlastimil Svab and Dr. Suzzette Chopin Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Sweeney 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Kyle J. Swenson Mrs. Hunter McKinley Sydnor 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Syer Ms. Virginia Szigeti Michael and Tayrn Szweda Mr. David Taibl Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Taliaferro 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Spottswood Taliaferro, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jayant P. Talreja Dr. Biao Tan and Mrs. Cong Yao Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tanner Estate of Helen Minor Tanner 1949 Mr. and Mrs. John G. Taylor Dr. Nancy E. Taylor and Mr. Brandon C. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Tepper Dr. and Mrs. Charles V. Terry Mr. and Mrs. C. Walker Terry 2005 Mr. and Mrs. David Tetrault Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Thalhimer 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Thalhimer Charitable Fund Mr. Andrew Meyer Thalhimer 2005 Mrs. Carol Thalhimer The Carol M. & Charles G. Thalhimer, Jr. Foundation Charles G. Thalhimer Charitable Trust Charles G. Thalhimer and Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Thalhimer III 1997 Mr. David L. Thalhimer 2011 Marcia and Harry 1971 Thalhimer Ms. Margaret Ruth Thalhimer 1999 Michael 2001 and Alyson Thalhimer Mr. Morton G. Thalhimer III 1973 Mr. Morton G. Thalhimer, Jr.* Morton G. and Nancy P. Thalhimer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thalhimer 1979 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Thalhimer III 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Theunissen Mr. David E. Thomas and Mrs. Teresa M. Chiocca Mr. and Mrs. Derek A. Thomas 1996 Ms. Martha Howry Thomas 2001 Ms. Sarah C. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Addison B. Thompson 1966 Ms. Leigh E. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Thompson Mr. Paul Michael Thompson, Jr. 1983 Tad and Sue Thompson Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson III Dr. and Mrs. A. Leigh Thornton, Jr. 1972 Mrs. Kaye Thornton Dr. and Mrs. Z. Bart Thornton Ms. Chelsea Tickle Mrs. Linda S. Tignor Mr. F. Carlyle Tiller, Jr. 1980

Joshua and Amber 2004 Tillman Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Timmons 2013, 2013 Ms. Sandra Y. Ting Mr. and Mrs. T. Case Tischer, Jr. 1998 Dr. Matthew Togna Dr. and Mrs. Abhishek Tomar Ton of Coins Scholarship Fund Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Toohers 2012 Mrs. Amanda Tornabene Mrs. Deborah R. Totten Anita Grymes Towell TowneBank Travelers Mrs. Susan Bruch Trenkle Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Trible 1991 Ms. Mae Anne Trinh 2033 Mr. Oliver Thanh Trinh 2031 Mr. and Mrs. Tung Trinh 1999 Truist Bank Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tudor Mr. and Mrs. Tyler T. Tuite Ms. Kristin Tujuba Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr. Tullidge Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Nathan H. Turbeville, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Birck Turnbull Ms. Sarah E. Turnbull 2025 Mrs. Ashley Klaus Turner 1985 Mrs. Martha Turner Mr. and Mrs. Perry E. Turner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Perry E. Turner III 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turner, Jr. Mrs. Sarah M. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn H. Turner IV 2007 Mr. and Mrs. David J. Tuttle Ms. Addison Elizabeth Tyler 2031 Mr. and Mrs. Webb L. Tyler Ms. Sheryl S. Tyner Bobby and Jayne Ukrop Rob 1988 and Shannon Ukrop United Health Group Ms. Lee Hibbett Unroe Ms. Emily Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Van Deusen Mrs. Suzanne Wiley Van Orden 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Vance Ms. Margaret Moncure Varland 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Varland Mr. and Mrs. C. Porter Vaughan III 1963, 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vaughan, Jr. 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Vaughan 1973, 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Vaughan 1966 Dr. and Mrs. Leroy Brown Vaughan, Jr. 1997

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Ms. Joanne Verdi Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Verdi George and Mary E. Vetrovec Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vetrovec 1994 Mr. George Edward Stafford Via 1996 Stafford Via Family Giving Fund Tim and Mary 2001 Vidra Mr. and Mrs. Fernando B. Viego 1991 Mrs. Molly McKeon Viellieu 2008 Dr. and Mrs. Juan F. Villalona Mr. and Mrs. Gil John Villanueva Mr. and Mrs. Chad P. Vitek Mr. Sanjeev K. Vohra and Dr. Harjit Bhogal Dr. Kelley A. von Elten and Mr. Alexander S. von Elten Mr. Brian R. Voss and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Mountjoy Ms. Monique Voss Mr. and Ms. Alex W. Waddell The Bill and Linda Waddell Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wainscott Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Waldron Mrs. Bernice Spathey Walker 1955 Ms. Jamie L. Walker Mrs. Jessica Chasen Walker 2003 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Walker 2004, 2004 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Walker III Mr. John Luther Walker IV 2012 Mr. Lee Stribling Walker 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Wallace 1993 Mr. Marshall L. Waller 2004 Mr. and Mrs. R. Taylor Waller, Jr. 1971, 1972 Mrs. Christin Lipscomb Walsh 2004 Mrs. Wendy Walton Ward 1974 Mr. Richard L. Ware 1977 Richard L. Ware Gifting Fund Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson Warman 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Warren, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Washo 2001 Dr. and Mrs. James Wassum Mr. Franklin P. Watkins, Jr. 1977 Ms. Shirley Watkins Mr. Adam Stewart Watson 1996 Mrs. Elizabeth Bland Watson 1995 Mr. and Mrs. Ian A. Watt Mr. and Mrs. Mark O. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Tim S. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Will B. Webb Dr. Paul B. Wehman and Dr. Rebecca Turner-Wehman Mrs. Elisabeth Arnold Weiss 1986 Mr. Michael S. Weiss and Mrs. Denise Corsi-Weiss Mrs. Heather Garson Welch 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Wentworth III Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Westermann 1988 Mr. and Mrs. C. Kemper Wharton Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. White

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Mr. and Mrs. George R. White Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White Mr. Stephen K. White 1966 Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Ms. Kathleen B. Whiteside Mr. Alexander Amr Whitfield 2009 Dr. and Mrs. N. Bryan Whitfield The Whitfield Foundation Mr. Claud M. Whitley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Whitley 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Whitlock 1997 Mr. Reid Pierce Whittemore 2030 Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Whittemore 1996 Mr. Reid Steven Whitten 1998 Vice Admiral Frank D. Whitworth III USN 1985 Mr. William B. Wichelman and Ms. Victoria L. Misseri Ms. Betsy Wilder Ms. Elizabeth Wilder Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Wiley 1977 Mr. William Nash Wiley 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Taylor E. Will Mr. Carter Brien Williams 2024 Mr. and Mrs. C. Nelson Williams IV 1963 Mr. and Mrs. C. Preston Williams 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Clifton T. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Williams 1974 Ms. Eleanor Lyons Williams 2024 Ms. Elizabeth Howell Williams Mr. Fielding L. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Williams IV 1980, 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Jonnie R. Williams, Jr. 1995 Mr. Matthew K. Williams 2004 Ms. Nazarell Williams Mr. and Mrs. R. Gregory Williams 1969 Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Terrell Williams 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Williams Ms. Susan Lynne Williams 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Williamson 2004 Mr. Stew Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Whitney R. Williamson Mrs. Debra M. Willis Mrs. Tunstall Bagley Willis 2000 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. D. Wilson, Sr. Mr. Harrison Benjamin Wilson IV 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Wilton 1973 Estate of Mr. and Mrs. E. Carlton Wilton, Sr. Mr. Somers Marcus Wilton 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Wiltshire 1999 Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Wiltshire 1972 Mr. and Mrs.* Richard W. Wiltshire, Jr. 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Wiltshire III 1997 Mrs. Suzanne P. Wiltshire Weezie and Buck* Wiltshire 1967, 1967

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Wiltshire, Jr. 1992 Mrs. Julia M. Wimbish Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wimbish III Colonel (Retired) William Lee Wimbish, Jr. 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Wind Dr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Winheim Mr. and Mrs. Ken Winston Mr. and Mrs. John F. Winter II The Wise-Axelrod Charitable Fund Mr. Daniel Wise Mrs. Leigh Enoch Wit 2002 Mrs. Beth Witt Mrs. Ann Gray Turner Wood 1964 Dr. Barbara Wood and Dr. James Wood Mr. Michael B. Woodard Dr. Charlotte B. Woodfin and Mr. John H. Woodfin 1987 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Woods, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Madison P. Wootton 1989 Mrs. Kimberly Workman Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Wortham 2007 Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Wortham III 1969 Ms. Mary Vernon Wortham 2037 Elizabeth Dolan Wright 2001 and J.D. Wright Mrs. Ellen Beane Wright 2005 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Wright IV Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Wright 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Wukowitz Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wyatt 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Wyatt 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Yarney Mrs. Carrie Yeatman Mr. Gabe Yelanjian Mrs. Ashley Davis Young 2005 Mr. Kenneth H. Young 1982 Mrs. Patricia Chewning Young 1959 Hr. and Mrs. Roderick C. Young Mr. and Mrs. Walt Young Mr. Binhu Yu and Ms. Yinan Ding Ms. Dongmei Yuan Mrs. Marietta Edmunds Zakas 1977 Dr. and Mrs. Nathan D. Zasler Mrs. Daniela Zavatti-Guzman and Mr. Gilbert Guzman Dr. and Mrs. Alvaro R. Zeballos Ms. Ann S. Zelenak Dr. J. Kenneth Zelenak 1993 and Dr. Ashley T. Zelenak Mr. and Mrs. Ruiyi Zhang Mr. John Yue Zhuo 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Zizzo 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Zwerdling Mr. and Mrs. C. David Zyglocke * Deceased

GIFTS IN MEMORY OF Mr. Nicholas Robert Adams 2004 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Anderson Mr. Daniel G. Bartels Mrs. Rosa Branch Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Britten Mrs. Betty Butterworth Mr. Douglas G. Chapman, Jr. Mrs. Annette B. Chapman Mr. John P. Coates Mrs. Cynthia Liebert Crowder 1974 Mr. Edward C. Darling Mr. James A. DeVoe, Jr. 1982 Mrs. Cary T. Doyle Mrs. Jane Durham Evans 1956 Mr. Maxwell Chisolm Dwyer 2002 Mr. Meade Spicer Edmonds 1982 Mrs. Sarah Raybin Portlock Fellman 2003 Mrs. John J. Fox, Jr. Mrs. Marcia C. Frazier Mr. Carl B. Frye, Jr.

Mrs. Mary Ryan Bottger George 1992 Dr. Roger P. Hailes Ms. Elizabeth R. Harris 1975 Ms. Elizabeth T. Harris Mr. F. Timothy Hunter Mr. L. Howard Jenkins III Mr. Skip Johns Ms. Jessica Eden Joseph 2018 Mr. Benjamin R. Lacy IV Mr. Carter LaPrade 1961 Mrs. Ann Brooke Lewis Mr. Jeffrey K. MacNelly, Jr. 1990 Mrs. Laura Northen Manos 1977 Mr. James P. Massie III 1976 Mr. Charles L. McFall, Jr. Mr. Brian McGill Mr. Hugh Patrick Milmoe 1987 Mr. Robert Muncy Mr. David Hall Murphy 1980 Dr. Samuel Newell Grayson and Jeannette Nickel Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Nolley, Jr. Mrs. Irene R. Owen Mr. Malcolm “Buck” Pitt Ms. Joanne E. Pratt

Mr. Richard S. Reynolds III Mr. Michael Bruce Rhyne, Jr. 2001 Mr. C.B. Robertson III Mr. James Catlin Robertson 2004 Mr. Jeffrey Scott Robertson 2001 Mr. Brian Rollison Mrs. Frances A. Schools Mrs. Amelia Schute Mr. William C. “Brother” Scott 1971 Mr. Richard E. Shannon Mr. Geoffrey Richard Shudtz 2001 Mr. Kent A. Smith 1980 Mrs. Elizabeth Call Snead 1924 Miss Helen Minor Tanner 1949 Mrs. Nancy P. Thalhimer Christopher George Thompson Mrs. Beth Tracy Mrs. Mary Parker Moncure Vaden 1969 Mrs. Linda Waddell Mr. Robert Scott Watkins 1979 Mrs. Mary F. White Mrs. Julia Anderson Williams Mr. Charles F. Wiltshire Mrs. Barbara G. Wiltshire Mr. William B. Wiltshire

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GIFTS IN HONOR OF Ms. Sarah Abubaker Ms. Sarah Shepard Adamson 2025 Ms. Caroline McCaskey Adamson 2029 Mr. Kyan Agarwal 2035 Ms. Anne Bruce Baskerville Ahearn 1987 Mr. Wilbur L. Athey Mrs. Jill Aveson Mrs. Elly Bacigalupo Mr. David N. Bannard Mrs. Jana Barnes Miss Emily Whalen Beggerow 2026 Mr. Chason Pender Beggerow 2028 Mrs. Susan Materne Benson 1962 Mr. Thomas Wilson Blain 2007 Mr. Andrew Stuart Blain 2009 Mr. John McMann Blain 2014 Mr. Charles L. Blair Jr. Ms. Sara Boisvert Mrs. Elizabeth Bowling Rhiannon and Michael Boyd Mr. Weldon A. Bradshaw Mrs. Emily D. Bradshaw Mr. Oliver Thomas Bruno 2031 Mr. Edward William Bruno 2034 Ms. Tara R. Burgess Mrs. Julia Butcher Ms. Abigail Marks Carley 2026 Ms. Laurel Margaret Carley 2033 Mr. Thomas Prescott Carley Mr. Mason T. Chapman 1984 Mr. John Cabell Chenault VI 2024 Ms. Lacey Saunders Chenault 2027 Ms. Deborah A. Clabo Class of 1981 Mrs. Trina Clemans Mr. George Saffer Cobb 2028 Mrs. Frances O. Coleman 1992 Dr. Fletcher Collins III Ms. Eleanor Nelson Cribbs 2024 Ms. Elizabeth Rose Cribbs 2027 Mr. Grayland A. Crisp Mr. Frederick David Dabney 2026 Mr. Carter Blake Dabney 2029 Ms. Kenzie Dealto Mr. John Tobias Desch 2006 Ms. Jazie Malay Dunn 2027 Mr. Jeffrey G. Dunnington 2001 Mrs. Penny B. Evins Mrs. Tabb Thornton Farinholt 1955 Courtney and Wortie 1988 Ferrell Miss Giles Winston Ferrell 2024

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Miss Rosewell Page Ferrell 2027 Mr. Leavenworth McGill Ferrell III 2031 Mr. Wortie Ferrell 1988 Mr. Louis Fierro II Mr. Otis K. Forbes III 1977 Mrs. Faithea Flowers Foster Mrs. Paige Fox 1986 Mrs. Heather D. Garnett Ms. Melanie Karen Gorsline 1974 Ms. Kathy Gregg Mr. Ty Gregory 2024 Ms. Elizabeth S. Harman 2024 Mr. Charles Kennon Harrison III 2036 Mrs. Robyn Hartley Mrs. Lauren Hepper Ms. Carol W. Herod 1972 Mr. F. Robertson Hershey 1966 Mr. James C. Hickey, Jr. Mr. Henry Raab Hofheimer 2027 Ms. Carter S. Hofheimer 2029 Mr. Jack A. Holmes Mrs. Samantha Price Huber 2003 Mrs. Sarah Gray Tullidge Innes 2005 Mr. Thomas T. Innes 2037 Miss Louise Innes Mrs. Ukay Jackson Coach Larry Jarman Mr. Douglas Johnson Mr. Brian C. Justice 1985 Mr. John Evan William Justice 2017 Mr. John Kimenhour Mr. Glenn A. LaFerriere Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Lecky 1968, 1968 Mrs. Amy Becker Leibowitz 1988 Ms. Emma Lewis 2024 Ms. Madeline Lewis 2024 Mrs. Suzanne Laprade Lewis Mr. Patrick E. Loach Mrs. Elizabeth W. Marchant 1972 Mrs. Elizabeth Gehr Marchant 2004 Ms. Neelan A. Markel 1996 Mr. Brent I Miller 1998 Mrs. Kaitlyn Miller Mrs. Debbie Miller Mr. John N. Moreau Mrs. Blake Hamill Nichols 1998 Mr. Gates Boehling O’Brien Mr. Winston Pine O’Brien Mrs. Margaret Randolph Pace 1990 Ms. Phyllis Palmiero Mrs. Kate F. Parthemos 1971 Coach Don Pate Ms. Barbara J. Peco Mr. William S. Peebles IV Mr. and Mrs. Williams S. Peebles IV Mrs. Penny Peebles

Mrs. Peggy Perdue Mrs. Jasmine Turner Perry 2011 Ms. Laura Philips Dr. William F. Reames Mrs. Carter C. Reid Ms. Eliza Harrison Reynolds 2030 Mr. Richard Fielding Reynolds 2033 Mr. Christopher Wayne Rusbuldt, Jr. 2012 Mr. Andy Santalla Ms. Helena Audrey Saunders 2030 Ms. Eliza Juliet Saunders 2031 Mr. and Mrs. Will F. Saunders Mr. David Allen Schools 1983 Mrs. Faulkner Bagley Sgro 1988 Mr. Emerson Louis Shudtz 2036 Mrs. Patty Sinkler Mr. Andrew F. Slater 1996 Mr. Alex Smith 1965 Mr. Sam W. Smith 2023 Mrs. Kelsey Smither Mr. William Walker Spain 2030 Mr. Charles Whitley Spain 2033 Ms. Clara Elizabeth Spain 2036 Mr. Andrew Stanley Mr. John Fitzgerald Stanley 2024 Mr. Tyler Joseph Stanley 2028 Mr. Mark Stepanian 1989 Mr. Brandt Surgner Mrs. Pamela Anderson Sutherland Mr. Preston Sinclair Sutherland 2027 Mr. David Taibl Mrs. Anita Grymes Towell Mr. Tung Trinh Ms. Cathryn Elizabeth Tullidge 2007 Mr. William Brant Tullidge 2011 Mr. John Vellenoweth Mrs. Amy Verdi Ms. Etta Garnett Vidra 2037 Ms. Emily Sophia Waldrup 2029 Ms. Chelsea Rose Waldrup 2032 Mr. George Benjamin Waldrup, Jr. Ms. Virginia Elizabeth Waldrup Vice Admiral Frank D. Whitworth III USN, 1985 Mr. George Wickham Ms. Ellie Wilder Ms. Mary Douglass Wilkins 2025 Ms. Ann Leyrer Wilkins 2027 Ms. Catharine Twyford Wilkins 2027 Mrs. Kristen O’Brien Williams Ms. Coretta Kingston Mrs. Anne Tunstall Bagley Willis 2000 Mrs. Kelly Wiltshire Mr. Maddax Reed Winston-Evans 2022 Mr. Cooper Flynn Winston-Evans 2024 Mr. Gabe Yelanjian Dr. James Kenneth Zelenak 1993

A FRIEND FOREVER

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o matter where life takes you beyond North Mooreland Road, Collegiate offers respite. Part of that tranquility is found in the friendships initially formed on campus and, like a cherished heirloom, are held to dearly throughout our lives.

A good friend is always there — softening the harsh edges when they emerge and augmenting the joy in life’s special moments.

For the Class of 1967, Elizabeth Mae Coleman James ’67 was that friend to every one of her classmates. “Elizabeth was the ‘glue’ who worked to keep the class connected long after graduation,” Joan Hedgecock ’67, a longtime friend of Elizabeth, says. Upon Elizabeth’s passing, in September 2024, Martha Clark Goss ’67, along with other friends and members of the James and Coleman families, established the Class of 1967 Memorial Endowment to honor

both her and all other members of the Class of 1967 that have passed. A class volunteer, Elizabeth assumed the “glue” role with alacrity, taking the lead on organizing Collegiate class reunions and all other forms of friendly gatherings. Everyone needs a friend that shepherds plans along. Bearing a smile of joviality (a laugh never far behind) Elizabeth was that friend.

She embraced her work with humility and the knowledge that the importance of friendship rests in being present and showing up. “In recognition of her efforts, it seems appropriate for the fund to memorialize not only Elizabeth, but all of our other deceased classmates,” Joan says.

As a former special education teacher, Elizabeth understood that participation in conferences and workshops is an important way for educators to gather and collaborate with colleagues to be-

come energized with new ideas and skills to bring to the classroom. So in addition to recognizing what Elizabeth embodies as a friend, the endowment also celebrates her passion and commitment to teaching excellence.

To that end, the endowment will provide professional development opportunities for teams of teachers — within a grade level or across divisions and disciplines — to attend workshops or conferences, facilitated both on and off campus, to enrich and support the ongoing development of teachers’ skills and knowledge, which ultimately benefits students.

Support of the Class of 1967 Memorial Endowment, then, recognizes the Class of 1967 and simultaneously uplifts today’s Collegiate students, empowering their lifelong education and their lifelong friendships. “Establishing an endowment of this kind

provides a legacy for the Class of 1967 while giving back to a school that gave us so much — both in friendship and education,” Martha says. “In all her great efforts, Elizabeth’s intention was to support Collegiate. Now, this is another way for us to do just that.”

To learn more about the endowment or to support its efforts, contact the Development Office at 804.741.9706.

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The Collegiate Fund is a collective reflection of the Collegiate spirit. Supporting all aspects of a Collegiate education, it’s the vehicle that transforms what is possible for students and teachers.

Make your tax-deductible gift to the Collegiate Fund by the end of the year at collegiate-va.org/makeagift.

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Letter From Director of Alumni Engagement Anne Gray Siebert ’97 As I sit down to reflect on Alumni Weekend, I am filled with immense gratitude and pride. What a weekend it was!

With the ever-changing forecast of wind and storms threatening our plans, we had to pivot on a moment’s notice, rethinking almost everything. It seemed like every time we settled on a plan, the weather would shift again.

But when everything was up in the air, something incredible happened — you, our alumni, showed up.

You didn’t just attend the weekend’s events; you became an essential part of them. From moving furniture and decorating spaces to offering extra hands when needed, your support was nothing short of remarkable. Every time I felt the weight of the situation, another familiar face would walk through the door, ready to help, without even being asked.

In true Collegiate spirit, we worked together, adapted, and turned what could have been a challenge into a roaring success. Reunion Weekend was a memorable celebration, not in spite of the weather, but because of the collective efforts of each of you. The warmth, dedication, and sense of community you brought reminded me, once again, of the special bond we share at Collegiate. I’m already giddily looking forward to next year’s Reunion Weekend; in fact, the planning process is already in motion.

As we continue through the rest of the year, I feel immense pride knowing our Cougars are always looking out for one another. I am deeply grateful for the way our community consistently shows up and supports each other. Our Collegiate values are woven into the fabric of who we are, and it fills me with pride to see those values lived out every single day.

Thank you for turning a stormy forecast into a bright and unforgettable weekend. I can’t wait to see what we accomplish together next year!

With heartfelt gratitude, Anne Gray Siebert ’97

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early 300 people gathered in late September, during this year’s Reunion Weekend, to celebrate the Athletic Hall of Fame inductees and Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. The program began with a lunch that felt like a reunion unto itself. The lunch’s program featured heartfelt speeches from alumni, current faculty and staff, and former Collegiate teachers and coaches. Afterwards, the lunch attendees were joined by more of the Collegiate community at the Hershey Center of the Arts for a presentation of awards.

Both current and former faculty and staff, as well as fellow alumni, were in attendance in Oates Theater, where the award ceremony was held, to help illustrate that show of thanks to all recipients. The theater was packed with spirit, representative of the vast and supportive alumni network. Collegiate remains strong because of the alumni that represent the School beyond North Mooreland Road. It was that green-and-gold spirit that was felt during the ceremony. “The ceremony honoring some of our most distinguished alumni was a pinnacle Collegiate moment,” Anne Gray Siebert ’97, Director of Alumni Engagement, said of the event. “So many alumni throughout the country — some of whom hadn’t been back to campus in years — came to show their support.”

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Board assembles annually to sift through nominations they will bestow on two deserving alumni that have left indelible marks on both their alma mater and the community at large.

This year’s meeting was swift, the decision of nominating Rob Hershey ’66 and Beth Watlington Marchant ’72 an easy and unanimous one.

Marchant, the recipient of the 2024 Alex Smith ’65 Service Award, is the embodiment of service to Collegiate. Since her graduation, she has remained an unwavering and integral part of the community, offering her time, talent, and support in countless ways.

Whether it’s her quiet work behind the scenes or her involvement in more public capacities, Marchant’s impact on the School has been both profound and enduring.

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Rob Hershey ’66 and Beth Watlington Marchant ’72, the recipients of this year’s alumni awards, both embody the idea of paying forward the gifts they’ve received on their life’s journey.

Marchant’s connection to Collegiate runs deep. “Collegiate was like family to me,” she said. “The teachers, my friends, the athletics, and the traditions we experienced together — all of this gave me a foundation that carried me throughout my life.” This foundation inspired Marchant to remain an active part of the Collegiate, ensuring that future generations have the same opportunities and experiences.

Her dedication is most evident in her role as a volunteer. She has served on the Alumni Board and the Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee, lending passionate insights to both of these roles. She often gives her time quietly, behind the scenes, never looking for recognition but always happy to be giving back. Sometimes the work takes the form of stuffing bags for reunion classes; sometimes she’s called upon to write In Memoriam notes

for deceased alumni. No matter the task, Marchant can always be relied on. Her involvement with the Development Office and alumni outreach initiatives is invaluable, making her an indispensable member of the Collegiate community. “There are some people whose hearts are geared toward service, and Beth has one of those hearts,” Peyton Jenkins ’00 said of Marchant at the award ceremony, held the last weekend in September, during Reunion Weekend. “She is the epitome of you first and me much, much later.”

For Hershey, an icon of independent schools, who was awarded with this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award, service has always been about paying forward the gifts he received throughout his life’s journey.

He began his career in education in 1970, immediately following his graduation from Williams College. He started teaching histo-

ry and economics and served as the varsity basketball coach at Woodberry Forest School, in Virginia.

While at Woodberry Forest, he held various administrative roles, including Director of Student Life, Director of Admissions, Assistant Headmaster, and Associate Headmaster.

In 1978, Hershey was appointed Headmaster of Durham Academy in North Carolina, which he led for a decade. During his tenure, he was elected president of the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools.

Then, in 1988, he returned to his alma mater, a school that had grown significantly since he left Collegiate as a student. With a keen, firsthand understanding of Collegiate — its community and its past — he returned eager to lead the School towards a bright future.

“I didn’t return to Collegiate to ‘come back home again,’” Hershey has been quoted saying, in Collegiate’s Centennial book, regarding his return. “I went to Collegiate because I stepped back and realized Collegiate was a really fine school, led by Mac Pitt with all the right values. The Board, at the time of Mr. Pitt’s retirement, seemed to want to accelerate and move forward. I believed that accepting the position as president of the School was a wonderful professional opportunity, not a homecoming.”

He took on the new professional opportunity with aplomb.

During his leadership, he guided the School through significant transitions, including evolving “The Collegiate Schools” into “The Collegiate School.” Under his stewardship, the core values of honor, love of learning, excellence, respect and community that continue to guide students today were established.

During his time as Head of School at Collegiate, he oversaw the renovation of the Middle and Upper Schools, improved faculty compensation, placed a strong emphasis on

the integration of all areas of study, grew the School’s endowment, and completed a successful capital campaign. In recognition of his impact, the Hershey Center for the Arts was named in his honor. “What has really distinguished Rob is his ability to conceive, create, and lead a community,” Wortie Ferrell ’88 said of Hershey during the award ceremony. “He has been a sustainer and steward of the community.”

Hershey’s final headmaster role was at Episcopal High School in Virginia, where he served from 1998 until his retirement in 2016. Across every institution he led, Hershey remained laser-focused on the quality of the student experience and the support of faculty and staff. This commitment was recognized on all the campuses where he served.

Throughout his career, Hershey was proud that he was in the classroom and taught a course in economics every semester during his 46 years. Hershey was an amazing mentor to so many independent school teachers and administrators who have gone on to great careers.

Hershey was deeply involved in numerous educational organizations, including serving as Chair of The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS), and the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools (NCAIS). He held board positions with several other organizations, including the Center for the Study of Boys and Girls Lives and the Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB).

In retirement, Hershey continued to contribute to independent school education, consulting with over 30 independent schools from 2016 to 2022. His dedication to education has been recognized with prestigious awards. The Distinguished Alumni Award is yet another recognition and articulation of thanks for all that he has given to Collegiate.

What has really distinguished Rob is his ability to conceive, create, and lead a community.”

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Humbled and Honored Steve Sica ’01, Dominique Meeks Gombe ’09, Thomas Stephens ’11, and Campbell Brewer ’15 along with 1997 boys soccer, 1998-99 wrestling, and 1999 girls cross country were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame this fall. By Weldon Bradshaw

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OU’RE SITTING THERE, minding your

own business, your phone rings, and a number not in your contacts pops up on the screen.

Do I answer it? you wonder. Is it spam?

Or some scam? Or another annoying telemarketer? Or maybe just a wrong number?

That’s the quandary in which four Collegiate graduates recently found themselves. Each sat tight and let the message roll to voicemail.

Turns out it was fellow alumnus Alex Cecil ’83 calling with some exciting news — he just didn’t tell them what it was — and when they finally connected with him a few minutes later, they learned that they had been selected for induction into their alma mater’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Steve Sica ’01, Dominique Meeks Gombe ’09, Thomas Stephens ’11, and Campbell Brewer ’15 along with 1997 boys soccer (170-1, Prep League champ), 1998-99 wrestling

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(Prep League and state champ), and 1999 girls cross country (League of Independent Schools and state champ) were honored in September in ceremonies first in the Sharp Academic Commons and later in the Oates Theater.

“They were caught off guard, quite frankly,” says Cecil, who headed the selection committee. “The people who are that great at what they did, and it’s been a while for these folks, don’t think about it. They’re not waiting to be honored. That’s not how they’re geared.”

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“They were honored and humbled,” Cecil adds. “That was the underlying theme of what I heard from all four.”

In the purest sense, high school athletes compete in the moment for the love of their sport (or sports), for the shared experiences with their teammates and coaches, and for the myriad memories they collectively create. Then, when their eligibility expires, they

head off to their next adventures. They may reflect on the practices, the bus rides, the games, meets, and matches, and the ups and downs that sports provide, but life moves on.

That said, occasionally they revisit the past, occasionally the past revisits them, and that’s a good thing.

“They’re excited,” Cecil says. “Some of them are in disbelief even though they know in their own hearts how good they were. I’m excited for them. It’s a really unbelievable group of four people.”

Sica is Collegiate’s only three-time VISAA wrestling champion, twice in the 103-pound weight class and once at 119. He was also a three-time Prep League champ and twice a prep All-American. His 130 career victories rank third in program history. He recorded 17 pins during the 1998-1999 season when the Cougars won both the league and state titles.

He was also an All-Prep, All-VISAA, and All-Metro cross country runner, who in

spring track contributed significant team points in the 3200 in dual-meet, league, and state competition.

“Knowing how many great athletes are in there [the Hall of Fame] and being part of it is a great honor,” he says. “I appreciate being recognized. The best part is going in with the ’99 wrestling team. That was a special team all around. They worked just as hard as I did, and I’m glad they’re being recognized as well.”

Meeks earned All-LIS honors in volleyball, basketball, and track and field. She’s the only female basketball player in program history to surpass 1,000 points (1,191) and 1,000 rebounds (1017). She’s also second on the career list in steals (246) and ninth in assists (151). She won three LIS shot put titles, and her personal best (38-4) stood as the school record from 2009-2022.

When the call came, she was, she admitted, taken aback.

“Actually, I really didn’t know what to think,” she says. “I never thought about the Hall of Fame. It’s very humbling that enough people thought I was worthy.”

Among his many achievements as a swimmer, Stephens earned seven state championships and 16 all-state, one state swimmer of the year, and 10 All-American citations. He was Collegiate’s co-valedictorian and Richmond Times-Dispatch/Sports Backers Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2011 and the T-D’s male swimmer of the year in both 2010 and 2011.

“There are incredible [multi-sport] athletes who have come through Collegiate,” he says. “I made strong contributions in one sport. I was really proud of the teams I was on through the years at Collegiate. This [individual recognition] is humbling.”

Brewer started five years each in varsity field hockey and lacrosse and four years in swimming.

As a hockey goalie, she was voted All-LIS and All-VISAA four times and All-Metro as a Sophomore, Junior and Senior.

Four times, she earned All-LIS honors as a sprint freestyle relay swimmer and scored 18 times in various events in league meets.

She also scored 13 times in state-level competition, shared three state relay records, and earned four all-state citations.

As an attack in lacrosse, she was All-LIS four times, all-state twice, US Lacrosse regional All-American and All-Academic as a Junior, and US Lacrosse All-American as a Senior.

“It made me feel really nostalgic,” she says of Cecil’s out-of-the-blue call. “I loved my time at Dartmouth (where she played lacrosse), but Collegiate was so special.”

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Looking Back and Moving Forward This year’s Alumni Reunion Weekend marked the Class of 1974’s 50th reunion, and classmates returned to campus to reflect on their own personal history and the public moments that came to pass throughout their life.

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marked the Class of 1974’s 50th reunion, and classmates returned to campus to reflect on their own personal history and the public moments that came to pass throughout their life. When they were Seniors, Homecoming festivities occurred Oct. 27, 1973, and, during half-time at the football game against Tidewater Academy, the 1973-74 Homecoming Court took the field, a first in the ceremony’s history. (The Homecoming princesses were Frances Day, Cindy Leibert, Martha Pruitt, and Lis Truett. Helen Anderson and Willy Carter were crowned Homecoming Queen and King.) Fifty years later, the 1974 graduates gathered to celebrate their class at the Sharp Academic Commons, a building that opened in 2013, 39 years after they graduated.

It’s no question the world has changed since 1974. The sounds of the times have changed: Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” was one of the biggest singles in 1974, a melancholic melody quite different from the pop tunes of today. Our entertainment has changed: All in the Family and M*A*S*H yielded some of the highest viewership numbers in 1974; now, the binge of streaming has altered our attention. Also during 1974, the School held its first Sadie Hawkins Dance and, later that year, the first edition of The Stuffed Cougar, Collegiate’s beloved cookbook full of delicious recipes, was published and made available for purchase at the Book Fair and the Cougar Shop. It was a year of firsts for the School, and those firsts have persisted into the fabric of Collegiate’s history and traditions. Regardless of the differences in a country’s culture, Collegiate’s method of showing love for a community remains the same.

Despite the 50 years of separation between the Class of 1974 and the current Collegiate Seniors in the Class of 2025, the students are indelibly challenged both in mind and character. Whether it was Julia A. Williams as Head of the Girls’ School in 1974 or Debbie Miller as current Head of the Lower School, it’s the established faculty that bring the best out of each student. Twenty-five years ago, as a method of thanks to all that the Collegiate faculty has done for the Class of 1974, the graduates established a faculty grant, the Endowment for International Studies, to provide funds to help faculty pursue international study and travel.

The grant has a dual purpose: to enhance the School’s program/curriculum and to support the recipient’s personal professional development. This opportunity for faculty members to study abroad results in the development of enhanced curricular units for their courses and brings a wider worldview into their students’ learning. (If anyone is interested in learning more about the endowment established by the Class of 1974, please contact the Development Office at 804-741-9706.)

This impactful blend of embracing Collegiate’s history and supporting the mission of the School, embodied by the Class of 1974, helps establish a healthy future. History is made, traditions persist, and, nevertheless, Collegiate continues to thrive.

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CLASS OF 1979

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REUNION WEEKEND 2024 Alumni came from near and far to celebrate Reunion Weekend in September with Collegiate’s 40th annual Alumni Oyster Roast, award ceremonies, and a paw-full of other fun activities on the campus they love. For alumni whose graduation years end in a four and nine, individual class reunion parties were offered around campus.

The entire weekend served as a beautiful reminder that no matter where life takes you beyond North Mooreland Road, there is always a home you can return to — with friends ready to greet you.

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CLASS NOTES

No matter where our life takes us beyond North Mooreland Road, we are always uniquely connected by our time spent at Collegiate School. Class Notes offers a bridge leading toward that shared bond between fellow alumni.

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1950

Ann Cardwell Saunders died July 25, 2024.

1953

Pat Minor Hoover and her sister had a great time at Pat’s birthday in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

1956

Carole Mullin Rayner, mother of Bobby Rayner ’78 and David Rayner ’80; grandmother to Amanda Rayner ’04, Caroline Rayner ’09, Mason Rayner ’09, Whitney Rayner ’11 and Meghan Rayner Gottwald ’15, died July 3, 2024.

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Connie Garrett experienced a momentous event over the summer: A move after 40 years living on Old Bridge Lane. “Sometimes, you don’t anticipate the emotional angles of a big transition and that was the case here,” Connie writes.

“The great news is that our daughter, Caroline Patrick ’96, and her husband Ian have purchased my house, which Waddy and I designed and built in 1983, and they have good ideas for some renovations and additions. It was fun to continue the legacy — an enhanced 2024 version.

“In the past few years, I’ve become happily reacquainted with Anne Hunter Larus Roe ’62 through Woman’s Club, and also, since 2008, Ann Strickland Davenport ’62, whose cottage is close to us at Fishing Bay. Moving to Westminster-Canterbury is a big transition — to communal living from having your own residence — but offers a wide range of amenities and ease of

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maintenance. As a widow, this is welcomed! It is wonderful to have some Collegiate classmates already in residence: Harriet Franklin, Mary Kennon McDaniel, and Polly Jefferson. Mary, Anne Hunter, Ann Davenport, and I, with Byrd, our darling new dog, gathered on a rainy weekend at Stove Point this past spring. We enjoyed the camaraderie and good stories!”

1962

Janet Graves died July 10, 2024.

Anne Hirschler Long, mother of Kay Long-Martin ’87 and Diane Long Cafritz ’88; grandmother to Hugh Cafritz ’22 and Macy Cafritz ’23; sister of Beth Hirschler Long ’60, died Sept. 2, 2024.

1966

Emmett Jarvis, brother of Tim Jarvis ’77, died June 22, 2024.

Alison Davoud Wiltbank, sister of Jennifer Davoud Whitman ’66, died Sept. 12, 2024.

1967

Elizabeth Coleman James, sister of Janette Coleman ’69, Anne Coleman ’76, Laura Coleman-Proctor ’77, and Custis Coleman ’80, died Sept. 9, 2024.

Susan Schmidt writes, “I spent a day on the ocean spotting 60 dolphins for photo-ID of dorsal fins, a day counting more shorebirds on Shackleford Banks, and two

hours kayaking to survey migrating shorebirds on Bird Shoal. I’m slowly writing a book on sailing, ocean currents, King Tides, and sea level rise (I live in high ground in Beaufort at 14 feet). I plan to publish chapters in Substack. I will see my beloved classmates when we gather to mourn Elizabeth Coleman, who died suddenly.”

1968

Shirley Meador Wersinger writes, “My older sister is in assisted living in Richmond, and I’ve traveled from my home in Rochester, New York, several times this year to visit her. As a bonus, I also get to see Collegiate friends.

In September, seven of us got together for dinner.”

1969

Merritt Foster died Aug. 8, 2024.

1972

Tricia Dykers Koenig is retiring at the end of the year and moving to Albuquerque to be near her granddaughter.

1976

Robert Call retired from his allergy practice one year ago and started a new wellness center called Vita Pure IV. He’s continuing his clinical research business called Clinical Research Partners.

“We had two daughters get married this summer as well,” Robert writes. “The family went to Scotland for a vacation and have two daughters in London — one working and the other in a master’s program in immigration. Whew! Busy year!”

1977

Martie Edmunds Zakas is enjoying life in Atlanta with family and trips to Richmond periodically to visit Martie’s mom Nancy Page Edmunds ’52. “I also travel to Charlottesville from time to time to visit our youngest daughter, Cabell, who is in her second year at Darden,” Martie writes. “I am entering my 18th year working at Mueller Water Products and became CEO about a year ago. I am fortunate that I get to spend time with our three grandchildren and other three children who live nearby. I love getting my Spark and reading about all the wonderful things that are going on at Collegiate.”

Robert Wrenn, winner of the 1987 Buick Open and 12-year veteran of the PGA Tour, was inducted into the Virginia Golf Hall of Fame in October 2024.

Additionally, his wife Kathy, who served as a teacher and volleyball coach in Collegiate’s Middle School for 21 years, is in the process of co-producing a documentary on family recovery through her nonprofit, Illume Family Recovery.

The Executive Producer of the documentary is Jess Speight ’17 and his production company Rain Dance Productions. The film will serve as a catalyst for changing so many lives of those living with the challenges and stigmas associated with Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

1978

Mark R. Merhige is the proud grandfather to three boys: Wesley Kent Cook, born Jan. 25, 2024; William Thompson Fitzhugh, born June 20, 2024; and Jones McGowin Merhige, Sept. 8, 2024.

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Andy and Nancy Schneider had a busy start to 2024 with an incredible trip to Antarctica aboard the Seabourn Venture expedition ship. This was followed by both of their sons getting married just six weeks apart in the summer. Their older son Bradley married Jessica Bernstein in Capri, Italy, in May, and their younger son Joel married Emma Hutchinson in Annapolis, Maryland, in July.

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Leigh Compton Shobe and her husband, David, have moved to Kinsale, Virginia. where they are in the process of renovating her grandparents’ 1950s cottage on the Potomac River. Leigh, a realtor with Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville, continues to sell real estate in Richmond, and is also looking forward to assisting clients in the Northern Neck area.

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Sarah Paxton enjoyed a quick visit with classmate John Woodward over the summer during a trip in Atlanta.

The mart (with the summer Outdoor Furniture show) is just down the street from his swanky 34th floor office with the Metro Atlanta chamber.

With Sarah’s LaDiff colleague Emily, the group enjoyed the talents of a local mixologist.

1. Pat Minor Hoover ’53 and her sister had a great time at Pat’s birthday in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

is in the process of co-producing a documentary on family recovery through her non-profit, Illume Family Recovery. The Executive Producer of the documentary is Jess Speight ’17.

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2. Susan Schmidt ’67 pictured with her puppy.

3. In September, Shirley Meador Wersinger ’68 and some of her classmates got together for dinner. Pictured here are Cristy Conner Jarvis, Laura Hall, Shirley Meador Wersinger, Mary Sadler Mann, Diane Franklin Muska, Ginny Stevens Purcell, and Barbara Robertson Burke. As always, the group had fun exchanging news about their kids and grandkids.

4. Robert Wrenn’s ’77 wife Kathy, who served as a teacher and volleyball coach in Collegiate’s Middle School for 21 years,

5. Andy ’83 and Nancy Schneider had a busy start to 2024 — beginning with an incredible trip to Antarctica aboard the Seabourn Venture expedition ship.

6. Leigh Compton Shobe ’83 and her husband, David, have moved to Kinsale, Virginia.

7. Sarah Paxton ’84 enjoyed a quick visit with classmate John Woodward ’84 over the summer during a trip in Atlanta.

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Mike Bowen is still working on being a lifelong learner.

“This summer, I did a program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park,” Mike says. “I am now in a 10-month teaching fellowship on climate change in Latin America, and I applied to be one of 10 teachers that goes to Costa Rica with the program next summer.

In addition to learning and teaching (mostly AP environmental and forensic science), I am simultaneously writing a series of nine novels about a serial killer, which I hope will get published soon.”

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Lee Moreau’s first story of CHIPS (Cougars Hidden In Plain Sight).

“It was July 27 at Dulles airport and I was excited to board my flight to Europe for a long-awaited family cruise vacation,” Lee writes. “Shortly after takeoff, I experienced a minor medical emergency, and luckily for me, the woman across the aisle recognized I was in distress and immediately offered her help. She was an ER nurse from northern Virginia. She worked with the flight crew and took the lead on my treatment (oxygen) and care for the next hour or so. (Fortunately, we did not have to turn the plane around!) Through subsequent conversation, it was revealed that she was from Richmond and was also heading to Spain for a family vacation. As it turns out, not only was she from Richmond but she and her brothers and her dad went to Collegiate! What are the chances of that!?

“Megan Stepanian ’16 was a stranger, and likely would have remained one had it not been for this incident. I am forever grateful for her care and attention (as was the flight crew). Learning she had ‘Cougar character’ and was willing to help a stranger was heart-warming. Offering liquid IV and encouraging words went a long way! My time at Collegiate has had a lifelong impact on me and afforded me quality friendships for a lifetime. Collegiate teaches us far more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. It teaches us character!

I was lucky to be the beneficiary of that lesson from the Stepanian family. Her dad Mark ’89 checked on me several times throughout the flight, and for that I was so appreciative.

“Megan, her brothers, and her parents were headed to Spain for a family vacation together, and lucky for me, she was sitting an arm’s length away. No matter where in the world you are, there could be CHIPS out there demonstrating the quality of the citizenship they learned while walking the halls of Mooreland Road! Thank you, Stepanians!”

1991

Stephanie Roberts Larry died July 19, 2024.

1996

Christina Grande writes, “After working in college counseling for four years, I decided to return to the classroom. I started a new job teaching 8th Grade literature and composition at Saint Bridget Middle School.”

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1. J im Ivins ’07 and his wife Taylor got married on Oct. 7, 2023, at Tredegar Iron Works.

Pictured here, in row one, from left to right: Caroline Ashby ’07, Olivia Farmer ’10, Sarah Stirling Whiltshire ’07, Meredith Farmer ’07, Cary Knight ’07, Carly Golliday ’07, Madison Early ’07, Whitney Miller ’07, Claire McGowan ’08, and Sarah Craig ’07. Pictured here, in row two, from left to right: Emma Burgess ’07, Virginia Watkins ’98, Sam Rogal ’07, Jordan Farmer ’07, Kathryn Failon ’07, Jacqueline Hamlin ’05, and Chelsea Van Manen ’05. Pictured here, in row three, from left to right: Eric Barley ’07, Bobby Gary ’07, Jack Ivins ’05, Henry Winslow ’07, Drew Martin ’09, Jo Beth Harstrick ’07, and Zach Birnbaum ’07. Pictured here, in row four, from left to right: Taylor Ivins, Jim Ivins ’07, Alex Trivette ’08, and Kyle Miner ’07.

2. A t the end of July, Virginia Layfield McAndrew ’07 welcomed Elenora ‘Nora’ Frances McAndrew to her family. The entire family, including big brother Thomas, is thrilled!

3. G race Zell ’07 and her husband Johnathan Longo welcomed their sweet baby girl Marin Rose Longo.

4. E lizabeth Mason Foster ’09 and husband Michael welcomed daughter Sarah Claiborne ‘Sally’ Foster on Sept. 3, 2024.

5. H aley Mosman Blackwood ’10 and Conor Blackwood ’09 have been enjoying life together and its many evolutions!

6. W alker Surgner Banning ’11 welcomed baby William Clifford Banning on April 26, 2024. William came in at 9 lbs and 15 ounces.

7. T ayloe M.B. Dameron ’12 married Dr. Natalie Eisenach during Fourth of July weekend. The couple hosted friends and family at Upper Shirley Vineyards. Pictured here is the Collegiate community in attendance at the special day.

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Virginia Layfield McAndrew writes, “At the end of July, we welcomed Elenora ‘Nora’ Frances McAndrew to our family. Big brother, Thomas, adores his sister and so do we!”

Grace Zell writes, “In August of 2023 I moved back to New York City to take a position at Trinity School as a Lower School librarian. This past June, my husband Johnathan Longo and I welcomed our sweet baby girl Marin Rose Longo.

Her Richmond-based grandparents, Pamela and Michael Zell, are completely smitten with her!”

Jim Ivins and his wife Taylor got married Oct. 7, 2023, at Tredegar Iron Works. “We met in Nashville in 2017 while we were both living there, and moved to Richmond in March of 2022, when we bought a house in Church Hill,” Jim writes.

“I am proud to report that my groomsmen party was full of Cougars — including Bobby Gary, Jordan Farmer, Eric Barley, and Drew Martin ’09, as well as my brother and best man, Jack Ivins ’05. Naturally, the obligatory Spark photo was a must.”

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Elizabeth Mason Foster and husband Michael welcomed daughter Sarah Claiborne ‘Sally’ Foster on Sept. 3, 2024. The grandmother is Claiborne Scott Mason ’78.

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Courtney Chase, sister of Whitney Chase ’07, Kelsey Chase ’09, and Erin Chase ’10, died Sept. 15, 2024.

Haley Mosman Blackwood shares, “Wow — life comes at you fast! Conor Blackwood ’09 and I reconnected after college. We got married in March 2022, had our first baby in February 2023, bought a house in August 2024, and are expecting our second baby in January 2025. We are so excited to be back in Richmond and can’t wait to see what this next chapter of life holds of us.”

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Steven Vranian Steven, an anesthesiologist, finished an Interventional Pain Management fellowship at Duke University. He is now working with Pain Specialists of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.

Walker Surgner Banning welcomed baby William Clifford Banning on April 26, 2024. William came into this world at 9 lbs and 15 ounces.

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Tayloe M.B. Dameron married Dr. Natalie Eisenach during Fourth of July weekend. The couple hosted friends and family at Upper Shirley Vineyards.

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Annika Wooton writes, “I have a thriving career speed painting across the nation. The first time I ever did a speed painting was on the Oates Theater stage at Collegiate during my Senior year. Since then, I’ve painted in as little as 90 seconds and on stages and courts across the country. Most recently, I was the featured performer for the WNBA Connecticut Sun halftime show. It’s really cool to point back to Collegiate and my mentors there as the place where my career started. You can check out more on my website: www.annikawooton.com” Annika continues: “I got engaged to my fiance, Jesse Bourque, on April 27, 2023. He proposed in the middle of a tornado warning, in front of a giant painting in our city art museum. Very on brand for Kansas (tornado) and us (art). He flew my family in from New Mexico and Virginia to surprise me when we came back to our home. We will be getting married in April.”

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Ellie Whitlock Kelley welcomed her first child, baby boy Finn Whitlock Kelley, on June 8, 2024.

2015

Virginia Harris ’16 and Jack Cole got married in Charlottesville, Virginia in May with lots of Collegiate alumni in attendance!

Clair Spotts was admitted to Harvard Kennedy School to pursue a master’s degree in public policy.

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Libby Wray and Max Vaughan got engaged May 11, 2024. A September 2025 wedding is planned.

Eleanor Dillon got engaged in September 2024. Jackson Taylor proposed at Agecroft Hall. Jackson is from Richmond and graduated from Woodberry Forest School. They are planning a wedding in Richmond for next year in 2025.

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IN MEMORIAM Our condolences are offered to these members of the Collegiate family.

J. Doug Mickle, father of Adam Mickle, who left Collegiate after 6th Grade, died May 24, 2024.

Carolyn Snow, grandmother of Lottie Snow ’31 and Liza Snow ’34, died June 5, 2024.

Joan Robins, wife of William ‘Randy’ Robins ’64 and mother of William ‘Rand’ Robins ’01, Howard ‘Spotty’ Robins ’04, and Berkeley Robins McQuiddy ’07, died June 27, 2024.

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Patricia Plaisted, stepmother of Fred Plaisted and Parker Plaisted ’82, died July 3, 2024.

Nancy Klaus, mother of Jim Klaus ’82 and Ashley Klaus Turner ’85, died July 14, 2024.

C. Hobson Goddin, father of C. Hobson Godddin ’71, Bland Goddin ’72, and Cornelia Goddin ’77 and grandfather of Jack Carmichael ’08, died July 17, 2024.

Collins Denny, father of Katharine Denny Joyce ’85, died July 25, 2024.

Byrd Davenport, husband of Ann Strickland Davenport ’62, died July 26, 2024.

Elizabeth ‘Leigh’ Gordon, mother of Tyler Gordon Joiner ’03 and Mary Alex Gordon Murray ’05, mother-in-law of 3rd Grade teacher Derek Murray, and grandmother of Corbin Joiner ’35, Everette Joiner ’37, and Addison Murray ’37, died July 27, 2024.

1-2. Annika Wooton ’12 got engaged to Jesse Bourque on April 27, 2023. She has also enjoyed a thriving career speed painting across the nation.

Frederic Moore, father of Sarah Moore ’95 and Fritz Moore ’98; grandfather of Elizabeth Moore ’33 and Fritz Moore ’37, died July 27, 2024.

3. Ellie Whitlock Kelley ’14 welcomed her first child, baby boy Finn Whitlock Kelley, on June 8, 2024.

Irving Scherr, grandfather of Alexandra Brownstein ’22 and Olivia Brownstein ’23, died July 31, 2024.

4.Eleanor Dillon ’16 got engaged in September 2024.

David Stillman, former Upper School English teacher, died Aug. 5, 2024.

5. Virginia Harris ’16 and Jack Cole ’15 got married in Charlottesville, Virginia in May with lots of Collegiate alumni in attendance!

6. The Stepanian family pictured in Spain. On their flight there, Lee Moreau ’85 had a wild Cougar encounter with Megan Stepanian ’16.

7. Libby Wray ’16 and Max Vaughan ’16 got engaged May 11, 2024.

Melvin Fratkin, grandfather of Jillian Fratkin ’27, died Aug 7, 2024.

Henry Massie, father of Jeannie Massie Japp ’85, Ashley Massie Doyle ’88, Henry Massie ’92, and Richard Massie ’92, died Aug. 13, 2024.

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Joan Wilton, mother of Barry Wilton ’73 and grandmother to Somers Wilton ’18, died Aug. 13, 2024.

Vivian Jones, grandmother of Thomas Blain ’07, Andy Blain ’09, and Mac Blain ’14, died Sept. 5, 2024.

Susan Opdycke, mother of Middle and Upper School nurse Anne Price and grandmother of Tate Price ’31, died Aug. 14, 2024.

Lois Kilpatrick, former English teacher in the boys Middle School (1966-1982), died Sept. 6, 2024.

Judith Belinkie, former Upper School Spanish teacher, died Aug. 15, 2024.

Mort Thalhimer, Jr., father of Mort Thalhimer ’73, Leigh Thalhimer ’74, and Richard Thalhimer ’79; grandfather of Sarah Thalhimer Smith ’09, David Thalhimer ’11, Evan Thalhimer, and Alex Thalhimer ’23, died Sept. 6, 2024.

Michael Fay, father of Juliette Fay ’28, died Aug. 15, 2024.

James G. Hunter, grandfather of Margaret Ann McLean Mazzenga ’05 and Olivia McLean ’13; great-grandfather of Mary Frances Mazzenga ’35 and Liam Mazzenga ’37, died Aug. 15, 2024.

James Branscome, step-father of Lower School teacher Alice Cole Reynolds; grandfather of Eliza Reynolds ’30, Fielding Reynolds ’33, and Gigi Reynolds ’38, died Aug. 23, 2024.

Dorothy Horne, grandmother of Katie Cullen ’24 and Jane Cullen ’27, died Aug. 27, 2024.

Joseph Altorelli, brother of Gracie Gordon ’24 and Alex Gordon ’32, died Aug. 25, 2024.

Robert Boynton, grandfather of Riley Lynch ’28, James Lynch ’30, and Reagan Lynch ’33, died Aug. 31, 2024.

John Robinson, father of JK teacher Kristin Etheridge and father-in-law of Quest Director Neil Etheridge, died Aug. 31, 2024.

Robin Herbert, sister of former Board Chair Carter Reid, died Sept. 1, 2024.

SueAnn Wirick, mother of Weldon Wirick ’91, died Sept. 1, 2024.

David Raine, father of Zoe Raine ’12 and Joshua Raine ’13, died Sept. 2, 2024.

Deborah Scott, mother of Kevin Scott ’91 and Jennifer Scott Morgan ’94; mother-in-law of Kelby Morgan ’91; grandmother of Kelby Morgan ’24 and Madelyn Morgan ’26, died Sept. 3, 2024.

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Raymond Slabaugh, husband of Marilyn Hill Slabaugh ’65, died Sept. 8, 2024.

Marion Hargrove, grandfather of Douglas Williamson ’17 and Katherine Williamson ’21, died Sept. 9, 2024.

Andrew Roane, former Facilities employee, died Sept. 10, 2024.

Rhett Crompton, grandmother of Carter Anderson ’23 and Rhett Anderson ’25, died Sept. 14, 2024.

Ellen Shalley, mother of Jennifer Shalley Allen ’98 and Caitlin Shalley Cottrell ’03; grandmother of Watkins Cottrell ’34 and Evie Cottrell ’37, died Sept. 14, 2024.

Mary Waller Fergusson, grandmother of Liza Fergusson ’23, died Sept. 19, 2024.

John Evans, Jr., father of Mary Evans Tinsley ’81 and Susan Evans Williams ’83; step-father of Anne Bruce Ahearn ’87, Emily Oney ’89, and Pope Ashworth ’91; grandfather to Thompson Oney ’16, Brett Oney ’18, Emma Ahearn ’19, and George Ahearn ’20, died Sept. 25, 2024.

Joan Winkler, grandmother of James Nicholas ’11, died Oct. 2, 2024.

ALUMNI

Ann Cardwell Saunders ’50 Carole Mullin Rayner ’56 Janet Graves ’62 Anne Hirschler Long ’62 Emmett Jarvis ’66 Alison Davoud Wiltbank ’66 Elizabeth Coleman James ’67 Merritt Foster ’69 Stephanie Roberts Larry ’91 Courtney Chase ’10

These notices were received as of Oct. 11, 2024. This In Memoriam section is taken from printed obituaries, which may be edited for space. Please contact our office if the information is incomplete. The information included is compiled from our database, which is continually updated.

To submit a condolence, email spark@collegiate-va.org.

TEACHER’S TAKE

Tara Connor

Tara Connor — Middle School math teacher and this year’s Middle School Hamill Award recipient –– is known for her enthusiasm both in and outside of the classroom. The Hamill Award recognizes full-time teachers who embody the teacher-coach-mentor model and excel in fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills in their students. For Connor, winning this award was both heartwarming and unexpected. “Honestly, I just come in every day and try to do my best,” says Connor, who came to Collegiate in 2016. “It doesn’t always feel like something exceptional, so receiving this award was truly surprising.” Beyond teaching math to 5th, 6th, and 7th Graders, she has taken the lead with the Rubik’s Cube Club, organizing both Collegiate and regional competitions. Additionally, she will be co-coaching the Middle School rock climbing team this year. When Connor was my Middle School math teacher, I learned to appreciate the beauty of problem-solving through her diligent, playful approach to the sometimes dense and rigorous subject of math. Thanks to her excitement and patience, math became a subject where I felt confident to explore, experiment, and truly enjoy the process of learning. Connor sat down with Spark to discuss the joys of working at Collegiate and the importance of showing enthusiasm about what you teach.

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SPARK TALKS WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHER

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What Collegiate value do you think you embody most when teaching?

I believe the value I embody most is love of learning. Math has always been something I’ve genuinely enjoyed –– not because it was necessarily easy for me, but because I found it fascinating. I still love it, and every year I’m amazed by how students approach problems in ways I’ve never seen before. It’s exciting to see how math is evolving, becoming more conceptual and problem-based, and moving away from being purely about computation. Because I truly love what I teach, my hope is that my students leave my class with a deeper appreciation for math than they had when they started.

What makes teaching at Collegiate so special?

One of the things I love most about teaching at Collegiate is the freedom we’re given to prioritize what’s most meaningful in our teaching. We have the flexibility and autonomy to adapt the curriculum to what we feel is most relevant in today’s world. It’s clear that the workforce my son will enter is very different from the one I joined, and I appreciate that Collegiate recognizes that. What makes this community truly special is the constant feeling of being surrounded by people who genuinely care about you — both as a professional and as a person. To feel that Collegiate loves me back is such a meaningful and heartwarming experience.

As a math teacher, how do you make your subject more engaging and compelling?

Making math engaging is something I’m continually working on, and it’s a challenge many math teachers face. This year, I’m part of the Four Shifts Cohort, where I’m focused on transforming my lessons to be more hands-on and authentic. A big part of this approach involves reducing traditional lectures and increasing opportunities for students to actively engage in discovery. I aim to create lessons where students figure things out on their own, encouraging exploration and critical thinking. Before class, I spend time carefully preparing problems that will push students to “play with the math” and explore new topics. This allows them to dive into the material before I step in to highlight key takeaways and guide them through the most important concepts.

What do you hope your students take with them when they leave your classroom?

I hope my students leave my class feeling empowered, knowing that they can do math. I want to dispel the idea that math is some exclusive, unattainable skill reserved for a select few. Whether it’s mastering a single concept or simply growing in their confidence, I want them to realize that they have the ability to tackle challenging things. More than anything, I hope they walk away understanding that they can overcome obstacles and that math is something they are fully capable of doing.

What have your students taught you?

My students have taught me so much — far beyond just new ways to solve problems, which is always exciting to see. They’ve given me a deeper understanding of patience and self-discovery. Watching them grapple with challenging concepts for the first time has helped me appreciate how difficult it can be to face something unfamiliar, both in the classroom and in life. It’s a constant reminder that persistence matters, and that I too have the ability to overcome obstacles. Every day, my students show me what it means to be brave and put yourself out there, and, in turn, they inspire me to do the same.

Editor’s note: With every story we publish, our intention is to celebrate the experience of Collegiate. As part of that ongoing effort, we have been working with Upper School students, publishing stories in their own words. This piece is one such student narrative.

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