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INSIDE VILLAGE 09 BEGINNINGS 11 A new addition at Agnor-Hurt Elementary School. 13 Deciding when to give your kid a cell phone. 15 Youth Orchestras of Central Virginia starts its 39th season.
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17 Chefs share their craft with their little ones (plus: recipes!). 19 A local author’s first offering connects India and Albemarle. 21 Homework help: How involved should you be in your kid’s projects? 22 This season’s events.
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Hello again! NAMING YOUR KID is a pretty big deal. If, as they grow up, you look at them and think, “Well, you’re not a D’Artagnan at all,” it’s fairly difficult to about-face. Publishing, on the other hand, isn’t like that. So when, as we were putting together this issue, we stumbled upon a moniker that communicated our message (nobody parents in a vacuum) even more effectively, we threw the baby out with the bathwater (so to speak). Let me explain. With our summer issue, we made the change to C-VILLE Family because we wanted the name to better reflect the content than our previous title, C-VILLE Kids, had—we weren’t only writing about children (though we do plenty of that, too!). We were writing about the experience of raising children in our area. No one does it alone, and while the word family did the job just fine, it was a little too obvious. Welcome to Village. Like the two iterations before it, this magazine celebrates everything that’s great about being a parent in Charlottesville. It’ll continue introducing you to the coolest, most industrious kids in the area, keeping you up-to-date on health and wellness news and showering you with ideas for kid- and family-friendly activities in each season. Because, after all, what’s in a name? When you really think about it, it’s what’s inside that counts.—Caite White
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“HOW DO WE treat children with as much respect as we treat adults?” That was one of the primary questions driving the design of an addition to Agnor-Hurt Elementary, an Albemarle County public school, last year. Camilo Bearman, the Stantec architect who led the project, loved reaching for that lofty goal. “It’s inspiring as a designer,” he says. With Principal Michele Del Gallo Castner at the helm, Stantec and the school community set out to create an environment—7,800 square feet of new classroom space—that would go far beyond what Bearman calls the “cells-and-bells corridor” of a traditional school. Instead, six classes of Agnor-Hurt students, ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade, would share one large space. This multi-age environment would be conceived as flexible and communal, with students being given choices about how to pursue their learning. “This is the ideal learning environment,” says Castner. “Teachers give up control and become facilitators.” Students learn
through creative projects and through interaction with each other. The space is meant to create natural opportunities to practice leadership and to let students learn at their own pace. So, besides putting up fewer walls, how can a designer support such a vision? One answer is by making lots of the elements movable. The classroom is essentially a central commons surrounded by three pods. Within that structure, many details can change depending on the task of the moment. Furniture is lightweight enough for kids to move it themselves. Tablets and other tech devices can easily roll around where they’re needed. This way, different groups can gather for specific tasks, then reform when the activity changes. On a spring visit, one of the six teachers who works in the multi-age space was discussing a book with about 15 kids. The rest of the 115 students were working in small groups at tables, on the floor, in the “Skype cave” (which lets Agnor-Hurt kids connect with peers around the country and
the world) and on reading benches under the big windows. Some were sprawled on beanbag chairs—illustrating the idea that kids learn better when they’re comfortable. Lighting was kept low to promote a calm atmosphere. The space is colorful and modern, with as many curving lines as straight ones. “The ceiling plane is very articulated,” says Bearman. “It attenuates sound, and describes zones with an acoustical ceiling”— delineating spaces without walls. It’s largely open-ended. “When students have these beautiful ideas, teachers can run with them,” says Castner. “We have the space to do it.” Bearman and his colleagues deliberately made the space difficult to convert to traditional classrooms—an architectural commitment to a new model for education. The students just finished their first year in the space in May, and Castner says it’s proven very popular. “There’s another way to do this that reflects joy,” she says, “and has nothing to do with testing.” Erika Howsare
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friend’s feelings to how you would handle feeling hurt or in awe of someone’s highlights they post to social media compared to in real life.” Keep an eye out. Shames says,
“Follow your kids on Instagram so you get a window into what’s going on with the social circle beyond your child, or beyond what they may talk about when they get to the age where every question is met with a grunt.” Set limits. Across the board, parents say it’s important to limit a kid’s screen time and prohibit them from taking their phone or tablet to bed with them. Several parents, like Henneman, send their kids to a technology-free sleepaway camp over the summer.—S.B.
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WHETHER YOU’VE ALLOWED your kids to have their own mobile device or you’re still deciding if you should, they’ve probably already asked for one. At least that’s what Allyson Shames says her oldest son, David, started David Shames’ family doing before she finally caved. held out until he “He was making us Keynote was 13 to give him presentations, justifying why he felt a cell phone, but he he needed one by the time he was 9 started lobbying for one at age 9. or 10,” she says. “There was a new presentation every couple of months.” Shames, a mother of three, says she held out until David was 13 before giving him a cell phone for his birthday, but he, “a very son’s interest in recording music. He tech-y kid,” had started using technology at practiced the drums, guitar and keyboard an early age. Shames remembers him and used the tablet to record himself programming the VCR as a 2-year-old and playing at home. David would then bring sneaking out of bed six years later to use the the recording into his teacher’s studio, family computer. where he was also able to record lessons “When he was 8, he got up when the rest and take them home with him. of us were asleep and tried to log into the Shames, whose two other children are family computer,” she says. “When he ages 8 and 11, says technology has helped couldn’t get beyond the password screen, he her family stay organized, too. David, who is restarted the machine and hacked in via the part of the ski club with his brother, can text boot drive, reset the password and got in.” her from Wintergreen if they’re running Millennials are known as the first generalate or returning early, and Shames says tion to grow up with technology, and maybe she’s able to keep other parents updated this that’s what makes them so eager to use it. But way. David also has access to the shared Shames is happy with the advancements family calendar and can collaborate on technology has provided for her family. grocery lists from his cell phone. Before using a cell phone, David also “One of the biggest advantages has been used an iPad mini for about a year. This in social relationships,” Shames says. “For purchase, Shames says, was a product of her so many kids, the nighttime Instagram posts
and texts and chats are equivalent to the notes we passed in math class 25 years ago. They’re building connections.” She adds that the kids without devices are unintentionally excluded from those opportunities. Some parents would prefer to hold out a little longer, like local mom Elvira Hoskins. Hoskins’ cell phone policy is the same as Shames’—her 13-year-old has one and her other two children will also get cell phones when they become teenagers. She says the technology does come in handy now that her daughter is more independent, but she may have been wrong for assuming that a cell phone would enhance her daughter’s safety. “It is also a false sense of security,” she says, remembering a time her daughter’s phone died after a concert and she wasn’t able to reach her. And she calls it heartbreaking that her daughter “used to be an avid reader, and now she mostly spends her downtime looking at her phone or computer.” With the growing presence of technology in schools, parents say it can be difficult to determine when their child is using their tablet or computer for schoolwork or for their own entertainment. Laurel Henneman, mother of 13- and 15-year-old boys, says only her oldest son has a cell phone, which he received when he entered high school. While she doesn’t identify as being pro- or anti-technology, she says providing kids with technology has plenty of positives and negatives you’ll want to consider “before you let the genie out of the bottle.” Samantha Baars
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CHARLOTTESVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC Festival founders, Juilliard School graduates, members of Dave Matthews Band...scroll down the list of local musicians who have played in the Youth Orchestras of Central Virginia, and you won’t doubt the almost-40-year-old organization’s claim: “Music begins with us.” “We’re the only opportunity in the community for young people who play winds and strings to play on the same stage,” says Carolyn Fitzpatrick, president of YOCVA’s board. Composed of two full symphony orchestras, a junior strings program, and flute and clarinet ensembles, YOCVA is open to musicians ages 10 to 18 who live in Charlottesville, Albemarle and neighboring counties. “We have a group of very dedicated YOCVA members can be heard at conductors and the program is a venues such as Old step stool that allows our musicians Cabell Hall and at to go from one level to the next, from, a variety of say, junior strings in elementary or community events. middle school, to the Evans Orchestra and finally the Youth Symphony,” Fitzpatrick says. Auditions typically happen in the spring and late summer, after which “the conductors get together and build their symphonies,” she says. “Don Brubaker [director of the Rita M. Evans Orchestra] says his job is to empty his orchestra every year, meaning he hopes all his musicians move up [to the Youth Symphony].” Fitzpatrick’s daughter, Mary, did exactly that: She started out playing in YOCVA’s Flute Ensemble, made the Evans Orchestra as an eighth-grader and eventually earned a spot as the principal flute in the Youth Symphony, in which she played for three years. “The orchestra is different from private lessons and school bands becauses it’s an orchestra, and it’s a voluntary activity where our entire focus is on playing and how to communicate that to an audience,” says Mary Fitzpatrick, now a freshman at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University, where she’s studying music therapy. “[The orchestras] helped me learn to work with all kinds of people—homeschoolers, private school students—not just people
from my school,” adds the Albemarle High grad, who says she met two of her best friends, one from Monticello High and the other from Western Albemarle, during her time in YOCVA. In addition to performing at venues such as Old Cabell Hall three times a year, members of the orchestras can also be heard at a variety of community events, including Monticello’s holiday house tours and its annual naturalization ceremony and First Night Virginia. They’ve also begun a musical collaboration with Computers4Kids, an area organization that brings technology to children who don’t have access to it at home. And while playing in YOCVA isn’t cheap (it costs between $295 and $400, annually), Fitzpatrick says, “Our mission is no barrier to talent. If you have the talent, we will make sure it’s possible for you to play in our orchestras.” Susan Sorensen
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URBAN LEGEND GOES like this: Chefs cook so much on the job, they eat simple stuff when they’re cooking at home. But what about when they get their kids involved—their ravenous but picky, ever-growing but moody kids? Three local chefs told us a few things they like to pack in their kids’ lunches and what they cook when they’re working together in the kitchen.
Harrison Keevil (Brookville Restaurant, Keevil & Keevil Grocery)
Caroline, 3, and Grace, 2 Packed to go: Keevil approaches packed lunch like any other balanced meal, he says, trying to include fruits and veggies, a starch and meat or cheese. He says the kids are into watermelon, peas and especially
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broccoli these days. “They love their greens and fruits,” he says. “I imagine it’s because we try to get the best local produce just like we do at Brookville.” And, just like their dad, they “love sandwiches.” Prepared at home: Keevil’s daughters are still on the young side, but they’re in the restaurant often and love watching their dad work. At home, Keevil and his wife, Jennifer, get Caroline and Grace involved with build-your-own-pizza night. (Broccoli is always one of the toppings.) Caroline is an adventurous eater, Keevil says—“she was crushing some crab the other night”—but he does try to keep the seasoning mild. And that’s actually improved his own sensitivity to salt.
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Dean Maupin (C&O Restaurant)
Ellery, 8, Grant 6, and Corinne, 4 Packed to go: Maupin says he plays it by the book when it comes to takeaway meals, sending things like fresh fruit and veggies, cheese and crackers and peanut In the Maupins’ butter and jelly sandwiches. He also kitchen, Dean and likes to mix in some rice cakes. his wife, Erin, “My kids don’t eat school lunch, not supervise while because we frown upon it, but the kids take over because packing their lunch is what cooking duty. they’re accustomed to.” To ensure the kids don’t leave their vegetables in the lunchbox, Maupin says he relies on
Will Richey is working with his son, Alston, on proper knife skills, while his daughter, Marie, handles the seasoning and mixing.
kid-friendly varieties like raw sugar snap peas, edamame and cucumbers. Prepared at home: The Maupin family started raising chickens in the spring, and when the first egg was laid, his daughter asked if she should scramble it or do it sunnyside up. “The fact that she found that egg and that was the first thing she said, that was surprising,” he says. “She’s a natural and destined to be a chef—but I don’t know if I want her to be.” Maupin, whose wife is a pastry chef, said Ellery’s love of cooking has been vaulted not only by her parents but also by “Kids Baking Championship” on Food Network. “She will sit there and watch those episodes over and over,” he says. “It’s a well done show.”
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Alston, 7, and Marie, 3 Packed to go: Richey says he and his wife pack lunches about 50 percent of the time. For a while he says his son was “stuck on peanut butter and jelly,” but he’s gotten him to branch out more recently. Richey’s careful about the fruits he packs, favoring items that require minimal prep but don’t bruise or smoosh easily, like apples and grapes. CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
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Prepared at home: Both of Richey’s kids are into cooking in their own right, he says. Marie likes seasoning and mixing, and while Alston’s developed a healthy caution around fire, he’s working with his dad on proper knife skills. “I don’t do anything differently than I would in the restaurant. I Priya Mahadevan’s book tells the teach him to keep the knife on the story of a visit to knuckle and keep the point on the India with her board,” he says. Shea Gibbs daughter, Shreya.
Want to get your kid cooking? Says Chef Maupin, “This is a great recipe to make with kids, simply for the fact that the process of measuring ingredients is perfect for kids to do, and it has a lot of that and is easy and delicious.” And, bonus: The recipe can be switched up with any nut or spice, so your little one will never tire of it.
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IN A LARGE BOWL: 4 cups rolled oats 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped 1/2 cup sesame seeds, chia seeds, sliced almonds or any other small “mix-in” 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp. dried ginger 1 tsp. cinnamon Mix together, and set aside. IN A SMALL POT: 1 cup coconut oil (use extra-virgin for best flavor) 4 tbs. butter 2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup maple syrup, pure 1 tsp. vanilla Heat the ingredients on the stove until the brown sugar has dissolved some, and everything is melted and hot. Pour over the dry mixture, toss together well. Spread granola between two sheet pans, and bake in the oven (275 degrees) for approximately 1 1/2 hours or until lightly golden. Stir with a spatula every 15 minutes. Cool completely and store in air-tight jars. Will keep for three weeks.
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BY THE TIME Priya Mahadevan’s youngest daughter was 5 years old, Mahadevan had completed drafts for six children’s books. But it wasn’t until earlier this year that she published the first one: Princesses Only Wear Putta-Puttas, the semi-true story of a visit to India with her daughter for a wedding. “The trip was so profound for Shreya, especially after living in a quiet [Albemarle County] countryside home, that it had to be chronicled in some form or manner,” Mahadevan says. The book accompanies bicultural Fey Fey, a dead-ringer for now-7-year-old Shreya, as she experiences and falls in love with the country’s sights and sounds. But what captures Fey Fey’s fancy most is India’s traditional costumes—and when she returns to the United States, she insists that she is an Indian princess. This comes with several challenges, such as playing in the sandbox or staying warm in winter while dressed in a putta-putta (an Indian silk skirt and blouse), the only thing she will wear. Mahadevan, whose two older children are both in college, says she began writing about Shreya when her daughter was a toddler, and “the themes for stories seemed to present themselves to me. With digital cameras and computers, I could watch her grow and keep notes on stuff she did, something I never got to do
with my older two who are just a couple of years apart.” Princesses Only Wear Putta-Puttas, the first in a series of four books, is a writing departure for Mahadevan, who worked as a political correspondent for an Indian newspaper and a New Delhi-based magazine before getting married and moving to Canada and then the U.S. When she’s not writing, Mahadevan can be found in the kitchen, cooking up the South Indian fare she serves at her Desi Dosa stall at City Market, the Stonefield farmers market and a variety of other area events (priyasnowserving.com). “I started writing a food blog in 2010, and the cyber interactions with other food bloggers opened up a whole new world,” she says. “One thing led to another and before I knew it, I was doing cooking classes. Desi Dosa was a result of many of my friends and family pushing for me to be more entrepreneurial.” And while Mahadevan calls food a new passion, her children, she says, are “my permanent passion,” which is why she hopes her book “will strike a chord with many families who enjoy more than one culture.” Susan Sorensen See for yourself Princesses Only Wear Putta-Puttas is available online at priyamahadevan.com.
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To help or not to help How much is too much when it comes to your kid’s homework?
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IT’S THURSDAY AT 9:45pm, and your child is crying. They have a big project due, oh, tomorrow. They have no outline, they have no poster board; in short, they have no clue. What do you do? “Late-night runs for supplies are acceptable,” says Lori Linville, a parent of two high schoolers. “Doing work for my children, or giving them a ‘pass’ from school for work that is not completed is not.” Since Linville is also an eighth grade language arts teacher at Burley Middle School, she has perspective on both sides of the homework help issue. As a parent, she wants to assist her children and get invested in their education—and she hopes the parents of her students feel the same way. “But,” she says, “I remind myself that this is the right time in my children’s academic career for their work and the results of it to be fully theirs.” Village School math teacher Linde Tassell also recommends that parents take a hands-off approach to homework help, if only so teachers can better assess students’ progress. “Parental assistance can undermine a child’s progress toward becoming an independent learner, one who is confident in their ability to figure things out,” she says. Beth Gehle, a world history and AP human geography teacher at Charlottesville High School who both teaches high schoolers and parents two of her own, adds, “I don’t offer my own kids help on homework, although I do ask about what’s due and what’s coming up.”
And that’s the kind of help she says she’d like parents of her students to offer. “The best way for a parent to be involved with homework is to help make a weekly plan of what times can be set aside to do it, and what assignments can be completed in each available timeslot.” Aka no more Thursday night meltdowns. But are all the other parents doing their kids’ homework for them? If you don’t help, are you putting your kid at a disadvantage?
“Parental assistance can undermine a child’s progress toward becoming an independent learner, one who is confident in their ability to figure things out,” says Village School math teacher Linde Tassell.
Not necessarily, according to Celia Castleman, parent to two elementary schoolers. “I never offer homework help,” she says. “My husband automatically does, but when he’s on a business trip, the kids are on their own.” She appreciates her husband’s willingness to sit with the kids and encourage them, but says, “I’m more laid-back. I think if we do a lot of things for our children, it can atrophy their ability to become independent and self-motivated.” Miller Murray Susen
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Fall fantastic The fun never stops around here. Check out these autumn happenings to keep your family entertained this season. Light House Studio’s 15th Annual Youth Film Festival
August 26 Each year, students of the nonprofit filmmaking center produce more than 200 films. This annual screening showcases the best of that work. $80 for adult (VIP), $25 for kids 18 and under (VIP), $15 per person (general admission); 6pm (VIP party), 7:30 (general admission screening). The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St. (Downtown Mall), 979-1333. theparamount.net
The Incredibles
August 27 A family of superheroes take on a top secret assignment. Rated PG. $7 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under; 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St. (Downtown Mall), 979-1333. theparamount.net
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First and third Fridays View celestial objects through the historic 26-inch McCormick Refractor, tour the observatory and see exhibits. Free, 9-11pm. 530 McCormick Rd., 924-7494. astronomy. as.virginia.edu
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The Sprint Pavilion hosts a free concert every Friday evening (5:30-8:30pm). Here’s who’s wrapping up this season. August 19: The Currys August 26: Acme Swing Mfg. Co. September 2: The Skip Castro Band September 9: Chamomile & Whiskey Check sprintpavilion.com for more information. UVA Marching Band rehearse for halftime shows. Free, 6:30-8:30pm (weather permitting). Carr’s Hill Field, corner of Emmet Street and University Avenue, 982-5347. music.virginia.edu
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September 6, October 4, November 1 Jump-start your child’s art education with a lesson in basic visual elements, followed by multisensory art play. Free for kids 6 months to 4 years old; 10am, 11am, noon. KlugeRuhe Aboriginal Art Museum, 400 Worrell Dr., 244-0234. kluge-ruhe.org
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September 7, October 5, November 9 Every first Wednesday of the month, pay what you wish to gain access to the Virginia Discovery Museum’s exhibits— from Amazing Airways and the STEM Lab to the Construction Zone and the Sensory Studio. Donations accepted, 10am-5pm. Virginia Discovery Museum, 524 E. Main St. (Downtown Mall), 977-1025. vadm.org
September 10 This popular festival celebrates the legacy of Thomas Jefferson with more than 100 educational programs; hands-on workshops; garden tours; a bounty of heirloom fruit and vegetable tastings; lessons on seed saving and gardening; an organic, local food marketplace; kids’ activities and more on the breathtaking West Lawn of Monticello. $15 for adults through September 5 ($20 thereafter), $9 for kids 5-11 and free for kids under 5. Monticello, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy., 984-9800. heritageharvestfestival.com
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September 10 The third annual Pancake 5K heads out and back on Jarman Gap Road and culminates in a pancake breakfast. Proceeds benefit the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad. $20 for adults, $10 for kids under 12, 8am. Chiles Peach Orchard, 1351 Greenwood Rd. (Crozet), 823-1583. chilesfamilyorchards.com
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October 15 For children ages 7 to 13, this event provides an up-close look at digging, screening and identifying artifacts through a mock excavation. Schedule in conjunction with the estate’s open house, featuring displays and exhibits on recent discoveries.
LGBTQ Youth Pride Picnic
The youth picnic precedes the fifth annual C’ville Pride Festival on September 17 at Lee Park. A celebration of diversity and inclusion, the free event boasts entertainment all day long—from live music and food trucks to a children’s area with a bouncy castle and balloon animals.
Free, 10am-2:30pm. Outside the Woodland Pavilion at David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center. monticello.org
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October 30 Participate in a pumpking carving contest, costume contest, caramel apple dipping station and hay rides around the orchard. Free, 10am. Carter Mountain Orchard, 1435 Carters Mountain Trail, 977-1833. chilesfamilyorchards.com
September 10 This second annual event brings LGBTQ youth and allies together for games, food and community. Valuable for parents, too. Free, 3-7pm. Washington Park (799 10th St. NW). cvillepride.org
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October 31 Residents of the University of Virginia’s Lawn hosts a trick-or-treating event for local families. Come dressed in costume and collect treats. Free, 4-6pm. University of Virginia Lawn. virginia.edu
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Dr. Edward Wolanski holds Taylor McLain, the 5,000th baby he’s delivered since 2000. Wolanski delivers babies day and night—in fact, he delivered a baby 15 minutes before this photo was taken.
HIS PAGER HAS gone off twice in an hour; his phone has rung once. “No baby yet,” says Dr. Edward Wolanski after looking at his beeper. The OB/GYN, who is on call for his patients 24/7, never sleeps. He leaves his office for a few minutes then pops his head back in to say he thinks one of his patients’ water has broken. When Wolanski retires from obstetrics in November, it will be the end of a 30-year career during which he has delivered 10,000 babies. That number is high—most obstetricians deliver about 80 to 100 babies a year. Wolanski delivered 350 last year. When he moved to Charlottesville in 1986 after finishing his residency at Vanderbilt University, he joined a group practice with a couple of other doctors. It was good for a while, but when the practice started getting larger he wasn’t able to foster the relationships with patients that he wanted. Six years later he opened his solo practice, which has been a family affair—his wife, Cindy (an RN he met while working in Nashville), has served as his office manager since day one. As a single practitioner, Wolanski’s schedule is unpredictable. Whether it’s in the middle of dinner with his wife, riding his Harley-Davidson (which he has taken out to Orange County for home postpartum visits) or tending to one of the goldfish ponds on his Ivy property, when he gets the call that one of his clients is in labor, he drops everything. “People ask all the time—I’ve heard it 1,000 times—‘How do you do this?’ Only because you love what you do,” he says. “The delivery is part of it, but the relationship you develop is even more important. The trust that you develop with your patients over time is invaluable. You can’t replace that with anything else.” His role goes beyond that of a medical doctor. Evident by the overflowing boxes of Christmas cards in his attic (he just can’t throw them away, he says), he has watched his patients and their families grow up, seeing some of them for three decades, starting with their first gynecological visit, to delivering their babies years later, followed by menopausal care.
Following his path
Wolanski became an OB/GYN on the suggestion of one of his medical school advisers at the University of Virginia. He went in thinking he would be a pediatrician, but when he learned that the field of OB/ GYN allowed him to do everything—deliver babies, perform surgical procedures and
BY JESSICA LUCK provide medical care—he knew that was the route he wanted to take. He thrives on the variety of every day. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays he sees patients in his office. Wednesday mornings are reserved for surgeries—on a recent morning he performed two hysterectomies, but he also helps patients with infertility, among other procedures. And babies? Well, they come when they want—which is generally in line with Wolanski’s schedule, which earned him the nickname “the baby whisperer” from one of his nurses. Two weeks ago, Wolanski was called to the hospital on five nights. The babies came at 3, 3:10, 3:50, 4:50 and 7am. He’s so used to being called in the middle of night that he often wakes up at 2am out of habit. In fact, he’s woken up only to receive a page minutes later that one of his patients was in labor. “It’s not really easy to be in solo practice,” says Sharon Fickley, clinical educator and RN at
Jeep with the woman while her husband drove. They made it in time—she delivered 30 minutes after they arrived. “I’ve got to admit I’ll miss the obstetrics,” Wolanski says. “It’s a lot of fun.” Wolanski earned the nickname “Fast Eddie” in med school, after a professor noticed how quickly he performed surgeries. That nickname has stuck: One patient gave him a look-alike bobble head with the inscription “Fast Eddie” at the bottom. And for deliveries Wolanski knows will be quick, he sometimes wears one of the T-shirts he’s collected from the eponymous restaurant chain. And he’s had some close calls with patients whom he warned ahead of time would have fast deliveries but who labored too long at home. He met one couple at the entrance to the hospital but had to deliver the baby in the front seat of the car. He was wearing his street clothes, and an ER nurse tried to pull him out of the vehicle, thinking he was the father trying to deliver the baby. “He’s very quick at everything he does,” Fickley says. “People know he’s quick,
“I just like talking with people, being with people,” says Dr. Edward Wolanski. “I think that’s probably the most important thing, that’s what’s made it all worthwhile. You deliver thousands of babies, but if you don’t have the connection, I don’t think it has the same meaning.” Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital who has worked with Wolanski for 22 years. “Almost no one does it—it’s a life-consuming profession.” And not all births happen at the hospital. One time he was talking on the phone with a father-to-be, who said his wife’s contractions were 18 minutes apart. He was wrong—there was only three minutes between them. The next call to Wolanski was that the baby was coming, and the doctor gave step-by-step instructions on how to deliver the baby at home. Wolanski himself is no stranger to home births. One woman, a nurse at UVA hospital, lived only two miles from his house. Her husband wasn’t home when she went into labor and her ride couldn’t get there in time, so Wolanski delivered her baby on the couch, with three other children running around. He used dental floss to tie off the umbilical cord. During an ice storm, one of his patients who lived nearby was 9 centimeters dilated and needed to get to the hospital quickly. Wolanski rode in the back of the couple’s
accurate and precise.” Wolanski is also known for having a quiet labor room. Even in emergencies, Fickley says his demeanor is calm and controlled yet direct. “A few years ago I had one of these cases you might see once in your career,” Wolanski says. “The baby came out and I figured out in a few minutes something wasn’t right,” he says. “You don’t have time to look it up or call somebody; you have to make a decision at that point. The condition had an 80 percent mortality rate in the first hour. Thank goodness I picked up something was wrong, talked to the right people and had them there; everything went okay. That’s the kind of thing that stands out. I had been taking care of that person for years and you would never see it coming.”
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ing what she wants during the birth. But one thing he tells all his patients is that working out during their pregnancy is absolutely okay—and encouraged. Wolanski says it’s fine to continue a normal exercise routine until it becomes too uncomfortable or there is a medical reason not to do it, such as a history of preterm labor. Although he reports that his patients sometimes get strange looks while doing squats at the gym, he says studies have shown that moms who
IN HIS HONOR A few months ago, Sarah Pickell heard the news: The beloved doctor who had delivered two of her babies would be retiring from obstetrics. “I could almost hear a collective gasp in our community as people began to find out,” she says. “I’m not sure it is normal to love your obstetrician so much, but I’m grateful for Ed Wolanski— for his skill and art in his practice, his commitment to the community, his empowerment of women to be healthy.” Because there was no way Pickell could have a baby in the six months before Wolanski stopped delivering babies, she thought of the next best thing: Hold a two-mile race in his honor. Local families whom Wolanski has helped are invited to the celebratory run/walk. The race will take place at 9am on October 22 at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, and will include special events for kids and “plenty of prizes.” The finish line will be decorated with photos of “Wolanski kids,” so Pickell is encouraging families to dig out their baby books. Proceeds from the event will support the Family Birthing Center and Special Care Nursery at Sentara Martha Jefferson. For more information, including sponsor-ship and volunteer opportunities, e-mail wolanski2miler@gmail.com.—J.L.
exercise while pregnant deliver babies with better aerobic conditioning. “Most people who come to me know I’m pretty big on exercise,” he says. “You are programming the body to some extent (during pregnancy), and overall health is a huge factor. (But) I don’t tell people to do anything I wouldn’t do—except being pregnant.” He certainly doesn’t advise doing something out of the norm—like suddenly taking up marathons. Although Wolanski himself did just that, running his first at 50. Wolanski approaches running like he does everything else— when he can. He’s done 18-mile runs on three hours of sleep at 2 in the morning, and gone on long runs with his dogs at 11pm down the quiet back roads of his neighborhood. No matter how tired he is, his wife says, he gets his runs in. “He truly believes in fitness and believes in the effort to be fit,” she says. “A lot of people’s hereditary doesn’t put them in the lean category. He respects people for taking the time and energy to do it.” In June he completed his 24th marathon, in Seattle, at age 60. After retiring from obstetrics (he’ll continue his gynecological practice) Wolanski hopes he has more free time to pursue his myriad hobbies, the list of which keeps growing: mountain biking, fishing, landscaping, running Muddy Buddy races with his son. Just this spring he took up beekeeping, installing two hives at his home. He says it’s much harder than it looks; he’s already lost one. A new one should arrive within the week.
Celebrity status
Charlottesville is a small town, but it must feel even smaller for a man who delivered 10,000 of its children. While getting a fishing license at Gander Mountain recently, the clerk recognized Wolanski, who had delivered both him and his sister. One woman stopped him at Lowe’s—although he couldn’t recall her name right off the bat, he remembered details of her delivery. One of his patients’ husbands was at a conference in Brazil, and he started talking to the guy next to him, telling him he was from Charlottesville and that his wife was pregnant. The second guy said, oddly enough, his wife had given birth in Charlottesville—her doctor was also Wolanski.
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“I just like talking with people, being with people,” he says. “I think that’s probably the most important thing, that’s what’s made it all worthwhile. You deliver thousands of babies, but if you don’t have the connection, I don’t think it has the same meaning.” A couple of weeks ago two women—both pregnant—came up to Wolanski when he was at a meeting. They told him how upset they were that he wasn’t going to be delivering their babies. When he first started thinking of retiring from obstetrics, he thought he’d step away from delivering babies in April of this year. Then the end date became November. Now he says there might be one or two babies he’ll deliver in December. “You just can’t wrap your head around that 10,000,” he says, smiling. “And that’s just deliveries, not to mention the husbands, wives and families.” Cindy Wolanski calls me about five minutes after I leave the office to tell me Wolanski is on his way to the hospital with the patient who had just come in—her water had indeed broken while she was there. Just a normal day. “People said, ‘Oh it’s never going to work; solo practitioners can’t do it anymore.’ I think I proved that wrong,” Wolanski says. “If you really love what you do, it’s going to be successful; things will work out.”
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Oh, babies Families share their stories I cannot begin to put into words what Dr. Wolanski means to me and my family. My first pregnancy resulted in a stillbirth. To this day we do not know why. Dr. Wolanski was away on a trip during my office visit with [midwife] Donna Vinal. We scheduled the birth for the day he was to return. Dr. Wolanski literally got off the plane and walked into my hospital room in his street clothes. With a bedside manner only he has, he assured me, through my tears, that all was going to be okay and that we were in this together. He was so kind, compassionate and strong for my husband and me during the labor of our son. Over the next few months, Dr. Wolanski would call to check on me. Four months later, I was expecting again. I was a nervous wreck throughout the pregnancy. I would call Dr. Wolanski at all hours. Whether it be 2 in the afternoon or 2 in the morning (which happened on more than one occasion), he would immediately call me back. In a manner only he has, he would reassure and comfort me. He always encouraged me to come to the hospital or in for an office visit (whatever steps I needed to calm my nerves). On May 28, 2013, at 9:39pm our beautiful daughter was born. Riley Gail Mundie is our world! I remember Dr. Wolanski laughing and telling me that she was going to be a very active baby. He would say, “You just wait until she’s 2 or 3, you’re going to wish she would slow down!” Well, as always, Dr. Wolanski was right! He is a fabulous man and an amazing doctor. He has touched the lives of so many women, men and children. There are many women (myself included) asking, “Who will deliver my next child?” In the world of delivering babies, Dr. Wolanski has left some pretty big shoes to fill. Allison Mundie 1
Pictured here is Joshua and Zachary Critzer, two out of three of my boys Dr. Wo delivered. Cameron (not pictured) was delivered on Dr. Wo’s lunch break (if you can call it a lunch break). A baseball game was on, and we timed my pushes between pitches. Dr. Wo, a big Red 2
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Sox and UVA fan, loves his baseball. Charlottesville would be one lucky town to talk him into coaching with his newfound free time! Thank you for honoring this special man who has touched many, many lives here. Maria Parry [Here is a] photo of my third child, 3 Brayden, delivered by Dr. Wolanski. It was the first time I was able to hold him as I suffered a rare, and most often fatal to the mother and child, complication. I had an amniotic fluid embolism—the first that [Dr. Wolanski] had seen in his career. His fast thinking and research saved our lives. I owe the man so much words cannot express. Lisa Dieter
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I have the highest regard and deepest appreciation for Dr. Wolanski. I moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, while pregnant, but I came back to Dr. Wolanski and Martha Jefferson Hospital to have our son, Granville. I would not have had any children without his ability to listen and act with abundant knowledge and wisdom. Today, I am a blessed mom, and my son is out making the world a better place. Louise Moore 4
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1. Changed the third child’s boot color. 2. Added a bow in the second child’s hair. 3. Changed the pattern of the first child’s dress. 4. Added birds to the sky. 5. Cleaned up the hay bails. 6. Added a fifth child. 7. Added a scarecrow. 8. Added a black cat. 9. Removed the house in the background.
We’ve made nine changes to the bottom photo. Circle all the differences you can spot!
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Hit like a girl Penny Shuster started playing the drums in fifth grade, with the snare in her school band. But she made the switch to a drum set last year, when she started at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, because it afforded her more opportunities to play different kinds of music. “Plus,” Shuster says, “it’s cooler.” She takes lessons at Stacy’s Music and practices in her basement at home. But the 15-year-old has actual gigs, too, thanks to Stacy’s Music’s Highway to Rock program, which brings together local kids who play instruments (drums, guitar, bass, vocals) to form a temporary band. The groups practice every Sunday for a few months until they’re ready to rock out at a performance, like the last one Shuster had with her band, Vertigo, at the Ante Room, opening for Superunknown and Pale Blue Dot. She plays a lot of rock music, but says she’s mostly into hip-hop and hopes to practice more in that style. As for her favorite drummer? She gets inspiration from many. “I’m always looking at different drummers and drum covers on YouTube, and thinking, ‘I want to be able to play like that.’” JACKSON SMITH
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After a lesson about nomads sparked her curiousity about prehistoric homes, she researched and built a wattle & daub shelter behind her classroom.
Having found the square of 5,736 using the Montessori peg board, they can teach their younger classmates how to use this compelling Montessori material.
Thanks to his work in the garden this summer, his friends will enjoy a bountiful harvest throughout the fall.
Learning is creative in our open and exploratory environment.
Learning is leadership in our mixedage classrooms.
Learning is messy (but delicious) in our gardens and kitchens.
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