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Letter from the Head of School Dr. PJ McDonald, Head of School

Q&A with Board of Trustee Bill Kennard Erin Wynne, Director of Institutional Advancement

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Viet Nguyen Matthew Kim, English Department Chairperson

Character Counts: Building Character through Athletics Christopher Hancock, Assistant Head of School for Student Life

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Beyond the Classroom: 2018 School Trip South Africa Andrew Ward, EHS Biology Teacher

Dare to Dream Dr. PJ McDonald, Head of School

Dare to Dream: Campaign Honor Roll

Field of Dreams: 50th Anniversary Celebration Dr. PJ McDonald, Head of School

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Finding a Community That Makes You Feel

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Faculty and Staff Awards Embrace the Lesson Thomas Hopper, EHS English Teacher 2018 Baccalaureate Speaker

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Letter from the Headmaster On May 5, 2018, Eagle Hill School hosted its 50th Anniversary Celebration, Field of Dreams. To say that the event was a hit would be an understatement of grand proportions. More than six hundred people reveled in a dramatically transformed Baglio Sports & Fitness Center that, frankly, rivaled any event space anywhere in terms of presentation, grandeur, and emotion.

Looking around the room, you could hardly believe you were standing in a gym in Hardwick, Massachusetts. In fact, I opened the evening by saying, “It is not often I have the opportunity to say this, but Hardwick, Massachusetts, is the place to be on this Saturday night.”

The event and the backdrop were even more astounding in light of how incredibly far we’ve come as a school in a relatively short period of time. The pace and care with which we’ve developed our infrastructure, individualized our curriculum, and developed a faculty of excellence are the envy of the prep-school world. As many of you have heard me proclaim before, we are on a quest to build the perfect school. And, despite our recognition that perfection is unattainable, it is our relentless pursuit of that noble objective that has yielded the state of Eagle Hill today and, more importantly, facilitated the tremendous success of our students and our alumni/ae.

While it is important to take pride in our many recent achievements, it is equally important to pay tribute to the founders and the early faculty who honed the philosophy, the curriculum, and the culture that still guide this great school today.

Remarkably, fifty years after our founding, public and private schools across the country are only now starting to implement some of the principles and practices that we have developed over five decades. We were, and we remain, a truly innovative and groundbreaking school.

I stand with all of Eagle Hill School in gratitude to the alumni/ae, families, trustees, faculty, and friends who made Field of Dreams such a resounding success. The $4.6 million raised on that Saturday evening allowed us to begin construction the following week on a new 28,000-squarefoot STEM Center, while at the same time adding to the endowment in support of financial aid. Our benefactors, both large and small, are inextricably linked to the life-changing experiences of our students.

On a personal level, I am humbled and honored beyond measure by the board of trustees’ decision to create, fund, and announce the PJ McDonald Endowed Scholarship Fund at the 50th. While I am still smarting at the idea that they pulled off this covert operation with so many alumni/ae and their families without my knowledge, as the months have passed, the true magnitude of this gesture has begun to sink in to depths I hadn’t yet considered. You see, as I prepared to conclude my first twenty-five years at EHS in June, I imagined that the mark of my leadership era would be measured over time in terms of bricks and mortar. With much of the bricks-and-mortar building accomplished, and as EHS and I embark together on the journey of the next fifty years, the idea of building from one to dozens the number of students able to attend EHS as PJM Scholars—and through other scholarships to follow—is where my sights are set. Someday, when we have developed the school’s endowment to the point where we are able to offer a need-blind admission process like the largest universities in the country, then we will leave far more than a mark. We will leave one heck of a legacy.

PJ McDonald, Ed. D.

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with EHS Trustee Bill Kennard How did you come to know of Eagle Hill School?

My wife Deborah and I are proud parents of Robert, a rising senior at Eagle Hill School (EHS). We learned about EHS from Donna Dubinsky, a dear friend whose daughter Marina is a graduate of the school. Donna is an entrepreneur and business leader in Silicon Valley and is a great supporter of EHS. I’ve known Donna since 2001 when she recruited me to serve on the board of directors of her company, Handspring, Inc. Donna and I have always shared stories about our children and as I learned more about Marina and her experiences at EHS, I realized that our son Robert would also benefit from the unique learning environment that EHS offers.

Tell us about Robert’s EHS experience.

Robert’s initial experience at EHS was as a very reluctant summer student in 2014. When we dropped Robert off at EHS that summer his parting words to us were “I’ll go here for the summer, but don’t expect me to come back in the fall.” After one week at EHS, he was texting us incessantly, asking if he could return for the academic year that fall.

So we were delighted when a space opened up for Robert to return to EHS as a student in October 2014.

What has impressed you most about the EHS experience?

Robert has found in EHS a supportive learning environment where, for the first time in his life, faculty and staff truly understand his academic needs and can assist him in reaching his full potential. His newfound self-confidence infuses every facet of his life. Our friends and family are amazed at the transformation in such a short period of time.

And as parents, Deborah and I have found in EHS a welcoming community of new friends – parents, faculty, staff – bound together by a shared commitment to nurture the uniquely wonderful students at EHS. It’s a very special place and the school just seems to get better and better.

Bill Kennard, EHS Board Cha irm Marilyn Waller, Head of School an Jim Richardson, EHS Board President PJ McDonald

Tell us about your own upbringing and schooling.

I grew up in Los Angeles, California. Deborah grew up in Greenville, South Carolina. I went to college at Stanford University, where I studied communications policy. Then I went to Yale Law School. Deborah and I met when we were classmates at Yale Law School.

Since Deborah and I went to public schools from elementary to high school, we had no personal frame of reference for a boarding school education. So at first, sending our only child away to boarding school was a little unsettling. But it turned out to be the best decision we’ve made for Robert.

Share with us your career path.

“Life is like a box of chocolates,” to quote Forrest Gump, “you never know what you’re going to get.”

In my case, I was lucky to become interested in communications policy just before the advent of the internet. Later I got a front-row seat to what has become the most important technological revolution of our lifetimes.

I became general counsel of the Federal Communication Commission during President Clinton’s first term as president. Then he asked me to become chairman of the FCC during his second term.

I was very blessed – and privileged – to have a chance to lead the FCC at the dawn of the internet age. It was a very exhilarating time in my life – especially to have the opportunity to bring the benefits of new digital technologies to underserved communities.

For example, I traveled around the country visiting schools in poor and rural communities. I was able to watch the faces of children light 2018–2019 Eagle Hill School 3

up as they surfed the web for the first time. Then I had the privilege of crafting policies – such as the e-rate policy – that brought the Internet to the classrooms and libraries where those children lived.

I’m happy to see that EHS continues to benefit from this e-rate policy.

I did a second tour in government as ambassador to the European Union for President Barack Obama. Living abroad with my family was a wonderful experience and the job was really exciting. I became very involved in US-EU trade policy and was also able to influence global policies on the migration of refugees, sanctions to curb nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea, and US efforts with the EU to rebuild Kosovo and the Balkan region.

Between my two stints in government, I worked as a private equity investor. I returned to private equity investing when I left the Obama administration five years ago. I also served on the boards of directors of a number of public companies and nonprofit organizations.

What products or hobbies are you passionate about today?

We have a home in Charleston, South Carolina, where I have been working with civic leaders to build a museum of African American history. Almost 50 percent of enslaved Africans arrived in North America through the port in Charleston Harbor, but among the many Confederate monuments in the city, there are no significant monuments to the contributions of African Americans to Charleston or that region of the country. The new museum will help to fill this void.

Bill Kennard pictured with wife Deborah Kennedy and son Robert ’18

What is your favorite part about being an EHS trustee?

The board of trustees is a talented and committed group of people, and a very fun group to work with. I also love working with the management team as a trustee to help them make the school better.

It’s been especially rewarding to be on the board as we build the new STEM building.

Traditionally, math and science have been taught as separate subjects, with technology sometimes added as an afterthought.

The STEM movement integrates all of these subjects and puts them at the forefront of education. This teaches students how to become innovators who are able to integrate multiple disciplines, and also collaborators who are comfortable working in groups of diverse thinkers. It’s exciting to see EHS prioritize STEM education.

You have had such a varied and interesting career. What have you learned over time?

I’ve been very fortunate to have had a variety of interesting job opportunities. In fact, I am now on my fifth career! Each time I made a career move – especially early in my career – it was a little daunting.

But in retrospect, I learned that doing a variety of things in life is so very enriching. I always advise young people to think of their career as a succession of interesting and diverse opportunities – with each one stretching you outside your comfort zone. It makes for an interesting life.

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Viet Nguyen

by Matthew Kim, English Department Chairperson Finding an Author Each spring one of my responsibilities as the chair of our English Department is to create a one-term course for our students to take the following academic year. This one-term course typically focuses on one author or on one literary theme. Past courses have included Shakespeare’s sonnets, Henry David Thoreau, and Chimamanda Adichie’s collection of short stories The Thing Around Your Neck. The course on Adichie’s short stories was popular with the students and the faculty because reading and discussing a female author of color was new for so many of us in the EHS community and her book afforded us opportunities to discuss important themes such as race and class in the United

States and elsewhere in the world. In creating a new course for the 2017-18 school year, I wanted to keep the momentum that we created. I searched the New York Times Book Review online for a current or popular title that might motivate our students to read, write, and think, and found Philip Caputo’s April 2015 article on Viet Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer. Caputo writes that Nguyen provides readers an intense, well-written espionage novel that takes place in Saigon and Los Angeles and includes murder, deceit, war, and friendship, all occurring across the themes of revolution and dreams. I picked up The Sympathizer and it was everything I was hoping it would be and more. It was also too long for our students to read in a one-term class. I wondered if Nguyen had authored a book that was as intriguing

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as The Sympathizer but shorter. A brief trip to Amazon told me that the author had a collection of short stories forthcoming titled The Refugees. I wanted to get a desk copy, but I knew that going through the publisher would not bring the book to my desk for at least a month and that’s only if I could get ahold of an employee at Grove Press who was motivated to help out an ordinary high school English teacher.

I decided that I would go straight to Nguyen himself and ask for a copy of The Refugees. I have been fortunate enough to meet a few authors in my professional life, some of whom are magnanimous toward the public and educators and others who deem themselves too important to actually shake hands and sign autographs with their readers. I took my chances and picked up the phone and called Nguyen at his office at the University of Southern California. He answered! I wasn’t expecting him to answer. I had to think quickly. It went something like this:

because he was interested in visiting our school and meeting our students. We agreed to a day in February because he was already scheduled to speak at Harvard University at that time. While he was kind enough to greatly reduce his typical speaking fee, it was still a significant amount of money. I stood at my lectern (where I do my best thinking) and thought about how I might find the money to satisfy his fee and also create a literary event for our community. After all, how often is it that a Pulitzer Prizewinning author speaks in Hardwick? And then it hit me: I would invite other independent schools to share in this literary feat with us. I immediately set out to find schools that were also discussing the growing refugee crisis around the world through literature and writing.

Viet Nguyen: Yes? Matthew: Hello, my name is Matthew Kim. I’m an English teacher at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, Massachusetts.

Viet Nguyen: That’s interesting. What can I do for you today, Matthew?

Matthew: I am in the process of creating a literature course for our students. I potentially want this course to focus around your collection of short stories, The Refugees. I see that it’s forthcoming. Would you send me a copy?

Viet Nguyen: Of course. I’d love to send you a copy. Just email me your address.

“After all, how often is it that a Pulitzer Prize-winning author speaks in Hardwick? And then it hit me: I would invite other independent schools to share in this literary feat

I should have said thank you and hung up, but, of course, I took it further:

with us. I immediately set out

Matthew: If I select The Refugees as our course book, would you be interested in coming to Eagle Hill to give a talk and even perhaps run a writer’s workshop?

to find schools that were also

I couldn’t believe I just asked Viet Nguyen to come to Eagle Hill School. I expected him to become irritated and tell me to call his agent because an agent manages an author’s time and speaking fees. This was a catastrophic mistake on my part that could have thrown off the whole project, but then something unexpected took place: Viet Nguyen: Yes, I would be very interested in coming to your school and meeting your students. I believe it is important to reach out to high school students and teachers. Which dates do you have in mind?

It takes a lot to surprise me, but there I sat in my classroom on the phone with Viet Nguyen, a literary rockstar, nonplussed

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discussing the growing refugee crisis around the world through literature and writing.”

- Matthew Kim

Teaching a Class on The Refugees

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Eighty percent of our students enrolled in The Refugees course. The course was taught by teachers across disciplines, including teachers in our history, math, and science departments. The Refugees is comprised of eight stories, each of which offers a perspective on the lives of Vietnamese refugees in the United States. A few of our favorites include a woman who believes in spirits and her skeptical son; a refugee who finds himself in a new and lively romance; a family of refugees who own a small grocery store and are asked to help fight communism in Vietnam and in the United States; and a transplant patient who receives an organ from a refugee.

My advice to teachers was to choose three or four stories from the collection, read them with our students, and then facilitate discussions around the stories that also connected to the refugee crisis in our country—regionally and nationally—or in our world. In conjunction with Nguyen’s collection of stories, students accessed blogs, wiki entries, documented essays, memoirs, podcasts, articles in newspapers and magazines, and other short stories about refugees. Here are a few thoughts on The Refugees course from our teachers and students. Jane Alwis, who teaches history and Global Perspectives, feels that “it is important to introduce young people to the stories that shape our communities. The whole-school focus on The Refugees allowed for discussions of these stories to happen across campus.” Nancy Martin, who teaches reading, believes “having this school-wide course allowed

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our community to engage in meaningful conversations about both immigrants and refugees. We were able to make a distinction between the two and move from there. Learning about others’ experiences through literature is a safe way to practice empathy, to gain background knowledge, and, frankly, make us better human beings as we come to understand ourselves and others. While some students found some of the stories less accessible or relatable, students went away from this course with a deeper awareness of this growing humanitarian crisis.” Jackson Morris ’18 related to me that the class “guided him towards shifting his perspective on refugees and what our nation’s policy should be towards these human beings.” Jackson told Nguyen that until he read The Refugees, he accepted the Skittles analogy, where if one is poison you have to avoid them all. He now thinks that “once you realize these are people with families and ambitions, then the poisonous Skittles analogy is not appropriate.”

It wasn’t just the student and faculty reflections on The Refugees throughout the year that amazed me but also the projects that classes were making, too. One class created a wall-sized poster with twenty orange paper life jackets, each with a passage from the book or an original idea about the refugee crisis. Another class, using The Refugees as a starting point, created a blog about the refugee crisis. Some students wrote book reviews of The Refugees and others wrote more traditional academic essays on the far-reaching consequences of allowing (or not allowing) refugees a home in our nation. Miriam Pallant, a Spanish teacher who taught several sections of The Refugees, revealed that she “was surprised to find myself eager to learn more from a place of personal curiosity and awareness, not just for the sake of being able to teach the material. What resulted was one of those special opportunities in which I was learning alongside my students.” As for me, looking back on this course and so many of our other course offerings in the English Department, I feel students and teachers rise to occasions where they can contribute their voices to important conversations through reading, writing, and critical engagement with ideas.

Sharing Our Community February had finally arrived. Nguyen came to campus the evening before his workshop and lecture, and at Waller House he attended a special dinner with select EHS students who took an active interest in the course and the teachers who taught those students. He is regularly the guest of honor at fancy dinner parties with elite hosts, guests, and critics, so we intentionally wanted to have a small, enjoyable dinner party where Nguyen and our students and faculty could have an opportunity to get to know one another as writer and reader.

To celebrate this special occasion, Michael Riendeau and I prepared a meal that included daegoo jorim (Korean cod), brothy beans and farro with eggs and mushrooms, and for dessert a lemon posset.

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Our students and faculty came ready with many questions for him about his life as a refugee and as a writer, and he, in turn, had many questions for us, including questions about how we came to Eagle Hill, which pieces of literature move us to be better people, and where we stand in the debate about opening up our communities to refugees. We excitedly told him about ourselves and our stances on the refugee debate. I am always proud to be part of our school, but on that night— with these students and colleagues—I was moved to tears of happiness.

The next morning students and faculty from five schools— Bancroft School, Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, The MacDuffie School, and Northfield Mount Herman School—were excited to come to Eagle Hill School to meet, listen to, and write with Nguyen. There was only one thing standing in our way: a giant blizzard! That morning central Massachusetts received almost a foot of snow, and that made it impossible for four schools to participate. However, the students and faculty from Phillips Exeter Academy braved the storm and came to our campus. All the students participating in the workshop assembled in the dining hall around one of our long tables. When Nguyen entered the dining hall and approached the workshop, each of the students and even the teachers could not hide their excitement; in fact, one student actually gasped! Together, students from these two schools— schools that might appear very different on paper—came together to learn about writing from one of our country’s most important authors.

After the workshop, Nguyen held a lecture in the Abby Theatre.

For approximately an hour and a half, one of the leading literary voices of our time discussed the state of refugees in the United States, both in our communities and in our popular culture. He shared with us stories of his being Vietnamese in the United States during and after the Vietnam War and what it means to be Vietnamese in the shadow of movies such as Apocalypse Now and Good Morning, Vietnam, as well as how meaningful it was for he and his son, Ellison, to see a Vietnamese actor in a leading role in Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi. He also shared with us his writing processes and how it took a total of seventeen years to write, edit, and publish The Refugees.

As Viet Nguyen wrapped up his time at Eagle Hill shaking hands and taking selfies with our community, I recognized that what made this moment spectacular, this course important, and our community vibrant is not that we were able to bring a Pulitzer Prize-winning author to our school but that we are a school that remains devoted to seeking out spaces where we can examine the social and intellectual problems that aggressively work to define us. Of course, we know that as a community our students and teachers are best defined when we come together to solve these problems.

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Character Counts Building Character through Athletics

By Christopher Hancock, Assistant Head of School for Student Life Growing up the son of a highly accomplished college basketball coach and the nephew of an acclaimed Massachusetts Hall of Fame baseball coach, dinner conversations were never bereft of shop talk. For a young boy into sports, this was heaven.

We would discuss ad nauseum Nolan Ryan’s approach on the mound; why Wade Boggs’s stats were as consistent as the sun rising; the ’86 Celtics; or the ’19 Black Sox scandal — which, coincidentally, happened ninety-nine years ago at the time of this Compendium’s release. Words such as hustle, composure, and teamwork were casually inserted into most stories of the day’s events. Quotes from Connie Mack, Casey Stengel, Red Auerbach, Vince Lombardi, John Wooden, and Knute Rockne came

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so often we probably should have set a place for them at our table. It was as if through these tales I was gifted by my dad and uncle some sort of ethereal communion with legendary men.

Throughout my youth and even through high school I never knew why my mom, far from a sports fanatic, refused to shift the conversation. Only as an adult did I come to understand.

She knew what my dad and uncle did. They were attempting to convey a more important lesson. This is the same lesson Eagle Hill imparts to all of its student-athletes: the importance of character.

Unlike fingerprints, we are not born with character. It must be

developed. It must be nurtured. To complicate matters more, acting independent of a normative expectation might be the single most difficult expectation of a teen.

That is why amateur sports if approached correctly, particularly at the high school level, have always provided a structured way of doing so for our youth. Sports expose them to real-life situations that test their instincts and understanding of character and surround them with adults interested in helping them develop this capacity. This is why EHS’s athletic mantra has always been: Kids first. Winning second.

Of course, I caution you not to be mistaken by that idea.

Every day our boys and girls work hard in practices and games to bring home a win. Many varsity sports compete for conference titles, including this year when our boys’ varsity soccer and basketball teams both brought home league titles. EHS has even parlayed its athletic teams’ successes into a Nike sponsorship beginning this fall. All of our sports teams will begin the process of switching over uniforms to include the iconic swoosh.

Meanwhile, all teams are always striving to improve their win-loss records among ever-increasing competition. It is the reason Eagle Hill School will be moving this fall into a highly competitive conference within NEPSAC—the Southeastern New England Division. In fact, there isn’t a coach worth his or her salt that would deny the more often one wins, the more likely the players are to run through a wall for them. Focus increases, listening intensifies, and execution looks effortless. It’s a natural and exciting byproduct of winning. However, winning is never prioritized above the kids. Their development, enjoyment of the

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game they’re playing, sportsmanship, character, and understanding of teamwork never compromised for a win.

Our coaches strive to teach cooperation with others. They stress how to display perseverance, and how to respond appropriately in both victory and defeat. Yet, it cannot happen in isolation on the field, courts, or in the pool. Our role as coaches and educators is to model off the field as well what it means to live a life of character. Knute Rockne said it best, “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.” Rockne’s storied coaching career for the University of Notre Dame only included twelve losses. No, that’s not a typo. He lost only twelve times in thirteen years. Yet, he cared as much about character as he did about winning and did not believe they were mutually exclusive ideals —something seemingly lost in amateur athletics today.

Sadly, we see this degradation of character steadily seeping into high school athletics as well, likely from what our youth see modeled on TV in college and pro sports. They want to trash-talk and showboat when they still don’t know how to do something as basic as establish a pivot foot. When win-at-all-costs and a me-first attitude are the overriding messages our youth are absorbing it is difficult, yet even more important, to instill lessons of character into every practice and game. This is also why our focus in the Athletics Department is deeply rooted in EHS’s core values: kindness, honesty, respect, and purpose, and it gives me great joy that not a day goes by that I don’t witness an act or overhear a conversation between faculty, coach, and student about the importance of these virtues.

The stakes could not be higher for our youth in this national climate.

There is a war for their character. Yet, as EHS moves into this new league and our students face challenges they previously have never faced, I take comfort in their ability to navigate competing, winning, and losing. I hold hope for their character because the lessons our coaches and teachers tirelessly deliver, while they may be subtle at times, are rooted in a philosophy we believe can have the greatest impact on our studentathletes as they grow into principled, character-driven young men and women. Kids first. Winning second.

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Beyond the Classroom 2018 School Trip—South Africa Andrew Ward, EHS Biology Teacher In April 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa. His leadership allowed a country separated by the injustices of apartheid to move forward in a peaceful transition of power in which a true democracy would be shared equally by all of its citizens. Ten years later, in April 2004, our Eagle Hill community traveled to South Africa for the first time to share in the celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the end of apartheid. That trip had a lasting impact on the students and faculty who attended and I’m still reminded of that in the stories I hear from the alumni who traveled with us all those years ago. My one regret was not having the opportunity to travel to Robben Island where Mandela and many other political prisoners of the apartheid era spent years incarcerated. Fourteen years later we would remedy that in our second trip to Cape Town. While many in the group were most looking forward to seeing the amazing wildlife in Kruger National Park, it was the stories a former inmate told to us in a collective prison cell that would capture our attention most.

At Eagle Hill, we’ve never been shy about traveling to faraway places, and South Africa is certainly no exception. There aren’t too many places in the world that require such mind-numbing flights to get to. It never ceases to amaze me how resilient our students are even after spending more than twenty hours on a plane. We arrived in Johannesburg after connecting from Dubai and there was no time wasted as we got our first introductions to the history of apartheid’s end at Freedom Square where the rights of all citizens were etched in stone, perhaps to signify the permanency of their words. The most powerful accounts of the apartheid era would come from our guides both white and black who lived in the country at the time. Our first local guide, appropriately named “Queen,” grew up in Soweto (South Western Township) where many black South Africans were moved to in order to separate them from white neighborhoods. The townships had makeshift homes of corrugated metal and electricity, and sewerage and water supplies were either absent or inadequate. What struck me is how Queen described that despite growing up in these conditions, she never felt “poor.” This was the normal condition for her and everyone she knew. In our first trip in 2004, most of the townships I witnessed were still in this condition despite a decade free of apartheid. What I was most impressed with was the progress made in the fourteen years since, as the majority of these townships had been rebuilt with proper housing, electricity, and water. What was critical for the region was to eliminate the “normalcy” of poverty and give rise to a generation of South Africans who would come to expect

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better living conditions. There is a lot of progress still to be made, but the future of the region looks far better today than what we saw years ago. What the students could see around them, as many of the informal settlements remained, became understandable in our visit to both the Hector Pieterson Memorial and the Apartheid Museum.

A five-hour bus ride north and east to Kruger National Park would offer some time for the group to recover from our jetlag as we left Johannesburg. We stayed in two resorts just outside the park, where warnings of potentially deadly encounters with hippos at night caught the group’s attention. I took a walk down to the river to explore the reality of this danger and was happy to see high voltage fencing between “them” and us. We got up early each morning in order to arrive at the gates to the park right at sunrise, where we formed smaller groups of eight people to ride on the raised platforms of the safari vehicles. While the vehicles were open to the environment, they felt quite safe being so high off the ground. Despite this, you certainly needed to look up at a giraffe crossing the road, and any full-grown elephant would easily be at eye level or better. Our guides were a wealth of knowledge and could identify even the most obscure bird sitting on a branch invisible to everyone else. When we first entered the park, the guides likely had to struggle not to roll their eyes as everyone on board jumped to take photos of the first impala we saw on the side of the road. We would see several hundred more after that, as you would have a hard time throwing

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a stick in Kruger Park without hitting an impala on the back.

The challenge at Kruger is to find the “big five,” consisting of the lion, buffalo, elephant, rhino, and the ever-elusive leopard.

Since our collective group was spread out on several vehicles, everyone had a unique experience of the park, as the vehicles didn’t typically follow the same paths at the same time. This made for some great storytelling each night when we arrived back at the resorts. Most groups saw at least four of the five and many groups saw all five, with a leopard perched on a tree pretty far off in the distance. This being my second trip to the park, I’m afraid to say that I still haven’t seen a leopard in the wild. A fine excuse to plan another tour here in the future, I suppose. I think what is so exciting about the safaris is how close you get to these enormous animals. It’s quite easy to fill your camera frame with elephants as they pass precariously close to the side of the vehicle, eating every plant in their path. These enormous, yet oddly silent, beasts were a favorite sighting for many in the group. For others, it was the lions that captured their attention. Our first lion encounter was a well-hidden pride feasting on a giraffe carcass that was at least three days old. Unfortunately, you could smell the scene better than you could see it. We were fortunate enough to have several more lion sightings that were easier to see and were presented with less aroma. One particular crowd favorite was a pair of hyena pups fighting over a zebra leg provided by a then-slumbering mother who seemed to completely disregard our intrusiveness.

This was a common theme, as most of the animals in the park seemed to ignore our presence, allowing us to see them doing what they’ve always done. Despite being surrounded by a fence, you don’t get the sense that these animals are anything but free and wild. While they may not have the southern continent of Africa to roam, the more than 7,500 square miles of protected park seemed endless as our vehicles raced around what turned out to be a rather tiny section of the entire park over two full days.

After a number of scenic stops along the way back to Johannesburg at venues with catchy names such as Blyde River Canyon and Bourke’s Luck Potholes, the group flew on to Cape Town for the final leg of the tour. Cape Town was experiencing a significant water crisis as we arrived at the end of the dry season.

The public effort in Cape Town by its citizens to drastically reduce their water consumption avoided a situation in which the public water supply was to be cut off. The students had been prepared for changing their habits in an effort to use as little water as possible during our visit. While we always root for sunny weather during our tours, we weren’t at all disappointed to have our visit to the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens cut short by a downpour. The pleasant fall weather in Cape Town made for quite a scene with Table Mountain always towering nearby.

The challenge was to get to the top of the mountain when it was free of its “tablecloth,” or the stubborn cloud that would obscure any potential view of the city. For several days while we crossed our fingers hoping that the cloud would release its grip on the mountain we shopped at the famed waterfront, enjoyed views of the city from Lion’s Head, hiked the shores around a

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penguin colony, and paid a visit to the Cape of Good Hope. On what would be our last opportunity, the skies cleared over Table Mountain and we rode the cable car to the top to see the entire city in all its glory. From its summit, you could clearly see Robben Island in the distance and I could clearly remember our guide, Greg, from fourteen years ago, pointing out to it, and my disappointment that we didn’t have time to go.

But this time, a day before arriving at the summit of Table Mountain, the group boarded a ferry that would take us to Robben Island. There we were met by our guide, who had been imprisoned there for seven years. Our group sat in a long room surrounded by concrete walls and barred windows while our guide gave an account of life in the prison. At no point during the tour was the group as fixated on a guide as they were in that cell.

We visited Nelson Mandela’s cell and the rock quarry where the inmates were forced to labor. As it turns out they used many

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of these collective venues to plan for the future of their country free of apartheid in which they would be the new leaders of the country they were born to. The fact that a new democracy would be born in this despairing isolation was astonishing, and the gravity of the place was not lost on anyone. The journey as a whole was filled with so many life-changing moments and each student had their own unique encounters on so many levels. To start with those words etched in stone at Freedom Square and then throughout the tour to witness all the sacrifices made to accomplish those rights made South Africa more than a destination to see lions and elephants. South Africa is and always will be about the amazing people who live there, and their continuing efforts to fully realize the constitution created by its heroes.

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DREAM TO

DARE TO DREAM Dare to Dream, the most ambitious comprehensive campaign in Eagle Hill’s history,

LEAD

roars on. With unprecedented support from current families, alumni/ae families, alumni/ae, the board of trustees, and friends, the total raised has eclipsed $40 million.

This campaign is a multifaceted effort to simultaneously bolster Eagle Hill’s financial aid, preserve the school’s unique and life-changing model, and create a new STEM

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Center to be a signature academic space on campus.

The expansion of access and opportunity through financial aid enriches the fabric of our student body, creates previously impossible experiences for wonderful families,

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and crafts a more honest reflection of the global community on our campus. The protection of Eagle Hill’s model ensures that our individualized curriculum and dedication to each and every student will never waiver by protecting small class sizes, empowering faculty, and strengthening the financial bedrock of the school.

Excitingly, the $15 million needed for the design and construction of the STEM Center was successfully completed during our 50th Anniversary Celebration.

Groundbreaking took place immediately after the event and construction, quite visible in the center of campus, is ongoing today. It is with tremendous anticipation that we watch this facility come to life, eagerly awaiting the enormous role it will

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play in the daily life and education of Eagle Hill students.

All of this is made possible by the kindness, generosity, and loyalty of the Eagle Hill community. The very qualities that have nurtured this school from modest beginnings to the world leader it is today continue to be the driving forces

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for its future. We are eternally grateful for the unwavering commitment of the friends and families of Eagle Hill as we continue toward Dare to Dream’s final goal of $50 million.

In gratitude,

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PJ McDonald, Ed. D.

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Dare to Dream Thank you to those who dared to dream alongside us.

A. T. Leonard and Associates Mr. Jeremy D. Allaire Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Heston Allocco Ms. Candace Alsop Ms. Elizabeth W. Alsop ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Matt Andresen Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Archipley II Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Aronica Mr. John Atwill and Ms. Maree Graham Avidia Bank Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Ballinger Mr. and Mrs. William Bamford Bank of America Charitable Foundation Matching Gifts Program Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Bernstein Mr. Nathan Bernstein and Mrs. Katharina Otto-Bernstein Mr. Alden J. Bianchi and Ms. Mary Kett Mr. Eric Blumencranz and Ms. Jessica Berner Ms. Sarah L. Boles and Mr. David Norris Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bottomley Mr. and Mrs. Gary Botwinick Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Brecher Mr. and Mrs. Steven Burrough Mr. and Mrs. James Bustamante Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Buttenheim II Mrs. Sara Callahan ’02 Ms. Olivia Canter Mrs. Amy L. Carbone and Mr. Paul J. Carbone Mr. Robert R. Carey and Ms. Claire Cowart Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Carroll Ms. Susan A. Casey Suzanne and Stephen Chapman Ms. Lenore Cheeseman Mr. Darren Chen and Ms. Sandra L. Lee Mr. and Mrs. John M. Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Cochrane Mr. Brett F. Cohen and Dr. Gwen Lopez-Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Mark Coscia Country Bank Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Cummins Mrs. Jeanne M. Cutrona Ms. Frances E. Dalmolen Mr. Eric Dannheim and Dr. Lori Quinn Dannheim Davidowitz Foundation 22 Eagle Hill School 2018–2019

Bruce C. and Lynn Bay Dayton Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Del Valle Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Delaney Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dick Ms. Kimberly Dreier Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Driscoll Ms. Donna L. Dubinsky and Dr. Leonard J. Shustek Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Oleh B. Dutkewych Ms. Linda C. Eason Mr. Ricardo Escobar ’81 and Mrs. Ingrid Escobar Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Esler Mr. and Mrs. David Feinblatt Mr. James Finkelstein and Ms. Pamela Gross Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Fish Ms. Maura FitzGerald and Mr. Allen Carney Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Fitzsimons Mr. Richard P. Flaster and Ms. Alice P. Mead Mr. Erik Fleming and Ms. Torrance Watkins Fletcher Tilton PC Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fortin Four Winds Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tully M. Friedman The Further Forward Foundation John & Weezie Gates Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gee Mr. and Mrs. William Gelinas Ms. Cherylann Gengel Mr. and Mrs. Stephen George Ms. Jeanne Goldberg and Ms. Deborah Gottesman Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Goldman Mr. Scott C. Gordon and Ms. Lynn N. Wright Dr. and Mrs. Brent R. Grafe Mr. Laurence Green and Ms. Karen Hershey Mr. Wayne J. Griffin Mr. Chris Hadley and Dr. Constance N. Hadley Mr. Richard Hall and Ms. Sally Rand Mr. and Mrs. John H. Harris Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Haseltine Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Haskett Ms. Jane A. Hawksley Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Hollis Mr. Ethan M. Holmes ’09 and Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes The David and Janyce Hoyt Family Foundation ITW Foundation Matching Program Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jacobsmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jaillet Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Judge Mr. and Mrs. Wade W. Judge Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Kane Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Katz Dr. David Kauffman and Mr. Mark Benninghoff Mr. Steven E. Keenan and Ms. Jacqueline A. Venner Ms. Elizabeth B. Keepper

Mr. William Kennard and Ms. Deborah Kennedy Dr. Matthew A. Kim ’97 and Mr. JongHun Kim Mr. and Mrs. Dave A. Kinser The Kniznik-Schneider Family Ms. Carolyn Kott Washburne Mr. Neil Krauter Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Kraycir Mr. and Mrs. Alessandro Lanaro Mr. Arthur N. Langhaus and Mrs. Kathy Marlin-Langhaus Dr. Nikolajs Lapins and Mrs. Denise Lapins Mr. Christopher R. Larson and Ms. Julia A. Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lehman Mr. and Mrs. Van D. Lessig Mr. Robert Levin and Ms. Hildy Wynn Mr. Scott M. Lincoln and Mrs. Amy A. Auman-Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lodato Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Lodge Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Lodge The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Ms. Joan P. Lynyak Mr. Joseph Lynyak Mr. Robert M. Lynyak Mr. Theodore D. Mack ’16 Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Mallery Jr. Mr. James F. Marrs ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCartin Mr. and Mrs. William M. McClements Mr. Mark McCoy and Ms. Beatriz Laviada Dr. and Mrs. PJ McDonald Todd C. and Julie L. McDonald Ms. Ann McIntire Mr. Patrick T. McQuown ’89 Ms. Catharine S. Mehl Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mellin Mr. Jeffrey Mendelsohn ’03 and Mrs. Nicole Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. David Merjan Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Merriam Abby and Arthur Mintz Mintz Levin Mr. and Mrs. Norino A. Mirra Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morein The Moriah Fund Mr. and Mrs. Brad Morris Mr. Christopher Muro Mr. and Mrs. David Nardone Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nash Ms. Elizabeth S. Naughton Ms. Stephanie Needham Dr. and Mrs. John P. Nicholson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Leary One Four Three Four Foundation Ms. Mary E. O’Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. David Palay Ms. Laura Peabody-Park Mr. and Mrs. J. Hudson Plumb Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Rassias Mr. and Mrs. Barrett H. Reasoner

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Reilly Ira M. Resnick Foundation, Inc. Mr. James B. Richardson Dr. Michael P. Riendeau and Mrs. Mary Ann Riendeau Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Ristuccia Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roffler Rollstone Bank and Trust Ms. Johanna M. Ruggiero Ms. Elizabeth W. Ryan Mr. Richard Salvino Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schrauth Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schumacher Mr. and Mrs. Keith Schuman Ms. Linda J. Schwabe Mr. Paul F. Scully Mr. and Mrs. Shep Sepaniak Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Shoemaker Dr. Ronald Simenauer and Ms. Genice Jacobs-Simenauer Ms. Sarah B. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spang Mr. and Mrs. David Spath Mr. and Mrs. James Sperzel Mr. and Mrs. Richard St. Jean Jr. Stanmar, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Stein The Estate of Thomas G. Stemberg Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sweeney The Sweeney Family Mr. and Mrs. David Sylvestro Mr. and Mrs. Hamburg Tang Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John N. Tannebring Mr. Leonard Tavormina Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Tocci Total Wall Systems, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Trapaga Mr. and Mrs. Domenic P. Triola Mr. Michael H. Tunkelrott and Ms. Beth B. Falk Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Van Pelt Ms. D. Jean Veta and Dr. Mary Ann Dutton Dr. Douglas C. Waite and Dr. Martha B. Waite Ms. Marilyn A. Waller and Mr. Doron Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walsh III Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Weiss Mr. and Mrs. William Wharton III Ms. Janie C. Whitney and Mr. A. B. Whitfield Mr. James C. Wiley and Ms. Erica R. Stumvoll-Wiley Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wood Mr. Jannick Zechner Mr. and Mrs. Alex Zisson Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Zorfas

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The 1967

Society

The 1967 Society harkens back to the year of Eagle Hill School’s founding and recognizes those generous and farsighted friends who have made the school’s future a part of their personal legacy. Whether made by will, annuity, trust, or another fashion, planned gifts are often our school’s most significant means of support and can have a profound impact on Eagle Hill School’s ability to remain at the forefront of education for diverse learners.

We are beyond grateful to the members of the 1967 Society.

Ms. Candace Alsop Mr. Alden J. Bianchi and Ms. Mary Kett Mr. and Mrs. James Bustamante Ms. Suzanne Chapman Mr. and Mrs. John M. Cobb Mr. Ricardo Escobar ’81 and Mrs. Ingrid Escobar Ms. Maura FitzGerald and Mr. Allen Carney Mr. Erik Fleming and Ms. Torrance Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fortin The David and Janyce Hoyt Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Judge Mr. Arthur N. Langhaus and Mrs. Kathy Marlin-Langhaus Dr. and Mrs. PJ McDonald Mr. and Mrs. David Merjan Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morein Mr. James B. Richardson Mr. Michael P. Riendeau and Mrs. Mary Ann Riendeau Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith The Estate of Thomas G. Stemberg Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Van Pelt Ms. Marilyn A. Waller and Mr. Doron Weinberg Mr. James C. Wiley and Ms. Erica Stumvoll-Wiley

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The PJ McDonald Endowed Scholarship At Eagle Hill, we often trumpet our fierce dedication to each and every individual. It’s our belief that each and every person has a singular strength and an innate set of talents deserving to be honored. That belief extends to the faculty, staff, and administration of our school as well, as exemplified in a special presentation that took place at our 50th Anniversary Celebration. President of the Board Marilyn Waller and Board Chairman Jim Richardson announced an endowed scholarship created in recognition of Head of School PJ McDonald’s extraordinary leadership of Eagle Hill for the past twentyfive years.

A complete surprise to a visibly emotional Dr. McDonald, it was announced that this permanent fund will provide financial aid for future students, to be named PJ McDonald Scholars, and be a lasting testament to his impact on the institution and families of Eagle Hill. The fund was generously created through gifts ranging from hundreds of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars from families of all generations of Eagle Hill. The PJ McDonald Endowed Scholarship fund will remain open, and inquiries for future participation may be placed with the Development Office.

A. T. Leonard and Associates Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Allen Ms. Candace Alsop Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Aronica Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Ballinger Mr. Alden J. Bianchi and Ms. Mary Kett The Boles/Norris/Zimmel Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bottomley Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Brecher Mrs. Sara Callahan ’02 Mr. Robert R. Carey and Ms. Claire Cowart Ms. Susan A. Casey Stephen and Suzanne Chapman Mr. Darren Chen and Ms. Sandra L. Lee

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Cobb The Cochrane Family The Cutrona Family The Davidowitz Family Ms. Donna L. Dubinsky and Dr. Leonard J. Shustek Mr. and Mrs. David Feinblatt Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Fitzsimons Mr. Richard P. Flaster and Ms. Alice P. Mead Mr. Erik Fleming and Ms. Torrance Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fortin Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gates Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gee Ms. Cherylann Gengel Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Goldman Mr. Wayne J. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Haseltine The David and Janyce Hoyt Family Foundation ITW Foundation 3-for-1 Matching Program Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jacobsmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Judge Mr. and Mrs. Wade W. Judge Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Kane Mr. William Kennard and Ms. Deborah Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Dave A. Kinser Mr. Robert Levin and Ms. Hildy Wynn Mr. Scott M. Lincoln and Mrs. Amy A. Auman-Lincoln Mr. Robert M. Lynyak Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Mallery Jr. Mr. James F. Marrs ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Todd C. and Julie L. McDonald Mr. Patrick T. McQuown ’89 Ms. Catharine S. Mehl Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mellin Mr. Jeffrey Mendelsohn ’03 and Mrs. Nicole Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Merriam Mr. and Mrs. Norino A. Mirra Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nash Dr. and Mrs. John P. Nicholson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Leary Mr. James B. Richardson Ms. Johanna M. Ruggiero Mr. Richard Salvino Mr. Daniel Schneider and Ms. Julie Kniznik Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. David Spath Mr. and Mrs. John N. Tannebring The Tocci Family Mr. Michael H. Tunkelrott and Ms. Beth B. Falk Ms. Marilyn A. Waller and Mr. Doron Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Weiss Ms. Janie C. Whitney and Mr. A. B. Whitfield Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Zorfas

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Field of Dreams 50th Anniversary Celebration

by Dr. PJ McDonald, Head of School

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FPO

When, many months ago, we chose “Dare to Dream” as the theme of the capital campaign, I was focused on dreams—the dreams of generations of parents and students, the dreams that teachers and coaches and resident counselors have nurtured into reality, our collective dreams for an institution that could show the world that a more equitable and humane educational philosophy is not only possible but imperative. Those dreams are the heart of our enterprise—they are our mission, our passion, and—as W. H. Auden said—”our working week and our Sunday rest.” I realize now, though, that dreaming is not enough.

To DARE is everything.

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A dream without daring is at best a frivolous distraction and more often becomes a cruel taunt—a seed that will grow into future regret.

Drs. James Cavanaugh, Peter Figgie, and Charles Drake, the visionary founders of Eagle Hill School, had dreams. At a moment when the first, tentative thoughts about learning disabilities were making their way into educational discourse, Cavanaugh, Figgie, and Drake dreamed of a school where students described as learning disabled could find understanding, innovation, and challenge. More than dreaming, though, they dared to create that school here in Hardwick in 1967—a decision so audacious as to verge on the foolhardy. They knew then, with a conviction that we cannot but admire, that any undertaking endowed with a few innovative ideas and a handful of dedicated people had all it could need to succeed. A casual, retrospective glance at history, at the history of Eagle Hill School, can leave the impression that what has transpired over fifty years was inevitable. I want to remind you tonight that that inevitability is an illusion, a trick of sepiatoned memories and the false confidence of hindsight. Cavanaugh, Figgie, and Drake were daring all right, but I like to think what they did was dare us—the generations of students, faculty, and parents that would follow them—to make this venture work. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been good at turning down a dare where the stakes are so high, the risk of failure a frightening precipice to peer over but also a promontory with a spectacular view of what might be

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possible, and success so important for so many. It may be that I come by whatever daring I possess honestly.

The school’s founding head of school, my father, Charles McDonald, was nothing if not daring. To this day, I think of him as the person most assuredly, most stubbornly optimistic that I have ever known. When Charlie accepted the position as head of school in 1968, the dream of the founders was fresh and the exigencies—and sometimes emergencies— of running a brand new boarding school were fresher still. Cavanaugh, Figgie, and Drake had known, “If you build it, they will come.” Charlie was there when the first intrepid students came to Hardwick—literally to a field of dreams. And, hence, the theme for our celebration this evening. Charlie accepted the dare, and with him came the first cadre of faculty and staff, people such as Rick and Janet Lavoie, Norma Shields, Mark and Rayma Griffin, Dave and Lea Sylvestro, and Len Tavormina—as well as volunteers such as Frank Diliddo—and many of them are here tonight. As pioneers in the uncharted wilderness of learning disabilities education—not to mention in the wilds of Hardwick—this group took the first and fundamental steps toward building a world-class school.

Not long behind them, people such as Jane Cronin, Dana Harbert, Steve Dykstra, Mike Richard, and Dottie Bachtold arrived in Hardwick, and just after that the rest of the names with which you are all so familiar were added to the EHS roster: Mary Ann and Michael Riendeau, Ron Baglio and Erin Wynne, Kathey St. John-Richard, Bob Begin, and so many more.

And, of course, I found my way back to Hardwick in 1993.

The late 1990s and the new millennium brought a flurry of building— and they kept coming. The school grew from its earliest beginnings of eight students living—and learning—in the Cochrane House, always affectionately known as the Main House, to our present state-of-the-art facilities and 225 students. When I became head of school in 1999, I was the youngest head of school in the country—a distinction that I have clearly outgrown over the last twenty years. In the early years, I had the immeasurable benefit of the wise counsel and unwavering support of trustees such as Steve Rotman, John White, Tom Schneider, Bob Rogers,

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“I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been good at turning down a dare where the stakes are so high, the risk of failure a frightening precipice to peer over but also a promontory with a spectacular view of what might be possible, and success so important for so many. It may be that I come by whatever daring I possess honestly.”

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“To DARE is everything.”

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Jean Nardini, Jeff Davidowitz, Hal Belodoff, Christiane Alsop, Walter Dubzinski, and Alden Bianchi, to name but a few.

And, of course, my wife Kathryn oversaw every aspect of my development as a head of school—and as a father, a husband, and, in general, as a human being.

In later years, people such as Candy Alsop, Arty Langhaus, Tia Lotuff, Peter Joseph, and John Gee have been models of integrity and empathy. And there is simply no way for me to express fully the formative nature of my relationship with Marilyn Waller and Jim Richardson.

Marilyn Waller, simply put, is the beating heart of this school and a moral compass for us all. She embodies and lives Eagle Hill’s core values of honesty, respect, kindness, and purpose, and it is Marilyn who dares to dare us all to be better and do better every day. Her three children, two of whom are proud EHS alums, can attest to Marilyn’s soft heart and her iron will.

And my dear friend Jim Richardson has been with Eagle Hill School since 1979—first as a teacher, then as legal counsel, and for many, many years as a trustee. His clear vision, steady hand on the tiller, and inimitable wit have sustained the school—and me, personally. Jim’s philanthropic support of the school is nothing short of extraordinary.

In 1998, at our very first auction gala in celebration of the school’s thirtieth anniversary, Jim Richardson and Esmond Harmsworth stepped forward with what was then the school’s largest single gift of $10,000. At the launch of this Dare to Dream campaign, EHS trustee Diana Merriam and her husband Peter made the stunning lead gift of $10 million.

Over the intervening twenty years, many truly extraordinary gifts have been made that have changed the face of this campus and have made an EHS education possible for countless students—people such as Tully and Elise Friedman, Donna Dubinsky and Len Shustek, as well as families with

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surnames such as Otto-Bernstein, Gengel, Fortin, Logan, Zimmel, Chapman, Lynyak, McGrath, Timken, Gilo, Stemberg, and Cobb. The quiet philanthropy of Julia Calhoun, Chris Larson, Dave and Janyce Hoyt, the Mellin family, Mark and Karan Morein, and the Gates family has been gratifying—and frankly awe-inspiring.

It is truly humbling to reflect on the sentiments of so many donors who have expressed a sense of responsibility for the future—and for the future of this great school. With a humility that has so often characterized these conversations, Sarah Boles said of the transformative gift she and David Norris gave to help make the Baglio Center possible: “You need to know that I don’t view the capital I have as ‘mine’—I realize I’m just meant to steward it while I’m here.”

Anything that I can say will be a woefully inadequate expression of my deep appreciation for what so many have done for this school—from gifts of ten dollars to ten million dollars. I believe I speak for the entire faculty and staff when I say: Take that sentiment and multiply it a thousand thousandfold, and you would only begin to capture my gratitude for what this community has accomplished and accomplishes every day.

To work with our students is the most precious gift imaginable—the chance to realize our dreams in helping them to realize theirs.

In this first week of May in New England, we are just emerging from what Robert Frost called “mud time”—for obvious reasons. In his poem that bears that name, Frost aptly describes what students and their families have made possible for us: My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation As my two eyes make one in sight.

Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes, Is the deed ever really done For Heaven and the future’s sakes.

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Louis Armstrong is reputed to have said to a young man who asked “What is jazz?”—“Man, if you gotta ask, you’ll never know.” I’m afraid I think the gift that you have given all of us—to work at what we love—may well be like that.

I hope that you have all been lucky enough to experience the thrilling sense of purpose that comes when we “play for mortal stakes.” If you haven’t, I don’t think there is anything that I can say to properly or fully communicate the depth of our gratitude as a faculty for the opportunity to spend a career—a life—this way—except maybe through the voices and the faces of our own alums in the short film that will now follow.

Thank you.

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“To work with our students is the most precious gift imaginable— the chance to realize our dreams in helping them to realize theirs.”

“It is truly humbling to reflect on the sentiments of so many donors who have expressed a sense of responsibility for the future—and for the future of this great school.”

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The

Annual Giving Fund Thank you for your 2017-18 contribution.

Eagle Hill School Loyalty Club Membership in the Loyalty Club recognizes the contributions of our most dedicated donors. Membership is granted to donors who make gifts of any amount to support the annual giving campaigns in five or more consecutive years, including the current year.

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Allen Ms. Candace Alsop Ms. Elizabeth W. Alsop ’00 Mr. Alan Altman Mrs. Jane Alwis Mr. John P. Amershadian and Ms. Denise Hanlon Mr. Bruce W. Baber Dottie Bachtold Mr. Gil Bamford and Ms. Gail Shaughnessy (Zachary Bamford ’13) Mr. James M. Barkus Mr. Michael Begin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Begin Ms. Carol M. Belliveau Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Berman Mr. Nathan Bernstein and Mrs. Katharina Otto-Bernstein Mr. Alden J. Bianchi and Ms. Mary Kett Dr. Harlan F. Bittner and Dr. Rebecca B. Bittner Mr. Tyler Blais Ms. Pat Bock Mrs. Kimberlee Bonica Bosman Family Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Brecher Ms. Alane C. Bruley Mrs. Sharyn Buelow Mr. Harold Burnett 34 Eagle Hill School 2018–2019

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Callahan Mrs. Sara Callahan ’02 Mr. Burrell L. Clark III Mr. Nym Cooke Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Coughlin Mr. Roy R. Crevier Dr. E. J. Cronin Mrs. Jeanne M. Cutrona The Davidowitz Family Mr. and Mrs. Frank Diliddo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dube Ms. Donna L. Dubinsky and Dr. Leonard J. Shustek Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Dubzinski Jr. Mr. Steven J. Dykstra Mr. and Mrs. David Feinblatt Mr. and Mrs. George M. Fenton Mr. Richard P. Flaster and Ms. Alice P. Mead Mr. Erik Fleming and Ms. Torrance Watkins Mrs. Sandra A. Flower Mr. Michael Foley and Ms. Marcella Comerford Mr. and Mrs. Shane R. Francoeur Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Gaskill Jr. Mr. Jed Geary and Mrs. Jessica Geary Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gee Mr. William Gelinas Mr. and Mrs. John M. Geraghty Ms. Jeanne Goldberg and Ms. Deborah Gottesman Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Goldman Dr. and Mrs. Brent R. Grafe Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Groman Mrs. Colleen E. Groner Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie Hanauer Mr. Christopher J. Hancock Mr. Dana Harbert Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Haseltine Mrs. Donna Holden The Howard Bayne Fund Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hoyt Mrs. Jenna Hubacz Dr. Chiu Hwang Mr. Robert Isabella Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Jackson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jacobsmeyer Mr. Colburn A. Jones and Ms. Patrice Larkins-Jones Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Judge Mr. and Mrs. Wade W. Judge Mrs. Casey Kane Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Kanozek Mr. David Kaplan and Ms. Christine Brown Mr. Scott T. Kelley Mr. Edward Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Ian M. Kelly Dr. Matthew A. Kim ‘97 and Mr. JongHun Kim Mr. Richard V. Kmiec Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Koczur

Ms. Diann Kosla Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Lachman Mr. Arthur N. Langhaus and Mrs. Kathy L. Marlin Langhaus Mr. Christopher R. Larson and Ms. Julia A. Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Leaf III Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Leighton Mr. Kenneth Leyva Mr. Scott M. Lincoln and Mrs. Amy A. Auman-Lincoln Mrs. Donna Linnehan and Mrs. Joyce Ward Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Lorion Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Louie Mr. Raymond S. Lovejoy Mr. Robert M. Lynyak Mrs. Diana T. Mackiewicz Ms. Robin Majcher Ms. Tatyana Malyk Nancy and Bob Martin Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McCaffrey Dr. and Mrs. PJ McDonald Todd C. and Julie L. McDonald Ms. Wendy McFaul Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGrory Ms. Catharine S. Mehl Mr. Jeffrey Mendelsohn ’03 and Mrs. Nicole Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. David Merjan Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Merriam Mr. Scott C. Metcalf Mr. John Miller and Dr. Rebecca Foley Miller Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Moreland Mr. and Mrs. George P. Munsey IV Mr. Jeffrey Myra Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Myra Ms. Laurel Nahorniak Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Nastasi Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Leary Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pangia Ms. Elaine Parmenter Mr. Gregory F. Passineau Mr. Simon M. Polakoff ’10 Ms. Katherine M. Poulson Mr. Jason Przypek R. J. McDonald, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raymond Mr. Michael J. Richard Mr. James B. Richardson Mr. Jason L. Richardson ’83 Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Riendeau Mr. Marshall Robinson ’03 Rich Rosen and Millie Zweir Mr. and Mrs. David Sabini Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shanks The Shields Family Mr. and Mrs. Abbye M. Silver Ms. Nancy J. Skamarycz

Mr. Joel Slupnicki Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Smith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith Mrs. Cheryl A. Southwick Mr. and Mrs. David Spath Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Sporn Mr. Gary R. Sporn ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Richard St. Jean Jr. Ms. Kathleen St. John-Richard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Staiti Mr. and Mrs. William F. Stockwell Mr. and Mrs. Travis Stolgitis Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stone Mr. Mark Tally and Ms. Teresa Andre Ms. Katherine Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Domenic P. Triola Mr. Dirk van Luling Dr. Douglas C. Waite and Dr. Martha B. Waite Ms. Marilyn A. Waller and Mr. Doron Weinberg Ms. Nan Waller (Josh Waller-Weinberg ’07 and Gabe Waller-Weinberg ’10) Mrs. Denise Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Jochen Welsch Mr. Alan Wheeler Mrs. Stephanie Whitaker Mr. E. J. White and Rev. Kathryn White Ms. Janie C. Whitney and Mr. A. B. Whitfield Mr. Andrew Wingate and Dr. Tanya Bilchik Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witt The Wynne Baglio Family Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Wynne Mr. and Mrs. Neil Zelekowitz Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Zorfas

Headmaster’s Circle - Gold Leader $25,000 and up Mr. and Mrs. Matt Andresen Mr. Nathan Bernstein and Mrs. Katharina Otto-Bernstein Miss Abigail F. Friedman ’08 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gates Jr. Mr. Chris Hadley and Dr. Constance N. Hadley Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Merriam

Headmaster’s Circle – Silver Leader $15,000 - $24,999 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hoyt Dr. and Mrs. John P. Nicholson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walsh III

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Headmaster’s Circle – Bronze Leader $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. Lee M. Amaitis and Mrs. Kylie E. Flynn Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Archipley II Mr. David S. Baran and Mrs. Serika I. Sato-Baran Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bernier Mr. Eric Blumencranz and Ms. Jessica Berner Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Clark Mr. Eric Dannheim and Dr. Lori Quinn Dannheim Ms. Barbara Doe Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Jones Mr. William Kennard and Ms. Deborah Kennedy Mr. Mark P. Kritzman and Ms. Elizabeth H. Gorman Mr. Christopher R. Larson and Ms. Julia A. Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morein Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Resnick Mr. James B. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roffler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scarpelli Mr. and Mrs. Shep Sepaniak Mr. and Mrs. Alex Zisson

Oak Society $7,500 - $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. David Merjan

Founder’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Mr. Stephen Cheeseman Mr. James Clifford Mr. Brett F. Cohen and Dr. Gwen Lopez-Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cummings Ms. Donna L. Dubinsky and Dr. Leonard J. Shustek Mr. Erik Fleming and Ms. Torrance Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Golden Mr. Laurence Green and Ms. Karen Hershey Dr. Anthony Handoko and Ms. Monita Setiawan Mr. and Mrs. Vasilios Haseotes The Howard Bayne Fund Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Judge Dr. Nikolajs Lapins and Mrs. Denise Lapins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lehman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lodato Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Lodge Mr. Christopher Murch and Ms. Erinn Steele Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Shoemaker Ms. Sarah B. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Richard St. Jean Jr. 36 Eagle Hill School 2018–2019

Ms. Marilyn A. Waller and Mr. Doron Weinberg Ms. Christine Ward and Mr. Matthew Ziminsky Mr. and Mrs. William Wharton III Ms. Janie C. Whitney and Mr. A. B. Whitfield Mr. James C. Wiley and Ms. Erica R. Stumvoll-Wiley

Benefactor’s Society $2,500 - $4,999 Ms. Candace Alsop Mr. Alan Altman Anonymous Mr. John Atwill and Ms. Maree Graham Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Brecher Brown Electric Co. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Coscia Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Esler Mr. Richard P. Flaster and Ms. Alice P. Mead Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hughes Mr. Michael Katz and Mrs. Shari Klein-Katz Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mazurczak Dr. and Mrs. PJ McDonald Ms. Sarah Miller Mr. and Mrs. Brad Morris Mr. and Mrs. John O’Halloran Mr. and Mrs. David Palay Dr. Michael P. Riendeau and Mrs. Mary Ann Riendeau Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schrauth Dr. Ronald Simenauer and Ms. Genice Jacobs-Simenauer Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. James Sperzel Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Wichern

Hardwick Society $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous Mr. Bruce W. Baber Dottie Bachtold Dr. Pierluigi Balduzzi and Dr. Margaret McMillan Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Berman Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Bernstein Dr. Steven Bernstein and Dr. Carol Barsky Mr. Alden J. Bianchi and Ms. Mary Kett Bosman Family Mr. Burrell L. Clark III Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Combs The Davidowitz Family Dr. J. Samuel Davis and Dr. Joni Davis Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dick (Calvin Dalke ’18) Mr. Mark DiVincenzo and Mr. Terence McGowan Ms. Kimberly Dreier Mr. and Mrs. David Feinblatt Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Freiberg Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gee Ms. Jeanne Goldberg and Ms. Deborah Gottesman Ms. Marjorie Golden

Mr. David M. Greenwald Mr. Christopher J. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Harley Mrs. Amy D. Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Wade W. Judge Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Katz Mr. Arthur N. Langhaus and Mrs. Kathy L. Marlin Langhaus Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Leaf III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Lodge Rick and Jessica Macdonald Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Mahoney III Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Marshall Nancy and Bob Martin Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McCaffrey Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCartin Mr. William McCartney and Ms. Patricia Bachmann Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Meagher Ms. Catharine S. Mehl Abby and Arthur Mintz Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Novelli Mrs. Debora Odom Stern Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Leary Mr. and Mrs. Terrence W. Olson Mr. Curt F. Pfannenstiehl Mr. and Mrs. J. Hudson Plumb Mr. Virgil E. Roberson and Ms. Elizabeth A. Campbell Mr. Mark Rust and Ms. Kimberly Clark-Rust Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II Mr. Steven H. Schafer Mr. and Mrs. John T. Sickenius Mr. and Mrs. David Spath Dr. David Stern and Dr. Alexandra Stern Mr. Mark Tally and Ms. Teresa Andre Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Torrans Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Trapaga Mr. and Mrs. Domenic P. Triola Dr. Douglas C. Waite and Dr. Martha B. Waite Mr. and Mrs. Leland M. Weinstein The Wynne Baglio Family Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Zorfas

Green and White Club $500 - $999 Mr. John P. Amershadian and Ms. Denise Hanlon Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Aronica Jay and Marlene Austen Dr. Harlan F. Bittner and Dr. Rebecca B. Bittner Mr. and Mrs. Steven Burrough Mr. Thomas M. Calhoun and Dr. Katherine E. Taylor Dr. E. J. Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Delaney Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Driscoll Mr. Steven J. Dykstra Mr. Ricardo Escobar ’81 and Mrs. Ingrid Escobar Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Fahey

Mr. and Mrs. George M. Fenton Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ferrara Mr. Jed Geary and Mrs. Jessica Geary Dr. Brian Green and Dr. Kathleen E. Noone Green Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie Hanauer Mr. Dana Harbert Mr. Robert Isabella Mr. Colburn A. Jones and Ms. Patrice Larkins-Jones Dr. David Kauffman and Mr. Mark Benninghoff Dr. Matthew A. Kim ’97 and Mr. JongHun Kim Ms. Anne B. Lawson Ms. Donna J. Loconte and Dr. Lisa M. Hassler Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Lorion Mr. Matthew Lothamer and Dr. Anne McLaughlin Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Louie Mr. Robert M. Lynyak Mr. and Mrs. James A. Marvin Mr. Andy McBeth Todd C. and Julie L. McDonald Mr. and Mrs. George P. Munsey IV Mr. and Mrs. Brett Nardini Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Nastasi Mr. and Mrs. David F. Oury Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Plate R. J. McDonald, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Rassias Rich Rosen and Millie Zweir Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schumacher Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Abbye M. Silver Mr. Joel Slupnicki Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spang Ms. Kathleen St. John-Richard Mr. and Mrs. James Stanczak Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stone Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sundin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sweeney Mr. and Mrs. David R. Tridle Ms. D. Jean Veta and Dr. Mary Ann Dutton Mr. Andrew Wingate and Dr. Tanya Bilchik Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witt Ms. Sheri A. Young Mr. and Mrs. Neil Zelekowitz

Friendship Club $1 - $499 Mr. Alessandro H. Abys ’12 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Allen Ms. Elizabeth W. Alsop ’00 Mrs. Jane Alwis Mr. and Mrs. Donald Amidon Mr. Nolan Baglio Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Ballard Jr. Mr. Gil Bamford and Ms. Gail Shaughnessy (Zachary Bamford ’13)

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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barger (Andrew J. Calhoun ’18) Mr. James M. Barkus Mr. and Mrs. David E. Bartolini Mr. Michael Begin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Begin Ms. Carol M. Belliveau Mr. Tyler Blais Mr. Cody J. Bliss ’12 Ms. Marcia Bobka Ms. Pat Bock Mrs. Kimberlee Bonica Mrs. Kaye Boothman Mr. and Mrs. Gary Botwinick Ms. Alane C. Bruley Mrs. Sharyn Buelow Mr. Harold Burnett Mrs. Jamie L. Caban Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Callahan Mrs. Sara Callahan ’02 Ms. Sydney D. Callahan ’16 Ms. Olivia Canter Ms. Susan A. Casey Mr. and Mrs. Peter Condakes Mr. and Mrs. Marty Connors Jr. Mr. Nym Cooke Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. David Cranford Mr. Roy R. Crevier Mrs. Jeanne M. Cutrona Ms. Michelle K. Czuber ’17 Mr. Peter W. Deininger ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Diliddo Mr. and Mrs. Brad Doherty Ms. Regina Donahue Dr. Matthew J. Donovan and Dr. Anne Mary Merra Dr. Gary W. Dorris and Ms. Diana Roth Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dube Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Dubzinski Jr. Ms. Linda C. Eason Mr. Daniel J. Feinblatt ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent M. Flaherty Mrs. Sandra A. Flower Mr. Michael Foley and Ms. Marcella Comerford Mr. and Mrs. Shane R. Francoeur Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Gaskill Jr. Mr. William Gelinas Mr. and Mrs. Stephen George Mr. and Mrs. John M. Geraghty Mr. Jay Goggin Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Goldman Ms. Karen Goudey and Mr. Kurt Staven Dr. and Mrs. Brent R. Grafe Mr. J. Granelli and Ms. Lana Halvorsen Mr. and Mrs. Rob Gregg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Grinnell 38 Eagle Hill School 2018–2019

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Groman Mrs. Colleen E. Groner Ms. Victoria Hagerty Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Haseltine Ms. Rosemond M. Haseltine ’14 Mr. Michael C. Heard and Dr. Marcia E. Heard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoisington Mrs. Donna Holden Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hope Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hopper Mrs. Jenna Hubacz Dr. Chiu Hwang Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Jackson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jacobsmeyer Ms. Elise Johnson Ms. Tabitha Johnson Mr. R. Michael Jones Mr. Matthew H. Joseph ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Joubert Ms. Devon Jurczyk Mrs. Casey Kane Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Kanozek Mr. David Kaplan and Ms. Christine Brown Mr. Scott T. Kelley Mr. Edward Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Ian M. Kelly Mrs. Linda Kistner Mr. Richard V. Kmiec Mr. and Mrs. Northrup R. Knox Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Koczur Ms. Diann Kosla Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Lachman Mr. Zachary H. Lachman ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. LaCoste Mr. and Mrs. Marc R. Lagrant Lamoureux Ford, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Leighton Mr. Kenneth Leyva Mr. Scott M. Lincoln and Mrs. Amy A. Auman-Lincoln Mrs. Donna Linnehan and Mrs. Joyce Ward Mr. and Mrs. David Lougee Mr. Jeffrey Y. J. Louie ’00 Mr. Raymond S. Lovejoy Ms. Susan L. Lubelczyk Mrs. Diana T. Mackiewicz Mr. Daniel H. Mackinson Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Mahony Mrs. Crystal Mailhot Ms. Robin Majcher Mr. Blake Mallet Ms. Tatyana Malyk Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Markoff Ms. Natalie H. Mays

Dr. and Mrs. Anthony McCaffrey Ms. Wendy L. McFaul Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGrory Mr. Matt McKinnon Mr. Jeffrey Mendelsohn ’03 and Mrs. Nicole Mendelsohn Mr. Carl Mercier Mr. Scott C. Metcalf Mr. and Mrs. Gary Miarecki Ms. Constance W. Miller Mr. John Miller and Dr. Rebecca Foley Miller Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Moreland Ms. Antonietta Murphy Ms. Leslie-Ann Murray Mr. Jeffrey Myra Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Myra Ms. Laurel Nahorniak Ms. Brittney A. Nash ’14 Ms. Anne Newman Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Nickerson Ms. Miriam Pallant Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pangia Ms. Elaine Parmenter Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Parrish Mr. Douglas A. Passineau Mr. Gregory F. Passineau Mrs. Juliana Perge (Anika Z. Eisenstat ’11) Mrs. Serlene Petters Mr. and Mrs. James R. Phaneuf Mr. Simon M. Polakoff ’10 Ms. Katherine M. Poulson Mr. Jason Przypek Ms. Alicia J. Quigley and Mr. Ryan Merrill Mrs. Clare G. Rashkoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raymond Mrs. Jean E. Renzi (Olivia M. Passafaro ’14) Ms. Jennifer Ricchiazzi Mr. Michael J. Richard Mr. Jason L. Richardson ’83 Ms. Dante Ricks ’15 Mrs. Paula L. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. James A. Robidoux Mr. Marshall Robinson ’03 Ms. Rachel Robinson Ms. Hannah N. Roseberry ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Rosshirt Ms. Johanna M. Ruggiero Mr. Peter Ryzewski Mr. and Mrs. David Sabini Mrs. Robin L. Samuelson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Robert Seymour Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shanks Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Shaughnessey The Shields Family Ms. Nancy J. Skamarycz

Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Smith Jr. Mr. Wayne W. Smith and Ms. Lisa Dierker Mrs. Lisa Snider Mrs. Cheryl A. Southwick Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Sporn Mr. Gary R. Sporn ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Staiti Mr. and Mrs. Steven Stanley Mr. Carl W. Stockwell ’00 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Stockwell Mr. and Mrs. Travis Stolgitis Mr. and Mrs. David Sylvestro Mr. Jacob Talbot Ms. Katherine Thompson Mr. William Thompson and Ms. Elsie McCabe Thompson Mr. Dirk van Luling Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wagner Ms. Nan Waller (Josh Waller-Weinberg ’07 and Gabe Waller-Weinberg ’10) Mrs. Denise Walsh Mrs. Joseph N. Walsh Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Jochen Welsch Carla H. Westcott Mr. Alan Wheeler Mrs. Stephanie Whitaker Mr. E. J. White and Rev. Kathryn White Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Wynne Mrs. Gale Young Mr. Benjamin E. Zorfas ’12

Current Trustees Ms. Candace Alsop Mr. Alden J. Bianchi and Ms. Mary Kett Mrs. Sara Callahan ‘02 Mr. Erik Fleming and Ms. Torrance Watkins Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gates Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gee Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Joseph Mr. William Kennard and Ms. Deborah Kennedy Mr. Jeffrey Mendelsohn ’03 and Mrs. Nicole Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Merriam Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morein Mr. James B. Richardson Ms. Marilyn A. Waller and Mr. Doron Weinberg Ms. Janie C. Whitney and Mr. A. B. Whitfield

Current Families Mr. Lee M. Amaitis and Mrs. Kylie E. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Matt Andresen 2018–2019 Eagle Hill School 39

Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Archipley II Mr. John Atwill and Ms. Maree Graham Jay and Marlene Austen Dr. Pierluigi Balduzzi and Dr. Margaret McMillan Mr. David S. Baran and Mrs. Serika I. Sato-Baran Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barger (Andrew J. Calhoun ’18) Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Berman Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bernier Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Bernstein Dr. Steven Bernstein and Dr. Carol Barsky Mr. Eric Blumencranz and Ms. Jessica Berner Mr. and Mrs. Gary Botwinick Mr. and Mrs. Steven Burrough Mr. Thomas M. Calhoun and Dr. Katherine E. Taylor Ms. Olivia Canter Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Carroll Mr. Stephen Cheeseman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Clark Mr. James Clifford Mr. Brett F. Cohen and Dr. Gwen Lopez-Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Combs Mr. and Mrs. Mark Coscia Mr. and Mrs. David Cranford Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cummings Mr. Eric Dannheim and Dr. Lori Quinn Dannheim Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Delaney Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dick (Calvin Dalke ’18) Mr. Mark DiVincenzo and Mr. Terence McGowan Ms. Barbara Doe Dr. Matthew J. Donovan and Dr. Anne Mary Merra Ms. Kimberly Dreier Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duncan Mr. Ricardo Escobar ‘81 and Mrs. Ingrid Escobar Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Esler Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ferrara Mr. and Mrs. Vincent M. Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Freiberg Mr. and Mrs. Stephen George Ms. Jeanne Goldberg and Ms. Deborah Gottesman Ms. Marjorie Golden Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Golden Mr. J. Granelli and Ms. Lana Halvorsen Dr. Brian Green and Dr. Kathleen E. Noone Green Mr. Laurence Green and Ms. Karen Hershey Mr. David M. Greenwald Mr. Chris Hadley and Dr. Constance N. Hadley Dr. Anthony Handoko and Ms. Monita Setiawan Mr. and Mrs. Vasilios Haseotes Mr. Michael C. Heard and Dr. Marcia E. Heard Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hope Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hughes Mrs. Amy D. Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Jones 40 Eagle Eagle Hill HillSchool School 2018–2019 2018-19 40

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Katz Mr. Michael Katz and Mrs. Shari Klein-Katz Dr. David Kauffman and Mr. Mark Benninghoff Mr. William Kennard and Ms. Deborah Kennedy Mr. Mark P. Kritzman and Ms. Elizabeth H. Gorman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lehman Ms. Donna J. Loconte and Dr. Lisa M. Hassler Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lodato Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Lodge Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Lodge Mr. Matthew Lothamer and Dr. Anne McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Mahoney III Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Mahony Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. James A. Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McCaffrey Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCartin Dr. and Mrs. PJ McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Meagher Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morein Mr. and Mrs. Brad Morris Mr. Christopher Murch and Ms. Erinn Steele Ms. Antonietta Murphy Dr. and Mrs. John P. Nicholson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Novelli Mrs. Debora Odom Stern Mr. and Mrs. John O’Halloran Mr. and Mrs. Terrence W. Olson Mr. and Mrs. David Palay Mrs. Serlene Petters Mr. Curt F. Pfannenstiehl Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Plate Mr. and Mrs. J. Hudson Plumb Mr. Jason Przypek Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Resnick Mr. and Mrs. James A. Robidoux Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roffler Rich Rosen and Millie Zweir Ms. Johanna M. Ruggiero Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scarpelli Mr. Steven H. Schafer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schrauth Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schumacher Mr. and Mrs. Shep Sepaniak Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Shoemaker Mr. and Mrs. John T. Sickenius Ms. Sarah B. Simpson Mr. Wayne W. Smith and Ms. Lisa Dierker Mrs. Lisa Snider Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spang Mr. and Mrs. James Sperzel Mr. and Mrs. James Stanczak Dr. David Stern and Dr. Alexandra Stern

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sweeney Mr. Mark Tally and Ms. Teresa Andre Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Torrans Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Trapaga Ms. D. Jean Veta and Dr. Mary Ann Dutton Mrs. Joseph N. Walsh Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walsh III Ms. Christine Ward and Mr. Matthew Ziminsky Mr. and Mrs. William Wharton III Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Wichern Mr. James C. Wiley and Ms. Erica R. Stumvoll-Wiley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams Ms. Sheri A. Young Mr. and Mrs. Alex Zisson

Alumni Families Mr. Alessandro H. Abys ’12 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Allen Ms. Candace Alsop Ms. Elizabeth W. Alsop ’00 Mr. Alan Altman Mr. John P. Amershadian and Ms. Denise Hanlon Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Aronica Mr. Bruce W. Baber Mr. Gil Bamford and Ms. Gail Shaughnessy (Zachary Bamford ’13) Mr. and Mrs. David E. Bartolini Mr. Nathan Bernstein and Mrs. Katharina Otto-Bernstein Dr. Harlan F. Bittner and Dr. Rebecca B. Bittner Mr. Cody J. Bliss ’12 Bosman Family Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Brecher Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Callahan Mrs. Sara Callahan ’02 Ms. Sydney D. Callahan ’16 Ms. Susan A. Casey Mr. Burrell L. Clark III Mr. and Mrs. Peter Condakes Mrs. Jeanne M. Cutrona Ms. Michelle K. Czuber ’17 The Davidowitz Family Dr. J. Samuel Davis and Dr. Joni Davis Mr. Peter W. Deininger ’75 Dr. Gary W. Dorris and Ms. Diana Roth Ms. Donna L. Dubinsky and Dr. Leonard J. Shustek Ms. Linda C. Eason Mr. Ricardo Escobar ’81 and Mrs. Ingrid Escobar Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Fahey Mr. Daniel J. Feinblatt ’14 Mr. and Mrs. David Feinblatt Mr. and Mrs. George M. Fenton Mr. Richard P. Flaster and Ms. Alice P. Mead Miss Abigail F. Friedman ’08

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gates Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gee Mr. and Mrs. John M. Geraghty Mr. Jay Goggin Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Goldman Dr. and Mrs. Brent R. Grafe Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Grinnell Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Groman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Hammond Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie Hanauer Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Harley Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Haseltine Ms. Rosemond M. Haseltine ’14 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jacobsmeyer Mr. Colburn A. Jones and Ms. Patrice Larkins-Jones Mr. Matthew H. Joseph ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Judge Mr. and Mrs. Wade W. Judge Mr. David Kaplan and Ms. Christine Brown Dr. Matthew A. Kim ’97 and Mr. JongHun Kim Mr. and Mrs. Northrup R. Knox Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Koczur Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Lachman Mr. Zachary H. Lachman ’11 Mr. Arthur N. Langhaus and Mrs. Kathy L. Marlin Langhaus Dr. Nikolajs Lapins and Mrs. Denise Lapins Mr. Christopher R. Larson and Ms. Julia A. Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson Jr. Ms. Anne B. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Leaf III Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Leighton Mr. Scott M. Lincoln and Mrs. Amy A. Auman-Lincoln Mr. Jeffrey Y. J. Louie ’00 Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Louie Mr. Robert M. Lynyak Mr. Daniel H. Mackinson Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Markoff Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mazurczak Mr. William McCartney and Ms. Patricia Bachmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGrory Ms. Catharine S. Mehl Mr. Jeffrey Mendelsohn ’03 and Mrs. Nicole Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. David Merjan Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Merriam Ms. Sarah Miller Abby and Arthur Mintz Mr. and Mrs. George P. Munsey IV Ms. Brittney A. Nash ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Nickerson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Leary Mr. and Mrs. David F. Oury Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pangia Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Parrish 2018-19 Eagle HillHill School 2018–2019 Eagle School 41 41

Mrs. Juliana Perge (Anika Z. Eisenstat ’11) Mr. Simon M. Polakoff ’10 Mrs. Clare G. Rashkoff Mrs. Jean E. Renzi (Olivia M. Passafaro ’14) Mr. Jason L. Richardson ’83 Ms. Dante Ricks ’15 Mr. Virgil E. Roberson and Ms. Elizabeth A. Campbell Mr. Marshall Robinson ’03 Ms. Hannah N. Roseberry ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Rosshirt Mr. Mark Rust and Ms. Kimberly Clark-Rust Mr. and Mrs. David Sabini Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Abbye M. Silver Dr. Ronald Simenauer and Ms. Genice Jacobs-Simenauer Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Smith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. David Spath Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Sporn Mr. Gary R. Sporn ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Richard St. Jean Jr. Mr. Carl W. Stockwell ’00 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Stockwell Mr. William Thompson and Ms. Elsie McCabe Thompson Mr. and Mrs. David R. Tridle Mr. Dirk van Luling Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wagner Dr. Douglas C. Waite and Dr. Martha B. Waite Ms. Marilyn A. Waller and Mr. Doron Weinberg Ms. Nan Waller (Josh Waller-Weinberg ’07 and Gabe Waller-Weinberg ’10) Mr. and Mrs. Leland M. Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Weiss Carla H. Westcott Mr. Andrew Wingate and Dr. Tanya Bilchik Mr. and Mrs. Neil Zelekowitz Mr. Benjamin E. Zorfas ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Zorfas

Faculty and Staff Mr. and Mrs. William F. Aldrich Mrs. Jane Alwis Mr. and Mrs. Donald Amidon Dottie Bachtold Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Ballard Jr. Mr. James M. Barkus Mr. Michael Begin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Begin Ms. Carol M. Belliveau Mr. Tyler Blais Mr. Cody J. Bliss ’12 Ms. Marcia Bobka Ms. Pat Bock Mrs. Kimberlee Bonica Ms. Alane C. Bruley 42 Eagle Eagle Hill HillSchool School 2018–2019 2018-19 42

Mr. Harold Burnett Mrs. Jamie L. Caban Mr. Nym Cooke Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. David Cranford Mr. Roy R. Crevier Dr. E. J. Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Brad Doherty Ms. Regina Donahue Mr. Steven J. Dykstra Mrs. Sandra A. Flower Mr. Michael Foley and Ms. Marcella Comerford Mr. and Mrs. Shane R. Francoeur Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Gaskill Jr. Mr. Jed Geary and Mrs. Jessica Geary Mr. William Gelinas Ms. Karen Goudey and Mr. Kurt Staven Mrs. Colleen E. Groner Ms. Victoria Hagerty Mr. Christopher J. Hancock Mr. Dana Harbert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoisington Mrs. Donna Holden Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hopper Mrs. Jenna Hubacz Dr. Chiu Hwang Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Jackson Jr. Ms. Elise Johnson Ms. Tabitha Johnson Mr. R. Michael Jones Ms. Devon Jurczyk Mrs. Casey Kane Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Kanozek Mr. Scott T. Kelley Mr. Edward Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Ian M. Kelly Dr. Matthew A. Kim ’97 and Mr. JongHun Kim Mrs. Linda Kistner Mr. Richard V. Kmiec Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Koczur Ms. Diann Kosla Mr. and Mrs. Marc R. Lagrant Mr. Kenneth Leyva Mrs. Donna Linnehan and Mrs. Joyce Ward Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Lorion Mr. Raymond S. Lovejoy Ms. Susan L. Lubelczyk Rick and Jessica Macdonald Mrs. Diana T. Mackiewicz Mrs. Crystal Mailhot Ms. Robin Majcher Mr. Blake Mallet Ms. Tatyana Malyk Nancy and Bob Martin Ms. Natalie H. Mays

Dr. and Mrs. Anthony McCaffrey Dr. and Mrs. PJ McDonald Ms. Wendy L. McFaul Mr. Matt McKinnon Mr. Carl Mercier Mr. Scott C. Metcalf Mr. and Mrs. Gary Miarecki Mr. John Miller and Dr. Rebecca Foley Miller Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Moreland Ms. Leslie-Ann Murray Mr. Jeffrey Myra Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Myra Ms. Laurel Nahorniak Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Nastasi Ms. Miriam Pallant Ms. Elaine Parmenter Mr. Douglas A. Passineau Mr. Gregory F. Passineau Ms. Katherine M. Poulson Mr. Jason Przypek Ms. Alicia J. Quigley and Mr. Ryan Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raymond Ms. Jennifer Ricchiazzi Mr. Michael J. Richard Dr. Michael P. Riendeau and Mrs. Mary Ann Riendeau Mr. Marshall Robinson ’03 Ms. Rachel Robinson Mr. Peter Ryzewski Mrs. Robin L. Samuelson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Seymour Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shanks Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Shaughnessey Mr. Joel Slupnicki Ms. Kathleen St. John-Richard Mr. and Mrs. Steven Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Travis Stolgitis Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stone Mr. Jacob Talbot Ms. Katherine Thompson Mrs. Denise Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Jochen Welsch Mr. Alan Wheeler Mrs. Stephanie Whitaker The Wynne Baglio Family Mrs. Gale Young

Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Dubzinski Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rob Gregg Mr. Robert Isabella Mr. and Mrs. Alan Joubert Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. LaCoste Mr. and Mrs. David Lougee Mr. Andy McBeth Todd C. and Julie L. McDonald Ms. Constance W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Brett Nardini Ms. Anne Newman Mr. and Mrs. James R. Phaneuf Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Rassias Mrs. Paula L. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II The Shields Family Ms. Nancy J. Skamarycz Mrs. Cheryl A. Southwick Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Staiti Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sundin Mr. and Mrs. David Sylvestro Mr. and Mrs. Domenic P. Triola Mr. E. J. White and Rev. Kathryn White Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witt Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Wynne

Corporations and Foundations Anonymous Bank of America Charitable Foundation Matching Gifts Program Brown Electric Co. Chevron Humankind Program The Howard Bayne Fund Lamoureux Ford, Inc. Quest Diagnostics Matching Gifts Program R. J. McDonald, Inc. Tull Charitable Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation

Donor is a member of the Loyalty Club

Friends of Eagle Hill School Mr. Nolan Baglio Mrs. Kaye Boothman Mrs. Sharyn Buelow Mr. and Mrs. Marty Connors Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Diliddo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dube 2018-19 Eagle HillHill School 2018–2019 Eagle School 43 43

Faculty and Staff Awards Milestones of Service 5 Years

Carol Lorion

Stephen Ballard Sandra Flower Shane Francoeur JongHun Kim Crystal Mailhot Richard Raymond Jennifer Ricchiazzi Donna Seymour Jeffrey Smith

Thom Kneeland Award The recipient of this leadership award is a member of the faculty or staff who consistently goes above and beyond the call of duty and who continually strengthens the EHS community in a quiet, dignified, and unassuming way. The recipient of this prestigious award honors the life and work of a great man and a good friend.

Dottie Bachtold NBS Award The Norma B. Shields Award is named for one of the founding members of the Eagle Hill School community. Since the school’s founding, Mrs. Shields played many significant roles, including teacher, director of education, and director of admission.

Mrs. Shields’s commitment to the students was limitless and inspiring. “My door is always open” became her motto, and she stayed true to it. The NBS Award is given each year to the faculty member who, upon a vote of his or her peers, is thought to best exemplify Mrs. Shields’s unyielding, heartfelt dedication to the students of Eagle Hill School.

10 Years Joshua Kanozek Paula Mascroft Andrew Moreland Mary Ann Welsch

15 Years Donna Holden Tatyana Malyk

20 Years Laura Aldrich Donna Linnehan Robin Majcher Kathleen Stone-Johnson

25 Years Thomas Gaskill PJ McDonald 44 Eagle EagleHill HillSchool School 2018–2019 2018-19 44 2018–2019 Eagle Hill School

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Embrace the Lesson A Transcript of the 2018 Faculty Baccalaureate Address

Thomas Hopper, EHS English Teacher To Dr. McDonald, the board of trustees, my peers on the faculty and staff, honored guests, parents and family, and most important, you, the class of 2018, thank you. I am honored and excited to speak with you today.

When I reflect upon my time at Eagle Hill, you are the class that I will most associate with my first three years. Raise your hand if you came to Eagle Hill as a sophomore. Okay, then we shared our first days together. Which of us, do you think, was more nervous? I’ll tell you—it was you. I don’t get nervous. No, really, I wasn’t anxious that first day because right off the bat I felt very comfortable here.

This is a place, I’ve found, where you can be yourself, can discover who you are, and where you’re going, while being around people who are genuinely themselves. Just reflect for a second on how profoundly you have changed in your time here. You’re going to change exponentially more than that in the next period of your life: one of self-discovery and identity exploration.

The next seven to ten years of your life are going to be so fun, and at times a little scary. You’re going to try on a bunch of different identities, just to see what fits—and what doesn’t. You’ve already been through a phase like this. Remember middle school? Maybe you’re trying to forget middle school. A few short months from now, you’ll be living in new places, exploring a range of interests, hanging with new friends, working a variety of jobs, finding romance, and bonding with new mentors.

This next phase of your life may seem uncomfortable at times.

That’s exactly how it should feel. Kind of like when I begin class with an embarrassing question that basically tricks you into talking, even when you don’t want to. For today, let’s keep it simple and ask, “What’s an embarrassing moment that taught you a profound life lesson?” You might answer, “The time in Hopper’s class that I got hit in the face with a Koosh ball because I mouthed off all the time.” Right, Elan? Okay, good, now as a rule I always answer my own questions. So here’s my embarrassing story that taught me a lot about life.

I was twenty-one, a rising senior at the University of North Carolina, and I had just signed a lease on my first apartment. Eager to start my new life-as-an-adult, I headed off to the grocery store.

What did I get there? Oh, just some “grown-up” things: arugula, Gruyére, prosciutto, and a $15 bottle of wine to celebrate my new independence. How did I pay for all this? Not cash, too sensible; not credit card, because my parents were very wise. I just swiped that debit card, keyed in my PIN, and immediately overdrew my bank account. I discovered this at my next stop—the gas station— when I had my card declined.

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So my car is running on fumes as I pull up to the shopping center to apply for some jobs. We’re talking Trader Joe’s, Starbucks, a Radio Shack. Low-skill, minimum-wage positions. I walk in, fill out the sheet, thinking to myself, “Ooh, I get to use my new address; I’m such an adult!” And I walked out feeling more than a little desperate.

of two World War II veterans, my mother knew that we need to depend upon others to complete the mission. I had tried to go it alone, recognized that I needed help, and asked for it. She knew this was one of the last times I would need them as parents, that our relationship would change once I graduated. She was right, too, absolutely.

Now, I haven’t told you what I was wearing. Y’all know me as Mr. Best Dressed. But it was not always that way. I myself had several phases. Freshman year was my “goth” phase: I grew my beard down to my collarbone and wore all black. Next year, I grew my hair long, dyed it purple, and wore vintage ‘70s clothes that I scored at thrift stores. Year after that, I dressed like a hippie in loose, flowing clothes and Crocs, the most comfortable shoes ever, right, Jackson? Then I got into grad school and donned skinny pants and thick glasses, just like all the hipsters in Amherst. See what I mean by “trying on different identities?”

Now I’m a father. I wear ties, polos, and boat shoes. I’ll never be cool again.

Fortunately for me, Mom proved persuasive, as mothers often do, and my parents advanced me my first month’s rent. As a teacher, when a student makes a mistake, I remember the kindness that I received from my parents, and let that guide my actions. I hope I’ve lived up to that promise, haven’t I, George? Haven’t I, Charlie?

Back to my story. . .the moment when my life took a huge turn.

That hot summer afternoon, as I’ve gone from place to place desperately applying for jobs, picture this: I’m wearing an orange dashiki, patched and ripped-up linen pants, Crocs, and a necklace made of camel teeth. I guarantee you those managers took one look at my outfit and just tore up my application as soon as I left. I stood no chance!

I walked back to my car, feeling a hint of dejection, and saw the now-melted groceries. Then I tried to get in the car, but I couldn’t get in, so I patted my pockets for my keys. . .and saw them hanging from my ignition. Oh, and my apartment key as well.

So, I’ve got no job, no car, no groceries, no money—I didn’t even have “no money,” I had negative money—and no house key. So much for being an adult.

So I swallowed my pride and did what every reasonable adult would do: called my parents, on the verge of tears, to come help me, a hundred miles away. And you know what? They did. And they were awesome. No judgment, only kindness. Mom and Dad dropped everything and drove two hours to Chapel Hill.

Did I mention it was their wedding anniversary? I mean, it was number 24, not like they had plans anyway.

Now, my father didn’t want to come. And he was absolutely right.

I hadn’t budgeted, I had spent money decadently, and, most importantly, he wanted me to earn it, like he had done. A child of the Great Depression, my father became the sole breadwinner of his house at age twelve, in West Texas in 1951. He picked cotton after school to support his mother and brothers. Working with Mexicans all day taught him Spanish, and he studied linguistics on a football scholarship at North Texas State, and then at the University of Missouri for his PhD. On this summer day in Chapel Hill, he didn’t say so, but I knew I had not lived up to my dad’s values of hard work, frugality, and grit.

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Why’d I tell you this story? Well, I wanted you to get a sense of what things are going to be like for the next seven to ten years.

You will feel very in-between. You’re going to explore your identity the only way you can: not through books, or media, but by living it. Without a doubt, there’s some uncertainty lying ahead of you. Don’t focus on that! Think of all the certain things that you know for sure. Awkward moments will come.

We call them “life lessons.” Sometimes they bring tears. They will teach you what they need to, and then they will pass.

Stay humble. Embrace the lesson. Draw strength from the members of your “team.”

You see, you don’t have to go it alone. At Eagle Hill you had a “team” from the start. Your parents; your friends; your advisor; your teachers; your dorm counselor; your coaches; the custodial, kitchen, maintenance, and medical staff; and administrators.

We’ve all been on your side, from start to finish.

Now you get to assemble your own team moving forward. Who should be on it? First, you must keep your parents’ counsel.

They are wiser than you. They have been through this stage already. They love you! They have more resources than you, and statistically the odds are great that you’ll end up living with them at some point. Don’t burn that bridge.

Roommates and friends should also be on your team. You’re going to live with a bunch of different people. Between ages eighteen and twenty-eight, I lived in seven different places, with twenty-seven different people, if you count my wife, Kayla, our dog, and our newest roommate, our ten-month-old son. Baby Luke leaves his stuff everywhere, keeps us up all night, and drools on the furniture, but he is not the worst roommate I’ve ever had, trust me! Your roommates will teach you so much about your own preferences (yes, I would like the recycling taken out more than once a month), about negotiating with other people (no, you cannot bring drugs into this apartment), and again—most important—about giving and receiving kindness.

You’ll need a few close friends, by which I mean actual people who share your interests and values, not “drinking buddies” or “Snapchat streakers.” Also on your team are your girlfriends and boyfriends, but again, I mean those you’ve committed to romantically, not “Netflix buddies.” Dating people is part of that identity exploration stuff I was talking about earlier. You’ll learn

what you want, and don’t want, in your life partner.

You’ll also learn what you want, and don’t want, in your career by working a bunch of different jobs. Look at the jobs I was applying for: low-skill, minimum-wage, temporary gigs. It was a blessing in disguise that I didn’t get those jobs; here’s why. That summer I did eventually find two jobs; one assisting elderly people through a community agency, and the other job cashiering at a wine store. Providing elder care taught me how to relate to people, how to give comfort and listen. Those are skills I’ve used ever since. And as for the wine store, hey, there’s nothing wrong with knowing more about wine, plus I got a 30 percent discount, so I got invited to lots of parties.

The most miserable jobs I have ever worked were those that I did just for the cash. The most fulfilling jobs were those that taught me skills, introduced me to mentors, or gave me human experiences, like reading Shakespeare with a small group of teenage Puerto Rican immigrants in Holyoke, or staring down the class clown who thinks he can punk the new substitute teacher, or holding someone’s hand after they’ve suffered a stroke. Find the job that pays you more than just a wage. Find the place where your talents meet the needs of the world, because that is your vocation.

professors, bosses, ministers, and other mentors. Turn to them when times get rough. Do good work for everyone, because you never know who they know and what opportunities await you.

But most importantly, do good work for yourself, to prove that you can do it, and to take pride in the fruits of your labor. Good things come to those who work.

College. . .I don’t know what to tell you. Look, you’ll figure it out.

My first grade in college was a 38. I sashayed into a quiz that I barely studied for, and earned a 38 because it was the grade I deserved. I know your first grade won’t be a 38. That’s because you have something I don’t have: an Eagle Hill diploma.

An Eagle Hill diploma means you’ve risen above an educational system that wanted to keep you in the margins. Burdened with low expectations, you strove for, and now you have achieved, excellence. You’ve come to see yourself for your abilities, not your liabilities. Embrace change. Find the place in the world that needs your talents. Assemble your team.

We’ve prepared you to step out into the world. It will soon meet the full strength of your capabilities. Get out there and show them what you can do. Thank you.

The final group of people you need on your team are your

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Finding a Community That Makes You Feel 2018 Senior Class Speaker Carter Jones We did it.

We’re really graduating.

The truth those words carry seems surreal right now.

If I close my eyes, I can remember attending last year’s graduation ceremony from the amphitheater just behind you all. I remember watching those seniors each receive their diplomas, each one of them carrying pride with every step they took. That pride was certainly the most notable thing in every senior that year. And now, as I stand here, I finally know what they were feeling. “Pride” doesn’t seem to do this feeling justice, but I suppose to grossly oversimplify it, I feel proud.

This isn’t just self-dignity, mind you. In fact, I don’t think I’d feel this way graduating anywhere else, with any other set of people. There’s something unique about graduating with people like the ones you find at Eagle Hill. And while I find that words fail to describe that unique feeling, I think I want to at least try to make them.

It’s no secret that students at Eagle Hill don’t usually come from places of happiness. In fact, the school’s mission statement, to educate students with learning disabilities, may have seemed impossible to all of us at one point or another. Many of us have heard it all. “Stupid.” “Failure.” “Lazy.” And, my personal least favorite, “worthless”, which is what my advisor at my previous school would call me. When things went wrong academically, he would always tell me that things got hard because I was doing something wrong. We would have meetings about how I needed to change because I wasn’t succeeding. He didn’t, or couldn’t, understand why if this school worked for the rest of my class of one-hundred people, it couldn’t work for me.

So, you can imagine my surprise when I came to Eagle Hill and was told that it wasn’t my fault that I learned differently.

I had been conditioned through sixteen years of standard and private education to believe that I wasn’t smart, but it took mere months here to shatter that notion. Eagle Hill was the first to see past my underwhelming transcript to the intelligence I didn’t even know was there. Once enough teachers told me that I was smart, despite all previous failures, I found that I started to believe it too. This place helped me believe in myself like no place ever has before.

This place gives the opportunity for students to find where they’re smart, find where they belong, and find what gives them purpose. Some people find these in the classroom.

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Some people find these in the dorms, some with their friends, others in athletics. For me, I found my worth in Eagle Hill’s theater program. For any of you who know me, you know I had to tie theater into this sooner or later. I can’t remember a day in my life that didn’t involve me being a performer. I loved singing as a little kid. I’ve played many an instrument throughout my life. And ever since my first musical in the sixth grade, I was addicted to performing. I was addicted to the feeling that I was someone else, that I could find a way, for even just a few hours, to become something that wasn’t me.

Now, that may sound incredibly unhealthy for a little kid… because it probably was. I loved theater not because I wanted to be seen, but rather I always wanted to stay hidden behind the façade of a character, or a song, or even just a light shining on my face. When I was onstage, I wasn’t Carter. I was someone who was cooler than Carter, smarter than Carter, braver than Carter. Every character I played was a mask I wore to hide the fact that, at the end of the day, I was still me. The inevitable depression would sink in because I had to accept that I wasn’t as funny or cool as the character I played. I was just me.

This all culminated my freshman year while I was attending another boarding school. I had auditioned for the school musical and had just gotten in by the skin of my teeth. Every day, going to rehearsal became harder and harder. Not because the show itself was difficult, or that I couldn’t handle it, but because every day I felt less and less welcome in the theater. I saw all the other castmates laughing and sharing good times together, and every time I saw that, I wished they had wanted to include me. I wished I could have had people to laugh with, or to work with, or to talk to, or even simply to think were there for me. I felt unwelcome in the place that I used to hide away from the world, and it slowly pushed me out of my fantasies and into reality. I started to have to accept things not because they were true, but because I needed ways to rationalize everything happening around me. The reason I wasn’t included had to have been because no one loved me.

The reason I struggled was because I wasn’t good enough.

I felt like I wasn’t good enough because it was true. I wasn’t good enough. I never was, and I never could be.

who I was. And that was different. Never had I had a cast who cared not only about how I was onstage for the sake of the show, but cared about how I was beyond the theater, beyond even Eagle Hill. So, when I finally got onstage as Tom Collins to make my theater debut here, I didn’t do it hiding behind anything. I let myself breathe, laugh, cry, and live onstage for the first time, and even though it would be a harder battle to love the person I was, it felt like I could finally show the world who I really was, and let other people see me for what felt like the first time.

I’ll be attending Skidmore College in the fall of next year as a theater major. I had never thought I could do theater professionally before. I thought if I chose to do this for a living, I would be paid to be inauthentic. However, in my youth and my depression, I don’t think I recognized what being an actor really was. It’s not lying to people or disguising yourself; it’s finding these characters within you and letting real emotion come out of it. I want to feel, and help other people feel like this for the rest of my life. I want to give people a place where they can feel supported and loved like what we found as a community in RENT. If I can only give one piece of advice, it’s that you should find a community like that in something you love, something that makes you feel, something that you find yourself in. You might not know when you’ve found it, and truthfully, I had no idea it was RENT for me. But if you have enough hope to believe you belong somewhere, that you REALLY belong somewhere, you can find where that is.

Congrats, class of 2018. It’s been a hell of a ride, but we did it!

Fast-forward to Eagle Hill. RENT auditions. At that point, I was done with theater. I was done feeling like I wasn’t good enough. I was done going up on stage to be someone better than me, just to come crashing back down to the realization that I was me. I wanted to just own all the hurt. I would rather suffer alone than hold onto false hope that things—that I— could ever be better. But my parents knew that my love for theater ran deeper than two years of bad experiences. So, I auditioned… like my parents wanted me too… turns out they were right… and all at once, I was revitalized. Many students in the RENT production will tell you that it was truly special, but for me it meant something different. It wasn’t the show that was special; it was the people I was with. Try as I might to isolate myself, my castmates wouldn’t let me. For some reason, each of them wanted me to succeed. They wanted me to be happy and to thrive, even though they had no idea 2018–2019 Eagle Hill School 49

Class of 2018

Nicholas Joseph Acierno The University of Arizona

Marissa Clare Fontaine Ringling College of Art and Design

Peter William McLaughlin Keene State College

Lydia Leatrice Rosen Anna Maria College

Caleb Alexandre Lemieux Burns Brock University

Allison Elaine Freiberg Maine College of Art

George King Medina Lawrence University

Jon George Sakhat High Point University

Ishiyihmie E. Raphael D. Jozseiff Burrell Juniata College

Alena Rachael Golden Curry College

Bo Moore Lasell College

Johanna Molly Schafer Clark University

Lily Angelica Gottesman Beacon College

Jackson Robert Morris San Jose State University

Arianna Muriel Sharpe Howard University

Grace Mary Héléne Graham Maine College of Art

Sarah Adams Nicholson Clark University

Natasha Lynn Sickenius High Point University

Lola June Granelli The New School - All Divisions

Kelly Marie Nolan Endicott College

Gabrielle Margaret Simpson Mitchell College

Nathan Thomas Green Quinnipiac University

Anna Rose Novelli Curry College

Hannah Brigid Simpson Mitchell College

Troy Aryasena Handoko Fordham University

Charles Ademide Ogunwuyi Wheaton College

Adam Matthew Smith University of New Haven

Charles Ryan Buckley Hope Merrimack College

Jack Henry O’Halloran Colorado College

Kendall Andre Tally College of Charleston

Carter Patrick Jones Skidmore College

Michael Robert Olson Curry College

Joseph Hamilton Walsh Lynn University

Lelia Beatriz Doe Connecticut College

Robert Francis Jorden Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Elan Philip Palay University of Denver

James Langhorne Wiley III High Point University

William Edward Duncan Lafayette College

Julia Elizabeth Mahony Endicott College

Hannah Hope Pareles Holyoke Community College

Marisa Ann Williams Merrimack College

Jennifer Grace Flaherty Colgate University

Timothy Richard McCaffrey Merrimack College

John Dionizy Przypek National University of Ireland - Galway

Helene Naomi Yadgood Marymount University

Antonio Eugenio Bustamante Endicott College Andrew James Calhoun St. Michael’s College Andrea Celeste Calvert Western Michigan University Edward O’Brien Carroll Lynchburg College Ethan Mark Coscia University of Hartford Calvin Ellis Dalke Full Sail University Annabel Quinn Dannheim Dean College

Griffin Walter McDonald Dean College 50 Eagle Hill School 2018–2019

Alex Winston Rice Gap Year

Commencement Awards Headmaster’s Cup

Egenberg Character Award

Thomas A. Schneider Entrepreneurial Award

Carter Jones ’18

Arianna Sharpe ’18

Jackson Morris ’18

Citizenship Award

Be Like Brit Award

Ronald M. Baglio Student Life Leadership Award

Annie Schafer ’18 Lucia Escobar ’19

Amelia Austen ’19

Arianna Sharpe ’18 Charles “Mide” Ogunwuyi ’18 2018–2019 Eagle Hill School 51

We are pleased to invite you to join Eagle Hill Connect—

the official networking platform for Eagle Hill School alumni/ae, students, faculty, parents, and alumni/ae parents.

Eagle Hill Connect enables our community to interact on both a personal and professional level in a secured environment (closed to the general public). This platform provides a fun, easy-to-use forum for alumni/ae, students, faculty, parents, and alumni/ae parents to intermingle as they choose.

Eagle Hill Connect allows you to: • Engage with our graduating students and young alumni/ae for mentoring, guidance, and internship/employment discussions. There’s no opinion or experience more poignant to our students than yours.

• Explore our network to get introduced to professionals and friends you should know. EHS is a family, and your connection with the school shouldn’t stop, or stop growing, with graduation.

• Enhance your connections working in top companies and gain access to exclusive opportunities. Our diverse and accomplished network of alumni/ae and parents spans all industries and areas.

Eagle Hill Connect will also serve to coordinate and develop regional events and gatherings organized by the school, and hopefully inspire members to connect in person on their own as opportunities arise. Whether it be exploring synergies between businesses, mentoring a young alumnus on a new career path, or simply connecting for the fun of it, the common bond of EHS will make this new platform an exciting and rewarding venture.

Thank you for being a part of it, and we hope that Eagle Hill is equally important to your future as it was to your past.

Download our app in the Apple Store or on Google Play and join now at https://eaglehillconnect.org!

You can sign up in less than two minutes by importing your LinkedIn or Facebook profile.

Once you’ve signed in, feel free to invite your Eagle Hill School friends to join too!

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Letter from the Head of School Dr. PJ McDonald, Head of School

Q&A with Board of Trustee Bill Kennard Erin Wynne, Director of Institutional Advancement

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Viet Nguyen Matthew Kim, English Department Chairperson

Character Counts: Building Character through Athletics Christopher Hancock, Assistant Head of School for Student Life

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Beyond the Classroom: 2018 School Trip South Africa Andrew Ward, EHS Biology Teacher

Dare to Dream Dr. PJ McDonald, Head of School

Dare to Dream: Campaign Honor Roll

Field of Dreams: 50th Anniversary Celebration Dr. PJ McDonald, Head of School

Hillfest June 7-9, 2019 Join Eagle Hill Connect for updates about Hillfest 2019

Eagle Hill School P.O. Box 116 242 Old Petersham Road Hardwick, MA 01037 413-477-6000 admission@eaglehill.school www.eaglehill.school

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Alums! Make sure you don’t miss out! Information on Hillfest 2019 will be coming your way! Please contact alumni@eaglehill.school with any mailing address or email changes.

The Eagle Hill School Alumni/ae Association is dedicated to maintaining contact with former students. We want to hear what you’ve been up to, personally, professionally, and academically. Please make sure your mailing address is accurate by visiting www. ehs1.org/alumni so that you can continue to receive this newsletter as well as updates and invitations for upcoming events.

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