A publication from the campus of Evansville Day School.
January 2016
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imagination. inspiration. innovation. Discover Why.
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Introduction
Head’s Up
from the Head of School
Dear Friends,
I saw a great quote recently: “Some teachers teach curriculum. Some teachers teach students. There is a huge difference.” In an era where education has become hyperfocused on preparing students for standardized tests, Day School is doubling down on our tradition of developing lifelong learners who know how to communicate, collaborate, and embrace our core values.
Last year we came together to develop the Portrait of a Graduate You will read more about this on page 4. In short, we feel the goal of education is what you Jarin Jaffee having lunch with 4th graders, Brylee are becoming and that for our Undethiem and Rosemary Alcock. The girls used their students to be best prepared as classroom extra bucks to win a lunch with Mr. Jaffee. the global leaders of tomorrow, @HOSatEDS they need to be balanced, resilient, globally minded, and entrepreneurial learners. Our work now is to enhance many of Day School’s best qualities (Intersession, no-cut athletics, and Middle School leadership retreats, to name a few) and to align all that we do to grow a strong community.
While working to grow our community, we are also bringing everyone together to celebrate Day School’s past, present, and future. A terrific alumni reunion in August helped us reflect on our school’s rich history; the opening of the Sieboldt Innovation Lab (featured on page 12) is a shining example of our forwardthinking program today; and the documentary screening and all-school project in November provided a glimpse of where we are going. Now in my second year in Evansville, I have met so many people who are passionate about their connection to Day School. Thank you for your continued support of this special place. You should be very proud of all we have and will continue to accomplish together. Warmest regards,
Our Mission Evansville Day School, in partnership with parents, offers a student-centered, college-preparatory program supported by a challenging and comprehensive curriculum that encourages each student from Junior PreKindergarten through Grade 12 to strive for excellence in mind, body, and human spirit.
Our Core Values • Excellence : the pursuit of high quality, merit, and virtue
• Responsibility : the attribute of being individually accountable,reliable, & trustworthy • Integrity : the discipline to adhere to a code of moral, honorable, & ethical standard • Respect : the positive and supportive consideration for oneself and others • Personal Discipline : the initiative to establish & achieve personal goals that demonstrate favorable character & conduct • Compassion : the willingness to be empathetic & understanding of others 2 | DESIGN MGZ 6
Table of Contents Current Happenings
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Feature Article
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Philanthropy
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Alumni
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Board of Trustees Executive Committee • Chris Traylor 1990 – President • Dr. Lori Sieboldt – Vice President • Bruce Smith – Treasurer • Denise Carmack – Secretary • John Cinelli – Assistant Treasurer • Helen Christian – Past President Board Members • Fred Folz, Trustee • Robert Foster, Annual Fund Chairperson • Jarin Jaffee, Head of School • Alan Hoskins, Trustee • Thomas Kissel 1978, President, Alumni Association • Gary Morris 1980, Trustee • Brent Thorn, President of Friends of EDS • Christy Gillenwater, Trustee • Patrick Griffin, Trustee • Amy Romain Barron, Trustee Trustees Emeriti • Robert Guenther • Diane Foster Igleheart • James Long • Stephan Weitzel
What is the Day School Difference? Read on and
Discover Why.
Leadership Team • Jarin Jaffee - Head of School • Dr. Mary Jane Gibson – Head of Middle & Upper School • Robin Renschler – Head of Primary School • Karen Bayles – Director of Admission • Leah Whitaker – Director of Advancement • Tom Dragon – Director of Athletics • Tiki Thompson – Director of Enrollment Management • Linda Vandiver – Director of Finance
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Discover Why.
Almost every school in America is responding to calls to reinvent education to better prepare students for an interconnected global society and rapidly changing, uncertain economy. Often these conversations include emphasizing math and science curricula, providing more technology to students, and arbitrarily increasing rigor in schools. The missed opportunity with this strategy is twofold: • Education leaders are focusing on “what” to do to improve schooling - Common Core, ranking, and standardized tests instead of “why” we are in school to begin with. In other words, let’s start with the purpose of education.
portrait will advance our school and help our students develop into the creative problem-solvers our world needs. Our Portrait of a Graduate allows us to map for 21st Century skills and to design a Day School experience that educates beyond siloed academic disciplines. It empowers our community to be innovative and to make decisions that help the school build upon its tradition, mission, and vision.
• Emphasis is on “learning” instead of “becoming,” and while content remains important, in an age of information abundance, the current paradigm is focusing on standardizing education for an economy that doesn’t exist anymore. We need
passionate, creative problem-solvers to address the challenges of the future.
If the goal of education is “becoming,” what qualities do we value in an Evansville Day School graduate? How can we use our existing mission and core values to inform this conversation? How can we realize our vision to be the premier educational experience in delivering a real-world, forwardthinking program for the global leaders of tomorrow? At Evansville Day School, we recognize that in order for our students to be successful in the new global economy, we need to help them be so much more than a test score.
We believe that for students to be prepared for the challenges of life after graduation, they must be balanced, resilient, globally minded, and entrepreneurial learners. We also recognize that no two children are the same, nor should they be. Here, we strive to help our students come to their own “a-ha” moments in ways that support each one as a whole person while also fostering the skills and qualities that are important to their futures. Ultimately, what is needed to align our teaching and learning with our school’s mission and vision is to paint a portrait of a Day School graduate, which identifies the qualities and skills our graduates should possess. This
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ~William Butler Yeats
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College Matters
Day School boasts a storied tradition of students successfully gaining acceptance into some of the nation’s top schools. Over the last five years, we have had alumni attend wonderful liberal arts colleges such as Grinnell, Bates, Rhodes, Smith, and Wabash, and we have had students attend great research-based institutions, including California Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Purdue, University of Chicago, and Washington University in St. Louis. Day School’s independence from “teaching to the test” has not precluded our students from achieving great success on standardized tests like the ACT and SAT. The national average for the ACT for the Class of 2015 was 21; Day School’s Class of 2015 average was 27.7. The national averages for the Class of 2015 in SAT Critical Reading, Math, and Writing were 495, 511, and 484 respectively; Day School’s Class of 2015 averages were 615.6, 642.8, and 619.2 respectively.
that they do not require or consider the SAT or ACT as much as in the past. The importance of interviews, when offered, and official visits to campus, when able, is increasing as well. This shows an “informed interest” of the student in the school. With yields (percentage of students who attend the school out of all students accepted) decreasing, schools are increasingly taking into account the student’s perceived interest in their school. From the University of Chicago’s emotional intelligence essays to Goucher College’s video essays, one last trend is individualization and diversification of the application to schools. This allows the institutions to get a better understanding of whether the applicant will be a good fit for the college, not just academically, but socially.
Important elements of college admission counseling include visiting campuses and speaking with admissions representatives, reading the literature, and keeping up with trends in college admissions. This past fall break, I took a college tour around Indiana and Kentucky and visited nine universities and colleges. During these trips, I spoke to numerous Directors of Admission and Financial Aid, and when I exchanged business cards with each one, each representative remarked with pleasure at the “Because the skills for success aren’t learned behind a desk” motto on my card. Some representatives specifically said that our philosophy is what helps Day School students stand out in college admission. Current Trends There has been a marked shift in the timeline for both college admissions and financial aid. Ten years ago, fewer people were applying early to college; now, all of our students apply to as many of their colleges as early as possible. In addition, beginning with the Class of 2017, students will be able to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in October of their senior year instead of waiting until January. This is a response to students’ and parents’ increasing desires to have additional time to make strategic financial decisions for college. Another trend is the increase in schools becoming test-flexible or test-optional, meaning
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Heather Heck Director of College Counseling
The faculty at Evansville Day School taught me to believe I could do anything I wanted to do. I was urged to take chances, not just in a few classes, but by every teacher in every subject.
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~William Snyder 1977
Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author
Day School Educators Discover More About 21st Century Education Eric Sogard and Diana Meddles 1992 attended the FUSE15 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in June. The conference offered teachers the opportunity to experience Design Thinking, an educational method used to engage learners in the search for a solution to any challenge. It focuses on people-centered problem solving. DEEPdt stands for Discover, Empathize, Experiment, and Produce design thinking. So inspired were Meddles and Sogard by this innovative methodology, they have helped integrate DEEPdt at Day School at every level. First graders used Design Thinking to work through what may happen in a story they have read in class. Fourth graders used it to re-imagine how to best build Native American tool models. Eighth graders use it to approach real-world issues and how they might reimagine systems. Additionally, the faculty and staff use Design Thinking in their administrative meetings to work through challenges in curricula and business optimization.
and empower students to learn and succeed in today’s world. Two of the conference headliners were Will Richardson – author of Why School? How Education Must Change When Learning and Information are Everywhere and Matt Miller – author of Ditch That Textbook.
Eric Sogard 5th Grade Teacher
Soi Powell Primary School Science
Soi Powell, who received a Lilly Teacher Creativity grant in 2012, attended a creativity workshop last summer as part of her continued learning with the Lilly Foundation. Soi used her grant funding to take a six-week trip to China with her father in 2012. At the workshop, teachers from all over the state of Indiana (and Soi) shared their adventures, including someone who led the group in a drum circle. Soi was also able to do more focused work on her doctoral degree in education at Northeastern University in Boston last summer. “I have learned so much from this program about curriculum development, social justice, and educational entrepreneurship. I also realize from being in this program that at Evansville Day Soi Powell and Sarah Sutton attended a conference in School, our work is headed in the right direction.” Mount Vernon, Indiana, called “Connecting the 4C’s,” which focused on the 21st Century skills: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. The goal for the conference was to help equip educators with the skills, tools, and knowledge needed to engage, inspire,
Diana Meddles 1992 Director, Sieboldt iLab Fitness Instructor
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Sarah Sutton Primary School Innovation Library
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Current Happenings
Preschool Educators Present at National Conference
Preschool teachers Karen Meacham and Carla Englebright were selected as featured presenters at the National Association for the Education of Young Children national conference November in Orlando, Florida. Karen and Carla presented “This Ain’t Your Grandmother’s Apron.”
undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts from Wake Forest University and a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from The University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign where she studied with Dr. Lillian Katz. Karen and her husband, Charles, are parents of three current Day School students.
“All too often, teachers struggle with balance. We always strive to do all that is asked of us. However, in the process of paperwork, family meetings, assessments, emergency drills, and more, we may lose focus on what really matters, making connections with children. We shared how using multiple educational philosophies helps us prepare our classroom and outdoor environments, what strategies we employ when dealing with classroom management, and what simple tools we keep in our teachers’ aprons that allow us to embrace teachable moments. When we are truly present, sharing with children not only what we can teach, but also who we are, the classroom becomes a family environment, authentic connections are made, and learning becomes more meaningful.”
Carla Englebright has been in Early Childhood Education for more than ten years. She received a Bachelor in Science in Family Life and Child Development from the University of the Philippines, in 2000. She has worked in Private Catholic schools and progressive schools in the Philippines. Carla and her husband, Doug, are parents of a current Pre-Kindergarten student.
Karen Meacham has been in the field of Early Childhood Education for more than twenty years. She has an
Karen Meacham Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
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When we are truly present, sharing with children not only what we can teach, but also who we are, the classroom becomes a family environment, authentic connections are made, and learning becomes more meaningful.
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A native of the Phillipines, Carla earned her U.S. citizenship and was formally recognized in December.
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Winter Concert and Whoville in Gingerbread
The entire school gathered together for an end-of-the-year celebration, including a jolly holiday concert entitled “The Colors of Winter.” The concert featured singers and musicians from Jr. Pre-K to Grade 12, and included classics such as “Jolly Old St. Nicholas,” “O, Christmas Tree,” and a jazzed up rendition of “Silver Bells.” Also on display in the Traylor Atrium was the Upper School 3D art students’ gingerbread recreation of “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” The collaborative project is made entirely of gingerbread, fondant, and candy. The streets are paved with Jolly Ranchers and the Grinch and his dog, Max, are shown riding down Grinch Mountain as the residents of Whoville gather in the town square.
The Pre-K class sings “I’m Dreaming of Some Hot Choc’late.”
Top photo shows the entire Whoville village. Bottom photo is the Grinch and his dog, Max, as they overlook Whoville from atop Grinch Mountain.
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Welcome to Shannon Dierlam - Administrative Assistant Shannon is the most recent addition to the Day School family. She comes to EDS with over 20 years of administrative experience within a school setting, most recently as the Assistant to the Counselors at F.J. Reitz High School. Shannon majored in business at Indiana State University of Evansville. Silmary Echevarria - Middle School Spanish Silmary, a native of Puerto Rico, has over 20 years experience teaching English as a second language and math and social studies to native Spanish speakers. Silmary holds a master’s degree from Caribbean University and among several notable accomplishments was named District Teacher of the Year in 2014. Silmary’s passion is incorporating culture and experiential learning into her work with students. Heather Heck - Director of College Counseling Heather has relocated to Evansville from Annapolis, Maryland, where she was a school counselor at Arundel High School. Heather’s experience includes college counseling, teaching, working in a college admission and financial aid office, coaching, and SAT/ACT prep. Heather attended Vanderbilt University and has a Master of Education in School Counseling from University of Maryland-College Park. Dee Lynch - Director of Music & Creative Dramatics Arts A performer, teacher, facilitator, and even wedding officiant, Dee brings a variety of talents, experiences, and passions to Day School students. Most recently, Dee served as an administrator and performing arts instructor at The Patel Conservatory in Tampa, Florida, and has also lived and studied in New Jersey and Virginia where she attended Atlantic University for her master’s degree. Heather Migdon - Director, Center for Academic Success Heather leads a newly created program at Day School after having served as a special education teacher at Washington Middle School here in Evansville. Heather held the same position at Kingsbury Day School, an independent school in Washington, D.C., after completing her Master of Arts in Teaching at American University. Heather works with students at every level for both academic support and enrichment.
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Family! Caitlin Morgan - School Nurse Caitlin, daughter of Day School Information Technology teacher, Blake Oeth, obtained a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Southern Indiana and has worked as a Registered Nurse in a variety of medical settings for the last two years, including intensive care and ambulatory care centers. Caitlin has a passion for children and is committed to protecting the health of others. Lena Naef - Middle School French A French native, Lena has a background that includes teaching international students and adult learners, and working in the business world after completing her Master in Management in Bretagne, France. Lena’s global experience and passion for France are great attributes to our program. Alison Rashid - Upper School French After majoring in French at Knox College in Illinois, Ali moved to France for six years as the Assistant Director of Knox’s study abroad program in Besancon. Upon returning to the States, Ali joined Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., as the French teacher, including for the International Baccalaureate students. Ali also has a Master of Arts with Honors from Université de la Franche-Comté. Ashely Swinford - Upper School Science From a science instructor and dorm parent at Lee Academy in Maine to an education specialist at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon, Ashely has a broad and interesting background in conservation, biology, anatomy, STEM, wildlife, and, of course education. Ashely majored in marine biology at University of New England and holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Leah Whitaker - Director of Advancement An independent school graduate, Leah worked as Director of Alumni Relations & Annual Fund at Maumee Valley Country Day School in Toledo, Ohio. Leah’s other non-profit experience includes alumni and development work at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, consulting at Community for New Direction, also in Columbus, and volunteering at African Solar Rise in Germany and Tanzania. Leah graduated from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and holds two master’s degrees from Trinity Lutheran Seminary.
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Innovation Around Every Corner
At Day School, we push the boundaries of standard curricula by integrating innovation into a student’s every-day reality. “Innovation is not something a person picks up like a hammer, uses it, then puts it away after the task is complete. Innovation is a way of seeing and relating to the world. Where someone else may see an impossibility, our students see a challenge, a problem yet to be solved. Then they explore possible solutions. We want our students to understand themselves as part of the world’s complexities, and to empower them to collaborate, innovate and make an impact,” says Design Thinking instructor, Diana Meddles 1992. This year, Day School launched the Sieboldt iLab, which was made possible by the generosity of parent and trustee Dr. Lori Sieboldt, in partnership with the Friends of Evansville Day School. The grand opening of the Sieboldt Innovation Lab was marked by an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 21st. It comes equipped with a 3D printer, laser cutter, computer lab and MakerSpace, power and hand tools, hot glue guns, paint, and everything else students need to create
Meddles works in the Sieboldt iLab.
and innovate. Now the central hub of life on campus, the iLab is a place to tinker, experiment, fail, learn and try again. “It’s a safe place for students to imagine and experiment,” says Meddles. “As a teacher, I guide students through a Design Thinking process that enables them to get engaged in their learning. Students own their learning experience and develop thoughtful determination, creative confidence, and reimagining of potential solutions.”
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Dr. Lori Sieboldt and her family at the ribbon cutting for the Sieboldt iLab. The Design Thinking process follows the steps above.
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We want our students to understand themselves as part of the world’s complexities, and to empower them to collaborate, innovate and make an impact,” ~Diana Meddles
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Innovation Around Every Corner
Kingston Payne, Class of 2028, creating on the Lego Wall.
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Elaine Barron, Brittain Saunders, Lauren Sogard and Katherine Saunders, Class of 2028, practice knitting to prepare for coding in the Primary School Innovation Library.
The Primary School Library is another space in which students can learn through hands-on exploration and Design Thinking. When students come into the Library, instead of simply choosing a book and reading it silently in a corner, Sarah Sutton, the Primary School Innovation and Library teacher, asks students “what do you want to learn?” Then, whether by ordering a book or walking a student through a Google search, she helps students follow their passions. In a recent project, Sutton had her students recreate scenes from their favorite movie or book by using iPads, stop-motion-animation and Legos.
I don’t think of myself as ‘the Librarian,’ or ‘the Innovation teacher’, I help students discover their passion for learning. I help them find answers to their questions, but I don’t give the answers myself. These kids need to know how to think so they can find the answers to questions that haven’t yet been asked. ~Sarah Sutton
Students also have designated innovation time inside the library. On those days, students are learning the craft of knitting, but not for reasons that are apparent. By going through the kinaesthetics of knitting and repeating patterns, Sutton is laying the groundwork for teaching students how to read and write HTML code later in the year. “Not only does knitting help with fine-motor skills, patience, and focus, but students learn how to practice patterns. These skills will help them learn how to read and write in code.” Eventually, Sutton plans to fuse innovation time and traditional library time together so students have opportunities to explore more freely.
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Julian Tas, Class of 2028, checks out the Lego Wall in the Innovation Library.
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Center for Academic Success
Broadcast Journalism
MaRaya Brodie, Kaylyn Tackett, and Bricelynn Shields, Class of 2023, work on the smart board table in the Center for Academic Success.
Ryan Clifton, Zoe Renscher, Graham Dunigan, and Jake Somody, Class of 2016, work on the EDS Weekly News.
Families choose Day School for so many reasons, but none so critical to a child’s development as the individual attention we provide. This year, EDS launched a new initiative called the Center for Academic Success. CAS provides support and/or enrichment to a cross-section of the student body, ensuring that all students are able to maximize their own academic potential. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of CAS director, Heather Migdon, parents, teachers and students are able to utilize the following resources and academic aides at Day School:
The broadcasting program teaches students how to write, film, and edit entertaining news programs. Each student has the opportunity to perform different tasks in order to meet the weekly deadlines. They all spend time writing, directing, working the camera and lights, running the teleprompter, being in front of the camera, and editing the final cut.
• Study Tables after-school every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 2nd-12th grade students • Math Club for 2nd-5th grades • Upper School student tutors for younger students • Weekly support or enrichment sessions for grades K-4th • Weekly individualized support for Middle School students who need help with study skills, organization, and academic support; • Annual screening assessment for students in grades K-8th to ensure students meet national benchmarks in reading and math; • Monitoring of struggling students progress toward academic growth; • Creation and implementation of support and accommodation plans.
For those who haven’t tuned in to the weekly EDS News Program, new and archived videos may be viewed on the EDS News YouTube channel and via a link on the school’s website.
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You can follow the Center for Academic Success on Instagram, EDSCAS.
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The weekly newscasts feature student achievements, as well as community-wide events and happenings. From the proceeds raised at the 2015 Gala, we were able to equip the Broadcast Journalism Classroom with additional Mac computers. “This class puts all of the talents of our EDS students on display for our whole community to view,” says teacher and coach, Kelly Ballard.
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The kids approach their work differently, more seriously and more carefully when they know they have an audience. It is a good experience for them. ~Kelly Ballard
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Annual T-shirt Exchange
Gnome Night In an effort to connect art with nature, the Primary School displayed student-created artwork along the trails in the woods behind the school. This enchanting event, called “Gnome Night 2015: Game of Gnomes” took place in October. Along with the gnome-related activities, Primary School families enjoyed a cookout, corn hole, ring toss, and other games. Leading up to the event, students from Junior Pre-Kindergarten through Fourth Grade spent time in art classes designing and creating stepping stones, windsocks, mushrooms, and more. That evening, visitors searched the wooded trails for the ever-illusive gnome Ted, and also played along with Ted’s nemesis, Jack - Evansville Day School’s “Gnome-in-Residence.”
Jack the Gnome waits along the wooded trails during Gnome Night.
Day School held a pep rally to ring in the first week of school for the 2015 – 2016 academic year. In traditional fashion, all of the students gathered in the gymnasium for the annual T-Shirt Exchange and Tug-O-War competition. During the assembly, the youngest male and female students from the Jr. Pre-Kindergarten class, Luke Stanley and Madalyn Kirkwood, Class of 2030, exchanged t-shirts with the oldest male and female students from the senior class, Jake Somody and Jordan Lamping, Class of 2016. Following the t-shirt exchange the faculty bested the student team for the second year in a row in the Tug-O-War competition.
Luke Stanley, Class of 2030, swaps shirts with Jake Somody, Class of 2016 in the annual t-shirt exchange to close out the first week of school.
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Global Cardboard Challenge
Another exciting example of innovative, hands-on learning at Day School is the annual Global Cardboard Challenge. Inspired by the Caine’s Arcade documentary, Day School joined thousands of organizations worldwide to create, collaborate, and have fun by building large objects out of cardboard and other recycled goods. This year’s theme “CARdboard Challenge - Day School goes to the Drive-in,” had Primary School students constructing cardboard cars which were then showcased
on October 8th. The gymnasium was transformed into a drive-in theater, complete with a huge inflatable screen, on which the students watched Cars 2. Middle School students fashioned working arcade games, which were on display in the Traylor Atrium and provided concessions. Programs such as this align with the academic culture of Evansville Day School by providing unique educational opportunities that go beyond the boundaries of a traditional classroom.
Tanay Thakore and Rahini Kumbar, Class of 2025, at the Drive-in.
Caroline Barron, Taylor Tackett, and Greta Griffin, Class of 2025, wait for the movie to start.
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Student Leadership Thrives at Day School With notable alumni such as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, William Snyder 1977, and Clemson’s Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Brad Brownell 1987, on our roster, we are confident that all who walk these halls will be better positioned for success after graduation. Five years ago, Day School began a formal leadership program designed to teach and encourage leadership. The program begins when Sixth Graders attend Camp Carson. There, they tackle outdoor obstacles, work through team-building exercises, and focus on creative problem-solving. In Seventh Grade, students return to Camp Carson to learn independence and resilience, and through targeted exercises, work on conquering their fears.
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Carter Deppe, Class of 2022, captures the red flag at the 6th grade Camp Carson retreat.
On Harvard’s admissions page, “leadership” is listed third after “maturity” and “character” on the list of attributes they look for in applicants. The Yale website quotes former Yale president, Kingman Brewster: “We are looking for students who will become the leaders of their generation in whatever they wish to pursue.” On Day School’s website, we state that “we are growing the next generation of global leaders.”
Camp Carson helped me find my voice and to become more confident, especially in small groups. Having confidence to express my ideas, or to suggest a different perspective when I don’t agree with something is really important. ~Emily Shockley, Class of 2016.
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Student Leadership Thrives at Day School
This year’s 8th grade retreat was held at the Barn Abbey in historic New Harmony, Indiana. Bottom row from left: Graham Griffin, Dev Sanapati Jad Takieddin, William Foster, Futhallah Hamed, Kenneth Hall, Drew Phillips, Griffin Sanders, Jordan Nouri. Top row from left: Mackenzie Virgin, Alli Waller, Jaylee Pease, Elayna Zausch, Cecilia Alcock, Alyssa Elderkin, Ronyah Al-Abed, Bella Reynolds, Neha Bhasin, and Olivia Gibson, Class of 2020.
The Day School leadership program culminates with the Eighth Grade Leadership Retreat lead by Middle School faculty and facilitated by Upper School students, who themselves are graduates of the leadership program.
Cecelia Alcock and Allison Waller, Class of 2020, enjoy the retreat.
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Observing the enthusiastic interaction between Upper Schoolers and eighth graders is both gratifying and edifying. Not only can I see leadership in action, I see young adults who are more than ready for college and the challenges yet to come. ~Dr. Mary Jane Gibson Head of Middle and Upper Schools
Graham Griffin, Griffin Sanders, Jordan Nouri, and Dev Sanapati, Class of 2020, participate in a team-building excercise under the watchful eye of Dr. Gibson. Emily Shockley, Class of 2016, helps facilitate the activity.
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The Fine and Performing Arts “Innovation and creativity are character skills that are essential for success in the 21st century,” says Day School’s Head, Jarin Jaffee. “The more we can expose our students to think and learn creatively, the better prepared they will be for college and life after school.” Whether by tinkering in the iLab and MakerSpace, editing film in the broadcast journalism class, or taking classic art, music, and dramatics courses, Day School students are immersed in a creative learning environment from Junior Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. Preschool and Primary students attend art class twothree times per week. In addition, First through Fourth graders also take part in vocal, instrumental, and creative dramatics instruction three times per week. Middle Schoolers take both art and general music or choral/ instrumental electives throughout their time in Middle School. Upper School students only need two semesters of fine and performing art to graduate, and yet, many of
The gingerbread version of Whoville, created by the Upper and Middle School Art students, filled the Traylor Atrium with the sweet scents of the season in the weeks prior to Winter Break.
our older students are involved in the arts throughout their four years in high school. Upper and Middle School Art teacher, Leilani Moore believes that “the arts promote creative individuality which is a key development in children at this age. Art opens the mind; there are no boundaries and no limitations to what a child can think!” More than that though, art classes give students another opportunity to practice collaboration, perseverance, patience, and problem solving. Leilani points to a ceramic tree project and the latest student art installment, Whoville, that was on display inside the Atrium leading up to Christmas break.
What began as a sketch culminated in a 3D collaborative piece by the Upper School art class. The eye-catching piece is prominently displayed in the Traylor Atrium.
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When my students receive new assignments like the ceramic trees or the gingerbread town of Whoville, they might be overwhelmed thinking of the scope of work, but when they see the assignment broken down into a step-bystep processes, they quickly learn that anything is possible. My goal is to teach students how to master the steps, not to become masters of art. If they can manage the process and persevere through the details, then they will have learned something valuable. ~Leilani Moore Middle and Upper School Art
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The Fine and Performing Arts
A Chorus America’s study found that singing in one of the 270,000 choruses in the U.S., such as a community chorus or a school or church choir, is strongly correlated with qualities that are associated with success throughout life. Greater civic involvement, discipline, and teamwork are just a few of the attributes fostered by singing with a choral ensemble. According to Dee Lynch, Director of Creative and Dramatic Arts at Day School, who has also been a member of church choirs, college choral ensembles, and many musical theater productions, students reap the benefits from group singing. It lifts the spirit, reinforces musical knowledge, creates art, soothes the soul, and helps develop lifelong friendships. There is just something magical about performing with a choral group.
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It is a joyful teaching experience to share this magic with young people. There are so many “Aha!” moments, high-fives when new skills are achieved, and pride in successfully executing a choral piece. A performing arts program is incomplete without choral opportunities, and EDS students can reap the same benefits as I, and countless others, have! ~Dee Lynch Director of Creative and Dramatic Arts
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Why Teach Music Music is a science: it is exact, specific, and it demands exact acoustics. A conductor’s full score is a chart, a graph which indicates frequencies, intensities, volume changes, melody and harmony all at once and with the most exact control of time. Music is a foreign language: most of the terms are in Italian, German or French; and the notation is certainly not English - but a highly developed kind of shorthand that uses symbols to represent ideas. The semantics of music is the most complete and universal language. Music is mathematical: it is rhythmically based on the sub-divisions of time into fractions which must be done instantaneously, not worked out on paper. Music is history: music usually reflects the environment and times of its creation, often even the country and/or racial feeling. Music is physical education: it requires fantastic coordination of fingers, hands, arms, lops, cheek and facial muscles, in addition to extraordinary control of the diaphragm, back , stomach and chest muscles, which respond instantly to the sound the ear hears and the mind interprets. Music is all of these things, but most of all, music is art: it allows a human being to take all these dry, technically boring (but difficult) techniques and use them to create emotion. That is one thing science cannot duplicate: humanism, feeling, emotion, call it what you will. That is why we teach music! Not because we expect you to major in music. Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life. Not so you can relax. Not so you can have fun. BUT - so you will be human, so you will recognize beauty so you will be sensitive so you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world so you will have something to cling to so you will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, more good - in shore, more life. Of what value will it be to make a prosperous living unless you know how to live? That is why we teach music!
Pictured at the taping of the Holiday Program, which aired on local channel WEVV on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are Jayme Carvajal, Class of 2018, Blair Bucshon, Class of 2016, Shraya Dubagunta, Class of 2017, Jordan Lamping, Class of 2016, Presley Mohler, Class of 2019, Sophie Fox, Class of 2018, Lillian Alcock, Class of 2018, Danielle Morris, Class of 2018, Abbie McDaniel, Class of 2016, Halle Sullivan, Class of 2016, Jake Somody, Class of 2016, Trey Waller, Class of 2017, Dee Lynch, Jacob Bambenek, Class of 2017, Ben Jordan, Class of 2017, Tess Smith, Class of 2017, Emily Shockley, Class of 2016, Rachel Lewis, Class of 2016, Kenady Hess, Class of 2017, Zoe Renschler, Class of 2016, Alaina Clements, Class of 2019, Peyton Schultheis, Class of 2017, Madiya Farmer, Class of 2018, Reese Lamping, Class of 2018, Maddie McDaniel, Class of 2018, Lillianne Shockley, Class of 2019, Madison Edwards, Class of 2016 and Sehal Shah, Class of 2016. Eagle MGZ Pride 6 20 | DESIGN
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As part of an expanded effort to grow the arts program two myself!” says Primary Art teacher, Betsy Dailey. at Evansville Day School, and to integrate more Student comments about the Painted Innovations show: professional ideas into the classroom, we launched a I didn’t ever think about an artist making a new gallery series called, Art in the Atrium. Artists Ric painting with lots of different things Epley (father to Rilee Epley, Class of 2018) and David besides brushes. Edwin Meyers opened Day School’s first gallery show, “Painted Innovations,” on December 3rd inside the He used a LEAF-BLOWER?!? Traylor Atrium. Can WE do that!?! Both Ric and David visited the Primary and Upper School Digital Media art classes to speak with students about art in several forms. From learning media skills in class, to discussing self-critique and helping artists hang pieces, the “Painted Innovations” show allowed students to experience creativity from a real-life context. “What a terrific opportunity it was for our art students to hear professional artists talk about their work, what inspires them, and how they create their art. I learned a thing or
I like these colors. They make me feel happy.
I would love to have this painting in my house. I could look at it forever. Did he put tape on his canvas and then paint over it? I want to try that!
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If you stand close to this one, it looks really abstract, but then when you stand back, you can see the city and cars on the street in the rain. It’s so cool!
Future art-related events like this will showcase local professional talent, alumni art, as well as student work, and will provide yet another opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate Day School difference.
Interested in showing your artwork at Day School? Contact Leah Whitaker at lwhitaker@evansvilledayschool.org.
“Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” by Ric Epley.
“A View from the Cumberland River” by David Edwin Meyers.
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by Austin Boyle, Class of 2024.
by Conor Meacham, Class of 2018.
by Maddie McDaniel, Class of 2018.
by Lawren Elderkin, Class of 2017.
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by Nate Phillips, Class of 2024.
by Aiza Khan, Class of 2023.
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by Brittony Rodgers, Class of 2020.
by Sydney Traylor, Class of 2027.
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by Abbie McDaniel, Class of 2016.
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Current Happenings
EDS Fall Sports Update and Sam Springer, who carried the tennis team all the way to sectionals. Ultimately, the team was defeated by North High School 3-2. Jake and Sam Springer placed as sectional runners-up, with an overall best record of any of our teams this season, 17-3. Joey Ballard advanced to the regionals, defeating a highly competitive player along the way and finished his season as runner up. Cross Country Accomplishments • Emma Troost 18th Place Varsity Ribbon/Varsity State Championship Qualifying Time • Gwyn Traylor 4th Place Junior Varsity Ribbon/Varsity State Championship Qualifying Time
Lawren Elderkin, Class of 2017, chases down the ball against Mater Dei.
Evansville Day School’s no-cut athletics policy gives every student the opportunity to play on a team or an individual sport. Research shows students who are involved in athletics during Middle and High School are more likely to learn key developmental skills such as timemanagement, personal discipline, and collaboration. All Day School students are encouraged to participate in cocurricular activities, whether through athletics, clubs, or activities.
Middle School State Championships Emma Troost 64th Girls 3K JV Championship Neha Bhasin 203rd Girls 3K JV Championship Brandon Foster 152nd Boys 3K JV Championship Drew Phillips 281st Boys 3K JV Championship Gwyn Traylor 6th Girls 2K Open Championship Marshall Traylor 58th Boys 2K Open Championship Owen Zausch 71st Boys 2K Open Championship Nathan Foster 77th Boys 2K Open Championship Austin Boyle 78th Boys 2K Open Championship
Over the fall season, Middle School athletes did very well showing their commitment and enthusiasm. The Fifth & Sixth Grade girls soccer team made it to the semifinals of their league tournament and were very competitive. The boys soccer team played five league games and recorded three wins, one tie, and one loss. The future looks bright for them. The Seventh & Eighth Grade girls soccer team finished the season with only two losses and won their league tournament. Way to go girls! The Middle School boys tennis team played most of their season undefeated. They ended up with only two losses. This is the strongest Middle School tennis team in the history of EDS and we couldn’t be more proud. The Upper School had a number of highlights throughout the fall. Even with a nail-biting loss in double over-time to Mater Dei, the 2nd ranked team in the state, the girls soccer team still finished their season with only three losses. Arguably the most impressive tennis performances were turned out by Joey Ballard, and brothers, Jake Pride 24 | Eagle DESIGN MGZ 6
Front row, from left: Ben Jordan, Class of 2017, John Moosbrugger, Class of 2019, Philip Brown, Class of 2016, Coach Nancy Carroll. Back row, from left: Christopher Basinski, Class of 2017, Max Lowery, Class of 2018, Graham Dunigan, Class of 2016, Joey Ballard, Class of 2016, Jacob Springer, Class of 2017, and Sam Springer, Class of 2017.
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Portrait of a Champion: Daniel Sharygin After playing his first tournament at age eight, Daniel has steadily climbed the rankings and his tennis has taken him from Florida to California, and last year to Russia to represent the United States in the annual Tennis Europe Christmas Cup. Daniel says his “long-term goal is to get accepted on a full-ride athletic scholarship to Stanford or an Ivy League school to play college tennis for their team. After four years, if I’m healthy, I will play professional tournaments and try to become top 10 in the world... or higher!” According to Daniel, “To get to a high level such as the national level, international, and beyond, you have to love what you’re doing, or else there’s no point, because if you don’t have heart and the desire to push yourself and make sacrifices, you will never become a great player. Daniel Sharygin, Class of 2020, takes the top spot in the USTA Open Regional Tournament (Boys 16 Singles) in November. Sometimes in an athlete’s career, things for them are so When you reach Daniel’s level, it is quite a challenge to demanding and difficult, so they feel like giving up. It’s balance tennis, academics, other activities, and the fun tough work to weather the storm, but if you’re successful you’re supposed to have as a Middle Schooler. But for it’ll pay off and you are set for the rest of your life. Daniel, who after winning his fifth national tournament climbed in the rankings to 15th in the country and We are excited to have Daniel on our roster and to watch number 1 in the Midwest, he wouldn’t have it any other him flourish at Day School and whatever he does next. way. Most of Daniel’s top-tier competitors do their schooling online or at home, but for the Sharygins, academics come first no matter how much they travel, or how much attention the five-star player receives. For them, Day School has always been the only option and Daniel has thrived here. “Daniel likes to be a full-time student at EDS, which allows him to stay focused on his educational goals,” says his father, Andrei. Krista Meyer, Dean of Students, agrees. “Daniel is very driven in his academics, always striving to earn the top grades overall and enjoys the extra challenge by participating in the math club.” On the court Daniel is dominant with his left-handed Daniel, Class of 2020, sets his sights on professional tennis with the goal serve and mental toughness.
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of being ranked among the top 10 in the world!
My favorite thing about Day School is that you can focus on academics and pursue your commitment to something at the same, whether your activity is in or outside of school. Day School offers a very flexible schedule and can manage these two areas while getting the full benefit out of each, which other schools cannot do. The reason why I go to an academic school, while being a nationally-ranked athlete, instead of doing online schooling/homeschooling is because for me, academics comes first no matter what. Yes, you may have an athletic career and achieve a living off that, but what if you get injured? If you had bad grades in high school, you wouldn¹t get into any great college, and have a job that pays a good salary. Academics is the best back up in everything you do. If you get good grades, it will ensure that you will make a good living.
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A Word from FRIENDS
The Friends of Evansville Day School is a parent group committed to supporting the school’s educational priorities through volunteerism and fundraising. We could not accomplish all we are able to do without the generous giving of time and money by our parents, teachers and community supporters. Here is a review of our work this year: All School Picnic Families and students had a great time this August at the All School Picnic. One of the highlights this year was a live petting zoo! A big thank you to Theresa Hamby for organizing the picnic for the third year in a row. Students were able to raise $900 to fund clubs and other student activities throughout the year. Mum Sale Thank you to Bianca Snyder and Dike Farms, and to all of the parents and students who helped us raise $630 at the third annual Mums Sale. Fall Festival Friend’s Booth 109 raised the most money in three years at the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. When all was said and done, we beat last year’s total by approximately $1,200. A huge thank you to Melissa Troost and Jeff Kelsey for gathering food donations, managing the booth and volunteers, and making sure everything ran smoothly. Thank you to the Gillenwaters and Tom + Chee for helping us with ice and dishes, as well as the Kelseys and Penn Station for donating potatoes and cookies. Also, a special shout out to Blair Buschon who came by the booth on her own time and stepped in without being asked to work.
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We are always looking for ways to get more involved in the Tri-State area to help raise money and awareness for Evansville Day School. If you have any ideas, or general questions about the Friends group, please contact me directly. ~Brent Thorn brent.thorn@hotmail.com
Brent Thorn President, Friends of EDS Parent of Grace Thorn, Class of 2022
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Bella Reynolds, Olivia Gibson, and Mackenzi Virgin, all from the Class of 2020, pet animals at the Back to School Picnic.
Don’t forget to save the date for the Platinum Ball, our annual Friends of EDS Gala on April 9, 2016. Thanks for your continued support of our school. Sincerely, Brent Thorn President of FRIENDS of EDS
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The FRIENDS of EDS operates booth 109 annually at the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. The event draws thousands to Franklin Street and has been named the second largest street festival in the world.
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Showcasing the Day School Difference How should education change to better prepare students for a complex global society and rapidly changing economy? Evansville Day School hosted two events in November to engage families and the broader community in a conversation about the future of education, as well as to “Showcase the Day School Difference.” “One of Day School’s points of pride is that we teach to students, not to tests,” says Head of School, Jarin Jaffee. “Yet, we operate in a society conditioned to think standardized testing is the yardstick by which we should measure a student’s abilities. Research confirms a test score does little more than indicate how well a student can memorize and take a test. Learning matters, but it isn’t all that matters; we need to spark a passion for inquiry, critical thinking, and creative problem solving in our students’ hearts and minds. These are the tools they will need for a lifetime of success.” Day School held an exclusive screening of the highlyacclaimed documentary Most Likely to Succeed, which introduced the audience to a school that is emphasizing interdisciplinary and hands-on learning, as well as 21st Century skills. The documentary framed the basic problem with the current reality in American education. Most schools are still using a model of education that was developed during the Industrial Revolution, a paradigm that no longer applies to a society and economy that is globally-networked, technology-driven, and rapidly changing.
The film was particularly relevant to Day School because as an independent school and leaders in education, we believe we have an opportunity and a responsibility to innovate beyond the status quo. This doesn’t mean abandoning a college prep curriculum, of course, and we continue to boast our results on “traditional” markers such as SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement, as well as college admissions and scholarships our graduates receive. That being said, in a world that, according to Tony Wagner, Innovation Education Fellow at Harvard, “no longer cares how much you know, the world cares about what you can do with what you know,” we need to enhance Day School’s tradition of teaching students how to think instead of what to think.
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Left to right: Brooklyn Russell, Lilly Burke, Huda Hamed, Class of 2021.
The world no longer cares how much you know; the world cares about what you can do with what you know. ~Tony Wagner
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Innovation Education Fellow Harvard Technology & Entrepreneurship Center
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Abi Lowery, DeLissa Ragland, Chloe Yune, Rayyan Khan, Lillian Burke, Brooklyn Russell, Tareq Hamed, and Sydney Hoskins, all from the Class of 2021, prepare plastic bottles for the Chihuly-inspired sculpture (pictured below, right, and currently hanging in the Traylor Atrium).
Sarah Sutton, Primary School Library and Innovation teacher elaborates, “Google and YouTube have replaced a lot of what a traditional classroom looks like. My students can jump on the computer and learn how to do something in a matter of seconds, so why should they have to memorize simple facts and figures? I would rather engage their minds by teaching students how to ask the right questions and then guide them in finding their own answers.”
curriculum” that “encourages each student...to strive for excellence in mind, body, and human spirit” will continue to serve our graduates well in gaining admission to America’s top colleges. They, along with many parents who attended, applauded the school for engaging our community in a conversation about what needs to change in education despite the fact that other institutions are slow to make these changes. Dr. Parkison, in particular, reflected that the best way to ensure lifelong achievement is to develop a set of skills anchored in real-world experiences and pointed to school systems such as the one in Finland, where he visited recently, that emphasizes interdisciplinary, deeper learning. We hope those who viewed the film enjoyed the intellectual exercise and will be a part of many more discussions on education and Day School’s opportunities to enhance our tradition of excellence in preparing our students for college and life beyond.
The documentary screening event included a panel discussion featuring Dr. Paul Parkison, Chair of the Education Department at University of Evansville, Dr. Sarah Wannemuehler, Director of Assessment and Early Field Experience at University of Southern Indiana, and Patrick Orr, Senior Associate Director of Admission at DePauw University. Questions from the audience largely focused on the impact of project-based learning and alternative assessments on college admission and preparation for college academics. The panelists all agreed, Day School’s mission and reputation of offering a “student-centered, college preparatory program” featuring a “challenging Pride 28 | Eagle DESIGN MGZ 6
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One of the messages presented in the documentary was the case for using large-scale projects for the purpose of community exhibition as an alternative assessment of learning. Following the film screening, Day School’s faculty and student body presented a monumental exhibition of our own, the “Sustainability Showcase.” This event was a culmination of three weeks of interdivisional, hands-on, interdisciplinary learning on the theme of sustainability. Every grade, every student, and every teacher was involved in preparing for the showcase. Individual class projects varied from learning
Emma Troost and Zoe Bucshon, Class of 2022, apply multi-colored plastic lids to the bottlecap mural during the Sustainability Showcase. Emma’s painting (seen above) was chosen as the model for the mural.
about pumpkins, to constructing a Chihuly-inspired sculpture made from water bottles, to building furniture from recycled wood, to making soap from scratch, to designing a sustainable urban plan for Evansville, to launching an “Idle-Free Zone” campaign on campus, and so many more. In total, the faculty and students presented twenty eight different projects during the twohour Showcase. Parents, grandparents, trustees, and prospective families who visited different classrooms were impressed with the immensity and professionalism of the exhibition, as well as the level of student engagement in the different exhibits. Middle School teacher, Eric Sogard was a member of the planning committee that led the all-school project through its planning and implementation stages. His assessment of the project and the outcome of the showcase is enthusiastic. “It was our first time assembling and exhibiting a project of this size under the banner of a single theme. I’m extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish given that this was something we’ve never done before. While there are aspects of the learning that can definitely be improved for next time, this experiment sparked a truly meaningful conversation about Day School’s educational vision. That was kind of the point...to shake things up a bit. I, for one, am excited about where this conversation will take us and I hope others are, too.”
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Spotlight On Grade 12 global language program, to no-cut athletics, to Middle School leadership retreats, Day School has a strong and successful tradition of educating the “whole child.” As the documentary screening and all-school project demonstrated, the best educators today are using a wide variety of teaching methodologies and learning assessments to better prepare students for college. It isn’t about iPads versus notebooks, projects versus tests, or letter grades versus portfolios. It is about the fundamental purpose of education. As a prominent leader within the Tri-State for the past 70 years, Day School understands its commitment and will carry that banner of educational excellence into the next 70 years. Sam McGuire, Class of 2021, works on the Adirondack chairs made from reclaimed pallet wood and displayed during the Sustainability Showcase.
As professionals and educators, Day School’s teaching community has been discussing the fundamental purpose of education and the importance of developing 21st Century skills for over a year now. Our goal is not to become the High Tech High (the school featured in Most Likely to Succeed) of Evansville, but after extensive conversations with our families, parents, alumni, faculty, and students, Day School’s administration is convinced more than ever that education should be as much about who students are becoming as what they are learning. The result of our work and investigation into the changing trends in education is what we call the Portrait of a Graduate - Day School’s roadmap to developing in each student, a set of 21st Century skills including entrepreneurial learner, resilience, globally minded, and balanced. With the Portrait of a Graduate lofted as the “north star” to guide the direction of the Day School experience, both the documentary screening and allschool project are cast as big moments for us to introduce this educational roadmap to our community. There is much to celebrate about what Day School does everyday on a smaller-scale to teach 21st Century skills to our students: from chess club to Junior Pre-K through 30 | DESIGN MGZ 6
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Board of Trustees: A Letter from the President
Dear Friends, Looking back on the 2014-15 year, so many moments serve to remind me why Evansville Day School continues to be the educational leader in the Tri-State. Albeit a year of change, last year was more than anything one of progress and innovation. We welcomed Jarin Jaffee as our new Head of School and watched as he advanced our vision for education in the 21st Century. The Board made faculty professional development a top priority, which enabled a number of teachers and even some of our trustees to participate in conferences across the United States. Our community rallied together at the 2015 Annual Gala to raise funds for a new digital street sign and main entrance sign, as well as Macs for the broadcast journalism classroom, and a Lego wall for the Primary School library. Current parent and Board member, Dr. Lori Sieboldt, with help from the Friends organization, funded the building of Day School’s new Innovation Lab and MakerSpace. We also made landscaping improvements and created a Legacy Plaza space at the front entrance, as well as enhanced the Middle School playground and renovated preschool classrooms, all of which was made possible by the contributions of individual donors like you. Finally, thanks to a generous legacy gift from the Jock Moody estate, Day School ended the fiscal year on a very positive note. In total, 201415 was a sound and productive year for Evansville Day School and I am proud of all we’ve been able to accomplish together.
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Chris Traylor 1990 President, Board of Trustees Owner/Co-President, Traylor Brothers, Inc. Each name and story in this Annual Report reflects a moment, person, or project that energized us in our commitment to Day School’s exemplary mission to strive for excellence in mind, body, and human spirit. I want to thank you all for taking part in making our school great, and I am honored to partner with you as we move forward toward an exciting vision for Day School. Sincerely,
Chris Traylor 1990 Board President
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Philanthropy By the Numbers
206
donors to all funds
$1,200
needed per student to cover the gap in tuition and expenses
196
donors to Annual Fund
47
full-time faculty and staff
$62,385
amount raised at the 2015 Gala
2,125
102
Day School Alumni
students receiving financial aid
$205,224 total giving
$136,535 Annual Fund total
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Annual Fund Giving Societies Honor Roll Society Gifts up to $249 Mr. Hamza & Mrs. Leah Al-Abed Mr. Gregg & Mrs. Beth Baker Mr. Kelly & Mrs. Laura Ballard Ms. Marilyn Bernhard Ms. Ann Bloxdorf Ms. Katie Bockting Ms. Emily Boyd (Campbell) 1999 Mr. Donald & Mrs. Karen Boyk Dr. Daniel Brown & Mrs. Virginia Weiler Ms. Alison Buchanan Mr. David & Mrs. Gale Campbell Ms. Carla Canlas-Englebright Mr. Ivan Carvajal & Mrs. Janet Rodriguez Mr. Lonnie & Mrs. Cecil Clifton Dr. Tracey Conklin Mr. Steve**& Mrs. Barbara Cosgrove Mr. Norman & Mrs. Anita Cubbage Ms. Elizabeth Dailey Mr. Shaun & Mrs. Erin Deppe Mr. Tom Dragon Dr. Charles & Mrs. Carole Edwards Dr. Stacey & Mrs. Amy Embry Dr. Harold Faulkner Dr. Ronald & Mrs. Norma Jean Faust Mr. Doug & Mrs. Betsy Fenner Mr. Peter & Mrs. Diane Fish Ms. Susan Flinn Mr. Brad & Mrs. Kathy Ford Col. William Foster, Jr. & Mrs. Susan Foster Mr. Steven & Mrs. Alice Galbreath Mr. Scott & Dr. Mary Jane Gibson Mr. Daniel Grimm, Sr. & Mrs. Ellen Grimm Ms. Samantha Daugherty Mr. Keith & Mrs. Kayla Haley Ms. Glenda Hampton Mr. Jeff Stafford & Mrs. Lynn Hoefling-Stafford Ms. Joy Hoffman Ms. Linda Huber Mrs. Diane Foster Igleheart Mr. Herman & Mrs. Pam Jorgensen Mrs. Lucille Kellner Drs. Mansoor & Alifia Khan Dr. Qamar Khan & Mrs. Erum Syed-Khan Ms. Debra Kiesel Ms. Lisa Koester Mr. Daniel Kunos Ms. Marjan LaGrange Ms. Marilyn Lankford Ms. Kelly Lashley Mr. Bobby & Mrs. Freda Lewis Mr. Heath McDonald Ms. Heather McPherson 1967 Mr. Chuck & Mrs. Karen Meacham Mr. Charles & Mrs. Marybeth Meacham Mr. Marty Meddles & Mrs. Diana Meddles (Schnakenburg) 1992 Ms. Marcia Combs Meeks Mr. Aziz & Mrs. Kathleen Mehrzad
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Mr. Rod & Mrs. Krista Meyer Mr. Chris Mills & Mrs. Laurel Mills (Quirey) 1982 Ms. Leilani Moore Mr. Nathaniel & Mrs. April Nordenbrock Mr. Michael & Mrs. Teresa Nouri Mr. Blake Oeth Mr. Oz & Mrs. Angela Onder Ms. Shelly Orenstein Dr. Ryan & Mrs. Anna Palmer Mr. Kent & Mrs. Laurie Parker Mr. Josh & Mrs. Kelly Phillips Ms. Glenna Polz Mr. Steve Polz Mr. Mark & Mrs. Soi Powell Mr. Wally & Mrs. Alice Rawlings Mr. Robert & Mrs. Jo Anne Reinhardt Mr. James & Mrs. Linda Reising Mr. Eric & Mrs. Robin Renschler Mr. Larry & Mrs. Kathleen Richardson Mr. Mark Rigney & Dr. Diane Brewer Rigney Mr. Jaime & Mrs. Nilda Rodriguez Mr. Brent & Mrs. Tia Rogers Mr. Travis & Mrs. Reanna Rowe Mr. William & Mrs. Catherine Russell Mr. George & Mrs. Patricia Russell Ms. Rachel Sampson Ms. Corrie Sarol Mr. Neil & Mrs. Brenda Saunders Ms. Marilyn Schlake Dr. Joanne Smith (Bacon) 1990 Mr. Bruce & Mrs. Lora Smith Mr. Eric & Mrs. Terri Sogard Mr. Dennis & Mrs. Gina Staley Mr. James & Mrs. Pamela Stevens Mr. Jon Luttrull & Mrs. Jennifer Stevens Luttrull Ms. Carolyn Stock Dr. Bill & Mrs. Katharine Stroube Ms. Sarah Sutton Mr. Clayton & Mrs. Rose Swallow Mr. John & Mrs. Rebecca Tackett Mr. Akiro & Mrs. Megumi Takeda Mr. William Tapp Ms. Tiki Thompson Dr. Neil & Mrs. Melissa Troost Mr. David & Mrs. Wendy Tumey Mr. Peter & Mrs. Isabella Van Dael Mr. Stephen & Mrs. Linda Vandiver Mr. Donald & Mrs. Shirley Weinzapfel Ms. Jackie Williams Mr. James Woodyard, Sr. & Mrs. Joyce Woodyard Mr. James Woodyard, Jr. & Mrs. Laura Woodyard Ms. Carla Young Mr. Parvez Yusufji 1989 Mr. Ed & Mrs. Jane Zausch Ms. Carol Zimmerman LLD Investments Inc.
Founders Society $250 - $499
Ms. Karen Bayles & Mr. Bill Chatmon Dr. Mark & Mrs. Laura Bernhard Mr. David & Mrs. Rena Goldblatt Mr. Jeff Halwes 1980 Ms. Kelly Hevron Mr. Michael Hungate & Mrs. Margy Hungate (Schnakenburg) 1994 Mr. Steven & Mrs. Jennifer Lamp Mr. Roger Lamping Mr. Hemang & Mrs. Darshana Shah Mr. Kevin Trouba & Mrs. Christina Inhof-Trouba Mr. Larry & Mrs. Bonnie Ziegler
Eagles Society $500 - $999
Dr. Ashraf & Mrs. Jenny Ahmed Mr. Edward & Mrs. Jane Bavaria Mr. Brian & Mrs. Marjorie Blalock Mr. Scott & Mrs. Kerilyn Edwards Dr. Hassan & Mrs. Abeer Hamed Dr. Ahmed & Mrs. Laila Khan Mr. Weiming Liang & Mrs. Xiaoya Li Dr. Rajesh & Mrs. Sangita Patel Mr. Chris & Mrs. Lauren Piekos Drs. Srinivasan Rao & Leela Saripalli Rao Mr. Asem & Mrs. Amani Rimawi Mr. Joab & Mrs. Jennifer Schultheis Mr. Leo** & Mrs. Marilyn Schultheis** Mr. Michael & Mrs. Molly Sherrard Mr. Mark & Mrs. Michelle Springer Mr. Mike & Mrs. Hope Staubitz Mr. Jon & Mrs. Valerie Tilmon Mr. Bobbi Warren Mr. Matt Williams Mr. Robert & Mrs. Elizabeth Woosley Mr. Criss & Mrs. Macie Yelton Dr. Heun Yune
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Mr. Josh & Mrs. Amy Romain Barron Drs. Steven & Cindy Basinski Mr. Robert Bernardin 1976 & Mrs. Cindy Bernardin Drs. Larry & Kathryn Bucshon Mr. Shane & Mrs. Amy Clements Mr. Tom & Mrs. Jennifer Doyle Mr. Frederick Folz, Sr. & Mrs. Cathy Folz Mr. Brad & Mrs. Christy Gillenwater Dr. Carol Goodman Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Carol Griffin Mr. Harold & Dr. Darla Grossman Mr. Chandler & Mrs. Jingle Hagey (Igleheart) 1965 Mr. Brandy Hall Mr. Bill & Mrs. Ann Heil Mr. Warren & Mrs. Susan Hill Mr. Alan & Mrs. Deborah Hoskins Mr. Jarin & Mrs. Jennifer Jaffee Mr. John & Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan Mr. Jeff & Mrs. Kendra Kelsey Mr. Thomas Kissel 1978 & Mrs. Lara Ceresko-Kissel Mr. Donald & Mrs. Jean Korb Mr. Ken & Mrs. Melissa Krapf Mr. Maury & Dr. Susan Leinenbach Dr. Jim & Mrs. Debbie McDaniel Mr. Stephen Mohler & Mrs. Lori Mohler (Weinzapfel) 1994 Mr. Tom & Mrs. Lori Moosbrugger Mr. Gary Morris 1980 & Mrs. Dee Morris Mr. Andrew Saunders 2000 & Mrs. Shannon Saunders Mr. Paul Saunders 1997 & Mrs. Emily Saunders Dr. David & Mrs. Rosana Sincavage Dr. Mark & Mrs. Lori Shockley Mr. Mark Stevens & Mrs. Stacy Stevens (Epperson) 1981 Dr. David & Mrs. Sandy Sullivan Drs. Killol Thakore & Shilpa Gaitonde Mr. Meade Thayer Mr. Brent Thorn Mrs. Nancy Traylor Drs. Robert Vraney & Laura Castillo Mr. Robert & Mrs. Angel Waller Mr. Stephan & Mrs. Jeanne Weitzel Ms. Rachel Williams 2000 Schnuck’s ** Deceased
Baumgart Society $2,500 - $4,999
Mr. David Albin & Mrs. Teri Hollander-Albin Mr. Elmer & Mrs. Judy Buchta Mr. Robert & Dr. Kimberly Foster Mr. Patrick Griffin & Dr. Jill Gunderson Griffin Dr. Tim & Mrs. Theresa Hamby Dr. Lori Sieboldt Mr. Ben & Mrs. Lea Unfried
First Street Society $5,000 - $9,999
Elmer & Doris Jean Halwes Charitable Lead Trust Mr. Scott & Mrs. Denise Carmack Mr. Ron Christian & Mrs. Helen Christian Mr. John & Mrs. Karen Cinelli Mr. Derek Dunigan 1987 & Mrs. Leah Dunigan Mr. Gray Hodge, Jr. 1976 & Mrs. Nancy Hodge Mr. Barry & Mrs. Darby Schnakenburg Mr. Chris Traylor 1990 & Mrs. Niki Traylor Traylor Brothers, Inc.
Legacy Society $10,000 & above
Jock Moody Family Trust
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Restricted & In-Kind Donations
Board Development - ISACS Conference Mr. Ron Christian & Mrs. Helen Christian
Primary School Bear Sculpture Mr. Frank & Mrs. Nancy Newton
CMOE Luncheon Tickets Mr. Shane & Mrs. Amy Clements
RC Soft Drinks & Beverages Mrs. Nancy Hodge & RC Beverage Company
Faculty & Senior Dinner Mr. Ron Christian & Mrs. Helen Christian
Restricted Financial Aid J L & N Frank Scholarship Mrs. Diane Foster Igleheart West Side Nut Club
Fourth Grade Computers Mr. Brian & Mrs. Marjorie Blalock
Robotics Club Dr. Vijay & Mrs. Poonam Bhasin Mr. Tom & Mrs. Lori Moosbrugger
Golf Team Drs. Steven & Cindy Basinski Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Ellen Grimm Holiday World Splashin’ Safari Admission Tickets Holiday World Splashin’ Safari
Upper School Bee Project Mr. Bill & Mrs. Katharine Stroube
Junior Class Mr. Maury & Dr. Susan Leinenbach
Senior Luncheon Mr. Scott & Mrs. Denise Carmack Mr. Ron Christian & Mrs. Helen Christian
Key Club Convention Kiwanis Club of Evansville
Sustainability Project Initiative Vectren Foundation, Inc.
Legacy Plaza Ms. Karen Bayles & Mr. Bill Chatmon Mr. John & Mrs. Karen Cinelli Dr. Harold Faulkner Dr. Ed & Mrs. Mary Anne Fox Mr. Jarin & Mrs. Jennifer Jaffee Mr. Steven & Mrs. Jennifer Lamp Mr. Stephen Mohler & Mrs. Lori Mohler (Weinzapfel) 1994 Ms. Carolyn Stock Ms. Tiki Thompson Mr. Stephen & Mrs. Linda Vandiver Louis Sincavage Homeroom Dr. David & Mrs. Rosana Sincavage Middle School Kitchen Stove Mr. Shane & Mrs. Amy Clements Middle School Playground Updates Anonymous Dr. Neil & Mrs. Melissa Troost Middle School Student Council Dr. Neil & Mrs. Melissa Troost Preschool Enhancements Mr. Chris Traylor 1990 & Mrs. Niki Traylor Mr. John & Mrs. Rebecca Tackett Pride 36 | Eagle DESIGN MGZ 6
Tata (Hungarian for “Grandfather”) watches over the Primary School playground. In memory of Gyöngyössy István, Grandfather of Carson Newton, Class of 2025, & Thomas Newton, Class of 2029. Made possible through a donation from Dr. & Mrs. William Frank Newton.
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Honor & Memorial Giving In honor of Thomas Gillenwater, Class of 2028 Ms. Marilyn Schlake
For Alumni & Alumni Classes
In honor of the Class of 1965 Mr. Chandler Hagey & Mrs. Jingle Hagey (Igleheart) 1965
In honor of Ashley Jorgensen, Class of 2019 Mr. Herman & Mrs. Pamela Jorgensen
In honor of the Class of 1967 Ms. Heather McPherson 1967
In honor of Zachary Krapf, Class of 2022, & Daniel Krapf, Class of 2025 Ms. Carol Zimmerman
In honor of the Class of 1980 Mr. Jeff Halwes 1980
In honor of Kate Meacham, Class of 2016, Connor Meacham, Class of 2018, & Colleen Meacham, Class of 2024 Mr. Charles & Mrs. Marybeth Meacham
In honor of the Class of 1981 Mr. Mark Stevens & Mrs. Stacy Stevens (Epperson) 1981 In honor of the Class of 1982 Mr. Chris Mills & Mrs. Laurel Mills (Quirey) 1982
In honor of Danielle Morris, Class of 2016 Ms. Joy Hoffman
In honor of the Class of 1989 Mr. Parvez Yusufji 1989
In honor of Jamie Onder, Class of 2025 Mr. Warren & Mrs. Susan Hill
In honor of the Class of 1990 Dr. Joanne Smith (Bacon) 1990
In honor of Kate Heil-Rawlings, Class of 2017 Mr. Bill & Mrs. Ann Heil Mr. Wally & Mrs. Alice Rawlings
In honor of the Class of 1999 Ms. Emily Campbell (Boyd) 1999 In honor of J.D. Campbell 1998 & Emily Campbell (Boyd) 1999 Mr. David & Mrs. Gale Campbell
In honor of Cecilia Reynolds, Class of 2019, & Isabella Reynolds, Class of 2020 Ms. Ann Bloxdorf
In honor of Megan Collins (Polz) 2008 Mr. Steve Polz
In honor of Brooklyn Russell, Class of 2021 Mr. Jeff Stafford & Mrs. Lynn Hoefling-Stafford
In honor of Martha Goldman (Korb) 1969, & Elisabeth Goldman 2002 Mr. Donald & Mrs. Jean Korb In honor of Rob Russell 1970 Mr. William & Mrs. Catherine Russell In honor of Will Stevens 2014 Mr. James & Mrs. Pamela Stevens
For Current Day School Students
In honor of Jacob Alcock, Class of 2015, Lillian Alcock, Class of 2018, Luke Alcock, Class of 2017, Cecilia Alcock, Class of 2020, Sabina Alcock, Class of 2022, & Rosemary Alcock, Class of 2024 Mr. Leo** & Mrs. Marilyn Schultheis** In honor of Jake Bernhard, Class of 2024, & Amy Bernhard, Class of 2018 Ms. Marilyn Bernhard In honor of Blair Bucshon, Class of 2016 & Zoe Bucshon, Class of 2022 Mr. Robert & Mrs. Jo Anne Reinhardt In honor of Lily Burke, Class of 2021 Mr. Tom & Mrs. Jennifer Doyle In honor of Alexander Chambers, Class of 2018 Mrs. Glenda Hampton
In honor of Reid Staubitz, Class of 2022 Mr. Jim & Mrs. Linda Reising
In honor of Jessica Turner, Class of 2018 Ms. Lucille Kellner
In honor of Lucas Weinzapfel, Class of 2018 & Laci Weinzapfel, Class of 2020 Mr. Donald & Mrs. Shirley Weinzapfel In honor of Amanda Wiley, Class of 2019 & Katee Wiley, Class of 2022 Mr. Clayton & Mrs. Rose Swallow In honor of Carla Young & Jackie Williams Ms. Carla Young
In honor of Luke Woodyard, Class of 2024 & Zack Woodyard, Class of 2027 Mr. Jim Woodyard, Sr. & Mrs. Joyce Woodyard In honor of Sydney Yune, Class of 2018, Chloe Yune, Class of 2021, Ava Yune, Class of 2022 Dr. Heun Yune
In honor of Elayna Zausch, Class of 2020, Wyatt Zausch, Class of 2022, Lillian Zausch, Class of 2024, & Owen Zausch, Class of 2025 Mr. Barry & Mrs. Darby Schnakenburg Mr. Edward & Mrs. Jane Zausch
In honor of Shraya Dubagunta, Class of 2017 Drs. Srinivasan Rao & Leela Saripalli In honor of Donald Flinn Ms. Susan Flinn In honor of William Foster, Class of 2020, Brandon Foster, Class of 2022, Nathan Foster, Class of 2024, Andrew Foster, Class of 2026, & Samuel Foster, Class of 2028 Col. William Foster, Jr. & Mrs. Susan Foster In honor of Madison Edwards, Class of 2016 Dr. Charles & Mrs. Carole Edwards In honor of Lawren Elderkin, Class of 2017, Alyssa Elderkin, Class of 2020, & Matthew Hawkins, Class of 2025 Ms. Jackie Williams In honor of Olivia Gibson, Class of 2022 Dr. Steve** & Mrs. Barbara Cosgrove
In honor of Peyton Schultheis, Class of 2017 & Will Schultheis, Class of 2021 Mr. Leo** & Mrs. Marilyn Schultheis**
In honor of Aiden Ziegler, Class of 2026 Mr. Larry & Mrs. Bonnie Ziegler
For Day School Community & Friends In honor of Jarin Jaffee, Head of School Ms. Shelly Orenstein
In memory of Samuel Heinrich Mr. Paul Saunders 1997 & Mrs. Emily Saunders, Mr. Andrew Saunders 2000 & Mrs. Shannon Saunders, & Mr. Neil & Mrs. Brenda Saunders In memory of Tom Traylor, Sr. Mrs. Nancy Traylor
** Deceased
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The Jock Moody Legacy Club, Evansville Country Club, Kennel Club and a trustee of First Presbyterian Church. John Arbuckle “Jock” Moody passed away June 8, 2015, at the age of 78 years.
John Arbuckle “Jock” Moody 1937 - 2015
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Martha Brent (Lane) Moody; daughter and EDS alumna, Elizabeth Moody Kunetz, 1982; son and alumnus, John A. Moody, Jr., 1990; and his grandchildren, Caroline Elizabeth Kunetz, Michael William Kunetz and Marion Elizabeth Moody. Thank you to Jock, and to his family, for humbling us with your generosity and life-long friendship to the school.
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Evansville Day School received a generous donation from the estate of friend, alumni parent, and former Trustee, Jock Moody. This unrestricted gift has allowed Day School to continue to advance its presence and visibility within the Evansville community, and helped Day School to target enrollment growth and communitybuilding among our current families.
Jock graduated from The Ohio State University in 1960, receiving his degree in Industrial Engineering. He retired as owner/operator of Vantage Healthcare. Jock was a former board member of Evansville Day School, Citizens Realty, Inc., Ohio Valley Wireless and the Evansville Philharmonic. He was a member of Rotary
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Education was extremely important to my father. He saw education as a means to make families stronger and improve the lives of individuals and families alike. I know that Dad felt the dedicated teachers and small class sizes at Day School offered great advantages for students, and he believed, as I do, that these advantages were very valuable for his kids. We are very lucky to have such a great resource in the Evansville community, and I know that my father felt strongly about continuing the Day School tradition in order to better not just his own family and children’s lives, but others in the city as well. - John Moody, Jr. 1990
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If you would like more information about giving through an estate, trust, or retirement plan, or want to make a gift of securities or non-cash assets, contact Leah Whitaker, Director of Advancement, at lwhitaker@evansvilledayschool.org.
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2015 Gala Report The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Friends’ annual gala raises money to support educational programs and also helps strengthen the Day School community by bringing people together. Thank you to event sponsors, The Hollander Group and United Leasing Company, as well as the one hundred sixty people in attendance who helped raise $62,385. More than half of the money raised was used to purchase a new digital street sign and main entrance sign, a laser cutter and 3D printer, a lego wall for the Primary School library, and Macs for the Broadcast Journalism classroom.
A big thank you to all the volunteers and to Gala Chairperson, Angel Waller, for her hard work and leadership. Friends wants to recognize the following people for supporting the silent auction, live auctions, and fund-an-item: Mr. David Albin and Mrs. Teri Hollander-Albin Mr. Gregg and Mrs. Beth Baker Mr. Josh and Mrs. Amy Romain Barron Drs. Steven and Cindy Basinski Dr. Vijay and Mrs. Poonam Bhasin Mr. Cory and Mrs. Amy Buechler Mr. Scott and Mrs. Denise Carmack Drs. Robert Vraney and Laura Castillo Mr. Ron Christian and Mrs. Helen Christian Mr. John and Mrs. Karen Cinelli Mr. Shane and Mrs. Amy Clements Deaconess Women’s Hospital of Southern Indiana, LLC Mr. Robert and Dr. Kim Foster Mr. Brad and Mrs. Christy Gillenwater Mr. Patrick Griffin and Dr. Jill Gunderson Griffin
Dr. Tim and Mrs. Theresa Hamby Mrs. Edna Harp The Hollander Group Mr. Michael and Mrs. Margy Hungate (Schnakenburg) 1994 Mr. Jarin and Mrs. Jennifer Jaffee Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Kendra Kelsey Mr. David and Mrs. Sharlet Koch Mr. Ken and Mrs. Melissa Krapf Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Leah Matyiasik Dr. Jim and Mrs. Debbie McDaniel Mr. Marty and Mrs. Diana Meddles (Schnakenburg) 1992 Mr. Rod and Mrs. Krista Meyer Mr. Gary Morris 1980 and Mrs. Dee Morris Ms. Anna Newton Dr. Ryan and Mrs. Anna Palmer Mr. Chris and Mrs. Lauren Piekos Mr. Eric and Mrs. Robin Renschler Mr. Lin Shannon, III 1988 and Mrs. Stacey Shannon Dr. Lori Sieboldt Mr. Luke and Mrs. Bianca Snyder Mr. Mike and Mrs. Hope Staubitz Mrs. Carolyn Stock Mr. John and Mrs. Rebecca Tackett Mr. Brent Thorn Mr. Chris Traylor 1990 and Mrs. Niki Traylor United Leasing Company Mr. Robert and Mrs. Angel Waller Corporate Donors AlphaGraphics Brinker’s Jewelers Bob’s Gym CMoE Chuck E Cheese Cook Orthodontics Dragon School of Soccer Droste’s Jewelry Shoppe Escalade Sports Evansville Basketball Academy Evansville Country Club Gigi’s Cupcakes Guitar Lab Kindermusik with Julie Kumon Reading Center of Newburgh Ohio Valley Eye Institute Penn Station East Coast Subs Pump-It-Up RC Beverage Co. Solaris Salon Tom + Chee Tri-State Athletic Club Tri-State Orthopedics Woodyard Periodontics 2014-2015 Friends Leadership Hope Staubitz - President Brent Thorn - 1st Vice President Angel Waller - 2nd Vice President Melissa Krapf - Treasurer Ro Goldblatt - Secretary Melissa Troost - Primary Parent Rob Foster - Middle School Parent Leah Dunigan - Upper School Parent
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Annual Fund Goal = $200,000 What is the Annual Fund?
Did you know that full-pay tuition covers only 85% of the actual cost of a Day School education? That means approximately $1,200 per student remains unfunded. The Annual Fund is a source of unrestricted money the school can use to pay for operational expenses not covered by tuition.
How is my Annual Fund donation used?
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Faculty & Staff Salaries
- Day School’s rigorous education depends entirely on the ability to recruit and retain the best faculty and support staff.
Financial Aid - A diverse student body enhances every child’s educational journey by opening minds to different perspectives and real-world experiences.
Academic Resources
- Independent education gives teachers the freedom to build creative and innovative curricula to match an ever-changing global economy.
Facilities & Maintenance - While an education is more than a classroom, the building and grounds should inspire the minds of young learners.
Why should you Raise Your Hand?
Because you value Day School, you should consider making it a philanthropic priority by donating to the A+ Annual Fund Campaign. Any gift, no matter the size, can make a great impact on students and teachers, especially when everyone participates.
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Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life. It’s about what you inspire others to do.
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All School Reunion
Jarin Jaffee, Head of School, chats with former Day School educators Lee Hensley, Sue Hensley, Bob Zimmerman.
Friday evening was catered by “The Flying Pig,” owned by Laurel Mills (Quirey) 1982, and her husband, Chris.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came home for the All School Reunion in August. Day School’s campus was brimming with alumni from the 1960s through the 2000s, as well as a number of much beloved former faculty and staff. The reunion kicked off on Friday, August 28th, with a good old-fashioned barbeque on campus. The food was provided by Chris and Laurel Mills’ (Quirey) 1982 The Flying Pig food truck. Alumni, spouses, children, and faculty gathered to reconnect, drink, eat, and even play a little cornhole. On Saturday, August 29th, a group of alumni met for a round of golf at Evansville Country Club. The event was organized by Stacy Stevens (Epperson) 1981. The winners from the day were Eric Nicholson 1980, Rush Fay 1975, Burk McCarthy 1980, and Michael Hungate. Later that evening, everyone returned for dinner and dancing by the poolside at ECC. Fun was had by all. We want to recognize the two classes who made an effort to celebrate big reunion years: 1975 and 1980. Finally, all could not have been done without the generous leadership and support of our reunion committee led by Laurel Mills (Quirey) 1982 and Stacy Stevens (Epperson) 1981.
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Lori Miller (Lamb) 1977, Marjie Roberts (Traylor) 1977, Eleanor Owen (McCarthy) 1978.
1980 Reunion- Patty Davoust, Gary Morris, Kerry Blomquist-Bennett, Scott Lamb, Julie Memmer (Slaughter), Burk McCarthy, Becca Witherspoon-Messman.
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All School Reunion
1975 Reunion- Guy Slaughter, Jim Kluger, Yolanda Clemons (LaGrone), Susan Watson-Spiller, Jim Butterfield, Tom Martin.
Tom Bernardin 1972, Gerri Rice, Linda Vandiver, Candy Brownlee, Teri Wilkerson, Rob Bernardin 1974.
Andre Johnson, Aleesia Johnson (Tolliver) 1995, Lori Mohler (Weinzapfel) 1994, Stephen Mohler, Chris Traylor 1990.
Saturday evening’s festivities included dinner and dancing at Evansville Country Club.
Former Board President, Lin Shannon 1988, catches up with Linda Vandiver.
Brian Williams 2009, Kelly Ballard, Stan Jackson 2009.
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Portrait of an Alumnus: Rocket Man Fred
the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets, specifically Mars. “This is the company that every aeronautical engineer knows about and wants to work for. I never thought I would be here. It is the rock-star of the industry,” Fred says excitedly.
Fred pictured top row, third from left with his Aerospace Club team at Vanderbilt University. Few of us ever land our “dream job” in the entire span of our careers, let alone one month out of college. But Day School “lifer” and alumnus, Fred Folz, Jr. 2010 did. Six months later he still is happily working at SpaceX, the preeminent company in the aerospace industry. Upper School Mathematics teacher, Rebecca Tackett remembers Fred fondly. “He really pondered ‘the why’ behind a lot of the skills I taught him. I actually had to go search out a proof for several things in Calculus just for him!” As SpaceX’s Ground Support Equipment Engineer, Fred is responsible for building cryogenic and structural support systems for the stands on which rockets are tested. Fred puts that into more basic terms for those of us who didn’t earn a degree in Applied Mathematics or Mechanical Engineering: “I build the systems that feed fuel to the engines and keep them from flying away while we test.”
However, with a track-record as impressive as his, it’s no wonder SpaceX came calling. During his time at Vanderbilt University, Fred helped his Aerospace Club team win the NASA Student Launch annual competition three years in a row. Fred graduated in May of 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics. He started at SpaceX in June 2015. No time wasted for this young overachiever. To infinity and beyond, Fred!
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“The time I spent at Day School was integral in getting into SpaceX. I learned how to learn at Day School. It’s where I developed that passion for challenge, and it was that early educational rigor that pushed me to taking on a difficult major at college.”
SpaceX is a non-governmental, for-profit company that designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecrafts. It was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 to revolutionize space technology with
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Alumni Parent Wins U.N. Human Rights Award
The life of Day School alumni parent, Ella Torrey is quite remarkable. At a young age, Mrs. Torrey was an aspiring dancer on the road to New York to become a Rockette. A few years and a world war later, Mrs. Torrey landed in the newly formed United Nations. It was 1945 and she was serving its prime charter of “maintaining international peace, fundamental human rights, and the equal rights of men, women, and nations.” After serving as an information officer to the U.S. Mission to the U.N., Torrey was appointed as personal aide to Eleanor Roosevelt, who was then a delegate to the United Nations. Sixty years later, in 2015, Torrey stood before the 12th Annual United Nations International Human Rights Summit to receive the U.N. Human Rights Hero Award for her fifty years of service to global peace and human equality. Ella married Carl Torrey in 1954 and moved to Evansville in 1960 where Carl worked for Mead Johnson Pharmaceuticals and later developed the baby formula, Enfamil. The Torreys lived in the old Igleheart summer home and became fast friends with the Igleheart family and patroness, Diane Foster Igleheart. In Evansville, still following U.N. concerns, Ella Torrey was president of the George Washington Carver Community Center, which was successful in integrating area schools. “I loved the Midwest,” Ella said. “You could do things for people more easily out there.” (Chestnut Hill Local, 2011). All four of Ella and Carl’s children (Carl Jr., Elizabeth, Ella, and Rusty) attended Day School before they left Evansville in 1970.
Now retired at age 90, Mrs. Torrey lives in Philadelphia where she lectures at local schools and universities. She remains an active member of a number of Philadelphiabased international groups and she received the Human Rights Hero Award in August 2015 in New York, NY.
Ella R. Torrey, speaking at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, August 2015.
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Class of 1981
Stacy Stevens (Epperson) was honored at October’s Indiana Commercial Real Estate Exchange with the awards for Commercial Transaction of the Year 2014 and Office Top Performer 2014. Congratulations, Stacy!
Deirdre Heekin Barber is an experienced restaurateur and sommelier. She and her husband, Caleb Barber, run Osteria Pane e Salute, a flawlessly authentic Italian restaurant in Woodstock, Vermont. Their seasonal menu features ingredients sourced from Vermont producers, including the couple’s own gardens. Deirdre’s wine list is a trove of rare indigenous Italian varieties. Deirdre is also the author of An Unlikely Vineyard which was the winner of The Best Wine Books of 2014. She also wrote Libation: A Bitter Alchemy (Chelsea Green, 2009) and Pane e Salute (Invisible Cities Press, 2002). Deirdre and her husband, who is the head chef of Osteria Pane e Salute, co-authored In Late Winter We Ate Pears (Chelsea Green, 2009).
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Dakri Sinclair has been designing, painting, and selling art professionally for nearly twenty years in stores, shows, catalogs, and on-site murals. Her passion for art started as a young girl, painting with her mom in her mom’s studio and also hanging out with her dad making messes with paper-mâché on his roll-top desk. Dakri’s career has been long, adventurous, and exciting to say the least. It kick-started with her parents’ manufacturing company, which took her to Bloomingdales (NYC), Nieman Marcus, Macy’s, Carson’s Group, and Lazarus. The design, travel, and business experience she gained during her early years paved the way for her current path of art, design and overwhelming passion for creating products that are not only cute and fun, but ‘on trend’ and functional. Dakri’s work is for sale on Etsy.
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Laurel Mills (Quirey) (pictured far right) and her husband, Chris, own one of Evansville’s famous food trucks, The Flying Pig. What first began as a hobby has now expanded into a full-fledged food operation. The Mills roll their truck out during the summer months for the Farmer’s Market, and even cater high-profile events around town. Their smoked barbeque cannot be beat!
Class of 1989
Parvez Yusufji recently moved to Dallas, Texas, with his partner. He now works for Tech Mahindra as a DevOps strategist, working with Fortune 500 companies to transform their software development to Agile and DevOps. Parvez says the position is quite fun because he can teach software development at all levels from executives to front line associates whether it’s planning, development, testing, or operations. Outside the office, Parvez and his partner train for and participate in Spartan races and similar athletic events.
Born in Indiana with Mexican and Jewish roots, Josh Goldstein has long reveled in walking the line between divergent worlds. Though his life began in the Midwest, he maintained an obsession with New York City until he finally moved there in 1993. Whenever he had a free minute he explored the city on his bike. On these rides Goldstein photographed everything from Chinese fishmongers and Jamaican patty stands, to graffiti, street signs, and manhole covers. But it was the classic New York City bodega that especially caught his attention in the early years. He was riveted by the bodegas’ bright colors, bold graphics, and rotating set of key words, as well as by their entrepreneurial spirit. Recently, Target commissioned Goldstein to design three billboards in Times Square totaling 6000 square feet. He is currently represented by JLA Studios in Brooklyn, and has also been represented by Galerie Geraldine Zberro in Paris. His multi-paneled collages hang at the corporate headquarters of Vitamin Water and Credit Suisse First Boston, in the main branch of the Bronx Public Library, and at WNYC’s Greene Space, as well as numerous private collections throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute, and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. Josh Goldstein was featured in the Wall Street Journal this past September for his work in collage and street art. Goldstein, a former emcee and rapper turned artist and architect, lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Rachel, and their two children, Talia and Pazia. Josh’s work is available on his website, www.bodeganyc.com Way to go, Josh!
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Erin Wilson (McLaughlin) now lives in Logan, Utah, with her husband and two boys, Alistair (8) and William (5). Erin works as head teacher in a preschool and her husband is a pastor.
Andy Storms has led an interesting life since he left Day School in 1989. After graduating from Indiana University Honors Division with a degree in Economics and Criminal Justice, he spent a few years in the corporate world where he discovered interactive media development. Through his late 20s, he developed interactive media while building and running a commercial recording studio. Around 30 years old, when the dot-coms crashed and public confidence in all things computer-related waned, he was forced to reevaluate, and found himself soul-searching by a campfire in the Allegheny Mountains in New York. There, he reconnected with his love of design, which traces back to learning to think outsidethe-box with Bob Berridge in his Creative Research and Development class at EDS.
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Andy now operates Technical Softgoods in Seattle, developing products for customers and taking them through production (TechnicalSoftgoods.com). He mostly works in technical carry, designing backpacks and carrying cases for various industries, which involves everything from patternmaking and sewing, to welding and machining, to CAD, 3-D printing, and prototyping in all sorts of materials. He also invented and patented a dog sleeping bag that attaches to a people sleeping bag (BarkerBag.com) His other pet project is IndigeniusDesigns.com, a fair-trade sewing co-op in a tiny town in the Yucatรกn state of Mexico that he started in 2009. He his happily in love and married to a girl from St. Louis, whom he met in Seattle. They have two really great dogs, Travis Barker, and Abraham Lincoln.
Class of 1990
Todd Stoller and his wife, Stacey, have four children: Kathryn (8), Caroline (7), Luke (6,) and William (6). Todd is the Senior Vice President for Remington Hotels in Dallas, Texas.
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Class of 1997
Nathan Kent has been living in western Kentucky since graduating from Indiana University in 1994. Nate is married with three teenage children. He retired last year, and is now a happy house husband and amateur golfer. Peter McCoy Jr., is a state representative in South Carolina, and a partner in the law firm of McCoy & Stokes in his hometown of Charleston. A Republican, he lass of was elected in 2010 to the state House of Representatives, where he is recognized as a strong advocate for business and reducing wasteful public spending. Most recently, he established himself as a leader of the campaign to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds.
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Aleesia Johnson (Tolliver) is the Innovation Officer for the Indianapolis Public Schools. Alessia earned a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan. Based on her experiences during her time in Teach for America, she chose to remain in education and, specifically wanted to continue working in low-income communities. A few stops later she found herself as a founding teacher, and then School Leader, at KIPP Indy, a nationally recognized charter school system.
Kate Tomlinson (Richard) and her husband, Ryan, are the proud parents of a new Day School Eagle; their eldest son, Grant, started in Junior PreKindergarten this fall. Their youngest boy, Wyatt, will be joining the nest in a few years. Welcome back to Day School, Kate.
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Class of 2005
Paul Lewellyn married classmate and alumna Hannah Ford in June 2015. The alumni couple were able to capture some wedding photos at Day School before their reception. We wish them all the best!
Class of 2011 The class of 2005 had their ten year reunion over the Thanksgiving holiday at Bar Louie in Evansville. Thanks to Patty Daywalt (Stallings) for bringing her classmates together! Back row left to right: Brian O’Neill, Justin Hawkins, Mark Lewellyn, Aaron Black; middle row: Caitlin Walker Miller, Molly Snider, Patty Daywalt (Stallings), Kati Schultheis; front row: Megan Canada, Layton Moss.
Class of 2006
Benjamin England and his wife, Sarah, recently moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where Ben is beginning his Postdoctoral Research in Biology Teaching and Learning. He graduated from Ball State University with his Ed.D. in Biology Education in July 2015.
Maggie Somody (pictured far left) graduated from the University of Evansville in 2015, where she received the 2015 Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship. The highly competitive program recruits college graduates and career changers with strong backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. It prepares them to teach in Indiana’s most underserved public schools. Each Fellow receives $30,000 to complete a specially designed, cutting-edge masters degree program based on a yearlong classroom experience. Fellows then commit to teach for three years in urban and rural Indiana schools that most need strong STEM teachers. Maggie will apply the Fellowship as she attends the University of Indianapolis to obtain a M.S. in Education.
Class of 2009
Jaanki Patel graduated from Emory University in May 2015 with a bachelors in Business Administration, with a concentration in finance and real estate. She accepted a job with the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. in midtown Manhattan and now lives in the Big Apple. Eagle MGZ Pride6 50 | DESIGN
Notable Alumni Time Teams, Studwell holds team records for tackles in a career (1,981), season (230 in `81) and game (24 vs. Detroit in `85), as well as solo tackles in a career (1,308). No other player in Vikings history has over 1,500 career tackles. According to team media guides Studwell has more tackles with one organization than any other player in NFL history.
Scott Studwell 1972 Studwell graduated from the University of Illinois, where he starred as a linebacker. He left Illinois ranked second behind Dick Butkus in career tackles in 1977. Studwell first joined the Minnesota Vikings in 1977 as a linebacker drafted in the ninth round from Illinois and went on to play 14 seasons, collecting a team-record 1,981 tackles. He led the team in tackles in eight different seasons and was named to two Pro Bowls. Since retiring from active play in 1990, Studwell has held a number of different positions within the organization. He was assistant to the president and in player relations in 1991 and player personnel coordinator from 1992-2001 before becoming director of college scouting in 2002. Studwell’s place in Vikings’ team history was immortalized in 2009 when he was inducted into the Vikings Ring of Honor, which recognizes Vikings legends for their contributions to the success of the team on and off the field. A member of the Vikings’ 25th, 40th and 50th Anniversary All-
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Notable Alumni staff to the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He also produced “Eyes of The Storm,” a 256-page book published by Taylor Trade featuring images from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which has sold over 14,000 copies. Snyder has won numerous awards from The National Press Photographers Association, Associated Press Managing Editors, Society of Newspaper Design, Robert F. Kennedy Foundation, Dallas Press Club, The Texas Headliners, Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the Olympic Photo Committee. Snyder has lectured in Romania, the Czech Republic, and numerous universities and professional symposiums across the US. His freelance clients include Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, Computer Reseller, Allstate Insurance Co., New York Times Sunday Magazine, Pinnacle Sports Cards and the rock group, The Who.
William Snyder 1977 Four-time Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and editor, William Snyder is a professor and Chair of the Photojournalism Program at his alma mater, the Rochester Institute of Technology. After graduating from RIT in 1981, Snyder joined The Miami News and two years later moved to the photography staff of The Dallas Morning News. During his fifteen years as a staff photographer Snyder won three Pulitzers Prizes: the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism in 1989, the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his pictures of ill and orphaned children living in desperate conditions in Romania, and the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News photography for his coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 2005 Snyder was named The Dallas Morning News’ Director of Photography and guided the photography
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For more information and to view his work, check out his website at williamsnyderphotography.com.
In 2006, with Snyder as Director of Photography, the Dallas Morning News staff won the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography.
Notable Alumni
Brad Brownell 1987 Brad Brownell is the current men’s head basketball coach at Clemson University. Brownell graduated from DePauw University in 1991 and immediately went into coaching after graduating. He spent one season as an assistant to Jim Crews at the University of Evansville, then spent the next two seasons as an assistant on Royce Waltman’s staff at the University of Indianapolis, while earning his master’s degree. Upon completing his master’s degree in 1994, Brownell began his tenure at UNC Wilmington as an assistant to then-head coach Jerry Wainwright. Brownell helped guide the Seahawks to four postseason tournament berths while serving as an assistant, including a memorable upset win over the fourth-seeded USC Trojans in the first round of the 2002 NCAA tournament. Following that season, Wainwright left UNC Wilmington to take over at Richmond, and Brownell was promoted to head coach.
2003 and 2006. Brownell was named CAA Coach of the year in 2003 and 2006. Brownell left UNC Wilmington to take the head coach’s job at Wright State in 2007. In his first season at Wright State, Brownell led the Raiders to their first-ever Horizon League title, beating out nationally ranked Butler to capture both the regular season and tournament titles. The Raiders earned the 14th seed in the West Region, and lost in the first round of the 2007 NCAA tournament to Pittsburgh. The team’s 23 wins were a school record on the Division I level. Brad is in his sixth season in charge of the Clemson men’s basketball program, where he has compiled a 90-73 record and taken the Tigers to the 2011 NCAA Tournament and 2014 NIT semifinals. He is No. 1 in Clemson coaching history with a 45% winning mark against ACC competition.
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Calling all Alumni!
Alumni Roundtable - February 19 Do you have what it takes to be a Day School Alumni Class Leader? • Strong enthusiasm for Evansville Day School • Willingness to work with Day School’s Advancement Office and school administration • Willingness to volunteer time • Ability to motivate other alumni to attend events and/or support fundraising initiatives Join members of Day School’s faculty and administration for an Alumni Roundtable on February 19, 2016. The Alumni Association of Evansville Day School plans to form an alumni council whose mission will be to engage Day School alumni in caring for the school’s long-term sustainability. The Roundtable is an open-forum for any alumnus/a willing to help strategize ways volunteers can build an active engagement program at Day School. If you plan to attend, please contact Leah Whitaker in the Advancement Office for more information.
Planning a reunion? Address changed? Major accomplishment? We want to know! Update your information online at evansvilledayschool.org/alumni-update
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Major dates for 2016-17: • August 16 – First Day of School • September 5 – Labor Day (No School) • October 7 - Faculty In-Service (No School) • October 17-21 – Fall Break • November 22-25 – Thanksgiving Break • December 19-30 – Winter Break • January 13-16 – Conferences & MLK Day (No School) • February 17-20 - In–Service & President’s Day (No School) • March 27-31 – Spring Break • May 26 – Commencement (School in Session) • May 29 – Memorial Day (No School) • June 2 – Last Day of School The online calendar at evansvilledayschool.org will be updated as we confirm other 2016-17 dates, and a comprehensive school calendar will be included with re-enrollment contracts. Questions about the calendar or enrollment deadlines, contact Tiki Thompson, Director ofDESIGN Enrollment Management at tthompson@evansvilledayschool.org. MGZ 6 | 55
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