Foote Prints Summer/Fall 2014 by The Foote School

Foote Prints THE FOOTE SCHOOL • NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT • SUMMER/FALL 2014 • VOL. 41, NO. 2

TAKING LEARNING

OUTDOORS

It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane…

It’s Foote’s Superheroes

What's going on in this photo? Find out on page 23.

Last year, with your help, the Foote School Annual Fund soared to a new record of over $600,000. Your gift to the Annual Fund ensures that all Foote School students have the opportunity to fly, by nourishing their imaginations, and providing creative and challenging experiences. Among many items, your contribution helped purchase books for the Perrine Library, classroom SmartBoards, microscopes, paintbrushes, athletic equipment, financial aid, buses for field trips, and much more!

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From the Head of School: The Importance of Nature and Play by Carol Maoz

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New Summer Enrichment Program: Horizons at Foote Taking Learning Outdoors Graduation 2014 2014 Commencement Address Eighth Grade Recognition Day Accolades Board of Directors Update

Around Campus 20 Field Day 21 May Day 22 Community Service 26 Spring Sports 28 New Faculty and Staff Report of Giving 30 From the Director of Development 32 Annual Donor Report Alumni 48 50 69 70

Reunion Day 2014 Class Notes Crossword Puzzle For the Love of Foote — Past and Present by Caroline Monahan ’09 and Kate Reilly Yurkovsky ’08

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The Anna Huntington Deming ’35 Archives Why I Work to End Global Poverty by Clinton White ’82

The Foote School does not discriminate in the administration of its admissions or education policies, or other school-administered programs, and considers applications for all positions without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or non-job-related physical disability.

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Foote Prints is published twice a year for alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends. Editor Andy Bromage Class Notes Editor Danielle Plante Design Thea A. Moritz Contributors Maria Granquist, Ann Baker Pepe Photography Judy Sirota Rosenthal, Stephanie Anestis, Andy Bromage For the latest in news and events visit us at www.footeschool.org Board of Directors Richard Bershtein, President Kim Bohen Kossouth Bradford ’87 Judith Chevalier, Co-Treasurer Constance ‘Cecie’ Clement ’62 James Farnam ’65 Christina Herrick, PTC Co-President Rosa Holler, PTC Co-President Suguru Imaeda Francie Irvine George Knight Nadine Koobatian Michael Krauss Richard Lee, Vice President Cindy Leffell, Vice President Glenn Levin, Secretary Bruce Mandell Melissa Matthes Jennifer Milikowsky ’02 Stephen Murphy, Co-Treasurer Zehra Patwa, Secretary Kathy Priest Kiran Zaman Ex-Officio Carol Maoz, Head of School Cover: Eighth grade student Grace Romanik crosses the “multi-vine traverse” on the campus ropes course, the final challenge of the outdoor education unit in physical education. Outdoor learning is a key component of Foote’s curriculum and supports the academic, social and emotional growth of our students.

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The Importance of Nature and Play

The way younger students interact with the outdoors is all about creativity and collaboration.

Head of School Carol Maoz in Foote's Community Garden with Mixed Age Group students Gabriella Rinaldi, Levi York, Emile Krauss and Graham Possick.

utumn is one of my favorite times of the year — the warm days and cool nights, the foliage bursting into hues of yellow, orange and red. For educators, the season is filled with the excitement and anticipation of a new school year, and all of the amazing discoveries and personal growth that await our students.

At Foote, fall is a fantastic time to head outside the classroom. Learning outdoors —whether through free play or directed study — has been an integral part of the Foote philosophy since our founding in 1916. It is where our students draw inspiration for poems and paintings, where they learn to appreciate the natural environment and develop their gross motor skills. This issue of Foote Prints is devoted to the many forms outdoor education takes at Foote, and the ways it supports the academic, social and emotional growth of our students. One particularly illustrative snapshot 2

comes to mind. Last spring, I was in the Foote “Sacred Woods” with eighth graders as they climbed on the campus ropes course, the final challenge of their “outdoor education” unit in physical education. I watched an eighth grade boy walk across the high wire with hyper-focused attention to what he was doing, and complete trust in Athletic Director Brad McGuire, who was calmly coaching him from the ground. When he finished, a huge round of applause could be heard not only from his classmates, but from the Kindergarten students who had taken a break from their engrossing activity to watch the “big kid” be incredibly brave. The Kindergarten students were engaged in their own outdoor challenge: building a miniature school — a Foote School! — in old wine crates. Under the close supervision of teachers and parents, they worked outdoors with saws and other tools to measure

and install “floors” and “carpets,” and to make furniture and people for their schools. The project tied into essential questions the class was exploring about what makes a family, and how Foote is like a family. Through it, students exercised collaboration, creativity, perseverance and other skills essential to a 21st century education. Researchers agree on the wide benefits of outdoor play for children. Being close to nature has been shown to boost attention spans and classroom attendance, improve academic achievement, raise motivation levels and more fully develop a child’s senses. Perhaps most importantly, it promotes fascination with the natural world and a lasting respect for the environment. Our campus reflects our philosophy on education and has been carefully planned to maximize access to the outdoors. Big picture windows bring nature into the classrooms, while doors Foote Prints

New Summer Enrichment Program: Horizons at Foote allow students to flow freely in and out. On a warm May morning last spring, I remember seeing fifth graders bound out of John Cunningham’s science classroom, eager to test the “solar ovens” they had spent so many class periods carefully constructing out of recycled cardboard, mirrors and duct tape. At the same time, fourth graders in Lely Evans’ Chinese class spilled out of her classroom onto the recess field to learn Tai Chi from a guest instructor. Outside the Hosley Gymnasium, an eighth grade art class was putting the finishing touches on their soapstone sculptures, while a Mixed Age Group music class rehearsed a square dance for May Day with Tina Cunningham. The way younger students interact with the outdoors is all about creativity and collaboration. We provide the outdoor space but we don’t tell them what to do there. Children use their rich imaginations to build something from branches, rocks and leaves, and then create stories around it. Frequently, those creations are altered or added to by students in the After School Program, or by Mother Nature herself, becoming part of an ongoing, creative conversation. Foote is committed to protecting free play and outdoor exploration as key components of our curriculum, especially as organized activities and busy schedules increasingly compete for children’s time. This summer, we made another investment in outdoor play with a new Lower School playground that features a natural play scape and a new Luckey climber. Both have already become wonderful stages for creative play, and will continue to inspire and challenge Foote students for generations to come.

Carol Maoz Head of School Summer/Fall 2014

Foote School recently became the newest affiliate of the Horizons Student Enrichment Program, a national network of more than 35 summer programs for low-income public school students held on independent school and college campuses. Over its 50-year history, Horizons has established a strong track record for reversing the “summer slide” that contributes to the student achievement gap. Since 1996 Foote School has served New Haven public school students with an intensive summer literacy program called Footebridge. Established by Laura Altshul, former director of admissions and Kindergarten teacher, and her colleague Saylor Heidmann, former supervisor of K–3 reading and director of the Learning Support Program, Footebridge has served more than 300 public school students entering first and second grades. It also introduced more than 70 young Foote alumni to teaching as interns in the program. Horizons at Foote participants will be involved for nine years, returning to the Foote School campus for six weeks each summer. The 30 children enrolled in Footebridge this past summer have been invited to continue as Horizons at Foote students starting next June, and their parents were uniformly delighted by the news that their children’s experience at Foote will be extended. A new Kindergarten group of 15 students will be added each summer, until the program reaches full enrollment in 2021, with 135 students in grades K–8. Participants will come to Foote for a full-day educational enrichment program that blends high-quality learning with arts, sports, cultural outings and confidencebuilding activities, particularly swimming. Data show that Horizons students improve an average of 2–3 months in reading and math proficiency each summer they participate in the program, while low-income students not participating in summer programs tend to lose ground in reading and math. Jaime Cole, a current Foote School parent and past co-president of the PTC, began as Executive Director of Horizons at Foote on September 1. Jaime brings experience with fundraising and project management, and an intimate knowledge of Foote and its community. She is passionate about the Horizons mission and has a deep respect for Foote’s approach to creating students who are lifelong learners, exceptional self-advocates, and thoughtful members of the community. You can learn more about Horizons at www.horizonsnational.org or by calling Jaime at 203-777-3464.

Head of School Carol Maoz reads to Footebridge students who will become the first class of Horizons at Foote.

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Mixed Age Group student Juliet Koff on a bird walk at East Rock Park.

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irst and second graders were up early on May 5 for a field trip to explore one of Connecticut’s best bird habitats with two expert guides. As rays of morning sunlight streamed through budding trees, Mixed Age Group students and their parents assembled outside the Eli Whitney Museum for a bird walk through East Rock Park. Leading the tour was Chris Woerner, a naturalist from Branford who has been taking Foote students on bird walks since his daughters Phoebe ’00 and Robin ’04 were first graders here two decades ago. Alongside him was Foote science department co-chair John Cunningham, a walking encyclopedia of bird facts and trivia. As part of their science unit on organisms, MAG students had spent weeks learning about birds in the classroom — dissecting owl pellets to determine what they ate, inspecting old nests with magnifying glasses to learn how they were built. On this spring day, they had come to the park equipped with binoculars for a chance to observe their subjects up close. Woerner directed the students’ attention to a turkey vulture soaring overhead. “Notice how he hasn’t even flapped,” he said. “He’s a great gliding bird. He looks for warm air currents to lift him up.” On a nearby bush, Woerner pointed out a warbler and house sparrow chirping away. “Oh, there behind us is a beautiful Baltimore oriole!” he exclaimed. Before even leaving the parking lot, the students had already seen a dozen bird species. Leading the group across a covered bridge and down a muddy path, Woerner suddenly halted and pointed across the Mill River. “See on the bank across the river?” The students eagerly trained their binoculars on the

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MAG students explore the sights, smells and colors of Foote’s community garden with teacher Margy Lamere.

far shore. “That’s a black-crowned night heron,” he said. “People used to collect their plumes to make into hats in the 1800s.”

Highland Street to the campus ropes course, Foote students are explorers on a journey of discovery through the natural world.

Further down the path, Cunningham spotted a red-winged blackbird. “Males are highly polygamous — they’ll mate with up to 30 females,” he noted, as students listened raptly. “So if you’re wearing a red or black hat, watch out!”

Outdoor education takes many forms at Foote, but it all starts with play. As a growing body of research shows the importance of free play in children’s cognitive, social and emotional development, it has remained front and center in the Foote curriculum.

By the time the walk was finished, one MAG student had counted more than 60 different bird species spotted.

BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS The bird walk is a prime example of how Foote takes learning beyond the four walls of the classroom. Learning outdoors isn’t limited to occasional field trips or outings — it’s an everyday part of the curriculum. From the community garden on

This year, Kindergartners built a town in Foote’s “Sacred Woods” they called Roxaboxen, based on the children’s book of the same name about a magical world made from natural materials. With little direction from teachers, Kindergartners built roads and structures of sticks, and established a complex set of rules for the town’s inhabitants. A black plastic pot became a cash register, and acorns became the currency to purchase treasures found in the woods. 5

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That kind of creative play develops problem-solving skills and teaches children negotiation and cooperation, says Kindergarten teacher Jess McNell. Doing it outdoors creates a new venue for social development. “We saw really deep friendships emerging between children who may not have shown interest in one another in the classroom,” she says.

“Developmentally, it’s so important for kids to be outdoors playing and learning,” agrees Head of Lower School Beth Mello. “In the Lower School, we are constantly using our natural environment as a metaphor for community. We use the spider web to learn about how we’re all connected, for instance.”

Foote’s 17-acre campus provides a diverse and expansive setting for all kinds of outdoor learning. Classrooms open directly into woods, playgrounds and recess fields that serve as stages for dramatic play and science experiments, and provide quiet places for students to sketch and write poetry. “We deliberately put the sixth grade science classroom on the first

Left: Business Manager Jay Cox with Kindergartners boiling sap from Foote’s sugar maples into syrup. Below: Fifth graders investigating tidal pools at the Audubon Society’s Coastal Center at Milford Point. Right: Science department co-chair John Cunningham has been studying the health of New Haven’s West River for years with ninth grade classes. From left, students Chase Douglas, Courtney Joshua and Robin Armour seining for fish.

floor of the Milikowsky building so teachers can take them outdoors at a moment’s notice,” says Assistant Head of Middle School Liam Considine. Spontaneous nature lessons are a frequent occurrence on campus. While studying birds last fall, MAG students in Margy Lamere’s class watched a pair of robins build a nest above the light at the corner of their building, only to witness an aggressive pair of sparrows dismantle the nest and build their own. Another time, the class watched a red-tailed hawk devour a squirrel it caught in the woods. Summing up her philosophy, Lamere says, “If you’re not out in nature, it’s much harder to understand it and appreciate it.” Combining ecology and technology, fifth graders created an “E-Guided Tree Trail Tour” that lets visitors to campus or the Foote website click

through an interactive campus map to explore the diversity of the trees here, and interesting facts about each one. In his classroom, fifth grade teacher Jake Burt has a relic from one such tree: a cross-section from a huge Norway maple that fell on campus during Hurricane Irene. Others might have seen the dead tree as firewood, but Burt saw an opportunity for a science investigation. His students inspected the rings to estimate rainfall and temperature at various points in time, then compared that to historical climate data to see if they matched. “The goal is to impart to our students a sense of stewardship for the planet,” Burt says. “By interacting with nature, hopefully kids will have a better sense of their responsibility in the wider world. That’s embedded between the lines in a lot of what we do at Foote School.”

EXPLORING THE WORLD, PUSHING THE LIMITS Beyond the campus, Foote students make great use of the area’s abundant natural resources to enhance classroom learning. Whether collecting fish and water samples from the West River in New Haven, or scouring Milford salt marshes for shellfish and invasive Asian shore crabs, classes are frequently learning in the field. For many Foote students, one of their most memorable experiences is the trip to Deer Lake campground in fifth grade. Over three days and two nights in October, students explore the flora and fauna at the 253-acre reservation in Killingworth and engage in outdoor team-building activities. Many students find those nights away from home — and the activities they undertake, such as rock climbing — stretch them in ways that classroom

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learning never could. And that’s the point, says fifth grade teacher Jim Adams.

The result is increased confidence in taking on challenges and approaching new environments.

“It’s all about kids pushing beyond their comfort zone,” Adams says. “We are going to push you one step further than what you think you can do.”

The same is true for the campus ropes course, the capstone activity of the outdoor education unit in physical education. Climbing in pairs,

“The goal is to impart to our students a sense of stewardship for the planet.”

helmeted eighth graders find they must use teamwork to scale the “dangling duo,” a giant ladder made of logs and steel cable. Courage and focus are the keys to crossing the “multi-vine traverse,” a steel wire perched high above the forest floor that would give anyone a fear of heights. “Many students are nervous, but most of them give it a try and are so proud of themselves when they overcome their fears and succeed,” says physical education teacher Colleen Murphy. “As a teacher it is amazing to watch them start the class struggling to listen and communicate with each other, but by the end of the course, they really listen to each other and take turns speaking and being leaders.” The big climb for sixth graders is Bear Mountain in Salisbury, Connecticut’s highest peak, a fall outing that ties into the science and Humanities curricula. It’s a challenging hike — covering 6.7 miles and ascending 1,420 feet — that takes five hours to complete. Head of Middle School John Turner recalls one memorable outing climbing Bear Mountain. Two students were struggling to reach the 2,316-foot summit. Several classmates who had already reached the top came back down the trail to hike with their friends and cheer them on to the finish. “That’s what Foote is all about — finding strength in a tough moment and then building on that experience, finding the next foothold and the next ounce of courage,” Turner says. “It’s about the journeys we make as individuals and those we make together.”

With the help of teacher Katy Botta, Kindergartners Grace Mulligan (left) and Sheryl Lu plant a “bamboo forest” in the Foote Sacred Woods.

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A Luckey Place to Grow Up Few things at Foote spark as much imaginative outdoor play as the one-of-a-kind climber. A generation of Foote students has grown up scaling the playground structure, which can feel like a magic carpet or an otherworldly tree fort. This fall, students returned to campus to find a second Luckey climber at the center of a brand new Lower School playground. The original climber was contributed by former Foote parent Dr. Linda Gillam in memory of her brother, Gary, and designed by architect and former parent Tom Luckey. Tom’s son, architect Spencer Luckey ’85, took over the business after a tragic accident left his father paralyzed, and has since built Luckey climbers for children’s museums and shopping malls across the globe — from Boston to Belfast and Mexico City. Foote has long laid claim to having the only Luckey climber in Connecticut — and now Foote students are twice as lucky, with original climbers designed by father and son right next to each other. “We wanted a new Luckey climber to be part of the new Lower School playground, in part, because of the deep connection the family has had to the school,” says Business Manager Jay Cox. “We also knew it would be a very special, creative element — something that would be new to every student.”

Third graders converge on the new Luckey climber.

Tom Luckey sent four children to Foote: Owen ’83, Spencer ’85, Kit ’02 and Walker ’07. Spencer now has a son here, second grader Clyde Luckey, and Owen has two children at Foote: sixth grader Ella Peterson and third grader Lucy Peterson. The new climber is a 16-foot-high, split metal hoop with green plastic platforms attached like lily pads. The whole thing is encased in protective mesh to ensure children’s safety. Patterned loosely after the Chinese yin-yang, the new climber is a scaled-down version of one being built in China at the former home of Mao Zedong’s fourth wife, now a museum. Spencer’s crew (including brother Walker and Foote alum Nate Johnson ’02) also refurbished the Gillam climber this summer with new oak planks and mesh. Spencer designs the climbers with two goals in mind: to stretch a child’s imagination and challenge his or her gross motor skills. “They have to plan their way through it. You have to twist and turn your body and pull your way up,” he explains. “They also offer funny little spaces that are uniquely kid-scaled. There’s so much of the built environment that’s scaled for grownups, it’s just great for kids to have a little universe that’s all their own.”

Back row: Clyde Luckey (second grade), Ella Peterson (sixth grade), Lucy Peterson (third grade) Front row: Briah Luckey, Spencer Luckey '85, Nate Johnson '02, Dana Peterson, Owen Sea Luckey '83.

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Having his new climber at his alma mater, right beside his father’s, is a “huge deal to me,” Spencer says. “This place was really influential on me as a young person. There are more Foote people in the Luckey Climber Company today than ever before. To me, it underscores what a wonderful human resource Foote is.”

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Graduation 2014

The Class of 2014 gathers for one last group photo on Graduation Day.

A tight-knit ninth grade said farewell to Foote — and each other — at a bittersweet graduation ceremony on June 11. A crowd of proud parents, teachers and friends gathered in the Hosley Gymnasium to celebrate the newly minted grads, many of whom had spent a decade on Loomis Place.

where he inspected prisons for evidence of torture — and told the grads that Foote has prepared them for anything. “Your sitting here today means that each of you can be confident in your preparation for the challenges that lie ahead,” Matt said. (Read the entire speech on page 12).

Graduation speaker and Foote alum Matthew Milikowsky ’95, a military officer in the Judge Advocate Generals’ Corp, urged the 26 graduating boys and girls to remember the lessons Foote has imparted and to never stop learning. “Foote has imprinted itself on your personalities, and not just as an irrational love for either grey or maroon,” Matt said. “Go maroon!” Matt spoke about the unexpected twists his life has taken — leading him from law school to Afghanistan, 10

Departing Kindergarten teacher Katy Botta kicked off the assembly with a reflection. Katy first came to Foote as a student, graduating in 1998, and returned as an intern (and later head teacher) in Footebridge, the summer literacy program for low-income New Haven public school students. In 2005, she became a Kindergarten associate, and went on to head a Kindergarten class for five years, becoming a muchloved Foote teacher. Ninth Grade Class President Nate Bogardus welcomed parents and guests and introduced classmates Will Raccio and Juliet Friedman, who announced that this year’s Ninth Grade Class Gift will go to the China program to defray travel costs for future ninth graders on the trip abroad.

Courtney Joshua and Juliet Friedman share a hug.

Head of School Carol Maoz offered personalized reflections on each of the Foote Prints

graduates, recalling their contributions in the classroom, on the sports field, on stage and in the wider community. She finished each one with a touching note from their admiring Kindergarten buddies. Alumna Sarah Blanton ’93 spoke glowingly of her years at Foote and the lasting lessons it taught her, and announced Robin Armour and Sophia Matthes Theriault as the Class of 2014 correspondents. Parents Deborah Friedman, Alison Illick and Jennifer Gelzinis announced that the Parents’ Farewell Gift would be a new stage for the Sandine Theater, which was constructed this summer and hosted a fabulous production of The Music Man. Ninth graders Ben Barton and Robin Armour presented this year’s Hannah Lee Diploma to their third grade teacher, Lisa Totman, famous for, among other things, the delicious homemade soups she concocted with students. A Foote grad from the Class of 1956, Lisa has remained active in the school since retiring after a multidecade teaching career in 2012, and is co-chairing the Centennial Committee planning Foote’s 100th birthday celebration in 2016.

Head of Middle School John Turner announced student prize winners. The Jean Shepler Arts Award went to Rody Conway and Abby McCabe, while the Athletic Achievement Awards went to Chase Douglas, Patrick Gallagher, Courtney Joshua and Natalie Muskin. Ms. Maoz announced Patrick Gallagher and Will Raccio as winners of the Foote School Prize, an award given to the student or students who best exemplify the spirit of the school and who have demonstrated leadership, school spirit, love of learning, generosity of heart and service to others. (See a full list of accolades on page 16). No Foote assembly would be complete without a student musical performance, and ninth graders played beautifully in the hand bell and guitar ensembles. A musical slideshow took the audience down memory lane with pictures from the grads’ earliest days at Foote. After greeting loved ones in a receiving line outside, a few of the graduates lingered on campus long after the event was cleaned up — as if they weren’t quite ready to leave.

Ninth graders Robin Armour and Ben Barton presented retired third grade teacher Lisa Totman with the Hannah Lee Diploma.

Ninth Graders Will Attend the Following Schools: Robin Armour

Choate Rosemary Hall

Ben Barton Nate Bogardus

Branford High School Phillips Exeter Academy

Declan Colberg Rody Conway

Salisbury School Hamden High School + ECA

Tommy Craft

Deerfield Academy

Chase Douglas

Cheshire Academy

Matt Diemand

Choate Rosemary Hall

Juliet Friedman

Hand High School

Patrick Gallagher

Choate Rosemary Hall

Kyle Gelzinis

Choate Rosemary Hall

Thor Illick

Hopkins School

Henry Jacob

Choate Rosemary Hall

Courtney Joshua

Hamden Hall Country Day School

Nico Kenn de Balinthazy White Mountain School Daniel Kuriakose

Amity Regional High School + ECA

Sophia Matthes Theriault Abby McCabe Natalie Muskin

Choate Rosemary Hall

Amelia O’Keefe

Choate Rosemary Hall

Will Raccio

Choate Rosemary Hall

Simon Schaefer

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Taft School

Noah Nyhart

Gemma Raymond

Graduating girls show off pearl bracelets they received as gifts from the school, presented by Head of School Carol Maoz.

Miss Porter’s School

Hamden High School + ECA

North Branford High School The Jewish High School of Connecticut

Sasha Valone Hamden Hall Country Day School Sarah Volk

Hopkins School

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Foote 2014 Commencement Address By Matthew Milikowsky ’95 Matthew Milikowsky ’95 is a Captain and Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army. He joined after earning his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2008. He spent three years stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington as a prosecutor with a field artillery brigade and infantry brigade before being deployed in 2012 to Camp Nathan Smith, a former Soviet vegetable-canning factory inside Kandahar City, Afghanistan. There, among other duties, Matthew was responsible for inspecting Afghan prison facilities for human rights violations. He is currently an assistant professor of law at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he also serves as head coach of Army women’s crew. Good morning. I’m so very happy to be here today. It was 19 years ago on a bright blue June day — sorry, it really has been a difficult weather year — that I sat on this stage thinking to myself, “Gee, I can’t wait to join the Army.” No, definitely not. I sat here with a smile and really had no idea what came next. Foote was the only school I’d ever known and

from my first day in Kindergarten until graduation day I’d never had to worry about where I would be from September to June. As my sister Jennifer eloquently put it at the science building dedication two Septembers ago, “Coming back to Foote is always like coming home, and not just because it’s next door to my actual childhood home.” I wasn’t at that building dedication — a building that is perfectly named for my brother, Jonathan. I wasn’t there because my orders carried me to Camp Nathan Smith inside Kandahar City, Afghanistan. For me that day in September, like every day that June, July, August, and September, topped 110 degrees. But don’t worry — it was a dry heat, so it was only fairly miserable instead of completely miserable. Life will carry you all to some unexpected places. For all of you, to high school, most likely college too, and then you will splinter in a thousand directions: grad schools, first jobs, second jobs, airborne school (maybe). Until one day you may find yourself inspecting an Afghan prison

Nate Bogardus (second from right) was the last of five Bogardus children to attend Foote. Pictured from left are his father, Sidney, brother Gordon ’09, and mother, Julia.

Commencement speaker and Foote alum Matthew Milikowksy ’95 addresses the graduating class.

for evidence of torture. I can assure you that 19 years ago sitting on this stage, Kandahari prison inspection was not on my to-do list. But no matter where you end up, you are prepared. So what will you take with you as you leave this gym today? What will you carry with you from Foote? Certainly you will carry your diplomas out of this gym. I checked. You’re all safe. And one word of advice: Don’t be the person who manages to lose their diploma today. I met a cadet at West Point a few weeks ago who after 47 months of struggle managed to collect a diploma, shake the President of the United States’ hand at graduation, throw his hat high into the air—and lose his diploma that day. Don’t be that person. What else will you take? You will carry with you the admiration of your parents, your friends, the faculty and the entire Foote community; everyone in this room and all those you’ve impressed far and near. Foote may be a kind school, but it is also rigorous. It is in many ways idyllic, but in no ways an idyll—too much good, hard learning happens here. Your sitting

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here today means that each of you can be confident in your preparation for the challenges that lie ahead. But most importantly you are carrying indelible lessons. Foote has imprinted itself on your personalities and not just as an irrational love for either grey or maroon. Go maroon! What are these intangibles? Why do Foote alums look back so fondly on this school? Why to this day do I tell people that the bulk of my learning was done at Foote? I want to focus on just one: curiosity. You can’t leave Foote without the most important academic value of all: curiosity. You all ask questions. You all wonder “why?” This is so unexceptional at Foote that you probably wonder why as speaker I would even mention it. Because curiosity is rare! I’ve been privileged to attend and

Daniel Kuriakose with his parents, Paul Kuriakose and Neelima Kaushal.

Abby McCabe and Sarah Volk

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teach at schools with some really, really talented student bodies and quite often there is a desire for the One True Answer — the shortcut to the highest-scoring point value on the test rather than the knowledge itself. Foote teaches you to value the journey as much as the destination. How is this possible? How can a school cultivate curiosity? Because every students’ questions here are met by the thoughtful and kind answers of a tireless and talented faculty. From Laura Altshul to Lisa Totman, Polly Fiddler, Carol Ross and Ted Willis, and that isn’t even mentioning Michael Milburn, Cindy Raymond and John Cunningham — and countless others. Every faculty member is endlessly patient, willing to pursue even the strangest question — and I asked some strange ones — and is never disparaging. Put simply, the faculty here cares whether you learn. Tied into this curiosity is the Foote School idea that you will be placed outside your comfort zone. Not an athlete? You’ll still tug on a rope and stagger your way through a threelegged race at Field Day. Not an artist? You’ll still fire pottery. You’ll dance around a Maypole. You’ll play the recorder. You’ll appear on stage. You’ll even recite poetry… in foreign languages! Every one of you has done these things and perhaps found a hidden talent, a lifelong love, or simply an experience to return to in the future. One other value that Foote has imprinted on you is service. When you’re in the military you often get thanked for your service and I think partly because of my Foote education I’ve never been comfortable with this gratitude. Apart from the fact that I love my job, service is simply something we all do, each in our own way. And there is always someone more

“You can’t leave Foote without the most important academic value of all: curiosity.” worthy to thank. Never forget you all have talents to contribute. I’m a lawyer. In Afghanistan I wasn’t clearing routes of IEDs or kicking down doors. In fact some of our infantry soldiers probably think the entire Judge Advocate Generals’ Corps is filled with staff officer POGs— people other than grunts. But we all contribute what we can. One definition of service is “the action of helping or doing work for someone else.” For someone else. You graduate Foote knowing that service is not some form of noblesse oblige granted from on high, or crass résumé padding. Service is simply what we as responsible citizens do within our communities. And this year’s graduating class has worked at St Ann’s Soup Kitchen, visited and raised money for Columbus House, sponsored food drives and helped refugees. Through your actions you’ve demonstrated that this is a world which we are all in together. And that is the Foote School service ethos. We are all in this together and some problems are best solved by rolling up our sleeves as a team. You’ve played on the Lower School field when it felt like the biggest stretch of grass on earth and you’ve competed on Middle School fields against rivals from across Connecticut. You’ve made the epic trek from the Lower School to the Middle School. You’ve played four square and you’ve danced with swords before turning them into stars. And now you’ve arrived at graduation prepared to conquer life’s next great challenges. My heartfelt congratulations to the class of 2014!

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Eighth Grade Recognition Day

The Class of 2015 gathers on the art building steps before the Eighth Grade Recognition Day Assembly. (Missing: Hagan Gasimov)

Eighth graders were praised as an accomplished class of academics, artists, thespians and athletes at Eighth Grade Recognition Day on June 10. Thirty-three departing students received certificates, while 19 were introduced as the new ninth grade class. On a warm spring day, students and parents gathered in the Hosley Gymnasium to celebrate the class. Club and activity leaders passed the

Jonah Berman (right) announces Zach Pine-Maher (left) and Jared O’Hare (center) as the new student leaders of the Environmental Action Group.

reins to their successors and students were honored for outstanding achievements in academics and sports. Outgoing Ninth Grade Class President Nate Bogardus announced Zev York as his successor, and departing Student Council President Kyle Gelzinis announced Will Wildridge as his successor. (See page 16 for a full list of accolades.) Kyle also announced that this year’s Student Council Gift would donate $300 raised from a movie outing to St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen in Hamden, and $650 raised through weekly donut sales to the Crosby Fund for Haitian Education, a nonprofit founded by Foote alum Ted Crosby ’59 and his wife Becky. Ted and Becky spoke to students about their work this spring (see page 25), and he received the Alumni Achievement Award at Reunion Day in May (see page 48). Putting the scale of Haiti’s challenges into perspective, Kyle noted that $650 is enough to fund one year of high

school for two Haitian students. “While we wish we could send more students,” Kyle told parents and guests, “we know this small act can change the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.” Foote parent Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin announced that this year’s Eighth Grade Parents’ Gift would go to professional development for the Foote faculty. Suchitra remarked that Foote has been a “second home” for her son Neal and his classmates.

The eighth grade handbell ensemble performs “Jubilee” by A.B. Sherman.

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Echoing that sentiment, Head of School Carol Maoz lauded the students, saying, “You are a class of individuals — free to be who you are — and I say that with the greatest respect.” In his address to the class, Head of Middle School John Turner reflected on the lives and recent deaths of Nelson Mandela and Maya Angelou and urged students to follow their example by living lives of integrity, compassion and respect for others.

Eighth Graders will attend the following schools:

Mira Arbonies Hopkins School Will Badrigian Hopkins School Jonah Berman Choate Rosemary Hall Max Brigham Westminster School Liza Diffley The Foote School Nandini Erodula Choate Rosemary Hall Elsa Rose Farnam The Foote School Victoria Fletcher The Foote School Tess Friedman The Foote School Adelyn Garcia The Foote School Hagan Gasimov The Foote School Li Goldstein Riverdale Country School Jackson Haile The Foote School Sam Hauser Morgan High School JJ Hellerman Hotchkiss School Noah Hermes de Boor Choate Rosemary Hall Tristan Jamidar Choate Rosemary Hall Maya Karlan Hopkins School Vincent Kenn de Balinthazy The Foote School Erin King The Foote School Sangah Lee Groton School Donovan Lynch Choate Rosemary Hall Ninth grader Chase Douglas passes the Liza MacKeen-Shapiro Choate Rosemary Hall feather to new Falco mascot Dylan Sloan (left). Madison Mandel Choate Rosemary Hall Eddie Martin Hopkins School John McCallum The Foote School Lucio Moscarini Hopkins School Jared O’Hare The Foote School Sydney Osborne Lauralton Hall Henry Pearson North Haven High School Juliana Perrino Choate Rosemary Hall Zach Pine-Maher The Foote School Hannah Price Choate Rosemary Hall Rebecca Radebold Phillips Academy Andover Anli Raymond The Foote School Nandini Erodula (right) with her mother Grace Romanik Ethel Walker School Viji Erodula and grandmother Devi Meta Russell Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School Chitikela Madison Sakheim Choate Rosemary Hall Neal Sarin Hopkins School Elliot Sawyer-Kaplan Choate Rosemary Hall Evan Schechner Hopkins School Evan Schott Choate Rosemary Hall Charlie Shaw The Foote School Dylan Sloan The Foote School Jake Stackpole Berkshire School Hannah Volk The Foote School Will Wildridge The Foote School Lindsay Wiehl Cheshire Academy Zev York The Foote School Dani Zanuttini-Frank Choate Rosemary Hall Head of Middle School John Turner Emily Zetterberg The Foote School addresses the Class of 2015.

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Leadership Roles for the 2014–15 School Year NINTH GRADE PRESIDENT Zev York STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT Will Wildridge AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Edie Conekin-Tooze, Elizabeth Koobatian, Anya Wareck CHINA AMBASSADORS Tess Friedman, Jared O’Hare CHORUS Amelia Berk COMMUNITY SERVICE Isabel Sorrells, Jackson Haile CLUB OF APPLIED SCIENCES Dylan Sloan, Zev York ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP Jared O’Hare, Zach Pine-Maher F-STAND Liza Diffley, Emily Zetterberg FOOTENOTES Literary Magazine Vincent Kenn de Balinthazy FOOTE STEPS Yearbook Isabelle Crocco, Anli Raymond JAZZ ROCK ENSEMBLE Hannah Volk MODEL CONGRESS Elsa Rose Farnam, Vincent Kenn de Balinthazy, Charlie Shaw, Will Wildridge, Zev York SPI Student Newspaper Elsa Rose Farnam, Liam Podos FALCO Dylan Sloan

SPOTLIGHT

Accolades 2014 Congratulations to members of the Foote School student body who have received awards and recognitions. GRADUATION AND EIGHTH GRADE RECOGNITION The Foote School Prize Will Raccio Patrick Gallagher The Margaret B. Hitchcock Prize Abby McCabe Ninth Grade Academic Achievement Award Robin Armour Ben Barton Eighth Grade Academic Achievement Award Lucio Moscarini Honorable Mention: Elsa Rose Farnam Rebecca Radebold Jonah Berman

Will Raccio â&#x20AC;&#x2122;14, co-winner of The Foote School Prize, with his parents William Raccio and Jeralyn Fantarella.

Lucio Moscarini â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15, winner of the Eighth Grade Academic Achievement Award, with Head of School Carol Maoz.

AMERICAN MATHEMATICS CONTEST Sponsored by the Mathematics Association of America (grades 6, 7, 8)

NEW ENGLAND MATHEMATICS LEAGUE

School Winner(s): Tie: Jonah Berman, David Metrick School Team members: Jonah Berman, Grady Bohen, David Metrick Results (by Grade):

Jean B. Shepler Fine Arts Prize Rody Conway Abby McCabe The Barbara Riley History Writing Prize Madison Mandell

Eighth Grade Jonah Berman, first place Matthew Carroll, Elsa Rose Farnam, Juliana Perrino, Rebecca Radebold, Dani Zanittini-Frank, second place Jackson Haile, Madison Sakheim, Neal Sarin, third place

Ninth Grade Athletic Awards Chase Douglas Patrick Gallagher Courtney Joshua Natalie Muskin

Seventh Grade Grady Bohen, first place Tyler Stevens-Scanlan, second place Clara Li, third place

Eighth Grade Athletic Awards Liza Diffley Madison Sakheim Elliot Sawyer-Kaplan

Sixth Grade David Metrick, first place Devin Seli, second place Adin Jennings, third place

Eighth Grade Team The Foote team placed first in the New Haven region, and 15th out of 102 schools overall. Team member Dani Zanuttini-Frank placed second regionally and Evan Schott placed third in the region. Team members: Jonah Berman, Dani Zanuttini-Frank, Neal Sarin, Evan Schott, Will Wildridge. Seventh Grade Team The Foote team placed second in the New Haven region, and 26th out of 98 schools overall. Team members: Liam Podos, Clara Li, Amelia Berk, Tyler Stevens-Scanlan, Rob Chiocchio Sixth Grade Team The Foote team placed first in the New Haven region, and 8th out of 105 schools overall. Team members David Metrick and Paz Meyers tied for third in the region and 13th in the League. Team members: Adin Jennings, David Metrick, Paz Meyers, Josh Seidner, Kyle Shin

Class of 2014 Class Correspondents Robin Armour Sophia Matthes Theriault

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NATIONAL LATIN EXAM 2014 About 154,000 students from 49 states and 17 foreign countries took the National Latin Exam. The exams contain 40 questions on a variety of topics such as grammar and syntax, Latin sayings and mottoes, and Roman history, religion and culture. Awards were given to students who scored above the national average. Forty-two Foote Latin students received awards.

Model Congress Awards

Ninth Grade Maxima cum laude with a silver medal Sasha Valone Magna cum laude Sarah Volk Cum laude Robin Armour Nate Bogardus Tommy Craft Matt Diemand Kyle Gelzinis Eighth Grade Summa cum laude with a gold medal Jonah Berman Nandini Erodula Elsa Rose Farnam Maxima cum laude with a silver medal Liza MacKeen-Shapiro Madison Mandell Lucio Moscarini Rebecca Radebold Madison Sakheim Neal Sarin Magna cum laude Noah Hermes de Boor Dylan Sloan Dani Zanuttini-Frank Cum laude JJ Hellerman Tristan Jamidar Donovan Lynch Eddie Martin Hannah Price Summer/Fall 2014

Six eighth graders won honors at the annual Model Congress forum at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn in May. Donovan Lynch, Madison Mandell, Eddie Martin and Dani Zanuttini-Frank won “Golden Gavel” awards for best legislator. Honorable mentions for best legislator went to Nandini Erodula, Elsa Rose Farnam, Noah Hermes de Boor, Lucio Moscarini, Hannah Price and Zev York. Evan Schechner Will Wildridge Seventh Grade Certificate of Outstanding Achievement and a ribbon Clara Li Bruno Moscarini Siraj Patwa Liam Podos Certificate of Achievement Amelia Berk Daisy Brownfield Erica Chang Edie Conekin-Tooze Abby Cunningham Sam Curtis Parker Jones Aaron Lake Bella Sadik Isabel Sorrells Justin Ye

MAROON AND GREY AWARD (Field Day Winner) Grey Team: Co-Captains Robin Armour, Henry Jacob, Courtney Joshua, Amelia O’Keefe

Elsa Rose Farnam was one of three eighth graders to win the highest honor, summa cum laude with a gold medal, in the National Latin Exam.

SPOTLIGHT Board of Directors Update

A Year of Learning and Accomplishment Foote School continues to amaze me! This summer I realized again how much of their Foote experience my children carry with them, even far from campus. Alumni (and the parents of Foote alums!) say the same thing: the joy in learning that characterized their time as students has stayed with them and enriched their lives. By any measure, Foote School is in very strong shape. Outstanding teachers — dedicated to working effectively with every child — set the tone across campus, with a focus on respect for others, perseverance, integrity and excellence. We benefit every day from the thoughtful, energetic leadership of Carol Maoz, who began her sixth year as Head of School this fall. Our campus has never looked better, with a new stage in the theater, a new hardwood floor in the gym, and a new one-of-a-kind Lower School playground. The endowment is nearing the $10 million mark for the first time ever, and the 2013–14 Annual Fund set new records for dollars raised and parent participation. Last year, parents, alumni, teachers and administrators joined the Board to chart a course for Foote’s future. Strategic planning — once the creation of a five- or 10-year master plan — has evolved. In our rapidly changing world, it is vital both to develop strategic plans and to recognize that we may need to adjust them in years to come. The product of our discussions, Strategic Vision 2014, offers a shared vision for Foote over the next three to five years focused on three key areas: Teaching and Learning, Culture and Community, and Facilities and Finance. If you haven’t yet received Strategic Vision 2014, I encourage you to pick up a copy from the front desk or development office. It reflects a deep appreciation of Foote’s strengths and thoughtful attention to how the school can be sustained and further strengthened in the future. 18

Planning is underway for Foote’s 100th birthday in 2016! Please join us for a wonderful celebration of Foote’s first century on May 13, 14 and 15, 2016. We are grateful for the leadership of Centennial Co-chairs Lisa Totman ’56 and George Priest P’86,’89,’94; GP’16,’19, and we invite all alumni and members of the Foote community past and present to help with the planning. Finally, at its last meeting in May, the Board unanimously approved Foote’s affiliation with Horizons, a nationally recognized summer enrichment program. Horizons at Foote will build on the strong history of Footebridge, the literacy program for New Haven public school students launched in 1996 by Laura Altshul and Saylor Heidmann. The main differences are that participating students will return for nine summers (K–8) instead of two (K–1), and through a collaboration with Albertus Magnus

College, we will offer swimming lessons to the participants each afternoon. Horizons aligns perfectly with Foote’s commitment to New Haven and boasts outstanding results demonstrating the transformative power of developmentally appropriate summer enrichment. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with a strong and experienced Board that reflects a broad range of perspectives. We are deeply appreciative of your strong support of this special school. Sincerely,

Richard Bershtein President Board of Directors

Departing from the Board in 2014 At the annual meeting on May 14, Board President Richard Bershtein thanked departing members for their dedicated service. ANNIE WARECK ’85 completed two terms (8 years), serving on the Education and Development committees. A fantastic class captain for the Annual Fund, Annie has also been a board ambassador at alumni reunions. The parent of three current students, she will continue her active engagement in campus life. BOB SANDINE, who previously served Foote as an outstanding teacher, drama director and administrator, joined the Board in 2006 and completed two terms in June. Bob served on both the Education and Development committees throughout, bringing a voice of experience in each setting. A magnet for alumni at reunions, Bob will help with plans for the school’s centennial. JANE SHIPP joined Foote’s Board of Directors in 2010 soon after her retirement as Head of School at Renbrook School. She chaired the Education Committee, and was a valuable resource to Board members and Head of School Carol Maoz because of her extensive experience at independent schools. DAVID SOPER, parent of two recent Foote grads, joined the Board in 2010. David is appreciated for his deep understanding of Foote, and his thoughtful, practical voice on budget issues. He served on both the Finance and Audit committees at different times, and will continue to chair the Audit Committee. JAIME COLE completed a two-year term as Co-President of the PTC and member of the Board of Directors. Recognized as a warm, positive and constructive participant in virtually all school events, Jaime was appreciated for her talent drawing new parents into volunteer opportunities. She has been a valued resource to the Board and the Head of School.

Meet the New Members of the Board of Directors Kossouth Bradford ’87, P’22 Kossouth is a Foote alum and current parent. He grew up in New Haven and Wallingford, and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, where his father taught art for 38 years. Kossouth earned his BA at the University of Pennsylvania, his graduate degree in Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). He spent 20 years working with marginalized populations, doing community activism with adolescents, vocational counseling for homeless adults and assisting children and families in foster care. He currently works at the Connecticut Department of Human Services as a mental health consultant and at a behavioral health practice providing therapy to children, families and couples. He lives in New Haven with his wife, Michelle, daughter Nia (Mixed Age Group) and 1-year-old Violet. Suguru Imaeda P’19,’21 Suguru has been part of the Yale community for over 20 years and is on the faculty at Yale School of Medicine. He earned a BA in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University before attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After postgraduate training at Yale, he joined the dermatology faculty. He is currently Chief of Dermatology at both the Yale University Health Service and at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. He mentors medical, nursing and physician’s associate students as well as dermatology residents. He also lectures and teaches dermatology throughout the Yale Affiliated Hospital network. An avid fisherman, he teaches beginner fly tying for the Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s Association. Suguru and his wife Avlin (Avie), gastroenterology Summer/Fall 2014

fellowship director at Yale School of Medicine and VA physician, have two children at Foote: Miya (Grade 5) and Raiden (Grade 3).

his wife, Lissa Sugeng, a cardiologist at Yale School of Medicine, and their two children: Nathanial (Grade 7) and Emile (MAG).

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Melissa Matthes P’12,’14,’16,’18 Melissa is associate professor of political science at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where she teaches courses in religion and politics. She is also affiliated with Yale Divinity School, teaching feminist theologies and political theology. She has written about sexual violence and political foundings; her current research focuses on the role of sermons in American political discourse. She attended Williams College before earning a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School. Melissa served on the Foote School Association Nominating Committee in 2013. Her four children started at Foote in Kindergarten. Two are now in secondary school. Renny is in Grade 8 and Colin in Grade 6. She and her husband, Dan Theriault, live in Woodbridge.

Francie is an “Army brat” who led the typically peripatetic life of an officer’s child. She later taught French and English at Foote from 1970–83 and served as Director of Admissions before heading the Ecole Bilingue in Arlington, MA (now the Lycée International de Boston). She then taught at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, MA, also serving as Secondary School Adviser. Francie retired in 2012 from New Canaan Country School, where she was assistant head for 13 years, also teaching French and English to eighth and ninth graders. Francie has a BA from Smith College and an MA in French from Middlebury College. She returned to New Haven in 2012 with her husband Andrew McLaren, a retired school head whose last position was head of The Little Red Schoolhouse and Elisabeth Irwin High School in Greenwich Village. Michael Krauss P’17,’22 Michael and his family moved to Connecticut four years ago. He grew up in Karlsruhe, Germany, where he trained in chemistry before moving to Munich to work in the medical device industries, which later led him to Boulder, CO. A product manager for TomTec Imaging Inc., he consulted at major medical research centers around the world in applying three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. After studying at the Illinois Institute of Technology, he worked as an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago until moving to New Haven. He lives with

Rosa Holler, P’16,’18,’20 Rosa, Co-President of the PTC, has more than a decade of experience in accounting and business management, having played key roles at James River Corporation and Oxford Health Plans. She earned a BS in accounting from Southern Connecticut State University and currently works for the Holler Law Firm in Milford, where she manages accounting, finances and title insurance agency operations. She was a longtime member of the Milford PTA, having served as treasurer and volunteer coordinator, and lives in Milford with her husband George and their three children: Ryan (Grade 8), Jason (Grade 6) and Kyle (Grade 4). 19

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Field Day Rike Field was awash in maroon and grey on May 7 for Field Day, as students competed in the tug-o-war, baton shuttle relay, sack race, fireman’s carry relay and the gamut of fun events. The competition was fierce and school spirit was high as participants went all out for their team, culminating in the breathless final relay. As is customary, the winner was announced at the annual Yearbook Assembly, when Falco the mascot reaches into the gold Falco’s cup and reveals the flag of the winning team. This year’s victor was grey — and the assembled greys went wild inside Hosley Gym — meaning the grey flag will fly on Foote’s flagpole for the duration of the 2014–15 school year.

MAG student Silas Streeter hops toward the sack race finish line.

Fifth graders Samuel Osborne and Drin MacKeen-Shapiro in the three-legged race.

Ninth graders Sophia Matthes Theriault (left) and Natalie Muskin cheer on MAG student Irene Kim as she leaps a hurdle.

Third grades give it all they’ve got in the tug-o-war.

Kindergartner Wendy Cai sprints in the baton carry.

Head of School Carol Maoz and Falco lead the Field Day parade to Rike Field.

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May Day This year’s May Day celebration featured all of the traditional country dances that have defined Foote’s rite of spring for more than 70 years: the Rigs O’ Marlowe, Sleights and Swords, the Virginia Reel and the beloved third grade Maypole dance. But it also held a surprise that no one but the music teachers knew was coming: a flash mob by seventh graders dancing to Pharrell Williams’ hit song, “Happy” — a break with tradition that had the whole crowd clapping along.

Third graders end the Maypole dance in a flurry of colorful ribbons. Fourth grader Lila Miller twirls during a traditional square dance. Sixth grader Manny Candelo-Diaz and his mother, Nitza Diaz-Candelo dance the Virginia Reel.

MAG student Chace Corley and his mother Sarah Corley.

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Seventh graders surprised everyone with a flash mob dance to the hit song “Happy.”

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Exploring Africa in MAG Mixed Age Group students spent months learning about Africa — its people and customs, wildlife and geography, as well as its art, music and folklore. To learn about the continent, students compared New Haven and Kenya — how they are alike, how they are different — and made African-themed art. They heard a performance in the Sandine Theater by the Yale student singing group Asempa — a multicultural ensemble that draws from the rich ethnic and musical background of its members to promote African culture through music — and had close encounters with gorillas, zebras and other African animals on a trip to the Bronx Zoo. MAG’s Africa unit culminated with a classroom “open house” for parents to see students’ creation tales, their mini-Masai village, African masks, an eight-foot-high paper giraffe and other projects!

MAG students Matthew Goldblum and Kurt Boone with a student-made giraffe that hung in their classroom.

MAG students gathered in the Sandine Theater for a performance by Yale’s Africa-themed singing group, Asempa.

Community Service While their classmates were in China, ninth graders Tommy Craft and Thor Illick spent March break volunteering at New Haven's Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS). The boys learned a great deal from working alongside newly arrived refugees and the organization’s staff. Afterward, Tommy and Thor asked IRIS how Foote could help refugees settle into their new lives here. Staff at IRIS said their clients frequently lack basic toiletries such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste and deodorant. So Tommy and Thor spearheaded a school collection drive this spring that amassed a mountain of the supplies which they delivered to IRIS in April.

Ninth graders Tommy Craft and Thor Illick led a school-wide drive to collect toiletries for New Haven-area refugees.

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Foote Jazz Band Takes Show on the Road On April 13, a quartet from the Foote Jazz Rock Ensemble was invited as one of three bands to perform at the Yale University Art Gallery in celebration of the exhibit “Jazz Lives: The Photographs of Milt Hinton and Lee Friedlander.” The Foote group shared the gallery stage with premier groups from Neighborhood Music School and Educational Center for the Arts, surrounded by photos of legendary jazz icons and a standing room-only audience. Directed by Max Heath, Foote students Rody Conway (electric guitar), Ben Barton (acoustic guitar), Dani ZanuttiniFrank (electric bass) and Noah Hermes de Boor (flute) played music by Duke Ellington and George Gershwin and had a chance to interact with members and directors of the other groups, both before and after the show. It was the first time in recent memory that a Foote ensemble has performed off-campus for the public!

Members of the Foote Jazz Rock Ensemble at the Yale University Art Gallery. From left, Dani Zanuttini-Frank, Ben Barton, a guest drummer, Rody Conway and Noah Hermes de Boor.

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Sixth grader Graley Turner performs at an impromptu “Chorus Cabaret.”

Kindergartners Earn Their Capes From day one, students at Foote learn what it means to be a good friend and responsible community member. The values of Falco’s PRIDE — which stands for Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Dependability and Excellence — are integrated into every aspect of learning at Foote. This year, Kindergartners earned a special garment for displaying Falco’s PRIDE — maroon and grey capes onto which students stitched one From left, Kindergartners Olivia Zlabys, Emilia Adams, of the letters from Emma Corley, Veena Scholand, Ada Goren and Molly PRIDE.

Foote’s Chorus organized an informal singing cabaret on May 20, decorating their rehearsal room with flowers, tables and mood lighting, while transforming a wall with curtains and yards of felt to create a theater backdrop. A variety of auditioned performers sang for their fellow chorus members and friends, both in small groups and as soloists, while the attentive audience sipped lemonade, consulted the carefully typed programs, and munched on special refreshments. Lively interpretations of popular songs, from Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” to Cole Porter’s “You're the Top,” were received with great enthusiasm. People entered the room to the sound of sixth grader Jaden Stone gently playing Edvard Grieg’s “Morning” on piano. It was so much fun that there was unanimous agreement among students that the Chorus Cabaret should become an annual tradition!

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Speakers at Foote This spring, Foote was visited by a number of guest speakers — some of them Foote alums — who enlightened students with compelling talks about whales, the Holocaust, clean water and the challenges of educating poor Haitian children. Foote is blessed with a community of parents, alums and friends who share their time and expertise with students to broaden their understanding of the world around them and the difference they can make in it.

The spring event for MOSAIC, Foote’s multicultural group, featured panels of students discussing recent cross-cultural exchanges, including the ninth grade China Trip, volunteering with refugees in New Haven and a student diversity conference in Washington, D.C. Pictured are ninth grade China ambassadors Amelia O’Keefe and Will Raccio.

Foote alum and marine biologist Ari Friedlaender ’89 headlined the Earth Day Assembly on April 29 where he talked about his work tagging and studying whales to protect them from man-made hazards. Foote’s student-led Environmental Action Group presented Ari with its 2014 Environmental Stewardship Award.

On April 30, eighth graders studying the Holocaust welcomed Fernande Keufgens Davis, a 90-year-old woman who joined the Belgian Resistance during World War II. Fernande shared the harrowing story of how, at age 16, she escaped the Germans’ attempt to conscript her into service as a translator and later work in a Nazi munitions factory.

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On April 25, three speakers connected to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale spoke to eighth graders about their efforts to document the stories of Holocaust survivors. The project was cofounded by the late Laurel Vlock (grandmother to Foote eighth grader Mira Arbonies) in 1979 and has recorded more than 4,500 personal testimonies. From left, Middle School Humanities Teacher Susan Neitlich, Head of School Carol Maoz, Jim Vlock, eighth grader Mira Arbonies, Sandra Vlock ’70, Fortunoff Video Archives director Joanne Rudof and Middle School Humanities Co-Chair Sheila Lavey.

In February, Beth Segaloff, a board member at ClearWater Initiative, spoke to Mixed Age Group students studying Africa about the lack of clean drinking water there. ClearWater Initiative was founded in 2007 by Beth’s fiancé, Foote alum Ben Sklaver ’92, who worked to bring safe water to the Horn of Africa during a military deployment there. Beth, pictured with MAG student Emile Krauss, has continued Ben’s work since he was killed in 2009 by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

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Foote alum Ted Crosby ’59 and his wife, Becky, spoke to students on April 9 about their work helping educate poor Haitian children through their Crosby Fund for Haitian Education. Foote students heard about schools very different from their own, where children walk miles to school and sit in stiflingly hot classrooms with no electricity or water fountains. See a profile of Ted in the Winter/Spring 2014 issue of Foote Prints.

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Sports Middle School students competed in co-ed tennis, boys and girls lacrosse, boys baseball and girls softball this spring, promoting school spirit and the sense of camaraderie that comes with teamwork.

Seventh grader Abby Cunningham connects for Footeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s softball team.

Ninth grade softballer Sarah Volk fields a grounder.

Seventh grader Tony Lewis gets a base hit for Footeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball team.

Seventh grader Grady Bohen holds the runner at third.

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Ninth grader Robin Armour on the lacrosse field.

The girls’ lacrosse team in a pre-game huddle.

Eighth grader William Badrigian slips past his opponent.

Eighth grader Sydney Osborne on the lacrosse field.

Eighth grader Will Wildridge blasts one over the net for Foote’s tennis team.

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Seventh grader Elena Miko returns a serve for Foote’s tennis team.

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New Faculty and Staff 2014–15

TRICIA SIMON Kindergarten Tricia was most recently a second grade teacher in Weston, CT, and previously taught Kindergarten, first and fourth grades in Huntington, NY. She holds a BA from Duke University, where she was a three-time AllAmerican lacrosse player. Tricia has an M.Ed from Long Island University.

CATHERINE FLINT Teacher Intern Catherine comes to Foote from Oakland, CA where she taught middle school enrichment and math intervention classes. She received her BA from Macalester College, with a double major in education studies and geography, and where she was also captain of the women’s varsity water polo team.

KATHLEEN SANTOMASSO Library Associate Kathleen most recently was a student teacher in the greater New Haven area, having received her BS in art education from Southern Connecticut State University. Previously she was a substitute art teacher at Foote, as well as a counselor and makeup artist in the Foote Summer Theater Program.

GABRIELLE CAMPAGNANO Mixed Age Group Associate Gabrielle brings her experience as a teaching assistant and summer camp nature director. She has also served as a program development intern helping to enhance after school and summer arts curricula. Gabrielle recently graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA, with concentrations in poetry and education.

CHERYL NADZAM Associate Director of Development and Alumni Programs A parent of three Foote students and a former PTC co-president, Cheryl knows the Foote community well. She is a cofounder and codirector of a New Jersey dance school and oversees its operations, finances and marketing. Previously she was a dance teacher and choreographer at the Menlo School in California. Cheryl holds a BA from Rutgers College.

LEAH ANDELSMITH Spanish Leah was most recently a lower school Spanish and middle school humanities teacher at Live Oak School, an independent K–8 school in San Francisco, CA. Previously she taught at Town School for Boys and Princeton Day School. Leah holds a BA in dramatic literature and theater studies from New York University, with a minor in Spanish.

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JAY TREVORROW Director of Technology Jay has had many years of experience in independent schools. Earlier in his career, he was a secondary school English teacher, a Latin teacher, and coached both football and lacrosse in Maine and Connecticut. He has spent the last 20 years as director of technology at schools in Maine, California, New York and Michigan. Jay earned a BA from Kenyon College and an M.Ed from Plymouth State University.

TOBY WELCH â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Grade 4 An alumnus of Foote, Toby returns to the school after also beginning his long career in education here. He was the founder and head of a small independent school on Vashon Island, WA, where he taught all grades. He has taught middle school humanities, as well as fourth and fifth grades, with an interest and experience in outdoor education. Toby has a BA in elementary education from Macalester College.

WENYAN WITKOWSKY Chinese Wenyan was most recently a Chinese language instructor at the Chinese Language School of Connecticut in Riverside. Previously she taught Chinese in grades 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 in Fairfield County and at a New Haven public school. Wenyan earned a BA in English from Shanghai International Studies University and a BS in Chinese/business from Charter Oak State College.

15-Year Faculty Recognition On May 6, Foote faculty and staff gathered in the Hosley Gymnasium for a recognition luncheon honoring colleagues with at least 15 years at the school. Each 15-year faculty member was introduced by a colleague, and all spoke movingly about the difference they have made in the lives of Foote students and the broader community. From left, Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant MaryBeth Calderoni, Science Co-Chair Leslie Long, Physical Education Teacher Colleen Murphy, Middle School Science and Math Teacher Tim Blauvelt, Director of Development and Alumni Programs Ann Baker Pepe, Music Teacher Sarah Heath, Kindergarten Associate Lynne Banta and Third Grade Teacher Amanda Diffley. (Missing: Assistant Head of Middle School Liam Considine)

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REPORT AROUNDOF CAMPUS GIVING Report From the Director of Development

Annual Fund Sets New Record Foote’s 100th birthday is just a year away! Planning is underway for a year of celebrations, remembrances and fun in 2015–16. The centennial will be commemorated throughout the year in ways large and small, and a special celebration weekend for all members of the Foote School family is planned on May 13, 14 and 15, 2016. Be sure to mark your calendars! The school is in very strong shape as we approach this important milestone. The incredible support that has characterized the Foote community in the past was demonstrated again in 2013–14. The annual fund surged past $600,000 for the first time, reaching $621,000 — an 8 percent increase over the previous year. Parent participation in the Annual Fund again exceeded 90 percent. We are indebted to the strong volunteer leaders on campus — board members and class captains — who reached out to every parent, as well as to all the

grandparents, past parents and alumni who support the school. A special challenge for alumni giving resulted in 60 first-time alumni donors to the Annual Fund. Even so, the rate of alumni support is low — just 8 percent — and increasing alumni participation in the Annual Fund remains an important goal and a significant challenge. The number of alumni who support the Annual Fund once or twice in a five-year period is substantially higher. This year for example, 60 percent of alumni AF donors had not given in 2013 but had contributed to the AF in previous years. The centennial celebrations will offer new opportunities to engage alumni and to encourage their participation in annual giving. The Classes of 1964 and 1984 had wonderful reunions with great attendance, high spirits and strong support of the Annual Fund. Many

As the new school year begins, a notable change is the retirement of two longtime Development & Alumni Programs staffers: Julie Moore, who began work at Foote as a Kindergarten associate teacher in 1983 and moved to the Development & Alumni Programs Office in 1987; and Maria Granquist, who joined the office in 2000. They made enormous contributions to Foote and its development efforts over three decades as parents and employees. Many alumni will remember talking with Julie and Maria at reunions, while parents and grandparents know them as the organizers behind the intricate scheduling for Grandparents Day. Their daily work ran the gamut from planning graduation lunches and ribbon-cutting celebrations to thank-you letters, nametags, signs, reports and brochures of all kinds. Their love of Foote was evident in a million ways; their work always reflected great care, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail. While we miss them at school, they continue to participate in occasional events at Foote, and have promised to lend a hand with centennial planning! Two new staff members, Debbie Fong Carpenter, Foote Class of ’82, and Cheryl Nadzam, both parents of current Foote students, have taken Maria Granquist and Julie Moore over for Julie and Maria.

Maroon v. Grey — Annual Fund Race We were surprised to hear from quite a few alumni that they did not remember whether they were on the Maroon or the Grey team! From those who did recall, we received a lot of Go Grey! and Go Maroon! emails. As of June 30, maroon donors led the competition by a margin of 65 to 35!

members of both classes contributed in memory of deceased classmates. The families of those classmates and the school are appreciative of this thoughtfulness. Together, their contributions added $6,310 to the AF. The Parent Teacher Council (PTC) sponsored a series of terrific events which raised $85,000 for school programs and enrichment. Every year, the educational experience of every student at Foote is enriched in significant ways by the efforts of the PTC. I hear frequently about the impact Foote has on its young students and their families. I look forward to hearing and sharing many great Foote School stories during the Centennial year. We hope to see you! With sincere thanks from all of us at Foote,

Ann Baker Pepe Director of Development and Alumni Programs

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Record Year for the PTC We had another incredible year! With the help of many devoted volunteers who contributed time and energy, the PTC sponsored a series of successful fundraising, social and communitybuilding events in the 2013–14 school year. From the fall family cookout at the start of the year, to the book fair and author visit, the May Day picnic, spring movie outing, duckpin bowling party and annual fundraising auction, Foote families came together to support our school!

The Fall Book Fair brought award-winning author and illustrator Christopher Myers to New Haven for a stimulating day of talks to students from Foote and New Haven’s Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School, where every student received a copy of his bestselling book “H.O.R.S.E.” courtesy of the PTC.

Because of parents’ generous contributions, the PTC made a record $85,000 disbursement to the school for the 2014–15 year. These funds will be used for many programs that directly benefit students and enhance education at Foote, including field trips, the summer read aloud program, the new Lower School playground and the fifth grade Deer Lake experience. We could not have done it without you! Sincerely, Jaime Cole and Christina Herrick 2013–14 Foote School PTC Co-Presidents

The PTC’s biggest event of the year, the annual fundraising auction in April, was a wonderful evening. The evening, billed as “LOL: Laughs on Loomis,” featured live and silent auctions, catered refreshments, signature cocktails and entertainment from two stand-up comedians in the Hosley Gymnasium. From left, Foote parent and board member Nadine Koobatian and parent Elisa Turner.

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The first annual Fore for Foote golf tournament brought 42 participants to The Tradition Golf Club in Wallingford last September. This year’s Fore for Foote event will be on May 31.

On Fall Family Fun Day, children and parents came together for an afternoon of barbecuing, face painting, arts and crafts, and giant bubbles, courtesy of science teacher Tim Blauvelt.

At Parents Night and Fall Dinner, parents came to Foote for classroom presentations, a catered dinner from L’Orcio and a homemade dessert buffet coordinated by the PTC.

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Parent Participation Foote School parents maintained their high level of participation in the Annual Fund in 2013–14, with 90 percent of parents contributing. Two groups reached 100 percent participation — parents of ninth graders, and parents of fifth graders! CLASS OF 2014 Grade 9 in 2013–14

100%

Gordon & Anne Armour Debra Riding & Oliver Barton Sid & Julia Bogardus Eileen Moran & John Colberg Cristina Brunet & Joe Craft Randi & Tim Diemand Karen Douglas Jeralyn Fantarella Bill & Debbie Friedman Patrick & Allyson Gallagher Jennifer Gelzinis Jennifer Griffiths Alison & Christopher Illick Kate Hunter & Richard Jacob Constance & Victor Joshua Stéphane & Cheryl Kenn de Balinthazy Neelima Kaushal & Paul Kuriakose Daniel Theriault & Melissa Matthes Donna Rehm-McCabe & Mike McCabe Ben & Betsy Muskin Angie Hurlbut & Andrew Nyhart Stephanie & Patrick O’Keefe Bill Raccio Cindy & Cjet Raymond Beth Weinberger & Mark Schaefer Kathy Cooke & David Valone Eve Volk

* Deceased

CLASS OF 2015 Grade 8 in 2013–14

94%

Cynthia Gentes & Robert Badrigian Elizabeth Wilson & Robert Berman Chris & Margaret Brigham Carolyn & Jim Carroll Amanda & Ray Diffley Krish & Vijay Erodula Marcy Stovall & James Farnam Jennifer & Alan Friedman Lynne Banta & Javier Garcia Nicole Musayeva & Khan Gasimov Jenny Chan & Jonathan Goldstein Shannon Callaway & Philip Haile Debbie & Jack Hauser Coleen & Brett Hellerman Tom de Boor & Gretchen Hermes Christina Herrick Priya & Melissa* Jamidar Cindy & Dean Karlan Stéphane & Cheryl Kenn de Balinthazy Amy Justice & Joseph King Soo & SK Lee Yollanda London Laura Pappano & Thomas Lynch Lillian Garcia & Bruce Mandell Catherine Petraiuolo ’83 & Andrew Martin Scott Shapiro & Alison MacKeen John & Erin McCallum Cristina Baiocco & Giuseppe Moscarini Kevin & Judy O’Hare Hilary & Erik Pearson Anita Bourque & Albert Perrino Grey Maher & Aaron Pine Wendy & Dan Price Klaus & Andrea Radebold Cindy & Cjet Raymond Lauren McGregor & George Romanik Kerry & Raymond Russell Susan Devine & David Sakheim Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin & Mohit Sarin Michael Kaplan & Susan Sawyer Belinda Chan & Peter Schott Sue Shaw Leslie Stone & Michael Sloan Sandra Vlock ’70 Eve Volk Sue & Trey Wildridge** Annie Wareck ’85 & Iain York Robert Frank & Raffaella Zanuttini Heather & Fred Zetterberg

** Matching Gift Program Participants

CLASS OF 2016 Grade 7 in 2013–14

92%

Asefeh Heiat & Masoud Azodi Rebecca & Shawn Banerji Jill London & Emanuel Berk Richard & Chay Bershtein Douglas S. James & Kim Bohen Faye & Andrew Brownfield Sue & Dean Chang Christine & Vincent Chiocchio Becky Conekin Karen & Pat Crocco John & Tina Cunningham Alex & Beth Curtis Silvia & Rich Gee George & Rosa Holler Alison & Christopher Illick Nina Scherago & George Jones George & Meg Knight Nadine & Greg Koobatian Pamela Chambers & Peter Kosinski ’79 Marjorie Weinstein-Kowal & Christopher Kowal Robert & Janet Lewis Herta Chao & Ray Li Xiaomei Ma Arya & Sheida Mani Daniel Theriault & Melissa Matthes Jamie McCarthy Alinor Sterling & Steve Mentz Philip & Lisa Miller John Mills Cristina Baiocco & Giuseppe Moscarini David & Pamela Mulligan Zehra & Huned Patwa Hilary & Erik Pearson Elizabeth Stewart & Joseph Pignatello Judith Chevalier & Steven Podos Claire Priest ’86 Heidi Downey & Douglas Royalty Jose & Fatima Santoro Musa Speranza & Joseph Shin Andrea & Brian Sorrells Mark Scanlan & Amy Stevens Samone Swift Brendan Tully John Wareck ’84 Steven & Elizabeth Wilkinson

Donor to the Annual Fund for five consecutive years

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CLASS OF 2017 Grade 6 in 2013–14

88%

Jennifer & Bill Aniskovich Sandra & Rodney Clark Leslie Virostek & John Cobb Marrisa DeLise Patrick Deak & Lurline deVos Sheila Lavey & Mike Dooman Hugh & Ute Dugan Krish & Vijay Erodula Azim & Nasiha Fahmi Susan & Stephen Farrell Dawn & Dan Farricielli Candace & Burr Franz Lynne Banta & Javier Garcia Rachel Lampert & Richard Goodwin** Judy & Simon Gore-Grimes Bonnie & Randy Harrison Sarah Hendon Sabrina Diano & Tamas Horvath John & Jessica Illuzzi Yar & Zulhija Jabarkhail Jeff & Miriam Jennings Lissa Sugeng & Michael Krauss Alexandra Hokin & Glenn Levin** Renuka Umashanker & Kevin Long Jill McCarns Susie & Andrew Metrick Matthew & Heidi Meyers Philip & Lisa Miller Cheryl & Geoff Nadzam Walter & Tina Oko Wendy & Dan Price Christin & Ben Sandweiss Allyx Schiavone ’85 Belinda Chan & Peter Schott Jacob & Jodi Seidner Emre & Meltem Seli Seunghee Ko & Jiwoong Shin Brady & Joni Stone Phoebe & Tom Styron Qizhi Yang & Yongnian Sun Lindsay & Lisa Suter Elisa & John Turner Susan & Trey Wildridge ** Shamila Zubairi & Asad Zoberi Lori & Robert Zyskowski **

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CLASS OF 2018 Grade 5 in 2013–14

100%

Richard & Chay Bershtein Christine Barker & Claude Carlier Nancy Clayton & Bradford Collins Karen & Pat Crocco Philip & Sandra Curran JoAnn Hong-Curtis & Jeptha Curtis Bruce Davis Hugh & Ute Dugan Keith Gipson Shannon Callaway & Philip Haile Tracy & Eric Hanson Robert & Dorothea Harper-Mangels Bonnie & Randy Harrison Veena Raghuvir & Ryan Haug James & Debra Healy Christina Herrick George & Rosa Holler Caitlin Simon & Gregory Huber Alison & Christopher Illick Cindy & Dean Karlan Mustafa & Nooriya Khokha Pamela Chambers & Peter Kosinski ’79 Kim Yap & Andrew Lewandowski Herta Chao & Chiang-Shan Li Susan Walsh & Emmanuel Logiadis Yollanda London Scott Shapiro & Alison MacKeen Lillian Garcia & Bruce Mandell Basmah Safdar & Abeel Mangi Talbot Welles ’81 & Tom Mason Daniel Theriault & Melissa Matthes Alinor Sterling & Steve Mentz John Mills Rachel Ebling & Edward Moran Cheryl & Geoff Nadzam Angie Hurlbut & Andrew Nyhart Stephanie & Patrick O’Keefe Beverly Gage & Daniel Perkins Owen Luckey ’83 & Dana Peterson Stefanie Markovits & Ben Polak Joe & Lisa Rebeschi Eera Sharma & Oscar Rollán Tracey & Ed Ruotolo Meltem & Emre Seli Kelly & Ben Small Derek & Ellen Smith Jeff & Clarky Sonnenfeld Bob & Amy Stefanowski Manish & Suman Tandon Jill Barron & Manuel Vintimilla Steven & Elizabeth Wilkinson Lan Lin & Wu Yan

Understanding the Terms The ANNUAL FUND supplements tuition income. Annual Fund dollars support program, faculty salaries, financial aid — virtually every part of the school’s operating budget. Without the Annual Fund, Foote’s budget wouldn’t balance, and we would have to reduce offerings to our students or increase enrollment or raise tuition to make up the difference. As its name implies, the Annual Fund is an annual effort, starting in September and ending on June 30 each year. Parent volunteers reach out to encourage all parents to contribute. This is especially important because grant applications are strengthened when we can report high participation figures. A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN is a fundraising effort over several years to raise money to improve campus facilities or strengthen endowment. Contributions are often multi-year pledges. A capital campaign allows the school to undertake significant capital improvements that could not be funded by the operating budget or the Annual Fund. ENDOWMENT is critical to a healthy school. Endowed funds are invested with the goal of providing a stable, sustainable source of annual income. Interest from endowed funds supports critical goals in perpetuity. Foote’s current endowment of $9,955,000 million provided $316,000 last year to support student scholarships, faculty professional development and other priorities. The National Association of Independent Schools recommends that an independent school maintain endowment equal to its operating budget, which in 2013–14 was $9,788,000.

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CLASS OF 2019 Grade 4 in 2013–14

94%

Joellen Adae Annie Baker Atwood & George Atwood Rebecca & Shawn Banerji Andy & Sarah Boone ’89 Hong Li & Chunlin Cai John & Deborah Carpenter ’82 Ann Pingoud & Marc Chung Laura & Jim Erlacher Naila Khadri & Umar Farooq Niall & Liz Ferguson Candace & Burr Franz Lynne Banta & Javier Garcia Kathy Park & Scott Gettinger Laura Goldblum Judy & Simon Gore-Grimes Nicole Korda-Grutzendler & Jaime Grutzendler Veena Raghuvir & Ryan Haug Tina Hansen & Adam Hopfner John & Jessica Illuzzi Suguru & Avie Imaeda Nina Scherago & George Jones Iris & Naftali Kaminski Nadine & Greg Koobatian Neelima Kaushal & Paul Kuriakose Renuka Umashanker & Kevin Long Lori Blank & David Low Basmah Safdar & Abeel Mangi Matt & Buffy McCleery Philip & Lisa Miller Kim Morris David & Pamela Mulligan Mary Tomayko & Kumar Navaratnam Walter & Tina Oko Cathy & Christophe Pamelard Rebecca Paugh Susan Stokes & Steve Pincus Claire Priest ’86 Steve & Mary Rinaldi Kiran Zaman & Sabooh Mubbashar Allyx Schiavone ’85 Amy Marx & Robert Schonberger Andrea & Brian Sorrells Mark Scanlan & Amy Stevens Derek & Kelly Streeter John Wareck ’84 Zhirong Jiang & Zhiqun Xi Annie Wareck ’85 & Iain York

* Deceased

CLASS OF 2020 Grade 3 in 2013–14

81%

Anonymous Joellen Adae Mark & Stephanie Anestis Rachel Arnedt Deborah Wynn & David Carroll John & Keri Climie Jaime & Shawn Cole John & Tina Cunningham Bruce Davis Michele Biro Deitch & David Deitch Renée Perroncel & Neal DeLaurentis** Brian & Tracy Earnshaw Dawn & Dan Farricielli Francine & Chris Freeman Carolyn Kuzmeski & Saul Fussiner Gigi & Andrew Gomes Jessie Royce Hill & Dan Goren Josh Watsky & Avery Grauer ’87 Randi & Hassan Haraj-Sai David & Elise Hergan George & Rosa Holler Mustafa & Nooriya Khokha Camille & Jon Koff Joseph & Gail Labadia Jesse & Michele McCray Susie & Andrew Metrick Steve & Vicki Murphy Tony & Jeannine Purcell Eera Sharma & Oscar Rollán Kiran Zaman & Sabooh Mubbashar Krystn Wagner & José Salvana Abha Gupta & Stephen Scholand Heide Lang & Mark Siegel Kelly & Ben Small Derek & Ellen Smith Andrew Leonard & Molleen Theodore Jennifer Tucker John & Elisa Turner Thea Buxbaum & Gar Waterman Yanbin Liu & Y. Richard Yang Yaira Matyakubova & Andrius Zlabys Bob & Lori Zyskowski**

** Matching Gift Program Participants

CLASS OF 2021 Grade 2 in 2013–14

98%

Roya Hakakian & Ramin Ahmadi Heba Abbas & Amaar Al-Hayder Suzie & Jason Alderman Sumiya Khan & Ather Ali Richard & Chay Bershtein Andy & Sarah Boone ’89 Elizabeth Gill & Jake Burt Ann Pingoud & Marc Chung Nancy Clayton & Bradford Collins Hugh & Sarah Corley JoAnn Hong-Curtis & Jeptha Curtis Alison De Renzi & Francesco d’Amuri Amanda & Ray Diffley Christopher & Emily Fasano Niall & Liz Ferguson Jennifer & Alan Friedman Amy Caplan ’88 & Nicolas Gangloff Noah & Jenette Ganter Kathy Park & Scott Gettinger Keith Gipson Judy & Simon Gore-Grimes Tina Hansen & Adam Hopfner Suguru & Avie Imaeda Simina & Costin Ionescu Özler & Ege Kayaarasï Claire Kilmer George & Meg Knight Rich & Amy Lee Kim Yap & Andrew Lewandowski Matt & Buffy McCleery Carlos & Alexandra Mena Martin Moreland Kim Morris Mary Tomayko & Kumar Navaratnam Jacinta O’Reilly Cathy & Christophe Pamelard Jessica Sager & Sachin Pandya Owen Luckey ’83 & Dana Peterson Susan Stokes & Steve Pincus Stefanie Markovits & Ben Polak Naomi Senzer & Brad Ridky Jeff & Clarky Sonnenfeld Erin & Jeremy Springhorn Joni & Brady Stone Derek & Kelly Streeter Brendan Tully Sara Shneiderman & Mark Turin Annie Paul & John Witt Lan Lin & Wu Yan

Donor to the Annual Fund for five consecutive years

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CLASS OF 2022 Grade 1 in 2013–14

88%

Anonymous Alexej Abyzov & Eriko Abyzova Yash & Mamta Agarwal Almudena Villanueva & David Bach Kim & Phil Birge-Liberman David Low & Lori Blank Michelle & Kossouth Bradford ’87 Becca & Dave Butman Xiaoling Yuan & William Chaine Karin Roffman & Melvin Chen Christine Won & Hyung Chun Brian & Tracy Earnshaw Harold Ellis Candace & Burr Franz Francine & Chris Freeman Maria Lara-Tejero & Jorge Galan Nicole Musayeva & Khan Gasimov Valentina Greco & Antonio Giraldez Laura Goldblum Avery Grauer ’87 & Josh Watsky David & Elise Hergan Caitlin Simon & Gregory Huber John & Jessica Illuzzi Jon & Carolyn Johnson Preethi Varghese-Joseph & George Joseph Camille & Jon Koff Lissa Sugeng & Michael Krauss Michael & Katie Lipcan Briah & Spencer Luckey ’85 Pu Zhang & Chao Ma Melissa & Tim McCormack Elizabeth Donius & Kenneth McGill Jamie & Tara McPartland Rachel Ebling & Edward Moran Lisa Brown & Dan Myers Walker Holmes & Justin Neuman Steve & Mary Rinaldi Annette & Kurt Roberts Eera Sharma & Oscar Rollán Amy Marx & Robert Schonberger Vinod & Shipra Srihari Christine Ko & Peter Whang Lan Lin & Wu Yan

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CLASS OF 2023 Kindergarten in 2013–14

92%

Jim & Annie Adams Yash & Mamta Agarwal Carrie & Bill Bergantino Hong Li & Chunlin Cai Adam Solomon & Brenda Carter Hugh & Sarah Corley Alison De Renzi & Francesco d’Amuri Michele Biro Deitch & David Deitch Denise Quinn Dobratz & Erik Dobratz Christopher & Emily Fasano Madeleine & Arpad Fejos Gigi & Andrew Gomes Jessie Royce Hill & Dan Goren Jennifer Griffiths Hayden & Jeremy Holt Alison & Christopher Illick Mustafa & Nooriya Khokha Sandra Dias & Frank Kowalonek Bo Wang & Jinyu Lu Katherine Campbell & Matthew Maleska Melissa & Tim McCormack Carlos & Alexandra Mena Matthew & Heidi Meyers David & Pamela Mulligan Stacey & Joe Natale Sarah & Trent Nutting Ralitza & Emmanuel Petit Jennifer & Jeff Possick ’89 Jason & Christina Price Naomi Senzer & Brad Ridky Kiran Zaman & Sabooh Mubbashar Abha Gupta & Stephen Scholand Amy & Colin Sheehan Derek & Kelly Streeter Jeff & Amy Sudmyer ’89 Irena Vaitkeviciute & Hossam Tantawy Andrew Leonard & Molleen Theodore Jill Barron & Manny Vintimilla Erica & Gordon Weiss Annie Wareck ’85 & Iain York Yaira Matyakubova & Andrius Zlabys

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Donors The individuals listed below have made a contribution to the Foote School Annual Fund, an endowed fund, or the capital campaign, Imagine Our Future, between July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list. Please contact the Development Office if you note errors or omissions. We have indicated — with the symbol — those individuals who have contributed to Foote’s Annual Fund every year for the past five years.

THE HEAD’S CIRCLE ($50,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous Stephen L. Altshul Foundation The Foote School Parent Teacher Council Lillian Garcia & Bruce Mandell Rebecca & Nathan Milikowsky Sharon & Daniel Milikowsky The Seedlings Foundation

MARTHA BABCOCK FOOTE ASSOCIATES ($25,000 to $49,999) Smart Family Foundation, Inc.

WINIFRED STURLEY ASSOCIATES ($10,000 to $24,999) Chay & Richard Bershtein Constance Clement ’62 Joanne & David Goldblum Jessica & John Illuzzi Ellis O. Jones Melanie Ginter & John Lapides Cindy & David Leffell Susan & Andrew Metrick Roslyn & Jerome Meyer Lisa & Philip Miller J. Irawan Sugeng Wendy Sharp & Dean Takahashi Gail & Jim Vlock

* Deceased

H. EVERTON HOSLEY, JR. ASSOCIATES ($5,000 to $9,999) Dody & Jay Cox Elizabeth & Niall Ferguson Kateri & Joseph Gillis Rachel Lampert & Rick Goodwin** Wendy & Richard Hokin** Dr. John T. Kirby ’69 The Kresge Foundation Alexandra Hokin & Glenn Levin** Kim Morris David Newton Judith Chevalier & Steven Podos Kathy & George Priest Lauren L. McGregor & George J. Romanik Barbara Wareck Anne Wareck ’85 & Iain York

MARGARET BALLOU HITCHCOCK ASSOCIATES ($2,500 to $4,999) Christine & Vincent Chiocchio Renée Perroncel & Neal DeLaurentis James D. English ’46 Marcy Stovall & Jim Farnam ’65 John T.R. Holder ’76 Avlin & Suguru Imaeda Camille & Jon Koff Laura Pappano & Thomas Lynch The Matthes Theriault Family Heidi & Matthew Meyers Pamela & David Mulligan Cheryl & Geoffrey Nadzam Claire Priest ’86 William Raccio RISC Foundation Incorporated Catherine & Robert Sbriglio Clarky & Jeff Sonnenfeld Happy Clement Spongberg ’60

FRANK PERRINE ASSOCIATES ($1,000 to $2,499) Anonymous (4) Martha & James Alexander The Anestis Family Anne & Gordon Armour Vernon Armour Cynthia & Robert Badrigian Margaret Wilmer Bartlett ’58 Courtney Broadus ’84 & Christian Meyers

** Matching Gift Program Participants

John Burbank ’79 Anne Tyler Calabresi ’48 & Guido Calabresi ’46 Susan Chambers & Wick Chambers ’62 Sue & Dean Chang Annie Clark Eileen A. Moran & John W. Colberg Catherine Smith Cuthell ’68 Elizabeth Daley Draghi ’77** Jessica Drury Bieler ’75 Linda Lorimer & Charles Ellis The Foote School Drama Program Susan Forster Marie Christine & Patrick Fourteau The Freeman Family Laura Goldblum Maxine Goldblum Betsy & Len Grauer Beth & Matthew Harman Elizabeth Harper Bonnie & Randy Harrison Celia Pinzi & Mark A. Healey Kent A. Healy ’46 The Hellerman Family Gretchen Hermes & Tom de Boor Jody Sindelar & Roger Ibbotson Alison & Christopher Illick ING/Scholarship America Ann & Mike Johnson Nina Scherago & George Jones Peter Kagan ’83 Meghan & George Knight Nadine & Greg Koobatian Marjorie Weinstein-Kowal & Christopher Kowal Neelima Kaushal & Paul Kuriakose Philomena & John LaViola Soo & SK Lee Sheila Hayre & Pericles Lewis Katherine Campbell & Matthew Maleska Carol & Michael Maoz** Buffy & Matt McCleery Jennifer Milikowsky ’02 Matthew Milikowsky ’95 Deborah & David Moore Kiran Zaman & Sabooh Mubbashar Marv Neuman Angie Hurlbut & Andrew Nyhart Ann Baker Pepe & Greg Pepe The Rinaldi Family Belinda Chan & Peter Schott Meltem & Emre Seli Musa Speranza & Joseph Shin

Donor to the Annual Fund for five consecutive years

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The Springhorn Family Amy & Bob Stefanowski Susan Swords Stevens ’62 Diana T. Stovall David Totman & Lisa Farrel Totman ’56 Cary Twichell ’76 The Wildridge Family** Loli Wu ’82 ** Lori & Robert Zyskowski**

SUSAN O. BISHOP ASSOCIATES ($500 to $999) Anonymous (3) Melinda Agsten Sumiya Khan & Ather Ali Lucy & Gordon Ambach Katharine Arnstein ’63 Ellen Treble Asherman ’49 Tony Astmann ’73 Asefeh Heiat & Masoud Azodi Almudena Villanueva & David Bach Christine Wilmer Barkus ’69 David Bechtel & Serena Totman Bechtel ’84 Kris Estes & Stephen Binder ’78 Joseph Camilleri Margaret Bluhm Carey ’59 Carolyn & Jim Carroll Christine Won & Hyung Chun Barbara & Samuel P. Clement ’65 Nancy Clayton & Brad Collins Ted Crosby ’59 Roseline & Douglas Crowley ’55 The Curran Family Beth & Alex Curtis JoAnn Hong-Curtis & Jeptha Curtis Deborah Everhart & George Davis Jonathan Davis & Rachel Totman Davis ’86 Edith B. Jackson Child Care Program, Inc. Laura & James Erlacher Jeralyn Fantarella Daniel K. Fleschner ’94 The Foote School Summer Theater Program Debbie & Bill Friedman Maria Lara-Tejero & Jorge Galan Allyson & Patrick Gallagher Cheryl Chevis & Edwin Gerow Kathy Park & Scott Gettinger Jenny Chan & Jonathan Goldstein Heidi Hamilton

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Megan Hardin ’90 Debra & Jack Hauser Christina Herrick Sabrina Diano & Tamas Horvath Sandy Allison & Jim Horwitz Josie & Lionel Jackson ’64 Priya A. & Melissa S.* Jamidar Preethi Varghese-Joseph & George Joseph Nancy Ely Kales ’55 Gail & Joseph Labadia Maxine R. Lampert Hannah Leckman Deborah Freedman & Ben Ledbetter J. Richard & Amy S. Lee Janet & Robert Lewis Basmah Safdar & Abeel Mangi Rita A. McDougald-Campbell Marilyn & Roger Mentz James Meyer ’99 John W. Mills** Stacey & Joe Natale Walker Holmes & Justin Neuman New Haven Road Race The O’Keefe Family Cristina & Walter Oko Anita Bourque & Albert Perrino Joanell & Erik Pingoud The Possick Family Christina & Jason Price Wendy & Daniel Price Kerry & Raymond Russell Anne Sa’adah ’69 Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin & Mohit Sarin The Shin Family Jane Shipp Laura Davis & David Soper Phoebe & Tom Styron Chase Twichell ’64 Kathy Cooke & David Valone Alexander Vietor ’64 André Warner ’98** Suzanne Weinstein Elizabeth & Steven Wilkinson Amy Mulligan Wilson ’85 The Witt-Paul Family Sylvia Thayer & Philip Zaeder Pat & John Zandy

FOOTE FRIENDS ($250 to $499) Anonymous (4) Carmela Abbenante Frank & Tess Adae Suzanne & Jason Alderman Will Amatruda ’56 Nick Appleby & Bethany Schowalter Appleby ’82 Joanne & Paul Bailey Rebecca & Shawn Banerji Donna & Bill Batsford Joan & John Benevento Peggy McCarthy Berman & Barry Berman Elizabeth Wilson & Rob Berman Mr. & Mrs. S. J. Birenbaum Natalie Wilmer Blenk ’62 Margaret & Christopher Brigham Carole & Arthur Broadus Faye & Andrew Brownfield Kela Caldwell ’09 Omari Caldwell ’13 Christine Barker & Claude Carlier Suzanne Jackson Cartier ’52 Martha Daniels Cohen & George Cohen Jaime & Shawn Cole Jill Lacy & David Coleman Cristina Brunet & Joe Craft Betsy & John Daley III Alison De Renzi & Francesco d’Amuri Mark Bernard & Katherine DeVane ’82 Margaret DeVane Amanda & Ray Diffley Lee Dunham ’55 Nora Elton ’96 Krish & Viji Erodula Umar Farooq Emily & Christopher Fasano Edith & Stephen Flagg Candace & Burvée Franz Jennifer & Alan Friedman Amy Caplan ’88 & Nicolas Gangloff Kevin C. Geenty ’57 Avery Grauer ’87 & Josh Watsky Margaret Clement Green ’61 Claire & Jeffrey Haggin ’75 Tracy & Eric Hanson Dorothea & Robert Harper-Mangels Janet Madigan & Robert Harrity David I. Hitchcock ’42 Caitlin Simon & Gregory Huber

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Emlyn Hughes The Ionescu Family Susan Sawyer & Michael Kaplan Amy Justice & Joseph King T. Jay Kleeman, MD ’81 Beverly Hodgson & John Leventhal Katie & Michael Lipcan Yollanda London Nancy & Hugh Manke Joni & Joseph Matthew Erin & John McCallum Alexandra & Carlos Mena Sandra J. Frawley & Perry L. Miller ’58 Karen Orzack-Moore & Daniel C. Moore Cristina Baiocco & Giuseppe Moscarini Victoria & Stephen Murphy The Navaratnam-Tomayko Family Christopher Neville ’77 Joanna Baumer Noble & Lawrence Noble Barbara & Bill Nordhaus Monica Nordhaus ’84 Judy & Kevin O'Hare Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’60 Jayvias Patterson Zehra & Huned Patwa Beverly Gage & Daniel Perkins Claire Richards ’76 Annette & Kurt Roberts Donald O. Ross ’62 Usa Pasi & Subir Sachdev Susan Devine & David Sakheim Naomi & Shin Sakurabayashi Beth Weinberger & Mark Schaefer Allyx Schiavone ’85 Carolyn & Clifford Slayman Leslie Stone & Michael Sloan Ellen & Derek Smith Amy Stevens & Mark Scanlan Sybil L. Stokes Denise Ann & Donald F. Terry Ellen & Leigh Turner Felicity F. Tuttle ’64 Jill Barron & Manuel Vintimilla Sandra Vlock ’70 Eve Volk Dinny & Charles Wakerley Xing Wang Deng & Ning Wei Bonnie Welch ’79 Betsy Welch & Harry Welch ’42 Caleb Wertenbaker ’88 Bob Frank & Raffaella Zanuttini James W. Zirkle

* Deceased

MAROON & GREY ($1 to $249) Anonymous (31) Alexej Abyzov & Eriko Abyzova The Adae Family Edna Travis & Barney Adams Justus Addiss ’73 Cecle & Josef Adler Anne & Nicholas Afragola Sarah Afragola ’01 Mamta & Yash Agarwal Roya Hakakian & Ramin Ahmadi Heba Abbas & Amaar Al-Hayder Myles & Nancy Osterweis Alderman ’52 Caron & Norman Alderman Hattie & Willard Allen Adele Altschuler Mary Alice & Arthur Amend Marjo Anderson & Mark Dollhopf Kate & Jeremy Angoff ’92 Jennifer & William Aniskovich Rachel Arnedt Caroline Atherton Annie Baker Atwood & George Atwood Laura Kautz Baker ’62 Tizzy Freedman Bannister ’74 Alexander Baquié ’90 Emily M. Barclay ’61 John Barclay ’64 Rachel Batsford ’90 Nancy & Joel Becker Charlotte L. Beebe ’13 Hannah Beebe ’12 Mary Warner & Mark Beebe Barbara Currier Bell ’55 Raina Sotsky & Morris Bell Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Berenbroick Ethel & Eric Berger ’58 Jill London & Mannie Berk Brianna Berkowitz ’00 Margaret Berthold Sarah Blake ’75 Julia & Sidney Bogardus Halcy Bohen Elizabeth Bohlen ’58 Marcia Tucker Boogaard ’50 Andrew Boone & Sarah Netter Boone ’89 James Boorsch ’47 Deborah Bovilsky Betsy Bradburn-Assoian ’69 Michelle & Kossouth Bradford ’87 Thompson Bradley ’48

** Matching Gift Program Participants

Thomas Brand ’88 Elise Holmes Braun ’46 Dr. Irwin M. Braverman Matthew Breitling & Jennifer Jackson Breitling ’91** Frances & Jonathan Brent Deborah Brewster ’64 Mary Lou Venter Briggs ’53 Grace G. & Jay W. Bright Mike Bright ’95 Bruce Bunting & Jessie Brinkley ’64 Elizabeth Brochin Patricia & Tom Broderick Linda & Art Brody James Brown Lynn Bullard Rebecca & David Butman Jeannette Byers ’65 Hong Li & Chunlin Cai Ann Calkins Jill Campbell Susan Canny ’96 Francine & Robert Caplan Caren & Tom Carpenter Linda H. Carr ’42 Oyesiku Carr ’85 Deborah & David Carroll Rives Fowlkes Carroll ’57 Deborah Fong Carpenter ’82 & John Carpenter Linsley Craig Carruth ’85** Carolyn & Richard Cavallaro Rev. Carol Ann Bradburn Celella ’72 Dorothy Clark Chadwick ’73 Xiaoling Yuan & William Chaine Grace Chambers Kimberly Johung & Francis Chan Christina Ching-McGrath ’06 Ann Pingoud & Marc Chung Rob Clark ’68 Sandra & Rodney Clark Sarah Clark & Gus Spohn Frances & Edwin Clayton Anne Campbell Clement ’39 & Stuart Clement ’34 Patrick Clendenen ’81 Edward Coady ’05 Leslie Virostek & John Cobb Alyson & Gary Cohen Dorothy & Irving Cohen Terry Colby ’48 Merrill Barden Collins ’85 Becky Conekin

Donor to the Annual Fund for five consecutive years

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Regina Matilda Conton Virginia & Walter Corbière Richard LeClerc & Kendall Cox LeClerc ’98 Karen & Pat Crocco Alex Crowley ’83 Perry Curtis ’45 Judy & Hugh Cuthbertson Nina Glickson & Worth David Bruce Davis Charles B. Dayton ’36 Leticia & Victor deDios Michele & David Deitch Marrisa DeLise John Deming ’66 Cynthia Deng ’07 James Deng ’10 Lurline deVos & P. J. Deak Yaminette Diaz ’99 Randi & Timothy Diemand Verdi J. DiSesa ’64 The Douglas Family Evan Drutman ’79 Ute & Hugh Dugan Mr. & Mrs. John R. Eakin, Jr. Ann S. Earley Tracy & Brian Earnshaw Elizabeth DeVane Edminster ’47 Brinley Ford Ehlers ’83 Elizabeth Jonas & Tom Eisen Lane English Azim & Nasiha Fahmi Jo-Ann & James Farnen Caitlin Farrell ’12 Dylan Farrell ’11 Garrett Farrell ’09 Susan & Stephen Farrell Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Farricielli Madeleine & Arpad Fejos Catharine Barclay Fender ’64 Doris Drisler Ferguson ’42 Anne Camp & John Flanders Marty & Tom Foley Stephen Fontana ’78 Thomas Fontana ’82 The Foote School Sunshine Fund Linda & Gary Friedlaender Spencer Fry ’99 Carolyn Kuzmeski & Saul Fussiner Lee Gaillard ’52 Jenette & Noah Ganter Lilliam & Felix J. Garcia John Gardner ’45

Summer/Fall 2014

Toby Garfield ’64 Nicole Musayeva & Khanlar Gasimov Nancy Gaylord ’53 The Geenty Group Jennifer Gelzinis Toddie & Chris Getman The Gewirtz Family Barbara Gibson Angelique Bordey & Keith Gipson Valentina Greco & Antonio Giraldez Susan & Al Gobel Idaisa & Andrew Gomes Jessie Royce Hill & Daniel E. Goren Lauren & Charlie Granquist ’93** Jonathan Grauer ’85 Harriet Ely Griesinger ’54 Peter M. Gross ’59 Nicole Korda-Grutzendler & Jaime Grutzendler Rob Gurwitt ’72 Shannon Callaway & Philip Haile Jean & Hugh Halsell Randi & Hassan Haraj-Sai Reyna & Ken Harrison Debra & James Healy William K. Healy ’44 Sarah Hendon Brook Hersey ’74 Joan & Dennis Hickey Harald Hille ’52 Grace M. Holden ’66 Richard Hooker III ’60 Carla & Robert Horwitz Sarah Hotchkiss ’95 Molly Houston Arthur Howe ’68 Doreen & Donald Hudson Judith S. Hull ’63 Francie Irvine Carol B. Isaacs Zulhija & Yar Jabarkhail Herrick Jackson ’54 Kate Hunter & Richard Jacob Kim Bohen & Douglas S. James Louise Bluhm Jeanne ’54 Margaret Bozyan Jefferys ’49 Miriam & Jeff Jennings Ed Johnson ’54 Faith Sargent Lewis Johnson ’57 Carolyn & Jonathan Johnson Kathleen Johnson Constance & Victor Joshua Gerald Kahn

Iris & Naftali Kaminski Cindy & Dean Karlan The Kenn de Balinthazy Family Sarah Baird & Benjamin Kerman Eva Kerman ’09 Linda Keul Henley The Khokha Family Claire Kilmer Thomas King ’84 Alex Kleiner ’00 Diana & Fred Kleiner Thomas Kligerman ’72 Rachael Konigsberg ’01 Pamela Chambers & Peter Kosinski ’79 Sandra Dias & Frank Kowalonek Judith Labadia Bun-Sui Lai ’84 Kirsti & John Langbein Jennifer LaVin ’81 Peggy LaVin Emma Ledbetter ’03 Morgan Lee ’07 & Family Jay Lender ’84 Mary & David Lesser Adam Leventhal ’94 Yuko & Andrew Lewandowski Herta Chao & Ray Li Barbara & John Lichtman Georgia Crowley Lieber ’88 & Matthew Lieber ’85 Carrie James Lightner ’88 Mimi Lines Cynthia Albert Link & Lawrence Link Susan Walsh & Emmanuel Logiadis Mary & Herman Long Karen Longa David Harlow & Pauline Lord ’64 Lori Blank & David Low Bo Wang & Jinyu Lu Briah & Spencer Luckey ’85 Pu Zhang & Chao Ma Deborah & Patrick Madden Davida Gordon Madden ’45 Carole & Robert Mangels Sheida & Arya Mani Margaret & Marc Mann Kristin Hawkins & Tony Markese Catherine Petraiuolo ’83 & Andrew Martin Lenore & Paul Martin Talbot Welles ’81 & Tom Mason Jill McCarns The Sherman-McCarthy Family

REPORT SPOTLIGHT OF GIVING

Jesse & Michele McCray Elizabeth Donius & Kenneth McGill The McPartland Family Lavinia Meeks ’54 Alinor Sterling & Steve Mentz Bernice & Jack Meyers Michael Milazzo ’08 York Miller ’64 Barbara & John Monahan Julie & Bill Moore Rachel Ebling & Edward Moran Martin Moreland Sally Hooker Morgan ’64 Sarah Morse Marsha & Ira Moses Melanie Crowley Mullan ’84 Mary P. Murphy ’92 Elizabeth & Ben Muskin Lisa A. Brown & Daniel J. Myers Jennie Bailey Nally ’88 Joan & Michael Nast, Jonathan Nast ’94 Manu G. Nathan ’97 Vimala Navaratnam Sarah Nettleton ’64 Pete Neuman ’80 Jane Whittlesey North ’45 Grace Tuttle Noyes ’41

Harriet Tuttle Noyes ’47 Sarah & Trent Nutting Jacinta O'Reilly Patricia Fiorito Oakes ’60 Jessica Sager & Sachin Pandya Deborah Johnson & Joseph Paolillo Rebecca Paugh Libby & Trevor Peard Emily Peel Clayton Pepe ’10 Leah Pepe ’04 Sam Pepe ’00 Laura & Frank Perrine Anne Perrine ’84 & Bill Perrine ’80 John W. Persse ’73 Owen S. Luckey ’83 & Dana M. Peterson Ralitza & Emmanuel Petit Mrs. Edward Petraiuolo, Jr. Eligio A. Petrelli ’53 Elizabeth Petrelli ’96 Marion & Richard L. Petrelli ’57 Sarah Pickard ’00 Millie & Barry Piekos Elizabeth Stewart & Joseph Pignatello Susan Stokes & Steven Pincus Grey Maher & Aaron Pine Nancy Berliner & Alan Plattus

Stefanie Markovits & Ben Polak Elizabeth Prelinger ’68 Jeannine & Anthony Purcell Andrea & Klaus Radebold Marie & Richard Raymond Lisa & Joseph Rebeschi Dorleen & James Reidy Deborah Blanchard Richardson ’49 John Farden & Lee Ann Richter ’96 Naomi Senzer & Brad Ridky Barbara Riley Andrew Rivera ’06 Eera Sharma & Oscar Rollán Chelsea Ross ’06 Amy Estabrook ’72 & Philip Ross ’64 Fred Rossomando Nicholas Rostow ’64 Heidi Downey & Douglas Royalty Diane & Harvey Ruben Tracey & Eddie Ruotolo Joanne Saccio Susan & Joseph Saccio Elisabeth Sacco ’98 Tricia Reilly & Peter Sachner Krystn Wagner & José Salvana Robert D. Sandine Christin & Ben Sandweiss Letha* & Jack Sandweiss

New Gym Floor Pays Tribute to Mr. Willis

Foote alum Kai Takahashi ’09, Head of School Carol Maoz, and retired athletic director Ted Willis.

Fifth graders join Ted Willis, the Physical Education faculty and Head of School Carol Maoz.

A new floor installed in the Hosley Gymnasium this summer is named in honor of Foote's longtime athletic director Ted Willis. Mr. Willis retired in 2013 following a 43-year career at Foote in which he coached and mentored thousands of students. The floor features a falcon design by Foote alum Kai Takahashi ’09; the emblem also adorns Foote's new athletic uniforms. 40

Dr. & Mrs. Clarence Sasaki Ilene & Robert Saulsbury Gregory B. Sawyer ’86 Alison & Jim Schleifer Abha Gupta & Stephen Scholand Amy Marx & Robert Schonberger Tanina Rostain & Richard Schottenfeld The Mark Schpero Family Madeline Schreiber ’84 Vicki Schultz Carol Dorfman & William Segraves Jodi & Jacob Seidner Trisha Kelly & Mark Senzer Peter Setlow ’57 Hilary Shank-Kuhl ’68 Alison MacKeen & Scott Shapiro Carmen & Pradeep Sharma Marion Sharp Ian Shaw ’12 Jane Karlsruher Shedlin ’47 Amy & Colin Sheehan Richard L. Shiffrin ’62 Betty & Myung Soo Shin Claire Shubik-Richards ’88 Julia & Martin Shubik Heide Lang & Mark Siegel William Silva ’66 Edith Cook Smith ’45 Meg McDowell Smith ’69 Sandra & Henry Snow Penny Snow Elaine Solomon Andi & Sam Solomon Andrea & Brian Sorrells Lucy & Wayne Spaar Wesley Springhorn Margie & Alan Starensier Karen & M. Dennis Stephens Cathya Wing Stephenson ’51 Molly Merrill Sterling Marcus Stern ’75 Beth Brennan Stetson ’64 Philip C. Stevens ’64 Ginger Stevens ’96 Andrew Stone ’09 Brandon Stone ’07 Katherine & Kenneth Stone John Stratton ’54 Kelly & Derek Streeter Betsy Leavy Stroman ’55 Leila Wood Stuhr ’82 Jeffrey Sudmyer & Amy Stephens Sudmyer ’89

Summer/Fall 2014

* Deceased

Lisa & Lindsay Suter Erin A. Sweeney ’02 Shannon Sweeney ’00 Maria Swift Samone Swift Suman & Manish Tandon Andrew Leonard & Molleen Theodore Mr. & Mrs. Don Tomayko Grier Torrence ’69 Ann Hunt Tritz ’45 The Tully Family Sara Shneiderman & Mark Turin Mrs. Josiah G. Venter Catherine Hosley Vouwie ’72 Christine Wallich ’66 Ellen Sherk Walsh ’73 John Wareck ’84 Sheila & Lawrence Wartel Erica & Gordon Weiss Elizabeth Welles Thomas Wellington ’76 Ki & Kae Whang Christine Ko & Peter Whang Sandy & Dick Whelan Russell White ’64 Betty & Jim Whitney C. Lawson Willard ’47 Diane & Scott Williams Robert F. Wing ’53 Robin Woerner ’04 Emily Mendillo Wood ’51 Yolanda Woods ’70 Harriet Calhoun Wrenn ’43 Mai Wu ’84 Zhirong Jiang & Zhiqun Xi Lan Lin & Wu Yan Yanbin Liu & Y. Richard Yang Ruth & Arthur York Lenore & Albert Zimmermann Yaira Matyakubova & Andrius Zlabys

FACULTY & STAFF James Adams & Annie Ducmanis Lara Anderson Lynne Banta & Javier Garcia Clyde Bennett Carrie & Bill Bergantino Kim & Phil Birge-Liberman Katy Clark-Spohn Botta ’98 & Robbie Botta Andy & Alison Bromage Emily Buckley Jacob Burt & Elizabeth Gill

** Matching Gift Program Participants

Jeannette Byers ’65 Rachelle Byron Mary Beth & Andy Calderoni Amy Caplan ’88 Deborah Fong Carpenter ’82 & John Carpenter John & Keri Climie Liam & Alison Considine Jay & Dody Cox Peter & Lucy Cox Tina & John Cunningham Susan & Richard Delaney Amanda & Ray Diffley Bette Donahoe Eric Einbinder Lely & David Evans Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Farricielli Jacqui & Stephen Fritzinger Silvia & Rich Gee Angela & Fernando Giannella Cara Given Michael Golschneider Maria & Charles Granquist ** Cara & Robert Hames Tina Hansen & Adam Hopfner Sarah Heath & Franz Douskey Hayden & Jeremy Holt Lynda & Peter Johnson Meghan & Steve Karolyi Özler & Ege Kayaarasï Margy & Rich Lamere Sheila Lavey & Mike Dooman Leslie & Marshall Long Bill Manke ’91 Carol & Michael Maoz ** Karla Matheny & family Michael McCabe & Donna Rehm-McCabe Melissa & Timothy McCormack David & Mary Jane McGaffin Jessica McNell Brad & Becky McGuire Elizabeth Mello Michael Milazzo ’08 Michael Milburn Kelly Moran Colleen & Michael Murphy Susan Neitlich & Matthew Broder Sally Nunnally Tristen Oifer Cathy & Christophe Pamelard Hilary & Erik Pearson Ann Baker Pepe & Greg Pepe

Donor to the Annual Fund for five consecutive years

REPORT SPOTLIGHT OF GIVING

Maryanne Peterson Danielle & Matthew Plante Carol & Wes Poling Denise Quinn & Erik Dobratz Veena Raghuvir & Ryan Haug Cjet & Cindy Raymond Martha & Larry Reina Deborah A. Rhoads Debra Riding & Oliver Barton Julianne B. Ross-Kleinmann & A. Joseph Kleinmann Donna & Robert Santomasso Ashley Schnabel Julian Schlusberg Susan Shaw Allison Siefert Walter Siracuse Kelly & Ben Small Adam Solomon & Brenda Carter Laura & James Stanley Andrew Sweet John & Elisa Turner Ellen & Joseph Velardi Erika Villa Dawn & Scott Walsh Kim Yap & Andrew Lewandowski Jennifer & Mark Youngblood Heather & Fred Zetterberg

FAREWELL GIFTS The parents of departing eighth and ninth graders contributed to Farewell Gifts in appreciation of their children's experiences at Foote. One hundred percent of ninth grade parents contributed to a new stage for the Sandine Theater. Anonymous Anne & Gordon Armour Debra Riding & Oliver Barton Julia & Sidney Bogardus Eileen A. Moran & John W. Colberg Cristina Brunet & Joe Craft Randi & Timothy Diemand The Douglas Family Debbie & Bill Friedman Allyson & Patrick Gallagher Jennifer Gelzinis Alison & Christopher Illick Kate Hunter & Richard Jacob Constance & Victor Joshua Neelima Kaushal & Paul Kuriakose

* Deceased

The Matthes Theriault Family The McCabe Family Elizabeth & Ben Muskin Angie Hurlbut & Andrew Nyhart The O’Keefe Family William Raccio Cjet & Cindy Raymond Beth Weinberger & Mark Schaefer Kathy Cooke & David Valone Eve Volk

In Honor of the Deming Family Nicholas Rostow ’64

Parents of departing eighth grade students contributed to professional development for Foote faculty. Robert & Cynthia Badrigian Elizabeth Wilson & Rob Berman Krish & Viji Erodula Jenny Chan & Jonathan Goldstein Debra & Jack Hauser The Hellerman Family Christina Herrick Priya A. & Melissa S.* Jamidar Cindy & Dean Karlan Soo & SK Lee Yollanda London Lillian Garcia & Bruce Mandell Catherine Petraiuolo ’83 & Andrew Martin Cristina Baiocco & Giuseppe Moscarini Hilary & Erik Pearson Wendy & Daniel Price Andrea & Klaus Radebold Lauren L. McGregor & George J. Romanik Susan Devine & David Sakheim Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin & Mohit Sarin Michael Kaplan & Susan Sawyer Belinda Chan & Peter Schott Sandra Vlock ’70 Bob Frank & Raffaella Zanuttini

In Honor of the Foote School Class of 1964 and in Memory of Hunt Deming ’64, Ellen Jenkins ’64 and Becky Wilmer ’64 Catherine Barclay Fender ’64 John Barclay ’64 Deborah Brewster ’64 Jessie Brinkley ’64 Verdi DiSesa ’64 Toby Garfield ’64 Lionel Jackson ’64 Pauline Lord ’64 York Miller ’64 Sally Hooker Morgan ’64 Sarah Nettleton ’64 Philip Ross ’64 Nicholas Rostow ’64 Beth Brennan Stetson ’64 Philip Stevens ’64 Felicity Tuttle ’64 Chase Twichell ’64 Alexander Vietor ’64 Russell White ’64

HONORARY GIFTS In Honor of Tim Blauvelt Sheida & Arya Mani In Honor of the birth of Peter Andrew Calderoni Julian Schlusberg In Honor of Liam Considine The Kenn de Balinthazy Family

** Matching Gift Program Participants

In Honor of the birth of Julia Brook Doan Julian Schlusberg In Honor of the Foote School Class of 1963 Katharine Arnstein ’63 Judith Hull ’63

In Honor of Maria Granquist Betsy Bradburn-Assoian ’69 In Honor of Gerald Kahn Anonymous In Honor of the birth of Charlotte Emily LeClerc Julian Schlusberg In Honor of the birth of Fiona Scott McCurdy Julian Schlusberg In Honor of Michael Milburn The Kenn de Balinthazy Family In Honor of Julie Moore Carol Poling

Donor to the Annual Fund for five consecutive years

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In Honor of Roslyn Morrison Ilene & Robert Saulsbury In Honor of Denise Quinn Andrea & Brian Sorrells In Honor of Cindy Raymond The Kenn de Balinthazy Family Cynthia Deng ’07 In Honor of Deborah Rhoads Laura Altshul Ann Baker Pepe Mary Beth Calderoni Jay Cox John Cunningham Tina Cunningham Amanda Diffley Dawn Farricielli Lynda Johnson Leslie Long Karen Longa Karla Matheny Melissa McCormack Beth Mello Kelly Moran Colleen Murphy Tristen Oifer Maryanne Peterson Carol Poling Debra Riding

In Honor of Betsy Welch & Harry Welch ’42 Bonnie Welch ’79

Ashley Schnabel Susan Shaw Laura Stanley Lisa Totman ’56 Dawn Walsh Kim Yap Heather Zetterberg

In Honor of Mabel & Henry C. Wallich Christine Wallich ’66

MEMORIAL GIFTS In Honor of Debra Riding The Kenn de Balinthazy Family In Honor of Margie & Alan Starensier Cecle & Josef Adler In Honor of Julian Schlusberg The Kenn de Balinthazy Family In Honor of Lisa Totman ’56 David Bechtel & Serena Totman Bechtel ’84 Jonathan Davis & Rachel Totman Davis ’86 In Honor of Victor Tyler II ’42 Anonymous In Honor of Lynne Valentine Andrew Stone ’09 Katherine & Kenneth Stone

In Memory of Peggy Allison Sandy Allison & Jim Horwitz In Memory of Jeremy Berkowitz Brianna Berkowitz ’00 In Memory of Martha Brochin Anonymous In Memory of Margaret Brooks Deborah Fong Carpenter ’82 In Memory of Anna Huntington Deming ’35 Nicholas Rostow ’64 In Memory of Milton DeVane ’42 Mark Bernard & Katherine DeVane ’82 In Memory of Penny Farrel David Totman & Lisa Farrel Totman ’56 Patty & Tom Broderick

Summer Theater 2014

Robert Williamson ’11 leads The Music Man ensemble.

From left, Victoria Fagan, Erin King, Ariel Feinstein and Sabrina Carlier

This year’s Ninth Grade Parents’ Farewell Gift was a new stage for the Sandine Theater. The new three-quarter round stage hosted its first show in July, a rollicking production of The Music Man, as part of Foote’s Summer Theater program. 43

REPORT ALUMNI OF GIVING

In Memory of Alan Frane The Foote School Sunshine Fund In Memory of Gareth Hughes ’69 Emlyn Hughes ’75 In Memory of Melissa S. Jamidar Priya A. Jamidar In Memory of M. Jean Kirby John T. Kirby ’69 Laura & Frank Perrine In Memory of Anna Miles Jones ’41 Ellis O. Jones In Memory of Andrew Littell ’84 Adesoji Adu ’84 Jeffrey Brand ’84 Courtney Broadus ’84 Melanie Crowley Mullan ’84 Zeke Fiddler ’84 Stephen Fox ’84 David Friedman ’84 Miguel Garcia ’84 Jeffrey Goldblatt ’84 Lenore Jones-Peretto ’84 Thomas King ’84

Dara Kovel ’84 Bun-Sui Lai ’84 Jay Lender ’84 Robert Loisel ’84 Laura Lovejoy ’84 David Lovely ’84 Monica Nordhaus ’84 Alexandra Preziosi ’84 Heberden Ryan ’84 Madeline Schreiber ’84 Serena Totman Bechtel ’84 Suzy Usher Harris ’84 John Wareck ’84 Mai Wu ’84 In Memory of Edwin C. Meyer Julian Schlusberg In Memory of Joseph Miko Marty & Tom Foley In Memory of Jean Shepler Miller Betsy Bradburn-Assoian ’69 Elizabeth Prelinger ’68 Felicity Tuttle ’64 In Memory of Sidonie Miskimin ’69 Betsy Bradburn-Assoian ’69

In Memory of Sherwin Nuland Julian Schlusberg In Memory of Benjamin Sklaver ’92 The Geenty Group Kevin C. Geenty ’57 Melanie Ginter & John Lapides Will Silva ’66 In Memory of Winifred Sturley Lee Gaillard ’52 In Memory of Elinor Bozyan Warburg ’45 Perry Curtis ’45 John Gardner ’45 Davida Gordon Madden ’45 Jane Whittlesey North ’45 Edith Cook Smith ’45 Anne Hunt Tritz ’45

FOOTEBRIDGE Stephen L. Altshul Foundation Susan & Andrew Metrick New Haven Road Race The Seedlings Foundation Smart Family Foundation, Inc.

New Lower School Playground

Mixed Age Group students on the new Lower School playground.

Third graders explore the Gillam playground climber, which was refurbished with new wood and meshing.

The new Lower School playground features a natural play scape designed and constructed by Fred Martin of Environmental Design LLC in Milford. The playscape mixes natural elements such as tree stumps and log crossings with traditional playground equipment such as swings, slides and a climbing wall. The playground also features a “friendship bench” that is dedicated to retired third grade teacher Debbie Rhoads. Donations from the PTC provided generous support for the project. 44

FOUNDATIONS & FUNDS Anonymous Stephen L. Altshul Foundation Henry W. Chambers, Jr. Charitable Trust The Goodwin Levine Foundations Inc. The David Hokin Foundation ING/Scholarship America JMS Foundation Inc. The Milikowsky Family Foundation RISC Foundation Incorporated Sasco Foundation The Seedlings Foundation Smart Family Foundation, Inc. Olcott & Lucy Smith Foundation

GIFTS IN KIND Oyesiku Carr ’85 Bun-Sui Lai ’84 Briah & Spencer Luckey ’85 Ellen & Joseph Velardi Yaira Matyakubova & Andrius Zlabys

GIFTS TO ENDOWED FUNDS Benevento Family Scholarship Fund Joan & John Benevento Martha Brochin Endowed Fund Elizabeth Brochin Susan Canny ’96 Elizabeth Daley Draghi ’77** Melanie Ginter & John Lapides The Sherman-McCarthy Family Penny Snow Timorthy & Mary P. Doukas Fund Susan Swords Stevens ’62 Pat & John Zandy C. Dary Dunham School Spirit Fund Catherine & Robert Sbriglio Polly Fiddler Art Fund Jay Lender ’84 The O'Keefe Family Catherine & Robert Sbriglio The Jean & Edward Kirby Memorial Scholarship Fund John T. Kirby ’69 Laura & Frank Perrine

Jean G. Lamont Scholarship Fund Anonymous Margaret & Marc Mann Rita A. McDougald-Campbell LaViola Family Scholarship Fund Philomena & John LaViola

Marian Spiro Fund for Science Enrichment Renée Perroncel & Neal DeLaurentis Gene J. Takahashi Scholarship Fund Wendy Sharp, Dean Takahashi, Kerry Takahashi ’07 & Kai Takahashi ’09 Endowed Library Fund The O’Keefe Family

Hannah Lee Fund Cecle & Josef Adler Melanie Ginter & John Lapides J. Richard & Amy S. Lee The Sherman-McCarthy Family Margie & Alan Starensier

Anne Schroeder Vroman Endowed Fund Ellen Treble Asherman ’49

Jonathan Milikowsky Scholarship Fund Jennifer Milikowsky ’02

Unrestricted Endowment Anne Sa’adah ’69

MATCHING GIFTS Jonathan Milikowsky Memorial Fund for New Technology Jennifer Milikowsky ’02 Pasi-Sachdev Scholarship Fund The Pasi-Sachdev Family Orten L. Pengue, Jr., Scholarship Fund Peggy McCarthy Berman & Barry Berman Foote School Drama Program Foote School Summer Theater Program Fred Rossomando Catherine & Robert Sbriglio Julian Schlusberg Milos Saccio Fund Mary & David Lesser Joanne Saccio Susan & Joseph Saccio Penny Snow Phyllis Brown Sandine Memorial I.S.I.S. Scholarship Fund Deborah Bovilsky Anne Sa’adah ’69 Robert D. Sandine Jean Shepler Miller Fund Thomas Brand ’88 Elizabeth Daley Draghi ’77** Jay Lender ’84 Mary P. Murphy ’92

Bank of America Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. Gartner Group The Geenty Group General Electric Intermountain Industries Petroglyph Energy Foundation The Kresge Foundation Microsoft Mills Law Firm, LLC New York Life Foundation Open Society Institute Pfizer Inc. Pitney Bowes Portland General Electric Co. Rockefeller Brothers Fund Scripps Howard Foundation T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. UBS United Technologies

STARS (SCHOOLS TOGETHER FOR ARTS RESOURCES) New Haven Road Race Joanne & David Goldblum

FUND FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH Stephen L. Altshul Foundation

GIFTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES ING/Scholarship America Andrew & Susan Metrick Lisa & Phillip Miller

Summer/Fall 2014

* Deceased

** Matching Gift Program Participants

Donor to the Annual Fund for five consecutive years

REPORT ALUMNI OF GIVING

Endowed Funds The Board’s Finance Committee recommended the purchase of zero coupon bonds in the early 1980’s as a strategy to create the school’s endowment. It was an important decision for the school — when the last of the zero coupon bonds matured in 2003, the initial investment of $310,000 had returned $1,655,450. Over the years Foote’s endowment has continued to grow, and now stands at $9,955,000 (June 30, 2014). A distribution is made annually from interest earned on invested funds. The Board’s goal is to provide significant, stable, and sustainable funding to support the school’s annual operating budget and specific donor designated programs. In the past year the endowment added $316,000 to the school’s operating budget. UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT S. Prescott Bush Clement Endowed Fund — established in 2007 in honor of Prescott Clement ’35. The proceeds are used at the discretion of the school’s Board of Directors. ENDOWMENT FOR CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT Martha Brochin Endowed Fund for Library Books — established in 2004 in memory of Martha Brochin, a Foote School parent and muchloved pediatrician. Margaret Brooks Endowed Fund — established in 2010 in memory of Madame Brooks, French teacher at Foote and parent of Preston ’79, Kate ’82 and Nat ’87. The fund supports the school’s language department.

Polly Fiddler Art Fund — established by parents and former students in recognition of Polly Fiddler’s outstanding work as an art teacher at Foote for more than three decades (1978–2009). The fund supports the school’s studio art program. Levin Fund — established by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Levin to fund the purchase of books and materials to enrich and extend the collection of the Frank M. Perrine Library. Kindergarten and Mixed Age Group Programs Fund — established by the parents of Foote students Aya and Hadi Abu-Alfa in 2010 to support and enrich the Kindergarten and Mixed Age Group programs. Library Endowment — gifts to endowment intended to support the Frank M. Perrine Library. Jonathan Milikowsky Memorial Technology Fund — created by classmates, family and friends in memory of Jon ’98, to provide annual support to the Technology Department, particularly for new technology and innovative uses of technology. Marian W. Spiro Fund for Science Enrichment — established in honor of Marian Spiro, science teacher at Foote from 1970–89, to enrich and enhance the school’s science programs. Friends of Foote Theater Endowment — established in 2002 by David and Deborah Moore, to fund costs associated with the outstanding drama program. Jean Shepler Miller Music Fund — established in 2009 by alumni who studied music with Mrs. Shepler during her long career at Foote (1953–91), the fund provides support for the school’s music department.

ENDOWMENT FOR FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Joya Marks Endowment for Professional Development — created in 2001, and in 2007 named in honor of Joya Marks, Lower School Head (1993–2007), this fund provides support for professional development opportunities to enrich the lives and work of Foote School teachers. Violet Talbot Endowed Fund — established by parents and faculty in honor of kindergarten teacher Violet Talbot at the time of her retirement in 2001 to provide support for teacher training and for financial aid for children of color. ENDOWMENT FOR FINANCIAL AID Benevento Family Scholarship — established in 1987 by the Benevento Family. Simone Brown Fund — established in memory of Simone Brown, Class of 1981, following her death in 1983. Carolyn Foundation Endowment — established by generous gifts from The Carolyn Foundation in 1989 and 1998, this fund has grown to over a quarter million dollars, providing significant annual funding for financial aid for children of color from New Haven. Celentano Scholarship Fund — created to recognize the many contributions of Freddie Celentano who worked at Foote as a member of the maintenance staff from 1963–77. Janis Cooley-Jacobs Scholarship Fund — established in 1999 after the death of Foote parent and pediatrician Janis Cooley-Jacobs.

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Timothy and Mary P. Doukas Fund — established in 1997 by Mr. and Mrs. John Zandy in memory of Mrs. Zandy’s parents.

Pasi-Sachdev Family Fund — created in 2005 by the Pasi-Sachdev family to reflect their deep appreciation of the Foote School community.

Martha Babcock Foote Fund — established in memory of the founder and first Head of School, 1916–35.

Orten L. Pengue, Jr., Scholarship Fund — created in 2008 by parents and students in honor of Ort’s many contributions to Foote’s theater program.

Margaret Hitchcock Fund — established in memory of Margaret Ballou Hitchcock, Foote English teacher and head of the Upper School from 1931–57. Jean and Edward Kirby Endowed Fund — established in 2013 by their son, John T. Kirby ’69, in recognition of their love of the school and the central role it played for three generations of the Kirby family. Jean G. Lamont Endowed Scholarship Fund — established in 2004 in recognition of Jean Lamont’s commitment to diversity and a strong financial aid program during her tenure as Head of School from 1992–2004. Hannah Lee Memorial Endowed Fund — established in memory of Hannah Lee ’08, 1993–2004, this fund provides annual support for the school’s financial aid program. LaViola Family Scholarship Fund — established by Philomena and John LaViola in honor of their grandchildren, Alexandra LaViola ’06 and John LaViola ’09. Jonathan Milikowsky Scholarship Fund — established in 2007 in memory of Jon Milikowsky ’98 by his parents, Sharon and Daniel Milikowsky, brother Matthew ’95 and sister Jennifer ’02, the fund provides financial aid for a student in grades 6–9 who demonstrates intellectual curiosity, cheerful engagement with classmates and teachers, kindness, optimism, and appreciation and respect for others. Summer/Fall 2014

Frank M. Perrine Scholarship Fund — established in 1991 in recognition of Frank’s many contributions to Foote as Headmaster from 1967–92. Phyllis Brown Sandine Memorial ISIS Scholarship Fund — established in 2002 by ISIS (Inner-City Scholarships for Independent Schools) in honor of Mrs. Sandine, a Foote parent and long-time friend of the school and an advocate for early childhood education. It provides financial aid funds specifically for New Haven children enrolled at Foote. Gene J. Takahashi Scholarship Fund — created in 2010 by Dean Takahashi and Wendy Sharp, Kerry Takahashi ’07 and Kai Takahashi ’09, in honor of Dean’s father. Anne Schroeder Vroman Scholarship Fund — created in 2006 by Barent Vroman in memory of his wife, a member of the class of 1946. ENDOWMENT FOR LEARNING SUPPORT Milos Saccio Fund — established in memory of Milos Saccio ’83, 1967–79, who was a sixth grader at Foote at the time of his death, this fund annually provides learning support with the intention of helping children reach their full potential.

RESTRICTED FUNDS The school also appreciates and relies upon the support provided by Restricted Funds. These funds are not endowed — the principal is spent as needed over the years. Current Restricted Funds include: Classical Book Fund — established in 1996 to honor Latin teacher Carol Ross, and used annually to provide library and classroom resources to enrich the study of classical Greece and Rome Fund for Community Outreach — established in 2012 to provide funding for meaningful community outreach programs offered at Foote in support of the greater New Haven community. C. Dary Dunham School Spirit Fund — established in recognition of Dary Dunham’s leadership of Foote as Interim Head of School, 2007–09, it funds campus activities that build a sense of community. Faculty Professional Development focused on reading instruction — established in 2013 to provide professional development for Foote School teachers and learning support staff in methodologies that support students with dyslexia and other reading challenges. Friends of Foote Theater Fund — established in 2002, this fund provides support for expanded opportunities in educational theater made possible by the construction of the Robert D. Sandine black box theater.

ALUMNI

Reunion Day 2014 Foote alums came from far and wide to find old friends and teachers at Reunion Day on May 3. Under a clear blue sky, alums arrived to a campus festooned with maroon and grey balloons and crowded with old classmates happily greeting one another. The classes ending in 4 and 9 celebrated special reunions. Stu Clement ’34 was the oldest alum present, celebrating his 80th reunion with wife Anne Campbell Clement ’39! After picking up nametags, alums gathered in the Perrine Library for coffee, refreshments and conversation. Classmates laughed about old times and pored through old yearbooks, recalling their Foote days. The Awards Assembly followed in the Hosley Gymnasium, decorated with photos and memorabilia from the Foote archives and student artwork. Annie Wareck ’85, a Foote board member and mother of three current students, welcomed alums before Head of School Carol Maoz spoke. Carol shared a presentation about the mission skills initiative Foote is undertaking to assess students for team-

Members of the class of ’04 play foursquare.

Friends from the class of ’64 reminisce about old times. From left, John Barclay, Peter Winder, Sandy Vietor, York Miller and Verdi DiSesa.

work, creativity, ethics and other noncognitive skills that are essential for success in school and in life. Ted Crosby ’59 received the Alumni Achievement Award for his work expanding educational opportunities for impoverished children in rural Haiti. He was introduced by Foote

alum and current French teacher Jenny Byers ’65. Since its founding in 2004, the Crosby Fund for Haitian Education has provided scholarships for hundreds of children who otherwise wouldn’t attend school because they can’t afford the cost of tuition, books and uniforms. Ted spent many happy years at Foote and credits his geography teacher, Mrs. Corbier, with inspiring his desire to learn about other cultures and work to make a difference in their lives. Ted spoke to alums about the enormous challenges Haitians face in accessing education — particularly after the 2010 earthquake — and about the opportunities and obstacles presented by operating a nonprofit there. Director of Development and Alumni Programs Ann Baker Pepe paid tribute to recently deceased alums, including Anna Huntington Deming ’35, Anna Miles Jones ’41 and Andrew Littell ’84. Following the assembly and lunch, members of the class of 1984 gathered along Highland Street to plant a spruce tree in memory of Andrew Littell and reflect on his life, his work and the lasting friendships he made at Foote. Foote Prints

All alums were welcomed to an open meeting of the Alumni Council to discuss plans for Foote’s centennial celebration in 2016. Many crowded into the Harkness Room in the new Jonathan Milikowsky Science and Technology Building for a productive brainstorming session. All in all, it was another happy reunion, and a terrific warm-up for the big celebration in 2016 that will welcome even more friends and classmates back to Loomis Place. 2014 Alumni Achievement Award recipient Ted Crosby ’59 with Foote alum and French teacher Jenny Byers ’65

Head of School Carol Maoz and former head Frank Perrine don hats hand drawn with Frank’s likeness by Jay Lender ’84.

Lenore Jones-Peretto ’84 (left) and Mai Wu ’84

Members of the class of ’84, including Heb Ryan, planted a spruce tree in memory of deceased classmate Andrew Littell.

Stu Clement ’34 and wife Anne Campbell Clement ’39 celebrated their 80th and 75th reunions, respectively.

Summer/Fall 2014

Science Department Co-chair John Cunningham with son Sam Cunningham ’04.

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Class Notes 1931 We are sad to report the death of Mary Winternitz Cheever, who passed away on April 7, 2014 in Ossining, NY.

1934 Class Correspondent: Stuart Clement shclement@comcast.net

1936 Class Correspondent: Elizabeth Reeves Goodspeed 111 Hunter Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801

1939 Class Correspondent: Anne Campbell Clement shclement@comcast.net

Hope Waters Thomas reports, “I am thankful to be able to walk again after falling and being confined to a wheelchair for three months.” Anna York Mulkey writes, “I left Foote halfway through seventh grade to go to the Virgin Islands. I graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1947 — majored in zoology. Worked at Seventeen magazine in New York City for a year and a half, but left in 1949 when Reed Mulkey graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He immediately transferred to the U.S. Air Force. We have five great grandchildren. When Reed retired we returned to New Mexico, his home state. Living in Albuquerque, I’ve volunteered for 34 and a half years at NM BioPark, a very fine organization, and I’m really enjoying my work as an unpaid teacher using my zoology degree.”

1940 Sandol Stoddard reports, “My sixth great grandchild was born this year and the last of my 10 grandchildren are heading for the altar, so I suppose there will be more.”

“I became a person at Foote.” 1941 Class Correspondent: Nancy Redway Pugsley 88 Notch Hill Road Evergreen Woods, Apt. 355 N. Branford, CT 06471 203-488-8312

1942 Class Correspondent: David Hitchcock, Jr. HitchDL@aol.com

1943 We are sad to report the death of Joan Reeves Davies on September 12, 2013.

1944 Class Correspondent: Ruth Watson Martin The Carillon, Apt. 706 2525 Taft Drive Boulder, CO 80302

Ruth Watson Martin and the rest of the Martins are all now in or near Boulder, CO. Daughter Amanda ’77 continues to be busy with the art and music scene. Son Bill ’82 and wife Marianne have moved from the front range mountains of Nederland to a bigger house closer to Denver. They have twins who turn 5 in October. Ruth and Amanda recently reunited with former faculty member Lynne Valentine in Denver. J. Marshall Osborn enjoys being retired and is in good health. He spends his time attending plays and operas and seeing his children and grandchildren.

1945 70th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Davida Gordon Madden writes with pride of her daughter, Dorothy Garceau, who became a full time professor at Rhodes College in Memphis and was appointed to the Board of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Pamela Pond Goss says

her children and grandchildren are “still peregrinating,” still at school and still terrific. She writes, “All is well including the grandparents and cheers to all at Foote!”

1946 Class Correspondent: Kent Healy Kent.Healy@verizon.net

Ben LaFarge’s first book, The Logic of Wish and Fear: New Perspectives of Western Fiction, will soon be published by Palgrave Macmillan on its digital platform, Palgrave Pivot.

1947 Class Correspondent: Gladys Bozyan Lavine GBLavine@gmail.com

1948 Nancy Tuttle Adam is no longer traveling but she keeps in frequent touch with and sees Gay Spykman Harter and Betsey Mendell Grobe.

1949 The Class of 1949 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

1950 65th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondent: Mary Pigott Johnsen jlmpjohnsen@west-point.org

Mary Pigott Johnsen writes, “Sad news reached us that our classmate, John B. Grant, Jr., died on April 27, 2014. Such news sums up how important it was for us to get together for our 60th. Classmates responded with notes that I have slightly edited.”

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Vicki Meeks Blair-Smith: “John was a very special, kind person with a very special smile. John had a serious heart condition but it didn’t seem to slow him down any. Years ago he came to a reunion dinner of four at the Lawn Club, just Grant, Berry, Charlotte (Chase) and myself… and now three have died.” Margot DeNoyon Saadeh: “It’s always hard and a shock to learn of the death of an old friend, and in John’s case, a classmate. Somehow we tend to naively think we will all live forever. But when one we knew and studied and played with at those young ages is gone, it’s as if part of us is gone. And indeed this is so. I join with all of you, and with John’s wife and family, in expressing my deepest sympathy. It’s wonderful that we who were in attendance at our 60th could be with John — a recent re-acquaintance made, as well as a very special memory engraved on our hearts and minds.” John Dollard: “I liked John and we had some contact outside of school. I remember he lived in a nice house on the outskirts of New Haven with a good lawn for running around in. Even-tempered, friendly, fun to be around.” Marcia Tucker Boogaard: “I remember John talking about his (wife) Marty at our 60th; on his knees in the Foote library, e-mailing Marty (from a Foote student’s point of view): and talking so enthusiastically about his volunteer work.” Mary wrote to Marty: “Please know that your man was much beloved and respected by his classmates and will be remembered fondly as long as we live. I personally will picture him out on the water with the wind in his hair and that marvelous smile on his face.” And as summed up by Tordis Ilg Isselhardt: “Each reunion is indeed precious as we catch up on each other’s lives and remember those who aren’t with us. Let’s try for a good turnout next year for the 65th reunion of our Class of 1950.” Summer/Fall 2014

1951 Class Correspondent: Emily Mendillo Wood 118 Fifth Avenue Milford, CT 06460-5206 203-878-9963

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1952 Class Correspondent: Harald Hille harald.hille@gmail.com

Wilford Welch just started a new company with two partners called The What Matters Company, “for those exploring what a meaningful life for them might entail.” Also, he is writing a book titled (R)evolution: Aim for Sustainability, Assure Resilience.

1953 Class Correspondent: Robert Wing wing@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

1954 The Class of 1954 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

Lavinia Meeks is living in Lenox, Mass., full time. She volunteers at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, her church and at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum. She had a nice “catch-up” with Herrick Jackson on the telephone regarding reunion.

1955 60th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondents: Nawrie Meigs-Brown nawrie@comcast.net Lee Dunham LDunham@sandw.com

Nawrie Meigs-Brown writes that she and husband David “continue to live

Ed Johnson, Head of School Carol Maoz and John Stratton

in their little village by the sea [Woods Hole, Mass.], surrounded by interesting marine science and a host of fascinating people.” In May, they acquired a black lab puppy who has been bringing The New York Times to the door since he was 8 weeks old. Phebe Thorne, while still living in Ketchum, Idaho and skiing 80 days a year, spent a lot of time looking at continuing care retirement communities and found one in Jacksonville, Fla., where she will spend spring and fall. She writes that it’s a “nice place, like a club. Come on down!”

1956 Class Correspondent: Will Amatruda willtam88@hotmail.com

Sally Jones Loeser is busy working part-time as a caregiver and patient advocate. Her children are all working and she has four grandkids (ages 15, 14, 12 and 9). Ruth Osterweis Selig retired in 2010 from her last position as senior writer/editor for Secretary Wayne Clough, head of the Smithsonian Institution, and returned to the National Museum of Natural History’s Department of Anthropology as a research collaborator. She started a publication, AnthroNotes, 35 years 51

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ago in that department, and she is now working with the Smithsonian Libraries and her coeditors to digitize and make fully searchable all 84 issues through the Smithsonian’s official repository. In 2012, she established the Rollyn Osterweis Krichbaum Memorial Endowed Program Fund for the Public Understanding of African Art and Culture in honor of her identical twin sister Rollyn ’56 who worked as an editor at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Before her untimely death in 1982, Rollie had helped organize and edit the catalogue Treasures of Ancient Nigeria, which she considered the most important work of her career. The new endowed fund serves the Warren M. Robbins Library at the National Museum of African Art, supporting scholars-inresidence, public programming, lectures and exhibitions, as well as book acquisitions.

1957 Class Correspondent: Kevin Geenty kevin@geentygroup.com

Bruce Reynolds and his wife, Yoke San, have both retired from the University of Virginia and are living

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Rich Hooker ’60 and wife Donna enjoying a Chesapeake Bay cruise.

blissfully outside Washington in Potomac with their daughter, son-inlaw and two angelic granddaughters. They spend summers at the ancestral family lake house in Wisconsin, and have lots of room for visitors (sailing, waterskiing, canoeing, raspberries). Faith Johnson reports that she has “had a very interesting life so far; living in England is full of its challenges and delights.” She takes an annual trip to North Haven, Maine, where she had a delightful visit from Marion and Richard Petrelli. Her youngest son Orlando has an art gallery in Rockland, Maine at 403 Main Street. It is near the Thorndike Creamery, which is owned and run by Sarah Crosby Vokey ’83. Faith’s goal for 2014 is to continue her research on WWI and the role the US 28th Division played in it.

1958 Class Correspondent: Eric Berger ericberger@aol.com

Meg Bluhm Carey, Ted Crosby, Paishy Meigs Bousel

1959 The Class of 1959 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

1960 55th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondent: Happy Clement Spongberg happyspongberg@earthlink.net

Happy Clement Spongberg, husband Steve and sister Muffie Clement Green ’61 spent a lovely Easter weekend on Block Island where they walked some of the 26 miles of trails. This summer, Happy spent time selling the family’s old place in the Adirondacks. There were many trips taken to the thrift shop, dump, high school and other organizations; and siblings and cousins are taking away items that tug at their hearts. She writes, “While three years ago I would not have been emotionally ready for this huge change in my life, I’m okay with it now.” Rich Hooker and his wife Donna are enjoying retirement. In Foote Prints

May they went on a Chesapeake Bay cruise with American Cruise Lines, where visits included Yorktown and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and they saw an oyster dredging demonstration while sailing on a Chesapeake skipjack. They went on another cruise with Donna’s twin sister and her husband to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary and his in-laws’ 40th. Rich and Donna have also been spending a lot of time at their lake home on Canandaigua Lake. In August they planned a trip to Keene, NY, to stay at the family cottage and celebrate their 20th anniversary with Rich’s sister Ellen Hooker ’62 and her husband Joe.)

1961 Class Correspondent: Muffie Clement Green m_c_green@sbcglobal.net

Muffie Clement Green writes, “Class of ’61! Please let me know how you are and what you’ve been up to, so that we have some news for the next Class Notes! George, how are you doing out there in Washington? Joanie, in Colorado? Gwyneth, in New Mexico? Steve, in Maine? Peter P., in California? Peter E., in Africa (I think I have that right)?! Adele, in Newfoundland?! And everyone else in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and beyond? I think people need to hear about all the interesting things our class is doing!” Muffie herself has been working in the Westover School archives, and now, in the Foote archives preparing for the centennial in 2016. She had a fabulous trip with Cecie Clement ’62 in June to the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.

1962 Class Correspondent: Donald O. Ross dross@winvcounsel.com

Thomas Kleeman ’62 and wife Anne, founders of MD Fitness, The Doctor’s Workout.

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Thomas Kleeman writes, “As you probably know, after a long and circuitous route, I became an orthopedic spine surgeon and founder of the New Hampshire Neurospine Institute. What you don’t know is that along with my wife Anne, I began a new program last year called MDFitness, The Doctor’s Workout. You also don’t know that I am a cancer survivor. I remember how weak and debilitated I felt after undergoing a major surgery for my prostate cancer and the recovery that followed. I tried several popular workout programs but discovered that they were targeted for a younger, healthier demographic. I wasn’t looking for a six-pack of abs; I just

wanted my life back. In the end I decided if I couldn’t find the right workout I would create it. Thus was born The Doctor’s Workout. Our program is comprised of three levels for every age and fitness level. We have specifically targeted an older demographic focusing not only on cardio and strength training but also balance exercise (an increasing problem in the aging baby boomers). I have become dedicated to the use of exercise as a means of maintaining quality of life during the aging process. It is my goal to impact the healthcare of the country by teaching people to embrace healthy habits such as exercise and nutrition and improve their quality of life and health as they age. But don’t worry; I have not become a fanatic, just a healthier baby boomer.”

1963 Class Correspondent: Susan Stratton susan@strattonpartners.com

1964 Class Correspondent: Verdi DiSesa vdisesa@cchosp.com

Our deepest condolences to Pauline Lord whose mother Ruth Lord passed away on August 4, 2014 in New Haven.

1965 50th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondent: Eric Triffin Eric_Triffin@aya.yale.edu

Our deepest condolences to George Lord, whose mother Ruth Lord passed away on August 4, 2014 in New Haven.

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1966 Class Correspondent: John N. Deming, Jr. jndjr@yahoo.com

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Henry Margenau is starting a new job at Orange Lakes in Kissimmee, Fla., in off-property contact sales. He has retired from teaching and being a high school principal in Pennsylvania.

1967 The Class of 1967 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

1968 Class Correspondents: Liz Prelinger prelinge@georgetown.edu Leland Torrence lelandtorrence@optonline.com

From left: Felicity Tuttle, Peter Winder, Pauline Lord, Sandy Vietor, Nicholas Rostow, Philip Ross, Verdi DiSesa, Deborah Brewster, Cathy Barclay Fender, York Miller, John Barclay, Jessie Brinkley, Beth Brennan Stetson

Rob Clark rclark@perrigo-inc.com

The class of 1964’s 50th reunion featured many elements, enjoyed by the following: Catherine Barclay, John Barclay, Beth Brennan, Deborah Brewster, Jessie Brinkley, Verdi DiSesa, Stewart Jackson, Pauline Lord, York Miller, Philip Ross, Nick Rostow, Phip Stevens, Felicity Tuttle, Sandy Vietor and Peter Winder.

George Holden’s daughter recently graduated from Harvard Law School, his younger son finished his first year at Yale, and his middle son is gainfully employed in architecture.

Since York and John had arrived the day before, from Denver and Winston-Salem, respectively, a “pre-union” dinner with Philip took place, featuring New Haven’s famous artery-clogging pizza, washed down by pitchers of beer. Philip joined John for an early morning run, remarking — when he could — on John’s teenage stamina.

1969 Class Correspondent: Meg McDowell Smith megsmithvt@gmavt.net

1970 45th Reunion, May 9, 2015 The Class of 1970 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

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The official Foote program was informative and fun and the buffet delicious. Then to the top deck of the “Sea Mist” in Branford’s Stony Creek for a narrated tour of the Thimble Islands — a great mélange of geology, pirate lore, society gossip and hurricane history. Cocktails and croquet were next at Phip’s waterfront house in Madison. Stewart, mallet master that he is, guided us through two matches. Only once did he step in for a jaw-dropping demo by lofting Pauline’s ball over Nick’s and neatly though the wicket. Twelve of us — significant others having once again been politely but firmly excluded — re-assembled at Pauline’s place, White Gate Farm, in time to place bets before the Kentucky Derby. At dinner, we shared funny memories and sometimes painful revelations, all of great interest to the rest of us. Robin Hicks joined us through Stewart’s iPhone set on speaker, eloquently describing some of his own vicissitudes. Ah … life!

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Will Silva ’66

A Doctor and Pilot on a “Bipolar” Mission

ill Silva ’66 has traveled to the ends of the Earth to practice medicine, to some of the harshest climates on the planet.

After 13 years as an internist in a Seattle hospital, Will was burning out on what he calls a “medical insurance industrial complex” that prioritizes quantity of patient visits over quality. He was 44 years old, unmarried, and ready for a new adventure. His sister, Foote alum Jane Silva ’64, mentioned an employment ad she had seen in the New England Journal of Medicine seeking a doctor for an Antarctic research station. A seasoned mountain climber, Will was accustomed to extreme cold and solitude. In the spring of 1997, he and several friends were scaling Mt. Foraker in Alaska when a surprise snowstorm forced them to shelter for two nights in snow caves at 15,000 feet. “At the time I would rather have been anywhere else,” Will says of that climb. “The next day, sitting with my partners looking out at the beautiful twilight on the south face of Denali, I felt I’d rather be there than anywhere else in the world.” That experience “loosened the glue,” as Will puts it, and inspired him to apply for the Antarctica job. He got the gig, and by October of that year, he was on a turboprop plane flying to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, one of the driest, windiest and — in winter — darkest places on Earth. “It’s like being on another planet,” Will says. “There’s no way I’ll ever be going into space in this good life, but this is the next best thing.” As the sole doctor on base, Will was entrusted with the care of 200 base workers during the three-month summer and the 28 who remained in near isolation for the nine-month winter. That meant doing not just primary care — his specialty — but dentistry, radiology, medical equipment maintenance, even surgery. Amazingly, Will credits what he learned from Foote’s motto, “Gladly will I learn and gladly teach,” with helping him to navigate those new challenges. “I needed to know a lot of material that used to be someone else’s job,” he explains. “Hence, I was glad to learn from anyone who could teach me. Conversely, I found great joy in teaching medical skills to non-medical crewmates to better enable them to help me in times of need.” Will spent most of the next decade in Antarctica at different bases, caring for workers, teaching search and rescue skills and developing the stations’ technological capabilities to improve patient care. One such advancement likely saved a patient’s life, when a real-time ultrasound witnessed by a consulting radiologist in Denver and a surgeon in Texas clinched Will’s decision to carry out a rare and risky winter evacuation. Summer/Fall 2014

Facing new challenges in Antarctica, Will recalled Foote’s motto, “Gladly will I learn and gladly teach.”

By 2008, Will was back in Seattle and ready to retire. But the economic crash forced him back into service — this time near the North Pole. He found work in Alaska, first as an emergency room doctor in Kotzebue, a largely Eskimo town where temperatures average 10 below in winter, and later as a primary care physician in Ketchikan. The severity of the illnesses he saw in Alaska was unlike anything he had encountered in Seattle. “The population doesn’t think of medical care as a priority,” he explains. “You see very advanced pathology that you don’t see as a primary care doc in an urban population.” These days, Will is “fully retired” and living back in Seattle. At 61 and with arthritic knees, he has traded mountaineering for flying. He earned his pilot’s license during the years spent in Antarctica and flies an amateur-built GlaStar tail-dragger recreationally around the Pacific Northwest. He is learning to fly into rough, backcountry airstrips. “Flying in the mountains is a magic carpet ride,” Will says, “but it’s not without hazard. We choose carefully where and when to go.” Will might have stayed retired but for yet another job offer: He’s going back to Antarctica in October for one last medical tour of duty. He will deploy to South Pole Station for the four months that constitute austral summer to care for patients and reconnect with old friends. “It will be cool to again walk on the polar plateau on one of the pivot points of starship Earth,” Will says. “It will also buy me a variable pitch propeller for my airplane, which will improve my rate of climb!”

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Class of 1969 Wow, what a lovely and memorable time we had at our 45th Reunion at Foote School and at our class dinner afterwards! Starting with the coffee hour in the Perrine Library where we had the joy of seeing Frank Perrine and Bob Sandine, as well as the same spot we’d read the Iliad and Odyssey outloud, my classmates —Christine Wilmer Barkus, Jeffrey Brandfon, Riley Brewster, Patricia Chao, Anne Cheney, David Clark, Fritz Drury, Meg McDowell Smith, Sidney Miller, Anna Wallich — and I, Betsy BradburnAssoian, were thrilled beyond words to see each other, to reminisce about our years together at Foote and to update each other on our odysseys since. Following the Awards Ceremony that honored Ted Crosby ’59 for his amazing work supporting the education of Haitian students, and having our class picture taken, we gathered in the Hosley Gym for a deliciously healthful lunch and more heartwarming conversations. In addition to clarifying what we really meant or didn’t mean to say in our yearbook profiles, we enjoyed hearing that our classmates who couldn’t make the reunion — like Robert Bork, Jr., who sent photographs we took delight in viewing during lunch; Geb Byers III, who had a last-minute filming assignment in Manhattan; Gerry Hemingway, who lives now in Switzerland and teaches at Hochschule Luzern University; John Kebabian, who’s running his family’s 132-year-old oriental-rug store; John Kirby, who’s working while on sabbatical from his professorship at the University of Miami; Dirk Rubenstein, who wrote from his new home in Oregon about how much he enjoyed his time at Foote; Anne Sa’adah, who’s back teaching at Dartmouth after her

Sid Miller, Christine Wilmer Barkus. David Clark, Meg McDowell Smith, Anne Cheney, Betsy Bradburn-Assoian, Patricia Chao, Anna Wallich, Fritz Drury

sabbatical in Lebanon; Peg Swift, who recently took a break from her successful construction career to complete a one-year meditation retreat; Grier Torrence, who needed to attend his daughter’s recital and birthday celebration; Jeffrey Venter, who on our reunion day was walking his eldest daughter down the aisle as father of the bride; and Peter Wingerd, who was finishing his academic year at the same school in Los Angeles where he’s enjoyed teaching for more than 30 years — were doing well and that they sent their very best wishes to their classmates. After lunch, some of us attended a tour of the spectacular, environmentally responsible Jonathan Milikowsky Science and Technology Building, a meeting to discuss the upcoming centennial celebration, and a couple of us stopped by Kebabian’s Oriental Rug store to say hi to John who had to work that day.

Carol Ann Bradburn Celella ’72, and her husband Scott, at their home in Cheshire. Not only did we savor the delectable salad Anne Cheney made and the same kind of mouth-watering pies Carol Ann did for her 40th Foote reunion last year, but we had the inexpressible happiness of seeing John Phillips, who was able to drive up from New York City for the reunion dinner. When all was said and done, this was a joyful time that no one wanted to be said and done — and everyone was talking about how much we hope to see all of our classmates at our 50th reunion if not before. It was a great day, and we thank everyone at our beloved Foote School and the Celellas for making our 45th reunion so special. —Betsy Bradburn-Assoian

Last, but definitely not least, was our class dinner hosted by my sister, Rev.

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Ruth Ozeki ’70

Meditating on the Story ovelist Ruth Ozeki ’70 remembers the point in time when her dream of becoming a writer took flight. She was a third grader at Foote, in Mrs. Thompson-Allen’s class, learning to write italic lettering with a flat, stubby pencil.

That same year, she and her classmates received their first fountain pens — “Osmiroid Italic fountain pens with broad stub nibs,” Ruth recalls with precision. “Somehow this early fetishizing of pens and writing implements warped my mind sufficiently so that it never occurred to me to do anything besides write,” she says. Ruth has used her pen to great effect in the decades since. Now the author of three novels published by Penguin and Viking, her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages and published worldwide. Her most recent work, A Tale for the Time Being, won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Fiction, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and will be published in over 30 countries. Ruth is also an ordained Zen Buddhist priest and documentary filmmaker whose films, including Halving the Bones, have been shown on PBS, the Sundance Film Festival and at colleges and universities across the country. To this day, Ruth remembers Foote as the place that launched her journey as a writer and storyteller. “I became a person at Foote. All of my childhood memories have to do with Foote.” While mining the library for poetic inspiration, Ruth discovered that tilting her head sideways and scanning and copying down book titles yielded word combinations that made for some interesting poetry. In Bob Sandine’s English class, she encountered the power of the teacher-student bond. Ruth and two friends challenged Bob to stop smoking for a month, and offered dinner at his favorite restaurant as a reward. Bob accepted the challenge. He threw out his cigarettes, claimed his dinner at a Chinese restaurant and hasn’t smoked a day since. “I wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for Ruth Ozeki,” Bob says. Ruth grew up in New Haven, the daughter of an American father and Japanese mother, and her bicultural background infuses much of her work. Ruth wasn’t encouraged to explore her Japanese roots as a child, but she has delved deeply into her heritage as an adult. She studied English and Asian Studies at Smith College and later received a fellowship for graduate work in Japanese literature at Nara University. While in Japan, she polished her Japanese at a hostess club, pouring drinks, lighting cigarettes and conversing with the mostly male clientele. After returning to the U.S., she worked on low-budget horror movies with titles such as Mutant Hunt and Robot Holocaust. Summer/Fall 2014

“Writing and Buddhism are both expressions of my life and my understanding in the present moment.”

Ruth took both jobs to support her dream of writing a novel. But in an unexpected twist, it was her first novel that helped pay down $20,000 in debt from her film projects. That book, My Year of Meats, tells the story of a documentary filmmaker hired to produce a Japanese television show sponsored by an American meat-exporting business and her ensuing discoveries about love, fertility and a dangerous hormone — a tale based on Ruth’s experience on a similar TV project. Ozeki’s books weave a good deal of autobiography into their stories. A Tale for the Time Being follows a novelist named Ruth who lives in British Columbia and New York (as Ruth Ozeki does) and has a husband named Oliver (Ruth Ozeki’s husband is artist Oliver Kellhammer.) “Writing and Buddhism are both expressions of my life and my understanding in the present moment,” Ruth explains. “They are both forms of engagement and inquiry, and both require patience.” But like many writers, Ruth finds the process excruciating at times. She finished her first novel in a year, but each successive book took longer to complete. Putting a novel into the world often leaves Ruth feeling like two people: the “writer” who does the hard but rewarding work of dreaming up stories and writing them; and the “author” who goes out on the road and talks about writing. Her next project, currently in the early stages, is another novel, but Ruth is keeping the details to herself for now. She’s back in writer mode, meditating on the next story. 57

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1971 The Class of 1971 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

Class of 1974

Class Correspondents: Amy Estabrook heyamo@snet.net

Jim Gordon continues to restore homeless British cars as well as the errant Porsche and Mercedes Benz. His son is starting a job as an English teacher in Spain. Jim writes, “I think of my fellow Foote mates often and try to keep up with all your various exploits on Facebook.” Greta Nettleton’s family memoir about her great grandmother, The Quack’s Daughter: A True Story About the Private Life of a Victorian College Girl, was published in June by the University of Iowa Press. The book launch included a reading at the Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City and a number of presentations for Vassar alumni groups, including one in Boston attended by Cathy Hosley Vouwie. After 32 years as a journalist, 25 of them freelancing, Rob Gurwitt has joined a small startup in White River Junction, Vt., working on building an online platform for local news and information.

Class Correspondent: John Holder Jholder3@carolina.rr.com

Hyla Flaks Crane moved in February from Connecticut to Naples, Fla., where she is now the executive director of the Marco Island Center for the Arts.

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Cathy Hosley Vouwie chv79@hotmail.com

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1977 Brook Hersey with former head of school Frank Perrine

1974 The Class of 1974 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

1975 40th Reunion, May 9, 2015

Class Correspondent: Elizabeth Daley Draghi gdraghi@sbcglobal.net

Amanda Martin and her mother Ruth Watson Martin ’44 recently reunited with former faculty member Lynne Valentine in Denver. Amanda continues to be busy with the art and music scene in Boulder, Colo.

1978 Class Correspondents: Nell DeVane eleanor.devane@espn.com

Class Correspondent: Jessica Drury sjsaz@optonline.net

Stephen Fontana stevef1701@aol.com

Our deepest condolences to Michael Brownstein, whose mother Rhoda Wiesenberg Brownstein passed away on Aug. 5, 2014.

Our deepest condolences to Anne Brownstein, whose mother Rhoda Wiesenberg Brownstein passed away on Aug. 5, 2014.

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1973 Class Correspondents: Peter Hicks phicks@websterbank.com John Persse johnpersse@bhhsne.com

Former faculty member and administrator Bob Sandine and former head of school Frank Perrine with Kris Sandine, Bonnie Welch and former faculty member Bob Osborne

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1979 Class Correspondent: Bonnie Welch Bonniewelch@taftschool.org

1980 35th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondent: Liz Geller Brennan gelbren@aol.com

Traci Turner Fairfax works as a project site director at Ziegler Head Start National Park System. She remarried in 2010 to Carl Fairfax, Jr. They have a 17-year-old son and daughter, Carl Fairfax III and Amirh Moore. Liz Geller Brennan writes, “My nephew is starting Foote this fall and I can’t wait to do everything I did with my kids again (Field Day, May Day, assemblies, etc…). We are preparing to send our oldest, Will, off to college to study jazz and our daughter, Rachel, just completed her sophomore year at Wilbur Cross where she plays soccer and is involved with theater. I am working in community mental health and my husband is a portrait painter. It is hard to believe we are all almost 50. We had a really nice visit recently with Alicia Thompson Churchill who was in town visiting her father. Hope to see everyone at our 35th!”

1981 Class Correspondents: Jennifer LaVin jen2766@gmail.com Nicolas Crowley nyjcrowley@hotmail.com

Jonathan Hymer completed a master’s degree in public administration at University of Colorado in 2014. He is now working on state policy and advocacy related to energy, climate and the economy. He also spends time hiking, skiing, doing yoga, listening to music and traveling. Nicolas Crowley writes

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Debbie Carpenter '82, Bethany Appleby '82 and Clinton White '82 with Debbie's son Nicholas '19 and Clinton's children Naria and Reece.

that he is relocating to Montreal and will be working on the aircraft side of the business at Bombardier as soon as his Canadian visa comes through. Jennifer LaVin reports that she has left her in-house communications position and is now a senior vice president at Wholepoint Communications, a fullservice life science communications firm. She is excited to be working from home again!

1982 Class Correspondent: Bethany Schowalter Appleby bappleby@wiggin.com

Bill Martin, his wife Marianne, and his 5-year-old twins have moved from the front range mountains in Nederland to a house closer to Denver. Bethany Schowalter Appleby and husband Nick are still living in Hamden and working in New Haven and are proud of their children’s latest accomplishments — see Kilian ’06, Leana ’06 and Aidan ’11 for notes on what they have been up to. Bethany, Debbie Fong Carpenter and Clinton White caught up at Debbie’s house on July 19 with Debbie’s son Nicholas ’19 and Clinton’s children Naria, 13, and Reece, 9.

1983 Class Correspondent: Brinley Ford Ehlers Brinleysf@aol.com

1984 Class Correspondent: Ann Pschirrer Brandt apschirrer@aol.com

Anne Roche Perrine writes, “Just went to our amazing 30th Foote Reunion. It was thrilling to see everyone and to hear about the amazing contributions people in our class are making in the world. I am a criminal defense attorney for the poor in Massachusetts. I specialize in appellate work — making sure the constitutional rights of the poor are upheld at trial. I love the work even though it feels quixotic at times. Our oldest son, Oliver, 16, is learning to drive (!). Our daughter, Clara, 14, is attending my alma mater, Westover, in the fall. Our youngest son, Henry, 11, is thriving at Oak Meadow School where my husband Bill ’81 is Head of School.”

ALUMNI Jay Lender ’84

Animating the Next Chapter fter two decades working in Hollywood’s biggest animation studios, Jay Lender ’85 is on the verge of something new — and of his own design.

Best known for writing and storyboarding episodes of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Jay has parted ways with Nickelodeon and Disney and embarked on a series of new projects that have taken him to Romania (where he directed a live-action horror movie) and Texas (the setting of his forthcoming graphic novel about a female crop duster who battles Nazis at the close of World War II.) Both projects flow from an artistic impulse that took root “in the womb,” Jay says, and developed during the years he spent at Foote. Jay arrived at Foote as a fifth grader and remembers every teacher making a “huge impression” on him. But it isn’t Foote’s teachers that Jay recalls most fondly; it’s the sense of inclusion he felt here. “There was a sense of community at Foote that I had not experienced,” Jay says. “There was no meanness that I caught running between one clique and another. I was in the nerdy outsider clique but we were all part of the same family.” At his 30th reunion this past May, Jay says he encountered that same welcoming spirit. “It was the first time I had seen people in 25 years or more and I fell in with them right away and felt more comfortable among them than I would among my college classmates.” Artistically, Jay’s biggest influence was an ad man who worked for Lender’s Bagels, the company Jay’s grandfather built from a New Haven bakery into the world’s biggest bagel producer. As a young boy, Jay would go with his father, Murray Lender, to the company’s bagel factory on Sundays. Bored, Jay would find his way to the office of Willie Evans, who designed all of the company’s art and graphics. “I learned art and cartooning at Willie’s feet,” Jay says. “I credit him with sending me down this road and making it palatable to my father, who never could have understood it otherwise.” His passion led him first to Rhode Island School of Design and later to California Institute of the Arts. Jay left before graduating to pursue a career in Hollywood animation studios, but found work elusive. He landed his first job drawing backgrounds for a Nickelodeon show called “Hey Arnold!” That in turn led to a new show called “SpongeBoy,” later renamed “SpongeBob SquarePants.” From 1995 to 2001, Jay designed and drew backgrounds, consulted on scripts, wrote and storyboarded 22 SpongeBob episodes, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program in 2003. But his stint at Nickelodeon ended, Jay says, when he was “blacklisted” for trying to unionize studio workers. So for the next several years, Jay and another Nickelodeon writer, Micah Wright, wrote scripts, stories and dialogue for videogames such as “Robocalypse” and “The Dukes of Hazard: Return of the General Lee.” For Jay, a personal highlight was working on “Looney Tunes: 60

Jay Lender in Romania, where he directed the live-action horror movie TVZ: Repossessed.

“There was a sense of community at Foote that I had not experienced.”

Back in Action,” a game for PlayStation2 based loosely on the film of the same name. He was hired to write a story script and 7,000 lines of in-game dialogue for Bugs, Daffy and the rest of the Looney Toons characters he loved as a kid. “That scratched my Looney Tunes itch pretty hard.” When the economy crashed in 2008, videogame work dried up and Jay found himself back in a big studio, writing, directing and even writing songs for Disney’s animated show “Phineas & Ferb.” He directed 40 episodes — working up to 18 hours a day on the show. Today, Jay is going it alone — or almost alone. He has teamed up again with Micah Wright to form a production company called Best Served Cold. The two have a live-action feature film — a comedic horror movie called TVZ: Repossessed, shot in Romania — in postproduction and are looking for a distribution deal. The pair is also completing work on a Kickstarter-funded graphic novel called Duster, a fictional tale about a crop-dusting pilot who rescues her daughter from Nazi war criminals who crash land in Texas at the end of WWII. Going solo in Hollywood isn’t easy, Jay says, but being your own boss has distinct advantages. “The problems are the same, but I’m free to handle them now in a way that I never was before. I don’t have to worry about stepping on anybody’s toes. Everything I do is in service of my own vision.”

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Ai-jen Poo ’89 won a MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant.’ Tom King, Bun Sui Lai, Heb Ryan, John Wareck, Jay Lender, Miguel Garcia, David Lovely, Courtney Broadus, Serena Totman Bechtel, Melanie Crowely Mullan, Stephen “Bear” Fox, Anne Roche Perrine, Monica Nordhaus, Soji Adu, Laura Lovejoy, Suzy Usher Harris, Lenore Jones-Peretto, Mai Wu, Jeffrey Brand, Bob Sandine, Zeke Fiddler. Front: former faculty member Bob Osborne

1985 30th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondent: Carter LaPrade Serxner lapserx@gmail.com

Jonathan Grauer reports that all is well and that the older of his two daughters, Julia, will be attending Foote next year for Kindergarten.

advancement at The Jewish Museum in New York and has two boys under the age of 3. Her husband, Scott Stringer, was elected New York City comptroller in 2013.

1988 The Class of 1988 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

1986 The Class of 1986 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

Class of 1989

1989 Class Correspondent: Toya Hill Clark trose7@hotmail.com

Congratulations to Ai-jen Poo, who was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in September for her transformative work in organizing domestic workers through the National Domestic Workers Alliance, where she is executive director. The prestigious fellowship, also known as the “genius grant,” comes with a stipend of $625,000 over five years, which Ai-jen intends to use to create a fellowship within her organization to support domestic worker leaders and bring visibility to the movement.

1990 25th Reunion, May 9, 2015

Class Correspondent: Jonathan Levin jdlevin@stanford.edu

The Class of 1990 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to help collect news from your classmates, please contact Danielle Plante in the alumni office at dplante@footeschool.org.

Elyse Buxbaum was featured in a Marie Claire magazine web series highlighting the daily routines of busy professional women. Elyse works as the director of institutional

Josh Geballe is the CEO of Core Informatics, a software company in Branford, Conn. Previously he worked for IBM in various executive roles in management, finance and strategy.

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ALUMNI

1991 Class Correspondent: Bo Bradstreet ebradstr@gmail.com

1992 Class Correspondent: Katie Madden Kavanagh katieblee@hotmail.com

Andrew Hendryx and his band Yarn received a first round Grammy nomination for their record Almost Home, and their first official music video debuted on CMT. Their latest record, Come On In, has two songs cowritten with John Oates of Hall and Oates. Andrew would like to thank all of the Foote alumni who have attended his concerts over the years. Additionally, his unpublished middle-grade novel, Jared Jones and The Island of Eckamore, won the Tassy Walden Award for new voices in children’s literature.

1993 Class Correspondent: Jenny Keul jennykeul@gmail.com

Congratulations to Jenny Keul and husband Massimo on the birth of their

Jenny Keul ’93 with husband Massimo and the latest addition to their family, son Leonardo Mattiacci.

son, Leonardo Mattiacci, on May 17, 2013. Katherine Abbott is working as the editor of Berkshires Week and The Berkshire Eagle.

1994 Class Correspondent: Arna Berke-Schlessel Zohlman arna.zohlman@gmail.com

1995 20th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondent: Jack Hill seaburyhill@aol.com

Tyler Nowack, son of Brett Nowack ’96, enjoys a ride on a backhoe loader.

1996 Class Correspondents: Brett Nowak Nowak.Brett@gmail.com Katy Zandy Atlas katy91@gmail.com

Laura Abbott is a third year resident OB/GYN at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco. Congratulations to Katy Zandy Atlas and her husband Chad on the birth of their baby boy, Dylan Bear Atlas, on April 26. Katy and Chad are living in Houston and baby Bear has his first pair of cowboy boots already! Congratulations to Annie Berman-Greenstein and her husband Seth on the birth of their baby boy Nolan Asher Greenstein on January 30, 2014. Brett Nowak’s son is almost 2 years old and is in love with backhoe loaders (see picture). In August, Brett and his wife are expecting another boy; his brother, Derek Nowak ’95, is expecting a boy a few months later. Brett, Derek and their sister Heather Nowak ’01 all live in San Francisco and see each other weekly. If you are in the area, they ask that you look them up. Matt Wu and his wife Sally are expecting a child very soon!

Katy Zandy Atlas ’96 and husband Chad with their baby boy Dylan Bear Atlas, born on April 26, 2014.

Nolan Asher Greenstein and big sister Olivia, children of Annie BermanGreenstein '96

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Class of 1999

1997 Class Correspondent: Eliza Sayward elizasayward@yahoo.com

1998 Class Correspondents: Andrew Lebov aklebov@gmail.com Elisabeth Sacco saccopotatoes@gmail.com

Spencer Fry, Andrew Goodman, Polly Coassin Franzen, Jamie Meyer, Jonathan Winter, Annabel Rhodeen

The class of 1999 was thrilled to see the beautiful Foote campus. We attended the daily events, chatted over lunch, and had a nice evening at 116 Crown. It was great to see Annabel Rhodeen, Jon Winter, Andrew Goodman, Polly Coassin, Chad Curry and Jamie Meyer. While at 116 Crown, we ran into Simon Chawarski and Charlie Negaro. We’re looking forward to staying in touch and seeing one another at the next reunion!

The wedding of Elisabeth Sacco Klock ’98 included many guests with Foote ties. From left, Bill Sacco (Foote photographer 1971-2004), Cristina Sacco Judge '95, Andrew Klock (groom), Elisabeth (bride), Jeremy Angoff '92, Trevor Goodyear '92, Gail Brand (former summer program director and Head of Middle School), and Gwyneth Hartman McClendon '98.

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Elisabeth Sacco writes, “The class of 1998 has scattered its many talents across the United States. And just for the record, everyone I talked to welcomes visitors. So look us up next time you travel. Nearly 10 years ago, John Berkowitz started a little company called Yodle straight out of college. Today he is living in Austin, Texas where the company’s largest office is located. Also of note in John’s life is his upcoming marriage in October. Standing by his side on the big day will be Herschel Levine and Jon Butler. Lauren Diaz is living in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. She works as finance director for CSX, and she rocked her first Ironman competition last fall! Hadley Levine is living and working in Washington D.C., where she was recently named Georgetown’s nurse of the year! Also working in the challenging field of medicine is Marissa Black, who is a resident at the University of Washington in primary care internal medicine. She is living in Seattle and loving it. Closer to home on the east coast, Corinne Bhagwat MossRacusin and her husband Ranjit live in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. where she is an assistant professor of social psychology at Skidmore College. Corrine also recently gave a talk about her research to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Suzanna Guidone is still happily living and working as a photographer in Brighton, Mass. As for me, it has been quite a year. I started a new teaching job at Belmont Day School in Belmont, 63

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1999 Class Correspondent: Jeremy Zuidema jmzuidema@gmail.com

2000 15th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondents: Alex Kleiner alex.m.kleiner@gmail.com Shannon Sweeney smsweeney07@gmail.com

Maya Silberman ’00 and husband Jake Wyatt were married on April 12, 2013.

Mass., which is a lovely little school rather like Foote. I teach seventh and eighth grade English. Last summer, former Foote faculty member Allie Kubler sent me a box full of poetry books she used to use in her classroom, and I delight in using them in mine. In June, I was lucky to have a few Foote friends in attendance at my wedding to Andrew Klock, as well as my dad Bill Sacco (Foote’s school photographer from 1971–2004) taking pictures, and Gail Brand officiating.”

Stephen Abbott is an associate at the Rocky Mountain Institute in Boulder, Colo. Congratulations to Maya Silberman, who married Jake Wyatt on April 12, 2013 at their favorite vineyard in Sonoita, Ariz. Maya is the acting registrar at the Mini TimeMachine Museum of Miniatures in Tucson, and Jake, a former Navy sailor, now manages a solar power plant outside of the city. Alex Kleiner graduated from Harvard Business School in May and moved to San Francisco to join technology investor Vector Capital as a vice president.

2001 Class Correspondents: Adam Jacobs 14 Tanglewood Lane Woodbridge, CT 06525 203-393-1760 Cassie Pagnam cassie.pagnam@gmail.com

Abbe Grimes ’02 at the altar with husband Scott Montaldo.

Tom Piekos is in Colorado working as a software designer. Annie Rosen performed at the Metropolitan Opera this past spring. Congratulations to Hunter Lamere, who married Sara Merrihew on July 12, 2014 on Chapel Island, Upper Saranac Lake, NY. The wedding was Foote-heavy with Bob Sandine officiating, Ben Ross ’03 singing and playing the guitar during the ceremony, groom’s mom and MAG teacher Margy Lamere, and

Hunter Lamere ’01 and bride Sara Merrihew were married by former faculty member Bob Sandine on July 12, 2014.

brother Jamie Lamere ’99 the best man. Alumni attending as guests included Susie Campbell Grimes ’75, Abbe Grimes Montaldo ’02, Hannah Grimes ’04, Maggie Grimes ’07, Amy Estabrook Ross ’72, Phil Ross ’64 and Chelsea Ross ’06.

2002 Class Correspondent: Hope Fleming 47 Old Quarry Road Guilford, CT 06437 203-453-9400

Congratulations to Abbe Grimes and her new husband Scott Montaldo, who were married on May 30, 2014. Abbe’s sisters Hannah ’04 and Maggie ’07 served as maids of honor. Tyler Ibbotson-Sindelar is working for McKinsey Consulting in New York City after two years with Teach for America in New Jersey. Raymond Allen has been working in the finance department at High Ridge Brands Company, a private consumer goods company in Stamford, Conn.

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2003 Class Correspondents: Courtney Holmes msholmes@att.blackberry.net Adam Shapiro adamshapiro1488@gmail.com

Emma Ledbetter is an associate editor at Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), where she says she often thinks back to her years spent reading in the Foote library. Halie Sabatasso has been living in Newport, RI for the last three years where she works in guest services at The Chanler at Cliff Walk, a four-diamond historic boutique hotel. She has also been doing some modeling and fashion shows. Eva Kerman worked all summer at a cognitive development lab in Manhattan. The lab is affiliated with Columbia and Barnard and she worked with children ages 5 months to 6 years old. She reports that she is very busy but loves living in the city.

2004 Class Correspondents: Dillon Long know33@gmail.com Dana Schwartz danaschwartz5@gmail.com

Rachel Copel is in Chicago where she is trying to get into acting and supporting herself as a waitress.

Class of 2004

Front Row: Robin Woerner, Samantha Mashaw, Jason Halpern. Back Row: Jake Baldwin, Alex Wiske, Sam Cunningham, Ross Hicks, Patrick Ruwe, Elizabeth Calderone

A great turnout for the class of ’04, reuniting classmates Jacob Baldwin, Liz Calderoni, Greg Clifford, Ross Hicks, Grace Moore and Robin Woerner visiting from their northeast homes, Jason Halpern flying up for the day from Pennsylvania, and Sam Cunningham, Samantha Mashaw and Alex Wiske joining us all the way from Los Angeles! Highlights of the day were looking at old photos on display in the gym, touring the new Jonathan Milikowsky Science and Technology Building, and tracking down a ball to play four-square out on the blacktop. Later, we hit the town for drinks by the fireplace at Ordinary and at Cask Republic in New Haven, where we had a revelrous videochat visit with Dillon Long in Los Angeles and were joined by Sam Cunningham’s brilliant fiancée Tulsi Mehta, a dancer currently working on her masters in education. By last call, we all had the chance to reconnect and learn about each other’s lives — from Liz’s nursing and Jason’s medical studies, to Pat’s math teaching, Jake’s social work studies, Greg’s music recording projects, Robin’s political activism, Dillon and Alex’s work in L.A.’s entertainment industry, Samantha’s eco-artistic pursuits, Grace’s yoga teaching, and Ross and Sam’s adventures in the tech world. We left looking forward to Foote’s 2016 centennial celebration and to an awesome 15th reunion in 2019!

2005 10th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondent: Gabriella Rhodeen gabriella.rhodeen@gmail.com

2006 Class Correspondents: Audrey Logan logan.audrey@gmail.com Adam Gabbard adamdgabbard@gmail.com

Summer/Fall 2014

Nora Bundy graduated from Lewis & Clark College in May with a BA in Psychology and German Studies. Last summer, she worked at a dude ranch in Montana and road-tripped back to Portland with Sarah Gallalee. She is currently working in an after-school program with students from pre-K to sixth grade and at a nonprofit that supports adults with developmental disabilities. She is also coaching and playing lacrosse and enjoying the

Pacific Northwest. Tim IbbotsonSindelar is working at an economic and legal consulting company and living in New York City. Kilian Appleby is on the Dean’s List at SUNY Purchase and majoring in Theater and Performing Arts. Leana Appleby is living and working in State College, Penn.

ALUMNI

2007 Class Correspondents: Kenny Kregling kkregling@snet.net Symphony Spell symphony.spell@gmail.com

Morgan Monz has been admitted to University of Minnesota for a MA/PhD program in Geology. Julia Paolillo started her senior year at Middlebury this fall but has spent most of her time prior on the African continent. She was living and working on and off in South Africa since 2010 when she began her gap year at the African Leadership Academy. She is currently on the summer faculty of the Academy and hopes to move to Johannesburg after graduating from Middlebury. Symphony Spell has graduated from New York University. She finished up an internship at the Brooklyn Free School, a non-coercive, democratic K–12 school for social justice in Clinton Hill. She lives in Bushwick, where she is in the process of starting her own post-internet hip-

hop zine. Lloyd Hall graduated from Lasell College with a BA in Fashion Design and Production. He is currently doing runway shows in Boston and will be moving to the UK to continue work. Xander Johnson is moving to New York City; he is working as an actor and parttime for Kaplan SAT prep. Emma Messore graduated from Brandeis and is working as a barista. Racquel Malcolm is still in school at Southern Connecticut State University where she says she is “just taking the scenic route.” Jessica Scott Nicholson graduated from Emerson College and joined Teach for America in San Antonio, Texas. John Tebes graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is working as a research analyst at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge. Rachel Green graduated from Hamilton College and is leading backpacking trips in the Sierras with Overland and soon will be working for NOLS in Arizona. Anna Deming studied abroad in Bolivia for the spring semester and spent the summer teaching English in Ecuador while living with an indigenous family. She has one year left at Washington University in St. Louis.

2008 Class Correspondents: Michael Milazzo michaelmilazzo@comcast.net Kate Reilly Yurkovsky ker2140@barnard.edu

Kate Reilly Yurkovsky, who studied in Paris for the spring semester, visited with Louise Newman and Julia Eisen who were studying in Florence, Italy. Kate and Julia are attending Barnard College and Louise is attending Boston College. Kate Reilly Yurkovsky ’08, Louise Newman ’08, and Julia Eisen ’08 gathered last spring in Europe where they were studying abroad.

2009 Class Correspondents: Chris Blackwood cblackwood@andover.edu Eva Kerman edk2123@barnard.edu

2010 5th Reunion, May 9, 2015 Class Correspondents: Brandi Fullwood brandi.n.fullwood@gmail.com Clay Pepe cppepe@rollins.edu

Richard Soper is working in the general counsel’s office at Columbia and is living in New York City with Hayden Dunham ’09 who is working on the set of ‘Girls.’ Joseph Camilleri spent the summer in Sienna, Italy studying Theology and Art History. Silas Newman transferred from Colby to Wesleyan for his sophomore year.

2011 Class Correspondents: Nate Barton natebarton95@gmail.com Britney Dumas bdumas13@gmail.com

Jesse Phillips writes that he is a junior at Suffield Academy where he is captain of the diving team and “has no children.” Rachel Jones was the valedictorian of her class at Hamden High School and will join the Williams College Class of 2018. Sangye Bhutia will attend the University of New Hampshire. He plans to join the Air Force with the goal of becoming a pilot. Aidan Appleby graduated with distinction in Neuroscience and Religion and Philosophy from the Salisbury School and will be attending the University of Miami in Florida after attending a special program at American University this fall. He spent Foote Prints

the summer working as a neuroscience intern with the University of Toronto.

2012 Class Correspondents: Harrison Lapides yalehockey20@comcast.net Cassidy McCarns cassidymccarns22@gmail.com

Mia Reid is attending Co-op Arts & Humanities High School in New Haven, Conn. She traveled to Philadelphia during a recent break to see one of her favorite bands, We Are The In-Crowd. Mia says she has also spent time reading and writing. Stuart Sommers was elected student body president at Choate for the 2014–15 school year. Antonia AyresBrown was recently featured on Yahoo.com, Slate.com and a number of other online news sources for her work in persuading McDonald’s to stop offering “boy or girl toys” with happy meals. McDonald’s responded to Antonia by adopting a gender-blind policy when asking about happy meal toy preferences.

2013 Class Correspondents: Lawson Buhl Lbuhl17@choate.edu Anika Zetterberg wxyzberg@comcast.net

Caroline Soper traveled with the Choate orchestra around Asia and was a Footebridge intern this summer.

IN MEMORIAM Mary Winternitz Cheever ’31 April 7, 2014

Help Us Find These Missing Alums! We’ve lost track of the following Foote alums. If you can help us reconnect with any of these former classmates, please contact Cheryl Nadzam in the Alumni and Development Office at cnadzam@footeschool.org.

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Sally Braman Charles Forbes Sargent

1960 Timothy Goss

1965 Arthur Adelberg

1970 Sarah Bryan Peter Crompton Dawn Davidson Catherine Forrest Scott Graham Thomas Howe William Howe Meg MacLeish Edward Nielsen Elizabeth Patrie David Projansky John Voloshin Shao Wang Stephen Wood

1975 Benjamin Blackwell David Carr Julian Chang Vivienne Formichella Georgia Ford Griscom Donald Hersey Michele Brantle Rogat James Tilghman

1980 David Celentano Kathleen Ann Daley David Feldman Lisa Sirabella Elice Tobing Michele Wise

1985 Todd Billingsley Katherine Florey Peter Fox John Little Jordan Schwartz Rochelle Villano

1990 Cadence Brown David Dobay Geoffrey Hazard III Sean Libby Nicole Merrill Alexander Rhodeen Genevieve Sawyer Christopher Thomas

Christopher Grantham Elizabeth Johnson Rosalie Kwass Kerstin Kyder Santiago Mejia Michael Meyer Zachary Mooser Catherine Nelson Shruti Ravikumar Midori Repp Maya Sarwar Paolo Simpson Jonathan Stephens Edward Williams

1996 Imani Kimbro

2000 Rebecca Berry Tamar Cooper Jeremy Miller Jessica Nuzzo Sally O’Brien Nicholas Rogers

2005 Kara Bloomgarden Terrell Bulger Alexandra Markel Cecil Miller Paul-Alexander Pissarro Thomas Ryoo David Shapiro H. William Thompson Irene Zhang

Joan Reeves Davies ’43 September 12, 2013 John Grant, Jr. ’50 April 27, 2014 Summer/Fall 2014

FACULTY NOTES

Faculty & Staff News

Chiara Lorraine LaMacchia with parents Amy and Joe

experience leaving an abusive family, navigating foster care, overcoming an eating disorder and other trials from her early teen years. The e-book is available on Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, iBooks, Kobo and Scribd. Drama Chair Julian Schlusberg has pubThe back cover of Julian lished a book about The cover of Cjet Raymond’s Schlusberg’s book, Uncommon e-book, Dear Grace: Revelations in a Place Diary, I Think the death of his I Called Mourning Said Too Muc h longtime partner, Ort Pengue, Jr., and his journey through grief and Karla Matheny spent part of the sumdespair to a place of greater insight mer on sabbatical at the Blackfeet and understanding. Uncommon Indian Reservation in Montana, riding Grace: Revelations in a Place Called horses, learning Native American arts Mourning can be purchased in hardand immersing herself in Blackfeet cover or paperback, or as an e-book, culture. Foote sabbaticals provide up at Amazon.com and other online to $3,500 for professional developbooksellers. Art Department Chair ment to faculty members with at least seven years at the school. Kindergarten teacher Jess McNell and Athletic Director Brad McGuire were both honored with the Lyn McNaught Excellence Award from Horizons National for the summer of 2013 for their work as head teachers in the Horizons program at Sacred Heart University. Horizons is a national summer enrichment program for low-income public school students hosted by independent schools and colleges in 40 locations around the Daisy Immaculate Hames country. Foote will be launching a

Andrew Rhodes Schnabel

Victoria Anne Plante

Foote School welcomed several new additions into its family this year. Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Programs Danielle Plante and husband Matt welcomed a baby girl, Victoria Anne Plante, on April 25. MAG teacher Cara Hames and husband Rob welcomed a baby girl, Daisy Immaculate Hames on May 12. Athletic Director Brad McGuire and wife Becky (Registrar 2009–12) welcomed a baby boy, Carson James McGuire, on May 15. Technology Support Specialist Joe LaMacchia and wife Amy welcomed a baby girl, Chiara Lorraine LaMacchia, born June 23. Third grade teacher Ashley Schnabel and husband Jason welcomed a baby boy, Andrew Rhodes Schnabel, on July 8. Congratulations to all! After School Program teacher Cjet Raymond has published an e-book titled Dear Diary, I Think I Said Too Much, a memoir that chronicles her

Carson James McGuire

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Beginning with this issue of Foote Prints, we are debuting a Foote-themed crossword puzzle. All clues relate to Foote people, places and history, and some of the answers can be found in the pages of this very magazine. If you’re stumped, you can find answers on our website, at www.footeschool.org/FootePrints. Good luck! 6

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Karla Matheny on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana during her summer sabbatical.

Horizons program in 2015 (read more on page 3). Middle School Humanities teacher Lara Anderson was selected to attend a National Endowment for the Humanities conference on American history this summer in Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y. NEH Summer Scholars receive a $1,200 stipend for food, travel and lodging. Business Manager Jay Cox was honored by the National Business Officer’s Association in April with the Will Hancock Unsung Hero Award, an honor given to business officers “who have made an extraordinary and significant difference in their schools” and who “exemplify a high standard of integrity, knowledge and motivation to help their schools succeed.” Middle School Math teacher Özler Kayaarasï and her husband Ege, originally from Turkey, took the oath to become U.S. citizens in January. Kindergarten teacher Jess McNell is engaged to be married to Ryan McKinney on Sept. 27. Receptionist Tristen Oifer is engaged to be married to Bruce Giovanelli on Oct. 25.

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Across 2. Grades 1 & 2 3. Founder, Babcock Foote 4. Foote’s “Place” 7. Former headmaster Frank 9. Grey's rivals 10. Athletic field 13. Spring sports contest 15. Theater namesake 17. Foote syrup source 20. Longtime athletic director Willis 21. School's original street 23. Circuit court judge 24. Playground climber 25. Big wooden table 27. The R in Falco's PRIDE 30. Brazilian basketmaker 31. Ninth grade play, there were 39 32. Brothers Pete and Jay

Down 1. Third grade ribbon dance 2. Second shepherd’s play 5. Campus 9-11 memorial 6. Chinese sister school 8. Foote archives namesake 11. Whale watchin' alum 12. This year's grad speaker 14. This year’s spring auction theme 16. May Day finale 18. Fifth grade overnight 19. Mademoiselle Byers 22. Blauvelt blast-offs 23. Head of School 26. New winter sport 27. Alumni gathering 28. The Foote mascot 29. School newspaper

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For the Love of Foote — Past and Present In this archival photo from 1923, Tassy Gesell Walden and Walker Perry, Class of 1926, perform the play Orpheus and Eurydice in Mrs. Berdan’s garden.

By Caroline Monahan ’09 and Kate Reilly Yurkovsky ’08 This summer, we came back to Foote. More than five years after our graduations, we felt compelled to return to our elementary school to help organize the archives as interns. This desire to come home to Foote and delve into its history exemplifies, in a small way, the school’s indescribable spirit.

Caroline Monahan ’09 and Kate Reilly Yurkovsky ’08 outside 315 St. Ronan St., where Foote was housed from 1923 to 1958.

We discovered this “Footeness” in all of the photos, movies, student work and memorabilia we sorted and catalogued this summer. We couldn’t have imagined that 100 years of snapshots, films and students poems would reveal the same adventurous, quirky spirit that we experienced at Foote at the dawn of the new century. Some traditions, such as Greek plays and May Day, have continued

virtually unchanged since Foote’s earlier days, while others have evolved, such as the ninth grade retreat (first to Mr. Perrine’s Vermont home, and now to Cape Cod) and the Christmas Pageant. Every grade has its own collective personality. Every decade brings clearer photos, films or slides, made possible by new technology. But the unique joy on the Footies’ faces remains the same. You can see it in the faces of students working on math problems or posing with an art project; the kooky Halloween costumes worn by the faculty each year; the parents volunteering to cook with students; and alumni coming back for reunion. No matter who they are or what they’re doing, we’ve been impressed by how truly the Foote community stands by its creed, “Gladly will I learn and gladly teach.” Foote Prints

Every decade brings clearer photos, films or slides. But the unique joy on Footies’ faces remains the same.

Preserving History and Honoring a Devoted Alumna

As we approach our centennial year in 2015–16, we want the rest of the Foote community to experience this same thrill of rediscovery. This summer, we launched a new blog to share scraps of history from the Anna Huntington Deming ’35 Archives. You can find the new archives blog at www.footearchives.blogspot.com. If you have Foote memorabilia that you’d like to donate, we’d love to see it! Contact the archives department at footearchives@footeschool.org. Caroline Monahan ’09 and Kate Reilly Yurkovsky ’08 spent the 2014 summer working as interns in the Anna Huntington Deming ’35 Archives. Caroline is a junior at Wesleyan University and Kate is a senior at Barnard College.

Anna Huntington Deming (center) with her friends during their Foote days.

Summer/Fall 2014

Anna Huntington Deming and granddaughter Anna Deming ’07 during Grandparents Day 2004.

Anna Huntington Deming ’35 was a dedicated Foote alum and the only one to personally know all nine heads of school — from Martha Babcock Foote to Carol Maoz. A lifelong supporter of the school, Anna witnessed Foote’s evolution from a small, visionary school in a carriage house to the thriving campus it is today. She had two children and three grandchildren attend Foote, and served as co-chair of the very first Grandparents Day in 1991. Anna passed away in January 2014 at the age of 91, but her spirit and devotion to Foote live on in the newly named Anna Huntington Deming ’35 Archives. Along with summer interns Kate Reilly Yurkovsky ’08 and Caroline Monahan ’09, Foote alum Muffie Clement Green ’61 has been organizing a mountain of photographs, memorabilia and student work in the Deming Archives in anticipation of our centennial celebration in 2016. At her memorial service at the Unitarian Church in Hamden, Foote alums Charles Huntington ’33, Meg Foote Oppenheimer ’35 and Nicholas Rostow ’64 spoke of the lasting impact Anna had on the Foote community and the wider world. The Foote archives were officially named in Anna’s honor this past May at Reunion Day, and John Deming, Jr. ’66, Anna’s son, was on hand to accept a temporary sign — soon to be replaced by a permanent plaque — that will adorn the door of the archives in the Alumni and Development Office for years to come. Head of School Carol Maoz with Anna’s son John Deming, Jr. ’66 announcing the naming of the archives at Reunion Day 2014.

ALUMNI

Why I Work to End Global Poverty By Clinton White ’82 The statistics on global poverty are shocking. More than a billion people go to bed hungry every night — a figure that increases by 68 people per minute. Millions of children lack access to clean water and education. When I was a child, the picture was even worse, and it stirred a social consciousness within me. I wanted to speak for those unable to speak for themselves, and to provide opportunities for people to become anything they wanted to in this world. That desire eventually led me to international development work. As a Senior Foreign Service Officer for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), I work in the branch of the U.S. government that implements our foreign assistance. USAID is the lead agency providing economic development and humanitarian assistance to people around the world. I have spent the last 12 years of my career overseas, living and working as a diplomat in Ghana, Senegal, Pakistan and Egypt. I have visited 20 countries worldwide, advising and assisting them on financial reforms, business development and strategies to alleviate poverty. The decade I spent at Foote School helped pave the way for my career. My classmates and I were born in the late ’60s at the height of the U.S. civil rights movement, when people around the world were fighting social injustice in all its forms. Our class was one of the most diverse to have gone through Foote. During those formative years, we had no scripts or training for how to embrace diversity and multiculturalism. We grew to respect one another simply by interacting and learning together. My Foote education opened my eyes to conditions around the world. We learned about the effects of poverty on starving children by participating in 72

USAID workers at an agriculture project in Rwanda.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF every Halloween. We carried orange boxes to collect money for hungry kids while, ironically, collecting delicious candy for our bellies. In history and English classes, we learned about ancient and modern civilizations — their escape from oppression and their fights to advance freedom and human dignity. We learned to embrace different cultures, and some incredible teachers taught me about my own AfricanAmerican heritage through the arts. Bob Sandine recommended that I audition for a part in a production of A Raisin in the Sun at Yale, in which I played the role of the young son, Travis. It was a music teacher, Patricia Chernow, who inspired me in chorus with songs from the Harlem Renaissance era. Overall, my years at Foote were not only about learning from books and classes, but from experiences focused on embracing diversity, breaking down stereotypes, respecting different cultures and coping with adversity. Those lessons have been instrumental in my work, whether engaging in diplomacy with foreign government officials to improve transparency and accountability, or interact-

ing with primary school children in an impoverished village where we are building stronger school systems. From 2009 to 2013, I worked in Egypt, where I witnessed history being rewritten by young demonstrators demanding an end to corruption and a bigger voice in their country’s future. As the security situation in Cairo deteriorated, I remained to support our programs assisting Egypt’s economic and democratic transition. Although progress has slowed since the Arab Spring, I am convinced that the development work we do can support positive change over the long term. Currently, I am doing a tour in Washington, D.C. at USAID headquarters as the Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator within the Management Bureau. It has taken some time to adjust to being back, but I have noticed how much my two children learned overseas, and how they are embracing all cultures in their new school environments. Watch a new video of USAID’s efforts to end extreme poverty at http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/ videos/ending-extreme-poverty Foote Prints

SAVE • THE • DATE

FOOTE’S

100th

Birthday Party! In 2016, Foote School will turn 100 and we want you to help us celebrate! Save the date for our big centennial celebration: May 13, 14 and 15, 2016. Class of 2002 in fifth grade

Foote School wouldn’t be what it is without its alumni, so we hope you will join us and come home to Foote in 2016.

Class of 1963, Christmas play

May Day 1976

The Office of Development and Alumni Programs is looking for volunteers to plan for the centennial and help at the festivities. If you’d like to be involved, please contact Director of Development Ann Baker Pepe at abakerpepe@footeschool.org. Watch for details on the centennial celebration in the mail and on our website, www.footeschool.org.

Class of 1967

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Grandparents Day Friday, October 10, 2014

Grandparents and special friends gather in the morning to visit children in their classrooms and attend minicourses designed to provide an inside view of Foote.

Young Alums Day

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The classes of 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are invited back to Foote for brunch and to catch up with classmates and former teachers. Invitations will be mailed to studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home addresses in early November. Details will also be posted on the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, and at the Foote Alums Facebook page (www.facebook.com/FooteAlums).

Alumni Reunion Day Saturday, May 9, 2015

Watch for details in the mail, on our website (www.footeschool.org) and on the Foote Alums Facebook page (www.facebook.com/FooteAlums). This is a special reunion for the classes ending in 5 and 10, but all alumni are welcome! Questions about any of these events? Contact Cheryl Nadzam in the Alumni and Development Office, at cnadzam@footeschool.org, or 203-777-3464.

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