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THE FOOTE SCHOOL • NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT • SUMMER/FALL 2010 • VOL. 37, NO. 2

35 years later

The Changing Landscape at Foote This land is part of 3.8 acres of property adjacent to campus that Foote acquired fr f om the St. Francis Home for Children in October 2009. Located on the corner of Highland Street and Prospect Street, the land is now being converted to a regulation-size playing field.

Land behind the middle school where a current playing field is located, pictured below, w becomes available for a much-needed science and technology building for Foote’s middle school students. Currently in the planning stages, the building itself will be a part of the educational program, providing opportunities for students to learn about sustainable practices and measure the impact of energysaving features.

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When the building is complete, space becomes available to meet other campus needs — including a Lower School science discovery room, a foreign language classroom for grades K–5, and an enlarged learning support center. r

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Close to $8 million has already been raised toward anticipated costs of $12 million, but we will need the help of our alumni, parents, former parents, grandparents and fr f iends to raise all the fu f nds needed. We W hope to begin construction in 2011 and dedicate the Jonathan Milikowsky Science and Te T chnology Building in 2012.

LEARN MORE Look for a mailing with details about the future we imagine and are working to make a reality. y

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Foote Prints Contents Sp potlig ght 2 4 6 10 12 Around Camp pus 14 15 16 17 Rep port r of Giving g 22 24

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Reflections on My First Ye Y ar at Foote Eighth Grade Recognition Day Graduation Accolades Board of Directors Update

Foote Prints is published twice a year for alumnae/i, parents, grandparents, and fr f iends.

Editor Charlotte Murphy Class Notes Editor Amy Caplan ’88 Design Thea A. Moritz

Field Day May Day Parent Te T acher Council Makes a Difference Foote School Scrapbook From the Director of Development The Donor Roll

Alumnae & Alumni 38 Class Notes 62 Reunion Day About this issue: We W hope you will notice our new color pages. With evolving technology we are able to do this at no additional cost. Enjoy!

Contributors Elizabeth Antle ’98, Maria Granquist, Julie Moore, Ann Baker Pepe, Jim H. Smith Photography Laura Altshul, Angela Giannella, Margy Lamere, Charlotte Murphy, y Judy Sirota Rosenthal, Bill Sacco, Dawn Wa W lsh For the latest in news and events visit us at www. w footeschool.org Board of Directors Melinda Agsten, Vi V ce President Richard Bershtein Sidney Bogardus Lawrence D. Buhl III, Past President Judith Chevalier, r Tr T easurer Joseph Craft f , Vi V ce President James Farnam ’65 Melanie Ginter, r Secretary Joanne Goldblum Heidi Hamilton Kristin Hawkins Mary Hu, Vi V ce President Cindy Leffell Glenn Levin Anne Martin David Moore Cheryl Nadzam, PTC Co-President Zehra Patwa Libby Peard, President Robert Sandine Catherine Sbriglio, PTC Co-President Jane Shipp David Soper Shaun S. Sullivan Annie Wa W reck ’85 Ex-Off fficio Carol Maoz, Head of School Shaun S. Sullivan, Counsel Cover: Alumnus Achievement Aw A ard recipient Bruce Conklin ’75 and his Foote School Science teacher, r Marian Spiro, on Reunion Day. y See page 62.

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Refl f ections on My First Ye Y ar at Foote One of the first things I did as Head of School, the first letter I wrote, was to Foote alums asking for their perspectives on the school. What made their years at Foote special? What did Foote give them? Their answers far exceeded my expectations — in both quantity and quality. y I heard fr f om alums fr f om the 1940s to the 1990s about the effect their teachers had on their lives and about the value of learning to discover, r explore and engage in learning that led to careers in areas ranging fr f om teaching to science to journalism to law. w Those comments were reinforced at year’s end. On reunion day in May, y our Alumnus Achievement Aw A ard was given to Bruce Conklin ’75, who conducts leading-edge scientific research.

He spoke not just at the reunion assembly, y but also took time the day before to meet with our ninth grade science class. For graduation, we asked two alumni to speak to our students. Bun Lai ’84, who is owner/chef at New Haven’s Miya’s Sushi and a national leader in the sustainable sushi movement, welcomed

the ninth graders into our alumnae/i group. Nate Ty T ler ’84, manager of communications at Google, gave the commencement address. Our ninth graders (and everyone else in attendance on June 9) were totally engaged by both.

The themes we took away fr f om Bruce, Bun, and Nate included lessons they learned at Foote that they use every day: A sense of wonder about science that sets the stage for research, the importance of being stewards of the environment, and the fact that perseverance — described as “leaning in” and “iterating” — really matters.

This past year I have learned so much f om alums, fr fr f om our teachers, and f om our students and fr fr f om their parents. Part of that learning came fr f om experiencing many of the honored traditions — both large and small — that make Foote so special. On Grandparents Day witnessing the pride students take in showing their grandparents and special fr f iends their school is truly heartwarming.

Halloween goes beyond the expected

The Gift that Brought Me to Tears In my first year at Foote, a gift from a kindergarten class brought me to tears.

I had visited their classroom and read one of my favorite books, If You Give A Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff. In response, the children created their own book entitled, If you Give a Principal a School. The most precious and brilliant gift any head of school could receive, it starts, “If you give a principal a school, she’s going to want some children to go with it.” The book ends with the principal realizing how much she misses the children when she is away from school and in between are the most beautiful and creative ideas, funny associations, and perfect logic!

Please drop in to my office and read it when you have time. I know you will find the wisdom of five and six-year-olds something to cherish.

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with an all-school parade followed by our student-run fair that raises money for community service. And who could not be moved to joy by the iconic Field Day and May Day events?

In between, events ranging fr f om All School Assemblies to Early America Day to the Chinese New Ye Y ar Celebration to Earth Day enhance the curriculum and build camaraderie.

This year was also one of new ideas and milestones: • The Athletic Program Curricular Review, w in which our physical education staff, several teacher/coaches and other faculty visited a number of peer schools and looked carefully at the program’s strengths and areas for improvements, was an energizing experience and one that will further Foote Prints

Asha Ha H ug, g Liliana Otero-Paugh, and Rhea Kuriakose enj n oy a storybook with Carol Maoz.

strengthen what is already a solid program.

• The Science Program Curriculum Review, w still in process, has been hugely helpful in reviewing our program and looking at areas for further consideration. It is equally helpful in shaping the new science and technology building.

• The Science and Te T chnology Building project itself, which is truly transformative for Foote, (see page 12) will not only add important new facilities to our campus, but let us adapt existing spaces to meet many pressing needs, fr f om appropriate and purpose-built Lower School science and language classrooms to meeting areas for students and parSummer 2010

ents and adequate space for teacher preparation. Thanks to the talented and committed Building Committee of the Board, this project is on schedule.

• Foote’s most successful annual fund ever raised $528,000, with an alltime high parent participation of 71 percent. Thanks go to the development office and many wonderful, hardworking parent volunteers led

by Rich Bershtein, our annual fund chairman.

I want to thank our faculty and staff for making Foote what it is — a school devoted to ensuring that each child has the best learning experience possible. This devotion to our stu-

dents and families is reflected in a quote fr f om Aristotle, “We W are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” I would also like to thank the Board of Directors, true stewards of the school and so committed to its long-term success, and the Parent Te T acher Council, which supports our faculty and programs on so many levels.

Most of all, I want to thank the children who come to school each day with smiles on their faces, ready to engage in the learning process.

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Eighth Grade Recognition Day a

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On June 8 the faculty and middle school students and parents gathered to present certifi f cates to departing eighth graders. Student leaders passed their positions on to their successors and several academic and athletic prizes were awarded.

The program was led by Student Council President Joseph Camilleri, who reported that the Student Council Gift f will be split between relief for Haiti and support for the fi f ft f h and third grade plan to build bluebird houses. He announced that Nate Barton will

be next year’s Student Council president. (See box for a complete list of leadership positions 2010–11.)

Anne Martin, mother of John and Thomas Pescatore, announced the Eighth Grade Parents Farewell gift f, which will help fu f nd the eighth grade science classroom in the new building.

The Eighth Grade Athletic Achievement A ards are given to those students who Aw have demonstrated throughout the year the highest level of skill, sportsmanship, leadership, spirit and eff f ort. The girls

award, presented by Allison DeMartino, went to Elizabeth Stanley and Lauren Va V lentine. The boys Athletic Achievement Aw A ard was presented to Dylan Farrell by John Climie.

Teacher Lara Anderson presented the T Eighth Grade Academic Prize, given to the student with the highest achievement grade average for the entire eighth grade year, r to Dylan Farrell. Honorable mentions went to Dahlia Leffell, Elizabeth Stanley, y and Amy Zhao.

Melisse Carter and Nick Duval, coeditors of “Footenotes,” the school’s literary magazine, announced that the 2010 issue was dedicated to French and Spanish teacher Ângela Giannella.

Brandi Fullwood announced that “Foote Steps,” the yearbook, was dedicated to three departing faculty members: Hannah Leckman, who taught both Latin and French and directed the handbells elective; Nancy Manke, who staff ffed the Front Desk; and Betty Whitney, y who taught Mixed Age Group. (see page 21)

Dana Smooke ’10 passes the fe f ather to next year’s Fa F lco, the school mascot, t Rob W lliamson ’11.

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Dyla l n Fa F rrell receives the Eig i hth Grade Academic Prize fr f om history teacher Lara Anderson.

In his remarks, Middle School Head John Cunningham told the students, Foote Prints

Eighth Graders will attend the following schools:

Dahlia Leff ffell, l Amy Zhao, and Elizabeth Sta t nley receive Honorable Mentions fr f om history teacher Lara Anderson.

“Yo Y u now possess many basic skills to explore and understand the world around you and many of the essential values that will help you navigate a world of everr increasing technological and ethical complexity. y” Head of School Carol Maoz and Assistant Head of Middle School Liam Considine presented the departing eighth graders to Head of Middle School John Cunningham, who gave each a Foote School certifi f cate.

The ceremony included performances by the seventh grade drumming elective, the jazz rock ensemble, the handbell elective, the eighth grade guitar elective and the spring chorus. It was followed by a luncheon for the eighth graders and their families and guests.

Nick Duval (g ( rade 7) 7 and Melisse Carter (g ( rade 9) present the literary magazine dedication to la l nguage teacher ^ Angela A l Giannella l .

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Winnie Agnew: Tr T evor Day School Beatrice Alexander: Foote School Nathaniel Bart r on: Foote School Peter Berger: Foote School Sangye Bhutia: Foote School Jack Bohen: Foote School William Brenan: Hamden High School/ Educational Center for The Art rs Caity t Brash: Chase Collegiate School Aaron Brown-Ort r iz: Foote School Max Burbank: Westminster School Anna Camilleri: Foote School Luke Clendenen: Foote School Aiden Cobb: Foote School Britney Dumas: Foote School Dylan Farrell: Choate Rosemary Hall Erin Gallagher: Foote School Andrés González: Hopkins School Maxwell Groen: Loomis Chaff f ee School Mae Hanson: Pomfret School Olivia Hesse: Branford High School Rachel Jones: Foote School Ian Klin: Choate Rosemary Hall George Knight: Foote School Justin Lee: Hopkins School Dahlia Leff f ell: Hopkins School Samantha Maoz: Choate Rosemary Hall T ylor Mayes: Hamden High School Ta Dana Monz: Hopkins School Paul Park: Foote School Jesse Phillips: Foote School August Organschi: Choate Rosemary Hall John Pescatore: Choate Rosemary Hall Thomas Pescatore: Choate Rosemary Hall Sarah Reilly: Foote School Zachary Riegelmann: Foote School Rashad Saleh: Choate Rosemary Hall Lily Schneider: Choate Rosemary Hall Elizabeth Stanley: Choate Rosemary Hall Caleb Thomas: Foote School Brooke Thompson: Foote School Junno Tseng: Choate Rosemary Hall Lauren Va V lentine: Choate Rosemary Hall Robert r Williamson: Foote School Owen Ya Y le: Nort r hfield Mount Herman School Gabriel Zanutt t ini-Frank: Foote School Amy Zhao: Phillips Academy Andover

Leadership Roles for the 2010–11 School Year NINTH GRADE PRESIDENT Britney Dumas STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT Nathaniel Barton AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Paul Park and Juliette Kenn de Balinthazy COMMUNITY SERVICE Paul Park and Megan King ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP Jack Bohen JAZZ ROCK ENSEMBLE Will Brennan and Peter Berger MODEL CONGRESS Nate Barton, Erin Gallagher, Caleb Thomas, and Jack Bohen FOOTENOTES, LITERARY MAGAZINE Rachel Jones FOOTE STEPS, YEARBOOK Robert Williamson and Lucy Friedman-Bell SPI, NEWSPAPER Isabella Siegel and Olivia MatthesTheriault FALCO, THE FALCON MASCOT Robert Willamson

Eig i hth grader Na N te Barton with his parents t , Oliver Barton and Deb Riding

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Graduation 2010

T e Graduating Cla Th l ss of 2010

Exuding pride, joy, y anticipation and excitement, the 17 ninth graders processed into the Hosley Gymnasium to the traditional strains of The Theme fr f om Pomp and Circumstance.

T acher Betty Whitney gave the invoTe cation, and Class President Julia Vlock welcomed faculty, y classmates, families and their guests.

Paola Pérez announced the class gift f,a contribution to the new science and technology building, which will be commemorated with a plaque with the Foote Falcon on it. Representing the ninth grade parents, Ann Baker Pepe announced their farewell gift f would be directed to faculty professional development.

suddenly in 2004, to long-time teacher Karen Sharp, noting that Mrs. Sharp, who taught many of the class when they were in MAG (first and second grades), was an early and important factor in developing their love of learning.

Head of School Carol Maoz reminded the graduates of the impact their teachers have had on them, noting that it will transcend their years at Foote.

She quoted Henry Brooks Adams, who said, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell when his influence ends.” She also praised the class’s school spirit and their fr f iendliness, generosity and kindness toward others.

Retired MAG teacher Karen Sharp r received the Ha H nnah Lee dip i loma fr f om Julia Vl V ock ’10.

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Julia Vlock presented an honorary diploma in honor of Hannah Lee, a member of the class of 2008 who died

Nate Ty N T ler and Bun Lai, i both members of the Cla l ss of 1984, spoke at the graduation ceremony. y

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and who has demonstrated leadership, school spirit, love of learning, generosity of heart and service to others, was given jointly to Joseph Camilleri and Dana Smooke.

Walker Marlatt introduced the speakW er, r Nathan Ty T ler ’84, Senior Manager for Communications at Google, who engaged and inspired the graduates with his insights about traversing the road to success. (see page 8)

Melisse Carter and Cameron Swift f wait to graduate.

On behalf of the school’s alumnae/i, Bun Lai ’84, owner chef of Miya’s restaurant in New Haven and known for his advocacy of sustainable sushi, welcomed the new graduates to the alumnae/i body and announced that Clay Pepe and Brandi Fullwood would be the correspondents for the Class of 2010.

In lieu of the traditional reading of the class history, y those in attendance enjoy watching a lively presentation of the class through the years created

by Dana Smooke. Head of School Carol Maoz and Board of Directors Vice President Melinda Agsten awarded diplomas to each of the graduates.

The morning’s program was enlivened by student musical performances. The ninth grade handbell elective performed Gaudio Exsulta t ns and the drumming elective performed Sorsane, an Afr f ican Wa W ltz.

Following tradition, the new alumnae and alumni greeted their guests and teachers in a receiving line before joining their families at the graduation luncheon.

The Ninth Grade Academic Prize was awarded to Carl Hooks. The Jean B. Shepler Fine Arts Prize winner was given to Dana Smooke and Nat W rner, Wa r and Athletic Achievement A ards were presented to Melisse Aw Carter, r Brandi Fullwood, and Nat W rner.

Wa r The Margaret B. Hitchcock Prize, awarded to a student who had overcome academic challenges through diligence and effort, and who emerged a strong and promising scholar, r went to Sean Reilly. y The Foote School Prize, awarded by the faculty to the student who best exemplifies the spirit of the school Summer 2010

Paola l Pérez and Gabe Bradley and their cla l ssmates process into the graduation ceremony. y

Secondary School Matriculations 2010 Gabriel Bradley: Loomis Chaff f ee School Joseph Camilleri: Choate Rosemary Hall Melisse Cart r er: Goldsboro High School Samuel Dunning: Nort r h Haven High School Brandi Fullwood: The Sound School Carl Hooks: Choate Rosemary Hall Walker Marlatt t : Choate Rosemary Hall Clay Pepe: Choate Rosemary Hall Paola Pérez: Co-op Art r s and Humanties High School Sean Reilly: Branford High School Lamar Smith: Hopkins School Dana Smooke: Westover School Richard Soper: Choate Rosemary Hall Noble Spell: Cooperative Art r s and Humanities High School Cameron Swift f : Oxf x ord High School Julia Vlock: Cooperative Art r s and Humanities High School Nathaniel Warner: Choate Rosemary Hall

Cla l y Pepe and Noble Spell are clearly l delig i hted at graduation.

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Y u’re Smarter Than Yo Yo Y u Think Graduation remarks

by Nate Ty T ler ’84 My name is Nate Ty T ler and I graduated fr f om The Foote School in 1984.

That was a good year: Ronald Reagan started his second term as president, the 49ers (now my hometown team) beat the Dolphins in the Super Bowl, and Coca-Cola attempted to sell “New” Coke to the world. We W all know how that went. At Foote, the only thing I can remember is Suzie Usher broke up with me, my class graduated and … the Greys won that year. r Go Greys!

So, I went to Foote School and I now work at Google. What I’d like to do today is share a few things I’ve learned along the way that I hope will be useful to you.

At Foote I was OK at sports, and I think I could sing pretty well, but I really wasn’t a great student. I’m telling you this because I want you to know that no matter how well or badly you do (now, w or at any point in your life) if you’re willing to lean into it, you can always make it better. r Y u’ve definitely got it in you, and if Yo you try, y you can do what you want. I promise.

The truth is, guys like me, we don’t give graduation speeches. Seriously. y And that’s why I think they wanted me to speak. I’m here because today is about everyone — even those of you who didn’t get an award or maybe you didn’t get A’ A s in school. Lord knows, I never got an A. But you all deserve a prize, and a diploma fr f om Foote School is a big prize. One that I cherish. Which leads me to my three observations fr f om life.

“So, I went to Foote School and I now work at Google.”

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Observation #1: Y u’re Smarter Than Yo Yo Y u Think When I was in sixth or seventh grade, Head of School Frank Perrine asked me to come to his office. Ye Y ah, that’s right, the Head of School wanted me in his office, which wasn’t the greatest thing, right? Ye Y ah, I knew it.

I think Mr. r Perrine (I call him Frank now) was concerned about my grades or something I had done at school.

W chatted for a while and I don’t We think I really got it. He definitely wasn’t getting through to me.

Anyway, y we hit a standstill in the conversation and Frank started fiddling with his new digital watch. Frank was visibly fr f ustrated as he tried to reset the time. It wasn’t like an older, r analog watch with hands that you can manually adjust with that little knob on the side. It was digital, a new generation of watch where you had to hold down buttons and click through numbers to make the time right. I knew how to do it because I had a digital watch. So I offered to help.

Frank handed me his Casio and I set the time according to the big round clock on the wall. Seeing this, Frank erupted into a flow of compliments and told me: “Nate Ty T ler, r you’re smart. If you can fix that watch, you can do anything.”

It was a small thing, but at a time in my life when I wasn’t feeling super great about how well I was doing in school it really helped. At least I knew more about digital watches than the Head of School. Seriously, y that was a watershed moment for me because it helped me believe in myself. And things started getting better. r Please remember that you all have strengths. Yo Y u all have something to contribute to the world. It may not be apparent at first. But it is inside of

you somewhere. Don’t let anyone tell you different.

So what’s next for this group of really smart kids who are moving into the next phase of their lives?

Observation #2: Lean Forward This one comes fr f om skiing, a sport I learned later in life. Many of you probably play hockey, y or soft f ball, or foursquare (and I’m not talking about that iPhone app). In skiing, you have to lean forward even if it’s a really steep mountain. It’s scary but it always leads to more fun.

What they teach you in skiing is to keep your knees bent, your hands in f ont of you and “lean down that fr hill.” To T o far forward? Yo Y u might hurt your back. Lean backwards, and you’ll have the worst time of your life – and look terrible while you’re at it.

Arms flailing everywhere, screaming.

All that. Don’t lean at all and well, you won’t really get anywhere.

The same is true in life. So much of life is a matter of where you happen to be at a particular time. But regardless, if you do have any control over what happens (and I believe you do), much of it comes fr f om leaning into it. Not too far forward and not too far back. But just enough and you’ll find that more doors will open for you. More people will want to say hello, offer you a job, listen to your song, and read your essay. y If you’re lucky, y you might even get invited to go skiing.

Leaning forward also means staying positive and happy. y Which is key. y Because the best skier out there isn’t the guy winning the race. It’s that person who’s having the most fun. The person who has the most fun wins, hands down, every time. Which leads me to my last observation.

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Observation #3: Launch and Iterate It may not surprise you that I learned this one at Google. It’s an observation that probably means more for your generation than for me or my parents.

For those of you who haven’t come across the word “iterate,” Wikipedia says it’s “the act of repeating a process usually with the aim of approaching a desired goal or target.”

I say: it’s listening to both positive and negative feedback about your product and making changes quickly to meet customer needs.

The idea of “launch and iterate” really came into its own with the web — a place where you can make a product, change it completely and relaunch it several times a day, y if you wish. These days, change happens in a nano-second and you need to be ready to iterate.

In 2001, I was laid off fr f om my job at a tech startup. The economy was faltering, people were moving back in with their parents, and I was really worried. There weren’t any jobs out there but for this one little start-up called Google that was apparently doing really well. A couple of my colleagues fr f om Netscape had gone there so that’s how I knew about it.

Netscape was the first Internet browser company and I worked there for a couple years.

I looked online and saw they had a job opening in communications.

That’s what I do. So I applied and 12 interviews later I got hired. I definitely leaned into that one — a lot of people wanted that job and somehow I got it.

I leaned in, I stayed positive, and that door opened for me. And I’m having a great time working there.

In the early days at Google, when there were just a few hundred of us,

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we wrote down rules for how we wanted to run the company. y Things we believed in, like “focus on the user and all else will follow, w ” “fast is better than slow, w ” “democracy on the web works,” and “you can make money without doing evil.” One of those rules, which was a big one for us inside the company that not a lot of people know about, is this idea of “launch and iterate.”

It’s just like leaning forward in skiing, but it’s a real-world application of that rule. Launch means get out there even if you’re not quite ready. y But at the same time, listen carefully to how people are reacting. Iterate means make changes you think are right based on the good and the bad feedback you’re getting. Iterate on the original idea and make it better. r Do it again and again until you have something that works.

On April 1, 2004, I launched Gmail, Google’s e-mail service. I bet most of you have heard of it. At the time, Google was a search engine. What did we know about building an e-mail service? The competitive landscape was intense. Ya Y hoo, Microsoft f and others all wanted to know what Google would do next. And it turned out we wanted to do a lot of things … which I think we all know about today. y When we launched Gmail, it wasn’t like other e-mail services. It was search-based, of course, it offered threaded conversations, a gigabyte of storage, and so on. And it wasn’t really ready. y We W didn’t know how to support a million customers each with a gig of storage — so we launched it on an invite only basis. We W also happened to launch it on April Fools Day as a joke. That didn’t go over too well. But that’s another story. y Turned out everyone without an invite T went to our site to learn how to sign-

“I leaned in, I stayed positive, and that door opened for me.” up and all we showed them was a short blurb and a link to the privacy policy that explained in no uncertain terms how we intended to scan the content of e-mail to target ads.

A lot of people rightfully felt concerned for their privacy. y So we iterated, real fast, and replaced that link with a better explanation. We W also worked day and night to add more servers so we could support more accounts. We W iterated and made it possible for people to invite their f iends and fr fr f iends of fr f iends and so on. We W changed the formatting, improved the search, changed the colors and layouts. We W worked really hard and made it a better product.

When it launched, most people thought Gmail was a failure. But we listened to what they were saying and made our product better. r Six years later, r Gmail is one of the most popular e-mail services in the world.

W didn’t wait to make it perfect We when we launched it. We W just launched it and kept iterating.

What have I learned fr f om all this?

1) Know who you are; 2) make opportunities happen by leaning in; and 3) work smart.

You all are the most important people Y to us right now and any point ahead.

So don’t forget that the people here in this room are with you today and will be with you for your development in the years to come. Yo Y u can’t do it by yourself, so don’t forget to lean on the people who are here to support you.

That’s why we’re all here — it’s kinda like an agreement we have with each other. r We W ’ve got your back. Good luck and congratulations.

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Accolades 2010 Congratulations to members of the Foote School student body who have received awards and recognitions.

GRADUAT A ION AND EIGHTH GRADE RECOGNITION The Foote School Prize T Joseph Camilleri and Dana Smooke The Marg T r aret B. Hitchcock Prize Sean Reilly Ninth Grade Academic Award Carl Hooks Eig i hth Grade Academic Award Dylan Farrell Honorable Mention: Dahlia Leffell, Elizabeth Stanley, y Amy Zhao Jean B. Shepler Fine Arts Prize Dana Smooke and Nat Wa W rner Ninth Grade Athletic Awards Melisse Carter, r Brandi Fullwood, and Nat Wa W rner Eig i hth Grade Athletic Awards Dylan Farrell, Elizabeth Stanley, y and Lauren Va V lentine CONTINENTA T L MAT A HEMAT A ICS LEAGUE (9TH GRADE LEVEL) Foote Te T am — cumulative score: 154, top score in region Sam Dunning Carl Hooks W lker Marlatt Wa Lamar Smith Richard Soper Cameron Swift f Junno Ts T eng * Julia Vlock Nathaniel Wa W rner Amy Zhao *Junno Ts T eng is one of only two students in the country who correctly answered all 30 of the questions this year, r making him a National Student Winner. r

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AMERICAN MAT A HEMAT A ICS CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE MAT A HEMAT A ICS ASSN. OF AMERICA (GRADES 6, 7, & 8) Team score 54/75 — 5th place among T 31 participating schools in the state of Connecticut Honor Roll, represents approximately the top 5% of more than 2300 competing US schools and schools abroad Thomas Pescatore Elizabeth Stanley Junno Ts T eng (highest score at Foote) Amy Zhao NEW ENGLAND MAT A HEMAT A ICS LEAGUE Eighth Grade Te T am Score: 188 2nd place — New Haven Region Tied for 10th place in the League of 121 schools Scored +39/40 and tied for 1st in the New Haven Region: Thomas Pescatore Junno Ts T eng Amy Zhao Scored at least +31/40: Nathaniel Barton Dylan Farrell Paul Park Elizabeth Stanley Gabriel Zanuttini-Frank Seventh Grade Te T am Score: 155 3rd place — New Haven Region Scored at least +29/40: Caleb Bishop Caitlin Farrell Maxwell Hauser T ylor Rossini Ta Bryan Zhou

Sixth Grade Te T am Score: 162 3rd place — New Haven Region Scored +35/40 and tied for 2nd in the New Haven Region: Dominique Williams Scored at least +30/40: Gillian Burns Logan Calderone Lilli Gibson Anika Zetterberg MODEL CONGRESS AW AWARDS Held at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, NY, Y the Model Congress included 500 students fr f om 20 schools.

Foote passed 15 pieces of legislation.

Three Foote School bills were selected for debate in full committee session in the aft f ernoon. Tw T o were passed: Amy Zhao: An Act to Forbid Gene Patents in Federally-Funded Research.

Lily Schneider and Erin Gallagher: An Act to Protect Intellectual Property Rights for the Quileuete Tr T ibe in La Push.

Golden Gavel for excellence in committee work: Meera Dhodapkar Junno Ts T eng Amy Zhao Honorable mention for “best legislator” in their respective committees: Melisse Carter Erin Gallagher Dahlia Leffell Dana Monz August Organschi Lily Schneider Caleb Thomas Owen Ya Y le

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NAT A IONAL LAT A IN EXAM A comprehensive exam consisting of 40 questions covering vocabulary and grammar, r history and civilization, mythology, y English derivatives and reading comprehension, given to students all over the US and in several foreign countries 9th grade: Gold medal, Summa Cum Laude certificate: Wa W lker Marlatt Silver medal, Maxima Cum Laude certificate: Sam Dunning, Brandi Fullwood, Carl Hooks, Richard Soper Magna Cum Laude certificate: Clay Pepe, Nat Wa W rner Cum Laude certificate: Gabe Bradley, y Joseph Camilleri, Dana Smooke 8th grade: Gold medal, Summa Cum Laude certificate: Nate Barton, Dylan Farrell, Mae Hanson, Dahlia Leffell, August Organschi, Rashad Saleh, Elizabeth Stanley, y Junno Ts T eng, Owen Ya Y le, Amy Zhao Silver medal, Maxima Cum Laude certifi f cate: Jack Bohen, Andrés Gonzáles, Rachel Jones, Ian Klin, To T m Pescatore, Lily Schneider, r Rob Wi W lliamson Magna Cum Laude certificate: Paul Park, Lauren Va V lentine, Gabe Zanuttini-Frank Cum Laude certificate: Peter Berger, r Britney Dumas, Erin Gallagher, r George Knight, Caleb Thomas 7th grade Introduction to Latin certificate and ribbon: Dana Chung, Meera Dhodapkar, r Nicholas Duval, Kyra Goldstein, Conor Marlatt, Ta T ylor Rossini, Olivia Shin, Isabella Siegel, Bryan Zhou Introduction to Latin certificate: Hannah Beebe, Juliette Kenn de Balinthazy, y Harrison Lapides, Peter Summer 2010

Reilly-Yu Y rkovsky, y Stuart Sommers, Gabrielle To T tten CT COUNCIL OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS POETRY R RECITA TATION CONTEST More than 1,100 students fr f om 93 schools in Connecticut competed in the event. Foote students recited in 12 categories and won first or second place medals in nine categories.

7th grade French, Middle School 1 Juliette Kenn de Balinthazy, y second pla l ce Latin, Middle School 1 T ylor Rossini, fi Ta f rst pla l ce Mandarin, Native Middle School 1 Bryan Zhou, fi f rst pla l ce 8th grade French, Middle School 2 Rob Williamson, fi f rst pla l ce Latin, High School 1 Amy Zhao, third pla l ce Spanish, High School 1 Lily Schneider, r fi f rst pla l ce Middle School 2 Britney Dumas, second pla l ce 9th grade Latin, High School 2 Paola Pérez, fi f rst pla l ce Spanish, Middle School 2 Gabe Bradley, y fi f rst pla l ce

Winter W Boys Basketball: Jack Bohen, Clay Pepe, Gabriel Zanuttini-Frank Girls l Basketball: Anna Camilleri, Melisse Carter, r Brandi Fullwood, Lauren Va V lentine Swimming: Nate Barton, Hannah Beebe, Dana Chung, Amy Zhao Spring T nnis: Stuart Sommers, Junno Ts Te T eng Girls l Lacrosse: Caitlin Farrell, Dana Monz, Elizabeth Stanley, y Lauren V lentine Va Boys Lacrosse: Dylan Farrell, Max Groen

How Latin Began at Foote During World War II, Yale faculty families housed the children of their colleagues from Oxford and Cambridge so they could escape the war. Some of those children came to Foote. They insisted they would need to study Latin to return home after the war, so Foote arranged a class. The American students protested, saying they should also be allowed to study Latin. Thus began Foote’s Latin program.

MAROON AND GREY AW AWARD Maroon Te T am: Captains Clay Pepe and Sean Reilly ALL-LEAGUE AT A HLETIC CERT R IFICAT A ES Fall Field Hockey: Paola Pérez, Dana Smooke Boys Soccer: Sam Dunning, Dylan Farrell, Richard Soper Girls l Soccer: Melisse Carter, r Dana Monz, Sarah Reilly, y Elizabeth Stanley

Carl Hooks ’10, who received the award for Ninth Grade Outstanding Academic Achievement, creates a model of a Roman aqueduct.

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SPOTLIGHT

Board of Directors Update

Making Dreams a Reality Most boards of directors engage in the exercise articulated in Foote’s upcoming capital campaign theme Imagine our Future. In the past few years, however, r the Foote Board has done more than imagine. We W have taken substantive steps toward making the vision for Foote’s future a reality. y In October of 2009, with help fr f om loyal supporters, Foote School purchased 3.8 acres of land on the corner of Highland and Prospect Streets fr f om Saint Francis Home for Children. Buildings on the parcel were demolished (with approximately 95 percent of all non-hazardous materials f om the demolition recycled on site) fr and a regulation-size playing field constructed. The field was seeded last spring and will by ready for use next spring. In returning the land to open space, we were delighted to discover that it offers spectacular views of East Rock. The land has also provided the perfect location for a most productive faculty garden.

Acquiring contiguous property and building a second playing field on Highland Street presented new opportunities on our Loomis Place campus. With no need to be concerned about encroaching on the once-essential playing and recess field adjacent to the Hosley Gym, we have been able to move forward on a building project that will ensure continued excellence in the Middle School.

Specifically, y we are working with architect Maryann Thompson on plans for a new science and technology building, which will be located behind (as one views the campus fr f om Loomis Place) the existing Middle School building. This new facility, y to be called the Jonathan 12

Milikowsky Science and Te T chnology Building, will include three state-ofthe-art science laboratories dedicated to the teaching of physics, chemistry, y and biology. y It will also integrate appropriate technology in support of academic programs and address the pressing need for additional classrooms, meeting space, and dedicated work areas for faculty. y

million toward our $12 million goal.

Support by Foote families and fr f iends has already been overwhelming.

With community-wide commitment to advancing this important agenda, we are confident that our imagined future for Foote School will become a wonderful new reality!

Like other Foote buildings, this one will blend with the landscape and provide a feeling of connectedness to the outdoors. It will also be built with attention to sustainability and “green” construction practices. The building itself will be part of Foote’s educational program, providing opportunities for students to learn about sustainable practices and measure the impact of energy-saving features.

Libby Peard P ’95, ’08, ’10 President Foote School Association

In addition to the building itself, we are designing a turnaround off Highland Street, which we hope will mitigate traffic and parking issues on Loomis Place. We W are sharing preliminary plans for this turnaround and the building with New Haven’s City Planning Commission in September. r We hope to move forward with W construction early next year. r Of course, the start date will have much to do with our ability to gather the resources necessary for funding this ambitious project. Once we begin construction, we estimate it will be a year before the project is complete.

The next step in ensuring that this building becomes part of Foote’s future — and soon — is the formal launch of the capital campaign, Imagine our Future, planned for late September. r In the quiet phase of the campaign we have raised close to $8

Board Transition The Foote Board of Directors, which has worked so hard to imagine and implement plans for the school’s future, evolves each year. At the Association’s Annual Meeting on May 12, the Board thanked three departing members for their dedicated service: Gordon Armour was a member of the Board since 2002.

He co-chaired the search committee that identified Carol Maoz as Head of School and co-chaired the Educational Advisory Committee from 2004–07. Donald Green joined the Board in 2001 and was vice president in 2005–06. He served on the Executive, Audit, and Governance Committees and on the Nominating Committee this past year. Don and his wife, Ann, hosted a number of gatherings for the Board and the faculty in recent years. Christine Chiocchio was an ex-officio member of the Board during her 2007–10 term as copresident of the Parent Teacher Council. She served on the parent interview committee during the Middle School Head search process and in a variety of roles in the PTC.

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Meet the New Members of the Board of Directors

Richard Bershtein

Cheryl Na N dz d am

Richard Bershtein was chair of the 2009–10 Foote Annual Fund, the most successful campaign in the history of the Fund. A graduate of Columbia University Law School, he was a corporate lawyer in New Yo Y rk City f om 1983 to 1987, when he returned fr to Connecticut to join his father and two sisters in the general practice of law in Hamden. Currently a member of the board of directors of Neighborhood Music School and the Y le Baseball Alumni Association, Ya Rich also is commissioner and co-chair of fundraising for Madison Little League, fr f om which he won the 2009 Positive Coach of the Ye Y ar Aw A ard.

He has completed more than 30 marathons. He received his BA fr f om Y le and lives in Madison with his Ya wife, Chay, y and four sons, including Richard (fourth grade) and Hunter (MAG).

Cheryl Nadzam is founder and coowner of Across the Floor Dance Studio in New Jersey, y now in its 15th year. r She is passionate about teaching children and is also a seasoned dancer and choreographer, r having performed extensively in the San Francisco Bay area. While in California, Cheryl Summer 2010

J ne Ship Ja i p

worked at Menlo School and with the Palo Alto Children’s Theater as resident dance instructor/ choreographer. r She earned her BA f om Rutgers College. Prior to fr becoming an entrepreneur, r Cheryl was a commercial underwriter and credit analyst for the banking industry. y She served on the board of the Rutgers Credit Union, the International Moms Club, and has been active in the Foote PTC. Cheryl’s husband, Geoff, is a bariatric surgeon at The Hospital of St. Raphael. The couple live in Hamden with their three children, Jake (third grade), Casey (second grade), and Elle, their three-year-old and future “Footie.”

Jane Shipp served as Head of School at Renbrook School (preschool– Grade 9) in We W st Hartford fr f om 1990–2010. She was a teacher and then lower school head at the Lincoln School in Providence, Rhode Island f om 1970 to 1990. She holds a BA fr f om Rhodes College in Memphis, fr T nnessee, with majors in English and Te Latin, and an MS in English fr f om Brown University. y She has served on various boards and corporations, including the Connecticut Association

David Soper

of Independent Schools, Suffield Academy, y the Tr T ustees of Jaffna College Funds, and the United Church of Christ. Jane lives in Suffield, Connecticut, with her husband, Bill, a former professor of molecular biology at Brown.

David Soper and his wife, Laura Davis, have been Foote parents since September 2000. Their son Richard graduated in June and is attending Choate; their daughter Caroline is in seventh grade. David is Associate Vice President for Finance at Columbia University. y He has worked in various capacities in finance at Ya Y le over the past 14 years, starting in the Medical School’s Budget Office in 1996 and moving to the University’s Budget Office in 2003. Prior to Ya Y le, David worked in the insurance industry in finance and property insurance underwriting. He was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and received his undergraduate degree in finance fr f om George Wa W shington University and his MBA fr f om the University of Cincinnati. David has served on both the Finance and Audit Committees of the Board in recent years.

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Energy + excitement = Field Day Field Day competition between the maroon and the grey teams goes back to the 1920s, when students hiked f om the St. Ronan Street campus to fr various Ya Y le fields. The day, y May 6 this year, r is still infused with a tremendous school spirit. The parade of the classes with their colorful banners held high was led by Falco, the school mascot (ninth grader Danny Smooke), and school head Carol Maoz down Loomis Place and across Highland Street to Rike Field.

There students in their maroon or grey t-shirts exuberantly carried on the 1920s traditions with the Tu T g-OW r, Wa r three-legged race and the final baton relay. y Tr T uly, y a good time was had by all.

Fif ifth graders show their school spirit on Field Day. y

Juliet Yo Y ung (M ( AG) hops ahead in the sack race!

Tagan Fa T F rrell (M ( AG) races in the all-grade rela l y. y

Lili Golds d tein, Liana Klin, and Zev Yo Y rk ( rade 4) run the Fireman's Carry. (g y

T ird graders — maroon and gray — put their all into the Tu Th T g-O-Wa W r. r

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May Day Shines When people unfamiliar with the school see May Day photos, they oft f en ask about training: how many years did it take for students to learn their dances? Usually but a few weeks.

From the intricacies of the third grade Maypole Dance to the finesse required of the ninth graders in their sword dance, the event is indeed a learning experience in the best Foote School tradition.

This year’s May Day, y on May 22, was bright, clear, r and comfortably warm — perfect for dancing on Rike Field.

T ird graders perf Th rform the May Pole Dance.

Seventh t gra r ders r perf rform Th T e Knig i hts t of May. y

Mix i ed Age Group stu t dents t perf rform Ca C lliope.

T ird graders wrap the May Pole.

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Fourth and fi fifth graders perf rform Smoke on the Wa W ter. r

Ninth graders make the sta t r in the traditional Sleig i hts t Sword Dance.

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Foote Scrapbook Passport to the World A Festival of the Wo W rld was held at Foote on April 29, when sixth graders presented information about the countries they had studied. On the first day of school each student had chosen a country with a spin of the globe. These are the countries their fingers landed on this year: Algeria Angola Argentina Australia Belarus Bolivia Brazil Canada Cape Ve V rde Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Democratic Republic of Congo Dominican Republic Egypt Fiji French Polynesia Gabon Greenland Guinea Haiti Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland

Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritania Mexico Morocco New Zealand Nigeria Norway Panama Peru Philippines Poland Russia Samoa Saudi Arabia Somalia South Afr f ica Spain Sudan Sweden T nzania Ta Thailand T nisia Tu T rkey Tu United Kingdom Uzbekistan

In traditional dress fr f om countries around the world, the students shared their accumulated knowledge of the cultures they had studied with poems and songs, dances and games, along with information about the geography, y flora, fauna, and economy of each country. y

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Six i th graders demonstrate Ti T nikling, g a Vi V sayan Is I la l nd stick da d nce in which the da d ncers imita t te the tikling bird sidestepping bamboo traps set by rice fa f rmers.

Sandy d Rokhlin introduces Foote students t and parents t to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Helena Butler teaches about Croatia.

Fifty States Plus Fourth graders became experts on each of the fifty states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico as they prepared for the annual Fifty States Fair on April 30.

The students prepared posters, a state map and a creative project promoting the state’s economy and tourist attractions. In art class they created Mondrian-style paintings of their state and its neighboring states. Students from other grades came to the Hosley Gym to visit the State Fair and learn from the experts.

Grace Romanik shares information about Wyoming with a smile!

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Foote PTC: Involved Parents Make A Difference Throughout the year the Parent T acher Council, which has been Te active at Foote since the late 1920s, helps the school in a variety of ways f om welcoming new families with fr lemonade and cookies to assisting with the annual hearing and vision screenings and sponsoring events such as the Fall Family Fun Day and the annual May Day Picnic on the field.

They make it easy for parents to get to know one another and the faculty, y and work very hard to coordinate programs like school photo day, y when every class and every student has a picture taken, and displaying the lost & found items before major assemblies so that parents may retrieve missing items.

PTC events such as the annual book fair promote community as well as reading, and the book swap, done in close cooperation with the Perrine Library staff, promotes recycling along with the joy of reading.

At the end of each year, r the PTC hosts a faculty appreciation breakfast, with tables laden with delicious home-prepared foods, and a dinner for Aft f er School Program staff.

Foote parents t Zehra Patwa, Ia I in Yo Y rk, and H ned Patwa enj Hu n oy the evening

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Students t help l with preparations fo f r Mosaic — An International Celebration.

Head of School Carol Maoz notes that the positive and supportive PTC “does an incredible job of helping build our community, y ” and adds that the group’s “commitment to creating an open, fr f iendly, y and welcoming atmosphere makes a real difference.”

She feels that parents who become involved in the PTC enrich their child’s experience. Parents are always welcome to participate at any time during the year. r There are lots of ways to get involved, and volunteering information is posted on the PTC’s page of the Foote School website.

Funds raised via the spring auction and other events during the year are allocated for educational enrichment for all grades and departments, emergency financial aid, faculty development, and more. (Full list on page 23) This year’s major PTC event, “MOSAIC: An International Celebration” brought well over 225 parents, faculty, y and fr f iends to campus the evening of Saturday, y April 24.

But the effect, on stepping into the Hosley Gym, was like arriving at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. Ta T bles of international food were interspersed with tables of silent auction items

ranging fr f om a catered Colombian meal in the winning bidder’s home to jewelry, y painting and wood carvings craft f ed by Foote faculty. y Live entertainment included participatory Afr f ican drumming with teacher Baba Coleman, the steel drum orchestra Pantastic with music teacher Sarah Heath, and contemporary global rhythms by The Mageepa Project.

The evening’s highlight, a live auction, included warm weather vacations, “impossible to buy” tickets for sporting events, and a Mosaic mirror craft f ed

by Foote’s talented fi f ft f h grade students.

The evening raised over $65,000 to enhance education at the school.

Music teacher Baba Coleman involved guests t in Afr f ican drumming.

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Model Congress At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, y April 24, 47 Foote School students left f Loomis Place for the Packer Collegiate Institute’s Model Congress in New Y rk City.

Yo y The Foote delegation presented a total of 21 pieces of legislation and two chair/parliamentarian teams fr f om Foote helped to lead the event. The students debated the bills before them with passion and perceptiveness. Fift f een of the Foote bills were passed and three were selected to go to full session debate in the aft f ernoon: An Act to Forbid Gene Patents in Federally-Funded Research, An Act to Protect Intellectual Property Rights for the Quileuete Tr T ibe in La Push, and A Resolution of the Second Amendment for Safe Firearm Ownership and Usage. At the end of the event students were recognized for their skill and deportment. Foote students received eight honorable mentions and three “Golden Gavels” for being the most effective legislators in their respective committees.

Foote Alumna Brings Olympic Silver to Campus

Caitlin Cahow ’00 sporting her Team USA jersey and silver medal.

On May 25 Caitlin Cahow ’00 visited Foote to share stories of her second Olympic journey, this time to Vancouver, Canada, as a member of the women’s silver-medal ice hockey team. She previously won a bronze medal in 2006.

Caitlin shared photos and talked about the intense teamwork that preceded the games, the excitement of the Olympic opening ceremony, and the inspirational opportunity to meet athletes from countries around the globe. Students were thrilled to see her silver medal up close when she passed it around the room. When a student asked whether she was on the grey or the maroon team, Caitlin responded “grey,” but noted that “At Foote it’s great to compete with your friends knowing they’ll still be your friends afterwards and that they’ll still like you no matter who wins and who loses.”

Yearbook Signing

At the annual yearbook assembly on May 26 Foote’s mascot Falco the Falcon signed Damon Swift’s (grade 3) yearbook.

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Wolfie Boone (Kindergarten) is thrilled to hold Caitlin’s medal as Rhea Kuriakose looks on.

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Service with a Smile (and suds)

Students t ate lunch with their buddies outs t ide the MAG cla l ssroom aft f er the Earth Day Assembly ly.

Earth Awareness A student-run assembly raised environmental awareness on Earth Day, y as students presented poems and information about conservation in a variety of forms. Aft f er the Assembly students met with buddy classes for lunch and spent time picking up litter on the Foote campus.

The following week members of the school’s Environmental Action Group competed against 17 schools (including 14 high school teams) fr f om across the state in the Keep Connecticut Cool Challenge at the Hartford Science Center. r Over the preceding six months the team had worked together to develop plans to reduce Foote School’s carbon

Community Service committee members initiated a new fundraising strategy this year, washing faculty and staff cars to raise funds for ClearWater Initiative, a nonprofit founded by Ben Sklaver ’92 to provide clean water to thousands affected by natural or manmade disasters.

They also collected cans and bottles, redeeming enough to donate $500 to ClearWater to fund a bore hole for a Ugandan village.

footprint and to make the campus more sustainable. In the course of their work they learned about the science of climate change, the “three pillars” concept of sustainability (economics, equity, y and environment), how to calculate the carbon foot print of a school, and how to work with their peers to write a group paper and present a judged presentation.

Remarkably, y Foote’s team of mostly sixth graders made it to the finals — the top six — for a final presentation before a panel of 12 judges. Next year the team will compete in Phase 2, reporting on their success working with the school community to implement the team’s goals.

Foote’s Own Maple Syrup Kindergarten students who studied trees on campus were enthralled by the process of tapping the trees, collecting the sap, and boiling the sap down over an open fire to make their own maple syrup, guided by Business Manager Jay Cox.

Footebridge Footebridge, the literacy program that serves New Haven public school kindergarten and first graders and provides professional development for local public school teachers, enlivened the campus again this summer, as the program completed its 15th year.

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Kinderg r artners Miya Imaeda, Josie Cancro, Marley Ha H nsen, and Ta T ra Malcolm learn how tree sap collected on campus is boiled down to maple syrup.

T e photo by Brad Horrig Th i an appeared in the New Ha H ven Register on March 12.

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Great Lacrosse Season Finishes 14 and 1 The boys lacrosse team, coached by fourth grade teacher John Climie, ended their season with a 14 and 1 record. They combined outstanding off ffensive teamwork with great defe f nse.

Coach Climie said the team was “the essence of what a team should be. They loved being together and playing together — and the record refl f ects that.” Tw T o eighth graders, Dylan Farrell in the goal and Max Groen on attack, received All-League honors.

Long pole defe f nder Augie Org r anschi (g ( rade 8) scoops the ball away fr f om two opponents t.

Harrison Lapides (g H ( rade 8) ta t kes a shot on goal.

Max Groen (g ( rade 8), the team’s hig i h scorer, r pulls back fo f r a shot.

Cla l y Pepe (g ( ra r de 9) 9 ta t kes th t e ball to th t e goal.

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Goalie Dyla l n Fa F rrell (g ( ra r de 8) pla l yed a critical role; e he recorded tw t o shutouts t , and held opponents t to a sing n le goal in tw t o ga g mes.

Sean Reilly l (g ( rade 9) whip i s a pass past an opponent.

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A Heartfelt Goodbye to Valued Colleagues The real power of Foote lies in its faculty and staff — those who challenge, nurture, and inspire their students. Four experienced and valued members of Foote’s remarkable community moved on this year. r Hannah Leckman had taught French, Latin and handbells at Foote for 23 years. As Brandi Fullwood ’10 said in the yearbook dedication, “Mrs. Leckman has taught her students how to greet the world through Latin, French and music.” A Renaissance

woman — ceramicist, vocalist, handbell leader and Latinist, she loved her students and the process of learning. Her intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for life engaged her students, and her gentle demeanor was always coupled with a quiet expectation and appreciation of excellence.

Pat Mahnensmith joined the Foote School faculty in 1991 as a MAG Associate teacher. r Tw T o years later she became a sixth grade teacher and

advisor, r and fr f om 1997–2010 she taught math to students in grades 6–9 and served as a homeroom advisor. r Pat was an active member of the Foote network, sustaining ties with old fr f iends through volunteering each year at Reunion Day, y and welcoming new members to the school community as part of the New Faculty Orientation Committee. Her warm smile, positive energy and good spirit added tremendously to daily life at school.

From 1993 to 2010, Nancy Manke greeted students, parents, teachers and visitors each day at the fr f ont desk.

Known for her sympathetic ear, r Nancy was a one-woman cheering squad for her faculty colleagues, and her warm personality put everyone at ease. Her favorite part of her work at Foote was developing North Star, r a program for young girls designed to strengthen their confidence and sense of self. The program has been popular with Foote fift f h graders for more than a decade, and during the next few years Nancy hopes to develop the program for use in other schools.

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Pat Mahnensmith

Betty Whitney taught in Foote’s Mixed Age Group fr f om 1986–2010.

As Head of School Carol Maoz said, “It is truly hard to imagine our school without Betty’s kind smile, generous heart, and warm, loving presence.

Betty is all this and more to her students, their parents, and her colleagues.” Passionate about the curriculum, Betty always approached it with new and fr f esh ideas. Still, her greatest strength was in listening to her students and helping them learn to listen to others. A calm and steady presence, a tireless and creative teacher, r she was beloved by her young students and their parents.

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Betty t Wh W itney

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REPORT AROUNDOF CAMPUS GIVING

Increases in Giving Are A Vo V te of Confi f dence This year families and fr f iends stepped forward in remarkable ways to sustain the Foote School. With gift f s large and small, they ensured that the school’s immediate needs would be met through record support of the Annual Fund. At the same time, many sought to sustain Foote’s strength in the future through contributions to the school’s endowment or to the capital campaign, Imagine Our Future, which will be launched in September. r The alumnae/i-led effort to honor long-time music teacher Jean Shepler Miller was one highlight of the 2009–10 year. r More than 100 alumnae/i who benefited fr f om Mrs. Shepler’s many years in the classroom (1953–91) sent contributions that together totaled $32,615. Many added comments like this one: “Mrs. Shepler is an amazing woman who fostered a love of music in two generations of our family!” The Jean Shepler Miller Endowed Fund will provide annual operating support for the music department that so many alumni report has enriched their lives long aft f er their days at Foote.

Parents stepped forward in important ways, too, setting a new record for participation in the Annual Fund. A focused effort by Annual Fund Grade Captains to increase parent participation began two years ago, and the participation rate has climbed dramatically, y fr f om 44 percent in 2007–08 to 62 percent in 2008–09, reaching 71 percent in 2009–10. Ninth grade, fourth grade, and kindergarten parents achieved participation rates over 80 percent! Our goal for the coming year is 100 percent participation, with every family supporting the Annual Fund. We W are grateful to the Annual Fund Grade Captains (see box) who worked to ensure that parents under-

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stood the critical role of the Annual Fund and the importance of every parent’s participation in it. The effort had an unfailingly energetic, positive, and supportive leader in Rich Bershtein (P ’16, ’18), who called many parents personally. y Faculty participation in the Annual Fund also increased, with 78 percent of the faculty and staff contributing to the Annual Fund this year, r up fr f om 59 percent a year ago. School Counselor V ena Raghuvir and Director of Ve Learning Support Cathy Pamelard led the faculty Annual Fund effort.

The Parent Te T acher Council made a significant contribution to the school’s Annual Fund, too, with gift f s totaling more than $75,000 to fund educational enrichment, special field trips, technology, y the Summer Read Aloud program, the school’s Emergency Financial Aid Fund, and professional development for faculty. y The PTC’s strong support and the increased participation among parents and faculty were critical parts of a record-setting year, r in which the school received Annual Fund contributions of $528,329, 10 percent higher than last year and 3 percent ahead of the school’s previous highest Annual Fund total (in 2007–08).

These contributions help Foote control tuition increases and sustain its rich and varied program, funding every aspect of school life. From campus maintenance and repair to field trips, library books, computers, faculty salaries, and financial aid, Foote relies on a strong Annual Fund to balance its budget each year. r The success of the 2009–10 year, r especially in this unfavorable economic climate, was made possible by the

efforts of many volunteers. We W owe a debt of thanks to the parents who serve as Annual Fund volunteers, many PTC volunteers, Board members who work to support both the Annual Fund and capital campaign, and alumnae/i reaching out to classmates.

Foote is a special school and a very unusual community. y It is enriched by the fact that so many students attend for nine or 10 years, literally growing up on the campus. For them — and for their families — their childhood years at Foote are a central part of their lives. When they depart, they carry the spirit of the school with them. An amazing number stay in touch with Foote and with each other and return for reunions. We W are grateful to the Class Correspondents who help Foote alums reconnect with classmates, and the Reunion Chairs who encourage them to return for the annual alumnae/i celebration.

This year my son Clayton, the youngest of our three children, graduated fr f om Foote. Wa W tching Clay go through his final year was bittersweet.

I was reminded again and again of the many ways the school has enriched my life and our family since our first child started kindergarten in 1990. We W are fortunate to have found a community that has added so much gladness to our lives, as we learned and taught together. r I wish you continued opportunities to learn and teach gladly. y Warmest thanks on behalf of the W Foote School community, y

Ann Baker Pepe Director of Development

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Parent Participation: An All-time High Thanks to Annual Fund Chair Rich Bershtein and the parents who served as Grade Captains parent participation in the annual fund reached 71 percent. This is up fr f om 44 percent in 2007–08 and 62 percent in 2008–09.

Rich attributes the increase to the enthusiasm and dedication of the captains and to the appreciation that parents have for a Foote education.

Grade Kindergarten MAG, Grade 1 MAG, Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9

Participation 84% 73% 74% 68% 82% 71% 66% 66% 76% 88%

Grade Captain Annie Wa W reck ’85 Rich Bershtein, Cheryl Nadzam Rich Goodwin Michael Lake Annie Wa W reck ’85 Glenn Levin Liz Geller Brennan ’80 Catherine Sbriglio Kim Bohen Ann Baker Pepe

ALL PA P RENTS 71%

$528,000

2009

$481,000

2008

$511,000

2007

$434,000

2006

$391,000

2005

$349,000

2004

$332,000

2003

$273,000

2002

$247,000

2001

$216,000

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$100000

$200000

The Foote Parent Teacher Council (PTC) had a highly successful 20092010 fundraising year. They contributed a total of $75,000, including $10,000 to the Capital Campaign, $8,400 for professional development, and $7,500 for classroom SMART Boards.

An Education Enrichment allocation of $11,250 will be divided evenly among all grades and specials, and $10,000 is allocated for the Emergency Financial Aid Fund. Another $7,450 is to be used at the school’s discretion.

The balance will benefit a range of programs, including: Lighting & sound equipment for events, assemblies, theater productions Replacement maps for all humanities classrooms, grades 6–9 Long Wharf Theatre production of “Romeo & Juliet” for humanities students Summer Read Aloud (K-6) Deer Lake Ecology Overnight Trip (grade 5) Camp Ingersoll Field Trip (grade 4) Mystic Seaport/Bronx Zoo Field Trips (MAG) Outreach Programs: Footebridge Literacy Program and STARS (Schools Together for Arts Resources)

Annual Fund 2010

Making a Difference — The Foote School PTC

$300000

$400000

$500000

$600000

These allocations support the PTC commitment to enhancing the current educational experience at Foote and are an important investment in the future of the Foote community.

Clearly, PTC also stands for “Parents and Teachers Contribute.”

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RA REPORT AROUND ERPOOURNTDO OF CAMPUS C FAG GIVING MVPIUNSG

Donors Those individuals listed below have contributed to The Foote School between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. We W have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list. Please contact the Development Office if you note any errors or omissions.

THE HEAD’S CIRCLE ($50,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous Sharon & Dan Milikowsky The Seedlings Foundation Smart Family Foundation, Inc.

MART R HA BABCOCK FOOTE ASSOCIAT A ES ($25,000–$49,999) Anonymous The Foote School Parent Te T acher Council Ann & Don Green W ndy Sharp & Dean Ta We T kahashi

WINIFRED STURLEY ASSOCIAT A ES ($10,000–$24,999) Cameron & Jane Baird Foundation Chay & Richard Bershtein Amy & Larry Buhl Emily & Lawrence Coassin Sharon Oster & Ray Fair Cindy & David Leffell Alexandra Hokin & Glenn Levin Deborah & David Moore Anne Martin & John Pescatore Claire Priest ’86 Margaret J. Smith ’77

H. EVERT R ON HOSLEY, Y JR. ASSOCIAT A ES ($5,000–$9,999) City of New Haven Eder Family Foundation Joanne & David Goldblum Meghan & George Knight Melanie Ginter & John Lapides Judith Chevalier & Steven Podos Lauren McGregor & George Romanik Mary Garber-Saleh & Faisal Saleh Catherine & Robert Sbriglio Bradlee H. Shattuck ’59 Clarky & Jeff Sonnenfeld

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MARGARET BALLOU HITCHCOCK ASSOCIAT A ES ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous Melinda A. Agsten Susan & Wick Chambers ’62 Ann A. Clark Dimond D Developers James D. English ’46 Marcy Stovall & Jim Farnam ’65 Foote School Class of 2010 Barbara & Leon Goldstein Betsy & Len Grauer Richmond Hosley ’61* Alison & Christopher Illick Lisa & Joseph MacDougald Lillian Garcia & Bruce Mandell Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff Kathy & George Priest Diane Palmeri & Albert Rossini Sasco Foundation Meg & Joseph Serino Marian & Howard Spiro Laura To T rrence & Leland To T rrence ’68 Iain Yo Y rk & Anne Wa W reck ’85

FRANK PERRINE ASSOCIAT A ES ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (3) Martha & Jim Alexander Anne & Gordon Armour V rnon Armour Ve The Astmann Family Antony Astmann ’73 Brent Baird Rebecca & Sankar Banerji Julia & Sidney Bogardus Frederick M. Bohen Fay & Larry Buhl Mary L. Bundy John Burbank ’79 Lisa Pfefferle & Kevin Burns Anne Ty T ler Calabresi ’48 & Guido Calabresi ’46 Constance Clement ’62 Marge & Gordon Cohen Dody & Jay Cox Cristina Brunet & Joe Craft f Catherine Smith Cuthell ’68 Richard English ’49 Lisa & Robert Fitch The Foote School Third Grade (2009–10) Laura Goldblum

Maxine Goldblum Rachel Lampert & Rick Goodwin** Margaret Clement Green ’61 Bonnie & Randy Harrison Kent A. Healy ’46 Sabrina Diano & Ta T mas Horvath Pamela Hull Suguru & Av A lin Imaeda Dr. r & Mrs. Priya Jamidar Kiki & Te T d Kennedy Shauna & Stephen King Neelima Kaushal & Paul Kuriakose Philomena & John LaViola Deborah Freedman & Ben Ledbetter Brenna & Jeffr f ey Lent Seymour L. Lustman Memorial Fund Susan & Andrew Metrick Y rk Miller ’64 Yo Phyllis Morra Angie Hurlbut & Andrew Nyhart Lisa Gray & Alan Organschi Betty Lou B. Osborne Rebecca Paugh & Jorge Otero Leslie Palumbo & Jonathan Banks Palumbo ’80 Zehra & Huned Patwa Mary Sanders & Mark Shifm f an Susan Swords Stevens ’62 Cary Tw T ichell ’76 Gail & Jim Vlock T nia Burgert & Detlef We Ta W ncker Lori & Robert Zyskowski **

SUSAN O. BISHOP ASSOCIAT A ES ($500–$999) Anonymous (8) Leila Hachicho & Ali Abu-Alfa Gordon & Lucy Ambach Natalie Babbitt & Samuel Babbitt ’42 Madeline & John Baer Margaret Wilmer Bartlett ’58 Miriam Berkman & Brett Hill James Bigwood ’68 Stephen Binder ’78 Grace Hammond Boss ’66 Carole & Arthur Broadus Christian Meyers & Courtney Broadus ’84 Faye & Andrew Brownfield Melanie Cameron Rita McDougald-Campbell & Leonard R. Campbell Christine Barker & Claude Carlier Sue & Dean Chang

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Christine & Vincent Chiocchio Joyce & Dan Chung Glenn Conway Roseline Crowley & Douglas Crowley ’55 JoAnn Hong-Curtis & Jeptha Curtis Dorota Knyszewska-Dziuda & Darius Dziuda Susan & Stephen Farrell The Foote School Student Council Allyson & Patrick Gallagher T ddie & Chris Getman To Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’72 Mrs. Ramey W. W Harper Janet Madigan & Robert Harrity William Henning ’60 Sandy Allison & Jim Horwitz Elaine Jackson & Herrick Jackson ’54 Michael D. Johnson Nancy Ely Kales ’55 Suzanne & Brooks Kelley Joan & Frank Kenna Sarah Baird & Benjamin Kerman Gretchen & Charlie Kingsley Nadine & Greg Koobatian Bun-Sui Lai ’84 Mie Lai ’91 T d Lai ’87 Te Mislal Andom & Michael Lake Jane & Richard Levin Mariel & Thomas Lewy Sandy & Curly Lieber Peter Lin ’63 L nn Street & Donald Margulies Ly Lisa & Philip Miller Alexandra Moellmann ’82 Elizabeth & David Monz Rosita & Grayson Murphy NewAlliance Foundation Elaine Nye Cristina & Wa W lter Oko Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’60 Ann Baker Pepe & Gregory Pepe W ndy & Daniel Price We Douglas Reigeluth ’66 Rossitza Lazova & Kenneth Robinson Kerry & Raymond Russell Anne Sa’adah ’69 Belinda Chan & Peter Schott Roger K. Smith ’75 Happy Clement Spongberg ’60 Margie & Alan Starensier John Akin & Mary Stevens ’63 Y sook Kim & Yin-Chao Ts Ye T eng **

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The Wi W lliam & Nancy Tu T rner Foundation Nikki & Robert Udelsman Beth Merkin & Michael J. Va V n Leesten Glenn Arbonies & Sandra Vlock ’70 Herralan Noel-Vu V lpe & Marian Vu V lpe John Wa W reck ’84 Susan & Tr T ey Wildridge Elizabeth & Steven Wilkinson Ning Sun & Hongyu Zhao Y nyun Wu Ya W & Yi Zhou

FOOTE FRIENDS ($250–$499) Anonymous (7) Will Amatruda ’56 Nancy & Rick Antle The Badrigian Family Albert Bashawaty & Elizabeth Caputo Bashawaty ’87 Marci & David Baxter Richard Bell Elizabeth Bradburn-Assoian ’69 The Brash-Palmatier family Sabrina & Byron Breland Massimo Calabresi ’82 Bette & Joe Camilleri Marc Caputo Caren & To T m Carpenter Mary Ann Casey ’52 Kathy Hirata Chin ’67 Barbara Clement & Samuel P. P Clement ’65 Corinna & William Clendenen Jane & Larry Cohen Jill Lacy & David Coleman Nancy Clayton & Bradford Collins Leticia & Victor de Dios Mercedes & Juan F. F de la Mora Anna Huntington Deming ’35 Marti Cowan & Gary deWo W lf Elizabeth Daley Draghi ’77 Evan Drutman ’79 Betsey & Jack Dunham Lee Dunham ’55 Barbara & Jeffr f ey Fletcher The Foote School Class of 1975 Marie Christine & Patrick Fourteau Alan Frane Laurel E. Friedman Debbie & Bill Friedman John H. Gardner, r M.D. ’45 Elizabeth Reeves Goodspeed ’36 Pamela Pond Goss ’45

Jean Shepler Miller Fund Elicits Memories and Thanks Jean Shepler Miller, whose career at Foote spanned 37 years (1953-91), had an indefatigable enthusiasm for music that marked many of her students for life. The alumnae/i response to the initial mailing about this fund established in her name was both overwhelming and heartwarming.

More than 100 alums contributed a total of $32,615. Many included notes remembering Mrs. Shepler’s spirited teaching and her irrepressible love of music.

Their words celebrate the life-long impact of a one-of-a-kind teacher.

One wrote, “Mrs. Shepler was the best music teacher, best teacher period!

My brother and I still break into choruses of ‘Hallelujah, I’m a Bum’ every now and then. I can’t listen to the ‘Messiah’ without thinking of her and my classmates.” Another added, “She conveyed and shared her excitement, enthusiasm, and love of music so well.

I still have my old Fireside Book.” And another told us, “Thirty-five years later, I am still playing viola and violin, singing, doing chamber music, fiddling, and attending the opera at the Met.” This fund provides annual support for the school’s music department, sustaining an important element of the Foote School and honoring a woman whose life work created a life-long love of singing and music in her students.

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ALUMNAE A RLEUPMONRATEO REPORT OF &A ALUMNI G GIVING LVUIMGN

William Haug Linda & Richard Hegel Ann Coleen & Brett Hellerman Vicki Schultz & Craig Henry Deborah & David Hesse Margalit & Jeffr f ey Kern Amy Justice & Joseph King Mary Hu & Jon Knisely Emilie & Herbert Klagsbrun Nancy Greenberg & Anthony Kronman Campbell Langdon ’76 Jeffr f ey Lerner Janet & Robert Lewis Sheila Hayre & Pericles Lewis Sandra J. Frawley & Perry L. Miller ’58 Cristina Baiocco & Giuseppe Moscarini New Haven Road Race Judy & Kevin O’Hare Patrick & Stephanie O’Keefe Laura & Frank Perrine Eligio A. Petrelli ’53 Jack Ciccolo & Sid Phillips Elizabeth Prelinger ’68 Jane Prelinger ’70 Polly Prelinger ’72 Richard Prelinger ’67 Claire Richards ’76 Dr. r & Mrs. Frank Richards Stacy & Patrick Ruwe Naomi & Shin Sakurabayashi Letha & Jack Sandweiss Josie Schiavone ’90 The Schneider Family T nina Rostain & Richard Schottenfeld Ta Peter Setlow ’57 Carolyn & Clifford Slayman Diana E. Smith ’73 Laura Davis & David Soper Nancy E. Chapman & King-fai Ta T m Julia Wa W llace Ta T ussig ’37 Rusty Tu T nnard ’63 Victor M. Ty T ler II ’42 Alexander Vietor ’64 Maura & Elliott Visconsi Barbara Wa W reck Betsy We W lch & Harry We W lch ’42 Drs. France Galerneau & Keith Williams Amy Mulligan Wilson ’85 Cathy Edwards & Mike Wishnie Anne B. Wo W lfg f ang Caroline Hendel & John Wy W solmerski

MAROON & GREY ($1–$249) Anonymous (31) Carmela Abbenante The Adae Family Justus Addiss ’73 Joseph & Cecle Adler Anne & Nick Afr f agola Mary Ann Alberino Myles Alderman & Nancy Osterweis Alderman ’52 Kendall Alford-Madden ’63 Margaret Allison Katherine Altshul ’90 Arthur & Mary Amend Christina Va V n Itallie & James Anderson The Anderson-Dollhopf Family Nancy & Ronald Angoff Nick Appleby & Bethany Schowalter Appleby ’82 Katharine Arnstein ’63 Mary B. Arnstein Herbert & Caroline Atherton Kate Bigwood Atkinson ’70

Alexander Babbidge ’78 Caitlin Babiarz ’00 Joanne & Paul Bailey Lotte & Bernard Bailyn Laura Kautz Baker ’62 Emily Barclay ’61 Christine Wilmer Barkus ’69 Jennifer Barnhart Judith & Charles Barr Jenny Ford Barrett ’86 Wilton & Roberta Baxter Ruth & Bernard Beitel Barbara Currier Bell ’55 Raina Sotsky & Morris Bell Julia Berberian & Aram Berberian ’76 G. Spencer Berger ’56 Peggy McCarthy Berman & Barry Berman Sidney & Ina Berson T ondru & Ta Ts T shi Bhutia Jane G. Bigwood Susan & Timothy Bingham Victoria Meeks Blair-Smith ’50 Natalie Wilmer Blenk ’62

MAG students t with Lower School Head Patty t Chamberla l in, identif ifying veg e eta t bles in the f culty fa t garden. Th T e ga g rden abuts t the new pla l ying fi f eld across Hig i hla l nd Street.

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Peter Bluhm ’54 Halcy Bohen Elizabeth Bohlen ’58 Andrew Boone & Sarah Netter Boone ’89 James Boorsch ’47 Elizabeth Borden Anne-Marie Boulade-Perigois Davies & Ray Davies Deborah Bovilsky Luzviminda & Timothy Bradley Thompson Bradley ’48 Margaret Lincoln Bradner ’34 L nne & Edward Bradstreet Ly Irwin Braverman Steve Brennan & Liz Geller Brennan ’80 Frances & Jonathan Brent Grace & Jay Bright Jessie Brinkley ’64 Margot Brinkley Elizabeth Brochin Linda & Art Brody Sallie Farrel Brown ’49 Michael R. Buchanan ’45 L nn Bullard Ly Elizabeth Gibson Burbank ’80 John H. Burbank ’79 Evan Butler ’99 Jonathan Butler ’98 Lucas Butler ’03 Polly Byers ’74 Pauline Ho Bynum ’54 Caitlin Cahow ’00 Ann Calkins Joseph Camilleri Susan Canny ’96 Francine & Robert Caplan Susan Carney & Lincoln Caplan Molly Caplan ’03 Margaret Bluhm Carey ’59 Zenta Wa W lther & John R. Carlson Linda Hamilton Carr ’42 Rives Fowlkes Carroll ’57 Suzanne Jackson Cartier ’52 Mr. r & Mrs. Robert Casey, y Sr. r Carolyn & Richard Cavallaro Carol Ann Bradburn Celella ’72 Dorothy Clark Chadwick ’73 Patricia Chao ’69 Belinda & Frederick Chen Joel Chetrick ’73 Shirlee Ching-McGrath Ann Pingoud & Marc Chung Lorraine Cirillo

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Mine Eder & Gokhan Çirnaz Donald Clark Sarah Clark & Gustav Spohn Frances & Edwin Clayton Anne Campbell Clement ’39 & Stuart Clement ’34 Kate Close ’99 Edward Coady ’05 The Cobb-Virostek Family Dina Mayzlin & Aaron Cohen Alyson & Gary Cohen T rry Colby ’48 Te Bruce Conklin ’75 Eugenie Ty T ler Copp ’40 D. Brooks Corzine Elizabeth Cox ’00 Kendall Cox ’98 Samuel Craft f ’07 Linsley Craig ’85 ** Virginia M. Crossley Nicolas Crowley ’81 Alex Crowley ’83 Perry Curtis ’45 Judy & Hugh Cuthbertson Susan & Fred Danforth Nina Glickson & Wo W rth David Bruce Davis T ssa Stanwood Davis ’57 Te Rachel To T tman Davis ’86 Marcia & Roger Davis Aimee DeBarbieri ’92 Marrisa DeLise Christine Hayes & Michael Della Rocca John Deming ’66 Cynthia Deng ’07 James D. Deng ’10 The Dennett Family Margaret DeVa V ne & Milton DeVa V ne ’42 William C. DeVa V ne ’84 Jennifer Wa W tts & Bill Deverell Sheree & David DiMario V rdi DiSesa ’64 Ve Elizabeth M. Dock Mr. r & Mrs. Herman Dostie Karen Douglas Deborah Sherman & Sarah Drury ’72 Fern Drutman Sonja & John Dudley Laurie & C. Dary Dunham Colleen & Gary Dunning John & Anne Eakin Ann S. Earley Elizabeth DeVa V ne Edminster ’47

The Teaching Garden One of the many — and most immediate — benefits of Foote School’s newly acquired property is the faculty garden.

The brainchild of science teacher Pam Harmon, the verdant plot has been cultivated by more than a dozen faculty and their families throughout the summer. It even included a butterfly nursery garden with milkweed, curled parsley, beebalm, thistle, echinacea and two small watering areas for birds and insects.

Faculty gardeners kept a log, stored on site for easy use, to record their activities, keep track of pests, wildlife sightings, and share special moments.

At the opening faculty meeting, Head of School Carol Maoz showed a slide presentation prepared by Pam. A dozen faculty gardeners joined Pam on stage to describe their experiences and dedicate the garden to the entire Foote community, making a special request that students use it to its fullest. “Let’s take the kids to the garden, be it to sing, to draw, to dream, to write or to count and compare flora and fauna.”

The students are indeed enjoying and learning from the garden. In the first week of school MAG teacher Margy Lamere brought her students for music class in the garden, and they all sang “Inch By Inch” with music teacher Liz Reed-Swale accompanying them on her guitar.

Angela Giannella takes her kindergarten, MAG and third grade language classes and asks them in French or Spanish (depending on the class) to find the vegetable. Teachers have held scavenger hunts, and Margy and Angela surprised a class with a snack of green tomato (from the garden) bread made

by Margy and from-the-garden salsa made by Angela.

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ALUMNAE A RLEUPMONRATEO REPORT OF &A ALUMNI G GIVING LVUIMGN

Elizabeth Jonas & To T m Eisen Barbara Ellinghaus Arlene & Marshall Elovich Margaret Howe Emmons ’60 Lane English Laura & James Erlacher Kris & Viji Erodula John Ewell ’57 Peter T. T Ewell ’61 Sally Factor Jo-Ann & Jim Farnen Garrett Farrell ’09 Lisa Panzini & Bill Farrell Dawn & Dan Farricielli Doris Drisler Ferguson ’42 Polly & Andy Fiddler Lisa & Jonathan Fillmore Anne Camp & John Flanders Nathan Flanders ’08 Bradley Fleming ’99 Thomas Fontana ’82 Foote School Class of 1950 Foote School Summer Theater Program 2009 Thomas R. Forbes, Jr. r ’51 Susan Forster Raffaella Zanuttini & Robert Frank Candace & Burvée Franz Marcie & Greydon Freeman William Friday Bradley Fullwood Ben Fussiner Lee Gaillard ’52 Lillian & Felix J. Garcia Nancy Gaylord ’53 Cameron Gearen Flora Va V ccarino Melanie Gelfand ’99 Samantha Gelfand ’01 Kathy Park & Scott Gettinger The Gewirtz Family Marcus B. Giamatti ’77 Denise & Mark Gibson Barbara Gibson Hira Bluestone & To T dd Gilbertsen Linda Gillam, John DiCola ’02 & Laura DiCola ’03 Angelique Bordey & Keith Gipson Jenny Chan & Jonathan Goldstein Ruth & Anibal Gonzalez Priscilla Meléndez & Aníbal González Katharine Goodbody W rd Goodenough ’32 Wa

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Carole & Marshall Gottsegen The Graetz Family John Grant ’50 Jonathan Grauer ’85 Lois & Kenneth Greenberg V lerie & Steven Greenberg Va Mrs. Willard J. Greenwald, Jr. r Harriet Ely Griesinger ’54 Sarah Gross & Peter Gross ’59 Curtis Groves ’86 ** Jane Frey-Gudjohnsen & Einar Gudjohnsen Rob Gurwitt ’72 Shannon Callaway & Philip Haile Heidi L. Hamilton Dorothea & Robert Harper-Mangels Reyna & Ken Harrison Ann C. Hendrie Christina Herrick Brook Hersey ’74 Joan & Dennis Hickey Frederick Hilles ’52 Anne Rose Hilliard ’35 Gilbert Hillman ’57 William L. Hirata ’72 Ellen & Edward A. Hirs ’79 Polly Pope Hirsch ’47 David I. Hitchcock ’42 Sophie & Randy Hoder Myrna & Don Hoffm f an John T. T R. Holder ’76 Joon & Kyung Hong Richard Hooker III ’60 Marcia Inhorn & Kirk Hooks Briane & Stephen Horner Carla & Robert Horwitz Arthur Howe ’68 Shawna Huang ’99 Francie Irvine Carol & Barry Isaacs Cindy Kissin & John Jacobson Harriet & Sheldon Jacobson Bonnie & Ed James Kim Bohen & Douglas S. James Mary Hemingway James ’42 Louise Bluhm Jeanne ’54 Georgette & To T d Jebb Thomas Anastasio & Vi V rginia Jenkins ’62 Edward R. Johnson ’54 Kathy Johnson Anna Miles Jones ’41 The Junkin Family Gerald Kahn

Phillip Kalfas Paula & Jack Kaplan Virginia Kingsley Kapner ’77 Susan & Jonathan Katz Ann Rubin & Jeffr f ey Kaufm f an Sarah Kaufm f an ’09 Jeanne Kerr Kathleen Connell-Kieran & Jerry Kieran Henry Kim Barbara Kinder Joan Bigwood King ’75 M. Jean Kirby John Kleeman ’60 Alexander Kleiner ’00 Diana E.E. & Fred Kleiner Siomara & Ami Klin The Koenig Familly Paulette Cohen & Bill Konigsberg Rachael Konigsberg ’01 Sally Osterweis Kopman ’50 Gale & Bernard Kosto Elena Kubler ’60 Rita Labell & Family Jean Lamont Maxine Lampert Kirsti & John Langbein Gladys Bozyan Lavine ’47 Melody Lawrence ’60 Emma Ledbetter ’03 Susan E. & Mark Lederer Amy Starensier & J. Richard Lee Nick Lehmann ’90 Jay Lender ’84 Mr. r & Mrs. David Lesser Daniel Leventhal ’00 Beverly Hodgson & John Leventhal Fran Levin Amy & Jonathan Levin ’87 Sandy & Mark Levin Y ko Lewandowski Yu Paige Miller Lewellyn ’90 & Curt Lewellyn ’89 John Lichtman ’95 Barbara & John Lichtman Margaret Liebling Mimi Lines Leslie Sefr f ied Lockard ’66 Mopsy Seymour Lovejoy ’55 Lori Blank & David Low Susan & Mason Lowance Drs. Barbara Rickler & Michael Lustick Gretchen Bronson Ly L tle ’61 Deborah & Patrick Madden

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Davida Gordon Madden ’45 Gwendolyn Fischer Magnan ’82 Lisa Malitz ’96 The Fraenkel/Marris Family Amy & Douglas Manion Margaret & Marc Mann Kristin Hawkins & To T ny Markese Carolyn & Wa W lter McCoy Patience McDowell ’75 Nawrie Meigs-Brown ’55 Marilyn & Roger Mentz Alinor Sterling & Steve Mentz Carol & Donald Miller Jennifer Foley & Joseph E. Miko Barbara & John Monahan Kate Monahan ’06 Karen Orzack-Moore & Daniel C. Moore Rachel Ebling & Edward Moran Stanton Morris ’52 Sarah D. Morse Kiran Zaman & Sabooh Mubbashar Melanie Crowley Mullan ’84 Kathleen Murphy ’98 Mary P. P Murphy ’92 Elizabeth & Ben Muskin Carol & Jerry Muskin Jennie Bailey Nally ’88 Joan & Michael Nast, Jonathan Nast ’94 Ferris Nelson Greta Nettleton ’72 Christopher Neville ’77 Jessica S. Nicholson ’07 Margaret W. W Nicholson ’04 Lawrence M. Noble The Noble Family Eleanor Nolan Barbara & Bill Nordhaus Virginia Nyhart Patricia Fiorito Oakes ’60 Margaret Foote Oppenheimer ’35 Victoria Moore Paine ’56 Deborah Johnson & Joseph Paolillo Libby & Tr T evor Peard Emily S. Peel Beverly Gage & Daniel Perkins Carol & Ralph Perlberger John W. W Persse ’73 Ismene Petrakis Andrew Martin & Catherine M. Petraiuolo ’83 Mrs. Edward Petraiuolo, Jr. r Elizabeth Petrelli ’96 Mariano Severgnin & Jennife f r Petrelli ’88

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Richard L. Petrelli ’57 The Petty Family Courtney Freeman Phillips ’87 Joseph Pickman ’83 Millie & Barry Piekos Jennifer Prah Ruger & Theodore Ruger Juliana Priest ’94 Andrea & Klaus Radebold Lisa & Joseph Rebeschi Mr. r & Mrs. William H. H. Rees Mr. r & Mrs. James M. Reidy, y Jr. r Patricia Reilly & Peter Sachner W ndy Wheeler & S. C. Reilly We Bruce L. Reynolds ’57 The James Righter Family Rosemary Ripley ’68 Monique & James Robinson Eera Sharma & Oscar Rollán L dia R. Romanik Ly Carol & Steve Ross Amy Estabrook-Ross ’72 & Philip Ross ’64 Fred Rossomando The Ruben Family Dirk Rubenstein ’69 Nancy McFadden Rubery, y Eileen McFadden Kelly, y Maryann McFadden Lohr, r Dorothea McFadden Donio Ann & Peter Ruger T acey & Edward Ruotolo Tr Joanne Saccio Susan & Joseph Saccio Menaka Sachdev Monisha Sachdev ’05 Usha Pasi & Subir Sachdev Haider Sadik & We W ndy Cohen Sadik ’81 Carl & Lorren Salerno Kris Sandine ’79 Robert D. Sandine Christin & Benjamin Sandweiss Barbara & Jim Saret Dr. r & Mrs. Clarence T. T Sasaki John Sasaki ’87 Mr. r & Mrs. Robert Saulsbury Marlene & Jerry Scharr Alison & Jim Schleifer Carol Dorfm f an & William Segraves Hilary Shank-Kuhl ’68 Elaine & Fred Shapiro Kimberly Bouchard-Shapiro & Philip Shapiro Carmen & Pradeep Sharma

Meaningful Gifts Over the years, reunion classes have often collaborated to raise money for a class gift commemorating the occasion or honoring classmates unable to be at the reunion. This year the classes of 1950, 1960, and 1975 raised money for a variety of purposes.

The Class of 1950 donated funds for a dogwood tree in memory of those members of the class who have died.

The flowering tree was planted in front of the Main Building in a short ceremony on Reunion Day and will provide a reminder to the class of their fellow classmates whenever they return to campus.

The Class of 1960 gathered funds for the Unrestricted Endowment in honor of their landmark 50th reunion with the thought that some of the gift would support financial aid.

The Class of 1975, gathering for their 35th reunion, raised money for two purposes: They planted a dogwood tree near the new field on Highland Street in memory of their classmates Kitty Simons Egan and Jay Paolello and also made a contribution on behalf of their class to the Jean Shepler Miller Endowed Music Fund.

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REPORT OF GIVING

Jane K. Shedlin ’47 Betty & Myong Soo Shin The Shin Family Dolores & Sumner Shore Mr. r & Mrs. Raymond Siegel William Silva ’66 Ameya Sivaramakrishnan ’99 Brinda Sivaramakrishnan ’01 Mr. r & Mrs. George Smith Helen Lewis Smith ’37 Meg McDowell Smith ’69 Sarhanna Smith Deanna & Mitchell Smooke Penny & Bernard Snow Sandra & Henry Snow Linda & Charles Sommerfield Andrea & Brian Sorrells Robin & Ron Sparks Stacy Spell Catherine Spinelli Elke Amenda-Spirakis & Te T d Spirakis ’68 Morgan Henning Stebbins ’58 Carolyn & Joseph Stein Cathya Wing Stephenson ’51 Ginger Stevens ’96 Katherine & Kenneth Stone Diana Stovall Betsy Leavy Stroman ’55 Qizhi Ya Y ng & Yo Y ngnian Sun Curtis Sutro ’73 Erin Sweeney ’02 Shannon Sweeney ’00 Katharine Swibold ’75 Maria P. P Swift f Samone Swift f Julia Ta T lbot ’82 Julia Ta T lbot T rget Ta Melissa Matthes & Daniel Theriault Phebe Thorne ’55 Becky Conekin & Adam To T oze Virginia Owen To T rrance ’49 Harriet & Harold Tr T aub Rita M. Tr T ayner Linda & Kurt Tr T eiber Nancy Segel & Mike Tu T chak Jim, Katy, y Alix & Felicity Tu T ttle ’64 Eliza Tw T ichell ’66 L nne & Ralph Va Ly V lentine Kathy Cooke & David Va V lone Mrs. Josiah G. Ve V nter Jill Barron & Manuel Vintimilla Lisa Wiesner & Fred Vo V lkmar

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Anne Liebling & Christian von Graevenitz Christine Wa W llich ’66 Ellen Sherk Wa W lsh ’73 Elinor Bozyan Wa W rburg ’45 Naomi Rogers & John Wa W rner André Wa W rner ’98 Sheila & Lawrence Wa W rtel Rebecca Wa W tt ’59 Susan Wa W tts Barbara Long We W dmore ’46 L nda Rosenfeld & Richard We Ly W iss Sallyann & Wa W lter We W kstein Bonnie We W lch ’79 W Perry We W. W lch ’50 Elizabeth We W lles Thomas We W llington ’76 Carolyn We W sterfield The Rev. & Mrs. Richard Wiborg Kate Ashforth Wiener Marie Wilkinson ’79 C. Lawson Willard ’47** Robert F. F Wing ’53 Nancy Close & Gene Winter Linda W. W Wiseman Carol Clay & Prescott Wiske Jean-ellen McSharry & Chris Wo W erner Dr. r & Mrs. Stanley Wo W lfe Harriet Calhoun Wr W enn ’43 Zhirong Jiang & Zhiqun Xi Lenore & Jeff Ya Y le Lan Lin & Wu W Ya Y n Jennifer & Christopher Yo Y ung Susana La Porta Drago & Axel Zemborain Dr. r & Mrs. Albert Zimmermann Linda & Howard Zonana

F CULT FA L Y & STA T FF Laura & Victor Altshul Lara Anderson Mariann Arnold Elizabeth Ball L nne Banta & Javier Garcia Ly Donna & Bill Batsford Carrie Bergantino Timothy & Kris Blauvelt Robbie Botta & Katy Clark-Spohn Botta ’98 Betsy Branch Jeannette Byers ’65 Mary Beth & Andy Calderoni Nicolas Gangloff & Amy Caplan ’88 Anna & Rob Casey

Patty & Va V l Chamberlain Liam & Alison Considine Dody & Jay Cox Tina & John Cunningham Ashley DeVito Barbara J. DiCaprio Amanda & Ray Diffley Denise Quinn Dobratz Bette L. Donahoe Dawn & Dan Farricielli Edie & Steve Flagg Jennifer & Alan Friedman Jacqui & Stephen Fritzinger Angela R. Giannella Maria & Charles Granquist ** Pamela Harmon Leslie Harshfield Sarah Heath & Franz Douskey Steinen & David Hurtado L nda & Peter Johnson Ly Ozler & Ege Kayaarasi Mike Dooman & Sheila Lavey Hannah Leckman Leslie & Marshall Long & family Karen & Bill Longa ** Patricia K. & Rex L. Mahnensmith Hugh & Nancy Manke Bill Manke ’91 Carol & Michael Maoz Karla K. Matheny Michael McCabe & Donna Rehm-McCabe Melissa McCormack Brad & Rebecca McGuire Michael Milburn Gail Mirza Mixed Age Group Te T achers 2008–09 Julie & Bill Moore Charlotte & Charles Murphy Susan Neitlich & Matthew Broder ** Sally Nunnally Cathy & Christophe Pamelard Hilary & Erik Pearson Ann Baker Pepe & Gregory Pepe Carol & We W sley Poling Ryan Haug & Ve V ena Raghuvir Cindy & Cjet Raymond Martha Reina Oliver Barton & Debra Riding Julian S. Schlusberg Susan Shaw Laura & James Stanley David & Lisa Farrel To T tman ’56 Ellen Ve V lardi

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Erin Ve V rnon Dawn & Scott Wa W lsh Betty & Jim Whitney Maura Williams T d & Lois Willis Te Diane Wo W od Kim Ya Y p & Andrew Lewandowski Heather & Fred Zetterberg

F REWELL GIFTS FA

HONORARY R GIFTS I Ho In H nor of Robert rta Baxte t r Marci & David Baxter

I Ho In H nor of th t e Cla l ss of 2009 Mary Bundy

IIn Ho H nor of Je J nnife f r Fri r edman, Pri r scilla l Je J ncks, & Ka K re r n Long nga

For more than a decade, the parents of departing eighth and ninth graders have contributed to Farewell Gift f s in appreciation of their children’s experiences at Foote.

Lisa To T tman

F re Fa r well Gift f — 8th t Gra r de

Bradley Fleming ’99

The gift f s of eighth grade families will help fund the eighth grade science classroom in the new building.

Anonymous The Brash-Palmatier family Elizabeth Gibson Burbank ’80 Siomara & Ami Klin Cindy & David Leffell Carol & Michael Maoz Elizabeth & David Monz Lisa Gray & Alan Organschi Anne Martin & John Pescatore Mary Garber-Saleh & Faisal Saleh The Schneider Family Laura & James Stanley Lenore & Jeff Ya Y le Ning Sun & Hongyu Zhao

F re Fa r well Gift f — 9th t Gra r de This year the contributions of ninth grade families will provide support for faculty professional development.

Luzviminda & Timothy Bradley Joseph Camilleri Colleen & Gary Dunning Bradley Fullwood Marcia Inhorn & Kirk Hooks Andy & Susan Marlatt Ann Baker Pepe & Gregory Pepe W ndy Wheeler & S. C. Reilly We Sarhanna Smith Deanna & Mitchell Smooke Laura Davis & David Soper Stacy Spell Samone Swift f Karen Pritzker & Michael Vlock Naomi Rogers & John Wa W rner

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I Ho In H nor of Wa W de Gobel ’03 Deborah Bovilsky

I Ho In H nor of Jo J an Jo J hnson

I Ho In H nor of Je J ff ffrey Ka K ufm f an Amy Starensier & Richard Lee

IIn Ho H nor of Ale l xandra r LaVi V ola l ’06 & Jo J hn LaVi V ola l ’09 Philomena & John LaViola

I Ho In H nor of Caro r l Ma M oz Mrs. H. Bradford We W sterfield

I Ho In H nor of Rosly l n Morr rrison ’87 Ilene & Robert Saulsbury

I Ho In H nor of We W ndy d Sharp r Carol & We W s Poling

IIn Ho H nor of Ala l n Sta t re r nsier’s ’ 7 th 75 t Birt rthda day Cecle & Joseph Adler Laura & Victor Altshul Sidney & Ina Berson Marcia & Roger Davis Arlene & Marshall Elovich Sally Factor Jennifer & Alan Friedman Marshall & Carole Gottsegen Lois & Kenneth Greenberg Myrna & Don Hoffm f an Harriet & Sheldon Jacobson Gale & Bernard Kosto Rita Labell & family Carol & Donald Miller Barbara & Jim Saret Margie & Alan Starensier Carolyn & Joseph Stein Harriet & Harold Tr T aub

SMART Boards for Smart Kids Technology at Foote is used to enhance the learning process across the curriculum, and the Jonathan Milikowsky Technology Fund was created to support technology pilot programs. This past year the fund supported the purchase of a SMART Board, an interactive whiteboard that is considered especially effective for differentiated learning. The first SMART Board was placed in one of the kindergarten classes, with the understanding that teachers and students in other classes be exposed to it.

The response was so positive, and so many possibilities for effective learning emerged, that the school decided to expand the pilot program to three more classrooms with the support of the PTC. SMART Boards have been installed in a MAG, a fourth grade, and a middle school math classroom. Math teacher Özler Kayaarasi notes that many students really benefit from visual learning, from seeing the line on a graph change as the equation is changed.

Students can even manipulate shapes using the touch screen.

The photo shows a Kindergarten student using the SMART Board to solve a math word problem.

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REPORT OF GIVING

Nancy Segel & Mike Tu T chak Sallyann & Wa W lter We W kstein

I Memory In r of Ma M ri r ly l n & Jo J hn Smith t

I Ho In H nor of Lisa To T tm t an

I Memory In r of Sita t ra r mamurt rty

The Foote School Third Grade

Viji & Kris Erodula

I Ho In H nor of Bett tty Wh W itn t ey e

I Memory In r of Wi W nifr fred Stu t rl rley

Susan & Stephen Farrell

Lee Gaillard ’52

MEMORIAL GIFTS

I Memory In r of Cath t eri r ne Vi V lla l no ’72 7

IIn Memory r of Barb r ara r Sali l sbury r Gille l spie

Diana Smith ’73

The Class of 1972

LIBRARY R PLAQUE

I Memory In r of Melv l in Wa W lk l er

In Honor of Judy Cuthbertson Mixed Age Group Te T achers 2008–09

Dorothea McFadden Donio Eileen McFadden Kelly Maryann McFadden Lohr Nancy McFadden Rubery

Linda Rosenfeld & Richard We W iss

I Memory In r of Is I abelle l Tu T tt ttle DeWi W tt t ’40

FOOTEBRIDGE

Eugenia Ty T ler Copp ’40

IIn Memory r of Anne Wi W lli l ams Gra r ves ’40

I Memory In r of Fra r ncine Wh W itm t an Julian Schlusberg

Cameron & Jane Baird Foundation New Haven Road Race The Foote School Parent Te T acher Council The Seedlings Foundation Smart Family Foundation, Inc.

Eugenia Ty T ler Copp ’40

IIn Memory r of th t e Dep e art rted Members r of th t e Cla l ss of 1950 A dogwood tree has been planted by The Foote School Class of 1950

IIn Memory r of Cla l ire r Goodw d in & Murr rray Lampert r Rachel Lampert & Richard Goodwin

IIn Memory r of Jo J nath t an Mili l kowsky ’98

Sheree & David DiMario Millie & Barry Piekos Karen Pritzker & the Ya Y le Center for Dyslexia & Creativity Christin & Ben Sandweiss The Seedlings Foundation The Student Council Ellen Ve V lardi Kim Ya Y p

FRIENDS OF FOOTE THEAT A ER Stanton Morris ’52

GIFTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES Chay & Richard Bershtein Frances Brent Christine Barker & Claude Carlier Elisha Cooper ’86 The Foote School Class of 2010 The Foote School Parent Te T acher Council

MAT A CHING GIFTS Ameriprise Financial Apache Corporation Bank of America Foundation Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. GE Foundation Kirkland and Ellis, LLP Merrill Ly L nch Pitney Bowes Pfizer Inc. Rockefeller Brothers Fund T Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. T. United Te T chnologies

STA T RS Laura & Victor Altshul Donna & Bill Batsford The Foote School Parent Te T acher Council Joanne & David Goldblum Seymour L. Lustman Memorial Fund

Sharon Oster & Ray Fair Charlotte & Charles Murphy

I Memory In r of Ki K tt tty Simons Eg Egan ’75 7 & Ja Jay Pa P ole l llo ’75 7 A dogwood tree has been planted by The Foote School Class of 1975

I Memory In r of Al Morr rra Phyllis Morra

I Memory In r of Sanfo f rd r Seidle l r Mimi Lines

I Memory In r of Benj n amin Skla l ver ’92 Will Silva ’66

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NewAlliance Foundation New Haven Road Race Dawn & Scott Wa W lsh

GIFTS TO ENDOWED FUNDS Mart M rtha Bro r chin Endowed Fund f r Libra fo r ry r Books Anonymous Bette & Joe Camilleri Susan Canny ’96 The DiMario Family Melanie Ginter & John Lapides Lisa & Joseph MacDougald Penny & Bernard Snow Lenore & Jeff Ya Y le

S. Pre r scott t Bush Cle l ment ’35 Endowed Fund Happy Clement Spongberg ’60

Jay Cox Community Ja t Sp S iri r t Fund Mary Beth & Andy Calderoni Dawn & Dan Farricielli Martha Reina

T moth Ti t y & Ma M ry r P. P Doukas Fund Susan Swords Stevens ’62

C. Dary r Dunham School Sp S iri r t Fund Sandy Allison & Jim Horwitz Deborah & David Moore Catherine & Robert Sbriglio Nancy Close & Gene Winter

Endowed Fund fo f r Th T eate t r Deborah Bovilsky

Polly l Fiddle l r Art r Fund Anonymous (2) Leila Hachicho & Ali Abu-Alfa Laura & Victor Altshul Christina Va V n Itallie & James Anderson The Anderson-Dollhopf Family Nancy & Rick Antle Albert & Elizabeth Caputo Bashawaty ’87 Susan & Timothy Bingham L nne & Edward Bradstreet Ly Frances & Jonathan Brent Ann Calkins T m & Caren Carpenter To Belinda & Frederick Chen Ann A. Clark

Summer 2010

Donald Clark Merritt & Paula Clark Paulette Cohen Liam & Alison Considine The Dennett Family John DiCola ’02 Laura DiCola ’03 Amanda & Ray Diffley Lisa Panzini & Bill Farrell Polly & Andy Fiddler The Foote School Parent Te T acher Council Marcie & Greydon Freeman Ben Fussiner Cameron Gearen Melanie Gelfand ’99 Samantha Gelfand ’01 T ddie & Chris Getman To Linda Gillam The Glazer Family The Graetz Family Einar Gudjohnsen & Jane Frey-Gudjohnsen Joan & Dennis Hickey Carla & Robert Horwitz Sandy Allison & Jim Horwitz Francie Irvine Cindy Kissin & John Jacobson The Junkin Family Phillip Kalfas Alexander Kleiner ’00 The Koenig Familly Bill Konigsberg Rachael Konigsberg ’01 Bun-Sui Lai ’84 Mie Lai ’91 T d Lai ’87 Te Deborah Freedman & Ben Ledbetter Nick Lehmann ’90 Jay Lender ’84 Jane & Richard Levin John Lichtman ’95 Sandy & Curly Lieber Lisa Malitz ’96 The Fraenkel/Marris Family L nn Street & Donald Margulies Ly Carolyn & Wa W lter McCoy Sharon & Daniel Milikowsky David & Deborah Moore Sara Mulligan ’88 Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff The Noble Family Elaine Nye Patrick & Stephanie O’Keefe Laura & Frank Perrine

How to Make a Gift to Foote Through Your Will A gift to Foote in your will helps to ensure the continuation of the school for future generations. If you are writing a new will or adding a codicil, this simple bequest language may be helpful.

“I give, devise, and bequeath to the Foote School Association, Inc., a charitable corporation, established by law in New Haven, State of Connecticut … [insert here the amount of dollars or percentage of your estate or a complete description of securities, real estate or other property.] … to be added to the general endowment of the school.”

[OR to support a specific fund, scholarship, or program.]”

You may have questions about the best way to make a gift to Foote, and we encourage you to contact the Development Office to discuss specific giving opportunities in confidence.

Write or call: Ann Baker Pepe, Director of Development The Foote School 50 Loomis Place New Haven, CT 06511 203-777-3464 abakerpepe@footeschool.org

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Courtney Freeman Phillips ’87 Joseph Pickman ’83 Carol & Steve Ross Amy Estabrook-Ross ’72 & Philip Ross ’64 Susan & Joseph Saccio Catherine & Robert Sbriglio Kimberly Bouchard-Shapiro & Philip Shapiro Ameya Sivaramakrishnan ’99 Brinda Sivaramakrishnan ’01 Penny & Bernard Snow Laura Davis & David Soper Julia Ta T lbot ’82 Julia Ta T lbot Lisa Wiesner & Fred Vo V lkmar Dawn & Scott Wa W lsh Barbara Wa W reck John Wa W reck ’84 Betsy We W lch & Harry We W lch ’42 Kate Ashforth Wiener Nancy Close & Gene Winter Carol Clay & Prescott Wiske Brian Wy W solmerski ’07 Caroline Hendel & John Wy W solmerksi Michael Wy W solmerski ’05

JJean G. Lamont Endowed Schola l rs r hip i Fund Rita McDougald-Campbell & Leonard R. Campbell Shirlee Ching-McGrath Nancy E. Chapman & King-fai Ta T m

LaVi V ola l Fa F mily l Schola l rs r hip i Fund Philomena & John LaViola

Hannah Lee ’08 Me H M mori r al Endowed Fu F nd Anonymous Joseph & Cecle Adler Laura & Victor Altshul Judith & Charles Barr Sidney & Ina Berson Anne-Marie Boulade-Perigois Davies & Ray Davies Marcia & Roger Davis Marshall & Arlene Elovich Sally Factor Jennifer & Alan Friedman Marshall & Carole Gottsegen Lois & Kenneth Greenberg V lerie & Steven Greenberg Va

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Myrna & Don Hoffm f an Sheldon & Harriet Jacobson Herbert & Emilie Klagsbrun Bernard & Gale Kosto Rita Labell & family Melanie Ginter & John Lapides Amy Starensier & J. Richard Lee Donald & Carol Miller Ralph & Carol Perlberger Barbara & Jim Saret Jerry & Marlene Scharr The Schneider Family Dolores & Sumner Shore Margie & Alan Starensier Carolyn & Joseph Stein Harriet & Harold Tr T aub Nancy Segel & Mike Tu T chak Sallyann & Wa W lter We W kstein

JJonath t an Mili l kowsky ’98 T chnolog Te ogy Fund Madeline & John Baer Rachel Lampert & Rick Goodwin ** Janet Madigan & Robert Harrity Sharon & Daniel Milikowsky

JJean Shep e le l r Mille l r Endowed Fund Kendall Alford-Madden ’63 The Appleby Family Katharine Arnstein ’63 Kate Bigwood Atkinson ’70 Laura Kautz Baker ’62 Albert Bashawaty & Elizabeth Caputo Bashawaty ’87 G. Spencer Berger ’56 Jane G. Bigwood James Bigwood ’68 Stephen Binder ’78 Natalie Wilmer Blenk ’62 Elizabeth Bohlen ’58 Grace Hammond Boss ’66 Elizabeth Bradburn-Assoian ’69 Steve Brennan & Liz Geller Brennan ’80 Jessie Brinkley ’64 Jeannette Byers ’65 Polly Byers ’74 Massimo Calabresi ’82 Rives Fowlkes Carroll ’57 Dorothy Clark Chadwick ’73 Patricia Chao ’69 Belinda & Frederick Chen Joel Chetrick ’73

Ann A. Clark The Class of 1975 Constance Clement ’62 Barbara Clement & Samuel P. P Clement ’65 Bruce Conklin ’75 Roseline Crowley & Douglas Crowley ’55 Catherine Smith Cuthell ’68 T ssa Stanwood Davis ’57 Te Aimee DeBarbieri ’92 V rdi DiSesa ’64 Ve Elizabeth Daley Draghi ’77 Fern Drutman Deborah Sherman & Sarah Drury ’72 John Ewell ’57 Edith & Stephen Flagg Foote School Class of ’75 William Friday Marcus B. Giamatti ’77 Margaret Clement Green ’61 Sarah Gross & Peter Goss ’59 Rob Gurwitt ’72 Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’72 Ann C. Hendrie William Henning ’60 Brook Hersey ’74 Gilbert Hillman ’57 Edward Hirs & Ellen Davie Hirs ’79 Ellen Hooker ’62 Elaine & Herrick Jackson ’54 Bonnie & Ed James Georgette & To T d Jebb Thomas Anastasio & Vi V rginia Jenkins ’62 Jeanne Kerr Gretchen & Charlie Kingsley M. Jean Kirby Jean Lamont Hannah Leckman Nick Lehmann ’90 Peter Lin ’63 Leslie Sefr f ied Lockard ’66 Gretchen Bronson Ly L tle ’61 Sandra J. Frawley & Perry L. Miller ’58 Y rk Miller ’64 Yo Alexandra Moellmann ’82 Greta Nettleton ’72 Lawrence & Joanna Baumer Noble Lars Noble ’77 Barbara & Bill Nordhaus Elaine Nye Patricia Fiorito Oakes ’60 Victoria Moore Paine ’56 Laura & Frank Perrine

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Andrew Martin & Catherine M. Petraiuolo ’83 Eligio A. Petrelli ’53 Mariano Severgnini & Jennifer Petrelli ’88 Richard L. Petrelli ’57 Elizabeth Prelinger ’68 Jane Prelinger ’70 Polly Prelinger ’72 Richard Prelinger ’67 Mr. r & Mrs. William H. H. Rees Douglas Reigeluth ’66 Bruce L. Reynolds ’57 Dr. r & Mrs. Frank Richards The James Righter Family Carol & Steve Ross The Ruben Family Dirk Rubenstein ’69 Peter Setlow ’57 Hilary Shank-Kuhl ’68 Bradlee H. Shattuck ’59 Diana E. Smith ’73 Mr. r & Mrs. George Smith Margaret J. Smith ’77 Meg McDowell Smith ’69 Penny & Bernard Snow Elke Amenda-Spirakis & T d Spirakis ’68 Te Marian & Howard Spiro Happy Clement Spongberg ’60 Morgan Henning Stebbins ’58 John Akin & Mary Stevens ’63 Susan Swords Stevens ’62 Curtis Sutro ’73 David To T tman & Lisa Farrel To T tman ’56 Rusty Tu T nnard ’63 Jim, Katy, y Alix & Felicity Tu T ttle ’64 Eliza Tw T ichell ’66 L nne & Ralph Va Ly V lentine Christine Wa W llich ’66 Ellen Sherk Wa W lsh ’73 Rebecca Wa W tt ’59 The Rev. & Mrs. Richard Wiborg Marie Wilkinson ’79 Virginia & John Wilkinson Lois & Te T d Willis Dr. r & Mrs. Stanley Wo W lfe Anne B. Wo W lfg f ang William Wo W lfg f ang ’68

J ya Ma Jo M rk r s Endowment fo f r Faculty F t Pro r fe f ssional Development Phyllis Morra

Summer 2010

Ort rten L. Peng ngue Endowed Schola l rs r hip i Fund Anonymous Mary Ann Alberino Jennifer Barnhart Peggy McCarthy Berman & Barry Berman Polly & Andy Fiddler The Foote School Summer Theater Program 2009 Jeffr f ey Lerner Kristin Hawkins & Anthony Markese Karen Orzack-Moore & Daniel C. Moore Fred Rossomando Julian S. Schlusberg

Fra r nk M. Perr rrine Schola l rs r hip i Fund Laura To T rrence & Leland To T rrence ’68

Milos Saccio ’83 Fund Mr. r & Mrs. David Lesser Joanne Saccio Susan & Joseph Saccio Kris Sandine ’79 Penny & Bernard Snow Marian & Howard Spiro

Phylli l s Bro r wn Sandine Memori r al Schola l rs r hip i Fund Kris Sandine ’79 Robert D. Sandine

The Ma T M ri r an W Sp S iro r Endowed Fund fo f r Science Enri r chment Kris Sandine ’79 Marian & Howard Spiro

T e Vi Th V ole l t Ta T lbot Endowed Fund Phyllis Morra

U re Un r str tricte t d Endowment Anonymous William Henning ’60 Richard Hooker III ’60 Margaret Emmons Howe ’60 Virginia Kingsley Kapner ’77 John Kleeman ’60 Elena Kubler ’60 Melody Lawrence ’60 Patricia Fiorito Oakes ’60 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’60 Harmony Clement Spongberg ’60

The Chair The sculpture in the courtyard was a gift of the graduating class of 1992, Frank Perrine's last year as Head of Foote. Frank taught one trimester of the seventh grade American History course. He had the students memorize various famous pieces, including Joyce Kilmer's “Trees” and Abraham Lincoln's “Gettysburg Address.” Sculptor Eamon Roche, Class of 1980, designed the sculpture to honor Frank. The sculpture refers to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, and the metal rings bear the opening words of the Gettysburg Address. Frank’s one stipulation was that the piece had to be accessible to students. Clearly, that has been a success.

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Endowed Funds Each year The Foote School benefits f om Endowed Funds established by fr parents and past parents, alumnae/i, and fr f iends of the school. The capital is not spent, but a distribution is made annually fr f om the interest earned on invested funds.

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.

Foote’s endowment was initiated in the early 1980s. An investment of about $300,000 eventually returned over $1.65 million, the nest egg for an endowment that grew to more than $7 million before the recent economic downturn. As of June 30, 2010, it stands at $6.5 million. The endowment generates over $290,000 annually for the school’s operating budget.

Levin Fund — established by Mr. r and Mrs. Richard Levin to fund the purchase of books and materials to enrich and extend the collection of the Frank M. Perrine Library. y

T o new funds were created this year: Tw Kindergarten and Mixed Age Group Programs Fund was established by the parents of Foote students Ay A a and Hadi Abu-Alfa, to support and enrich the Kindergarten and Mixed Age Group programs.

Jean Shepler Miller Music Fund — established in 2009 by alumnae/i who studied music with Mrs. Shepler during her long career at Foote (1953–91), the Fund will provide support for the school’s music department.

EXISTING FUNDS S. Prescott Bush Clement Endowed Fund — established in 2007 in honor the late 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 much-loved New Haven pediatrician.

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Library Endowment — includes gift fs to endowment intended to support the Frank M. Perrine Library. y

honor of kindergarten teacher Violet T lbot at the time of her retirement in Ta 2001 to provide support for teacher training and for financial aid for children of color. r ENDOWMENT FOR FINANCIAL AID Benevento Family Scholarship — established in 1987 by the Benevento Family. y Simone Brown Fund — established in memory of Simone Brown, Class of 1981, following her death in 1983.

Jonathan Milikowsky Te T chnology Fund — created by classmates, family and fr f iends in memory of Jon ’98, to provide annual support to the T chnology Department, particularly Te to support new technology and innovative uses of technology. y

Carolyn Foundation Endowment — established by generous gift f s fr f om 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 f om New Haven. fr

Marian W. W Spiro Fund for Science Enrichment — established in honor of Marian Spiro, science teacher at Foote f om 1970–89, to enrich and enhance fr the school’s science programs.

Celantano Scholarship Fund — created to recognize the many contributions of Feddie Celantano who worked at Foote as a member of the maintenance staff fr f om 1963–77.

Friends of Foote Theater Endowment — established in 2002 by David and Deborah Moore, to support the costs associated with the outstanding drama program.

Janis Cooley-J - acobs Scholarship Fund — established in 1999 aft f er the death of Foote parent and pediatrician Janis Cooley-Jacobs.

ENDOWMENT FOR FA F CULT L Y PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Joya Marks Endowment for Professional Development — established in 2001, and named in honor of Joya Marks, Lower School Head (1993–2007) to provide professional development opportunities to enrich the lives and work of Foote School teachers. In 2007, this fund was Violet Ta V T lbot Endowed Fund — established by parents and faculty in

T mothy and Mary P. Ti P Doukas Fund — established in 1997 by Mr. r and Mrs. John Zandy in memory of Mrs. Zandy’s parents.

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

Margaret Hitchcock Fund — established in memory of Margaret Ballou Hitchcock, Foote English teacher and head of the Upper School f om 1931–57. fr Foote Prints

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 fr f om 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.

LaVi V ola Family Scholarship Fund — established by Philomena and John LaViola in honor of their grandchildren, Alexandra LaViola ’06 and John LaViola ’09.

Jonathan Milkowsky Scholarship Fund — established in 2007 in memory of Jon Milikowsky ’98 by his parents, Sharon and Daniel Milikowsky, y brother Matthew ’95 and sister Jennifer ’02, the fund provides financial aid for a student in grades six to nine who demonstrates intellectual curiosity, y cheerful engagement with classmates and teachers, kindness, optimism, and appreciation and respect for others.

Pasi-Sachdev Family Fund — created in 2005 by the Pasi-Sachdev family to reflect their deep appreciation of the Foote School community. y Orten L. Pengue Scholarship Fund — created in 2008 by parents and students in honor of Ort’s many contributions to Foote’s theater program.

Frank M. Perrine Scholarship Fund — established in 1991 in recognition of Frank’s leadership of Foote as Headmaster fr f om 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 Summer 2010

long-time fr f iend and an advocate for early childhood education. It provides financial aid funds specifically for New Haven children enrolled at Foote.

Anne Schroeder Vr V oman Scholarship Fund — created in 2006 by Barent V oman in memory of his wife, a Vr member of the class of 1946.

ENDOWMENT FOR LEARNING SUPPORT R 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 allowing children to reach their full potential.

RESTRICTED FUNDS The school also appreciates and relies upon the support provided by Restricted Funds. These fu f nds 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.

C. Dary Dunham School Spirit Fund — established in recognition of Dary Duham’s spirited leadership of Foote as Interim Head of School, 2007–09.

Friends of Foote Theater Fund — established in 2002, this fu f nd provides support for expanded opportunities in educational theater made possible by the construction of the Robert D. Sandine black box theater. r

Gifts to Endowed Funds A gift to one of Foote’s endowed funds honors the individual or family for whom it is named and enhances the power of that fund to help the school today and in the future. Funds in honor of former heads of school keep their memories vibrant by supporting initiatives that reflect their interests.

To make a gift to one of these funds — or to any of Foote’s endowed funds — you may: • send your donation to the Development Office, The Foote School, 50 Loomis Place, New Haven , CT 06511 • call the Foote Development Office at 203-777-3464 with your credit card information or • go to footeschool.org/endowment and use the giving form on our secure server.

If you would like to consider creating a named endowed fund, please contact Ann Baker Pepe, Director of Development at the address or telephone number listed above.

We will treat all inquiries confidentially.

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Class Notes 1931 It is with sadness that we report the death of Polly Wi W ggin Hamilton, who died on March 22, 2010 in Ve V nice, FL.

1932 Ward Goodenough is happy to report W the birth of his great-granddaughter, r Josephine Zies.

1933 Class Correspondent: Joseph Hotchkiss 9 Park Place Greenwich, CT 06830 203-869-6958

Judith Knight Robeck writes, “Aft f er 18 months in an adult housing project for low income seniors, I am returning to the retirement home where I had lived previously — I need more support and help with meals, transportation, and it forces me to clean house and catch up!”

1934 Class Correspondent: Stuart Clement 7105 Chester Vi V llage We W st Chester, r CT 06412-1057 860-526-5994 e-mail: shclement@comcast.net

1935 Class Correspondent: Anna Huntington Deming 38 Killdeer Road Hamden, CT 06517 203-562-7749 e-mail: anitademingo@hotmail.com

Anna Huntington Deming, Barbara Jones Hale, Janie Hotchkiss, and Meg Foote Oppenheimer were all on campus for Reunion Day in May. y

1936 Class Correspondent: Elizabeth Reeves Goodspeed 1358 Theall Road Rye, NY 10580 914-925-8543

Eugenia Lovett We W st writes, “Am being a spokesperson for having a career in later life. Tw T o mysteries published by St. Martin’s Press — W thout Wa Wi W rning (2007), and Overkill (2009) — more in the Emma Streat series to come.” Marian “Bobs” Farrel McAleenan reports, “nothing new — seeing family, y helping Humane Society, y rescuing seals.”

1937 The Class of 1937 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job,

please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

1938 The Class of 1938 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

We are sad to report the death of W W lliam Barnum Gumbart, Jr. on May Wi 2, 2010, and offer our condolences to his wife, Elizabeth, and his four sons and their families.

1939 The Class of 1939 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

With great sorrow, w we report the death of Anne Wa W terman Cooley on March 28, 2010. A writer/editor at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for 25 years, she was predeceased by her sister, r Barbara W terman Carney ’37, and brothers, Wa Alan ’30, Neil ’35, and Guy ’45.

W send our condolences to her four We children and three grandchildren.

W were saddened to learn of the We death of Margaret Paradise Spoor on June 17, 2009.

Stuart Clement writes, “To T celebrate my 90th birthday and Anne Campbell Clement ’39’s 85th, our six children organized a joint celebration in Rye, NY, Y gathering together 31 of us fr f om all over the country. y Only four in the Middle East could not be there. What a great party it was!” Elizabeth Hemingway Devereux reports that her oldest child, a son, died at age 54.

Other children are spread around Maine, Florida and Massachusetts.

She adds, “Old Foote best fr f iends have died, i.e. Louise Lewis Wo W od and Mary Sizer Ecklund. I still play golf on rare occasions and rarely tennis.”

From left ft, Anna Hu H ntington Deming, g Eugenia Wh W itney Hotchkiss, Marg r aret Foote Oppenheimer, r and Barbara Jones Ha H le

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“I alw “ lways th t ink of Fo F ote t and its t commitm t ent to t combine a ri rigoro r us edu d ca c ti t on with t a sense of di discovery r and fu f n.”

1940 The Class of 1940 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

We are sad to report the death of Anne W W lliams Graves on May 10, 2010.

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1941 70th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Nancy Redway Pugsley 88 Notch Hill Road Evergreen Wo W ods, Apt. 355 N. Branford, CT 06471 203-488-8312

V nice Baker Barry, who lives in the Ve UK, parachuted fr f om an airplane in June to raise money for macular degeneration research. She notes, “I was listening to the radio and heard about parachute jumping, and I immediately thought I could do that. At the young age of 83, I did not see that as a problem; in my earlier years I think I would have been petrifi f ed. I have had wet Macular Disease for a number of years. Macular Disease robs people of their central vision, which means they cannot read, watch television, or recognize fr f iends and family. y I will be taking part in a Ta T ndem Jump on the 12th June at Hinton air fi f eld near Brackley; I would have prefe f rred to jump on my own, but they won’t let me.” Ve V nice helped raise over £3,000 for the cause.

1942 Class Correspondent: David Hitchcock, Jr. r 9709 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814 301-229-2944 e-mail: HitchDL@aol.com

1943 The Class of 1943 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

Summer 2010

Class of 1945 — 65th Reunion On Saturday we enjoyed seeing and hearing of the remarkable achievements of The Foote School, enormously expanded since our day. y The rest of the weekend was spent enjoying each other’s company at George and Ellie Boyzan Warburg‘s house and renovated barn in Hamden, starting off on Friday evening with pizzas from Pepe’s.

The class dinner on Saturday evening in the Barn was made From le Fr l ft ft, Jo J hn Ga G rd rdner,r Di Dianora r My Myres Da D vi vies, s Pe P rr rry Cu Curtis, El Ellie memorable with John Boz ozyan Wa W rb r ur urg, Ch C arl rles Sa S rg r ent. t Gardner‘s rack of lamb and, before the feast, the pleasure of a visit from Head of School Carol Maoz.

The reunion ended with Sunday brunch of popovers and bacon made by John.

Perry Curtis, Prof. Emeritus of History, y came from Vermont, his first Foote Reunion since 1946. Charlie Sargent and wife Sheila came again from Boston. John Gardner, retired neurologist (but actively practicing chef!), came from Cleveland en route to Martha’s Vineyard, Dianora Myres Davies made the trip again from England, and Anne Hunt Tr T itz drove from New Jersey for the class dinner,r joining us all for one night. — John Gardner and Ellie Bozyan Warburg

1944 Class Correspondent: Ruth Wa W tson Martin 55 Loomis Place New Haven, CT 06511 203-777-3822

With deep sympathy we report the death of Ruth Hunt We W therilt, who died on March 26, 2010 and send our condolences to her husband and family. y Ruth Wa W tson Martin sends news about classmates: “Postcarding fr f on the Scilly Isles and other exotic English outposts are Rosalind Baker T lson of Oxford and Kathie Pargellis To Bowe of Chicago, enjoying a minireunion exploring Cornwall aft f er reconnecting at Foote in 2004. How much fun to stay in touch even at a great distance. Another English fr f iend

writing is Amanda Stenson Davis, who lives on a closer island, Nantucket! Hampered by a troublesome broken ankle, it’s difficult for her to travel, but she comments that she is surprised at how much we remember fr f om so long ago. Foote in particular. r How true.”

1945 Class Correspondent: Elinor Bozyan Wa W rburg 820 Hartford Tu T rnpike Hamden, CT 06517 203-281-7077 e-mail: ewarburg@yahoo.com

Michael Buchanan reports, “Phyllis and I remain very fortunate as we stay very active. Winters golfing in the Golden Isles and summers on the 39

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shores of Lake Champlain. Our hamlet keeps us busy too, with library, y church, and community committees and services. I recently saw Happy Clement Spongberg ’60, a harbinger of other Foote alums and the multitude of Adirondack mountain people.

Best to classmates and others. Keene V lley is a beautiful place to live.”

Va Pamela Pond Goss writes, “Pretty much ‘same-old-same-old’: far-flung children: one in Bangkok; one on boat Macy (as I write) in Tu T rkey (Suez Canal Tr T ansit uneventful) and nearby Greek Islands; one returning to Rhode Island and work (!!!) fr f om Hawaii; one (daughter) busy with horse business in Eugene, OR. We W , the parents, at home, doing, as stated above!!!”

See Reunion write up, page 39.

1946 65th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondents: Kent Healy P O. Box 128 P. W st Tisbury, We y MA 02575-0128 508-693-6736 e-mail: Kent.Healy@verizon.net Karen Wy W lie Pryor 17 Commonwealth Road W tertown, MA 02472 Wa 617-923-1698 e-mail: karenpryor@comcast.net

Elise Holmes Braun has lived in V rmont for 58 years and is glad to Ve be there. She is looking forward to another summer as a tour guide at the V rmont State House.

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1947 Class Correspondent: Gladys Bozyan Lavine 591 Indian Av A enue Middletown, RI 02842 401-846-2444 e-mail: GBLavine@gmail.com

Peter Brainerd retired as a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force in 1992, aft f er 38 years. He heads up the Squaw Brook Co. (real estate) and 40

FFrrom le l ft ft, Sa S lllly Os O te t rwe w is i Ko Kopman, n Wh W ititney e Gr Griswo w ld ld, Ju Juliet Pa P rr rry Jo J hnson (d (daug ughte t r of Lucy c Fuller) Fu r), Fr Frances Sa S ltlter Mc McElheny ny, Pe P rr rry We W lc lch, Vi Vicki Me M eks k Bl Blair ir-Sm S itith, Ma M rc rcia Tu T ck cker Boog ogaard rd, “B “ ear” Bl Blair ir-Sm S itith, Ma M ry r Pi Pigott t Jo J hnsen, n Na N ncy c Cu Curtis, and Jo J hn Gr Grant

Class of 1950 — 60th Reunion Eleven members of the Class of ’50 gathered on May 7, 8, and 9 to get reacquainted aft f er not hav a ing, in most cases, seen each other in 60 years. It was, for this class scribe, a wort r hwhile trip — in fact, a fabulous trip. Te T rrific too! Present were Nancy Curtis, Margot DeNoyen Saadeh (with two gorgeous daughters), John Grant, Matt Griswold, To T rdis Ilg, Vicki Meeks Blair-Smith and “Bear”, Sally Osterweis Kopman and Charles, Mary Pigott Johnsen, Frances Salter McElheny and Ken, Marcia Tu T cker Boogaard, Perry Welch, plus, Lucy Fuller’s daughter Juliet Parry for a total of seventeen.

At the Friday night dinner at the Lawn Club, Pigott read the fabled Class Prophecy set A in 1965 but then updated it with current information, some of which was actually accurate. Foote’s Head of School Carol Maoz joined the group for a while, probably because she was amazed at such a large class turnout, and rightfully so.

Since this is the year of the census, a census was taken of the 11 classmates for purposes of having apropos information on people 60 years out of the nest. Sailors — 6, golfers — 2, tennis bums — 4, bachelor’s degrees — 11 (100%), master’s degrees — 4, plus doctorates (2 absentees — Dollard and Dentan). Production: 22 boys and 16 girls with 2 stepsons to boot, and a whopping 44 grandchildren but no great-grands as yet. There were two who served in the Navy, y Welch and Griswold, while Pigott admitted to being an Army camp follower for 20 years. Tw T o admitted to heart surgery after heart attacks and two with stents while 100 percent admitted to wearing glasses. And then there were three with hearing aids who wear them selectively. y (More probably know they should join that group.) And finally, y the claim for having had 25± Golden Retrievers ended the poll.

On Saturday the group convened at Foote, having come from CA, CT, T MA, MD, ME, MO, VT for the occasion. There they met to view the newly planted tree commissioned by the class in memory of our deceased classmates. This scribe enjoyed eight meals with classmates, so Marty Grant may have been right when she said it is meal after meal at reunions. From all reports, though, we had a great time and the hugs were pretty good too! — Mary P. P Johnsen

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Brainerd’s Garage (repair and restoration of principally British cars). He has one son, Stuart, who works with him; and three daughters and five grandchildren, all living locally. y Peter and Elaine, his wife of 55 years, travel oft f en to England where they lived for 4 years with the USAF and elsewhere.

Elaine retired for the third time, though Peter adds, “I may never!”

1950 Class Correspondent: Mary Pigott Johnsen P O. Box 518 P. Downieville, CA 95936-0518 530-289-1333 e-mail: jlmpjohnsen@west-point.org

See Reunion write up

1951 1948 The Class of 1948 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

Alice Gow Fekete writes, “Loving the retirement years. All children and grandchildren live near by. y Ve V getable garden a little bigger each year. r Started a knitting project making small dolls for Haitian children, and it has gone national.” Gay Spykman Harter reports that she appreciates visits with her grandchildren and enjoyed a celebration of her 75th birthday in Prague and her 49th year of marriage in Cambridge with husband Dick.

1949 Class Correspondent: Sallie Farrel Brown P O. Box 11270 P. Casa Grande, AZ 85230-1270 520-705-6979 e-mail: salliebb7435@msn.com

Diane Harrison Johnson reports that she is “still living on Cape Cod, still running our inn (Nauset House) with daughter Cindy Ve V ssella, and husband John. My husband, Al Johnson, died in 2002. Still doing my artwork and have been with Left f Bank Gallery, y Orleans, MA. Yo Y u can see my art prints on their website: www. w left f bankgallery. y com. Ginny Owen To T rrance writes, “I lived in rural New Mexico for some years.

Now I’m sampling California, staying in Petaluma, a city-town. My biggest love is reading.”

Summer 2010

60th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Emily Mendillo Wo W od 118 Fift f h Av A enue Milford, CT 06460-5206 203-878-9963

Cathya Wi W ng Stephenson writes, “Although retired fr f om the Wa W shington International School, I remain as trustee emerita, an honor for having cofounded the school. Four of my family are graduates: daughter who is married to a Russian, his daughter, r my son who is married to a Brazilian, and niece (daughter of Bob Wing ’53).”

1952 Class Correspondent: Harald Hille 63 Summit Road Riverside, CT 06878 203-637-4789 e-mail: harald.hille@gmail.com

Harald Hille writes, “Another hot summer. r Day lilies came out 2 weeks earlier this year. r I’ve been back at the United Nations off and on translating for conferences. Spent 2 weeks in Sweden in June with my 10-year-old granddaughter (her birthday present).”

Here’s some news fr f om our classmates to remind us of younger years: Lee Gaillard writes fr f om Saranac Lake NY: “I support your interest in getting Foote to teach Chinese. The People’s Republic of China will be the world’s largest economy by 2030, and already American businesses are having all their stuff manufactured over there.

Imagine negotiating for best terms

with a manufacturer when you cannot speak his language! Guess who is at risk for being cheated and not even knowing it? In the slings and arrows department, it’s been an ‘interesting’ year, r with body parts removed, and/or replaced: another hip, some old man’s cancer, r etc. My physical therapy of hip strengthening is almost complete. Ya Y le 50th reunion will be next year for me, since I had that English Speaking Union fellowship in England immediately aft f er graduating fr f om Choate in 1956. I’m not sure yet whether I will go or not. I went to the Foote 50th, the Choate 50th (but none earlier), but with a class of 1000+ at Ya Y le? Ann and I are off next week to a Lilley Grant-funded collegium on ‘strong, small parishes’ at Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, V . Should be very helpful to her and VA to our little parish up here in the Adirondacks … When it’s over, r we will stop by and see my daughter, r Jenny, y who lives in Alexandria and works for the National Wildlife Federation.

Otherwise, I was asked to review Richard Whittle’s just-published Dream Machine: Th T e Untold History of the Notorious VV 22 Osprey, for two North Carolina newspapers (did so … and analyzed that April crash in Afg f hanistan) and have been a consultant to an author writing a book on the history of close air support and the domination of the strategic bombing mafia. I gave a presentation last week at Rotary on the American Airlines Flight 587 disaster (Nov. v 2001) and the dangers of computerized flight control systems and the growing use of composite structures (panels and loadbearing) in the new generation of commercial jetliners. Pending projects include placing an article on Hemingway’s siege mentality, y completing a longer analysis of why Kaiser Wilhelm II was personally responsible for the outbreak of Wo W rld Wa W r I, etc.

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Class of 1955 — 55th Reunion Eleven members of the Class of 1955 returned to New Haven in May for their 55th Reunion. This attendance may have exceeded that of the 50th and augurs well for the 60th. The rainy and humid day did not affect the activities at the school and, as five years ago, the highlight was the very gracious and relaxing dinner hosted by Roseline and Douglas Crowley at their comfortable home in Hamden. We were especially honored to have the new Head of School Carol Maoz join us for dinner.r She reported on the activities at the school and asked for our recollections, which elicited humorous and sentimental responses. Had prizes been given, Bud Conrad and Betsy Leavy Stroman would have tied for coming from the greatest distance. Although he travels extensively from Los Altos to places like Dubai and Singapore giving investment talks, Bud had not been to New Haven for a number of years. He recently completed a new book titled Pr Profifiting from th fr t e Wo W rl rld’s ’ Ec E onomic i Cr Crisis i , Fi Findi ding I ve In v stm t ent Op Opport rtunitities by b Tr Track cking Global Ma Gl M rk rket Tr Trends d . Betsy combined reunioning with visiting her 96-yearr old father,r who is living at the Whitney Center.r She is active in the Sausalito community in the worthwhile cause of providing services to enable seniors to stay in their own homes. There was also good attendance by those in the Connecticut area. Barbara Currier Bell noted that she has not strayed far from the Connecticut shoreline and now lives

ed’ time. So it is. Onward and upward.” Nancy Osterweis Alderman writes fr f om New Haven CT: T “My sister Sally, y [Osterweis Kopman ’50], came to The Foote School fr f om St. Louis for her 60th reunion while our son, Myles ’75, celebrated his 35th Foote School reunion. They both said 42

FFrrom le l ft ft, Ba B rb r ara r Cu Currier Bellll, Sh S erwo w od Wi Willard rd, Ju J di dith Gr Grant Mc McMeeki kin, Doug uglas Cr Crowl wley, Lee Dun u ham, m Bud Co C nra r d, d Na N wr wrie Me M ig igs-Br Brown wn, Na N ncy c Fa F rn r am Ch C arl rles, s Mo Mopsey e Sey eymour u Love vejoy, Bets tsy Leavy v Str troman

in Milford, although she does venture up to Maine to visit her daughter.r Babs is on the Connecticut Siting Council dealing with the environmental impact of power plants. Sherwood Willard came down from Bloomfield for the school activities, but had to return before dinner to perform grandfatherly duties. Nancy Farnam Charles and her husband Bob are living in Wallingford and continue to operate the High Meadow Bed and Breakf k ast. Their presence led to reminisces about our unforgettable graduation in the Farnam barn. Judy McMeekin and her husband Bill came down from Burlington, Vermont, for Judy’s first Foote Reunion, which involved years of catching up and hopefully will become a tradition. Mopsy Seymour Lovej e oy is splitting her time between Florida and Washington, D.C., where her grandchildren live. Nawrie Meigs-Brown and David, who are regular reunion attendees, are living in Woods Hole and spent the weekend with friends in New Haven. Nancy and Lee

their reunions were wonderful, and that the Foote School really knows how to give a great reunion. What fun to have a sister and a son reunion-ing at the same time; who would have thought? Stephanie Dunham Howell is coming to town for her husband’s Ya Y le reunion, and it will be great to see her. r

Dunham are still living in Belmont, MA and were full of news about the arrival of their first grandchild, Liam Dunham.

Barbara and Michael Porter were unable to attend this year,r as they were cruising in warmer climes on the boat Michael designed and built. Penny Reynolds Roosevelt was occupied with her seasonal move from the District of Columbia to Nantucket and Phebe Thorne had family reunion duties.

Messages were read from Linda Shane about her academic life in geology and move to Portland, ME, and from Michael Stanwood regarding his musical and songwriting career,r as well as working with the disadvantaged. Unfortunately, y Fred Leibert was called to a memorial service and was unable to attend at the last moment. And, everyone enjoyed the family pictures and news Phil Hooker sent. Finally, y Bob Dickie drove down from Boston for his official re-induction into the Class. So, the Class of 1955 is defying the odds and increasing its membership. — Lee Dunham

I continue to work in areas where the environment is harming health, and the issues seem to get more complicated and difficult to solve each year that goes by. y If anyone is interested in seeing what areas we are working on, they can visit our website at www. w ehhi.org.” Stephanie Dunham Foote Prints

Howell writes fr f om Atlanta, GA: “My brother, r Lee, who chaired his Foote reunion this year, r said it was great. But nothing could be as wonderful as the Y le Class of ’60 reunion this year.

Ya r Henry and I had a great time. Had a marvelous dinner with Nancy Osterweis Alderman and husband Myles before the reunion started and a terrific, but too short, visit with Peter Cooper. I saw no one else fr f om our Foote class ... who else could have been there? I would have hated to miss any of you. Nancy and Peter were lovely reconnections. And walking all over New Haven was so good. Our house looked great; the Levins reported that they still love it. I even discovered that Nancy’s and my parents are lying side by side at Grove St. Cemetery — so nice. Ya Y le offered some superb classes — one on dyslexia that could have been a description of how I felt part of the time at Foote!

Keep working on the Chinese at Foote.

What could be more timely? Daughter Helen was in Japan recently and was astounded at how few spoke English.”

Carol Stanwood sent in her news fr f om Denver, r CO: “Interesting comment about Foote’s being anglophilic in our day. y I’ve never thought about that, probably because my mother was English, and I took it for granted. But, you are right, it was, and in this day and age there is a great need for students to be prepared for a different world. I’m still working part-time in my private practice and at Metro Crisis Services, a new organization in Denver, r counseling people during a mental health crisis so that we can prevent some ER and detox visits. I’m also really enjoying my singing and, luckily, y have been able to continue to perform. My orthopedic problems have not gotten worse since back and shoulder surgery and a hip replacement. My niece is expecting her first baby, y and we’re all looking forward to having a new generation in the family!” Be well, classmates, and keep walking. Best, HH Summer 2010

Faith and Reason — Ursula Goodenough ’56 For Ursula Goodenough ’56, Foote School was “a real eye opener, academically.”

Goodenough, who had attended public schools through sixth grade, says, “Both of my parents were in academia and I was an avid reader. Still I had a lot of catching up to do when I arrived at Foote.

But the environment was so enriching and challenging that it was totally transformative to me.”

Completing junior high Ursula, with grandchild on her lap, surrounded by school in that her extended family. environment, she says, opened her to the potential of education she had not previously experienced. And it established the trajectory for the rest of her education and her career.

At Barnard College, Goodenough discovered her love of biology. “That was another transformative moment,” she says. “I realized I’d discovered the career I wanted to pursue.”

She earned her BA in zoology from Barnard in 1963, her MA in zoology from Columbia two years later, and her Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard in 1969, where she also completed postdoctoral research from 1969 to 1971. She taught at Harvard from 1971 until 1978, when she joined the faculty of the Department of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. She became a full professor in 1982 and, over the ensuing 28 years, has cultivated an international reputation for her work in cell biology. She has authored dozens of articles published in prominent professional journals.

In the 1980s, she recalls, “I began to consider the notion that the understanding of science had religious implications.” By the time she discovered and joined the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) she’d had most of a decade to contemplate the relationship between science and religion that is the essence of what is now known as religious naturalism.

In 1998, she published The Sacred Depths of Nature, a best-selling book that defined her as one of the leading proponents of that philosophy. “Faith and reason … are not mutually exclusive, and (Goodenough’s) well-written treatise makes a good argument for bridging the gap between the two,” wrote Gregory McNamee for Amazon.com. — Jim H. Smith

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1953 Class Correspondent: Robert Wing 400 Lenappe Drive Columbus, OH 43214 614-267-2450 e-mail: wing@astronomy. y ohio-state.edu

Eligio Petrelli is enjoying his retirement very much: Reading, gardening, auditing courses at Ya Y le (pe, Japanese Art), hiking, enjoying good fr f iends, New Haven’s rich cultural life, and things of interest around New England. He plans to tour Japan in the fall.

1954 The Class of 1954 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

1955 Class Correspondents: Nawrie Meigs-Brown P O. Box 33 P. W ods Hole, MA 02543 Wo 508-548-0709 e-mail: nawrie@comcast.net Lee Dunham 16 Lincoln Street Belmont, MA 02178 617-484-5064 e-mail: LDunham@sandw. w com

Bud Conrad writes, “Great reunion!

With Sherwood Wi W llard, Douglas Crowley, Bob Dickie, Judy Grant McMeekin, Babs Currier Bell, Mopsey Seymour Lovejoy, Betsy Leavy Stroman, Nancy Ely Kales, Nawrie Meigs-Brown and Julie Moore (adopted). I am enjoying the success of my new book: Profi f ting f om the Wo fr W rld’s Economic Crisis by Wiley. y California’s Silicon Va V lley is great. I publish investment advice at www. w CaseyResearch.com.” Phebe Thorne reports that she and Neil Ryan, her “committed sweetheart,” have traveled to Cuba (Nov. v ’09) and Italy (June ’10). Cuba has “great people, music, art, architecture, but they 44

have all been deprived for 50 years!”

Her cousin, David Thorne, is US Ambassador to Italy, y so “it was lots of fun to see him again in Rome.” Son Lewis Thorne Hamilton just had a 2nd child, Sam — “so amazing to have these cherubs!” Phebe is working on her 3rd book out in 2011.

1960 Class Correspondent: Happy Clement Spongberg 55 Bijah’s Wa W y Chilmark, MA 02535 508-645-3829

e-mail: happyspongberg@earthlink.net See Reunion write up

1956 55th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Will Amatruda 9506 St. Andrews Wa W y Silver Spring, MD 200901-3259 301-585-8163 e-mail: willtam88@hotmail.com

1957 Class Correspondent: Kevin Geenty 324 Three Mile Course Guilford, CT 06437 203-453-4070 e-mail: kevin@geentygroup.com

Tim Gaillard joined William Raveis T Real Estate’s Glastonbury, y CT, T office in January. y He does house portraits and builds furniture fr f om antique wood. He misses his Foote classmates.

1958 Class Correspondent: Eric Berger 50 Autumn Street New Haven, CT 06511-2221 203-776-3329 e-mail: ericberger@aol.com

We were saddened to learn of the W death of Carolyn We W lch Jensen Chadwick on '58 August 14, 2010 aft f er a long battle with cancer. r

1959 Class Correspondent: Josh Ve V nter 46 Cliff Street New Haven, CT 06511-1344 203-777-2461 e-mail: venterjoshb@att.net

1961 50th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Muffie Clement Green P O. Box 1063 P. W shington, CT 06793-0063 Wa 860-868-0905 e-mail: m_c_green@sbcglobal.net

Muff ffie Clement Green reports: “I attended my sister Happy’s 50th reunion, and my brother Sam’s 45th in May. y It was great to be back on campus! Foote thrives under the leadership of its wonderful new Head of School, Carol Maoz. A new Science & T chnology Center is going up on the Te game field. New game fields are now located across Highland Street.

SAV A E THE DAT A E! We W are coming up on OUR 50th next May 7, 2011!

Please work the weekend into your schedule, as it would be such fun to get as many back as possible!

W can put people up locally and We hope to have a class dinner aft f er reunion, so plan on sticking around.

Emily Barclay and I will be in touch with details. We W can also arrange things to do in New Haven, if anyone is interested. Check out the Foote website (www. w footeschool.org) and join the Facebook fan page to see all that is going on. It’s amazing!”

1962 Class Correspondent: Mr. r Donald O. Ross Gravel Court, Clay Street Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4671 e-mail: dross@winvcounsel.com

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Class of 1960 — 50th Reunion

From le Fr l ft ft, El Elena Ku Kuble l r,r Pa P m Mc M Cl Clelllland, d El Elizabeth t Re R ig i elu l th t Pa P rk rker,r Ri Richard r Ho H oke k r,r Ma M rg rgie Ho H we w Em E mons, s Ja J ne Leavy vy, Pa P t Fi Fiori rito Oa O ke k s, s Ha Happy Cllement Sp C S ong ngberg rg, Bi Bill He H nnin ing, Me M lo l dy d Lawr wrence, e and Jo J hn Kl Kleeman

The Class of 1960’s 50th reunion was great fun, and I think we did pretty well getting as many members of the class back as we did. We had Mike McMillen on board for a while, and Mike Setlow told me several years ago he would try to make it, so we would have had a better turn out of the “boys” in the class if the two Mikes had made it — there were only seven boys in 1960 as it was, and we had Bill Henning, John Kleeman, and Richard Hooker with us this year.r We heard from Stephen Wilmer, who is living in Dublin, Ireland, where he is head of the School of Drama at Tr T inity College, so the only male we never heard from is Tim Goss. (If you are out there Tim, send us some news.)

Pat Fiorito Oakes offered to put together a class book including information and pictures gathered from each classmate. It is a great document and anyone who hasn’t submitted material, but would like to be included, is still welcome to do so. Pat will e-mail the additions to everyone. Happy Clement Spongberg gave us all name tags made from our yearbook pictures and none of us had changed a bit!

Summer 2010

The gathering at the school included Happy, y Patsy, y Bill, John, Richard (and his brave wife, Donna), Pam McClelland, Melody Lawrence, Jane Leavy, Elena Kubler, Margie Howe Emmons and me, Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker. We came from as far away as Rochester,r NY, Y Maine, Washington, DC, and North Carolina, and many places in between.

There were two siblings of classmates also having reunions, so we felt those members were represented as well — Margot Farnam’s sister,r Nancy and T ny Willard’s brother,r Sherwood, were To able to give us good reports of our missing friends.

After the assembly and the picture taking we took over two tables in the back of the gym, where we had lunch and sat for several hours talking about the good old days at Foote — remembering certain teachers, the plays, sports, May Day and other classmates who left before the 8th grade; getting caught up on families, careers, etc. It seemed so natural to be sitting together after all these years sharing our life experiences.

As the afternoon wore on some of us had to go on to see parents or catch a train, but a handful of us remained and walked around the campus remembering which room we were in when we were among the very first group of students on the new campus. The highlight of the day was walking down the hill to the St. Ronan Street building, which has been turned into condominiums. It was hard to imagine that we all (K– K 8 grades) were packed in there and had our recess on the asphalt playground. Ta T lk about a “walk down memory lane.”

We ended the day with six of us, plus Donna Hooker,r going to the Lawn Club for refreshment and more chatt t er.r Some stayed on for dinner.r I drove to Greenwich to spend the night with my mother.r The entire drive I could think of nothing other than the reunion and all the wonderful friends gathering. I was on such a high when I arrived and couldn’t wait to tell her about every classmate whom she remembered so well. Very special thanks go to Happy for all her correspondence and organization over the past two years to make the day such a success.

— Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker

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Tom Robbins writes, “I haven’t T received Foote Prints t in some time, so I wasn’t aware of Dexter Cheney’s untimely death last year at the age of 60. Even though I had not seen nor spoken to him since we graduated, I was deeply saddened to learn of his passing. He was a great fr f iend of mine then, and I will always remember his charm and good humor. r We W had some wonderfu f l times together, r and our class is poorer for his loss. I’m sorry that I didn’t know about it sooner than now. w”

1963 Class Correspondent: Susan Stratton P O. Box 626 P. Round Lake, NY 12151-0626 518-899-6671 e-mail: susan@strattonpartners.com

As mentioned in the Winter/Spring 2010 issue, Jennifer Hunt’s book Seven Shots: An NYP Y D Raid on a T rrorist Cell and its Aft Te f ermath, is forthcoming in October. r

1964 Class Correspondent: V rdi DiSesa Ve 526 S. Sydbury Lane W nnewood, PA Wy P 19096-1229 e-mail: vdisesa@cchosp.com

photo!! School looks fi f ne, new playing f elds are excellent. My sister, fi r Happy (Clement Spongberg ’60), managed to round-up practically half her class — all looked fi f ne, just as I remember them — like adults!” Eric Tr T iff ffin was recently f ted by the city of We fe W st Haven, CT, T for his 24 years as public health director there. He retired on June 30, the day aft f er his 59th birthday. y

1966 Sam Clement ’65 with Head of School Carol Maoz

1965 Class Correspondent: Eric Tr T iffin 125 Falls Road Bethany, y CT 06524-3328 203-393-2079 e-mail: Eric_Tr T iffin@aya.yale.edu

We are sad to report the death of W Elizab a eth “Emmy” Glenn McLellan on April 7, 2010. We W extend our sympathy to her husband, Stephen, and her children. Sam Clement writes that he “enjoyed Reunion Day immensely — as practically the only one there for our 45th. I did see Cam Henning later that day. y New head Carol Maoz is a rare f nd. I had her all to myself in the class fi

45th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: John N. Deming, Jr. r 1371 Chester Road Graft f on, VT 05146-9764 802-843-2475 e-mail: johndeming@yahoo.com

1967 Class Correspondent: Nina Anderson P O. Box 381915 P. Cambridge, MA 02238-1915 617-876-0206 e-mail: tropickat@verizon.net

Sara Miller Mauch writes, “While my son was rock climbing for 4 days, we had his sons, Ethan (5.5) and Daniel (3.5), overnight to give their Mom a break. We W were worn out aft f er having them here for 37 hours. Good thing they’re cute! Megan at 4 months loves to watch whatever Ethan and Danny are doing. All are redheads!”

1968 Class Correspondent: Liz Prelinger 4426 Lowell Street, N.W. W W shington, D.C. 20016-2749 Wa 202-686-1537 e-mail: prelinge@georgetown.edu

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From left ft, Jim Ta T pscott, t Adrienne Skinner, r Joe Bishop, Sandra Vl V ock, Peter Salisbury, y and Kate Big i wood Atkinson

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Class Correspondent: Meg McDowell Smith 506 Black Willow Lane Charlotte, VT 05445-9443 802-425-4141 e-mail: megsmithvt@gmavt.net

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1970 The Class of 1970 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

1972 Class Correspondents: Amy Estabrook Ross 1625 Ridge Road North Haven, CT 06473-2937 203-248-2173 e-mail: heyamo@snet.net Cathy Hosley Vo V uwie 22 Bennett Street Manchester, r MA 01944-1453 978-526-8085 e-mail: chv79@hotmail.com

Tom Kligerman writes, “Everyone at T home is doing well — we are away for the summer in Rhode Island like every year. r The summer here is slower for me as I am not as heavily involved in running the yacht club and have decided to take a break fr f om racing to relax with the family more. College in the near future for our eldest, Rebecca.

Yikes. Our book Houses came out, which has me running around the country doing talks. So my travel schedule is crazier than usual.

Planning to go to Ireland this fall with Kristin to relax and take in the scenery and stately homes … can’t wait.”

1973 Class Correspondent: Peter Hicks 65 High Meadow Road Hamden, CT 06517 203-288-4044 e-mail: phicks@websterbank.com John Persse 115 Deepwood Drive Hamden, CT 06517 203-562-5680 e-mail: john921@juno.com

Justus Addiss writes, “Aft f er 26 years at the same address, we’ve moved.

OK, we moved 2.5 miles, but it’s a Summer 2010

Building Blocks for Creativity Thomas Kligerman ’72 “Even now, almost 40 years after I left Foote School, there’s seldom a week that goes by when I don’t think about the things I learned at Foote,” says Thomas A. Kligerman ’72, principal of Ike Kligerman Barkley, the prominent New York and San Francisco-based architectural firm he founded with John Ike in 1989.

By the time he arrived at Foote, Kligerman, who enrolled in third grade in 1965 and remained at the school for the next five years, was already on his way to becoming an architect. “When I was in nursery school at the Yale Child Development Center my teachers were concerned about me,” he recalls, smiling at the memory. “They told my parents, ‘All Tom wants to do is build buildings with blocks.’ The fact is, for as long as I can remember I have loved beautiful things, but especially beautiful things that are also functional — elegant cars and machines and buildings.”

Though he had lived in England before he arrived at Foote — and would subsequently visit and live in such far-flung locations as France and New Mexico — it was at Foote that he first found the world of opportunities for expression of the creative urges that accompanied his aesthetic world view. At Foote he participated in the creation of everything from a documentary film to a floating bicycle. And it was here, in seventh grade art, that the idea of a career in architecture actually began to take form for him. (Tom’s sister Valli Kligerman Budestschu ’73, is also in a creative profession. She hosts a weekly public radio program in Paris.)

At Columbia College, where he did his undergraduate work, “All that stuff from Foote came back to me in class after class,” he remembers. “I realized what a tremendous grounding my Foote education had been.”

After earning his master’s degree from the Yale School of Architecture, he joined Robert A. M. Stern Architects, where he met Ike. Today, their award-winning firm employs 25 architects and focuses primarily on residential architecture that synthesizes historical precedent with contemporary vision. Many are showcased in the book Ike Kligerman Barkley Houses, published earlier this year.

Tom and his wife, Kristin, also an architect, have three daughters and live in New Jersey. — Jim H. Smith

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good move for us as we love the new house, and it’s close enough to downtown Middletown [CT] that we can walk. The home has a south facing wall of windows and an open interior — Frank Lloyd Wr W ight style.”

1974 The Class of 1974 needs a class correspondent. If you are willing to take on the job, please contact Amy Caplan in the alumnae/i office at acaplan@footeschool.org.

1975 Class Correspondent: Jessica Drury 307 Hamilton Road Ridgewood, NJ N 07450-1119 201-493-9124 e-mail: sjsaz@optonline.net

See Reunion wri r te t up. Our sincere condolences to Bruce Conklin and brother Mark ’76, whose mother, r Jean Conklin, died on July 22, 2010.

1976 35th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Hyla Flaks Crane 34 Mulberry Road W odbridge, CT 06525 Wo 203-397-1123 e-mail: hyla@steppingstonesmuseum.org

Our deepest condolences to Mark Conklin and brother Bruce ’75, whose mother, r Jean Conklin, died on July 22, 2010. Alexandra Frederick Furutsu has been singing in and around New Yo Y rk City this summer. r She is oft f en accompanied by her husband, guitarist Ts T uyoshi Furutsu.

At a party t hosted at her Brookly l n home by Cristina Delg l ado ’73 7 honoring fo f rmer and current fa f culty t Na N ta t lia Delg l ado, Lisa To T tman ’56, and Vi V rg r inia Wi W lkinson are fr f om left ft, Dolores Delg l ado ’72, Ellie Freedman Deardorf rff ’77, 7 Sarah Coe ’76, Rob Gurwitt ’72, N ta Na t lia, Jim Gordon ’72, To T m Klig i erman ’72, Lisa, Vi V rg r inia, Cristina, and Andy d Coe ’74.

Kent (Sam) Healy is currently working as consul at the American Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia. Prior to that he was in Afr f ica for 9 years, working for the State Department on refugee issues.

1978 Class Correspondents: Nell DeVa V ne 708 S. Brooksvale Road Cheshire, CT 06410 e-mail: Eleanor. r S.DeVa V ne@espn.com

Eamon Roche writes, “My wonderful news this summer is that I married fellow Foote alum, Sarah Blanton ’93, this July in NYC. We W met in Oct. 2007 at a Foote reunion at Kush, a bar on the Lower East Side owned by Mark Osborne ’82. So it’s all been very Foote-centric of late!” Angela Seller Reddish’s husband, Lieutenant Thaddeus Reddish, was at Foote this summer for a meeting of the East Rock Community Management team.

Stephen Fontana 23 Angel Place North Haven, CT 06473-2402 203-234-2240 e-mail: SAFontana@aol.com

1979 Class Correspondent: Bonnie We W lch 257 Hickory Lane Bethlehem, CT 06751 203-405-1626 e-mail: Bonniewelch@taft f school.org

1977 Class Correspondent: Elizabeth Daley Draghi 4 Patrick’s Court W llingford, CT 06492 Wa 203-269-2423 e-mail: gdraghi@sbcglobal.net

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1980 Class Correspondent: Liz Geller Brennan 20 Martin Te T rrace Hamden, CT 06517 203-248-5208 e-mail: gelbren@aol.com

Eamon Roche ’80 and Sarah Bla l nton ’93 at their July l 11 wedding in New Yo Y rk City t T e couple met at an October 2007 Foote Th g thering in New Yo ga Y rk City ty.

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Class of 1975 — 35th Reunion It was reunion fever.r E-mails with cc’s to every classmate flew. The stage was set.

The festivities at the ancestral home of Jonea Gurwitt crackled with memories.

It was a monumental evening with teachers, headmaster,r parents and classmates. Here are some thoughts of a truly magical reunion that included Frank Perrine reading a note from Larry Lucchino, who conceded that running the Red Sox organization has nothing on the channeling of our class’s outlandish imaginations.

Bo Sandine recalled, “Definitely cool was the presence of our teachers including Brooks, Wilkinson, Clark and Perrine with the personal message from Red Sox CEO + former teacher Lucchino.

Julian Chang sent this short missive “… my life these days is: taking care of our 3.5 year old, Luke; developing a new research program on Indonesia at the Kennedy School and thinking of all the ways I COULD have gone to reunion.”

Roger Smith noted many of the salient moments of the evening, including the fact that I was wearing jeans from the ninth grade. Bruce Conklin brought his father along and followed up with, “I had a chance to tell my mother about our party before l left for the airport. A happy smile came to her face as I recited your names, and gave recent news … Jean took great joy in watching our class develop, from science club to spin-thebottle!”

Joan Bigwood noted: “The Class of ’75 descended on the Foote campus for coffee and Danish in the library, y giggling and hugging and breathlessly reunioning (her verb) in the stacks, oblivious to all other guests!” We laughed and cried at the excellent presentation given by Alumnus Aw A ard-winner Bruce Conklin about his stem-cell research. After this

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momentous event, Joan Bigwood King and Sarah Blake signed copies of their recent novels: Co C -op o te t d and Th T e P stm Po t is i tr tress, respectively. y After class photos, we herded across Highland Street, where we memorialized fallen comrades Jay Paolella and Kitty Simons Egan with a newly planted dogwood tree.

A rowdy crowd spent the evening at Jonea’s house enjoying raw oysters provided by our very own marine educator and activist Kim Te T trault, followed by appetizers and dinner (provided by Roger Smith, Katharine Swibold and Jonea). Susie Campbell Grimes and Duby McDowell provided drinks.

Roger Smith and Corbett To T rrence ended the evening with a breakdown of moments that marked each year at Foote. Since reunion I’ve heard from David Coff f in, who skirted my request for details of his doings by asking me what I was up to. His interest in music has

taken some fascinating turns that include children and some important socially conscious projects worth checking out.

I also heard from Katherine Bettis, who reports “I live in Oakland, CA. I’ve lived there or Berkeley since 1982.

I graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in physics, architecture, and engineering and don’t use any of them.

Three kids, ages 24, 20, and 19, all in college and doing well. I have a blog about frugal living: sav a emoneyyoucheapskate.blogspot.com.”

John Muyskens videotaped just about the entire evening. Perhaps this retelling will inspire those currently quiet to come forth. Until then, cheers. — Jessie Drury This summary is abridged. The entire report is online at www.footeschool.org/reunion

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He is the New Haven police officer in charge of the East Rock/Newhallville neighborhoods. He was proud that his wife had given him great directions to the Perrine Library!

1981 30th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondents: Talbot We W lles 170 Cold Spring Street New Haven, CT 06511 203-776-2878 e-mail: talbotwelles@gmail.com

Nicolas Crowley 3 rue du Renard 75004 Paris, FRANCE +331 44 59 65 46 e-mail: nyjcrowley@hotmail.com

Michele Cavallaro writes, “It has been quite some time since I was connected to Foote, but I have nice memories of our school days. Anyway, I am inhouse counsel for Fidelity National Financial, the nation’s largest title insurer. r I have been living here in Fort Lauderdale for many years, but I still call New Orleans home and miss it very much. I get up to Connecticut

several times a year to visit friends and family in the area, and I will be there for Labor Day weekend and hope to get a slice of Sally’s Pizza. If any local alums want to catch up, I would love it. I spend as much time as I can traveling, golfing, and enjoying all things aquatic without getting fired! It was hard to beat watching my beloved Saints win the Superbowl this year from the awesome seats we had … truly an amazing day (sorry, y World Cup fans.) I would love to hear from Gillian Lewis Abbatemarco and Hope Nye Ye Y ager if they write in (and anyone else who wants to get in touch!)”

1982 Class Correspondent: Bethany Schowalter Appleby 256 Ives Street Hamden, CT 06518 e-mail: bappleby@wiggin.com

1983 Class Correspondent: Brinley Ford Ehlers 8 Elmcrest Te T rrace, Apt. 104 Norwalk, CT 06850-3910 203-854-9692 e-mail: Brinleysf@aol.com

F From left, Tria i na Salazar a r-Buitrag t go, Pete P r Neuman, Bill Perrine r e, Liz Gelle l r Bre r nnan, n Jay a Palumbo u o, Hannah Ful F ller-Boswellll, Donald Knapp, p and Robert r Gonzalez l

Class of 1980 — 30th Reunion Thirty years later people have hardly changed. We picked up our conversations right where we left off, and it was so much fun catching up on all we have been up to. Life has offered us different paths that have carried us over widely different terrain, but with the common origin of 50 Loomis Place all those paths reconnected again. It was wonderful to hear about how all our journeys are so varied and so much the same. It was great to see Liz Geller Brennan, Alicia Thompson Churchill, Hannah FullerBoswell, Triana Salazar Buitrago, Julian Harris, Robert Gonzalez, Don Knapp, Trish McGuire, Tag Mendillo, Pete Neuman, and Bill Perrine, who attended with wife Anne Roche Perrine ’84 and their kids. Alicia’s lovely daughter Lucy was there as well. We hear that Jimmy Wareck made a movie, and we hope he does a special screening for our class! — Liz Geller Brennan and Jay Palumbo

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Mark Danforth and his wife celebrated their 10th anniversary with a cruise to the “ancient holy lands” of Israel, Egypt, Greece, Italy, y and Tur T key. y Mark writes, “It was an amazing trip where we saw incredible sites and relearned a lot of history. y I highly recommend this trip to anyone.”

1984 Class Correspondent: Ann Pschirrer Brandt

Bun Lai, proprietor and chef-extraordinaire at Miya’s Sushi in New Haven was a recipient of a prestigious Seton Elm and Ivy award. The awards are

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given to New Haven and Ya Y le leaders, honoring them for their work to strengthen the bonds of Ya Y le and New Haven. Bun continues to pave the way for sustainable and aff f ordable sushi.

Both Bun and Nate Ty T ler were at Foote on Graduation Day, y with Nate delivering the graduation remarks and Bun announcing the class correspondents for the Class of 2010. (see page 6–9)

1985 Class Correspondent: Carter LaPrade Serxner 17 Lovers Lane Princeton Junction, NJ N 08540-6805 609-683-5696 e-mail: lapserx@gmail.com

Garrett English and wife Shannon welcomed a baby girl, Leigh, this past spring.

1986 25th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Ellen Prokop 210 E. 73rd Street, #8F New Yo Y rk, NY 10021 212-472-7761 e-mail: prokop@fr f ick.org

Lisa Batsford married Ian McLean in New Yo Y rk City on May 22, 2010.

Her sister Rachel ’90 was maid of honor. r

Rachel Batsfo f rd ’90, Ian McLean, Lisa Batsfo f rd McLean ’86, and Donna and Bill Batsfo f rd, d at Lisa and Ian’s May 22 wedding in New Yo Y rk City. y

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From left ft, Annie Wa W reck, Oye Carr, r Julia Getman, Ally l x Schiavone, Merrill Barden Collins and son Denali, i Amanda Loving-Gibbard, d and Xanda Fayen. Th T e reunion summary is online at www. w fo f oteschool.org rg/alum

1987 Class Correspondents: Jonathan Levin 713 Alvarado Row Stanford, CA 94305 e-mail: jdlevin@stanford.edu

Our deep sympathy to Liz Tu T rrentine Gouldman, her brother Dan T rrentine ’93 and sister Katherine Tu T rrentine Gilbert ’95 whose father, Tu r Drake Tu T rrentine, died on July 14.

1988 Class Correspondent: Georgia Crowley Lieber 722 Harrison Av A enue Beloit, WI 53511 e-mail: georgialieber@gmail.com

I have to admit that even though I loathe sending out e-mails desperately asking for news fr f om classmates, I am always delighted to hear back. Our class is creative and thoughtfu f l and f nny. fu y As always, thank you to those who responded. Carly Berwick wrote: “[I am] off fficially living through my kids now. w The little one, Te T o, started walking at 9 months. Otto fi f nished his f rst year of preschool and thinks whisfi pering poo-poo in my ear is the fu f nniest thing ever. r Wo W rk is good and pro-

ductive and enjoyable — when I can ever fi f nd a minute for it. I clutch a mug of coff ffee to me everywhere I go, until about dinner time, when I throw out the dregs. Even when it’s too bitter and stale, it tastes like the hope of fe f eling rested one day! Jersey City has grown on us in strange ways; I started a bike advocacy group here called Bike JC (www. w bikjc.org), and aft f er eight years here, we just planted something (I’m not sure what) in the back garden. We W will see what the summer brings!”

Elizab a eth Broadus Eskridge is living in Hamden, CT, T with husband Steve and daughter Casey. y Following in her mother’s footsteps, Casey is attending Foote and joined a swim team this summer. r Greg Lawler helped to coach the boys lacrosse team at Lincoln High School in Portland, OR, to a double overtime win in the Oregon state championships! Leslie Craft f McGuire replied to my plea with a warm hello, but I couldn’t wrestle any news fr f om her. r Rebecca Nordhaus wrote fr f om Boston, “We W are great. To T tal circus with the three girls, but it’s lots of f n.” Rebecca and husband Will welfu comed twin girls, Margot and Alexandra, in October. r Jessica Pritchett has off fficially launched her eponymous women’s shoe line. Vi V sit her website to view the latest collection: 51

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www. w jessicapritchett.com. Her shoes will also be included in the celebrity gift f bag for the 38th Annual International Emmy® Aw A ards. Caleb W rtenbaker moved all the way across We the street in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

Profe f ssionally, y he is a fr f eelance set designer for theater and opera. This summer, r Caleb is taking a play, y “Aft f ermath,” on the road to the Lift f Festival in London and the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland. I, Georgia Crowley Lieber, r am continuing to enjoy the more relaxed pace of the Midwest, though at times the lethargy becomes a little extreme. May was a whirlwind month fi f lled with much travel and celebration. I witnessed my husband, Matt Lieber ’85, receive his doctoral degree fr f om Brown University, y where I hung out with Jon Lieber, his wife f Vi V ctoria, and daughters Charlotte and Alexandra. Jon recently started a new job with Feld Entertainment as director of national sales, and has been traveling a bit. For those who did not receive a solicitation for news fr f om me, please send me your e-mail address. We W ’d love to hear fr f om you!

1989 Class Correspondent: T ya Hill Clark To 4710 Elmtree Court T mple Hills, MD 20748 Te 301-505-8332 e-mail: trose7@hotmail.com

Katie Madden Kavanaugh ’92 and husband Kevin Kavanaugh at their June 19 wedding in J ckson, Wy Ja W oming, g fl flanked by Katie’s siblings Bets t y ’94 and Robert ’00

Congratulations to Sarah Netter Boone and husband Andy who welcomed their 4th child, son Felix Isaac Boone, on May 6, 2010. Wo W lfi f e, their oldest, is in MAG at Foote. Sarah adds, “our house is for sale and we will move into my childhood home, backing up to the Highland Street Foote fi f eld.”

1990 Class Correspondent: Rachel Batsford 808 S. 6th Street, 2nd floor Philadelphia, PA P 19147 215-928-1376 e-mail: rachelb1357@gmail.com

Noreen Wa W lczak currently lives in Mystic, CT, T with daughter Alexandra (5). She recently launched a new website called HolisticGuidance.com. It is a directory, y social community, y store and resource center for individuals seeking self-discovery and healing.

Megan Chernock DePetris and husband Gregory are proud to announce the birth of Quincy Christopher on Oct. 1, 2009. He joins sister Mainey (6), brother Braden (4) and sister T yte (2). Christopher Selden writes, Ta “This past year I moved back to Connecticut fr f om Florida. I lived in Florida for 10 years teaching pre-K and kindergarten children. March of this year, r I broke my back so I am recovering fr f om that injury and enjoying being back in CT. T”

1991 20th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Bo Bradstreet 7515 Parkdale Av A enue, Apt. 3W Clayton, MO 63105-2854 314-775-9773 e-mail: ebradstr@gmail.com Meg e an Chernock DePetris '90 welcomed Quincy Christopher on Oct. 1, 2009. He joins brother Braden (4 ( ) and sisters Mainey (6) 6 and Ta T yte (2 ( )

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Noah Boyd Bailey, y son of Peter Bailey ’91 and his wif ife Karena Bullock Bailey, y was born on July l 11 weig i hing 7lbs, 8oz.

Jennife f r Jackson was married on May 1 to Matthew Breitling. Bryan Mignone is an expert on climate policy and ener-

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gy-economic modeling and is currently serving as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy. y Bryan was also the lead guitarist in the nowdefu f nct Known Unknowns, D.C.’s “only band sort of endorsed by Donald Rumsfe f ld.” Congratulations to Peter Bailey and wife f Karena Bullock Bailey who welcomed son Noah Boyd Bailey on July 11.

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1992 Class Correspondent: Katie Madden Kavanagh P O. Box 1384 P. Wilson, WY 83014 307-739-0783 e-mail: katieblee@hotmail.com

Congratulations to Alyssa Chen W lker and her husband, who welWa comed daughter Halliway We W bb W lker on Dec. 30, 2009. Katie Wa Madden was married to Kevin Kavanagh on June 19 in Jackson, WY. Y They met there 3 years ago and got engaged last September. r Several Foote parents made the trip to celebrate with Katie and Kevin. Douglas Cuthbertson is an associate in the litigation department at the law fi f rm of Debevoise & Plimpton in New Yo Y rk City. y

1993 Class Correspondent: Jenny Keul V a Stendhal 57 Vi 20144 Milano ITA T LY L e-mail: jennykeul@gmail.com

Our deep sympathy to Dan Tu T rrentine and sisters Liz Tu T rrentine Gouldman ’87 and Katherine Tu T rrentine Gilbert ’95, whose father Drake Tu T rrentine died on July 14. Michael Fertik, CEO of ReputationDefender, r recently released his first book, Wi W ld We W st 2.0: How to Protect and Restore your Online Reputa t tion on the Unta t med Social Frontier. Congratulations to Sarah Blanton, who married Eamon Roche ’80 in New Yo Y rk City on July 10. (See page 48) Summer 2010

FFrrom le l ft ft, Jo J hn Da D le ley, Ra R ch c el Fr Frank Ki Kilcul ullen, n Na N ki kia Ha H mle l tt tt, Ada d m Bovi vilsky, Ste tephanie i Berm r an, n Elizabeth El t Mu Munro r Love v ri ring, Jo J sep e h Pe P tr trelllli, Ni Nick Lehmann, n Abby b Vo V tt tto Belg l e, e Mi Michael Gi Gilbert rt, K titie Altltshul Ka ul, Er Eric Gers rshon, n Me Megan Ch C ern r ock c DePe P tr tris, Da D vi vid Ho H lllley, Ale lex Ba B qui uie, Ma M tt t Mo M ses, s Amy m Co C hn Cr Crawf wford r wi with Mo M lllly and Ja J ck ck, Ale lex Rh R ode d en, n No N re r en Wa W lc lczak

Our class had a wonderf r ul 20th reunion at Foote. We reconnected, saw old teachers, met new ones, and toured the school, which has undergone many transformations since our time. We ended up at a bar downtown, and festivities continued late into the evening. Matt Moses arrived with wife Piper and daughters Addison (4) and Peyt y on (2). He is a litigator at a law firm and recently relocated his family from Brooklyn to the New Jersey suburbs. Amy Cohn Crawford lives on Mart r ha’s Vineyard with husband Dav a id and children Jack (4) and Molly (2), all at reunion. Amy report r s that watching them play at Foote brought back wonderf r ul memories. Stephanie Berman came with boyfriend Eric, who became her fiancé only days later! She lives in NYC and works in PR for MTV TV. Megan Chernock DePetris, who lives in Guilford, arrived with husband Gregory and kids Mainey (6), Braden (4), Ta T yt y e (2), and Quincy (7m). Alex Rhodeen in his third term as New Hav a en Alderman for the Fair Hav a en Heights neighborhood, where he lives with wife Sarah. He runs the retail division of LoveSac and is a drill sergeant in the Army Reserve. Eric Gershon also lives in New Hav a en; he’s a journalist, covering casinos, ESPN, and defense contractors for The Hart rtford Courant. Dave Holley lives in San Francisco and is close to completing a second master’s degree at the GWU School of Business in proj o ect management. He works as an interactive producer,r catering to the pharmaceutical industry; he also volunteers as an STD/HIV counselor.r Katie Altshul is a physician in a neonatal ICU in Boston. She lives in Charlestown around the corner from Abby Votto Belge and spends lots of time with Abby, y her husband Steve, and their son Oliver (1). Also in att t endance were Nick Lehman, Joseph Petrelli, Adam Bovilsky, John Daly, Alex Bacquie, Elizabeth Munro Loverling, Rachel Frank Kilcullan, Noreen Walczak, Mike Gilbert, and Nikki Hamlett.

We missed all who were unable to make it. Sarah Rogers, husband Marz and daughters Kinda (3) and Maysa (7 months) hav a e moved, at least temporarily, y from Baltimore to Jordan this summer.r Jodi Moses Sussman recently moved from Brookline, MA, to West Hart rtford, CT, T with her husband and children Leo (3) and Maylin (1). Justin Schleifer, in Monterey, y CA C , is program manager for Learning Services Corporation’s Nort r hern California Rehabilitation, Support r ed, and Independent Facilities for Adults with T aumatic Brain Injuries. — Ka Tr K tie Altshul, Abby Vo V tt t o Belge, and Amy Cohn Crawford

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1994

Cecelia Azhderian ’93 Cecelia Azhderian, class of ’93, has always been drawn to the sea. She recalls visiting her grandparents every summer in California, where her love of the ocean really began to develop: “Marine mammals were of particular interest,” she notes.

Cecelia went on to graduate UC Santa Barbara in 2002 with a BS in Aquatic Biology and a BA in Studio Art. For the past five years, she has worked as a sea otter biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Cecelia’s responsibilities include taking care of the five resident sea otters, rehabilitating rescued otters and researching the causes for this species’ decline. The California or Southern Sea Otter is on the endangered species list, with only 2700 left along the central coast of California. Cecelia explains that, among a few other factors, infectious disease is one of the leading culprits.

“The species is acting as an immunocompromised population. The main problem is disease in breeding age females. They are dying too often and not living long enough to give birth to enough pups to increase the population over time.”

In 2009, Cecelia went back to school to earn a Masters Certificate in Science Illustration from UC Santa Cruz. This past January, she began working as a freelance illustrator. To create her illustrations, Cecelia uses a variety of references, including photographs and video, but prefers real life: “If I can see something in real life it makes it that much easier.” Cecelia is currently working on a series of illustrations for science and nature journals. These works will aid UC Santa Barbara’s biology and zoology students. Cecelia explains: “Scientific illustrations are meant to teach and inform. The intent is to describe what you see with accurate detail.” Cecelia’s media of choice include the more traditional watercolor, colored pencil and graphite, but she has also recently discovered a love of working on the computer.

As stated on her website (www.cfaillustration.com), Cecelia’s “main interest lies in the exploration of art and science and where they intersect.” When looking back on her years at Foote, Cecelia remembers these subjects fondly: “Polly Fiddler was my art teacher. She was very encouraging. I always felt comfortable in art class. And I remember being fascinated in biology class with Mr. Cunningham. We were encouraged to ask questions and explore. I use those skills today in both my science illustration and biology work. I didn’t know it at the time, but now I know how helpful that was.” — Elizabeth Antle ’98

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Class Correspondent: Arna Berke-Schlessel Zohlman 251 We W st 97th Street, Apt. 2J New Yo Y rk, NY 10025 212-665-1070 e-mail: arnie250@hotmail.com

Ben Berkowitz continues to impress us with the success of his New Havenbased company, y SeeClickFix.com, which empowers citizens to improve their communities. In July, y SeeClickFix’s mobile phone download was named by Forbes.com as one of “Te T n Socially Responsible Mobile Apps.” Dan Fleschner reports, “I’m actually out in LA now — I left f the T day Show and moved here last fall.

To I launched a couple of Olympics-related news shows and wrote/produced a V ncouver Olympics documentary for Va a network out here called Universal Sports; and I just started a gig running NFL Network’s Sunday morning pregame show that airs fr f om We W ek 1 of the NFL season through the Super Bowl. Should be an interesting and, hopefully, y fun challenge.”

1995 Class Correspondent: Jack Hill 21 Court Street New Haven, CT 06511 203-675-3942 e-mail: johnhill4@hotmail.com

Noah Charney's new book, the nonf ction Stealing the Mystic Lamb, will fi be published in early October. r The story "unsnarls the tangled history of Jan van Eyck’s 15th-century Th T e Ghent Alta t rp r iece (aka Th T e Mystic Lamb), ‘the most desired and victimized object of all time.’” The tale of true-life f heroism, villainy, y artistry and passion includes an 8-page color photo insert. Our deep sympathy to Katherine Tu T rrentine Gilbert, brother Dan Tu T rrentine ’93 and sister Liz Tu T rrentine Gouldman ’87, whose father Drake Tu T rrentine died on July 14.

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Michael Fertik ’93 — Helping People Protect their Online Reputations Recalling his experience at Foote, Michael Fertik ’93 says, “There was an emphasis on the classics, on the ancients as sources of wisdom. And there was an emphasis on language. It was at Foote that my interest in both was ignited.

That knowledge has served me well.”

Manu Na N than ’97 and Jesse Phillip i s ’11 on an August trip i to Healds d burg rg, CA C , with Sam Burbank ’12 and Sam's mother Bets ty ’80 to visit her brother John ’79. Als l o on the trip i were Summer Programs director Dawn Wa W ls l h, and Jesse’s da d d Ja J ck Ciccolo.

1996 15th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondent: Brett Nowak 602 N 43rd St. Seattle, WA W 98103 e-mail: Nowak.Brett@gmail.com

Katy Zandy Atlas 53 Downing Street Apt. 3 New Yo Y rk, NY 10014 e-mail: katy91@gmail.com

1997 Class Correspondent: Eliza Sayward 14 We W st Haycock Point Road Branford, CT 06405 203-488-4462 e-mail: elizasayward@yahoo.com

Tera Zarra is a member of Circus T Artemis, an “all-women, familyf iendly circus of strength, beauty, fr y and empowerment” in Portland, OR. Kartik Sreenivasan was married to Tina Wa W dhwa on June 13, 2009. He received his PhD in neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently working in a cognitive neuroscience research lab at the University of California at Berkeley, y where he focuses on the neural networks that support working memory. y Summer 2010

But there was something else, too.

Searching for the right word, Fertik settles on “gentle.” Foote was, he says, “a gentle place. There was a strong emphasis on living an ethical life and treating others ethically and morally.”

Fertik never forgot that. While attending Harvard, he launched an enterprise class software company fueled by $7 million he raised from leading venture capital funds. But the company, which soon had more than 30 employees and customers in North America and Europe, didn’t satisfy his desire to help other people, so he sold it and enrolled in the Harvard Law School.

It was while serving as a clerk to Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States, in 2005 that he read an article that changed his life. “It was about cyber bullying,” he remembers. “It was a growing trend and I said, ‘Someone’s got to do something about it!’”

With a background in both information technology and law, Fertik was qualified.

When his clerkship ended in 2006, he founded ReputationDefender which, in just four years, has become one of the world’s leading online reputation management and privacy companies. With customers in 100 countries, it employs more than 100 people. Wild West 2.0, the book about how to protect and restore one’s online reputation that Fertik wrote with David Thompson, ReputationDefender’s general counsel and chief privacy officer, became an overnight bestseller.

“Citizens have the right to control and protect their online reputation and privacy,” says the man who recalls that Foote’s focus on ethical behavior “made a big impression on me.” — Jim H. Smith

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1998 Class Correspondents Andrew Lebov 241A N. Grant Street San Mateo, CA 94401 203-671-1506 (cell) e-mail: alebov@gmail.com Elisabeth Sacco 10 Centre St, Apt 2C Cambridge, MA 02139 617-699-7797 e-mail: saccopotatoes@yahoo.com

Liz Antle writes, “Tw T o of my pieces made it into Flock, a juried show that opened in August at Artspace in New Haven. I am also planning to open my studio for City Wide Open Studios this year and am preparing for a solo show at Koffee on Audubon in January. y ” Kendall Cox married Rickey LeClerc on July 24. Suzanna Guidone and fiancé Joe Lombardo were married in NYC on July 10.

They just bought a place in Boston and Suzanna owns her own photography studio (suzannamarchphotography. y com). Andrew Lebov is living in the San Francisco Bay area and working in animation at Google as the Lead Motion Graphic Designer. r Gwyneth McClendon was married to Scott Andrew Hartman on August 14 in New Yo Y rk City. y She is completing work for a PhD at Princeton. Scott just graduated fr f om Ya Y le Law School.

Kathleen Murphy is still working at Y le and bought a house in the Fair Ya Haven section of New Haven. Robert Stewart and wife Samantha announce the birth of daughter Olivia (without exaggeration, an absolute beauty!) She was 20 inches and weighed in at 7 lbs 9 oz. Robert (a 2005 graduate of T inity College) is employed with the Tr CT Department of Social Services.

Samantha (a 2008 graduate of SCSU) will begin a teaching position with T ach for America in the fall. Robert, Te Samantha, and Olivia live in Naugatuck, CT. T

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1999 Class Correspondents: Chelsea Rittchen 19 Burton Street New Haven, CT 06515 203-387-8493

Jeremy Zuidema 120 Harbor Drive Stamford, CT 06902 203-804-4818 e-mail: jmzuidema@gmail.com

Jonathan Wi W nter spent the summer in Europe, rowing in the Wo W rld Cup

Class of 2000 — 10th Reunion

From le Fr l ft ft, Ma Max He H ath th, Sa S ra r h Pi Pickard rd, Da D nie i lllla Berm r an, n Sh S annon Swe w eney ey, and Ca C ititlin Ba B bia i rz r

Although there were just a few of us at our 10 year reunion, everyone in attendance was doing great and had heard from others who were doing wonderfully as well.

Daniella Berman is enjoying living in DC and working at the National Gallery of Art. Max Heath is teaching music lessons at Foote School and working on his own music. Alex Kleiner is en route to San Francisco to begin work as an Associate at Vector Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm.

While Sarah Pickard will begin her last year of medical school at Stanford with an interest in pediatric cardiology, y Shannon Sweeney will begin her first year of a PhD in Planning and Public Policy at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University. y Dan Leventhal is also in school, continuing his PhD at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has a summer research internship at Adobe. Rob Madden, on the other hand, teaches (and coaches soccer and lacrosse, of course) at The Ta T ft School. Peter Granquist is also teaching, in his case elementary school children in San Francisco.

He visited Sam Pepe in Minneapolis this summer.r Sam is living with college buddies and teaching at a nonprofit, Playworks, based in a St. Paul elementary school.

Cait Babiarz is living in Boston and working as a planning manager at TJX and recently caught up with Sadie Lieber who is working on her master’s in clinical psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge and is living with Caitlin Cahow.

Caitlin is starting law school at Boston College. Molly Weiner and Pete Duncan enter their third and fourth years respectively at Ya Y le Medical School, while Becca Williams got her nursing degree from Quinnipiac last spring. — Shannon Sweeney

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races. Wo W rld Cup 1 was May 28–30 in Bled, Slovenia. Wo W rld Cup 2 was June 18–20 in Munich, Germany. y Wo W rld Cup 3 was July 9–11 in Luzern, Switzerland. In addition to the world cups, he earned 3rd place at the 55th Bled International Regatta on June 11 and planned to race in the Holland Beker (Amsterdam) June 26–27 and Henley Royal (UK) June 30–J – uly 4.

Feel fr f ee to join his e-mail digest to catch all the latest news: http:// / groups.google.com/group/j / winter. r

2000 Class Correspondents: Alex Kleiner 1770 Broadway, y Apt. 406 San Francisco, CA 94109 e-mail: alex.m.kleiner@gmail.com Shannon Sweeney 124 Montgomery St., Apt. 22 Highland Park, NJ N 08904 e-mail: smsweeney07@gmail.com

A big thank you to Av A i Bergman, who is stepping down as class correspondent. And another big thank you to Shannon Sweeney for taking her place! Aft f er an extremely successful run on the US women’s ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in V ncouver, Va r Caitlin Cahow came back to Foote in May to speak to students and show them her silver medal (see page 18). She is in Boston, beginning study at BC Law School. Alex Kleiner has moved to San Francisco to begin work as an associate at Ve V ctor Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm. Ian Lebov is an engineer working for a company that is building a better electric motorcycle for commuters. The company is called Zero and is based near Santa Cruz, CA. Kurt Padilla graduated fr f om UConn in 2007 with a degree in mechanical engineering. In June 2009 he married Kathleen Frey of New Jersey. y His present hobby: microbrewery, y he took 20th place in the Samuel Adams competition.

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Sean Ha H rrity t ’02, Alex Wi W ske ’04, Ry R an Ha H rrity t ’98, Matthew ’94 and Jennif ifer ’02 Milikowsky, y and Cla l y Wi Wiske ’02 at th t e Phila l delp l hia i Livestr t ong n Challeng n e, e August 2009. Th T e group als l o did th t e 2010 event on August 22. Th T e team, which inclu l des about 25 members r , is named “J “ on’s Crew, w ” in honor of Jennif ifer and Matt’s broth t er Jon ’98, who died in 2006.

2001 10th Reunion, May 7, 2011 Class Correspondents: Adam Jacobs 14 Ta T nglewood Lane W odbridge, CT 06525 Wo 203-393-1760 Cassie Pagnam 404 Robin Hill Road Marlborough, MA 01752 e-mail: cassie.pagnam@gmail.com

Hunter Lamere is a radiation technician at Ve V olia Environmental Services in Boston.

2002 Class Correspondents: Hope Fleming 47 Old Quarry Road Guilford, CT 06437 203-453-9400 Eric Mayer 1450 E. 55th Pl. Apt 926S Chicago, IL 60637 203-804-4471 e-mail: fm f ayer2010@gmail.com

Anna Padilla finished 4 years of varsity crew at Northeastern University

and graduated with a BS degree. She is currently doing an internship and expects to complete a doctorate in physical therapy in May 2011. She has started working with the Northeastern crew team in strength training and power lift f ing. Emmett Smith graduated fr f om Ya Y le and is teaching and coaching sailing and racing at the San Francisco Ya Y cht Club.

Clay Wi W ske has begun medical school at Brown aft f er finishing an MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology at the University of Cambridge, UK, on August 3. Jennifer Milikowsky is working with endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers at The Nature Conservancy’s Disney Wilderness Preserve in Florida.

2003 Class Correspondents: Courtney Holmes 98 Jennifer Road Hamden, CT 06517 203-287-1587 Adam Shapiro 142 Carmalt Road Hamden, CT 06517 203-288-9979

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Ginger Cline graduated fr f om University of Michigan with a degree in French, history, y and political science. She received the William Jennings Bryan prize in political science and a Fulbright fellowship to France. She plans to spend the coming academic year in Paris, where she will pursue graduate studies and teach English. Courtney Holmes writes, “I just finished my fourth year at T skegee University and will begin Tu grad school there in the fall to pursue my master’s. I was inducted into 2 honor societies this semester (Alpha Kappa Mu and Epsilon Ta T u Sigma).

In May I traveled to Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Holland.”

2004 Class Correspondents: Dillon Long 398 Peddler’s Road Guilford, CT 06437 203-453-2196 e-mail: know33@gmail.com Dana Schwartz 235 Thimble Islands Road Stony Creek, CT 06405 203-315-0300 e-mail: schwa20d@mtholyoke.edu

Samantha Mashaw was a technical assistant on the Foote Summer Theater’s production of Moliere’s Th T e

School fo f r Wi W ves, directed by Julian Schlusberg. John Peck, is president of his senior class at Hobart and William Smith College, has been selected to be a member of the Stewardson Society Committee comprised of a group of the college's seniors who are dedicated to advancing and promoting giving back to the college.

2005 Class Correspondents: Gabriella Rhodeen 24700 McBean Pkwy. y V lencia, CA 91355 Va 203-815-5312 e-mail: gabriella.rhodeen@gmail.com Dan Te T bes 188 Armory Street Hamden, CT 06517 203-946-2021 e-mail: tebesd@kenyon.edu

Angela Moore, in addition to juggling an aggressive course load at Fairfield University, y mentored and tutored high school students in the Bridgeport public schools system during her sophomore year. r She has maintained an above 3.0 cumulative GPA P in both her f eshman and sophomore years and fr looks forward to an equally challenging and intense junior year as she pursues a major in sociology and anthropology and a minor in philosophy. y

T ree Foote alums at their Choate graduation: Cynthia Deng ’07, Th 7 Forrey Ha H mmer ’07, 7 and Kerry Ta T kahashi ’07

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Her summer plans include a little of everything: work, rest, relaxation, and summer study. y Nathaniel Moore is entering his junior year at Skidmore College with a double major in English and theater. r He is spending the fall in London, studying at BADA (British Academy for Dramatic Arts).

Dan Te T bes has been working on a farm in Gambier, r OH.

2006 Class Correspondents: Audrey Logan 3 Pepperwood Drive Branford, CT 06405 203-215-6685 e-mail: logan.audrey@gmail.com Adam Gabbard 1530 Ridge Road North Haven, CT 06473 203-248-9937 e-mail: adamdgabbard@yahoo.com

Toby Armour, who is beginning study T at Johns Hopkins, won the Seymour St. John Aw A ard at Choate “for the greatest contribution to athletics in the sixth form.” Jack Dickey worked at New Ha H ven Magazine over the summer and is transferring to Columbia University. y Adam Gabbard writes, “I’m playing soccer for Curry College, and this fall I’m competing for a starting spot as a sophomore.

I’m thinking about majoring in either sociology or criminal justice ... This past spring I earned my State Diploma coaching license for soccer and hope to continue and eventually get my National Coaching License aft f er I graduate college.” Sofi f a Gearty finished her fr f eshman year at Ya Y le and is planning to be a biology major and pre-med. She spent this past June with a genetics lab at the Ya Y le Medical School doing research on children’s reading disabilities in Zambia. Audrey Logan reports, “While completing my f eshman year at Occidental College I fr joined Delta Omicron Ta T u sorority and will be an orientation trip leader for students of Oxy’s class of 2014 Foote Prints

this fall. This summer I was also involved with the Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven.” Chelsea Ross writes, “At F&M, I play on the field hockey and squash teams and am a member of the sorority Chi Omega.

This summer I was a camp counselor at Aloha Hive in VT. T ” Lauren We W bb was recently chosen to be a staff member in Bentley University’s trading room, the Hughey Center for Financial Services.

2007 Class Correspondents: Kenny Kregling 55 Ranch Road Hamden, CT 06517 203-288-3696

e-mail: kkregling@snet.net Symphony Spell 52 Bryden Te T rrace Hamden, CT 06517 203-776-9805 e-mail: symphony. y spell@gmail.com

Fourteen members of the Class of ’07 graduated fr f om Choate in June. Sam Craft f is attending Middlebury College, where he plans to run cross country and track. Rachel Green is at Hamilton College. Emanne Saleh is attending Oberlin College; Daniel Homer is attending Hampshire College. Morgan Monz is attending Colby College.

Anna Deming is at Wa W shington University in St. Louis. Gabrielle Siegel is now at Barnard. Foote classmates Xander Kerman and Forrey Hammer were co-winners of the Choate Rosemary Hall Aw A ard for excellence in English. Xander is at Williams College and Forrey is at Harvard. Forrey also received the award for “the outstanding sixth form male scholar in the school.” He and Erica Lin won the prize for instrumental music. Erica is at Georgetown University. y Jessica Nicholson is attending Emerson. Brian W solmerski is at Pomona College.

Wy Cynthia Deng (photo) won many prizes, including one for “a true love of learning.” Cynthia and Kerry Summer 2010

Every summer brings a number of alums back to campus to work with Summer Program, Footebridg d e or help l in other ways. Th T is past summer included, d bottom row, w fr f om left ft, Semaj a Ha H ley ’09, Rasa Guarnaccia ’07, 7 Guiliana Gearty t ’09, Lamar Smith ’10, Center row, w Ti T m Gabbard ’05, Annie Fowler ’09, Louise Newman ’07, 7 Andrew Seagreaves ’09, Kelly l Udels l man ’08, and Elizabeth Calderoni ’04, Samantha Mashaw ’04, Alex Sernyak ’10 To T p row, w Symphony Spell ’07, 7 Max Heath ’00, Mike Mila l zzo ’08, Na N t Wa W rner ’00, Brandon Stone ’07, 7 Jimmy LaPosta t ’08

Takahashi (photo) are still classmates T — now at Ya Y le. Rasa Guarnaccia graduated fr f om Hopkins and was awarded the Te T d DeLauro Scholarship at their awards assembly on May 24. She attends Wa W shington University. y Also at Hopkins, Ry R an Healey won the award for a twelft f h grader “who has done more for the school than any other student in the class.” Elizab a eth Granata was recognized as the outstanding f male athlete, and Ti fe T mothy Granata received the Robert Wy W ant memorial A ard. Jana BabouderAw r Matta received the John A. Doughan Aw A ard. Greg Padilla graduated fr f om Notre Dame High School in June and is now at UConn. He played varsity soccer for four years and hopes to continue playing at UConn. Symphony Spell was named a New Haven Register Yo Y uth of the Ye Y ar. r She graduated fr f om the Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School and is at New Yo Y rk University. y

2008 Class Correspondents: Michael Milazzo 70 Swarthmore Street Hamden, CT 06517 203-407-8117 e-mail: milazzom@avonoldfarms.com Kate Reilly Yu Y rkovsky 42 Jennifer Drive North Haven, CT 06473 203-234-9148 e-mail: K_R_Y7@yahoo.com

Bo Peard is a member of the Choate boys crew team that capped off a strong season with a second place finish at the 2010 US Rowing Yo Y uth National Championships in June. He was also a recipient of the William A. Pudvah, Jr. r Aw A ard for “the greatest contribution to athletics in the fift fh form.” Lily McCarthy and Jenny Seibyl are both on the staff of the 59

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Choate newspaper. r Hanna Organschi won the Choate prize for excellence in the study of political science. At Hopkins, Sophie Chua-Rubenfeld received the award for excellence in English in the eleventh grade.

2009 Class Correspondents: Chris Blackwood 70 Canner Street New Haven, CT 06511 203-865-2777 e-mail: cblackwood@andover. r edu Eva Kerman 165 To T keneke Drive North Haven, CT 06473 203-281-0565 e-mail: ekerman12@choate.edu

Garrett Farrell is a copy editor for the Choate newspaper. r Ben Della Rocca played the role of Chrysalde, and Natasha Flath was Georgette in the Foote Summer Theater production of Moliere’s The School fo f r Wi W ves, while Annie Fowler was a member of the stage crew. w

2010 Class Correspondents: Brandi Fullwood 55 Sherman Av A enue New Haven, CT 06511 e-mail: xobrandilinaxo@yahoo.com Clay Pepe 157 Santa Fe Av A enue Hamden, CT 06517 e-mail: cpepe13@choate.edu

On Graduation Day, y Bun Lai ’84 introduced Brandi Fullwood and Clay Pepe as the class correspondents. Former Foote teacher Karen Sharp sent a message to the class of 2010: “It was such a delightfu f l surprise and honor to receive the diploma in memory of Hannah Lee ’08, which you bestowed upon me at your graduation. I was so moved by your presentation. I thank you all for choosing me and wish you the very best in your fu f ture 60

Bo Peard ’08, second fr f om left ft, and his Choate crew teammates celebrating their 2nd pla l ce fi f nish at the 2010 US Rowing Yo Y uth Na N tional Championships on June 11 in Cincinnati, i Ohio

years. Good luck and do return.” Zoe Dobuler, Caroline Agsten, and Julia McCarthy are all on the staff f of the Choate newspaper. r Both Zoe and Julia were recognized with honorable mentions in Choate prizes: Zoe in the Frances Burton Chaff ffee Prize for “good infl f uence, industry, y sound scholarship and honorable conduct in the third form (girl),” and Julia in the P. P Gordon Stillman Aw A ard for excellence in the study of history, y philosophy, y religion, and social sciences in the third form. Maggie Peard was awarded an honorable mention in the Edith Wa W llis A ard for “the greatest contribution to Aw athletics in the third form.” She was also the recipient of the Frances Burton Chaff ffee Prize. James Deng won the Choate Rosemary Hall Aw A ard for

Former fa f culty t members Marg r aret Brooks and Francie Irvine, with Andrew McLaren in Va V ranasi, i India — March 2010.

excellence in Algebra, as well as the Alfr f ed A. Cook Prize for “good infl f uence, industry, y sound scholarship and honorable conduct in the third form (boy).” At Hopkins, Ashley Meng received the Stanley Daggett Aw A ard, given to a tenth grade student to recognize leadership. Nat Wa W rner played the role of Horace in Foote Summer Theater’s production of Moliere’s Th T e School fo f r Wi W ves.

FORMER FA F CULT LTY NEWS Congratulations to Pat Mahnensmith (math teacher) whose daughter, r Mary Pat and son-in-law Grant had a baby girl, Addie (Adelaide) LaDonna on May 25, 2010. We W are sad to report the death of Sara Sparrow (consulting school psychologist, 1978–2005) June 10. Sara was profe f ssor emerita of psychology and chief psychologist at the Y le Child Study Center fr Ya f om 1977– 7 2002. Francie Irvine (French, Spanish, English, Dean of Student Aff f airs, Director of Admissions, 1970–1982) writes, “Such a treat to attend Reunion 2010 to see members of the classes of 1975 and 1980. I’m assistant head at New Canaan Country School but will return to New Haven eventually. y Remarried in 2004 to Andrew McLaren, former school head.

He and I spent 2 weeks in India with Foote Prints

Margaret Brooks (French, 1969–88) in March 2010.” Ashley Vi V etor (Latin and grade 4, 1996–98) sends news: “My husband Oliver and I and our fi f ve (soon to be six!) children live in Phoenix, AZ. In September, r Oliver will be ordained a Catholic priest under the terms of the Pastoral Provision for former Anglican clergy. y I have great memories of teaching Latin at Foote and can’t wait to put my old Latin books to use when I home school our 5th grade daughter in the fall!” Karen (Knapp) Sharp (MAG teacher, r 1968–2004) enjoyed going back to Foote to sub in various classrooms. She says that she is “always glad to be working with the children once again and seeing everyone. To T ok an awesome cruise this spring fr f om NY to Ve V nice and then the Greek islands. Finished it off f with a trip to London to visit with To T m’s daughter and family. y ” Karen was also awarded the Hannah Lee Diploma on Graduation Day this year at Foote. See page 6. Jenny Stetzer Goldberg (7th grade history and English, 2001–05) writes, “Aft f er a decade in 7th grade, I am moving back a fe f w grades! In September I’ll start teaching a mixedage class of 4th and 5th graders at Germantown Friends School, where Ben (5) will start kindergarten, and Sarah (2) is in the preschool. We W are happily settled in Philadelphia but still miss my Foote fr f iends and students.”

John Sharon (Head of Upper School, History and English teacher, r 1995– 2001) is currently director of the middle school at Lexington Christian Academy outside Boston. He will soon be applying for an M.A. in independent school leadership at Columbia University. y He writes that he misses Foote and wishes everyone there his very best. Ly L nn Carson (3rd grade, 2003–04) has three children (5, 3 and 2 months old) and is owner/ r administrator of Creative To T ts Preschool in Madeira, OH. Ellen de Forest (Kindergarten, 1973–88) writes, “In Dec. 2004, I moved fr f om my home of 52 years to Evergreen Wo W ods, a retirement Summer 2010

community with all the helpfu f l services to deal with disabilities, mine being joints. The calendar is fu f ll of activities and the people are interesting and fu f n. I have found some dear fr f iends. Dinners together are easy to plan. I am keeping up with tennis aft f er a fashion. I enjoyed the French Open and look forward to W mbledon! I can still drive, thank Wi heaven! I despair of man’s capacity to damage/destroy his planet.”

Congratulations to Ben Fussiner (Aft f er School Program and 3rd grade associate, 1990–99), who married Sondra Lender on July 24. Ben is head of the middle school at Friends Seminary in New Yo Y rk. Ben and Sondra met through one of Ben’s fo f rmer Foote 3rd grade students, Annie Sklaver ’99.

Geoff f Parker (Te T chnology Dept., 2005–07) writes, “I have been called as the Associate Pastor of First Parish Church in Brunswick, ME. My formal ordination as a minister in The United Church of Christ will be held at the Church of the Redeemer in New Haven on Oct. 3 at 4:30 p.m. Ve V ry exciting!”

Cristina Delgado ’73 threw a party fo f r Natalia Delgado (Grade 3, 1965–83), Lisa To T tman ’56 (Grade 3, 1966–present) and Vi V rginia Wi W lkinson (History, y

1971–78). Attending were Foote alums Andrew and Sarah Coe, Ellie Bannister Deardorff f , Rob Gurwitt, Jim Gordon, Dolores Delgado, To T m Kligerman, and various spouses. (see photo page 48)

In Memoriam Polly Wi W ggin Hamilton ’31 March 22, 2010 William Gumbart, Jr. ’38 W May 2, 2010 Anne Wa W terman Cooley ’39 March 28, 2010 Margaret Paradise Spoor ’39 June 17, 2009 Anne Wi W lliams Graves ’40 May 10, 2010 Ruth Hunt We W therilt ’44 March 26, 2010 Carolyn We W lch Jensen Chadwick '58 August 14, 2010 Elizab a eth “Emmy” Glenn McLellan ’65 April 7, 2010

New members N r of th t e Fo F ote t School fa f cult lty Front row, w fr f om left f : Erika Vi V lla l , Adm d inistr trative Assista t nt/ t/Receptionist; t Ha H nnah Buehring ng, MA M G Associa i te Te T acher; r Courtney Ja J ne “CJ C ” Bell, l T acher Intern; Elizabeth Mello, Curriculum Coordinator; Te r Kyle Chapman, Mathematics.

Middle row, w fr f om left f : Na N thaniel Rolnick, Music; Meg e han Karoly l i, i Th T ird Grade Associate; Richard Gabbard, d Mathematics. Back row: Kim Ya Y p, MAG Te T acher; r Luciana McClure, Art Associate; Sally l Simonds d , Administrative Assista t nt/ t/Receptionist, t John Tu T rner, r Head of Middle School. Missing fr f om the photo: Xie Jun, this year’s Chinese Guest Te T acher

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Reunion Day 2010 On May 8, the upbeat atmosphere belied the heavy rain as more than 175 happy alums caught up with each other, introduced spouses and children, and generally enjoyed reconnecting with Foote. It was a special reunion year for the classes ending in 5 and 0, and many classes enjoyed evening gatherings with classmates who were unable to attend the on-campus event. (See individual class summaries and photos throughout the Class Notes section.)

Head of School Carol Maoz greeted the assembly and initiated a new tradition as she presented special silk scarves with the Foote School seal to members of the class of 1935 celebrating their 75th reunion.

Franz and Margaret Foote Oppenheimer ’35 in front of her mother’s portrait

Anne Roche ’84 and Annie Wareck ’85

The Alumnus Achievement Award was presented to Bruce Conklin ’75 in recognition of his pioneering work in science and medical research.

Former Foote science teacher Marian Spiro, whom Bruce credits with creating “a sense of wonder” in her students, was on hand for the occasion.

Ann Baker Pepe, director of development and alumnae/i programs, spoke movingly about recently deceased graduates Isabelle Tuttle DeWitt ’40, Ted Sizer ’45, and Ben Sklaver ’92, noting that each of the three had used their Foote School education exceedingly well.

Head of School Carol Maoz

After the luncheon, a number of alums took guided tours of the campus, and several took advantage of a special program about the planetary system held at Yale’s Leitner Observatory on nearby Prospect Street.

Reunion Day 2011, planned for May 7, is a special reunion for classes ending in 1 and 6.

Bill Henning and Pat Fiorito Oakes ’60

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Sarah Blake ’75 signing her bestselling novel, The Postmistress

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Admissions Director Laura Altshul, l Bruce Conklin ’75, Carol Maoz, and science teacher Leslie Long

Alumnae/i Achievement Award Past Recipients— Send Us Your Thoughts for the Future Matt Moses ’90 and fa f mily l

We’d like to have your ideas. Please let us know of classmates or other Foote alums you feel would be worthy recipients of the Alumnae/i Achievement Award.

Our alums are doing great things, and we don’t always know it, so be in touch with Maria Granquist (mgranquist@footeschool.org).

Public Service & Law Vice Chancellor for Legal Arrais (SUNY) 2009 Nicholas Rostow ’64 Physician Scientist and Medical Informatics Innovator 2008 Perry Miller ’58 Actor and Educator 2007 Sam Babbitt ’42 Cassandra, da d ughter of Elizabeth Munro Lovering ’90

Cla l ss of 1990 reuners r Amy Cohn Cra r wf wford, d Nick Lehmann and Stephanie Berman

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Foote School Teacher and Innovator 2006 Lisa Farrel Totman ’56

Gerry Hemingway ’69, Brooks Kerr ’66, Elinor Blake Zanes ’80 2000 Contributions to Drama & Film Jim Bigwood ’68, Mark Conklin ’76, Marcus Giamatti ’77, Paul Giamatti ’82, Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury ’70, Stephen W. Mendillo ’54, Stephen Tag Mendillo ’80, Marcus Stern ’75 Poet 1999

Chase Twichell ’64

School Historians 2005 Class of 1935

Vision and Leadership on Behalf of New Haven 1998 Anne Tyler Calabresi ’48

Biophysics & Physiology 2004 Bertil Hille ’54

Advocate for the Environment 1997 Nancy Osterweis Alderman ’52

Author & Illustrator 2002 Elisha Cooper ’86

Contributions to Education 1996 Anna Miles Jones ’41 1995 Ted Sizer ’45 1994 Guido Calabresi ’46 1993 Hanna Holborn Gray ’43

2001 Contributions to Music Ben Allison ’82, Brian Drutman ’77,

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Alumnus Achievement Award Recipient Bruce Conklin ’75 Makes Science Accessible Bruce Conklin came to Foote the day before Reunion so he could meet with the ninth grade biology class. Teacher Leslie Long says he did a masterful job, presenting his work on differentiating stem cells into heart cells in a way that students could both understand and enjoy. She felt they really connected, and thought about physi-

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cians in new ways, as he described the intersection of medical practice and clinical research.

The next morning at the Awards Ceremony, Bruce once again did a masterful job. Addressing more than 170 alumnae/i, along with faculty and former faculty — including his Foote

School science teacher, Marian Spiro — he captured his audience with a cleverly illustrated presentation. It was tied together under the theme of the science club, first formed in the Philippines, where his family lived for a year and his mother contributed to his formation as a scientist. The club continued at Foote, and he colorfully described the sixth grade science club, showing a Class of 1975 Kindergarten photo with notations on the members now working in science or technology.

Bruce proceeded to describe the work of his current “science club,” the graduate students and staff he works with as senior investigator at Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, where he is founding director of the Gladstone core laboratories for genomics and stem cell research.

Bruce is also a professor of medical genetics at the University of California, San Francisco. His research has focused on learning how drugs work, screening drugs for safety, drug screening with stem cells, and reduced use of animal tests.

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With your help …

Foote School’s Annual Fund will keep on climbing!

Foote School’s Annual Fund has benefited greatly from the generosity of the Foote community, and increased participation over the past few years has resulted in a significant boost to the Fund’s revenue, supporting so many everyday activities at school.

Owing in large part to the tireless efforts of parent and faculty volunteers, parent participation rose dramatically over the past 3 years from 44 percent to 71 percent, and faculty involvement has risen by 41 percent since 2007. Alumni reunion classes have coordinated class gifts for special purposes while grandparents and past parents are some of our most consistent and enthusiastic donors.

A student on the annual fifth grade overnight field trip to Deer Lake in Killingsworth, CT. The trip focuses on environmental studies and community building.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Grandparents Day Friday, October 15, 2010 The program includes visiting students in their classrooms and experiencing Foote directly through mini-classes designed for visiting grandparents and special friends. Invitations, to be mailed in September, will include a Thursday evening cocktail party at the New Haven Lawn Club to learn about the school’s new building project.

Parents Night Thursday, September 23, 2010 A special evening to meet teachers, learn about the curriculum, and also learn about the new science and technology building project and its benefits for the entire school.

Young Alums Day Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Questions about any of these events?

Contact Maria Granquist in the Alumnae/i and Development Office (mgranquist@footeschool.org or 203-777-3464).

The classes of 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 are invited back to Foote for brunch and catching up with old classmates and former teachers. Invitations will be mailed to students’ home addresses in early November. It also will be posted on the school’s website and at www.facebook.com/FooteAlums.

Alumnae/i Reunion Day Saturday, May 7, 2011 There also will be an evening party on Friday, May 6 to visit, enjoy, and learn about the new building project. Watch for details in the mail, on www.footeschool.org, and on www.facebook.com/FooteAlums. This is a special reunion for the classes ending in 6 and 1.

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