Gilmour Magazine Fall 2014

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Gilmour

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Center for the Performing Arts in the Spotlight

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Meet the New Division Directors

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Honor Roll of Donors GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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FALL 2014

Gilmour

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New Center for the Performing Arts Learn all about the proposed state-of-the-art center and how it is building excitement for students and alumni alike.

10

Wһere We’re Headed

Wһat’s Inside

These are exciting times at the Academy. The 2013-2014 school year was filled with incredible successes. The year saw students published in prestigious science research journals; a Moot Court state championship; impressive college placements; volleyball, girls cross country, girls swimming and diving, and boys track and field finishing as state runners-up; seven student-athletes committing to play sports at the collegiate level; six Gilmour coaches selected for Coach of the Year honors; and an Annual Fund goal met on the heels of an “Evening in Paris,” which netted more than $450,000.

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Meet the New Division Directors Get to know this terrific trio of educators as they discuss their philosophies, vision and goals for the next generation of Lancers.

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Honor Roll of Donors

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None of these wonderful successes would be accomplished without the support of many who shared the vision and leadership of Br. Robert Lavelle. With Br. Robert’s recent announcement about his stepping back from his role as Head of School, the Gilmour community pauses to reflect on all that he is and all that has transpired at the school we love. As he transitions from being Head of School, he will join efforts in guiding the school to the next threshold.

After much planning, we are launching an exciting, new fundraising project. Thanks to the generosity of Lorraine and Bill Dodero, who provided a lead gift of $5 million, we will be seeking funding to build a much-needed Center for the Performing Arts. While we are a long way from breaking ground, we are continuing with the planning and are so grateful for the generosity of the Doderos and the other families who have come forward to support this transformational project, which will enhance the experiences of current and new generations of students.

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Gilmour has seen tremendous growth over the past 34 years with Br. Robert at the helm. However, in the midst of all the progress, one thing has remained constant – our mission as a Holy Cross school. It serves as a unifying source of strength for our Gilmour family. Every student and every faculty member who has walked the Gilmour grounds understands the importance and uniqueness of both our mission and the sense of community at Gilmour. And for that, we will be forever grateful to Br. Robert and the many who have helped make our Holy Cross mission a lived experience.

We are excited to debut the redesigned Gilmour magazine! You may have noticed that our magazine has a new look, starting with the cover, but that’s only the beginning. With this fall’s edition, we have endeavored to blend the traditional and contemporary – to create a publication that is visually stimulating and provides depth of content. We hope that you are as excited about our new design and features as we are. After reading this debut edition, we hope you will be eager for the next! If you have any ideas for future stories or would like to share any feedback, please email us at gilmourmagazine@gilmour.org.

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Devin Schlickmann; Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93; Holly Yotter; Amy Boyle

STAFF MANAGING EDITOR

Amy Boyle EDITOR

Beth Geraci ’90

ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ADMISSION AND MARKETING

Devin Schlickmann DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Holly Yotter Sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana 2

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ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ADVANCEMENT

Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93 DESIGN/PRODUCTION

markey creative PRINTING

PHOTOGRAPHY

John Bashian ’78 Jon D’Orazio ’60 Megan Mlacker Photography Mark Most Michael Spear Jim Venditti Photography

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THE VOICE This section will appear in each issue and will allow readers to take a walk down memory lane as well as share their own memories.

FEATURE STORIES The vision for a new Center for Performing Arts; three new division directors named

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2014 COMMENCEMENT

28 AROUND CAMPUS

Moot Court State Champions; Deanne Nowak, Ph.D. is honored with 2014 Leavey Award; welcome new faculty; students weigh in on “Why I Chose Gilmour”

34 ALUM NEWS 58 LANCER ATHLETICS

Athletics Hall of Fame; six coaches named Coach of the Year

60 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 99

MEMORIALS

Dear Parents, We send this magazine to college-aged graduates at their parents’ homes. Please forward this to keep your son or daughter informed about GA.

Oliver Printing GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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FALL 2014

Gilmour

6

New Center for the Performing Arts Learn all about the proposed state-of-the-art center and how it is building excitement for students and alumni alike.

10

Wһere We’re Headed

Wһat’s Inside

These are exciting times at the Academy. The 2013-2014 school year was filled with incredible successes. The year saw students published in prestigious science research journals; a Moot Court state championship; impressive college placements; volleyball, girls cross country, girls swimming and diving, and boys track and field finishing as state runners-up; seven student-athletes committing to play sports at the collegiate level; six Gilmour coaches selected for Coach of the Year honors; and an Annual Fund goal met on the heels of an “Evening in Paris,” which netted more than $450,000.

6

Meet the New Division Directors Get to know this terrific trio of educators as they discuss their philosophies, vision and goals for the next generation of Lancers.

60

Honor Roll of Donors

10

None of these wonderful successes would be accomplished without the support of many who shared the vision and leadership of Br. Robert Lavelle. With Br. Robert’s recent announcement about his stepping back from his role as Head of School, the Gilmour community pauses to reflect on all that he is and all that has transpired at the school we love. As he transitions from being Head of School, he will join efforts in guiding the school to the next threshold.

After much planning, we are launching an exciting, new fundraising project. Thanks to the generosity of Lorraine and Bill Dodero, who provided a lead gift of $5 million, we will be seeking funding to build a much-needed Center for the Performing Arts. While we are a long way from breaking ground, we are continuing with the planning and are so grateful for the generosity of the Doderos and the other families who have come forward to support this transformational project, which will enhance the experiences of current and new generations of students.

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Gilmour has seen tremendous growth over the past 34 years with Br. Robert at the helm. However, in the midst of all the progress, one thing has remained constant – our mission as a Holy Cross school. It serves as a unifying source of strength for our Gilmour family. Every student and every faculty member who has walked the Gilmour grounds understands the importance and uniqueness of both our mission and the sense of community at Gilmour. And for that, we will be forever grateful to Br. Robert and the many who have helped make our Holy Cross mission a lived experience.

We are excited to debut the redesigned Gilmour magazine! You may have noticed that our magazine has a new look, starting with the cover, but that’s only the beginning. With this fall’s edition, we have endeavored to blend the traditional and contemporary – to create a publication that is visually stimulating and provides depth of content. We hope that you are as excited about our new design and features as we are. After reading this debut edition, we hope you will be eager for the next! If you have any ideas for future stories or would like to share any feedback, please email us at gilmourmagazine@gilmour.org.

Devin Schlickmann; Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93; Holly Yotter; Amy Boyle

STAFF MANAGING EDITOR

Amy Boyle EDITOR

Beth Geraci ’90

ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ADMISSION AND MARKETING

Devin Schlickmann DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Holly Yotter Sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana 2

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ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ADVANCEMENT

Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93 DESIGN/PRODUCTION

markey creative PRINTING

PHOTOGRAPHY

John Bashian ’78 Jon D’Orazio ’60 Megan Mlacker Photography Mark Most Michael Spear Jim Venditti Photography

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THE VOICE 16 This section will appear in each issue and will allow readers to take 28 a walk down memory lane as well as share their own memories.

FEATURE STORIES

The vision for a new Center for Performing Arts; three new division directors named

2014 COMMENCEMENT

34 ALUM NEWS

AROUND CAMPUS 58 Moot Court State Champions;

Deanne Nowak, Ph.D. is honored with 2014 Leavey Award; welcome new faculty; students weigh in on 60 “Why I Chose Gilmour”

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LANCER ATHLETICS Athletics Hall of Fame; six coaches named Coach of the Year HONOR ROLL OF DONORS MEMORIALS

Dear Parents, We send this magazine to college-aged graduates at their parents’ homes. Please forward this to keep your son or daughter informed about GA.

Oliver Printing GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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THE GILMOUR VOICE

Reconnecting with Former Faculty Member

Dorothy Coerdt

Gilmour Academy has been helping students find their unique voices academically, spiritually and personally since 1946. And now we want to hear how our alumni have further developed their voices in the world. This is your chance to share your comments and reflections on your Gilmour years, update us on your career or life’s milestones, or simply to connect with other Lancers. We’ll print a sampling of responses in this section in each issue and will include updates in the AlumNews. Email, write or call. We want to share your voice.

We can’t wait to һear from you!

Since 1946,

Gilmour students have had the opportunity to showcase their talents through performing arts – whether in drama productions, speech & debate or musical performances.

We asked alums to share with us some of their favorite performing arts memories at Gilmour Academy. Here are some of their responses.

Brother Dan's chorus was a

lot of fun. Four years of joy and entertainment in class!

- Bill Herman ’81

Any Glen Oak or Gilmour alum who took algebra will well remember Dorothy Coerdt. And they’ll be pleased to know she hasn’t changed much since they last saw her.

The longtime honors algebra teacher retired from Gilmour 20 years ago. In a recent chat, the beloved Mrs. Coerdt, now 82, talked about her memories of teaching and what she’s been up to since she left Gilmour.

Q: You taught at Glen Oak for 16 years and Gilmour for nine.

What got you into teaching?

A: I had a fight with my husband where he told me I was spending too much money. I told him, “I’ll show you, I’ll get a job.” I taught at the Orthodox Jewish Academy and got paid $24 a month. It wouldn’t even pay for my gas.

Q: What brought you here?

A: I called over to Glen Oak and asked if they could use a math teacher.

They didn’t need one. But the following January, the head of the school left, the math teacher became the head of the school and I got the job as the math teacher.

Email:

gilmourvoice@gilmour.org

Phone: (440) 473-8011

Mail:

Gilmour Academy Attn: Gilmour Voice 34001 Cedar Road Gates Mills, OH 44040 4

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Chorus 1986 - Christopher Lawhorn ’86

Q: When you first retired, how did it feel?

Debate at Gilmour was incredible!

I attribute much of my negotiation skill today in my real estate business to the lessons learned then. Going to States with debate partner Johanna Fabrizio ’92 is one of my favorite memories! Mrs. Janis has such a gift for teaching students in that program!

- Beth Turk Dittmar ’92

A: When I left here, I couldn’t retire totally. I worked three days a

George Quick ’03 as the horse in

the spring play.

- Ken Fournier ’03

week at Hathaway Brown as a tutor and I subbed at University School and Orange.

I did that for a number of years.

The part-time jobs eased the transition.

Q: What are your fondest memories of Glen Oak and Gilmour?

A: I loved the people, I loved the kids.

There are so many. I don’t think I ever had a bad class.

Q: Now that you’re fully retired, how do you pass the time?

A: I’m a people person. I’m stimulated by good conversation, so I try to get out of the house at least four days a week. I have two monthly lunch groups – my high school friends and a Gilmour group. I go to a lot of different restaurants as a result. I spend as much time as I can with my family.

I also enjoy reading. My friend tells me my taste in reading is no more than the quality of a comic book.

Q: Where do you live now?

A: I’ve been lucky. I’m still in my own house in Pepper Pike. I’ve got a house that we’ve been in for 46, 47 years.

Sometime back I said, “I’m going to start clearing this out,’’ but I never really feel like it. I’m going to stay

there as long as I can. I still drive.

I can still function.

Q: How long were you married?

A: My husband died a year-and-a-half ago. It’s hard and it’s not. He was so sick at the end, I actually prayed God to take him. He had Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and he died of leukemia.

I kept him home as long as I could, but in August I had to put him in a home. He died the fifth of January.

I think, in a way, people with Alzheimer’s are better off because they don’t know what’s going on.

Q: What else should people know about you?

A: When I retired, I thought to myself, “If I go someplace, I don’t want someone to come up to me and say, ‘Let’s play bingo.’ ” That’s not for me.

What has kept me young is teaching these kids all these years, and I still keep in touch with a lot of them.

share your

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! (Spring of 2010) - Patrick Fagan ’10

With Br. Robert deciding to step back from his role as Head of School, we’d love to hear your favorite Br. Robert story. Share it with us at gilmourvoice@gilmour.org.

GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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THE GILMOUR VOICE

Reconnecting with Former Faculty Member

Dorothy Coerdt

Gilmour Academy has been helping students find their unique voices academically, spiritually and personally since 1946. And now we want to hear how our alumni have further developed their voices in the world. This is your chance to share your comments and reflections on your Gilmour years, update us on your career or life’s milestones, or simply to connect with other Lancers. We’ll print a sampling of responses in this section in each issue and will include updates in the AlumNews. Email, write or call. We want to share your voice.

We can’t wait to һear from you!

Since 1946,

Gilmour students have had the opportunity to showcase their talents through performing arts – whether in drama productions, speech & debate or musical performances.

We asked alums to share with us some of their favorite performing arts memories at Gilmour Academy. Here are some of their responses.

Brother Dan's chorus was a

lot of fun. Four years of joy and entertainment in class!

- Bill Herman ’81

Any Glen Oak or Gilmour alum who took algebra will well remember Dorothy Coerdt. And they’ll be pleased to know she hasn’t changed much since they last saw her.

The longtime honors algebra teacher retired from Gilmour 20 years ago. In a recent chat, the beloved Mrs. Coerdt, now 82, talked about her memories of teaching and what she’s been up to since she left Gilmour.

Q: You taught at Glen Oak for 16 years and Gilmour for nine.

What got you into teaching?

A: I had a fight with my husband where he told me I was spending too much money. I told him, “I’ll show you, I’ll get a job.” I taught at the Orthodox Jewish Academy and got paid $24 a month. It wouldn’t even pay for my gas.

Q: What brought you here?

A: I called over to Glen Oak and asked if they could use a math teacher.

They didn’t need one. But the following January, the head of the school left, the math teacher became the head of the school and I got the job as the math teacher.

Email:

gilmourvoice@gilmour.org

Phone: (440) 473-8011

Mail:

Gilmour Academy Attn: Gilmour Voice 34001 Cedar Road Gates Mills, OH 44040 4

FALL 2014

Chorus 1986 - Christopher Lawhorn ’86

Q: When you first retired, how did it feel?

Debate at Gilmour was incredible!

I attribute much of my negotiation skill today in my real estate business to the lessons learned then. Going to States with debate partner Johanna Fabrizio ’92 is one of my favorite memories! Mrs. Janis has such a gift for teaching students in that program!

- Beth Turk Dittmar ’92

A: When I left here, I couldn’t retire totally. I worked three days a

George Quick ’03 as the horse in

the spring play.

- Ken Fournier ’03

week at Hathaway Brown as a tutor and I subbed at University School and Orange.

I did that for a number of years.

The part-time jobs eased the transition.

Q: What are your fondest memories of Glen Oak and Gilmour?

A: I loved the people, I loved the kids.

There are so many. I don’t think I ever had a bad class.

Q: Now that you’re fully retired, how do you pass the time?

A: I’m a people person. I’m stimulated by good conversation, so I try to get out of the house at least four days a week. I have two monthly lunch groups – my high school friends and a Gilmour group. I go to a lot of different restaurants as a result. I spend as much time as I can with my family.

I also enjoy reading. My friend tells me my taste in reading is no more than the quality of a comic book.

Q: Where do you live now?

A: I’ve been lucky. I’m still in my own house in Pepper Pike. I’ve got a house that we’ve been in for 46, 47 years.

Sometime back I said, “I’m going to start clearing this out,’’ but I never really feel like it. I’m going to stay

there as long as I can. I still drive.

I can still function.

Q: How long were you married?

A: My husband died a year-and-a-half ago. It’s hard and it’s not. He was so sick at the end, I actually prayed God to take him. He had Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and he died of leukemia.

I kept him home as long as I could, but in August I had to put him in a home. He died the fifth of January.

I think, in a way, people with Alzheimer’s are better off because they don’t know what’s going on.

Q: What else should people know about you?

A: When I retired, I thought to myself, “If I go someplace, I don’t want someone to come up to me and say, ‘Let’s play bingo.’ ” That’s not for me.

What has kept me young is teaching these kids all these years, and I still keep in touch with a lot of them.

share your

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! (Spring of 2010) - Patrick Fagan ’10

With Br. Robert deciding to step back from his role as Head of School, we’d love to hear your favorite Br. Robert story. Share it with us at gilmourvoice@gilmour.org.

GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

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The Vision The campaign for a $13 million Performing It will be quite a picture. At 31,600 square feet, the proposed Center for Performing Arts Arts Center at enable Gilmour to expand its creative Gilmour is underway, will offerings for all students, from preschoolers and the facility to high school seniors. promises to be the For students who aspire to work onstage or cornerstone of behind the scenes, the performing arts center the Academy. will be a forum where they can fully showcase and develop their talents.

By Beth Geraci ’90 Whenever Lorraine Dodero dropped her daughter Corinne Dodero Salvador ’02 off for school at Gilmour, she’d pass the Fine Arts Building and imagine in its place a much more modern performing arts facility.

She envisioned a building that would complete Gilmour’s educational offerings and make it a powerful contender in the region for generations to come.

Now, with the $5 million gift Dodero and her husband, Bill, recently pledged to the school, Gilmour’s Center for Performing Arts is a big step closer to materializing. The proposed $13 million facility will make for a prominent new gateway to campus, bringing Gilmour’s performing arts to the forefront literally and figuratively.

“The new Lorraine and Bill Dodero Center for the Performing Arts will provide creative space that encourages talented students to engage in ‘real-life’ experiences that affirm their developing skills and talents,” says Head of School Br. Robert Lavelle, C.S.C. The proposed facility will include a mainstage theater with 350 seats; a little black box theater for smaller productions; a dance studio; and exhibition spaces.

The studio means Gilmour will be able to offer dance classes for the first time ever. Student actors, too, will have many more assets at their disposal. A larger stage, practice rooms, and costume and scene shops will enable drama students to partake in every aspect of the theater, from acting and set design to costume making and musical accompaniment.

furniture will be screened to eliminate the use of toxic substances.

And for speech and debate students, the center finally will provide a viable practice space and give the esteemed program more exposure. That’s because the exhibition space will be large enough to host regular season speech and debate contests and mock trial tournaments for schools across Ohio.

The new complex’s modern design will showcase two main performance spaces: the dance studio and the theater. Overall, it will blend the historic aesthetics of campus with a contemporary glass curtain and a focus on sustainability.

The state-of-the-art center can be Gilmour’s way of thanking students for their steadfast commitment to performance and speech programs already in place, says Associate Head of School J. Brian Horgan.

The Center for Performing Arts will be more than an important enhancement to the curriculum and campus.

“The energy that students have put into those programs is admirable and awesome,” he says. “We’ll be providing them a venue that indicates our commitment to the continued success of those programs.”

In the contemporary, LEED-certified complex, fine arts on campus will meet the modern age at long last. The environmentally sustainable center will offer elevated theater seating, a cutting-edge sound system to enhance vocals, and “green” elements throughout.

Expect enhanced energy performance at every turn. To prevent solar heat gain and glare, exterior walls will be designed with a high-performance curtain wall and glazing system. Paints, wall graphics, carpeting and

Community Inclusion

Like the chapel, ice arena and pool before it, the center will be open to the public. The intent is to partner with community arts and cultural organizations throughout northeast Ohio and share the center with outside students and families.

The new space will enable Gilmour to host playwriting contests, student presentations and community arts events, and it will diversify creative offerings for the 1,000 youths who attend Gilmour’s summer camps. Gilmour says it hopes to increase participation rates and programmatic offerings year-round.

Why It’s Needed Theater students past and present will recall doing costume changes and applying makeup in the cramped Fine Arts Building restroom, which is shared equally with audience members.

Constructed in the early 20th century as the powerhouse and garage of a local floral company, the Fine Arts Building was acquired

by Gilmour in the late 1960s. It has not been updated in more than 30 years, since 1983.

Compared with modern facilities on campus such as the new Athletic Center, it’s a relic struggling to meet the needs of 21st century students.

At 13,424 square feet, the current theater and classroom space is so dated, it stymies the development of programming and inhibits the school’s sharing its offerings with the community.

As it is, the building isn’t even used exclusively for fine and performing arts; Gilmour’s maintenance staff is housed in the basement and on the second floor.

While many students participate in drama and Gilmour’s speech and debate program, the Fine Arts Building’s lack of space cannot accommodate growing demand for those programs, much less encourage it.

Gilmour’s current theater has a total capacity of 100. Seating is limited, allowing room for 80 folding chairs. Spatial constraints also hinder the breadth of student productions, impacting everything from cast size to props used. Alums and administrators alike say the theater’s outdated acoustics are as problematic as its constricted space.

“The Fine Arts Building simply wasn’t built with the electrical needs of a modern theater/ auditorium in mind,” says Rachel Kenney ’08, now a professional actor in New York.

“It doesn’t have the resources or physical apparatus necessary for a theater, beginning with the stage.”

And that’s just for theater. With the building’s lack of space, music concerts take place in makeshift spaces on campus. The speech and debate program – which ranks in the top one percent of high school teams nationwide – practices in an improvised classroom in the corridor of the science department.

Imagine the Possibilities The need for a new, improved facility is there.

In fact, alums such as Rick Lipton ’91, now a dialect coach to the stars, say a new performing arts center will be life changing for Gilmour’s aspiring performers.

“My professional success is the direct result of what Gilmour saw and developed in me, and we did it in a tiny, not very fit for purpose space,” recalls Lipton.

“Imagine what we could have done,” Lipton says, “if we had the kind of performing arts facilities that have been proposed.”

Dodero is confident her longtime vision will become reality. “It’ll happen,” she says. “I know it will. I’ve kind of dreamed it there.”

The project is off to a strong start with the Doderos’ gift and more than $500,000 in other pledges. But before the Center for Performing Arts can become a reality, Gilmour needs to raise an additional $7 million.

Gilmour already has strong academics and modern sports and visual arts facilities. With a new performing arts center in place, Gilmour students will receive a total education that “unifies the whole picture,” Dodero says.

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FALL 2014

GILMOUR MAGAZINE

7

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

sh wt me It’s

The Vision The campaign for a $13 million Performing It will be quite a picture. At 31,600 square feet, the proposed Center for Performing Arts Arts Center at enable Gilmour to expand its creative Gilmour is underway, will offerings for all students, from preschoolers and the facility to high school seniors. promises to be the For students who aspire to work onstage or cornerstone of behind the scenes, the performing arts center the Academy. will be a forum where they can fully showcase and develop their talents.

By Beth Geraci ’90 Whenever Lorraine Dodero dropped her daughter Corinne Dodero Salvador ’02 off for school at Gilmour, she’d pass the Fine Arts Building and imagine in its place a much more modern performing arts facility.

She envisioned a building that would complete Gilmour’s educational offerings and make it a powerful contender in the region for generations to come.

Now, with the $5 million gift Dodero and her husband, Bill, recently pledged to the school, Gilmour’s Center for Performing Arts is a big step closer to materializing. The proposed $13 million facility will make for a prominent new gateway to campus, bringing Gilmour’s performing arts to the forefront literally and figuratively.

“The new Lorraine and Bill Dodero Center for the Performing Arts will provide creative space that encourages talented students to engage in ‘real-life’ experiences that affirm their developing skills and talents,” says Head of School Br. Robert Lavelle, C.S.C. The proposed facility will include a mainstage theater with 350 seats; a little black box theater for smaller productions; a dance studio; and exhibition spaces.

The studio means Gilmour will be able to offer dance classes for the first time ever. Student actors, too, will have many more assets at their disposal. A larger stage, practice rooms, and costume and scene shops will enable drama students to partake in every aspect of the theater, from acting and set design to costume making and musical accompaniment.

furniture will be screened to eliminate the use of toxic substances.

And for speech and debate students, the center finally will provide a viable practice space and give the esteemed program more exposure. That’s because the exhibition space will be large enough to host regular season speech and debate contests and mock trial tournaments for schools across Ohio.

The new complex’s modern design will showcase two main performance spaces: the dance studio and the theater. Overall, it will blend the historic aesthetics of campus with a contemporary glass curtain and a focus on sustainability.

The state-of-the-art center can be Gilmour’s way of thanking students for their steadfast commitment to performance and speech programs already in place, says Associate Head of School J. Brian Horgan.

The Center for Performing Arts will be more than an important enhancement to the curriculum and campus.

“The energy that students have put into those programs is admirable and awesome,” he says. “We’ll be providing them a venue that indicates our commitment to the continued success of those programs.”

In the contemporary, LEED-certified complex, fine arts on campus will meet the modern age at long last. The environmentally sustainable center will offer elevated theater seating, a cutting-edge sound system to enhance vocals, and “green” elements throughout.

Expect enhanced energy performance at every turn. To prevent solar heat gain and glare, exterior walls will be designed with a high-performance curtain wall and glazing system. Paints, wall graphics, carpeting and

Community Inclusion

Like the chapel, ice arena and pool before it, the center will be open to the public. The intent is to partner with community arts and cultural organizations throughout northeast Ohio and share the center with outside students and families.

The new space will enable Gilmour to host playwriting contests, student presentations and community arts events, and it will diversify creative offerings for the 1,000 youths who attend Gilmour’s summer camps. Gilmour says it hopes to increase participation rates and programmatic offerings year-round.

Why It’s Needed Theater students past and present will recall doing costume changes and applying makeup in the cramped Fine Arts Building restroom, which is shared equally with audience members.

Constructed in the early 20th century as the powerhouse and garage of a local floral company, the Fine Arts Building was acquired

by Gilmour in the late 1960s. It has not been updated in more than 30 years, since 1983.

Compared with modern facilities on campus such as the new Athletic Center, it’s a relic struggling to meet the needs of 21st century students.

At 13,424 square feet, the current theater and classroom space is so dated, it stymies the development of programming and inhibits the school’s sharing its offerings with the community.

As it is, the building isn’t even used exclusively for fine and performing arts; Gilmour’s maintenance staff is housed in the basement and on the second floor.

While many students participate in drama and Gilmour’s speech and debate program, the Fine Arts Building’s lack of space cannot accommodate growing demand for those programs, much less encourage it.

Gilmour’s current theater has a total capacity of 100. Seating is limited, allowing room for 80 folding chairs. Spatial constraints also hinder the breadth of student productions, impacting everything from cast size to props used. Alums and administrators alike say the theater’s outdated acoustics are as problematic as its constricted space.

“The Fine Arts Building simply wasn’t built with the electrical needs of a modern theater/ auditorium in mind,” says Rachel Kenney ’08, now a professional actor in New York.

“It doesn’t have the resources or physical apparatus necessary for a theater, beginning with the stage.”

And that’s just for theater. With the building’s lack of space, music concerts take place in makeshift spaces on campus. The speech and debate program – which ranks in the top one percent of high school teams nationwide – practices in an improvised classroom in the corridor of the science department.

Imagine the Possibilities The need for a new, improved facility is there.

In fact, alums such as Rick Lipton ’91, now a dialect coach to the stars, say a new performing arts center will be life changing for Gilmour’s aspiring performers.

“My professional success is the direct result of what Gilmour saw and developed in me, and we did it in a tiny, not very fit for purpose space,” recalls Lipton.

“Imagine what we could have done,” Lipton says, “if we had the kind of performing arts facilities that have been proposed.”

Dodero is confident her longtime vision will become reality. “It’ll happen,” she says. “I know it will. I’ve kind of dreamed it there.”

The project is off to a strong start with the Doderos’ gift and more than $500,000 in other pledges. But before the Center for Performing Arts can become a reality, Gilmour needs to raise an additional $7 million.

Gilmour already has strong academics and modern sports and visual arts facilities. With a new performing arts center in place, Gilmour students will receive a total education that “unifies the whole picture,” Dodero says.

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CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Why Gilmour Needs a New Performing Arts Center Sophia Zupanc ’15

After selling out the first performing night of this year’s spring musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” the halls of the Academy were abuzz with excitement. However, for members of Drama Club, the enthusiasm was coupled with apprehension. We knew we had a great show, but we also knew that technically the show was extremely complex. In order to do our actors and the show justice, multiple set changes were necessary, yet the antiquated stage in the Fine Arts Building made these simple tasks very difficult. If one person was out of place in the crowded stage wings or if one green panel was placed half an inch in the wrong direction, the illusion of Oz would have been ruined and the “wow factor” the show needed would have been lost. Ultimately, “The Wizard of Oz” ran successfully each night. But, as the stage manager for the production, I can only imagine how the show could have been enhanced by an updated, expanded theater.

When I first enrolled in Gilmour as a freshman, I was puzzled by the notion that this mere high school education was intended to equip me with the ability to have “the competence to see and the courage to act in creating a more humane and just society.” Three years later, I now understand. In addition to helping me in the classroom, the dedicated faculty members

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who coach Speech and Debate, Mock Trial, Moot Court and Drama Club have served as a catalyst for much of my academic and personal growth.

Certainly, I am not the only one who has found inspiration and confidence through extracurriculars. Take a walk through the Fine Arts Building after school and you’ll see dozens of teenagers rehearsing speech pieces, singing or dancing. The limiting factor, however, is space. The Fine Arts Building, with all of its antiquated charm, lacks the area and technology to meet the demands of Gilmour’s highly driven, talented students.

A new Center for the Performing Arts would not only benefit students who are currently involved, but also would allow more students to pursue their passions. A larger stage would create opportunities for students to showcase their talents in stage design and costume production. Additionally, the expanded space would allow musicians to get involved. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, more space within the Center for Performing Arts will allow more Gilmour students to pursue their passions. Whether it be dancing, directing or debating, a new Center for the Performing Arts will inspire members of the Gilmour family to use their talents and grow in the positive, encouraging environment that is unique to Gilmour Academy.

Sean Kelley ’16 Gilmour Academy has an active drama program and its Speech and Debate program has molded individuals into strong competitors on both the state and national level. Both programs’ rehearsal and performance space, however, is limited to a classroom and a small theater within the Fine Arts Building.

With such a small stage and wing space, the theatrical productions have been limited to shows with small casts, little scenery

and barely any scene changes. As a bigger stage is implemented, more jobs will be created for tech crew, which will allow the Drama Club to include more members in the scenery department. Also, more room on the stage calls for more actors to fill the space. Due to an audience capacity of about 100, the Drama Club is unable to advertise outside of the school, but with greater audience capacity, the productions can serve as an example of Gilmour spirit for newcomers. A bigger audience calls for bigger sound, allowing students to be involved as the musicians for the musical.

All different forms of art will be coming together to create masterpieces.

The new Center for the Performing Arts will also include a dedicated space for Speech and Debate practices. This will permit more students to be heard at once, which will help speed up practices for students involved in multiple extracurricular activities. There will be mirrors within the rooms for the students to watch themselves perform, which will help the students critique themselves to further the team’s success.

As the Center for the Performing Arts rises, so does the talent at Gilmour Academy.

The actors and competitors are ecstatic about the idea of being able to rehearse and perform inside this high-quality building.

The Lorraine and Bill Dodero Center for Performing Arts

Naming Opportunities

Cathy and Pat O’Rourke, whose daughter Grace O’Rourke ’08 was involved in drama at Gilmour, pledged $300,000 to the project. The Little Theater, a space within the center that will be used for smaller productions and practices, will be named in their family’s honor. Cathy O’Rourke says, “We were thrilled to be presented with this performing arts campaign opportunity and we are very grateful for the opportunity to continue the performing arts program with the Little Theater.”

After plans for the project were presented at the September Board of Trustees meeting, four more families came forward with gifts for naming opportunities.

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* Naming rights have been secured.

The Pender Family: Outside Commons and Garden – East Entry The John H. Borkey Family: Speech & Debate Practice Rooms (2) The Monitello Family: Speech & Debate Practice Room Mr. Oliver Seikel: Speech & Debate Practice Room

$1,000,000 • Theater • Stage $750,000 • Theater Lobby $500,000 • Dance Studio • Gallery • Presentation & Meeting Room

$350,000 • Academic Commons $250,000 • Bell Tower Entrance • Speech & Debate Presentation Room $150,000 • Outside Commons & Garden West Entry

$50,000 • Costume Shop • Scene Shop $25,000 • Faculty Offices (3) • Female Dressing Room • Male Dressing Room

Don’t miss your chance to see your name in lights! To learn more about the variety of naming opportunities and/or to learn more about ways you can help Gilmour’s vision for the arts become a reality, please contact Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93 at farrarvegamk@gilmour.org or (440) 473-8009 or Kathy Kenny at kennyk@gilmour.org or (440) 473-8018.

GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Why Gilmour Needs a New Performing Arts Center Sophia Zupanc ’15

After selling out the first performing night of this year’s spring musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” the halls of the Academy were abuzz with excitement. However, for members of Drama Club, the enthusiasm was coupled with apprehension. We knew we had a great show, but we also knew that technically the show was extremely complex. In order to do our actors and the show justice, multiple set changes were necessary, yet the antiquated stage in the Fine Arts Building made these simple tasks very difficult. If one person was out of place in the crowded stage wings or if one green panel was placed half an inch in the wrong direction, the illusion of Oz would have been ruined and the “wow factor” the show needed would have been lost. Ultimately, “The Wizard of Oz” ran successfully each night. But, as the stage manager for the production, I can only imagine how the show could have been enhanced by an updated, expanded theater.

When I first enrolled in Gilmour as a freshman, I was puzzled by the notion that this mere high school education was intended to equip me with the ability to have “the competence to see and the courage to act in creating a more humane and just society.” Three years later, I now understand. In addition to helping me in the classroom, the dedicated faculty members

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who coach Speech and Debate, Mock Trial, Moot Court and Drama Club have served as a catalyst for much of my academic and personal growth.

Certainly, I am not the only one who has found inspiration and confidence through extracurriculars. Take a walk through the Fine Arts Building after school and you’ll see dozens of teenagers rehearsing speech pieces, singing or dancing. The limiting factor, however, is space. The Fine Arts Building, with all of its antiquated charm, lacks the area and technology to meet the demands of Gilmour’s highly driven, talented students.

A new Center for the Performing Arts would not only benefit students who are currently involved, but also would allow more students to pursue their passions. A larger stage would create opportunities for students to showcase their talents in stage design and costume production. Additionally, the expanded space would allow musicians to get involved. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, more space within the Center for Performing Arts will allow more Gilmour students to pursue their passions. Whether it be dancing, directing or debating, a new Center for the Performing Arts will inspire members of the Gilmour family to use their talents and grow in the positive, encouraging environment that is unique to Gilmour Academy.

Sean Kelley ’16 Gilmour Academy has an active drama program and its Speech and Debate program has molded individuals into strong competitors on both the state and national level. Both programs’ rehearsal and performance space, however, is limited to a classroom and a small theater within the Fine Arts Building.

With such a small stage and wing space, the theatrical productions have been limited to shows with small casts, little scenery

and barely any scene changes. As a bigger stage is implemented, more jobs will be created for tech crew, which will allow the Drama Club to include more members in the scenery department. Also, more room on the stage calls for more actors to fill the space. Due to an audience capacity of about 100, the Drama Club is unable to advertise outside of the school, but with greater audience capacity, the productions can serve as an example of Gilmour spirit for newcomers. A bigger audience calls for bigger sound, allowing students to be involved as the musicians for the musical.

All different forms of art will be coming together to create masterpieces.

The new Center for the Performing Arts will also include a dedicated space for Speech and Debate practices. This will permit more students to be heard at once, which will help speed up practices for students involved in multiple extracurricular activities. There will be mirrors within the rooms for the students to watch themselves perform, which will help the students critique themselves to further the team’s success.

As the Center for the Performing Arts rises, so does the talent at Gilmour Academy.

The actors and competitors are ecstatic about the idea of being able to rehearse and perform inside this high-quality building.

The Lorraine and Bill Dodero Center for Performing Arts

Naming Opportunities

Cathy and Pat O’Rourke, whose daughter Grace O’Rourke ’08 was involved in drama at Gilmour, pledged $300,000 to the project. The Little Theater, a space within the center that will be used for smaller productions and practices, will be named in their family’s honor. Cathy O’Rourke says, “We were thrilled to be presented with this performing arts campaign opportunity and we are very grateful for the opportunity to continue the performing arts program with the Little Theater.”

After plans for the project were presented at the September Board of Trustees meeting, four more families came forward with gifts for naming opportunities.

*

* Naming rights have been secured.

The Pender Family: Outside Commons and Garden – East Entry The John H. Borkey Family: Speech & Debate Practice Rooms (2) The Monitello Family: Speech & Debate Practice Room Mr. Oliver Seikel: Speech & Debate Practice Room

$1,000,000 • Theater • Stage $750,000 • Theater Lobby $500,000 • Dance Studio • Gallery • Presentation & Meeting Room

$350,000 • Academic Commons $250,000 • Bell Tower Entrance • Speech & Debate Presentation Room $150,000 • Outside Commons & Garden West Entry

$50,000 • Costume Shop • Scene Shop $25,000 • Faculty Offices (3) • Female Dressing Room • Male Dressing Room

Don’t miss your chance to see your name in lights! To learn more about the variety of naming opportunities and/or to learn more about ways you can help Gilmour’s vision for the arts become a reality, please contact Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93 at farrarvegamk@gilmour.org or (440) 473-8009 or Kathy Kenny at kennyk@gilmour.org or (440) 473-8018.

GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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MEET THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTORS

Jon Wanders New Upper School Director Jon Wanders long has been known around campus as an innovative educator whose big ideas and drive have led to a more refined curriculum and enhanced professional development.

Wanders also happens to be an astute problem solver and inclusive leader.

Others took note, and on July 1, Wanders took the helm as Gilmour’s Director of the Upper School.

“My ultimate responsibility is to make sure that we are all moving in one direction as a cohesive unit, and I am always thinking and working hard to facilitate that goal,” he says.

After earning his bachelor’s in English literature from Denison University and a master’s in English education from Vanderbilt University, Wanders has worked as an English teacher for 10 years, five of them at Gilmour. In fact, he’s still teaching one class this year. Students’ needs, therefore, long have been the focus of his decisions.

And he’s seeing to it that students have a voice on campus.

“In some ways, I think students themselves are this great untapped resource at a school,” he says. “I think they should be just as involved in shaping the vision of the school as their teachers are. If we’re really serving our students, we ought to be hearing what they want to get out of their experience.”

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“We һave to tһink about wһat sort of world our kids are walking into wһen tһey leave our һalls.” community – including administrators, parents, teachers and students – to exchange ideas and collaborate.

“There is almost some sort of magic when many groups of people work together on something,” Wanders says.

“I think the challenges our students are facing today, and will face once they leave Gilmour, are so ambiguous and complex that confronting them takes perspectives from very diverse experiences.”

Wanders impressed Gilmour leaders in 2012 with his adept oversight and administering of the College and Work-Readiness Assessment (CWRA).

The CWRA is an independent assessment that gauges students’ analytical and problem-solving skills as incoming freshmen and again as outgoing seniors.

Wanders says. “Performance tasks are probably the most authentic sort of learning situation our students will face, no matter what type of career they go on to pursue. So on that level it was important to me.”

Overseeing the CWRA benefited Wanders in several ways that help him now as Director of the Upper School.

First, he was able to work with teachers from other academic disciplines to empower students to become wise decision makers.

Most importantly, “trying to push it forward in our school helped to get me ready for the role I’m in now,” Wanders says. “It allowed me to take a big-picture look at the academic climate of Gilmour and see how we are doing in the classroom.”

Education in 2014 centers on problem solving and critical thinking, Wanders says, “and if we want Gilmour students to be successful in an outside environment, we have to think about what sort of world our kids are walking into when they leave our halls.”

“Through role play and performance tasks, the CWRA helps us measure the things we think are most important,” GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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MEET THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTORS

Jon Wanders New Upper School Director Jon Wanders long has been known around campus as an innovative educator whose big ideas and drive have led to a more refined curriculum and enhanced professional development.

Wanders also happens to be an astute problem solver and inclusive leader.

Others took note, and on July 1, Wanders took the helm as Gilmour’s Director of the Upper School.

“My ultimate responsibility is to make sure that we are all moving in one direction as a cohesive unit, and I am always thinking and working hard to facilitate that goal,” he says.

After earning his bachelor’s in English literature from Denison University and a master’s in English education from Vanderbilt University, Wanders has worked as an English teacher for 10 years, five of them at Gilmour. In fact, he’s still teaching one class this year. Students’ needs, therefore, long have been the focus of his decisions.

And he’s seeing to it that students have a voice on campus.

“In some ways, I think students themselves are this great untapped resource at a school,” he says. “I think they should be just as involved in shaping the vision of the school as their teachers are. If we’re really serving our students, we ought to be hearing what they want to get out of their experience.”

Wanders brings to his position a sincere desire for the Upper School 10

FALL 2014

“We һave to tһink about wһat sort of world our kids are walking into wһen tһey leave our һalls.” community – including administrators, parents, teachers and students – to exchange ideas and collaborate.

“There is almost some sort of magic when many groups of people work together on something,” Wanders says.

“I think the challenges our students are facing today, and will face once they leave Gilmour, are so ambiguous and complex that confronting them takes perspectives from very diverse experiences.”

Wanders impressed Gilmour leaders in 2012 with his adept oversight and administering of the College and Work-Readiness Assessment (CWRA).

The CWRA is an independent assessment that gauges students’ analytical and problem-solving skills as incoming freshmen and again as outgoing seniors.

Wanders says. “Performance tasks are probably the most authentic sort of learning situation our students will face, no matter what type of career they go on to pursue. So on that level it was important to me.”

Overseeing the CWRA benefited Wanders in several ways that help him now as Director of the Upper School.

First, he was able to work with teachers from other academic disciplines to empower students to become wise decision makers.

Most importantly, “trying to push it forward in our school helped to get me ready for the role I’m in now,” Wanders says. “It allowed me to take a big-picture look at the academic climate of Gilmour and see how we are doing in the classroom.”

Education in 2014 centers on problem solving and critical thinking, Wanders says, “and if we want Gilmour students to be successful in an outside environment, we have to think about what sort of world our kids are walking into when they leave our halls.”

“Through role play and performance tasks, the CWRA helps us measure the things we think are most important,” GILMOUR MAGAZINE

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MEET THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTORS

Elizabeth Edmondson New Middle School Director Gilmour veteran Elizabeth Edmondson eyes a curriculum that will prepare kids for life in the 21st century.

As the new director of the Middle School, Edmondson aims to advance education at Gilmour in the most modern of ways.

A savvy leader keyed into what’s relevant in today’s world, Edmondson comes to the position after chairing the Upper School English department and successfully guiding Gilmour through a comprehensive accreditation process with three different educational bodies simultaneously.

“It was a big job, but I was able to learn about everything that goes on here, from the business office to the Montessori program and everything in-between,” she says.

As she’s risen through the ranks at Gilmour over the past 11 years, Edmondson has proven herself an adept leader at every turn. As a longtime English teacher here, she says she was committed to running a classroom “that reflects the 21st century we live in.”

“One of my goals is creating a really rich, relevant learning environment

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for students,” she says. “We want to have a curriculum that gives kids opportunities and allows them to think on their feet.”

“Gilmour is a great community.

I feel fortunate to be a part of it.”

With Edmondson at the helm, Middle School students and parents can expect technological tools in class and assignments centered on real-world problem solving.

and an appreciation for young people.

“I have a daughter in sixth grade at Gilmour’s Lower School, so I can relate to parents of Middle School students,” Edmondson says. “I know what the daily challenges are in working with kids this age.”

Edmondson taught English at Gilmour for 10 years. She knows the obstacles teachers and students face in the classroom, so she’s in a good position to nurture and encourage them on tough days.

“Those relationships with teachers, students and families are really important to me,” Edmondson says.

“Gilmour is a great community.

I feel fortunate to be a part of it.”

Edmondson herself brings a powerful blend of practical experience and research to the director position.

With a bachelor’s degree from the University of Akron and a master’s degree in reading specialization from Kent State University, she is nearing the end of her doctoral studies in curriculum. In the process, she’s gotten an inside look at major educational trends that will help her at Gilmour.

The new director, a parent herself, also brings to the position enthusiasm

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MEET THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTORS

Elizabeth Edmondson New Middle School Director Gilmour veteran Elizabeth Edmondson eyes a curriculum that will prepare kids for life in the 21st century.

As the new director of the Middle School, Edmondson aims to advance education at Gilmour in the most modern of ways.

A savvy leader keyed into what’s relevant in today’s world, Edmondson comes to the position after chairing the Upper School English department and successfully guiding Gilmour through a comprehensive accreditation process with three different educational bodies simultaneously.

“It was a big job, but I was able to learn about everything that goes on here, from the business office to the Montessori program and everything in-between,” she says.

As she’s risen through the ranks at Gilmour over the past 11 years, Edmondson has proven herself an adept leader at every turn. As a longtime English teacher here, she says she was committed to running a classroom “that reflects the 21st century we live in.”

“One of my goals is creating a really rich, relevant learning environment

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for students,” she says. “We want to have a curriculum that gives kids opportunities and allows them to think on their feet.”

“Gilmour is a great community.

I feel fortunate to be a part of it.”

With Edmondson at the helm, Middle School students and parents can expect technological tools in class and assignments centered on real-world problem solving.

and an appreciation for young people.

“I have a daughter in sixth grade at Gilmour’s Lower School, so I can relate to parents of Middle School students,” Edmondson says. “I know what the daily challenges are in working with kids this age.”

Edmondson taught English at Gilmour for 10 years. She knows the obstacles teachers and students face in the classroom, so she’s in a good position to nurture and encourage them on tough days.

“Those relationships with teachers, students and families are really important to me,” Edmondson says.

“Gilmour is a great community.

I feel fortunate to be a part of it.”

Edmondson herself brings a powerful blend of practical experience and research to the director position.

With a bachelor’s degree from the University of Akron and a master’s degree in reading specialization from Kent State University, she is nearing the end of her doctoral studies in curriculum. In the process, she’s gotten an inside look at major educational trends that will help her at Gilmour.

The new director, a parent herself, also brings to the position enthusiasm

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MEET THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTORS

Yvonne Saunders New Lower School Director The Lower School and Montessori programs have a new director in Yvonne Saunders. Saunders focuses on student assessment and fosters a positive environment for students and teachers.

An experienced administrator and longtime Gilmour staffer, Saunders has worked at Gilmour in various capacities for 14 years – 13 of them at the Middle School.

That fact, along with her passion for academics and a proven track record at Gilmour, made her a natural choice for Director of the Lower School.

“My ultimate goal and responsibility is to build upon the success the school has already experienced and to create a supportive and diverse environment where students can really thrive spiritually, academically and socially,” Saunders says.

“My ultimate goal and responsibility is to create a supportive and diverse environment wһere students can really tһrive spiritually, academically and socially.”

There, she facilitated the move from the former Middle School building to the new one, launched the Middle School spring musical, implemented a more flexible schedule that allowed for year-round art and physical education, developed a program whereby qualified Middle School students could take Algebra I and physics at the Upper School, and more. For the past three years, Saunders also served as Gilmour’s director of Grade 1-12 curriculum.

With a master’s degree in religious studies from John Carroll University and another master’s in educational administration from the University of Notre Dame, Saunders is a strong proponent of Holy Cross education.

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Having served as the Director of Grade 1-12 curriculum, Saunders is well versed in education at Gilmour at every level. And parents can expect her to rely heavily on her curriculum expertise in leading the Lower School.

“The question is, how can we better assess what students have learned?”

Saunders says. To address that issue, she is collaborating with teachers on improving assessment at the Lower School. Such assessments ensure each student’s needs are being met, and students are being challenged to move to the next level, she says.

Among the teachers making those assessments are three new hires Saunders made this year. In hiring veteran Montessori teacher Laura Novotney, art teacher Erin McConnell and religion teacher Sr. Beata Tiboldi O.P., Saunders sought to bring on instructors qualified in multiple disciplines.

While McConnell has a bachelor’s degree in art education, she also has a master’s degree in gifted and talented education. Sr. Beata, meanwhile, has experience in primary education and is a certified reading specialist.

Together, all of this will foster a positive, tailored learning experience for each student and a supportive workplace for teachers, Saunders says.

“My experience in dealing with Gilmour holistically, as the Early Beginnings to Grade 12 institution that it is, equips me to make informed decisions that will benefit Lower School students now while keeping an eye toward later stages of their Gilmour education,” she says.

Given Saunders’ passion for academics, parents and teachers can expect to see a re-energized focus on student learning under her leadership, with an emphasis on assessment.

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MEET THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTORS

Yvonne Saunders New Lower School Director The Lower School and Montessori programs have a new director in Yvonne Saunders. Saunders focuses on student assessment and fosters a positive environment for students and teachers.

An experienced administrator and longtime Gilmour staffer, Saunders has worked at Gilmour in various capacities for 14 years – 13 of them at the Middle School.

That fact, along with her passion for academics and a proven track record at Gilmour, made her a natural choice for Director of the Lower School.

“My ultimate goal and responsibility is to build upon the success the school has already experienced and to create a supportive and diverse environment where students can really thrive spiritually, academically and socially,” Saunders says.

“My ultimate goal and responsibility is to create a supportive and diverse environment wһere students can really tһrive spiritually, academically and socially.”

There, she facilitated the move from the former Middle School building to the new one, launched the Middle School spring musical, implemented a more flexible schedule that allowed for year-round art and physical education, developed a program whereby qualified Middle School students could take Algebra I and physics at the Upper School, and more. For the past three years, Saunders also served as Gilmour’s director of Grade 1-12 curriculum.

With a master’s degree in religious studies from John Carroll University and another master’s in educational administration from the University of Notre Dame, Saunders is a strong proponent of Holy Cross education.

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Having served as the Director of Grade 1-12 curriculum, Saunders is well versed in education at Gilmour at every level. And parents can expect her to rely heavily on her curriculum expertise in leading the Lower School.

“The question is, how can we better assess what students have learned?”

Saunders says. To address that issue, she is collaborating with teachers on improving assessment at the Lower School. Such assessments ensure each student’s needs are being met, and students are being challenged to move to the next level, she says.

Among the teachers making those assessments are three new hires Saunders made this year. In hiring veteran Montessori teacher Laura Novotney, art teacher Erin McConnell and religion teacher Sr. Beata Tiboldi O.P., Saunders sought to bring on instructors qualified in multiple disciplines.

While McConnell has a bachelor’s degree in art education, she also has a master’s degree in gifted and talented education. Sr. Beata, meanwhile, has experience in primary education and is a certified reading specialist.

Together, all of this will foster a positive, tailored learning experience for each student and a supportive workplace for teachers, Saunders says.

“My experience in dealing with Gilmour holistically, as the Early Beginnings to Grade 12 institution that it is, equips me to make informed decisions that will benefit Lower School students now while keeping an eye toward later stages of their Gilmour education,” she says.

Given Saunders’ passion for academics, parents and teachers can expect to see a re-energized focus on student learning under her leadership, with an emphasis on assessment.

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2014 Gilmour Academy Commencement Gilmour Academy Celebrates its 65th Commencement Exercise Salutatorian Brynn Alexander

MAY 25, 2014 ~ COMMENCEMENT

Commencement Speaker Lucie Salhany

The Class of 2014, their families and guests heard from commencement speaker Lucie Salhany, who made history as the first woman to head a broadcast network when she was named chairman of Fox Broadcasting in 1993. She delivered a wonderful message to the students, and her accomplishments are a true example of living out Holy Cross founder Blessed Fr. Basil Moreau, C.S.C.’s call to “cross borders of every sort.”

Salutatorian Brynn Alexander

Associate Head of School J. Brian Horgan introduced salutatorian Brynn Alexander ’14. In speaking of her, he said, “What Brynn has helped me realize with greater clarity is that excellence comes from pursuing your own unique path, your own unique calling, with integrity – integrity in the sense of bringing your whole, true being to your work and to life’s engagements.” He added, “Whether in her academic work, in her faith life, in her Speech and Debate competitions, in her music, in her service to others, in her every waking moment, it would appear, one experiences Brynn in her vibrant, inspiring authenticity.”

Valedictorian Michael Palumbo

Alexander spoke about the way dreams and goals evolve over time, stating that as long as you have a goal that leaves the world a better place, it is alright for the path to shift through time. Alexander is currently attending the University of Notre Dame, where she is double-majoring in accounting and FTT (film, theater and television) and is a trumpet player in the school’s Marching Band.

Valedictorian Michael Palumbo

In introducing valedictorian Michael Palumbo ’14, Horgan shared some examples of Michael’s persistence in all endeavors, whether swimming, physics or his volunteer work. Horgan said, “All of these stories, each hinting at Michael’s humility and persistence, made it easy to root for Michael as his high school career unfolded. Only now, it feels a bit silly to be rooting for him. His success and accomplishments and destiny for distinction don’t allow for one to be a fan as much as an admirer.”

Palumbo spoke to his classmates about the incredible community they built during their time at the Academy and the things that can be accomplished when people work together. He urged his classmates to let their Gilmour experiences help shape them as they embark on the next steps of their journeys. Palumbo is now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is an astrophysics major.

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2014 Gilmour Academy Commencement Gilmour Academy Celebrates its 65th Commencement Exercise Salutatorian Brynn Alexander

MAY 25, 2014 ~ COMMENCEMENT

Commencement Speaker Lucie Salhany

The Class of 2014, their families and guests heard from commencement speaker Lucie Salhany, who made history as the first woman to head a broadcast network when she was named chairman of Fox Broadcasting in 1993. She delivered a wonderful message to the students, and her accomplishments are a true example of living out Holy Cross founder Blessed Fr. Basil Moreau, C.S.C.’s call to “cross borders of every sort.”

Salutatorian Brynn Alexander

Associate Head of School J. Brian Horgan introduced salutatorian Brynn Alexander ’14. In speaking of her, he said, “What Brynn has helped me realize with greater clarity is that excellence comes from pursuing your own unique path, your own unique calling, with integrity – integrity in the sense of bringing your whole, true being to your work and to life’s engagements.” He added, “Whether in her academic work, in her faith life, in her Speech and Debate competitions, in her music, in her service to others, in her every waking moment, it would appear, one experiences Brynn in her vibrant, inspiring authenticity.”

Valedictorian Michael Palumbo

Alexander spoke about the way dreams and goals evolve over time, stating that as long as you have a goal that leaves the world a better place, it is alright for the path to shift through time. Alexander is currently attending the University of Notre Dame, where she is double-majoring in accounting and FTT (film, theater and television) and is a trumpet player in the school’s Marching Band.

Valedictorian Michael Palumbo

In introducing valedictorian Michael Palumbo ’14, Horgan shared some examples of Michael’s persistence in all endeavors, whether swimming, physics or his volunteer work. Horgan said, “All of these stories, each hinting at Michael’s humility and persistence, made it easy to root for Michael as his high school career unfolded. Only now, it feels a bit silly to be rooting for him. His success and accomplishments and destiny for distinction don’t allow for one to be a fan as much as an admirer.”

Palumbo spoke to his classmates about the incredible community they built during their time at the Academy and the things that can be accomplished when people work together. He urged his classmates to let their Gilmour experiences help shape them as they embark on the next steps of their journeys. Palumbo is now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is an astrophysics major.

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Bissan Abboud

Ryan Curtin

Alexandria Keller

Thomas Rupp

Elizabeth Abood

Connor Davis

Ryan Kelley

Zachary Saliba

Brynn Alexander

Thomas DeSilvio

Carly King

Skylar Schambs

Jacob Althans

Emily Diemer

Zachary Korman

Paul-Henry Schoenhagen

Paige Anton

Dominic DiPuccio

Madeleine Krakowiak

Courtney Severson

Joseph Armagno

Peter Dolan

Michelle Krebs

Griffin Shapiro

Andrew Badertscher

Megan Drucker

Michaela Leach

Mikayla Sharp

Samantha Baldini

Kelsey Dugger

Sanghyun Lee

Aire Sirvaitis

Kathleen Baldwin

Connor Dunham

Madison Levand

Jena Snelling

Samantha Bauman

Kaitlyn Elia

Jiahan Li

Joseph Sriprajittichai

Christopher Becker

Natalie Ertz

Ming-Han Lin

Stuart Stanley

Hannah Bencivenni

Gabriel Fedor

Nia Long

William Sullivan

Parker Berzin

James Forsythe

Joseph Michael Mallak

Gavin Tarazi

Mitchell Binnie

Shulu Fu

Halle Markel

Kimberly Tiberi

Maxwell Blitz

Kaitlyn Gallagher

Kathryn Masaryk

Ningcong Tong

Matthew Botek

Charles Gallo

Macie McNichols

Madeline Tuohey

John Brett

Rodell Golphin

Adam Miller

Alexander Ulatowski

Laurel Brown

Richard Grant

Agnes Mirando

Olivia Vaz

Nicole Brzozowski

Frank Grk

Patrick Mohorcic

Paul Volpe

Jace Burton

Maximillian Gubanc

Joseph Morek

Alexander Wakefield

Carey Butler

Ryan Hall

Gee Hyun Nam

Donte Wallette

Kyle Cappotto

Ishmael Hargrove

Weston Noall

Oscar Waters

Joseph Catanese

Kelly Harrington

Rachel Novinc

Douglas Weisman

Joseph Cerer

Madeline Hawkins

Regan O’Brian

Audley Wright, Jr.

Isabel Cherry

Aaron Hickey

Michael Palumbo

Yue Xu

Alexander Clapacs

Nicole Hollis

Paul Piazza

Benjamin Young

Bennett Clark

Alec Hooper

Julia Pilla

Katharine Zavagno

Mitchell Clifford

Peter Hurley

Matthew Ray

Eric Ziegler

Patricia Colella

Brandon Jaces

Richard Renner

Colin Zucker

Ryan Conry

Alexa Jackson

Amy Rizzo

Brendan Coyne

Jessica Janota

James Rooney

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2014

Bissan Abboud

Ryan Curtin

Alexandria Keller

Thomas Rupp

Elizabeth Abood

Connor Davis

Ryan Kelley

Zachary Saliba

Brynn Alexander

Thomas DeSilvio

Carly King

Skylar Schambs

Jacob Althans

Emily Diemer

Zachary Korman

Paul-Henry Schoenhagen

Paige Anton

Dominic DiPuccio

Madeleine Krakowiak

Courtney Severson

Joseph Armagno

Peter Dolan

Michelle Krebs

Griffin Shapiro

Andrew Badertscher

Megan Drucker

Michaela Leach

Mikayla Sharp

Samantha Baldini

Kelsey Dugger

Sanghyun Lee

Aire Sirvaitis

Kathleen Baldwin

Connor Dunham

Madison Levand

Jena Snelling

Samantha Bauman

Kaitlyn Elia

Jiahan Li

Joseph Sriprajittichai

Christopher Becker

Natalie Ertz

Ming-Han Lin

Stuart Stanley

Hannah Bencivenni

Gabriel Fedor

Nia Long

William Sullivan

Parker Berzin

James Forsythe

Joseph Michael Mallak

Gavin Tarazi

Mitchell Binnie

Shulu Fu

Halle Markel

Kimberly Tiberi

Maxwell Blitz

Kaitlyn Gallagher

Kathryn Masaryk

Ningcong Tong

Matthew Botek

Charles Gallo

Macie McNichols

Madeline Tuohey

John Brett

Rodell Golphin

Adam Miller

Alexander Ulatowski

Laurel Brown

Richard Grant

Agnes Mirando

Olivia Vaz

Nicole Brzozowski

Frank Grk

Patrick Mohorcic

Paul Volpe

Jace Burton

Maximillian Gubanc

Joseph Morek

Alexander Wakefield

Carey Butler

Ryan Hall

Gee Hyun Nam

Donte Wallette

Kyle Cappotto

Ishmael Hargrove

Weston Noall

Oscar Waters

Joseph Catanese

Kelly Harrington

Rachel Novinc

Douglas Weisman

Joseph Cerer

Madeline Hawkins

Regan O’Brian

Audley Wright, Jr.

Isabel Cherry

Aaron Hickey

Michael Palumbo

Yue Xu

Alexander Clapacs

Nicole Hollis

Paul Piazza

Benjamin Young

Bennett Clark

Alec Hooper

Julia Pilla

Katharine Zavagno

Mitchell Clifford

Peter Hurley

Matthew Ray

Eric Ziegler

Patricia Colella

Brandon Jaces

Richard Renner

Colin Zucker

Ryan Conry

Alexa Jackson

Amy Rizzo

Brendan Coyne

Jessica Janota

James Rooney

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Class of

Matriculation List

Allegheny College

Kenyon College

Trinity College

Boston College

Lafayette College

University at Buffalo

Boston University

Lake Forest College

University of Cincinnati

Bowling Green State University

Loyola University Chicago

University of Connecticut

California Polytechnic State University

Loyola University Maryland

University of Dayton

Miami University

University of Hartford

New York University

University of Kentucky

Norwich University

University of Michigan

Ohio University

University of Missouri Columbia

Ohio Wesleyan University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Case Western Reserve University Champlain College Cleveland State University Colorado College Cornell University Dalhousie University Denison University DePaul University Duquesne University Elon University Emory University Gannon University Georgetown University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Indiana University at Bloomington John Carroll University Kent State University 20

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Pennsylvania State University Saint Anselm College Southern Methodist University Spring Arbor University St. Edward’s University Syracuse University The Catholic University of America The College of Wooster The Ohio State University The University of Akron The University of Arizona The University of Tampa

University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Notre Dame University of Washington University of Wyoming Urbana University Wake Forest University Washington State University Wentworth Institute of Technology Western Michigan University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xavier University

Ashtar ’15 and Bissan ’14 Abboud

Mackenzie ’11, Brynn ’14 and Patrick ’79 Alexander

Alex ’15, Olivia ’12, Jake ’14, Alison ’11 and Claudia ’17 Althans

Brett ’08, Eric ’22, Paige ’14 and Brian ’10 Anton

Robert ’07, Daniel ’10, Joseph ’14 and Thomas ’05 Armagno

Daniel ’17 and Samantha ’14 Baldini

Sabrina ’18, Samantha ’14 and Stefanie ’16 Bauman

Michaeline ’02 and Christopher ’14 Becker

An Important Choice for Some Last spring, 2012 Gilmour grad Spencer Antunez wrapped up a two-year stint playing junior hockey in Springfield, Mass. He wasn’t just biding his time. He was leveraging his hockey talents to attract the attention of elite colleges.

It worked. Now Antunez, 20, is riding high in the midst of his first semester at Bowdoin College.

“It’s exciting,” he says.

Antunez was recruited heavily by Bowdoin’s hockey coach to play at the college for a full four years.

“You have to go into juniors with the attitude that you’re there for a reason. And that’s to be recruited to a high-caliber school,” Antunez says.

Antunez is just one of dozens of Gilmour hockey players who have used “juniors” to attend top tier universities. The tactical decision has earned them entry to Brown University, Miami University, Providence College, Rochester Institute of Technology, the United

States Military Academy at West Point, and many other competitive schools.

"Our goal is to best prepare our players for academic and athletic challenges so they can succeed in college. With the average age of a college hockey freshman being 20 ½, it is difficult for most 18 year olds to compete. While our graduates are very well prepared academically and as hockey players, most are not physically ready to challenge players two to six years older for a spot on a college team,” says Gilmour’s Hockey Director John Malloy. He continues, “Junior hockey allows

Jared Smith ’06 played at Brown University after playing juniors.

them a chance to mature physically.

With this additional strength and their Gilmour diploma in hand, they become a viable college hockey candidate.”

Malloy explains, “While many of our 150-plus college players go directly to college, for some, this added year of juniors makes all of the difference.”

Kyle Maggard ’06 describes how the path from Gilmour to junior hockey to college has worked for him. “Like many others, the opportunity to receive a first-rate education while working toward my goal of playing Division I hockey was my main motivation for attending Gilmour. I knew that my hard work and dedication both in the classroom and on the ice would be rewarded.” He continues, “It is why I was able to play Division I hockey at West Point after playing juniors, why my hard work at West Point was met with a full scholarship to pursue my master’s degree at the University of Cambridge, and why I now serve proudly as an engineer in the United States Army.”

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MAY 25, 2014 ~ COMMENCEMENT

Class of

Matriculation List

Allegheny College

Kenyon College

Trinity College

Boston College

Lafayette College

University at Buffalo

Boston University

Lake Forest College

University of Cincinnati

Bowling Green State University

Loyola University Chicago

University of Connecticut

California Polytechnic State University

Loyola University Maryland

University of Dayton

Miami University

University of Hartford

New York University

University of Kentucky

Norwich University

University of Michigan

Ohio University

University of Missouri Columbia

Ohio Wesleyan University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Case Western Reserve University Champlain College Cleveland State University Colorado College Cornell University Dalhousie University Denison University DePaul University Duquesne University Elon University Emory University Gannon University Georgetown University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Indiana University at Bloomington John Carroll University Kent State University 20

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Pennsylvania State University Saint Anselm College Southern Methodist University Spring Arbor University St. Edward’s University Syracuse University The Catholic University of America The College of Wooster The Ohio State University The University of Akron The University of Arizona The University of Tampa

University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Notre Dame University of Washington University of Wyoming Urbana University Wake Forest University Washington State University Wentworth Institute of Technology Western Michigan University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xavier University

Ashtar ’15 and Bissan ’14 Abboud

Mackenzie ’11, Brynn ’14 and Patrick ’79 Alexander

Alex ’15, Olivia ’12, Jake ’14, Alison ’11 and Claudia ’17 Althans

Brett ’08, Eric ’22, Paige ’14 and Brian ’10 Anton

Robert ’07, Daniel ’10, Joseph ’14 and Thomas ’05 Armagno

Daniel ’17 and Samantha ’14 Baldini

Sabrina ’18, Samantha ’14 and Stefanie ’16 Bauman

Michaeline ’02 and Christopher ’14 Becker

An Important Choice for Some Last spring, 2012 Gilmour grad Spencer Antunez wrapped up a two-year stint playing junior hockey in Springfield, Mass. He wasn’t just biding his time. He was leveraging his hockey talents to attract the attention of elite colleges.

It worked. Now Antunez, 20, is riding high in the midst of his first semester at Bowdoin College.

“It’s exciting,” he says.

Antunez was recruited heavily by Bowdoin’s hockey coach to play at the college for a full four years.

“You have to go into juniors with the attitude that you’re there for a reason. And that’s to be recruited to a high-caliber school,” Antunez says.

Antunez is just one of dozens of Gilmour hockey players who have used “juniors” to attend top tier universities. The tactical decision has earned them entry to Brown University, Miami University, Providence College, Rochester Institute of Technology, the United

States Military Academy at West Point, and many other competitive schools.

"Our goal is to best prepare our players for academic and athletic challenges so they can succeed in college. With the average age of a college hockey freshman being 20 ½, it is difficult for most 18 year olds to compete. While our graduates are very well prepared academically and as hockey players, most are not physically ready to challenge players two to six years older for a spot on a college team,” says Gilmour’s Hockey Director John Malloy. He continues, “Junior hockey allows

Jared Smith ’06 played at Brown University after playing juniors.

them a chance to mature physically.

With this additional strength and their Gilmour diploma in hand, they become a viable college hockey candidate.”

Malloy explains, “While many of our 150-plus college players go directly to college, for some, this added year of juniors makes all of the difference.”

Kyle Maggard ’06 describes how the path from Gilmour to junior hockey to college has worked for him. “Like many others, the opportunity to receive a first-rate education while working toward my goal of playing Division I hockey was my main motivation for attending Gilmour. I knew that my hard work and dedication both in the classroom and on the ice would be rewarded.” He continues, “It is why I was able to play Division I hockey at West Point after playing juniors, why my hard work at West Point was met with a full scholarship to pursue my master’s degree at the University of Cambridge, and why I now serve proudly as an engineer in the United States Army.”

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MAY 25, 2014 ~ COMMENCEMENT

Up from the Middle School

by tһe numbers Elizabeth ’12 and Hannah ’14 Bencivenni

122

Number of students in the Class of 2014 who received their diplomas on Sunday, May 25 at Gilmour Academy's 65th Commencement Exercises

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Number of out-of-state schools that members of the Class of 2014 are attending

Residence Hall Students

10,000+

30

$9,000+

23

Number of social service hours volunteered at community organizations

Number of dollars the Class of 2014 raised for the Measles Initiative and Nuevo Paraiso in Honduras

67

Number of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada that members of the Class of 2014 are attending, including: Boston College, Cornell University, Emory University, Georgetown University, New York University, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Notre Dame and Wake Forest University

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Jonathan ’17, Georgeanne Goodrich ’86, Matthew ’14, Fred ’85 and Daniel ’21 Botek

Members of the Class of 2014 who graduated from Gilmour's Middle School

Members of the Class of 2014 who were resident students, coming from nine states and three countries

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Andrew ’03, Elizabeth ’16, John ’14 and Caitlin ’11 Brett

Members of the Class of 2014 who have gone on to play collegiate sports at the Division I, II and III levels

2

Lifers

Members of the Class of 2014 who qualified for the National Forensics League National Tournament

2

Megan, Julia ’17, Nicole ’14 and Laura ’15 Brzozowski

Students from the Class of 2014 who were named National Merit Finalists

Number of members of the Class of 2014 who have a sibling or parent who attended GA

Ryan ’07, Joseph ’14, and Robert ’12 Catanese

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MAY 25, 2014 ~ COMMENCEMENT

Up from the Middle School

by tһe numbers Elizabeth ’12 and Hannah ’14 Bencivenni

122

Number of students in the Class of 2014 who received their diplomas on Sunday, May 25 at Gilmour Academy's 65th Commencement Exercises

48

Number of out-of-state schools that members of the Class of 2014 are attending

Residence Hall Students

10,000+

30

$9,000+

23

Number of social service hours volunteered at community organizations

Number of dollars the Class of 2014 raised for the Measles Initiative and Nuevo Paraiso in Honduras

67

Number of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada that members of the Class of 2014 are attending, including: Boston College, Cornell University, Emory University, Georgetown University, New York University, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Notre Dame and Wake Forest University

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Jonathan ’17, Georgeanne Goodrich ’86, Matthew ’14, Fred ’85 and Daniel ’21 Botek

Members of the Class of 2014 who graduated from Gilmour's Middle School

Members of the Class of 2014 who were resident students, coming from nine states and three countries

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Andrew ’03, Elizabeth ’16, John ’14 and Caitlin ’11 Brett

Members of the Class of 2014 who have gone on to play collegiate sports at the Division I, II and III levels

2

Lifers

Members of the Class of 2014 who qualified for the National Forensics League National Tournament

2

Megan, Julia ’17, Nicole ’14 and Laura ’15 Brzozowski

Students from the Class of 2014 who were named National Merit Finalists

Number of members of the Class of 2014 who have a sibling or parent who attended GA

Ryan ’07, Joseph ’14, and Robert ’12 Catanese

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Congratulations Gabriela ’15 and Joseph ’14 Cerer

Bailey ’10, Ryan ’08, Bennett, ’14 and Abigail ’11 Clark

Nathan ’13, Jack Byrnes ’82, Brendan ’14 and Richard ’82 Coyne

Sean ’11 and Ryan ’14 Curtin

Brian ’20, Connor ’14 and Kelly ’16 Davis

William ’17, Megan ’12, Emily ’14 and John ’82 Diemer

Mathew ’17, Dominic ’14 and Dominic A. ’82 DiPuccio

Peter ’14 and Paul ’76 Dolan (not pictured: Jack Dolan ’11)

Kristen ’11 and Kaitlyn ’14 Elia

Charles, Jr. ’80, Charles ’14 and Tori ’11 Gallo

Charles ’17 and Natalie ’14 Ertz

Mario ’15 and Frank ’14 Grk

Nicholas ’99, Gabriel ’14 and Nathan ’05 Fedor

Adam ’12, Kelly ’14 and Michael ’17 Harrington

Katie ’18 and James ’14 Forsythe

Claire ’09, Madeline ’14 and Jacqueline ’16 Hawkins

Phi Beta Kappa

National Merit Finalists

The Gilmour Trophy

The Cleveland chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was chartered in 1947 and, over the past 60 years, has extended its recognition of achievement and intellectual curiosity to high school students throughout the greater Cleveland area. The Gilmour faculty selected this year’s inductee because he is truly representative of the qualities of academic integrity, outstanding scholarship and all-around initiative in matters of the mind.

Based on their high PSAT scores, these students were among the approximately 150,000 students nationwide to be named National Merit Finalists.

The Gilmour Trophy is the highest honor a student can receive during his or her time at the Academy.

The honor is bestowed upon the male and female in the graduating class who in the estimation of and with the endorsement of the faculty, administration and student body, best exemplify those qualities the Academy hopes to instill in its graduates.

Both winners are not only excellent students, but also true leaders in co-curricular and extracurricular arenas. They are also individuals who have shown clear commitment to the purposes of the Academy.

Inductee: Michael Palumbo ’14

Joshua ’12 and Aaron ’14 Hickey

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John H. ’83, John ’18, Nicole ’14, Thomas ’13 and Justin ’16 Hollis

James ’10, Peter ’14 and Connor ’13 Hurley

Christian ’12 and Alexandria ’14 Keller

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Samantha Bauman ’14 Alexander Clapacs ’14

Winners: Rachel Novinc ’14 Richard Renner ’14

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Congratulations Gabriela ’15 and Joseph ’14 Cerer

Bailey ’10, Ryan ’08, Bennett, ’14 and Abigail ’11 Clark

Nathan ’13, Jack Byrnes ’82, Brendan ’14 and Richard ’82 Coyne

Sean ’11 and Ryan ’14 Curtin

Brian ’20, Connor ’14 and Kelly ’16 Davis

William ’17, Megan ’12, Emily ’14 and John ’82 Diemer

Mathew ’17, Dominic ’14 and Dominic A. ’82 DiPuccio

Peter ’14 and Paul ’76 Dolan (not pictured: Jack Dolan ’11)

Kristen ’11 and Kaitlyn ’14 Elia

Charles, Jr. ’80, Charles ’14 and Tori ’11 Gallo

Charles ’17 and Natalie ’14 Ertz

Mario ’15 and Frank ’14 Grk

Nicholas ’99, Gabriel ’14 and Nathan ’05 Fedor

Adam ’12, Kelly ’14 and Michael ’17 Harrington

Katie ’18 and James ’14 Forsythe

Claire ’09, Madeline ’14 and Jacqueline ’16 Hawkins

Phi Beta Kappa

National Merit Finalists

The Gilmour Trophy

The Cleveland chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was chartered in 1947 and, over the past 60 years, has extended its recognition of achievement and intellectual curiosity to high school students throughout the greater Cleveland area. The Gilmour faculty selected this year’s inductee because he is truly representative of the qualities of academic integrity, outstanding scholarship and all-around initiative in matters of the mind.

Based on their high PSAT scores, these students were among the approximately 150,000 students nationwide to be named National Merit Finalists.

The Gilmour Trophy is the highest honor a student can receive during his or her time at the Academy.

The honor is bestowed upon the male and female in the graduating class who in the estimation of and with the endorsement of the faculty, administration and student body, best exemplify those qualities the Academy hopes to instill in its graduates.

Both winners are not only excellent students, but also true leaders in co-curricular and extracurricular arenas. They are also individuals who have shown clear commitment to the purposes of the Academy.

Inductee: Michael Palumbo ’14

Joshua ’12 and Aaron ’14 Hickey

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John H. ’83, John ’18, Nicole ’14, Thomas ’13 and Justin ’16 Hollis

James ’10, Peter ’14 and Connor ’13 Hurley

Christian ’12 and Alexandria ’14 Keller

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to tһose students in tһe Class of wһo were һonored witһ tһe һigһest awards and most prestigious commendations.

Samantha Bauman ’14 Alexander Clapacs ’14

Winners: Rachel Novinc ’14 Richard Renner ’14

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David ’12, Agnes ’14 and Matthew ’25 Mirando

John ’11 and Patrick ’14 Mohorcic

Rachel ’10 and Weston ’14 Noall

James ’16 and Rachel ’14 Novinc

Christian ’17, Michael III ’14 and Marisa ’15 Palumbo

Paul Jr. ’14 and Mallorie ’17 Piazza

Nicolas ’10, Julia ’14 and Alexandria ’09 Pilla

Mark ’08, Amy ’14 and Kevin ’11 Rizzo

“Not one person could be sitting һere today if it were not for tһe support of otһers.”

2014 Commencement James E. ’86 and James ’14 Rooney

Michael Palumbo ’14, Valedictory Address

Alexander ’12 and Thomas ’14 Rupp

Edward III ’09, Ryan ’14 and Sean ’16 Kelley

Carly ’14 and Andrew ’16 King

Sarah ’16, Madeleine ’14 and Claire ’15 Krakowiak

Kellen ’10 and Michaela ’14 Leach

Jacob ’13, Zachary ’14 and Joshua ’20 Saliba

Sarah-Lee ’05, Paul-Henry ’14 and Yann-Frederic ’08 Schoenhagen

Cameron ’08, Courtney ’14 and Austin ’10 Severson

Dana Randazzo ’87, Maria ’16, Jena ’14, Anna ’18 and Michael ’86 Snelling

Madison ’14 and William ’16 Levand

Hannah ’16 and Halle ’14 Markel

Tyler ’16 and Macie ’14 McNichols

Adam ’14 and Madeleine ’16 Miller

Joseph ’14 and Chase ’16 Sriprajittichai

Charles ’13, William ’14 and John ’16 Sullivan

Michael ’11 and Katherine ’14 Zavagno

Gianna ’18, McKenzie ’16, Colin ’14, Tawnya Santoiemmo ’87 and Thomas ’87 Zucker

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David ’12, Agnes ’14 and Matthew ’25 Mirando

John ’11 and Patrick ’14 Mohorcic

Rachel ’10 and Weston ’14 Noall

James ’16 and Rachel ’14 Novinc

Christian ’17, Michael III ’14 and Marisa ’15 Palumbo

Paul Jr. ’14 and Mallorie ’17 Piazza

Nicolas ’10, Julia ’14 and Alexandria ’09 Pilla

Mark ’08, Amy ’14 and Kevin ’11 Rizzo

“Not one person could be sitting һere today if it were not for tһe support of otһers.”

2014 Commencement James E. ’86 and James ’14 Rooney

Michael Palumbo ’14, Valedictory Address

Alexander ’12 and Thomas ’14 Rupp

Edward III ’09, Ryan ’14 and Sean ’16 Kelley

Carly ’14 and Andrew ’16 King

Sarah ’16, Madeleine ’14 and Claire ’15 Krakowiak

Kellen ’10 and Michaela ’14 Leach

Jacob ’13, Zachary ’14 and Joshua ’20 Saliba

Sarah-Lee ’05, Paul-Henry ’14 and Yann-Frederic ’08 Schoenhagen

Cameron ’08, Courtney ’14 and Austin ’10 Severson

Dana Randazzo ’87, Maria ’16, Jena ’14, Anna ’18 and Michael ’86 Snelling

Madison ’14 and William ’16 Levand

Hannah ’16 and Halle ’14 Markel

Tyler ’16 and Macie ’14 McNichols

Adam ’14 and Madeleine ’16 Miller

Joseph ’14 and Chase ’16 Sriprajittichai

Charles ’13, William ’14 and John ’16 Sullivan

Michael ’11 and Katherine ’14 Zavagno

Gianna ’18, McKenzie ’16, Colin ’14, Tawnya Santoiemmo ’87 and Thomas ’87 Zucker

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AROUND

CAMPUS

Moot Court Wins State Competition In May, Gilmour’s Moot Court team of Cassandra Williams ’15, Grant Bent ’15 and Sophia Zupanc ’15 won the Moot Court 2014 State Competition with a final score of 279 points. The event featured 70 high school students from 13 schools around the state of Ohio.

The competition, sponsored by the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education (OCLRE), was a brand new event this year.

Students gathered at the Ohio Supreme Court and had the opportunity to argue both sides of a court case. They presented a simulated oral argument and responded to questions posed by a panel of judges. Students were judged on their ability to apply

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Deanne Nowak, Ph.D. Earns National Recognition for her Work Developing Gilmour’s Entrepreneurship Program

Moot Court winners Cassandra Williams, Grant Bent and Sophia Zupanc. the law to the case. Additionally, participants composed a legal brief related to the arguments, which was also scored by the panel of judges.

Gilmour’s team was coached by Gay Janis, who also serves as the school’s director of speech and debate, director of the drama program and Mock Trial coach. The team was assisted by legal advisor Brandon Cox, Esq. ’03, an associate in the trial department at Tucker, Ellis & West, LLP. Janis says of the team’s success, “I am so pleased the students won States. It was quite a complicated case and I thought the students handled both sides, including their analysis and application of the case law, very professionally. Their legal brief, which counted in the scoring process, was quite impressive.”

In May, the Freedoms Foundation honored eight teachers selected from a national pool for the prestigious 2014 Leavey Awards.

One of the award winners was Deanne Nowak, Ph.D., a science instructor and Gilmour’s Dean of Institutional and Curriculum Research.

management and entrepreneurship, finance and economics, and an experiential learning course called Venture. Upper School students also participate in the Investment Club, the Ohio Stock Market Challenge, the Junior Achievement Company program and a variety of business plan competitions.

The awards program recognizes educators at the elementary, junior high school, high school and college levels for innovative and effective techniques in teaching entrepreneurship and free enterprise education.

Nowak credits the Burton D. Morgan Foundation and the Veale Foundation with providing the guidance and financial support to make her vision a reality. She also cites the enthusiastic participation of Gilmour colleagues, parents and alumni; the vibrant exchange of ideas among members of the Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum and participants at the annual Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education Forums; and the generosity of local entrepreneurs who inspire and mentor Gilmour students.

Nowak was honored for her creation of an entrepreneurship ecosystem at Gilmour – reaching students from the Montessori preschool through Grade 12 – that inspires students to learn about private enterprise and gives them a variety of opportunities to do so.

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Nowak received her award at the Freedoms Foundation dinner.

Through the innovative program Nowak has designed, Montessori students operate a family farm; Lower School students participate in the Young Entrepreneurs group, Lemonade Day and the Virtual Investment Club; Middle School students complete E-Lab; and Upper School students are offered three business-oriented electives:

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Moot Court Wins State Competition In May, Gilmour’s Moot Court team of Cassandra Williams ’15, Grant Bent ’15 and Sophia Zupanc ’15 won the Moot Court 2014 State Competition with a final score of 279 points. The event featured 70 high school students from 13 schools around the state of Ohio.

The competition, sponsored by the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education (OCLRE), was a brand new event this year.

Students gathered at the Ohio Supreme Court and had the opportunity to argue both sides of a court case. They presented a simulated oral argument and responded to questions posed by a panel of judges. Students were judged on their ability to apply

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Deanne Nowak, Ph.D. Earns National Recognition for her Work Developing Gilmour’s Entrepreneurship Program

Moot Court winners Cassandra Williams, Grant Bent and Sophia Zupanc. the law to the case. Additionally, participants composed a legal brief related to the arguments, which was also scored by the panel of judges.

Gilmour’s team was coached by Gay Janis, who also serves as the school’s director of speech and debate, director of the drama program and Mock Trial coach. The team was assisted by legal advisor Brandon Cox, Esq. ’03, an associate in the trial department at Tucker, Ellis & West, LLP. Janis says of the team’s success, “I am so pleased the students won States. It was quite a complicated case and I thought the students handled both sides, including their analysis and application of the case law, very professionally. Their legal brief, which counted in the scoring process, was quite impressive.”

In May, the Freedoms Foundation honored eight teachers selected from a national pool for the prestigious 2014 Leavey Awards.

One of the award winners was Deanne Nowak, Ph.D., a science instructor and Gilmour’s Dean of Institutional and Curriculum Research.

management and entrepreneurship, finance and economics, and an experiential learning course called Venture. Upper School students also participate in the Investment Club, the Ohio Stock Market Challenge, the Junior Achievement Company program and a variety of business plan competitions.

The awards program recognizes educators at the elementary, junior high school, high school and college levels for innovative and effective techniques in teaching entrepreneurship and free enterprise education.

Nowak credits the Burton D. Morgan Foundation and the Veale Foundation with providing the guidance and financial support to make her vision a reality. She also cites the enthusiastic participation of Gilmour colleagues, parents and alumni; the vibrant exchange of ideas among members of the Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum and participants at the annual Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education Forums; and the generosity of local entrepreneurs who inspire and mentor Gilmour students.

Nowak was honored for her creation of an entrepreneurship ecosystem at Gilmour – reaching students from the Montessori preschool through Grade 12 – that inspires students to learn about private enterprise and gives them a variety of opportunities to do so.

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Nowak received her award at the Freedoms Foundation dinner.

Through the innovative program Nowak has designed, Montessori students operate a family farm; Lower School students participate in the Young Entrepreneurs group, Lemonade Day and the Virtual Investment Club; Middle School students complete E-Lab; and Upper School students are offered three business-oriented electives:

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A Look At Gilmour’s New Faculty Members Veronique Berthet

Alex Kimmel

Upper School French

Upper School Latin

Originally from France, Berthet received her bachelor’s in Spanish literature from Castleton State College in Vermont. She has a master’s degree in linguistics from Syracuse University and taught for 10 years at Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby before coming to Gilmour.

Kimmel is now a full-time Latin instructor at Gilmour, having taught part-time in the past. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College and his master’s in education from John Carroll University.

Michael Chiellino

McConnell has a bachelor’s degree in art education from Kent State University and a master’s degree in gifted education from Cleveland State University. She headed the art and gifted programs at Ledgemont School in Geauga County for three years. She then went on to become the gifted coordinator for Trumbull County Educational Service Center and headed its visual and performing arts program.

Prep Hockey Coach

For the past two years, Chiellino worked as the assistant men’s ice hockey coach at Hamilton College and as a counselor at special education school Tradewinds Education Center in Rome, N.Y. He played hockey as an undergrad at Siena College in Albany, N.Y. and has a master’s degree in school counseling from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y.

Erin McConnell Lower School Art

Laura Novotney Directress of Montessori Preschool Program

Before coming to Gilmour, Novotney taught for 15 years at Catholic Montessori School in

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Kirtland. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kent State University and underwent Montessori training at the Washington Montessori Institute in Washington, D.C. Erin Thompson Upper School Religion, Dorm Proctor, Volleyball Coach

Thompson plays a number of roles on campus this year, which include teaching two sections of Religion 9, serving as a dorm proctor in the residential life program, serving in the pastoral life program and coaching volleyball. Thompson earned her bachelor’s in theology from the University of Portland Sister Beata Tiboldi, O.P. Lower School Religion

Sr. Beata was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 2001. She earned degrees in education, computer programming and religious teaching in Hungary.

In 2006, she received her master’s in education from the University of Dayton, specializing in early childhood education.

Back row (L to R): Sr. Beata Tiboldi, Alex Kimmel and Erin McConnell Front row (L to R): Emily Wanders, Laura Novotney, Alyson Zuzolo and Veronique Berthet Not pictured: Michael Chiellino, Erin Thompson and Michael Woll

Emily Wanders

Michael Woll

Alyson Zuzolo

Director of Lower School Admission

Speech and Debate Coach

Upper School Religion

Wanders majored in early childhood education as an undergrad at Ohio University and received her master’s in educational leadership from the University of Dayton. Before coming to Gilmour, she taught second and third grades in the Centerville city schools and recently taught third grade for four years at Hathaway Brown School. Her husband, Jon Wanders, is the new director of the Upper School.

Woll coached debate at Solon High School for three years before coming to Gilmour. He’s a retired English and speech teacher from the Parma and Cleveland schools and has a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University. His third book of short stories was published this fall.

Zuzolo earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from John Carroll University. After college, she completed a two-year service teaching program called Operation TEACH. While in the program, she earned a master’s degree in teaching from University of Notre Dame of Maryland. Most recently, Zuzolo taught middle school religion, social studies and language arts at Lial Catholic School in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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A Look At Gilmour’s New Faculty Members Veronique Berthet

Alex Kimmel

Upper School French

Upper School Latin

Originally from France, Berthet received her bachelor’s in Spanish literature from Castleton State College in Vermont. She has a master’s degree in linguistics from Syracuse University and taught for 10 years at Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby before coming to Gilmour.

Kimmel is now a full-time Latin instructor at Gilmour, having taught part-time in the past. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College and his master’s in education from John Carroll University.

Michael Chiellino

McConnell has a bachelor’s degree in art education from Kent State University and a master’s degree in gifted education from Cleveland State University. She headed the art and gifted programs at Ledgemont School in Geauga County for three years. She then went on to become the gifted coordinator for Trumbull County Educational Service Center and headed its visual and performing arts program.

Prep Hockey Coach

For the past two years, Chiellino worked as the assistant men’s ice hockey coach at Hamilton College and as a counselor at special education school Tradewinds Education Center in Rome, N.Y. He played hockey as an undergrad at Siena College in Albany, N.Y. and has a master’s degree in school counseling from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y.

Erin McConnell Lower School Art

Laura Novotney Directress of Montessori Preschool Program

Before coming to Gilmour, Novotney taught for 15 years at Catholic Montessori School in

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Kirtland. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kent State University and underwent Montessori training at the Washington Montessori Institute in Washington, D.C. Erin Thompson Upper School Religion, Dorm Proctor, Volleyball Coach

Thompson plays a number of roles on campus this year, which include teaching two sections of Religion 9, serving as a dorm proctor in the residential life program, serving in the pastoral life program and coaching volleyball. Thompson earned her bachelor’s in theology from the University of Portland Sister Beata Tiboldi, O.P. Lower School Religion

Sr. Beata was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 2001. She earned degrees in education, computer programming and religious teaching in Hungary.

In 2006, she received her master’s in education from the University of Dayton, specializing in early childhood education.

Back row (L to R): Sr. Beata Tiboldi, Alex Kimmel and Erin McConnell Front row (L to R): Emily Wanders, Laura Novotney, Alyson Zuzolo and Veronique Berthet Not pictured: Michael Chiellino, Erin Thompson and Michael Woll

Emily Wanders

Michael Woll

Alyson Zuzolo

Director of Lower School Admission

Speech and Debate Coach

Upper School Religion

Wanders majored in early childhood education as an undergrad at Ohio University and received her master’s in educational leadership from the University of Dayton. Before coming to Gilmour, she taught second and third grades in the Centerville city schools and recently taught third grade for four years at Hathaway Brown School. Her husband, Jon Wanders, is the new director of the Upper School.

Woll coached debate at Solon High School for three years before coming to Gilmour. He’s a retired English and speech teacher from the Parma and Cleveland schools and has a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University. His third book of short stories was published this fall.

Zuzolo earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from John Carroll University. After college, she completed a two-year service teaching program called Operation TEACH. While in the program, she earned a master’s degree in teaching from University of Notre Dame of Maryland. Most recently, Zuzolo taught middle school religion, social studies and language arts at Lial Catholic School in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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Izzy Greene ’18 While visiting different high schools last autumn, admission counselors advised me that "you'll know the right school" after your visits. They were right! After visiting Gilmour Academy, I knew it was the right choice for me.

Why? The three main reasons for me include Catholic, coed and community!

One reason I chose to attend Gilmour Academy is my Catholic faith. A strong Catholic faith can help students during important times in their life. It is important to me to keep learning about my faith throughout high school.

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Why I chose Another reason I picked Gilmour was the supportive faculty. On my visit, I could tell that they really wanted to help students learn as much as possible.

A third reason I chose Gilmour is I prefer having girls and boys working together in the classroom.

I feel this will prepare me for real life.

But the biggest reason I chose Gilmour was its warm community.

As soon as I set foot on campus,

I felt as if I was at home. There was not one person that made me feel uncomfortable in any way. The teachers, coaches, staff, students and families all made me feel so welcome at Gilmour. I am loving my first year as a Lancer!

Yes!

Gilmour Academy...

Andrew Sieminski ’18

Lauriel Powell ’18

I am a freshman at Gilmour and I am part of the largest freshman class in recent history.

Choosing Gilmour as my high school was an easy decision. There weren't too many schools, at the time, that caught my eye. I looked at other schools, but none felt like home to me. I wanted a school that I would be able to spend the next four years of my life at, continue my educational career, and make lifelong friends. I wanted to be in a happy environment where I could get work done, and have a little fun.

It's not that the other schools I was looking at didn't offer any of the things I was looking for, it was just a matter of which school felt right to me. Gilmour was the best fit for me, and that's why I chose it.

Some things that separated Gilmour from the other schools were the campus, the environment and all the sports and clubs that they offered.

When I first arrived at the school on my shadow day, I fell in love.

Tudor House was so beautiful in itself, and that was only the outside that I saw. The outside and inside appearance of the place where I'll be "working" for the next four years was a very important part of my decision.

Sports are a very big part of my life. I love being active, and having fun doing it. The number of sports Gilmour offers was also another

I first got to know about Gilmour when I attended an Open House during an October afternoon while I was still in seventh grade.

Walking through the campus made a lasting impression. When I reached eighth grade, I chose to shadow at Gilmour to see what it was like for an entire day. It was the best experience I had of any school I shadowed. I knew then that Gilmour was for me.

big part of my decision, along with the many different clubs. During my time at Gilmour, I hope to get involved in Mock Trial, the Math Club, the Drama Club, Music Ministry, and many others. In my four years here, I hope to play basketball.

I also want to try some new sports like fastpitch softball, tennis and volleyball. Along with sports and clubs, I'd like to get involved in the community, and help others.

Helping others is something I value, and the fact that we have to have 60 hours of service before we can graduate is amazing, and it gives me plenty of time to be of service to those in need.

The decision to attend Gilmour was easy. I felt at home as part of a large family. Everyone seemed interested in me personally and asked about me. I felt that I belonged in this perfect atmosphere.

The campus was great and the food even better! Gilmour set itself apart from the other schools I considered because everyone was interested in me as a person. They saw what I could bring to Gilmour.

There are many opportunities for me to get involved at Gilmour and grow as an individual. I enjoy sports, so I play football and plan to participate in basketball and track. I love music and will participate in the Pops Ensemble.

I will get involved socially in some other clubs as I learn what they are during my freshman year. I will also find a service organization that I can help by giving back to the community in some way.

I am up to the challenge that Gilmour presents. I want to achieve as an individual. I also want to contribute to the Gilmour community by doing the best that I can in everything that I attempt to do and use all the gifts that God gave me. That’s what my parents instilled in me.

I appreciate the opportunity to attend Gilmour and look forward to the next four years.

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Izzy Greene ’18 While visiting different high schools last autumn, admission counselors advised me that "you'll know the right school" after your visits. They were right! After visiting Gilmour Academy, I knew it was the right choice for me.

Why? The three main reasons for me include Catholic, coed and community!

One reason I chose to attend Gilmour Academy is my Catholic faith. A strong Catholic faith can help students during important times in their life. It is important to me to keep learning about my faith throughout high school.

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Why I chose Another reason I picked Gilmour was the supportive faculty. On my visit, I could tell that they really wanted to help students learn as much as possible.

A third reason I chose Gilmour is I prefer having girls and boys working together in the classroom.

I feel this will prepare me for real life.

But the biggest reason I chose Gilmour was its warm community.

As soon as I set foot on campus,

I felt as if I was at home. There was not one person that made me feel uncomfortable in any way. The teachers, coaches, staff, students and families all made me feel so welcome at Gilmour. I am loving my first year as a Lancer!

Yes!

Gilmour Academy...

Andrew Sieminski ’18

Lauriel Powell ’18

I am a freshman at Gilmour and I am part of the largest freshman class in recent history.

Choosing Gilmour as my high school was an easy decision. There weren't too many schools, at the time, that caught my eye. I looked at other schools, but none felt like home to me. I wanted a school that I would be able to spend the next four years of my life at, continue my educational career, and make lifelong friends. I wanted to be in a happy environment where I could get work done, and have a little fun.

It's not that the other schools I was looking at didn't offer any of the things I was looking for, it was just a matter of which school felt right to me. Gilmour was the best fit for me, and that's why I chose it.

Some things that separated Gilmour from the other schools were the campus, the environment and all the sports and clubs that they offered.

When I first arrived at the school on my shadow day, I fell in love.

Tudor House was so beautiful in itself, and that was only the outside that I saw. The outside and inside appearance of the place where I'll be "working" for the next four years was a very important part of my decision.

Sports are a very big part of my life. I love being active, and having fun doing it. The number of sports Gilmour offers was also another

I first got to know about Gilmour when I attended an Open House during an October afternoon while I was still in seventh grade.

Walking through the campus made a lasting impression. When I reached eighth grade, I chose to shadow at Gilmour to see what it was like for an entire day. It was the best experience I had of any school I shadowed. I knew then that Gilmour was for me.

big part of my decision, along with the many different clubs. During my time at Gilmour, I hope to get involved in Mock Trial, the Math Club, the Drama Club, Music Ministry, and many others. In my four years here, I hope to play basketball.

I also want to try some new sports like fastpitch softball, tennis and volleyball. Along with sports and clubs, I'd like to get involved in the community, and help others.

Helping others is something I value, and the fact that we have to have 60 hours of service before we can graduate is amazing, and it gives me plenty of time to be of service to those in need.

The decision to attend Gilmour was easy. I felt at home as part of a large family. Everyone seemed interested in me personally and asked about me. I felt that I belonged in this perfect atmosphere.

The campus was great and the food even better! Gilmour set itself apart from the other schools I considered because everyone was interested in me as a person. They saw what I could bring to Gilmour.

There are many opportunities for me to get involved at Gilmour and grow as an individual. I enjoy sports, so I play football and plan to participate in basketball and track. I love music and will participate in the Pops Ensemble.

I will get involved socially in some other clubs as I learn what they are during my freshman year. I will also find a service organization that I can help by giving back to the community in some way.

I am up to the challenge that Gilmour presents. I want to achieve as an individual. I also want to contribute to the Gilmour community by doing the best that I can in everything that I attempt to do and use all the gifts that God gave me. That’s what my parents instilled in me.

I appreciate the opportunity to attend Gilmour and look forward to the next four years.

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Why I chose

Gilmour Academy...

Lily Switka ’18

Ava Thomas ’18 There are many good high schools in my area, and I shadowed four in particular. Then I became confused…which one do I choose?

I recalled a piece of advice from Roy Disney who said, “When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.”

Shadowing gave me a behindthe-scenes preview of a typical school day. After one round of shadow days at four schools, I came back to Gilmour to shadow for a second time.

This time, I paid particular attention to how the students cordially interacted with one another. It was insightful to see the seniors talk to the freshmen in the hallways. I felt respected when I was asked my opinions in classroom discussions. My shadow hosts were genuinely interested in me. Even when I went home, a freshman texted me to ask how I liked Gilmour.

The teachers introduced me to the class and were accommodating in showing me around the school.

Teachers went out of their way to ask me what my interests were and explained what programs were available, such as Catalyst.

So I asked myself, “What do I value?” And my answer was this… a coeducational environment, a faith-based community, strong organization and work ethic, and a ‘family feel.’ Not every school I shadowed could check my requirements off the list.

Gilmour did.

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At Gilmour, I will be involved with track and field, and community service. The classes I look forward to the most are physics and speech.

I am eager for all the opportunities that Gilmour holds so that I can be inspired to fulfill my dreams.

After all, Walt Disney said, “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

I was originally introduced to Gilmour Academy by my mother and my aunt who had graduated from there in 1985 and 1986.

Although there was no pressure to follow in the family footsteps, I considered Gilmour along with several other schools. When it came time to start shadowing, however, seventh and eighth graders at Seton Catholic School were only allowed two shadow days, so I had to narrow down my choices. During the spring of my seventh grade year, I spent my first shadow day at another area high school. I shadowed my very good friend, a sophomore with whom I had danced for many years. Overall, I thought the school was beautiful, but I felt rather out of place in the halls. I realized that my

Drew Casa ’18 After only being here for a short time, I already know that I made the right decision for high school.

It was a long process deciding on a high school. I looked at a few schools in the area, but as soon as I saw Gilmour I knew that this was where I wanted to be.

I came from a small grade school with a graduating class of only 31 students. I knew that I would feel more comfortable in a smaller

interest in that school was sparked purely because of my friends that would soon be attending there.

I had yet to feel at home when I walked through the doors of a high school.

In September of my eighth grade year, I used my last shadow day to high school. I knew I wanted a school with a family atmosphere and a strong sense of community.

I didn’t just want to be a "number."

I wanted to have a role in my school community. When I walked into Gilmour on my visit day I knew this was exactly where I wanted to be.

I am on Gilmour's football team, so I have been pretty busy with football and studying. The teachers here care about every student's individual success, whether it’s in the classroom or on the field, so they are always

come visit Gilmour Academy. I remember how excited I was when we pulled up to Tudor House and there was someone there waiting for me. I could feel the excitement in the air as the students hustled and bustled about; it was the Friday of Homecoming Weekend. A student named Alex took me through the course of her day so that I could see what it would be like to be a freshman at Gilmour Academy. I was able to participate and answer questions in all of her classes, eat a delicious and nut-free lunch (thank goodness, because I’m allergic!), admire the breathtaking campus, interact with teachers and faculty, and receive the full Gilmour experience. Everyone there greeted me with open arms. I felt at home walking through the halls. When my mom picked me up at the end

of the day, she didn’t even ask me how it went before I said, “I want to be a Lancer!”

During my time at Gilmour, I hope to explore the many things they have to offer. I am very interested in math and science, as well as writing, photography and Spanish.

I would like to participate in many extracurricular activities. I hope to make new friends that I’ll have for a lifetime. Maybe one day I, too, will be able to show a student interested in coming to Gilmour their way around the campus. I hope to have an amazing time with people I love in a positive learning environment and achieve academic excellence during my four years at Gilmour.

But most importantly, I have confidence that I will. And that is why I chose Gilmour Academy. willing to provide help outside of class. As a member of the football team, I have come to know kids in grades 9-12 and have become close with kids in each grade. Everyone pretty much knows everyone here.

No other school could have provided me with that. My dad and my brother both graduated from Saint Ignatius and now here I am, happy to be a part of the Gilmour community and a proud member of the graduating class of 2018. Go Lancers!

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Why I chose

Gilmour Academy...

Lily Switka ’18

Ava Thomas ’18 There are many good high schools in my area, and I shadowed four in particular. Then I became confused…which one do I choose?

I recalled a piece of advice from Roy Disney who said, “When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.”

Shadowing gave me a behindthe-scenes preview of a typical school day. After one round of shadow days at four schools, I came back to Gilmour to shadow for a second time.

This time, I paid particular attention to how the students cordially interacted with one another. It was insightful to see the seniors talk to the freshmen in the hallways. I felt respected when I was asked my opinions in classroom discussions. My shadow hosts were genuinely interested in me. Even when I went home, a freshman texted me to ask how I liked Gilmour.

The teachers introduced me to the class and were accommodating in showing me around the school.

Teachers went out of their way to ask me what my interests were and explained what programs were available, such as Catalyst.

So I asked myself, “What do I value?” And my answer was this… a coeducational environment, a faith-based community, strong organization and work ethic, and a ‘family feel.’ Not every school I shadowed could check my requirements off the list.

Gilmour did.

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At Gilmour, I will be involved with track and field, and community service. The classes I look forward to the most are physics and speech.

I am eager for all the opportunities that Gilmour holds so that I can be inspired to fulfill my dreams.

After all, Walt Disney said, “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”

I was originally introduced to Gilmour Academy by my mother and my aunt who had graduated from there in 1985 and 1986.

Although there was no pressure to follow in the family footsteps, I considered Gilmour along with several other schools. When it came time to start shadowing, however, seventh and eighth graders at Seton Catholic School were only allowed two shadow days, so I had to narrow down my choices. During the spring of my seventh grade year, I spent my first shadow day at another area high school. I shadowed my very good friend, a sophomore with whom I had danced for many years. Overall, I thought the school was beautiful, but I felt rather out of place in the halls. I realized that my

Drew Casa ’18 After only being here for a short time, I already know that I made the right decision for high school.

It was a long process deciding on a high school. I looked at a few schools in the area, but as soon as I saw Gilmour I knew that this was where I wanted to be.

I came from a small grade school with a graduating class of only 31 students. I knew that I would feel more comfortable in a smaller

interest in that school was sparked purely because of my friends that would soon be attending there.

I had yet to feel at home when I walked through the doors of a high school.

In September of my eighth grade year, I used my last shadow day to high school. I knew I wanted a school with a family atmosphere and a strong sense of community.

I didn’t just want to be a "number."

I wanted to have a role in my school community. When I walked into Gilmour on my visit day I knew this was exactly where I wanted to be.

I am on Gilmour's football team, so I have been pretty busy with football and studying. The teachers here care about every student's individual success, whether it’s in the classroom or on the field, so they are always

come visit Gilmour Academy. I remember how excited I was when we pulled up to Tudor House and there was someone there waiting for me. I could feel the excitement in the air as the students hustled and bustled about; it was the Friday of Homecoming Weekend. A student named Alex took me through the course of her day so that I could see what it would be like to be a freshman at Gilmour Academy. I was able to participate and answer questions in all of her classes, eat a delicious and nut-free lunch (thank goodness, because I’m allergic!), admire the breathtaking campus, interact with teachers and faculty, and receive the full Gilmour experience. Everyone there greeted me with open arms. I felt at home walking through the halls. When my mom picked me up at the end

of the day, she didn’t even ask me how it went before I said, “I want to be a Lancer!”

During my time at Gilmour, I hope to explore the many things they have to offer. I am very interested in math and science, as well as writing, photography and Spanish.

I would like to participate in many extracurricular activities. I hope to make new friends that I’ll have for a lifetime. Maybe one day I, too, will be able to show a student interested in coming to Gilmour their way around the campus. I hope to have an amazing time with people I love in a positive learning environment and achieve academic excellence during my four years at Gilmour.

But most importantly, I have confidence that I will. And that is why I chose Gilmour Academy. willing to provide help outside of class. As a member of the football team, I have come to know kids in grades 9-12 and have become close with kids in each grade. Everyone pretty much knows everyone here.

No other school could have provided me with that. My dad and my brother both graduated from Saint Ignatius and now here I am, happy to be a part of the Gilmour community and a proud member of the graduating class of 2018. Go Lancers!

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TOM NELSON Class of 1958

The new freshman walked into the room and counted six pool tables.

It wouldn’t cost him a penny to play. That was all he needed to see.

“I fell in love with Gilmour in about 25 minutes. It was an adventure from the moment I hit the ground,” says TOM NELSON. Indeed, Gilmour personified a brave new world for the young man from Oak Park, Ill., who suffered from a rheumatic heart problem that confined him to bed for much of his youth.

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The Boys of 1960 Fifty-eight years after meeting each other in Gilmour dorms or classrooms, or on the freshman football team of Brother Ludwig Crosson, eight of the boys of 1960 reconvened on the first long weekend in September in Lake Placid, N.Y., at the home of TOM ASHLEY ’60 and Mara Jayne Miller.

Four buildings on four acres facing the historic lake proved to be a good venue for recalling the last 50 years and

the important time the boys spent together in the 1950s. Six attending spouses made a grand dinner table for continuous talking. Negotiations to determine who would get to plan and prepare dinners and breakfasts were energetic. Fourteen slept comfortably in the 130-year-old big house and “cottage.”

the activities offered by the lake, islands, peninsulas, woods, trails and mountains, which were on dramatic view from the back deck of the big house. Talking and more talking accompanied eating, drinking, sitting, hiking, fireplace-ing, museum-ing, sightseeing, shopping, boating and swimming.

Mara Jayne’s speedboat and Richard Barone’s Hummer complemented

Every participant agreed that something important had happened in the Gilmour years and they committed to re-reconvening for further discussion in another 58 years.

TOM ASHLEY, RICHARD BARONE, BINK BUTTERLY, BILL CROOKSTON, JOEL AND JON D’ORAZIO, JACK HARRINGTON and LELAND SCHUBERT

came from Florida, Ohio, Michigan, New York City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.The spouses there were Mara Jayne Miller, Marge Butterly, Marilyn Sauline, Alice D’Orazio, Karen Harrington and Jane Rehmke.

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The first time he ever ran was as a freshman in September 1954. “It was arrogance on my part,” says Nelson, who ran track, cheered and played football at Gilmour.

“I thought, well, everybody else is doing it, so I’m going to do it, too.”

Nelson embraced the friendships he so quickly established in the dorms, and in 2014 Nelson considers Gilmour a highlight of his life. Graduating from Gilmour and subsequently attending Georgetown University were significant accomplishments for Nelson, who because of his early illness didn’t attend school regularly until third grade.

Nelson took a break between his junior and senior year at Georgetown to serve for two years in the Army. The Private First Class and Army cook was awarded the Good Conduct Medal his first year.

“They thought it was marvelous that I was a Gilmour graduate, so they gave me this medal,” jokes Nelson, who returned to Georgetown and graduated with an economics degree.

Striking a more serious tone, Nelson says he has lived a “very charmed, wonderful life.”

Gilmour was among the first steps on that path, he says. Another was marrying Pat, his wife of 50 years. “It was the luckiest day of my life,” Nelson says of his wedding day.

The couple established a good life and big family in Oak Park, and Nelson rose to become president of his family’s printing business, Offset Press. First, he fulfilled his longtime goal of joining the Chicago Board of Trade, just as his father had in 1924.

But “it was tough,” Nelson says. “I traded for almost two years and nearly starved to death.”

Joining the family business somehow seemed more appealing. In it, Nelson learned that working smart is better than working hard, and that communication is crucial to harmonious business relationships.

“Being in a family business, your life was not your own,” he says. “You had to do what you were told. It was more than being an employee; it was a matter of family support.

You loved these people, so that’s why you did it.”

Nelson continues to be a deeply committed family man. He and Pat have three sons, three daughters and 12 grandchildren they see often. “The most courageous thing I’ve done is become a father,” Nelson says. “That makes the difference between everything.”

“I fell in love witһ Gilmour in about 25 minutes. It was an adventure from tһe moment I һit tһe ground.”

What are your grandchildren like?

They’re like the core of a wonderful variety show. They sing, dance, recite poetry and get arrested.

Tell me about your experience with the Boy Scouts.

I have been part of it for 47 years, since shortly after I left the Army.

I support them financially, am a longtime Scout Master and have served on the board of directors.

Chicago deep dish or Chicago-style ‘dog’?

I’m a New York pizza kind of guy.

What’s the key to a lasting marriage?

Laughter And to being a good father?

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1956

GEOFF MORTON recently

DICK GEORGE, TOM HUGHES, JOHN MADIGAN, JACK ZUCKER and their

celebrated his 18th anniversary as a college counselor at Saint Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio.

spouses gathered for a mini reunion prior to the Gilmour reunion in June.

They were joined by GEOFF MORTON ’55 and FATHER JOHN BLAZEK ’58 who offered a remembrance prayer for their departed classmates.

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Four buildings on four acres facing the historic lake proved to be a good venue for recalling the last 50 years and

the important time the boys spent together in the 1950s. Six attending spouses made a grand dinner table for continuous talking. Negotiations to determine who would get to plan and prepare dinners and breakfasts were energetic. Fourteen slept comfortably in the 130-year-old big house and “cottage.”

the activities offered by the lake, islands, peninsulas, woods, trails and mountains, which were on dramatic view from the back deck of the big house. Talking and more talking accompanied eating, drinking, sitting, hiking, fireplace-ing, museum-ing, sightseeing, shopping, boating and swimming.

Mara Jayne’s speedboat and Richard Barone’s Hummer complemented

Every participant agreed that something important had happened in the Gilmour years and they committed to re-reconvening for further discussion in another 58 years.

TOM ASHLEY, RICHARD BARONE, BINK BUTTERLY, BILL CROOKSTON, JOEL AND JON D’ORAZIO, JACK HARRINGTON and LELAND SCHUBERT

came from Florida, Ohio, Michigan, New York City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.The spouses there were Mara Jayne Miller, Marge Butterly, Marilyn Sauline, Alice D’Orazio, Karen Harrington and Jane Rehmke.

Go Lancers!

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The new freshman walked into the room and counted six pool tables.

It wouldn’t cost him a penny to play. That was all he needed to see.

“I fell in love with Gilmour in about 25 minutes. It was an adventure from the moment I hit the ground,” says TOM NELSON. Indeed, Gilmour personified a brave new world for the young man from Oak Park, Ill., who suffered from a rheumatic heart problem that confined him to bed for much of his youth.

The Boys of 1960 Fifty-eight years after meeting each other in Gilmour dorms or classrooms, or on the freshman football team of Brother Ludwig Crosson, eight of the boys of 1960 reconvened on the first long weekend in September in Lake Placid, N.Y., at the home of TOM ASHLEY ’60 and Mara Jayne Miller.

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TOM NELSON Class of 1958

The first time he ever ran was as a freshman in September 1954. “It was arrogance on my part,” says Nelson, who ran track, cheered and played football at Gilmour.

“I thought, well, everybody else is doing it, so I’m going to do it, too.”

Nelson embraced the friendships he so quickly established in the dorms, and in 2014 Nelson considers Gilmour a highlight of his life. Graduating from Gilmour and subsequently attending Georgetown University were significant accomplishments for Nelson, who because of his early illness didn’t attend school regularly until third grade.

Nelson took a break between his junior and senior year at Georgetown to serve for two years in the Army. The Private First Class and Army cook was awarded the Good Conduct Medal his first year.

“They thought it was marvelous that I was a Gilmour graduate, so they gave me this medal,” jokes Nelson, who returned to Georgetown and graduated with an economics degree.

Striking a more serious tone, Nelson says he has lived a “very charmed, wonderful life.”

Gilmour was among the first steps on that path, he says. Another was marrying Pat, his wife of 50 years. “It was the luckiest day of my life,” Nelson says of his wedding day.

The couple established a good life and big family in Oak Park, and Nelson rose to become president of his family’s printing business, Offset Press. First, he fulfilled his longtime goal of joining the Chicago Board of Trade, just as his father had in 1924.

But “it was tough,” Nelson says. “I traded for almost two years and nearly starved to death.”

Joining the family business somehow seemed more appealing. In it, Nelson learned that working smart is better than working hard, and that communication is crucial to harmonious business relationships.

“Being in a family business, your life was not your own,” he says. “You had to do what you were told. It was more than being an employee; it was a matter of family support.

You loved these people, so that’s why you did it.”

Nelson continues to be a deeply committed family man. He and Pat have three sons, three daughters and 12 grandchildren they see often. “The most courageous thing I’ve done is become a father,” Nelson says. “That makes the difference between everything.”

“I fell in love witһ Gilmour in about 25 minutes. It was an adventure from tһe moment I һit tһe ground.”

What are your grandchildren like?

They’re like the core of a wonderful variety show. They sing, dance, recite poetry and get arrested.

Tell me about your experience with the Boy Scouts.

I have been part of it for 47 years, since shortly after I left the Army.

I support them financially, am a longtime Scout Master and have served on the board of directors.

Chicago deep dish or Chicago-style ‘dog’?

I’m a New York pizza kind of guy.

What’s the key to a lasting marriage?

Laughter And to being a good father?

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In an age where the average worker stays at a job for fewer than five years, JIM DENIG is an anomaly. The VP/Sales Director at Haggar Clothing has worked at Haggar for 43 years, and he’s set to retire this December.

When he does retire, the Chicago resident will be spending a lot more time at his home near Orlando, Fla. He and his wife, Peggy, bought a home there in 2011 to be closer to their grandchildren, including their autistic grandson, Cipriano.

Denig with his grandson, Cipriano

What are your older kids like?

Diverse. Carrie and her husband manage a polo farm in Wellington, Fla. Brad lives in Singapore and is engaged to a young lady from Thailand. Brooke works for a health care company in Europe.

What or who has enhanced your life?

My brother-in-law Tommy. He moved in with us last year. He’s 61 with cerebral palsy. He can’t cut his meat, can’t move his fingers, but he worked every day until he was 55 years old. He’s an inspiration.

Describe Peggy.

She’s a hero. She really is.

She’s just terrific.

What are your thoughts on retirement?

I’ll be sad to leave my job. When you’ve done the same thing for so long, it’s an adjustment.

What makes you happy?

My family.

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1970

TOM WESTON visited Fran and VINCE COLLETTI in St. Louis, Mo. on the final

During the 10 years CHARLIE TREMONT has been head varsity golf coach at Gilmour, he and the team have achieved several things, including Ohio Boys Golf Team State Champion 2010, Ohio Boys Golf Individual State Champions 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, The News-Herald Coach of the Year 2006 and 2010 and The Plain Dealer Coach of the Year 2010.

leg of a three-month motorcycle odyssey that began in May and saw him travel all the way back to campus for his 50th reunion in June. The pair enjoyed a tour of the Budweiser Brewery during their visit.

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“When he was diagnosed with autism in 2003, it just changed our lives. Everyone became dedicated,” Denig says.

ROBERT WRIGHT was recently honored

The family rallied to establish a foundation to pay for his 3-year-old grandson’s expensive therapy sessions, which ran into the tens of thousands of dollars annually.

by Ohio First Lady Karen Kasich as Summer Spotlight Artist at the Governor’s Residence and Gardens.

By the time he was 5, Cipriano had regained his speech. Today, at 14, he is a talented polo player. “Without this foundation, he probably wouldn’t have been high functioning,” Denig says. “I’m proud of what he’s fought himself through to become what he is today.”

Denig considers himself traditional, but his life has been anything but that. Just look at his family. The father of four adopted his youngest daughter Tori, 22, from a Russian orphanage when she was 10. Denig was 58 at the time, and he and Peggy already had three grown children.

But Peggy was active in Children’s Hope, a charity that finds homes for orphans around the world. When the opportunity to adopt Tori presented itself, the Denigs took it.

“I didn’t want to adopt an infant,” Denig says. “At the time, I thought, ‘I can handle a 10-year-old but I’m not sure I can handle a 1-year-old.’”

Besides the fact that Tori spoke only Russian (she has Disney movies to thank for her English), the adoption was a relatively easy adjustment for the family. Daughters Carrie, 37, and Brooke, 41, were elated. Son Brad, 39, however, was shocked.

“The girls were like, ‘Isn’t this great?’” Denig recalls. “The boy was like, ‘Dad, what the hell were you thinking? You’re 58. She’s 10.’”

Given the age disparity in the family, Denig’s only regret is not adopting two children at the same time. But Tori will have family to keep her company. She is 22 now and about to have her first child.

“She’s been a real delight,” Denig says. “Having somebody come live with us who had no family, no future, no belongings, hopefully you give someone a chance at a much better life.”

get connected in the Cleveland area … LARRY WEBER’S newest book, “The Digital Marketer:Ten New Skills You Must Learn to Stay Relevant and Customer-Centric,” was released this spring by Wiley & Sons. The book was co-authored by Lisa Leslie Henderson.

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JIM DENIG Class of 1962

1975 A 20-year employee at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, CATHERINE ROSS WILKINS recently started a new job there as the First Patient Care Advocate for Pneumonia and COPD. On July 29, Catherine was a speaker and presenter at the Ohio Society for Respiratory Care regarding the role of a Respiratory Therapist as Patient Care Advocate.

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Class of ’65, get ready for tһe 50 tһ!

June 5 and 6, 2014 on Gilmour’s campus.

Robert Wrght (on the left) at the Governor’s Residence.

1973 Enjoying retirement in Pinehurst, N.C., MARK JANASEK invites anyone visiting the area to look him up for a round of golf. Mark recently hooked up with classmate JOHN KRALIK, a Los Angeles County superior court judge … BARB WATTS ONEY is a marketing consultant at Global Cleveland, an organization focused on regional economic development through actively attracting newcomers, welcoming them and helping them

News from LESLIE HERTZ FIRESTONE is that she is now retired and living in North Las Vegas, the land of “no snow to shovel!” … After four years in Austin, Texas, PATRICK MOONEY and wife, Meg, have moved back to Greensboro, N.C., where he has started a new business and “looks forward to traveling the world again.”

1979 KIRSTEN HOMEL VITALE, a registered

nurse at Mayo Clinic for 23 years, has been selected as both a bronze and silver Mayo Quality Fellow… MARKO VOVK is an inspector and investigator at Ambassador Construction Consultants LLC, a Cleveland-based home inspection, investigation and building science-consulting firm.

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1984 continued Founder of Raconteur Interactive Storytelling in Orlando, Fla., CHRIS RODA is dedicated to the production and development of interactive storytelling utilizing technologies of the new millennium.

1985 DENISE CALDWELL CHETTY lives in

Charlotte, N.C., where she is the billing coordinator at the law firm of Hedrick, Gardner, Kincheloe & Garofalo … HOLLY DINSMORE is vice president of business development for Quadrant Health Strategies, Inc. …

CHRIS HOWLEY is executive vice president at Republic Parking System, a privately owned professional parking management company based in Chattanooga, Tenn. … Located in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area, MARTIN HOWLEY is the Veterans Affairs, Real-Time Location Systems National BA manager at HewlettPackard … In Flagstaff, Ariz., BONNIE BAKER O’DONNELL is the director of development for the Grand Canyon Association … An attorney at Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos in Cleveland, MIKE TUCCI practices primarily in the areas of corporate and intellectual property law. He is also an adjunct professor at Ursuline College.

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1989

INGO BURGHARDT is the senior counsel

Working in the greater Chicago area, at The World Bank in Washington, D.C. BEN DUNN is a sales representative … In Cleveland, REMO DIFRANCO is for Stryker Orthopaedics … With an the CFO/director of operations at accounting background, SCOTT NEOLA Murtech Consulting, LLC, a staffing is currently chief financial officer and service for information technology treasurer at CMP, located in Atlanta … and engineering … JIM ROONEY With headquarters in Boston, is a principal at AMTV, LLC, a SEAN O’BRIEN is an operating partner professional services firm in the at Bain Capital … In addition to Pittsburgh area that provides marketowning Brighton Yoga Center in based research and analysis in support Detroit, BRIDGET SHEAHAN of advancing new technologies and PIETROWICZ is also the director of innovative products … The Wright marketing intelligence for Valassis …

Transportation, owned by LAMAR University of New Mexico Associate WRIGHT, provides transportation to Professor KATHY POWERS was awarded and from events such as casinos, a three-month research fellowship airports, sporting events, meetings, at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial etc. in the Cleveland area.

Museum in Washington, D.C. She is working on the legacies of the Holocaust for transitional justice today and comparing it to the AfricanMARIELLEN ANTONELLI HAIRSTON American reparations movement. is a wealth management financial Kathy was also awarded a Woodrow advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Wilson Center fellowship in the East Barney in Cleveland.

European Studies program to study reparations claims for mass human rights violations and war crimes in In Freehold, N.J., TRACY HEMMI the Balkans … In Louisville, Ky., ROWOHLT is president of RowlCrown, PAUL STROPKAY is chief investment a provider of removable crown officer at United Management molding/wire management systems.

Company LLC. The firm is an asset Tracy previously worked in finance management arm of The United and banking before joining husband, Company.

Todd, in this business … BRYN TUTTLE STOCK is vice president at Spencer Products, located in Twinsburg, Ohio.

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1988

Walt’s brother, Craig Rooney; his sister, Kate Rooney; his parents, Carole and Rich Rooney;Walt; and his sister, Annie Rooney.

It was July 4, 2013. WALT ROONEY, M.D. had just landed in San Francisco when he got the call. It was the kind of call no one wants to receive.

Rooney’s younger sister, Annie, had been struck by a drunk driver and was clinging to life at The Ohio State Medical Center.

By the time Rooney arrived in Columbus several hours later, Annie had passed away. It was a tragedy that changed the Rooneys’ lives forever. They thought about what Annie would do in their situation, and from her death they are creating positive change.

“All our family talked about as we learned about the repeat offender who killed her is how she could have been let off time and again,” Rooney says. “It became apparent that we just couldn’t live with ourselves if we didn’t try to prevent this from happening to other people.”

To do that, the Rooneys are working to advance legislation in the Ohio state legislature that would require all convicted drunk drivers – not just repeat offenders – to have an ignition interlock installed on their cars. It would require the driver to blow into a Breathalyzer to ensure sobriety before the car will start.

With the Rooneys’ heavy lobbying, Annie’s Law, as the legislation is called, has garnered support from the National Transportation Safety Board, Nationwide Insurance, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Ohio State Medical Association and others. In November, the Ohio House Judiciary Committee will vote on whether or not to send it to the House floor.

Annie, a prosecuting attorney who was 36 when she died, long had impressed her family with her advocacy of abused women. “She was always trying to give women a voice, that was her big thing in life,” Rooney says. “I know she would be totally supportive of what we’re doing. She would be leading the charge.”

“Annie’s Law” Ohio House Bill 469

For more information on Annie Rooney and her family’s efforts to get ”Annie’s Law“ passed, go to www.annierooney.com.

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WALT ROONEY Class of 1988

What is your day job?

I’m a plastic surgeon.

Where do you live?

In Cincinnati with my wife and four kids. We moved here to fight for Annie’s Law last year. Before that, we lived in Seattle for 10 years. We had planned to stay there forever.

Are you glad you moved?

Absolutely. Ohio is behind almost all other states with respect to this public health safety issue. Four hundred Ohioans are killed by drunk drivers annually. When we realized how preventable this is, we were compelled to act.

You are attending University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. What impact has it had on you?

I have been able to use Wharton’s powerful network to help move this legislation along. I have contacted Wharton alums from San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C., and Columbus to help on this issue.

What do you want your kids to learn from Annie?

I want them to cherish their brief memory of her, to remember that she was selfless and courageous. Above all, I want them to be inspired by their family overcoming deep grief to make our community a safer place.

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1990

1992

ED CEBULAR is the vice president

HEATHER KNIGHT AHEARN is CFO

of sales at Petsport USA, Inc., a manufacturer of pet supplies and toys … A partner at Buckley King LPA, a business and commercial law firm, JEFF RUPLE is located in their Cleveland office.

of Knight Sound & Lighting, Inc., which specializes in lighting systems in institutional settings. Heather is also a consultant with The Ahearn Group, a business services firm located in the Cleveland area … KATHERINE KOVALSKI BUSBY is a geriatric psychiatry fellow at University Hospitals of Cleveland … MARK YOUNG is attorney-partner at Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis in Cleveland.

1991 FRED CHENEY is the public relations

and marketing manager at Norton Ross Fulbright, the third largest legal practice in Canada … Working with clients in northeast Ohio, MINDY GERACI is an executive recruiter at Parker and Lynch … With offices in Twinsburg, Ohio, STACEY BENDUHN GRANO is the clinical director at ViaQuest Clinical Services. They offer behavioral and mental health, aging, vocational and substance abuse services … CHRIS MAYNARD is the director of individual giving at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake in the Baltimore area …

A certified early childhood education teacher and intervention specialist, MELLISSA ZAFFIRO is a tutor at Northcoast Tutoring Services and a substitute teacher with The Renhill Group, both located in the Cleveland area.

1993 A licensed personal banker and CFA Level II candidate, TOM CHRISTOPHER works in the Cleveland offices at Fifth Third Bank … A lieutenant commander United States Navy, ROB LIOTTA is practicing medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center … KURT MARLOW is regional sales manager/vice president of The Investment Center at FirstMerit Bank in Cleveland …

Not only is she mom of three, SARAH GIFFORD PORATH is a special needs advocate and volunteers with Dup15qAlliance, Ronald McDonald House Pasadena and the Lincoln Elementary PTA. Sarah and husband, MIKE PORATH, have created

share your

Email:

gilmourvoice@gilmour.org

Phone: We can’t wait to hear from you!

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(440) 473-8011

TheMighty.com, a website dedicated to championing individuals and families who are confronting the joys and challenges of physical and emotional disabilities.

1994 With offices in Twinsburg, Ohio, AARON DYER is president of The Design/Build Group, Inc. …

KYLE KOENIG is director of real estate at rue21, a specialty discount retailer of young men’s and women’s casual apparel and accessories …

WILL KOVALSKI is Balfour Concord Construction project manager at CWRU/Cleveland Clinic Health Education Campus … In June, JACK WALSH competed in the 2014 Ironman triathlon in Nice, France.

His wife, daughters and parents were present.

1995 Located in Charleston, S.C., ERIC BENDUHN is the manager of territory sales for The Valspar Corp. …

Congratulations to DESIREE PARELLA GORDILLO and husband, Matthew, on the birth of daughter, Adelina …

With offices in Foster City, Calif,, PETER YANG is director of finance operations at Visa.

Mail:

Gilmour Academy Attn: Gilmour Voice 34001 Cedar Road Gates Mills, OH 44040

Spotligһt If technology in the classroom is the wave of the future, KELLY PETRELLO has caught a big one. Thanks to her focus on social media and electronics in her fifth-grade class, the 35-year-old last fall received the Atlanta Families Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Petrello has taught in Atlanta schools for 13 years. She is entering her second year as a fifth-grade teacher at Garden Hills Elementary, a public school where the student body is largely Latino.

After taking the position, she was alarmed by how much her students lacked basic technology skills. “I wanted them to be able to compete when they got into middle school, and I decided to level the playing field for them,” she says.

In a Title 1 school where Petrello last year spent some of her own money to buy extra supplies for the class, her ability to empower her students with wise and thorough social media skills is a major feat. What started as a group of timid students eventually became one far more extroverted as they grew adept at blogging and more cognizant of online privacy issues.

“These were kids that were not really engaged in class and suddenly they blew up with the idea of having their own blog,” Petrello says. “It got to the point where it wasn’t even an assignment anymore. They just were writing because they wanted to write.”

Petrello’s Excellence in Teaching Award came in the form of a $7,500 grant, which she spent on iPads, portable keyboards and much-needed computers. “That was probably the most powerful thing,” she says. “Just knowing what my kids needed and being able to use that money to provide it for them.”

KELLY PETRELLO Class of 1997

“I really һad to look into myself and rely on my values to guide me.”

What makes you happy?

A good run on a cool day Who or what inspires you?

My mom’s ambition. She never let any obstacle get in her way.

What is your fondest memory?

Sunday dinners at my grandma’s house, listening to her play the piano and spending time with my family What was a challenge that made you better?

Not getting the first job I applied for out of college.

Although I was disappointed, it forced me to open my mind to new opportunities.

Sweets, salt or carbs?

Definitely salt

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2003 CAROLYN BENACCI is a media

supervisor at Starcom MediaVest Group, located in Chicago … A Ph.D. student at Michigan State University in Fisheries and Wildlife, JULIA NOVAK COLWELL recently received a Fulbright award to carry out dissertation research in India where she will study the social and environmental impacts of a closed fishing season on different segments of the fishery-dependent population …

BRITTANY NASCONE COGAN recently accepted the position of attorney at the United States Patent & Trademark office … TIM FARLEY is a financial advisor at Skylight Financial Group, a Cleveland-based company specializing in personal, special needs and business transition planning … NICOLE ROBERTS LIEBENTRITT lives in Phoenix, Ariz. where she is a teacher at Paradise Valley Unified School District …

Congratulations to KELLY MARCEAU and Eric Wohlek who were married this spring … Licensed to conduct insurance investigations in all 50 states, BRIAN McCAMLEY is a SIU investigation II at Liberty Mutual Insurance in New York … For three years, MIKE MCHUGH has worked as a project engineer at TUV Rheinland Japan in Yokohama, Japan. The company is a global provider of technical, safety and certification services … SERA NELSON is working with Robert Half International, a professional staffing services company in the Cleveland area as their director of development and special events.

Sera is also director of development for WAGS 4 Kids (Working Animals Giving Service for Kids) … News from RON PARROTT is that he is a FALL 2014

professional services tech lead at Verafin. Located in Newfoundland, Verafin is a leader in fraud detection and AML software … Congratulations to JOE RAVIDA and wife, Crystal, on the birth of their son, Joseph Robert.

The family lives in Ocoee, Fla. … In Washington, D.C., CHUCK SCARAVELLI is an account executive at Fortitude Systems, LLC, a staffing and recruiting company … ERIC TOMKO is a senior recruiter at Veris Group, LLC, a cybersecurity company providing a full spectrum of cybersecurity services to public and private organizations.

2004 Congratulations to RAMI AZEM, a recent graduate of NEOCOM Medical School … Cleveland was the destination when ERIC CARABOOLAD and Madeline Weber were married in August. Classmates JOHN PECA, BRENDAN MCCOURT and BRIAN RUDDOCK along with brother, RYAN ’08 were in the wedding party

Celebrating Eric Caraboolad’s wedding

…COLLEEN COBURN teaches at Community Day Charter Public School in the Boston area. She also assists White’s Catering in the planning and executing of large-scale wedding

receptions and formal functions …

Based in Chicago, CORY DIETRICH is founder and COO of ElixServe, an innovative labor management system that combines employee scheduling, staff communication and online training tools into one web-based application … Not only is DARLENE EDDY the sales manager at the Houston Hyatt Regency, she is also a real estate agent at Chasestone Realty … JULIE FIORELLI completed her Ph.D. in psychology from Case Western Reserve University and is now in Philadelphia completing a fellowship in primary care and weight management at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Children’s Hospital … A doctor of podiatric medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, CRAIG FREY is also an adjunct faculty member at Kent State University Podiatric Medical School.

Craig and Megan Oltmann, also a foot and ankle surgeon/podiatrist, were married on June 14 … THERESE HUMMER is an account supervisor at Roberts + Langer DDB, a marketing and advertising company located in New York. One of her biggest accounts is Neutrogena … Public health and community outreach professional NATALIE HUNT is a program specialist at Big Brothers Big Sisters in Colorado Springs, Colo. … CHRIS KARAKUL is a policy associate at Federal City Council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the improvement of the District of Columbia … In Toronto, Canada, DUNCAN KLUWAK is a mechanical engineer at Hatch, an engineering, project and construction management company …

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Most professionals wake up, grab their morning coffee and head to the office. T.J. MISNY prepares for the international premiere of his film “Intimate Semaphores.”

The collection of three comedic shorts was the opening night premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival in May. It won for best editing there (Misny was the editor) and will screen at the Stockholm Film Festival this November. It’s the first time Misny’s work will premiere abroad.

“I’ve long admired Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, so it’s especially meaningful to be premiering in that country,” Misny says.

Misny is a hands-on filmmaker who savors having the creative license to see his work through from beginning to end. As a writer and director, he approaches his projects always with two questions in mind: Why am I doing this and what am I trying to discover?

Misny takes that search for answers deeper in his first feature film, currently in the works. He began writing the screenplay in 2008. In 2011, the script was a finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s writing competition.

“Being my first feature, this is the one closest to my heart,” says Misny, who funds his own films through his day job as a producer of corporate videos. Such independence shines through in all his decisions. He’s eschewed mentors, instead seeking enlightenment in DVDs. And he graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in three years, too inspired by New York City to delay filmmaking any longer.

A Gilmour ”lifer,” Misny shot his earliest films as a freshman. His passion for filmmaking was well known among teachers, who allowed him to shoot videos instead of writing some papers.

“The fact that Gilmour was so supportive of my efforts consistently was pretty amazing,” Misny says. “I graduated feeling like ‘If I stick to my guns and keep making movies I will find support in the world.’ ”

T.J. MISNY Class of 2005

“Tһe fact tһat Gilmour was so supportive of my efforts consistently was pretty amazing.”

What’s one film you never tire of seeing?

“Dr. Strangelove” What’s something you could never live without?

Music Where do you turn for inspiration?

I walk around Manhattan.

What do you want to say about your family?

I’m thankful that my parents put a high value on education and developing a love of learning.

You haven’t seen New York until you’ve ____.

Taken the subway at rush hour without headphones

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2010 In addition to being a landscape crew leader/office aid at J.F.D. Landscapes, Inc., RYAN DRAKE is also an assistant boys soccer and lacrosse coach at Gilmour … An account manager at ENPAC LLC, a global leader in spill containment products, ALEC JANDA works with customers to meet their containment needs … BROOKE MARIE JARVIS, an international business graduate of American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is an equine insurance agent at C. Jarvis Insurance Agency working and selling their products internationally …

DO HAN KIM fulfilled his duty in the Korean army and is completing his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University … SAMANTHA KLONARIS graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in engineering and has been hired by Google … GYU-TAK LEE is back at NYU to complete degree requirements, having completed his duty in the Korean army … ALEX MOSS graduated from The University of Central Florida with a bachelor’s degree in statistics … In San Jose, Calif., BOB O’BRIEN is an associate producer with LEVEL Studios, a company that delivers integrated marketing and product development for global brands … Recently married DALLAS PROVOST and wife, Sara Catherine, are living in Geauga County … After graduating from John Carroll University, MORGAN SHEPARD is a financial planner for Skylight Financial Group in the Cleveland area … ANNE VENZOR is a finance associate at Arum Group, LLC, FALL 2014

KEVIN GLEASON Class of 2012

A Gilmour reunion in Korea

a political consulting and fundraising group in Washington, D.C. … MATT WARREN is a financial representative at Northwestern Mutual in Cleveland.

2011 MACKENZIE ALEXANDER was a

continuous improvement intern at Swagelok in Cleveland. She attends Washington University in St. Louis …

A student at The Ohio State University, KAITLYN AMBROSE was a media relations intern at MediaSource, assisting the media relations department and external marketing departments … Miami University student LELAND BENT was a marketing intern at Sherwin-Williams …

SAM HANDY was a marketing intern at Rhode Island Marine Trades Association, an organization dedicated to growth in recreational boating and the creation of jobs for the industry … HYUN SEUNG HONG is doing research at Heller Lab while attending Stanford University … In the Cleveland area, BRENDAN HYLAND was an asset management intern at Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC … A launch intern at EY, BRITTANY LAYTON networked with professionals to learn more about

EY and the services it provides …

ALISON LENCEWICZ was a digital communications intern at Swagelok … A senior at Brown University concentrating on biology and on a pre-dental track, BRITTANY LINK is a student researcher studying sleep disordered breathing in patients with end-stage renal disease. Last semester, she studied abroad on a public health comparative program through the SIT International Honors Program looking at global health issues in Vietnam, South Africa and Brazil …

Cornell University student MORGAN MILLS was a technical intern at ARCADIS, a Mayfield Heights, Ohio company providing consultancy, design, engineering and management services in the fields of infrastructure, water, environment and buildings …

With his Korean army duty complete, GEE JIN NAM plans to return to school this fall … Bucknell University student KATHLEEN O’BRIEN was a healthcare administrative intern at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa. … A student at Fordham University, ALEXANDRA VENZOR has been an intern at CBS Radio and Viacom Media Industries.

At Gilmour, you played soccer, basketball and tennis all four years. What is your best sports memory?

Beating U.S. in basketball my senior year in the new gym.

KEVIN GLEASON worries he may actually have to move to California. “I know it’s going to happen. Every single tech job is in Silicon Valley,” he says.

Gleason is a Midwest/East Coast kind of guy himself. But he’s also a techie eyeing his future. The Boston College junior is web manager for The Torch, B.C.’s Catholic newspaper. The paper’s editor-in-chief, Gleason’s Gilmour classmate Natalie Yuhas ’12 brought him on board there last year.

Gleason was just three weeks into his first coding class when he joined The Torch.

For the next month, he spent every spare second teaching himself web coding. He acquired enough skills to build an online search mechanism for The Torch. Now readers can punch in a term and the system searches the archives for related articles.

Gleason took AP sciences at Gilmour and entered B.C. a pre-med major. But one crack at building gadgets in computer science class and he was hooked. “It was the coolest thing I had ever done,” Gleason says.

When the class ended his sophomore year, Gleason switched his major to computer science. In learning about more complicated matters now, such as statistics and data management, he’s beginning to think about programming differently. “It’s no longer about simply making an application functional,” he says. “It’s about making it fast and efficient. That’s difficult.”

Gleason last summer completed an internship in Chicago at global technology consulting company Saggezza, and it motivated him to delve deeper into his craft.

As for moving to Silicon Valley, “every experience is a positive one if you let it be,” Gleason says. “I’m sure I would learn an incredible amount there and eventually grow to love California, no matter how much it pains me to say that.”

Which Gilmour teacher influenced you most?

Doc Goel, AP biology. She was without a doubt one of the greatest teachers I’ve had. Her class was the hardest I ever worked and the most I ever learned.

What good advice do you have for others?

Always say “hi” in the elevator.

It may be the only chance you get to meet someone and start a friendship.

What’s your quirkiest talent?

I know how to work a Diablo, a Chinese yo-yo.

What’s something you’d like to do?

Develop an application that makes enough money to buy a burger for everyone working on it.

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AlumNEWS

Ties That Bind Through the Gilmour Academy Alumni Parents Association, past parents can keep their friendships alive long after the children graduate.

Whether their kids are playing football at Weber stadium, acting in a school play or going wall-to-wall at a swim meet, Gilmour parents always are there to cheer them on. Along the way, they form close bonds with the moms and dads sitting alongside them week after week and year after year.

youngest son, Dan, graduated from Gilmour in 1996 it was tough to separate from the school.

“After spending years of making lifelong friendships through Gilmour, we didn't want it to end, nor did our friends,” he says.“Having been heavily involved in GA since 1985, when our oldest son, John, started high school, it came as quite a shock when the phone stopped ringing and the mail from school ended.”

So in 1998, Fagan and his wife, Kathie, formed a steering committee to create the Gilmour Academy Alumni Parents Association.

Making Memories Calling all alums! The Alumni Office is in the process of expanding its collection of Gilmour archives.

Whether you are spring cleaning or downsizing your collection of Gilmour memorabilia, please consider sharing your collection with the Alumni Office.

Pictures, papers, copies of The Tower, The Lance, The Prep, playbills, etc. will all be carefully organized

by Gilmour archivist Br. Ken Kane, C.S.C. Please mail these items to:

Gilmour Academy Attn: Br. Ken Kane, C.S.C. Making Memories 34001 Cedar Road Gates Mills, Ohio 44040

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“The idea is to have parents stay engaged in Gilmour in a social way,” says Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93 Assistant Head of School for Advancement.

“By being part of the association, parents still have a Gilmour connection, but it’s mostly about camaraderie among parents.”

John Fagan, one of the group’s founding members, says when his

GAAPA provides everything fans need at their tailgates.

The multigenerational aspect of the group makes it all the more appealing, Fagan says, and the committee actively seeks out younger members to ensure the group stays dynamic and vibrant.

Rich Greco, Don Link, Mary Beth Link and Karen Greco at a GAAPA clambake

Then their children graduate and all the camaraderie comes to an abrupt halt…at other schools, maybe. But for Gilmour moms and dads, the Gilmour Academy Alumni Parents Association (GAAPA) keeps friendships alive.

With few exceptions, everything is complimentary but for a $20 annual membership fee. And for parents of newly graduated students, the first year’s fee is waived.

John and Kathie Fagan at a GAAPA clambake

Backed by Jim Farrar ’59 and Br. Robert Lavelle, C.S.C., the association became official in January 2002.“Our intention was to be a ‘fun’ raising club, not a fund raising club,” Fagan says.

From Blossom concerts to brewery tours, Oktoberfest to St. Patrick’s Day, the association stays true to its mission by hosting about five primary gatherings a year. The group also has held tailgate parties at Gilmour games and is always invited to the Head of School’s Christmas party.

Longtime association committee member Mary Beth Link put her four kids through Gilmour over a period of 14 years. She and her husband, Don, went to a lot of football games in that time.

“We were knee deep in Gilmour for a long time, and then all of a sudden to have nothing was like quitting cold turkey,” she says.

“This gives us an opportunity not only to come back and reconnect with old friends, but also to make new friends from other generations.”

If you would like to get involved in GAAPA, contact Megan Schlickmann ’90 at (440) 473-8073 or schlickmannm@gilmour.org.

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AlumNEWS

2012 Through their company, Benevolenza Fundraising, MADISON ASHER and KENNEDY RICCI organized a Color Run, which raised more than $23,000 for University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital …

JESSICA LONCAR was a marketing intern at the Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio … JOHN MOORE was a quality assurance intern at Explorys, Inc., a company that provides a secure software platform that allows healthcare systems to aggregate, analyze and manage their big data to provide better patient care at a

lower price … CONNOR MORIARTY, a student at Miami University, is a writer at The Miami Student and also co-founder/coordinator of MU student organization Trail Mix … As a result of her article on government debate, which appeared on the front page of The Miami Student, Miami University student LAUREN OLIVER was invited to be a member of the newspaper staff … SARAH SPECH, a student at the University of Dayton, is also a photography assistant for Most Imaging … ANNA SOUKENIK, a student at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., is a fitness specialist at the school’s Bennett Center.

Making Memories Calling all alums! The Alumni Office is in the process of expanding its collection of Gilmour archives.

Whether you are spring cleaning or downsizing your collection of Gilmour memorabilia, please consider sharing your collection with the Alumni Office.

Pictures, papers, copies of The Tower, The Lance, The Prep, playbills, etc. will all be carefully organized

by Gilmour archivist Br. Ken Kane, C.S.C. Please mail these items to:

Gilmour Academy Attn: Br. Ken Kane, C.S.C. Making Memories 34001 Cedar Road Gates Mills, Ohio 44040

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2013 MONICA FLOCKEN was a summer intern

for the U.S. House of Representatives … ELIZABETH HAYNES, a student at the University of Miami in Florida, was selected for the prestigious Fulbright Summer Institute. She studied at Durham University in the United Kingdom … AUDREY SHEEHAN collaborated with her mother, Sara Booker, in publishing a book, “Quotes about Boats, Lakes, Seas & the Shore.” A book launch was held June 26 at Barnes & Noble in Cleveland and the book is available on Amazon.com.

Ties That Bind Through the Gilmour Academy Alumni Parents Association, past parents can keep their friendships alive long after the children graduate.

Whether their kids are playing football at Weber stadium, acting in a school play or going wall-to-wall at a swim meet, Gilmour parents always are there to cheer them on. Along the way, they form close bonds with the moms and dads sitting alongside them week after week and year after year.

youngest son, Dan, graduated from Gilmour in 1996 it was tough to separate from the school.

“After spending years of making lifelong friendships through Gilmour, we didn't want it to end, nor did our friends,” he says. “Having been heavily involved in GA since 1985, when our oldest son, John, started high school, it came as quite a shock when the phone stopped ringing and the mail from school ended.”

So in 1998, Fagan and his wife, Kathie, formed a steering committee to create the Gilmour Academy Alumni Parents Association.

“The idea is to have parents stay engaged in Gilmour in a social way,” says Mary Kate Farrar Vega ’93 Assistant Head of School for Advancement.

“By being part of the association, parents still have a Gilmour connection, but it’s mostly about camaraderie among parents.”

John Fagan, one of the group’s founding members, says when his

GAAPA provides everything fans need at their tailgates.

The multigenerational aspect of the group makes it all the more appealing, Fagan says, and the committee actively seeks out younger members to ensure the group stays dynamic and vibrant.

Rich Greco, Don Link, Mary Beth Link and Karen Greco at a GAAPA clambake

Then their children graduate and all the camaraderie comes to an abrupt halt…at other schools, maybe. But for Gilmour moms and dads, the Gilmour Academy Alumni Parents Association (GAAPA) keeps friendships alive.

With few exceptions, everything is complimentary but for a $20 annual membership fee. And for parents of newly graduated students, the first year’s fee is waived.

John and Kathie Fagan at a GAAPA clambake

Backed by Jim Farrar ’59 and Br. Robert Lavelle, C.S.C., the association became official in January 2002.“Our intention was to be a ‘fun’ raising club, not a fund raising club,” Fagan says.

From Blossom concerts to brewery tours, Oktoberfest to St. Patrick’s Day, the association stays true to its mission by hosting about five primary gatherings a year. The group also has held tailgate parties at Gilmour games and is always invited to the Head of School’s Christmas party.

Longtime association committee member Mary Beth Link put her four kids through Gilmour over a period of 14 years. She and her husband, Don, went to a lot of football games in that time.

“We were knee deep in Gilmour for a long time, and then all of a sudden to have nothing was like quitting cold turkey,” she says.

“This gives us an opportunity not only to come back and reconnect with old friends, but also to make new friends from other generations.”

If you would like to get involved in GAAPA, contact Megan Schlickmann ’90 at (440) 473-8073 or schlickmannm@gilmour.org.

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LANCER ATHLETICS

Five are Inducted into Newly Re-established Athletics Hall of Fame

GILMOUR COACHES NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR

Gilmour Academy inducted five new members into the Athletics Hall of Fame, which was reinstated this year. The inductees are longtime coach Ray Sharnsky, Jennifer Russo Lowery '93, Don Herbe ’96, Kyle Hannes '00 and Craig Frey ’04. The group was honored at halftime of the August 30 home opener football game against Beachwood High School, a game the team won 46-40 on a last-second touchdown pass.

Shown from left to right: Director of the Upper School Jon Wanders, Ray Sharnsky, Jennifer Russo Lowery '93, Craig Frey '04, Kyle Hannes '00, Don Herbe '96, Head of School Br. Robert Lavelle, C.S.C. and Athletic Director Jeff Walrich

Sharnsky is the most decorated coach in school history. In his 31 years as the head baseball coach at Gilmour, he amassed a 510-225 record and had only two losing seasons. Additionally, Sharnsky coached the golf team and led them to five state titles during his tenure.

Herbe played football and ran track at Gilmour. In 1995, he was a co-captain of the first Lancer team to make the playoffs and was named First Team All-Ohio and News-Herald Offensive Player of the Year. He was also a member of the state qualifying 4x400m relay team.

Frey graduated from Gilmour with 14 varsity letters. He was a four-year member of the prep hockey team; a four-year member of the varsity

baseball team, earning All-Ohio, First Team All-Conference (all four years), All-Cuyahoga County, Plain Dealer and News-Herald Player of the Week and team MVP honors; a four-year varsity golf team member, earning All-Conference honors and Academic All-Ohio honors twice and making three state golf championship appearances.

Hannes was a member of the prep hockey, golf and lacrosse teams. As a golfer, in 1999 he earned MAC All-Conference honors. For his hockey talents, he was selected for All-Team Ohio and the Team Ohio Chicago Showcase, Hockey Night in Boston Team Midwest and Hockey Night in Boston All-Scholastic Senior Showcase Tournament teams. As a lacrosse player, Hannes earned team MVP honors in 2000.

Lowery was a captain of the softball, basketball and volleyball teams during her time at the Academy. By the time she graduated in 1993, she held every offensive record in Gilmour softball history. She was named a four-time News-Herald First Team All-Star and a three-time Plain Dealer First Team All-Star. She earned First Team All-Scholastic honors. She never missed a game in four seasons as a starting varsity player.

Asked after the ceremony about what the honor means to her, Lowery said, “It actually means a lot to me. I played three sports at Gilmour. I spent so many good years here at Gilmour, so to be honored like this is such a big deal for me and for my family.”

The Hall of Fame will recognize one coach and up to four athletes each year for induction.

Nominations can be submitted to Athletic Director Jeff Walrich between now and March 1, 2015.

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Bob Beutel Girls Basketball Greater Cleveland Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year

Shawn Dodd Football Associated Press Division V All-Ohio Coach of the Year

Jim Chappelle Track and Field Northeast Ohio Track Officials Association Coach of the Year

Matt Lindley ’89 Cross Country News-Herald Coach of the Year

Joe Ciuni ’77 Girls Soccer News-Herald Coach of the Year

David Pfundstein ’93 Boys Basketball All-Northeast Lakes District Division III Coach of the Year

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LANCER ATHLETICS

Five are Inducted into Newly Re-established Athletics Hall of Fame

GILMOUR COACHES NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR

Gilmour Academy inducted five new members into the Athletics Hall of Fame, which was reinstated this year. The inductees are longtime coach Ray Sharnsky, Jennifer Russo Lowery '93, Don Herbe ’96, Kyle Hannes '00 and Craig Frey ’04. The group was honored at halftime of the August 30 home opener football game against Beachwood High School, a game the team won 46-40 on a last-second touchdown pass.

Shown from left to right: Director of the Upper School Jon Wanders, Ray Sharnsky, Jennifer Russo Lowery '93, Craig Frey '04, Kyle Hannes '00, Don Herbe '96, Head of School Br. Robert Lavelle, C.S.C. and Athletic Director Jeff Walrich

Sharnsky is the most decorated coach in school history. In his 31 years as the head baseball coach at Gilmour, he amassed a 510-225 record and had only two losing seasons. Additionally, Sharnsky coached the golf team and led them to five state titles during his tenure.

Herbe played football and ran track at Gilmour. In 1995, he was a co-captain of the first Lancer team to make the playoffs and was named First Team All-Ohio and News-Herald Offensive Player of the Year. He was also a member of the state qualifying 4x400m relay team.

Frey graduated from Gilmour with 14 varsity letters. He was a four-year member of the prep hockey team; a four-year member of the varsity

baseball team, earning All-Ohio, First Team All-Conference (all four years), All-Cuyahoga County, Plain Dealer and News-Herald Player of the Week and team MVP honors; a four-year varsity golf team member, earning All-Conference honors and Academic All-Ohio honors twice and making three state golf championship appearances.

Hannes was a member of the prep hockey, golf and lacrosse teams. As a golfer, in 1999 he earned MAC All-Conference honors. For his hockey talents, he was selected for All-Team Ohio and the Team Ohio Chicago Showcase, Hockey Night in Boston Team Midwest and Hockey Night in Boston All-Scholastic Senior Showcase Tournament teams. As a lacrosse player, Hannes earned team MVP honors in 2000.

Lowery was a captain of the softball, basketball and volleyball teams during her time at the Academy. By the time she graduated in 1993, she held every offensive record in Gilmour softball history. She was named a four-time News-Herald First Team All-Star and a three-time Plain Dealer First Team All-Star. She earned First Team All-Scholastic honors. She never missed a game in four seasons as a starting varsity player.

Asked after the ceremony about what the honor means to her, Lowery said, “It actually means a lot to me. I played three sports at Gilmour. I spent so many good years here at Gilmour, so to be honored like this is such a big deal for me and for my family.”

The Hall of Fame will recognize one coach and up to four athletes each year for induction.

Nominations can be submitted to Athletic Director Jeff Walrich between now and March 1, 2015.

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Bob Beutel Girls Basketball Greater Cleveland Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year

Shawn Dodd Football Associated Press Division V All-Ohio Coach of the Year

Jim Chappelle Track and Field Northeast Ohio Track Officials Association Coach of the Year

Matt Lindley ’89 Cross Country News-Herald Coach of the Year

Joe Ciuni ’77 Girls Soccer News-Herald Coach of the Year

David Pfundstein ’93 Boys Basketball All-Northeast Lakes District Division III Coach of the Year

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GILMOUR MEMORIALS

PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITIES Gilmour Academy’s ability to thrive and to continue to be able to offer new

generations of students an excellent education is due, in part, to its many loyal friends who donate their time, talent and financial resources to the Academy and its mission.

Ways to Inspire

Gifts of Philanthropy

Many generous donors give their time and talent, and contribute directly to the Academy’s success by enhancing our students’ experiences. There are numerous ways to engage in the Gilmour community – you can share your professional experience at the Sophomore Career Day, mentor a senior during the senior project, host a student for a semester-long internship, speak with parents and alumni during the phone-a-thon calling nights, etc.

Annual Giving - The cornerstone of philanthropy is the Annual Fund, which makes the most immediate impact upon our students. Its focus is to raise funds to help contain tuition costs by meeting a greater percentage of the Academy’s operating budget, and to provide need-based financial assistance to qualified students who otherwise might not be able to afford a Gilmour education. The Annual Fund is used to attract and retain distinguished faculty, provide state-of-the-art technology and continue academic and extracurricular programs. What is the correct amount for an Annual Fund gift? The only gift that is too small is the gift of nothing at all.

Alumni also volunteer as class agents to strengthen the tie between the Academy and its graduates, which helps increase alumni support for the Annual Fund. Additionally, volunteers are encouraged to participate with annual “friendraising” and fundraising events – the Women’s Club Annual Fashion Show & Luncheon, the Lower School’s Christmas Family Gathering, the Gilmour Golf Classic or the schoolwide fundraisers. Join others by being active participants in the community – in the end you will make Gilmour a stronger and more vibrant community.

Planned Gifts - Making arrangements today for a future gift to benefit the Academy is a thoughtful gesture of gratitude that expresses your faith in our future. Planned giving can provide valuable tax benefits for the donor and provides Gilmour with substantial, meaningful gifts.

If you are interested in learning more about ways to support the Academy, please call the Advancement Office at (440)473-8009.

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The following are a few ways to make planned gifts: Bequests - Through your will or living trust, you can provide a legacy for causes that were an important part of your life. A will allows the donor to maintain complete control of assets during his or her lifetime with the knowledge that those assets will be distributed in accordance with the donor’s plan and enacted upon death.

Charitable Lead Trusts - A Charitable Lead Trust provides current income to Gilmour Academy for a fixed period of time. The assets of the trust are then returned to the donor or the donor’s designee. Properly structured, a CLT will allow assets to pass tax free from one generation of a family to another.

Life Insurance - A gift of insurance that names Gilmour Academy as the irrevocable beneficiary provides a tax deduction equal to the replacement value of the policy. If you continue to make premium payments on the policy, those also are tax-deductible.

Gifts-in-Kind - The Academy also welcomes donations of goods and/or services for which Gilmour would otherwise have to pay.

Restricted Gifts - The Restricted Gifts category includes contributions that a donor has designated for specific projects or programs such as endowed and restricted scholarship funds.

• Memorial Gilmour Academy expresses sympatһy to tһe families of tһe following:

JOHN E. BOCK ’55

PAUL E. HELTZEL ’63,

JAMES M. BRENNAN ’71,

brother of Dennis ’59,Thomas ’61* and John ’65 PAUL J. GIDDENS ’62

father of Ryan ’96; brother of Robert ’65, Lawrence ’66, Carl ’73 and Michael ’83; uncle of Jennifer Heltzel Farrior ’91 and Kathleen Heltzel Ricotti ’93

JAMES C. O’BRIEN ’69 SUSAN WINCHELL SUSKI (G.O.) ’79,

sister of Charles ’76 and Cari Winchell Gerbracht ’81

EUGENE T. KILLEEN ’55,

brother of Edward ’54,* Kevin ’57 and Dennis ’60; grandfather of Kathryn ’16; brother-in-law of Robert Brosnan ’60; uncle of Robert Brosnan, Jr. ’85

Our sympatһy also is extended to tһe alumni and families of tһe following: BERNADETTE AMBROSE,

NESTOR J. BURKHART,

EVELYN M. CATANESE,

mother of Dominick ’81

father of Mary Burkhart Bondy (G.O.) ’77

great-aunt of Alyssa Solano ’15

grandmother of Daniel ’05, and Jeffrey ’11

BARBARA CALLAHAN,

cousin of Joseph ’14 and Gabriela ’15

COLETTA ARUNDELL,

TERRY L. CAMERON,

great-grandmother of Casey Nakhooda ’26

husband of Camilla, retired Gilmour Lower School instructor; stepfather of Sarah Marrone Jackson ’99

MICHELINA C. ANGIE,

DONALD JOSEPH BIBBO,

father of Randall ’71 and Donald ’72

grandmother of Anne Carothers ’04

PATRICK D. CARBONE,

uncle of Michael ’75 and Barbara ’87 Fisco

MADELINE CERER, JOHN P. CHAMBERS,

former Gilmour kitchen staff; father of Dennis ’72, Thomas ’73 and Rosemary Chambers Niewolak ’86; brother of Fr. Thomas Chambers C.S.C., former Gilmour Trustee continued next page

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GILMOUR MEMORIALS

PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITIES Gilmour Academy’s ability to thrive and to continue to be able to offer new

generations of students an excellent education is due, in part, to its many loyal friends who donate their time, talent and financial resources to the Academy and its mission.

Ways to Inspire

Gifts of Philanthropy

Many generous donors give their time and talent, and contribute directly to the Academy’s success by enhancing our students’ experiences. There are numerous ways to engage in the Gilmour community – you can share your professional experience at the Sophomore Career Day, mentor a senior during the senior project, host a student for a semester-long internship, speak with parents and alumni during the phone-a-thon calling nights, etc.

Annual Giving - The cornerstone of philanthropy is the Annual Fund, which makes the most immediate impact upon our students. Its focus is to raise funds to help contain tuition costs by meeting a greater percentage of the Academy’s operating budget, and to provide need-based financial assistance to qualified students who otherwise might not be able to afford a Gilmour education. The Annual Fund is used to attract and retain distinguished faculty, provide state-of-the-art technology and continue academic and extracurricular programs. What is the correct amount for an Annual Fund gift? The only gift that is too small is the gift of nothing at all.

Alumni also volunteer as class agents to strengthen the tie between the Academy and its graduates, which helps increase alumni support for the Annual Fund. Additionally, volunteers are encouraged to participate with annual “friendraising” and fundraising events – the Women’s Club Annual Fashion Show & Luncheon, the Lower School’s Christmas Family Gathering, the Gilmour Golf Classic or the schoolwide fundraisers. Join others by being active participants in the community – in the end you will make Gilmour a stronger and more vibrant community.

Planned Gifts - Making arrangements today for a future gift to benefit the Academy is a thoughtful gesture of gratitude that expresses your faith in our future. Planned giving can provide valuable tax benefits for the donor and provides Gilmour with substantial, meaningful gifts.

If you are interested in learning more about ways to support the Academy, please call the Advancement Office at (440)473-8009.

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The following are a few ways to make planned gifts: Bequests - Through your will or living trust, you can provide a legacy for causes that were an important part of your life. A will allows the donor to maintain complete control of assets during his or her lifetime with the knowledge that those assets will be distributed in accordance with the donor’s plan and enacted upon death.

Charitable Lead Trusts - A Charitable Lead Trust provides current income to Gilmour Academy for a fixed period of time. The assets of the trust are then returned to the donor or the donor’s designee. Properly structured, a CLT will allow assets to pass tax free from one generation of a family to another.

Life Insurance - A gift of insurance that names Gilmour Academy as the irrevocable beneficiary provides a tax deduction equal to the replacement value of the policy. If you continue to make premium payments on the policy, those also are tax-deductible.

Gifts-in-Kind - The Academy also welcomes donations of goods and/or services for which Gilmour would otherwise have to pay.

Restricted Gifts - The Restricted Gifts category includes contributions that a donor has designated for specific projects or programs such as endowed and restricted scholarship funds.

• Memorial Gilmour Academy expresses sympatһy to tһe families of tһe following:

JOHN E. BOCK ’55

PAUL E. HELTZEL ’63,

JAMES M. BRENNAN ’71,

brother of Dennis ’59, Thomas ’61* and John ’65 PAUL J. GIDDENS ’62

father of Ryan ’96; brother of Robert ’65, Lawrence ’66, Carl ’73 and Michael ’83; uncle of Jennifer Heltzel Farrior ’91 and Kathleen Heltzel Ricotti ’93

JAMES C. O’BRIEN ’69 SUSAN WINCHELL SUSKI (G.O.) ’79,

sister of Charles ’76 and Cari Winchell Gerbracht ’81

EUGENE T. KILLEEN ’55,

brother of Edward ’54,* Kevin ’57 and Dennis ’60; grandfather of Kathryn ’16; brother-in-law of Robert Brosnan ’60; uncle of Robert Brosnan, Jr. ’85

Our sympatһy also is extended to tһe alumni and families of tһe following: BERNADETTE AMBROSE,

NESTOR J. BURKHART,

EVELYN M. CATANESE,

mother of Dominick ’81

father of Mary Burkhart Bondy (G.O.) ’77

great-aunt of Alyssa Solano ’15

grandmother of Daniel ’05, and Jeffrey ’11

BARBARA CALLAHAN,

cousin of Joseph ’14 and Gabriela ’15

COLETTA ARUNDELL,

TERRY L. CAMERON,

great-grandmother of Casey Nakhooda ’26

husband of Camilla, retired Gilmour Lower School instructor; stepfather of Sarah Marrone Jackson ’99

MICHELINA C. ANGIE,

DONALD JOSEPH BIBBO,

father of Randall ’71 and Donald ’72

grandmother of Anne Carothers ’04

PATRICK D. CARBONE,

uncle of Michael ’75 and Barbara ’87 Fisco

MADELINE CERER, JOHN P. CHAMBERS,

former Gilmour kitchen staff; father of Dennis ’72, Thomas ’73 and Rosemary Chambers Niewolak ’86; brother of Fr. Thomas Chambers C.S.C., former Gilmour Trustee continued next page

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GILMOUR MEMORIALS

EDWARD J. CURTIN, SR.,

JOHN KENNEDY,

grandfather of Sean ’11 and Ryan ’14

grandfather of Kathryn Petros, Gilmour Upper School instructor

ROSE MARIE DEGRANDIS,

grandmother of Joseph ’03 and Heather ’06 DONALD A. DILISI,

uncle of Richard ’82, Gregory ’83 and Jennifer ’96; brother in-law of Mary DiLisi, Business Office staff HELEN DUNDON,

mother of Thomas ’78, Mark ’82 and Sean ’84 JOHN EBLE,

mother-in-law of J. Philip O’Neil ’50; grandmother of Katherine O’Neil ’88, Sarah O’Neil Hannibal ’89 and Ann O’Neil Fitzgerald ’92; aunt of Kevin Stoffer ’76; great-aunt of Kathryn Killeen ’16 LINDA A. KLEEN,

aunt of Holly Yotter, Gilmour director of marketing and communications VINCENT LALLI,

grandfather of Kiley Eble ’15

grandfather of Matthew Lalli ’03

JOSEPH ANTHONY FEDELE,

JEAN LALLY,

grandfather of Devin ’18 and Reese ’21 Fedele JOHN V. GINAL,

father of John ’75 DOROTHY HALCIK,

mother of Eric ’83; great-aunt of Michael ’08, Steven ’10, Meghan ’13 and Kevin ’15 Pryatel WILLIAM K. HALLAL,

grandfather of William ’07 and Thomas ’09 Hallal JOHN HORGAN, JR.,

father of J. Brian Horgan, Gilmour associate head of school RALPH JARZEMBOWSKI,

great-grandfather of John V ’19 and William ’20 Habe JOYCE KAMMER,

grandmother of Ryan ’15 and Cameron ’17 Berger EDWARD KARAKUL,

grandfather of Kirsten ’99, Christopher ’04 and Conner ’07 RICHARD E. KARBERG,

father of Rebecca ’94 and Noah ’97

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MARY LOUSE KILLEEN,

FALL 2014

great-aunt of Emily ’15 and Natalie ’18 Kirk CATHERINE LEDBETTER,

mother of Daniel Ledbetter ’02 LILIA LEONOR,

grandmother of Sylvia ’18

KATHLEEN PELTZ,

sister of Raymond Peltz ’69,* Mary Ann Peltz Gravenstein (G.O.) ’73 and Joanne Peltz Stewart (G.O.) ’76 ANNE T. RAGUSO,

wife of Joseph Raguso ’58; mother of Maureen Raguso Stewart ’92 and Carolyn Raguso Gwydir ’94 JAMES J. RODDY,

father of Matthew ’86; grandfather of Matthew ’18 and Joseph ’21 SHIRLEE JEAN SAZIMA,

mother of Scott ’76 and Gregory ’79 NANCY ELISABTH SEIBERT,

mother of W. David, Gilmour Upper School instructor; grandmother of Ryan ’15 KATHRYN S. SHEMORY,

grandmother of Adam ’08 ANTHONY SPARKS,

brother of Yvonne Wright, Gilmour housekeeper

CATHERINE I. LIGHTHIZER,

ANGELINA K. SPENA,

wife of Robert Lighthizer ’65; aunt of James ’84

grandmother of Michael, Jr. ’93 and Rebecca Spena McCalligan ’96

JOSEPH V. LONARDO,

NAOMI RUTH STECKEL,

father-in-law of Nathan Lockrem ’89; uncle of Joseph Lonardo ’00

grandmother of Amy Cogan, Gilmour Lower School instructor

WILLIAM J. MCFARLANE,

FRANK A. STEFANEK,

father of Gayle Svets, retired Gilmour Lower School instructor

father of Christopher Stefanek ’72, Gladys Stefanek Santoli (G.O.) ’76 and Kathleen Megan Stefanek Barr ’85; grandfather of John Wrobel ’97

GLADYS MOBLEY,

grandmother of Catherine Dolohanty ’16 SALLY MORLEY,

grandmother of Jeffrey Morley ’21 ALICE MORTONSEN,

THELMA TALBERT,

grandmother of Jayla Salter ’17 JOSEPH GRANT TEAGUE,

grandfather of Michelle Benz ’12

great-aunt of Emily ’15 and Natalie ’18 Kirk

ELIZABETH WRIGHT, grandmother

JEROME T. OSBORNE, SR.,

*deceased

grandfather of Morgan Osborne ’08

of Jayla Salter ’17

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GILMOUR MEMORIALS

EDWARD J. CURTIN, SR.,

JOHN KENNEDY,

grandfather of Sean ’11 and Ryan ’14

grandfather of Kathryn Petros, Gilmour Upper School instructor

ROSE MARIE DEGRANDIS,

grandmother of Joseph ’03 and Heather ’06

sister of Raymond Peltz ’69,* Mary Ann Peltz Gravenstein (G.O.) ’73 and Joanne Peltz Stewart (G.O.) ’76

uncle of Richard ’82, Gregory ’83 and Jennifer ’96; brother in-law of Mary DiLisi, Business Office staff

mother-in-law of J. Philip O’Neil ’50; grandmother of Katherine O’Neil ’88, Sarah O’Neil Hannibal ’89 and Ann O’Neil Fitzgerald ’92; aunt of Kevin Stoffer ’76; great-aunt of Kathryn Killeen ’16

HELEN DUNDON,

LINDA A. KLEEN,

father of Matthew ’86; grandfather of Matthew ’18 and Joseph ’21

aunt of Holly Yotter, Gilmour director of marketing and communications

SHIRLEE JEAN SAZIMA,

DONALD A. DILISI,

mother of Thomas ’78, Mark ’82 and Sean ’84 JOHN EBLE,

grandfather of Kiley Eble ’15 JOSEPH ANTHONY FEDELE,

grandfather of Devin ’18 and Reese ’21 Fedele JOHN V. GINAL,

father of John ’75 DOROTHY HALCIK,

mother of Eric ’83; great-aunt of Michael ’08, Steven ’10, Meghan ’13 and Kevin ’15 Pryatel WILLIAM K. HALLAL,

grandfather of William ’07 and Thomas ’09 Hallal JOHN HORGAN, JR.,

father of J. Brian Horgan, Gilmour associate head of school RALPH JARZEMBOWSKI,

great-grandfather of John V ’19 and William ’20 Habe JOYCE KAMMER,

grandmother of Ryan ’15 and Cameron ’17 Berger EDWARD KARAKUL,

grandfather of Kirsten ’99, Christopher ’04 and Conner ’07 RICHARD E. KARBERG,

father of Rebecca ’94 and Noah ’97

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MARY LOUSE KILLEEN,

KATHLEEN PELTZ,

FALL 2014

VINCENT LALLI,

grandfather of Matthew Lalli ’03 JEAN LALLY,

great-aunt of Emily ’15 and Natalie ’18 Kirk CATHERINE LEDBETTER,

mother of Daniel Ledbetter ’02

ANNE T. RAGUSO,

wife of Joseph Raguso ’58; mother of Maureen Raguso Stewart ’92 and Carolyn Raguso Gwydir ’94 JAMES J. RODDY,

mother of Scott ’76 and Gregory ’79 NANCY ELISABTH SEIBERT,

mother of W. David, Gilmour Upper School instructor; grandmother of Ryan ’15 KATHRYN S. SHEMORY,

grandmother of Adam ’08 ANTHONY SPARKS,

grandmother of Sylvia ’18

brother of Yvonne Wright, Gilmour housekeeper

CATHERINE I. LIGHTHIZER,

ANGELINA K. SPENA,

wife of Robert Lighthizer ’65; aunt of James ’84

grandmother of Michael, Jr. ’93 and Rebecca Spena McCalligan ’96

JOSEPH V. LONARDO,

NAOMI RUTH STECKEL,

father-in-law of Nathan Lockrem ’89; uncle of Joseph Lonardo ’00

grandmother of Amy Cogan, Gilmour Lower School instructor

WILLIAM J. MCFARLANE,

FRANK A. STEFANEK,

father of Gayle Svets, retired Gilmour Lower School instructor

father of Christopher Stefanek ’72, Gladys Stefanek Santoli (G.O.) ’76 and Kathleen Megan Stefanek Barr ’85; grandfather of John Wrobel ’97

LILIA LEONOR,

GLADYS MOBLEY,

grandmother of Catherine Dolohanty ’16 SALLY MORLEY,

grandmother of Jeffrey Morley ’21 ALICE MORTONSEN,

THELMA TALBERT,

grandmother of Jayla Salter ’17 JOSEPH GRANT TEAGUE,

grandfather of Michelle Benz ’12

great-aunt of Emily ’15 and Natalie ’18 Kirk

ELIZABETH WRIGHT, grandmother

JEROME T. OSBORNE, SR.,

*deceased

grandfather of Morgan Osborne ’08

of Jayla Salter ’17

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