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Your Briefing: The Local News You Need to Know ABILIS HITS THE MARK AT DANCING WITH THE STARS EVENT Two very good friends of the Greenwich Sentinel, Cesar Rabellino from Berkshire Hathaway Home Services New England (and one of our Real Estate page contributors) and Amy Huertas of the First Bank of Greenwich (and a very good friend) were stars at the friendly dancing competition to benefit ABILIS last week. They were both amazing and contributed to the success of the event which met its goal of $150,000.

PROFICIENCY SCORES IN GPS DROP SIGNIFICANTLY IN READING AND MATH According to a Board of Education presentation earlier this week, the Raw Score Performance Trend, which measures whether students met proficiency in language arts and mathematics, dropped significantly in both categories.

In language arts, the scores dropped five percent from a high of 78 percent in 2018 to the current score of 73 percent. In mathematics, the scores dropped seven percent from a high of 72.6 percent to 65.6 percent.

BOARD OF ED MANDATES VACCINES The Greenwich Board of Education unanimously approved a vaccine mandate for school district employees. If employees refuse, disciplinary action will be taken, including withholding payment until the fifth day of noncompliance, at which time non-compliant people will be fired.

UPDATE TO MASK MANDATE Effective Friday September 24, businesses, offices, and private venues will be able to set their own mask requirements. Masks will, however, continue to be required when entering town facilities, including Town Hall and town libraries.

COVID-19 UPDATE: 4 CASES IN HOSPITAL During their regular briefing this week, Diane Kelly, President of Greenwich Hospital and First Selectman Fred Camillo issued an update on COVID cases in town. As of Wednesday, the town is actively monitoring 52 cases, which is down 16 from the previous week. There are currently 4 patients in the hospital.

RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY The Town of Greenwich will once again be conducting their biannual resident satisfaction survey. The survey asks residents to rate their satisfaction with key services provided by the town, including government services such as police and fire and parks and recreation. The feedback will be a valuable resource to improve customer service and resident satisfaction.

The survey will be available on October 4.

“Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul... but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October,” Peggy Toney Horton.

The first day of October is a day unlike any other. The world is set aflame in beautiful jewel tones and the ground is covered in fresh fallen leaves- it’s better than waking up to fresh fallen snow. In October it seems as though you wake up one morning and almost all at once the landscape changes from the muggy humidity of late summer to the crisp brilliance of autumn. It becomes a playground that invites you outside to hike, walk, picnic, and enjoy all sorts of other activities. Indoors starts to seem stuffy and small as we take in the wider world before our winter hibernation. Even the rainiest, dreariest of days of October are lit up by the beautiful colors of the world around us.

This month, the Greenwich Sentinel will be taking you on quests and adventures throughout Greenwich and greater Connecticut all month long. Enjoy book reviews, book and movie recommendations, history lessons, and more! Mark your calendars to learn about New England Roadside Ecology from Author and Professor Thomas Wessels; the hidden spooky history of Greenwich; parents will be excited for a review of 50 Hikes with Kids: New England; and of course, you’re all excited for this month’s book recommendations by me, Emma! Fall into the autumn spirit with us and let yourself be swept away by the height of leaf peeping season, the spookiest holiday of the year, and the perfect time for pumpkin picking. As John Muir so eloquently said, “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”

Photo is from Binney Park on a spectacular fall day last year.

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POLICE SEEK TIPS IN CAR CRASH Greenwich Police are investigating a fatal car crash that occurred last Saturday night around 11:30 p.m. in the area of Wendle Place, near the Hyatt Regency. The car involved was a 2009 Honda Civic with a 17-year old driver inside of the vehicle, Jordan Martinez of Stamford, who died of injuries after being taken to an area hospital. Anyone with information regarding the accident should call Officer Roger Drenth at 203-622-8014.

GREENWICH POLICEMAN’S BALL The Greenwich Police Department will be celebrating its 125th anniversary with their Policeman’s Ball on Saturday, October 16 at the Riverside Yacht Club. The event will include an Honor Guard Procession, bagpipes, awards, silent and live auctions, and live music. All proceeds from the event will go towards the Greenwich Police Department Scholarship Fund. To reserve tickets (starting at $500 each), or to become a sponsor, visit www.gpdscholarshipfund.org/policemans-ball Please turn to page 7

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By Jill S. Woolworth, LMFT A he a lt hy cel l i n ou r bodies allows in what is nourishing and keeps out w h a t i s u n h e a l t h y. A n unhealthy cell doesn’t have t h a t a b i l i t y, w h i c h c a n lead to cancer. Boundaries work similarly in human relationships. All of us have had our boundaries violated, some more seriously than o t h e r s . We c a n g u a r d against being permeable to toxic relationships by paying close attention to wh at we a l low i nto a nd exclude from our lives. Our health depends on it.

Unhealthy friends may call frequently for advice or to complain repeatedly about the same thing. They may tell us that we are the only one who understands. Our egos can be easily seduced.

After months or years of listening and being frustrated that nothing changes, we accumulate toxicity. Limiting

o u r c o nt a c t to c o m m o n courtesy--occasional phone calls, cards, and texts—is hard, but life-giving. Our friend will find other sources of support. He or she may or may not become healthier, but you definitely will.

Gray did everything he could for his friend Nick, but Nick’s requests for money and his ranting about problems didn’t end. Gray felt discouraged and stressed after their conversations. After several years, Gray ended their friendship when he moved to a new city. He still talks to Nick on occasion, but he is wary of engaging beyond a casual check-in.

Greenwich resident, Jill Woolworth is author of the book, The Waterwheel, which is available locally at Diane's B o ok s ( 2 0 3-8 69-1 51 5) or info@dianesbooks.com) or at Amazon.

PreResponder Building Co Chair, Pam Farr; Metro NY North Board Chair, Jill Coyle; Metro NY North CEO, Stephanie Dunn Ashley; PreResponder Building Co Chair, Giovanna Miller; and PreResponder Building Co Chair, Heather Wise celebrate (and there is a lot to celebrate) at the ribbon cutting for the new state of the art headquarters of the American Red Cross Metro New York North Chapter on 99 Indian Field Road. Bob Capazzo Photo.

By Anne White According to Stephanie Dunn Ashley, CEO of the Greenwich based Metro New York North Chapter (MNYN) of the American Red Cross, the recently completed $3 million renovation project of the headquarters makes donating blood much easier and does so much more. The project has modernized the entire facility and opened the Jill and John Coyle Blood Donor Center.

Ashley describes the renovated building as having created a foundation from which the rest of the Red Cross work can be accomplished. “This will empower our Red Cross teams as they continue to deliver critical services,” Ashley noted.

The renovation includes improvements to all three floors of the facility.

The first f loor of the building features the Board Room, a multi-purpose and modular space with updated technology, room for hands-on practice, and the ability to break into smaller groups for concurrent classes and the Service to the Armed Forces/International Services suite offering meeting rooms, a lounge, and quiet workspaces.

The second floor houses the new Jill and John Coyle Blood Donor Center. The center includes eight permanent beds for the collection of whole blood and platelets to complement the blood drives sponsored across the community monthly. It will also eventually allow for the collection of platelets and plasma - a first in the Metro NY North area.

The third floor supports other Red Cross programs and services including disaster response, a volunteer center and daily administration for Red Cross team members.

The significance of collecting platelets is important.

Platelets are the clotting portion of blood and are needed for many reasons, according to the Red Cross, but they are primarily given to help people battling cancer, sickle cell and other chronic diseases; newborns and mothers; and those recovering from traumatic injuries. Platelets can only be used within five days – so there is a constant, often critical need for donors to keep up with demand. The statistics are staggering. Every 15 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs platelets.

While platelet donations take longer, they can be given more frequently. The entire process takes about two to three hours and may be repeated every seven days, up to 24 times a year.

Whole blood donations, which can be given now at the new center, are a faster process but can only be given every

56 days. This is the most flexible type of donation and can be transfused in its original form or used to help multiple people when separated into its specific components of red cells, plasma, and platelets. To schedule a blood donation, visit www.redcrossblood.org.

To support this project, the American Red Cross launched the PreResponder campaign, led by Red Cross Board Members Heather Wise, Pam Farr, and Giovanna Miller, pictured above. Remarkably, Farr served as Board Chair during the original move in 2002 to Indian Field Road.

As part of the fundraising effort, there are naming opportunities available for the Chapter headquarters include the building itself as well as meeting rooms, board rooms, and training rooms.

The organization has also announced a renewed Brick Campaign. First initiated in 2002, the original bricks are located at the entrance to the building and additional commemorative bricks are available to the public for $500.

More information about the Brick Campaign is available by visiting www.redcross.org/NewMNYNHQ. To date, lead donors have pledged over a million dollars in support of the project. Donors so far include Pamela Farr and Buford Alexander, Liz and David Boutry, Anna and Vincent Cappucci, Sue and Peter Carlson, Linda Chase-Jenkins, Lisa and Wayne Cooper, Jill and John Coyle, Janine and Robert Kennedy, Anita and Timothy McBride, Giovanna and Brian Miller, MNYN Associate Board Members, Ross H. Ogden, Leslie and John Osborn, Suzanne and Craig Packer, The Schwartz Family Found, Julia and Ulrik Trampe, Webster Bank, Heather and Eric Wise.

The scope of the Red Cross worldwide is a testament to the human desire to help one another. The American Red Cross (founded in 1881) is celebrating its 140th birthday this year, the Greenwich chapter, founded in 1914, is part of the overall Metro New York North Chapter of the American Red Cross which also includes Westchester County, Rock land County, and the U. S. Militar y Academy at West Point. There are more than 600 locally supported American Red Cross chapters and more than 500,000 volunteers.

The American Red Cross is just a part of the world's largest humanitarian network with 13 million volunteers in 187 countries.

"The work of the Red Cross extends across the community and around the world every day," Ashley said.

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Annual Autumnal Dazzling Dahlia Show Record Turnout

By Anne W. Semmes On Sunday last they came as bees to honey to see the vibrant blossoms in this year’s 14th annual Dazzling Dahlia Show at the Greenwich Botanical Center.

“We had an unbelievable turn out,” said Show Co-Director Lisa Moser, “742 people when we u sua l ly average a r ou nd 400-640 people. So, we were thrilled, and the public seemed to enjoy it.” In the dazzling room, the line slowed by the “Court of Honor” table of 48 winning dahlia exhibitors, who hail from Greenwich to Hartford to Croton on the Hudson to Pittstown, New Jersey. One local winner, Pam Schaefer, who routinely is represented at the grand prize table won her prize as the “Best Basket in Show.” At Show’s end the sale began of those winning blossoms, surely destined to dazzle many a dinner table.

Queen of Show (Best Single A) Variety Clearview Jonas.

Exhibitor Barbara LaRochelle. Sponsor: Barbara Collier.

Photo by Anne W. Semmes.

Tony Marzullo’s Nick Senior dahlia was dazzling many a Show onlooker.

Photo by Anne W. Semmes.

The 14th annual Dazzling Dahlia Show had some onlookers asking, “How many colors do dahlias come in?” A $64,000 question! Photo by Anne W. Semmes.

Greenwich’s Pam Schaefer with her “Best Basket in Show.” Variety: Ruthie G. Photo by Anne W. Semmes.

Introducing Sculptor Steve Simmons

By Anne W. Semmes For decades, Steve Simmons, noted cable entrepreneur and advocate for education equality, while raising his five children developed an extraordinary talent as sculptor, and that sculpture is now to be seen in Simmons’ first Retrospective Exhibition in Greenwich at the Cavalier Ebanks Gallery.

You can’t miss his bright red “Love Pyramids” sculpture on Greenwich Avenue placed before the Gallery. But inside there’s a bronze elephant, as seen by his family in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a leaping dolphin in bronze seen by the artist while kayaking off Malibu, California, and a f light of Brown Pelicans posed in their V formation, marveled at by family visits to the beaches of California and Florida.

The surprise of the extent of Simmons’ development as an artist is expressed by friend Scott Frantz. “Many of us who have known Steve for over 30 years as a very successful, yet u nderst ate d, bu si ne ssma n, outstanding father and wonderful husband had no idea that he was an artist. Steve’s sculptures are very dynamic, thoughtful and in some cases whimsical. He is truly a great sculptor, and the world is a better place with his pieces finally on display.”

It is plain to see that Simmons has joyfully embraced his new artistic challenges since stepping away from his cable business in the 1990’s. But surely, he’s following a distinctively different artistic path from his painterly parents, the late Lyn and Robert Simmons whose Simmons paint brush became “the finest artist brush in America, used by Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth who wrote him letters thanking him,” shares his son. “ My mot he r d id a lot of beautiful pastel work. My father did oils. I tried all of those, but I couldn't really get the fine line, so I figured I'd try sculpture,” says Simmons. So, he entered sculpture classes in Manhattan and by the fourth class, “I could actually make a lump of clay look like a human being,” he says, “and it felt good.”

His artistic process became

Bronze “Malibu” bottlenose Dolphin. “I worked on capturing the movement of these amazing creatures as they leaped out of water.” Photo by Anne W. Semmes. transporting his clay pieces created in his home studio to that famous Modern Art Foundry in Queens used by many a famed sculptor. “And they would take several months taking the clay through a thousands-of-years lost wax process, which involves many steps, including creating a wax model of my clay piece which I would then have to come in and work on as well.” And then, “They take the bronze and make it look like your clay piece.”

But the classes continued.

“I took courses at Silvermine out here in Connecticut. I took instruction in a studio in Los Angeles. And slowly, but surely, I learned the craft of being able to work in clay and have it come out pretty good.” Like that finely crafted bronze self-portrait of his own hand entitled, “Hand to the Sky,” and that woman’s head looking “Straight Ahead,” deep in thought, in bronze.

He continues his evolution.

“So, I then evolved from doing the human form which is what most of the classes focused on, to doing smaller animals. And I really liked that quite a bit.”

Yes, there’s the “Tortoise, and the “Spotted Stingray” with its graceful movement, but that aluminum “Thinking Big” acorn has special magic with its squirrel atop “thinking big.”

Then the la rger a n i ma ls called. He recalls inspiring visits to the Bronx Zoo, “when our kids were at school here in Greenwich.

We would look at all the animals.

And we were lucky enough to be

able to go on safaris and see the movements and structures of animals…It was an unbelievably impressive sight. So that helped inspire me to do animals.”

Especially the giraffe, “and its beautiful structure,” and that of the elephant. So, the process became creating “a very large armature which is essentially the skeleton on which clay is applied.”

And that brought, “some scary moments,” he tells, “when I had to get the large animal out of my studio in Greenwich…They had to cut the ears of the elephant off to get him through the door.”

But in the end, at the Modern Art Foundry, “It really worked fine.”

Speaking to that creative process, he says, “So, I'll get this idea for a particular shape in my head.” Like that shape of a humpback whale often on his mind. “I'll sketch it on a sketch pad and then I'll go back the next day and keep working on it till it is close to what I want. And then I'll either do a model of it or do a drawing with dimensions of it. It really evolves over time.”

He credits daughter Julia with opening the door to another evolution of his art. “Dad,” she told him, “You've got to see a place called Storm King Art Center, which has beautiful outdoor metal sculptures.” “It blew me away,” he says, “I love this concept of taking metal and making these beautiful abstract sculptures.” A design came to him, “whimsical with metal with curves and shapes and colors. I cut out a heart in one part of it.” It’s called “Whimsy”

Steve Simmons beside his steel sculpture named “Hope.” Photo by Anne W. Semmes. and stands seven and a half feet tall.

“So, each of these sculptures has a story,” he tells, like the Love Pyramids. “I got this idea I'd love to make a sculpture that talks about the universal nature of love because people experience a lot of it in every culture around the world.” How about making a pyramid and put the word love in four different languages on its sides? “So, I created a wooden four foot h ig h py ram id and wrapped it in red paper and I put the love around it. And then I said that's not enough definitions of the word love. I want a second pyramid on top - to be end to end, and then I'll have the word love in different languages.”

That presented a challenge requiring reaching out to “a bunch of interpreters in these different languages. I probably talked to a dozen different interpreters to make sure I was getting expert spelling.

And then of course, I had to figure out what kind of typeface I wanted, what font I wanted for the words.”

It was on a visit to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, seeing a sculpture by Giacometti that he came up with the idea of his fanciful sculpture, “Lollipop Summer” seen in the Gallery.

“The Giacometti had these thin figures with heads at different heights. What if I did it with lollipops, with real lollipop colors …at different heights. And it was just fun to do. I was doing this one

Steve Simmons stands by his “Love Pyramids” outside the Cavalier Ebanks Gallery on Greenwich Avenue.

Photo by Anne W. Semmes. in my garage in California- we were renting a house out there for two years- and it was a very hot night. So, I came out and some of the lollipops had melted, and I said that's great. It's got all these beautiful colors in the bottom. So, I just fell in love with it and had the foundry do it in fiberglass.”

Serendipity visited again with his aluminum sculpture, “Sp o on i ng.” “I wa s play i ng a rou nd w it h old w i r e s a nd

putting them in different shapes and all of a sudden the shapes formed a shape that looks like two people spooning, and I said that's great… It's a process of creation, experimentation, and then even when the metal is being fabricated you change your mind.”

S t e v e S i m m o n s ’ “A Retrospective of Sculptures” exhibition at the Cavalier Ebanks Gallery, 175 Greenwich Avenue, extends to October 5.

Breast Cancer Alliance at 25

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By Yonni Wattenmaker Pink. A color that has become nearly synonymous with breast cancer, and October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is awash in all its shades.

Twisted ribbons, clothing, handbags, even cocktails take on this rosy hue to demonstrate support for fighting this disease.

I don’t know why pink was chosen except to assume it is because society associates pink with girls and girlie things. Breast cancer is most often a diagnosis given to one in eight women in her lifetime, but men get breast cancer too.

One in 833 in fact.

When Breast Cancer Alliance began, the logo was blue. It was the favorite color of Mary Waterman, the catalyst for, and cofounder of, BCA. Years into its establishment, the logo was changed to pink, with the three girls, like paper dolls, holding tight to one another.

As BCA embarked on its milestone 25th year this spring, the logo was revised once again. Those three girls remain hand in hand representing how communities across the United States come together to fight this disease. However, now the colors vary to represent the diversity of patients impacted by breast cancer, including young and elderly, all races, all religions, and all genders.

We have come a long way since the six founders met around a table in Greenwich, planting the seeds which led to the Alliance becoming one of the most prominent national breast cancer charities

in the United States. This significant 25th anniversary, to be celebrated on October 20th at both the Westchester Country Club and via livestream, is not an end point, but a commemoration, an important reminder of our legacy and commitment to a brighter, healthier future with 100 percent survival within reach.

Today, breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer affecting women of all ethnicities in the United States. There have been astounding strides in breast cancer survival rates since 1996, with survival rates now near 90 percent when the cancer is caught in its earliest stages. We applaud the medical and scientific communities for these life-saving advances.

However, 30 percent of all patients diagnosed live with metastatic breast cancer, for which treatments continue to be developed but for which no cures yet exist.

Due to the COVID pandemic, appointments and surgeries were delayed and research was put on pause; patients still remain wary of returning to doctors’ offices for appointments they don’t consider urgent. It also meant fewer fundraising events took place, and much of the dollars donated were focused on immediate needs.

Unfortunately, that meant less funding was available for the science that will advance new treatment, more cancers will be diagnosed at a later stage, and more patients fall into the underserved category due to loss of jobs or health insurance and curtailed wages. There is more work to be done.

To commemorate its milestone 25th anniversary, and to continue to steward participation and support, BCA is assembling a very special advisory and outreach group comprised of influential and diverse voices

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Pink. A color that has become nearly synonymous with breast cancer, and October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is awash in all its shades. Twisted ribbons, clothing, handbags, even cocktails take on this rosy hue to demonstrate support for fighting this disease.

Celebrating 25 Years

impacted by breast cancer.

Named the "Sterling Club,” it recognizes the special and unique attributes of those involved. Early and esteemed ambassadors include Joan Lunden, Greenwich resident, author, former Good Morning America anchor and breast cancer survivor; Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, breast cancer survivor; actress Katie Wee, breast cancer previvor; Dr. Steve Lo, BCA Medical Advisory Board Chair and oncologist at Stamford Hospital; Dr. Nora Disis, Cancer Vaccine Institute Director, University of Washington – Seattle, breast cancer survivor and author and breast cancer survivor, Melanie Young.

So how can you help make a difference? If you are

a survivor or are living with breast cancer, help us we’d love to share your story. If you have time to volunteer, reach out to see what opportunities are available. If you can attend an event, in-person or online, join us. Our events page is always being updated at breastcanceralliance.org/ events and there are plenty of shopping and dining and celebratory ways to participate this month. Of course, our biggest event of the year is our luncheon.

Join our Board Members and volunteers, hundreds of supporters, and our 15-year partners from Richards, for a meaningful day of inspiration and fashion, including a finale

by Michael Kors in celebration of their 40 years as a fashion house. You can buy a raffle

ticket, donate an item to the auction, be a sponsor or, of course, purchase a ticket or a table. Having said that, breast cancer awareness shouldn’t be limited to October, so we need your help all year long. There is something for everyone and whether your gift is large or small, it brings us closer to a breast cancerfree future.

Yonni was graduated from The George Washington University in 1993, and from HUC-JIR in New York City with an MA in 1996. Upon graduation, Yonni spent ten years as Director of Education at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Bedford Corners, NY, two years as Development Director for Tikva Children’s Home, a charity supporting homeless and abandoned children in the

former Soviet Union, and four years as Director of Lifelong Learning at Central Synagogue in Manhattan. Yonni has been Executive Director of Breast Cancer Alliance since June 2011 and is an active volunteer, currently sitting on the National Council for Arts and Sciences at The George Washington University, the Community Advisory Council of Greenwich Hospital, and is a consultant for Beit Teshuvah, an addiction recovery center in Los Angeles.

She was named one of "40 Fascinating Women" by WAG Magazine in 2019 and will be honored as a 2021 Women Who Inspire. Yonni is mom to Max, a student at Tulane University, and the the founder of Yon Appetit, a health and nutritional coaching program.

Time To Shine The Spotlight on Female Breast Health

By Anne W. Semmes It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month in a state that has the highest incidence of breast cancer in the U.S, according to the American Cancer Society, so reports Greenwich’s Dr. Barbara Ward, medical director of the Breast Center at Greenwich Hospit a l. Wa rd was slate d on October 1 to address the annual Town Hall gathering sponsored by the Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) nonprof it.

But breast surgeon Dr. Ward had a conf lict. “I had a preplanned double mastectomy with reconstruction.”

There is no doubt that Dr. Ward, in the many years she has treated women with breast cancer that she has looked for opportunities to awake women to healthy breast awareness.

Dr. Barbara Ward displays the Daisy Wheel and Daisy Wheel app created to help young women in their healthy breast self- examining. Photo by Magaly Olivero.

Back in the early 2000’s she had a breast cancer patient, Mary Ann Wasil of Milford, who was awakened, with her plight, to the need for educating young girls, like her two daughters, as to how to best read their healthy breasts - to know if anything ever changes, they can share that change with a medical professional from a place of confidence.

F r om Wa si l’s wokene s s was born The Get in Touch Foundation w ith its aim to educate young women in healthy breast awa reness. Its f i rst educative tool being the Daisy Wheel, with its eight breast selfexam steps - its first step being: “Think of your breast as a daisy.”

“Although our Daisy Wheel was created by a highly skilled team of medical professionals, which included Dr. Ward,” says Betsy Nilan, president of the Get

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amazing resource for my mom and still is for me today. There was no educational program in schools teaching this breast awareness and my mom saw that gap in education and worked to fill it.”

Ward recalls Wasil sharing her educative concept with her and her colleagues. “We used to go to the high school to the girls’ health classes and teach self-exam there. But with so many individual health classes, there just wasn’t enough people to do that and it became too overwhelming…So, it was more teaching the health educators that were teaching the class, and giving them the tools, and the Daisy Wheels.”

That in-school learning could also be taken home. “They share it with their mom,” says Ward.

“You've probably heard of the use of a shower card. They give their

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in Touch Foundation, “The Daisy Wheel Program is recommended for grades 5-12 and our approach isn’t in detecting cancer, but rat her k now i ng what you r normal healthy breast tissue looks and feels like. Cancer doesn’t discriminate, and we want to recommend healthy habits at a young age.”

Nilan is Foundation founder Wasil’s daughter who is carrying on her mother’s work, to the extent of coloring her hair pink, as found in the pink ribbons worn this month in support of survivors and for those working to defeat breast cancer. Nilan tells well her mother’s story in a Ted Talk found on You Tube entitled, “Why young women should learn how to do a breast self-exam.”

Wasil was diagnosed in 2006 with breast cancer. “Dr. Ward was my mom’s breast surgeon,” says Nilan, “and she was an

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Polo Season Wraps Up In Golden Style

T h i s p a s t S u n d a y, t h e Greenwich Polo Club wrapped up a golden season with a roundrobin showdown between three formidable teams who faced off against one another in hopes of claiming the 2021 American Cup. In the final tally, IGEA, the 2021 East Coast Silver Cup champions, clinched first place in this exciting tournament with Santa Cruz and Meadowbrook, two other formidable contingents, finishing second and third, respectively.

This memorable showdown featured a host of well-known high goalers and their steadfast charges, all of who kept the crowd of severa l thousand engaged all afternoon.

“There’s always so much vitality and such a sense of joy in being here,” said Sabrina Forsythe, a longtime Greenwich Polo supporter who has been attending matches since the club first launched back in the 1980s. “There’s a real sense of community here and you can see how excited everyone is to be out just enjoying life.”

C e r t a i n l y, t h e t e a m s competing in this tournament a l s o c ap t u r e d s o mu c h o f the energ y, excitement and uniqueness that defined the 2021 Greenwich Polo season.

“The Greenwich Polo Club is absolutely spectacular and I’ve yet to see any other place that is like it,” said Joseph Sancio,

Santa Cruz players (white jerseys) race up the field during last Sunday's round-robin in the American Cup at the Greenwich Polo Club. (Photo courtesy of John Ferris Robben) Senior Marketing Manager for Yieldstreet, an investment firm and corporate sponsor of the Greenwich Polo Club. “Everyone is so warm and welcoming and to have the best polo players here is incredible. It’s been everything we could’ve asked for and we look forward to a bright future here.”

Adhering to its famous goldstandard, the Greenwich Polo Club roster this year featured such premiere global high-goal players as Mariano Aguerre; the iconic Museum of Polo Museum Hall of Famer and eight goaler

who has been the White Birch and Audi team ‘quarterback’ for many seasons, Hilario Ulloa; the renowned Argentinian 10 goaler who played at this venue during the late 2010s; and many other of outstanding athletes.

According to the players, being at the Greenwich Polo Club was a wonderful experience.

“It’s been a great season and we’ve been excited to play here,” said Dr. Adam Lipson M.D., a neurosurgeon who lives in New Jersey with Alexis, his wife, and who plays on IGEA, a prominent team that has been part of the

Greenwich Polo Club roster for two seasons. “This is a fantastic venue. The polo is incredibly competitive, the f ields a re beautiful and everything is done here in an optimal way.”

In addition to IGEA, Santa Cruz and Meadowbrook, other teams on the 2021 Greenwich Polo Club roster included our own White Birch of Greenwich, the esteemed 2021 East Coast Bronze Cup victors; Ellipse, the powerful 2021 East Coast Open champions based out of Jupiter, Florida; Palm Beach Equine f r o m We l l i n g to n , F l o r i d a ,

the stealth 2021 East Coast Open finalists; and Audi, the formidable Greenwich-based contingent.

Rounding out this year’s list of teams were Altaris, the New York-metropolitan area-based squad that claimed the 2021 East Coast Gold Cup; Gardenvale, a veritable force in tournaments all summer long; and Faraway of Lexington, Kentucky and Level Select CBD, both of who are Teflon-tough contingents.

“The teams were all fantastic and there seemed to be a lot of new faces out on the field as well,” said Sabrina Forsythe, who was attending last Sunday’s matches with her daughter, Nicole, and their friends.

Contributing to all of the excitement this season was the fact that ESPN broadcast the 2021 East Coast Open.

The colorful jumbo screen situated next to the famous Conyers Farm polo scoreboard, was an exciting new addition to the club that provided spectators with ongoing live stream videos during the games.

“This club just keeps getting bigger and bigger,” said Steven Magnuson, a Greenwich resident whose moving rendition of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ each Sunday was a highlight of the season. “The huge screen is amazing and having ESPN here broadcasting the East Coast Open has been incredible. This is definitely the place to be.”

Every Sunday, the massive white tents, giant grandstand, cabana and lawn areas were filled, indicating that indeed, this illustrious venue, known for its breathtaking New Englandesque b e au t y a s we l l , i s a m a i n summer high-goal destination in the Northeast and in the U.S. Of course, it was a lways fun to see the thousands of spectators donned in superfun, sophisticated and colorful fashions, at the matches every Sunday.

Needless to say, the crowd’s enthusiasm and support was much appreciated by the players.

“When we practice, it’s just us and the horses, so playing here in front of the crowd is awesome.

You hear them clapping and cheering you on when you’re out there, and there’s really nothing like it,” said Johnny Snyder of IGEA follow ing the awards ceremony last Sunday. “This is a great club in every way.”

The other athletes agreed.

“It’s a privilege to play here.

It ’s a f a nt a s t i c ve nu e a n d everything is top flight across the board,” said Michael Klein, a Greenwich resident and member of the Santa Cruz team. “There is something for everybody and I love being here.”

Klein’s sentiments seemed to capture the feelings of so many individuals who had the privilege to attend matches at the Greenwich Polo Club this past season.

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COLUMN

The Importance of Role Models for Children The Center for Public Good at Greenwich Country Day

By Bobbi Eggers If you want to change your life, you have to change your life. It’s a complicated time to be growing up and an overwhelming time to be a parent. We can’t fix everything for our kids but making pro-active choices of how we spend our time as role models for our families might help significantly. Children learn from us as parents and teachers. The adults around them can take the lead in influencing children to envision a better world by helping to change it.

As a professional in the nonprofit community, I am always impressed by how often I hear the name Jen Donnalley come up in reference to a group who pitched in to volunteer. Jen is a math teacher at Greenwich Country Day School, but most significantly, she has been running the community

service program there for over 20 years. When they built the new high school, it was important to them to include service to others, one of their most cherished traditions. The Center for Public Good was created to engage students, families and alumni in feeton-the-ground volunteer work starting at an early age.

Jen Donnalley and GCDS are authentically committed to helping their students value empathy and kindness, to learn to trust in their own abilities to make a difference.

It is not a surprise that Jen had role models of her own. Raised in Greenwich, she attended public schools Julian Curtis, Western Middle School, and Greenwich High School, ultimately graduating from Dickinson College, a liberal arts college that also promotes voluntarism. Service has always been a part of her life, starting with her parents.

“My parents were the kind of people who just jumped in to help out. My mom was on the board of Family Centers for 19 years and my dad gave his time to many NYC theaters and ran one of the United Way campaigns,” Jen remembers.

"Jen's passion for making the world a better place is inspiring generations of children to live their lives in the service of others.”

Adam Rohdie, Head of School, Greenwich Country Day School Jen is an extraordinary role model with the Center for Public Good, organizing students and families to help at Kids in Crisis, Parsonage Cottage, and Green and Clean, to name a few. They deliver weekly meals for Inspirica, New Covenant House, and Meals on Wheels. During the pandemic the gave the Neighbor to Neighbor volunteers a day off every week and took over shopping, packing bags and delivering meals. They work with children at Building One Community and the Boys and Girls Club. During last winter’s snowstorm, they shoveled sidewalks at Agnes Morley, low-income housing for older adults. The list goes on. “Someone reaches out

with a need, and we do our best to help if the request is appropriate for the age group we work with,” Jen says.

Adam Rohdie, Head of School at GCDS, is proud of the program that has grown while he has there.

“Great schools stand on the shoulders of giants, and Jen Donnalley is one of Greenwich Country Day's giants. A gifted master teacher, she inspires her students to not just understand mathematics, but love it. As our Director of the Center for Public Good she spends every other waking hour thinking about how she can help others. Perhaps most significantly, through her passion for making the world a better place, she is inspiring generations of children to live

their lives in the service of others.”

“We have always exposed even our youngest in nursery school to the world of service,” Jen explains. They look for 100% GCDS student participation. “Each student maps out their interests and their free time. The goal is to teach them how to intentionally plan for service.

It’s the only way it will become a part of their life as they move into adulthood. We also have a 3-week program in our high school called Intersession where we stop traditional classes and students do a deep dive into an area of interest.

This is a great time for us to do quality work with local nonprofits.”

Inspiration from the adults

around them is significant in a child’s life and strengthens relationships at home and in school. Non-profit volunteering as a school or a family lays the foundation for a lifetime. Give your child the opportunity to take selfless selfies doing volunteer work.

Make a change in hunger, homelessness, poverty, domestic abuse, young or old in need - pick your passion.

Statistically, it decreases stress, increases confidence, and expands your connections.

Most importantly, it changes lives- yours and theirs.

Bobbi Eggers is a columnist for the Greenwich Sentinel and works with non-profits and businesses for the betterment of both.

COMMUNITY CORNER

Maison D’Alexandre, First Bank of Greenwich Team Up

By Albert Huang The heav y mahogany entrance of Maison D’Alexandre might seem intimidating, but once the doors swing open, the world of Alexandre Chouery welcomes patrons with nothing but professionalism and hospitality.

Chouery is the salon owner, st yl ist, a nd pr oté gé of t he Dessange Private Academy. He honed his skills at the Cannes Film Festival, Paris Fashion Week, and the royal houses of multiple Middle Eastern countries. For Chouery, the client’s comfort is everything, “I opened the place like it was my house, how I want to feel at my house...that’s why we call it Maison. Maison is the house, so the house of Alexandre -- homey, easy.”

Born in Beirut, Chouery says he has been traveling since he was sixteen. “Dubai, M i l a n , e v e r y w h e r e ”, t h e ep ony mous A lexa nd re has seen it all. He credits travel for his broad perspective, saying that it is “the best school in the world...the best open education you can have.”

Maison D’Alexandre offers individual care, expertise, and personal connection. Chouery says he has carefully curated every detail from lighting, to sound, to brush hairs. Chouery described a run-in with an Italian brush manufacturer, w h o w a s d i s g r u nt le d t h at Chouery refused one of their standard designs and instead proudly tinkered with

When you go to the First Bank of Greenwich it doesn’t feel like you’re going to the bank. You stop in and feel like you are a part of the team.

h i s ow n pr otot y p e for t he salon’s brushes.

The salon has come back in full force after the pandemic as city families f lock to the suburbs, and commuters who once got their haircut while working in the city are staying closer to home. Chouery also attributes much of the success to the First Bank of Greenwich for helping during dif f icult times with programs like the Payroll Protection Program.

“When you go to the First Bank of Greenwich it doesn’t feel like you’re going to the bank. You stop in and feel like you are a part of the team. They know you by name. You’re not just a number,” said Chouery.

“I can conf irm through the pandemic that they saved my business. My business is my baby and what could be more important than that?”

This success through the pandemic can also be attributed t o C h o u e r y ’s m e t i c u l o u s busi ne ss ma nagement a nd impeccably trained staff. He reg u larly work s 80-hou r weeks but he insists that it’s

SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH From Page 3

mom a shower card and say are you doing this. And have you gotten your mammogram?” This time there was a Daisy Wheel.

Tw o y e a r s a f t e r b e i n g diagnosed, Wasil, mother of three, could count 5,000 Daisy Wheels being rolled off the presses, and a year later, the Get in Touch Girls’ Program was launched to the world.

B u t i n 2 01 2 Wa s i l w a s diagnosed with a stage-four metastatic breast cancer recurrence. In the remaining years before her death in 2016 she reportedly endeavored to “spend every single moment educating ever yone on the importance of breast health.”

Daughter Nilan notes that with the challenge of COVID-19, her Foundation has stepped up fully to the social media platform having launched an Educator’s Digital Toolkit. “This is available for schools and has outperformed our Daisy

Wheel by 30 percent,” she says,” which tells us educators and nurses either like to use this as a tool alongside the Daisy Wheel or they want to be fully digital. The beauty of our Digital Toolkit is that it has all of our educational resources in it, is in a PowerPoint format, can be received immediately after ordering, and is free of cost.”

She adds, “The physical Daisy Wheel, available [for free and only] in schools, still has more reach but we are focusing our outreach efforts on getting it into the hands of more people to increase awareness.” And so, introducing the free Daisy Wheel app! “We recommend you download the free Daisy Wheel app so you can follow along easily and receive regular reminders! What’s great about our app is that it is available in nine languages and is very easy to use.”

D r. Wa r d c h e r i s h e s a

t he com mu n it y t hat ke eps him going.

C h ou e r y s ays h e c h o s e First Bank of Greenw ich because of the value he places on his community. “I owe a lot to Greenwich and to the community, because without the support, we are nobody.

Our clientele and our family here, all our clients in town, are not just part of who we are, but are who we are.”

“Any time I have a financial projec t, I look to t he Fi rst Bank of Greenwich and the big national banks. The big guys are so far and they do not compare,” said Chouery. “Don’t be fooled by the big national banks. When you’re in need of expansion, go to the First Bank.

L e t ’s ke e p t h e mon ey a nd success between the family and the local community.”

Chouery likened running Maison D’Alexandre through the pandemic to nine rounds Alexandre Chouery, owner of Maison D'Alexandre discusses why his partnership with a in the boxing ring with Mike community bank has been so valuable to his business.

Tyson. He says the salon has no investors or outside financial has been paramount to the come to love about Greenwich. Einstein, or Warren Buf fet, help, so the personalized aspect success of his business and "I have the best team, it's but I can not do anything by of the First Bank of Greenwich highlights what Chouery has all about the team: I could be myself. I need this team."

“There is no doubt that Dr. Barbara Ward, in the many years she has treated women with breast cancer that she has looked for opportunities to awake women to healthy breast awareness.”

Betsy Nilan, president of the Get in Touch Foundation founded by her mom addresses a Ted Talk in Hartford. Contributed photo.

memory in those earlier days of the Get in Touch Foundation, in October of 2010, when she and her mom, a breast cancer survivor, were honored by the Foundation with the Women of Strength Award, given to a breast cancer patient and to a breast cancer care provider.

“This was a particularly meaningful time for us,” she shares.

On October 5, Dr. Barbara Ward and Dr. Linda LaTrenta, Breast Imaging director will address “Breast Cancer: During and Following the Pandemic” at Greenwich Library, 7-9 p.m. For more information on the Get in Touch Foundation visit https:// getintouchfoundation.org

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PUBLISHER Beth@GreenwichSentinel.com Elizabeth Barhydt

Editorial Page

EDITORS & COPY EDITORS Editor@GreenwichSentinel.com Peter Barhydt, Daniel FitzPatrick, Stapley Russell, Anne W. Semmes

October Joy “I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers...” So said Anne of “Anne of Green Gables.”

We agree. It happens to be our favorite month too.

It is the perfect transition month between the last warmth of summer and the descent into winter.

We have personally turned off the national news, stopped hanging on every word about COVID, vaccines, and what is happening in Washington.

We need a reboot. And we get the sense that many others do as well. There will be plenty to say about politics and local shenanigans in the coming weeks, but for now, we’re taking a reprieve.

If you are a sports fan there is no better month.

The World Series goes to bat later this month. The NFL has already kicked off. And the NBA is scoring points live on television. There is no shortage of opportunities to spend the weekend watching your favorite teams compete. We are just sorry the New York Mets did not make the playoffs after such a promising start to their season, but there is also next year for Greenwich’s Steve Cohen and his team.

For us, however, October is not about what we do inside, but out. It seems like our family spends more time outside in October than almost any other

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."

F. Scott Fitzgerald month. Our internal clocks sense the approaching winter and months inside, so, if the weather is nice, we sprint to take advantage of it.

On a moment’s notice we might call an audible and have everyone in the family grab a book and escape to our favorite place in town overlooking Long Island Sound. The sea grasses are just beginning to take on golden hues from the cool night air and the trees on the islands are creating a kaleidoscope of colors. A little time with a book instead of an electronic device is a good thing.

There is something magical about Greenwich in October. Mother Nature takes her time as she paints her masterpiece of maples, oaks, walnuts, hickories (to name a few) beginning their metamorphosis from summer greens to winter hibernation. The process is ever changing and unfolding over the next month. Take time to visit the Audubon or drive from the backcountry to the shoreline and witness them for yourself as you look over the fields and woods.

The air feels different, crisper, cleaner as well. It no longer has the oppression of summer lethargy.

It helps quicken the pace, and our desire to accomplish more outdoors. The days have shortened dramatically which also adds to our want to do more. If this were the 1800s, we imagine we would be feverishly putting up preserves and provisions to carry us through the winter.

Because the air is so filled with smells it feels charged with anticipation. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Great Gatsby: “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” In a sense that is true. As we approach the end of the year it is only natural that we are beginning to plan for the holidays and what the New Year will bring. But first, we want to hold onto October just a bit longer. We will leave next year’s planning for November and beyond.

The above-mentioned quote from “Anne of Green Gables” continues: “it would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it?

Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill – several thrills?”

There is plenty of time to plug back in and stress about what is happening in the world later. For now, enjoy October and all she offers. Have a thrill. Have several thrills.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT LAST WEEK'S PULL OUT QUOTE IN THE EDITORIAL WAS A REMNANT FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND WAS NOT UPDATED TO REFLECT THE EDITORIAL CONTENT LAST WEEK. THAT WAS AN ERROR.

NEWS BRIEFS

TENNIS RESERVATIONS

Although the tennis office has closed for the season, tennis court reservations will continue through November 30. To reserve a court, visit www.greenwichct.

CHRIST CHURCH HOSTS GOVERNOR gov/tennis.

Court reservations may be made 24 LAMONT AT hours in advance, and receipts should be SUNDAY FORUM SERIES brought to the court.

Christ Church Greenwich invites community members to a Sunday Forum ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR LOCAL with Governor Ned Lamont, who will ELECTIONS provide the community with updates on Absentee Ballots for the November 2 current topics and issues in Connecticut, local elections will be available beginning as well as a discussion of where the state October 1. Applications can be found on will be headed in the future. The forum the Town of Greenwich Website, and can will take place this Sunday, October 3 be returned to the Town Clerk’s office, the from 11:15 a.m. to 12 noon in the Christ address of which is on the application.

Church Greenwich Parish Hall. All are Ballot boxes will be available for both welcome regardless of faith. applications and ballots from September 15 through November 2 at 8 p.m. They POLLINATOR MURAL UPDATE are located at Town Hall and at the Public This past Monday, the RTM voted to Safety Complex at 11 Bruce Place. both accept a gift of $25,000 from the Greenwich Botanical Society and approve BOE MEETING the completion of the partially painted At last week's Board of Education pollinator mural on East Putnam Avenue meeting, a group of parents attended across from Cardinal Stadium. The vote to speak out against student mandates was 121 in favor, 68 opposed, with five including mask mandates, required abstentions. v a c c i n a t i o n s , a n d we e k l y t e s t i n g saying these things are disrupting their FRONTAGE RD, DELAVAN AVE, children's education and emotional RITCH AVE IMPROVEMENT growth.

PROJECT

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Last Tuesday, the Frontage Road, Delavan Avenue, and R itch Avenue Improvement Project began. The Town of Greenwich hopes that this project will help to make the area more pedestrian safe, with the addition of a multi-use trail connecting Frontage Road to Byram Park.

The current four foot wide sidewalks will be expanded to five feet, with portions of the three street sidewalks being widened to eight feet, and there will be improved pedestrian and traf f ic signals. One lane traffic will begin around the area during the third week of October, with construction projected to end in January 2022. The entire project is slated for completion by the Spring of 2022.

TREASURED TREE CELEBRATION The Greenwich Tree Conservancy has announced a Treasured Tree Celebration scheduled for October 15. The event will be held at Sam Bridge Nursery on Friday, October 15, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event will be a festive fundraising celebration with refreshments, food, and fall decor, and proceeds will go towards the Treasured Trees program, which seeks to raise awareness of trees on private lands that are special to homeowners. Tickets are available on-line at greenwichtreeconservancy.org

YMCA CRITICAL RACE THEORY PANEL

OLD GREENWICH BLOOD DRIVE The Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive in Old Greenwich next Monday, October 4 from 1:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center. Those wishing to donate blood must make an appointment by calling 800-RED-CROSS or by going on-line to redcrossblood.org.

RTM APPROVES HOUSING TRUST FUND The Greenwich Representative Town Meeting approved the development of an affordable housing trust at this past Monday's meeting by a vote of 176 in favor, 22 opposed, and five abstentions.

The fund will come at no cost to the town, with a seven person board to oversee the fund and allocate privately raised money towards development or purchase of affordable units, as well as options to renovate existing units.

DEATHS Patricia Stroili Patricia Ann McLean "Pat" Stroili, passed away on Sept. 24 one month short of her 89th birthday.

Jean Nethercott Jean Regina Nethercott passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family on Sept. 23. She was 86 years old.

Wasili Gubinski

Over 300 people attended last week’s YWCA Greenwich panel regarding critical race theory. The panel discussed race and racism both in and out of school settings, as well as the Critical Race Theory as a curriculum.

Wasili "Jed" Gubinski, 97, of Byram, passed away on Sept. 21.

RED CROSS RENOVATED GREENWICH HQ

Michael Healy

The American Red Cross Metropolitan New York Chapter has opened a new, renovated headquarters in Greenwich.

The headquarters opened following a $3 million modernization and renovation project on all three floors of the facility, and includes a new blood donation center, disaster response center, preparedness service to the armed forces center, as well as updated technology, group class spaces, and more room for hands-on practice and response.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS

Through the fundraising efforts of Greenwich residents, and Sebastian Dostmann and Alyssa Keleshian-Bonomo of Greenwich Community Projects Fund, the lighting of the trees in town will once again take place in the community this Holiday Season. The lights will be lit OGRCC MODEL SAILBOAT REGATTA along Greenwich Avenue and in Cos Cob on Thanksgiving night and will remain T h e O l d G r e e n w i c h R i v e r s i d e up until the end of January 2022.

Community Center will be hosting its popular Model Sailboat Regatta on TREE REMOVAL AT 0 PORCHUCK Sunday, October 17 at Binney Park. The ROAD: TREE WARDEN’S DECISION After examination of the site plans event will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and there will be various boat race regarding the removal of three trees categories spread out throughout the day. at 0 Porchuck Road, the Tree Warden The money raised through the event has made the decision to keep all three will go towards the OGRCC Scholarship trees in question, as they are the only Program to get community children rema i n i ng t re es t hat prov ide road involved in programs and camps. To buy screening, environmental benefits, and are irreplaceable. a ticket visit www.myogrcc.org/

Lois Young Lois Shuster Young (91), formerly of Greenwich, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 20.

Michael J. Healy, of Riverside, passed away on Sept. 19 at the age of 82.

Jane Seel Jane McIntosh Seel died peacefully on Sept. 19. She was 91 years old.

Rev. Joseph Saba, Jr. Reverend Joseph John Saba, Jr. passed away on Sunday, Sept. 19 at the age of 78.

Lori White Lori A. White, a longtime resident of Riverside, died on Sept. 18, at Greenwich Hospital. She was 53.

Anthony LaValla Anthony Guy LaValla departed this earth on Sept. 18 at the age of 85.

Peter Perry, Jr. Peter Salvatore Perry Jr., 93, of Greenwich, p a s s e d aw ay o n t h e a f t e r n o o n o f September 17.

Brion Shimamoto Brion Shimamoto passed away on Sept. 17 at 74.

John Phillips John David Phillips passed away on Sept.

15 at Edgehill Senior Living Community, Stamford.

Pamela Juan Hayes Pamela Juan Hayes, 75, died Sept. 15.

Anthony Santora

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Anthony W. Santora, of Cos Cob, passed away on Monday, Sept. 13. He was 81.

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Byram experienced major flood damage following Hurricane Ida, both on the first f loor, and the parsonage. Mechanicals on the first floor were damaged and are in need of replacement, including the furnace and kitchen. The congregation asks for prayers as well as for donations toward repair costs, which are estimated to be over $100,000. Donations can be sent to St. Paul Lutheran Church at 286 Delavan Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.

This past Tuesday, Greenwich Hospital announced that it has begun scheduling appointments for booster and third dose vaccinations at the hospital. The first appointments will be offered on Saturday, October 2 at the Noble Conference Center on the first floor of the hospital. Those eligible for the booster doses include those 65 and older, those aged 18-64 with underlying conditions, and those 18 and older at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure. Booster doses can be given six months after the initial vaccination series.

Joseph Reuter Joseph Michael Reuter passed away on Sept. 13.

Holly Delohery Holly Delohery, formerly a thirty-year resident of Greenwich, passed away on Sept. 12.

Peter Schruth Peter Killmade Schruth, longtime resident of Old Greenwich, passed away on July 15t. He was 69.

Frank J. Gaudio

You wouldn’t expect to find the President/CEO of a bank in the lobby talking with customers. Nor would you expect to have access to their direct phone number.

Yet that’s exactly what happens at The First Bank of Greenwich, where doing things differently is simply doing business as usual.

While an increasing number of bank mergers are changing the face of community banking, The First Bank of Greenwich’s President and CEO Frank Gaudio is bucking the trend. Along with a dedicated staff and supportive board of directors, he has created a haven for customers who are left feeling disenfranchised due to drastic changes that so often come with a merger.

to the relational aspect, which is terrible for that longterm employee and frustrating for the bank’s customers.”

The Power of Relationships

Frank Gaudio joined The First Bank of Greenwich 10 years ago at the same time as Evan Corsello, the Banks Executive Vice President & Chief Lending Officer. Both men were concerned with the negative impact bank mergers were having on communities. Corsello states that “when the community is strong, the bank is strong... and, conversely, a strong bank helps maintain a strong community.” He goes on to explain, “When a large bank with no local ties takes over a small bank, they don’t have that personal connection, so there’s no predisposition to reinvest in the community.”

...“It’s a very special place.”

In a world of bank mergers & buyouts, Why are so many bank mergers The First Bank of Greenwich is putting taking place? “Big banks have eager Community reinvestment is a people first. investors who want growth now, not major priority at The First Bank tomorrow,” explains Gaudio. “Rather of Greenwich. “We make sure than take the time to grow organically, a large bank we’re providing loans that support the economic takes over smaller banks, forcing them to adapt to a development of the communities we serve,” says Corsello. totally different business model...and that’s where the “It’s the same mindset that pushes us to provide so many trouble begins.” community services. It’s why we donate to organizations that share our commitment to helping families and According to Gaudio, while mergers are beneficial to businesses thrive.” corporate investors, they create real problems for consumers, bank employees, and communities. He explains This commitment was also made evident during the that the pressure to increase profitability is extremely rollout of the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP. great following a merger. “When a large bank takes over Corsello shared, “We watched banks pander to large a smaller bank, they make decisions based solely on a corporations while the small and mid-sized businesses balance sheet. A product or policy is eliminated if it’s struggled. We know those smaller businesses are the deemed financially unnecessary...even if it benefits the backbone of our community. We went out of our way customer. Existing employees of the smaller bank are let to make sure every company received the help they go, regardless of tenure. There is no consideration given needed, regardless of their size.”

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The First Bank of Greenwich invests in the charities that their customers support with their Charitable Checking program, in which the bank donates to specific charitable organizations supported by their clients, based on account balances and other variables. No monies come from nonprofits or bank customers. All donations are made by The First Bank of Greenwich.

Since its establishment in 2006, The First Bank of Greenwich and it’s staff has garnered a reputation as experts in both residential and commercial lending.

Gaudio explained that he and Corsello share the same business philosophy. “It’s all about relationships.

We learn about our customers. Evan and I meet with practically everyone who comes in to apply for a loan.

These are people who live in our community, they’re our friends and neighbors. When they succeed, we all succeed.”

While The First Bank of Greenwich serves its current customers, they’re actively planning for the future.

Gaudio is working on a financial literacy course for junior high and high school students that will teach the fundamentals of personal finance. Students will learn how to establish a budget, discover the importance of saving and develop good financial habits.

Developing relationships, investing in the community, and putting people first: key ingredients that make The First Bank of Greenwich a very special bank.

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GREENWICH LIBRARIES greenwichlibrary.org Friday, Oct. 1 9 a.m.

LifeSkills Learning. 203-6256560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org 10 & 11 a.m.

Outdoor Toddler Storytime.

On the front lawn of Cos Cob Library. 203-622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m.

Senior Chinese Book Discussion Group. 203-622-7924. ywang@greenwichlibrary.org 11:30 a.m.

Qi Gong. Online.

7 p.m.

Friends Friday Films “Together Together.” Berkley Theater at Greenwich Library.

Saturday, Oct. 2 10 a.m.

Innovation Lab for Kids 3D Printed Wizard Wands.

Online.

11 a.m. & 3 p.m.

“Jack’s Adventure in Space” with Bright Star Children’s Theatre. Berkley Theater.

Register.

11 a.m.

Drop In Computer. Lab Learning Lab. 203-625-6560. csherman@greenwichlibrary. org 12 p.m.

Acting Workshop for Kids with Bright Star Theater.

Berkley Theater. Register.

Monday, Oct. 4 9 a.m.

LifeSkills Learning. 203-6256560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m.

Storytime in the Courtyard.

Baxter Courtyard. 203-6227940. children@greenwichlibrary.org 4 p.m.

Book Explorers Book Club.

Grades 2-3. Library lawn.

Tuesday, Oct. 5 9:15 a.m.

Baby Lapsit Storytime. Children’s Constellation Room.

203-622-7940. children@ greenwichlibrary.org 10:30 a.m.

Outdoor Spanish Storytime at Cos Cob Library. 203-6226883.

1 p.m.

SCORE Protect Your Business from Cybercrime. 203-622-7924. ywang@greenwichlibrary.org 2 p.m.

OHP Interviewer Training.

2nd Flr Meeting Room. 203622-7945. ohistory@greenwichlibrary.org 4 p.m.

Chair Yoga. 203-531-0426.

4 p.m.

Laser Engraved Slate Cheese Boards. Via Zoom. 203622-7979. innovationlab@ greenwichlibrary.org 7 p.m.

Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment During and Following the Pandemic. Berkley Theater.

203-625-6549. schan@greenwichlibrary.org Wednesday, Oct. 6 10 a.m.

Storytime in the Courtyard.

Baxter Courtyard. 203-6227940. children@greenwichlibrary.org 10:30 a.m.

Baby Lapsit. Cos Cob Library Community Room. 203-6226883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org

11 a.m.

Author Talk “Mianus Village History & Literature” with Jack T. Scully and J. Chris Davala. Online. 203-622-7948. rhansen@greenwichlibrary. org 3 p.m.

Online Afternoon Story/Craft.

Ages 2 1/2 & up. 203-6226883.

4 p.m.

Bookworms Book Club “Trouble at Table 5 The Candy Caper” by Tom Watson. Grades 2-3. Baxter Courtyard.

7 p.m.

The Changing Face of Television YouTube, Binging, Streaming, and Beyond. Online. 203-6256560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org Thursday, Oct. 7 4 p.m.

Bookworms Book Club “The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street” by Karina Yan Glaser.

Grades 4-6. Baxter Courtyard.

6 p.m.

Outdoor Music Night Music from the 1930’s-Present with the Frank Porto Band.

Byram Shubert Library. 203531-0426.

7:30 p.m.

AuthorsLive “Wildland” by Evan Osnos in Conversation with Andrew Marantz. Berkley Theater. kcihi@greenwichlibrary.org 7:30 p.m.

AuthorsLive “Wildland” by Evan Osnos in Conversation with Andrew Marantz. Online.

Friday, Oct. 8 9 a.m.

LifeSkills Learning. 203-6256560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org 10 & 11 a.m.

Outdoor Toddler Storytime.

On the front lawn of Cos Cob Library. 203-622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m.

Senior Chinese Book Discussion Group. 203-622-7924. ywang@greenwichlibrary.org 7 p.m.

Friends Friday Films “ In Balanchine’s Classroom.”

Berkley Theater.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL greenwichhospital.org/events 888-305-9253 Saturday, Oct. 2 9 a.m.

CPR Friends & Family (Infant/Child). For discount information call 888-3059253.

Monday, Oct. 4 12:30 p.m.

Webinar Knee Replacement Education.

Tuesday, Oct. 5 12 p.m.

Webinar Bariatric Informational.

1:30 p.m.

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group.

6 p.m.

CPR Friends & Family (Infant/Child). For discount information call 888-3059253.

Wednesday, Oct. 6 5 p.m.

Webinar Prescription of Meditation.

NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR ntngreenwich.org Tuesdays, 9 - 11 a.m.

Food Drive (drive-thru) at St. Catherine of Siena’s parking area across the street from the rectory entrance, 4 Riverside Ave. (Non-perishable foods, personal care products, large sized diapers (5 & 6) and pull-ups, and knit hats (hand knit or store bought).

Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Food Drive at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church parking lot, 200 Riverside Ave. GREENWICH LAND TRUST gltrust.org/calendar Friday, Oct. 1 & Saturday, Oct. 2 5:30 p.m.

Go Wild! Drive-in Movie Nights. Greenwich Polo Club, 1 Hurlingham Dr. BREAST CANCER ALLI-

ANCE breastcanceralliance.org/ events Oct. 1 - 31 ‘Go For Pink!’ - Shop, dine and celebrate with a series of events marking National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to support BCA. info@ breastcanceralliance.org YWCA GREENWICH ywcagreenwich.org Sunday, Oct. 3 10 a.m.

Walk the Walk Against Domestic Violence. Bruce Park. Registration begins at 8:30 am. ywcagrn.org/walkthewalk Tuesday, Oct. 5 5 p.m.

Be Red Cross Ready – Get a Kit. Make a Plan. Be Informed. Online.

ROUND HILL ASSOCIATION roundhillassn.org Saturday, Oct. 2 9 a.m.

Greenwich Backcountry Neighbor Day. Visits begin at 9am and go on throughout the day, culminating in a tailgate gathering at Audubon, 4-5:30pm. Drinks & snacks will be available. All are welcome.

AUDUBON CENTER greenwich.audubon.org/ events Saturday, Oct. 2 7 a.m.

Fall Migration Bird Tour. 613 Riversville Rd. Ages 6 & up.

Free. RSVP. 203-930-1353. ryan.maclean@audubon.org FRIENDS OF GREENWICH POINT friendsofgreenwichpoint.org Sunday, Oct. 3 9 - 11:30 a.m.

First Sunday Bird Walks.

Greenwich Point Park (Meet near the main concession stand at the south end of the beach). All ages. (Bring binoculars).

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB bgcg.org Sunday, Oct. 3 9 a.m.

Muddy Up 5k Family Run & Walk. Camp Simmons, 744 Lake Ave. GREENWICH MOMS gltrust.org/calendar Sunday, Oct. 3 9 a.m.

Greenwich Moms Chelsea Piers Family Fun Day. 1 Blachley Rd, Stamford. Free admission (you don’t have to be a member of Chelsea Piers to attend). Pre-registration is required.

FRIENDS OF MIANUS RIVER PARK friendsofmianusriverpark.org Monday, Oct. 4 9 a.m.

‘Pliking’ event - a combination of jogging/hiking and ‘plocka upp’ (Swedish for ‘to pick’) jogging while picking up garbage. Meet at the bridge on Merribrooke Lane, Stamford.

(Bring gloves and a small trash bag). 203-918-2548.

GREENWICH DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY greenwichdecorativearts.org Monday, Oct. 4 1 p.m.

Lecture Wyeth Paintings “More Than Meets The Eye.” $25, payable by check in advance. greenwichdecorativearts@gmail.com KIDS IN CRISIS - Lighthouse: kidsincrisis.org/get-help/lighthouse Tuesday, Oct. 5 7 p.m.

‘Queer & Questioning’ – A Community Forum. Via Zoom. No registration required. 203-351-8294.

GREENWICH BOTANICAL CENTER greenwichbotanicalcenter.org Friday, Oct. 1 & Wednesday, Oct. 6 11 a.m.

Making your own Pollinator Puddles. GBC, 130 Bible St. $50.

Wednesday, Oct. 6 9:45 a.m.

Namaste Nature - Experience Mindfulness Among Nature’s Beauty - Flow Vinyasa class.

GBC, 130 Bible St. $25.

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY greenwichhistory.org Wednesday, Oct. 6 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Tavern Markets – featuring all things “Home” – from food and flowers to specially curated items. 47 Strickland Rd. Rain or shine. Alternating Wednesdays, through Nov. 3.

BRUCE MUSEUM brucemuseum.org Sunday, Oct. 3 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Family Gallery Tours. 1 Museum Dr. Best for ages 6-10. Free with admission. No reservations required.

1 p.m.

Science Solvers Gravity Through Art. 1 Museum Dr. Ages 4 & up. Free with admission. No reservations required.

Tuesday, Oct. 5 10 & 11 a.m.

Bruce Beginnings Jumping Jaguars. 1 Museum Dr. Ages 2 1/2-5. Free with admission. No reservations required.

Thursday, Oct. 7 7 p.m.

Bruce Presents - Underwater Coastal Flooding and Climate Change. Online.

Saturday, Oct. 9 & Sunday, Oct. 10 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

40th Annual Outdoor Arts Festival. 1 Museum Dr. Advanced reservations are preferred. Admission is on a “Pay as You Wish” basis, with a suggested donation of $10 per adult.

GREENWICH THEATRE COMPANY greenwichtheatrecompany. org Wednesday, Oct. 6 7 p.m.

The Children’s Hour Staged-Reading and Screening. Avon Theatre Film Center, 272 Bedford St, Stamford.

203-967-3660. avontheatre. org GREENWICH NEWCOMERS CLUB greenwichnewcomers.org Monday, Oct. 4 9 a.m.

Wellness Group – Bike Ride to Tod’s Point.

Tuesday, Oct. 5 9:30 a.m.

Walking Group - Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Pound Ridge, NY. Thursday, Oct. 7 3 p.m.

Kids at Play - Norwalk Maritime Aquarium, 10 N. Water St, Norwalk.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF GREENWICH afgreenwich.org Wednesday, Oct. 6 5 p.m.

‘Worldwide Wednesdays’ join in for lively discussions on French films. Open to all.

RSVP for a Zoom link. Thursday, Aug. 12 5 p.m. Proust Group Fereshteh Priou. RSVP for Zoom link. Fereshp@ yahoo.com GREENWICH ART SOCIETY greenwichartsociety.org Saturday, Oct. 2 2:30 p.m.

Art Portfolio Review for Teens. In person, 299 Greenwich Ave. Register. 203-6291533 Thursday, Oct. 7 1 p.m.

Process Painting Master Class in Contemporary Issues. In person, 299 Greenwich Ave. Register.

203-629-1533.

1 p.m.

Procreate on the iPad The Basics. Via Zoom.

UJA-JCC GREENWICH ujajcc.org Wednesday, Oct. 6 8 p.m.

Virtually Limitless Our Shared Shelf “Lilyville Mother, Daughter and Other

Local Calendar of Events Roles I’ve Played” by Tovah Feldshuh. Online. Sarah.Fels@JewishFederations.org WHITBY ADMISSIONS EVENT whitbyschool.org Thursday, Oct. 7 9:30 a.m.

Whitby Early Childhood Exploration Virtual Admissions Event. Via Zoom. Free & open to the public. Register. 203-302-3900. admissions@whitbyschool.org GREENWICH ROTARY CLUB greenwichrotary.org Wednesday, Oct. 6 6:30 p.m.

Weekly Wednesday lunch meeting. Riverside Yacht Club, 102 Club Rd. Full Dinner, wine on table, cash bar $68/person. RSVP to Sally Parris sally.parris@cbmoves.com TAI CHI experiencetaichi.org Tuesday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m. & Thursday, Oct. 7, 4 p.m.

First Congregational Church of Greenwich, 108 Sound Beach Ave. Registration is required. Tuition is paid as a donation made directly by the participant to abilis, Neighbor to Neighbor, or the First Congregational Church.

OLD GREENWICH FARMER’S MARKET oldgreenwichfarmersmarket.com Wednesdays 2:30 - 6 p.m.

Farm stands & food recycling program. 38 West End Ave, Old Greenwich. Held rain or shine. (No dogs allowed). info@oldgreenwichfarmersmarket.com GREENWICH FARMER’S MARKET greenwichfarmersmarketct.com Saturdays, through Nov. 19 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Order from Sunday to Wednesday for Saturday pick-up. Arch Street & Horseneck Lane Commuter Parking Lot. (Parking is free during market hours). (No dogs allowed).

203-380-0580. gfm-ct@optimum.net BOOK SWAP books4everyone.org Every Friday & Saturday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Book Exchange – choose from a huge selection of books. Holly Hill Recycling Center.

Free, or, donate books. (Open every Fri & Sat. FRIENDS OF GREENWICH POINT friendsofgreenwichpoint.org Ongoing Scavenger Hunt @ Greenwich Point - Looking for something fun to do? Come out and explore the Point in springtime with a family friendly scavenger hunt. Break out your binoculars and explore all areas of the Point!

ARCH STREET archstreet.org Virtual Yoga Takeover. 7th-12th Grade. Every Tue. & Thu., 4-5pm Free. Online.

Open Studio. 7th-12th Grade. Wednesday, by Appointment Only. Free.

NAMI SOUTHWEST CT namisouthwestct.org/online-support Tuesday, Oct. 5 6:30 p.m.

Family Support Group – peer-led support groups for family members of individuals living with mental health conditions. (1st Tue of the month). Free. Register in advance.

Wednesday, Oct. 6 6:30 p.m.

NAMI-CAN (Child and Adolescent Network) Online Support Group - for parents and primary caregivers of children and adolescents, under age 21, with behavioral and emotional issues (Every Wednesday). Free. Contact admin@namict.org for the meeting password.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE RedCrossBlood.org Friday, Oct. 1 7 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd, Greenwich.

Sunday, Oct. 3 7 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd, Greenwich.

Monday, Oct. 4 11 a.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd, Greenwich.

1:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd, Old Greenwich.

Tuesday, Oct. 5 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Stamford Church of Christ, 1264 High Ridge Rd, Stamford.

11 a.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd, Greenwich.

Friday, Oct. 8 7 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd, Greenwich.

TOWN AGENCIES MEETINGS greenwichct.gov/calendar Friday, Oct. 1 12 p.m.

RTM Call closes.

Monday, Oct. 4 10:30 a.m.

Architectural Review Sign Meeting. Via

Zoom.

Wednesday, Oct. 6 7 p.m.

Architectural Review Committee Meeting.

Thursday, Oct. 7 11 a.m.

FS Sustainability Committee Meeting. Via Zoom.

7 p.m.

Conservation Commission Meeting. Via Zoom.

Friday, Oct. 8 8:30 a.m.

BET Audit Committee Meeting. Town Hall Gisborne Room.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Saturday, Oct. 2 5 p.m.

Maasai Honey Project. 40 Signal Road, Stamford. 203-550-7919. kericson100@gmail.com. maasaihoney.org 6 p.m.

The Knights of Columbus’ Festival on the Sound – a fundraiser for charities. Norm Bloom & Son’s Facility, 7 Edgewater Pl, Norwalk. assumptionwestport.org Monday, Oct. 4 Regional Hospice 10th Annual Golf Classic.

Salem Golf Club, 18 Bloomer Rd, North Salem, NY. makingthebestofeveryday.org Tuesday, Oct. 12 12:30 p.m.

Greenwich United Way Annual Golf Tournament. Greenwich Country Club, 19 Doubling Rd. bit.ly/3kHINcj Tuesday, Oct. 12 Annual Domus Golf Outing. Country Club of Fairfield. Registration closes Oct. 1. domuskids.org/golf Thursday, Oct. 14 7 p.m.

Annual Fall Fundraiser PowerHer Freedom, Independence and Future. Harvest Time Church of Greenwich. app.mobilecause. com/e/P5qUDQ?vid=lq5jv Saturday, Oct. 16 6:30 p.m.

The Greenwich Policeman’s Ball. Riverside Yacht Club. gpdscholarshipfund.org/policemans-ball Sunday, Oct. 17 9 a.m.

Walk/Run for Abilis. Tod’s Point. In-person or virtually. Registration free for walkers; $40, adult 5k; $20, runners ages 11-17. abilis. us/walkrun.

Wednesday, Oct. 20 Breast Cancer Alliance 25th Anniversary Luncheon & Fashion Show - Fashion Show Presented by Richards. 203-861-0014. info@ breastcanceralliance.org. breastcanceralliance.org Friday, Oct. 22 6:30 p.m.

Domestic Violence Crisis Center Harvestfest.

The Shorehaven Golf Club, 14 Canfield Ave., Norwalk. dvccct.org/harvest-fest-2021-2 Saturday, Oct. 23 6:30 p.m.

The Bedford Playhouse Gala “Splendor on the Grass. Hollywood on the Green.” Bedford Village Green. 914-234-6704 x110. robertpanzera@bedfordplayhouse.org Domus’ Annual Oktoberfest Gala. Tokeneke Club, Darien. CBaker@domuskids.org Saturday, Oct. 23 & Sunday, Oct. 24 Concours d’Elegance Greenwich. Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 100 Arch St. greenwichconcours.com Thursday, Oct. 28 6 p.m.

Avon Movie Masquerade Cocktails and Costumes fundraiser. The Delamar Greenwich Harbor, 500 Steamboat Rd. 203-967-3660. avontheatre.org Saturday, Oct. 30 7 p.m.

REACH Prep’s Masquerade Bash. The Village, 4 Star Point, Stamford. reachprep.org/ news/masquerade.html 6:30 p.m.

ICC Gala Benefit “A Celebration of Light.” Hilton Stamford Hotel, 1 Stamford Pl, Stamford. iccgreenwich. org/gala

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OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS THE MARITIME AQUARIUM maritimeaquarium.org Friday, Oct. 1 “Homeschool Day” - special discounts & educational programs for Homeschool families.

Deadline for admission and program registration Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 5pm.

LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM lockwoodmathewsmansion.com Thursday, Oct. 7 5:30 p.m.

Envisioning Space Architecture Through the Ages - artist reception. Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum on West Ave., Norwalk. 203-838-9799. info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com

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Universal Crossword

Astrology for Week of Oct 3, 2021 LIBRA 24 Sept-23 Oct A New Moon in your sign makes this the perfect time to start something new. It doesn’t need to be anything special as long as it means something to you. Be bold, be brave and be ready to change direction if you feel that’s what fate requires of you.

ARIES 21 March-20 April This is one of those weeks when others will do anything for you – all you’ll have to do is ask. Don’t worry about wasting their time as, even if you are, they won’t care. They’ll just want to help you in any way they can can, and will expect nothing in return.

SCORPIO 24 Oct-22 Nov This is the ideal week to clear out all the emotional junk making certain aspects of your life such a chore.

Also, have nothing to do with anyone who tries to make you feel guilty for things you have – or haven’t – done.

Surround yourself with positive people.

TAURUS 21 April-21 May Attitude is everything this week. If you think a task is boring it will be a bore; if you lack confidence in yourself you’re likely to fail. Luckily the reverse applies too: if you believe in yourself and believe that life is fascinating and fulfilling then it will be.

SAGITTARIUS 23 Nov-21 Dec You must compete less and cooperate more. This week’s New Moon urges you to forget about doing things purely for yourself and do things that benefit a wide range of people. What you do for others always comes back to you in the end.

GEMINI 22 May-21 June Life is a wonderful place full of fun, friendship and opportunities. A few days ago you would have jeered at the very thought – but not now. This week’s dynamic New Moon will show you the world as it is – a place of laughter and love.

CAPRICORN 22 Dec-20 Jan Think about your goals.

Would you like to alter them, try a new direction, or even a whole new career?

If so, this is the time to give it some thought and let others know you are serious about changing your life – then they’ll be serious about helping you.

CANCER 22 June-23 July There will be times in the weeks ahead when you think the world is against you. But if you keep your emotions out of it and look at things logically you’ll realise nothing has changed – apart from the curious fact that you’ve become more touchy.

AQUARIUS 21 Jan-19 Feb The Sun now in Libra urges you to be more adventurous and take the kind of risks you usually avoid. Meanwhile, Wednesday’s New Moon provides the ideal opportunity to expand your horizons and look further afield for your gratification.

LEO 24 July-23 Aug At times you can be a bit too suspicious but this week you’ll go the other way and trust everyone and, remarkably, good things will come of it. Others will go out of their way to smooth your path and make you feel good. Make sure you return the favour.

PISCES 20 Feb-20 March You may be stuck in a rut, looking around for something to enjoy but this is not a good time to take risks, especially with money. The New Moon urges you to tighten your belt and live with less for a while. It won’t hurt as much as you fear.

VIRGO 24 Aug-23 Sept It is pointless to worry about a financial issue as it is out of your hands. All you can do is see what happens and react as you see fit when the time comes. Besides, this week’s New Moon indicates that you might even come out ahead of the game.

Discover more about yourself at sallybrompton.com

Edited by David Steinberg May 16, 2021 ACROSS 1 Small size 5 Integra automaker, once 10 Tiger Woods’ org.

13 Non-reactive 15 Apple consumer products?

16 Particle like Li+ 17 Fish’s midday meal?

19 Deep hole 20 Seek help from 21 “For shame!” sound 22 Ballpoints, e.g.

23 Coke’s partner at the bar 24 Australian bird 26 At the summit 28 ___ Day (time to plant trees) 30 Approached 32 ___ kebab 35 Comb backward 37 The “G” of LGBTQIA+ 38 Wolves’ winter walking surface?

40 Whales’ swimming competition?

42 Yosemite’s country: Abbr.

43 Island country north of Libya 45 Tic-tac-toe boards have four

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46 Stove/oven combinations 48 Corporate benefits whiz 50 Hidden supply 51 Flight-related abbr. hidden in “ticket agent” 52 “Face the Nation” network 55 Iowa college town 56 Tai ___ 58 Like hot items?

61 Federal URL ender 62 Lions’ procession?

64 Just squeeze (out) 65 Club charge 66 Milk dispenser 67 Potential man cave 68 Asparagus unit 69 Feudal field hand DOWN 1 Fine spray 2 Take on, as debt 3 India’s first prime minister 4 “The Man in the ___” (Dumas novel) 5 Common spot for knee injuries, briefly 6 Haute ___ (high fashion) 7 Catering dispensers 8 “Sounds about right”

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36. (K) Part of a fisherman’s gear 37. (K) Hair goop 38. Anago, as a creature 39. (K) Large ocean ray 41. (K) Trade 43. “Much ___ About Nothing” (Shakespearean play) 45. Certain type of ballroom dance 49. Legislative money set aside for a specific purpose 54. ___ Day, in Hawaii 55. (K) Brown or black creature 56. Congeal, as blood 57. (K) Lady sheep 58. (K) Part of a sword 59. (K) Action movie necessity DOWN 1. Clean, formally 2. Final words in a column?

3. “Parting is ___ sweet sorrow ...”

4. (K) Ranch head?

5. (K) People mover 6. (K) Not a blvd., but close 7. (K) Prepare for a selfie 8. (K) Curved pattern, in a 31-Across 9. (K) Easy thing to multiply by 10. (K) What “Can February March?

No, but April May” is 11. (K) Dynamite relative 16. (K) Clean with a bird bill 17. Card with two pips 21. (K) Small curve 22. Coffee grounds, or similar residue 24. (K) A small inlet 25. (K) It may be padded for sports 26. (K) Scream 27. (K) Great place to grow?

28. (K) Brilliant creative thought 29. (K) Having gained none and lost none 33. (K) Where people say “I do” 34. (K) Moisture on a field 35. (K) Beast with wool 40. Acrobat software maker 42. Inner-tube application 44. “Here’s what I think” article 46. (K) 63,360 inches 47. Crude, uncouth, ill-bred person 48. (K) “Now, ___ the next thing” (2 words) 49. Pub drink 50. (K) Thing to say “Amen” from 51. (K) Apple slice?

52. (K) Cleaning cloth 53. Fury

Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle?

Promising location?

Look for the answer in next week’s paper.

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36 “Things Fall ___” (Achebe novel) 39 Corn or soybeans 41 Parachute attachments 44 “What nerve!”

47 Pump product 49 Carpentry file 53 Cutting edge 54 Meal memorializing Exodus 55 Like fine wine 57 Home abuzz with activity?

59 Letter before upsilon 60 Squishy toy brand 62 Many run Windows 10 63 Miss your exit, perhaps

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The (K) Clues Are for Kids ACROSS 1. (K) Result of being the 5 in a 9-5 final score 5. (K) Liters of soda have them 9. Put an “X” in a box, for example 12. Lie next to 13. Declare as true 14. (K) Lady wearing black and white 15. (K) Pence, once (2 words) 18. Old-style anesthetic 19. “But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove ...”

20. (K) Be literate 23. (K) Like lottery winners 27. Word from Jack’s giant 30. Be mistake-prone 31. (K) Holder of a few ice cream scoops 32. (K) Smart students may reach this (2 words)

9 Fireplace detritus 10 Complex church instrument 11 Leave with friendly intentions 12 Hill insects 14 Small child 18 Lisa with the No. 1 hit “Stay (I Missed You)” 22 K-12 support org.

25 Inn relative 27 Tool requiring hand-eye coordination?

29 “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda 31 Hair colorings 32 San Antonio NBA player 33 Lights up, in a way 34 “This is too much for me to process!”

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Brion Shimamoto passed away on Sept. 17 at 74. He was the utmost husband and life partner, stepfather, grandfather, brother, cousin, wise Yoda friend, colleague, and manager.

And in the end, he was a tremendous fighter, as he battled both Parkinson’s and a rare form of brain lymphoma.

As one friend said, “Before Nike, Brion just did it.” He is survived by his wife, Donna Pierson; daughters and sonsin-law Aimee and David Smidt, and Jackie Pierson and Stephan Pezdek; grandchildren Wheeler and Oakley Smidt, and Poppy and Harlow Pezdek; and sister and brother-in-law Barbara (“Bonnie”) and Mark Komoto.

Born in Philadelphia and orphaned at a young age, he was the son of Bill and Katsuko Shimamoto, who adopted him when he was 11. After graduating from UCLA in 1969, he first worked for AeroJet, writing ICBM-tracking software for a spy satellite. He went on to a storied and accomplished career at IBM, including IBM Research, where he managed a group of researchers on the Micro/370 project, a single-chip microprocessor now at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. He went on to work as VP of Technical Development at Digital Domain, and was part of the technical expertise behind computer-generated imagery in film before this became mainstream. His later employers include AT&T and OpenReach, now part of Oracle. Throughout his many roles, he demonstrated not only his quiet, thoughtful wisdom and his refreshing perspective on life, work, and office politics, but also his unique impish sense of humor and subtle pranks within his trusted circle. Before retiring in 2015, he ran a computer business for hundreds of individuals, families, and small businesses as the “Computer Guy” in and around Greenwich.

He had many passions during his life, and they tended to be allencompassing at the time he committed to them, because that was the only way he really did things. In his younger life these included high school d r u m m ing, scu ba div ing, and railing against his well-meaning parents when they wanted to take him to travel anywhere. Later, sailing (his Herreshoff sailboats Ducky and later Belle docked at Tod’s Point), long-distance road bicycling (and meticulously caring for the gear), various quirky diets (not usually for weight loss) and most importantly, c l a s s i c auto m o b i l e s . H e b ou g ht a n or i g i n a l 19 9 0 r e d M i at a a n d transformed it into his own beautifully customized sports car. A 1957 MGA which he had bought in college, sold and rebought from his longtime friend, Nick, in California became a project to completely restore and renew with the assistance of Automotive Restorations in Stratford. This vehicle brought him so much of his brand of subdued joy (and multiple Concours awards!). After being diagnosed with Parkinsons, he became a fighter for this cause too, and was a valued member of Rock Steady Boxing. His colleagues there honor and remember him – he touched so many of them with his wit, commitment and hard work in the face of adversity.

He was the voice of reason especially when you thought he was being unreasonable.

He was everything you might want to be when you grew up, even if you were older.

He was seriously funny.

He did not believe perfect could be approached asymptoticly.

He was the perfect project partner at point, wing man, or rear guard.

We love you, Brion, and will miss you. Rest in peace knowing how much you have changed our lives.

Frances Mary Monick F ra nce s M a r y Mon ick ,93 , of Yarmouthport, Ma., found eternal peace on 8/16/2021, with her family by her side. She was born to Annunziato Marino and Frances Calabro Marino i n Greenw ich , Ct. She at tende d Greenwich schools ,married in 1949 to Dominick Monick of Greenwich, and together they had six children. Frances wo rk e d at G r e e nw i c h Ho s p i t a l , Stamford Hospital,and was a volunteer

at Stamford Rehabilitation Center, where she helped children with health defects. After moving to Woodstock, Ct she worked at Day Kimball Hospital as a medical unit secretary. She was an active member of the Most Holy Trinity Church in Pomfret, Ct. Fran received a degree from the Norwich Diocese in Confreternity of Christian Doctrine to teach religion to high school students, and a degree from Mary Reed Newland. She became an Associate of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, of which she was very proud and honored. In 2000, Fran retired to Cape Cod, Ma, enjoying the scenery, ocean, family and friends. She was an active member of Our Lady of the Cape Church in Brewster, Ma. She became a Eucharistic Minister at Cape Cod Hospital, and volunteered much of her time to Hospice and St. Vincent De Paul Society.

Fran was predeceased by her son, Robert, and sister Katherine Monick.

She is survived by her five children, Bruce Monick, Barbara Monick, John Monick, Elizabeth Monick, Maria Monick Barall, and her grandchildren Joshua, Samantha, A nd Magen Mon ick , whom she loved dea rly.

She is also survived by her siblings, Dominick Marino, Sr. Anna Marino, John Marino[Antina} , Dr. A. Michael Marino[Faye}, Peter Marino{Marion}, sister-in-law Joan Monick, and many special nieces and nephews.

Fran was a special person, and will be missed by all. The family wishes to thank the VNA and Hospice of Cape Cod for their support, and a special thanks to Marion and Peter Marino for the many home cooked meals, care, and comfort they showed our Mom everyday in the last few months of her life. A memorial mass will be held on Oct .7th, 2021, 10:00 am at St. Mary's Church, Greenwich Ave, Greenwich Ct. Memorial contributions in her honor may be made to Retirement Fund of Daughters of the Holy Spirit, PO Box 497 Putnam Ct 06260, or St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

Patricia Stroili

Patricia Ann McLean "Pat" Stroili, passed away on Sept. 24 one month short of her 89th birthday.

Pat's story is deeply rooted in that of Stamford. Around 1890, her English, Irish, Bermudan and Italian workingclass great-grandparents all arrived in Stamford to make a better life for their families. Her hero growing up was her grandfather Henry Copeland Tynes who, along with his wife Anna Ellen [Williams] Tynes, raised her and her brother Edward Francis McLean, Jr., in a full house with her three aunts (Francis, Anita and Lauretta), her mother Ethel May McLean and any serviceman who needed a place to rest and get a good meal. Post-World War II, she attended Stamford High School, where she especially enjoyed skipping gym to have cherry cokes with her cousin Eileen. She was very bright and wanted to be a nurse, but had to forego higher education to support her brother.

Pat is predeceased by her husband and the love of her life, Mario Stroili, who she married on a snowy day in February 1956. A former President of the AARP in Greenwich, Pat had a strong sense of what is right and was not shy about speaking her mind. She was a very loving mother and totally devoted to her sons Richard Stroili and Peter Stroili (whose college education she paid entirely by herself working at the former Fawcetts/CBS Publications in Greenwich) and had many fond memories taking care of her honorary grandson, Justin Suib. Pat's sharp wit and sense of humor and unwavering love will be sorely missed by her sons Richard, Peter and his wife Joan.

Family received relatives and friends on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at Bosak Funeral Home, Stamford. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Stamford. Interment followed at Queen of Peace Cemetery, Stamford.

love that we mourn the passing of Michael J. Healy, of Riverside, on Sept.

19 at the age of 82. Michael was born in the Bronx, NY on Oct. 15, 1938.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 59 years, Alice; children: Patricia Caminiti (Michael) and Brian Healy (K im); four grandchildren: Brooke, MacKenzie, Liv, and Ava; sister-in-law, Patricia Kelly; three nieces as well as numerous friends.

Michael was predeceased by his parents, Michael and Katherine; sister, Mary Agnes; and son, Michael Scott.

A F u nera l M a s s w a s held on Thursday, Sept. 23, at St. Catherine of Siena, Riverside.

Memorial donations may be made to The Special Olympics of Connecticut, 2666 State Street, Suite 1, Hamden, CT 06517.

Jean Nethercott

Jean Regina Nethercott passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family on Sept. 23. She was 86 years old.

Jean was born in Maynard, Ohio to Walter and Antonia Skovron on Sept.

12, 1935. Jean was the youngest of 13 children. Jean attended Greenwich Public Schools and graduated from Greenwich High School. Jean began her career as an executive secretary at Homelite in Greenwich. She later went on to work for the Greenwich law firm of Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara. Jean and her husband James raised their two sons in Greenwich. Jean was an avid golfer enjoying rounds of golf with family and friends at the Griffith E. Harris golf course in Greenwich. She was a long-time member of the Bruce Women's Golf Association where she served on several committees.

Jean was a devout Catholic and a member of Sacred Heart Church in Byram. She was committed to Community Service. Volunteering at the Greenwich Public Schools, Greenwich Hospital and Nathanial Witherell Nursing Home. Jean also enjoyed cooking, baking, knitting, and working in her beautiful perennial gardens.

She w a s pr e de c e a s e d by he r h u s b a n d o f 4 9 ye a r s , J a m e s E .

Nethercott.

She is survived by her two sons Brian and his wife Mary of Ridgefield, CT and granddaughters Caroline and Molly and son Bruce and his wife Denise of Brewster, NY. Her greatest joys in life were her two granddaughters, Caroline, and Molly Nethercott.

Funeral services will be private.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations m ay b e m ade i n Je a n's n a me to Regional Hospice of CT, 30 Milestone Rd, Danbury, CT 06810.

Wasili Gubinski

Wasili "Jed" Gubinski, 97, of Byram, passed away on Sept. 21. Wasili, the youngest of three siblings, was born in Aloshinka, Bryansk Oblast, Russia on Feb. 18, 1924. His brother, Ivan, died around age 21 and his sister, who remained in Russia, lived until turning 100 in 2014. Wasili's youth in Russia was marked by remarkable tales of survival and endurance, and at the end of World War II, he managed to travel from Prague to Germany, where he met his wife, Halina Lipski, at a camp for displaced persons. The couple immigrated to the United States in 1951 and settled in Byram, where It is with deep sadness and much they purchased their lifelong home on

Michael Healy

Church Street in 1960. Their son Peter was born in Germany in 1951 and a second son, Victor, followed in 1952. A tremendously hard worker, Wasili held many jobs to support his young family.

Even with the difficulties of settling in a new country, Halina and Wasili always took advantage of their home: Wasili quickly developed a preference for lobster, was an excellent fisherman, enjoyed summers on his boat and became a talented gardener, taking great pride in his roses and lawn.

Halina and Wasili shared a wonderful 67 years of marriage: they loved one another dearly, enjoyed every day spent together and Wasili knew they would be reunited after his passing.

Wasili was grateful for each day and will be remembered as a kind, loyal, generous and forgiving father and grandfather, who loved his family immensely. For the final few years of his life, Wasili was lovingly cared for by Jason (grandson) and (Nina) granddaughter-in-law.

In addition to his parents and siblings, Wasili was predeceased by his wife Halina, son Peter and daughter-in-law Joy. He is survived by son Victor Gubinsk i (A lison), grandchildren Jason Gubinski (Nina), Natalia Gubinski (Patrick), Lucas G u b i n s k i (A m a n d a), a n d A l e x a Gubinski and nieces and nephews.

A service was held on Sept. 24 at St. Mary's Holy Assumption, Stamford.

Calling hours took place at Castiglione F u ne ra l Home i n G r e e nw ich on Sept. 23.

Lois Young

served on the board of numerous local organizations over the years, including the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, the Greenw ich A ntiq ues Societ y (now the Greenwich Decorative Arts Society), the Greenwich Branch of the Eng lish-Speak ing Union, the Greenwich Friends of Channel 13 (WNET), The Mews in Greenwich, the Hillcrest Park Association, and the Grace Notes.

She was born in Madison, Wis., to Dorothy H. Goff of Waukesha, Wis. and Charles T. McIntosh; James L. Frisch was her much-loved stepfather.

After graduating from Carleton College with a history degree, she spent two years with the American Red Cross in Germany, spending her free time exploring Europe and Egypt with Red Cross friends. She then worked for a public relations firm in New York City before marrying John Adger Seel in 1958, moving to Old Greenwich two years later. In 2010 she and John relocated to Williamsburg, Va. The great joys of her life included attending rehearsals and per formances at Lincoln Center; singing with the Canterbury Choral Society in New York, the Greenwich Choral Society, and the Grace Notes; walk ing at Tod's Point; exploring historic sites and museums throughout the world; reading with a mug of tea and her rescue dog, Willie, by her side; and, most of all, spending time with her beloved husband, John.

Jane is survived by her husband; her son, John Burnett Seel (Lingru) of New Canaan, CT; her daughter, Anne Seel Furse (Austen) of Houston, TX; and f ive grandchildren: Katherine, Claire, Austen, Emma, and Andrew.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association

Rev. Joseph Saba, Jr.

Dec. 17, 1929 – Sept. 20, 2021 Lois Shuster Young (91), formerly of Greenwich, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 20 at her residence in Tampa, Fla. Lois was born in Sharon, Pa. and graduated from Penn State where she married Clarke D. Young. The couple moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Staten Island, NY; and eventually settled in Greenwich, where Lois worked as a teacher in the public school system.

In addition to teaching and raising her two children, Lois was an active member of the DAR, Putnam Hill Chapter. She served as fundraising cha i r m a n for s evera l ye a r s a nd organized a variety of events that helped support and maintain historic Putnam Cottage.

A f ter r et i r i ng f rom te ach i ng , Lois moved to Poland to live with her daughter, Cynthia, and travel throughout Europe. Eventually, she moved to Oldsmar, Florida where she was a member of Heritage United M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h a n d e nj oye d spending time with her grandchildren.

Lois is survived by her daughter, C y n t h i a S c h u l z (a n d h u s b a n d , Theodore) of St. Louis, Missouri; her son, Les Young (and wife, Nancy) of Tampa, Florida; and four loving grandchildren, Caroline, Elizabeth, Marissa, and Eric—all of whom will fondly remember "Gammie Ois's" adventurous spirit, irrepressible sweet tooth, and wonderful sense of humor.

Jane Seel

Jane McIntosh Seel died peacefully on Sept. 19, in Williamsburg, VA. She was 91 years old.

A f i f t y-y e a r r e s i d e n t o f O l d Greenwich, she was a writer and editor at Greenwich Magazine for seventeen years, covering hundreds of area weddings and events and contributing many feature articles. She

Reverend Joseph John Saba, Jr. passed away on Sunday, Sept. 19 at the age of 78. He was born on April 3, 1943 to Joseph, Sr., and Lucy (Gatto) Saba. He spent his life in service to God and his country. Educated locally, he graduated from St. Bonaventure University and Christ the King School of The olog y. He was orda i ne d a Roman Catholic Priest on May 9, 1970.

He served the Diocese of Bridgeport at St. Mary, in Norwalk, and St. Paul, Convent of the Sacred Heart, and St. Mary's High School, all in Greenwich, prior to entering the United Stated Army Chaplain Corps in 1977. In the A rmy, he served in South Korea, Germany, and various installations in the United States, until his honorable discharge on June 30, 1995. Following his service, he returned to the Diocese, m i n i ster i ng at St . Peter a nd St .

Andrew, both in Bridgeport. In 2000, he was appointed Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo, in Bridgeport, where he served until his retirement in 2009.

He i s su r v ive d by h i s si s te r, Kathleen, his nieces and nephew, and his dear friends, Jim and Sue DeCarlo.

He was predeceased by his parents and his sister, Donna.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations can be made in his name to local food banks, such as Neighbor to Neighbor, in Greenwich.

Services will be private.

Lori White Lori A. White, a longtime resident of Riverside, died on Sept.

18, at Gre enw ich Hospit a l, f rom complications from Myeloma. She was 53.

Lori was born on Oct. 7, 1968, at Greenwich Hospital. In 1971 she moved with her family to New Milford, where she spent much of her childhood and attended New Milford public schools. In 1982, she moved back to Greenwich with her family. She attended Western Middle School and graduated Greenwich High School in 1986. In 1988 she started what would be a lifetime Career as office manager at Sound Beach Services Inc., White Contractors, Where she quickly and efficiently learned and perfected the varied responsibilities of a busy and growing company. It was there she met her future husband Tom, and also found time to earn an associates degree in accounting from Norwalk Community College. Lori was an active volunteer as her children progressed through the Greenwich Schools. She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich. She enjoyed cook ing, gardening, working out, needle work, country music and old movies. She worked tirelessly with her husband and children as they built their homes in Riverside, and at the family's farm in Chaplin. Above all Lori loved time

OBITUARIES spent with her devoted family and countless friends she met throughout her life.

Lori is survived by her husband, Thomas A. White, her sons Leighton P. White and Owen J. White, all of Riverside, her Parents, John M. Pugni Sr. and Gail Pugni (Hadden) of Eldred New York, her Sister Nancie Davis of Eldred, and her brother John M. Pugni Jr. of Norwalk. Also numerous nieces and nephews, who she loved dearly.

The family would like to thank Dr. Ruben Niesvizky, Director of the Multiple Myeloma Center at Weil Cornell Medicine, and his dedicated s t a f f f o r p r ov i d i n g e xc e p t i o n a l treatment and care throughout Lori's 6 yr. battle with her disease. Also, the nurses and staff at the Greenwich Hospital, Medical Oncology unit, who provided dignified and compassionate care in her final days.

A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held on Oct. 2 at 10 a.m., at the First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich.

Memorial donations in Loris name can be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, online at mmrf. org, or to the Windham Tolland 4H camp, 326 Taft Pond Rd., Pomfret Center, CT 06259.

Anthony LaValla

Anthony Guy LaValla departed this earth on Sept. 18 at the age of 85. Born in Rochester, PA on June 6, 1936, he spent his childhood in Stamford and became a lifelong Byram resident.

A nt hony was predeceased by his mother and father Mary (Fedele) LaValla and Mario LaValla, sister and brother-in-law Lena (LaValla) Ta m bor i no a nd Ita lo Ta m bor i no (Stamford), brother Ralph LaValla (Westport), and beloved nephew Greg LaValla (Westport).

He is survived by his devoted wife of 58 years Anna (Bocchino) LaValla, his brother Guy (Helena) LaValla (Lighthouse point FL), sister-in-law Judy LaValla (Westport), daughters Maria (LaValla) Mallozzi and Stephen Mallozzi (Trumbull), Santina LaValla, surrogate daughter, Katy Rose (West Palm Beach FL), 3 grandchildren, Marissa Mallozzi (Staff Sgt, U.S. Air Force), Nicholas Mallozzi and Joseph Mallozzi as well as nephews, niece and cousins.

Anthony realized the American Dream of his Italian immigrant father (Minturno, Italy) who died when Anthony was age 14.

He g raduate d f r om J. Wr ig ht Technical School in Stamford and served in the U.S. Army in postwar Germany. He worked as a carpenter and a salesman for commercial and residential sliding glass windows and doors both domestic and international.

A nt h o ny w a s a n av i d g o l fe r, enjoyed travel with his wife, gardening, and the fellowship of his peers whether it was playing bocce at Scalzi Park or attending social events as a member of the Knights of Columbus in Stamford.

T he Tr ue Me a su r e of a M a n , Anthony's strength of character, values and work ethic were not spoken but lived. He led by example. The actions he took and the decisions he made reflected the love and devotion he had for his family and friends.

He was also known for his wry sense of humor.

Anthony's strength, integrity and kindness made this earth a better place. He will be truly missed.

"Not - How did he die?

But - How did he live?

Not - What did he gain?

But - What did he give?

These are the things that Measure the Worth of a Man as a Man..." (anonymous) The family would like to thank the Port Chester Dialysis and Renal Center for their extraordinary professionalism and compassionate care.

Due to t he Cov id19 pa ndem ic there will be a private family burial. A memorial / celebration of life will be set at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his name can be made to Westport Police Athletic League in honor of his nephew Greg LaValla. Westport PAL, 50 Jesup

Road, Westport, CT. Westport Police teacher of the Second Congregational Church, Greenwich; co-founder of Athletic League.

Mead School for Human Development; past council member of Greenwich Boy Scouts; past president of Harbor Point Assn., Riverside; a director of the New York Public Library; a director of Glenmore Distillery Co., Louisville, KY; an admiral in the Texas Navy and a Kentucky Colonel.

His survivors include his son John D. Phillips, Jr. and his wife Wendy of New York City; four grandsons; seven great granddaughters and two great grandsons: John D. Phillips III and his wife Margot and daughters Natalie, Julia, and Claire of Wellesley, MA; Scott Young Phillips and his wife Peter Sa lvatore Per r y Jr., 93, Isabel and daughters Charlotte, Lucy, of Greenwich, passed away on the and Abigail of Greenwich; Peter Millar afternoon of September 17.

Phillips and his wife Lacee, sons Lucas Peter was born on Dec. 22, 1927 and Will and daughter Rylee of Mill in Greenwich to the late Peter and Valley, CA; and Thomas McLaren Josephine (Gallo) Perry. He attended Phillips of Nashville, TN. public schools in Greenwich, while in Burial will be beside his wife at the 9th grade Peter's father unexpectedly Union Cemetery, Greenwich. passed away requiring him to have to His memorial service will be at quit Greenwich High School to work 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 at Second for the family business, Perry's General Congregational Church, Greenwich, Trucking. August 14, 1948 he married followed by a reception at the church.

Rose (Bongiorno) Perry of Stamford In lieu of f lowers, donations may to whom he remained married to for be made in his name to the Second 72 years until her passing in June Congregational Church.

2020. June 9, 1952 Peter was called to serve for the United States Army. Soon thereafter he was assigned to the 68th Engineering Company in Korea when during the Korean War he earned the Anthony W. Santora, of Cos Cob, Korean Service Medal with two bronze stars. When his military service ended passed away on Monday, Sept. 13. in May 1954 Peter continued to work He was 81. Born in Cos Cob on May in the carting business eventually 12, 1940 to Michael and Mary Violet star ting his ow n company Perr y Santora; Anthony worked in Industrial Sanitation. For recreation he bowled Maintenance and Housekeeping. He and was a pitcher for numerous fast was an avid golfer, a great cook, and pitch softball teams. According to an incredible artist. Above all, he was dinner time lore, he only lost one a devoted husband and caregiver to game and that was due to a last inning his beloved wife of 54 years, the late error after which in disgust he threw Maryann Santora (nee Chiappetta); the ball into the pond at Binney Park. and a loyal friend to many.

He is survived by his daughter.

When his play ing days ended he coached the Clam Box Junior Babe He was also predeceased by his dear Ruth League team for 11 years and brothers Albert and Michael.

To h o n o r h i s l i f e a M a s s o f during one stretch won 6 consecutive championships. After 42 years in the Christian Burial was held Saturday, sanitation business he decided to Sept. 25 at St. Catherine of Siena sell his business and retire. During Church, Riverside. Committal was retirement he enjoyed golfing, being a private. spectator at his three grandchildren's activities and spending the winter months (excluding Christmas) with Rose at their condominium in Florida.

Peter is survived by his sons Peter (Elvia) of Westport, CT, Paul (Judi) of Milford, CT, his grandchildren Gabriella, Nicholas and Mikayla. He was predeceased by his brothers Joseph, Michael and Louis, sisters Louise Intrieri, Jenny D'Autilio, Nellie Pioli and Marie DeLuca.

A Christian burial service was held on Saturday, Sept. 25 at St. Mary's Cemeter y, Gre enw ich. I n l ieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Peter Perry's memory to JDRF Diabetes Foundation, PO Box 37920, Boone, IA 50037-0920.

Peter Perry, Jr.

Anthony Santora

Pamela Juan Hayes

John Phillips John David Phillips passed away on Sept. 15 at Edgehill Senior Living Community, Stamford. His previous residence was 26 Pilot Rock Lane, Riverside. He was born on June 29, 1920 to Iva and Mathew Phillips in a log cabin located near a logging road in Exelund, WI. He was the second of eleven children. His parents pioneered 80 acres of land bought for $10 an acre under the U.S. Homestead Act, cleared land, dug wells, and started a farm with a team of horses, four cows, and limited farm equipment.

His beloved wife Estelle preceded him in death in 2013.

He enter e d t he Un iver sit y of Wisconsin College of Agriculture on a 4H scholarship when he was 15 and earned a Short Course in Agriculture Certificate. He went to work at 17 to help support his family in the Great Depression as a Fieldman for the Dairy Herd Improvement Assn. in Dodge County, WI. He retired as president of the CBS Columbia Group and a member of the board of directors of CBS in 1985.

Early in his career he was cofounder of Miss Wisconsin Cheese Co., the first company to prepackage aged cheddar cheese. Over the years he employed 14 Miss Wisconsin Beauty Contest winners to help promote the cheese. The business was then purchased by Armour & Co. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in Biloxi, MS in WW II. He was vice president of Armour & Co.; vice president of American Home P roduc ts, I nc; president of R . J. Reynolds Foods, Inc.; and president of Intercity Oil and Gas Co. He was co-founder of the Corporate Growth Assn., NYC; past president of the Church Council and a Sunday school

Pamela Juan Hayes, 75, died Sept.

15. Pam was born June 4, 1946 to the late Rosemary Coyne and the late Henry W. Juan, Jr. DDS. She is survived by her brother, Henry W. Juan III and his spouse, M a r i l y n o f G r e e nw i c h , C T; h e r n e p h e w s Tu c k e r G i b b s Ju a n o f Jacksonville, FL, Henry Alexander Juan of N YC, her niece Elizabeth Hall Juan of NYC, and her sister-inlaw Catherine Gibbs Juan of Seacrest Beach, FL. Pam was predeceased by her brother Peter Duane Juan and her sister-in-law Diane Hall Juan.

Pam spent her academic years as a student at The Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, where she excelled both academically and athletically. When her mother dropped her off for her f irst day at school, she was greeted by a member of the religious order who said "Thank you.

We'll see you in 12 years." Little did Pam know that 57 years later, her life would come full circle as she moved into the little yellow Head of School cottage on the same campus to become the first lay Head of School in Sacred Heart's 161-year history.

Under Pam's leadership where she aspired to "do great things for others," she spearheaded notable improvements to the curriculum, as well as school facilities. The latter included the addition of state-of- theart f ield hockey and lacrosse turf f ields that rivaled those facilities at the collegiate and professional levels. Most importantly, however, Pam represented the inspiration and embodiment of the teachings of the school's founder, Saint Madeline Sophie Barat who strongly believed in the education and development of young women as participating members of the Catholic community.

Based on this premise, Pam served a s a p owe r f u l e x a mp l e o f w h at

young women could achieve both academically and spiritually. As a vibrant personality, with humor, poise and grace, she left a lasting legacy for a whole generation of students with dedication and integrity as her steadfast principles.

Her academic career was as rich, diverse and impressive as her character. Upon g raduation from Sacred Heart in 1964 she attended Briarcliff College for her undergraduate degree, followed by Manhattanville Col le ge wher e she r e c eive d her master's degree in Education. Pam's early career was highlighted by several years of teaching in Sun Valley, Idaho at the Ernest Hemingway School, until she returned to her Alma Mater in Greenwich to teach Middle School English. This was followed by several years at the Convent of the Sacred Heart at 91st Street in New York City, where she served as Head of the Middle School until her transfer back to Sacred Heart in Greenwich where she continued her role as a Middle School Head.

In the late 1990's, Pam moved to San Francisco to become the head of the girls' elementary school at Schools of the Sacred Heart and then later became the Director of the Schools, the second lay person in the history of that school to occupy the position.

With the imminent retirement of her longtime friend and colleague, Sister Joan Magnetti, rscj, Pam returned to her roots in 2009 as Head of School at Sacred Heart Greenwich where she served until the close of the 2020 academic year. Pam subsequently enjoyed a brief retirement in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida where she spent time at the beach with her family and friends until her untimely passing.

Pam's deep religious conviction, her hu mor a nd compa s sion a nd unique leadership qualities were the hallmarks of this remarkable woman. For those who k new her and were touched by her, she will be remembered fondly as a beacon of spiritual power and love.

In remem bra nce of Pa m Jua n Hayes' life, the family asks that any charitable donations be made to the Pamela Juan Hayes '64 Endowment Fund and sent to the Advancement Office at Sacred Heart Greenwich, 1177 King Street, Greenwich, CT 06831 or online at shgreenwich.org/giving.

A memorial mass will be held at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 84 Sherwood Ave., Greenwich, on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 12 p.m., reception to follow at Sacred Heart Greenwich.

Joseph Reuter It is with great sorrow that we a n nou nce t he passi ng of Joseph Michael Reuter on the 13th of September. Joey was a beloved son, brother and uncle who had a lifelong love of sports, thirst for travel and was an avid collector of cars.

Joey was born Feb. 3, 1958 and grew up in Greenwich. He graduated f rom Gre enw ich H ig h S cho ol as a member of the class of 1977. He traveled widely across the country after graduation visiting every state except A laska. He also loved the Caribbean Islands as well as Hawaii.

He played football as a youngster and later as an adult coached youth football i n Greenw ich. Joey a lso enjoyed playing in the town softball league for many years. He was affiliated with the Sokol Club in Byram later in his life where he developed many friendships.

He had a passion for gardening and was able to feed his family, friends and relatives with all the crops he proudly cultivated. Although he had no children of his own, he loved and was a great uncle to his nephews and nieces.

Joey is survived by; his mother, Margaret Reuter; his siblings, Deborah Trevett, Steven, Albert and Robert Reuter; and nephews and nieces, Ryan, Connor, Caitlin, Amy and Noah. He is predeceased by his father, Joseph Haag Reuter and nephews, Christopher and Patrick Webster.

At the request of the family services will be private. He will be sadly missed by all his family and friends.

Holly Delohery

formerly a thirty-year resident of Greenwich, passed away on Sept.

12. Holly was born on Dec. 8, 1952 in White Plains, NY to Madeline and Michael Francis Delohery III. She was a graduate of both Rye High School and Roger Williams University, RI. Holly dedicated her life to helping others; especially, children and teenagers.

She was retired from a career with the Westchester County Department of Social Services and was very active in both the Junior League and the American Red Cross in Greenwich.

The Red Cross sent Holly for three weeks to Louisiana in 2005 to help Hurricane Katrina victims. In Georgia, she continued service in the Junior League (North Fulton and Gwinnett Chapters), St. Vincent de Paul, and North Fulton Charities.

She w a s pr e de c e a s e d by he r brother, Michael F. Delohery IV, and is survived by her sister, Susan Kirby, of Johns Creek, GA; two brothers, Peter Delohery (Dona) of Carrolton, TX and John R. Delohery (Mary Ellen) of Denver, CO; two nephews, Thomas M. Kirby Jr. of Jefferson, TX and Oliver C. Kirby of Johns Creek, GA; one greatnephew, Michael J. Kirby of Round Rock, TX; and a great-great-niece, Arya Kirby.

A memorial mass was celebrated on Friday, Sept. 24. at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Johns Creek, GA. Interment will be at Greenwood Union Cemetery in Rye, NY at a later date.

I n l ieu of f lowers, t he fa m i ly requests that a memorial contribution i n me mor y of Hol ly b e m ade to St. Vincent de Paul (St. Benedict's Council), North Futon Community Charities, or Make a Wish Foundation.

Peter Schruth Peter Killmade Schruth, longtime resident of Old Greenwich, passed away on July 15t. He was 69.

Born in San Francisco, Calif., Peter was the son of Peter Elliott & Anne Killmade Schruth. He graduated from Saint Mary's High School in Greenw ich (where he was a star baseball pitcher) and College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Peter enjoyed a long and successful career in media where he was well known for helping others develop both personally and professionally. His final role was as the President of Affiliate Relations for CBS. Peter g reatly enjoyed golf, travel and reading a good thriller. A loquacious and enthusiastic storyteller, Peter always had anecdotes and jokes on hand. He imparted to his family the importance of time with loved ones and celebrating the small things.

He will be remembered for a sharp wit and his loyal, generous, kind & competitive nature.

Peter is survived by his wife of 42 years, Susie Burke Schruth, his children Peter Elliott Schruth, Kate Bu rke S ch r ut h a nd A n ne Bu rke Sch r uth; daug hter-in-law A ileen Schruth; sister Susan Elliott Schruth and brother Mark Elliott Schruth.

Peter has two grandchildren, his namesake Peter Killmade Schruth II and Quinn Farrell Schruth.

A Memorial Service for Peter will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9 at The Parish of St. Catherine of Siena, 4 Riverside Avenue, Riverside.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial donation to a charity of your choice.

Obituaries in the Greenwich Sentinel are free of charge courtesy of the Greenwich Sentinel Foundation. To submit an obituary please email Caroll@ GreenwichSentinel.com.

Upcoming Christ Church Memorial Services Hans Georg Storr Oct 28, 1931 - Aug 31, 2021 Memorial Service (Chapel) Thurs, Sept 30, 2021, 11 am William H. Saltsman June 7, 1926 - July 20, 2021 Graveside service (Memorial Garden) Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2 pm Barbara Ann Reed Nov 15, 1929 - Feb 16, 2020 Graveside service (Memorial Garden) Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 11 am

Holly Delohery of Roswell, GA;

It Is Finished

By Shawn Garan The New Testament Gospels record Jesus saying at the end of his life, “It is finished.”

What was finished?

I’ve finished quite a number of things in my life. I have finished grammar school, middle school, and high school.

I am not finished with school yet, I am still working on that but the previous stages have passed. I have finished my days of childhood, I have finished my days of being a bachelor, I have finished my graduate degree, I have finished my days of military service, I have finished my days of looking for a vocation (for now, at least). So I have finished things but yet there is ever more to be done.

I think we can trust those last words of Jesus, the Jewish rabbi who finished

quite a few things as well.

Jesus finished things. I finish things too. Yet I have learned that finishing something isn’t the end, it is rather just the completion of one stage that has prepared me for the next. In my office here at Second Congregational Church I have set up some reminders of all the things I have completed. From pictures to degrees, from books I’ve read to papers I have written, these are all completed things that I have collected as memories to show all that I have already done. The Bible itself is a book of memories, of completed stories that record what has been finished in history but it also foretells of things to come, things that are not yet finished and so no matter what you believe you can trust that it has a pattern we are all familiar with. Ages will come, times will

come and they will come and go, they will start and finish.

Despite all the things I have set out to complete and finish I find myself always onto the next thing, another project, another sermon, another child, another stage to complete. In that I find some comfort about the nature of life.

My life is not yet finished. I wonder how I will deal with that day. The day I find myself uttering those same last words as Jesus, “It is finished.” I can’t predict which day that will be but I know it will come just as sure as I know I will complete this article.

So what will I have finished in the end?

It will be my life. I don't know what comes after that just like I did not know exactly what would come next after high school. And so a reasonable person

know has the facts laid before them, at some point, this life will end and we all will say in some way or the other, “It is finished.”

I looked in the mirror this week and rehearsed that line. It was a powerful moment where I accepted the fact that one day I will be finished with life on this earth and immediately after a powerful reality came over me, I heard a whisper from the Great Spirit within, “It is not yet finished.” I never felt more alive than when I said that. A rush of pleasant bliss came over me as I accepted both truths, death and life in the moment, and I smiled back at my reflection and said aloud. “One day it will be finished but as long as I am here, it is not finished.”

What will be finished when you say those words and what do you still

have to do with this precious life that is preparing you for the next stage?

God Bless! Rev. Shawn Reverend Shawn Garan is the Associate Pastor at Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, CT. He and his wife live on campus there with their 9 year old twins and they are currently expecting their third child in August. Shawn is a military veteran and has degrees from UConn and Alliance Theological Seminary. He is currently in his second year of study as a resident psychoanalyst at the Blanton-Peale Institute in Manhattan, NY and preparing to begin his Doctor of Ministry degree next year.

Worship Services Information

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

Harvest Time Church 1338 King St., 203-531-7778 www.htchurch.com In-Person Worship Services: Sun, 8:30, 10 & 11:30am (meeting on a limited basis in accordance with CDC guidelines and Connecticut’s executive orders). All services are streamed on the church’s website and social media outlets. Bible Study: The Glory of Christ, Wed, 7pm. Read The Bible 2021: join here facebook.com/ groups/bible2021.

BAPTIST First Baptist Church 10 Northfield St.; 203-869-7988 www.firstbaptistgreenwich.com Sunday Servings: 11:30am, Facebook Live or for Devotion: 11-11:25am (Dial in 701- 802-5355, Access code 360922).

Greenwich Baptist Church 10 Indian Rock Ln; 203-869-2807 www.greenwichbaptist.org Worship: Sun, 11am (in person and online through Facebook & YouTube).

Adult Bible Study: 9:30am. Prayer Gathering: Fri, 6- 7pm, Chapel.

CATHOLIC Sacred Heart Church 95 Henry St.; 203-531-8730 www.sacredheartgreenwich.org Mass: Mon-Fri, 7am, in the Chapel.

Sat, 4pm. Sun: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am.

Confessions: Sat, 3:20-3:50pm. Prayer Group: Thu, 5-6pm, in the Chapel, 38 Gold St. All are welcome. Blessing of Animals On the occasion of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi: Oct. 2, 12pm, in the Church parking lot. Volunteers needed for the following Ministries: Money Counters, Religious Education Teachers and Assistants, Prayer Shawl, Hospitality, contact the Rectory at 203-531-8730. The 2022 Mass Book opens on Oct. 18 for Masses, Altar Flowers and Altar Bread and Wine requests.

St. Catherine & St. Agnes St. Agnes: 247 Stanwich Rd; St. Catherine: 4 Riverside Ave; 203637-3661 www.stc-sta.org * All Masses at St. Catherine of Siena Church only are livestreamed.

Masses: Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri: 7am, St. Catherine’s Church (livestream); 5:15pm, St. Catherine’s Chapel. Wed: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 8:30am-4pm, St. Catherine’s Church.

Sat (Specific dates confirmed in bulletin): Confessions, 3-4pm, St. Catherine’s Church; Vigil Mass, 5pm, St. Catherine’s Church (livestreamed). Sun: Mass, 7:30am, St. Catherine’s Church (livestream); Mass, 8:30am, St. Agne’s Church; Family Mass, 9am, St. Catherine’s Church, (livestreamed); Mass, 10am, St. Agne’s Church; Traditional Mass, 10:30am, St. Catherine’s Church, (livestreamed); Teen Mass, 5pm, St. Catherine’s Church, (livestreamed).

Language Masses: St. Catherine’s Chapel: Korean Mass (every Sun), 9am. French Mass (2nd Sun of the month), Italian Mass (3rd Sun of the month), Spanish Mass (4th Sun of the month [not in September]), 11am.

Ongoing: Food & Essentials Drive for Neighbor to Neighbor (there will be a car or SUV with an open trunk in the parking lot across from St. Catherine’s church on Tuesdays, 9-11am for drop-off donations.

Donations can also be dropped at the Sign-in table at Sat, Sun or Daily Mass at St. Agnes). New Day Bereavement: Thursdays 4-5:30pm, through Nov. 18, (No class: Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11), registration required, 203-637-3661 ext. 375, parishpartners4@gmail. com. Emmaus Men Retreat: Oct. 1-3, emmaus.sm.men@gmail.com, both

retreats at the Don Bosco Retreat Center in Stony Point, NY. St. Mary Church 178 Greenwich Ave.; 203-869-9393 www.stmarygreenwich.org

Public Mass: Sunday: 9 & 10:30am, 12:15 & 5:15pm. Saturday Vigils: 4 & 6:30pm (Spanish Mass). Daily: MonFri, 12:05pm. Confessions: Sat, 2:453:45pm (Alcove to left of Altar).

St. Michael the Archangel 469 North St.; 203-869-5421 www.stmichaelgreenwich.com Mass: Mon-Fri: 7 & 9am. Sun: 7:30, 8:30, 9:45am (Family Mass), 12 & 5pm. Wed: Adoration: 9:30am8pm; Confession: 9:30-11am & 6:308pm. Sat: 9am & 5pm (Vigil Mass); Confession: 4:15-4:45pm. A volunteer is needed to care for the plants and flowers inside the church: 203-8695421.

St. Timothy Chapel 1034 North St.; 203-869-5421 Mass: Sat: 4pm (Vigil Mass). Sun: 11am.

St. Paul Church 84 Sherwood Ave.; 203-531-8741 www.stpaulgreenwich.org Mass: Mon-Thu: 9am; Sat: 4pm (Vigil); Sun: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30am. Confession: Sat, 3-3:45pm. Mass on Holy Days: Vigil: 5:30pm, 9am & 12:15pm. Visit the website for information regarding the Bereavement Group (twice monthly) and weekly volunteer opportunities at the Don Bosco Kitchen and Food Pantry with the St. Paul Mercy Volunteers. All masses are available via livestream through the website. Faith Study Group - Bishop Barron’s presentation on the Seven Sacraments: Oct. 4, 7-8:30pm, register, mack42741@gmail.com.

St. Roch Church 10 St. Roch Ave; 203-869-4176 www.strochchurch.com Mass: (Reservations and/or for viewing via live streaming): MonFri: 7:30pm; Sat: 5pm; Sun: 7:30am (Concelebrated for Previously Scheduled 9:30am Mass Intentions), 10:30am, 12pm (Spanish). Mass Intentions: consult the bulletin for time.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE First Church of Christ, Scientist 11 Park Pl; 203-869-2503 www.christiansciencect.org/ greenwich Sunday and Wednesday services via live tele-conference: 203-680-9095, code is 520520*.

COMMUNITY First Church of Round Hill 464 Round Hill Rd; 203-629-3876 www.firstchurchofroundhill.com No in-person service at this time. (If you need to reach Rev. Leo W. Curry, pastor, or any other personnel, call 203-629-3876 and leave a message or email fcroundhill@outlook.com).

Round Hill Community Church 395 Round Hill Rd; 203-869-1091 www.roundhillcommunitychurch. org Weekly Sunday Worship services in-person at 10am or online anytime; pre-registration via the website is required to attend in-person services.

Children’s Worship for grades K-5 will resume on Sunday, Sept. 19.

Pre-registration to attend Children’s Ministries is required and can be done via the website beginning Sept.

12. Please call the church office or visit the website for the most up-to-date information, events, and schedules, which are subject to change based on current local health and safety protocols. Blessing of the Animals:

Sept. 26, 10am Service (Pets should be kept in carriers, cages, or on a leash during the service).

CONGREGATIONAL The First Congregational Church 108 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637-1791 www.fccog.org

Worship: In-Person & Virtual: Sundays, 10am. Live-streaming on YouTube and Facebook, and broadcast on WGCH (1490 AM).

Connect during the week: Friday: Friday Email Blast (sign up by calling the church office); Church school before worship most Sundays, 9am for preschoolers through grade 6. Online programming available via Zoom. A joyful community diverse in spiritual backgrounds and beliefs. Blessing of the Animals: Oct. 2, 10am-12pm.

North Greenwich Congregational 606 Riversville Rd; 203-869-7763 www.northgreenwichchurch.org Online Worship Service: Sun, 10:30am, via Zoom (email Rev. Halac at Pastor@northgreenwichchurch.org or call the church).

Second Congregational Church 139 E Putnam Ave; 203-869-9311 www.2cc.org Saturday: Contemporary Evensong Worship, 5pm. Traditional Sunday Service: 8:30 & 10:30am. Please email Pam@2cc.org & they will save you a seat. Livestream available. Details at 2cc.org.

EPISCOPAL Anglican Church of the Advent 606 Riversville Rd; 203-861-2432 www.churchoftheadvent.org Service: Sun, 9am, Holy Eucharist.

Sunday School during academic year.

Christ Church Greenwich 254 E. Putnam Ave; 203-869-6600 www.christchurchgreenwich.org Worship: Sun: Eucharist, 8am (in-person); 10am (in-person & livestream/ ondemand); Choral Evensong (in-person & livestream/on-demand), 5pm; Compline, 8pm (livestream/on-demand). Mon-Fri: Morning Prayer, 8am (via Zoom). Tue: Eucharist, 10am (in-person). Thu: Choral Evensong, 6:30pm (in-person & livestream/ on-demand). “Something Different” Summer Outdoor Worship: Sundays through August, behind the Tomes-Higgins House (rain location: Parish Hall), bring a chair or blanket. Volunteers needed for Domus’ Work & Learn Program in Stamford.

Fire and Wine Women’s Gathering: Thursdays, 7-8pm, Sept. 23-Nov. 18.

Midnight Run to NYC: Oct. 1-2. Oct. 3: Jerry Zelenka “outdoor edition” of his Touch of Nature program, 10am, behind Tomes-Higgins House; “What Makes Connecticut Tick?” - Rector in conversation with Gov. Ned Lamont.

Fall “Oktoberfest BBQ and Invite a Friend”: Oct. 7, 6-8pm, The Rectory.

Women’s retreat at Camp Washington: ‘The Healing Art of Storytelling’, Nov. 5-6, $175, cmcfadden@christchurchgreenwich.org.

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church 954 Lake Ave.; 203-661-5526 www.stbarnabasgreenwich.org Sunday Worship: Spoken Eucharist, 8am, Church; Holy Eucharist with music, 10am, Church and Livestream; Family Eucharist, 10am, Parish Hall. (sign up for inperson service: signupgenius.com/ go/4090e4aadac2ea3ff2 -sunday1).

Coffee and Morning Prayers Podcast: Mon-Fri. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 200 Riverside Ave.; 203-637-2447 www.stpaulsriverside.org Worship: Sundays: Rite 1, 8am (inperson in the sanctuary & streamed).

1st and 3rd Sunday of every month: 10:15am, in the Sanctuary. 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month: in the Meadow, 10:30am (weather permitting). Sunday School continues in Selleck Hall. Yoga on the Meadow: Fridays, 10am. Ongoing: Neighbor-toNeighbor Food Drive: Every Thu, 1011:30am, in the parking lot (volunteers needed). Blessing of the Animals: Oct. 3, 1pm, On The Meadow.

3pm, via Zoom. Spring Bible Study: Thu, 3pm, via Zoom. Tea & Talk: Fri 3pm, via Zoom.

St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church 350 Sound Beach Ave; 203-6372262 www.saintsaviours.org

Revive Church 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich (Old Greenwich Civic Center) www.myrevive.org

In-person Outdoor Service: Sun, 11am.

Online Worship Services available on Youtube.

Worship Service: Sun, 10am, Holiday Inn 980 Hope St, Stamford.

Online Sermons available on Facebook (facebook.com/ myrevivechurchgreenwich) and on Youtube. All groups are online. Direct any prayer needs to the prayer chain at 203-536-2686 or revivecfm@gmail. com.

JEWISH Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich 75 Mason St.; 203-629-9059 www.chabadgreenwich.org Services available via Zoom. PJ Library Zoom Storytime: Mon-Thurs, 3pm & Fri, 2pm.

Congregation Shir Ami One W. Putnam Ave; 203-274-5376 www.congregationshirami.org All services, programs and celebrations are available online via Zoom. Rosh Chodesh for Women & Men: Oct. 4, 7:30pm, on Zoom.

Greenwich Reform Synagogue 92 Orchard St.; 203-629-0018 www.grs.org Join Rabbi Gerson and Cantor Rubin every Friday, 6pm for Shabbat Services, and once a month for Tot Shabbat, 5:30pm. All in person services are also live streamed on Zoom. Discussion with Rabbi Laura Geller: Oct. 8, 6pm & Oct. 10, 10am.

Temple Sholom 300 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-7191 www.templesholom.com Services - In-person and virtual Friday night Shabbat services, 6:30pm & Saturday morning Shabbat services, 10:30am. Ongoing: Amazon Wish List to Support Midnight Run; Commemorative Brick Campaign purchase a brick and support Temple Sholom.

LUTHERAN First Lutheran Church 38 Field Point Rd.; 203-869-0032 www.flcgreenwich.org Indoor Service: Sun, 10:30am. Bible Study: Sun, 11:45am.

St. Paul Lutheran Church 286 Delavan Ave.; 203-531-8466 Indoor Service: Sun, 9am. Bible Study: Sun, 10:15am. Wednesday AfterSchool program: Snacks & Crafts, 3-4pm; Bible Stories & Catechesis, 4-5pm; Community Dinner, 5:30pm (all are welcome); Bible Study on Romans (adults), 6:30pm.

METHODIST Diamond Hill United Methodist 521 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-2395 www.diamondhillumc.com Sunday Worship Services: In-person or online, 10am, followed by a time of Fellowship. Wednesdays: Virtual Noonday Prayer & Evening Bible Study. (Details at diamondhill.com).

First United Methodist Church 59 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-629-9584 www.fumcgreenwich.com Virtual Sunday Worship, 9:30am, via Zoom (203 629 9584). Virtual Daily Gathering: Mon-Fri, 3pm, Zoom.

Talking with Your Hands: Mon, 3pm.

Reading this World as a Christian: Tue, 3pm. Back to Rock – music with Mr. Bruce: Tue, 3pm, via Zoom.

Reading the Shape of Scripture: Wed,

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal 42 Lake Ave.; 203-661-3099 Worship via teleconference: Sun, 11am and until further notice (Dial-in number: 425-436-6380, Access code: 612220).

NONDENOMINATIONAL

Stanwich Church 202 Taconic Rd.; 203-661-4420 www.stanwichchurch.org Events marked by an * require registration at: stanwichchurch.org/ events Worship Services: Sundays, 9 & 10:45am (live-streamed). *Worship Night Mission Celebration: Oct. 23, 6pm. Outdoor Music Night @ Winfield Street Coffee (Stamford): Oct. 31, 5pm.

The Albertson Memorial Church 293 Sound Beach Ave; 203-6374615 www.albertsonchurch.org Sunday Service: 7pm, via Zoom.

Virtual Children’s Lyceum (ages 5-14): 3rd Sunday of the month, 10-10:40am. Healing Service: 3rd Thursday of the month, 7-7:30pm.

(Email Albertsonpcc@gmail.com for registration and Zoom Links).

Trinity Church 1 River Rd.; 203-618-0808 www.trinitychurch.life In-Person Services: Sun, 9:45am, Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800 E Putnam Ave. Online Services: Sun, 9:45am, youtube.com/c/TrinityChurchLife/l ive. House Churches: Sun, 9:45am, Fairfield County, CT & Westchester County, NY. Alpha (online): Tue, 7:308:45pm. Receive Private Zoom Prayer: Sundays, 11-11:30am.

PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 1 W. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-8686 www.fpcg.org Sanctuary Worship: Sun, 10am (Traditional Service); 5pm (Contemporary Service), register.

Online Worship: Sun, 10-11am at fpcg. org/live. Sunday School online, 10:1511am. The Prayer Room: 2nd Thu of each month, 8-8:30pm, via Zoom. Oct. 3: World Communion Sunday worship service, 10am followed by CAT Survey presentation, 11:30am.

Grace Church of Greenwich 8 Sound Shore Dr., Suite 280 203-861-7555 www.gracechurchgreenwich.com Worship: Sun, 10am, Woman’s Club of Greenwich, 89 Maple Ave. (Outside. Please bring a mask and a chair or a blanket). All Bible Study studies through zoom (email gracechurchofgreenwich@gmail.com for zoom links). All are welcome.

Living Hope Community Church 38 West End Ave; 203-637-3669 www.LivingHopeCT.org In-Person & online (LivingHopect. org/livestream) worship: 10am. Coffee & fellowship after the service on the patio, weather permitting. Community Bible Study (Women): Oct. 5, 9:30am, Living Hope Community Church.

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SPORTS

SUPPORT YOUNG ATHLETES AT THESE UPCOMING GAMES BRUNSWICK SCHOOL: CREW: Oct. 9 vs. Head of the Housatonic (at Indian Well State Park), 8 a.m.

CROSS-COUNTRY: Tomorrow at O’Connell Invitational (at Cheshire Academy), 3:30 pm Wed. vs. FAA Race, 4:30 pm FOOTBALL: Tomorrow at Salisbury School, 6 pm SOCCER: Tomorrow at The Frederick Gunn School, 2 pm Wed. vs. Cheshire Academy, 3 pm WATER POLO: Wed. at Greenwich Country Day (at YMCA of Greenwich) 3 pm GREENWICH ACADEMY CROSS-COUNTRY: Wed. vs. FAA Race (at Sherwood Island), 4:30 pm FIELD HOCKEY: Tomorrow at Hotchkiss School, 3:30 pm Mon. vs. St. Luke’s School, 4:15 pm Wed. vs. Taft School, 3:30 pm

GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Tomorrow vs. Fairfield Prep, 3 pm BOYS’ GOLF: Mon. vs. Trumbull H.S. (at Round Hill C.C.), 3:30 pm Tue. at Darien H.S., 3:15 pm Wed. vs. Staples H.S., 3:30 pm FIELD HOCKEY: Tomorrow at Trumbull H.S, 5 pm Tue. at Staples H.S., 4 pm BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY: Tue. vs. Darien, Fairfield Warde, New Canaan (at Tod's Point), 4 pm GIRLS’ SOCCER: Mon. vs. Darien H.S., 4:30 pm Wed. at Ridgefield H.S., 4 pm BOYS’ SOCCER: Today at New Canaan H.S., 4 pm Tue. at Darien H.S., 4 pm Thu. vs. Ridgefield H.S., 4:30 pm GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL: Today at Staples H.S., 4:30 pm

SOCCER: Tue. at King School, 4 pm Wed. vs. Taft School, 3:30 pm VOLLEYBALL: Today at King School, 4:15 pm Tue. vs. Master School, 4 pm GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Tomorrow at Pingry School, 2 pm BOYS’ SOCCER: Tomorrow vs. Hopkins School, 3 pm Wed. at Masters School, 4:30 pm FIELD HOCKEY: Today at Hopkins School, 5 pm Mon. at Kingswood-Oxford, 4:30 pm GIRLS’ SOCCER: Tomorrow vs. Sacred Heart, 3 pm Mon. vs. Greens Farms Academy, 4:30 pm Wed. at Holy Child, 4:15 pm WATER POLO: Wed. vs. Brunswick School (at YMCA of Greenwich), 3 pm

Tue. vs. Norwalk H.S., 5:30 pm Thu. at Fairfield Warde H.S., 5:30 pm GIRLS’ SWIMMING AND DIVING: Today vs. Westhill/Stamford H.S., 4:30 pm Wed. vs. Trumbull H.S., 4:30 pm SACRED HEART GREENWICH CROSS-COUNTRY: Wed. vs. FAA Race (at Sherwood Island), 4:30 pm FIELD HOCKEY: Tomorrow vs. Oak Knoll, 3 pm Wed. vs. King School, 4:15 pm ROWING: Sun. at Head of the Riverfront, (at Hartford), 9:45 a.m.

SOCCER: Tomorrow vs. Greenwich Country Day, 3 pm Wed. vs. Hopkins School, 4:30 pm VOLLEYBALL: Tomorrow at Taft School, 5 pm Wed. at Hopkins School, 3:30 pm

Greenwich Ave's Punch Fitness at Ten Years

By Peter Negrea Have you ever noticed a pair of boxing gloves hanging from a door frame on Greenwich Avenue? Those boxing gloves belong to Punch Fitness Greenwich. Besides the boxing gloves, another thing you'll notice is that when you join Punch Fitness Greenwich, you haven’t just joined a gym, you’ve also joined a family.

This close knit community go e s a l l t he way to P u nch F i t n e s s ’s r o o t s , w h e n Ansumana Touray and Adelino Dacosta opened Punch Fitness Greenw ich on Greenw ich Avenue. A new type of boxing and fitness gym, Punch Fitness Greenwich first began in 2006 in New York when Adelino Dacosta decided the city needed a new kind of gym.

In 2011, Ansumana Touray joined the team of the f irst branch of Punch Fitness on Greenwich Avenue. Dacosta and Touray are as close as brothers, and as for Touray's philosophy with Punch Fitness Greenwich, “We are who we are. We come together as one,” Touray said, “that’s special.”

I n 2 0 1 7, w h e n D a c o s t a wanted to move on to other

When you join Punch Fitness, you haven’t just joined a gym, you’ve also joined a family. ventures, Touray struck a deal to become one of the new coow ners. Now, th is October Punch Fitness Greenwich is celebrating 10 years of business.

A f ter acquiring part of the business, they decided to keep Punch Fitness Greenwich in Greenwich as for why, “I grew up in a village in Africa, in Guinea-Bissau” Touray said “I love to be in a green area.

Greenwich when I’m looking around reminds me of back home and the green.”

Punch Fitness Greenwich is a place of hig h intensity and high positivity. An hour long class will challenge you.

“Here, we push you. But it’s all in your mind,” said Touray.

“Before anybody leaves this place, you are happy. You leave

with a smile on your face,” said Touray. It’s not the equipment or the space that makes Punch Fitness Greenwich great, it’s the cultivated positive environment.

Even during the most difficult physic a l cha l lenge s , when your body and mind want to quit, the attitude around the students is always supportive and encouraging. That support system is what helps people push past their limits.

“How do you deal with the pain? Smile. We are here to strengthen your body, but also your mind. You might come here with outside problems you have to deal with, but for one hour, you don’t have to worry about it,” says Touray.

Punch Fitness Greenwich is all about working out your

Located on Greenwich Avenue, Punch Fitness has become a "go to" fitness center because of the center's reputation for high intensity and high positivity. Miguel, Ray, Touray, and Carl serve as the heart of Punch Fitness team. Photo by Peter Negrea. s t r e s s e s a n d p r o b l e m s by literally working out. You come in tense and stressed and leave everything in the studio and walk out exhausted, but feeling lighter. It’s better than therapy.

For their 10 year anniversary celebrations, Punch Fitness Greenwich is hosting a special

SCOREBOARD Football

Choate Rosemary Hall 4 vs. Greenwich Academy 0

Greenwich High 14 vs. Shelton High 35

Miss Porter’s 2 vs. Greenwich Academy 2

Suffield Academy 14 vs. Brunswick School 28

Hamden Hall 1 vs. Sacred Heart 4

Morristown Beard 33 vs. Greenwich Country Day 17

Sacred Heart 1 vs. St. Luke’s School 3

Boys’ Golf:

Greenwich Country Day 1 vs. Hopkins School 2

Greenwich High 162 vs. Wilton High 164

Cross-Country

Stamford High 198 vs. Greenwich High 159

Brunswick School 20 vs. Greens Farms Academy 35

Greenwich High 161 vs. Ridgefield High 172

Brunswick School 18 vs. King School 45

Field Hockey

Brunswick School 17 vs. Rye Country Day 46

St. Joseph High 0 vs. Greenwich High 9

Brunswick School 21 vs. St. Luke’s School 40

Greenwich High 0 vs. New Canaan High 1

Brunswick School 17 vs. The Masters School 46

Suffield Academy 1 vs. Greenwich Country Day 1

Brunswick School 15 vs. Greenwich Country Day 50

Greenwich Academy 4 vs. Choate Rosemary Hall 0

Hopkins School 27 vs. Brunswick School 32

King School 0 vs. Greenwich Academy 5

Girls’ Volleyball

Greenwich Academy 2 vs. Assumption High (KY) 5

Brien McMahon High 0 vs. Greenwich High 3

Greenwich Academy 2 vs. Cape Henry Collegiate (VA) 1

Choate Rosemary Hall 3 vs. Sacred Heart 0

Taft School 2 vs. Sacred Heart 4

Sacred Heart 0 vs. Deerfield Academy 2

Sacred Heart 2 vs. St John’s School (TX) 3

Pomfret School 0 vs. Sacred Heart 2

Sacred Heart 1 vs. Academy of Notre Dame 2

Greens Farms 0 vs. Sacred Heart 3

Sacred Heart 1 vs. Providence Day School 2

Hopkins School 0 vs. Greenwich Academy 3

Boys’ Soccer

Water Polo

Greenwich High 0 vs. Fairfield Warde High 0

Springfield Township High 0 vs. Brunswick School 18

Trumbull High 1 vs. Greenwich High 4

Wilson High 9 vs. Brunswick School 19

Loomis Chaffee School 5 vs. Brunswick School 0

Haverford School 4 vs. Brunswick School 19

Avon Old Farms 2 vs. Brunswick School 4

North Penn 3 vs. Brunswick School 16

Rye Country Day 1 vs. Greenwich Country Day 0

Brunswick School 12 vs. Greenwich High 8

Suffield Academy 3 vs. Greenwich Country Day 3

Girls’ Swimming & Diving

Girls’ Soccer

Greenwich High 89 vs. Danbury High 60

Fairfield Warde High 2 vs. Greenwich High 0

Fairfield Warde High 73 vs. Greenwich High 100

Greenwich High 5 vs. Trumbull High 5

Norwalk/McMahon High 77 vs. Greenwich High 99

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event on the 10th of October.

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Enjoy apple cider and donuts with your Tax Collector Heather Smeriglio At Farmer Johns Sunday October 24, 2021 11:30 – 1:00 Augustine‛s Farm 1332 King Street Greenwich FREE EVENT

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35 Deep Gorge Road 107 Maple Avenue 6 Sherman Avenue #1 6 Sherman Avenue #1 123 Dingletown Road 28 Bayside Terrace 78 Pecksland Road 41 Lockwood Lane 29 Stanwich Road 958 Lake Avenue 45 William Street #A 31 Thornhill Road 3 Selden Lane 11 B Relay Place 297 Cognewaugh Road 86 Howard Road

Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Riverside Greenwich Riverside Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Riverside Greenwich Cos Cob Cos Cob Greenwich

$999,999 $4,795,000 $565,000 $565,000 $5,000,000 $2,199,000 $7,995,000 $2,695,000 $3,795,000 $2,890,000 $1,395,000 $1,795,000 $3,875,000 $1,899,000 $2,295,000 $1,950,000

Sun 1-3 PM Sun 1-4 PM Sat 1-3 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 12-2 PM Sun 2-4 PM Sun 12-2:30 PM Sun 11-1 PM Sun 2-3:30 PM Sun 2-4 PM Sun 10-1 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sat 2-4 PM Sun 1-3 PM

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50 Lafayette Place 4A 45 Alexander Street B 17 Le Grande Avenue 9 50 Nicholas Avenue 5 Glen Street 105 69 Riverdale Avenue 503 20 Maplewood Drive 58 Sinawoy Road 70 Valleywood Road 47 Will Merry Lane 277 Cognewaugh Road 57 Hillside Drive 15 Skylark Road 29 Londonderry Drive 7 Verona Drive 125 Field Point Road 1A 345 Shore Road 219 Milbank Avenue W 19 Stoney Wylde Lane 702 Steamboat Road 2 74 Cedar Cliff Road 425 Round Hill Road 25 Field Point Drive

$589,900 $650,000 $729,000 $769,000 $925,000 $948,000 $1,020,000 $1,100,000 $1,150,000 $1,785,000 $1,680,000 $1,795,000 $2,100,000 $2,395,000 $2,295,000 $3,350,000 $3,695,000 $3,395,000 $3,995,000 $4,850,000 $4,699,000 $11,900,000 $13,950,000

$589,900 $630,000 $729,000 $769,000 $925,000 $948,000 $995,000 $1,075,000 $1,150,000 $1,695,000 $1,680,000 $1,795,000 $1,999,000 $2,395,000 $2,295,000 $3,350,000 $3,395,000 $3,395,000 $3,995,000 $4,500,000 $4,699,000 $11,900,000 $13,950,000

$570,000 105 $630,000 131 $700,000 98 $775,000 55 $925,000 56 $950,000 143 $1,010,000 65 $1,075,000 34 $1,150,000 19 $1,617,500 188 $1,650,000 178 $1,800,000 68 $1,875,000 88 $2,300,000 114 $2,400,000 13 $3,200,000 1,215 $3,212,500 162 $3,350,000 46 $3,800,000 111 $4,375,000 70 $4,900,000 12 $11,525,000 51 $13,375,000 79

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980 1,400 1,354 1,152 2,592 2,124 1,919 1,470 2,138 3,836 3,006 3,624 4,037 5,172 2,810 2,335 0.45 4,100 0.4 4,439 2.01 5,855 0.69 1,909 0.69 5,405 3.91 10,559 1.37 14,300

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6 Sherman Avenue 1 17 Maple Drive 35 Deep Gorge Road 16 Georgetowne 16 18 Glen Road 2 Flintlock Road 1031A North Street 79 Tomac Avenue 292 Davis Avenue A 26 Bedford Road 31 Thornhill Road 128 Valley Drive 28 Bayside Terrace 14 Meadow Road 89 River Road 203 89 River Road 303 89 River Road 204 89 River Road 304 89 River Road 201 89 River Road 202 89 River Road 205 89 River Road 206 89 River Road 301 89 River Road 302 89 River Road 305 78 Baldwin Farms South 327 Valley Road 10 Augustus Lane 34 Bruce Park Drive 9 Wahneta Road 200 Clapboard Ridge Road

$565,000 $740,000 $999,999 $1,299,000 $1,395,000 $1,397,000 $1,449,000 $1,595,000 $1,595,000 $1,700,000 $1,795,000 $1,980,000 $2,199,000 $2,250,000 $2,550,000 $2,550,000 $2,895,000 $2,895,000 $2,995,000 $2,995,000 $2,995,000 $2,995,000 $2,995,000 $2,995,000 $2,995,000 $3,350,000 $3,495,000 $3,875,000 $3,995,000 $4,495,000 $17,000,000

$299 $869 $315 $542 $619 $554 $434 $687 $553 $679 $755 $647 $846 $877 $2,129 $2,154 $2,661 $2,661 $2,415 $2,228 $2,415 $2,228 $2,269 $2,207 $2,435 $690 $624 $788 $757 $1,025 $1,631

1,892 852 3,178 2,396 2,253 2,520 3,340 2,323 2,884 2,504 2,378 3,058 2,600 2,565 1,198 1,184 1,088 1,088 1,240 1,344 1,240 1,344 1,320 1,357 1,230 4,858 5,600 4,917 5,274 4,384 10,422

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Essential Skills Every Realtor Must Know

By Mark Pruner

September market sneak peak The September real estate market in Greenwich, CT amazingly continues to hum along.

With a couple of days sales to go when I wrote this, we had 74 sales in the month of August compared to our 10-year average of 48 sale or an increase of 54%. Last September we had 118 sales, which was an all-time record, that record only 9 months lasted until it was blown away by 135 sales in June 2021, followed by an even bigger July with 143 sales.

C o n t r a c t s a r e d ow n , b u t t h e y w o u l d n ’t b e i f w e h a d more inventory. Our September inventory this week is only 265 si n g le -f a m i ly home l i s t i n g s , which is down from August, and it shouldn’t be. In our last prepandemic year of 2019, listings went up, as they usually do, from 585 listings at the end of August to 622 listings by the end of the month an increase of 37 net listings. This year, inventory went down by 2 listings.

When you look at new home listings week by week, you can see that we got a lot of new listings from March through the middle of May, peaking at 49 new listings in the first week of May. These listings fueled our record home sales in June and July.

Starting in the middle of June, week ly new listings dropped.

They hit bottom in the last week in August when we only had 10 new home listings, this is in the same month where we had 96 sales or an average of 24 sales a week.

Obviously, we can’t keep selling more houses than we are listing, but more about that next week when we have the final numbers.

Five Essential Skills for Realtors Beginning Realtors often think that a great drone shot or a video tour, or a write up in the New York Times are what will keep the seller happy, but none of that works if you don’t know your basic Realtor skills.

Locking up Yo u w o u l d t h i n k t h a t

simple four-digit codes; the problem is the other part of the process.

On some alarms you hit a special key first, enter the code and hit the same key again, some you only hit the key at the end, on other systems you only need to enter the key. Do it wrong several times and you may have problems. Luckily, the police department is very familiar with this situation, so the situation rarely gets confrontational. I always carry my GAR card in my wallet, so I’m not mistaken for one of our better dressed burglars.

New single family home listings in Greenwich, Connecticut by week locking up a house would be simple, we’ve all been doing that for years, but for a beginning Realtor, locking up can be an order of magnitude more difficult. You wouldn’t believe the number of dif ferent locks and security systems we have in Greenwich. Some use keys, often a funky key, of a type that you haven’t seen before. Keys, however, can be just the beginning. Just because you found the keyhole in the door, doesn’t mean that you can lock the door.

Modern Doors Often you have to do a jiu-jitsu move on the on the door handle, by pulling it up, while two spikes shoot out of the top and bottom of the door, but only if they line up precisely with two reinforced holes above and below the doors.

That doesn’t sound too hard, you just close the door firmly and do the proper wrist flick on the door handle. The problem is when the buyer wants you to open a doors that owners have never opened.

Trying to get the spikes and holes lined up can mean excavating years of dead bugs and leaves in the door jam.

Old Doors It ’s n o t ju s t 2 1 s t c e nt u r y technology that causes problem.

Our colonial builders loved to put a little swinging cover on the large keyholes of that period, so that snow didn’t get in and freeze the lock. The problem for Realtors is we never have two free hands when we go in and out. We have brochures, listing sheets, and cell phones with keybox apps.

What you have to do with these covered keyholes is push the cover sideways and insert the key, but

as soon as you do this the cover falls back and prevents you from turning the key. So now have to set all your stuff down in the snow and the rain while you hold the cover with one hand and turn the key with the other, but even that may not be enough as may have to turn the key multiple revolutions to get the bolt to open or close and you can spend quite sometime locking and partially unlocking the door, till you hit on the right combination.

Garage Doors Owners often don’t have a spare garage door opener and understandably are reluctant to give them out if they do. What can easily happen is after the new agent has locked up their big listing, they walk back to their car parked in the driveway and see that one of the garage doors is not closed. Now the agent has a decision to make, do he walk all the way around the house, unlock the door, disable the alarm, go down to the basement and push the garage door opener from the inside or do these the agent do the run and hop.

Many garage doors are pretty anemic when it comes to closing speed so going inside and pushing the garage door button and running for it like some border collie in a flyball competition is the easier and quicker way, but you need to be a good runner and a jumper. You have to jump, because all garage doors are required to have an electric eye that reverses the door if someone blocks the light beam.

This means that you have to run towards the descending garage door and then at the last second jump over the invisible beam, while not jumping high enough to hit the descending door.

Now clearly, this is a dangerous thing to do, and I would never do this, but I’ve heard of younger, spryer agents trying this.

someone that really loves their D y m o l a b e l e r. H a l f o f t h e s e switches control exterior lights.

So, you now get to play gopher, popping in and out of the front door checking to see if you’ve turned on one the exterior lights. With 8 switches you have only a 1 in 256 chance of getting all the lights off by random chance.

Turning out the lights Like locking up, you would think turning out the lights would be easy, but it’s not. Often, we will find that our clients have been nice enough to set up the house for the showing by turning on all the lights. Smart houses At the end of our showing, it’s our The good thing about smart job to find all the light switches and houses is that owner usually can’t turn off the lights. figure it out or explain it in any details, so often he’ll say just leave Lamps Lamps are still mainly analog everything as is. Hopefully, there is d e v i c e s w it h c l e a rl y v i s i b l e an all-on / all-off button. With that, switches. Of course, you get the an agent can arrive at a 6-bedroom five-bulb lamps with the rotating hou s e , 5 m i nute s b efor e t he switches that turn on the lights in showing begins and turn on all the all sorts of combinations, but only lights on 4 different levels. At the turn them all off in one easy to miss end of the showing, you hit the allposition. You also have the lamps off button and you are done, except with the touch switches that are the for all of the lamps and the secret same color as the lamp itself so you closet lights.

These later are billed as a have to do kind of a lamp massage conven ience , but on ly i f you to find this hidden spot that will are the type of person that puts turn off the lamp. everything away every time you Wall switches leave the house. These switches The term “wall” switch can be are a pressure button that are in a misnomer. These switches are the door frame and turn off the often hidden inside cabinets, behind closet light when the door is closed. books in a bookcase or down near The problem is that once you close the floor. My favorite one was some the closet door the poor Realtor beautiful under-counter lighting can’t see that the light is off, so you where the electrician hid the on/ look for a non-existent wall switch. off switch behind cabinet doors These pressure sw itches are underneath the sink. There was diabolically designed so that when even a decoy switch that turned on you open the door a crack the light the garbage disposal. The actual comes back on, which from the switch was a foot further back in outside looks like it never went off. the dark.

You then have to explore the frame The other wall switch nemesis for that brass ball just barely above is the family of 4, 6, 8 or even ten the surface switches at the front door as you Alarm systems leave. None of these switches Alarm systems often come with will be labeled unless you have

Baby monitors and cameras With some of today’s baby monitors you could actually film a Hollywood movie. We are talking 1080p with Dolby sound, autofocus and tracking. If you are the buyer or their agent it’s downright creepy to show such a house, particularly, if you find out after you’ve been in the house for a while. Owners can tune in from anywhere in the world or just go to videotape later. Agents will warn their clients if they know there are cameras present. You also get good practice spotting the teddy bear that is out of place or the air freshener with the flashing red light.

Stoves I once was on a marketing panel with a bunch of different professions. The marketing psychologist was fascinating. She said that people decide emotionally w ith their limbic system and then justify that decision with their higher brain. She said that smells, good and bad, go right to the limbic system. As a result, in pre-Covid days, I would bake cookies or provide hot apple cider with cinnamon to give the house a homey smell.

The problem is that stoves have gotten high-tech. You don’t just turn a knob, often there are no knobs.

Try finding the control panel on one of those black glass cooktops.

It’s kind of like a Ouija board, you never know what’s going to pop up.

Convection ovens are another issue.

Coconut pecan cookies that cook perfectly in 16 minutes in a regular oven become hockey pucks in a convection oven in the same time.

So, if new agents can master all this household equipment, they can get down to real business of selling the house without ticking off the owner, at least most of the time.

Mark Pruner has recently joined his brother, Russ, at Compass real estate at 200 Greenwich Avenue.

He can be reached at his new email address mark.pruner@compass.com or by phone at 203-969-7900.

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When Going to School Feels Impossible The familiar lines of school buses have now re-entered our daily lives. Here are some strategies you can use to support your child's return to school.

By Georgette Harrison, LPC

The familiar lines of school buses have now reentered our daily lives. The summer is rapidly coming to an end, and as you read this, your child , in all likelihood, already has several days (or weeks) of in-person schooling under their belt. Some children may be adapting very well, even if they experience the typical end-of-summer reluctance to reengage in school. Other children may still be struggling with the transition back to in-person instruction. And for some children, they may have yet to set foot in the school building, their school avoidance so severe that they have been unable to attend classes.

Parents of children who are struggling to go back to school are familiar with this scenario: your child may begin to feel ill the night before, be unable to sleep, or cry and scream the morning of, seemingly unable or unwilling to even consider the possibility of going to scho ol. For pa r ent s who work, this is an untenable situation because you are faced with what seems like only two choices: miss work (or work from home, if you still have that option), or try to find a way to coax, bribe, or drag your child into the car and then into the school building. You stay up at night yourself, worr y ing about your child, worrying about the instruction that is being missed, worrying about your

own job, and wondering what the next morning will bring you.

We should not forget that we are now entering the third academic year that has been impacted by COVID. For some young children, they may have been out of school for a longer period of time than they have been in school. For other children, they may have only experienced distance le a r n i ng t h r oug hout t he entire pandemic, and they are going back to in-person instruction for the first time i n a l m o s t 2 ye a r s . T h e y may be going into buildings they’ve never seen before.

They may wonder if they are the only ones who are behind academically, fearing that they will never catch up and that it will be painfully obvious to their peers that they have no clue what the teacher is talking about. They may worry that they won’t be able to tolerate a mask for extended periods of time.

These worries are only added to the typical, age-appropriate worries that all children felt about returning to school during pre-pandemic times: will I be able to make friends; will I have someone to sit with at lunch; will I know where my class is; will I like my teachers, and will my teachers like me?

This is not to say that parental anxiety and frustration isn’t justified and completely expected, or that we shouldn’t trust that our

children can (and should) return to school. Child anxiety c om b i ne d w it h p a r e nt a l anxiety is often a complicated proposition because when we are anxious, our brains can’t stop to think about the experience of the other person (in this case, your child). This makes it difficult for parent to think creatively with children about how to support their transition back to school. For many kids, they won’t need a lot of support; for others, they will need as much support as their grownups can rally. Below are some strategies you can use to support your child’s return to school.

Validate their feelings, even if you don’t agree with them. Our understandable first instinct is to try to help our children feel better, or try to “look at the bright side.”

Try to put yourself in their position, and validate that, given what they’re worried about, it makes perfect sense to be an xious. Give them time to talk, and share their worst case scenarios. Parents often fear that by doing so, they’re encouraging their kids to wallow. Other parents share that if they hear all of their child’s fears, they will feel compelled to want to fix things and there are some things that just can’t be fixed for them, so they feel helpless.

Reconsider your role in this scenario: you’re not here to fix, but to listen. Often times people (not just kids) just

need to express their feelings to bring them down to a more manageable size. And in the process, you know you’re not alone with your feelings.

F i n d w ays to p r ov ide your child with a reminder f rom home . For you nger children, it might be a picture of their caregivers. One of my favorite interventions is to have parents and children read “A Kissing Hand” (by Audrey Penn) and then draw an outline of the child’s hand and have the caregiver kiss the drawing of the hand using chapstick or lipstick so as to leave an imprint. Children ca n ta ke th is d raw ing to school and look at it when they miss home. For older children, think of small ways to let them know that you’re thinking of them and can’t wait to hear about their day, such as a text message or a small note in their backpack.

Little gestures go a long way.

Dedicate time to reconnect after school. After a full day away from home, kids may need to “fill their emotional cup” and may be especially c l i n g y. S o m e c h i l d r e n may have more confusing behavior, and actually seem to be more withdrawn from you. Find ways to reconnect before they go to bed and make it a part of the routine.

It could mean talking over dinner, sitting together while watching a favorite show and talking about it, or playing a video game together. We often think of “quality time” as

time that should be spent in deep conversations, looking at each other, or that it needs to be educational in some way. If this works for you and your child, then go for it.

Other times, it’s just nice to feel someone else’s presence while engaging in a shared activity, even if you only talk about seemingly frivolous things. Don’t underestimate t h e v a lu e o f 10 m i nu t e s watching a show together and asking your child what they like about it.

Consider seeking i nd iv idu a l a nd /or g r oup t he rapy. I f you r ch i ld i s still struggling to transition back to school after a few week s, it may be helpf u l to seek additional support, either through the school or a lo c a l p r ov ide r. T h e insidious thing about anxiety is that the longer it sticks around, and the more we avoid whatever it is that’s mak ing us an xious, the more reinforcing avoidance becomes and the harder it is to get back to day to day life.

School avoidance is a sign of a child in significant distress and I encourage you to seek help as quickly as possible.

Individual and family therapy can help you identify what is keeping your child from being able to go back to school and find strategies to ease what is distressing them. Group therapy can be especially valuable to help children feel less alone in this anguish, and know that there are many

other children out there who are as worried as they are and who they can share their successes with.

Above all, maintain open communication with your school team: your child’s t e a c h e r, s o c i a l w o r k e r, g uidance counselor and anyone else your child may feel connected to. This is a time of great transition for everyone: children, parents and teachers alike. Trying to stay connected and working towards the same goal while giving each other plenty of grace can go a long way in helping everyone feel less alone.

If your child is ex p er ienc i ng sig n i f ic a nt school avoidance or is still hav ing dif f iculties transitioning back to school, we are here for you. Don’t hesitate to call the Child Guidance Center of Southern CT at 203-32 4- 61 2 7 for assistance. More information is available on our website: https://childguidancect.org/ Ms. Harrison is the Director of Clinical and Communit y Pa r t n e rsh i ps at th e Ch il d Guidance Center of Southern CT. She earned her Master of Arts and Master of Education degrees in Counseling Ps ycholog y f rom Teachers College, Columbia University, and holds an Infant-Parent Mental Health Post-Graduate Certificate from the University of Massachusetts , Boston .

She is a Licensed Professional C o u n s e l o r i n t h e s t a t e of Connecticut , a t rainer for the Attachment-RegulationCompetency treatment model, a rostered trauma-informed Child-Parent Psychotherapy clinician, as well as a Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator.

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Community, A Shelter in the Storm

Whatever school you attend, you have a built-in network of people there to support you.

By Adam Rohdie The past few week s have been challeng ing across our nation. Just as we thought we mig ht be emerg ing f rom the pandemic, we have seen a rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant. There have been ongoing debates about racial justice, Hurricane Ida has delivered devastating f loodwaters from Louisiana to New England, and there is a national shortage of teachers and bus drivers. It has been quite a lot, for everyone.

In the face of these challenges,

I am more grateful than ever this September for the energy a nd resilience of our school community. I have the best job in the world. I get to be immersed in a culture of community every day that is fed by learning, curiosity, c a r i ng , a nd joy. I nd iv idua ls get through rough times when they have a network of family and friends to lean on. Schools and larger institutions rely on the power of their community to come together when facing adversity.

T h e f i r s t d ay s o f s c h o o l have come at the right time.

A t C o u nt r y D ay, t h e s i g ht s and sounds of students back on campus are uplif ting and ubiquitous. The band is back to practicing in the amphitheater o u t s i d e m y o f f i c e w i n d o w.

Screams of glee and triumph are coming from the fields at recess.

There is the familiar buzz in the hallways and classrooms that comes from the adventure of learning together. Our opening

The culture of community in each of our schools is strong and when the winds of change are blowing, use that community as a shelter in the storm. days have been a compelling reminder to me of the abundance of possibility that can happen in a safe space filled with so many people committed to a common goal.

Ever y community has its cultural cornerstones. At GCDS, we e m bra c e T IGE R PR I DE .

It is an acronym, made up of attributes such as, thoughtful, inclusive, generous, empathetic, and respectful. We use these te r m s to r e i n fo r c e p o s it i ve choices, and we refer to them sp e c i f ic a l ly t h r oug hout t he elementar y years. TIGER PRIDE matures as our students

progress through the middle and upper grades. It symbolizes academic integrity, friendship, a nd sp or tsma nsh ip. It is a n expectation of high character, ever y day, a l l t he ti me. Ou r students, each of them, know what TIGER PRIDE means, and they live it. TIGER PR IDE is our promise. It is more than a collection of words. It is a promise that we are in this together, and we w ill face challenges w ith resilience, integrity, and care. It is the guide post for our choices.

O u r sh a r e d c om m it me nt to TIGER PR IDE makes it easier, though not always easy, to learn from life’s challenges, with and from each other. We can ask honest questions and listen generously for thoughtful a n s we r s , k n ow i n g t h at ou r friends will try their best to do the same. Learning takes risk, and even the bravest of us won’t really be in a position to do that unless we have support. A school community at its best means

someone always has your back.

Leaps of curiosity are taken with classmates at your side.

New paths are chosen knowing there are guides along the way.

Failures are rarely solitary and never the proverbial final straw.

We grow in the face of adversity, knowing we’re not in it alone.

As we embark on another school year, my wish is that if you find yourself overly angry, hyper stressed or just plain anxious, take a few deep breaths and remind yourself that whatever school you attend in town, you have a built-in network of people there to support you. The culture of community in each of our schools is strong and when the winds of change are blowing, use that community as a shelter in the storm.

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You Have More Options Than You May Think A wide range of options for all learning styles and need-based scholarships make independent education more accessible than ever.

Berkshire School admission@berkshireschool.org 245 North Undermountain Road, Sheffield, MA 413-229-8511 berkshireschool.org Virtual Fall Open House: Thursday, October 7th at 7:00pm Students: 400 (91% Boarding, 9% Day) Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 4 Established: 1907 Berkshire School is a co-ed college preparatory boarding and day school for 400 ninth-12th graders and post-graduates, offering a forward-thinking curriculum and stateof-the-art facilities on a 400-acre campus in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Berkshire’s signature programs, including Advanced Math/Science Research, Advanced Humanities Research, and Sustainability, are offered along with advanced sections and AP offerings in all disciplines.

These programs are designed to expand the minds, provide real-world experiences, and help distinguish our students in an increasingly competitive college process. With a range of artistic and athletic offerings and national recognition for our efforts in sustainability, Berkshire provides an extraordinary setting in which students are encouraged to learn in the words of the school motto: Pro Vita Non Pro Schola Discimus, “Learning—not just for school but for life.”

Blair Academy currap@blair.edu 2 Park Street Blairstown, NJ 07825 908-362-6121 | www.blair.edu 460 students, co-ed (50% male, 50% female) Teachers to Student ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1848 Founded in 1848, Blair Academy is a dynamic, coeducational boarding school where students in grades 9-12 pursue a superior college preparatory education empowered by strong faculty-student relationships and a vibrant community life.

On our historic campus is located 65 miles from New York City in northwest New Jersey.

The Blair experience is an extraordinary opportunity that empowers students to become persons of great accomplishment and character and prepares them for success in college and in life. Our educational philosophy informs our work in and out of the classroom and includes these guiding principles.

Relationship-based learning is the foundation of great teaching.

At Blair, our teachers are experts in their subject areas, and they know our students especially well. Strong relationships between faculty and students develop amid a vibrant community life and lead to exceptional learning, in our classrooms and beyond.

Our teachers care deeply for students and because they know them well, challenge them and tailor classroom learning based on individual needs. Through class discussion, debate, project work and lectures, students develop new skills

and passions and learn to connect with people and step outside their comfort zones to take bold but intelligent risks.

Blair’s robust curriculum features rigorous traditional coursework and innovative electives designed to help students pursue—or discover— their passions. As teachers challenge students with new ideas and skills, they encourage creative expression while ensuring that students learn how to learn, preparing them to confidently address the demands of college and the 21stcentury world.

Working closely with faculty mentors, students help craft their individual Blair experience; having opportunities to take ownership of their education in this way teaches students to be autonomous and advocate for themselves, skills that will serve them well as college undergraduates and young professionals.

When students apply academic studies to real-world issues, impactful connections to people, places and ideas develop. We bring the world to Blair through our diverse student body, on-campus speakers and community service endeavors and broaden students’ horizons by offering school-break travel opportunities.

Experiential learning, hands-on projects and collaborative problem-solving in a variety of venues result in amplified awareness of self and others.

Our core curriculum and innovative offerings teach students how to engage, relate to and empathize with others, and how to solve problems in real-world settings. Our graduates are intellectually curious, service-minded global citizens who know their values, can articulate their beliefs, and have the resources to connect and grow in college and beyond.

The ability to concisely and compellingly convey one’s message is an essential leadership skill; at Blair, teaching the art of effective communication is among our highest priorities.

Our cross-curricular communication initiative and myriad public-speaking opportunities prepare students to craft and deliver compelling narratives, speak effectively to audiences of all sizes, and engage with others in ways that build vital relationships.

Students at every grade level engage in communications-focused work across academic departments; programs such as Blair LEADS and The Blair Leadership Stories Project further underscore the importance of these competencies.

Brewster Academy admissions@brewsteracademy.org 80 Academy Dr. Wolfeboro, NH 03894 603-569-7200 www.brewsteracademy.org Students: 360 Students; 80% boarding; 20% day Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1820 Brewster is an elite boarding school without the elitism: an intellectually diverse and academically challenging community that nurtures curiosity, confidence, collaboration, and character in preparation for lives of meaning and accomplishment.

Brewster students: Learn to master academic content and the skills that matter in life.

Transform in an academically challenging

After school, students have access to a spectrum of co-curricular clubs.

Believe in our shared responsibility for success.

Through academics, athletics, arts, Understand their potential. and service to the community, Brunswick Feel empowered to achieve in an environment encourages every student to develop his talents to the fullest, to understand the obligation to inclusive of everyone’s unique talent. share them generously, to take risks to ensure Emerge with a strong sense of self and a deep growth, and to refuse to accept a narrow commitment to others. definition of himself.

Know that Brewster is the way education should be: the perfect balance of academic and emotional development in a place where all can do their best without having to best each other. environment without standardization.

Brunswick rocken@brunswickschool.org 100 Maher Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 203-625-5800 brunswickschool.org Open House: November 7, 2021 at 1pm (all grades) October 31, 2021 at 1pm (joint Upper School with Greenwich Academy) Students: 1,042 boys Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1902 Vibrant and growing, Brunswick School has been defined and distinguished for 119 years by its commitment to “Courage, Honor, Truth.”

Enrolling 1,042 boys in pre-kindergarten through grade 12, the school believes that the strength of a young man’s character and depth of his spirit determines all genuine and lasting success.

To that end, Brunswick strives to help boys and young men acquire the personal, intellectual, and physical training that will best enable them to grow into responsible adults who can make significant and lasting contributions to society.

The school offers rigorous academics, including an advanced science research program, and, in a coordination program with Greenwich Academy, 83 Honors and Advanced Placement courses.

Brunswick offers comprehensive arts, drama, and music, and a renowned language program that includes instruction in Arabic, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Italian, Latin, and Greek.

Brunswick has four campuses on a total of 782 acres in Greenwich, Conn., and in Randolph, Vermont. The Upper School is located at 100 Maher Ave. in Greenwich, while the Pre School, Lower, and Middle Schools are located on King St. The 620-acre Vermont Campus is home to the school’s permanent on-campus wilderness education and applied-classroom-learning program.

The school also offers competitive athletics, with 17 varsity sports played on state-of-theart facilities. The athletic fields and sports complexes, including an ice rink, natatorium, and track-and-field facility, are located on the King Street campuses.

Brunswick believes that a complete education must include lessons beyond the classroom. Even the youngest students participate in volunteer opportunities, which often evolve into full-fledged service projects at the Upper School.

The Cedar School 203-808-5005 info@thecedarschool.org 200 Pemberwick Rd, Greenwich, CT 06831 The Cedar School is a co-ed day school serving high school students, grades 9-12, in the Fairfield, Westchester County, and New York area. We help students with languagebased learning differences, such as Dyslexia and challenges with Dysgraphia, ADHD, and more, build their strengths, understand their challenges, and become independent learners and effective self-advocates.

We focus daily on creativity, individuality, and differentiation. Students should look forward to school—it should be inspiring, interesting, and deeply engaging. Every day.

The Cedar School was co-founded by Clay Kaufman, founding head of school, and Ben Jenkins, with a grand opening in the fall of 2021.

The Cedar School is a local private high school option that offers students academic challenge while giving them a multi-sensory approach to learning, the skills they need for college and life, and the opportunity to build their areas of strength every day. Our brand new facility at 200 Pemberwick Rd in Greenwich, CT currently serves our first class of students, offering them a space to explore their individuality and succeed academically.

Our academics feature small class sizes, individualized instruction, and an emphasis on college preparation, giving our students the opportunity to succeed in a non-traditional, personalized academic environment.

Visit our website at thecedarschool. org to learn more. Contact admissions@ thecedarschool.org to schedule your tour.

Choate Rosemary Hall bellis@choate.edu 333 Christian Street Wallingford, CT 06492 203-697-2000 Founded in 1890 Students to faculty advisor: 4:1 This is where amazing things begin. Where anything is possible. At Choate, you will work hard to develop your talents to the fullest. And along the way, you will discover new paths and possibilities.

Choate students stand out for their desire and drive for knowledge, their passion, their creativity, their energy, and their commitment to service.

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CHOATE continued: Along the way, their students are guided by passionate educators who are excited about their craft and who are energized by what they do every day. Choate is a place where, if you have a great idea, you can find the resources and a kindred spirit to help you bring your idea to fruition.

“Over the past 126 years we have had the privilege of knowing and nurturing over 17,000 graduates, and they’ve made us proud of the remarkable and distinctive lives they’ve chosen to live. Choate alumni are leaders, innovators, catalysts, and true originals. Their unique way of seeing the world reflects our focus on the Life of the Mind: we aim to foster critical and independent thinking, deep intellectual curiosity, exploration, and a lifelong love of learning in everything we do.

If you want to be part of a dynamic and robust learning community, we welcome you to consider joining us at Choate Rosemary Hall.

Choate is warm and caring. You can connect with people here in a way that you can’t at other places.

Mutual respect and kindness have a big impact here: we encourage you to invest in the lives of others, on campus, in our wider community, and even across the globe. We believe that your willingness to serve and give selflessly speaks volumes about your character – and provides the foundation for a life well lived.

You will find mentors in, and outside of the classroom, and all the guidance you need to be successful. Our close-knit community always has room for a few more friends. Forge your own path, make new friends and make yourself at home.

We see potential in our students to pursue their goals and dreams through our academic, athletic and artistic programs, along with the opportunities our close-knit and collaborative community provides young people each day.”

skills such as collaboration, communication, and global awareness. Widely recognized as a leader in educational innovation, our real strength is in the commitment of every teacher to the success of every student. As pioneers in Academic Support, we strive to meet students where they are and provide them with a powerful toolkit for academic success. Our internationally renowned ESL Program provides 360-degree support, which is tailored to students’ needs, and prepares them to take full advantage of our curriculum.

Our expansive and renowned visual and performing arts offerings attract accomplished artists to Cushing, while at the same time, our “give it a try” philosophy allows the entire community to explore creativity and discover new talents.

With 26 teams in 14 sports, we offer opportunities for athletes at every level of experience and thrilling competition that binds us together as Penguins for life. In the past 17 years, Cushing teams have won 25 NEPSAC championships in 6 sports.

If there’s one thing our visitors experience (and remember!) it’s the multitude of friendly Penguins that happily share their own Cushing stories and strive to embody the spirit of our school.

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Dana Hall School angela.brown@danahall.org 45 Dana Road Wellesley, MA 02482 781-489-1331 www.danahall.org Students: 468 students in grades 5-12, all-girls. Established 1881 Founded in 1881, Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Mass., is an independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 5-12 (boarding begins grade 9). Placing emphasis upon sound academic education and the preparation of each individual for college and for life, the School balances exposure to new ideas and the challenge of analytic and creative thinking with concentration on the development of self-esteem, leadership, and respect for others. As a school for girls, Dana Hall provides female students with a particularly advantageous environment for both education and self-development.

Cushing Academy admissions@cushing.org 39 School Street Ashburnham, MA 01430 978.827.7300 cushing.org Founded in 1865 Number of Students: 390 Student/Faculty Ratio: 7:1 Our innovative curriculum prepares students well for college and life by emphasizing essential

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Fairfield College Preparatory School is a Jesuit, Catholic school of excellence, which transforms young men to Be Innovative, Be Creative, Be Compassionate, and Be Men for Others. Prep offers a rigorous academic program for boys in 9th through 12th grade, with an outstanding record of college acceptances as well as a full slate of sports and activities. In a faith- and mission-based community, our students develop their relationship with God and one another.

Current 8th grade students and families are invited to join us for Open House.

Meet faculty and students, hear from school leadership, tour the campus, and learn about our many programs and extracurricular activities.

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By Phil Cocchiola The Ox ford Academy was founded on the principle that truly individualized learning provides the highest level of engagement available and accounts for the unique cognitive profile of each student. We do not believe there is an “average” student but celebrate diversity among students. In Todd Rose’s book, The End of Average, he highlights that “from the moment we’re born to the moment we die, we are measured against a mythical yardstick — the average human — and it’s hurting everyone.” Rose is the cofounder of Populace, a think tank committed to ensuring that all people have the opportunity to pursue fulfilling lives in a thriving society. Prior to Populace, he was a faculty member at Harvard University where he founded the Laboratory for the Science of Indiv iduality and directed the Mind, Brain, and Education program. He emphatically argues that there is no average. No average professor. No average worker. No average soldier. No average Joe. And at Oxford Academy, we would add no average student.

Rose says it’s no accident how we got here: Schools were designed during the industrial age by people who were “absolutely obsessed” with averages because averages worke d so wel l i n ma nag i ng factories. The goal wasn’t to nurture creativity and develop individuality. The system mostly accomplished what it set out to do: prepare students for standardized jobs in an industrial economy.

Since then, we have continued to think that the average — a human invention — represents everyone or that any deviation from the

average defines you.

During the 1950s, the United States Air Force began thinking a lot a b out average s . At t he time, pilots were having trouble controlling their planes. As Rose explains, at first the problem was pinned on pilot error and poor training. But the real problem turned out to be the fact that the cockpit had just one design: one for the average pilot of an earlier era, the 1920s.

Air Force researcher, Gilbert Daniels, worked on this project and they found that striving for average simply didn’t work. In fact, out of 4000 pilots studied, none of them met the metrics. In a bold move, they stopped using average measurements and sought out adjustable equipment that could be sized to each pilot. The established producers of Air Force jets were not amused.

The Air Force would accept nothing less to meet the needs of each pilot and g uess what happened? The impossible became possible. Once the cockpit design became more customized, it opened up the f ield of pilot candidates to more body types allowing all kinds of people to be successful. An entire industry shifted away from the notion of average, and as a result, the Air Force now possesses an incredible talent pool of pilots, many of w h o m wo u l d n o t h ave b e e n selected previously.

Rose then makes an intriguing comparison to the established education system: how teaching to the average destroys talent and produces frightening drop-out rates. He adds that the system needs to change if we want our children to find success. Dropout

rates among those with learning challenges and those identified as gifted range between 10-20 percent annually - millions of students being let down by the current education system. He proposes designing curriculum and materials that, much like the Air Force, teach to the edges and allow for more individualization.

But I argue that this isn’t enough, we can do better.

Back when Oxford Academy was founded in 1906, Dr. Joseph We id b e r g c a m e to t he s a m e conclusion as Rose and the Air Force, but took it further when he designed a school based on the Socratic Method, and rooted the educational philosophy in designing curriculum around the learner rather than the other way around. True Learner Centered Education. In other words, EACH course of study is designed for the indiv idual. A customized learning experience that meets the unique needs of each learner and proceeds dynamically throughout their preparations for college. Each student working one to one with their teachers provides the highest level of engagement and growth.

In its present iteration, the focus is on mastery - authentic mastery, not pushing students through a curriculum.

What Rose doesn’t know is that this change is already here and our teachers have been individualizing education for over one hundred years. His book and Ted Talk absolutely reinforce why an Oxford education is unlike anything else in the world and why we continue to be thought leaders in education.

Phil Cocchiola is the Head of School at Oxford Academy

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Forman is a traditional college preparatory boarding and day school with a mission to empower students with diagnosed learning differences to become self-confident learners.

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At Eagle Hill, we don’t talk about learning disabilities—we talk about learning.

LEARN | LIVE | THRIVE | BECOME Students can only truly be seen, understood, and flourish as individuals when we set aside categories such as dyslexic and disabled in order to seek in earnest the individual genius of each person.

Schedule an in-person campus visit and tour today!

www.eaglehill.school | Hardwick, Massachusetts | 413.477.6000 • Expert Teachers.

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the genius of the Eagle Hill philosophy remains its simplicity. It is a philosophy grounded in the belief that students are not disabled at all. To understand the difficulties that they have faced in other academic settings requires a careful look at the unfortunate and limiting ways in which most schools view their students.

At Eagle Hill School, we understand that our students are blessed with multiple learning abilities and that it is our responsibility as educators to identify, celebrate, and support each student in capitalizing on his or her individual genius. Moreover, instead of merely providing support within a traditional classroom setting, Eagle Hill School designs classes around each student’s particular strengths and needs. By emphasizing individualized attention within the context of a small classroom environment, Eagle Hill provides for the academic, social, and personal growth of each student.

Visiting Eagle Hill is an important step in the admissions process. Your visit will include an interview, a tour, and time to ask all of your questions.

An education program tailored to the needs of your child.

Deerfield Academy Deerfield, MA 01342 https://deerfield.edu/ Students: 655 Male/Female Ratio: 52% / 48% Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 5 Established 1797

A coed college-prep boarding and day school for students, grades 6-12, with dyslexia and similar language-based learning disabilities. Gow provides not just another opportunity to try again, but a real opportunity to succeed.

155 Students Day and boarding Grades 6-12

3-6 average class size Orton-based remediation 4:1 Student to faculty ratio

Families are encouraged to apply for need-based financial aid

On average our students come from: 25 states 20 countries

100% College acceptance Class of 2021 was awarded $5 million in academic scholarships

The Gow School has Open Houses scheduled. Visit gow.org/admissions to reserve your spot!

Deerfield offers a vibrant and innovative curriculum that supports curiosity, exploration, and leadership. But that’s not all—Deerfield is a boarding school community where the culture is strong, our sense of commitment to one another unwavering, and friendships last a lifetime. We hope you’ll join us!

Through a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, extensive co-curricular program, and supportive residential environment, Deerfield encourages each student to develop an inquisitive and creative mind, sound body, and strong moral character.

Eagle Hill School P.O. Box 116 242 Old Petersham Road Hardwick, MA 01037 Phone: 413.477.6000 OPEN HOUSE DATES: October 6 and 20 November 3 and 17 December 1 and 15 TIME: 1:00 p.m – 2:00 p.m. (EST)

The Gow School Summer Program is for students who have been experiencing academic difficulties, or have been diagnosed with dyslexia or specific learning disabilities. Five weeks of learning and fun for ages 816.

June 27, 2022 - July 30, 2022

The best way to get to know Gow is to visit!

Call 716.687.2001 or visit gow.org/summer-programs to learn about the admissions process and schedule your visit!

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Eagle Hill School is a co-educational, college preparatory boarding school that provides an individualized education for students with diverse learning profiles, including those identified with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and ADHD. Over the last fifty years, Eagle Hill School has steadfastly challenged and redefined the conventional wisdom regarding the education of students with learning (dis)abilities. Today,

At Eagle Hill, we deliver a personalized education program to children who learn differently.

For students ages 5-15 with DYSLEXIA • DYSCALCULIA • ADHD • DYSGRAPHIA • AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER

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Eagle Hill is an independent school for children ages 5-15 with language-based learning differences.

Eagle Hill offers a language-based, remedial program committed to educating children with learning disabilities. The curriculum is individualized, interdisciplinary, and transitional in nature. A secure, structured, nurturing environment supports and stimulates the development of the whole child. As a result, children learn to view themselves as competent individuals with a strong sense of self.

In an environment that recognizes and embraces diversity, Eagle Hill teaches children an array of strategies and skills to manage their learning disabilities effectively at school and at home. Eagle Hill helps children gain the self-esteem necessary to initiate, nurture, and maintain friendships. Inherent in the Eagle Hill philosophy is the development of children with strong moral and ethical character. Children leave Eagle Hill with confidence in their academic abilities, a true belief in their worth as human beings, and the strategies necessary to meet the challenges of their new school and social settings.

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Emma Willard School admissions@emmawillard.org 285 Pawling Ave, Troy, NY 12180 518-833-1320 | emmawillard.org Open Houses: October 29th, November 11th & December 1st.

Established 1814 Madame Emma Hart Willard founded her school on the basis of providing girls with a firstclass education that challenged, inspired, and enabled them to serve and shape their worlds.

More than 200 years later, Emma Willard School proudly continues to carry on this mission.

Our academic program offers more than 140 courses, including Advanced Placement options, where girls engage in discourse that brings context to high-level concepts and understanding of the world we live in. Personalized study programs enable girls to dive deep into a topic or field of their choosing and gain hands-on experience.

The curriculum at Walker’s combines the traditional areas of liberal arts studies — science, math, history, English, world languages, and the arts — with electives that are relevant to the world today including signature courses such as Honors Biochemistry, a Visiting Writers Seminar, and Equine Science. The faculty, including both exciting new educators and well-tenured teachers, animate the coursework with discussion-based exploration and project-based learning. Across every area of instruction, we place a strong emphasis on doing. The effects are immediate and lasting. Walker’s girls are the intellectual leaders and stewards of their own education.

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Teacher to Faculty Ratio: 16:1 All boys; Grades 9-12 Founded 1942

Ethel Walker School 230 Bushy Hill Road Simsbury, CT 06070 admissions@ethelwalker.org ethelwalker.org/openhouse Campus Open House: Mon, Oct. 11 Virtual Open House: Tues, Oct. 26 234 Total Enrollment Boarding/Day: 60% / 40% Student/Teacher Ratio: 7:1 Established in 1911 The Ethel Walker School is an independent, allgirls college preparatory, boarding and day school in Simsbury, Connecticut. The Upper School is for boarding and day students in grades nine through 12 plus a postgraduate year. The Middle School is for day students in grades six through eight with boarding students in grades 7 and 8.

When girls first arrive at Walker’s, they fall in love with the all-girls environment, the beauty of our 175-acre campus and the power of learning in our classrooms that elevates academic performance.

Walker’s is guided by the principle and pursuit of integrity. We are a school where every aspect of a girl’s life — academic, athletic, social, and well-being — comes together. Co-curriculars complement the curriculum with athletics, visual and performing arts, and a nationally-recognized equestrian program.

Fairfield College Preparatory School is a Jesuit, Catholic school of excellence, dedicated to providing boys in grades 9-12 a rich and challenging, multidimensional educational experience. As a division of Fairfield University, Fairfield Prep is located on the campus of the University, and Prep students have the unparalleled benefit of ready access to many first-rate college facilities.

Founded in 1942 by the Roman Catholic order of priests known as the Society of Jesus (the “Jesuits”), Fairfield Prep educates young and commitment to action. Prep students are taught to put to good use their God-given talents and abilities for the service of others, in order to make the world a better place for all humanity.

This hallmark of Jesuit education is called educating “Men for Others.”

At Fairfield Prep, you are taught to think, to engage, to speak and to debate. Jesuit education goes beyond the classroom. Everyone at Prep is encouraged to discover what they are the most passionate about.

In addition to providing the best in academic and spiritual formation to its students, Fairfield Prep offers them a robust array of extracurricular programs as well as opportunities for participation in interscholastic sports in a competitive environment.

Our results speak for themselves: Not only do our graduates gain acceptance at the country’s most prestigious colleges and universities, but just as important, they leave Prep well prepared to succeed and excel.

Eighth grade boys interested in a rigorous academic experience in a uniquely enjoyable learning environment are invited to visit fairfieldprep.org/apply.

Greenwich Academy is an independent day school for girls in grades pre-K through 12.

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students gain a strong academic foundation and acquire critical skills, habits of mind, and confidence.

GCDS is a joyful environment where curiosity and creativity are valued, resilience is

cultivated, and the health and well-being of every student is essential.

Greenwich Country Day School is the only co-ed, independent Nursery – Grade 12 college preparatory day school in Greenwich, CT graduating ethical, confident learners and leaders with a strong sense of purpose—ready to embrace opportunities and challenges in a world of rapid change. ↗ www.gcds.net ↗ 203-863-5610 ↗ admissions@gcds.net ↗401 Old Church Road (Grades N-8) ↗257 Stanwich Road (Grades 9-12) Greenwich CT 06830 @gcdstigers

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Frederick Gunn School

Fordham Preparatory School admissions@fordhamprep.org 441 East Fordham Road Bronx, NY 10458 www.fordhamprep.org

Fordham Preparatory School is a Catholic Jesuit all-boys high school located in the Bronx, New York.

Its mission is to form leaders in faith, scholarship, and service.

The Fordham Prep experience includes a faith formation program which allows students, regardless of religious background, to learn more about themselves and their place in this world.

Each Fordham Prep student participates in the school’s “Individualized Honors Program”. This allows students to choose classes that are challenging and meet their individual needs. It includes honors, advanced honors, and 20 Advanced Placement (AP) classes.

As a Catholic Jesuit institution, Fordham Prep is committed to forming “men for others”. Participation in the school’s four year service program is mandatory.

Fordham Prep’s Global Education Program exists to expose students to different worldviews. Students can participate in dedicated exchanges with other Jesuit schools as well as cultural, medical, and ecological experiences.

The Fordham Prep Class of 2021 was accepted at over 210 unique colleges and universities, including many of the top rated universities in the country.

Fordham Prep attracts students from the greater tri-state area and is located on the historic Rose Hill Campus, a short walk from the Fordham station on MetroNorth’s New Haven line.

Contact: Brad Serton ‘95, Director of Admissions.

Phone: 718-367-7500

admissions@frederickgunn.org 22 Kirby Road, Washington, CT 06793 860-868-7334 | gogunn.org 300 students from 24 states and 15 countries in grades 9 - 12/PG Student/Teacher ratio: 6:1 Established 1850

In 1850, Frederick Gunn, a pioneering American educator, outdoorsman, naturalist, and courageous abolitionist who was a leader on the Underground Railroad, established a school based on the belief that strength of character was the goal of education.

In doing so, he challenged the way people thought about school. In addition to academics, he emphasized the importance of athletics, spending time in nature, as well as using performing arts didactically and to connect the school with the town of Washington.

Like his contemporaries, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mr. Gunn was deeply moved by the natural world and chose to locate his school on a hilltop above the Shepaug River Valley. Our campus is a ten-minute walk and five-minute drive from the 998-acre Steep Rock Preserve and the historic New England town where Mr. Gunn grew up. He loved the outdoors and truly valued nature as essential to life and to the formation of character in his students. Mr. Gunn recognized that character, the kind of person you are, is not only shaped by how students compete on the playing field, perform on stage, and conduct themselves in the dorm, but it ought also to compel a student to action.

In July 2020, the school changed its name from The Gunnery to The Frederick Gunn School to honor the vision and ideals of Mr. Gunn, which are more relevant today than ever. Frederick Gunn School students are encouraged to think for themselves, to express their beliefs confidently and persuasively, to stand up for themselves and for others. They leave prepared to se! make a difference in the lives of others, to be a force for good. They are active citizens—active in changing the world in the same entrepreneurial way that Mr. Gunn rt Forman School changed the world so many years ago.

860.567.1802 • 12 Norfolk Road • Litchfield, CT school admission@formanschool.org The Frederick Gunn School offers many things www.formanschool.org 12 Norfolk Road, Litchfield, CT only possible in a small school: the chance to know and 860.567.1802 be known by every fellow student; the individualized formanschool.org care for students only possible when every faculty boarding and day school with a mission to empower students with member knows every student by name; multiple early fferences to become self-confident learners.Oct. 11th Campus Open House: opportunities for leadership and discovery. If you enjoy Virtual Open House: Oct. 19th being known well by your friends and your teachers, en House by registering at formanschool.org.

Founded 1930 if you enjoy developing friendships with peers from We are 240 bright and motivated students with around the country and the world, and if you enjoy learning differences and 68 faculty trained to equip learning, playing, and creating in an environment in them for college. Our namesake is our founder, John which it is safe to try, fail, and try again, then you’ll love Forman, one of the first educators to apply research- our school. We believe that real learning happens best based methodologies to teaching students who learn when put into action, whether the topic is the principles differently. Our Head of School Adam K. Man is an of physics, the violin, a zone defense, or leadership. experienced educator and a parent of a Forman School At The Frederick Gunn School, you will have more opportunities than at larger schools to put theory into alumnus.

We educate high school students and postgraduates practice and, as a result, will learn exponentially. with diagnosed learning differences – such as dyslexia and ADHD – and ensure that 100% of them get into a four-year college. By exploring abundant academic, artistic, athletic, and social opportunities, Forman students build identities that outshine their diagnoses.

Independent School Guide | Page 9 | Greenwich Sentinel for students in grades pre-K through 12. Its rigorous The Governor’s Academy is the oldest of the New academic program empowers students to be creative, inquisitive, and resourceful in every aspect of their England boarding schools. learning. The breadth of our liberal arts curriculum encourages girls of all ages to enthusiastically explore, interrogate, imagine, create, and grow under the guidance of a dedicated and talented faculty.

Underpinning everything we do is a firm commitment to helping girls develop compassion, moral courage, integrity and resilience, as embodied in our motto, The Gow School “Toward the Building of Character.” mfisher@gow.org Rich co-curricular offerings enhance 2491 Emery Road, South Wales, NY 14139 everyday learning at GA. Whether she’s writing www.gow.org for our award-winning literary magazine, working to cultivate new antibiotics, attending a conference Open House: Monday, October 11th on Kingian Non-Violence, or fashioning a costume for The Gow School is a college-prep boarding and day a musical production, a GA girl has the opportunity to school for students, grades 6-12, with dyslexia and similar identify her interests and explore them fully. The fine language-based learning disabilities. Focusing on small and performing arts are popular at every level, as are class sizes, 3-7 students per class, and a low 4:1 student community service and social justice commitments. to faculty ratio, The Gow School offers a multisensory We are also proud of the strength of our athletic approach to teaching that enables dyslexic students to program, as well as the fact that girls of all thrive. The Gow community has a sense of belonging, of skill levels can participate. In GA’s Upper School, equality, and of connection born on common trials and the Coordinate Program with our brother school, Brunswick, enables GA students to enroll in classes shared triumph.

In July, the school’s co-ed summer program is on both campuses and gives them access to a total five weeks of learning and fun for ages 8-16! The Gow of over 200 courses between the schools. Ultimately, School Summer Program is for students who have coordination means that GA students have the been experiencing academic difficulties or have been benefits of a school that focuses on their development diagnosed with dyslexia or specific learning disabilities. and needs as young women, but also exposes them The Summer Program runs from the end of June to to new classmates and coeducation in preparation early August with morning academics, afternoon fun for life beyond graduation. To learn more, visit our and games and weekend adventures! The Gow School website: greenwichacademy.org Summer Program gives students academic tools and self-confidence they can take with them wherever they go, to the classroom and beyond.

Established 1763

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Greenwich Country Day Greens Farms Academy admission@gfacademy.org 35 Beachside Ave. Greens Farms, CT 06838 www.gfacademy.org

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Open House for Nursery – Grade 8: October 24th (Old Church Road campus)

At Greens Farms Academy (GFA) we empower Open House for Grades students to do the hard, thrilling, essential work 9 – 12: October 19th of shaping their own world, of building their own (Stanwich Road campus) future. Our 715 PreK–12 students come from 23 towns in Fairfield and Westchester counties and form an Founded 1926 inclusive community that plays on 64 interscholastic Greenwich Country Day School is a coathletic teams, participates in a robust service-learning educational, college preparatory, independent program, and aspires to live by our school’s motto, school in Greenwich, CT, for nursery through “Each for All.” 12th grade. The mission of Greenwich Country Day School is to enable all children in their care to discover and to develop what is finest in themselves—to achieve the highest standards in their studies, in their play, and in their character.

The purposeful mission of academic excellence and character development is as relevant today as it was at the school’s founding in 1926. GCDS’s curriculum builds a solid background in the Greenwich Academy sciences and humanities while challenging students nhanlon@greenwichacademy.org to develop critical knowledge and skills through 200 North Maple Avenue, Greenwich inquiry, exploration, interdisciplinary studies, 203-625-8900 greenwichacademy.org and real-world applications. GCDS’s pedagogy Open House: Sunday, October 17th and curricula seek to bring forward multiple Established 1827 perspectives, disciplines, and voices as a means to A leader in all-girls education, Greenwich Academy deepen learning and develop empathy—all to help is an independent college preparatory day school GCDS students graduate as engaged, ethical global citizens. Important lessons are learned not only in

COURAGE & CONFIDENCE Debate ideas. Make lifelong friends.

Score a goal. Discover why math matters.

We don’t see limits here. We see joyful learning.

Girls’ school grads report higher self-confidence than girls at coed schools.

Shouldn’t your daughter be one of them?

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the classroom, but also on the playing fields, in the art room, on stage and through extracurricular activities, such as the chess team, robotics club and student publications. An extensive community service program and numerous leadership opportunities teach students to turn their initiative and generosity into meaningful action.

Greenwich Country Day School graduates are exceptionally well-prepared for success in higher education—and in life.

The Hill School teccleston@thehill.org 717 East High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464 610-326-1000 | thehill.org Students: 525 students Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 7 Founded: 1851

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Groton School jfunnell@groton.org 282 Farmers Row, Groton, MA 01450 978-448-7512 | www.groton.org

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Established 1884 Groton School Mission: To inspire lives of character, scholarship, leadership, and service within a diverse, inclusive, and close-knit community.

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Founded in 1851 as The Family Boarding School, The Hill School prepares young men and women from across the country and around the world for college, careers, and life. Within a family school environment and a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, we challenge our young people to work hard; think and reason; be fulfilled; serve the common good; and be prepared to lead as citizens of the world, uniquely guided by our motto: “Whatsoever things are true.”

While The Hill’s historical liberal arts emphasis on literature, languages, history, the arts, religious studies, mathematics, and science remains essential, we must continue to complement our curriculum with new pedagogies that foster critical thinking and collaboration; infuse technology into many aspects of our teaching and learning strategies; and offer more career-specific programs for students.

Hackley School cclemente@hackleyschool.org 293 Benedict Avenue Tarrytown, NY 10591 914-366-2600 | hackleyschool.org

60% GRADUATES WHO ATTEND COLLEGES RATED MOST SELECTIVE BY BARRON’S

OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 6 PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 11 AM Visit fordhamprep.org/admissions for details

Located on the historic Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, adjacent to Fordham University, a short walk from both the Botanical Garden and Fordham stations on MetroNorth.

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‘Enter Here to Be and Find a Friend’. These words, which are carved over the school’s entrance, welcome and remind us of our commitment to one another. They are emblematic of our core values, and they shape the experience of both students and adults on the Hilltop.

As a K-12 independent school on a single campus, we believe deeply in the importance of a diverse community: as learners, artists, athletes, and thinkers; as friends and peers; and as a school focused on developing personal character. At Hackley, students build lifelong relationships with one another and with faculty members, whether they enter in Lower, Middle, or Upper School.

Relationships lie at the heart of the school, enriching the educational experience, and ensuring that students “learn from the varying perspectives and backgrounds in our community and the world.”

This program supports the aspirational Portrait of a Graduate, a mission-driven articulation of the skills, habits, and mindsets that are developed through every aspect of a Hackley education.

Hackley’s new strategic plan, Redefining Excellence: Learning Beyond Boundaries, is the vehicle that brings the Portrait of a Graduate to life.

Hotchkiss 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT 06039 (860) 435-3102 admission@hotchkiss.org | www.hotchkiss.org The Hotchkiss School is an independent boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut. Founded in 1891, the school provides an education of unsurpassed quality to 600 students in grades 9 through 12, and to a small number of postgraduates. Students at Hotchkiss come from across the United States and 34 countries. Graduates attend many of the most selective universities and colleges.

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It’s our academics that set us apart.

Courageous thinking guided by inquiry and exploration.

It’s our community that sets us ahead.

Open minds inspired by our different backgrounds and perspectives.

It’s our graduates that set us above.

Ready to own their future…and better prepared to better the world.

JOIN US FOR OPEN HOUSE OCT 3: GRADE 6-11 | NOV 7: PREK- GRADE 5 kingschoolct.org/open-house

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Above & Beyond 13 of our last 18 Valedictorians and Salutatorians started St. Luke’s in Middle School.

Elyse as a St. Luke’s 5th grader.

The Kim family of Greenwich: David, Seth ‘19 (University of Chicago), Elyse ‘21, Molly ‘21 (US Military Academy at West Point), and Cynthia. Not pictured: Whit ‘17 (US Military Academy at West Point).

“Painters are Global Scholars.

Chemists are stage managers.

Actors are team captains. You pour yourselves into everything you do and always make time to support others. Your manifold passions have made St. Luke’s a more exciting and engaging place. You don’t just fly; you soar.”

-Salutatorian Elyse Kim Elyse is a St. Luke’s Global Scholar.

She is heading to the University of Pennsylvania.

Visit Us: www.stlukesct.org/visit St. Luke’s is a secular, college-preparatory day school for grades 5-12 serving 30 towns in Connecticut and New York.

2021 Top Ten Best Private College Prep High School in CT -niche.com (203) 801- 4833 | admissions@stlukesct.org | www.stlukesct.org 377 North Wilton Road, New Canaan, CT 06840

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An independent junior boarding (5-9) and day school (K-9) in Washington, CT

We believe in honesty, kindness, and respect.

We measure our success by our effort.

These values connect us to each other.

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or call 845-855-4825

We make learning happen everywhere.

Everything we do is shaped to the needs of boys in the 21st century.

We teach and learn from experience.

Our programs are active and applied — packed with opportunities for hands-on learning.

Trinity-Pawling reimagines what’s possible in boys’ education.

The results are transformational.

Discover what’s possible. www.trinitypawling.org

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Connecting Students to the Best Transitional Model Why the K–9 Model Works

By Ian Craig There is an ongoing debate in education regarding the most appropriate conf iguration of grade levels in schools. What is the best model that will benefit most students? Is a K–12 school or a K–9 school the best f it?

There are many school options, especially when considering other variables such as all-boys, all-girls, and coeducational prospects.

Experts have researched the benefits of many different f r a m e wo rk s o f e du c at i o n .

Ultimately, a significant amount of evidence confirms that the K–9 mo del of i ndep endent s cho ol e duc at ion s t r on g ly supports the emotional, developmental, and academic transitional needs of a child.

Current research supporting the integrity of the K–9 model indicates that adolescents in this setting have improved grades and fewer disciplinary problems than their counterparts who transition into a new middle school.

The child-centered focus of the K–9 model strategically places teachers who understand the nuances of how a child’s

brain and emotions develop at eve r y g rade level . T h i s environment constructs an atmosphere where children feel safe to express how they best learn. In other words, students feel known by their teachers, peers, a nd ad m in istrators.

S u b s e q u e n t l y, t h i s m o d e l creates a thriving culture of connection—a culture that is, unfortunately, lacking in many aspects of modern society.

Connection is the key to prospering a child’s academic growth. Dr. Ned Hallowell, noted child psychologist and author of Connect, found that students who were connected “were the least depressed, had the highest self-esteem, felt most comfortable with their families, were the most positive about their education and had the highest grade point averages.”

The two most impor tant sources for connection among the adolescents in Hallowell’s study were, not surprisingly, family connections and school connections.

Quite often, students in K–9 schools have opportunities in the arts and athletics that may not be as accessible to them in high school. There are more opportunities to be involved in interscholastic athletics when the high school mentality to win-at-all-costs is not an added pressure. Additionally, K–9 independent schools typically engage students in music, art, and drama at a time in their lives when they are eager to proclaim that they are not, in fact, a musician, artist, or actor.

IONA PREPARATORY SCHOOL K-12 Education for Higher Expectations One School, Two Campuses Lower School, 173 Stratton Rd Upper School , 255 Wilmot Rd, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10804 (914) 632-0714 | ionaprep.org Population of 1,014 young men (814 Upper School, 200 Lower School) Student/faculty ratio of 25:1 Westchester’s only all-boys, prekindergarten through 12th grade Catholic school has been preparing young men for success for more than 100 years. Rigorous academics with three levels of study, a personalized and comprehensive school counseling and college advisement program, unique Christian service and leadership opportunities locally, nationally and internationally, championship athletics and an array of activities provide students with the foundation for success in college and in life. Graduates have earned more than $130 million in academic, merit-based scholarships over the last five years.

Iona Preparatory was recently named the Tom Whelan Private School of the Year by LoHud Sports, with two wrestling state champions in Matt Kelly ‘20 and A.J. Kovacs ‘20, and Westchester County’s top runner in Pedro Bravo ‘20. Varsity B basketball won the City Championship, while varsity soccer and indoor track were finalists. The latter also placed second at states, and varsity football enjoyed an unbeaten regular season title. Most impressively, our scholar-athletes had a cumulative GPA of 91.4 and 15 percent will play collegiately.

We have reopened with a plan that puts emphasis on in-seat instruction to maximize the cognitive and social-emotional benefits, while utilizing meticulouslycrafted schedules that simultaneously allow for maximum physical distance in creating an exceptional educational environment with the lowest risk possible.

Kent School

admissions@kent-school.edu 1 Macedonia Rd, Kent, CT 06757 860-927-6111 | kent-school.edu

Dr. Ned Hallowell found that students who were connected “were the least depressed, had the highest self-esteem, felt most comfortable with their families, were the most positive about their education and had the highest grade point averages.” The two most important sources for connection were, not surprisingly, family connections and school connections.

In K–9 independent schools, students are asked to tap into their inner creativity via art class, sing in choir, play an instrument in band or orchestra, and explore their identities in drama productions. When students are required to try things they otherwise wouldn’t, they are ushered into a creative culture that brings to light their hidden skills and talents.

D eve lopm e nt a l ly, t he r e is possibly no other time in a child’s life when there is more happening for a student socially, intellectually, and physica lly tha n du r ing the middle school years. Aside from infancy, no other phase of l i fe i s ch a rac ter i z e d by

King School prepares students to thrive in a rapidly changing world. What sets King apart is academic challenge, kindness, and personal growth are united within our unique community of engaged minds and meaningful connections. Guided by expert faculty, students take responsibility for their own learning as active learners in a student-centered program that challenges students to achieve their personal best.

Teachers make students feel known and safe enough to take risks in order to make discoveries.

We think deeply about our approach to teaching and learning and understand that relationships between students and teachers are at the core of academic excellence. Underpinning teachers’ deep understanding of each student is a comprehensive student learning profile, introduced in PreK and developed through senior year. This proprietary database captures learning strengths, challenges, and goals, and provides a window into a student’s social and emotional development.

The King community prioritizes kindness. Our students thrive in a multicultural, diverse community and together we embrace our shared virtues of integrity, kindness, perseverance, and respect. Students emerge as their best selves - as self-confident thought leaders who are able to analyze, synthesize, and communicate their knowledge in ways that demonstrate engagement and connection in the world community.

Lawrenceville School

admission@lawrenceville.org 2500 Main Street Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 800-735-2030; 609-895-2030 www.lawrenceville.org Established 1810 The Lawrenceville experience is over 200 years in the making, and core to that heritage is the value we place on our close, caring community. Young people encounter rigorous challenge in a highly supportive environment, and with this careful preparation, year after year, our talented graduates head out into the world with the confidence to thrive and the conviction to make a difference.

Loomis Chaffee School

admissions@loomis.org 4 Batchelder Road, Windsor, CT 06095 860.687.6400 | loomischaffee.org Established 1874; Average class size: 12 4-6 student advisees for each faculty member

One of the nation’s preeminent boarding schools, Students: 570; 45% female, 55% male Loomis Chaffee prepares smart and talented students Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 7 to be civic-minded leaders, affect positive change, and Established 1906 make a life-long commitment to their best selves and Kent’s school motto is Simplicity of Life, Directness the common good. Our students and faculty come from all over the world to form a tight-knit community of Purpose, and Self-Reliance. where individuality thrives; here you will be accepted and celebrated for who you are and who you want to become.

So, what are your interests? What do you want to learn more about? What problems do you want to solve?

Loomis students want to make a difference in the world, and they want to make it now! All our resources — curricular and extra-curricular programs, faculty, and facilities — will empower you to leverage your educational experience for the greater good.

King School Among those resources are programs that include the admission@kingschoolct.org Innovation Trimester (I-Tri), global & environmental 1450 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, CT 06905 studies certificate, and guided research projects in 203- 322-3496 ext. 350 | www.kingschoolct.org science and the humanities as well as three uniqueto-Loomis interdisciplinary centers whose faculty will Open House: Sunday, October 3rd teach you how to identify problems worth solving, explore and evaluate potential solutions, and enact Total Enrollment: 695; 52% boys 48% girls positive change in your local, national, and international Average Class Size: 12 communities.

Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:6 Established 1865

g r e a t e r, m o r e r a p i d , a n d diverse development than early adolescence. A familiar school w ith lim ited transitions—a school where a child is known by their teachers—establishes the opportunity to transition through a challenging time in adolescence with the best chance of success.

Middle-school-age children in K–9 schools have ample oppor tunity to empower themselves through leadership opportunities. In this notoriously self-conscious time in childrens’ lives, students in upper grade levels at K–9 schools are afforded meaningful outlets where they can model character values to their peers.

and how their life philosophy measures up to the school’s values. Though kindergarten students have the rudimentary capacit y to verba l i ze t hei r input on the school, much of the decision-making process is the responsibility of the parent.

In the K–9 school, students are given the opportunity to develop their academic and e x t r a c u r r i c u l a r i nte r e s t s .

T he u n iq ue t i me t hey ’ve spent feeling connected in a foundational K–9 environment gives them the confidence and wisdom to collaborate with their parents to choose the best high school to matriculate to.

K-9 schools give students the g if t of choice: students who are known are confident enough to figure out who they really are, trust their intuition, and, together with their family, choose a high school that is the right fit for them.

Children and their individual needs are as varied as their educational choices.

Whether K–6, K–9, K–12, public, i ndep endent, a l l-b oys, a l lgirls, coeducational, in the end, there may not be one solution for the best way to educate all children. However, a seasoned K–9 independent school rooted in intentionality and expertise— a school like Rumsey Hall—will nurture and guide children in a critical transitional stage as they navigate the rest of their academic journey.

Ninth graders, in particular, c a n c o u r a g e o u s l y c ap t a i n teams, perform in musicals, and address the entire student body in assemblies and programs.

Students who are connected leaders in middle school tend to become young adults who are eager to be involved in student gover n ment, socia l just ice movements, and community engagement initiatives when they move on to high school.

Cho o si n g a ny s cho ol i s a ch a l le ng i ng de c i sion for parents. From choosing the right k indergarten, the inception point of the academic Ian Craig, Head of School, journey, parents often make Rumsey Hall School a decision on their instincts

Long Ridge School

jshettler@longridgeschool.org 478 Erskine Road, Stamford, CT 06903 203-322-7693 | longridgeschool.org Established 1938 The Long Ridge School (LRS) is an independent school, age 2 to grade 5, on a spectacular campus tucked away in the North Stamford woods, just a mile from North Greenwich. Long Ridge is a small elementary school by design, where children stay children longer and thrive in an environment created specifically for them. Our teachers are themselves learners, constantly improving their practice to ensure gold standard academic programs with a modern, collaborative, problem-solving approach. The Long Ridge School has a diverse and globally inclusive community, where children are known and valued as unique individuals and learning is an active, joyful experience. With excellent teachers and strong programs in math, literacy, science, music and the arts, Long Ridge graduates are actively recruited by the best area middle schools.

Learning at LRS is an active and joyful experience.

We encourage children to explore, experience and investigate as part of the educational process. There is a diverse community of learners where children are respected as individuals with innate curiosity. We help children develop the skills, motivation and values to become successful students, responsible people and lifelong learners. A hallmark of an LRS education is extending the learning experience outside to the organic garden, woods, athletic fields, nature trails and playgrounds. From the moment you step onto our campus, you feel the warmth, rich diversity and joy that distinguish our school. We are a community of welcoming, passionate master teachers who understand the intellectual and emotional needs of early childhood, and partner with our parents to create the best, first educational experience possible.

The Masters School is a leading coeducational day and boarding school for grades 5-12 located on a beautiful 96-acre campus in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Masters begins its 143rd year with a diverse and talented student body of 675 upper and middle school students, representing 10 states and 26 countries.

Historically, Masters has provided private busing options for the greater Greenwich area and plans to do so when in-person instruction resumes.

At Masters, inclusion and diversity of thought are celebrated. Students are inspired to prepare thoroughly, participate daily, solve problems collaboratively, explore divergent ideas, and lead class discussions. In this way, they take an active role in and responsibility for their own learning. Masters students develop outstanding skills and the confidence to write and speak with clarity and nuance.

Masters will have 137 boarding students this year; their presence, along with more than 60 faculty members who live on campus, results in a vibrant seven-day campus with a variety of enriching activities throughout the week and a faculty that is highly accessible to students. This provides both day and boarding students with the benefits typically associated with a full-time boarding school. In addition to an immersive seven-day boarding program, Masters also offers five-day boarding. Students in the fiveday board program have the convenience of going home on weekends while receiving the benefits of a boarding education during the week: joining a tightknit community, gaining independence and developing lifelong friendships.

Complementing its strong academics, Masters features a robust visual and performing arts program that is fully integrated into the curriculum and life of the School. Masters also fields 60 athletic teams.

Whether a grade 6 student trying a sport for the first time or a nationally ranked squash player helping win the Division III National High School Championship, Masters supports all levels of play and competition.

The result is students who are empowered to realize their greatest potential across academic, athletic and artistic disciplines, and who emerge ready for success in college, career and life.

Loomis Chaffee School

admissions@loomis.org 4 Batchelder Road, Windsor, CT 06095 860.687.6400 | loomischaffee.org Established 1874; Average class size: 12 4-6 student advisees for each faculty member One of the nation’s preeminent boarding schools, Loomis Chaffee prepares smart and talented students to be civic-minded leaders, affect positive change, and make a life-long commitment to their best selves and the common good. Our students and faculty come from all over the world to form a tight-knit community where individuality thrives; here you will be accepted and celebrated for who you are and who you want to become.

So, what are your interests? What do you want to learn more about? What problems do you want to solve?

Mead School

admissions@meadschool.org 1095 Riverbank Road, Stamford, CT 06903 203-595-9500 | meadschool.org Founded in 1969, The Mead School serves infants, toddlers, and Pre-K to grade 8 students. Mead offers a nurturing, hands-on, experiential education beginning with the youngest of Early Childhood Center learners and, continuing through 8th grade, a robust curriculum of academics and the arts. Mead’s student-teacher ratio of 6:1 allows faculty to provide a curriculum designed to encourage mastery across all academic subjects that engage students’ senses and their passion for discovery and learning. Instruction is based on cognitive and developmental research that shows that individualized, experiential learning provides the most rewarding education for children.

Masters School

admission@mastersny.org 49 Clinton Ave, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 914-479-6420 | mastersny.org Open house: Saturday, Oct. 23rd Established 1877 Faculty/student ratio: 1:8

Middlesex School

admissions@mxschool.edu 1400 Lowell Road, Concord, MA 01742 978-371-6524 | www.mxschool.edu

Independent School Guide | Page 14 | Greenwich Sentinel Founded in 1901 and located in one of this country’s opinions with resolve and respect, and be comfortable most historic towns, Concord, Massachusetts, having influence, leading change, and contributing Middlesex aspires to help its students “find their boldly and creatively to the common good. promise” through immersion in a challenging academic program, inclusive co-curricular programs Miss Porter’s School in arts and athletics, and a commitment to service. admission@missporters.org A skilled and caring faculty provides classroom 60 Main St, Farmington, CT 06032 inspiration and advising, establishing a culture where 860-409-3530 | porters.org each student is known and valued. Thirty-five percent of students receive financial aid.

Students: 312 all girls; Boarding 207; Day 105 Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 7

Millbrook School Millbrook, NY 12545 845-677-8261

Millbrook offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that integrates academics, service, athletics, arts, and leadership. A gifted faculty takes pride in knowing every student and seeks to promote in each one the intellectual, emotional and physical growth that will lead to a life both individually satisfying and valuable to the greater society.

Students are encouraged to be curious, involved, and active learners. They not only acquire knowledge of their subject matter, but also learn to read critically, write clearly, speak persuasively, think independently, and collaborate effectively. Students graduate from Millbrook prepared to succeed at the most ambitious colleges and universities.

Milton Academy

admission@milton.edu 170 Centre Street, Milton, Mass 617-898-2227 | www.milton.edu Milton Academy is an independent college preparatory K-12 school, boarding and day in grades 9-12. Now in its third century, Milton develops confident, creative, and independent thinkers. In an intimate, friendly setting, dedicated faculty give students the structure to learn and the support to take risks. Aware that every encounter affects a young person’s development, Milton faculty surround students with opportunities for intellectual and personal growth—in and out of class. Inspired by their teachers and classmates, Milton students probe new areas of interest and maximize their strengths.

Located eight miles south of Boston, Massachusetts, Milton’s 125-acre campus combines traditional brick and ivy buildings, and lots of green space, with cutting edge facilities—in science and performing arts.

Miss Hall’s School

info@misshalls.org 492 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA. 01201 413-499-1300 | www.misshalls.org Open House: Saturday, Oct. 2nd Founded in 1898, Miss Hall’s School was one of the first all-girls boarding schools established in New England. Today the School is a nationally recognized, boarding and day independent secondary school that combines an exceptional college-preparatory curriculum with two acclaimed leadership programs, the Girls’ Leadership Project (GLP) and Horizons. Both programs are central to our belief that, in addition to outstanding academic preparation, girls need additional skills that allow them to step confidently into the real world, where they will be expected to communicate effectively and authentically, voice

Northfield Mount Hermon engages the intellect, compassion, and talents of our students, empowering them to act with humanity and purpose.

Phillips Exeter Academy

admit@exeter.edu 20 Main St, Exeter, NH 03833 603-777-3437 | www.exeter.edu

Holy Child Rye

admission@holychildrye.org 2225 Westchester Avenue, Rye NY 10580 914-967-5622 | holychildrye.org

Established 1843 Miss Porter’s is for smart, strong, and creative girls who want to become young women who are prepared to lead with conviction and courage. When you graduate from Porter’s, you will join a worldwide network of accomplished women who are fulfilling the school’s mission statement, “We expect our graduates to shape a changing world.” You will be part of a fabric of relationships that will benefit you personally and professionally throughout your life.

If you are ready to be inspired by supportive classmates and dedicated faculty who encourage you on a daily basis to be your best self, please take a few minutes to fill out our online inquiry form. We are happy to mail you our admission materials, and we invite you to contact us to set up an appointment for your campus visit and interview. It is our privilege to share with visitors how Porter’s has been a leader in girls’ education since 1843. We’re eager to meet you in person and look forward to welcoming you to our Farmington campus and having you join our legacy of learning. .

New Canaan Country School

cschinella@countryschool.net 635 Frogtown Road, New Canaan, CT 203-801-5608 | countryschool.net Students: 600 co-ed Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 6 Established: 1916 New Canaan Country School is a co-ed, independent day school for Beginners (ages 3 & 4) through Grade 9. Our stunning 75-acre campus serves students from Fairfield and Westchester counties with bus transportation provided. Founded in 1916, New Canaan Country School has been a preeminent leader in elementary and middle school education for 100 years. Our programs are designed specifically for the elementary and middle school years to foster excellence in learning and academic achievement and to encourage curiosity, collaboration and community.

94% of our Class of 2018 graduates were accepted at their first-choice secondary schools and 80% are on AP math track (AB or BC Calculus or AP Statistics).

For more information about the school please visit our website.

Northfield Mount Hermon admission@nmhschool.org One Lamplighter Way, Mount Hermon, MA 01354 413-498-3000 | nmhschool.org

Students: 655 students; 52 % male, 48% female 83% boarding, 17% day Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1879

comfortable challenging themselves and each other in the classroom. They become willing to take risks in a wide range of academic subjects—from science to the arts.

All students at Salisbury participate in sports at a competitive or recreational level. In addition, we have vast offerings in the arts and music allowing some students to follow a passion while others try something for the first time.

Students: 316 all girls Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 7 Established 1904

Rumsey Hall

admiss@rumseyhall.org 201 Romford Road Washington, CT 06794 860-868-0535 | rumseyhall.org Virtual Open Houses: October 5th, 12th & 19th Students: 329 students Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 5 Established 1900 Rumsey Hall School is situated in the foothills of Northwestern Connecticut’s Berkshire Mountains on 147 acres surrounded by beautiful, wooded hills and the scenic Bantam River in Washington, Connecticut.

Since its inception in 1900, the school has retained its original mission: “Rumsey Hall School is committed to a whole child approach to education and believes that teaching academics and teaching an attitude of mind are of equal importance.

Rumsey Hall prepares its students for the discipline required in secondary schools and beyond, through small classes, a tightly knit dormitory life, a wide range of sports, extracurricular programs and sound academics.

School of the Holy Child is the only all-girls, Catholic, independent, college-preparatory school in Westchester County that provides an advanced, individualized education for grades 5-12. Because of our longstanding history of challenging young women to pursue academic excellence and find joy in learning, Holy Child is widely recognized as being the best at educating and mentoring students to become women of conscience and action.

We offer girls purposeful and transformative experiences through our innovative and unique programs in the humanities, global & religious studies, science & technology, engineering & architecture, arts & athletics, as well as personal and spiritual development through field-based and service learning opportunities.

St. George’s School

admission@stgeorges.edu 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown, RI, 02842 401-842-6600 | stgeorges.edu Students: 367 Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 7 Established 1896

St. Luke’s School

Sacred Heart

admission@cshct.org 1177 King St., Greenwich, CT 06831 203-531-6500 | cshgreenwich.org Founded in 1848, Sacred Heart Greenwich is an independent, college preparatory day school for girls from kindergarten through twelfth grade with its coed Barat Center for Early Childhood Education.

As an ethics-based, international school, Sacred Heart Greenwich brings the world to each student. It offers an unparalleled academic program that exceeds the needs of the 21st-century learner. The program supports family values, honors tradition, and values all faiths. Sacred Heart provides an educational program to inspire young women to become global leaders.

True to its international heritage, Sacred Heart Greenwich welcomes students of all backgrounds and faiths. The international exchange program strengthens cultural and world language interests and provides opportunities for personal growth.

Renowned for its rigorous academics, the school offers many curricular innovations and awardwinning programs in science research and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math).

Graduates attend top colleges and universities and become leaders with broad intellectual and spiritual horizons.

Technology is integrated into all academic disciplines at all grade levels. Students learn to code and engage in advanced academic courses facilitated by the Online School for Girls and SophieConnect. The 29,000-square-foot science center has fully equipped laboratories for all three divisions. An outdoor observatory features a computerized, college-level telescope.

Sacred Heart Greenwich has enhanced its competitive team sports with a new 35,600-sq.-ft. athletic center that expands the school’s facilities for training, practice and competition. The school’s athletic teams compete in leagues in Westchester and Fairfield counties and throughout New England.

A well-rounded approach to women’s sports and fitness begins in the early grades where it focuses on physical fitness, wellness and age-appropriate collaborative activities before moving into competitive sports in Middle and Upper School.

Prospective students and families are encouraged to attend one of the school’s tour days, open houses, and early childhood events. For more information, visit cshgreenwich.org or contact the Admissions Office at 203-532-3534.

Salisbury

admissions@salisburyschool.org 251 Canaan Rd, Salisbury, CT 06068 860-435-5730 | salisburyschool.org Students: 310 all boys; Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 5 Established 1901 Boys at Salisbury are part of a community. From the moment they first arrive to the day they graduate, our students play an important role in the life of the school.

Salisbury offers a traditional secondary school curriculum that is designed to prepare students for the rigors of college. Rich departmental course offerings are carefully designed to teach students to write and to read well, and to think independently as they hone their ability to apply the learning skills essential to achieving their full potential. Being a small, singlesex school allows us to better foster confidence and promote growth in our boys. Salisbury students feel

admissions@stlukesct.org 377 N. Wilton Rd., New Canaan, CT 06840 203-801-4833 | stlukesct.org Students: 302 boys (53%) and 265 girls (47%) Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 8 Established 1928 At St. Luke’s, strong academics and community support are inextricable. St. Luke’s offers an effective balance of traditional education enhanced by a forward-thinking environment. New ideas and concepts in education are embraced, risks are taken and educators and students have the freedom to explore what it means to learn and grow.

St. Paul’s School

admission@sps.edu 325 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301-2552 603-229-4700 | ww.sps.edu Students: 534 Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 5 Established 1856 St. Paul’s School is a community of learners, where students and teachers live together – where we learn together about almost everything, and where each of us is an important citizen of this place we call St. Paul’s. Ethics and literature. Justice and Public Policy.

Terrestrial Ecology. Vector Calculus Honors. Advanced Studies in Printmaking. Galactic Astronomy. At St. Paul’s School you’ll find a new kind of academic challenge – in some ways like college, but with support close at hand all hours of the day and evening.

Some of the best moments of the day take place in Chapel, where we gather four times a week to sing, pray, laugh, and perform.

Tabor Academy

admissions@taboracademy.org 232 Front Street, Marion, MA 02738 508-291-8300 | www.taboracademy.org Students: 515; 271 boys/244 girls (53%/47%) Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1876 Tabor Academy, the school by the sea, is an independent, co-ed, boarding and day school for grades 9-12 featuring a broad-based, challenging college preparatory curriculum including the visual and performing arts and competitive athletics, as well as unique marine and nautical science programs that turn our ocean home into an outdoor classroom. Our mission is to foster care for others and committed citizenship, to instill the highest standards of achievement and encourage personal responsibility while instilling a life long love of learning. Situated along 88 waterfront acres on Sippican Harbor in Marion, MA, our excellent academic facilities include centers for the visual and performing arts, marine and nautical sciences, a library, an observatory, an oyster farm, and a non-denominational chapel. We have 19 dormitories which each house about 24 students and three faculty families in close knit learning living communities.

Taft School

admissions@taftschool.org 110 Woodbury Road, Watertown, CT 06795 860-945-7700 | www.taftschool.org

CELEBRATING CHILDHOOD, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

Where young students grow and thrive

Specialized early education, age 2–grade 5 Inquiry-based, experiential learning Individualized instruction Low student to teacher ratios A diverse and globally inclusive community LongRidgeSchool.org

478 Erskine Road, Stamford, CT 06903 203.322.7693 | Admissions@LongRidgeSchool.org

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What does success look like?

It looks like Marvelwood.

Marvelwood delivers a transformative educational experience for students seeking challenge, inspiration, and affirmation.

• Intentionally small learning community • Customized curriculum for all types of learners • Structured academic support • Weekly community service

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83-acre mountain-top campus Extensive extracurricular programs Equestrian for riders of all levels Award-winning film studies program Mount Snow Academy Partnership Program

A Co-ed Boarding & Day School in Kent, CT Grades 9 thru 12 & Post-Graduate www.mar velwood.org

Students: 606 (313 boys/ 293 girls) Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 5 Established 1890 Living where they learn, academically talented students from all over the world are guided by an extraordinary faculty on a 226-acre campus in Western Connecticut. With the motto “Not to be served but to serve” as a moral foundation, Taft graduates matriculate at our nation’s leading colleges and universities.

Trinity-Pawling School

admissions@trinitypawling.org 700 Route 22, Pawling, NY 12564 845-855-4825 | trinitypawling.org Established 1907 Trinity-Pawling offers an individualized educational experience to boys in grades 7-12 and postgraduates. The school delivers entrepreneurial and ambitious programs that provide opportunities for collaboration and camaraderie, independent exploration, and the discovery of gifts and talents. With over 100 academic courses, 18 AP courses, 13 athletic teams competing in the New England Founders League, and a multitude of extracurricular activities, our students have many opportunities to reimagine and own their education.

At Trinity-Pawling, everything we do is shaped to the needs of boys in the 21st century. We teach and learn from experience. Our programs are active and applied — packed with opportunities for hands-on learning. We reimagine what’s possible in boys’ education. The results are transformational.

Schedule an in-person visit by calling Director of Admission Jeff Beck at 845-855-4825 or

email admissions@trinitypawling.org.

Waterside School

atabbssmith@watersideschool.org 770 Pacific St, Stamford, CT 06902 203- 975 8579 | watersideschool.org

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awarded each year.

On its 200-acre campus located on Williams Hill, Westminster School is a place where scholarship, citizenship, sportsmanship and leadership thrive.

Whitby School admissions@whitbyschool.org 969 Lake Ave., Greenwich 06831 203-869-8464 | whitbyschool.org

Open House: Sunday, October 17th Students: 140 Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 10 Founded in 2001 The Waterside School is a Junior K -5th Grade independent school whose mission is to provide children, particularly those too often underserved, access to opportunities for educational and personal excellence. The school is blessed with dynamic leadership, a talented teaching faculty, a socioeconomically diverse student body, an involved parent body and the generous support of the greater community. In the culture that is Waterside, one both singular and inspiring, the promise of every child is respected and honored and all that are a part of the school are challenged to strive to the highest academic and personal standards.

Westminster School

mbailey@westminster-school.org 995 Hopmeadow Street Simsbury, CT 06070 860-408-3060 | Westminster-School.org Open House: Saturday, Oct. 9th Established 1888 Westminster School, located in Simsbury, CT, enjoys a reputation as one of the finest college preparatory schools in the country. The challenging academic program, grounded in the liberal arts tradition, prepares students in grades 9-12 and postgraduates for academic success and the rigors of college while cultivating a lifelong love of learning.

Westminster School is a diverse, close-knit community of 95 faculty and 400 students (75 percent boarding, 25 percent day students) from across the country and around the world. Nearly one-third of the students receive financial aid from the $6 million

Westover

admission@westoverschool.org 1237 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, Conn. 06762 203-577-4521 | westoverschool.org Virtual Open House: Thurs, Oct. 14 Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 8 Established 1909 A boarding and day school for girls in grades 9-12, Westover is large enough to offer a deep and broad academic program while small enough to be certain every girl’s voice is heard. Westover offers a range of signature programs: • Manhattan School of Music Program in New York City for talented musicians and vocalists at one of the country’s leading music schools; • WISE (Women In Science and Engineering), offering courses in engineering, computer science, applied math, and science; • Global exchange programs through two- or threemonth academic exchanges in Australia, South Africa, England, and Jordan, six-week language immersion exchanges in France and Spain, a two-week cultural exchange in China; or a two-week cultural immersion and service experience in Rwanda; • Online School for Girls, as a founding member of a consortium of all-girls schools, Westover offers online courses taught by consortium faculty; • Invest In Girls, a three-year program offering financial education workshops and mentoring with financial professionals; • and Sonja Osborn Museum Studies Internship with Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT, giving students experience working with curators and museum educators.

Open Houses Oct. 7 (Early Childhood Exploration) Oct 23 (All School) Oct 27 (Middle School Exploration) Nov 18 (All School)

Whitby School was founded over 60 years ago on the principle that each child must be seen, valued, and understood for achievement to happen, with heart.

The Whitby Difference We provide our students with opportunities to explore real-world concepts and issues, think critically, and acquire skills that they will need to apply throughout their educational and future professional journeys. The Whitby Difference is rooted in the complementary Montessori program (18 months-Kindergarten) and the IB curriculum (Grades 1-8) that forms the foundation for our educational continuum.

A Whitby Education A Whitby education is about allowing students to define success on their own terms by inspiring their love of learning, broadening their sense of responsibility, developing their critical thinking skills, and empowering them to take action in a global community.

Whitby is comprised of three educational sections: The Whitby Montessori Children’s House (18 months-Kindergarten), Lower School (Grades 1-4), and Middle School (Grades 1-8).

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Fall 2021 Admissions Events Early Childhood Exploration All School Open House Middle School Exploration All School Open House

Register at

October 7 at 9:30 a.m.

October 23 at 1:00 p.m.

October 27 at 7:30 p.m.

November 18 at 9:30 a.m.

whitbyschool.org/thinkwhitby2021 Co-ed Independent School Montessori | 18 mos – Kindergarten International Baccalaureate | Grades 1 – 8 203-302-3900 | admissions@whitbyschool.org

FIND YOUR

FIELD The Masters School, a coed boarding and day school for grades 5-12, encourages students to pursue their passions in the classroom, on the stage, and on the athletic field.

Students graduate prepared for college, career and life.

Open House: Oct. 23 Admission events throughout the fall mastersny.org 914-479-6420

49 Clinton Avenue | Dobbs Ferry, NY

Ready for college.

Ready for life.

Ready for anything.

Frederick Gunn’s vision has captured students’ hearts for 170 years.

Spend 12 minutes and discover why at GoGunn.org.

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